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Koharu
- " Me kill the old man first, then going back home. " The barbarian grunt in approximative common. - " I owe you a debt, you Graegor. Why did you come here?? " Thanks to Inno's magic, everybody but Kelda and Zawa are in prime condition. The throne room is clear as all the room on the ground floor. Rotting, faded banners hang from the walls of this long hall, depicting a stylized castle sitting on a seaside cliff. Thick stone pillars support the ceiling, while at the far end of the hall sits an old wooden throne, its back carved to resemble the towers of a castle wrapped in the coils of a serpentine dragon. This room was once mighty, but nearly thirty years of decay since the fall of the fortress is a long time. The party doesn't have trouble gathering what they could find useful from the corpses and the rooms and put it together on the table of the briefing room. When things are calmer, Koharu can't help herself to ask Inno something. - " That old man said you are an oracle daughter? Do you think it's possible you were here a long time ago, are we not the same age? Did you know my grandfather Rokuro Kobayashi? He was here right? He called me a phoenix of Minkai and recognized me as well. I suppose he's a madman and is mistaken. "
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The boy risked a look outside and noticed two things. First, there was a rather urgent conversation happening. Second, dress code standards continued to drop in the cavalier's absence. "They're still quite busy out there. I don't think they'll mind if we keep exploring." He said, trying to hide the redness in his cheeks. An ear to every door and a slow entrance to every room, Charles explored the rest of the first floor, discreetly piling the treasures found back in the throne room. "Well, that's about it, brother. Sadly, I couldn't find your crown or scepter. Those will have to wait for your coronation, I suppose." He said with a wink, risking another look outside, relieved to see that Koharu had least found a blanket. "I think they need like five more minutes?" He called confusedly back to the throne.
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Ghovinda and Koharu drew closer to Inno, and began asking questions. She glanced at Canan, and could see the half-orc had her own, too, but kept them quiet, for the moment at least.
"Jasper is dead, a long time ago," she said to Ghovinda. "He died in the slave fighting pits, at the end of a spear, if my memory serves." It does. It hurts, something said inside Inno's memory. Mother, I am sorry, it hurts! She gritted her teeth, and drove the memory back, but the effort made her stumble in her stride. A few spots of blood appeared on her body, wounds torn open by her stress. "And I don't know if I am a Oracle, or not," she hissed to Koharu through a clenched jaw. "But I have never been here before, or I would have told everyone I had, and we could have avoided all this carnage. Did your grandfather fight and die in the pits? If not, then I wouldn't know him. I don't even know my own mother. Or Father. Or yours or yours or yours," she said, and pointed to the others. "Unless they died fighting for the sick, twisted pleasure of the rich, I wouldn't know any of them. And if they did, I am sorry, and if they lasted more than a few moments, I might have known them." You might still, a voice insisted. "Yes, I might still," she agreed quietly.
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Last edited by gotha; Apr 24th, 2021 at 07:24 AM. |
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Koharu had asked, what if I burned? Canan knew what it was like to feel a spirit, to feel some force around you or within you. She knew that being other, being different, was enough to make people fear you in itself. She did not want Koharu to learn the same lesson the same way, becoming an outcast, and so she told the truth.
"A phoenix is a creature of fire, and - it seems - so are you. Some people will fear you. If you burn me, I will live and forgive you; and if I do not live, I will not be here to blame you. Sammas might leave his droppings on your cloak, in that case," she finished with a smile. "Come, sisters. The boys are about to find us another fight, I fear, and the spirits grow weary of my call. There will be little I can do beyond wield a blade, should we encounter another enemy today. Should we stop them, and find a room we can defend?"
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Last edited by Amarga; Apr 26th, 2021 at 10:46 PM. |
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- " By all the gods, I hope it won't come to that. " Koharu answered Canan about burning her up by accident - " hahaha... I should try to find a new hat in case I taste Sammas' revenge. Mine turned to ashes with half my backpack. "
As they finish inspecting the ground floor, Koharu finds better clothes in one of the closets. A lady lived here for sure once before the place was wrecked. She finds a long purple skirt that she attaches around her hips with a nice silky belt in the same color tone. A camisole fit well her bosom but still leave her belly button, shoulders, and arms completely exposed. The boys might not have realized it, as she usually doesn't show skin, but she became sexy on the dawn of her adulthood. - " That will do... Until i figure out how to control my temperature. " Kelda is on her guard, looking around for someone to swing her axe at, but there's enemy remaining. Some stairs go up, others go down in another part of the dungeon they didn't explore. - " Where next... tiny king? " Koharu interjects with her thoughts about where to go next. - " What we seek is somewhere under the castle. Right? "
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"I just got back from a survey of the first floor, and we have more than a few options for heading down. My money is on the stairs behind the throne, but who knows if ol' sourpuss moved the box somewhere else." He kicked some of the courtyard dirt around. "We aren't getting any close to our goal standing around here, that's for sure. Besides, Spivy and Willow are waiting for us to return!" He said anxiously, wondering if his best friend was ok.
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Canan had said what she was going to. Charles was talking again, and if she spoke up now, he would start following her around again. At least he had been distracted by playing in the castle for a little while. And Ghovinda was staring at her, like there was some filth on her face, or like she was the filth. Trying not to be obvious about it, Canan brushed a hand across her cheek, as if she was pushing hair aside. All it did was smear a stripe of spider guts, but it gave her an excuse to turn away. She was exhausted, worn out from the effort of expending all of her magic so fast, but with a few moments' rest she would be able to fight again, she hoped.
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