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Post by Katerina on Dec 7, 2022 8:15:00 GMT
Kat:The guards do not leave the room. Kat goes to the private apartments. Kat looks around the apartment for a mirror and looks into it to see what happened here. She has a suspicion that her other self may have come here and caused trouble and needs to know the details before she can talk to her father. |
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Post by Brian on Dec 7, 2022 10:11:02 GMT
"No more words!" the guard shouts. "We already break the law of death to all strangers in this castle. To your knees and throw your weapons down." " Would you really risk dying fighting some one who is trying to help you? Dying and leaving your post vulnerable? Some ine who offers to kill your enemies coming to the gate?" If they make a move at me I will try to knock them out....killing them only as a last resort |
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Post by Admin on Dec 13, 2022 20:14:09 GMT
Brian:
The guards said no more words, and they meant it. As soon as Brian opens his mouth they attack. The armour of Ayalos is little defence against their enchanted weapons and Brian is bleeding from many cuts in a few moments.
OOC: When you say 'knock them out' does that mean he is using his fists not weapons?
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Post by Admin on Dec 13, 2022 20:15:33 GMT
Kat:
There are no mirrors anywhere she looks. Why would there be when the great enemy Kat is known to sneak about and travel through mirrors? And impersonating anyone she can image using her enchantments?
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Post by Brian on Dec 13, 2022 21:35:33 GMT
Brian:The guards said no more words, and they meant it. As soon as Brian opens his mouth they attack. The armour of Ayalos is little defence against their enchanted weapons and Brian is bleeding from many cuts in a few moments. OOC: When you say 'knock them out' does that mean he is using his fists not weapons? Ooc Striking with the flat of the blade.... Now once he realizes they have magic weapons he stops holding back.( if his strategy of incapacitation fails) |
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Post by Katerina on Dec 13, 2022 21:48:38 GMT
Kat:There are no mirrors anywhere she looks. Why would there be when the great enemy Kat is known to sneak about and travel through mirrors? And impersonating anyone she can image using her enchantments? Kat sighs. She's going to have to do this the hard way. She shifts herself to her natural form and then wishes that there was a mirror there so she could check out her appearance and make sure she looked good enough for her father. Whatever else was about to happen, she wanted to look her best for her father. He was a man that she still respected here, even if he'd had his mind poisoned. No doubt the guards would want to attack her, but at least they would be on the other side of the room when she entered the room. Still she left her sword arm down ready for her sword of she needed it. She stepped into the room from the Kings apartments, a tear one step away from forming. " Father. You probably won't believe me, but I'm here to talk and help. I'm not the mirror twin of me who has caused you so much pain." she says. |
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Post by Admin on Dec 13, 2022 21:52:33 GMT
Brian:
The sword of Ayalos wasn't forged to incapacitate nor honed to knock out. It was made to spill the blood of any who would oppose the King of Ayalos in his righteous quest. And it spills today. It drinks deep on the blood of Eshanta. After a struggle of a few minutes, Brian finds himself alone in the entry hall, his blood mingling with that of the former defenders of this door.
The screams of the people outside have diminished, yet not fully silenced. Brian can hear more guards rushing down the steps and will be upon him in seconds.
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Post by Brian on Dec 13, 2022 22:02:39 GMT
I shake my head and take my leave.
I try to find my way to where the king should be or his senior officers.....or if I can find stairs that might give me a look outside.....see if i can help the people outside. This place is a mad house.
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Post by Admin on Dec 13, 2022 22:04:32 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/LQC26H5/Coy~jpg Kat:The first thing Kat notices are two festering piles: one of the heads she saw before, the other of the bodies. A few of the victims she recognizes from her youth in the castle. The floor of the throne room is covered in sticky blood. Flies swarm about the room. A large tree stump is the chopping block and a hooded guard holding a mighty axe stands beside it. The king slumps on his throne beside him is a tall man in battered armour, covered by a white-and-brown-bear tabard. "Kill the traitor," the king yells in a panic. "Let's not be so hasty," the man says calmly. "I am here this time, and my enchantments will protect you from the mind witch's powers, and my blade is equal to hers."He takes his helmet off. It is a face she recognizes: Coy! |
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Post by Katerina on Dec 13, 2022 22:34:20 GMT
Kat isn't as surprised at the revelation as Coy hopes. Perhaps her lack of surprise will take the edge off his fun.
"You did say when we last met that you'd help me save Eshanta. I'm glad now I decided to finish that dance." Kat says to him. "I guess its time for you to prove it, though that doesn't exactly look like saving." Kat nods over to the pile of bodies and heads. "At least you brought some men to the defence. Did your father lend them to you? He slipped up you know? One of these days we may need to find out whose mind is stronger, but not today. My mirror self is on the demon's side. She's not as clever as I am, but she's more ruthless."
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2022 5:05:27 GMT
Brian:
Up the stairs, there is a small window through which Brian sees the city aflame. Occasional breaks in the smoke show him demons slaughtering and vandalizing the city and its few remaining people.
He can hear guards rushing about the building, but none have come across his yet. He can guess the way to the throne room.
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2022 5:19:57 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/LQC26H5/Coy~jpg Kat:"The General saved our army on the plains when the demons threatened to overrun us. Defended the city walls until Malficious unleashed sorcery on us-" the King says. "-and I said-" Coy interrupts. "Yes, yes, you advised that we couldn't hold the walls. I know - I knew - but we had to show some resistance." "And now the better part of our army is gone leaving just a few defenders surrounded in here.
I have to admire your scheme to bring me here and try to kill me in your death trap of a shadow. Seems a little over-elaborate a ploy, and I can't comprehend this gambit of your coming in here now. To gloat, I assume. Say what you like about images and such nonsense; it won't distract me. I am ready to fight if you have come to duel and end this war."He draws his sword. "We will lose, and we will die," the King says, "But at least my traitor daughter will die with us." |
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Post by Katerina on Dec 16, 2022 8:38:55 GMT
Kat actually laughs at this. She ignores her father's utterances whilst he's under Coy's mind warping. Hearing her father call her a traitor wrenches her heart but he is unfortunately partially correct.
"I didn't even know you knew about my shadow until you told me at the party, and I didn't think you were actually serious about coming to aid my people. I told you the truth then about the dire state that my shadow was in. You chose to come here and help, in a manner of speaking. I did however bring an army with me to try and win against the demons. I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to save my people. If I'd wanted you dead I'd have done so at the party. There were numerous ways I could have killed you as we danced or before I came into the room from my spy hole and whilst I admit I thought about it at the party, I've changed my mind."
"The only reason I was pursuing you was because Flora commanded me to do it and I wanted her help to save Eshanta. Once I'd been told to let you be in Amber and found Flora wasn't really going to help, there was no particular reason for wanting you dead. Now if you mess my home up any more I may think of several reasons, but if you help then I will consider that you're not an enemy and maybe we can work together on this. Together we would be a potent force and might stand a fighting chance. You can start by freeing my father from your compulsion. I need to talk to him properly as I think he has the key to all this. I assume that Bleys told you about my home shadow and that he had a reason for you coming here? What I don't understand is why you think you're trapped here. If you have a magic card you can leave here at any time. You walked the Pattern, so you could go that way too."
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Post by Brian on Dec 16, 2022 22:59:50 GMT
Brian:Up the stairs, there is a small window through which Brian sees the city aflame. Occasional breaks in the smoke show him demons slaughtering and vandalizing the city and its few remaining people. He can hear guards rushing about the building, but none have come across his yet. He can guess the way to the throne room. I have a slight snarl on my face. I make my way towards the throne room to try to find Kat....and to not draw attention to myself.
Everything here feels like its sand slipping through my fingers. I would need to get higher to try to throw lightning at any of the demons....at least have a decent shot. This is a mess of a thing. The worst parts of war all in a bucket
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Post by Admin on Dec 17, 2022 17:44:50 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/LQC26H5/Coy~jpg Kat:Coy looks confused for a moment. "I've done no compulsion. All this is of your doing. I have defended this land with my army as best possible."A horn blasts from somewhere in the castle. A sound all dreaded to hear and hoped would never sound. An alarm which indicates demons have entered the castle. A guard rushes into the room and stops short seeing Kat. "Guards are slaughtered! Demons must walk the halls of our castle!" |
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