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Post by Admin on Mar 3, 2023 5:27:19 GMT
Kat's surmise was correct - the energies are dangerous to be run through her body like a power cable. And painful too. The portion of the Pattern she is drawing from glows brighter than before, lighting the whole area in lurid orange.
Through blurred eyes, she makes out two people a great distance away, floating through the air slowly toward her. Moments later, she can make out enough to see they both lack legs. Minutes later, she can see they are both sitting cross-legged on a flying carpet. Flying towards her but swerving around the Pattern sparks.
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Post by Katerina on Mar 3, 2023 8:07:48 GMT
What does she care about the pain? She probably deserved it for her failures to save Eschanta. Maybe the pain would sear all the badness from her and she could start again just like a Pheonia bird?
However people approaching on a flying carpet, that was a new. Given her luck recently Kat got her defenses ready. It was highly probably one of the Chaos Lords here to try and steal the Maze from her and that she wasn't going to put up with.
She folded her arms, prepared her defenses, pursed her lips and waited for the approach of the carpet to see who was on it.
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Post by Admin on Mar 5, 2023 5:40:22 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/LRYXrT4/jaxiam~png The carpet lands twenty meters from Kat. The man and woman stand and walk towards her. She recognizes neither of them. They carry swords. Both look at the broken Pattern with interest, the woman more than the man. He tears his eyes away and looks at Kat. "She is not one of the natives," he says to his companion.
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Post by Katerina on Mar 5, 2023 9:06:17 GMT
Kat felt insulted by that.
"I am so. I was raised here by the King himself, though I will grant you that my parents are not from here. If you have come here determined to wreck my home then I will fight you to my last breath. If you have come to help, then you are a welcome sight. Which is it?"
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Post by Admin on Mar 6, 2023 5:21:20 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/LRYXrT4/jaxiam~png The woman holds up her hands with her forefinger extended and thumb out to the side as an artist would. She looks at the fragments of Pattern through the viewfinder of her fingers. "That's a foolish attempt at a lie. Have you seen the people here? You carry metal and wear clothes. They do not.
"No one comes here by choice. No one can come here by choice, at least not at first. How'd it happen for you?"
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Post by Katerina on Mar 6, 2023 7:34:40 GMT
"Its not a lie. I was brought here to Eshanta as a baby. I was told that it was by my parents, but I'm not so sure if that was true and I've no idea who brought me here. I grew up in Eshanta and I am bonded with the Mirror Maze. The fact that I am different here has always been a sore point. Now are you going to help or just watch as the only thing I have left in life burn away?" Kat replies to the man.
"I am Princess Katerina Alswyck by the way." She holds out a hand in the hope that the man will shake it and offer his own name.
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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2023 6:43:34 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/KFmPccS/Natalia~png The woman looks seriously at Kat for the first time. "Katerina? Mirror Maze?" she says. The two look at each other from the corners of their eyes. "This isn't Eshanta. I couldn't tell you where this is, but I know it's not Eshanta. I'm Jax, and she's Nat.""Did you do that to the Pattern? I've never seen anything like that. Around here there are always things I've never seen before."[OOC: Is Nat's font too light? It's the one she used, but I can darken it if it helps readability.]
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Post by Katerina on Mar 7, 2023 7:30:45 GMT
[OOC - no problem I can read it]
Kat takes her hand back in since no one seems in the mood for shaking.
"Hello and you are both welcome. We're in a mirror version of Eshanta I think. We're looking at the Mirror version of the Mirror Maze which is the broken Pattern on Eshanta. Well that makes two of us, it doesn't mean that I'm not going to try and fix it. The Broken Pattern was broken by a real Pattern user. Its having a rather catastrophic effect as you can see. I have the Broken Pattern in my mind and can conjure, which I hope is enough to try and repair it, but I currently lack enough power to do so. I cannot fix it on my own, so I need help." She looks up hopefully at the pair.
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Post by Admin on Mar 9, 2023 4:56:33 GMT
"I've heard that no one can fix a Pattern without the Jewel of Judgement," Natalia says.
"And I've had my share of failures trying to mix my powers with the Pattern. I don't think that we can help you. But come and ride with us. Our camp is not too far. This rug can get some good speed in this world."
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Post by Katerina on Mar 9, 2023 7:42:39 GMT
"The Jewel I read was required to repair the Pattern in Amber, but I suspect a Broken Pattern has a lower threshold. I just need a bit of an extra power boost. If I don't attempt this then I will have lost everything." Kat replies.
"It is a very kind offer, but I really need help here. I don't want to beg, but if I don't do this then I will likely die here. I may die in the attempt at fixing it, but there is nothing left for me out there." Kat says sadly and points vaguely out to the world away from the Broken Pattern. All her friends, family and the world she knew were now dead. There were people that she'd met who she would miss; Eivor, Lorelei, Ovid, Brian and Xu Liang but she wondered if they would miss her.
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Post by Admin on Mar 10, 2023 6:50:34 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/KFmPccS/Natalia~png "Why are so interested in fixing this Pattern when you have so little regard for its power? A Broken Pattern can destroy worlds if it is misused. Nothing we have here can repair it," Nat says. "And even if you could, it would take time. You will need food, water, and maybe another perspective on the problem. Fly with us to our camp," Jaxiam adds.
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Post by Katerina on Mar 10, 2023 8:17:46 GMT
"Because it is all I have left of Eshanta, because it is tied to me and I do not have the luxury of time before it is destroyed. In other times your offer would be well received and I would love to take you up on it Nat, but time is not my friend here. Food and water I can conjure before I begin."
"I am not without talents, I just lack sufficient power. If only I could channel the power of its destruction somehow back on itself to feed it recreating itself like the legends of a pheonis bird. The Broken Pattern is in my mind and can be used as a template. The construct I have touched and I am sure I could recreate even better than before. You probably think I'm mad, but doing this is the most important thing to in the world to me." Kat tries and fails to not let a tear fall down her face.
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Post by Admin on Mar 11, 2023 6:18:27 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/KFmPccS/Natalia~png Jaxiam shrugs. "We tried to help her. We have bigger problems to deal with," he says to Natalia. "That's true, but as you said, she isn't from around here," Natalia replies, the two of them talking like Kat isn't even there. "She's the only other one we've found who's from out there. She's injured, confused-" Nat taps her temple with a finger. "-probably brain damaged. Why else would she rant about a place Father destroyed all those centuries ago?"She turns to Kat. "You really must come with us. We could force you if we have to."
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Post by Katerina on Mar 11, 2023 10:29:54 GMT
"Just because something hasn't been done before it doesn't mean it is impossible. There has to be a first time for everything else progress will never happen!" She replies.
"What do you mean your father destoryed Eshanta?" Kat demands to know. This conversation was getting weirded and she didn't have the time for it, but she didn't want to fight these two either as she would probably lose.
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Post by Admin on Mar 12, 2023 5:43:34 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/LRYXrT4/jaxiam~png "You are a kid. We have experience in these matters so don't try to tell us what is or isn't possible.""It happened long ago. Before we were born so I can't say what is truly true but the tales say King Corwin destroyed Eshanta when the Mirror Maze released the evil spirits of Chaos into Shadow. But you say that is the Mirror Maze and you recently arrived here? Jax, could this be a time thing?""Could be. Who knows?" Jaxiam says with increasing irritation. "We've given her every chance, so just let her die out here. Your father wanted it that way when he destroyed the place, let's not interfere with his work."
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