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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2023 3:52:39 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/B2bQq2K/brand3~png They climb higher up the mountainside. The air gets cold and winds blast them with snow. The sky which was black down in the lowlands has now become filled with bright coloured broken Patterns. They fill the sky in an ordered way but some places in the lattice are empty. Most hang still in the sky, others slowly rotate, a rare one bleeds coloured sparks down onto the land below. Life sprouts where they land. "Just as I expected!" Brand says impressed with himself. "This should provide my way out of this wasteland and back into shadow."
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Post by Dirk on Nov 23, 2023 4:32:42 GMT
Dirk growls to remind Brand that he has a companion to explain things too. He looks around carefully, trying to see what to do. He has walked the pattern.
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Post by Admin on Nov 29, 2023 4:44:58 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/B2bQq2K/brand3~png "Oh, yes, and your way out too," Brand adds. He pets Dirk's head and scratches him behind the ears. "You're a good boy, aren't you? A big, strong boy. A nice fluffy kitty cat. Those people didn't harm you too much, did they? It wouldn't be right for them to hurt my spirit animal companion, yes?"He looks about the mountain top. "As my guide in this purgatory, you should be able to find us a flat area. Rounded would be nice; about twenty feet wide."
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Post by Dirk on Nov 29, 2023 19:41:15 GMT
Dirk purrs and starts to look around for thr place Brand is looking for. If he finds it Dirk sits and growls for attention.
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Post by Admin on Dec 3, 2023 21:16:20 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/B2bQq2K/brand3~png "Well done. Well done," Brand says as he looks over the area. He gets down on one knee and studies the ground closely, rubbing his hands over the rock. "The fiery powers of creation that birthed this mountain gave us this patch of less hard stone. It will need to be flattened and the gouging scrubbed away."He finds a not too large granite boulder, flatish on one side then begins the work of scraping off the top layer of stone. In minutes he is sweating and swearing. "If you'd return to a more normal form then you could be of some use here," he grumbles at Dirk.
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Post by Dirk on Dec 3, 2023 22:14:56 GMT
Dirk shifts and is butt naked. He says "OK? Just tell me what I need to do. I owe your son a broken face. So the sooner we get out of here the better."
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Post by Admin on Dec 5, 2023 2:20:46 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/B2bQq2K/brand3~png "My son? Why? I suppose the reason doesn't really matter; they weren't important to my brothers when they would go after each other.
"Take this boulder and do what I was doing until this whole area is clean. Then I can begin to carve the rock.
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Post by Dirk on Dec 5, 2023 4:46:06 GMT
Dirk does as he's asked.. "unfortunately, your son killed my father because my father killed you.. But you're not dead. "He smiles "So that's what the score us."
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Post by Admin on Dec 7, 2023 5:07:48 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/B2bQq2K/brand3~png "I'm not dead? Are you sure?"He pulls down the rough and shows Dirk the barely healed arrow puncture on his neck. "Not even Jasra could give me this large a hickey. No one could survive a wound like this. And silver arrows, too. Your father thought of everything except to watch his back."With Dirk's work done, Brand takes a sharpened flint knife and gouges a large pattern into the rock. Something sorcerous. "So my boy avenged the death of his old man, eh? Let me guess: Shot him with a silver arrow as a poetic justice."
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Post by Dirk on Dec 7, 2023 21:18:12 GMT
Dirk says "Your wound is healed. You're not dead, yet. I don't plan retaliation for Rinaldo's murder of my father. He has a fate worse than death. He's running Arden for Flora who is regent. I just need to get out of here to get clothes, a new ship, and a new crew. How do you like The Wrath of fate as a ship name?"
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Post by Admin on Dec 11, 2023 6:02:47 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/B2bQq2K/brand3~png Brand pauses his work. "Flora Regent? What happened? Did they all finally grow tired of that little fink Random?"
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Post by Dirk on Dec 11, 2023 18:11:31 GMT
"I don't know. I think he died before I got there. Rinaldo is running Arden for her. My goal is to get out of here and tell Amber to piss off. I want to go home and not be part of flora's marriage plans." Dirk says as he watches everything Brand does.
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2023 4:30:57 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/B2bQq2K/brand3~png Brand laughs at Dirk's tale. "Little Flori let my son get that close to the throne? I always said she was the dumbest of us all, even more so than Llewella. She'll learn her lesson soon enough."He stands when the carving is done. A large pentagram is now etched into the rock. He dusts off his hands and looks upon his work with satisfaction. "Now you can lay in the centre there and make yourself comfortable while I find a new piece of flint. Something much thinner and sharper this time, delicate control is needed in the next step of the ritual."
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Post by Dirk on Dec 16, 2023 18:26:01 GMT
"Yeah,no I am not going lie down and be your sacrificial cat. You're not even being subtle. I expected better than that from you. Seriously."
Dirk backs up and readies himself to shift as fast as he can into a more primal form, preferably his demon form to protect himself.
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Post by Admin on Dec 19, 2023 7:39:04 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/B2bQq2K/brand3~png "My boy, I told you we would both be getting out of here. If you want out of this place then it has to be you for many reasons. Firstly, the process requires a lifetime of practice in sorcery, ritual and other dark arts all of which you don't know and couldn't be taught quicky enough. Second-"He points to his neck. "Not enough blood left in me after your father's display of marksmanship.
"I suppose it's a cosmic joke that the man your father killed is now your only hope of escaping here and it requires bloodletting in return. Balance will be restored, credits and debits balance."
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