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Post by Eivor on Mar 13, 2024 9:08:42 GMT
[OOC: Aside from the acceleration effect, does anything else change? Is she influencing Shadow or is it resistant? Is there a dispersal of power at all or is it still building?]
Eivor lands on the head of Anubis, and anchors herself to something with rope.
"Oh Grandfather, why did you pick me for this task?" She laments, before grounding her spear on the head then extending it into the swirling and flashing orb of colours.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2024 9:58:45 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png "Who are you to speak thus to a Prince of Amber, boy?" he says. Jacob takes a half-glance at the guards to gauge any reaction in them to their "high priest's" change in business title. "One familiar with the ways of such Princes, and if you are the Prince whom you most resemble, I'd go so far as to say your need to explain yourself has just gone up, as the ancient King seems to have his eye on this place."
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Post by Admin on Mar 17, 2024 21:04:52 GMT
Eivor:
No other changes unless she wants to move out of this shadow.
There is a strong tug on her spear. It doesn't feel like a person is holding it beyond the coloured orb, but it is more likely a result of the forces flowing through the thing out of this place and into another.
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Post by Admin on Mar 17, 2024 21:12:16 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png Jacob:"A dead king and a dead pretender. We are better off without either of them.
"So you are familiar with the ways of princes? Not very familiar, it seems, or you would be afraid to face me and speak so." Brand replies. The guards are much more concerned with watching the skies for death's arrival.
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Post by Eivor on Mar 17, 2024 22:13:33 GMT
Holding the spear, she activates the trump to Fortitua hoping to divert some of the energy elsewhere. It was a slim hope, so she is also thumbing through her cards.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2024 22:15:55 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png Jacob:"A dead king and a dead pretender. We are better off without either of them.
"So you are familiar with the ways of princes? Not very familiar, it seems, or you would be afraid to face me and speak so." Brand replies. The guards are much more concerned with watching the skies for death's arrival. Jacob kept his face neutral as the blood-covered Brand sniped. "Indeed? In my experience, it is quite common for princes to be counting the dead without corpses to hand, so you certainly seem of a type. Or are you hiding kings and pretenders in that charnel pit beneath you?"
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Post by Admin on Mar 17, 2024 22:45:37 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png "Pretenders, threats, the unwanted, the gho-" Brand stops speaking for a second. "Your friend is making a grave mistake."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2024 23:08:58 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png "Pretenders, threats, the unwanted, the gho-" Brand stops speaking for a second. "Your friend is making a grave mistake." Jacob's eyes narrow."If you want me to do something about, you're going to need to be more specific."
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Post by Admin on Mar 17, 2024 23:38:07 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png "To put it in terms you might understand, she is playing with power she can't comprehend, can't control, and can't imagine the consequences of her interference."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2024 0:23:28 GMT
"Well, if anyone would recognize that particular trifecta of overconfidence, I suppose it would be you..."
Jacob looks up to where Eivor is, trying to get a sense of what's going on, but still speaking to Brand, "Do you have anything constructive to add or are you just going to hang about covered in blood and wait for 'consequences we cannot imagine'? Because I'm fairly certain I'm not turning her from her course down here."
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2024 0:48:54 GMT
Eivor is high above the cave mouth, on the top of Anubis' head, sticking her spear into an odd-colored cloud with one hand, fiddling with her trump deck in the other. It's not a very sturdy perch, and a slight loss of balance might make her drop the cards!
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2024 0:51:45 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png "Quite a conundrum. All would have been well if she hadn't interrupted the ritual. Not enough time to start again unless you want to get on the altar. Or maybe your bandaged friend there?"
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Post by Eivor on Mar 18, 2024 9:00:40 GMT
[OOC: Eivor has already secured herself with rope expecting a rough ride. She can also shift her feet to give them more grip. Plus, she's an Amberite. Ofc the whole thing might blow up, making it a moot point.]
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2024 9:12:47 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png "Quite a conundrum. All would have been well if she hadn't interrupted the ritual. Not enough time to start again unless you want to get on the altar. Or maybe your bandaged friend there?"Jacob looks at Brand, looks at Eivor, looks at Brand again, then sighs and grits his teeth. "You know what? Fine." He walks back towards the altar, pausing to remove his coat and drape it over the Martin-like figure. "If one of our blood is what it's going to take, you can have mine. How exactly does this work?"
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Post by Admin on Mar 19, 2024 2:16:12 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/3RLgZ4b/oneeyedbrand~png "It's your basic sacrifice. I slice you open and bleed you to death. If you are a member of Amber's royal family and there's enough time left, I can use the blood in a ritual which will contain the Shadow Bore and focus it on a target. If not, I will try it on your wrapped friend. And if he doesn't have enough of the good stuff, then you are all dead," Brand says this as he draws out his Persian disembowelling dagger from a hidden sheath and a whetstone from a pocket.
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