Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20140429222522/@comment-3293219-20140502105607

(Pie time! :D

For those of you who hate rading, no summary is required as nothing significant to the plot happens. I just wanted to explore Karia's thoughts here and add to her relationship with Xervish.

Akatosh might want to read though as it explores Karia's view on what happened between her and Sotetta. I've kind of skimmed over on the proof reading (I know, I'm a terible person) since I'm in a bit of a hurry to get some dinner.)

Karia watched over Sotteta until she drifted off the sleep, somewhat fearful of moving closer to her, in case she tried to 'show her how she felt' again. The Breton wasn't completely ignorant of the concept of love, she'd seen people, wandering the roads of Cyrodiil, holding hands and stopping to do...

That...

The tribal was confused, for a number of reasons. The first thing that she noted was that the only cases she had seen were between women and men, for reasons that still weren't clear to her. Set and Maria and Set and Julie sprang to mind as they were her only examples. But would any of them have an intimate relationship with someone of the same gender? Was it possible? Was it...

Karia had no one else, she barely knew Sotteta and she was the closest thing she had to a friend and now that she was being strange, she had no one... She began to look around the dungeon, looking over the other prisoners, hoping for a frame of reference, who was awake.

There was only one of them... That horrid Dunmer, who had her fingers broken but he was smart, he used big words and he held his nose in the air, like smart people. The Breton hesitated before crawling over to him, placing her hand on his forearm and taking a tight grip, shaking the wizard to wake him.

Xervish instantly winced, gritting his teeth and opening his eyes before grabbing Karia's wrist and pulling her hand away from him.

"Argh, damn it all!" He rolled up his sleeve, revealing his brand mark, which had been burned deep into his flesh.

What are you doing!?" He hissed, keeping in mind that the others were asleep.

"Please? I need help..." Karia begged, staring into his eyes.

"Why, what's wrong?" Xervish snapped, pulling his arm away from her and rolling down his sleeve, the burn mark was still throbbing.

Karia glanced away before looking over to Sotteta, the Nord slept soundlessly, with her tears still stuck to her cheeks.

"Sotetta, she..." The Breton sighed; she didn't know what it was called, though she had seen it before.

Xervish closed his eyes and pressed his head against the wall as he tried to go back to sleep, cradling his arm in his left arm.

"Unless she's attacked you or rogered you, I don't care..."

"But I need help!" The Breton pleaded, as if this was a sure fire way to receive it. She placed her hand on his shoulder and shook him, looking somewhat frantic.

"I don't know what to do!"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">About what!?" Xervish growled, almost tempted to strike her across the face and tell her to go back to her own side of the room.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Sotteta, she's acting strange!"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xervish glanced up at the Nord, she just appeared to be sleeping, no sign of any odd activity or anything out of the ordinary.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"You're the only one acting strange child, now go back to sleep..."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"But she..."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xervish raised her hand, to shut her up, he'd heard enough of this mad woman's ramblings and he had half a mind to silence her, with a good slap. Karia was not one to be discouraged and so, she immediately grabbed out for the Dunmer's burnt arm, causing him to cry out in pain before bringing his hand across her face and knocking her to the floor, away from him.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"You do that again and I'll..." He stopped as she began to sob, no longer looking at him or paying any attention to him as she hunched over began to shake. She missed her family, the one that she outlived, she missed the simple life before this cruel world of pain came along and took her away from it and now she was trapped in a room with two people that didn't understand her and from her perspective, they didn't really have any intentions of understanding her either.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Dunmer sighed, feeling somewhat defeated here. He was trapped, driving himself mad over the fact that he had lost his magic, he was alone and it’s not like he was going to do anything better anyway. He sighed, not entirely confident that he could defuse the situation but he'd try it anyway as he felt like he owed it to her.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"What did Sotteta do that was... 'Unusual?" He decided to ask, not sounding the slightest bit remorseful or caring but at least he was asking.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Tribal looked over her shoulder, sniffing and dragging her hand across her nose and rubbing her cheek. She looked down and moved closer to him, somehow not afraid of approaching him, even though he had hit her, mere moments ago.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Karia paused to compose herself as Xervish waited patiently, looking down on the Breton girl, his insides clawing at him to show his disinterest.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"She... Did something to me..."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xervish rolled his eyes, wishing that the Tribal could be a little more specific as to what kind of something she was referring to.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"What exactly did she do?"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Karia thought for a moment, even though she had grasped the common language to an extent, she still had to see something before she could process it. Not knowing what else to do, she kneeled up and grabbed hold of Xervish's face, pressing his lips against hers to show him. Xervish, not too surprisingly, pulled away and cringed, unable to hide the fact that he was repulsed by this. He shoved the flea ridden cave dweller away from him and almost snapped at her, when she cut through him.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"That's what she did!" Karia spluttered, hoping to defend herself.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"I know what kissing is, I didn't need a demonstration!" Xervish winced, spitting towards the wall in disgust. He dragged his sleeve across his mouth and frowned at her, trying to think of something else to resist the urge the vomit.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Kissing?" Karia tilted her head as she crawled back over to the Dunmer, he held his hand out to stop her.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Wizard looked at her as if she was completely mad, how could someone, of her age know so little about anything. He groaned and rolled his eyes, this wasn't his job, he wasn't her father and he had no entitled little shits of his own, so the responsibility of explaining the 'birds and the bees' or whatever the unwashed masses call it wasn't his problem. Yet she persists, coming to him and telling him as he knows about it or even cares.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Just... Go back to sleep..."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"But I want..."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"I said; go back to sleep!" Xervish's voice echoed inside the hollow rock like cell and inside Karia's head, she put her hand on her chest and nodded before curling up into a ball, next to him, kind of like a dog. Xervish sighed again, a habbit that he wasn't able to drop, so long as there were idiots in the world, he will always find a need to do so...

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"What did Sotetta mean when she asked about my feelings?" Karia mumbled, running her finger through the little grooves that the burn mark left on her arm as she spoke, glancing back to the Wizard as she finished.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xervish sighed, hoping that he could kill the conversation by giving a few short answers.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Presumably, she was probably asking if you wanted her to kiss you, like most considerate people do..." He muttered, resting his eyes.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"She asked me if I love her..."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"And what did you say?" The Dunmer asked, hoping to keep her talking so that he could drift off the sleep.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"I thought she wanted to be my friend or my family..." Karia mumbled, going back to tracing the indentation on her arm. She wished that Julie was here...

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She'd be better at this, more helpful and experienced...

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Set was scary but at least he wouldn't hit her, at least she didn't think that he would...

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xervish could feel his insides writhing in response to the awkwardness of it all; can't she just do what the other plebs did? Indulge herself in those trashy books, like 'Two timing at the Tiber Septim' and 'The Mysterious merchant?' Couldn't she go and ask Julie or Set and get a demonstration whilst she was at it? Why bother him, a house Telvanni Wizard of all people, why not go and bother the Nord or confront Sotetta about it herself?

''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Fear not, hopefully Aratius will execute us; the nightmare is almost over... ''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Xervish?"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xervish just groaned as his pleasant trail of thought had been broken by the Tribal's whining, Karia took this groan as a 'yes.'

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"You know like Julie and Set and Maria and Set are..." She didn't know the word for it, so she looked to him, hoping that he knew the correct term.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Intimate, yes?"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"C-Can I be... 'Intimate' with someone like Sotetta?"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Sure, go right ahead..." Xervish grumbled, pressing his head against the wall.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"How?" Karia asked, pulling herself to her knees and kneeling in front of Xervish, with an intently, like a school child awaiting an important lesson. Xervish opened his eye and peered over to her, pulling away from the wall and grumbling something unintelligible to himself as he began to get the feeling that he wouldn't be getting much sleep tonight...

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Well, go over to her and just... Why am I even doing this, isn't there somebody else you can annoy? Can't you learn this trash from some filthy literature or something?"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Karia looked at him, somewhat confused and amused by his outburst, she was obvious suppressing a giggle.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"What?"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"It's funny when you anger." She smiled, causing him to raise an eyebrow.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Right, well, you go and fondle Sotetta and practice your speaking skills, I'm going to get my last night's sleep before Aratius chops our heads off tomorrow..."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Like that Redguard girl..." Karia muttered, looking down at the floor.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Like Senynda, yes..." Xervish sighed, pressing the back of head against the stone wall and looking up to the ceiling.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Sotetta said that it was a good thing that she died..."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xervish said nothing, sure he thought that the girl was beneath him but he didn't wish death on her, even if she was stupid and insane. He was somewhat indifferent to her, though it was difficult to tell, who he hated and who he just thought little of.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"And what do you think?" Xervish asked, though he wasn't sure why, perhaps getting a collective opinion would help him feel better about his own...

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"It's never a good thing..." Karia mumbled, glancing back over to him.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Agreed..." The Dunmer nodded, sitting up and turning to her.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Karia nodded and paused, almost as if they were having a moment's silence for the fallen cultist. The moment ended as Karia quickly looked to Xervish, with a new question.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"What's 'fondling?"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Xervish clenched his fist, wanting to hit something, though he was leaning more towards hitting the wall, than the clueless Breton girl.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Go to sleep Karia..." He ordered, through gritted teeth.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Wolf Queen nodded and obeyed, curling up into a ball and looking over to Sotetta as she found herself unable to keep her gaze off of her.

''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What is she thinking? ''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What am I... Thinking? ''