Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20131203225639/@comment-3293219-20131204145616

Lilly found herself in a void of sorts, a purgatory of nothing.

No light.

No dark.

No ground beneath her feet, yet she was still held up.

Just white as far as the eye could see, no wind, sounds or smells that told her where she was.

Many would consider this to be hellish but Lilly found it somewhat tranquil, there was nothing to bother her here and though it was depressing, it appeared to be harmless.

"You are one irritating little witch..." A voice seethed, coming from behind.

Lilly didn't bother to turn around, she knew that it was Dunlammus, she could tell by his voice.

"Is it the fidgeting? I get told that I fidget quite a lot... people also say that the snapping sound that my fingernail make when I bite them is annoying to." Lilly babbled, unsure herself as to what bothered him so much.

"Look around... do you notice anything odd?"

"Erm... I notice nothing at all; this place is like a void."

"Exactly, why do you think that is?"

Lilly thought of a good answer, "Because we're inside Nish's head?"

"No..." Dunlammus scowled, not seeing the humor in her response, "we are here, because I am unable to access your mind. Why?"

Lilly knew why but kept it from him, just to annoy him even further, annoying him made him angry and anger makes people stupid.

"You know what I'm talking about... Stop wasting my time mortal and answer me!" Truthfully, this was sending shivers down her spine. She had no plan here and attacking Dunlammus without any cover would be a death sentence for her.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"I cast a ward on myself to protect my thoughts and memories from you." Lilly explained, turning to face him as she did.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Is that so... impressive, such wards aren't common anymore even among the most seasoned of wizards." Dunlammus was beginning to get ideas as to what this witch could teach him, should he be able to get out of this damned amulet.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"My mother isn't a 'seasoned wizard..." Lilly was quick to remind him.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Yes... but she cannot protect you here."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Who says I need protecting?" Lilly bluffed, "I could know everything that she knows, for all you know."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dunlammus wasn't fooled, Lilly was a terrible liar. "Humph... Unlikely, you're too young, mortal and frail to possess such knowledge. You are able to pull a good parlor trick but that's the extent of your usefulness."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"So... why have you trapped me in here? Why won't you let me go back to the others?"

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Ha, you take me for a fool? Right now, the nord is going to be torn apart by that, that she fears most; the dunmer and the high elf will both lose hope and beg me to kill them! I don't want you interrupting their fates, that would be ever so rude."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lilly clenched her fist as she was determined to stop him now.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Well... since I'm not going anywhere, might as well show you a parlor trick."

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lilly then cast a paralysis spell on Dunlammus, causing him to keel over. The spell wasn't strong enough to last more than a few seconds but a few seconds was all Lilly needed to loot his body and devise her escape.

<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As Dunlammus regained the ability to move, he climbed to his feet and looked around for the girl.

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

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"I will find you witch! I will send you back to your mother in a box to remind her of the mistake she made birthing you!"

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<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">==Manja's dream==

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lilly materialised in the ratway, looking around to see if Manja was immediately behind her.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Good... she isn't. 

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She heard shrieks coming from up ahead and looked around, trying to find something that Manja could use to her advantage.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She turned to see three doors; ''one of these must be the way out... I'll narrow it down for her.''

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lilly had some experience manipulating her own dreams but this felt different, as if it was on a larger scale.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She quickly looked inside, butcher... dead end. Lilly closed the door, slowly as she was about to leave, a meat cleaver caught her eye.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;">''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Okay... this might help Manja if she gets in a pinch... ''

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She reached for the second door and peered in, horrified at what was inside, two khajit cannibals had broken away from the feast and were devouring a dead nord. His torso had been violently torn open; it was unknown if this was done to him before or after he died. Lilly hoped for the latter.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The witch opened the door a little wider and froze in place as it creaked.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Both of the khajit spun around with a look of sheer glee on their faces as they jumped up and lunged for her, knocking the door down. Lilly fell to the floor, too shocked to scream or vocally react at all.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">One of the khajit was on top of her, trying to bit at her neck, Lilly was quick to counter it by firing a fireball directly into its face and knocking it flying back into the nearest wall with a sickening crunch.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The second one then went for her but was knocked back by a fireball, as it staggered, Lilly got up and ran across the room, still holding the meat cleaver.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As the khajit got it's balance, a plan formed into Lilly's head, undiscouraged by the death of its friend the khajit went for her a second time, sprinting across the room and throwing itself at her. Lilly quickly spun around and drove the cleaver into the khajit's shoulder and getting it jammed into the crevice of the wall. The khajit, unable to move was now helpless for Lilly's next attack as she burnt it with a powerful fire spell, causing it to burn to ashes.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Strangely, no scorch marks were left on the wall, just a lot of blood.

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<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lilly heard a door slam up ahead.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Sorry assholes but dinner's cancelled!"

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Time to get out of here..." 

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lilly ran ahead and shut the door behind her, locking it keep Manja from running into a dead end and trapping herself inside.

<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(213, 212, 212); font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">(Going to do some more thinking before I write any further into Lilly's dream sequence.)