Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20140112004028/@comment-3293219-20140115092108

(Welp, flashback time!)

Corelas sat, examining the cases bought to him in the binder, hoping to clear the names of a few innocents...

It was obvious, to him at least, what Larius was doing... His own, personal witch hunt that will justify his position in the order and Corelas was the only thing that stood in his way. Their superiors were just as cold and as cruel as Larius, younger men, born to hate and resist logic whenever it was presented to them.

Finally done... Adire thought as he turned the page and looked up to the nearest window to measure the time. Tomorrow, I can interrogate the suspects an-

That thought had to hold as his office door burst open, Corelas preferred it when they knocked, especially when it was Larius on the other end... Larius was the first to step through, an expected visit but his manor was rather aggressive for a house call. Then he noticed it, a 'senior' officer stood behind him, marching with his hands behind his back.

Corelas suddenly noticed how serious things must be, he stood up as the superior officer stepped forward. "Commander Adire?"

Corelas nodded in response, though the officer already knew who he was... "What is this about?"

"The order has become... concerned about your methods." The office began to pace around the room.

You mean Larius is 'concerned.'

"I don't understand..."

"I believe that you have been delaying the execution of proven Talos worshippers."

Corelas stopped, was this something that Larius put in his head? "On the contrary, no proof has been presented to me, I'm reviewing the cases and interrogating the susp-"

"Seems to me that your progress has been waining over the last eight months..."

Corelas knew what this meant, it was an insult and a breach of trust but the thalmor had learned to rise about such clumsy attempts at wounding him. "My duties have been unaffected by my personal matters, I can assure you of that."

Larius stepped in, the officer allowed it, which is not a good sign. "Look, we understand that you've been under a great deal of stress lately after what happened with Korina, it was an error in judg-"

"Silence Larius!" Corelas snapped at him, stopping him from putting his thoughts into the empty head of the cretin, in charge.

"Corelas..." The superior sounded concerned but it was for show, Larius was glowing underneath that cold, dead face of his. "I think that there has been, as Larius said, an 'error in judgement."

"What do you mea-"

"Look, I know that your grief has made you... more sympathetic." This made Corelas' blood boil, "are you accusing me of being a Talos sympathiser?"

"No, Larius has assured me that your intentions are in the right place but your head clearly isn't. We need progress here. Larius, Coreman and Solril have already found recruits in our ranks, they're experts at it and their, ability to overlook that these... traitors used to be 'our own' is ideal but you are too sympathetic to them."

"You can't, seriously, be saying that we start executing people withou-"

"Enough Corelas... It's over, I've signed the papers, all of them had connections to Talos. I've seen the evidence and I've had several background checks done, all of them. All twenty were found with amulets, prayerbooks and shrines in their homes."

''Impossible! All twenty? Could they have been planted?'' Corelas' mind raced as he thought up the possibilities, could Larius be right... was it as big of a threat as it seemed.

"I'm relieving you of your duty Corelas, maybe in a few years, you'll be able to cope with this position."

Corelas' heart had sunk to his stomach, he glanced over at the dossier...

"That'll be all... Take the afternoon off and report to your successor tomorrow."

Corelas, surprisingly, didn't care about losing his position... Not as much as he thought.

Adal, Elsinlock, Joror, Thromorin, Elsinthar...

''"Don't leave me..." ''Korina's, weak and dying voice echoed throughout his head.

Silinal, Spellaire, Jorus, Grayor, Highius...

''"I'll be back in two days... I promise." ''Corelas leant forward and kissed her on the forehead.

Caemor, Highian, Joraire, Gaeal, Elsinwatch...

"Don't go..." Her voice echoed, breaking up as tears whelled in her eyes, knowing that this would be the last times he'd see him.

Adlock, Yamora, Herela, Junil...

"Don't go..."

Zevar...

"Don't go..."

Corelas stopped and hung his head, tears welling up in his eyes that were thankfully conceiled by his hood.