Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20140702211836/@comment-3293219-20140704181029

Lydia stepped into the room with the orb, timidly approaching it as she always did.

Velus was a good man, at least to her but she still felt intimidated, when she approached him or the large orb, which acted as his avatar. She stopped just short of it, clearing her throat before she began to speak...

"Velus?"

"Yes my dear?"

She didn't expect such a sudden response, which made her gasp a little but still, she managed to continue, rubbing her hands together in dread.

"How is it coming along?" She decided to ask, hoping to ease him into it before asking him for any demanding favours, still, she dreaded the answer as she seemed a little too eager.

"It's coming along swimmingly, by this time tomorrow; we'll be enjoying our walks among the mountain ridge, hand in hand." He replied, happily, taking her back to those walks, all those years ago...

It was why she lived in the mountains, Bruma was a beautiful city, one that she yearned to see again, sadly, she had no idea about the industrialisation of Tamriel as that was all ahead of her time...

"Wonderful! Truly wonderful!" She gasped, clapping her hands together with a smile and feeling her anxieties slowly leaving her, giving her enough courage to go on.

"Though... Th-There's something I need of you before the final preparations."

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Velus looked up, from his work, slowly turning back to face the diamond, scratching his head. She'd never asked for anything before, well except for the big thing but even that was his idea...

"W-What is it my love?"

"I need you to free someone, from inside the crystal."

There was a long pause, something that made Lydia feel incredibly uncomfortable as she stepped back and pressed her hand against her stomach.

"Velus?"

"Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry I was just... Lydia... That can't be done, I need as many souls as possible for the transition."

"It's only one..." The Imperial woman pointed out, sighing heavily as she approached the orb, placing her hand on it.

"Can't you do that... for me?"

Velus sighed and glanced away, fiddling with the many tools in front of him as he eventually threw them across the tray and ran his hands through his hair.

"Who's soul?" He finally asked, he stood eager, waiting for her response.

"The Argonian, Kaizen? With Black scales..."

Velus grimaced and looked away, seeming disgusted at the request, something about that man wasn't right, he could feel it, like he irradiated evil. But it wasn't just his personal grievances that held him back; he needed a soul that powerful...

"I'm... Sorry Lydia but..."

"No! Petra's giving me her body; the least that I can do is free her... her... her lover from this place!"

"Lydia..."

"He...  We'll be splitting up a couple but... It's what she wants, more than her own life, she's willing to live forever in this place for his freedom, please Velus!"

"NO!" He snapped, slamming his fist on the table and making the Imperial woman jump and shudder, tears freefalling down her cheeks and dripping off of her chin.

"I need his soul, to power the machine! Even if I did this, they'd still die anyway, when the machine absorbs their souls!" He then gasped, stepping back and covering his mouth, with his hand.

Lydia's draw began to tremble as she brought her hand to her mouth, how many people were in here, hundreds? And she was about to kill them all? For her?

She loved her husband, dearly but she wasn't worth over 100 lives, even if most of them were savages, they still had lives to live and she couldn't take that away from them, like fate did to her.

"Wh-What... What do you mean? Y-You said that they'd live in the machine!"

Velus sighed and stepped closer to the crystal, his eyes shimmering as he slowly raised his hands.

"Lydia... You have to understand..."

"You lied to me!" She shrieked, running out of the room as she openly burst into tears.

-

"You're right..." Tabith muttered, looking to him.

"Do you want to go back? You look..."