Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20140616183608/@comment-3293219-20140620200645

(Finally!)

“I thought you said that you had a way through!” Nepht whined, crawling in the dirt, under a fence. Thankfully, the ground had frozen over and it hadn’t rained for days.

“I do, don’t I? We’re getting through, see?” Manja strained as she pulled herself along, her head was inches away from the barbed wire fence as she crawled under it.

“Sh-Should’ve asked Granny for some pliers…”

Nepht ignored her, just focussing on the fact that she may see her family again in a matter of hours. That alone gave her the strength to crawl under the wire fence and reach the Cyrodiilic boarder. Standing up as the city of Bruma came into view…

“Beautiful, isn’t it?” Manja asked, dusting her new armour off as she stood up beside her, giving the young Dunmer a smile.

“Y-Yeah… It looks so… Cosy…” Nepht whispered, almost mesmerised by the Christmas card like view of the town. The white, crispy snow which clung to the rooftops, the orange glow in the windows, where every room had a fireplace lit in it. It looked so warm, so inviting…

“C’mon kiddo…” The Nord whispered, with a smile as she began her descent, towards the town. Tripping over the occasional rock and stumbling a few feet as she approached the Nordic city of Bruma. Nepht found herself looking around, somewhat enchanted by the crispy snow, which hung off of the nearby rocks and trees, treading lightly on the brown path and kicking rocks aside as she went. Neither of them knew this but this was the road where Nish and Eilonwyn had walked, ten years prior, where they first met Ferrin.

By now all traces of them had gone, what little they left that is and the two companions found themselves blissfully unaware of the Altmer and his mad resurrection. The two of them continued to approach the city, taking in the scenery as they went.

-

Ella awoke in her bed, immediately finding herself flooded with a wave of guilt as she remembered where her ‘roommate’ slept.

The Nord slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes, yawning as she looked around and adjusted to being conscious.

“Good morning miss.” The Bosmer said, cheerily, unfortunately making Ella jump out of her skin and shudder in her bed.

Gods, where did he even come from? She thought as she caught her breath, putting a hand on her chest as she saw that he was knelt up, on the floor beside her, staring up at her, wide eyed with a smile on his face. He had slept on a big pile of clothes in the middle of the floor, closest thing to a bed which Ella could have prepared, without alerting any of the other guests or the owners.

Ella rolled out of bed, wincing as her armour continued to dig into her, she was looking forward to taking it off and sleeping comfortably but fate had other plans. She sighed as she got up, wandering across the room as she rubbed her eyes.

“Good morning…” She paused, realising that she didn’t know the boy’s name as she turned around to face him, waiting for him to introduce himself.

“Amir.” The boy said, introducing himself as he stood up and stood attentively.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Amir?” Ella questioned, not intentionally but it sounded more like a Redguard name than a Bosmer name.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I am Ella; it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance.” She smiled, warmly, taking his hand and shaking it. The two smiled at each other for a brief moment as chairs started to move downstairs and the inn patrons woke up and shuffled down the corridors and hallways.

<p class="MsoNormal">Ella looked up to the door and sighed, taking a few steps forward and kneeling down infront of the Bosmer.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Amir? I’m going to have to leave now… I’m looking for someone and I don’t have much time…” She whispered, putting her hand on his shoulder, whilst holding his forearm.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Look out for yourself, okay?”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Bosmer nodded, with a huge smile on his face, happy that he’d been able to sleep somewhere without waking up with bruises all over his body for the first time in what felt like months. Ella felt kind of proud of that, doing something charitable, whilst helping her own son. It took some of the guilt away, from what happened with Ferrin…

<p class="MsoNormal">Ella went downstairs and gave the innkeeper a smile and a nod as she passed him, thanking him for his hospitality before heading out of the front door, beginning her journey as she went to find Kaizen.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Imperial City was her only hope now, hopefully he was residing there and there she would find the answers she was seeking…

<p class="MsoNormal">-

<p class="MsoNormal">“Manja?”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Nord looked over her shoulder, hoping for some conversation for the first time that day.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yes, Nepht?” She asked as invitingly as possible.

<p class="MsoNormal">“D’You think that we could make it home, if we went straight there? It’s not that far…” The Dunmer pointed out, eager to get home and see her family again, to her it had only been a month at the most but to her folks, Veneficus, Mikasa… Hell, even Petra, if they found her, it had been six months.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I… Think so, yeah.” The Nord replied, calculating it in her head as she spun around, looking Nepht in the face.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is that what you want?”

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht nodded, immediately, trailing along behind her with a slight smile on her face as she grew closer to getting home and seeing her family. Manja secretly wanted to see Bruma but she’d get the chance later…

<p class="MsoNormal">“So, Nepht…” Manja began as she deviated away from the path to Bruma and began to trundle through the wilderness, just left of the Silver road.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Just think of all the things we’ll be able to tell your folks about, when you get home.” Manja smiled, trying to appeal to her adventurous spirit.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You mean what you’ll be able to tell my ‘folks’ about…” Nepht sighed, a little down that she had no memory of it and that she won’t remember a thing. Six months of her life, which just…

<p class="MsoNormal">Never happened…

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well, you’ll be in the stories, right? That’s got to count for something.” Manja smiled at her, waiting for a second for the Dunmer to approach.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I guess…” Though Nepht didn’t sound too convinced, she always loved the idea of writing stories based on her own experiences and now she’d never had any, except for walking from Cheydinhal to Riften, which isn’t the grandest of adventures.

<p class="MsoNormal">Manja returned her attention back to the forest ahead of them; she could hear the birds twittering their own little song, unidentifiable to someone as lacking in knowledge of birds as she was. The Nord continued on, slowly walking through the forest as she looked around, enjoying the mountain air.

<p class="MsoNormal">She kind of missed living in County Cheydinhal, sometimes she’d get a good gulp of that air, when she woke up in the morning. C’laro never noticed it, though he rarely noticed the little things in life as he went out and lived the life of an adventurer.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Erm… Manja?” Nepht croaked from behind, unexpectedly.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yeah?” She asked, looking around, somewhat quizzically.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Are you married?”

<p class="MsoNormal">Manja smirked and began to chuckle, shaking her head before turning her attention back to the path in front of them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“No Nepht, I’m not married but I’m afraid that you’re just not my type…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht’s eyes widened at the insinuation, she quickly backed away and began to babble.

<p class="MsoNormal">“N-No, that’s not what I meant!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I know Nepht, I was just messing with you.” Manja smiled, letting the Dunmer catch up.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m not married, I was living with a Khajiit, when we first met but I haven’t seen him for a while.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Oh… I see…” Nepht muttered, her curiosity had been sated.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I thought that ‘Rowan’ was your husband…” She admitted, glancing over to her, sort of timidly, like she was expecting Manja to get angry and lash out at her but instead, she just got a confused look.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Rowan? What made you think that?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well, you did mention him a few times; I don’t know I thought…” Nepht was starting to get a little nervous now, bumbling as she shrugged her shoulders and let them drop to her side, with a sigh.

<p class="MsoNormal">“No, Rowan’s just my friend; he was with me at Red Mountain, during the battle…” Manja explained, giving Nepht a smile as she ushered her forward.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I didn’t know but… Apparently he was even younger than you are now, when he went to Red Mountain with us. Like many of us, he…

<p class="MsoNormal">Didn’t take what happened well and left soon after…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht nodded, suddenly feeling a little bad for everyone involved again, she cleared her throat and pressed on, trying to be brave for her mentor.

<p class="MsoNormal">“So… What about you Nepht? I never hear you talk about that stuff…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Me?” Nepht asked, almost squeaking in surprise at the thought of it as she glanced away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“N-No… I’ve never really felt that way about anyone before…”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Nord gave her a faint smile; she wasn’t exactly surprised by this, due to the fact that Nepht was a few years behind most nineteen year olds but still, there was time, a lot of time if you were an elf and most Dunmer don’t start maturing until they’re in their twenties anyway…

<p class="MsoNormal">“So, you’ve never had a crush or anything?” Manja asked, somewhat surprised, sure some people are late bloomers but it’s incredibly rare to hear of people not having any interest in someone throughout their whole lives.

<p class="MsoNormal">“N-No… Not really…” Nepht muttered, though she didn’t sound too convinced in herself and Manja noticed immediately that she was lying.

<p class="MsoNormal">“C’mon Nepht, you can tell me, I won’t laugh or anything…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“It’s not that it’s just…” The Dunmer sighed and hung her head, scratching it a little as she built up the courage to say it as Manja listened, smiling warmly.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Wh-When I was about thirteen? I erm… S-Sometimes thought about… Nish.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Oh?” Manja asked, somewhat surprised as she raised an eyebrow, though she didn’t seem mad or offended in any way and she kept her face straight.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well, he was quite important to you, I can… Kind of see why.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht glanced up to her and gave her a timid smile, glad that the Nord understood as she relaxed her shoulders feeling a bit more comfortable talking about it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“D-Did I ever talk about the stories and stuff?”

<p class="MsoNormal">Manja smiled, instantly recalling as she nodded, everything that Nepht had said came flooding back to her.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Y-Yeah, I remember, you said that you used to write stories as a kid, where you and Nish would go on adventures and defeat evil.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Mmhmm… When I got a little older, I started to, kind of show it in the stories.” Nepht explained, looking to the side as she saw a rabbit, it looked at her, with its wide eyes before scampering off.

<p class="MsoNormal">“S-Sometimes I’d die in the end and he’d hold me or sometimes he’d get excited and kiss me, I know that he had a wife and he’d never leave her, sh-she seemed nice and everything and they were happy but…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“You just wanted a little affection?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Something like that…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Manja smiled and gave her a faint nod as they wandered through the wilderness, keeping their eyes fixed ahead.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well, you’ll be pulling Khajiit men left right and center soon enough…” Manja smirked, shaking her head.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Huh?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Khajiit? They can’t help themselves, when it comes to Dunmer women, you’ll be tripping over them as they cling to your legs.” Manja began to laugh, remembering J’dharjo and C’laro and how they lusted for Eilonwyn, how jealous they got, when they found out about Nish.

<p class="MsoNormal">“That sounds… Great…” Nepht muttered, almost dreading it as she looked out onto the horizon.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Don’t worry, Khajiit make quite good lovers Nepht, they give great hugs and they’re incredibly flex…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Can we talk about something else, please!?” Nepht gasped, shivering as her face began to cringe, looking up to Manja with pleading eyes and a grimace, prompting the Nord to stop dead in her tracks. She sometimes forgot that Nepht was so… Young…

<p class="MsoNormal">She was a terrible influence…

<p class="MsoNormal">“Okay, Nepht, what…” Manja was cut off as she heard a metallic clamp and felt and incredibly sharp sting in her leg, causing her to cry out and fall to the floor, falling on her back with a thud. Nepht screamed and knelt down beside her, looking the trap over, with her quivering hands.

<p class="MsoNormal">Manja   appeared to have stepped on a bear trap, which had snapped shut, around her right leg, its teeth dug deep into her calf muscle and wrapped around the skin.

<p class="MsoNormal">“N-Neph… G-Get the release latch!” The Nord screamed as she felt it dig into her leg, feeling like her shin was going to give way to the pressure of its jaws. The Dunmer nodded and obeyed, kneeling down beside her as she studied the trap, quickly identifying the release latch and pulling it back, releasing the Nord’s leg.

<p class="MsoNormal">“M-Manja!” She cried as the Nord pulled herself away from it, leaving a trail of blood as she crawled away, gasping and panting heavily as she fell back on the floor, cringing deeply as the agonising pain shot through her leg.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Nepht…” She wheezed, trying to sit up but falling as the pain shot up, up to her thigh, causing her to cry out and fall on her back again.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How bad is it?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“V-Very bad… B-But it doesn’t l-look broken.” Nepht muttered, doing her own diagnostic on it but she didn’t honestly have a clue.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Manja, what do I do!?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“It’s okay N-Nepht… We just need to find somewhere to rest.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Where?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Th-That’s… A good question.” Manja sighed, falling back and going limp as her head slowly rolled from side to side as she tried to fight the urge to cry out again.

<p class="MsoNormal">“S-See anything that looks like it c-could be civilization?” The Nord asked, almost pleadingly.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Dunmer slowly knelt up and looked into the distance, seeing some grey smoke, slowly ascending in the distance…

<p class="MsoNormal">“I-I see… Smoke, a chimney and it’s real close Manja!”

<p class="MsoNormal">   “G-Go… G-Get help…” She swallowed, closing her eyes as she could feel herself losing her grip on reality, due to the pain.

<p class="MsoNormal">“B-Be… Careful…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I will…” Nepht got up and drew Veneficus’ sword, inspecting the blade to see the little chips and scratches, which were like battle scars, all of which came from years of service in the Imperial’s hands. From the looks of things, Nepht had added a few new scratches to the blade, over the course of her own adventure.

<p class="MsoNormal">She looked over to the smoke, with a determined frown, bringing the blade to her side and bringing up her shield, holding the emblem of Cheydinhal to her chest, with pride as she ran towards the small cottage, holding her guard up.

<p class="MsoNormal">-

<p class="MsoNormal">The door slowly opened revealing an Altmer woman in purple robes, who stood half way behind the door, peering around. She smiled warmly at Nepht and walked around, approaching her as she opened the door a little wider.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hello little girl, are you lost?” She asked, her voice was incredibly soothing and her eyes were a very intense shade of yellow, she was quite young and had brown hair that resembled a khajiit’s mane that trailed down her back and was draped over her shoulders.

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht was so taken aback by the Altmer’s appearance that she didn’t hear her question or pick up on the ‘little girl’ part.

<p class="MsoNormal">“M-My friend’s hurt! I need your help!” She spluttered, forgetting everything that Manja had taught her over the course of ten minutes. She stepped forward, sheathing her sword, with panic in her eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Please!”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Altmer just chuckled at her desperation but her chuckle didn’t make Nepht feel uncomfortable in any way. She smiled and stepped forward, giving the young Dunmer a warm smile, like she was a motherly figure.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I can help your friend, just show me the way…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht nodded, timidly and spun around on her heel, running off into the forest as the young Altmer woman strutted along behind her.

<p class="MsoNormal">-

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht sat on a comfy chair by the fireplace, staring at the flames as they flickered and danced, emitting an orange glow all over the room, burning against her face. She was in a trance, brought on by her worry for her friends.

<p class="MsoNormal">The door to the Altmer’s room opened and she stepped out, slowly approaching Nepht with a smile as she took a seat beside her, looking up at the painting of the chapel in Chorrol, which hung over her fireplace.

<p class="MsoNormal">“She’s doing just fine Nepht…” The Altmer said, with a smile as soon as she got comfortable.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Oh, thank the nine… I was so worried, I just…” Nepht leant forward, crossing her arms over her elbows and hanging her head.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Don’t fret Nepht, her leg’s been healed and she’s making a speedy recovery, thanks to those healing potions that I gave her. She was incredibly lucky to have you with her at the time or else I may never have found her.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I… Guess… B-But I shouldn’t have distracted her, if I hadn’t, she would have seen the bear trap!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Oh Nepht…” The Altmer woman whispered, sounding more disappointed in the Dunmer than sympathetic.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You can’t think like that, there are so many… ‘I wonder’ scenarios, that you’d drive yourself crazy if you thought about them too much!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I… Guess…”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Altmer nodded, looking quite happy that the young Dunmer’s confidence was growing. She took her hands and brought them around, making her look her in the face.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Nepht… can I try something, to make you relax?”

<p class="MsoNormal">The young Dunmer looked at her, quizzically, raising an eyebrow.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Like what?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Just something I learned a long time ago… Just look into my eyes Nepht…”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Dunmer frowned a little before eventually glancing up, looking into the Altmer’s yellow eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Look deep… Into my eyes, see how relaxing and powerful they are…”

<p class="MsoNormal">As Nepht looked into the Altmer’s Amber-like eyes, she noticed how… Intense they were, how powerful, her yellow iris was a solid yellow colour, which looked like it could quite easily have been carved from gold.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I want you to relax… Let yourself… Go…”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Young Dunmer’s eyes began to relax a little as she smiled, looking a little… sleepy.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Drop deep… For me…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht slowly nodded, dozily as she gently lay down on the couch, resting her head on the arm as she kept eye contact with the Altmer, slowly feeling a warm feeling in her stomach, chest and shoulders, which was slowly spreading…

<p class="MsoNormal">“Let your body relax…”

<p class="MsoNormal">On command, Nepht’s legs went limp; her right hand fell to her stomach as her left hand fell to her side, nodding along to the Altmer’s commands.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Feels good, doesn’t it?” The Altmer whispered, to which Nepht gave a slight nod and a smile.

<p class="MsoNormal">“That’s right Nepht… Just keep looking, look into my eyes…”

<p class="MsoNormal">By now, Nepht wasn’t even trying to resist, the power of this mage was immense and her mind had long since been locked away by her body, which embraced the warm feeling which glowed in her torso.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Focus on my eyes, my yellow… Powerful eyes, focus and lose yourself and dive right in…” She smiled and leant forward, so that the two mer’s eyes were but centimetres apart.

<p class="MsoNormal">“That’s right… Dive in!” As she said this, her eyes began to glow and the world around Nepht began to swirl and shape into something else, the two of them were in a purple void, the flickering of the fireplace had been replaced with an ear pleasing hum and she felt…

<p class="MsoNormal">Amazing…

<p class="MsoNormal">“Let them overtake, overpower…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Nepht slowly nodded as she closed her eyes, her breathing had slowed down to crawl at this point as she stretched her legs out and rested her hands on her stomach, which was tingling at this point, with   a warm glow…

<p class="MsoNormal">“Let yourself go… Dive in, drown in them and feel yourself…”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Altmer cut away as she began to chuckle, the couch exploded and sent white feathers flying everywhere, the Altmer vanished and Nepht fell into the void, her eyes opened as she felt her body drop into the void, falling…

<p class="MsoNormal">Falling…

<p class="MsoNormal">Deeper…

<p class="MsoNormal">“Becoming mine…”

<p class="MsoNormal">(I based the speech on several videos, so I'm not sure if I hit it right but... can't blame someone who doesn't believe in that stuff for trying. :P)