Seeds Of Darkness

[madelaine]

(( And another thread of that maniac ... I know ... I know... Slowly I feel like I am taking over the RP and plotting from Andre. So let me know if you want me to slow down or stop all in all please. My head is just so full of images and stories at the moment.

This is meant to happen a few days after the "The dark path" thread ( whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=forumroleplay&action=display&thread=134 ).

For those who like music to support the images here maybe is the perfect song for this post (I added a link to the lyrics as well for those who may not understand them as they are pretty distorted):

Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC_U9uyLZQ
Lyrics: www.lipwalklyrics.com/lyrics/440054-seabound-domination.html

Whoever wants to join in please do so... enjoy...))


A couple of days have passed. It has been silent since that evening in the tavern as strange sounds can be heard out of Za'eras room in the middle of the night. It started with some louder talking as if she was talking to someone else. Her voice calm at the beginning became more and more angry and aggressive over the time. Her door is locked as always. She seemed to be afraid of intruders during the night and that she wanted to keep them locked out but now it looks like that the intention has been more the other way around. Not to keep someone out but to keep.... someone... inside.
The heavy door makes it impossible to understand the words but after a while it becomes clear that something is going on inside. Especially as another female voice joins the conversation which is run in drow language and screams start to echo through the air which hardly sounds like her small room anymore but instead like a hall of massive stone.
The noise of a heavy whip cutting through the air followed by a loud pained scream destroys the moment of silence that was giving the impression of the end of the conversation.
The candles inside should only give a very dim shine from under the door but instead it looks like strong fire is burning behind the locked entrance. A strange smell of burning incense slowly fills the hall outside the room while the snapping sound and the screams from inside continue.

[darkalloy]

Rin walks up to the door and rps his knuckles on it. "Umm Za'era I'm not one to question one's sexual preferences, but could you keep the whip cracking down. People might start to think I'm torturing you or.... Something else, which actually sounds like fun at some point."


Leaning on the wall Rin decides to sit and wait for Za'era to either call back to him or open the door. "You know, that incense smell familiar."

[madelaine]

No reply seems to come from inside to Rins words and comments. Instead the screaming sounds like a familiar voice while only few words can be understood clearly because they are repeated constantly by the other voice in a very angry tone. "Onhir ... Yibin ... Suldaim..." while the only word coming from Za'era seems to be "Nau!" sometimes mixed with the scream and sometimes almost not audible as she whispers it more than speaking at all.

[Andre]

(the youtube link to the video above got taken down but it's a great song ! And yes totally fits the forum ... try this link for the song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eChPKoYuXfM

But if that gets taken down off youtube as well try doing a search for "Domination" by Seabound )

Far as taking over from me .. far from it , I love it when players get involved like this in the RP aspect so no problems there Madelaine, matter of fact I think it's pretty god-damn awesome ! And you even came up with theme music for it..wonderful ! ... And yes by all means players should feel free to start their own forum threads interacting with the other PC's, I love this sort of thing )

[darkalloy]

Rin knocks once again. "Za'era just so you know Otik prefers that you let him, me or Tika know someone else is going to be in your room when you stay as my guest. So I'm gonna have to come in now."

Placing his hand on the door the ring on Rin's middle claw glows before the audible click of the lock unlocking rings out. "I'm coming in now, don't throw things at me as we are all girls here."

Rin pushes the door open and steps inside peering at the scene before him.

[malkav565]

Adam emerges from his room. He looks to Rin questioningly with a predatory tension in his wiry body.

He contacts Rin telepathically:
Is everything well or is there another combat?

[madelaine]

// Again with music...
// Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgvE3QJCp0Q
// Lyrics: www.metrolyrics.com/bleed-for-us-all-lyrics-suicide-commando.html

The door swings open without a problem after the lock was taken care of but the room is gone. Instead the entrance leads to a wide open hall with a black marble floor and walls. Heavy white fog partially covers the ground and its intoxicating fume leaves an impression of roses and myrrh. The walls of the hall at the other side can not be seen. The ceiling is maybe 20 meters high. The black stone there is covered by thousands of small glass pearls or jewels which shine like stars from above reflecting the fires in the braziers in the center of the hall. They corner a rectangular platform which holds a black marble pillar with about one meter diameter and three meter size in the center. Thin golden lines run like veins through the stone creating patterns and symbols. Heavy chains hang down from the top of the pillar and end in strong metal cuffs. A young female drow is locked against the black pillar. The hall which is about 100m long at each side looks like a part of a dark temple. There are symbols everywhere - the walls, the floor and even the fog seems to hold dim glowing and ever changing impressions of a pattern of a web.
The woman at the pillar is surrounded by numerous well dressed females. One of them is not only dressed even more impressive but also holding a whip in her hand. The chained drow is naked and kneels on one of her knees. Her back bleeds badly and shows cuts in her flesh obviously done by the leathery weapon in the elder womans hand.

"WEAKLING... a DISGRACE to our noble name! Why were you ever born?!" The woman with the whip snarls at the chained one then spits in her face and backhands her as she falls against the cold stone pillar. The other women laugh at her in a mocking tone. Slowly she gets back up from her knees and leans against the marble weakly. Her head turns and in the fires the features of Za'era in her face can be see even though it looks younger.

(picture of woman with the whip)



"I shouldn't even have to ASK you this. Give PRAISE to the Spider Queen! WORSHIP the Spider Queen! DEBASE yourself in front of the Spider Queen!" Enraged the elder points a delicate finger at the statue of Takhisis in her spider-mother aspect at one side of the platform.

"No" Za'era's denial is soft voiced, barely a whisper. She bites her lips to avoid crying out in pain as the whip digs into her back.

"WORSHIP!!!" The woman with the whip growls at her.

"No..."

The whip strikes again. "WORSHIP!!!"

"N-No." The voice of the chained woman becomes ragged and weaker.

The elder prays and Takhisis answers. The whip glows with an aura of purest darkness. Za'era is unable to suppress her scream this time as the elder drows whip bites deep into her flesh.

"Oh look, you can see bone this time" snickers one of the others to those around her. "That's one deep cut!"

"WORRRSSSSHHHHIPPP HER!" The elder growls with pure anger in her voice.

Za'era struggles to speak, manages to grit a single word out.

"No"

The well robed woman spits on her again and looks to the others.

"Looks like she needs to be punished ... again ... you know what to do." She nods at them in a confirming manner as the other women start to surrounded Za'era.

"We never get tired of beating you sister, you know that?" Remarks one with a soft laughter as she speaks to Za'era.

"But we practically beat her to death each time. Why does mother bring her back afterwards every time? And more to the point - why does Takhisis allow it?" Asks another woman. The first shrugs and aims a vicious kick in her steel-toed slippers at Za'era's side. Bone cracks and splinters under the blow. Apparently the young woman had prayed to Takhisis for unholy strength and found it. The other sisters join in. The sound of more bones cracking echoes through the hall mixed with Za'era screaming in pain.
A single young woman in heavy armor stands at the far side of the hall. Her hair long and white cover the plates of the shoulderguards. She slowly shakes her head and sighs as she watches the scene.

(single young sighing woman , pic of )

[darkalloy]

Rin thinks back to Adam. "Well, I'm not sure I think I may have gone crazy, but the room is different and Za'era is naked younger and being beaten. Could you... Umm you you make sure I'm not crazy?"


Against his own better judgement Rin moves into the room and tries to head for Za'era. "I really do hope that I am just crazy at this point."

(and if the room changes once he gets in he will probably roll on the floor in the fetal position.)

[madelaine]

Rin enters the hall and heads toward the platform. No one seem to recognize him. Just the fog wraps around his legs. It even looks like if the white morphing air is drawn to him. His steps echo through the hall as do the screams until they become more and more silent and only the physical impact on Za'eras body can be heard. Bones breaking and blood splatters against the black marble pillar. Her lifeless body hangs in the chains as the small crowd finally lets go of her and leave the platform. The statue of Tarkhisis seems to watch Rin as he approaches Za'era and the drows open up a small alley. They finally seem to be aware of the kenku and backing off a little. They whisper and chuckle and grin at him with a very wicked and nasty smile. Their clothes are partially sullied with blood from the young drow in chains.

"Awww. She is dead. You are too late." One of them whispers softly and the sound in her voice makes clear that she tries to pretend to feel sorry about this fact but actually just tries to mock Rin.

[darkalloy]

Rin looks ot the drow who spoke. "You seem to have me at a disadvantage. You know me and who I came for but I have no Idea who you are or what you are doing."

Rin fixes his gaze on Za'era. "Mainly though I want to know why you were beating my friend, and if I have a quarrel with you because of it. Because quite frankly I've never seen a whip used that poorly. That and to kick a naked bloodied woman is wrong, even if it is a woman doing it."

[madelaine]

// And here is the music for this one
// Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4g5F-xcB5c
// Lyrics: www.vnvnation.de/texte/left-behind

The young female drow who seemed to speak to Rin just keeps grinning with a mocking expression in her face. The kenku turns toward her trying to speak to her as he feels some tingles on his skin. Another person moves like he did and finally steps out of the birdmans body like a ghost or shade that inhabited his soul for just a moment.
Rin turns his head. It seems the women did not watch him but the person that was moving like him and now walks toward Za'era.
It is a male drow in black full plate armor. His face looks old and sad. Even tears seem to run down his cheek as he walks through the alley the women opened up for him. Some of them chuckle while others just shake their heads at him in disgust. A long sword is sheathed at his side which emits a strange aura. There seem to come out whispers from that sheath as if the sword is whispering.
The elder woman in the meanwhile walked to the heavy armored woman which stood shaking her head at the far side and grabbed her arm pushing and pulling her out of the hall.
The man kneels down on one knee and removes the cuffs from Za'eras wrists then wraps his cloak around the lifeless body and picks her up. With heavy marching steps he walks back through the alley of drow women. His silver colored eyes glare at them one by one as he passes them but they just grin at him evilly.

"Monsters!" He growls in drow language at them as he finally passes the last one. "You all are just monsters."

(picture of man)




The women keep on grinning at him only without a single reply.

"How can you do something like this to your own sister?" He sighs and moves on with tears on his cheeks. As he passes Rin one of the women finally replies and he stops for a moment.

"She only gets what she deserves... father."

The man looks over his shoulder for a moment then turns his head and it looks like if he is staring right at Rin as if he can see him. After a second of hesitation the man moves on and the whole scene seems to turn to dust and smoke as it crumbles and falls to the ground like dried sand that falls apart.

Rin stands in Za'eras room in the tavern. All looks normal and as he would have expected it as he opened the door. The drow lays on the ground next to her bed like if she had collapsed. A red glow covers her body. She only wears something like a white nightgown but there is blood seeping through the fabric on her back. She seems to bleed pretty badly while her body winces and cramps. A tortured groan slips out of her mouth. A small translucent gem lays next to her hand on the ground which suddenly glows in a dim white light and starts to absorb the red aura around Za'eras body. It seems to ease the mind of the drow as it is slowly drawn away from her body. Just the bleeding does not stop fully and keeps tinting the white gown in a dark red. The soft white glow in the gem disappears as the red aura is consumed totally and it turns translucent once again.

[darkalloy]

Rin blinks and almost falls over as the room shifts back. "That was.... weird to say the least."

Looking down he see's Za'era on the floor and moves over putting his hand on the spot that is bleeding or seems to be atleast. "I need to get you in the bed."

Rin grunts and groans as he lifts Za'era up and into the bed. He moves her so that the spot on her back is facing up, as he pulls out a remedy his mother taught him to make which stops bleeding. "Good thing feathers make it hard for bleeding to stop or I wouldn't now how to make this stuff."

Rin's eyes flash twice and the back collar of Za'era's gown lifts up slightly, and some of the salve floats to the spot and seems to rub itself onto Za'era's skin. "You should stop bleeding in a few minutes, Also are you awake cause if not I'm gonna have a hard time explaining that."

[madelaine]

Za'era groans as Rin picks her up. Her body seems to ache and every touch means to burn like fire. There seem to be several cuts on her back and arm which cause the bleeding. They look like cause by a blade or maybe a whip. She opens her eyes and looks at Rin obviously wondering what he is doing in her room then looks at the gem on the floor. She slowly reaches out for the jewel but cant reach it then rests her head on the bed as the salve applies to her wounds. A soft groan slips over her lips once again then her eyes close and she seems to relax as the pain slowly fades.

[Andre]

(very nice Madelaine .. great writing )

[Andre]

(re-check posts above for pic's of the people in question from the vision folks .. you can tell looking at them they appear to be of the same race as Za'era)