Post by Andre on Sept 19, 2010 4:11:32 GMT -5
" I wassss going to APOLOGIZE to her " hisses the draconian who got whacked in protest " But then sssshe hit me ! "
(note that although it's a painful whack far as I'm concerned no actual damage was done.. doesn't count as an alignment violation .. Za'era just to give you a heads up I enforce a no torturing/maiming/permanently injuring prisoners type thing for all good aligned PC's ... which you've followed very well so no prob's there )
" Hey... HEY ! " hands held up palms outwards placatingly Nine crosses over to stand between Adam and Za'era.... " No one said we weren't going to accept you the way you are... YES , we know it's an effort.. a big effort ... to do what you're doing right now given what you've been through ... The stuff you've told us... by the spirits of air and fire milady , your own family torturing you , your own mom and sisters!... I can't even begin to imagine what that was like... my tribe was wiped out by a band of marauding ogres and their leader but.. at least in my case I HAD a loving family.. my tribe.. their memory lives on in me, it gives me strength... without that " Nine shudders.. " I can't imagine what it would be like not even having that memory to get me by ... " And yes I know rage.. I understand it... I think about my brothers, my sisters, my parents, everyone I ever loved.. DEAD ... there's this volcano simmering inside of me and sometimes I feel like it's going to EXPLODE"... Nine clenches his fist unconsciously... looks at it.. slowly unclenches it...
" But we have to stick together" he adds softly, still looking at his hand... " This holy relic" Nine gestures at the blue crystal staff Eolaer holds " How often does something like THAT fall into our hands? I've never, EVER seen something like it.. something that heals with a touch? Eolaer will tell you what he believes.. that the gods of Light are returning.. people... we have a DRAGONARMY on our tails.. you've heard the prisoners we've interrogated... thousands of draconians, ogres, goblins, at least 30 hill giants.. plus if the stories are true a DRAGON ! The gods are supposed to be myths.. yet here we are with a staff that heals, evidence of the gods of Light to some" Nine gestures at Eolaer... " And it's got me thinking.. believing in things that maybe I've always believed in deep down inside, I always had the feeling SOMETHING was watching over me, even through all my trials and tribulations...
" But mainly.. think about this.. do we REALLY want the dragonarmies taking everything over? Za'era ... with respect.. you must have fled your society because you didn't want to be under an evil dictator, this Takhisis.. if Takhisis is in charge of the dragonarmies.. do you really want an entire WORLD, all of Krynn, under her command? Because from what I'm hearing that's exactly what she wants to do, take over Krynn... There may be cases where some of us don't like each other, I understand that, I really do... but right now if we don't cooperate,do what we have to... I have a bad, bad feeling that's exactly what's going to happen...
"As for Adam.. there is NO way you're ever going to get that stick out of his ass... even after him and his wife took some "time out" in the bushes it's still there firm as ever.. no offense" the wild elf adds winking at the half devil... " That's just the way Adam IS, with all of us... he chewed Eolaer out for dating his sister because he thinks Eolaer will be a bad influence and he gives Rin grief all the time because he's worried about Rin's soul.. what you're forgetting is that he's a MONK .. he used to spend all his time in a monastary..let that sink in , a MONASTARY ! .. perfecting his inner spirit or whatever it is monks do.. can we really expect him to accept any of us the way we are? We're all sinners as far as he's concerned.. again because of the way he was RAISED, what he LEARNED in the temple... just as you were shaped by your upbringing so was he.. so you gotta' take that into consideration too... He's not going to change ... just remember he looks down on ALL of us, not just you so don't take it so personally.. it's his nature ! If he stopped looking down on us I'd think something was seriously wrong with him !
" And you weren't here for the incident a while back in Solace.. burning tree, little girl in the house up on top, crying for help.. our boy here" Nine gestures at Adam " Came running like a madman up the tree to rescue the girl inside.. naked as the day he was born after the fire burned off his clothes, nothing to hide those scales or horns or tail of his ... he did that KNOWING he could have been lynched by the Solace villagers.. turns out he saved the niece of a very important man who stood up for him.. after that everyone just assumed he was some crazy dude cursed by a mage, no one really believed him no matter how many times he insisted he was a half-devil.. Za'era, when you look past the holier-than-thou attitude Adam's a good guy.. please, give him a chance...
" We don't have to let our past rule us.. if we did I would have become a total asshole" .. Nine's eyes are dark, pained, as he looks back into his own past.. " Losing your tribe.. it's rough people, it's rough.. I could have taken that pain and anger, turned it outwards , become some sort of brigand , using my knowledge of the woods and my skill with my blades to loot and murder anyone I came across for their steel .. (remember steel rather than gold coins are used in Krynn) .. but I didn't... We CAN change, we can outgrow our past.. if we just TRY ...
" Dark elf maiden I have to ask you this... do you believe? Do you believe in the gods of Light? Because if you do.. then I'll ask you , as a personal favor for what it's worth.. though I probably shouldn't be asking favors of you.. stay with us.. our goal, the return of the gods of light.. it's more important than I can say.. if they really do exist we NEED them, more than ever.. and that means working together for now...
" What do you say ?"
Grusk the hobgoblin self consciously scratches his head .. he's obviously uncomfortable and looks like he'd much rather be off fighting an enemy in mortal combat than speaking in front of a crowd.. finally he obviously and visibily forces himself to speak..
" Look. I'm a hobgoblin.. we don't go in for this nicey-nicey talk stuff we just kill .. this stuff with the prisoners, if it was up to me I would have tortured them to death after making them tell us all they know.. that's the hobgoblin way...
" So if you follow the hobgoblin way... I guess that's what the masters should have done to us " Grusk gestures at Nine and Rin .. " But they didn't do that... they spared our miserable lives even though we were trying to kill them.. there's a debt of honor there, one we can never repay.. we try, we try SO hard to be useful.. and we know we're nowhere there yet " Grusk hangs his head " We used to think we were big tough warriors but compared to the masters we're children.. but we're trying ! We watch everything the masters do .. both in a fight and out of a fight... and we do our best to learn.. master Rin " Grusk gestures at the kenku " Has been more kind than we deserve... he's actually TEACHING us how to use a whip... imagine that.. after we tried to kill him.. and I'll tell you this.. no matter how weak we are compared to the masters.. we will DIE if we must serving and defending them...
" Trusk and I .. we changed.. I'd say we changed for the better too after hooking up with these guys.. I never knew there could be a life like this , where you can go to sleep at night and not worry about your "buddy" stabbing you in the back and taking away all your steel .. I kind of like it " Grusk looks down at the ground, embarassed at baring his soul, then looks up again... " Maybe it'll be the same thing with this 'draconian' here, maybe not"
Grusk bends down next to the draconian.. " Did you mean any disrespect towards lady Za'era?" Grusk asks in a dangerous tone.. the draconian frantically shakes his head no.. " I wasssss merely confussssed.... the malesss are sssssuposssed to rule where the dark elvess are concerned... yet thissss half-devil sssseemed to be in charge.. it wasssss mossst sssstrange."
Grusk nods, looks up at Za'era.. " Look.. their way of doing things is pretty damn strange to me.. I"m guessing it is to you too, neither of us are humans and if you'll forgive my saying so you sure aren't the same kind of elf the light-skinned elves are, I can see that much .. It's a LOT to take in, Trusk and me.. we have to fight ourselves every single day, control ourselves, think twice about everything in case we do things the "hobgoblin" way by accident and even then there might be times we mess up by accident, say something we shouldn't... but their way of doing things... I think it's a GOOD way , if you'll just give it a chance, if I may be so bold as to say so m'lady... If your answer was to kill the draconians after they surrendered, if that's what you mean by not playing ms nice guy.. well hell, not long ago I would have agreed with you.. but now, when I look at me , when I look at Trusk and how much better the two of us are for having met the Masters.... " Grusk shrugs ... " I wonder if killing prisoners or torturing or maiming them or whatever is always such a good idea.. maybe the prisoners can turn around, you know.. make something better of themselves..."
Grusk's face is now red from embarassment.. " forgive me if I spoke out of turn masters " he adds looking at Nine and Rin..
(note that although it's a painful whack far as I'm concerned no actual damage was done.. doesn't count as an alignment violation .. Za'era just to give you a heads up I enforce a no torturing/maiming/permanently injuring prisoners type thing for all good aligned PC's ... which you've followed very well so no prob's there )
" Hey... HEY ! " hands held up palms outwards placatingly Nine crosses over to stand between Adam and Za'era.... " No one said we weren't going to accept you the way you are... YES , we know it's an effort.. a big effort ... to do what you're doing right now given what you've been through ... The stuff you've told us... by the spirits of air and fire milady , your own family torturing you , your own mom and sisters!... I can't even begin to imagine what that was like... my tribe was wiped out by a band of marauding ogres and their leader but.. at least in my case I HAD a loving family.. my tribe.. their memory lives on in me, it gives me strength... without that " Nine shudders.. " I can't imagine what it would be like not even having that memory to get me by ... " And yes I know rage.. I understand it... I think about my brothers, my sisters, my parents, everyone I ever loved.. DEAD ... there's this volcano simmering inside of me and sometimes I feel like it's going to EXPLODE"... Nine clenches his fist unconsciously... looks at it.. slowly unclenches it...
" But we have to stick together" he adds softly, still looking at his hand... " This holy relic" Nine gestures at the blue crystal staff Eolaer holds " How often does something like THAT fall into our hands? I've never, EVER seen something like it.. something that heals with a touch? Eolaer will tell you what he believes.. that the gods of Light are returning.. people... we have a DRAGONARMY on our tails.. you've heard the prisoners we've interrogated... thousands of draconians, ogres, goblins, at least 30 hill giants.. plus if the stories are true a DRAGON ! The gods are supposed to be myths.. yet here we are with a staff that heals, evidence of the gods of Light to some" Nine gestures at Eolaer... " And it's got me thinking.. believing in things that maybe I've always believed in deep down inside, I always had the feeling SOMETHING was watching over me, even through all my trials and tribulations...
" But mainly.. think about this.. do we REALLY want the dragonarmies taking everything over? Za'era ... with respect.. you must have fled your society because you didn't want to be under an evil dictator, this Takhisis.. if Takhisis is in charge of the dragonarmies.. do you really want an entire WORLD, all of Krynn, under her command? Because from what I'm hearing that's exactly what she wants to do, take over Krynn... There may be cases where some of us don't like each other, I understand that, I really do... but right now if we don't cooperate,do what we have to... I have a bad, bad feeling that's exactly what's going to happen...
"As for Adam.. there is NO way you're ever going to get that stick out of his ass... even after him and his wife took some "time out" in the bushes it's still there firm as ever.. no offense" the wild elf adds winking at the half devil... " That's just the way Adam IS, with all of us... he chewed Eolaer out for dating his sister because he thinks Eolaer will be a bad influence and he gives Rin grief all the time because he's worried about Rin's soul.. what you're forgetting is that he's a MONK .. he used to spend all his time in a monastary..let that sink in , a MONASTARY ! .. perfecting his inner spirit or whatever it is monks do.. can we really expect him to accept any of us the way we are? We're all sinners as far as he's concerned.. again because of the way he was RAISED, what he LEARNED in the temple... just as you were shaped by your upbringing so was he.. so you gotta' take that into consideration too... He's not going to change ... just remember he looks down on ALL of us, not just you so don't take it so personally.. it's his nature ! If he stopped looking down on us I'd think something was seriously wrong with him !
" And you weren't here for the incident a while back in Solace.. burning tree, little girl in the house up on top, crying for help.. our boy here" Nine gestures at Adam " Came running like a madman up the tree to rescue the girl inside.. naked as the day he was born after the fire burned off his clothes, nothing to hide those scales or horns or tail of his ... he did that KNOWING he could have been lynched by the Solace villagers.. turns out he saved the niece of a very important man who stood up for him.. after that everyone just assumed he was some crazy dude cursed by a mage, no one really believed him no matter how many times he insisted he was a half-devil.. Za'era, when you look past the holier-than-thou attitude Adam's a good guy.. please, give him a chance...
" We don't have to let our past rule us.. if we did I would have become a total asshole" .. Nine's eyes are dark, pained, as he looks back into his own past.. " Losing your tribe.. it's rough people, it's rough.. I could have taken that pain and anger, turned it outwards , become some sort of brigand , using my knowledge of the woods and my skill with my blades to loot and murder anyone I came across for their steel .. (remember steel rather than gold coins are used in Krynn) .. but I didn't... We CAN change, we can outgrow our past.. if we just TRY ...
" Dark elf maiden I have to ask you this... do you believe? Do you believe in the gods of Light? Because if you do.. then I'll ask you , as a personal favor for what it's worth.. though I probably shouldn't be asking favors of you.. stay with us.. our goal, the return of the gods of light.. it's more important than I can say.. if they really do exist we NEED them, more than ever.. and that means working together for now...
" What do you say ?"
Grusk the hobgoblin self consciously scratches his head .. he's obviously uncomfortable and looks like he'd much rather be off fighting an enemy in mortal combat than speaking in front of a crowd.. finally he obviously and visibily forces himself to speak..
" Look. I'm a hobgoblin.. we don't go in for this nicey-nicey talk stuff we just kill .. this stuff with the prisoners, if it was up to me I would have tortured them to death after making them tell us all they know.. that's the hobgoblin way...
" So if you follow the hobgoblin way... I guess that's what the masters should have done to us " Grusk gestures at Nine and Rin .. " But they didn't do that... they spared our miserable lives even though we were trying to kill them.. there's a debt of honor there, one we can never repay.. we try, we try SO hard to be useful.. and we know we're nowhere there yet " Grusk hangs his head " We used to think we were big tough warriors but compared to the masters we're children.. but we're trying ! We watch everything the masters do .. both in a fight and out of a fight... and we do our best to learn.. master Rin " Grusk gestures at the kenku " Has been more kind than we deserve... he's actually TEACHING us how to use a whip... imagine that.. after we tried to kill him.. and I'll tell you this.. no matter how weak we are compared to the masters.. we will DIE if we must serving and defending them...
" Trusk and I .. we changed.. I'd say we changed for the better too after hooking up with these guys.. I never knew there could be a life like this , where you can go to sleep at night and not worry about your "buddy" stabbing you in the back and taking away all your steel .. I kind of like it " Grusk looks down at the ground, embarassed at baring his soul, then looks up again... " Maybe it'll be the same thing with this 'draconian' here, maybe not"
Grusk bends down next to the draconian.. " Did you mean any disrespect towards lady Za'era?" Grusk asks in a dangerous tone.. the draconian frantically shakes his head no.. " I wasssss merely confussssed.... the malesss are sssssuposssed to rule where the dark elvess are concerned... yet thissss half-devil sssseemed to be in charge.. it wasssss mossst sssstrange."
Grusk nods, looks up at Za'era.. " Look.. their way of doing things is pretty damn strange to me.. I"m guessing it is to you too, neither of us are humans and if you'll forgive my saying so you sure aren't the same kind of elf the light-skinned elves are, I can see that much .. It's a LOT to take in, Trusk and me.. we have to fight ourselves every single day, control ourselves, think twice about everything in case we do things the "hobgoblin" way by accident and even then there might be times we mess up by accident, say something we shouldn't... but their way of doing things... I think it's a GOOD way , if you'll just give it a chance, if I may be so bold as to say so m'lady... If your answer was to kill the draconians after they surrendered, if that's what you mean by not playing ms nice guy.. well hell, not long ago I would have agreed with you.. but now, when I look at me , when I look at Trusk and how much better the two of us are for having met the Masters.... " Grusk shrugs ... " I wonder if killing prisoners or torturing or maiming them or whatever is always such a good idea.. maybe the prisoners can turn around, you know.. make something better of themselves..."
Grusk's face is now red from embarassment.. " forgive me if I spoke out of turn masters " he adds looking at Nine and Rin..