If Only... discussion
If only there was a Group Story!
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Group story with our characters
((If only! I like that idea...but I'm not sure how my characters are going to fit))
((I will play too, but like Wlfgrl, I don't know how mine will fit. I will wait for more people to add posts before I add mine. :D ))
(If only they did.))If only his mom would pick him up, instead of him walking there.
((If I could say that most of my characters are medieval/renaissance/typical fantasy time period characters. Maybe if we moved the time frame this would work better. And if only this post hadn't turned out so long lol))
Tash darted into an alley. He was fairly sure he had fooled his pursuers, for the moment. Leaning back against a concrete wall, he steadied his breathing and listened carefully. He was getting too old for this whole running thing. Four hundred and fifty didn't exactly make him young, that was for sure. Even though he looked like he was in his early forties.
He stepped out onto another street and forced himself to walk casually. He was just another person out on a Saturday afternoon, that was all. Of course he wasn't being pursued by magical creatures that threatened the existence of the rest who lived in peaceful ignominy. Of course he hadn't been trying to convince a basilisk to find its home elsewhere and found himself over his head.
He was just another human, that was all.
In his abstractions he didn't notice the kid he walked into until afterward. Dusting himself off, he said "I'm sorry. Didn't see you there."
Could he pass himself off as a senile old man yet? He certainly felt like one.
Tash darted into an alley. He was fairly sure he had fooled his pursuers, for the moment. Leaning back against a concrete wall, he steadied his breathing and listened carefully. He was getting too old for this whole running thing. Four hundred and fifty didn't exactly make him young, that was for sure. Even though he looked like he was in his early forties.
He stepped out onto another street and forced himself to walk casually. He was just another person out on a Saturday afternoon, that was all. Of course he wasn't being pursued by magical creatures that threatened the existence of the rest who lived in peaceful ignominy. Of course he hadn't been trying to convince a basilisk to find its home elsewhere and found himself over his head.
He was just another human, that was all.
In his abstractions he didn't notice the kid he walked into until afterward. Dusting himself off, he said "I'm sorry. Didn't see you there."
Could he pass himself off as a senile old man yet? He certainly felt like one.
Jason just looked at the man and said nothing. The guy looked a little awkward but he didn't give it a second thought.From the shadows of a nearby alley a man overdressed in a trechcoat and wearing an old fedora watched the two. His name is Louiss and he is a dimensional hopping time traveller. He to noticed the man seemed to be disguising something. He would try to stay unnoticed even though it was full daylight. If this guy was involved in something, Louiss was going to be in on it.
If only Ari hadn't gone running the night before. She was in so much trouble.
Tash stepped into a store and sat down on a bench, picking up a magazine. He had had the feeling someone was watching him, and after centuries of mistakes, he now usually made a point of trusting those feelings. The store had large glass windows that he watched, eyes flicking between them and the magazine.
Ari ran past a store window not looking behind her the pain from the wound in her side was nearly unbearable.
((you'll have to find out now won't you ;)))
((lol))
Tash sat up a little straighter as a girl ran by. Something told him she wasn't an ordinary human, if she was human at all. Casually he put down his magazine and strolled out back onto the street, following the girl. It was his job to protect magical creatures. The girl had looked like she was in pain. He would have to find out why.
Tash sat up a little straighter as a girl ran by. Something told him she wasn't an ordinary human, if she was human at all. Casually he put down his magazine and strolled out back onto the street, following the girl. It was his job to protect magical creatures. The girl had looked like she was in pain. He would have to find out why.
Ari kept running but she could feel her strength leaving her as her blood seeped over her hand. Tears of anger at her carelessness and fear for her life poured down her face. She's coming closer I can sense her
Tash saw that he could never catch up to the girl - faltering as she was - without running. And that would attract too much attention. He starting walking in the direction she went, aiming to see what was pursuing her. Whatever it was would have to be running as well.
He hoped.
He hoped.
A shadow appeared in front of Tash and turned around."Do not interfear." it hissed and then melted back into the sidewalk floating quikly after Ari.
Ari ran into an alley and stopped in horror. It was a dead end.
NO! She clutxhed her side again as the shadow rose behind her.
Jason was still hiding when he heard something,(just so you know Jason can run at super speed) and turned, there was a strange shadow thing that dissapeared.
Tash narrowed his eyes. The creature was definitely malignant. Which meant the girl most likely wasn't, and needed his help.
"It's too bad, really," he told the sidewalk. "I'm a terrible busybody."
He walked faster toward the alley the girl had run into, one hand casually disappearing up the other's sleeve to loosen the knife he kept in a wrist sheath there.
"It's too bad, really," he told the sidewalk. "I'm a terrible busybody."
He walked faster toward the alley the girl had run into, one hand casually disappearing up the other's sleeve to loosen the knife he kept in a wrist sheath there.
Ari backed up against the wall as the shadow advanced."Please no..." she gasped clutching at her side still and shaking.
The shadow reached out a white hand and pointed at Ari making a slashing movement with a finger through the air.
A deep cut appeared on Ari's cheek and she trembled more violently.
Tash entered the alley, blue eyes sharp and cold as ice, all pretense of absentmindedness gone.
"Enough," he said. "Or do you need me to convince you?"
His dagger was ready in his hand. He was fairly certain it would pierce the shadow - it was magically enhanced.
"Enough," he said. "Or do you need me to convince you?"
His dagger was ready in his hand. He was fairly certain it would pierce the shadow - it was magically enhanced.
The shadow didn't turn around."Didn't I warn you not to get involved boy?"
She moved her hand down slightly and a clean cut appeared on Ari's neck.
Tash's jaw locked at the sight. Making a sudden decision, he sprang toward the shadow, knife raised to stab it in the back. At the very least, he figured, he would go through it and so place himself between it and the girl.
The shadow wasn't expecting him to be so brave so she was shocked when the knife went through her causeing black smoke to come out of the wound. She shouted in furry and pain swiping a hand through the air before she collapsed back into the shadows and dissapeared.Ari screamed as more slices appeared on her neck and chest, cutting her shirt to ribbons.
"Don't know who it was talking to," Tash said. "Not being a boy by any stretch of the imagination." He took off his jacket and handed it to the girl, thankful it was black. No one would be able to see the bloodstains clearly. "Except perhaps mentally," he ammended, grinning. His grin faded as he continued. "Now, lady, you seem to have gotten yourself in trouble. Care to give me an explanation - including what, exactly, you are?"
Ari looked at him."I'm Arianna Elestra and I am what you would probably call a witch or sorceress, and also...a thief." She said the last part quietly.
Tash, who was a decent thief himself with several centuries of experience, wasn't bothered with her last comment. What concerned him was the witch part.
He sketched a bow that would have been more fitting in his native time. "Tashimin Tochan, Ms. Elestra. Please just call me Tash - or Taylor, if we have...human company." He continued more seriously. "Am I to understand you are in trouble because of your line of work? If so, I suggest you don't fill me in on the specifics. My own line of work could conflict with yours. Do you have the ability to heal yourself? Or do you need me get you somewhere to recover?" Lowering his voice, he said "I don't think the shadow was the only thing following us. I haven't had a great day either."
He sketched a bow that would have been more fitting in his native time. "Tashimin Tochan, Ms. Elestra. Please just call me Tash - or Taylor, if we have...human company." He continued more seriously. "Am I to understand you are in trouble because of your line of work? If so, I suggest you don't fill me in on the specifics. My own line of work could conflict with yours. Do you have the ability to heal yourself? Or do you need me get you somewhere to recover?" Lowering his voice, he said "I don't think the shadow was the only thing following us. I haven't had a great day either."
Ari shook her head."Healing is one thing I can't do. I'm a specialized sorceress. Darkness to be exact." She smiled at him before grimacing in pain, "If you want to know why the shadow was chasing me then take a look in here." She said suddenly producing a burnt mahoganny box out of the shodows nearby.
Tash backed up a step. "Not necessary," he said, ignoring with an effort his extreme curiosity. "I'd as soon stay out of what trouble I manage to avoid. And if it's not technically yours...Well, in any case, we shouldn't linger." He glanced at the gashes in her face and frowned. "Pull the hood of the jacket up. I'll walk out first and act as a distraction so you can leave in safety."
He decided not to mention the serious risk this meant. He was sure that there were others who would be watching. Which meant trouble, even if he had shaken off his original pursuers.
He decided not to mention the serious risk this meant. He was sure that there were others who would be watching. Which meant trouble, even if he had shaken off his original pursuers.
Ari smiled and nodded pulling the hood to cover her face and waiting for him to give her the signal. She wondered how long it would take for the shadow to send her minions after her.
"Assuming, of course," Tash said hastily, looking back at her on his way out, "You have somewhere to go?"
Ari looked back at him and shook her head."Not permanantly but I can always find somewhere where I can..." She slumped against the wall feeling light headed from bloodloss.
((Urgh. We're monopolizing the rp again. :P))
Tash stopped. Obviously simply giving her the chance to escape wasn't going to work.
"Never mind," he said roughly. "We'll go out a different way."
Hating himself for it, he closed his eyes. An enormous set of ornate gates appeared on the alley wall. They opened. "Go through. Quickly."
Tash stopped. Obviously simply giving her the chance to escape wasn't going to work.
"Never mind," he said roughly. "We'll go out a different way."
Hating himself for it, he closed his eyes. An enormous set of ornate gates appeared on the alley wall. They opened. "Go through. Quickly."
((lol that's cause nobody else seems to want to join in...I would love for more people to join in))Ari looked at the gates through blearly eyes, "Wha?" she moved forward a few steps and just managed to fall through the gate before she lost conciousness.
Tash cast a sharp glance back out at the street before walking in himself. Carefully, he picked up Ari as the gates closed. Not looking at the vast mansion he knew was behind him, he silently bade the gates open again, and walked out, this time out onto his driveway.
Ignoring the possibility of looks from the neighbors, who had long since decided he was insane, he walked in and gently deposited his load on his sofa, hoping there wouldn't be any bloodstains. Then he went to the kitchen to grab a snack.
Ignoring the possibility of looks from the neighbors, who had long since decided he was insane, he walked in and gently deposited his load on his sofa, hoping there wouldn't be any bloodstains. Then he went to the kitchen to grab a snack.
Ari moaned as her body slowly healed itself without her knowledge. As far as she knew she could not do healing magic yet. However she was unaware that the healing magic of an ancient elven race ran through her veins.
Tash, drawn by the slight noise, walked in and watched expressionlessly while the slashes on Ari's face slowly disappeared. He took another bite of his sandwich, then sat and waited.
In a few moments Ari was completely healed though she still remained unconcious. She moaned in her sleep and her hand opened involuntarily and darkness poured from it. The mahogany box fell out of the darkness and snapped open to reveal what appeared to be a large marble that had black shadows swirling inside it.
At the sight of it Tash swallowed, a little harder than he had intended. He distrusted magic objects, and those who used magic. But he couldn't have left Ari for whoever was after her. He made a mental commitment to do all he could to help her get back on her feet, and then ask her to leave.
Ari moaned and opened her eyes. Instantly the box snapped shut and went back into the shadows which dissapeared into her palms. She looked around in confusion."Where...?"
Finishing the remainder of his sandwich, Tash gave her an extravagant bow that would not have been out of place five hundred years earlier. "My humble home. You are free to stay here as long as you wish, providing you are still devastatingly injured or pursued by hordes of enemies. After that, I'm afraid you'll have to leave. I have work that you would not wish to get in the way of, and much of it occurs here." He smiled to soften his words. "And from the looks of it, the depths of your powers remain unplumbed, Ms. Elestra." He gestured to her healed wounds. "I did not have to do anything." He did not mention the fact that he had suspected as much when he saw her light boned, slightly elven features. His work was with magical creatures - he was familiar with many races.
Ari looked at herself in shock."How?..." she whispered. Then she shook her head and stood up.
"Well as it appears I am healed I should be going like you said. Thank you so much Mr...Umm...I think either I've forgotten your name or you never told me it in the first place. Either way may I know it?"
She wasn't sure why but she liked this strange person that seemed to be familiar with magic and it's elements.
Tash shrugged to hide how tense he was. "Tashim Tochan, Ms. Elestra. Taylor in the company of those who are unenlightened and wish to remain so. Just call me Tash." He gave a mental sigh and then said, "Do you have anywhere to go? I'm not going to just kick you out."
Much as that would be the wisest decision he added silently.
Much as that would be the wisest decision he added silently.
Ari shook her head."Thank you yes master Tash I have a place where I have been staying...unless the shadows have destroyed it in their search for the melroc." She said this last part quietly and looked down at the floor.
Tash watched the girl and wondered if he had ever been so vulnerable, centuries ago, when he had struck out on his own. He doubted it. If a stranger showed up to conveniently save him while he was carrying precious cargo, he would be more likely to produce a knife than a thank you.
"Well, let's just go see, hmm?" he said gently, ignoring the mention of the 'melroc', which he assumed was the marble in the box.
"Well, let's just go see, hmm?" he said gently, ignoring the mention of the 'melroc', which he assumed was the marble in the box.
Ari raised her eyes to him."You'll come with me to check? But I thought you wanted me gone?" Yes she had been able to sense that he wanted her to leave. She had sensed this ever since she had woken up.
Tash gave her a dry smile. "I do. But I have a job, Ms. Elestra - to protect and monitor magical creatures. And you seem like you're going to be a lot of trouble. Call it preventive action. I'll go with you." He gestured for her to lead the way, indicating the door at the same time.
"And I'm an idiot when it comes to helping people that will get me in trouble," he muttered under his breath.
"And I'm an idiot when it comes to helping people that will get me in trouble," he muttered under his breath.
Ari smiled slightly and nodded."All right then follow me." She headed out the door.
I should be affended by that remark about causing trouble but I guess I'll let it slide for now.
Tash followed her, locking the door behind him with a key that was too big for the visible keyhole. "Where to, Ms. Elestra?"
"Well that all depends on where we are currently" Ari stated simply.
He blinked. "Yes. I suppose it does."
His cell phone rang. With a groan, Tash answered it. "Hello? No, I am not going to tell you. I had no choice. For goodness' sake - I wasn't trying to endanger her, of course not." He paused, listening, then said irritably, "Relax, Stefan - the world isn't going to explode because I came through the gates once. I know. Listen - she can keep me from coming in if she wants to. No...well, not yet," he conceded with a grimace. "I'll call you if I do." He ended the call and glanced over at Ari, hoping she hadn't heard the other side of the conversation, as that would lead to awkward questions. ((lol you'll need to tell me if her hearing is that good))
"We're about an hour away from ____, Ms. Elestra," he said, running a hand through his hair. "And I sincerely hope for your sake," he added, annoyed, "that you never have sophistic, overprotective, irritating people marry into your family." But then smiled slightly, disproving his words.
His cell phone rang. With a groan, Tash answered it. "Hello? No, I am not going to tell you. I had no choice. For goodness' sake - I wasn't trying to endanger her, of course not." He paused, listening, then said irritably, "Relax, Stefan - the world isn't going to explode because I came through the gates once. I know. Listen - she can keep me from coming in if she wants to. No...well, not yet," he conceded with a grimace. "I'll call you if I do." He ended the call and glanced over at Ari, hoping she hadn't heard the other side of the conversation, as that would lead to awkward questions. ((lol you'll need to tell me if her hearing is that good))
"We're about an hour away from ____, Ms. Elestra," he said, running a hand through his hair. "And I sincerely hope for your sake," he added, annoyed, "that you never have sophistic, overprotective, irritating people marry into your family." But then smiled slightly, disproving his words.
Ari shook her head."Thank you for the warning. My current home is two towns away, and may I be so bold as to inquire if the she you were reerring to, was me?"
If only Jason didn't have to go home from the arcade.