Post by Abacus on May 19, 2014 1:33:59 GMT -5
Disembodied Voice 23:48:52
*Darkness covers the tavern, A lone wolf howls in the distance and a cold wind blows in from the sea. A think fog creeps around the trees of the endless forest as if reaching out towards the building in the silver glow of the full moon*
Abacus 23:55:18
Her small cloaked frame braces her self against the chill as she maneuvers through the thick fog, coming upon the tavern. Fumbling for the knob she creeks it open and slips inside. " 'Ello? is there anybody here?" Loudly asking with a chattering of teeth. The petite woman slides the hood of her cloak down, revealing short blond puffy feathery hair and a cloth bandanna cover her scared right eye, her vibrate indigo left eye sweeping the room. Her skin was a deep tan, as if she had crossed a large desert, her clothes lightweight and in light color tones.
Disembodied Voice 23:57:03
"Help me..." a weak soft voice calls out in hardly a whisper, but from where?
Abacus 23:57:07
her height was barely taller then a dwarf's, standing at a mean 4'5" though her chest was quite rambunctiously large. She had a fine feminine figure.
Abacus 23:59:08
Her eye narrowed in on where the sound was coming from. Stepping cautiously toward where she thought she heard the sound, her nimble fingers reflexively reaching for her numerous daggers handing around her waist. "Hello?"
Disembodied Voice 00:00:15
"Help me..." the faint voice calls out again almost as if right in the woman's left ear. If she were to continue to follow the continuing calls, they would lead her back outside through the back door.
Dagger 00:01:09
Pulling out a dagger at this point she hides it on the palm of her hand as she steps silently through the backdoor.
Disembodied Voice 00:01:52
The sounds of this whispering voice seem to coming from the forest ahead of her.
Dagger 00:05:11
The hair on the back of her neck stands up as she follows the voice, leaving the warm confines of the tavern. Palming a dagger in her other hand, she pulls her hood up and pulls a gem out of her pouch and peers through it, scanning the forest carefully with the Gem of True-Seeing she 'borrowed' off of her old Sorcerer companion.
Disembodied Voice 00:07:26
Again she hears the voice calling to her, as if far off in this dark foggy forest. Through the gem nothing can be seen, only trees and a shambling path through the darkness.
Dagger 00:08:31
Pocketing the gem in its safe place, she continues forward on high alert, making sure to keep a eye out for any unknown dangers.
Disembodied Voice 00:13:43
The path and calls lead on for a long while, just when one would think it best to turn around and head back the to tavern the path ends at what looks to be a ruined keep, or castle. Heaps of stone lay scattered about, only half a tower remains standing, a large hole in its wall. "Help me.." The voice calls from the darkness inside.
Dagger 00:19:05
Our young heroine nervously pulls out the Gem of True-Seeing once again and scans the keep and the hole as she trembles in her boots. She had no big strong meat-shield or clever magic caster to be in front of her to protect her from the unknown with in. Fumbling for a lantern in her pack, she shakily lights it, cursing some due to the eeriness of it all.
Disembodied Voice 00:21:51
Nothing lies in wait around the ruins, and as the light from the lantern chases away the shadows and darkness a stairway leading down through what was left the the tower can be seen. "Help me..." The voice calls out from within.
Dagger 00:24:56
Gulping she slides the gem back into safekeeping and slowing makes her very slowly the stairway, checking for traps along the way.
Disembodied Voice 00:28:38
If any traps did exist in this spiral staircase they would probably fail. From the looks of it this place has been empty for a very long time. The stairs spiral around and down what felt like three times before they come to an end at a large wood and iron door.
Dagger 00:37:04
She inspects the door looking for traps and locks, and then very carefully looks for cracks at the bottom and around the door. And peers in the keyhole. She fiddles around in her cloak, revealing it full of various lock picks.
Disembodied Voice 00:39:01
The door does not seem to be locked or protected in any manner. A peek through the key hole reveals only a small glimpse of what looks to be a wizards study. "Help me..." The voice calls faintly from within the door.
Dagger 00:46:10
Taking a steely deep breath she gently opens the door peeking inside. her purple eye darting about looking for trouble and enemies. Lips pursed she makes her way tip-toeing in like a cat on a clothesline.
Disembodied Voice 00:49:35
Dust covered books cover tables and floor. In the back of the room something large catches your eye. A large black sphere, maybe cystal or stone, sets on the floor surrounded by numerous unlit candles. "Free me.." the voice whispers in her ear as her eyes are drawn to the large black sphere.
Dagger 00:56:14
The short tanned blond narrows her eye as she walks around the orb, inspecting up and down. This whole thing was setting off alarm bells in her head, she takes her time examining the study to see what she was dealing with. Wizards typically keep notes about this sort of thing, pulling out her trusty magical gem once again as she combs through the place.
Disembodied Voice 00:59:18
The books and notes scattered about the room were full of random information from alchemy to histories of past and ancient civilizations long past. Some of the books she could understand, and others she could not. "Free me.." The voice calls out from the sphere, her attention being drawn now to the candles that surround it.
Dagger 01:01:16
"And why should I do that? You have given me no reason to yet, you haven't even told me who you are." She reasons while she puts a dusty tome back and looks around some more.
Disembodied Voice 01:04:24
"Free me and be rewarded..." the voice whispers from the stone. "Gold." visions of large piles of gold fill her thoughts. As quickly as the visions came they were gone leaving only a faint pull towards the candles.
Dagger 01:07:52
She did like the idea of gold~ "So what are you? A Genie? Some wizards trapped familiar?" She turns and approaches. "Perhaps a Demon? You can't be angelic in nature, they usually promise glory or honor." She looks at the orb through the gem in hopes of peering insides of its confines.
Disembodied Voice 01:14:05
The ordinary sphere is to dark to see into. "Riches.." The voic whispers in her ear, or was it directly to her mind? More visions of gold and gems fill her mind, almost as if she where standing right next to them. She could hear the sounds of the coins moving under her feet. The gleam of light from coin and stone dancing across the floor. "Light the candles, free me."
Dagger 01:18:31
She licks her lips. the greed was just... so tempting, it was difficult to keep her wits about her. "Still haven't told me who or what you are..."
Disembodied Voice 01:20:56
The study was gone. Only piles of treasure in a great hall lit by countless torches. She could actually feel the wait of the coins and gems in her hands, hear them shift beneath her feet.
Dagger 01:36:57
She raised an eyebrow looking impressed, pick up some of the coins she looks at them, feeling them in her hands. "How am i going to bring all of this back with me?"
Disembodied Voice 01:38:21
As she stands questioning, the torches lighting the room are slowly snuffed out one by one, her new found treasure quickly vanishing into darkness.
Dagger 01:44:13
"Aww..." She says with a disappointed pout. "But you still haven't answered my question." Looking back at the orb with crossed arms.
Disembodied Voice 01:46:23
"You know just who I am, Don't be so distant." She still standing in the treasure room. But now someone else was there too. Standing behind her a few paces.
Dagger 01:49:12
She felt the tingle of instinct on the back of her neck as she spins around daggers flashing. "I'm afraid I don't!"
Disembodied Voice 01:54:02
An attractive young man with long silver hair stands in loose robes. "Calm yourself friend, I am Shin. I can make your dreams come true. Name a pleasure one, a few. I will show you everything so vividly. " Moonlight seems to dance around this young man, as the torches in the room reignite to reveal her treasure once more.
Dagger 01:59:23
She rubs chin and introduces herself. "They call me Dagger. Are you the one stuck in the orb?" Dagger gave the man a good look up and down, she had to admit he was as good looking as the treasure, though showing was not the same as having. "Illusions do not fill my pockets...Shin."
Disembodied Voice 02:02:06
"Illusions? This gold is no illusion. Feel free to fill your pockets. In fact there is a large pack on the wall over there fill that too. All I ask in return is that you are kind enough to set me free."
Dagger 02:06:04
Satisfied with knowing what she will be unleashing, she retches for the bag but not before pulling out the magical gem and looking at the gold to double check that its the real deal. She had been tricked many times before in the past by magical means.
Disembodied Voice 02:07:33
The gold is very real along with the pack on the wall. " A fair trade yes? All the gold a jewels you can carry, and all you have to do is light a few candles."
Dagger 02:10:04
Filling up the pack with gold and a god amount of choice gems. she hefts the pack upon her shoulders. "Well then, return me to the room with orb, no tricks now! Like switching me with you and trapping me in it or binding my soul for all eternity."
Disembodied Voice 02:15:36
"Have I given you any reason to distrust me so far? Consider what you have gathered so far a pre-payment, which will be doubled upon completion of the deal." The treasure room quickly fades away as if only a dream, yet her treasure remains. She finds herself standing right in front of the sphere.
Dagger 02:17:52
Taking her lantern, she lights the first candle, then the next and then next continuing on till all the candles where lit and steps back daggers drawn. She hoped she wasn't making the mistake of a lifetime doing this.
Disembodied Voice 02:22:49
Seconds after the last candle sparked to life the sphere cracks and a black mist rushes past her and out the door. The candles are blown out as this happens. The sound of music and merriment fills her ears. She would come to quickly notice she was back at the front porch of the Tavern. Her pockets, and the pack she had taken full of treasure, along with two more packs bursting with gold resting at her feet.
*Darkness covers the tavern, A lone wolf howls in the distance and a cold wind blows in from the sea. A think fog creeps around the trees of the endless forest as if reaching out towards the building in the silver glow of the full moon*
Abacus 23:55:18
Her small cloaked frame braces her self against the chill as she maneuvers through the thick fog, coming upon the tavern. Fumbling for the knob she creeks it open and slips inside. " 'Ello? is there anybody here?" Loudly asking with a chattering of teeth. The petite woman slides the hood of her cloak down, revealing short blond puffy feathery hair and a cloth bandanna cover her scared right eye, her vibrate indigo left eye sweeping the room. Her skin was a deep tan, as if she had crossed a large desert, her clothes lightweight and in light color tones.
Disembodied Voice 23:57:03
"Help me..." a weak soft voice calls out in hardly a whisper, but from where?
Abacus 23:57:07
her height was barely taller then a dwarf's, standing at a mean 4'5" though her chest was quite rambunctiously large. She had a fine feminine figure.
Abacus 23:59:08
Her eye narrowed in on where the sound was coming from. Stepping cautiously toward where she thought she heard the sound, her nimble fingers reflexively reaching for her numerous daggers handing around her waist. "Hello?"
Disembodied Voice 00:00:15
"Help me..." the faint voice calls out again almost as if right in the woman's left ear. If she were to continue to follow the continuing calls, they would lead her back outside through the back door.
Dagger 00:01:09
Pulling out a dagger at this point she hides it on the palm of her hand as she steps silently through the backdoor.
Disembodied Voice 00:01:52
The sounds of this whispering voice seem to coming from the forest ahead of her.
Dagger 00:05:11
The hair on the back of her neck stands up as she follows the voice, leaving the warm confines of the tavern. Palming a dagger in her other hand, she pulls her hood up and pulls a gem out of her pouch and peers through it, scanning the forest carefully with the Gem of True-Seeing she 'borrowed' off of her old Sorcerer companion.
Disembodied Voice 00:07:26
Again she hears the voice calling to her, as if far off in this dark foggy forest. Through the gem nothing can be seen, only trees and a shambling path through the darkness.
Dagger 00:08:31
Pocketing the gem in its safe place, she continues forward on high alert, making sure to keep a eye out for any unknown dangers.
Disembodied Voice 00:13:43
The path and calls lead on for a long while, just when one would think it best to turn around and head back the to tavern the path ends at what looks to be a ruined keep, or castle. Heaps of stone lay scattered about, only half a tower remains standing, a large hole in its wall. "Help me.." The voice calls from the darkness inside.
Dagger 00:19:05
Our young heroine nervously pulls out the Gem of True-Seeing once again and scans the keep and the hole as she trembles in her boots. She had no big strong meat-shield or clever magic caster to be in front of her to protect her from the unknown with in. Fumbling for a lantern in her pack, she shakily lights it, cursing some due to the eeriness of it all.
Disembodied Voice 00:21:51
Nothing lies in wait around the ruins, and as the light from the lantern chases away the shadows and darkness a stairway leading down through what was left the the tower can be seen. "Help me..." The voice calls out from within.
Dagger 00:24:56
Gulping she slides the gem back into safekeeping and slowing makes her very slowly the stairway, checking for traps along the way.
Disembodied Voice 00:28:38
If any traps did exist in this spiral staircase they would probably fail. From the looks of it this place has been empty for a very long time. The stairs spiral around and down what felt like three times before they come to an end at a large wood and iron door.
Dagger 00:37:04
She inspects the door looking for traps and locks, and then very carefully looks for cracks at the bottom and around the door. And peers in the keyhole. She fiddles around in her cloak, revealing it full of various lock picks.
Disembodied Voice 00:39:01
The door does not seem to be locked or protected in any manner. A peek through the key hole reveals only a small glimpse of what looks to be a wizards study. "Help me..." The voice calls faintly from within the door.
Dagger 00:46:10
Taking a steely deep breath she gently opens the door peeking inside. her purple eye darting about looking for trouble and enemies. Lips pursed she makes her way tip-toeing in like a cat on a clothesline.
Disembodied Voice 00:49:35
Dust covered books cover tables and floor. In the back of the room something large catches your eye. A large black sphere, maybe cystal or stone, sets on the floor surrounded by numerous unlit candles. "Free me.." the voice whispers in her ear as her eyes are drawn to the large black sphere.
Dagger 00:56:14
The short tanned blond narrows her eye as she walks around the orb, inspecting up and down. This whole thing was setting off alarm bells in her head, she takes her time examining the study to see what she was dealing with. Wizards typically keep notes about this sort of thing, pulling out her trusty magical gem once again as she combs through the place.
Disembodied Voice 00:59:18
The books and notes scattered about the room were full of random information from alchemy to histories of past and ancient civilizations long past. Some of the books she could understand, and others she could not. "Free me.." The voice calls out from the sphere, her attention being drawn now to the candles that surround it.
Dagger 01:01:16
"And why should I do that? You have given me no reason to yet, you haven't even told me who you are." She reasons while she puts a dusty tome back and looks around some more.
Disembodied Voice 01:04:24
"Free me and be rewarded..." the voice whispers from the stone. "Gold." visions of large piles of gold fill her thoughts. As quickly as the visions came they were gone leaving only a faint pull towards the candles.
Dagger 01:07:52
She did like the idea of gold~ "So what are you? A Genie? Some wizards trapped familiar?" She turns and approaches. "Perhaps a Demon? You can't be angelic in nature, they usually promise glory or honor." She looks at the orb through the gem in hopes of peering insides of its confines.
Disembodied Voice 01:14:05
The ordinary sphere is to dark to see into. "Riches.." The voic whispers in her ear, or was it directly to her mind? More visions of gold and gems fill her mind, almost as if she where standing right next to them. She could hear the sounds of the coins moving under her feet. The gleam of light from coin and stone dancing across the floor. "Light the candles, free me."
Dagger 01:18:31
She licks her lips. the greed was just... so tempting, it was difficult to keep her wits about her. "Still haven't told me who or what you are..."
Disembodied Voice 01:20:56
The study was gone. Only piles of treasure in a great hall lit by countless torches. She could actually feel the wait of the coins and gems in her hands, hear them shift beneath her feet.
Dagger 01:36:57
She raised an eyebrow looking impressed, pick up some of the coins she looks at them, feeling them in her hands. "How am i going to bring all of this back with me?"
Disembodied Voice 01:38:21
As she stands questioning, the torches lighting the room are slowly snuffed out one by one, her new found treasure quickly vanishing into darkness.
Dagger 01:44:13
"Aww..." She says with a disappointed pout. "But you still haven't answered my question." Looking back at the orb with crossed arms.
Disembodied Voice 01:46:23
"You know just who I am, Don't be so distant." She still standing in the treasure room. But now someone else was there too. Standing behind her a few paces.
Dagger 01:49:12
She felt the tingle of instinct on the back of her neck as she spins around daggers flashing. "I'm afraid I don't!"
Disembodied Voice 01:54:02
An attractive young man with long silver hair stands in loose robes. "Calm yourself friend, I am Shin. I can make your dreams come true. Name a pleasure one, a few. I will show you everything so vividly. " Moonlight seems to dance around this young man, as the torches in the room reignite to reveal her treasure once more.
Dagger 01:59:23
She rubs chin and introduces herself. "They call me Dagger. Are you the one stuck in the orb?" Dagger gave the man a good look up and down, she had to admit he was as good looking as the treasure, though showing was not the same as having. "Illusions do not fill my pockets...Shin."
Disembodied Voice 02:02:06
"Illusions? This gold is no illusion. Feel free to fill your pockets. In fact there is a large pack on the wall over there fill that too. All I ask in return is that you are kind enough to set me free."
Dagger 02:06:04
Satisfied with knowing what she will be unleashing, she retches for the bag but not before pulling out the magical gem and looking at the gold to double check that its the real deal. She had been tricked many times before in the past by magical means.
Disembodied Voice 02:07:33
The gold is very real along with the pack on the wall. " A fair trade yes? All the gold a jewels you can carry, and all you have to do is light a few candles."
Dagger 02:10:04
Filling up the pack with gold and a god amount of choice gems. she hefts the pack upon her shoulders. "Well then, return me to the room with orb, no tricks now! Like switching me with you and trapping me in it or binding my soul for all eternity."
Disembodied Voice 02:15:36
"Have I given you any reason to distrust me so far? Consider what you have gathered so far a pre-payment, which will be doubled upon completion of the deal." The treasure room quickly fades away as if only a dream, yet her treasure remains. She finds herself standing right in front of the sphere.
Dagger 02:17:52
Taking her lantern, she lights the first candle, then the next and then next continuing on till all the candles where lit and steps back daggers drawn. She hoped she wasn't making the mistake of a lifetime doing this.
Disembodied Voice 02:22:49
Seconds after the last candle sparked to life the sphere cracks and a black mist rushes past her and out the door. The candles are blown out as this happens. The sound of music and merriment fills her ears. She would come to quickly notice she was back at the front porch of the Tavern. Her pockets, and the pack she had taken full of treasure, along with two more packs bursting with gold resting at her feet.