Fenix
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Sleepless Golem, aka Kenny
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Post by Fenix on Aug 26, 2013 23:25:45 GMT -5
He frowns.
"I no less wish this choice now than before. What is it you seek from me Cassily? What do you want me to do?"
His face seems distraught with pain, both emotional and physical. He grips tightly to a wound on his left arm, his claw digging into it some.
"I feel like....you seek a answer that I cannot give. I do not wish to be with one of you over the other Cassily. I do not want to choose to break the heart of either of you. When I let you fall.....I was not choosing Cherri. I was choosing you both. To protect you both. You were my first true love Cassily, that bond cannot be broken, it cannot be forgotten, it will never weaken."
His claw digs in deeper, the metal from a ring on his finger seems to have shattered and dug itself deep into his arm at this point.
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Post by cassily on Aug 27, 2013 0:04:21 GMT -5
"I don't know what it is that you want from me Fenix. You have my love. You will always have that. It will always be in my heart."
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Fenix
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Post by Fenix on Aug 27, 2013 0:10:38 GMT -5
"I want you to walk the land once more Cassily. To not end your tale that has yet to be written in full. Do not choose to end what you have over my idiocy."
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Post by cassily on Aug 27, 2013 0:15:49 GMT -5
"I will only walk this land again under one condition and I'm not even sure it can be done"
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Fenix
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Post by Fenix on Aug 27, 2013 0:18:32 GMT -5
"I will only walk this land again under one condition and I'm not even sure it can be done" His bloodshot eyes look pleading as he looks around for the source of her voice. "Please at least speak it for me." |
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Post by cassily on Aug 27, 2013 0:34:27 GMT -5
Her voice is soft as the wind next to him.
"I can't live with the pain."
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Fenix
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Post by Fenix on Aug 27, 2013 0:40:48 GMT -5
He looks around himself to the sound of her voice as he pleads to her.
"What cassily...? Is it that you do not want me around her? She is your friend too....we didnt seek to hurt you. You do not understand that nothing has ever occurred between us..."
He sobs slightly.
"What do you seek of me.... How do I end your pain..."
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Post by cloudeagle on Aug 27, 2013 2:29:53 GMT -5
*Sometime after she has gathered her thoughts she wanders back to the house of healing and sits down lowering her head as she says softly.*
"Cassily, If you can hear me. Please come back. I am sad that you are not here. I never wanted you to leave. I never wanted Fenix to make a choice over us... I know you need him and he needs you too. It was never meant to be like this. Don't you see.... neither of us will be happy with you gone. I wanted us to be together. Fenix can never be whole without you. I thought you wanted him to be happy. He can't be happy without you.. and I can't be happy either. You are-" *She choked on her words still in denial and she places a sunflower on the alter, one that had been dried and preserved that Cassily had given to her once to make her smile.*.... were.... like a beautiful flower to me... A candle in the darkness... with a flame so bright.. that all I wanted to do was protect you. You and Fenix. I love you too, Cassily... What about our plans to fly together? Remember...... you as a bird... me with my dragon wings. We were meant to fly together.... and now there is an emptiness that both Fenix and I will have because you are gone."
*She burst into tears covering her eyes looking more human in her mannerism and her wings droop to the ground seeming to have very little life left in them.*
"Please come back...... Please come back, Cassily."
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Post by cassily on Aug 27, 2013 9:18:32 GMT -5
A small whisper of a voice followed by a heartbraking howl would be heard in Henriks chambers.
"Henrik"
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Aug 27, 2013 9:24:13 GMT -5
A small whisper of a voice followed by a heartbraking howl would be heard in Henriks chambers. "Henrik" "Yes, I'm here...what is it Cassily?" The healer stirs from his rest and looks up, listening. He gathers his clothes and dresses as he heads downstairs to the shrine. "What can I do?" He says to the air. |
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Post by cassily on Aug 27, 2013 9:31:58 GMT -5
"They can't .... wont let me rest. I can't take this pain any longer." Her voice sounds tired and weaker.
"Is there a way I can return without remembering them? Without remembering my living life so the pain will end? Can I make the terms of my return my own, or am already doomed to this torture forever?"
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Aug 27, 2013 9:34:40 GMT -5
"They can't .... wont let me rest. I can't take this pain any longer." Her voice sounds tired and weaker. "Is there a way I can return without remembering them? Without remembering my living life so the pain will end? Can I make the terms of my return my own, or am already doomed to this torture forever?" "You can choose to forget, my dear." Henrik glances to fenix and Cherri then looks up again. "If that is what you want. I can't make you forget or resolve your feelings...only you can. Is that what you want, to return but not remember?" |
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Post by cassily on Aug 27, 2013 9:50:42 GMT -5
"Its the only way to find peace... I can't live and remember... I did what I did to stop the pain... And the pain has not stoped...... They wont let the pain stop.... It has to stop.... I have to make it stop.... I do not want to remember.... I have to forget........ It's the only way Henrik. Tell me how to forget it all."
Her howl sounds like a wolf being tortured.
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Aug 27, 2013 9:58:16 GMT -5
"Its the only way to find peace... I can't live and remember... I did what I did to stop the pain... And the pain has not stoped...... They wont let the pain stop.... It has to stop.... I have to make it stop.... I do not want to remember.... I have to forget........ It's the only way Henrik. Tell me how to forget it all." Her howl sounds like a wolf being tortured. "Cassily" Henrik pulls his cloak on, attaching it with the dove-shaped clasp. "I will do as you ask. Let me help end your pain and bring you into peace again. Come with me." He collects a vial of holy water and a diamond from his supplies. He leaves Fenix and Cherri behind as he prepares his horse to leave. He tells Adolina he is heading for Waymoot but does not say where specifically. Mercy's hooves clatter as he rides away from the House. |
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Aug 27, 2013 10:20:21 GMT -5
Henrik returns to the House some considerable time later, placing a notice on the wall.
"Cassily lives, having chosen to answer the call to life. She is staying with druids until she feels ready to venture out of her recovery and has chosen to forget that which caused her pain. May her future be filled with kindness and peace and the tranquility nature can give her."
He returns to his duties but makes himself available if anyone wants to speak to him about the matter.
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Post by offduty on Aug 27, 2013 12:20:10 GMT -5
Lynn comes down the stairs rubbing her sleepy eyes. Stopping to read the new notice.
"Thank the gods her soul is at least saved from the torment of her own actions."
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Fenix
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Post by Fenix on Aug 27, 2013 12:24:40 GMT -5
Fenix has long since left the house of healing, no response having been heard that night. He walks the streets yet terrified of his mistakes, blaming only himself...
Whispers on the streets tell of a man not slept in days, and cries in the forest. They tell of a man in Greatgaunt, a look of terror on his face at the thought of sleep, fear of the caves. They tried desperately to calm him, but he would mutter something of blaming himself. In time, the man stood and left the town. He was not seen for days.
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Post by StabbingNirvana on Aug 27, 2013 14:39:41 GMT -5
A swollen headed, mustachioed man walks into the house of healing. Gauze covers a large portion of his head and plucked into his new headgear is a very large feather. He walks over to an acolyte and points to his face, uttering two words and two words alone; "stool shot"
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Aug 27, 2013 14:59:51 GMT -5
A swollen headed, mustachioed man walks into the house of healing. Gauze covers a large portion of his head and plucked into his new headgear is a very large feather. He walks over to an acolyte and points to his face, uttering two words and two words alone; "stool shot" The confused acolyte would no doubt be glad when Henrik appears from somewhere in the depths of the House. "Slate? Is that you?" |
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Aug 29, 2013 19:44:04 GMT -5
Visitors would see a long trail of mud, a pair of boots and several towels the color of chocolate draped over a door handle. Inside the bathroom a very pleasant voice is singing a song about two water beasts duetting each other across a wide river about the joys of mud, while a cloud of steam floats out of the ajar door.
"Mud, mud glorious mud..." The voice sings.
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Post by offduty on Aug 29, 2013 20:15:30 GMT -5
She steps out of the kitchen seeing all the mud shaking her head as she hears Henrik singing. Opening the door laughter fills the air, seeing her husband looking like a giant mud man.
"Oh honey did you fall in a pit of mud?"
Still laughing as she picks up the mop and starts teasing him with it.
"I have to mop this mess before I can mop that one."
Playing acting like she's going to mop him like the floor.
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Aug 29, 2013 20:23:48 GMT -5
"Augh!" The mud man replies, laughing as he tries to duck."I took Mercy out for a ride near Waymoot, went out on a white horse, came back on a brown one. Sorry about the mess, love."
Somewhere in the steam, the healer wallows in water while a large lump of mud looking like it's been churned up by a plough, drops off his hanging armor onto the floor.
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Post by offduty on Aug 29, 2013 20:31:25 GMT -5
She giggles wildly as goes out to mop up the mess. Picking up the muddy towels then returning to the bathroom to help him wash up before the whole house turns into a mud puddle.
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Post by Left of Intentions on Aug 30, 2013 2:39:58 GMT -5
A small girl in ratty clothes is delivered to the House of Healing by Holance. After the paladin leaves, the girl spends a great deal of time simply sitting in a corner quietly, before she gets a bit of food. After eating she sits down in another corner, a hunched figure with no presence, easy to miss and to forget about. She stays for an few hours, then quietly tiptoes out of the house, unlikely to be noticed by anyone.
However a few hours later she returns, approaching Adolin and offering her a small pouch which would prove to contain some healing herbs. The only thing she'd say is "I thought you would want these."
She'd then tuck herself into a corner, hugging her legs against her chest and resting her chin on her knees, falling asleep out of the way of the goings on of the house.
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Quite a time later Holance returns, they talk a short time, and she leaves with him.
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Post by Fleur de la chevalerie on Aug 30, 2013 18:54:08 GMT -5
Lionel spends much of his time in the House's office, writing and editing long reams of vellum well into the candlelit night.
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Post by offduty on Aug 30, 2013 19:42:26 GMT -5
Slips into the office placeing a cup of tea and plate of crackers and cheese on the desk. Replaceing the candles with fresh ones.
"If you need anything Lionel just let me know."
Lynn would leave so not to disturb any longer. Returning to refill his cup every so often. Leaving small trays of fresh cut fruits.
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Post by Fleur de la chevalerie on Aug 30, 2013 20:15:17 GMT -5
The man offers a tired smile with a profuse "Thank you, fresh fruit is a luxury right now! How go thy efforts outside these walls? I understand much has transpired of late regarding the refugees?"
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Post by offduty on Sept 2, 2013 11:44:24 GMT -5
"I'm afraid I haven't heard much. I'm either here or in some crypt training, but I am sure Henrik would know. He's stays pretty updated on those sort of things."
Heading downstairs to do her normal cleaning chores.
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Post by offduty on Sept 2, 2013 12:34:26 GMT -5
A note is left for Henrik.
"Sweetheart,
I'm sorry to inform you that you forgot to fireproof the curtains in the downstairs privy again, sorry. The children had a good laugh. No one was harmed though. I am heading into town to get the replacements now.
If you awaken before my return please don't go in the kitchen. I had a little accident in there as well.
Love,
Lynn"
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Sept 2, 2013 12:46:37 GMT -5
Padding softly downstairs on automatic, note in hand, Henrik rubs his face sleepily and nudges the doors open.
He looks in the bathroom. A pair of charred curtains still smoking, swing in the breeze from the open window.
"Nghh.."
He opens the kitchen door and spies the devastation. A high-pitched "Nrmgh..." comes out of his mouth. He stares at the upturned stool, the tins, the box and pans on the floor. "Nrgh...?"
He gathers up a pot of water and makes himself and the other clergy some tea while he surveys the mess and decides what to do, mumbling into his mug about wives with "growing wings and balance issues" to a fellow healer.
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