Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)
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				Title: <strong>Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 00:15:29</strong>
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				On the fifth day of her captivity, Laerylla made peace with the fact that no one was coming for her.&nbsp; She wasn't sure if they knew where she was and had failed, or if the Sentinels had even noted her missing, but on the fifth day, she accepted that she was alone, and she would have to get out of this situation alone.<br><br>She paced the confines of the cage like a wild animal, white hair tangled and matted and spilling down her back.&nbsp; She was dirty and hungry and weaponless, but the Twilight cultists had learned the hard way that she was still dangerous.&nbsp; None of them would enter her cage alone anymore, not since she had snapped the wrist of the last cultist to try and take advantage of her. <br><br>There had been a human dressed in the tattered remnants of the Stormwind Guard in the other cage until a few days ago, when the cultists had dragged him out and further into the depths of the caverns.&nbsp; The screams had echoed for nearly an hour before all went quiet again, broken only by the chants of the zealots in the next room.&nbsp; She had seen no one but the cultists since.<br><br>Footsteps approached and Laerylla listened intently, trying to count the distinct footfalls.&nbsp; The caverns and the water carried noise far too well though, and her uncertain guess was four or five.&nbsp; She crouched, pulling the tatters of her clothing around her, and stared out through the bars with rage and hate and violence in her glowing silver eyes, waiting for them to come around the corner.&nbsp; <br><br>Let them try something.&nbsp; Just let them try.&nbsp; They could send a dozen in to subdue her; she'd kill them all before she'd submit.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 00:54:02</strong>
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				People laughing was the first thing Morkat heard once he had regained consciousness, what had happened? Did he pass out in the inn again after drinking too much? He never was the type who could hold the alcohol, but each time some stupid orc had to challenge him to a drinking contest and saying 'No' when challenged was something Morkat had never done before in his whole life.<br><br>He opened his eyes, everything was so blurry and it felt like his entire body was numb. Suddenly it hit him, he had gone to a place called Blackfathom Deeps to find pearls. Apparently people didn't mind paying a golden coin or two for a simple pearl, one of his 'friends' had recommended this place, claiming it was infested with the said pearls. It was one of those days Morkat wished he wasn't so gullible and greedy, a combination that had proved to be very bad on numerous of occasions.<br><br>Of course, it could also partially be blamed on the people he befriended, they weren't exactly friendly or polite. The plan was so simple though! Since the cultists here seemed to wear the pearls as necklaces, he could just carefully sneak around the place and snatch the necklaces of their necks. It was going so well too! Until..<br><br>Morkat had alot of stupid ideas in his relatively short lifetime, but this one definitely took the cake. For some unknown reason to even himself now, he considered it a smart idea to steal the golden ring right off of some orc's finger. Why not? It looked expensive and orcs were usually too stupid to even notice that something was missing.<br><br>Not this one though, far from it. As soon as he got near the orc and tried to snatch his ring the orc turned around and smacked his mace against his head. Usually it took more to take him down but this one was exceptionally strong. He could feel a faint thump and some laughter and now he was here.<br><br>He could feel his body being thrown in what seemed like a cage and there was nothing he could do about it, his body didn't seem to cooperate, as if they had poisoned him to make him numb for a while. A smart move, if not he would've taken those guys who dragged him in here down in a matter of seconds!<br><br>"Ah, this is just great." he mumbled to himself as his vision gradually got better, the cage was hardly big enough for him to sit in, but that was the least of his worries. Nobody knew where he was, and it was highly likely that nobody really cared. Especially since he could be gone for weeks without saying anything.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 02:06:48</strong>
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				There were five, three humans, an orc and a gnome, and they were carrying an unconscious troll between them.&nbsp; Laerylla tracked them from the darkest corner of her cage as they dragged the tall, lanky figure and tossed him unceremoniously in the empty cage after rifling through his belongings.&nbsp; The gnome with them muttered as he pawed through the backpack, much the same as he had done to her belongings.<br><br>The orc, bravest and dumbest of the bunch, leered at her as they passed by.&nbsp; She stared him down, silently daring him to even go so far as stick his fingers into the cage.&nbsp; She remained frozen in a crouch as he bellowed a laugh and kicked sludge and dirty water from the puddle between them towards her, then turned back to his cronies.&nbsp; Whether or not she frightened him, he hadn't come anywhere near the cage.&nbsp; Small victories.<br><br>She studied her new roommate as the cultists retreated, eying him up and down.&nbsp; He didn't look like any of the trolls sworn to service of the beast here.&nbsp; Her head tilted and her eyes narrowed.&nbsp; One of the ones from Sen'jin then, or perhaps Orgrimmar itself.&nbsp; Her teeth bared in a silent snarl. Tree-killers and guerrilla fighters, though by Elune, not one of the worst races the Horde had to offer.&nbsp; She supposed it could be worse; she could be stuck here with a warlock or a walking corpse for company.&nbsp; <br><br>She hunkered down in the deepest shadow she could find, her skin naturally blending in with it and making her difficult to see.&nbsp; She watched him intently, the only thing visible her eyes, glowing like an enraged nightsaber's from the corner of the cage. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 02:59:38</strong>
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				A wide smirk formed on Morkat's lips, even though they managed to take everything he owned, they forgot one thing. He reached into his mouth and pulled out a small metallic thing from between his teeth. His favourite lock picking tool, easy to hide, easy to use and extremely easy to escape! The lock itself however, didn't look like it would be an easy one to open, but that was ok, Morkat loved challenges.<br><br>Just as he was about to begin and attempt to open the lock, a strange scent entered his nostrils, it was a familiar one yet he couldn't quite grasp what it was associated with. His mind had a little trouble with remembering things, even though he was aware of the fact that he wasn't very intelligent when it came to hard formulae or other things mages would occupy themselves with, he was witty on a whole new level.<br><br>He would've just shrugged and ignored the scent, but it wasn't just that, once he started to concentrate more he felt like he was being watched. Infact, it might have been his imagination but for some reason he could sense someone nearby. It was something he acquired over the years of training, even though his main focus was not to be spotted, he had a very developed sense for spotting things himself. Sure, it wasn't anywhere near the hunters of his village, but still, he was certain something was watching him.<br><br>"You can come out, I know you're there." he called out, it might have been to no one but it also could've been an ally.. perhaps even worse.. an enemy rogue. The thought made him slightly paranoid, for all he knew there was a small party of people hiding in the shadow, just waiting for him to get out so they could kill him. It wouldn't surprise him the alliance would be such cowards, now that he was helplessly locked in a cage.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 03:42:41</strong>
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				There was no real point in hiding, but still she didn't move.&nbsp; He could sense her, but he couldn't find her.&nbsp; The dignified thing to do would be to reveal herself, but she took perverse pleasure in the fact that he couldn't see or hear her.&nbsp; She held her silence and held motionless for a long moment, before sighing faintly.&nbsp; She was in a cage in hostile territory, alone and weaponless.&nbsp; There was someone who could maybe pick the lock on her cage.&nbsp; What point was there in playing the child?<br><br>"This is as far as I go," Laerylla finally replied, though that wasn't exactly true.&nbsp; She could have moved towards the brighter part of her cage.&nbsp; Her Orcish was decent enough; she wouldn't be writing any books on the subject any time soon, but she could communicate relatively well.&nbsp; Her accent and tone of voice would mark her as a night elf quickly enough in any case.<br><br>"You might want to put whatever it is you have away," she added, her ears picking up the sounds of movement further down the hallway.&nbsp; "There's a group coming, probably with the slop they call food around here. It's about the usual time for it."&nbsp; <br><br>She didn't know why she was bothering to lend him any aid whatsoever -- his kind's allies had raped and pillaged and plundered the land her kind held sacred, and that was not something she could easily forgive -- but all the human had done had whine and blubber and look to her to break him out of his cage. <br><br>She supposed that, if she wanted to get out of here, she just might have to offer, however reluctantly, an olive branch of truce to the other captive.&nbsp; Whether he knew they were personally at war or not.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 04:03:49</strong>
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				A smirk instantly formed on his lips once he realised he had a cellmate, less pleasing to know was once she opened her mouth it was quite obvious it was a night elf. "Great, just what I needed." he mumbled to himself as if she wasn't even there and hid the small object between his toes. It was rather impressive she knew the language of the orcs, he was tempted to talk against her in his own language, just to confuse her.<br><br>Morkat wasn't very fond of Night Elves, and that was a nice way of putting it. For a man who's life was getting as rich as possible, he usually didn't mind who would be able to help him get to that goal of unknown wealth. But Night Elves however, they were probably the worst of all known races. Heck, he even prefered those undead scum when it came to night elves. The only thing worse than Night Elves were humans. He had visited the neutral goblins harbors more than once and was able to observe how most of them acted. <br><br>The night elves in question usually seemed pretty darn full of themselves, not to mention the region they were in was infested with them. Humans took it a step further of course, they were just plain disgusting, even for someone with low standards as himself. Still, if he was going to escape she was more than likely to follow him. And as much as he hated to admit it, two people were better than one. <br><br>"That's as far as you go alright, without my help." he couldn't help but grin mischievously at his own comment, since she was obviously here before him it was no point for her trying to hide she had no idea how to open the lock. So she definitely wasn't a rogue like him, despite being able to hide in the shadows pretty well. Then again, most night elves were able to do that. Clumsy as they are though, they can't manage to move without being spotted.<br><br>A chuckle escaped his lips at the thought, they could be such ignorant fools. They had proven that alot when he battled them, most of them thinking they had won the fight before they started it. Yet most seem to die by his blade at the end of the fight. Still, right now, no matter how much it disgusted him, she was the only person trapped in this cage with him. Which.. sadly.. made her an ally for now.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 04:29:33</strong>
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				"You smell better than the human did," she continued, then stretched as best she could in the cramped confines, bringing one leg still half-wrapped in the tattered remnants of her leather breeches into the light.&nbsp; She crawled forward gracefully, revealling smooth, moon-pale features.&nbsp; She bore no markings on her face like most of the females of her race; instead, a single scar ran down her right cheek, faded and old but still perfectly visible in the imperfect light.&nbsp; <br><br>She warily circled the troll from behind, a look in her eyes he might associate more with orc than night elf, the look of a blooded warrior who knew perfectly well their strength, their skill and their worth in combat.&nbsp; The kind of look that whispered of oceans of rage and dedication.&nbsp; She'd always been at odds with the more peaceful, nature-loving factions of her race, preferring instead the heat of battle and the spill of blood.&nbsp; Something like that left visible marks.&nbsp; <br><br>Not once in her movements did the troll leave her line of sight, whether it was by direct look or corner of her eye.&nbsp; She crept to the brightest corner of the cage and crouched, keeping one eye on the troll and one eye on the tunnel entrance, waiting for the approaching cultists to come.<br><br>"They'll kick water and slime from the floor into the cage to try and get you to move back," she said.&nbsp; "They don't open the door when they deliver the food, they just throw it in and laugh if you scrabble around in the muck for it."&nbsp; She looked back over her shoulder at the troll, tangles of her dirt-streaked hair falling into her eyes.&nbsp; "We wouldn't even get that much courtesy if their god liked stringy meals."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 05:09:59</strong>
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				Suddenly, the great urge to yawn, just to annoy her. For some reason that was what she gave him, the amazing urge to just annoy the living daylight out of her. Still, she looked like a very capable fighter the way she moved, that look in her eyes. She was either a warrior or a druid in love with her feral tendencies. They were an interesting bunch, seemingly easy to read, yet painfully unpredictable. Which was one thing Morkat could relate to, in battle unpredictability was how you could describe his fighting style as.<br><br>An eyebrow raised as the elf continued to talk to him, he wasn't sure why but he backed away from the lock when she said they would kick dirt at him. "Well, you sure look like you have experience in this whole 'sitting in a cage waiting to get killed'-thing." he casually told her, not being able to help himself at trying to get her angry. Though he had to admit he was happy his captors had the common decency to not remove his leather armour from him.<br><br>Something told him he was better off not getting on her nerves, it wasn't like he was able to dodge her if she decided to swing her fist at him. Then again, with a little luck he could fend her attacks off with his tusks. The thought alone made him chuckle, not to mention the elf actually thought he was going to eat whatever they threw at him. "You can have my meal if you like, I am glad to see you enjoy the traditions here and the lovely meals, but I for one am not planning to stay here long enough to end up looking like you." <br><br>He grabbed the small metallic object and moved to the lock again, trying to pick it before those cultist came here. "Infact, you might just be the ugliest elf I've ever seen, and believe me I've seen my share of elves before." if he wasn't able to open the gate before the cultist came here, it was highly likely he would die in this cage right here and then. But if she was anything like the warriors he knew, she had a short temper, and usually how they managed to vent their frustrations didn't seem to matter.<br><br>The plan was to open the cage as soon as she went berserk so she would charge the cultists instead, they wouldn't see it coming. Of course, that was hoping she would actually turn to them. "You might as well stay inside this cage, apparently no one wants to come looking for you, seems you're pretty useless." for some reason he felt slightly guilty to say that, even if the words were directed towards an elf, perhaps because nobody would come looking for him either.<br><br>The cultists were very close now, he could even hear the footsteps himself. With a click the lock opened, just in time! With a quick swing he opened the gate, hoping with every fiber of his being that the elf wouldn't pulverize him instead of the cultists.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 05:34:56</strong>
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				She grinned as the troll did his work and the lock clicked, and it was not a friendly expression.&nbsp; The stark truth had scared the spineless human, who'd blubbered the routine out to her before he'd been taken away.&nbsp; One respect she could grudgingly pay the Horde that she could not always say about her own allies was that they did not scare or intimidate easily.&nbsp; <br><br>She let the troll's comments about her physical attraction and her assumed complacency roll off her back, figuring it was just a ploy to rile her up and then let her loose on the cultists.&nbsp; It was a smart move, but she had far better control over her triggers than others like her.&nbsp; She shook her head and shot out her hand to catch the door before it could swing open, pulling it near-shut again as quietly as possible.&nbsp; She eyed the troll in case he made any motion to stop her, ready to slap his hands away from the door if needed.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>"Idiot," she hissed under her breath as the cultists came around the corner.&nbsp; "And you're supposed to be a rogue?&nbsp; An open cage ruins the element of surprise, hands wariness and caution to your enemy on a silver platter."&nbsp; She backed away a few inches from the door, pleased to note it didn't do much more than rock slightly for an instant before remaining exactly where it was.&nbsp; <br><br>The cultists performed their usual routine, and Laerylla held up one arm to shield her face as the slime came flying in.&nbsp; She turned to look at the troll then and grinned a sharp grin. "And for the record, I'm not useless."<br><br>And with that, she made her move.&nbsp; She grabbed at the rogue's shoulder, but kept herself prepared to adjust to use the floor if his instinct moved him out of her way.&nbsp; She shoved off, using the resistance to slam her foot into the cage door as hard as she could.&nbsp; It shot out, slamming directly into the head of the human cultist who had just bent to toss their food into the cage.&nbsp; He went flying, landing heavily on the ground a short distance away, and didn't get up right away.&nbsp; <br><br>Before the door could bounce on its hinges and arc back, she was already out of the cage, blood in her eye and just itching for a fight.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 05:56:23</strong>
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				He could only raise an eyebrow at her response, fair enough, she was far better in control of her emotions than most warriors he knew. Then again, most warriors he knew were orcs and far from bright, they were easy to anger. "As you said, I'm a rogue. I would actually disappear rather than fighting." he said with a sigh. Morkat shrugged his shoulders, "Fine, you come up with a plan then." he mumbled to himself, this was exactly what he found annoying about the night elves, always thinking their plan was better. <br><br>Once the elf grabbed his shoulders to kick out the door, he had to say he was quite impressed. Though somehow the troll managed to hide this in his facial expression as well as his general movement of the body. Infact, he seemed rather calm given the situation. "Ok, so you're strong. But that's the problem with your type, always rushing ahead, so impatient." his voice was very casual and almost amusing given the current situation.<br><br>If there actually was still a cultist out there foolish enough to mess with the elf, she would probably pound him right into the ground anyway and since it was highly unlikely she would do the same to him. Even though an elf, she probably knew just as well as he did that they would need eachother to get out of this mess. The steps Morkat took to get out of the cage were slow and carefully chosen, apparently not in a hurry at all.<br><br>"You see.. patience is the key to winning a fight." he continued and walked over to the human cultist the elf had previously knocked on the floor. The only thing that had changed was the look in his eyes, and the evil smirk that had formed on his lips. His hands grabbed the human's head firmly, making sure he couldn't move. Then, with one swift move he snapped the cultist's neck, the sound echoing through the chamber they were being hold in.<br><br>They were lucky so far, only one human, it seemed rather strange. Or did the other run away? It wasn't like he had been paying attention.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 06:11:49</strong>
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				She stalked out of the cage, eyes restlessly scanning for the others she knew had to be out there.&nbsp; They never came alone, not to her cage.&nbsp; It figured the troll would rather just leave her to her own ends in the cage while vanishing into a dark corner and sneaking out when the opportunity was ripe. Bloody untrustworthy damned Horde. Give them an inch, they'd take a foot and all your valuables.<br><br>A bolt of bitter cold smashed into her back while she was inwardly raging, and sent her staggering a couple of steps forward.&nbsp; She turned as it spread to her shoulders and halfway down her arms to face the sorcerer, and another bolt crashed into her from the side.&nbsp; She reeled again, dropping to one knee as the chill bit deep into her skin and numbed half her right side.&nbsp; Elune, but she hated mages.&nbsp; <br><br>She moved as fast as she could with half her body sluggish and unresponsive, choosing to ignore the human in the corner in favor of charging the gnome behind the stalagmite, the one that had shot her in the back.&nbsp; The one now frantically charging up another spell, judging by the glow of ice blue energy around his hands.&nbsp; She would either get to the human in due course, or the troll would take care of him for her.&nbsp; <br><br>But the gnome had to go first.&nbsp; If only because she really, really hated gnomes. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 06:31:38</strong>
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				He slowly scanned the surroundings, only to notice there were quite a few of them left. For some reason they all focused on the elf, not even one payed attention to him. To say the least this annoyed the hell out of him, "What's this? I'm not interesting enough?" he still sounded casually, even in the heat of the battle. <br><br>That was at least, until something obviously snapped as he started to sprint towards the other human with such speed it would almost be deemed impossible. Before the human could respond properly Morkat had already landed his foot against his head in one elegant move, apparently they weren't that strong because a simple kick already send the guy to meet the floor. The human on the floor, but far from defeated send a blast of fire towards Morkat. Even though it seemed rather effective, scorching his armour and even burning his flesh, momentarily halting his movement. However, in the end it only pissed him off even more.<br><br>Little was left of the calm troll from before, there was nothing that annoyed him more than magic. His arms picked the human up by his collar and he pressed him against the wall. Since he had no weapons to cause serious injuries he used his sharp tusks to pierce the humans flesh instead. A loud shriek of pain escaped the human's mouth as Morkat's ivory tusks cut through his flesh like butter, one of the many benefits of being a troll.<br><br>As soon as the tusks were pulled out of the body he felt something hard smashing against his skull, the adrenaline in his body made the pain far more bearable. Once he turned around to see who he was dealing with he spotted an orc, not just any orc, a <em>really</em> ugly one. He dodged the next attack the orc launched, like most orcs who didn't follow Thrall's command his attacks were slow and highly predictable, though since Morkat had no weapon he could only try to dodge and evade his attacks for now.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 06:52:22</strong>
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				Laerylla aborted her charge at the last possible moment, throwing herself behind a half-sunken boulder and pulling her head down just in time.&nbsp; The frostbolt screamed past the place where she had stood only a moment before, and shattered against the far wall.&nbsp; She peeked up over the rock and had to throw herself down flat again instantly to duck the next bolt of cold that shot her way.&nbsp; <br><br>This was getting irritating, she thought, and shook the ice from her hair that remained after the initial attack.&nbsp; She crept around the side of the boulder, keeping as low and as stealthy as possible.&nbsp; She judged the distance between her boulder and the gnome's stalagmite, decided it was close enough, and threw herself forward. <br><br>She miscalculated.&nbsp; Not by a lot, but enough.&nbsp; She fell heavily, sprawled face-down on the ground.&nbsp; Snatching up a generous handful of mud, she flung it at the gnome and then threw herself to one side in time to avoid the brunt of the ice bolt that crashed into the ground beside her.&nbsp; Tiny ice shards bit into her cheeks as the force of the blow blew the ice chunk apart, and two fingers numbed.&nbsp; <br><br>She glanced up, and briefly sent thanks to Elune that her aim had been more-or-less accurate: the gnome was reeling and clawing at his eyes, which were filled with mud.&nbsp; She rolled to her feet, closed the distance between them, picked him up by the front of the robes with one hand and slammed him against the stalagmite.&nbsp; His head made a satisfying crunch as it met the rock, and the irritating little creature's eyes rolled back into their sockets.&nbsp; <br><br>She peered around to see how the troll was faring.&nbsp; His back was to her, so she couldn't judge his style by how he was holding himself face-to-face with the orc, but the obvious slash marks on the felled cultist's throat spoke highly of his ability to improvise. <em>Hm, not bad.&nbsp; One down already.&nbsp; By Cenarius, that is one </em>hideous <em>orc.</em><br><br>Making a rapid decision, she stepped out around, and began spinning with the gnome held like one of those round disks humans loved to toss to each other.&nbsp; When she felt she had sufficient momentum, she released her "weapon", sending it flying directly at his unprotected back.<br><br>"You might want to duck!" she called helpfully, then turned her attention to another black-robed cultist starting to creep around another stalagmite towards her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 07:21:00</strong>
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				When he finally started to seem to get a hang of his attacks, the elf yelled at him, a distraction he really didn't need. As he turned his head to see what was going on the orc's blunt weapon smashed against his cheek, it had the same effect as ducking since his body instantly hit the ground, yet with alot more side-effects. Fortunately for Morkat his adrenaline along with the slightly faster regeneration abilities at least gave him the edge right now.<br><br>Once he was able to open his eyes again he noticed the orc was struggling with whatever the elf had thrown. His eyes widened immediately once he realised what she threw his direction, "A gnome?!" he wasn't sure wether to be surprised at her cunning or angry that he just got smacked by an orc because she decided it was a good idea to throw a gnome his way. Quite frankly he didn't have alot of time to think about it either, the orc had already thrown the corpse of the gnome away.<br><br>Morkat launched his foot right to the orc's crotch and what followed was the orc falling to the ground with a loud thud. "Sorry about that, but you don't look like you're going to use that anytime soon anyway." not a very honourable place to hit a man, but it was not like Morkat had claimed he was an honourable type of guy. Besides, nobody saw it. At first he tried to steal the mace from the orc's grasp, but it was far too heavy and he knew he would probably just end up hitting himself with it.<br><br>Glancing at the elf to make sure she wasn't paying attention he started to kick the orc while he was on the ground, he honestly felt weak having to resort to this kind of fighting, but at least this way he could make sure he wasn't going to stand up anytime soon. Besides, there was no way he could snap that neck nor did he feel like getting his tusks anywhere near that horribly deformed face.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>21-07-2008, 22:52:47</strong>
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				She heard the yelp from the troll behind her, but didn't have time to even glance over her shoulder to see what had caused him to cry out.&nbsp; She was a little busy with a new friend of her own, and this one had weapons.&nbsp; <br><br>She ducked beneath a wild swing and returned the favor with a open-handed slap to the cultist's face.&nbsp; He yelped and she grinned, then didn't duck quickly enough as his own fist came flying towards her face.&nbsp; It caught her on the top of her head, a blow hard enough to send her reeling backwards with stars exploding in her eyes.&nbsp; <br><br>Half-conscious, she lashed out with a foot and heard the satisfying crunch of a knee dislocating, followed by a heavier thud as a body hit the ground beside her.&nbsp; She dragged herself onto her knees and shook her head, trying to clear her vision.&nbsp; He'd dropped his swords in favor of clutching his knee and howling.&nbsp; She helped herself to one of them, hand wrapping around the hilt like she'd caress an old lover.&nbsp; She made it quick, a heart blow, and withdrew the blade from the body, then bent to pick the other sword up from the ground.&nbsp; <br><br>Only then did she turn to see how the troll was faring.&nbsp; Not that well, from what she could see.&nbsp; She leaned heavily against the stalagmite for a long moment, wondering if she should just leave him be.&nbsp; She sighed then -- she couldn't.&nbsp; Eyeing the sword in her right hand, she came to a quick decision and gave it a sharp overhand toss, with a flick of her wrist to make it spin.<br><br>It whistled through the air, glinting and gleaming, before planting itself tip first in the mud a foot from where the troll and the orc were battling.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 00:37:24</strong>
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				For some reason he felt ridiculous kicking the orc, but at least he would get up anytime soon. Besides, what else could he do? Plenty of things probably, but somehow he took pleasure in the fact he was able to get such an orc down. Even if it was by the means of cowardly attacks, he still got him down in the long run. He preferred to be a living man than a dead man after all.<br><br>The sound of a sword heading his way was one he was glad to hear, especially since he just needed to give it a quick glance to know it wouldn't hit him. "I didn't need that at all!" he yelled towards the elf, even though deep inside he felt grateful he could finished the ugly orc in a swift blow, he wasn't going to let the elf know that.<br><br>Once the sword had landed he grabbed the hilt by bending himself in such a way he could immediately use it to slice the orc's throat. Unlike the elf who had seemed to give her victim a quick death he took pleasure in seeing his victims suffer, especially if they were cultists like these ones. Even more so if they had captured him to feed him to some creature they deemed a god.<br><br>The elf looked pretty exhausted, he however looked like he could run for another fifteen miles, of course this was just him pretending he was perfectly alright. His head felt like it would explode and his entire body was half-numb from the experience, not even the adrenaline or his fast healing ability was able to help him with that. Morkat would rather die however, than to show the elf he himself was hurt as well, he rather give her the illusion he was some kind of god of combat. If she would think he was ridiculously strong, she wouldn't dare to stab him in the back once this was all over, which was something he certainly expected from an elf like her.<br><br>"Right, want me to make a campfire or are we going to continue?" his words broke immediately broke the silence, even though they hadn't been standing still for one minute yet, he didn't feel like staying here any longer, the sooner he would be able to leave this cave, the better.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 01:09:19</strong>
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				"Going to have to," she said, her voice cracking with exhaustion on the fourth word.&nbsp; Her weariness made itself clear when her mind couldn't comprehend how to formulate complete sentences in Orcish.&nbsp; "Altar in the next room, saw it when dragged me in.&nbsp; Empty now, always is this time.&nbsp; Come soon though.&nbsp; Always do after captives eat." <br><br>Never mind what the troll had thought, she was not a starving dog to grub at the dirt in the bottom of the cage for the food the cultists threw in at her.&nbsp; &nbsp;She hadn't eaten in days, had only deigned to drink the muddy water when her thirst began to drive her mad.&nbsp; What little energy she had left had almost all been burned up in the fight, leaving her running on bare fumes, like some infernal gnomish contraption nearly out of fuel.<br><br>She pushed herself off the side of the huge rock spike and used the sword to support her as she moved forward towards the troll.&nbsp; The adrenaline was wearing off now, rapidly, and she could feel every bump and bruise she sustained in the brawl.&nbsp; Her teeth chattered for a moment with the last dregs of the chill from multiple frostbolts before she clenched her jaw and locked her teeth shut.&nbsp; She looked weak enough as it was, no sense in adding pitiful to it as well.<br><br>"Need to go," she added, still unable to remember proper Orcish grammar.&nbsp; She waved her new sword towards the exit opposite the doors she'd pointed out when she mentioned the altar.&nbsp; "Find safe place." She hesitated, unwilling to admit she actually needed to stop and rest.&nbsp; "Need to sit.&nbsp; Sleep maybe. Not slept much lately" she admitted.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 01:54:32</strong>
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				A large smirk formed on his lips when it became very clear to him that the elf would not be able to continue anytime soon. This would make it very easy for him, just hide in the shadows and leave this place the same way he got in. Eventually they would find her, put her back into that cage and probably torture her for having killed the cultists. It was a win-win situation!<br><br>Using the clothes of one of the dead cultists he cleaned his tusks, which were still quite bloody at the time. After he had cleaned them he decided it would be a good time to leave, "Well that's all great and all, have fun sleeping while I make my escape." he said casually and waved at the elf before turning himself to the exit. Morkat even managed to take a few steps toward it before that little voice inside him starting scolding at him, telling him to help her out.<br><br>A loud groan escaped his lips and he turned himself to the elf again, "Stupid morals.." he mumbled incoherently. She had probably been here for days, with no food or water, since he knew far too well how pride could lead you to do such stupid things. It was a miracle she even managed to take those other cultists down, heck, it was a miracle she was still alive after all the hits she took. <br><br>He reached out his hand to her, "If you're going to nap here we're both going to die. So you better stay awake, because I'm not going to completely carry you." even though he said this his eyes still showed that he wasn't exactly fond of doing this. Still, even for an elf he had to respect how she handled the situation. Another excuse was that she actually knew where to go, he had no clue at all, since he was unconscious when they dragged him here.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 02:24:48</strong>
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				She eyed his extended hand like it would bite her, then swallowed back her pride and accepted his help, leaning only as heavily on him as she felt was absolutely necessary.&nbsp; Every step away from that cage hurt, hurt like the Nether, but tasted like sweet freedom to her.&nbsp; Hazily she'd tried to remember the best route to take once they reached the first juncture of twisting tunnels, looking uncertainly between the two on the left.&nbsp; She furrowed her brow and listened intently, but could hear only the steady echoing plop of water falling into water.<br><br>This place had once been a temple to the moon goddess, long ago before Zin-Azshari sank beneath the sea.&nbsp; It had been long before her time, millennia before she was born... but her father had come here often, and had told her of its beauty when she was a child.&nbsp; She concentrated, trying to bring to the fore any memory of her father's stories.&nbsp; She had built the temple in her mind from his vivid descriptions, but she hadn't done so for more than two hundred years.<br><br>The layout slowly came to her, foggy and incomplete, but it was all she had to go on.&nbsp; Finally, she nodded down the closest path on the left-hand side.&nbsp; "That way, I think," she said, blinking her eyes furiously to keep them focussed.&nbsp; "Out of the way, small room or cavern maybe to rest in." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 03:00:56</strong>
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				Morkat felt highly uncomfortable with her leaning on him like that, fortunately she wasn't heavy at all and even if she passed out, he would probably be able to carry her. Not that he would go <em>that</em> far though, this already made him feel like he was betraying the horde. Although the horde and alliance had fought hand in hand together before! Still.. his orc brethren were in constant war with these elves. And here he was, working side to side with one, heck, even helping her! <br><br>He removed the thoughts from his mind, thinking like this was not going to help anyone, he had already made his decision and even though he was many things, he was not someone who lived in regret. He was in charge of his own actions and if he wanted to help the elf, he had every right to do so!<br><br>"You <em>think</em>?!" he exclaimed surprised, immediately everything he thought before vanished, here he was, carrying an elf, trusting her judgement and now she wasn't even sure wether or not she was leading them to a safe spot or a room filled with cultists. A sigh escaped his lips, it wasn't like he had alot of choice anyway. "Fine." it didn't really take him long to just give in, he was not going to argue with an elf over something so petty. He didn't know where they were either so what was the point?<br><br>To his surprise, once they got there, she was actually right. It was a pretty small room and it was obvious it was not frequently used either, looked more like a storage room than anything else. He helped her to what appeared to be sacks of grain, he had no idea what they were doing here but apparently the cultist needed their own personal grain. It was soft enough for her to rest on, he himself on the other hand had recovered pretty well from his injuries. <br><br>Once he had made sure the elf was comfortable enough to rest he sat down himself, she didn't really look like she was going to be awake for much longer. "I'll guard while you take a nap." he mocked her, though almost playfully rather than just trying to vent his frustrations, "And by the way, after we get out of here we go our separate ways and we go back to being enemies." he wasn't sure why he added this, hopefully he would not see her ever again once they escaped.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 03:17:44</strong>
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				Out of all the things she wished the Well of Eternity had let the early night elves keep when its energies had worked on their bodies, she really wished they'd kept the regeneration of the trolls. Not that she'd ever, ever admit she put more stock in the elves-descended-from-trolls theory than the sharing-common-ancestors theory, of course.&nbsp; That bordered on the heretical amongst her people at worst. At best, it was just downright lowbrow.&nbsp; <br><br>She could almost hate him for perking up more and more by the moment as they made their slow way down the ill-used corridor and into the storage room.&nbsp; She stumbled and nearly fell more than once, kept upright only by his grip on her arm and the sheer pigheaded stubborn determination that she would not fall on her face while a troll was watching.&nbsp; <br><br>"Sorry," she mumbled as he led her to the sacks of grain, not even sure why she was bothering to apologize to him.&nbsp; She stretched out with her head pillowed on a sack of grain, pulling the sword up next to her and keeping her hand wrapped around the hilt.&nbsp; Her eyes were already closing by the time she got herself settled into place.&nbsp; "I'll b'fine. Don' need a guard. Y'kin go."&nbsp; <br><br>She had no excuse for what happened next, except that she was on the cusp of unconsciousness, its siren song calling to her and luring her into its depths.&nbsp; She cracked one eye open, peered up at him through the gloom and smiled the silly smile only the sleep-deprived or the insane could manage. "Y'not so bad... fer a troll." <br><br>And then she was out cold.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 03:34:24</strong>
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				"Meh." he mumbled as she told him she didn't need a guard, for some reason not even when she gave him permission to leave did he feel like he could actually do so. He knew far too well if he left her unguarded some cultist would come by and capture her, he wasn't too sure why he cared anyway, but he had already made peace with the fact that he couldn't leave her behind like this.<br><br>Her smile and what seemed to be a compliment send a colt shiver down his spine, she made it seem as if he was actually helping her out, while he was doing his best to convince himself he was helping himself out by doing it. "You're lucky your half asleep or I would have forced you to swallow your own tongue." he muttered, though it seemed like she had already fallen asleep anyway. <br><br>It was a good spot to rest, he could use their reserves if he ever got hungry, plus the many shadows made it easy for him to hide. He hid his body in the shadows, completely invisible to the naked eye. This way if one of the cultists would arrive he could instantly take him out by the element of surprise. Plus, as an added bonus if the elf would wake up anytime soon, it would be nice to see her reaction.<br><br>Time passed by and no cultist had even came close to them, not to mention the elf seemed to be in a ridiculously long sleep. Morkat had become so bored he even didn't bother to hide in the shadows anymore, playing with the sharp tip of the sword the elf threw at him instead. He did stupid things when he was bored, and playing with his swords was one of them. Fortunately for him his skill concerning swords was far better than any other weapon.<br><br>"If you're going to sleep much longer I <em>will</em> leave." he complained with a loud sigh, getting slightly annoyed, he wasn't planning on waking her up himself though, who knows what kind of temper she had if someone were to wake her up.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 05:30:31</strong>
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				Laerylla came awake as she always did, suddenly and motionlessly.&nbsp; She lay for a long moment on the sack of grain, eyes darting to track and identify the objects in the room.&nbsp; When she was satisfied she wasn't in imminent danger, she relaxed the deathgrip she'd kept on the hilt of the sword and slowly sat up.&nbsp; <br><br>She regretted it instantly.&nbsp; A few hours of decent, uninterrupted sleep had helped a lot, but moving made her instantly and intimately aware of every single ache and pain. She bit back a groan as she carefully stretched, working out the kinks from her shoulders and flexing her half-numb fingers.&nbsp; <br><br>She was astonished to see the troll still there.&nbsp; He looked bored out of his mind, playing with his sword in a way that would have gotten her slapped had she tried it under her father's tutelage.&nbsp; Why hadn't he just left her there?&nbsp; He had gotten his freedom, had a fairly good chance of making it out of the labyrinthine corridors and caverns by himself.&nbsp; He had no need to saddle himself with an injured female, and a night elf female at that.&nbsp; So why was he still there?<br><br>She vaguely remembered the things she said when she'd been on the verge of unconsciousness.&nbsp; The memory brought a flush of deep embarrassment to her cheeks.&nbsp; &nbsp;She tried to remind herself that the Horde and the Alliance were not friends but foes, but again the thought occurred to her that he really could have just gone ahead and left her in the storage room.&nbsp; <br><br>She turned her back to him and began rummaging between the sacks of grain, picking through the few boxes and other, smaller bags that had been tossed in here in search of something that didn't require a cookfire to make edible.&nbsp; She was rewarded when, after shifting three grain sacks and two boxes, she came up with a bag of apples.&nbsp; They were wormy and browning, but they smelled like Hyjal nectar to her.&nbsp; <br><br>She turned back around and plopped the open bag down between them, plucking an apple from the top and twisting the stem off.&nbsp; "Laerylla," she said gruffly.&nbsp; "My name is Laerylla."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 06:14:57</strong>
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				Her voice scared the living light out of him almost causing him to cut himself with his sword, he had been so concentrated that he had become oblivious to his surroundings. Once he finally snapped back to reality he tried to pretend nothing had happened, though he just ended up making a fool out of himself. Unsure of why she suddenly decided to give her name he just raised an eyebrow first, eyeing the elf as if that was going to make him able to read her mind.<br><br>"So you're finally awake.." he mumbled, not sure wether or not he was supposed to give his name. He was suspicious to say the least, though perhaps it didn't really matter. "My name is Morkat." he spoke the words slowly and carefully, not many people knew his actual name. Noone besides him actually, and now this elf. The only reason he allowed her to know was because he didn't expect to see her after this again anyway, so it didn't really matter, it wasn't like she would try to track him down after he pulled some scam on her like in Orgrimmar.<br><br>The thought made him grin, the sheer amount of stupid orcs waiting to get scammed was amazing, some he even managed to scam twice! Once he realised he was smiling in a probably ridiculous kind of way he shook his head and returned to the more serious facial expression from before. Already was he beginning to lose concentration near her, even allowing himself to daydream. That was not a good thing, the strange feeling of actually <em>trusting</em> her.<br><br>"I hope you had a good rest because I don't intend on staying here for a nice meal." he only said this because she started to freak him out, trusting an elf?! How was she able to manipulate his mind this quickly, noone could trust and elf! This was her way of trying to get him to trust her, so she can stab him in the back when he doesn't expect it.<br><br>But still..
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 06:33:08</strong>
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				She arched an eyebrow as he tripped over himself to appear nonchalant after she'd apparently scared the moonlight out of him.&nbsp; She repressed a smirk as he blinked and looked around in startlement, feeling strangely ashamed for taking such petty pleasure in his lack of awareness.&nbsp; She bent her attention to the challenge of peeling the apple without a knife. <br><br>She nodded as he gave her name, but remained silent.&nbsp; From his tone of voice, it wasn't information he shared with just anyone.&nbsp; She felt strangely honored, then shook her head briskly to dismiss the feeling.&nbsp; "Pleasure to meet you," she replied, and oddly, it was.<br><br>She peeled the least wormy piece of apple she could find after working some of the skin off, and slipped a sliver between her lips.&nbsp; "Door's right there," she said, but lacked the hostile tone it would have on any other day.&nbsp; "Take off if you want to, but I need to eat something."&nbsp; She shot him a brief smile, and chewed another small piece of apple.&nbsp; The taste was off, but it wasn't spoiled.&nbsp; She just hoped her empty stomach would keep it down.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>22-07-2008, 06:53:26</strong>
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				"I've been waiting here for who knows how many hours, I'm not going to go now just because you need a few minutes extra to work down some rotten apple." his tone wasn't very hostile, but more like as if he was trying to find an excuse to wait for her. He couldn't explain it, if she would ask why he had waited for her, he had no real answer. All he could explain it by was that little voice inside of him which kept convincing him to make sure they <em>both</em> got out alive and healthy.<br><br>"But yes.. pleasure to meet you as well.. I suppose." he meant it, but he wasn't trying to hide the fact that it still somehow disgusted him. He was born and raised with the hatred for her race, and now here he was, talking with one and actually slightly enjoying it as well. <br><br>His eyes narrowed immediately when she smiled, even if she only smiled for an instant, she did smile. He wasn't sure wether to feel happy or even more disgusted. Perhaps he was just being paranoid and stubborn, just maybe this elf wasn't out to kill him just as he wasn't out to kill her either. Fact was that they both were locked in a cage as prisoners, and now here they were hiding in the storage room very close to escaping this cursed place.<br><br>The way she was peeling the apple started to annoying him, "You do know a sword is just a large knife right? It makes it alot easier." it seemed just common sense to him, or perhaps she wasn't very keen on cutting an apple that had pierced her enemies. Not that he personally would let such silly things stop him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>23-07-2008, 20:55:09</strong>
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				Funny, his mouth kept moving with protestations of “I don’t want to”, and yet he wasn’t going anywhere either.&nbsp; He could go, sneak around and steal food without the cultists ever knowing he was there, if he was careful.&nbsp; He could follow them until he came to better-travelled sections of the sunken temple, then swim his way past the naga and satyrs that stalked the outer reaches.&nbsp; He might even get past the packs of murlocs that roamed the pools and caves. <br><br>There was something in that, something Laerylla really didn’t want to think about too hard.&nbsp; She bent her head over her apple and picked off another small piece, chewing on it thoughtfully.&nbsp; &nbsp;She really didn’t mind his company; she was growing frighteningly fond of the troll in as equally frighteningly short order.<br><br>“I know,” was all she said in response to his keen observation that she had a cutting tool quite close to hand.&nbsp; She didn’t bother explaining that to her, using a sword to slice fruit bordered on the sacrilegious; that’s what daggers were for.&nbsp; And barring that, her fingers worked just fine.&nbsp; Besides, she’d just killed cultists with that sword.&nbsp; She didn’t want to contaminate any of her food with blood or flesh that might remain on it.&nbsp; Out of consideration, she cut off larger pieces to finish the apple more quickly, figuring her stomach would keep it down. It would already have rebelled if it was planning on doing so.<br><br>She tossed the core over her shoulder and heard it bounce off the wall to land somewhere in the shadows.&nbsp; She stood and rolled her shoulders.&nbsp; Her back was still aching, but it was nowhere near debilitating.&nbsp; It wasn’t even as bad as it had ached yesterday.&nbsp; She drew in a breath and released it slowly, the nodded as she tucked another couple of withered apples under her belt.&nbsp; “Alright, Morkat. Let’s go.”<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>24-07-2008, 04:32:49</strong>
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				"So.. you're finally ready to go? That's just splendid, if it took any longer I probably would have left." his voice sounded only slightly annoyed, but it was obvious he was annoyed with himself rather than with her. Even though he said he would have left, he knew that was just a lie. If only he could create a decent excuse as a reason to why he had waited for her, just to make himself feel slightly more comfortable about this situation. But it was impossible for him, he found it hard for him to find the reason behind his own actions! Infact, he was pretty darn sure if she had been a member of the horde, he probably would have left her to save his own behind.<br><br>Perhaps that was the reason why he had waited, she was not part of the horde, she was an enemy! And yet here they were bonding and acting as if it was normal for them to do so. "We're each going our separate ways after we've left this place." he mumbled, though his eyes weren't even looking at her, almost as if he told it to himself.<br><br>Morkat hid his body in the shadow, though made sure she would still be able to see him vaguely, he wouldn't wanted her to be stabbing him accidentally if another fight would occur while they continued their escape after all. "So how do you want to do this? Want me to scout ahead and see if the area is clear and gradually advance, or just walk wherever we please and deal with what we encounter." the only reason he gave her another option is because he knew warriors would rather face a battle than avoiding it, and there was no doubt in his mind that he was far more patient than her. Patience was one of the few good traits of him.<br><br>It did sound far more appealing to just be aggressive to start with rather than have her charging cultists from out of nowhere without warning him first. "Mind you if you're just going to be reckless I'm not going to rescue you." his voice almost made it sound like a joke, which it basically was, somehow he felt like he could trust her with such things.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>25-07-2008, 23:52:35</strong>
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				The look on his face made clear which choice he thought she'd go for.&nbsp; She shot him a withering look, though she had to privately admit the idea of charging into masses of cultists for a slaughtering spree really did appeal to both her primal nature and her sense of vengeance.&nbsp; "I'm neither orc nor human," she said.&nbsp; "I may be bloodthirsty, but I am not an idiot.&nbsp; The benefit of knowing what's coming is far more important than any juvenile desire to charge ahead blindly."<br><br>She crouched down and swiped the water in a puddle sideways, leaving only the mud behind.&nbsp; She began drawing what she could remember of the next few corridors.&nbsp; "I've never been here myself," she said as she sketched.&nbsp; "This place sank long before I was born.&nbsp; My father came here many times, however, and I heard many stories.&nbsp; Before it became this current blasphemy on the face of Kalimdor, it was a temple to our moon goddess. It was structured from the blueprints of the Temple of Elune near Nordrassil.&nbsp; Which I <em>have</em> been to."&nbsp; <br><br>She took a moment to study the rough outline in the mud, absently wiping her hand off on the knee of her breeches.&nbsp; She nodded to herself, then pointed to one of the larger rooms three or four tunnels away.&nbsp; "In the old Temple in Hyjal, this was the armory.&nbsp; The Priestesses were battle clerics as much as they were spiritual leaders.&nbsp; There may still be some weapons and armor left.&nbsp; Barring that, it's as solid a place as any for the cultists to have taken our possessions for storage."&nbsp; <br><br>She traced out a twisted, confusing series of corridors, her finger coming to rest in a block representing another cavern.&nbsp; "This would have been a smaller worship chamber, where private burial services were once held for the Highborne, later the druids and priestesses. From there, the path should get easier, more linear." <br><br>She glanced up at him.&nbsp; "Which route do you want to take first?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>28-07-2008, 03:00:21</strong>
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				"Wether or not your an idiot is yet to be determined." Morkat smirked after he said this in a playful matter, if there was one thing he just <em>loved</em> to do, it was teasing and annoying people. In this case it didn't even matter she was an elf, he could see it in her eyes, the desire to just run in there and slaughter him. Sure, she probably was full of herself and deemed herself better than other races, he didn't expect any less of her, but it made him happy to know that Laerylla wanted to give in to her bloodlust. You'd expect the opposite, but in her case, it made it easier for him to accept the fact that they seemed to mange to get along with eachother just fine.<br><br>It had been hard for Morkat not to make a comment about the way she talked about this place, or the 'Temple of Elune' for that matter, for some reason she talked about it as if he cared what her opinion was about it all. Of course, it was still very relevant to the problem at hand, so he figured he was just imagining it. It was still hard to look at her as a normal 'being', rather than an elf.<br><br>"Right, first we'll make our way to the armory where we hopefully can retrieve our weapons armour." he didn't really understand any of her drawings in the mud, though he did his best to make a mental picture of it and store it into his mind. With some luck he wouldn't get lost, especially he was suppose to be taking the lead this time which meant she couldn't tell him where to go the entire time. "That way you can get that body of yours into some armour so I don't have to be punished being forced to look at it." he could only hope she was able to see that he was kidding like before, it was a nasty habit of his.<br><br>"And perhaps I should watch my mouth a little bit more." he casually added, trying to correct his mistake. If they were going to keep eachother company, it was probably a good idea not giving her a reason to break his skull. "After we get I get my armour and weapons again, things will be a breeze.. and of course you can help."<br><br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>11-10-2008, 01:28:56</strong>
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				She arched one long, elegant eyebrow at him at the comment about her body.&nbsp; "If I were going to punish you," she said quite deadpan, "believe me, making you look at me wouldn't be top on my list."&nbsp; She ended the statement with a little smile bordering on evil; she had no idea why she wanted to tease him.&nbsp; Maybe it was because he was so obvious about his attempts at teasing or getting a rise out of her.&nbsp; <br><br>She turned her attention away from the troll and studied her map again.&nbsp; She nodded once to herself and then scraped it out again with the side of her hand.&nbsp; No sense leaving behind evidence they'd been here.&nbsp; A map was a dead giveaway.<br><br>Her head whipped around again at the almost-apology that tumbled past his tusks, and both eyebrows shot up.&nbsp; If anything could blank her mind, it was that.&nbsp; Finally, she managed to say, "It's not your mouth I'm worried about," and just left it like that.&nbsp; He could take from that statement what he would, probably make a few witty -- or what he thought was witty -- comments about it, and eventually drop it.&nbsp; Most rogues she'd ever known were like that, quick to talk and short of attention span.&nbsp; <br><br>She stood and moved away, forcing herself to focus forward.&nbsp; Though she wasn't nearly as light on her feet as he was, her people had spent millennia perfecting the art of moving as silently as possible, so she wasn't a total slouch.&nbsp; Not wearing her heavy armor made it much easier... though she would feel far more secure once she was behind thick, reassuring plates of steel and iron.&nbsp; Ragged strips of what had once passed as clothing offered little protection, and frankly revealled more of her body than she was comfortable with.<br><br>She was a little disconcerted to discover that it wasn't the cultists she felt she needed the most security from; it was the troll, and it wasn't because of his blades near her unprotected back.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le RandomBloke</strong> on <strong>11-10-2008, 22:36:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He couldn't help but shrug at her words, "A shame, it'd be the most effective one though." he said in a calm and serious tone, it was still obvious though he was still joking around, despite his best efforts to cover it up. His own actions were slowly started to annoy him. Morkat couldn't be sure wether she was using some sort of technique or if it was just his imagination, but he was certain something was had to be wrong now. Why else would he actually start to enjoy the presence of an elf? Well, at least she didn't seem like she was full of herself, what he had initially expected and it's always a good thing to get pleasantly surprised. It was just a darn confusing situation.<br><br>Besides, if he could survive an encounter with a succubus, he could survive this. "I wasn't exactly concerned with wether or not you're worried about me and my mouth, but I was actually thinking about myself. Like most people I preffer not having someone like swinging pointy objects at me." the corners of Morkat's lips curled, giving her a wink before blending himself into the shadows once more. "Now, if you insist on continuing this conversation, well, I rather get out of here first." while he did pretend it was her doing they were talking in the first place, he knew better.<br><br>A lot of pointless bickering with himself in his mind didn't change anything though. Eventually he just had to give in to the fact he had and would continue to work along side with an elf, one who was uncomfortably pleasant to be around at that. Besides, she did have a vague idea of where to go to get them out of these caves. Always better than wandering around pointlessly for hours, he didn't wanted to end up in the same cage this whole mess started. He'd still have to come up with a plan to escape once they did manage to escape, they were in elf territory after all, and while she might let him go, other elves wouldn't probably be sharing that intention.<br><br>"So, think you walk yourself or do you need me to help you with that?" his voice echoed in the room, "The path is clear by the way, I took the liberty to take a look." there was something about being hidden in the shadows that soothed him, the idea no one could see him. A slightly lonely feeling, outweighted by the immense satisfaction of power. He could even take her out right now if he wanted to, without her ever being able to see it coming... if he wanted to.<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Twilight Falls (RandomBloke + Rhapsody)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rhapsody</strong> on <strong>12-10-2008, 09:25:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Laerylla let the troll's -- <em>Morkat's</em> -- chatter wash over her, but didn't reply to much of it.&nbsp; He seemed to be one of those people who constantly needed to talk.&nbsp; How he survived this long in his particular profession was nothing short of a miracle in and of itself, since she wouldn't need to see him to be able to pinpoint where he was at any given time with the way he rambled on. <br><br>The corridors were unsettlingly familiar as she led the way through them.&nbsp; She remembered other places, other times; if she closed her eyes and listened hard enough, she could almost hear the chants and songs of the priests and priestesses faintly in the distance. It was nostalgia at its worst -- distracting her from the very grave situation at hand with memories best left alone for the time being. <br><br>Her exposed shoulderblades itched maddeningly with the troll so close to hand, expecting the sword to stab between them every moment.&nbsp; She doubted it would come to that; he had had ample opportunity to kill her while she slept if that was his goal, and he hadn't.&nbsp; But the long history of hostility between their people meant that on some visceral level, her body was preparing her for the moment when his treachery would present itself.&nbsp; <br><br>She paused at a junction, hearing voices from up ahead.&nbsp; The rough tones of Orcish, too low for her to make out what they were saying.&nbsp; She reacted instantly, stepping back into the shadows of the corridor and crouched down.&nbsp; She reached up and yanked the troll down beside her with a warning, quietly hissed "Shh". 
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