Micah
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Silent Hunter
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Post by Micah on Nov 11, 2009 14:41:40 GMT 1
Micah frowned as the other two left with out answering any questions. He would tell Danny...no Slit-Throat as he was warder now.
Walking up towards Adran he shook his head. "Even among the two-leggers it is rude to enter another home before them unless bid to." Was all he said. Til now things had always been a bit casual he would need to talk to Slit-throat and see how he wanted things done concerning new people in the caern.
"Slit-Throat is the warder...we will seek him first. He should be out back." With that he led the way into the Caern and towards the back where he assumed Slit-Throat would be and hopefully Danny as well.
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Post by Adran on Nov 11, 2009 14:58:51 GMT 1
Adran followed Micah while thinking to himself, "I really am going to have to unlearn those habits I picked up during my absence from the caerns. Living among the Children of Gaia is a lot different than living with the Fenrir." He crumpled up his note and decided to take the sword with him while he followed Micah.
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Post by Danny on Nov 11, 2009 19:12:10 GMT 1
Micah hadn't gone far when he ran into Danny heading in through the back door. He stopped at the entrance and took a long and discerning look at Adran.
"Hello," he said, and waited for Micah to introduce the stranger before he said anything else. It was always good to know who you were talking to before you said too much.
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Micah
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Post by Micah on Nov 12, 2009 3:45:44 GMT 1
Micah stopped when he saw Danny and nodded "Walks With Death Rhya this is Adran?" he gave the other a questioning look, names being something he was always forgetting til he got used to them. "He arrived with Kamut and Anna...they were looking for a healer." He left the rest for Adran, because he felt it was best he say why he was here.
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Post by Danny on Nov 12, 2009 16:44:19 GMT 1
"A healer?" Danny looked puzzled. "Bear's children looking for a healer? Did they look hurt?"
Something didn't quite add up there. He seemed worried, but focused his attention on Adran.
"Welcome to the Library, Adran," he said, noticing the sword. "Have you come to join the fight?"
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Post by Adran on Nov 12, 2009 22:54:49 GMT 1
"Yes, I ran from one impossible fight to get to one that I could help win. I am from Magdeburg, but I had to leave due to the untimely arrival of three ahroun Spirals at my doorstep. But let me introduce myself fully before I get ahead of myself. I am Adran, Cilath Galliard of the Children of Gaia. I came to Berlin on the advice of my ancestors. I can see that they were right to lead me to Vasara and his pack."
Adran paused to let Danny take in what he just said before continuing with, "Vasara and his pack were fighting what one of them thought was a vampire. But right after I arrived, we were hit by something when Anna tore the book up. After Vasara went into the Umbra, Anna and I cleansed the book. But right afterwards, though I didn't know it at the time, Anna's heart stopped for some reason. That could be why they're looking for a healer, as even though I'm a Child of Gaia, I don't know Mother's Touch."
"I'm here in Berlin now looking for a pack to join as well as to ask you whether my aid will be welcome here at this sept. My knowledge of the occult is useful and I also have a shop here in town as well." Adran then smiled at Danny and waited for a reply.
(using credibility)
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Post by Danny on Nov 13, 2009 14:17:23 GMT 1
"Silent Hunter," Danny said. Apparently he was talking to Micah. "Please find the Warder and let him know of Adran's arrival. I am sure he will want to meet him."
When Micah left, Danny closed the back door and stepped into the library properly.
""Well Adran," he said. "Why don't you tell me the real story now?"
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Post by Adran on Nov 13, 2009 14:21:02 GMT 1
Adran gave Danny a look of confusion and replied, "But I just did tell you my whole story. There isn't anything else to add on to it?" Adran hoped that Danny wasn't using the Truth of Gaia gift on him. But that he just didn't lie well enough.
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Post by Danny on Nov 13, 2009 14:36:34 GMT 1
"You are not a man of bad intentions, Adran," Danny said. "I can tell, even though I just met you. I am willing to trust you, but I cannot do so if you insist on hiding the truth from me."
He stepped further into the library until they reached the comfortable chairs by the fire.
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Post by Adran on Nov 13, 2009 14:42:07 GMT 1
Adran sighed and took a seat by the fire. After waiting for Danny to sit as well, he said, "Before I tell you anything, will you swear on your honor as a Garou that you won't tell anyone else about what I am going to tell you?"
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Post by Danny on Nov 13, 2009 14:45:34 GMT 1
Danny frowned, a little uncertain about what to think.
"You know I cannot do that," he said. "If it is something my Sept needs to know, then I have to tell them. If they do not need to know, then you have my word that this will stay between you and me. But I cannot break their trust in me. Who will follow a leader they cannot trust?"
At least I won't do it again, he thought to himself.
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Post by Adran on Nov 13, 2009 15:05:20 GMT 1
Adran's face fell for a moment before he looked Danny in the eye and replied, "Very well, I will tell you then."
Adran turned the chair to face Danny and said, "I am Adran, ronin Galliard. I was from Munich where I was raised as a Child of Gaia. My father is an Athro among the sept there. But five months after I passed my rite of passage, I was taken in a raid by Black Spiral Dancers back to their Hive. After a long 6 months of a torturous existence, I gave into the lies of the Spirals and became one myself. When I was a Spiral, my list of crimes that I willingly commited were; murdering fellow Children of Gaia, killing and corrupting Kinfolk, and worst of all, I helped slaughter the defenders of a caern of healing. There are no rapes on my list of crimes, due to a small piece of me that was still part of Gaia and refused to do so. I never danced the spiral, and I wasn't even close to dancing it before I left. I stayed with the Hive for nearly ten years before a joint attack by Children of Gaia and Fenrir on the Hive ended my time there. The Children of Gaia pack in particular, hunted me down and nearly tore me apart, but my father intervened and let me go. It was in that time that I saw how much of a fool I had been as I ran from the hive." Adran pulled open his shirt to show Danny the scars across his chest before continuing, "Unicorn came to me and healed me before telling me that others were hoping that I would come back to Gaia. I accepted in my heart that I would redeem myself for what I had done and was told by unicorn to go to Berlin and start my journey there. I contacted my ancestor Starcaller who guided me to Berlin and to the forest where I cleansed myself of my taint and found Vasara's pack."
Adran then added to Danny, "If any of the Fenrir here find out about this, I won't last even a few hours. Even if I tell them that I am trying to redeem myself, they would still kill me. So now do you see why I have to lie to you and this sept?"
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Post by Danny on Nov 13, 2009 15:24:00 GMT 1
Danny didn't interrupt and heard the whole story through before he nodded.
"If Unicorn has sent you here," he said. "I cannot question that decision. It was the spirits that sent me here too. They know more than we do, they anticipate something that we don't. The fight for this city is important to them. It stretches beyond Berlin, beyond Germany even."
He paused and looked at Adran. He was not making the same mistake again. This was different. He would not oppose the will of Adran's tribal totem.
"I wish you luck with your quest for redemption," he said. "Your peers do not need to know of your quest, it is between you and Unicorn. Until you succeed and are once again with the Nation, your secret is yours to keep."
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Post by Adran on Nov 13, 2009 15:32:19 GMT 1
Adran nodded at Danny and replied, "Thank you, I hope now that the Warder will accept me as well. He might be easier to lie to than you, if you could affirm to him that I'm telling the truth."
Adran then grinned and said, "I'd still like to know how you managed to see through my lie so easily. But as I can't use this sword, would you know anybody who might take it and use it well?" He thought for a moment and then added, "What other packs are here as well besides Vasara's? And have any other Spirals come here to be redeemed too?"
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Micah
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Silent Hunter
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Post by Micah on Nov 15, 2009 14:24:04 GMT 1
Micah nodded to Danny and headed off to find the Warder as asked. he wasn't particularly curious, well maybe a bit. But he had been told to do something and he went off to do so. If Danny wanted him to know he would tell him later.
Heading out to the back he kept an open eye for both Cloud-Dancer and Slit-Throat.
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