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Post by Hands of Mercy on Oct 7, 2009 17:00:31 GMT 1
Hands of Mercy looks at Emelie with unconcealed surprise. It was the rare cliath trusted with knowledge of a Rite with such potential to offend the spirits as the rite of Summoning. Seeing whether she had the Wisdom and Honour to perform it well would be telling both of her and whoever had chosen to teach her. Still, he returns his attention to Commands the Tides and waits for him to speak.
the arrow is a simple affair, though competently made. The tip is simply sharpened fire-hardened wood, probably not capable of piercing decently made armour, at least not without supernatural aid. The flights were grey feathers, though the exact bird would be hard to discern from the small fragments, fastened on with a spiral of thread and glue.
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Post by Ben Jaworski on Oct 7, 2009 19:20:05 GMT 1
Although Ben had everything they would need for the rite, he didn't interfere with the Cliaths plans. He also didn't offer to perform the rite himself, despite his experience. At one point you just needed to stop holding their hands and leading them around, or they would end up like Zachary. He frowned at the arrow as he wondered how that one was doing, and made a mental note to check up on him sooner rather than later.
"Hmm," he said. "Well that won't do."
He handed the arrow back to Hands of Mercy.
"I'm no craftsman myself, but luckily the Sept knows a guy. Don't get me wrong, your work seems solid, or at least it does from what I can tell. But spirits of air prefer things that are a little... flashy."
He watched Jona and Emelie leave and then said.
"I can handle this if you want to go with your pack," he said. "I might have something special for you in about a week."
(Soon enough. I'll make a new thread and ghost Katrine. She'll want to be part of this.)
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Post by Hands of Mercy on Oct 7, 2009 19:27:54 GMT 1
Spirits of Air? He was looking to make fetishes, or more likely Talens, then. "These were made to restock my supply." Hands of Mercy says, slightly hurriedly. "I'm sure I could make something more pleasing to the spirits with a little guidance."
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Post by Ben Jaworski on Oct 7, 2009 19:39:29 GMT 1
"Sounds good," Ben said. "If you want to come along, we can talk to this guy. Maybe you two can work on this together. I don't know if he's ever done arrows, he might need your help."
He stopped uncertainly and looked at Jona and Emelie's retreating backs.
"What about them though?" he asked, obviously still assuming they were all a pack together.
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Post by Hands of Mercy on Oct 9, 2009 17:50:00 GMT 1
Hands of Mercy looks at the other two, wanting to witness the rite but also keen to aid in the Fostern's plan. It doesn't take too long though for him to decide, and he turns back to the Fostern. Not quite understanding his meaning, Hands of Mercy replies, "If she has shown Wisdom enough to be taught the Rite, she should be able to eprform it without our aid."
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Post by Ben Jaworski on Oct 9, 2009 18:48:32 GMT 1
"Maybe so, but just being there is often enough to help the rite," Commands-the-Tides said with a bit of a frown. "Rites are social occasions."
He started towards the library anyway.
"You don't seem to like to work with others," he said. "Is there a reason?"
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Post by Hands of Mercy on Oct 9, 2009 19:03:32 GMT 1
Hands of Mercy is surprised by the question, and doesn't bother to conceal this form the Shadow Lord. "I... I have learned not to assume others wish to work with me."
He attempts to change the subject, or at least move onto the task at hand. "You have a plan to arm the Sept as well, though."
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Post by Ben Jaworski on Oct 9, 2009 19:10:29 GMT 1
Ben snorted at Hands of Mercy's reply. It almost sounded as if the metis was feeling sorry for himself.
"Then you should make them want to work with you," he said. "Show them why you are a good ally, and what you can do to help. You will never achieve that by avoiding them."
He shrugged.
"I am only going to meet a carpenter," he said. "They are going to find an ancient weapon to defeat the nastiest bane this city has ever seen. Do you really think I need your help more than they do?"
He drew breath as they got closer to the library and got ready to step sideways.
"Besides, the man's not going anywhere. We can always go visit him later if you feel there's something you can teach him, or learn from him."
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Post by Simeon on Oct 9, 2009 19:33:16 GMT 1
Simeon had stepped sideways into the Umbra, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. It was as if a lot of the cares of the real world were washed away in this place. So, he was a bit shocked when he opened them to see Commands the Tide and Hands of Mercy. Recovering quickly he gave them both a nod. "Good afternoon Command the Tide Rhya...and Hands of Mercy. I must say I wasn't expecting you to both be here, at this exact moment." He nodded to them both as he greeted them.
"I don't suppose either of you have seen Walks With Death? I have news that I must impart upon him as Caern elder."
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Zachary
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Post by Zachary on Oct 9, 2009 19:37:13 GMT 1
As Zachary arrived to the spirit world, he gave out a pathetic yelp. Ben was here. Zachary gave out a deep and weary sigh and looked at his tribe elder, his expression was clearly one of embarassed and guilty.
"Simeon-yuff, I can take it from here. You should go on your date" he said to the strider and then looked at Ben.
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 9, 2009 19:40:03 GMT 1
Zachary had forgotten he wasn't wearing his usual suits, and had therefore forgotten that these unusual clothes hadn't been dedicated to him. As he stepped into the Umbra, his clothes didn't. He found himself naked, which was only slightly inconvenient, since there were luckily no girls around.
(Had to mention that detail  )
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Post by Hands of Mercy on Oct 9, 2009 19:55:21 GMT 1
Hands of Mercy curses himself for letting himself relax too much in his response, but quite quickly finds a response to Commands the Tides' comments. "You are going to see a carpenter who may be able to aid us in crafting weapons to combat our foes. They are going to call upon a Gaffling who may or may not know about the location of a weapon to strike at this bane. Both tasks strengthen the Sept and neither would seem to offer especially immediate reward. As for your advice, I shall take it on board."
Done with that, he turns to Simeon and Zachery, not reacting to Zachary's nakedness, he does seem a little perturbed by the Ahroun's statement, but does reply. "I've not seen the Warder for a little while, but he is usually found closer to the heart of the Caern."
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Post by Ben Jaworski on Oct 10, 2009 0:15:33 GMT 1
"I asked you who you thought needed your help more," he said. "Not who was doing a more rewarding job. Learn to listen, Cliath, that's the first step towards working with others."
Apparently Commands-the-Tides had started to change his mind about taking him along. It might have been his dismissive lack of respect, or just his self-pity.
"Take it as more than just advice, consider it an order," he continued. Then he looked at Zachary. It was hard to miss his obvious discomfort.
"What's wrong?" he asked him.
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Post by Simeon on Oct 10, 2009 0:56:18 GMT 1
Simeon raised an eyebrow at Zach, but said nothing. Crossing his arms he then looked over at Commands the Tide. Seems like they had arrived at a very awkward moment for Hands of Mercy, and having Zach show up with no clothing...more than likely added to the whole awkward feeling. "Nothing like a candid camera moment." he muttered to no one in particular, his off beat humor still evident even after the morning events.
He shifted a bit too look over at Commands the Tide and then looked at Hands of Mercy to whom he nodded. "Many thanks brother, I have a need to talk to him." As he said the last he looked at Zach, then back at the other two. though he was sure they had already figured out about who, if not what.
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Post by Zachary on Oct 10, 2009 1:03:37 GMT 1
" I did something wrong, again" Zachary said, not looking at Ben in the eyes. Zachary felt ashamed enough to not even think much of his lack of clothes.
" Simeon-yuff and I went to look at the warehouse, I was to guard it. Then Simeon's kin appared and I paniced and alerted Simeon. His kin had problems and I and Simeon went to look at it. Then I mistook her for a knowing kin as she told she knew about galliards by another name, and called myself a killer. Simeon was good enough to make sure it wasn't going to be that big of a problem for his kin..but I still messed up" Zachary explained the whole thing to Ben.
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