The Plight of Ostentero

[Soldier_For_Christ]

Tenkana quickly turned to face the danger that Vili saw. However, having traveled for awhile before he joined his tribe, he wasn't very surprised by the Roc that he saw. On the contrary, he hadn't seen one in several months. So, he merely kept walking and said, "Greetings, friend. We're fine...expect for Vili over there. You?"

 

[Lessien]

"Hello," Zalika said to the Roc, completely calm. She'd seen one on her way into the forest, and she's seen them here and there in Citadel. Nevertheless, she let Tenkana do most of the talking.

 

[Soldier_For_Christ]

((Sorry, guys, but I'm going to be gone until about 8:00 Pm CST. Don't kill my awesome guy .))

 

[shernren]

((I won't. My roc isn't that hungry yet. ;D ...ROTFL!))

"I'm a bit winded... I just flew a very long stretch to get here. And I'm greeted by two vampires and a human who runs away from rocs. Though, come to think of it, the latter's not that surprising... what business have you in the Citadel? I have only been told to join a quest: what quest or whose, no instructions given."

 

[Paladin Dave]

Vili crept up ever so slowly to inspect the roc. "Please, we are but simple travelers, do not hurt us!" he pleaded, cowering behind his hammer and shield.

 

[Lessien]

((lol))

Zalika chuckled at the roc's remark. "I'm curious....who told you to join a quest? And what exactly did they tell you to do?" She looked in Vili's direction, and saw him cowering in fear behind his sheild, imploring the roc not to kill him. She chuckled to herself. This is getting sad!

 

[Soldier_For_Christ]

Tenkana stopped to look at the Eagle-man. If he had been sent on a quest, what if he was already on a quest...to follow him to his people. "Are you sure you have no idea what your quest is?" He said with a little suspicion in his voice.

 

[CheshireCat]

ooc: well you all know who Mathonwy is- if not just check the exposition- so if you don't mind, I'm going to put you all to sleep so that I can talk to you, if you don't mind I hope not!

ic: After all the introductions had been made, the unlikely event that all were going to the Citadel, a massive city-state that enveloped three small countries including the Empire, had been discussed, and thusly the decision to travel together had been made, the sun began to set, a breeze rustled the roc's feathers and stirred the faerie's hair, and all were calm. It was decided amidst the party to camp in the glen they had all found for the night. This assured that they had only about three miles' walk until they reached the borders of Citadel on the morrow. And so around the fire and into the night they spoke of many things about themselves and their pasts. One by one the company dropped off to sleep, the kind of deep and dreamless slumber that breathes soft moss and dew drops falling from the leaves of trees whose roots still are strong and reach deep. And Mathonwy came to these, these minds in the borders of his forest, in dreaming.

Mathonwy's eyes illuminated a bright azure behind closed eyelids as his consciousness flew past the towering black walls of Citadal and into the deep forests of his origin. But as it moved from tree to tree, taking with it a soft ringing of bells, the trickling of water, and a breeze gentle enough to leave a fallen leaf unstirred, its path was suprisingly interrupted by four sleeping minds, deeply sunken in the calm of the forest of the Mystics. In their minds he opened his eyes, luminous azure opals that looked upon their resting psyches. "Hello," said Mathonwy's mind, in the breathy soft, somewhat high pitched voice with gently echoing resonance. The sleepers turned up their gaze to see the blue radiance that filled the forest the surrounded them and protected them from all dark dreaming. The blue light increased in radiance, and then subsided, revealing a boy, of about sixteen, dressed in the attire of his mind, the long flowing azure glod-flourished lined cape and hood, with navy and gold chest plate over a white linen shirt and pants that had cuffs of blue and gold. He carried two blue wands with unknown flourishes of white and gold inscribed over them. He transfered the second wand to his left hand, and with his right hand, he beckoned the company to him.

"Don't let me startle you. I cannot harm you- for I sense you are benign visitors of this forest. My name is Mathonwy. May I be of any service to you?" he said with a bright wide smile with dimples at the end.

 

[CheshireCat]

srry i posted it twice on accident

 

[Soldier_For_Christ]

Tenkana looked at the strange man and, suddenly alert, got to his feet and said, "The first service you could provide is to tell me who you are, I guess." He said 'I guess' as an afterthought.

 

[CheshireCat]

(i edited after you posted i betr so it's not your fault lol)

"My name is Mathonwy, friend. May I ask yours?" he smiled.

 

[Soldier_For_Christ]

Tenkana then realized that he had already told his name before that and felt rather foolish. "What I meant was..." and he then let it hang there for a minute. This man could be very dangerous if he could talk to them in their sleep. He had to learn as much as he could about this man, but where to start! He finally finished his question: "What race are you?"

 

[Lessien]

Zalika had changed into her usual sleeping form of a cat, with short, silky black fur and red eyes for the night. When the stranger arrived, she instantly leapt to her feet and hissed, back arched, red eyes glowing, claws out.

 

[CheshireCat]

Mathonwy laughed a laugh tinged with tiny chimes and the babbling water. "I see you have some distrust still, Tenaka. That is fine. As for your other question, I am human."

While he was facing and speaking with Tenaka, Mathonwy seemed to turn to each one of the company with a smiling blue stare that seemed to ask them, "Who are you. Can I be of aide? Do you sorrow?"

 

[Paladin Dave]

Vili would have introduced himself to the newcomer, but he had not yet returned. He was one of the last to fall asleep, as he was diligantly watching for the werewolf that he had been playing cat and mouse with for the last few years. However, once he had succumbed to sleep, his form began to change. His face grew long and his clothing melted into thick and shaggy gray fur. He grew taller, broader, more muscular, and more... wolf like. He rose to his feet as Ulf, a large, terrifying werewolf. He did his best to remain hidden as he stalked out into the woods, looking for something smaller and weaker to feast on.

 

[Lessien]

"That depends," Zalika said, returning to her usual form once more. "Are you friend, or foe?" And do you have any hidden-or not hidden-agendas against vampires? She realized a little too late that she'd said the last part aloud.

 

[Soldier_For_Christ]

((Hey, Lessien, does she change into a normal-size 1 ft. tall cat, or does she change into a half-human, half-cat or something like that? My imagination needs help!))

Tenkana slowly relaxed from Mathonwy's sudden arrival, he began to notice that Vili was gone. "Where's Vili?" Tenkana said to Mathonwy, part of his mind screaming, He took him!

 

[Ellesar]

Kayden continued to walk toward the group of people in front of her. I wonder who they are... She had been walking through the night, not feeling tired, and she wanted to get to the Citadel as soon as possible. She had heard about a quest from someone, and wanted to help out with it if possible.

((will someone please notice my char...))

 

[CheshireCat]

Just as Mathonwy's last words to Tenaka fell, he was addressing the small black cat. "Child of night and day, do not fear the light which is a part of you. Be comforted in who you are, for no one's original self may be tainted. You were born both vampyre and faerie, and both are thusly good. Trust yourself. In you, both laced wing and white fang are beauty. Relinquish to me, if only now, your doubt." Mathonwy's eyes glowed blue again, and he closed them. A blue aura seemed to eminated from Zalika's body, her eyes closed, and she exhaled, a small blue bauble. The bauble floated, dancing in the air, to Mathonwy. It alighted on his forehead and his body was covered with that blue aura. He inhaled through slightly spaced lips, and the light was drawn into his mouth. He opened his eyes and the glow faded.

This occured while Mathonwy calmly addressed Vili. "You who have been haunted by a shadow, relinquish to me hate, your preoccupation. Too long have you dwelt in dark thoughts of blood red moons; too long have you hid your kindness under a pall of illusion. Show your true form." As the boy beckoned in a small echoing voice, the azure aura permeated the darkness around the werewolf. It stopped moving. It's fur receded slowly under that blue luminescence and eventually revealed a man, naked. The glow faded and another blue bauble floated onto Mathonwy's head, whose figure was engulfed in blue light, and then breathed inward again. "You are bare to the truth. Soon you will be able to accept it. For now, clothe yourself in my cape and cowl." And so removing his outermost garment, Mathonwy covered the man, lying peacfully sprawled on the ground. Mathonwy chuckled. "Well common; walk with us."

To the others, the boy still wore the azure cape. To Vili he did not. To the others, Vili wore his usual armour.

 

[Soldier_For_Christ]

((Sorry, must go to bed. You guys can keep talking and I'll catch up in the morning.))