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Post by Renilius Blacklips on Nov 18, 2008 23:39:04 GMT -5
Again Sina tried to lift the knife from a distant table. It shook itself upwards. Sina concentrated even further but lost control of the spell. The knife darted straight upwards into the ceiling and stuck itself there. No one seemed to notice except for Eva Lillith and Rainii. "Sorry." Sina said and tried to remove the knife from the cieling with her telekenisis that she has been practicing.
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Post by Lillith on Nov 18, 2008 23:57:23 GMT -5
::Lillith grabs Sina's wrists and lowers her hands quickly::
Um you'd better let me do that honey. That was very good, but if you pull much harder you might bring the whole ceiling down.
::The knife wriggles a bit until it's free from the rafter and flies back to Lillith's hand easily. She sheathes it back to where she keeps it strapped to her back::
Here, why don't you try something a little less dangerous. It's slightly more difficult, but at least you won't kill anyone.
::She searches the room until she finds an empty wooden bucket::
Now focus on thickening the air above the bucket into water. See if you can fill it to the top.
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Post by Rainii Loire on Nov 19, 2008 0:06:50 GMT -5
"Vacationing. In Dali. Huh."
::Rainii leans forward, elbows on the table and her chin resting in her hand. She watches Lillith help the girl with the daggers, and as soon as she catches Lillith's eye, she fixes her with a questioning stare, but says nothing. As curious as she was, it was Lillith's buisness, and she didn't want to pry...::
"Funny that we're here for the same reasons, then. I thought I deserved a vacation, and I picked the one place on the map I hadn't been to. After this, I was just going to wander about, seeing what kind of trouble I could get into...and knowing me, I shouldn't have far to look."
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Post by Lillith on Nov 19, 2008 2:01:20 GMT -5
::Lillith scrambles to hide the notebook again, realizing she was holding it in plain sight when she went to help Sina::
Yeah, funny how things work. You finally found the one place you can go without finding trouble, and it's the last place you look.
::In her anxiety, she drops the notebook to the floor. She tries to pick it back up, but ends up accidentally kicking it further away from herself::
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Nov 19, 2008 12:01:51 GMT -5
::Eva watched the transaction between the two and frowned a bit::
Rainii's insightful...and all this beating around the bush is just making her a bit more suspicious.
::She just shook her head and walked over to pick up the notebook and handed it to Lillith while giving her a look that said "Tell her or I will"::
"After all, the more the merrier I suppose..."
::She had whispered into Lillith's ear before doing a slight wave::
"I have to take a look at a few things around the town, I shall return..."
::Eva walked out the door::
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Post by Lillith on Nov 19, 2008 12:07:32 GMT -5
Have fun.
::Lillith calls to Eva, knowing she's already too late to stop Rainii from reaching the notebook. Once she saw what was in there, she was going to have all sorts of questions. But there is one other thing she can try to keep her distracted::
Umm... Hey did you hear Iole's back? She has a new boyfriend.
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Post by Rainii Loire on Nov 19, 2008 12:25:37 GMT -5
::Rainii hears Lillith mention Iole, and is momentarily dazed by the news of Iole dating, but her attention returns to the notebook almost immediately. She rushes over and scoops it up, then holds it up for Lillith to see and grins.::
"What's this?"
::She looks down at the notebook again, and begins flipping through it, her grin slowly turning into a look of confusion, then a frown.::
"No, really. What is this?"
::She looks up at Lillith.::
"Is this the reason you're 'vacationing' in Dali?"
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Post by Lillith on Nov 19, 2008 12:36:30 GMT -5
::Lillith sighs in frustration and sits back down::
It was Echidna's. We think she had some involvement with...
::She rubs her temples. This was going to sound so strange to her::
with the murder case we've been working on.
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Post by Kerion on Nov 19, 2008 13:41:02 GMT -5
(OOC: Ah Kerion's plot thickens. I like it.) ((OOC: ;D Thanks. When I first started on him, I had only intended for him to be a one-time use for the Sands SL, but now he's grown on me.)) ::Kerion walked back to the Inn, but stopepd next door to it.:: This must be the place. Hope he's still here.::Kerion looks and sees who he's looking for.:: Bingo. Hard not to spot, that white hair makes him stand out like a sore thumb.::Kerion approaches him and stops infront of his table:: "Excuse me. I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions."
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Post by Rainii Loire on Nov 19, 2008 15:29:51 GMT -5
"A murder case?"
::She sits back down, setting the notebook almost decisively on the table.::
"Alright, I'm sold. Tell me more."
::She looks up again at Lillith, who looks like she's torn about whether or not to ask for Rainii's help.::
"Listen, I'm in if you need or want my help. So...a murder case that may or may not have invoved Echidna? Sound interesting."
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Post by Dante Shadesang on Nov 19, 2008 15:54:13 GMT -5
He takes notice of Eva departing. "Ah, all right... well, I take it seems to be a personal matter. Call me if anything happens, yes?" He waves to her departure and stays around for a bit...
Welp, looks like we're not needed or anything really. And plus, Lilith and Rainii haven't talk for so long with each other and that Lilith knows a lot more than we do about the investigation... so.... let's just go out and get a drink or something... Well... I have not drank anything for a long while I suppose. Yeah... same here... ? What? You/I haven't! I should use the cell's function to send a... text message to Eva.
He flips it up.... and pauses... Eva never actually got through me how to text... *groan* this is going to take forever... oh look, something interesting is happening right out that window! He turns just for a few seconds until he hears a string of beeps; he turns back to see his message to Eva made that he will be at the inn's bar to found if needed. How-- Just send it -.- . He hit "Send" and puts it away. How-- Let just go to the bar, please... ... fine... only because I need a drink from all this.
"Well, I take it you will not needing me at the moment... and you have not talked with each other alone for a long while. I will be close by though in the bar if you need me. Farewell for now."
He leaves Rainii and Lilith to discuss everything...
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Post by Renilius Blacklips on Nov 19, 2008 15:59:39 GMT -5
Sina stood from the table. "I think I'll go shopping for a few minutes. I might like something here after all." Sina waved good bye at Lillith and Rainii and walked out into the streets.
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Post by Lillith on Nov 19, 2008 18:36:50 GMT -5
::Lillith folds her arms::
I guess you'd figure it out soon anyway. You do have a knack for getting into trouble.
::She glowers at Eva, Dante, and Sina as they leave, mentally cursing them for leaving her to fill Rainii in on her own. Though there wasn't much Sina could do in that department anyway. They hadn't exactly filled her in and kept her distracted with practicing her powers::
Alright, it didn't start out like that. There was a murder in Lindblum a few months ago. The victim's only family was her son who was a member of a local street gang, and was not very cooperative with the police. One of the investigators actually has a son who attends Leah Garden, so he recommended my help talking to him. His name is Oliver Fray Tipp, he's a ten year old burmecian, and before you ask, he is the son of none other than Simon Fray. I'm not sure how well you knew him, but he doesn't like to talk about it. And that's largely my fault. But anyway, after the murder, I was put on the case as an associate.
::She continues the story, explaining how she had met Kerion, how they had met up with Dante after a friend of his had been murdered after discovering a peculiar sign, and how that sign had led them to Echidna. Then how they met up with Iole and Kenny after the clinic had them detained, Echidna's revelation of the King in Yellow, and the grotesque notebook, the clinic going up in flames, Nurse Takano's rescue, Ren's arrival, how the events at the clinic got them taken off the case and now they were working independently with the risk of Ames placing them under arrest, and the night the Harvester attacked her::
He sounded like he knew me Rai. I couldn't see his face, but he seemed pretty damn familiar with me. And he did something to me. Something that stopped me from moving, and kept Eva asleep. If it hadn't been for Iole just randomly walking in....
::She shudders and skips over that part. Then she tells about how they chased what they had believed to be the Harvester, but actually turned out to be one of his victims, and how that particular victim had done something... interesting::
I didn't see it, but the others swear it sang. And the newspapers the next day said the same thing. The corpse sang. I think the words were... ah crap. I don't remember, but Eva was there. She can tell you. Anyway, the four of us got out of the city, along with Sina, thanks to a little help from our old friend Captain Vincent. Iole, Kenny, Oliver, and Ren are still in Lindblum keeping a sharp eye out with another friend of mine, Adrian. And now here we are, trying to make sense out of what went through a mad woman's mind as she scribbled these horrid little drawings into her horrid little notebook. And that's about where you come in.
(OOC: Whew re-caps are exhausting)
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Post by Rainii Loire on Nov 19, 2008 22:09:53 GMT -5
"That's quite a story."
::Rainii opens the notebook again, looking more intently at the pictures this time. She had only met Echidna a few times, so she couldn't know the depths of the girl's madness, especially after the war. But, if this strange little notebook was any indication, she had gone from averagely crazy to stark-raving insane.::
"Have you made any sense of these, at all?"
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Post by Lillith on Nov 19, 2008 23:35:06 GMT -5
(OOC: Ooo six more posts Rai! I've always wondered what's past mythical).
::Lillith shakes her head::
I'm afraid not. The only thing we've been able to make any sense of is that she still hates Iole. Actually hate is kind of an understatement. But we are trying to figure out who this is.
::She points to the strange robed figure with fangs and topaz eyes::
She called him The King in Yellow. At first we thought she was hallucinating, but when we found this symbol ::points to the mysterious insignia:: in Professor Von Karma's study, I remembered seeing it in her drawings. She said The King in Yellow showed it to her. We have a hunch he's either the Harvester, or someone behind the Harvester. Either way, he's starting to sound like the one behind it all. I've never seen that symbol before though. It's actually kind of lucky we ran into you. I was hoping the Book of the Twilight might have some answers. You don't have it with you do you?
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Post by Rainii Loire on Nov 20, 2008 2:07:21 GMT -5
(OOC-- I know! I've been waiting to see whats past mythical for a long time.)
"I always have it with me. You know, just in case."
::Rainii raises her hand, and the Book of the Twilight falls out of thin air into it. She then passes it to Lillith.::
"Hopefully what you're looking for is in there..."
::Lillith takes the book and begins looking through it, while Rainii begins thinking on what she was just told. The Harvester, the King in Yellow, various murders and singing corpses. She couldn't make sense of any of it, and by the looks of it, Lillith and crew only understood a little more than she did. Her attention shifts back to Lillith, whos searching through the pages of the Book intently, and Rainii found herself wishing against all hope that her Book could be any sort of help. It's while watching her friend that something occurs to her, as if she suddenly feels the gravity of the situation.::
I've just gotten myself involved in something very...odd. Grotesque. Dangerous...
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Post by Lillith on Nov 20, 2008 2:21:38 GMT -5
::Lillith's fingers itch for the book. No sane sorceress wouldn't be anxious to look through its pages. The most powerful magics ever known are recorded in its contents. And in the short time she had it in her possession, Natalia had written nearly the entire history of her own world in there. A whole other world of heroes and stories. Without thinking she reaches for the book. But before she can touch it, the cover glows and a strange heat wave sends her hands back, like she just touched hot steel::
Owe! Dammit.
::She nurses her hands::
I forgot. Natalia used the swords to place a seal on the book. You're the only one allowed to touch it now. Man she took some heavy measures to keep that thing safe. Um... sorry, but do you think you could hold it open for me?
::Rainii finds that the two women have to sit close at the table with the book open in front of them, and read it that way::
I think we're looking for something that dates back to secret societies, rituals, human sacrifices and stuff. We might stumble on something that will lead us to his ideology and give us a better idea of who we're dealing with. I think the Order of the Locus is a good place to start.
(OOC: I'll have to talk to Loci about what we find)
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Post by Jas on Nov 20, 2008 13:50:41 GMT -5
*Jas sits quitely in the restuarant, waiting for his order. but he hears soemone approaching him*
"Excuse me. I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions."
*Jas looks up at the person* Rugged clothing, one brown eye and the others behind an eye patch. Mean looking gun he got there... Wait, those are sorcery runes inscribed on the steel. Where have I seen him before? "I don't mind at all... I'm sorry, you have me at a lost. I don't know your name."
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Post by Kerion on Nov 20, 2008 13:51:56 GMT -5
"I don't mind at all... I'm sorry, you have me at a lost. I don't know your name."
::Kerion smiled before taking a seat:: "The name's Kerion. And yours?"
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Post by Jas on Nov 20, 2008 13:54:39 GMT -5
::Kerion smiled before taking a seat:: "The name's Kerion. And yours?"
*Jas thought for a moment before he remembered* "I remember now. I saw you during the Sands war. Mine's Jas." *The food he ordered arrived, a plate of poached fish and a side of fried mushrooms shaped into small balls* "So, what is it you wanted to ask me about?"
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