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Alone in the Darkness

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He sat alone in the darkness watching. He watched in wonder as the shamans stitched the wounded and brought the dead back to life. He watched and waited for whomever was in charge but no one showed. Just ogres.. Well organized ogres.. And The City Watch as well. Mingling among them like they were kin. Helping gather the left over gear dragging bodies back to the Shaman.

In the darkest recesses of his mind he played out the battle over and over..

He yelled for everyone to get out and watched in wonder and they charged forward.. Not realizing that Zylai'a and Ash had fallen. His wounds still sore from the healing wands he used on himself during the battle. He still felt the vile spells they employed, that hit him over and over. Their magics that had dispelled all the enchantments placed on him by Keryn. The giant weapons that almost killed him.

Luther yelling at him for killing the guard that was attacking the group. He noticed no words were yell to Vale for attacking the guards.

He thought of how they knew they were coming and of the small signs left by someone before they got there. Perhaps whom ever lifted the stuff from the crate had alerted them? Told them of their coming?

He shook the thought of death from his mind. He had work to do. Sneaking in was easy.. Out on the other hand was hard as the patrol's were doubled. From the shadows he notices one brute looking his way. Then it screamed and others charged forward. Quickly drinking a potion he fled to the entrance and out into the night air. He stopped by the gate to let the guards know what he saw and to double the Watch on the wall close to the entrance.

He headed for the Plinth. He waited till it was the late hours and entered slowly and unnoticed by the sleepy guards. Using the dim light in the corridor's to his advantage he crept into where the body lay. Poor Zylai'a he thought as he looked down upon her limp form. He picked up her body and took her away and into the night where darkness reigned. He let a chuckle as he left. Work to do indeed he thought with a grin.
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Man I do not know if I am ready to know what he has planned.
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He sat alone in the darkness watching the shadows move up and down the hall. Covered in the gore of the rotting dead he crept deeper into the darkness with a smile on his face. Her hood allowed his vision to penetrate the darkness. Her skin he had grafted to his armors forearm allowed other things. He watched from the pitch black as the shadows searched for life. They could still sense him but they were a tool to be used and he had that ability thanks to her. He rejoiced in the darkness...

The darkness was his friend..

His lover..

Working from the shadows darkness was pulling the strings of others..

They were but a lone lamb before the wolf pack..

This was just a small rut in his path and he would see it through.

It must be set up perfectly..

Plans coming together...

Others unaware...

More work to be done...

More work indeed.....
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He sat alone in the shadows embrace with a smile as he watched the new faces coming from the guild.

He chuckled quietly to himself and shook his head. "Loosing more and more ground they were.", he thought to himself.

He watched one in particular come out and head towards the Beer Golem. "A fine specimen", he thought. "Is she worthy of his goals" he wondered.

Hearing a slight noise below he watch from the darkened rooftop as they milled around looking for direction.

Using the darkness he flitted from shadow to shadow to get a better look.

He though of using a summons to scare them but decided to not waste it on the poor clueless souls.

He slowly slid back into the darkness that was his home.

He moved slowly to the back of the building and dropped silently to the ground.

He kept to the shadows and headed north to the wealthier side of town to watch for those he sought to become.

He knew they only came out at night and not very often even then.

Searching the darkness..

Hoping to find them..

Wanting to join...

Watching from the shadows...




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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He sat there in the darkened hallway pondering what the voices wanted.

Heeding their whsipers.

feeling their urges.

Listening to their words.

Giving him instructions.

A smiles crept across his face as a shadowy creature born of the underworld stood nearby.

"Busy.. busy.. work to be done", he whispered back.

He slowly stood and walked to the door.

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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He sat there in the dark..

A feeling of utter defeat swept over him. His shoulders slumped as he looked at the blood covered bed and floor..

He had not meant for this to happen.. Death of one whom he cared for.. Torn from his grasp by the very thing he coveted.. the darkness.

He looked to her sleeping form wrought with nightmarish dreams. The twitching and tossing she was doing made him angry.

Made him angry at himself for allowing her to get hurt.

He looked down to his hands that were shaking.. not from fear but from anger and hatred..

Anger at him.. Hatred for him..

Shaking himself back from the brink.. he tucked her in and kissed her cheek and whispered, "I am truly sorry". He turned and slipped out the door.

He will pay dearly for this, he thought to himself as he stalked the hall leading downstairs.

He let out a scream in anguish and hatred as he slipped out into the night.

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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He set there running the attack over in his mind time and time again..

His hands shaking more and more he looked down at them

"What in the nine hells was that thing." He mumbles to himself.

He sighs heavily and picked up his things he had tossed about the room in a rage and shook his head.

It was a blur.. first here,then there.. He used his last few charges of his wand and.. nothing..

The wand had crumbled to dust but nothing happened..

His skin crawled when it appeared..

Puzzled he sat there for a bit.. He padded quietly across the room and paused with a hand raised to knock on the door.

"No.." he thought.. "it can wait till the morning and after hopefully some rest."

He paused at his door look back again before closing it.

He laydown.. armor and all,keeping his blade close by.

Sleep did not come.. but restless dreams of anguish and horror.

He sat up in bed with a start.

Peering about the room he sighed. "Just a dream", he said a bit to loud.
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He sat there in his room quietly thinking of the events of the day. Another attack.. Sarenna scared more than ever.

He sighs heavily.

Moving across the room he grabs his cloak from the chair and don's it in a flourish clasping it about his shoulders.

He heads out the door and pauses looking at her room with a slight frown..

"I have brought her more pain than she deserves" he thinks to himself and his shoulder slump.

He turns and head up the stairs, pausing again he mouths through trembling lips, "I am sorry!" and slips up the stairs to the portal.
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He sat there staring at nothing leaning on the rail. Trying to keep himself in check. He was not sure what was going on inside but it did not feel good. He kept an ear to the door and a hand on his hilt as he stood there. Who was after him.. What was watching him.. Trying to shake the cobwebs from his mind and failing, he growled. Let them try he thought to himself. But what if they already did?

Looking down at the white knuckled grip he had on the rail he tried to will himself to relax but it was not an easy task. He sighed in resignation and frustration what was he fighting for ... what? He drew a blank. Something was there.. But hidden in the dark recesses of his mind.. eating away.. nibble by nibble.. Taking him back..

Cold and sunny morning down at the Hangman's Dock. When asked if he had done it, he yelled back. I BATHED IN THIER BLOOD!.. AND I ENJO...
A loud click... The feeling of falling.. the rope tightening.. fighting for life through clenched teeth and a straining neck.. A sharp bounce almost caused him to pass out.. then another.. straining for all he was worth as he watched the darkness roll in around the edges of his vision.....
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He stood there his vision blurry.. He could see her form lying there in a pool blood. Scared and sickened by the sight her, he tried to yell out between throwing up, but his voice was but a whisper.. a raspy whisper.. like it was right after... The pain.. was it real he thought to himself..


Finished, he looked to her form as it was fading.. A dream?

A voice.. near a whisper.. barely audible.. he glanced around looking for its source.. a form.. a shadowy form.. hiding in the distance.. He tries to call out with a raspy voice, *Who are you?". More whispers.. calming him..

He awoke with a start. He looks around his dimly lit room. "Empty", he thought to himself.. A with a sad smile he looked down to his trembling hands. He forearm was burning.. worse than ever.. His throat was raw and dry.. leaning over and reaching for the ale beside the bed he noticed it.. He sat there blinking.. small at first.. a spot.. slowly growing.. getting larger.. he reached out for it...

He awoke with a start!
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He sat there.. watching the tunnels.. waiting to see if they even used it.. patrol after patrol walked past him.. He could smell their filth..

His mind wandered..

He felt a closeness all of a sudden

He could hear it breathing.. smell its fetid breath..

In one swift movement he drew his short sword and arched it up cutting the beast from crotch to chest..

Its guts spilling down his arm and a gasp as it realized what had happened..

Kal grabbed the hobgoblin's tunic and wiped as much blood from him as he could and rolled the body into water...

He moved to a new spot to try and watch..

His mind wandered again..

Returning later to his room.. Hoping all was asleep..

We wandered to his room and fell onto the bed in exhaustion..

His dreams were back with a vengance..

She was lying there in a pool of blood..

She opened her eyes and sat up.. and mouthed the words.

"Why, Kal."

He bolted up in bed..."
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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I have continued to follow this thread and I am very curious who the woman is. Is she an old victim of Kal's questionable past? Was she someone close to him that he betrayed? Why does her memory haunt him? Or is it not a memory and perhaps an event he fears will come to pass?

Keep writing.
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal sat there in his room in a daze..

So much had happened..

So much lost.. Fenia.. Nearly himself..

He slowly undressed and climbed into the bed.. hoping for a restful night..

He closed his eyes.. A noise..

A drip..

And another.. And another..

Faster.. louder..

He put his hands over his ears.. but the noise was still there..

Pounding now.. Then a rush.. Like a dam bursting after the spring thaw in the mountains..

He sat up in bed..

Something... Something was wrong in the room..

He squinted in the near darkness..

Holding the moonstone ring high in the air..

Pushing the darkness back..

He gasped at what he saw..

Himself... slumped over at the desk..

A pale man standing behind his body..

He was alone.. alone in the darkness..

He blinked..
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal bolted out of his bed in a panic..

No one.. the room was empty...

He rubbed his face..

"Was it a dream?", he thought to himself.

Shaking his head he got up from the bed and moved towards the desk..

He trips.. hitting the floor with a tumble and a wince of pain he pivoted to see what her tripped over..

Her.. her body in a pool of blood..

Her eyes were open.. staring at him.. eyes pleading with him..

He knew the words she did not have to ask for it was pounding in his head.. "Why, Kal?"

He awoke with a start..

Falling and flailing from the chair at the desk...
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal sighed heavily upon returning to his room...

He stripped out of his leathers and cleaned a few recent cuts from the elementals..

He quickly washed his face and hands..

He paused.. staring at his hand where the ring was supposed to be.. "Shit!", he said aloud.

He quickly got dressed and headed out..

Not finding her at either room...

He tried the last place he could think..

No answer there either..

Worried what might happen he headed back..

He got back to his room and sighed to himself, "What was I thinking?"

He slumped against the door his mind reeling..

The room goes dark..

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