Alone in the Darkness

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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal opened his eyes with a groan..

He tries to set up and groans in agony..

"What had they done?", he thought to himself...

Blinking back tears from the pain he tried his best to crawl across the floor to his discarded pack..

He felt like it took weeks to move the few feet across the rug..

Every move was like a hot iron shoved deep in hos chest and stomach..

He throws up.. from the pain lancing through him..

Blinking back tears he struggled on finally making it to his pack..

Pulls it open he drank several healing draughts hoping they would stay down..

Hoping to regain some strength from them to move easier..

He lay there trying to remember what went happened after room went dark..

And unnatural cold.. Cold hands holding him down..

A sharp piercing pain.. yet felt like fire.. Or was it cold..

He looked down and realized he was naked.. They had stripped him..

He glanced around the room, his armor was there, discarded on the floor..

His chest and stomach was crisscrossed with fresh scars..

Touching each one gingerly he tried to see if there was a pattern to them but his mind was overwhelmed by the shear number..

"They must have kept at it all night", he thought to himself..

He must find her.. make sure she is safe..

He groaned and struggled to get dressed after washing the dried blood from him..

And winced with ever step as he left the room and mess behind..

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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal lay there in the dark..

For the first time in months a peaceful calm..

No nightmares stirred in his mind ..

He could hear her relaxed breathing...

Her eyes were close .. her chest rising and falling rhythmically..

Sarene...

"An apt name for her", he thought with a smile..

He drifted off sleep..

His dreams.. were happy and joyful..

He awoke to find her setting there..

Watching him with a smile on her face..

He smiled back and pulled her to him with a laugh...
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal came in and dropped onto the bed exhausted...

He tossed and turned in his sleep as if he was fighting something..

She is there again..

On the floor in a pool of blood..

Staring at him...

Asking him why..

Kal fights to reach her...

To help her..

To aid her...

To save her..

But something is pushing him back as he struggles..

He screams in anger..

His scream carry's a hatred for those that hurt her..

A hatred for those that hurt her before he met her..

Kal hears the calming voice..

Closer than before..

He looks around searching for it..

With a blink.. she is gone..

And he alone remains...

Slumped over his desk..

A bejeweled dagger protruding from his back..

A pale man stand there.. laughing..

The man turns to him..

His face a visage of death..

"See! I can end this when I want", The man growls in anger...

"Come back to the darkness and all will be forgiven!", he yells..

"Just release the Darkness of the Vault and you will be rewarded!", the man screams at Kal...

A scream in the distance...

No.. Two separate screams...

Screaming... "NO!"

A sharp pain burns deep in Kals back and chest..

Kal awakes with a start...

He reaches to his chest, gingerly touching the spot where the pain was..

Its wet..

He looks down and to his hand....

Blood...

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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal lay there in bed in a drunken state..

Waiting..

He chest hurt..

Waiting...

He feared to sleep..

Now more than ever...

But as always... it came..

Darkness enveloping him..

No calming voice echoed soothingly in his nightmares...

He blinks in his dream...

A light..

Small at first.. But growing...

Bigger.. He could see her..

Standing there smiling at him..

Like a beacon...

A radiance coming from her..

A celestial glow..

He reached for her..

She giggles..

"Kal. Be strong my love.", she whispers.

He smiles at her...

His mind reels..

She is not on the floor..

But she stands and glows like the Moon when its full..

A smile spreads across his face as he sleeps peacefully since the glade...





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Kree (ubber not smart Barb)
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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She fell asleep almost as soon as the sought shelter from the rain..

He smiled, thanking those of the Glade for the shelter it provided..

Thanking whom ever for the rain that had washed the gore from them before they arrived..

He pulled a cloak from his pack and used it to cover her so she would stay warmer..

He snuggled in close to her adding to that warmth..

He lay there watching her sleep..

He wondered what she was dreaming of as a smile played across her face..

He moved an errant strand of hair back behind her ear and smiled..

So peaceful..

So lucky..

Hoping he was worthy..

He drifted off to sleep watching her..

Protecting her...
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal sat there leaning against the back of the alcove..

He lightly dozed..

drifting...

A light in the distance..

Growing brighter..

Brighter than the moon..

He smiled when he saw her glowing face..

She giggles in return..

"Your safe Kal." , she says..

He smiles in his sleep..

Unaware of those watching..

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Kal Rogue/Ranger of Selune
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal lay there in the dim light...

The glow coming from her fascinated him so..

"Had Selune picked her as his Champion?", He thought to himself..

He smiled as a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth...

Her form wrapped in the same blanket he tucked her into...

He had slipped into the bed with her at her request and cuddled close..

Keeping each other safe..

Protecting each other..

Kal sighed contentedly with a smile and drifted off to sleep..


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Kal Rogue/Ranger of Selune
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Kree (ubber not smart Barb)
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He lay there in the darkness...

Alone for the first time in several months..

A light in the distance..

A pinpoint...

A voice...

Calling him..

Screaming his name...

Brighter the light gets..

He can hear the anger in her voice..

The more she rages the brighter the light..

He squints as the light become brighter than the sun..

Engulfing him..

Comforting him..
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal set there in the dimly lit room sobbing quietly...

She moans and he chokes back a sob with a heavy sigh...

"What have I done?" , he says to himself...

"I have brought her pain, yet again." he says more to himself than her..

He thinks hard hard on what the Erinyes had said..

Shaking his head he still had no recollection of her..

Running his hand over his stomach he thought "Maybe she was part of this?"...

She moans slightly in her sleep..

He wipes his face with his hands and pulls his cloak up on her a bit..

He lays down beside her watching her face...

He pushes an errant strand of hair back behind her ear and closes his eyes...

Current PC:
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Kal Rogue/Ranger of Selune
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Kree (ubber not smart Barb)
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal lay there watching her sleep..

He smiled slightly as her lips curled upward near the edges..

"Must be a good dream." , he thought to himself..

He pushed an errant strand of hair from her cheek..

She giggled and swatted at his hand..

She slowly opened her eyes and laughed lightly..

He smiled and pulled her close..

"Not alone anymore my beacon, Not alone anymore.", he whispers to her.
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Kree (ubber not smart Barb)
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Kal set there in the floor with a bucket of steaming water..

His leather shirt laying on the chest behind him..

He sighed and stared at the dagger in his hand..

He had spent several hours making sure it was sharp enough to slice leather like it was warm butter..

He sighed again and mumbled, "Now is the time."

He held his left forearm out and starting well above the token..

Slicing downward, towards his wrist in one fluid motion, like shaving but deeper..

He screams in pain..

Lights flash in his mind..

Blinding him..

A chuckle, somewhere deep in his mind..

"Not that easy you fool!", the voice growls...

"Do as I ask and all will be forgiven, for the most part."

Kal still screaming in pain fell to the side..

His screams of pain turned to screams of fear and anguish....

Her light, creeping into being,...

Dimly at first, but growing brighter..

She smiles at him sadly, "Hope Rises, Kal.", she says to him in Elven...

With a crooked smile he says "Shit!", before passing out...

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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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They stalked through the woods silently ..

They killed every worg and wolf they saw..

They searched for bigger prey and found it..

Hobgoblins..

They smiles at each other with murder in their eyes..

She sang for them as they entered battle..

He lead with his bow till they got close then switched to his mace and shield..

She used her spell daggers to cause them fear..

Her lute was used to call forth a blast of sound, stunning one..

She stepped in close her swords flashing in rhythmic time with his mace..

She sliced here and there as he followed up with blows from his mace..

As the last one fell, he slipped back into the shadows and searched the clearing for more..

Finding none he watched and smiled at her all covered in blood...

"A good hunt!" , she said with smile...

"They never stood a chance!" he replied with a grin..

Seven against two..

They stalked deeper into the woods...

Happy..

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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He lay there awake watching her sleep. She was tired from a long day of hunting and then performing after they arrived back in the city. "Hunting.. Something they did well together.", he thought. She enjoyed the forest.. Something he never thought he would like but it had grown on him. He now felt at home there as he did in the dark alleys. Both places he could await his prey without them seeing him.

They hunted together. Each complimenting the other. Her with her spells and bow. Him with his mace and bow and knowledge of weak spots on their prey. Yes.. The Huntress and the Hunter. Both seeing eye to eye on things that needed to be done when they hunted. Almost as if they were of one mind.

She rolled slightly towards him, and her lips curled into a smile. "Been awake long love?" , she asked. He leaned in and kissed her nose and smiled. "Not long love. Not long at all." He replied. He pulled her close to him and she drifted back to sleep.

His lips curled into a smile as he watched her laying there in peace. "Happy. Content. Loved. Wanted.. No needed.", he thought. She was needed.. He needed her. She was his beacon. His light in the darkness. Regardless what everyone else thought. She has stood by him. Protected him. Calmed him. Chilled the fury inside him that was trying to escape.

He pulled her even tighter and drifted off to sleep. Not alone.
Current PC:
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Kal Rogue/Ranger of Selune
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Kree (ubber not smart Barb)
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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Sleep did not come as easy as he had hoped. A restless night, where darkness came calling. He looked at her sleeping form, which was as restless as he was. A slight frown would creep across her face every once in a while. It was enough to bring back the anger.. the hatred..

He kissed her lightly. "I'll be back in a little while.",
he whispered to her.

He crept out of the room and and got dressed in the hall after easing the door shut. He crept easily enough to where he needed to go and watched from a rooftop. He watched for a while and sighed, "I made a promise. Your lucky this time bastard. Next time will be a knife in your back." He slipped down from the roof on the next street east of his prey and quickly made his way back to the tower.

Slipping into bed after he undressed he hope he did not disturb her rest much. He snuggled close to her and whispered in her ear. "Promise kept, love.. promise kept.. for now."
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Re: Alone in the Darkness

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He lay there staring at the ceiling. She was sleeping peacefully beside him. He looked over to her and watched her breathing. A smile crept across his face. He knew what he had to do. He eased out of bed and got dressed, hoping to not wake her. Slipping quietly from the room and out of the tower he stopped long enough to pen a missive. Hoping she would understand.

He was born for this. Shadows and darkness was his home. He walked to the cart and caught a ride to Selune's Temple. He walked up to the alter and knelt down. He said a prayer to Selune for strength for the journey he was about to take. Looking over to a sleepy Naneatha. "I am sorry for disturbing you at this hour but it is important and urgent." , he told her. She nodded with a smile and said, " Its always good to see you Kal." "Please see that Athelene gets this as soon as you can.", He said as he hands her the missive. "Lady's light guide you Kal." she told him as he turned to leave. He turned back an nodded to her and replied," Walk in Moonlight, Naneatha."

He waited for the cart back to the Company with a smile. "I hope she understands what is about to happen for there is much work to be done." he says to himself.

His mind a swirled with ideas as he rode the cart he did not realize that it had stopped, till the drive asked if he was okay. Getting off the cart he flashed the driver a smile and replied, "Better then ever." He walked to the door and stepped inside.

Slipping back through to his room so he did not disturb anyone was easy for him. Ghost is what she called him from time to time. He smiled as he got undressed and into bed. He snuggled up close to her and whispered in her ear. "Its time to let him see who he wants to see Luv." A smile crept across her face as he kissed her cheek. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep to dream of the darkness.
Current PC:
Former PC's
Saman Barb/Sorcerer
Kal Rogue/Ranger of Selune
Aiden Ketter Priest of Kelemvor
Kree (ubber not smart Barb)
Past PC: Jena Steel | Hamar Marrion (Marcus)and many other dead PC's
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