The Phoenix Blade

[Elethaire]

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(Wow, nearly missed this post! Sorry for such a huuuge delay... Fast-forwarding to point of last post...NOW *video-tape fast-forward sounds*)

As Rafia recited the riddle of the Phoenix Blade, something made Throm think that perhaps this wasn't some little trinket Rafia's brother had dropped. This sounded much more mysterious and adventurous! Throm was about to state his suspicions when the unusually gifted Rafia stumbled down into a gulley, which turned out to be a rather large hole in the ground. As the earth beneath Throm's feet gave way, Throm quickly thrust his walking stick into the dirt as he fell. A hidden mechanism in the gnome stick caused a spring-loaded blade to sink two feet into the dirt, allowing Throm to hang by both hands over the pit, looking down at Rafia and unfortunately looking up at the mouth of the hole.

"Don't worry Rafia, ol'chap,I'llgetusouttahereinajiffy!" he stated, looking down at the strange cat-like creature below him. He had enunciated on the 'don't worry' part to remove any panic from Rafia's mind. Not that a short two-foot gnome hanging from a walking stick a foot below the lip of the hole was any reassurance to anybody's safety. Well, maybe a mosquito's or a badger's.

There were roots sticking out from the wall of the hole near the top, and Throm guessed that if he swung his feet up, he might catch one of the roots and be able to climb out. From there, he could find some lengthy vines and make a rope for Rafia to climb. The first challenge of the adventure! Throm's little eyes glittered with excitement as he began swinging on his little walking stick with every intention of saving the day!

[Rafia Ragazzo]

Rafia hissed quietly to himself still a little dazed, his body hurt all over, he had rolled through the dirt... he knew that much, he shook dirt from his usually shinny black hair and ran his clawed fingers through it. He had a splitting headache and his intense yellow eyes were sore from all the dirt. He looked up but he couldn't see any sign of Throm not from where he sat, he sighed deeply, maybe it was for the best, the little gnomes tiny legs were making travelling harder. He looked at the sky, it was getting dark quickly, he thought about summoning one of his creatures to help him navigate the accursed forest, but it would drain his energy too quickly and he did have the gaze of a cat anyway.

Rafia pulled himself up with a gaze, he looked back at his previous location and all around him, it looked like he had tumbled down some sort of small Valley, he stood in a clearing however, he moved towards the bushes to get a better view of the Horizon and pushed through them. His Jaw dropped in alarm and he muttered softly to himself. He gazed over a huge cliff face, he was sitting on a ledge on a Valley that led down to something enormous, it looked like a step Valley in the centre of the Forest, there was something glowing right down at the bottom but he couldn't quite make it out. He sniffed the air smoke? Yes but something else as well, there was somebody down there. Rafia brushed the dirt away from his red tunic. It say in folds around his torso and had wide sleeves, around his belt was a long Cat-O-Nine tails and a thin rapier at his back. Rafia could smell something else as well as the unusual smoke, something animal? He hissed threateningly it wasn't the Gnome it was indeed something else, he heard a growl from above and instinctively ducked a huge Griffin clawed as him eagerly as he swooped Rafia. Rafia hissed viciously at the Griffin as it sailed over him, the Griffin turned in the air for another attack, Rafia reached for his Whip when suddenly the sky lite up with light, something was streaming across the sky, he could see it clearly from his position, the Griffin also saw it and quickly swooped away. The Light across the sky seemed to explode in the distance until a huge Crow sat in the night's sky. Rafia raised an eyebrow quizzically.

[Elethaire]

Aridawn crashed through the forest, trees turned and stared, Animals took note and ran towards the Valley, Aridawn was after one thing, Revenge.

He heard voices, two women? Yes that was it, he was sure of it, the luck that he had found them on the edge of this huge forest, apparently the gods wanted him to have his retribution. Aridawn growled his eyes glowed, Elyza and Discord had killed his brother and he would make them pay, Aridawn lifted into the air, gold tendrils whipped around his body and the same gold light illuminated his eyes brilliantly, he crashed through the forest, light bold slashed through the air, hopefully hitting Elyza and Discord and scorching them terribly, he wasn't paying attention, there was only pure dark rage, he screamed loudly, his voice billowing through the forest. Then something hit him

"Not now!"

He prayed but it was too late, he was getting a vision, his voice boomed once again through the forest.

"And in the forest of black, a weapon of destructions, a weapon of life, of death, of light and dark, will remain forever hidden, deep within the earth, in molten, in stone and water. The Phoenix blade shall remain in the shadowed Moss forest darkness surrounded by the god's protectors, Earth, Fire, Wind and Water and their Wielders."

Aridawn called out loudly, deep in a trance, but still floating in mid air, a golden light surrounding him

"The Black Witch shall gain the Blade and rule as Queen laying destruction to the land!"

He prophesised loudly, he snapped out of his vision and fell to the ground with a thud.

[Catrux]

Sehkem took to the air, his ravens beside him. He started scanning the terrain, looking for anything realy when a most inconvinient thing happend, his eyes failed to see. Only a moment did it last, but in that moment he had lost Aridawn. Franticly he searched with his eyes looking for any trace of him.

Damn Elves, they leave little trace. Even though he knew it would take quite some time or luck, preferably the latter, to find Aridawn he kept searching.

Faintly a voice not interely different than Aridawn's but not the same, could be heard. Sehkem dropped in altitude to hopefully determine if it was infact Aridawn, and where his voice was coming from. Unable to discern what he had said Sehkem hoped he would not be too late, death tends to be a joy kill, although this day had not been overly joyful in the first place.

Where is he? Sehkem clenched his teeth in frustration. It would be most annoying to have Aridawn die after he had decided to try and prevent that event from occuring. He looked at his ravens to tell them to start searching, immediately they stopped their petty quarrel, and looked back as if they had done nothing. "You two are unbelieveable." Shaking his head at the child-like behavior of the two he whistled for them to begin searching.

[Elyza]

*Stopping where she was and dropping to her knees, Elyza instinctively took cover behind an old fallen tree. The trunk was now hollowed out, and save for a few clumps of moss and a small family of slimy things that she hoped were frogs, its emptiness was just what she currently craved. Crawling inside the large hollowed log, she pulled her legs in behind her and repositioned herself so that she was now sitting inside the log when she heard the same leaves that she had seen rustling earlier now come crashing down along with the sticks and twigs that flew in all directions as something came crashing through the forest.

Elyza had heard enough stories about the Black Moss Forest and the creatures that were said to reside there to know that if something large was coming towards you in that forest, you used what wits you had with you and either ran like hell or hid. As Elyza ran away from nothing, she decided to hide within the hollowed out log. Although she was indeed hunting the food that Discord so desperately craved, Elyza had no doubt in her mind that Discord had already found the food and eaten it. No – this was something different, and combined with her unwavering conviction that she was indeed in this forest for a purpose, Elyza felt the need to be cautious. She could see nothing but darkness, and a faint circle of soft grey light at one end of the log. The forest had fallen eerily silent around her, except of course for the sound of something large crashing towards her. Even that sound was now falling quiet as whatever it was had now reached her small clearing and was now letting out a long scream.

Suddenly a large voice boomed throughout the forest, and Elyza blinked rapidly, licking her lips repeatedly as she listened to what was being said.

"And in the forest of black, a weapon of destructions, a weapon of life, of death, of light and dark, will remain forever hidden, deep within the earth, in molten, in stone and water. The Phoenix blade shall remain in the shadowed Moss forest darkness surrounded by the god's protectors, Earth, Fire, Wind and Water and their Wielders."

Elyza gasped as realisation dawned on her and her dark eyes lit up in excitement. The forest of black… the shadowed Moss forest was obviously the Black Moss Forest and this voice, wherever and whatever it was coming from, seemed pretty damn sure there was a weapon of mass destruction hidden somewhere, “deep within the earth, in molten, in stone and water.” As she mentally ran through a possible list of sites to start looking at, the voice spoke again, words that caused a deep sinister smirk to crease Elyza’s dark lips.

"The Black Witch shall gain the Blade and rule as Queen laying destruction to the land!"

Elyza laughed outloud, her voice low and raspy, causing the laugh to sound surprisingly like a cackle that twisted and bounced off the inner cracked walls of the hollowed out log. ~Oh yes..~ she murmered. ~The black witch WILL gain this “blade” and rule as Queen… Lucien and that bitch Moridanu wont know what hit them..~

She crawled out of the log and stepped hesitantly out into full view of whatever it was that was making this bold of a prophecy. Elyza had questions and she wanted them answered, preferably now. It was with some surprise however that she noticed two things straight away. The first was that the creature that seemed responsible for such an outburst was none other than Aridawn, Elethaires brother. The other thing that surprised her enough to be bothered to arch a slender dark brow, was the fact that he was in fact sprawled out on the earth in front of her, seemingly unconscious.

Taking the time to quickly scan the dark forest around her for any sign of whatever it was that might of caused Aridawn to collapse like this, Elyza stood with her back completely rigid. She did not move. Did not breathe. All she did was look around her and listen to the forest. Somewhere, high above her she heard the sound of beating wings.

The cogs within her dark and crazy mind quickly spun into overdrive as she played a mental game of connect the dots. The appearance of Elethaire.. the smoke signal of the crow in the sky.. the strange prophecy.. the revelation of this “weapon” and now.. the appearance of Aridawn.. collapsed.. and the sound of beating wings overhead… Moridanus beloved Crowe perhaps? Glancing up at the dark sky above her, Elyza bit her bottom lip hard enough to draw blood as she started to pace. Moridanu was up to something, that much was obvious. That bitch couldn’t move around Morthika without creating some kind of cosmic energy force thingy that always seemed to find its way to Elyza. But this time.. it seemed different. As though perhaps this time, the fates didn’t necessarily have Moridanus back this time. THIS time.. she was sure, it was time for Elyza.. the black witch as she had been called.


Throwing back her head and letting out a long, low cackle; she glanced back down at Aridawn and moved closer to him. Kicking him hard in the ribs with one boot clad foot she snarled ~Hey Elf.. I asked for home delivery to Discord, not me.. ~ she kicked him again, checking if there was still life in him. ~Still.. if you want to be eaten so desperately that you appear literally at my feet, I guess she will just have to understand.~ She kicked him once more before crouching down beside him, hitching up the bottom of her dark leather coat. Reaching out with one hand, Elyza tried to roll Aridawn over to see if he was still alive. *

[Elethaire]

Aridawn snapped out of his dream state when he received two very quick and violent kick to the ribs, he groaned in pain and stared up at Elyza, his mouth became bitter as he realised what had happened, what he had done and what would become of it. Of all the times the gods above decided to grant him a prophesy in front of his sworn enemy

"Did you kill my brother!?"

He groaned again as he lifted himself of the ground and moved out of the way to stare at Elyza. His eyes began to glow once again in anger, it was true, he was an elf, he had trained with Elethaire, but Aridawn was no warrior, even as a mage his powers were nothing special, immediately facing Elyza, Aridawn knew his error, the error that would properly cost his life. He should have spoken with Moridanu, got a force together, or something… now he would be savaged by this woman, like his brother was. Aridawn made a mental note; he would kill himself long before the witch got a chance

"Where's Elethaire!?"

He screamed loudly, pulling out a small dagger he used to cut herbs with. He swung it in front of his body, trying to slash Elyza as he lunged forward.

[Elyza]

*Her dark eyes flickered down to the rather small blade which Aridawn produced and actually lunged at her with, attempting to slash her, but failing miserably. Side stepping his attack easily, she laughed and placed one hand on her slender hip.

~You’ve got to be fucking joking! You think that pathetic little blade will help you now elf?~ She waved her free hand, a dark poisonous gas escaping from between her fingers with a telltale hissing noise. The gas was a small gift from an Albortrew Goblin who she had taken pity on and defended against a rather large and particularly ugly ogre back in the day when there was still a part of her black heart that could be bothered to care about others, even if it was only for a few moments. The Goblin had muttered a few words, there had been some lightning and thunder, and then an excruciating pain had invaded her hands. Several hours later, once both the Goblin and the pain were gone, she had flexed her fingers, only to find this strange dark gas coming out from between her fingers. After killing an owl, two squirrels and a human knight who had been riding past at the time, Elyza gradually worked out how to use her dark gift. Laughing at the memory, she tossed her long dark curls over one shoulder as her chocolate brown gaze focused on Aridawn.

As the dark gas reached the elf, it quickly ate the small metal blade he held like acid before focusing its efforts on him. Although Aridawn tried to move back in time, the gas quickly had him surrounded, eating away at his clothes and hair until he was standing naked and bald in front of her. She could of let the gas finish the job, as she had with countless victims before, but the sadist in her wanted to have all the fun herself.

Lifting one hand into the air she called out ~Albortewal!~~ and splayed her fingers apart, allowing the dark gas to return to her hands as she stood there, looking with great disgust at his naked form. Glancing down at what she assumed passed as his manhood, Elyza snarled

~I see that just because you and Elethaire are brothers, doesn’t mean that you share the same… measurements..~ she snickered. ~No, he is definitely more of a man than you will ever be. He also isn’t dead.. yet.. though he will be soon. ~She moved closer to him, until she was standing right in front of him. Opening up her dark lips until they were a perfect O, she blew on him, a cold and slightly stale breath that would freeze his body and make him incapable of moving or talking. It was just the way she wanted him as Elyza wanted to take her time – this was something she was going to enjoy.

~You don’t need to worry about your brother elf… I wont be killing him for a while yet. Ive got.. plans for him. You on the other hand, are nothing to me or anyone else, and I will now take great joy in killing you little one…. If only Discord were here to help me.. ah well, I think I can remember how to do this..~ she laughed again, an insane cackle, as she reached up with one hand to slap at his face, scratching and tearing at his skin with her long dark nails. Once she had a place to start, it was easier to tear his skin off in long, bloody pieces. Blood, tissue, muscle and finally bones became visible as she took great delight in slowly tearing the skin from his body. She watched his eyes closely, taking great delight in the pain, fear and hopelessness that she saw in his eyes. His lips were frozen, as was the rest of him, and once the last piece of skin was removed, she stood back to admire her handiwork.
~Ahhhhh yes, that shall do nicely. ~scooping up his pieces of skin, she folded them down and shoved them into the deep pocket of her leather jacket. ~This will come in handy.. plus Im sure Elethaire will get a kick out of “trying on your skin.” ~ She laughed again as she stood there looking at him.

~What to do with you? You’re losing enough blood now that you will be dead in less than an hour anyways, so I could just leave you to suffer and let the forest animals have a feed…~ she glanced around into the dark forest, smiling at the hundreds of pairs of eyes that she saw watching her back. ~ But… Im hungry myself, so.. fuck them! They can have my crumbs..~ and with that, she flew at Aridawn, knocking him over backwards as she eagerly ripped up his muscles, heart and any kind of meaty substance she could find. Her sharp teeth tore through the gore, spraying blood and pieces of flesh everywhere as she devoured him. As she bit into his heart, and the blood spurted into her eye, she laughed as she wiped her eye clean and looked up at the sky above her. She could still hear beating wings, and they seemed to be closer.

Glancing back down at Aridawns lifeless, bloody corpse, she smiled and wiped her face clean of most of the gore and blood. Climbing to her feet, she stood over the body and spat on it. ~Fuck you Aridawn and your idiot of a brother. Once I have done the same to him, the two of you can burn in the deepest pit of hell… Ive got a few friends there already, so do say hi for me wont ya?~

With one last insane cackle, Elyza muttered ~Time to find that weapon now..~ as she zipped her jacket up and disappeared into a thick grove of trees. As soon as her back was turned, the forest animals all moved in on Aridawn, eating whatever Elyza had left. If the body was left alone for another couple of hours, the carcass would be picked clean down to the bones. *

[Catrux]

Finally, Sehkem had been able to pin-point where the voices were comming from. He tucked in his wings and dove, the wind whipped his braids and chains back leaving them to flap behind his head. At the last possible moment, Sehkem turned over and landed. The bottom of his coat swung to meet the back of his legs as he landed in a crouched position.

He could not miss Aridawn's now lifeless body, he had gotten there just in time to save it from the creatures of the forest. I cannot let his body be defiled any further, it must be protected untill it can be delt with properly

Sehkem placed an enchantment on Aridawn's body to protect if from any harm, untill he had the ability to deal with it himself.

"You that have slain this elf, show thy self so that I may return the deed!" Sehkem shouted at quite possibly nothing, or at least the animals in the forest. Then a rustling caught his attention, he prayed it was the one who murdered Aridawn, soon he would find out.

[Rafia Ragazzo]

Aridawn hissed in pain as the gas began to eat away at his clothes and skin, he closed his eyes began to chant softly to himself, when he opened them it was all but over, he knew that he was going to die, painfully and horribly. His strength was leaving his body with each beating; he couldn't move, couldn't cry out, he couldn't even curse the wretched creature in front of him, he opened his mouth and managed to croak

"You'll burn for the things you've done Elyza, Moridanu will end you…"

He said with a final grin, for a split second he managed to look full of dignity before he fell to the ground being torn apart by Elyza, There was still life in his dwindled body, still magic and strength, with the last ounce of everything he had he used to his magic's and his powers, he sent a message to Moridanu, a message of everything that had happened, how he died, the prophesy, the blade and Elethaire, he felt himself slip away into death, never to look upon the soft blue sky again.

The Animals gathered around Aridawn, but not to feast, to inspect and whisper to each other, the whispers could continue throughout the forest until the guardian of the realm would hear the news. Oona Ondessa would not be happy that there were strangers in her forest maiming and killing.

Rafia crossed through the Forest, his whip was wrapped around his arm and wrist, he had walked around the Valley rather then plunge through it when he had heard all the commotion. Rafia peered through the Bushes, his keen cat senses could smell and taste everything on the wind, he held his stomach, a winged man was standing over the body obviously enraged

"Whomever you're speaking to is gone, probably by magic's as I can smell anything apart from you and him…"

He said pointing at the ravaged corpse, Rafia sniffed the air again and shook his head, with wicked black claws he combed a strand of dark hair away from his piercing yellow gaze

"Who are you?"

He asked blandly with a slight hiss.

[Catrux]

When the man emerged from the tree's, Sehkem was ready to gut him on the spot. He was at first skeptical of the man's words, then decided it most likely was not him that killed Aridawn, he had no blood on him.

"I am Sehkem, and who might you be?" he replied, not in an entirely friendly way. The man should understand after all, he had been just too late to save Aridawn. As Sehkem looked intently at the man, still deciding whether to attack him or believe him. Slowly, a thought made it self known to Sehkem, immediately Sehkem voiced it "So you have a keen sense of smell ey? Then would you be able to identify any sent on the corpse that does not belong to it?" Sehkem's face softened, realizing that the more hostile he seemed the less likely this man would be to help him.

[Rafia Ragazzo]

Rafia purred quietly as he examined the mess that was previously an elven body, he sniffed the air once again as if trying to pin point his location

"My name is Rafia Ragazzo; I'm searching for a weapon that used to belong to my brother"

He said quietly, immediately missing his Gnome friend, Rafia shrugged his shoulders as Sehkem asked him if he was able to identify a scent on the corpse that didn't belong. Closing his eyes Rafia crouched animalistic near the Corpse, he sniffed the air picking up hundreds of different smells most he had never smelt before

"A woman maybe… or a demon… poison…. Maybe a troll… and there's definitely magic in the air"

He said standing up and turning to face the Sehkem

"Sorry I can't be of more use to you; this person was no ordinary human of that I can be sure"

He said simply, his eyes scanned his surroundings; Rafia was handsome, in an odd kind of way. His pale skin clashed against his dark hair and savagely yellow feline eyes. His long pointed ears had tufts of fur on the end of each. He raised a clawed hand to scratch his scalp

"She's long gone though, her scent just ends, what do you think she wanted?"

He asked with a raised brow, if this Sehkem could help Rafia get the Phoenix blade all his dreams would come true, but what if this woman got the blade first. He would not… could not let that happen.

"If I help you track this woman down will you help me find my missing weapon?"

Rafia asked, his head tilting.

[Elyza]

(( RP session between Camus and Elyza))


The Forest was alive with activity that night, the trees stirred and whipped, something unusual was happening. Warning bells were tolling all over the place, Squirrels ran through the trees, wolves and Foxes darted between them, all going to the Center of the Valley, all brining the same warning message. Camus the Faun and Oona Ondessa' protégé listened intently, he whimpered to himself terrified, he clutched his little friend tightly in his arms, the small plant creature resembled a single venus fly trap with small black eyes. There was a large animals whimper in the distance, Camus jumped. He kissed his little friend on the head and sat the pot he lived in on the forest floor

"Wait here, I'll be right back"

He whispered quietly before clip clopping away.



* As she moved deeper into the woods, Elyza was aware of a presence around her. All around her it seemed, noises boomed in and out of existance. Once, eerily silent but soon loud enough to cause her to wince. The sound of animals, of the wind in the trees, of a strange dull humming.. yes.. she tilted her head slightly as she stood still listening. She could hear humming.. it was closer, calling her. Moving quickly now, she brushed through the dense debris until she came to a clearing on the forest floor. There, in the middle was a strange looking plant in a pot plant. Her first thought was that it must belong to someone, and she stood still as her dark gaze peered carefully into the forest around her. After satisfying herself that she was indeed, she walked over to the potted plant and picked it up. Peering at it closely, she asked ~ What the hell are you?~ *



The Tiny creature did nothing but stare up at Elyza fearfully, it managed to snap out at her fingers before drawing back and whimpering softy. Camus was patting a small wolf cub, he had forgotten the way to The Valley and the Manor, Camus whispered to a nearby owl that took the Cub unusual gently in his large talons and flew off towards the Valley. Camus heard a soft noise on the wind, it was Melm crying. Camus began to rush to the spot he had left his friend. Crashing through the trees he stopped abruptly when he noticed the woman holding his friends

"Who are you and what are you doing in the forest? give him to me!"

Camus said taking a step closer and putting his hands out in front of him, but he was taken aback by the dark energy that radiated from his woman, she was evil, pure evil, the forest around her shrank and burnt from her presence, Camus knew magic, a great deal of magic, but nothing that could stop this woman.

"Give him to me"

He whispered once again.



*She drew back slightly as the odd looking plant lashed out at her with whatever small power it held, and she felt a strange sense of admiration for such a little plant. ~Woah..~ she murmered just as a faun came crashing through the forest and demanded to know who she was and what she was doing. Arching a slender dark brow, Elyza perched one hand on her cocked hip as she shot the faun a look. ~And who the fuck are you to be asking me such questions Faun?~ she looked down at the plant she held in her hand as the faun told her to hand "him" over. ~So this thing is a male then? What the hell is it anyways? If we smoke it will we get hiiiiiiiiiiiigh?~ She giggled insanely as she began to throw the pot plant up in the air, catching it with both hands, before she threw it up again. ~If you ask nicely I might show you my juggling act.. always kills at birthday parties..~ she trailed off, suprised by her comment. It had been eons since she had attended a party of any sort, and the brief scrape with humanity that the memory brought caused her to shudder all over, almost dropping the pot plant before she managed to catch it in one hand. Standing still now, she held the plant in one hand as she watched the Faun closely. It was clearly a local, given its earlier outcry that she dare be in the forest.. perhaps he could be useful. ~How bad you want this guy back then huh?~ she asked, bouncing it lightly on her palm. *



Camus cringed as the demon woman began to throw his little friend into the air, he stomped one hoof against the dirt with a surprisingly thud

"Please don't do that, put him down, he wont hurt you!"

He pleaded loudly ignoring all the questions Elyza had asked. Camus peered through the darkness, his wide eyes widened as he realised who was standing before him, Elyza… Camus had been friends with Elethaire years ago, he had known the woman she was little more than that. A Woman, a fiancée, Elethaire's only love.

"Elyza?"

Camus said, he stepped several steps closer, his eyes wide, hi brows lifted. He had heard the tales of Elyza, how she had left, been consumed by the dark arts, turned into an unnatural creature and now lay by Lucien's side. But he had never felt her… He shivered to himself

"It's me Elyza… don't you remember?"

He said timidly.



*She snarled as the Faun dared to call her by her name, her dark eyes flashing as she glared at him. ~ Why the fuck should I remember a pathetic creature like you? The only faun Ive ever had the misfortune of knowing was a little creep called Canapy or something like that.. friend of an elf I intend to enjoy eating very much... ~she trailed off as she peered at the faun. ~Oh, so thats you then? Caliediscope or whatever your name was..yeah .. I remember.. Elethaire thought you were rather charming. Stupid idiot..~ she spat on the ground beside her as her already dark eyes darkened. It seemed as though all of the nearby wind had been sucked out of the forest by a large vaccuum as everything around them seemed eerily silent. A great deal of energy was being drawn by the forest, and Elyza suprised even herself by the amount of power that she was able to raise. She snarled at the Faun as she moved closer to him. ~Yes I remember you little one.. how about a hug for an old friend?~*



Camus face cringed in disgust and he took several steps away from the horrible creature

"I wouldn't touch you if my life depended on it…"

He realised what he was saying and trailed off, Elyza was about to eat Elethaire? It wasn't possible, Elethaire would never allow himself to be trapped by the horrible witch, he prayed softly to himself over and over again in his mind 'Oona, Oona, Oona, Oona, Oona…' But it would take too long for the message to be sent to her and then arrive in time. Camus has to make some time, she knew where Elethaire was and if he was hurt he needed help

"What have you done to him witch… where is he?"

He asked loudly, his dark emerald eyes bright in the darkness, Camus began to invoke the air and wind around him, he stretched out his hands and began to blow his friend away from Elyza and back into her hands, that is if Elyza didn't resist and was holding onto the pot to tightly.




*As she had already tapped into the vast amount of energy within the forest that had been generated by the element of air, Camus did not have much left to work with, and it was clear in the ineffective way that the wind blew gently against her hands. Laughing scornfully she spat ~Oooh stop please big bad Faun! Youre scaring me with your amazing special powers!~ Feigning mock fear, Elyza watched him carefully, an idea forming in her dark and twisted mind.

~You know your way around this place? If so.. lets make a deal. Im looking for something, something I lost earlier.. you help me find it, you get this plant back..~she bounced it on her palm again taking great delight in the anticipated look of dismay on the Fauns face. ~And, I'll tell you where Elethaire is so that you might go and save him.. imagine.. you would be a hero.~ She smiled sweetly at him, batting her dark lashes in an attempt at looking remotely safe and sweet enough to consider meeting her request. *

[Catrux]

Sehkem pondered the Rafia's proposal, weighing both positive and negative aspects. Should he confer with the others that more or less brought him here? Why did he even feel the need to avenge Aridawn? They had only just met not too long ago. First he would find out why this weapon was of such importance to Rafia.

"Why have you taken such an interest in this weapon? Do not dare to lie to me saying, 'It has sentimental value' for the mere fact that it was your brother's." Sehkem glared at him, showing he was in no mood to play games. "If I feel you are lying to me, I will not help you." Sehkem continued his gaze, if he has not gotten the point by now that it would be unwise to attempt to fool him, the man was a fool.

[Rafia Ragazzo]

Rafia turned his head around to glare at Sehkmen through the darkness, his yellow gaze was chillingly piercing, Rafia stood up slowly, each movement was incredibly graceful

"It has sentimental Value…"

He said plainly, no humour event on his expression but a hint of sarcasm on his lips

"It is a sword, nothing more, what this creature is doing in this forest I know not, if you choose not to help me… I don’t really care, but if you want to see the creature that killed your corpse put to justice, then I have a feeling you'll have to help me…"

Rafia said calmly, he lifted a pale hand up to his scruffy black hair and scratched his head, much like a cat, he licked the back of his hand and began to stroke it across the top of his head lazily.

________

Camus held his breath as he listed to the vileness that seemed to never stop spewing from the creature's mouth

"Oona Oona Oona Oona Oona"

Camus kept repeating in his mind over and over again, but apparently to no avail, Whatever Elyza was searching for it had to be powerful otherwise she wouldn't care, there was no guarantee she wouldn't just kill him as soon as he found it, killing both Camus and Elethaire eventually

"We'll make a pact first… you'll tell me where Elethaire is once you find whatever your looking for"

Camus knelt towards the earth, he reached into a small pouch he wore around his neck and pulled out a tiny dagger, used to cut herbs and weeds, he drew the blade against the palm of his hand, he spat in the blood then lifted a handful of dirt and smeared it into the wound, it was an ancient magically pact, Elyza may be evil and completely insane, but even she would recognise a pact from the earth when she saw one. He lifted his hand out on front of him

"Do it or you'll never find what you're looking for. Not in the Black Moss…"

He said with a shaking terrified voice.