[Continues] Morcrux Campaign: Tale of Two Scales

[Grimoire]

Kane's cheshire smile remained despite her objection to the suggestion.
"Who said anything about guilt?" Kane snaps his fingers, between his fingers is another vial filled with a pink fluid that glowed purple at his touch.
Jibril: "What are you doing"
"You forget, Jibril, I don't ask for permission" Kane said turning to Kor'da. "Kor'da ... grab the girl ... the daughter too."

Kor'da's eyes start to glow and he resisted with a trembling across his body, he grits his teeth until he straighten up and just stares blankly at Kane before saying in a monotone voice: "Yes, Dominus" and Kor'da walks away from the two and Kane snaps his fingers once again to summon two Darklings from two small portals to coil around Jibril's legs to keep her in place. Kane holds her by the chin.

"This is going to happen, question is who is more important to you?" Kane proposed, "Will you endure the show as your beloved husband violates another woman? Or must i turn him upon her daughter? Teenagers make child rearing harder but i can get more mileage out of her than the mother. Better yet, why not go ahead and do the both of them? The more the merrier!"

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril that depends do you still want the crystal in one piece or a broken one even tho it will kill me if i break the deal i won't let you have it if you continue this

 

[Grimoire]

Kane taps the bottom of his chin, thinking on it.
"I see, i see. That would make things a bit complicated, wouldn't it?" Kane says, smile still remaining as he laughed. "Don't be foolish, there are always other ways to gain necromancy magic. Even if you think you can destroy the relic, I can always have your husband deliver it to me without the sass and reluctance. I think i will take my chances."

Karlya and Karin return with Kor'da standing behind them. Karlya and Karin aren't aware that Jibril is held in place by spectral forces and a Dark God stands before them. Karlya is visibly curious when Jibril talked to herself.

Karlya: "You wanted to see us? Kor'da was thinking you had an new idea about us getting into New Canaan?"
Karin: "He said I could even help!"
Kane to Jibril's ear and hands planted firmly on her shoulders: "Souls are valuable currency, everything has a steep price, you know that. I've been patient and if must wait longer, so be it. You can always back out of the deal, no strings attached but you forfeit any chance of Kor'da getting his soul back. Endure the sight of one or the other get ravaged by your bullish husband, both of you return to normal and Kor'da gets his soul back. Karlya or Karin, or both, will live with the fact a miracle pregnancy will no doubt give live birth to a clutch of strong children. With this vial, you can save them from remembering this. A powerful potion such as this might be strong enough to wipe away both of their memories, it may not. Is it worth the risk? Then you can decide whether or not it is still worth destroying Maru's Orb in some vain attempt to disobey me and Kor'da will live on without his wife and unborn children inside you. He will no doubt be distraught enough to claim his own life and abandon his children. A sacrifice i'm willing to make. The choice ... is yours."

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril that's an obvious choice will back out of the deal i won't let you have them and i'll find a way to save kor'dar soul as well so stop this now

 

[Grimoire]

There was a swish of air blowing across Jibril's shoulder. Kane vanished in a heap of smoke as a large object flies through him and strikes Kor'da in the chest startling Karlya and Karin. Kor'da looks at the spear that had been chucked at him and sees that it pierced his metallic scales shocking him from his trance. Kor'da removes the spearhead from his chewst and felt his chest, it wasn't deep, thank goodness. Kane reappears before Jibril with a scornful look on his face as someone interupted their meeting: Tar'lak!

Tar'lak held his bow up with the bowstring drawn aiming for Kane, he yells at Karlya and Karin: "You two, RUN!!"

Karyla and Karin looked at Kor'da and they bolted away from them. Kor'da shakes his head trying to remember what happen and sees Kane standing before him with Jibril being held against her will by the Darklings. Tar'lak aims his bow back at Kor'da when he tried to move: "You stay there!" Kor'da complies despite him having the advantage defensively.

Tar'lak snarls at Kane: "You deceitful demon, how dare you force them into this!"
Kane growls at Tar'lak: "You're making a very big mistake, Tar'lak"
Tar'lak: "I heard everything. You won't get away with this"
Kane: "Do you really want to make an enemy of me?"
Tar'lak: "You won't have your way, Kane. I'll break the Orb before it ever gets into your clutches, even if it means killing Kor'da and taking the boys back to my clan. We're prepared to care for them than leaving them in the care of a monster like you!"
Kane: "And doom them to a fate worse than death?"
Tar'lak: "Rather die free than live a slave"

Tar'lak and Kane share glares before Kane's frown turns to a bright toothy smile. He points to Tar'lak: "I knew there was a reason i liked you."
"What are you doing?" Tar'lak says as Kane walks on over to Kor'da.
Kane: "I had my fun. I was hoping that my plan would work but it seems that neither one of you is willing to take that one last step. So i think I will try another pair that will benefit my plans to create an new Eden."

Kane opens his mouth and breaths into his hands to form a large ball of white essence and it wisps coldly like a plume of white smoke glowing at his command. Kane reaches towards Kor'da and the Life Essence returns to his body and Kor'da begins shape shifting back to his normal green tinted Lizardman body, snout and all. Kor'da looks to himself and remarks how glad he was to return to his normal form once more and feel the pulse of his heart beating with fervent glee to have his soul back inside his body. Tar'lak retracts his bowstring and continues to glare at Kane's remarkably generous gesture. Kane turns around to face Jibril and snaps his fingers to recall the Darklings and releasing her from her shackles.

"Oh well, enjoy your new lease on life you two" Kane says pointing to Tar'lak, "But i will want you promise me that you will reconsider our deal about us having the Hollows and Jibril ... i expect that Orb to come back in one piece with a nice pretty bow on top of it as a thank you for giving back your husband's soul. If he does make another foolish mistake, be sure to knock him senseless for me and no that is not a suggestion ... it amuses me watching two lovers."

Kane waves and disappears.

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril what a fucking dick that ass whole was she look to tar'lak and thank him for the help he did

 

[Grimoire]

Tar'lak lets out a deep sigh and he felt his own chest.
"Not gonna lie, I thought i was gonna die" Tar'lak breathed, trying to calm his heart down.
"How can you see him?" Kor'da asked, approaching Tar'lak. "I thought only we could see him, unless-"
"I too made a deal with him, or was any way" Tar'lak answered, "Now that i know his trickery, I doubt i will consider any deal before making certain guarantees highly in my favor. Make no mistake, he will be on to us after this, no God or Devil gives away essence that easily without some other plan."
"Damn it" Kor'da barks, "Who knows what he will have in store for us!"
"Be vigilant" Tar'lak command, "You were too eager to please him and too foolish, rouge claw, temper your ignorance before it gets both of you killed."
"Tar'lak, thank you" Jibril says.
"Consider it an apology for attacking you" Tar'lak replied, "I had no idea what kind of demon Kane really is"

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril isn't there another that could equal him in power i don't want to keep helping him since he isn't that trust worthy

 

[Grimoire]

"I know no one, i know very little about him to even consider how strong he is" Tar'lak answered, "I'm new to your surface dwellers outside the swamplands"
"We should ask Draco" Kor'da replied, "If anyone could make a better comparison or provide us with better insight, it would be him"
"Trust the dragonborn?" Tar'lak scoffed, "He is with the Canaanites"
"But he did save us and the others, he can't be as bad as Kane is" Jibril stated, "It couldn't hurt to ask"

Jibril, Kor'da and Tar'lak searched out Draco who was by the lake getting his scales washed and lathered up without his chain mail and armor plates. He sat on a stone on the shore and uses a bucket to rinse himself off with his gear piled up in the grass behind him. The trio approached him but try to ignore his enormous draconian cock dangling against the stone using the soap bar to stroke himself. He turned his head as they shuffled behind him, he stops cleaning himself and sat there facing away from them.

"Mind telling me why you're bothering me?" Draco answered, "Rather not be disturbed when i'm bathing"

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril do you know anything about kane like lore and history since we don't really know anything about him and how powerful he is

 

[Grimoire]

"Why do you want to know?" Draco asked, non-nonchalantly, continuing to bath as it seems they're not budging on the matter.
"It would help to know who we're trusting since we're heading into unknown territory" Tar'lak answered, Draco looked to Tar'lak.
"Oh, right, i forgot that you two are not from the northern region. I suppose there's no harm in telling you" Draco says, lathering up his large tail behind him using his big wooden brush.

Everyone sat down to make themselves comfortable as Draco tells them what he knows about Kane.

"About two years ago, Daedran's Wrath was under Fjornia control. Shurifon was still reeling from the previous year's war with Fjornia, East and West Ordos Kingdoms were engaged in talks, Riften was still bustling. If you ask around long enough, the name of Canaan Scarletta will be a mystery to them. Nobody actually know anything about him or where he came from before arriving in Morcrux save for the very few people that actually knows who or what he is. I know more of him than his other compatriots, as sad as his tales are of his previous life, he is a troubled man. There is a woman in his life that he has a fondness for named Ophelia, a Nephilim. She is smitten with him and he for her. To go as far as killing any one in his way to save her from paladins of the church, if that isn't true love, i don't know what is. Still, he has a weakness for sex and violence. After settling in Scarlet Rose and we named the country after him, Apostles from another empire across the seas came to aid Fjornia in their conquest of Norm. Kane is very desperate in making New Canaan survive the war and prevent Fjornia from winning so he must make difficult decisions that may not be for the faint of heart. Many people died in order for New Canaan to become what it is now, I don't regret it and neither do the others.

Then one day a single Apostle named Riviera, came to challenge Kane; it was like watching two gods battling one another. But in the end Kane was victorious and managed to secure the Apostle's loyalty. Riviera the Witchblade now serves him with absolute devotion, I'd so far as to say she is infatuated with him. I'm told Apostles are impossible to defeat in combat, demi-gods of the God-King of Syracuse born and bred to be the servants of his will. For Kane to be able to defeat one so easily, I can only imagine how much power he wields when he truly deems it necessary."

Draco stops lathering his tail, he thinks for a moment.

"I've only seen it once. But i must ask: why do you really want to know?"

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril because we don't trust him or anything he say and the thing you say about him enjoying sex and violence show that he can't be trust worthy also why is he trying so hard to make sure the city doesn't fall against fjornia isn't he strong enough to take them on i feel like there's something more to this than meets the eye

 

[Grimoire]

"What do you mean 'anything he says'?" Draco says perking up when Jibril mentions him. "You've completely lost me"
"Why is he trying so hard to make sure the city doesn't fall against Fjornia, isn't he strong enough to take them on?" Jibril says unknowingly exposing Kane. "I feel like there's something more to this than meets the eye."
"You three better start coming clean to me" Draco says rinsing himself off then turning around and tucking the bucket over his shame. "You three have been keeping me in the dark too long and i want to know right now what is this mess that you've gotten yourselves in. I'm looking at you, Jibril, you said this deal of yours wasn't going to be anymore trouble than it's worth!"
Kor'da: "You told him?!"
Jibril: "And be thrown out because of you making a stupid deal with him?"

Draco now understands, the bickering sealed the deal on the strangeness of their behavior. Draco raised a hand and parts his pencil lips together and blows his finger whistling loudly and there were signal flares shooting up in the skies with black smoke peppering the surrounding skies. It seems Draco is calling the units away from their patrols. Jibril, Kor'da and Tar'lak are alarmed by the suddenness to recall the units. Tar'lak is getting defensive and Kor'da pulls Jibril back while Draco gets his gear together and dresses himself.

"What's going on, Draco" Tar'lak says keeping his hand on his throwing knife.

Draco doesn't say another word as Jaeger squad rushes over with their gear and suited up for combat. Juggernauts are incoming with their weapons drawn and they all surround the trio with Draco in the center with his chassis strapping tightly against his barrel chest. He tightens up his waist belt and his greaves. He stood up, back erect, he looks to the trio and he crossed his arms.

"I'm going to make this very simple for you three. Whatever your intentions are, I can't accept the deception nor tolerate the slandering of a friend" Draco stated, "If you dare speak ill of Kane ..."

All units raised their weapons to them, the trio raised their hands up in the air. "... we will kill you quickly."

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril fine then since the feeling is pretty mutual will be leaving your group then or do we need your permission to leave your majesty she gracefully bow to draco

 

[Grimoire]

"Fuck You"

Bang!

Jibril's vision begins to blur, she felt blood trickling down her eyelid and she felt her forehead with a searing touch. Her body goes limp with the recoil of the gunshot to the head, for whatever reason, she is still consciously aware. Is this what death feels like? The ringing of gunfire as Kor'da and Tar'lak are punctured and perforated with bullet holes and both their bodies collapse beside her pooling their blood together in one bloody mess of gore and gun smoke filling the air.

Why?

Why did this have to happen?

But then something shook Jibril awake. Jibril awakens back inside the back of the Volgan freight wagon with Red-Eye resting next to her. Jibril is wide-eyed and heart racing like a horrifying nightmare! That was one hell of a fucking dream!

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril grabs red-eyes trying to carry him with her to find tar'lak,karlya,and kor'dar hoping to tell them what just happen to her

 

[Grimoire]

It was early morning when Jibril awakens from her realistic nightmare, it seemed so goddamn real to her that she's panicking. She realized that Red-Eye is still asleep and she tries to wake him. "Red! Red! Red, wake up!" Jibril shook, he groggily mumbled. "Fuck it, I'll carry you!" Jibril fireman carries Red-Eye with him on her shoulders and she jumps out of the wagon and finds Karyla and Karin.

But the strangest thing is ... they weren't cooking, in fact, they were leaning up against the wagon stretching their arms and legs with a tin of coffee between them when Jibril comes flying out. "What the bloody hell is going on with you? Did ya forget that man is suppose to be sleeping!" Karlya lectured, Jibril rushed up to her frantically.
"Karlya, I need you two to meet me on the other side of the road away from the caravan."

Karlya stops Jibril from making off with Red-Eye: "Settle down, love, you're looking paler than normal. What's happened?"
"I can't explain it, I need to find Tar'lak and Kor'da!"
"Fine, but leave the man with me, you're gonna hurt him some more" Karlya suggested, Jibril calms down and sets poor Red-Eye on the ground. "Sorry, thank you. I'll be right back!!"

Jibril makes for a sprint for the forest. Shimbala is on her way back in good spirits with Kalisa and Andrews walks towards the caravan with their patrol group sharing a nice drink between them until Jibril stops in front of them. Shimbala is cheerful instead of her exhausted state from her dream. "Jib! Good morning!" Shimbala says with a drunken slur, she squints at Jibril: "Hey, you're not looking too good. Doesn't she look sickly to you two?" Kalisa leans on Shimbala and smiles: "No, she's just going for a walk. Or jog." Shimbala laughs and tells Jibril: "If you're going huntin' watch out for traps, we nearly fell into to a few on our way back, hck!" Shimbala hiccups.

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril ugh right sure no problem aand she just continue to find the kor'dar and tar'lak while ignoring the patrol group

 

[Grimoire]

Jibril sprints and finds that there were no flag posts, she remembers her dream in vivid detail following the path where she had met Tar'lak and finds that he wasn't there. She follows the trial she took and finds that the traps she and Karin had done weren't there but instead different ones took their place in a different arrangement. This is becoming too surreal for her, she keeps searching and finds Tar'lak swinging in a hammock using fishnet pinned to two trees sharpening his dagger while his tail flips and flops while swaying from side to side. Jibril shouts to Tar'lak getting his attention, he is startled by her approach that he drops his whet stone.

"Hey, I don't want any trouble" Tar'lak told her. He still blames himself for attacking her.
"Tar'lak, we need to talk but not here" Jibril stated, "Can you just meet me on the opposite side of the road with Karlya and Karin"
"Why? We're not friends" Tar'lak replied, "Matter fact, since I've met you and Draco. You guys have taken me to some very strange places."
"Tar'lak" Jibril walks over to him and grabs his hand, "Please, i need you to come with me. I wouldn't be asking if it wasn't important"
"Uh ... hm" Tar'lak says, yanking his hand from Jibril. "Fine, I'll go"
"Thank you!" Jibril says as she departs just as quickly as she could and goes to find Kor'da and the boys.

Kor'da is still the crimson cladded monster that Kane made him to be, but he and the boys are down in the lake washing themselves with the fog of the lake smoking above the water. When Jibril weaved her way through the cooking area and the line of refugees lining up to get breakfast, she see the Slaven-Claws. Jibril ran towards them and stops on the shore: "Kor'da!"

Kor'da looks to her then turns his back to her. Seems Kor'da hasn't forgiven her after last night's incident with Kane's deal/ The boys are reluctant to acknowledge Jibril as well but Kak'lin waves at Jibril despite them not saying anything to her.

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril waved back to the boy's when she head to meet kor'dar she tells him she has something important to say to him and that it's urgent and he has to come with her and bring the boy's as well

 

[Grimoire]

Jibril rushed into the water, she waved at Kak'lin before strutting hard against the resistance of the water around her, getting her tunic and breeches all wet. Kor'da shakes his head as Jibril approach them, the boys swim around doggy paddling with their limbs and keeping their snouts just below the water like little crocodiles.

"Jibril, I have nothing to say to you." Kor'da stubbornly looks at her, "I'm not in the mood to fight this morning"
"I need you to come with me" Jibril tells him, pulling at his arm. "It's urgent and bring the boys as well"
"And do what?" Kor'da protests, removing his arm from her. "I'm not going anywhere. Caravan is gonna pack up soon, patrols are coming back. This is the only time we're getting a bath before heading to New Canaan, can you please just let us have a peaceful morning without the rushing around?"
"No!" Jibril protests, "There isn't going to be any trip to New Canaan. Just please, humor me, come with me and meet us at the other side of the field. This is serious!"
"What is wrong with you" Kor'da tells her, "If you leave us alone, we'll finish up here and meet you, okay?"
"Okay, just don't talk to Draco ... or Shimbala" Jibril says, thinking. "In fact, talk to nobody about what you or me did until we meet"
"Uh" Kor'das says, Jibirl swims away quickly leaving him and the boys alarmed by how serious she was.

Jibril runs back to the wagon where she left her stuff and goes through her belongings and finds that everything was there ... everything except the Orb.

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril search the surrounding area and looked for the orb making sure if someone was sneaking around or if the thief is still close by

 

[Grimoire]

Jibril is startled by the missing orb: "Where is it?! Where-"
She frantically searches the wagon, knocking things over and losing her mind. Her nightmare is hitting her hard, everything she remembers was way to detailed and too realistic to be some sort of coincidence. They all talked, had they're personalities, they way they acted, they even did things as if they would have! This is insane!! How can she be killed on the spot and wake up completely fine!!

Jibril grabs her things and quickly shoots out of the wagon with grace then lands on the ground to start searching all the wagons top to bottom looking for the orb. It must be here somewhere! She knocks people to the side in her panic to find the orb and she startles the families trying to have a peaceful morning when Draco grabs Jibril as she bumps into him when he returns to his small camp with a towel draping his shoulders. Jibril is afraid of him.

Draco, warmly: "Jibril, good morning. You feeling all right? You've been scaring the refugees and causing a ruckus. What's wrong?"
He ... he doesn't know? Of course he doesn't. Could he? What if he's in on this?!

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril am looking for something but don't worry i already found it now if you don't mind me i'm going to see karlya now

 

[Grimoire]

"Well? Which is it? Did you lose something or did you find it" Draco asked seeing how fearful she is, he grabs her arm.
"Hands off!" Jibril shouts, yanking her arms away from him. Draco throws up his hands in a surrender.
"Easy, Jibril" Draco very concern about her well being, "You're starting to worry me"
"I'm fine!" Jibril says calming herself down. "I'm just having a really weird morning"

She storms off, Draco doesn't bother pursuing her after the way she has been acting.

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril calmly walk to the area that she told the other's to meet hoping they will come see her because she really needs an explanation she hopes that it doesn't have to do with the orb

 

[Grimoire]

There's a clearing just to the left side of the Silk Road where Jibril witnessed Karlya beat Kor'da with the battle ax. She remembers how delighted she felt when Karlya did that for her, she can't believe all of that was just a dream of hers, she just can't! What happened to them was just too damn real. Kane has to be involved with this, this has to be another one of his fucking tricks! The more she lingers on it the more paranoid she becomes and it scares her beyond belief, she swears she's losing her mind over it.

Karlya and Karin sit under a tree as the morning sun beats down on them and Red-Eye is awake and conscious talk to Karlya holding the channeling symbol she gave him and they hugged with him thanking her for what she's done for him. Karin and Jimmy were talking by the tent he had setup near them as he cooked a small breakfast in a pan and gives everyone a small portion of his scrambled eggs and a few broken pieces of bread and purified water sitting in some tins they drink from. Kor'da comes walking over with Sim'one in his arms and Kak'lin still wet from their swim in the lake, Jimmy offer them some breakfast, cracking some eggs her had stashed away in his belongings, most likely stolen from the looks of them ... among other things like the crockpots and some bags of rice. When everyone was together, Tar'lak was seen approaching with his spear and bag with his hammock slung over his shoulder.

Tar'lak: "Mind telling me what this is all about?"
Jimmy: "Really? I thought you guys were just happy to see me"
Karlya: "We appreciate the food, Jimmy, really. Thanks"
Karin: "This morning was nice. It's nice and cool out here."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Jibril is nervous about this: "I had a very vivid dream"
Everyone looked to her a bit bothered she brought them all together over a dream.
"Are you serious?" Kor'da asked, "You get this upset over a dream?"
"Yeah, we have them all the time, sweetheart" Karlya said, "Especially since the horde came a runnin' just yesterday. Surprise more of ya didn't lose some sleep of it"

Red-Eye gets up off the ground and approached Jibril and hugs her.

"Thanks by the way" Red-Eye says, "I wasn't sure what was gonna happen to me"

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril explain the beginning of the dream or life she had then the middle where she heard the new of new canaan city on how they close the door to refugee and how she was gonna help everyone in this group then the end where she told kor'dar about how she didn't sell her sold and kane trying to force kor'dar to rape karlya and her daughter if it wasn't for tar'lak for stopping him before he does something he regret then they went to talk to draco about the history and lore about kane then i tell them how i didn't trust kane and draco got mad and killed me,tar'lak,and kor'dar by summoning his gun squad she didn't leave any detail out about what happen

 

[Grimoire]

Everyone is stunned silent by the deafening sound of Jibril's dream. Karlya looked to Kor'da and he to her. Karin coiled up beside her mom when they pulled away from Kor'da. Jimmy is jawdropped by the revealtion of this bit of news and he just goes: "Whoa" then Sim'one and Kak'lin looked up to their dad wondering what was Jibril talking about when she said "rape" to which Kor'da is mute and unable to unravel what sort of fucked up dream Jibril had. Everyone is visibly upset by this and everyone just glares at her and shouting at her. None of which seems to get to Jibril as they torrent all of their comments and hurling insults at her for saying such things about them. She felt extremely embarrassed and so small by the wave of harsh criticisms she had received. Red-Eye stood by her: "Ya'll need to shut the fuck up!!"

Everyone goes quiet when Red-Eye snaps hard on them that the ground around them shook and his eyes flare up with a red glow: "This woman saved my fucking ass and she did the same of all of you ungrateful assholes! Show her some fucking respect, man!" Red-Eye puts his hands on her shoulder, "I got your back, Jib."

"I'm telling you, something is very wrong here" Jibril says nodding to Red-Eye thanking him, "I'm losing my mind over this, everything was so real. I even know things none of you have every told me! I did i know Kak'lin loves chocolate and Sim'one love puzzles? How did i know Karlya would rather be living at sea than be on land? How did I know Jimmy overhear about Blackgate and Helm's Deep? What about the things i heard about Kane that Draco told me about? Does none of this seem strange to any of you?!"

Everyone was a perplexed by this as she was. Karlya scratches her head trying to make head or tails of this.

Karlya: "And what is this dream telling you, eh? Do ya even know why it happened?"
Jibril: "I don't know! All of it just started getting worse and worse the more i think about it."
Kor'da: "What about Kane?"
Jibril: "I wish i knew where he fits into all of this, i really REALLY do! But this is really scaring me, these Canaanites killed me, you and Tar'lak when they discovered our deal."
Kor'da wraps his arms around Jibril when she starts crying.

Everyone has guilt written on their faces as they figure out what this all means. Then Kak'lin tugs on his dad's loincloth and pulls his attention down to him.

Kak'lin: "Dad, can i play with the ball again?"
Kor'da: "No, son, I don't want you playing around with that cursed thing"
Karlya: "Ball? What ball?"
Karin: "Yeah, i saw him playing with a weird orb. Now that i think about it ... wasn't it the same-"
Red-Eye: "Wait, orb? You guys talking about that Reliquary?"

Everyone turned to Red-Eye when he says something about the orb. Jibril stared at him, Kor'da too.

"What did you say?" Jibril asked.
"Reliquary, you know, a holy relic" Red-Eye stated plainly.
"You know what it is?" Karlya said getting off the ground to approach him.
"Yeah" Red-Eye replied as everyone crowded around him, making him nervous.
"Red, please tell me" Jibril said wiping her tears away from her face. "What is it?"

"Well, after you and Kor'da had your fight and came over to my place" Red-Eye explained, "I let you sleep in the bed while i stayed up all night messing around with my gear and saw the orb sitting in your bag. I thought, 'Man, this is a real fucking piece of treasure!' and because you were upset i was gonna enchant the thing to store some magic for you! So i put all the excess Mana i had into the orb to burn away everything i had stored up over the last few days before my body started to go limp on me. When you woke up and started getting yourself together and we got out to pack up our things for the trip on over here to Lake Mare, i started feeling really sick, man! I told Marcon i wasn't feeling too good to help with the cooking and stuff and went to go take a nice little rest in the back of the wagon while everyone was on patrol. I had my sand on me and took a waft and feel pretty shitty and took some more and drank. I got worse and then had to make a stop by my portal and realized that we were on the go. So i hide behind the cargo we were moving and made a seal to open up the portal on the flatbed, I poked inside to get my Angel Dust to calm my nerves and then ... nothing!

I found myself outside the portal wedged between the crates and they squished me like a Grestle between two walls of stone! I tried screaming for help and everything was going black, i passed out too many times thinking i was gonna die! Then you found me and you and Karlya saved my ass! I freaked out and then when i woke up, you were tossing and turning so bad i got up and tried to stretch my legs a bit and fell back to sleep. I still feel like crap though, like i can't ..."

Red-Eye collapses as he falls to his knees and starts heaving. He vomits on the ground.

 

[sora21345]

"Jibril pat's red-eye's back softly once you finish vomiting i need you to tell me more about that crystal ball it could be important and useful against kane himself