Elder Scrolls: Interregnum Chapter 4 (Started, Open)

[Ruedyn]

Joncis got up and tends Iloden, ''Don't die on us, Endya would be pissed, or ecstatic- I don't know with her.''he said, casting a healing spell over Iloden's chest.'' what happened here?!'' he spoke up to Yukov.

Yukov put his hand on Joncis shoulder as Lloden sprinted out, "He has a link with Mora, I can feel it. Keep an eye on him, and if needed a blade at his neck." as he began to stroll out, he scanned the room for Anruin. 'Must've gone to the guild for his goodbyes.'


Anruin had donned his new clothing, a long sleeved tan shirt and a leather cuirass with black pants and leather boots. He said his goodbyes to Avik and a few other friends. He began walking out as Yukov came back in.

"Don't trust Lloden."

 

[IFS]

Yukov, sweating slightly, walked into the bar. Hearing Lloden yell he pushed through the crowd surrounding the bar,

"What's going on here?!" he asks no one in particular. Lloden is lying next to a charred body, and is covered in blood. The black blade is on the ground near them both, and as he moves in to inspect it, it is swallowed by a black vortex. He looks around and finds its' hilt back in Llodens sheath. He moves over to Lloden and checks his pulse. There's one there, but it's faint. His face goes pale and he jumps back as a thought is transmitted to him,

'He is mine now.'

Lloden sat up, panting. He felt the stickiness of the blood on his skin and knew what had happened. Joncis' healing washed over him, but his only injury was a cut on his neck. Emotionally, he was falling apart, of course.
"NO!"
He turned to the charred corpse, slumped over it.
Your hand gains yet more innocent blood.
Lloden rose shakily. There was a small crowd gathered around him. He pushed through, and out the door. With quick steps, he went to the port. He drew the cursed sword and threw it as hard as he could out to sea. However, as he turned to go, he felt it's weight return to it's scabbard. He collapsed on the ground and sat, holding back tears for a girl who only wanted vengeance.

Dro'Araaj stood up and followed Lloden to the port, watching as the elf broke down. He walked up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You'll be all right," he said, "its in the past, nothing can change it, so you should accept it and move on."

He doubted Lloden would react well to hearing this, but anger was a step up from depression and Araaj would rather have Lloden angry at him than be angry with himself.

"Come on, this one still owes you a drink, from that time in skyrim," he said, offering a hand to Lloden to help him stand up.

 

[Josh123914]

Joncis got up and tends Iloden, ''Don't die on us, Endya would be pissed, or ecstatic- I don't know with her.''he said, casting a healing spell over Iloden's chest.'' what happened here?!'' he spoke up to Yukov.

Yukov put his hand on Joncis shoulder as Lloden sprinted out, "He has a link with Mora, I can feel it. Keep an eye on him, and if needed a blade at his neck." as he began to stroll out, he scanned the room for Anruin. 'Must've gone to the guild for his goodbyes.'


Anruin had donned his new clothing, a long sleeved tan shirt and a leather cuirass with black pants and leather boots. He said his goodbyes to Avik and a few other friends. He began walking out as Yukov came back in.

"Don't trust Lloden."

''Hermaeus Mora? lord of Memory? well, he's got his work cut out for him'' as anruin whispered in his friend's ear, Joncis interjected ''Don't plan on killing anyone, we both know how well that worked out back in Skingrad, assuming he's part of your guild''
''I just came back from the one of the rooms you booked for the night'' Endya said to Enthir before sitting back down ''Did you check all 3? I don't want to find an assassin hiding under my bed'' he warned back ''No, I didn''t find one, but there were some cushions underneath each bed, probably for kittens or the smaller breeds.'' she said, orderin one more drink of mead ''Very productive day hasn't it? get off ship, snoop around the marketplace for food then spend the rest of the day in an inn?'' Joncis walked past, yawning while overhearing them ''Basically. I'm heading to sleep.'' Endya turned around on her chair to speak back ''Goodnight, oh, and don't touch the tube and rack of salt next to your bedside table, it's actually moon sugar.'' she warned cautiously.

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

Dro'Araaj stood up and followed Lloden to the port, watching as the elf broke down. He walked up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You'll be all right," he said, "its in the past, nothing can change it, so you should accept it and move on."

He doubted Lloden would react well to hearing this, but anger was a step up from depression and Araaj would rather have Lloden angry at him than be angry with himself.

"Come on, this one still owes you a drink, from that time in skyrim," he said, offering a hand to Lloden to help him stand up.

Lloden shook his head slowly.
He remembered it all, now. Every time he had unwillingly murdered someone close to him.
But what was worse, he hadn't been possessed when he killed the woman so long ago. Just angry. Just afraid. And now her sister, unwilling this time but still awful.
He stood slowly, ignoring the hand. "I have to do something first. Even if it only causes more pain and more death. It has to be done." He set off for a courier office.

 

[IFS]

Dro'Araaj stood up and followed Lloden to the port, watching as the elf broke down. He walked up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You'll be all right," he said, "its in the past, nothing can change it, so you should accept it and move on."

He doubted Lloden would react well to hearing this, but anger was a step up from depression and Araaj would rather have Lloden angry at him than be angry with himself.

"Come on, this one still owes you a drink, from that time in skyrim," he said, offering a hand to Lloden to help him stand up.

Lloden shook his head slowly.
He remembered it all, now. Every time he had unwillingly murdered someone close to him.
But what was worse, he hadn't been possessed when he killed the woman so long ago. Just angry. Just afraid. And now her sister, unwilling this time but still awful.
He stood slowly, ignoring the hand. "I have to do something first. Even if it only causes more pain and more death. It has to be done." He set off for a courier office.

Dro'Araaj sighed and followed Lloden, he noticed that Lloden seemed to be heading towards the courier's office, does he have a message to send?

"Do you need a courier? This one knows a very good one," he said.

 

[Ruedyn]

Anruin ignored Joncis and walked towards his room to sleep again. As he lay on his bed, hugging his new silver sword, he thought about Yukovs warning.

'Nobody is innocent here.' he thought to himself grimly.

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

Dro'Araaj sighed and followed Lloden, he noticed that Lloden seemed to be heading towards the courier's office, does he have a message to send?

"Do you need a courier? This one knows a very good one," he said.

"A few." he said shortly. "Mostly out of the province."
Dar Do will find hear about them, I bet. Only so long you can run from someone like her. Lloden was slowly gathering himself back into a whole.

 

[Josh123914]

Anruin ignored Joncis and walked towards his room to sleep again. As he lay on his bed, hugging his new silver sword, he thought about Yukovs warning.

'Nobody is innocent here.' he thought to himself grimly.

Joncis opened the door, then saw Anruin hugging his sword, ''I'll leave you two alone'' he said, creaking the door shut then picking the 2nd room to sleep in. Inside was Astoph, who was asleep with his armor off, he must have just cleaned it, and Vargmir lying on one of the beds ''Sounds like things got very hectic once the bulk of the group left Valenwood'' Vargmir merely grunted in response.

Soon afterwards, Endya and Enthir left as well, ''Keep an eye out when we leave, the last thing we want to be is followed to the sanctuary'' he warned. It would be a long journey, but he was trying to be careful.

 

[Ruedyn]

Anruin woke up from a nightmare, already half forgotten. Something about the orphanage and his skimpies. He looked to his nightstand and looked at the potion Yukov had slipped him as he left. A potion to restore mana to its' drinker.

'This is a dangerous quest, and I don't think I'll be able to go back to the guild after this...' he uncorked it and stared down. He thought the thought of most people about to make a terrible decision.

'Fuck it.' He gulped down.

"Why does it taste like cherries?" he thought out loud before becoming light headed and falling back to sleep. When he woke up again, the sun was barely out. He looked into the mirror in his room,

"Holy- it worked!" He said, noticing his eye color. Back to its' old green. He pointed near his bed and an orb appeared, shining the room in brilliant puple.

"Scampers!" He hugged the daedra before him,

"Eh, what?"

"Hold that thought" another of the spells was cast,

"Mast- oh, it's... yooou." The dark seducers forgetting of his name could wait,

"Big finish." One last one was cast.

"What, Anny, I was in the middle of something important?" Mal asked, covered in blood,

"Yes, my mana has been restored!"

"And why do we-?" An arrant wave of his hand and Scampers and the dark seducer currently speaking went back to their respective planes.

"And why do I remain?"

"Simple really. It's been MONTHS since I really trained with a sword, (without getting my ass kicked) so you'll help me with this."

"'Scampers' as you call him knows how to wield a sword as well."

"Yes but he has a FAR inferior tolerance to pain."

"...What?"

"Yeah, funny thing about my time with Daedra hunters, I don't feel the fear you used to cause me anymore! I'd suggest wearing a helmet for this by the way." Anruin unsheathed the blade, and cut Mal off from summoning his,

"Oh no not that kind of training. I could easily square off against Avik again if I wanted that. No, I need a training dummy."

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

Lloden strode into the courier office. He bought four peices of stationary and couriers to deliver them, just about wiping out all of his money.
He scrawled an apology on each.
One, to Mals' father. He had never forgiven the little lordling who caused his son's death.
Another, to the father of his friend in Dusk. He would have heard of his daughter's death at the hands of a dunmer and be spoiling for some blood.
The last two were for Dar Do. He was tired of hiding from her. One was a decoy, a map to a safehouse in Imperial City. The other, a rough sketch of where the group would be going. He shouldn't know where they were going, obviously. Being a lackey for the demon of knowledge had it's benefits. He sketched it quickly, hardly paying attention to the lines he drew, and made sure not to let Araaj see it. He also made sure to carefully forget what he had drawn. Knowing your own future is very dangerous.
Apologies, all of them. There would be time enough for the others. Two apologies, a trick and a love letter, to be exact. But all were apologetic.
He turned to Araaj.

meow meow

"Let's get that drink now, shall we?"

 

[Josh123914]

It was morning now and Joncis was first up, he put on his clothes and woke up Vargmir and Astoph ''We leave in an hour, c'mon'' he urged. As he left his room he opened the opposite room ''Up, we're leaving after breakfa- ..... what?'' the room had 2 large beds inside, on the left Urgal was getting to his feet tiredly, on the other side Endya was just waking up and Enthir was getting his bag up from the floor ''Don't give me that look, I was hardly going to share wth the Orc!'' Enthir said back ''My husband's dead, and I didn't really care who I'd have to spend the night with, otherwise I'd be asking for a trade'' Endya told him tiredly. ''one hour,'' he said, heading downstairs, Enthir following after.

 

[IFS]

Dro'Araaj yawned and got out of bed, he had slept well, in part due to the lethargic aftereffects of skooma. He went to the market and purchased some fresh pastries, scarfing them down as he walked back to the inn to meet the others. He arrived back at the inn and sat down, pulling out the message from his son that Vasha had given him and began to read it while he waited for the others.

 

[Ruedyn]

It was morning now and Joncis was first up, he put on his clothes and woke up Vargmir and Astoph ''We leave in an hour, c'mon'' he urged. As he left his room he opened the opposite room ''Up, we're leaving after breakfa- ..... what?'' the room had 2 large beds inside, on the left Urgal was getting to his feet tiredly, on the other side Endya was just waking up and Enthir was getting his bag up from the floor ''Don't give me that look, I was hardly going to share wth the Orc!'' Enthir said back ''My husband's dead, and I didn't really care who I'd have to spend the night with, otherwise I'd be asking for a trade'' Endya told him tiredly. ''one hour,'' he said, heading downstairs, Enthir following after.

Anruin emerged from his room, sweaty. He figured Mal would never forgive him, but he didn't care much.

"So, when are we leaving?"

 

[Josh123914]

It was morning now and Joncis was first up, he put on his clothes and woke up Vargmir and Astoph ''We leave in an hour, c'mon'' he urged. As he left his room he opened the opposite room ''Up, we're leaving after breakfa- ..... what?'' the room had 2 large beds inside, on the left Urgal was getting to his feet tiredly, on the other side Endya was just waking up and Enthir was getting his bag up from the floor ''Don't give me that look, I was hardly going to share wth the Orc!'' Enthir said back ''My husband's dead, and I didn't really care who I'd have to spend the night with, otherwise I'd be asking for a trade'' Endya told him tiredly. ''one hour,'' he said, heading downstairs, Enthir following after.

Anruin emerged from his room, sweaty. He figured Mal would never forgive him, but he didn't care much.

"So, when are we leaving?"

''Well once everyone is ready we can go'' he said, biting into a bit of fish. Endya came down the stairs and past the group ''I'm going to the markets, meet me there when you decide to leave'' ''Buy food for us while you're down there for the trip'' Enthir asked, tossing a bag of gold towards her.
''Can I ask you something?'' Joncis asked Dro'araaj and anruin, ''Well, it's less a question, more an order. No going off on your own until this is delivered, no 'odd jobs' and no cave hunting, the last thing we need is a pissed off Daedra or cult after us, and don't even start the 'I'll be careful' crap, I won't buy it.''

 

[IFS]

It was morning now and Joncis was first up, he put on his clothes and woke up Vargmir and Astoph ''We leave in an hour, c'mon'' he urged. As he left his room he opened the opposite room ''Up, we're leaving after breakfa- ..... what?'' the room had 2 large beds inside, on the left Urgal was getting to his feet tiredly, on the other side Endya was just waking up and Enthir was getting his bag up from the floor ''Don't give me that look, I was hardly going to share wth the Orc!'' Enthir said back ''My husband's dead, and I didn't really care who I'd have to spend the night with, otherwise I'd be asking for a trade'' Endya told him tiredly. ''one hour,'' he said, heading downstairs, Enthir following after.

Anruin emerged from his room, sweaty. He figured Mal would never forgive him, but he didn't care much.

"So, when are we leaving?"

''Well once everyone is ready we can go'' he said, biting into a bit of fish. Endya came down the stairs and past the group ''I'm going to the markets, meet me there when you decide to leave'' ''Buy food for us while you're down there for the trip'' Enthir asked, tossing a bag of gold towards her.
''Can I ask you something?'' Joncis asked Dro'araaj and anruin, ''Well, it's less a question, more an order. No going off on your own until this is delivered, no 'odd jobs' and no cave hunting, the last thing we need is a pissed off Daedra or cult after us, and don't even start the 'I'll be careful' crap, I won't buy it.''

Dro'Araaj didn't look up from the letter, though he smiled and responded "When has this one ever been careful?"

He finished reading and turned towards Joncis, a large grin on his face, "Besides, this one doesn't want hunters following him, but that hardly stops them."

 

[Josh123914]

It was morning now and Joncis was first up, he put on his clothes and woke up Vargmir and Astoph ''We leave in an hour, c'mon'' he urged. As he left his room he opened the opposite room ''Up, we're leaving after breakfa- ..... what?'' the room had 2 large beds inside, on the left Urgal was getting to his feet tiredly, on the other side Endya was just waking up and Enthir was getting his bag up from the floor ''Don't give me that look, I was hardly going to share wth the Orc!'' Enthir said back ''My husband's dead, and I didn't really care who I'd have to spend the night with, otherwise I'd be asking for a trade'' Endya told him tiredly. ''one hour,'' he said, heading downstairs, Enthir following after.

Anruin emerged from his room, sweaty. He figured Mal would never forgive him, but he didn't care much.

"So, when are we leaving?"

''Well once everyone is ready we can go'' he said, biting into a bit of fish. Endya came down the stairs and past the group ''I'm going to the markets, meet me there when you decide to leave'' ''Buy food for us while you're down there for the trip'' Enthir asked, tossing a bag of gold towards her.
''Can I ask you something?'' Joncis asked Dro'araaj and anruin, ''Well, it's less a question, more an order. No going off on your own until this is delivered, no 'odd jobs' and no cave hunting, the last thing we need is a pissed off Daedra or cult after us, and don't even start the 'I'll be careful' crap, I won't buy it.''

Dro'Araaj didn't look up from the letter, though he smiled and responded "When has this one ever been careful?"

He finished reading and turned towards Joncis, a large grin on his face, "Besides, this one doesn't want hunters following him, but that hardly stops them."

''It was a word of warning to you, him though...'' he pointed a fishbone at Anruin ''Is who I'll have to keep an eye on, he tried to have the Orc killed on the premise of being an Orc, and I'm betting he's getting ready to stab the Dunmer in the back, assuming he worships Azura like most of them do.'' he said, finishing off the fish and throwing the remains in a bucket. ''combine him with the Orc who loves barfights and the Dunmer who when he isn't killing cultists is killing family members of innocents he also killed,and I wonder why Enthir even brought them. Maybe he had dirt on him or something.''

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

Lloden was standing in the doorway, listening to Joncis impassively.

''...and I'm betting he's getting ready to stab the Dunmer in the back, assuming he worships Azura like most of them do.'' he said, finishing off the fish and throwing the remains in a bucket. ''combine him with the Orc who loves barfights and the Dunmer who when he isn't killing cultists is killing family members of innocents he also killed,and I wonder why Enthir even brought them. Maybe he had dirt on him or something.''

He cleared his throat loudly.
"Are you quite finished? There's a great deal more to this story than any of you know. And if you missed it, she was trying to kill me first."
He strolled in, tired and aching but still angry. He spent the entire night out of the town hunting. He had sold most of the meat in town, bringing him back up to over a hundred gold.
He sat down heavily and called for water.

 

[Josh123914]

Lloden was standing in the doorway, listening to Joncis impassively.

''...and I'm betting he's getting ready to stab the Dunmer in the back, assuming he worships Azura like most of them do.'' he said, finishing off the fish and throwing the remains in a bucket. ''combine him with the Orc who loves barfights and the Dunmer who when he isn't killing cultists is killing family members of innocents he also killed,and I wonder why Enthir even brought them. Maybe he had dirt on him or something.''

He cleared his throat loudly.
"Are you quite finished? There's a great deal more to this story than any of you know. And if you missed it, she was trying to kill me first."
He strolled in, tired and aching but still angry. He spent the entire night out of the town hunting. He had sold most of the meat in town, bringing him back up to over a hundred gold.
He sat down heavily and called for water.

''You're right, I don't know the full story, but what I'm trying to get across here is that the path ahead will be dangerous,'' Joncis said, Enthir butts in''He's right you know, have you ever tried to take on a group of Senche bandits? You can't'' ''that, basically, and what I'm basically saying is not to take any extra jobs while in any other settlements, or try to raid a cultist shrine in our general area'' Joncis finishes.

 

[Ruedyn]

''You're right, I don't know the full story, but what I'm trying to get across here is that the path ahead will be dangerous,'' Joncis said, Enthir butts in''He's right you know, have you ever tried to take on a group of Senche bandits? You can't'' ''that, basically, and what I'm basically saying is not to take any extra jobs while in any other settlements, or try to raid a cultist shrine in our general area'' Joncis finishes.

"Don't worry, I quit the guild. The suffering of others is someone else's problem now. Now can we get back to delivering Skooma or whatever the hell this is so I can see if my old merc unit is still around?"

 

[SamtheDeathclaw]

''You're right, I don't know the full story, but what I'm trying to get across here is that the path ahead will be dangerous,'' Joncis said, Enthir butts in''He's right you know, have you ever tried to take on a group of Senche bandits? You can't'' ''that, basically, and what I'm basically saying is not to take any extra jobs while in any other settlements, or try to raid a cultist shrine in our general area'' Joncis finishes.

He sighed.
Actually, yes. With twice their number and we lost half of our men before the end of it, but yes. I have taken on a group of senche bandits. Lloden mused to himself, sipping the water he was brought.

"Don't worry, I quit the guild. The suffering of others is someone else's problem now. Now can we get back to delivering Skooma or whatever the hell this is so I can see if my old merc unit is still around?"

He raised his eyebrows at Anruin. If he quit the guild, he may not immediately kill me if he finds out. Assuming he hasn't already. Lloden sighed.