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[RedDevil]

@vladase
Mens climbs slowly the stairs to her room. For the first time her mind looks...empty. "Should I or...NO, I just can't think about it!" She turns the light on and sits on a chair wathcing the simple interior. "But why? What makes me not think?". She takes a deep breath: "I don't have any reasons to trust Nemesis...and his arguments are so weak... Yet...why did he ask me this favor?"She starts walking up and down: "There are two possible reasons...He wants to kill me or he has a very strange trust in my powers...Either way there aren't enough arguments...If he wanted to kill me, he would be more careful." She stops, watching the city through the small window: "I can't do anything if I don't have more information...It would be foolish to act without knowing the circumstances. But why am I so keen on helping this stranger?". She closes her eyes and then opens them shaking her head: "I've always known everything about myself...and now...why can't I find an answer to this question? I don't dare to think about it?Oh, yes, I dare to! " Again, she takes a deep breath: "It's revenge, hate, the loss of everything...I feel his torment close to what I was back then...That means I must help him. But not without knowing the truth."
Determined she gets out of her room and goes to Nemesis. She hesitates for  moment...maybe he's sleeping. She knocks at the door and after hearing his voice, enters,  finding him taking a glance outside, just like her in the previous moments. His puzzeled look doesn't impress her and Mens starts talking in a calm, sure voice: "I think I could help you. However I need to have a solid base for my actions. I already know more than you have told me, and I sense that it must be something here...Could you please tell me everything that happened between you and that drow wizard? I really have to understand everything in order to get involved, I am at a point where my intuition can't help me too much. "

[vladase]

@RedDevil
Once i reach my room i throw my self on the bed but i can not sleep.  I sit up and watch the darness outside the tavern's window. The darkness that is my soul. But in that darkness a smal light lits up. What is darkness but the absence of light? It has no power on it's own.My conscience compels me... i even forgot i had one of those. I must tell her the truth.
A knock on the door and i hear Men's voice. As i tell her to enter my room and i hear asking for more information in my mind a battle is fought. But my old ways have won. I shall tell her.
"I have not been completly honest with you from the start. But i didn't lie to much either. The same person that is responsible for my... illness... is the one responsible for the death of my love and the hate that rages deep in my soul. You must have senced that i said "love" not "lover". Because my love is dead, but my lover is still alive. She is the one that gave me my terible curse. She is the one that forced me not to be able to love again , never to be loved by another. And all of this to get to a gem. A piece of rock that is worth more for her then my imortal soul. Through all my years of torment i hunted her... and her trace leads to this place. You have known hate, i know it. But trust me, your hate can not compare to the one i feel. Betrayed by the one you loved more than anything on this earth, cursed for eternity. Unable to feel even the slightest touch, to taste the clear water or the sweetest wine. If you remember what you felt when the undead took your friends apart... trust me when i say that i feel the same way... ten fold even.
You must have heard the name Aratoamin... that was me and this is the true story.
And after my little visit to the thief's guild i have put a contract on your head. She will come for you.But for this to happen you'll need to gain power first, entering The Mistrizia house. Only then you will be a suited target for her stature. So you see, you have two choices: if you want you can leave even now and never hear from me or her again. I'll stay and take my chances till either me or her shal die. Or you can help me on my dangerous plan and become a target for one the deadliest enemy you've ever faced before and in the same time do quests for one of the most powerful house of drows you've ever seen. Quests that will most probably imply deceipt and lies and other unlawful acts that you are not familiar with. I trust that with my help u mat succeed, but... i won't blame you for leaving."
The truth being told i feel lighter. I had some remorse about not telling her from the start. And about our target being a shapeshifter... it's unimportant for now. Let's see her reaction.

[RedDevil]

@vladase
No emotion seems to cross Mens' face. Cold as a statue she listens everything and remains silent for a moment. Then she takes the right hand at her forehead, as if she was trying to avoid a headache. Her voice is somehow different, as an echo of her chaotic thoughts: "Aratoamin...I know you..." Suddenly her voice seems to betray some kind of fury combined with a terrible pain, and for the first time Aratoamin sees her freed from the etheric cage of reason: "I know you, I know you damn well!" She sits on the chair in the small room and hides her face in her palms. Then she stands up, she didn't like the dark color of her skin...Betrayed...even by her appearence now. She says something imposible to understand and a spell restores her human form. Then she lays her head on her white hand. Her voice has a different resonance, as if she was teaching a lesson on the history of magic:  "Aratoamin, the great mage and master, the broad mind, and in the same time the passionate being, the one who tasted life, in its real, sweet meaning! An exemplary mage lead to such suffering by an enormous will of power. I just knew it, it couldn't be like that, it was not will of power, but love that lead him here...What is the meaning of this? The mages may not love, have disciples, or their own life? Must they be dedicated to the Guild?" She sights, supressing a great pain, while her face seems impossible to recogise. She continues on a cold realise of the truth: "What have I done? Am I still loyal to the Guild? Am I still the Archmage? Do I have any choice, any meaning? Is this life worth living? Well, it's worth...but not for me..."Her voice turns furious, yelling at her own person: "Didn't I know this from the start? Hell, I knew it...but I didn't let my knowledge come out. Why? Damn! Now I know the connection. You...Aratoamin...my studies...my deepest thoughts...my...soul?" Two tears come from her dark eyes, but no muscle moves on her face.
Mens looks straight at the one who she called Nemesis before, while her voice gains the well known coldness: "I don't know what can be done. I don't blame you for anything. My weakness has lead me here and I have to get out of this. I don't know what values do I have today...the guild would consider me a traitor in the absence of truth, but I think this would be the right thing to do...the one taking advantage on someone's being must be punished. I will fight for justice." Then she sights calmer: "That is if I don't lie to myself again...What an irony...Why me from all humans? Why the Archmage?Did you..." She doesn't want to continue the question she started, looking at the guild's sign she wants to throw it away, then she changes her mind and looks at Aratoamin's expression.

[vladase]

@RedDevil:
I was expecting a reaction from her, but i wasn't even daring to hope for something so pasionate. I see her struggle, i've been there... and i made my choice. How can i answer her questions without damning her to make mistakes similar to my own? As i wipe the tears from her face i begin to talk slowly:
"I am sorry... the Guild had the wrong hypotesis. so it is just natural for it to have the wrong conclusions. Knowledge of magic is very important, it can lead to great power. But it was wrong for them to teach you to use your will against the desires of your soul. The most power comes from deep within, this is why usualy a  sorcerer's spell has more power then a wizard's." His eyes watch the young mage, wishing that he could take all her troubles away. But it's to late for that. "You see, the way of the soul is the way to more power and a fulfilment of life u can only dream of,but it  can also be the way to much pain. By closing your souls to all the passions of life and asking you to be led only by the mind the guild managed to protect you. You could never have made my mistake. But it also deprived you of the most beautiful moments of life. Even if it led me to my current condition, i'll never regret my choice. The few moments of pure happines i felt when i was loving another and i was beliving that i was loved in turn are enough of a reward for the pain i endured and shall indure for much more to come. This is the time when YOU have to make YOUR choice. I dare not offend you by trying to make it for you. I just wanted for you to know all the aspects. If you chose to be lead ONLY by your mind you can be saved from a lot of trouble,a lot of pain.This the safe path that the GUILD chooses for all it's followers. But if you chose to let PASSION enter your life you are at risk of being hurt more than you can imagine, but also of feeling the greatest powers and joys the world has to offer.It's the hardest and dangerous of these two and... I made my mistakes on this path but i'll never regret my choice.I'll take my leave now and allow you to consider what do you think is best for you."
As i prepare to leave the room i take her hand into mine. She is tempted to pull it back... but she doesn't. Her eyes are curious, surprised, still full of questions.  "And as an answer to your last question... at first i didn't know you were an Archmage. I just felt something special about you."And i kiss it... As my cold lips touch her hand's smooth skin a shiver arcs through my body as if i were still alive. How can this be?!
As i exit my room i head for her's. I couldn't ask her to leave... so i'll sleep in her room instead.

[Revans Shadow]

@Bogy
After the silver-haired man left, she went inside the ship to get the other two people out of the ship. Then, she used the Force to lift the Hawk out of the cliff. It took a while. When she was half way lifting the ship, the druid arrived with some herbs. She couldn't interrupt her concentration, or else she would drop the ship back into the river. The druid was amazed at what she was doing: moving such a big ship. She succeeded to get it out, but felt dizzy, because of using almost all her powers. Zena and the druid ran towards her. "I'm fine." "You shouldn't force yourself." "I'm fine, Zena. Oh, I almost forgot. This man is a local that helped me get here. And he is the one who distroyed that... creature which attacked you. He's very powerful." Shadow sat down on a rock near-by. "Please heal the others. I don't have enough strenght now, or I would do it myself."  He was looking so kindly at her. He nodded an 'yes' and started making somekind of liquid out of the herbs he brought. He gave everyone a sip from it. They were all exhausted from the battle, and Shadow from using her force powers. She got up and moved towards the druid. "I'm sorry, i didn't catch your name..."

[RedDevil]

@vladase
"It feels so...NO!" she closes her eyes but she can't stay like that for too long. "I must...be...strong...". Her words, however don't seem to have a meaning, there is something stronger...is it her mind, as ever, or her heart? She tries to look outside, but she can't remain calm at the window, she has to move, to do something, so that her feelings don't overcome her. The first step is to turn herself into a drow once again. And after that she gets out and asks a strong tea from the innkeep, taking it upstairs, she sits at the small table there with the cup in front of her. She's sure she is not going to sleep that night. She could just use the time to explore her mind, to become herself once again. But she can't concentrate, whatever she tries, she thinks at the same things. "I think I'm going insane", she says with a shadow of the coldness she had before. Then, on a calm tone: "But what is madness? Everything that's not common.I am mad anyway, whatever I guide my life through reason or passion...because I'm myself". She sights. "I don't want to accept the truth...although I know it.". She looks at her dark hand and feels a strange warmth passing through her body, she lives her forehead on the table. "It's no worth thinking...The question is whether I'm really feeling something or I see al as a concept in my mind. Everything seems so right...but is my mind telling me that?" Her thoughts continue to flow in a strange, chaotic way, but she can't manage to get away from all the things that happened to her lately. Late in night she says in a low voice, as if in her sleep: "I can't leave now. I CANNOT...i'm powerless."
When the sun rises she hears a knock at the door, she opens the door almost dream-like, she feels so dizzy and her head seems so heavy.  

[vladase]

@RedDevil
As i enter the room i see her tired face. She hasn't slept a good night sleep, but she'll need all her energy today. Because today we shall infiltrate the howse of Mistrizia.
"I see that you are still here. I was hpoing that u wouldn't..." I try to remember how to encourage her... it's been a long time since i've done this. "No matter what choice you made, i'm stil glad u are at my side.I have faith in you... With our powers combined no one can stand in our way."
"during the night i've made a little visit to our friend's thief's guild... he was quite surprised to see me. I have now perfectly forged papers proving that you are a young maiden from the house of Makalah from Koh-Dun, an ally ofthe house of Mistrizia. With these papers you shall present your self to their house leader, Nashana. There you will gain acceptance into her house and in time you shall gain her trust. She will send you on dangerous quests but i shall never live your side. In time we should be able to find more information on our target. I don't even know it's name but i've found out that it's somehow linked to this house. But don't worry, i'll know her when i shall lay my eyes on her."
She listens to my plan without saying a word. She is tired but i have no doubt that if i ask her to repeat what i've said she will do this word by word. If she has any objections she keeps them for herself. Even if her eyes are still frozen, i sense the terible battle that is fought in her mind. Damn me! I could have left her alone to her simple life, a life without this kind of problems, without this kind of decisions. But now the damage is done. If only she would figure out when to use her mind and when to leave the heart to decide instead...
As we head toward the door i remember something : "The name of Aratoamin is dangerous. While we are not alone u shall stil refer to me as Nemesis. But when we are alone... i just like to hear it again. It's like my old life comes back to me slowly."
As i reach for hand she walks away, pretending that she didn't saw my gesture. It's to soony... and maybe it's better this way.

We reach the entrance of the house of Mistrizia. "Remember, you are a proud maiden of the house of Makalah. you must show respect towards Nashana but u must show no mercy towards your inferiors, including me. I shall not be allowed to speak so u should be very careful with your words. You alone bare the burden of responsabiliyty this time and i can do nothing to help you carry it.don't try and use your powers over the mind on a leader of a drow's house full of magicians ( off-topic : Mystra = godess of magic... Mistrizia... u see the resemblance) in her own fortress sorounded by magic wards and such, it would be foolish and would probably lead to uor deaths." And we enter...

(off topic: during the next posts u should get a quest from Nashana to prove your aliegance or something sort of like Daemian did. )

[RedDevil]

Mens is somehow confused. She is so tired that she hadn't got the power to concentrate and meditate on her situation. There is however, one problem, she would advance through the ranks os house Mistrizia, her capability is not to te doubted, but what she would have to kill innocent people or to do terrible deeds...there didn't seem to be a way back, maybe she'll see the best way to advance in ranks and not to do deeds against her conscience.

@Nashana
She seems to touch the air with her careful steps. She doesn't even bother to think too much at what she should say to the guards and reaches Nashana. Trying to be as relaxed as possible she starts her story: "I am a maiden of the house Makalah and I have come here seeking a place in house Mistrizia. I am ready to prove my worth and I could undertake any quest. I am willing to do anything to be at your service." Mens is waiting her initial trial, the deed that could mean her admission at this house.

[Bogy]

@Shadow
"I'm sorry miss...My name is Bogy. I was so concentrated on helping you that i forgot my manners. I am very sorry. You all should rest, tommorow you will be completly healed." The womans friends had fallen asleep imediatly, but the woman remained close to the Archdruid as to thank him once again. Shortly after she fell asleep. He began to think: "What kind of power this woman has? She could lift something so big from the ground by herself...amazing. She could probably look after herself in this dangerous forest." The night came quickly and brought with it the Underdark shadows. The Archdruid was guarding the surroundings, when suddenly he was hit by a poisson dart right in the shoulder and another one right in neck. He didn't fell down as it was expected but searched the surroundings with his keen eyesight and yelled: "Drow show yourself now or you will not leave this place alive." Feeling really confident the drow party came out of the bushes: 2 archers, 2 clerics, 1 wizard, 4 warriors armed with adamantium short swords and the leader. As soon as they appeared the wizard began to conjure some strange language and the sky turned red and meteors began falling from it with formidable speed. The druid was stunned at the sight but quickly gattered his thoughts. He knew that they would all die if he didn't do something quick. He shapeshifted himself into an greater wolfwere, grabbed the woman next to him and jumped through the bushes just seconds before the meteors hit the ship and the sleeping people. The sky turned darker again, and howling and screams were closing in on the running wolfwere. He could clearly sense the smell of blood that he found near the cave the same day. He looked at the woman he was carrying. She was in a deep sleep beeing totaly exausted by the power she used earlier. He needed to do something with her so that he could take the fight to the drow patrol. An ideea poped into his head...He muttered some words and put the woman on the ground. Suddently worms, larvae, bugs, and all sorts pf insects covered her and pulled her into the ground to a safe heaven like a cocoon of some sorts. He knew that the drow would find her there, but if he could somehow kill them or get them off track then maybe she still had a chance.... He then began to run back towards the screams and yells with great speed. His claws were ready, his skin was hardened his anger was boiling and the spirit of the forest was with him. Would this be enough for him to take on a full drow party?
They crossed path shortly after but the druid spoke from his wolfwere form. "What bussines do you have in my woods? And why do the drow follow the orders of a creature?" and he looked at their leader. The drows didn't bother to think about what he was speaking, but somehow their leader seemed agitated. The leader made the charge sign and the drow fighters charged the druid. The clerics and wizard began chanting strange words, but the leader stood still untouched by the fight that was going to start. It was like he knew it will be an easy victory. The fight had begun...

[off-role]@Daemian - povestea aici va continua cu tine. ;) Ai grija.

[Nashana]

@RedDevil
Nashana raises an eyebrow and looks carefully at the woman. "Really? It seems these days everyone wants to join house Mistrizia. And what is the reason for this? I don't give tasks to any reef rafts that wander at my door step and want protection after a failed mission. Do you know how powerful my house is? There are a lot of drow that would do anything to join. So tell me girl, what makes you so special from the rest?"


[off-role]@Bogy
Scuze era cam tarziu la ora aia.  

[RedDevil]

(for herself)"Damn, what is this drow waiting for? Does she want me to beg her for a damn mission?"

@Nashana
(loud)"I am skilled in the use of magic and I have knowledge on the different races, from their civilisation and mentality to political organisation, strong points and weaknesses. I do not seek protection, for I can very well take care of myself. I've come to join house Mistrizia because I respect it's deeds and reputation. 'Till now, I've never failed on any mission, and I can assure you that I won't dissapoint house Mistrizia's reputation. I only want a chance to prove my worth."  

[Daemian]

Off-topic

@Vladase
Nu prea joci corect. Creezi povestea exact cum vrei tu si nu prea respecti anumite lucruri si din cauza asta isi pierde din veridicitate si din credibilitate.

1. Eu m-am bagat in povestea ta ca sa legam povestile, dar tu prea ai folosit treaba asta cum ti-a convenit tie.

2.

At one of our reunions i was aproached by a beautiful woman.Her violet eyes made me shivver, her silver hair caressed my face in a way like no other before, her silk-like skin gave me goose bumps...i was in love from the moment i saw her.i had no chance of escape.

Eu nu vad aici descrierea unei femele drow. Ca sa nu mai spun ca: ce naiba sa caute o femela drow intr-un oras de elfi   - dusmanii sai de moarte. Deci eram shifted in elf nu in drow.

3. Thief Guild intr-un oras drow?! Eu n-am auzit de asa ceva.

4.

The thief's guild leader seems a bit shaken but he realizes that there must be a reason for wich he is still alive. So he speaks:"What can a lowly servant like me do for you my lord?" . I must be smart, i must give him no choice but the truth. But i have no power over the mind of men like Mens does... i must use my own mind to build a perfect trap.
"I want somone takem care of... in a special way by a special person".
His face is lit up by surprise : "But you are so powerful... who is the one who dares to stand in your way... and how can a small worm like my self help u against such a teribile foe?"
And then a stroke of genius lights my path:"As powerful as you see me, i am stil a slave of the drow way of life. I was born a slave and i want my freedom. But my master knows my value and would not let me part her. She is a powerful member of house Makalah and if i were to try and escape or kill her i would be hunt like a dog for the rest of my life. I need ger to be chalenged by a female and killed. All her possesions -including me- would be taken then by the new master. And she -in an unprecedented stroke of kindness... or madness... would grant me my freedom. And you are the one that is going to arrange that."
His face turns grey with fear and his answer is made with trembling words: "But my lord... my guild employs only men... the same is the custom in the assasins guild..."
How can this be? Am i on the wrong track?I must take my chances...
"Why do u lie, worm? Do you not value your life? I know from faithful sources that a woman with violet eyes and silver hair -probably a drow- has done a similar mission, assasinating a powerful elven sorcerer on belhaf of his apprentice in the town of Sundrail. and that she came of this city...what say you?"
His faces lights out..."But my lord... i know who you speak of... but that was no woman... is a shapeshifter called Daemian..." the sky crumbles in my head... if i were not allready sitting down i would have senced the need now. How is this possible? My first true love was... a shapeshifter? How can this be? Not only betrayed... But also mocked... My blood starts boiling. I can barely stop myself from desintegrating this sniveling worm.But i stil need him for contact. He shall live... for now...
"In this case he is the one i need. You shall be in charge of contacting him. Me and my mistress shall have housing at the local taver for the time beeing. Payment is no problem. I only want my freedom, he can keep all my master's possesions. And she has plenty. I hope... make that YOU SHOULD HOPE... that we should never meet again! Understood?"
"Of course, My lord"! the worm is still trembling as i exit the door of his guild house.

Toata partea asta este complet aiurea - no offense:
- tu esti sclav al unei FEMELE drow si vrei ca ea sa fie asasinata? - nu merge, pt ca la ei este matriarhat si masculii nu iau astfel de actiuni impotriva femelelor decat daca sunt nebuni sau sinucigasi; asta este considerata tradare in cultura drow si ai fi imediat pedepsit/executat
- cica daca cealalta femela drow ar castiga lupta te-ar elibera. Yeah, right. Iarasi no offense, dar nu prea le ai cu cultura (scuzati-mi cacofonia) drow.
- apoi tragi tu concluzia ca eu as fi un shapeshifter (de unde naiba stii asta?) si ca m-am deghizat in drow (vezi mai sus comentariul aferent) ca sa te otravesc; ce convenabil! ba mai mult, stii si cum ma cheama :hmm: ; sa stii ca un shapeshifter care mai e si asasin pe deasupra stie sa-si acopere urmele foarte bine, iar tu tac-pac mai ai un pic si stii si ce numar am la pantofi (scuza-mi ironia, dar nu merge asa)

5.

Because my love is dead, but my lover is still alive. She is the one that gave me my terible curse. She is the one that forced me not to be able to love again , never to be loved by another. And all of this to get to a gem. A piece of rock that is worth more for her then my imortal soul.

Eu din cate am inteles prima data cand ai mentionat gem-ul, era doar plata mea pt job. Si chiar am precizat ca nu faceam nimic pt ca aveam ceva personal cu tine, ci pt ca eram angajat pt o treaba - pe care mi-am indeplinit-o si am fost platit intr-un anumit fel. Tu faci sa para ca eu intentionam de la inceput sa pun mana pe gem, cand de fapt scopul hit-ului era dat de slujitorul tau. Eu eram doar o unealta. Vezi ca iti schimbi story-ul si nu merge.

6.

And after my little visit to the thief's guild i have put a contract on your head. She will come for you.But for this to happen you'll need to gain power first, entering The Mistrizia house. Only then you will be a suited target for her stature.

Banuiesc ca vorbesti de Nashana aici. De unde ai mai aflat si de ea? Si de unde stii ca eu am o oarecare legatura cu ea? Inteleg sa te folosesti de chestiile pe care le spune altul (asa cum am facut eu) dar tu - ca personaj - nu le stii si deci, nu ai cum sa le folosesti direct, ca si cand ai avea cunostinta despre ele.

7.Cica Mens ar fi membra a casei Makalah, care mai e si "prietena" cu cea a Nashanei - Mistrizia - si acum vrea sa schimbe casele??? Pai asta e tradare de cel mai inalt nivel! Nu se poate face asa ceva decat cu un motiv bine intemeiat, iar voi nu prea aveti.

@all
Deci cam multe inadvertente in povestea asta, nu credeti? Acuma vreau sa va intreb daca o reparam si cum, iar apoi imi voi continua si eu rolul in poveste.

[RedDevil]

off-topic

@all
Deci cam multe inadvertente in povestea asta, nu credeti? Acuma vreau sa va intreb daca o reparam si cum, iar apoi imi voi continua si eu rolul in poveste.

Cred ca era inevitabil...ma inteb daca mai este loc de "reparat". Adica am adunat prea multe elemente, aparent incompatibile in acelasi univers. Si nu spun c-ar fi imposibil de imbinat aceste elemente, dar cred c-ar fi trebuit sa avem niste "basic rules". Chestiile de genul asta stimuleaza imaginatia, dar nu ajung niciodata la o forma coerenta. Dar daca are cineva sugestii cu ce-am "repara"...

[Fallen]

... stiam eu de ce nu ma bag in chestia asta

[puke.nermu]

Sau eu de ce imi creez propriul story ;)

[Daemian]

Singura chestie este sa nu distorsioneze fiecare cursul lucrurilor doar ca sa fie in beneficiul lui. Cat despre reparat, cele mai multe greseli sunt in povestea lui Vladase si implicit, si a lui RedDevil. Si sincer, aici, in afara de facut ceva de genul: "i think i was mistaken" sau "i missinterpreted the facts" si deci sa para ca tot ce nu merge de fapt a fost in capul lui Nemesis si nu a judecat bine (desi unele chestii nu merg reparate nici asa), ar mai fi si varianta rescrierii posturilor de pe ultima pagina si jumatate a thread-ului. Altfel nu vad. Si nu era chiar asa de imposibil de unit universurile, pt ca greselile venite de la Vladase fac parte din acelasi univers cu personajul meu, al Nashanei, al lui RedDevil etc. Deci e problema de obligare a povestii generale sa urmeze un anumit curs, fapt ce s-a facut de un povestitor - ceea ce nu se face la multiple story-telling. Cam asta e si farmecul unei astfel de povesti: fiecare povestitor isi creaza propriul fir epic FARA sa le influente in mod DIRECT pe celelalte.

[Bogy]

Off-topic

@Vladase
Nu prea joci corect. Creezi povestea exact cum vrei tu si nu prea respecti anumite lucruri si din cauza asta isi pierde din veridicitate si din credibilitate.

1. Eu m-am bagat in povestea ta ca sa legam povestile, dar tu prea ai folosit treaba asta cum ti-a convenit tie.

2.

At one of our reunions i was aproached by a beautiful woman.Her violet eyes made me shivver, her silver hair caressed my face in a way like no other before, her silk-like skin gave me goose bumps...i was in love from the moment i saw her.i had no chance of escape.

Eu nu vad aici descrierea unei femele drow. Ca sa nu mai spun ca: ce naiba sa caute o femela drow intr-un oras de elfi   - dusmanii sai de moarte. Deci eram shifted in elf nu in drow.

3. Thief Guild intr-un oras drow?! Eu n-am auzit de asa ceva.

4.

The thief's guild leader seems a bit shaken but he realizes that there must be a reason for wich he is still alive. So he speaks:"What can a lowly servant like me do for you my lord?" . I must be smart, i must give him no choice but the truth. But i have no power over the mind of men like Mens does... i must use my own mind to build a perfect trap.
"I want somone takem care of... in a special way by a special person".
His face is lit up by surprise : "But you are so powerful... who is the one who dares to stand in your way... and how can a small worm like my self help u against such a teribile foe?"
And then a stroke of genius lights my path:"As powerful as you see me, i am stil a slave of the drow way of life. I was born a slave and i want my freedom. But my master knows my value and would not let me part her. She is a powerful member of house Makalah and if i were to try and escape or kill her i would be hunt like a dog for the rest of my life. I need ger to be chalenged by a female and killed. All her possesions -including me- would be taken then by the new master. And she -in an unprecedented stroke of kindness... or madness... would grant me my freedom. And you are the one that is going to arrange that."
His face turns grey with fear and his answer is made with trembling words: "But my lord... my guild employs only men... the same is the custom in the assasins guild..."
How can this be? Am i on the wrong track?I must take my chances...
"Why do u lie, worm? Do you not value your life? I know from faithful sources that a woman with violet eyes and silver hair -probably a drow- has done a similar mission, assasinating a powerful elven sorcerer on belhaf of his apprentice in the town of Sundrail. and that she came of this city...what say you?"
His faces lights out..."But my lord... i know who you speak of... but that was no woman... is a shapeshifter called Daemian..." the sky crumbles in my head... if i were not allready sitting down i would have senced the need now. How is this possible? My first true love was... a shapeshifter? How can this be? Not only betrayed... But also mocked... My blood starts boiling. I can barely stop myself from desintegrating this sniveling worm.But i stil need him for contact. He shall live... for now...
"In this case he is the one i need. You shall be in charge of contacting him. Me and my mistress shall have housing at the local taver for the time beeing. Payment is no problem. I only want my freedom, he can keep all my master's possesions. And she has plenty. I hope... make that YOU SHOULD HOPE... that we should never meet again! Understood?"
"Of course, My lord"! the worm is still trembling as i exit the door of his guild house.

Toata partea asta este complet aiurea - no offense:
- tu esti sclav al unei FEMELE drow si vrei ca ea sa fie asasinata? - nu merge, pt ca la ei este matriarhat si masculii nu iau astfel de actiuni impotriva femelelor decat daca sunt nebuni sau sinucigasi; asta este considerata tradare in cultura drow si ai fi imediat pedepsit/executat
- cica daca cealalta femela drow ar castiga lupta te-ar elibera. Yeah, right. Iarasi no offense, dar nu prea le ai cu cultura (scuzati-mi cacofonia) drow.
- apoi tragi tu concluzia ca eu as fi un shapeshifter (de unde naiba stii asta?) si ca m-am deghizat in drow (vezi mai sus comentariul aferent) ca sa te otravesc; ce convenabil! ba mai mult, stii si cum ma cheama :hmm: ; sa stii ca un shapeshifter care mai e si asasin pe deasupra stie sa-si acopere urmele foarte bine, iar tu tac-pac mai ai un pic si stii si ce numar am la pantofi (scuza-mi ironia, dar nu merge asa)

5.

Because my love is dead, but my lover is still alive. She is the one that gave me my terible curse. She is the one that forced me not to be able to love again , never to be loved by another. And all of this to get to a gem. A piece of rock that is worth more for her then my imortal soul.

Eu din cate am inteles prima data cand ai mentionat gem-ul, era doar plata mea pt job. Si chiar am precizat ca nu faceam nimic pt ca aveam ceva personal cu tine, ci pt ca eram angajat pt o treaba - pe care mi-am indeplinit-o si am fost platit intr-un anumit fel. Tu faci sa para ca eu intentionam de la inceput sa pun mana pe gem, cand de fapt scopul hit-ului era dat de slujitorul tau. Eu eram doar o unealta. Vezi ca iti schimbi story-ul si nu merge.

6.

And after my little visit to the thief's guild i have put a contract on your head. She will come for you.But for this to happen you'll need to gain power first, entering The Mistrizia house. Only then you will be a suited target for her stature.

Banuiesc ca vorbesti de Nashana aici. De unde ai mai aflat si de ea? Si de unde stii ca eu am o oarecare legatura cu ea? Inteleg sa te folosesti de chestiile pe care le spune altul (asa cum am facut eu) dar tu - ca personaj - nu le stii si deci, nu ai cum sa le folosesti direct, ca si cand ai avea cunostinta despre ele.

7.Cica Mens ar fi membra a casei Makalah, care mai e si "prietena" cu cea a Nashanei - Mistrizia - si acum vrea sa schimbe casele??? Pai asta e tradare de cel mai inalt nivel! Nu se poate face asa ceva decat cu un motiv bine intemeiat, iar voi nu prea aveti.

@all
Deci cam multe inadvertente in povestea asta, nu credeti? Acuma vreau sa va intreb daca o reparam si cum, iar apoi imi voi continua si eu rolul in poveste.

Nu cred ca el descria un drow in orasul elfilor ci o elfita. Pentru ca si el era elf atunci si se indragostise de tine datorita slabiciunii sale pentru femei frumoase.

Once i was one of the proud elves of the Sundrail city

Eu am citit ce s-a scris si nu mi s-a arut nimic anormal in poveste. :|
In legatura cu thief guildul din orasul drow... Poate s-au modernizat si ei, ca de avut asasini au.
El nu trage nici o concluzie ca tu ai fi un shapeshifter pe nume Daemian. Seful guildei de hoti ii spune.
El nu are de unde sa stie ca tu ai luat gemul ca simpla plata si presupune ca aveai planuri de la inceput cu el.

Cam asa am vazut eu partile astea. Oricum in padure e mai bine decat in Underdark. :p Oricum datorita faptului ca Nashana l-a trimis pe Daemian intr-o misiune in padure.... astept rezultatul. ;)

[vladase]

@Daemian: imi pare rau ca nu ti se pare veridica povestea... dar asta e din mai multe motive:
1)most important: TU ai intrat in povestea mea (cam fortat) si a trebuit sa ma adaptez. eu aveam cu totul alt plan, trebuia sa se petreaca intr-o dimensiune alternativa, femeia ce m-a sedus trebuia sa fie un planetar (adik un fel de angel) blestemat, eu trebuia sa aleg intre a ma razbuna sau de a o elibera de blestem (aici ar fi intervenit modul in care ar fi decurs "relatia" mea cu RedDevil si ce influenta ar fi avut ea asupra mea)... deci ceva  fara nici o legatura cu drow sau shape-shifter... faptul ca ai intrat si a trebuit sa ma adaptez a fost primul dintr-un sir de compromisuri care nu aveau cum sa duca la ceva bun...
2)nu la fel de important dar totusi a contat destul de mult: o parte destul de importanta era faptul ca RedDevil nu trebuia sa afle adevarul decat in ultimul moment... ea trebuia sa se multumeasca cu informatiile pe care le aflam, sa incerce in mod paralel sa afle adevarul dar fara sa ma intrebe in fata... asta ar fi dus  la un conflict interior mult mai puternic. dar daca a tot cerut si m-a cam fortat sa ii zic adevarul (in modul ei de role-play) a trebuit sa fac multe adaptari fortate (dar fortate rau de tot) ca sa aduc povestea in asa fel incat sa aflu eu "adevarul" si apoi sa i-l spun si ei...


OK, acum partea din poveste:
1)initial ideea mea presupunea faptul ca m-am indragostit de un planetar (portretul inspirat dupa unui henchmen planetar din o campanie neoficiala a NWN, Anera ii zice don'soarei. elfii nu au par alb... drow au... dar eu voiam sa fie PLANETAR...). nu elf, nu drow si in nici un caz shape changer. asta era o parte f. importanta a povestii mele. te-ai bagat, a disparut...
2)thief's guild intr-un oras de drow nu e, ai dreptate... stiam asta... dar chiar nu am avut o idee mai buna... si nici acum nu am. la fel si partea cu schimbatul caselor, ai toata dreptatea... e o idee deloc stralucita. dar a fost inca un compromis nefericit.
3)partea cu "de unde stiu numele, ce erai": n-aveam ce face, RedDevil oricat am incercat nu a vrut sa mearga doar condusa de instinct si/sau sa aiba incredere in mine. uita-te si tu in posturile ei si iti dai seama ca tot timpul m-a batut la cap sa ii spun adevarul. si a trebuit pana la urma sa il aflu ca sa i-l spun. si cum a zis si Bogy... l-am aflat de la thief's guild :p
4)partea cu "vreau sa-mi fie asasinata stapana": e logic ca masculii nu iau astfel de actiuni asupra stapanei... nu pE FATZA. ca as fi putut daca vreau sa-i frig un lightningbolt in timp ce dormea si gata. si ATUNCI as fi fost vanat. dar pe principiul "hotul neprins negustor cinstit" daca as fi angajat un asasin si nu s-ar fi facut nici o legatura intre moartea stapanei mele si persoana mea... think about it . si cat despre "eliberare" era logic ca nu o sa fie una 100% oficiala. pur si simplu noua stapana m-ar fi lasat de capul meu si daca o intreba careva de viatza mea (extrem de putin probabil) ar fi zis ca's intr-o misiune secreta sau asa ceva.  cat despre provocare: in jocurile pe care le-am jucat pana acum asa se castiga stapanirea unei case drow: o potentiala candidata o omoara pe actuala sefa. recunosc, de obicei mama era asasinata de fiica dar asta pentru ca de obicei fiicei ii era frica/nu avea forta necesara sa isi omoare mama pe fatza. dar ca outsider nu esti tu implicit noul leader al casei daca il asasinezi pe cel vechi.
5)e o diferenta intre realitate si perceptie. realitatea povestii era cum ai zis, tu ai fost o simpla unealta. citatul pe care l-ai dat tu era modul in care a perceput caracterul meu povestea. el a fost tradat de femeia pe care a iubit-o si a luat-o foarte personal. aceea era viziunea lui personala intunecata de ura si de setea de razbunare.

OVERALL: sincer imi pare rau... adik povestea asta a ajuns foarte diferita de ceea ce as fi vrut sa fie si nu e nici pe departe la fel de frumoasa cum ar fi putut sa fie... dar am incercat sa ma adaptez cat de bine am putut... dar cred ca ar fi iesit mult mai bine daca nu am fi incercat sa le unim... era logic sa iasa o mare varza cand unesti 3 povesti foarte diferite...

modalitati de rezolvare? sincer... ori sa stergem tot de cand le-am unit... si sa o lasam pe fiecare sa curga pe cursul ei natural. ori sa o lasam cum a picat. sincer eu as prefera prima varianta pentru ca e foarte greu sa unim si 2 fire de poveste foarte diferite fara sa facem tot felul de compromisurei si/sau greseli daramite 3. dar daca vreti sa continuam eu sunt dispus chiar si asa.

[Daemian]

modalitati de rezolvare? sincer... ori sa stergem tot de cand le-am unit... si sa o lasam pe fiecare sa curga pe cursul ei natural. ori sa o lasam cum a picat. sincer eu as prefera prima varianta pentru ca e foarte greu sa unim si 2 fire de poveste foarte diferite fara sa facem tot felul de compromisurei si/sau greseli daramite 3. dar daca vreti sa continuam eu sunt dispus chiar si asa.

Are mare dreptate vladase aici. Mie chiar mi-ar parea rau sa renuntam la topicul asta pt ca vad ca unora chiar le-a placut ideea si ar putea sa iasa ceva interesant si amuzant. Deci astept voturi:

1. o luam de la capat, fiecare pe fagasul lui (sau care vor sa se intersecteze ok, dar sa anunte si sa lase lucrurile sa curga nu sa le modifice cum vor ei)
2. continuam asa - chiar daca a luat o turnura gresita

Eu aleg 1.

[RedDevil]

Si eu votez tot pt 1.