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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2012 23:38:22 GMT -5
Many days had passed since Lilith felt the need to set camp; she did not like to linger in one place for very long. Her eyes began to grow heavy, and she knew there was no putting it off any longer. With a quiet sigh, she glanced around and took shelter under the foliage of a great oak tree. She drew a loaf of bread from her pack, as well as a goblet and some wine. She filled the goblet and broke off a small piece of bread. She sat there for a while, staring off into space and occasionally sipping the wine, deep in thought over the passed few years. Not much had happened. She travelled, as she had for the passed several years. But recently, she found herself drawn to certain places, certain people. And she was certain she knew the reason. But she refused to allow it to consume her, to control her life. It was too dangerous, and she knew she couldn't control it. How could you have been so foolish as to teach me that which I cannot control? To what purpose did it serve? She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the tree, sighing aloud. Slowly, the empty goblet slid from her hand and onto her lap, as she descended into a dreamless sleep.
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Post by Lovely on Sept 25, 2012 7:46:15 GMT -5
It wouldn't be long until the raging winds would begin to blow, thunder crackling from a distance, and near by came the noise of yelling, and sword clinging. 'Die you horrid looking creature' a woman's voice echoed from a distance, as her swords clang against what seemed to be an undead skeleton, its flesh barely able to remain attached to its bone. The noise it made would be something of a hissing noise that a cat would make. Between the bone of its rib cage, was nothing more but a beating heart, and indeed it was evident enough that it was its weak spot. The woman continued to meet her sword with his. The clinging would continue, and as the lightning would flash, followed with the roaring of thunder. It only seemed it was getting even more intense. 'DIE!' she shouted before the undead creature swung its long blade in which connected to her stomach, creating impact that welcomed her flying from across the field, crashing into the oak tree that Lilith sad under. The woman groaned, before acknowledging the sleeping woman, before forcing herself to stand again. She held her bleeding stomach, it wasn't deep enough for the instant death that the creature would have hoped for however; this woman was determined. Brushing her long black hair streaked with silver over her shoulder, the woman pushed her body off the ground. Blood was dripping, which she tried to contain with her arm. Her legs were barely holding her up, and she felt the wave of tiredness swoop over her. Perhaps it was a sign that it was in fact her time to go. This woman was determined as she prepared to lunge at the skeleton and instantly penetrated through its rotting rib cage and watched it collapse. The woman fell on her knees clenching her stomach before falling forward and faint.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2012 13:16:56 GMT -5
"Very good, Lilith! Now encircle it with fire, and slowly raise the wall." A woman beamed from a few feet to her left. Seven year old Lilith shook out her body slightly, then focused on creating what her mother instructed. The woman remarked positively as the flames formed a perfect circle around the target, and began hissing and clanging, like metal on metal. But no one seemed to notice. Slowly, the wall rose, as Lilith willed it, and even a man remarked on the amazing control. But something began to tug at the back of Lilith's mind. Breaking her concentration, she began to look around, only to notice that the fire still stood, hissing and clanging.
And then a scent jolted her awake, and she flew to her feet, ready to devastate. But there was no one in sight; frowning, she returned to her seat on the ground. She dusted off her goblet, re-packed all of her stuff, then realized she could still smell that coppery smell; blood. Glancing around, she finally noticed the unconscious woman, and walked over to her. Looking down, she noticed the blood pooling around her mid-section. "Well, I suppose it would be cruel of me to leave you here to bleed out." Kneeling down, she reached into her pack, then turned the woman over. The gash was worse than she hoped; it was too deep to just bandage. And the woman was losing too much blood. Lilith closed her eyes tightly and took a few deep breaths. "All right, it's only a small, simple healing spell. You can handle this." She pulled herself up and pointed her staff down towards the wound and chanted under her breath until the wand began to glow white. Lilith knew very little white magick, but her parents wanted her to be successful, so they taught her a few simple healing spells. Though white magick was much easier to use, Lilith was so accustomed to dark magick, that when she did white magick, she almost felt dirty. A twig somewhere behind her snapped, and she broke the spell to glance around. After a few minutes, when nothing happened, she glanced back at the woman; her bleeding seemed to have ceased and the wound was smaller, though not completely healed. She focused her energy once more to close the wound completely, then began to pack her things as she awaited the woman's return to consciousness.
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Post by Lovely on Sept 25, 2012 22:07:54 GMT -5
The cool breeze brushed against the paleness of her flesh, combined by the heat of a fire that was started by the woman that had aided her. It was a couple of hours by this point, perhaps 2-3 hours. She wasn't sure...all she remembered were dreams, dreams that haunted her, that perhaps were easily expressed through the stirs and groans that from occasion escaped her lips. It wouldn't be long however; before her body prompt up with a horrid scream that shortly parted her gentle lips. She held her stomach as she coughed up a pain that was no longer was there. It felt almost dream like, life nearly slipping from her. She breathed gently and soon looked up at her hero, the woman that had rescued her. Unfortunately, she was not aware of this. "Who are you?" Her voice defensive and stern.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2012 23:02:08 GMT -5
Lilith glanced over at the woman as she jolted awake with a scream. "Ah, I see you've finally awoken. I guess you won't be needing me to stand guard or heal anymore wounds, so I shall take my leave. Though you may wish to avoid anymore battles for the next few days, I may have healed your wound, but you have lost quite a bit of blood." With that, she stood, gathering her things, and started off down the road. "Oh," she added, glancing over her shoulder, "I saved your life, in case you didn't know."
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Post by Lovely on Sept 25, 2012 23:40:03 GMT -5
'Thank you' she had replied looking forward. 'Please! Don't leave....at least not umtil I travel with you until the next city.' She took a hard swallow. She clenched the area where the wound would be as she pushed herself into a stand. She was rather pale and even though the light captured her full image she remained just as pale. She took another heavy swallow as she neared her, 'I know its rather unusual that a full grown woman as myself would ask you this...but I need this safe passage...I need to complete my mission. At least for this person that means alot for me...'
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 0:21:20 GMT -5
Lilith didn't have much experience dealing with people; she always thought it best to be alone. Now this stranger was asking for her help. She turned slowly, an eyebrow slightly arched. "Am I to understand that you wish to 'hire' me as your guardian? And why exactly would I want to help you? Why should I care about this mission of yours, hm?" She had always been alone in her travels; it was how an exile should live. She was too dangerous to be around anyone else, there was no telling what she could do. Though, try as she may to convince herself that she was better off alone, she began to entertain the idea of a travelling companion.
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Post by Lovely on Sept 26, 2012 8:01:51 GMT -5
The woman kept her eyes focused on Lilith, 'Yes Hire, I'll pay you' She urged. The woman dug into her left pocket, as she pulled out a coin purse in which she tossed it to her. 'I have more, so long as we travel there safely you'll receive, there's over a five hundred sovereigns in there...count it as your starting fee.' She insisted. She approached her, 'Count it as my thanks for you to have saved my life'
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 13:19:02 GMT -5
Seeing the desperation in the woman's eyes caused irritation to shoot through Lilith, and she closed her eyes and sighed. "I cannot possibly accept payment for a good deed." She turned her back on the coin purse and began walking again. "I will travel with you until you have completed your mission, but understand this: I have my own way of doing things, and I will not let you slow me down. I am constantly on the go, and I do not believe in camping more than is needed. If we encounter a battle, I will fight, to the best of my abilities, along side you, but I will not fight -for- you." As she said this, more skeletons emerged from the woods, hissing and blocking their path. "I see you have more friends." She stood relaxed, staff at her side, and just examined each foe as they slowly advanced, always hissing. They each had a weapon, mostly swords, a few had a blunt object. And they all had what seemed to be a beating heart in their chest cavity. An obvious weak point. Though I suspect it will not be so easy to get to. She glanced back at her new companion, She certainly seemed to have had a hard time fighting just one.
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Post by Lovely on Sept 26, 2012 14:13:56 GMT -5
The woman clenched her sword she was unable to answer any of Lilith's agreements. It was then they dragged out of the soil, the undeads. She held her sword. Ready to strike. She held her hands firmly into her hands as she connected her eyes with the hissing beasts that began to surround her. The darkness is spreading...the evil is coming out in greater numbers she thought to herself. She swallowed hard as she looked to the other woman as she began to speak. "You probably already are aware that the heart inside its chest cavity is its weak spot...generally they attack in numbers to be careful when they try swooping you." With that finally statement she lunged forward ready to charge the undead creatures full force.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 14:50:37 GMT -5
Lilith nodded, to show that she acknowledged the woman's advice. Times like this made her wish she had an extra weapon; a staff wasn't much good at stabbing, no matter how weak the tissue. Finally, a few of the demons rushed at her, and she simply spun around, staff extended. The blow connected with each of them, but it didn't seem to slow them down. As they closed in, Lilith's eyes flashed white and she tapped her staff on the ground. An unseen force sent them all flying back, and she took the opportunity to send a giant ball of fire flying towards one. It caught fire, then slowly crumpled to the ground as the heart collapsed into itself. Simple spells shouldn't be too dangerous. I just need to keep this up, and I should be fine. She hadn't noticed the one that made its way behind her; it jumped onto her back, knocking the staff out of her hand. She tried to shake it off, but it had much too strong a grip. Noticing a nearby tree, Lilith charged, backwards, at it. As the skeleton connected with the tree, its grip loosened just enough for her to turn around. Not really thinking about it, she reached into the chest cavity and grasped the heart, pulling on it hard. The skeleton crumpled, as she stood there, holding its heart. Her eyes then shifted to the others that began to advance, hissing louder now, and a grin escaped her usually composed face. She crushed the heart, and her eyes began to glow red. She closed them for a brief moment, then sent a shower of fire balls upon re-opening them. Lilith had never gotten far enough into her training to keep her self control when using Blood Magick. And she was starting to slip into a dangerous mindset; attack any and everything that moves.
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Post by Lovely on Sept 26, 2012 15:09:36 GMT -5
"A blood mage" The woman noticed the color in Lilith's eyes drain to a deep red. It was then that the shower of fireballs began to grow out of control, it wasn't a matter of defending herself by this point from the undead monsters, but to prevent any burning that would ensue from Lilith's inability to control her powers. She wasn't ready to die, and with that she began dodging them, as the fireballs began to scorch the dead that surrounded them. "GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 15:37:36 GMT -5
The fire balls ceased, and Lilith turned her eyes to the woman. After a few moments, they faded back to their usual chocolate brown, and Lilith shook her head. "What.. What happened?" She glanced around and noticed all of the scorched demons, and realization struck her. "Oh no. Not again." She squeezed her eyes shut and growled to herself. "How does that keep happening?" she whispered to her hands as she fell to her knees and cradled her head.
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Post by Lovely on Sept 26, 2012 17:48:20 GMT -5
The woman approached her as she extended her hand to Lilith, "It seems we both have demons to face, I never properly introduced myself..." She helped her up, dusting her from the fall. "Lexis...I do believe this adventure will be alot more entertaining, compared to what I had originally anticipated"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 18:00:01 GMT -5
"Well met. You may call me Lilith. I apologize for... What happened." She walked over to collect her staff, then returned to face Lexis. "I believe we may want to get on our way, lest we be caught off guard once again." With that, she turned and wandered off, only this time she actually turned to wait for Lexis.
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