Re: ((Follow the Braid everyone)) The Arival pt 2

[Guest]

Manny stood up. "I would be happy to. Lady Epiphany, I will use her lower body to slide her down if you will hold her upper body and lay her down softly." He walked over to the bed to help her.

[Guest]

Venis' stomach became very queasy and she started to get light headed. "A Goddess' work is never done. It seems I am back on the clock already. It's good to be home. Seleen, could you be a good little soldier and go upstairs. Someone seems to be in a small amount of danger. We'll deal with the depressed child later. The danger is what concerns me at the moment. Take your little friend, the one that deals with suckers." She leaned agaist Kahn more figting against the nausia.

[AngelRayne]

"Furball? There is only one person I know in all of Rhy'din that everyone calls furball. Which means Gawain is here too. Good gods it's turned into some sort of weird family reunion or something. Though I'm not going to complain, I have missed you all terribly." Her head was going to hurt for a bit, that was for sure. But, she'd get over it. Besides it was worth it!

"Drink and be marry. Sounds like a good plan to me. " Those light blues then moved to Tasha, soft smile given to her. " 'Ello and good night? Rest well and happy dreams." Angel was ever so glad she hadn't brought Az and Silver along with her ... things might have gotten interesting to say the least.

[Guest]

Seleen set her glass down and walked over to her bag. She reached in and pulled the gun from it's hiding place. Having on a dress she was going to have to carry it in her hand. "Yes Ma'am. I will return shortly. Excuse me everyone." And with that she was up out the door and up the stairs. Even in a dress and heels she used her vampire quickness with ease.

[Epiphany]

Danger? A depressed child? What was going on upstairs? First she would help Manny in getting Tasha into a comfortable position, taking care in this task. Though she might not be able to harm them by touch, she didn't want to rile up the other part of herself. Aside from that, Epiphany did have a gentel touch.

"I should be taking my leave of you all. There are things I have to do" not to mention she wanted to be somewhere else when Gawain appeared. And she had to do something if she were to be of any help to Venis.

"Venis, when you are ready for me, call me or send for me." With that she waves goodbye and started up the steps.

[Guest]

"Thank you for everything Lady Epiphany, it was a pleasure meeting you. I'm sorry it was under these circumstances." She watched the woman disapear up the stairs. She snuggled as close to Kahn as she could get, his cold was perfect against her hot. She turned her head towards Angel again. "So, how's life been while I was away?"

[Guest]

"Seleen has taken care of the danger ..." She looked up and saw that Angel had fallen asleep. She turned her head to see her husband was asleep as well with her in his arms. She turned to Manny, the only one other than her who was still awake.

"Perhaps we should let them rest, they seem to be quite weary. I am in a bit of a cunundrum though. It is time for my lotion and I need to get to sleep myself soon. I'm not quite strong enough to face the day and the night. Yet, if I remove myself from his arms it might awaken him. Any suggestions?"

She held up her goblet for more wine. It was more of a request than an order, given she couldn't pour for herself.

[Guest]

Manny stopped what he was doing when she spoke to him. He walked over and poured her some more wine. "Perhaps, if it is dark enough in here? It would not take much, nor would it make much noise for me to slide your coffin to your feet. The dirt would come with it, it's a small gap of space. You could rest your feet within the coffin and sleep in Kahn's lap."

He turned and looked to the coffin and thought about the quietest way to move it. "And as far as your lotion, I know how to apply it, or if you would prefer,I could retrieve Seleen. The position in which you sit would make it easy enough to apply your lotion without disturbing Kahn."

[Guest]

"Seleen has not had much time to herself or with beings other than myself and Tasha for years. Let her have her time away. It is good for her. No one would get angry if you applied my lotion for me." She hated that her friend had to see her like she was, but she had no choice, her scars could not be allowed to get too dry or there would be no removing them.

She looked up when she heard the door at the top of the stairs. "Eat your breakfast first, before it gets cold."

[Guest]

Derek came down the steps with a plate for Manny. Scrambled eggs, fried ham, and fresh squeased orange juice. Manny took the plate with a nod and a smile. "Thank you Derek. And please thank the chef for me as well."

He sat down to eat his breakfast while Derek bowed and headed back up the stairs to deliver other plates. Manny ate in silence while Venis rested against Kahn's chest.

Once he was finished he went over to Tasha's medical bag and removed the jar of lotion. "Are you sure Venis?" He looked up and she slowly nodded. So he walked over to her while opening the jar. He sat the open jar on the table with the lid beside it.

He walked back over to the bag and grabbed a handfull of cotton from another jar. He sat it down as well. Then with shakey hands he reached for the hood of her cloak. He laid it back gently upon Kahns hand as it was upon Venis' shoulder. She closed her eyes to the artificial light that filled the room. He then unzipped her cloak and laid the left side back over the arm of the chair.

The entire left side of her body was exposed to him as well as some of the right where the cloak had fallen. He dipped the cotton in the lotion and walked over behind her. He began with her head. He gently applied the lotion to her scalp rubbing as softly as possable. He ran the cotton over her fried hair and let it soak up the moisture of the lotion. He was very carefull not to pull, there were already patches missing. It didn't take long on her hair as it was so fried it was one tenth the length of normal.

He got more lotion and moved to her face next. Gently he ran the cotton with the lotion upon it over her forehead and closed eye, her nose, cheek, lips. He was so gentle, but she still cringed slightly from the pain. He moved to her neck and shoulder, getting her back along the way.

More lotion. Down the front from the shoulder. He hessitated for a moment. But he shook his head and continued. He was at a very private area of her body and was getting to an even more private one. But it had to be done. Down her stomach and over her buttox. More lotion. Up between her legs and down. Her entire left leg, all around it. Clear down to her toes. Back up to her left arm. Again, all around it all the way down to her fingers. Her wedding ring trapped under the scared flesh, her long fingernails twisted and blackened.

He put the cotton into a bag to go out with the trash while he left her uncovered for a moment to let the lotion soak in better. He turned and looked to her, not at her nudity and her exposure, but to the scared flesh that looked like so much melted wax. "Ce qui a fait ce monstre faites à toi mon cher?" He covered her back up, rezipped her cloack and pulled her hood over her head.

He turned and scooted the coffin to her feet, sweeping the dirt along as he did so. Once in place he gently lifted her feet into the coffin, and lifted Kahns feet to rest upon the coffin so he may be more comfortable as he slumbered. He placed one of the extra blankets over the part of them that wouldn't be touching her scars and placed a pillow under the side of his head. Then he went over to Angel. He placed a pillow under her head as well, covered her and proped her feet up on a trunk. He took a pillow and a blanket and went to lay down on the bed with Tasha.


((Translation: "What did that monster do to you my dear?"))

[Guest]

She snuggled up to her husband and closed her eyes. "Aucun s'inquiète, il ne nous tracassera pas toujours encore." And she was asleep. It was the best Birthday present she could ever have, being back in her husbands arms.

((Translation: No worries, he won't bother us ever again.))

[Gawain]

Twitch. Twitch-twitch. Leap. "By the power of Graysk-" Blink. "Oi. Where have I fallen asleep now? I was talking to someone...I think?" A semi-loud growl was heard before he muttered "I despise gypsies. And disembodied elementals. And people with gold teeth."

Now. Where -was- everyone?

[Guest]

Everyone in the basement was sleeping peacefully. Venis, asleep in Kahn's arms, Kahn asleep holding his loving wife, Angel asleep across from them in another chair. Tasha sleeping in bed whimpering occasonaly as breathing hurt her. And Manny, loyal employee and friend, laid across the foot of the bed snoring quietly.

Venis' eyes shot open, not making a move. What was it that had awoke her again so early. She listened ... but not with her ears. There it was, there was what had awoken her. Very quietly she whispered ... "Gawain ..." She knew he would hear her.

The bond was weak, but it was there ...

[Gawain]

Ah, that's right, here he was. There was a fair amount of bustle going, but he tried to ignore it. Using the tricks taught to him in the Black Tower, he stilled his mind, and paid attention to his senses. His nose, at that point, went crazy. "You've gotta be kidding me.....that's a scent I haven't smelled in years!" With that, he was off, following, as they say, his nose.

~Am I losing my mind? Again?~

[Guest]

He had found her, she felt it. She could feel him getting closer. He would soon be behind the bar and through the kitchen. Hopefully he remembered how to be quiet so he didn't wake up the others. A blood tear fell from her eye as she felt him getting closer. That would bring him faster.

Soon he was close enough, close enough to hear her. She whispered. "Quietly furball, the others are sleeping, I would like it to stay that way." She needed time with her best friend just as she needed time with her husband. Right now her husband was sleeping and her best friend was not.

She had been making her heart beat because she liked the feel of having a pulse. It was a habbit she had, but now, without any thought, her pulse was racing. She never moved knowing if she did Kahn would wake up. Her cloak still shutting her away from the world, she wished she was well so she didn't have to hide. But she knew he would understand.

[Guest]

Venis was in the basement awaiting Gawain when ... Her son, her only natural born son arived at the Inn. Venis' head was spinning. Her stomach staring to turn. How was she going to heal like this. First Kahn, then Gawian, and Angel, She thought she felt Tarin as well, but wasn't sure ... And now her son Dre. Too many of her loved ones were ariving. Good thing she had plenty of gold at her disposal, she could never allow her son to pay his own tab. She figured what the hell.

"Dreconis Darkmane ... This is your mother speaking. Get your scaley hide down here this instant."

She looked around the basement and sighed. It was getting pretty crowded with all her company.

"Quietly"

[Guest]

Bo and Derek had made it downstairs and had gotten to sleep before the Goddess had awoken. They were on the floor, one on the other side of the bed and the other on the other side of Seleen's still empty coffin.

But Manny woke up. He looked up from the bed and saw Venis tipping her goblet to her mouth for a sip of bloodwine. "What is it V, why are you awake? Are you alright?" He was worried that she had been the only one awake in the room. She always seemed to sence things before anyone else would. Heh, that's a God for you.

[Guest]

She half chuckled at Manny. He sounded like such a mother hen sometimes. "I'm fine Manny, I won't be sleeping for long periods for quite a while, a coma and then comming home can do that to someone. No, I got woke up by Gawain being upstairs. I got through to him and he's headed down here. But you will never guess who I just felt walk through the door. Dre, he's here."

She was over joyed that one of her children was here. She wondered about her daughter-in-law and her grandchildren. But she would let him bring them up. Her family had a nasty habbit of meeting with disaster and if anything had happened to them, she didn't want to bring her son any pain.

She was tempted to wake Kahn up and let him know that his step-son was here. And to also warn him that the furball was on his was to the basement as well. But she let him sleep. She brought right hand fingers to her lips and kissed them softly then touched them to Kahn's lips while he peacefully slept.

"Manny, could you drag Tasha's hope chest out for Dre to sit on? Gawain can use one of the chairs. And could you get a container of those premoistened cloths? I smell fresh blood, someone is going to need to wash up."

She hoped that all these people showing up meant that Gypzee would find her way here as well. She was scared to ask Kahn and Epiphany to do what she would need them to do without Gypzee. But at least now, if Gawain is unwilling or unabble to help, she would have Dre. She knew that her younger children were still in conact with Kahn, but she still had three older children wondering around out there ... hopefully. And she really did want to find them.

[Beastie]

He watched the lass and tilted his head as he watched her. After hearing what she said he gave a nod, and spoke quietly. "Just a room. Big enough for one of my kind, that leads to the outside. No windows." He set down the last of his money, after retrieving it from his pack. "Just put the name as Beastie." His eyes going wide and looked around like a mad man. He shook his head not believing what he had heard in it, when he heard it again.

His head whipped to the lass and said, "Which way to the basement?" It could not be, the last person he had seen from the Society had been his Blade Sister Airtia. No way someone else was here and especially not her. He growled and swore someone would pay if this was a joke. He waited for the lass to point the way.

He nodded his scaley head and signed the papers he was told to sign as: Dreconis 'Beastie' Dragonis-Darkmane. Looking back at her he gave a have smile, taking another bite of his apple. "Seems there will be lots of time to get it ready, unless this is a joke." He has said after finding out it would take a while.

He gave a growling chuckle and went off as she directed, stooping is nearly seven foot tall frame a little and head through the kitchen. Smiling inwardly as he watched the a few almost be sick as he offered them a bite of his apple.

He began his descent down the stairs to the basement, his jovial nature gone. His body set as if he was going into a Dance, small heat waves already shimmering around him.

[Guest]

She spoke to him before he even finished decending the stairs. "Did you see Gawain around up there anywhere, he was on his way to see me when I felt you enter the Inn."

She saw him step into the room and her tears began to flow. She had so missed her children, and here one was standing right before her. She stayed sitting in Kahn's lap, still worried about waking her loving husband. The only hint of movement from her was her hand holding the diamond goblet and the ripple of the bottom of her cloak from the pillow of air she had flowing within it so that it wouldn't touch her scars.

"I have missed you so very much my child. Whomever sent you to me, I owe them a debt. Sit down and visit, please. I thought I wanted solitude to heal, but after seeing your step-father, and now you. There's no question, I am again home. Be carefull not to wake up anyone please. And watch that tail dear, Angel's sleeping right beside you."

The hood of the cloak moved slightly as she turned her attention to Manny. "Could you get your God-son some of those moistened cloths? He is a bit of a mess." Her heart was pounding and her tears flowing at a rapid pace. So much infact that the blood tears were dripping from under the hood of the cloak onto her blood red hair. She spoke again to her son. "It is true God of War, you're mother is truly home."

In fact it was the beyond floor-lenght blood red hair and the hand holding the diamond goblet with the long black fingernails that should have told her son that it was indeed not a hoax, his mother and Tasha were finally home.

"Also, Manny, Tash should be waking soon. Could you get her the meat shake that is in the kitchen for her when you get a chance? And did the guard shift change at the doors? I am surprised that no one informed me the second my son arived. Then again, perhaps they figured I would know the second he did so."

She laughed slightly, partly giddy over her son being with her again and partly because she was just a little nutty after all she had been through. She still felt rather ill feeling the rampid depression of the child upstairs, but it was nothing she couldn't handle at the moment. If it became too much she would send for the child.

"You know, this Inn is filling rather rapidly with my friends and family. I might have to rent out an entire floor or so. Dre, you're room, have them put it on my tab when you go back upstairs sweety. No child of mine will pay for his own as long as he is with me." She chuckled again. "Thank the God's that we are extreamly wealthy. My rooms, Kahn's rooms, Gawain's room, a few nights for Lady Vesta and Lady Nephalei, and now too my son. Not to mention all the food and drink and other things that go along with those rooms. Manny, could you see about finding Lady De'Ryanna when you are able. She and I should speak. And if you see Seleen, ask her to bring me $5,000,000 in gold for right now, please."

She returned her full attention to her son as she listened to manny answer her. "It does my heart good to see you my darling. I have missed you more than I can ever express. When your step-father awakens, and Tash too for that matter, they will be just as happy to see you. But you must forgive me for not jumping up and hugging you. One, I do not wish to wake this sleeping vampire, and for two, a hug is not possable until I have been healed." Her blood tears continued to fall.

[Guest]

Manny rose from the bed where he had been resting and moved the hope chest as requested. He then grabbed up the cloths and set them on the table. He walked over and poured her some more bloodwine. "We are going to have to check with the Master Chef and see if he has any swine or bovine that are to be slaughtered for this eve's meal. You need some fresh blood. The bloodwine is rather thin for your needs."

When Dre stepped into the room Manny smiled a rather large smile. His God-son had arived. He knew that Dre probably wouldn't remember him, he hadn't seen him since he was a small child. But he walked over to him regardless and offered him his arm for a handshake and hug. "Dre, welcome, good to see you again after so very long."

After the handshake and hug he walked over and got the cloths for him. He handed them over with a chuckle. "You're mother could smell the fresh blood clear down here, that's a vamp for you." He went over and checked on Tasha then returned his attention to Venis and Dre. "If you both will excuse me, I need to find Lady De'Ryanna, see if I can find Seleen, I was told she would be leaving for the keep today for a few hours, I need to catch her before she goes to make sure she brings enough gold. Then on the way back down I will bring Tasha's shake."

He headed for the stairs, on his way past Dre he put his hand on his shoulder. "So good to see you again." And he headed up the stairs, hoping he would be able to catch another nap later. It was going to be some work keeping up with the needs of a Goddess Vampire who cannot sleep for more than an hour or two at a time.

[Beastie]

He heard he voice and stopped, the waves of heat that were around him dissapating as his mouth hung opened. Even unhinging and opening further. He heard her words and just stared. He waved at this and that, refering to the the chest and the cloths. He listen to everything and to the one called Manny even allowing the touch.

He had definitly gotten colder and he stared at his Mother. Finally he spoke. "I spent the last I had from Krow to pay for my room. That is all I require, and no I have not seen the ball of fur. Mayhap he is shedding so others may have a warm blanket to sleep on." His voice unemotional, dead sounding. But then how was he suppose to react, here he was finding out that all he thought he knew, all those he mourned as gone were alive. Alive while he went through what he had.

It was then that he also saw Kahn was there, and the mention of Tasha. This was to much. He ingored the chest and moved over to where he could just crouch down. His snout buried in the cloth, not washing just thinking. This had to be a dream or a trick. Maybe someone wanting his job, maybe someone wanting to enslave him again for an arena, or maybe he had finally lost it all and gone completly nuts. That had to be it.

[Guest]

The sound of his voice chilled her. "Dre ... I am sorry I was gone. I make no excuses, but what I did ... I did to protect my family. Vlad would have been more than happy to get to you, or your siblings, or even your step-father. Alexander, Terran, and Krys would not have been able to help him, nor would the little ... well, your step-siblings. They are not powerfull enough. But you ... you Dreconis Dragonis Darkmane ... you are a demi-God. You are of my blood, you are the son of Lord Krownar Darkmane, a very powerful man, and you are a dracon, as powerful as any dragon. My son, the power that you posses ... I could not allow Vlad to get his hands on you. Your siblings, he would have tortured them to get me to do his bidding, like he did Tasha. And your step-father, baby had he found out that I was married to a God of Death, it would have been all over. He would have tortured me to get you or Kahn to do his bidding. I could not allow him to get control over the God of Death or the God of War at my expence."

Her tears were flowing even faster. "I do not know what happened while I was gone, but what ever it was, if there were any way I could fix it ... I would die for you my child, do you not know that?" She brought her right hand up to wipe at her face. "The Vampire Council sent a messenger to Rhy'Din, the only one he could find was Kahn ... They wanted to send a rescue party after us." Her head turned to check on Tasha still sleeping on the bed then she looked back to her son.

She sighed. She set her diamond goblet upon the table and her hand dissapeared under the hood of her cloak. She kissed her fingers and once the hand reappeared she touched her fingers to Kahns lips. He didn't even stir. "I want you to see ... I want you to see that which Kahn himself has not even seen."

She carefully slid his hand off her shoulder and used the back of the chair to push herself up. She ballanced on her right leg and her right hand went to the hood of her cloak. She pulled it back and let it fall behind her. The entire left side of her face looked like melted wax. Half of her hair was so fried that it barely touched her shoulders. There were patches of hair missing and her scalp looked like raw meat where the hair was gone.

But her ice blue eyes ... They looked at Dre, full of flowing blood tears. She looked at him and sobbed uncontrolably. She could feel his pain as if it were her own. It was, it was her own. She wanted it, she wanted to consume it. She needed to make her son feel better. Her head bagan to twitch as she tried to consume the pain.

Sudenly there was a rush of wind. Her concentration had diverted and the pillow of air that protected her scars from the touch of the cloak rushed from under her cloak. The cloak dropped onto her and she shreiked in pain. Her leg gave out and she dropped to the floor. The flames burst fourth from her body as she collapsed into a flaming heap upon the floor. She grit her teeth to keep from screaming loud enough for the entire Inn to hear her. Her cloak burned away. The fact that she was at Kahn's feet helped her keep some control over the fire. She tried to draw in the wind to contain the fire in a bubble. It was working, Kahn's cold and the air she manipulated into a bubble, the flames were contained.

If one could stand to look into the flames and see her they would see that her scars covered her entire left side of her body from head to toe. She had been long stripped of her metal undergarments once worn to keep her from being nude when consumed by flames. They had been ripped from her burnt flesh as a means of torture. Her wedding ring was trapped on her finger by the flesh that had melted over it durring the pouring of the holy water.

But there she lay, writhing in pain, a crumpled pile of fire. Blood tears catching on fire and evaporating before they even hit the floor. And yet ... she still tried to take away her son's pain.

((To those who are having fun reading this soap opera, and have not experienced this before, please do not send anyone running down with water to put her out. She can control the flames and the Inn will not be burnt. There is no danger to anyone or anything.))

[Beastie]

He spoke softly, then fell silent to listen. That Line was, "Be easy on the gaurds. Seems I shocked them, though they refused my apple. Besides you know I can travel in ways no vither will see me."

Not knowing what to say, in his head he roared and growled. Feeling as if she did not trust him to fight beside her. That she felt he was weak, no matter what her words said. Then there was Kahn, what did she really think of him. He shook his head as he felt the pain flow from him.

He began to use the tricks he had learned over the years. Throwing up mental barriers and turning the pain inward, making himself colder. Then he saw his mother's face. Anger filled him more then anything, and blame. He stared, his eyes going through the specturm so he could fully see. As she began to scream, he roared. His paina nd anger and shame all coming forth. The heat waves once more beginning to shimmer around him. But he controled them enough to weave the threads of Wind to help his mother.

He stood to his full height, and seemed to grow more, as he roared. Through the roar one word was heard..."ENOUGH!"

[Guest]

She stopped trying to ease his pain. It was too much for her to try while trying to control her flames. She tried to stop the fire, the best she was able to do was use the wind he was giving her to strengthen the bubble. She had to find a safer outlet. She needed to let it all go.

She needed to be able to scream and throw the flames free, she needed Dre to yell at her, if they fought about it outside it would be easier and safer. The pain was just too much. She wasn't strong enough. She spoke as if she were gasping for air. "Dre ... be carefull ... of Angel ... but get me ... get me outside." It was her only hope, out in the open air.

She pulled at every ounce of strenght she had so that he could pick her up without getting burned and without it hurting her scars. But she was more worried about her son, if her scars hurt then she would get over it. But she felt like she had destroyed her son enough, if she burnt him she would never forgive herself. She called the first spell that came to mind.

"Usstan lar ... pholor l' Northern ... su'acon. Jiole nindol ... aeros ... bauth ussta ... chathen. Kyorl ussta ... dalhar dal ... nindol morn'lo. Lu' sslig'ne ... ukt siltrin ... dal ninta jusron." It was now safe for him to touch her. "Dre ... up the stairs ... and into ... the kitchen ... there is an ... an outside ... door there. Please ... get me ... out of ... this Inn ... I can't ... hold ... on ... much ... longer." She tried not to be scared, but she knew what would happen if she lost all control.

She tightened the air around the flames knowing that if anyone saw a Dracon running out the door with a woman in flames in his arms that they would panic. The less noticeable they were the better. She wished that anyone else who needed to yell at her were there to get this out of the way. She knew she would be going through this again. But she was not going to make Dre wait until there were others so she could get them all done at once. He was her priority, all others could wait. Her son, the only one of her blood, he came second to no one. But to say the least, she was never more glad that is element was wind. His wind and Kahn's ice were extreamly helpfull to her, but right now, his wind was her ally more than ever before.



((Translation: I call upon the Northern winds. Cool this air around my flames. Guard my child from this heat. And protect his flesh from thier wrath.))

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