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 Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:08 am
 --<._.-'--.__Tessa Cortez__.--'-._.>--
So cold... All the same, all about me. The wit, the wisdom. Here I stand, Here I live... The truth of a revelation, frozen in fear. Slowly dying...
Tessa dropped her head slightly and took a step back from Jack.
"Power is not just a weapon, Jack," she said firmly, "it's more responsibility than capability. You can't just take such a flippant attitude."
She looked over to where Calypso had been, and her face dropped into a frown. She had just been there a moment ago, and in her experience silent departures were never a good sign.
"Ah... Jack? Where's your mother gone off to?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:51 am
 Jack------------------------------------------
------------------- Cortez Of Blood and Gold I know,
of the freedom of a ship,
and only the wind holding you back.
"How should I know. Why?" Jack asked, looking towards Tessa curiously, flexing his hand as he did so. His mind reeled with the possibilities that now awaited him, and he began to grasp the entirety of what he truly was. Consciously he was eager, ravenously curious, about this new power, and he couldn't help but look down at his hand again, his wedding ring still chilled.
This is what I loved...And lost.[OutrageousObliviousCats: ---]
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:02 pm
--<._.-'--.__Tessa Cortez__.--'-._.>--
So cold... All the same, all about me. The wit, the wisdom. Here I stand, Here I live... The truth of a revelation, frozen in fear. Slowly dying...
"She was just over there a minute ago," Tessa indicated the balcony, "and now... well, she isn't."
She dropped her shoulders slightly and stepped back again, but she held up a hand to her forehead and swayed for a moment, as if struggling for her own consciousness.
"Ah, damn it... what in all creation is going on here...?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:11 pm
Jack------------------------------------------
------------------- Cortez Of Blood and Gold I know,
of the freedom of a ship,
and only the wind holding you back.
"Nothing good," Jack said, settling into his chair and taking up his wine glass. He drank it quickly for fear of turning it into ice again before setting down the glass and turning to Tessa. "Are you sure you are alright?" He asked, for fear that something was very wrong. He stood and caught her arm in case she needed assistance standing.
This is what I loved...And lost.[OutrageousObliviousCats: ---]
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:16 pm
--<._.-'--.__Tessa Cortez__.--'-._.>--
So cold... All the same, all about me. The wit, the wisdom. Here I stand, Here I live... The truth of a revelation, frozen in fear. Slowly dying...
Tessa slowly made her way to the bed using Jack's support and sat down with a sigh. Her head still in her hand she thought over his question for several seconds before shaking her head slightly.
"First Isobel, Illumine, Fienna, the Shadow Hunters, the Company, that blasted assassin girl... Just how long is this going to keep going, Jack?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:22 pm
Jack------------------------------------------
------------------- Cortez Of Blood and Gold I know,
of the freedom of a ship,
and only the wind holding you back.
"As long as we are able to fight it I daresay," Jack said quietly with a sigh. He leaned against the wall, looking out towards the balcony. He was rather irritated with the world, instead of returning to the seas and things being the way they ought to be, he found himself running in a race even he couldn't hold up forever. "Perhaps we are destined to give in love," He said quietly, closing his eyes. "Perhaps there is no winning, and we are only stringing out fate," The fatalistic nature of his words betrayed that he was growing weary of fighting.
This is what I loved...And lost.[OutrageousObliviousCats: ---]
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:28 pm
--<._.-'--.__Tessa Cortez__.--'-._.>--
So cold... All the same, all about me. The wit, the wisdom. Here I stand, Here I live... The truth of a revelation, frozen in fear. Slowly dying...
Tessa froze at Jack's words and lowered her head past her hand thoughtfully. Jack Cortez, the man who in their first encounter had been nothing more than an undead manifestation of brutality and so grown on her as to set them married to each other for sake of their ability to get over each others' troubles and work out their differences. The same man who had only just finished disproving her every last initial thought of him, and all the same carried much the same worries as she had her entire life. There weren't words for it. Forever paired against what appeared the rest of reality, with few exceptions. Her thoughts sank into the black of memory, and almost immediately her eyes snapped open.
"No, Jack... Fate is not unavoidable, forced though it might be. We can overcome this, can't we?" She looked up to him with a faint smile, "We even have some people sticking their lives on the line to help us through this; we can do this, right?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:35 pm
Jack------------------------------------------
------------------- Cortez Of Blood and Gold I know,
of the freedom of a ship,
and only the wind holding you back.
"I suppose, I merely hope it isn't a waste in the end," Jack said, opening his eyes and going to his desk. He looked at his mother's glasses curiously before peering through them, finding that they only hindered his eyesight. He put them down again and looked over his desk. Nothing was so out of place that he felt compelled to arrange anything a particular way. With a sigh, he pressed his fingers to his forehead and settled the weight of his head onto them, his eyes again closing.
This is what I loved...And lost.[OutrageousObliviousCats: ---]
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:42 pm
--<._.-'--.__Tessa Cortez__.--'-._.>--
So cold... All the same, all about me. The wit, the wisdom. Here I stand, Here I live... The truth of a revelation, frozen in fear. Slowly dying...
Tessa adjusted herself to lay on the bed in silence for several minutes. As reassured as she might be of the help the two of them had, her doubts remained, and she glanced at her wedding band for a moment and watched the blue light circle her finger again and again from within it. Even if the worst should happen, she would have died contented with her life's work. If peace was not arranged in their lives, then at least she could smile about the man she shared her last moment with. In her desperate attempt to keep herself occupied with the brighter things of her life, she nearly dozed off several times in her silence, but always managed to snap to reality again, usually with a sudden start.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:52 pm
Jack------------------------------------------
------------------- Cortez Of Blood and Gold I know,
of the freedom of a ship,
and only the wind holding you back.
Jack looked up and at Tessa after a while before going over to the bed and laying down next to her, touching her arm gently in reassurance. "You can sleep if you want, you need your rest," He said softly, running his fingers down a strand of her hair in a gentle way, inspecting it as he did so.
Outside on deck, Calypso leaned on the railing heavily, her sorrow reflected in her eyes, but her cheeks were untouched by tears, and her lips were taunt and still. She nearly cursed herself for ever falling in love with Fieronin, before curbing that thought. Jack himself was a joy to Calypso, a curiosity for her, Isobel concerned her. Though, it was in truth Isobel had gained form due to Nessin, through which the happier times of Calypso's life began with Fieronin's and her's escape. Burdened with dark thoughts, the goddess stared out at the seas as they rolled by.
This is what I loved...And lost.[OutrageousObliviousCats: ---]
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:57 pm
 }---Erathis Nekaedhe---{
Through trial, you learn. Through effort, you improve. Through struggle, you grow. That's not life, however.
Life is a series of these and these alone. I came knowing this, prepared. And I'm ready to bring it all on.
Erathis watched for a moment from the other end of the ship how things had progressed, and again gave into his own worries for Karl's well-being. Calypso had seemed particularly uneasy though, even for her. After a moment, he excused himself from Lucas' company and stepped over to her, coming to a crouch a short ways from her against the railing.
"You seem unwell almost," he observed, "did something happen, Calypso?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:07 pm
Jack------------------------------------------
------------------- Cortez Of Blood and Gold I know,
of the freedom of a ship,
and only the wind holding you back.
Calypso looked at Erathis curiously before looking back to the sea. "There is a great evil that hunts for the Duchess," As she spoke, the sails slackened and the flag dropped. The tides themselves seemed to cease for a moment, returning to movement in only a marginal amount. Calypso looked around fearfully, the doldrum not having come from her own powers. "She is nearly here,"
"Nearly?" Isobel's voice whispered through the goddess' mind. She laughed wickedly before darkness fell upon the ship, day turning to night rapidly, unnaturally. Many of the crew seemed uneasy and a cry rang up as the first specter appeared, solidifying into form and holding a dagger to the man's throat. The same occurred for the rest of the crew, the blades varying in length. Jack in the cabin flew upright as he sensed Isobel's arrival, a lightening bolt of negative energy striking the deck, the woman appearing with it. She sported a grin and looked only at Calypso for a moment, her eyes greedy, hungry for power. "This form is pleased to see you. Her foolish hope gives me strength."
"Leave her alone," Calyspo gasped and Isobel laughed, eyes then wandering the deck.
"Where is the dear captain and that foolish brat of a half-elf?" Isobel asked, her voice a hissing snap.
This is what I loved...And lost.[OutrageousObliviousCats: ---]
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:17 pm
}---Erathis Nekaedhe---{
Through trial, you learn. Through effort, you improve. Through struggle, you grow. That's not life, however.
Life is a series of these and these alone. I came knowing this, prepared. And I'm ready to bring it all on.
Erathis had sprung to his feet in an instant, with his blade already drawn and out behind him, ready to spring without even the slightest warning. His free hand sparked with electricity, ready to lash out in any number of ways at the first sign of alarm.
"I'll make you a deal," he said calmly, "get through me and I'll consider letting you-"
"Stand down, Erathis!"
Ilyia's voice cut through the air the same as the array of silver splitting through the general area of the ship from every direction, each line of which fizzled almost immediately as she appeared several paces from Isobel, with a blade frighteningly similar to Illumine's - albeit of a silver light, rather than gold - in her hand.
"Let the men go," she said nearly breathlessly, "the Captain and his wife are under the protection of the Silverlight Order; you will not reach them so long as any of us have a say in it. There is no point in harming a bystander."
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:38 pm
 Isobel*********************************
*************************Mierien The age of men is over,
And the hour of Hell is at hand.
Isobel chuckled, apparently amused at the display that met her eyes. "I thought you may have learned already, you and all the other treacherous bugs that pester me," Her eyes flashed in a dangerous, cold joy. "There are no bystanders," As to prove her point, a twitch of her finger sent writhe inducing pain into Mr. Porter and he fell to his knees with a cry. Isobel's face split into a grin, but she did not bother to face him. Instead she vanished and appeared next to Calypso who's eyes widened as she found no strength to inflict harm to Isobel.
"A shame isn't it, that your only child fell victim to me, isn't it?" Isobel said tauntingly.
"She wasn't her only child," Jack said from the doorway of the cabin, his eyes furious, although towards whom the majority it was aimed at was uncertain. Isobel looked curiously at Calypso before looking to Jack with realization forming an "o" on her face.
"Leave him," Calypso pleaded, and Isobel struck her across the face with a frown, the summoned ice daggers fizzling into steam as Isobel's hand returned to her side. Isobel ignored the goddess and instead looked around at the rest of the gathered mass with a smile.
"Very well then, convince me why I should not take either Jack or his lovely...wife was it now?" Isobel looked to Calypso. "Who would be best to see live?" She asked herself, before bolts of negative energy swept out from her person, speeding towards Erathis, Ilyia, and the rest of the opposition.
Hell itself shall claim back the realms[OutrageousObliviousCats:---]
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:46 pm
 _,.-~*'`'*~-.,_Ilyia Nerian_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_
I may be the hand of Mystriel... I may be her instrument of justice. I realize I am forever her servant. I will still stand for what I believe. If there are those who will oppose her, They must stand against me. I will not give in.
With gritted teeth and mild fury burned into her eyes, Ilyia's free hand swept to her side and a many-layered wall of silver light sprang up about all those save herself met with the shockwave, and after the initial impact a slight appearance of silver lightning cackled about her figure, but she held firm all the same.
"Leave them be," she warned again, "and if you are so bent on finding reason then your lifespan must mean little to you."
With her blade still behind her and her free hand out at Isobel, a faint yet visibly restrained shimmer of silver threatened to burst in the palm of her hand, her eyes flitting from one threatened crewman to the next before settling on Isobel.
"Your next warning will consist of a blade through your head; I suggest for your own sake you let them go."
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