Zorlon - Levdia

[Abramul]

Lisette says to Siffli "We may as well head for the square, and ask around to about the arrows." Assuming Siffli is agreeable, they begin walking.

[Arturius]

(to ford)

*Laughs*

"As old as my tongue and a little older than my teath"

*grins*

"26"

 

 

(to indril)

"Its good to see you well, Yes i suppose i should, I was telling ford he should get some advice from you about woodlore as they seem intent on travelling in it, no-one more experienced than indril!" "I think they might be after some antique magic arrow or something"

 

(ari goes to spin pots)

He shows midge how to work the wheel and gets out some of the special clay he brought. Its odd and pale though it feels like normal clay.

ari proceeds to teach midge to spin pots

"so have you ever done this before?"

 

ooc> i'm back (ok thats stating the obvious ;)

[Malchik]

Ari and Midge.

 

Midge is quite good at manufacturing pots but mentions that he would have more fun painting them. When you let him play around with the few pigment boxes the others had taken on your behalf he produces incredibly beautiful designs of birds and flowers.

 

Ford

 

Varna sighs. "When death is near the flesh necroses in the hands and feet. I have sedated Wrenn and he will be still shortly. There is no hope for him. He is partly dead already." There are tears in her eyes. "The poor mites have no role in this. Don't their 'parents' see enough to know the results of what they do? Please go and dig the grave. The bodies decompose rapidly and can cause problems."

 

Moppitt glowers at Varna.

 

Lurel

 

There is laughter. "You know a cure for old age? She'd be all right if she had anything to do. There are problems enough, especially at the moment. But who is going to ask HER for help when they get their heads bitten off. We help each other."

 

Lisette and Siffli.

 

It is eerie to be walking along streets where the houses look as fresh as if they had been built yesterday but from where there is no sound of any kind. There is glass in the windows, doors are closed, roofs are tiled. A way ahead you can see that the buildings increase in size to four and five storeys. Side streets are all of three-storey constructions.

 

You think you catch a movement in one of the windows of the buildings to your right. You do see one a considerable way in front of you. That is probably in the inhabited square.

[Gabbemaster]

<OOC> Hi everyone, I'm finally back :) </OOC>

 

Siffli moves close to Lisette and whisper

" I'ts so empty and quiet here... I wonder where all the people are"

[Arturius]

"Wow, where'd you learn to paint like that? is that your job? not meaning to be rude but how old are you?"

 

*continues pottery*

 

"What happens if you don't find this arrow anyway?"

 

ooc> if she's not to blind to see it

*Shows indrel a piece of midges painting*

"I thought you might like to see this. i've never seen anyone paint like that. "

 

"We're getting there with the pots we'll need to let the dry before we fire them though"

[Switch]

Ford is clearly very upset about all this, but is trying not to let it get to him.

 

"O-okay... if you say so..."

 

He turns to Moppitt.

 

"Let's get this over with..."

 

He turns to Varna.

 

"Um... a-any particular place you want it?"

[Malchik]

Ari & Midge

 

Indril grunts at the plate "Very pretty. But what's wrong with our birds and trees?"

 

She boots Ari out of her hut.

 

Ford

 

Varna shrugs. "We had a graveyard in Heidal. I don't know this area."

 

Wrenn has stopped screaming and fallen asleep. Apart from the ends of his fingers which are discoloured and blackish he seems normal in sleep. He is perhaps four years old.

 

Moppitt gestures Ford towards a woodland clearing. A stream can be seen and heard burbling in the distance.

 

"Ground will be softer there. Come on!"

 

Before you can move the one-eyed girl peers at you through her good eye.

 

She says to the world at large. "You are needed but you are not the one." She walks away muttering to herself.

 

As you move out of earshot Moppitt says: "Why don't they burn them? Making us do all this back-breaking work for a bunch of crazies. Should have left 'em behind to die. And what are we guarding them from? They're all goners anyway!"

 

Although the words are hard, there is a much more complex emotion behind them. Ford is not an empath like Lurel but even he can tell that the cruelty is a shield against reality for Moppitt. The boy stops and stares at Ford waiting for a reaction.

[ThetaOrionis01]

"Well, I'm certainly happy to help you," Lurel grins, "and I could definitely use some help too. I don't know how you feel about magic.... but if you're not too worried about it I could probably use some skills I have to heap up a nice earth wall.. without anyone having to do any digging. And if you don't like the idea of that, or if for some reason my skills don't work here.. well, then I'm happy to offer an extra pair of hands to help build that wall.

 

He finishes the sausage. "Yes, I can imagine that the sudden move out of the village must have caused all kinds of problems. Stuff like food supplies, I suppose?"

[Malchik]

"We don't know about magic but our forebears were wizard so it doesn't bother us. Food's less of a problem than space. Kids are squabbling all the time, my wife can't get away from them and they can't get away from her. Then she takes it out on me and we're all stuck in the same damn room. You need a playroom or something and someone to control it. Now that would be a full time job! Come on guys - back to work."

 

As they grumblingly get to their feet he turns to Lurel. "You build the walls boy and we'll see to the paling."

[ThetaOrionis01]

Lurel grins. "Well, if I can get the wall built for you, maybe you could use the time saved to build something for the kids.... you know, something like a treehouse and stuff to climb on? Especially with so many new kids in the village."

 

 

'I hope the earth elementals won't let me down...'

 

With that thought, he takes a good look at the line the earth wall is to take, calls out a warning to people and attempts to raise the earth to form a wall and ditch.