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Arminas sighed and shook his head.

"I don't mean the physical forms, and that particular tree happens to be two hundred of your years. This forest is somewhat different than the ones in your experience. And even so, a tree lives as long as it is not killed by disease, famine, or attack. You should not speak of things you know so little about. And as for that, sap is the blood of a tree. "

He sighed, and shook his head a little, then he pulled the dagger out of the tree and tossed it back to rose, then he covered the hole in the bark with his hand, He pulled it away, rubbing the sap between his fingers for a moment, then he put his finger in his mouth and licked the sap off before he covered the hole again. This time, when he pulled his hand away, the hole was gone, and he looked to the old woman for just a moment before he sat down.

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#162

"Fine advice lad, though in my tribe one of us would be dead by now with that insult you just threw at me. But enough of our jawing, let's see what this wonderful lady has to say to this wonderful bunch of miscreants."

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Raven rolled her eye's and walked closer to the lady. "Water" asked Raven sloshing a half full canteen at the lady. the oldish lady took the canteen and took a sip of it "Mm thanks been dying for one of them for ages. Not been easy looking for you lot. hide well don't cha. Anyway while i'm here i better make the most of it." Raven smiled slightly "Why are you here?" the lady looked at Raven and smiled also "Haven't got any food do ya?" Raven turned to the others "Well i haven't got any what about the rest of you lot?"

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#164

((Could I get a short summary of the setting?))

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She shrugged her shoulder softly. “ I didn’t mean to attack the tree I meant to attack the old women!” Then she blushed softly at the way that it sounded and fell silent for a bit. It seamed she had already stuck her foot in the mud and she did not wish to sink father than she had already. As Arminas tossed her dagger back to her. Her finger tips grasping the handle already flipping into her finger tips and letting it fall into place on the side of her boot. “No I don’t think I have any food that might be to your liking grandmother.” The old women just looked at her and then suddenly she was whacked her up side the head with the a wooden stick. No it was not a wooden stick it was more like a club she thought as she rubbed the back of her head. “Never disrespect grandmamma!” Her ocean blue eyes looked to each of them as she was about to say something in protest. Then she looked at the grandma’s club and held her tongue. “Its good that you know to hold your words in front of grandmamma!” The women was slowly not seaming so old to her. Yes her hair was long a gray. Yes she had wrinkles around her face to show that she lived life. Still there was something in grandma’s brown eyes that told that she indeed could keep up with the rest of them in some way. She had to hand it to the old women. If she lived long enough to become old she would want to be just like her. “Now all sit as grandmamma tells you what trouble you youngsters made for! Youngsters...think they know everything. No grandmamma knows everything..”

(( All of us are in the woods by a black lake. Each of us are wanted for somthing and have some kind of a power. A person ( or thing) stolen somthing from each of us. My chara it was her little sister Ama. For Periah they stolen a book. From Cellista they took her memory. From Arminas it the power to destroy all the forest in the world with one spell.))

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((OOC: Actually, I believe they took my character's memory. I'm not sure about anything else.))

"Neat, story time." Nai sat down on the ground crosslegged, then looked up at the old woman with an attentive expression.

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OOC: They took my bird. Don't ask me for more you will find out as we go on.

IC: Raven leant against a tree and listened to the old woman about to speak. She was quick for someone so old.

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OOC: looks like I got lucky :)

IC: Andimia studied the old woman. It was almost eerie how much she was reminded of Anna.

Andimia, only about 18 and already into a life of crime sprinted up the back alley and paused to duck behind a pile of broken kegs. She listened to the sounds of the guard's boots pounding up the main road. There were four of them searching everywhere. One made his way to the alley and slowly walked up towards where the girl was hiding, the alley cloaked in an inky darkness. A yell came from out on the main street.
"We found the guy!" The guard turned and hurried back to help the others. Andimia let out a sigh of relief. She had dropped a diamond necklace upon a sleeping homeless man as she ran from the guards and they had found him. Either way the man would get some money or a place to sleep with a meal. Andimia stood up from her hiding spot and brushed herself off; her black cloak swished about her ankles in a light breeze. She ran further up the alley and ducked inside a door.
Hanging up her cloak she picked her pack up again, slinging it back over her shoulder, it was heavy with books and gold. She was headed for her room when she heard a floor board squeak. Andi turned to see Anna, an old huddled woman standing in her nightgown.
"What in the nine-hells are you doing getting home so late?" the woman half scolded. Andimia replied promptly.
"The Eavenstons had a late dinner party that i had to help with." She hated lying to Anna after all the old woman had done for her.
"Oh." Anna smiled, "Then get cleaned up and get to bed." she called back as she padded off to her own room. "And you have to get up early to open the shop."

Andi folded her arms and shifted her weight upon a tree as she listened to the woman.

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The old women smiled a light smile as she watched most of them sit down. She herself was among one of the first. Her wooden staff was just a bit too much for her. Besides she was never known for hurting an old woman. In the back of her mind she had a feeling she had seen this old women before. But when?

Taking a deep breath she could smell the smoke and burning flesh around her. “Mom?” She closed her eyes falling onto the ground as a hand grasped onto her. “Rosy! Were is momma?” It was Ama she knew that right away by the size of her little sisters hand. “ Momma will come soon.” Again she heard her name called “Rosy!” She stood up holding onto Ama’s hand as she made her way around there home. “Lilla?” Another hand found its way upon her shoulder. “Rose I have Lilla. But where’s dad?” It was Maria. “ Take Lilla and Ama out side out.” With that she gave Ama to Maria and pushed them out the back way. “Rosy! I don’t want to be alone!” Maria was already talking softly to Ama as she made her way to the front door. “ Momma? Daddy?” On she moved close to the ground trying to gasp for air. Everything was spinning as she could heard a woman’s voice. “ Momma?” The black smoke moving around her as she crawled on. Then she could see them. “ Momma! Daddy!” She called just as she was about to leap to them. Just as she felt safe an old women’s appeared out of the smoke and grasped onto her. Her hand covering her lips before she could cry out again to her mom and dad. A guard of some sort stepped into view. “ Where are the children!” Her mother slapped the man as the man just seamed to laugh at her. She could remember biting into the grandmothers hand. “ Momma! Daddy make him stop!” The guard like person just simply took out his sword cutting her parents into peaces. Keeping them alive but then again dead. She could remember screaming and then blacking out. Only to awaken around her younger sisters deep in the forest. Ama held on tightly to her hand as she whispers “ Rosy…you ok?” She nodded as she tried to sit up. Maria came to her side as well “Where’ s daddy?” All she could do was look to the ground Lilla was next tugging at her leg “ where’s momma?”

Snapping out of her thoughts as she looked to the old women’s hand it was scared with a bite mark. “Grandmamma Rachel what do you mean by all the trouble we have made?” The old women just smiled brightly. “ You all know Grandmamma Rachel just not know her by Grandmamma Rachel.” Suddenly her staff swings again as she hit
Jud up side the head. “What did grandmamma say about disrespect? Sit!”

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"I didn't think you did mean to attack the tree."

he looked over at Jud, and shook his head.

"You assume a lot, don't you...?"

The whole thing, though, put him out of the mood for conversation. None of these people knew anything about the forest, but perhaps it was in the nature of humans or whatever he was to assume they knew so much... either way he wanted nothing to do about it, and leaned against the tree, Kierra sitting beside him, her head leaned against his leg and watching the old woman intently. Amrinas just closed his eyes and listened without another word. Would be interesting, perhaps, to hear what the woman had to say...

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#171

"Only what I can see lad..."

GODS! As soon as this is over, then we duel kid.

Turning to face the bauetiful old hag Jud crouched down. He felt ill at ease though, there was more to this old lady than met the eye. It was how she'd just appeared. There was no way that a crippled old lady could get this close to the lot of them without one of us hearing here, or that damned animal that follows Armi around like some trained dog. S'just not possible.

"Speak what you want, Altesta, I'll listen."

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Raven sat and looked into her memory. one day Raven had just finished a job. her pet raven sat on her shoulder. Raven was 18 at the time and she was walking back to her home. Her mum and dad would be waiting for her. Raven walked in the door and turned a corner. Loud voices could be heard from the dining room "I will never tell you never." A loud screech sounded through the air and a thump. Raven turned and knocked over a table "S**t" cursed Raven quietly to herself. "Go see who that was. If it's the girl capture her and bring her in here." Raven darted into a hidden room in the wall. The room was quite big with pictures of people on the wall. These pictures were Ravens jobs. On the right hand side wall there was a small hole looking over the dining room. Raven looked through the hole and watched the scene in the other room. The largest guard walked over to Ravens mother and lifted her chair up as he had pushed it over with his foot. "Tell me woman or i will kill you and all your children" The lady looked over at a small bed. Unconcious was Ravens younger sister only 7 years old. The youngster stirred and sat up on the bed. "Mummy don't tell him anything please." Lolita looked over at the door where the other guard had now appeard "There's nothing there boss" The largest guard turned and nodded. "Good work Mondone. Keep an eye on the perimetre around the house just incase alright" Mondone nodded "Yes sir" He walked out of the room. The other guard turned to Ravens mother and father again "I'm going to ask you both once again. Where is the girl. Tell us and no one will get hurt" Raven's father sat up as straight as he could "The only way to find where our daughter has gone is to kill us." Lolita screamed as The guard flung himself on the chair the cut the bindings and threw Ravens father at the wall where raven was watching. Raven jumped back as a sharp sword plunged through the wall blood covering the end. Ravens mother screamed as Ravens father fell to the floor. Lolita wimpered on the bed trying not to look at her dead father. Ravens fists clenched. tears rolled down her cheeks. she had to do something. But she couldn't. "Tell me woman where is the girl?" Ravens mother wimpered and looked around at her daughter. Lolita cried out "Megan" Raven looked to the floor tears streaming down her face. "The guard walked over to the girl and caught hold of her hair. "I will kill her and then i will kill you if you do not tell me" Ravens mother wimpered again. She screamed as the guard ran the blade across Lolitas neck. He let her go and she dropped to the bed. Raven covered her mouth with her hand and shook her head. this couldnt be happening. The guard walked over to her mother and cut her head off. Raven fell to the floor. suddenly there was a sound behind her. an old lady stood there leaning against the wall "come my dear let us go" Raven looked to the floor "That was you?"

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There was something about this old woman that was oddly... familiar. Nai frowned. Something in her fragmented memory told her this woman was important.

They'd thought her unconscious, when they had dropped her in her blackened stone cell. Something was going on elsewhere; people yelled and shouted. They didn't bother to make sure that the door to Nai's cell was locked, and ran down the corridor to see what the commotion was. Shaking, Nai got to her feet and slipped out. She was in bad shape; she hurt so much, and she was trembling and drenched in sweat. But she'd probably never get another chance...
She slowly made her way towards where she thought the door was. It was agonizing. She had to lean against the wall, because her legs didn't want to support her. There was something broken or bleeding inside; her side hurt too much for there not to be. Her vision kept doubling, then tripling, then doubling again. It didn't matter. Ignore it, it was only pain. She had to get out of this place. If she didn't, something terrible would happen to her, of that she was certain. Where could she go? She didn't know. Who could she trust? Again, she didn't know. All she remembered was her name, and even that wasn't certain. She knew that something precious had been taken from her, but she would have to get it back later. One thing at a time.
It took all of her strength to open the door, and she was unprepared for the light outside. If it had been daylight, she'd have gone blind. As it was, she threw her arms up in front of her face. The action caused her to lose her balance, and her legs folded under her. She tried to get up, only to sink down again as a fit of coughing wracked her. Blood spattered the ground.
Someone grabbed Nai's arm, and she lacked the strength to fight back. Whoever it was helped her to her feet and steadied her until her head stopped swimming. An old woman stood there, smiling in a way that was somehow comforting. "Fly away, little bird. Fly far."

Nai shook her head. "Have I met you, grandmamma?"

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#174

sorry guys. I am having troulbe with my wrod and with out it I can' t post. Sorry hope to be up and runing soon.

Rose

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#175

ooc: Sorry I haven't been posting... Classes are finishing up and I've had some big essays to do.

Jud waited, and thought. He was back in prison and waiting. And then from under the door slipped a bowl of soup, or what passed as soup. It was really little more than water there. Haya went over to it wondering what was the occassion, they never feed him twice a day. From the other side came an old woman's voice. "Drink up child, you'll need your strength soon."

Sipping the broth he felt something metal touch his lips. Pretending not to notice it he walked over to his bunk and sat down. Finishing his broth, real broth not the stuff they normally gave him, he looked at what he was given. A knife, unadored by even a handle, it was still the loveliest thing he'd ever seen. And then the first of the tremors hit, shaking the Earth and knocking his door far enough off of it's hinges for him to kick it off.

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With closed eyes grandmother Rachel looked from one person to the next. Remembering herself how hard it was to save each one of them. To help each one of them in there lives. Her hands reach up to push back her white gray hair. How many of years had it been when Rose had bitten her? She smiled as she remember thinking about leaving that little cyclone. It seamed that she had not changed very much. On her grey eyes swooped over the little group. It had been far to long ago when they where chosen. But would they take in who they are? Or will they fight it?

“I do not have time to tell you all. But I shall tell you why you are all chosen.” Again the old grandmother looked at each one ending on Amrinas. “You where each chosen for your pasts. Your garte grate grandmother’s and grandfathers where apart of a clan called The Drifters. There where many kind of drifters. The first generation of drifters held the language of the forest and the leaving things around them. The following generation learned how to control things such as the moonlight. Among other things. The list goes on but the point would be that they each learned how to talk to and then control an element. The Drifters started to die out but before they did they started to spread out so then some form of there powers would still be alive.” Closing her old grey eyes as she smiled. “ Reach year the new generation of the Drifters congregate together. An each year there powers are discovered. Most of the time the only have one of the powers of each group as did there parents before them. Only the last generation was different. They had mixed skills.” Crossing her arms as she allowed her staff rest upon the grass. “An each year one out of all the drifters is assigned to look after the children. To make sure they grow and live to make a new generation of Drifters.”

All the time Rose could not help but study the grandmother Rachel as her voce was slow and steady. She could only peace together everything as fast as grandmother Rachel would give it to her. “ You’re the guardian . An we…” Grandmother Rachel nodded softly. “ You are the generation I was assigned to.”

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Arminas sat and watched the whole thing, Keirra at his side, her glittering eyes watching intently. Finally, when the woman stopped, Arminas shook his head.

"You, grandmother, I do not know. I have never had parents, much less grandparents. So if these people are this group of which you speak, I cannot be one. I fear that perhaps I do not belong here after all."

He had often wondered as a child if he had parents once... but it had become increasingly clear to him that he was not of these humans that lived outside the borders of his home... he was of the forest. Drifter...? He had never drifted once in his life, never left this forest... and yet now it seemed to do everything to convince him to help them...

Why...? As likable as some of them may be, they are still the same people that every year cut down more and more of this forest... why should I go with them? This power they claim to have is a lie, no power could do that without ending all life on the planet. What madness is this!? Why do you push me to them!?

"I was wrong to involve myself. If you'll all excuse me..."

Arminas stood, pulling his bow from the ground, and Keirra stood as well, looking at him mournfully. He shook his head once, then moved to leave, halting once on the edge of the clearing.

"Whatever you do, the forest will not prevent you..."

ooc: So! here's the error with your post, Rose - Arminas cannot possibly be descended from these people because he is a Silvani - a descendent of the forest. Silvani do not breed, at least not with one another (though yes there is that theory about the creation of elves, but Arminas is not at all human or any other race). So, anyways, Grandma is - has to be - wrong about Armi. Unless you can come up with something else, lol. Sorry to be stubborn but there is no way whatsoever that he is descended from these people as she said

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With in a blink of an eye it seamed that Grand mother Rachel was beside Arminas. “ Young people. Move to fast. Think to fast and make up there minds to fast.” She thumps the ground softly. The only thing Rose kipped on thinking about was how in the world did grandmother Rachel move so fast. “You Arminas are not apart of the drifters. But the dryad that took care of you as a child was a friend of mine. I promised her that if anything happened to her I would take care of you. An you have dun fine on your own for the most part. Can you say you do not remember grandmother Rachel?” Her laughter was light in the air as she shacks her head. “ You go if you wish. But if you go the forest go to. Something to think about indeed. You are apart of this group. Whether you like it or not.” Grandmother Rachel started making her way back to the group in a slow motion. Already muttering to herself softly “ young people make so much trouble for grandmother Rachel. In grandmother Rachel’s old age surprising to keep up with younger people.” Rose was half way lessoning and half way in a daze. Her own thoughts filled her mind…

((ooc: lols I know I know man oh man you always make me rush into thing don't you! You know I don't know who's more hard headed. You or me!))

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#179

"Very well Altessa. You say that for my, our, entire lifetimes you've been watching us? You saying that none of us is what we thought we were? And even the bloody Elf-boy over there, you promised the gods-be-dammed forest sprites that you'd watch him? Why do you lead us on like this?" Jud stops for a second and spits on the ground, "That is what I think of your tale. I'm of the clan Ezpadha, son of Quebrada. We've wandered the plains for generations beyond count. YOU SPEAK LIES!"

The village, back when I was young. Vara and his crew. They were harassing me again, calling me a half-breed. I never knew my mother, she died giving birth to my sister, when I was young. Except this time it's different. Vara has a stick, and he hits me. I fall over and he hits me again. Now his friends have started joining in, kicking me and spitting on my face. I don't remember what happened next, Ceiro, the butcher, said I got up and started fighting. The next thing I remember is that I'm laying at home with a dozen broken ribs and every breath hurts. Vara and two others died that day, the village never forgave me. When I married an outsider it was the last straw and they threw me out.

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"Parents? Did I ever have those?" Nai spoke more to herself than anyone else. "I can't remember. I can't remember much. Just bits and images." She shuddered slightly. "And something tells me I shouldn't ever remember." She looked down at her hands, and for an instant saw them differently, covered in blood from unnumbered cuts. The flash passed, and she looked up at the others. "You were the first person I ever remember being nice to me," she said brightly. "What do you want me to do?"

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"Hold your tounge" Raven turned viciously on Jud. "You know as well as the rest of us that she helped you in one way or another wether you like to admit it or not" Raven spoke through barred teeth. Her features had thinned thinking off the past, most of the time she tried to forget what had happened before and keep her sight on the here and now. People had hurt her and her family and she had always found it hard to trust. But these people just seemed to come into her life and the trust came with them. She wasn't sure on what she could do to help but she was going to try none the less.

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The grandmother only looked to Jud as she walked over to him. Her brown eyes locked onto his as she said nothing at all. For nothing needed to be said. All she did was grasp onto his shoulder holding on tightly. “Your all powerful in your own way…do not hate who you are.” Why rose found herself speaking out this thought she had not a clue. Slowly standing up as she looked to the others. They where Drifters? Could it be true? What of Arminas. What was he? It seamed that Grandmother Rachel knew just what she was thinking as she turned to her. “ Another day…” With that she stood in the middle of them all.
“I can get you inside that house. But you must trust and lesson to grandmother Rachel. Or you young people will only chose her more trouble then you already have.” Nodding her head softly as she closes her eyes. “ I can open a portal which once you step in you shall end up in the house. Where in house I do not know. Still you shall be able to get in house. How you get out I do not know. This is all I can offer you. ” Opening her deep brown eyes again looking from one face to another. “ One more thing. The owner of house. His heart is filled with greed. An he loves to gambol. Keep this in mind.”

Already knowing where she stood she looked onto the others. “ You all know what I say to this… I say we go in during the day. They would expect for a night attack. What do you think?”

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Nai nodded. "That sounds fine to me." She stood up and stretched, then pulled her sword out and started going through a drill away from the others a bit. "And don't worry 'bout how we're gonna get out... I don't really see that as much of a problem."

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"No, no much of a problem. When all of us start blowing up and changing lead into gold they'll all go running in terror." Jud started stretching, "And I apologize to any of you that I may have offended by calling this lady that I might have seen once before in my life a liar, even though I believe very little about what she's said."

OOC: I'm going to be gone for a week. Jud'll be following you guys so don't worry too much when I don't post.

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"I do not..."
He shook his head a little and looked back at the woman for a moment, eyes gleaming slightly
"If you were her friend then where were you when the humans killed her!?"
Keirra looked a little startled at his behavior, and he looked back away. It wasn't often - if ever - that he blew up like that... he was the calm type, calm like the forest... but that night was one that inpired him to such anger.
"She was kind and she was the only one that cared for me then... and they just killed her... killed her just for trying to protect her home. And now more of those same kind of people just put people through things like this...?"
He looked back at the rest of them and shook his head slightly.
"I'll help you, I guess... Can;t let those people stay in my forest..."

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OOC: CPR time. Must breath life back into thread.

"All right, they might just be expectin' a night attack, but I doubt that the place cools down at anytime. 'Sides that if I were them, and knew I was gonna be attacked, I'd be on watch all day. But now would be the time to attack I'd guess, the sunset should be coming soon, and with it two things, the changing of the guard and supper. Both of which should leave the guards a bit off guard. Of course I don't know nothing, so feel free to contridict me at any time."