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   #41

   Six Red Fish stared around the room, eyed the food, eyed the spellbook, eyed the new arrivals, then fainted, crashing to the floor with a resounding thud!

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   #42

   "Is he alright"

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   #43

   "To answer your question my name is Adel, and this is my friend Gareth. He is wounded We were hoping some one in here might be able to help that is why we made such an abrupt intrusion. As for our destination not even I am fully aware of that. Gareth knows more than I on that subject and I am sure he will be willing to explain to us all what is going on when he is well again. I do thank you for your hospitality, and beg your pardon on our hasty intrusion" Gareth falls from her side she quickly goes to his side she begins to cry and in a wimpering vioce pleads, " won't you help him please"

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   #44

   "Next thing you know, an entire orcish army will just come strolling in. Hey Lorien, why don't you go wake up old Bone Face over there, while I help the new guy" *Ashia flew over to Gareth and Adel. She put her tiny hand on Adel's shoulder and gave a little push* "Move it over sister...give a fairy some room to work, will ya?"
   
   *Upon Gareth*

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   #45

   ((OOC: I couldn't resist anymore. If there's too many people already playing, tell me, and I go away.))
   
   "'Take the path through the wood. It's a shortcut.' Right. A shortcut to what? The next time I see Joshua, I'm going to do something unpleasant to him." Alenna kept muttering to herself, as she had the habit of doing. She glanced at the trees. After the sun had gone down, the surrounding woods suddenly seemed much more threatening. After the first hour of wandering around after dark, even her music hadn't been enough to keep her spirits up. And there seemed to be... things that flitted at the edge of vision. She was lucky it was a full moon, or it could have gotten ugly quickly. As it was, she was totally lost. She glanced behind her for what seemed like the thousandth time. I could swear something was behind me. But there's never anything there.

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   #46

   Gareth and Adel are resting now and plan to leave even before the first light. Adel believes she has been nothing but a burden to the kindly people who allowed her and Gareth a place of rest.
   
   Gareth thinks to himself while watching the moon out side the window, "tommorow we will continue our quest for her book ."

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   #47

   "This has been one busy day, let me tell you.....all these people to meet, and now we're going adventuring!!!! Whoopie!!!" Ashia flew over to Six Red Fish, patted him on the head. "Hope you feel better tomorrow."
   
   Then she flew over to Lorien, wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his nose. "Goodnight Lorien" Going off to the bed, she wrapped herself up in a fur, craddled her head on a pillow. "I don't know how I'll ever get to sleep, it's just been so exciting....so much to do, so much....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" And off to dreamland the little fairy went.

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   #48

   Lorien would never admit it openly but he loved to have his house full of people. It made him feel like the old days, his old adventuring days. He looked at the fairy tucked in one corner, then bone face sleeping in the middle of the room then the two newly arrived figures in another corner. He grabbed one of his bed covers and put it on top of bone face and he offered another to the two figures.
   "You might as well have it." He told them, " I never sleep more than an hour anyway. Ill go out and take a look to see if there is any danger. Here when your friend wakes up give him this tea he´ll fell better right away. Ashia knows what she is doing and this herb teas are almost as good as her magic. Ill return when the sun has come out and ill sleep my hour while everybody has woken up and are taking their breakfasts."
   Saying this Lorien grabbed his bow, and went out to walk in the woods. Not going very far he discovered a set of footprints. "mmm Strange, humanoid footprints," and then watching another set of footprints, much more sutil than the others, his face became completely blank. "This is not good, not good at all, i must get to her quickly before the roggulls get to her." Saying this he picked up his pace and started running to through the forest.
   It didnt take him long to catch up with the girl, and as he thought the roggulls were onto her. He jumped out of the bushes and shouted to the startled woman "Duck!!" and he shot an arrow out of his bow that hit a roggull right in the eye. The animal died almost instantly. "No time to talk, they are pack hunters, that one was the scout soon there will be 20 more like him, we must leave this place. I have a house not far, if you want to live you must come. Please and only step where i do". Saying this he led the girl back to the house where everybody was still sleeping.

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   #49

   Alenna had been picking her way through the brush, when someone jumped out in front of her. She was too startled to cry out. He shouted at her to duck, and she did automatically. There was the sound of an arrow being loosed, and a small creature dropped abruptly dead behind her. The man gave her what she later realized to be a hasty explanation, and promtly started off in another direction. Numbly, and understandably confused, Alenna followed him. He lead her to a small house in which several people were asleep. She was considerably stunned, but she still retained enough of a grip on herself to realize she should probably say something. "Um... Thank you?" She sat down in an empty spot and took a few moments to compose herself. "What was that little thing you shot? Where are we? Who are you?" The questions came out in a near jumble. Suddenly Alenna realized she must seem very rude, and blushed slightly. "Maybe I should back up. I'm called Alenna."

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    #50

    At hearing all this commotion the two in the corner, Gareth and Adel quickly awoke. Gareth's head still swimming from the previous happenings of that night. Adel rose to get a closer look and saw the frightend girl. She imediately rose to get the girl and her savior some water. both were breathing heavily from their quick escape. the girl seemed somewhat confused but able to control herself.

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    #51

    "Yes, maybe a thank you is in order, but there is no need to say it. Im Lorien, I shot an arrow from my bow and we are now in my house in the middle of the forest. Now Alenna i have some questions for you, what were you doing in the forest in the night, dont you know about the animals that inhabit it?? So that you know that thing i killed was a roggull, a great pack hunter and you were his prey." Lorien offered her the remains of the dinner he had made, "here, its not much but it ll warm your stomach and maybe calm your hunger, that is if you are hungry."

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    #52

    Alenna accepted the food he offered her. "Thanks. Again. I was in the forest because an aquaintance of mine told me that the forest path was a short-cut. For which he will pay for later. I'm not from around here, so I didn't know the forest was that dangerous until too late." She looked over at the girl who was awake. "Thank you. I'm Alenna."

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    #53

    "And I Adel, My friend who is, I'm afraid still under the weather is Gareth. It is nice to meet you sorry to run off but I need to fix Gareth the tea that our host provided me with."

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    #54

    "Mmmmmm" *mumble, mumble, snort* "Fairy cakes....gemstones.....Mmmmmm.....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz" *Ashia turned over in her little bundle of fur, and got even more comfy in her dreamy sleep*

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    #55

    Gareth sits on the floor, though he is healed he is still fighting exaustion, Adel makes a potent tea for himand he drinks it...
    
    "Auggg!... what is that it's horrible.... thats it your never cooking for me again!"
    
    Adel begins to giggle; glad to see that her friend has gotten his humor back. she asks if there is anything that she could get for anyone?

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    #56

    Six Red Fish sat bolt upright, eyes snapping open, skull mask falling down over his face
    "Evluusa noca thet! Mraiy?!" (I'm ready to fight! Intruders?!)
    He reached for his odro, growling menacingly at Adel, the "civilized" weak woman.
    
    ooc: Did Fish bring his odro with him? I don't remember.

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    #57

    ((OOC: Since we seem to have lost one of our resident translators, I do part of it. If I'm out of line, I fix. I'm playing it that she knows a language related to Fish's.))
    
    "Er..." Alenna looked in surprise at the odd little man. She had never seen anyone quite like him before. He spouted something and brandished his weapon menacingly at the other woman. Something probably should be done. He spoke one of the barbaric languages, it seemed, or an extreme dialect thereof. Fortunately, Alenna had, not by her own choice, spent some time in the barbaric lands. She had picked up some of a language similar to his. She addressed him haltingly, stumbling through the words. "Hekka. Alik... se-cal Alenna. Je niuk... ottosak vren." (Greetings. I am Alenna. I believe we are all on the same side [lit, we are all companions].) She hoped she'd remembered enough to make herself understood in the strange tongue, and that he would chose to listen.

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    #58

    As by now he was used to the presence of spirits all around him, Six Red Fish was not at all surprised that this one spoke something close to his language.
    "So you are a spirit, too? Yob-Flame did not tell me so many spirits would be involved in my spirit quest." he said. He pointed to Adel. "But why is this weak man's daughter with you, great spirits? Surely someone who lives in cities and has forgotten you cannot be one of my spirit guides?"

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    #59

    "Um." Alenna glanced over at Lorien. "Is he a friend of yours? What's this about spirits?"

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    #60

    "I would love to explain you but i dont understand a word of what he is speaking about. Ashia the fairy sleeping in that corner understands him but she is asleep now so you ll have to wait until morning."

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    #61

    Adel mumbles under her breath... "I didn't come from the city I grew up in a small cottage near the forest, I can't help it if my parents taught me manners..." Still feeling a little tired Gareth laid down to finish his slumber. however, Adel could not sleep and so she stayed awake watching all except one drift quietly back to sleep.

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    #62

    Lorien saw the sun rising at the east. "Good" he thought, "maybe now i can get some rest". The sun was starting to shine through the trees and now you could see the forest in a different way. Peacefull, silent, one would never imagine that this one and the forest they had passed the night in were one and the same. Thing were much less scarier when lit by the sun´s light.
    Lorien put some kind of leaves in a huge pot which he then filled with water. Under it he started a fire, "mmmm" he thought, "I hope this is enough, i havent had visitors in a long time, im amazed i still remember how to do this". He started warming some of the faries cakes over the fire and when it was warm enough he went to the corner and softly touches Ashia, "the night has ended it is your turn to keep watch for our friends, here is your breakfast all warmed up, take care of my tea will you, i will go to rest", said this he ent to a corner and covered himself with his cape and fell asleep in the floor.
    When he closed his eyes he saw images of things that had happened in the past, phantoms that came to disturb his sleep, as it happened every other time he closed his eyes.

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    #63

    Adel was in a small ciche nest to the fire Gareth lay sleeping peacefully in her lap. The two had journeyed long and hard yet she knew they still had far to go. Gareth was fully healed the faerie's magic had worked well. She hoped know she gain th eexplanation that was owed to her, Gareth now had to tell her why they had to leave her home. She looked at the kind strangers about her in a low voice she mumbled, "thank you, you know not how much you have given us..."

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    #64

    Six Red Fish didn't really understand what was going on, but he thought to himself: "If the spirits ordain it, then I will continue with this." He curled up into a small ball like a dog or cat on the floor but refused to sleep. I must not sleep. My spirit quest must go on. I must not sleep.

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    #65

    *Yawning and stretching* "Hmmmmm, good morning all.....what a glorious day to start an adventure" *She looked around and saw Boneface snoozing in a corner, and her dear Lorien resting, but not restfully. She flew over to him, and touched his forehead* "Sleep my friend, in wonderous peace" *She then kissed his cheek, and flew over to the hearth to enjoy her tea and fairy cakes.*
    
    *She saw Adel and Gareth* "So, you guys wanna tell me what's up with you two?"

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    #66

    "Not my fault," Lorien whispered to someone in his sleep. Then he kept quiet for a moment as if hearing an answer and he replied, "how was i supposed to know?? We had never seen them before and i asumed...." he kept quiet again, "Well at least i tried, what have you done so far??..... My fault!! how can any of this be my fault??..... We were dying something had to be done, had i not acted the whole village would have been destroyed..... I know, I know the end doesnt justify the means but in this case it seemed to do it, at least i tried something...... Well i was wrong what can i do to get your forgiveness??......" He then stopped talking but by the expression on his face one could tell that the nightmare had not ended yet and Lorien would suffer more before it was his time to wake up.

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    #67

    Fish feigned sleep to quiet the other's hearts. No need to upset these spirits, they seemed somewhat volatile. He quickly shut his eyes after he saw the small winged air-spirit look towards him. She seemed the most volatile. But he wondered, what was his spirit task?

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    #68

    Adel stated,"As I am not well informed on the subject even my self I will look to Gareth for my awnsers...."
    
    
    Gareth replied,"very well, First I find it neccesarry to thank you for all that you have sone especially you fairy if not for your magic I would now be dead.... As for you inquiries I am but a servant and protector to Adel... Do you see this amulent that hangs round her neck.... this is the amulent of Ansata....... An ancient prophesy has forseen that a great evil be entering this very world soon...... I believe adel is the chosen one that the prophesy speaks of...... we will travel first to the north to aquire the book of nemsistrus.... this was a book that was supposed to be left for adel by her fore fathers It is said to be protected by a dragon who hides it in his trove only teh books true master is said to be able to retrieve it.... if and when we aquire the book We will head to the east where her.... to her's and my true home.... It is there that I hope to find and refresh myself on the prophesy.... As well as try and teach her how to wield her magic... posessing very little of my own, however, I imagine that this task will be difficult to do...... I also hope to find something of what evil is coming.... Adel has no choice but...
    
    
    Adel stood and looked at him with hurtful eyes..... " I have no chioce.... I .... I thought.... I called you my friend.... I even lo...... You got stuck with me... I am only part of your mission... My family the only family that I ever knew.... was destroyed.... you knew didn't you... It was fortold... in this... this prophesy.... wasn't it... and you didn't tell me.........."
    Gareth's words were spoken low in a hurtful tone, "Adel....." He stood to come closer to explian..... Adel then over come with emotions all but sickened with confusion looked around the room to see all eyes boring in to her... she covered her face with her hands and stormed out....."
    
    Gareth quickly looked away to upset to say anything at all taking a deep breath he said I must find her.... she does not know this forest... the creatures that attacked this last nght could still be out there...."

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    #69

    ( OOC - poor little fairy only has two eyes)
    
    *Ashia sat on the ledge by the hearth, munching on a fairy cake and watching Gareth and Adel. Only thinking to speak after Adel rushed out* "A tad on the emotional side, ain't she? The creatures that attacked you, I wouldn't worry about them....nocturnal only. Unless you happen to stumble into their cave......Ooooo, that could get nasty"
    
    *She heard Lorien mumble in his sleep, quickly finished the last of her cake and flew over to sit by him. She held his hand while he slept, and softly sang a song of the fairies to him, to ease his dreams.*

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    #70

    "mmmmmm," Lorien said while opening his eyes, "have i over slept??".
    He then focused his vision on Ashia, "hope you looked after my tea. Is everything all right?? Oh so have you people decided where we are going to head next??" He then stood up and went to fetch a cup of tea, "do you have any cakes left Ashia??".

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    #71

    Garet quitely replied, " The only life she has had has been discovered as mostly lies.... And she has discovered that the weight of an entire world relies upon her... I believe she deserves to be emotional...... Once again I thank you all for your kindness and wish you all well... this is not your battle so I will not impose on you any longer.... I will leave you to find this book and try to teach her Magic ..... My only hope is that we may complete this prophesy in all our favor... I fear the time has come to say fare well... may you each complete your own journey...."
    
    In saying this adel offered one last smile as he turned to go forth and Find Adel the two again on their own.

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    #72

    Fish was very confused, and made it known by staring around the room and snorting. There seemed to be too many conversations at once going on, and since Six Red Fish couldn't understand a word of it, he crawled back into his corner.

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    #73

    ((OOC: I hate it when two posts get put up at the same time. :lol: Oh well. Just means something gets changed.))
    
    Alenna was a little confused. Well, a lot confused actually. Several different things were happening at once, and she couldn't keep up with them all. So she responded the only way she knew how. She pulled her flute out of her bag and started playing a simple tune. It was vaguely reminiscint of a fair. Playing always lifted her spirits.

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    #74

    Adel quickly found herself lost in this tangle of wooded land. She threw herself upon a rock and began sobing.
    
    " My family..... my family died because they were cursed to have picked me up off the side of the road.... had they never found me their lives could have been spared...... Gareth, my only friend he could have saved them.... but no..... why was my life valued above theirs...... Gareth said That I had magic....... why could I not have y=used my magic to rescue them............... Maybe.............. Maybe it is not to late................" Adel Quickly stopped her sobbing and tried to collect herself.... she closed her eyes..... she began to take deep breathes each deeper than the one before...... a beautiful song entered her mind................ she focused her thoughts on her parents searching for any trace of their being............... having never done magic she allowed her instincts to envelop inside her............... " her parents" she thought............ "her parents"........... Gareth sensing some unnatural force being altered in the forest began to run insearch of its location.............. his elvin nimble footwork at its best he shifted shadow like between the trees and brush........ There he saw her just in a clearing.... in his hurry to get to her he lost his footing and stummbled on a root protruding from the earth.
    
    
    Adel continued her search thinking in her mind " I must find them...............my parents..."
    
    Before the words, "Adel, ....NOOOOOOOO!", could leave Gareths lips A light not of this world fell upon her..... it pierced body and made it go into frightful contorsions......... Gareth was quickly on his feet flying to her..... He grabed her and shook her violently knowing that he must break her state of thought .......... she began to wail....... however the light broke from her as quickly as it was set upon her..... Her body went limp and Garet just held her pressing her against him. Tears filled his eyes......... His best friend.... his only friend would rather kill herself if it meant to again be by those who she held dear. He whispered too her as he rocked her in his arms....... "I am still here Adel......... and I to love you........ You are not just my mission; or part of this prophesy you are my friend. do you understand? I never saw you as anything else....." The sweet flute music can once again be heard. He knew that they must leave these woods by night fall lest the creatures attack again... cradling Adel in his arms he began on a slow steady walk northward.

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    #75

    "Seems like i did over sleep after all." Lorien said, "so little time and so much things have happened. Ashia pass me the cups will you??." He then stared at the woman, "if you can speak with this man, please tell him to calm down his walk is making me nervous. And maybe you could ask him what he needs, why he ventured into this cursed forest".
    He sat down and started to calmly drink his tea and then he saw a ray of light through the window, "mmmm Strange, that is not good at all, not good at all, it is morning but there are still dangers in the forest and they if they saw the light they will be attracted to it," he said in a tone that was merely a whisper.
    "Please ask him quickly i must know that before i venture out again to see what happened."

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    #76

    Alenna carefully translated Lorien's question, stumbling through the words. She still wasn't very confident with the language, but she was getting better.

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