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Post by Eslakon on Feb 17, 2009 21:01:40 GMT -5
”Very well, but there is no reason to rush. They haven’t been sighted anywhere near here, and they wouldn’t dare go close to your home, but yes, we can stop by your home.” Chara stopped, and then waited for Eslakon to walk up beside her. ”I don’t smell or hear anything, do you think there is reason to worry?” She asked Eslakon, smelling fear.
“If you don’t see any trace of them, then there isn’t anything near by. I trust your judgment enough.” He turned to Linwe. “How far away is your home?” He asked, spotting the worry on her face despite her attempts to hide it. Another twig snapped as he stepped closer to Linwe. “What is at your house?” He asked, curious.
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Post by Kat on Feb 17, 2009 21:10:44 GMT -5
Linwe shook her head. "Even if they haven't been sighted here yet, it will be my fault if people start dropping dead." Her face was pale as she tried to gather her thoughts, trying to think fast. She controlled her expression when Eslakon stepped closer to her and she turned her gaze to him.
"Poisons..." She said. "And a lot of them... Several can kill by ingesting them. Others need to be rubbed into bleeding wounds, but all of them kill fast." She frowned as she thought, glancing towards her house. "It's not far," She said as she started walking that way. "I never stray far from home with all of those poisons. I normally use them when I think I'm going to be outnumbered in a fight. The person feels no pain, at least. Not that it would make me feel better if the Dark Elves got a hold of them."
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Post by Eslakon on Feb 17, 2009 21:27:12 GMT -5
“Perhaps we should make haste.” Eslakon said quickly, and then stepped backwards towards the forest. “Few people, even elves, can defend themselves against poison.” The question of how she obtained all of these poisons almost rolled off of his tongue, but he cut himself off before he could ask. She made potions, he was sure that she could make poison as well.
”Yes, I would fly, but the elders would skin us alive.” She said with a hint if disgust, one of her paws was already in the forest, which was quickly pulled back when she started to walk another direction.
They both followed Linwe closely. “Though, I don’t think they will attack today, if at all. There are greater warriors here than a common Dark Elf wouldn’t stand a chance against. Yet it is best that we get what you need to get just for the sake of being safe.” He said, resting his left arm on the hilt of his sword. “How fast do your poisons kill.” He asked, wondering if one could remove the deadly substance before it took hold of them.
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Post by Kat on Feb 17, 2009 21:36:14 GMT -5
Linwe dodged around brush and jumped over fallen trees as the three of them made their way quickly to her home. Her eyes were filled with worry, fear, and anger as she almost stumbled into the clearing her home was in. Luckily, everything was as she left it. "No one can stand against my poisons," She said as she walked up to the door and opened it. Listening, she sighed in relief. No one was there.
"Unfortunately they are very potent. It was the only way I could stop the pain they caused when they were ingested." Sighing, she walked inside, waving a hand for Eslakon to follow. "I'm sorry Chara, I'm afraid you won't fit. But there is a large entrance in the back of the house, you may be able to fit your head in if you wish."
She turned to Eslakon. "The poisons can kill almost instantly, depending on how large of a dose was given." She looked back towards the shelf that held many glass vials. Luckily, only a small portion were poisons. "It's only because they're so potent though. If they weren't so potent, they might only make someone terribly sick, like with a horrible case of the flu."
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Post by Eslakon on Feb 17, 2009 22:12:47 GMT -5
Eslakon tried to follow Linwe quickly, but he couldn’t match the agility of an elf, and he was having to wait for Chara, who was having trouble weaving a path through the trees. She occasionally growled and bit off branches that blocked her path, but she didn’t burn anything due to the risk of a forest fire, lodging several pieces of bark between her sharp teeth. She would most likely have him dislodge them later.
He was surprised that Linwe didn’t live near the other cabins, which was the most common place to have a home, though perhaps she needed solitude to hide her poisons and potions.
Eslakon grumbled as he tripped over a high root, which was crushed when Chara stepped on it. He pushed himself back onto his feet and dusted himself off, though Chara was too busy removing branches from her path to ask if he was okay.
The sun shined brightly on his face when he stepped out into the clearing in which her home was located, which forced him to shield his eyes from it. He was barely able to see her home, but he was sure that it resembled the log cabins that lined the path back to Spirda.
Chara’s eyes were as thin as paper due to the sun, though it did not impair her sight. Her tail thrashed a tree trunk as she exited the forest, stripping the bark off of it and causing Eslakon to freeze at the sudden grating noise, but she acted as though she didn’t notice. Not being able to fly over the forest seemed to have plagued her thoughts.
”I’ve never really traveled through the middle of this forest, the only thing I see of it is when I fly down and take my prey. Its been a informational but agitating trip.” Eslakon laughed at her truthful sarcasm.
Eslakon lowered his hand when his eyes adjusted to the change in lighting, and then followed Linwe to her front door. He paused as she told Chara that there was a larger doorway in the back of her house, who nodded and quickly walked behind the house.
“I see,” He replied to Linwe’s response, “It would be bad if the Dark Elves got a hold of them, they could dip their arrows in the poison and shoot riders out of the air,” He shivered at the thought. “Though I’m sure it would merely make a dragon sick, for they have a tolerance to poisons.”
Chara’s head poked through the back doorway as he entered, instantly spotting the vials of poison and other substances. They were both surprised by the vast amount of vials. If they were all poison, All three of them would have to pack a good portion of them. “How much poison do you have?” Eslakon asked, slightly awed by the amount of vials.
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Post by Kat on Feb 17, 2009 22:25:08 GMT -5
"Yes, that is what I am afraid of most," Linwe admitted as she walked over to her shelf. She bent down, motioning to the bottom row, packed with at least twenty or more vials. "This is the only row of poisons," She said. "We can take care of these easily, but I do not know what to do with them. I've had some of these for years but now that I know the Dark Elves are near, I no longer wish to have them."
Standing again, she turned to Eslakon. "Unless we were to use the poisons against the Dark Elves, I wish to destroy all of those. The rest are potions that will heal most curable illnesses, though not all." She shrugged and shook her head. "I'm not worried about those, I know which ones replenish strength and I can leave the ones that help cure common colds behind." She looked at Chara, finding it oddly amusing to have a dragon inside her home, even if Chara's head was only sticking in the back door.
"Even if we destroy these poisons, I have the knowledge to make more," She said. "It should worry me, if the Dark Elves were to find this fact out they may kill me for it, but I do not care," She said as she turned and started to take the vials off the shelves. "They will not find out anything from me." She glanced back at Eslakon. "Would you mind helping me carry some of these?" She asked.
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Post by Eslakon on Feb 17, 2009 23:23:59 GMT -5
Eslakon sighed in relief when she pointed out the poison, and that she was going to destroy them if there was no use. Though it seemed such a waste if they would be destroyed, even tough he hated when poison was used to defeat an opponent, he could understand the need of it to stay alive when overwhelmed.
“Perhaps you can give them to Zidane for safe keeping, or you could ask the elders if they would have any use of them. It would make a sudden battle much easier if the Dark Elves did happen invade.” Eslakon explained, though it seemed to be best if she kept them with her.
Chara sniffed the air, and then snorted when a multitude of smells invaded her nostrils, causing a wisp of smoke to rise to the ceiling. She apologized, and then started to look around the room with probing eyes, wondering what properties certain potions had.
”Linwe, do you have any potions that would make the elders allow me to fly again?” Chara thought that her sarcasm would make up for the smoke, though Eslakon didn’t care.
He chuckled. “No, I don’t think she does. It would be a clever brew though.” Eslakon looked to the elf, his voice suddenly deficient of sarcasm. “The Dark Elves wouldn’t . . . shouldn’t know that you can make poison, so I’m sure there is no reason to worry.”
Eslakon paused when she dropped the subject, but was glad to be off of it anyways. He pulled his pack off of his back and then handed it to her. It was rather vacant of supplies, so there was plenty of room for her vials. “Will this do?”
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Post by Kat on Feb 18, 2009 18:33:02 GMT -5
Linwe thought about his idea of giving the few poisons she had to Zidane. What harm would that bring? She was sure the elf lived in a protected place, and she could weaken the poisons so they would have enough time to give anyone infected with it an antidote so they wouldn't die so fast. "That could work," She agreed.
Linwe smiled back at Chara. "Sorry Chara," She said. "But no, I do not have any potions like that." She glanced back at the shelves and shrugged. "I have a sleeping draft though. We could put them to sleep," She joked. She smiled at Eslakon and took the bag he handed her.
"That will work," She said. "Thank you." She started to pack the vials into the bag, her eyes scanning over every one she put in to be sure she had all of them. "Now I need another one for the potions," She said as she stood. "I'll be back in a moment," She said as she vanished down a hall to find some more bags.
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Post by Eslakon on Feb 18, 2009 22:35:10 GMT -5
“No problem.” He replied,
Eslakon and Chara exchanged glances, wondering how many bags it would require before she got all of the potions she needed. Though he could easily hang each bag over one of Chara’s spikes if he could, which would make the trip much easier if she could keep from shattering them on a limb.
He was sure that she had cleared a large enough path on the way here, so there was no need to worry there. Perhaps Chara could fly high above the trees, where no arrow could reach. At least that way the potions would be delivered safely, and she might be able to spot any Dark Elves traveling through the forest.
”That might work, putting them to sleep.” Chara stated, ”But the consequences would be severe when they woke back up. If they woke up.” Although she wasn’t sure how long the potion’s duration would last. She yawned, but didn’t knead the floor of Linwe’s home with her claws, and then started to pick pieces of wood out of her teeth with her forked tongue.
“Yes, they would indeed.” He studied the room. It seemed he knew nothing about what he saw on the shelves or anywhere else in the house.
Chara groaned, and then set her head on the floor with a heavy sigh, sending several wet chunks of wood that had been removed from her teeth flying across the room. She felt useless on the ground, and now knew why she didn’t stay on the ground for very long periods of time when she didn’t have too.
She opened her mouth slightly, which lifted the rest of her head up, and then closed it with a sharp click. Neither of them moved from their current positions, exploring their current surrounding, and waited patiently for Linwe to return.
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Post by Kat on Feb 19, 2009 7:33:48 GMT -5
"Ah, I am sorry about that," Linwe said as she walked back inside with a large, padded bag. "I couldn't find the bag I needed." She smiled at the two as she crossed to the shelves. Slowly, with care, she began to pick the red vials off of the shelves and place them into the bag. The blue ones came next, and then a few green ones as well. "That will do," She said, standing.
She looked at them, thingying her head slightly. "The rest of these are just cures for illnesses. I don't need any, and I can find the ingredients anywhere should I ever need them." She scanned the shelves, making sure she didn't miss any vial she needed. "If you see a red vial, tell me," She said, glancing at Eslakon. "I'm not that great at spotting things anymore." She turned back to the shelf, frowning when she did find one high up, almost out of her reach.
She tip-toed, stretching out to reach the vial. She almost dropped it, but she managed to keep a hold of it and stick it in her bag. "They're strength potions," She said. "While it wouldn't be good to use them all the time, they can keep you awake for a couple of days and keep your strength up so you won't pass out from fatigue." She shuffled around the pack, sorting her vials.
"The blue ones though..." She frowned as she drew one out. "I know it's a potion of some sort, but my mother made these. I don't know what they do, she never told me. But I know they can't hurt anything because I drank one once." She grimaced. "They taste horrible."
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Post by Eslakon on Feb 21, 2009 12:56:27 GMT -5
“That’s okay.” Eslakon replied, watching as she diligently placed an variety of vials into a bag.
They both listened intently as she explained the properties of each potion, and wondered what the consequence of drinking too many would do. He was sure that someone has tried before, and he wasn’t about to attempt it. He had never taken a potion for anything, not even a common cold. He preferred letting his own body take care of what illness he had acquired, which were few.
Chara examined each shelf closely, trying to spot any red vials like Linwe had asked. Though she couldn’t see any from where she was at, but that didn’t mean that there wasn’t any left.
“Those strength potions seem to be useful, I wouldn’t mind having some during a battle.” He recalled several times staying up for several days without the need of rest would have been useful, for he had to stay up anyways.
Eslakon paused as he spotted what appeared to be a red vial behind several others, and then stepped closer to investigate. The sound of glass sliding over wood caused Chara to look up as he pushed aside a vial that Linwe was going to leave to reveal a strength potion. “Ah, that’s what I thought.” He said to himself as he carefully lifted it out of a group of vials, and then handed it to Linwe.
“Here.” He said with a smile, and then started to look around the room again, but he didn’t see anything.
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Post by Kat on Feb 21, 2009 13:19:13 GMT -5
Linwe nodded as she stepped away from the shelf. She turned her head so she could see Eslakon, who was standing on her left side where she wasn't able to see him. "Yes, they are useful," She said. "But if you take to many without getting a proper nights sleep and resting your body, it could cause problems with your muscles that would keep you in bed for weeks." She gave Eslakon a sheepish look and shook her head. "I found that one out the hard way," She admitted.
She watched Eslakon scanning the shelf, frowning slightly when he moved towards it and pulled a red vial from behind several of the pale purple bottles she had up there. She smiled and took it from him when he held it out, and put it in the pack that she had used for the poisons. "Thank you," She said as she zipped it back up, sealing the deadly poisons inside once more.
"That is all that I need," She said as she scanned the shelves. Frowning, she reached out and plucked a few of the purple bottles up and placed them in her potions pack. "I'm afraid we may need these," She said. "They cure some of the worst sicknesses, even if it does take awhile." She looked at Eslakon and shrugged. "No reason we should give them more of an advantage, yes?"
She stepped away from the shelf, lifting the packs up. "I am ready," She said, glancing back at the shelf. While she knew nothing else bad remained on it, she was reluctant to leave what few potions she had left. She turned back to Eslakon and Chara. "Shall we go then?"
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Post by Eslakon on Feb 21, 2009 13:53:14 GMT -5
“Yeah, I thought that there would be a huge crash after you drank it. Probably because our bodies won’t hold up to it.” Eslakon wasn’t sure that Chara would let him stay in a bed for weeks. He scratched his chin as he watched Linwe put the potion in his pack, along with the poisons.
“No problem,” He replied, slightly glad that that was all of the potions that she needed, though it would have been better if they had taken all of them, just in case her home was ransacked while they were gone, which was highly unlikely.
”Yes, we don’t want to do that.” Chara broke her silence, ”Even though it wouldn’t help them. Healthy or not, they wouldn’t want to attack the city directly.” She let her neck sag so she could pull her head from the doorway, accidentally catching the top of it with her horns. ”Sorry.” She apologized to Linwe, and then lowered her head so she could pull it the rest of the way out.
“Yes,” Eslakon said to Linwe, trying to ignore what Chara had done. “The further away we are from the border the better.” He held out his hand, offering to take one of the packs from her. “I’ll take those, if you want.”
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Post by Kat on Feb 21, 2009 14:40:32 GMT -5
Linwe nodded. "It would be a huge crash," She said. "Being bedridden for weeks would be bad." She glanced at Chara and nodded, smiling. "Let us hope they do not get my strength potions when they are already at full strength either," She said. She glanced back at Eslakon. "For a few hours, the potion will give you a boost of strength so you can do everything you've done before much better. Like if you're in a sword fight, you would be much better than your opponent if you took my potion."
Sighing, she shook her head. "However if you take it at full strength, the effect on your muscles could be disastrous. It's a strain on your body, and it could, ultimately, kill you." Shaking her head to dismiss such awful thoughts, Linwe smiled gratefully at Eslakon and handed him the bag he had given her.
"Thanks," She said. "It would be hard to carry both of these." She shouldered her bag, making sure to be careful with it just in case.
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Post by Eslakon on Feb 21, 2009 14:57:01 GMT -5
“Yeah, though many would prefer to fight without it, including me, because they wouldn’t like depending on a potion just to defeat an opponent.” Eslakon shouldered his pack, which was incredibly heavy because of the potions. He doubted that a human’s heart could stand up to such a strain for very long, which is probably why it could kill its drinker.
As she shouldered her bag, he glanced out the door to see Chara laying parallel to Linwe’s house, her neck slightly twisted so she could look in the doorway at them. The vials clinked as he stepped, even though he was trying to walk as lightly as he could, for any sudden movements could cause the potions to break and empty their contents down his back, which would cause unknown things to his skin.
Eslakon took his pack and carefully hung it on one of Chara’s neck spikes, who didn’t even lean at the change of weight, and the looked back to Linwe. “I can hang your pack too, so you won’t have to carry it all of the weigh.”
Chara lowered her neck so that Linwe could easily hang her pack over her neck. ”Yes, we would travel faster as well. Do not worry, I will treat them as if they were eggs.”
Even though eggs tend to crack. Eslakon thought with a sarcastic smile.
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