Masters of Eothia 1-20

Cora startles and turns to Rosli.

”Not now *****cat!!”

Snores are still heard from Yasei's bedroom, louder than the din of the bar below.

:-)

Rosli walks in on the scene. (Feel free to come in and join)

Ren looks down shamefully at the blankets which she has bunched up in her fists. "I don't have the answers you seek. My name is Ren. I come from a fishing village up north on the coast. One day my travels led me too far in to the forest when I lost track of time and night time caught me in the woods. I was lost and became trapped by giant spider's webs when a Bugbear tracker came across me. The spiders were no match for him and he took me. I thought of him as a saviour until I realised that I was his slave. He kept me and brought me here. To the guild. He traded the silk for his stay and then he came. A stranger who said he came from the desert. He begun stirring up trouble and recruiting the more questionable hunters in the guild. He took one look at me with his cold, scheming eye. That eye... His other had a patch over it.

They took me. They took me to a hide out they have constructed not far from here. From what I can tell, their plan was to overthrow the Guild- until they got word that you had arrived. They threatened my life. They made me work for them as an informant and- and I just want to get out. I want to get home, but I-- I can't. I don't know anything about you and i didn't trash your room personally. I didn't mean for it to happen. They know about you, Cora. I don't know how."

The following words trigger something very uneasy inside of you.

"He said his name was Aerik."

Danica crossed her arms. "So who are these people? I'm thinking we pay them a visit when they least expect it."

2 History

Rosli would like to try and recall this name. 

"Your room is super messy, I used to sleep like this but my master would always whack me and make me clean it up."

Also she would like to go in the room and poke around while the conversation is going on.

8 Perception

OOC: If you don't think she would know ignore the history roll.

Cora let go of Ren's arms. She suddenly felt very sick, she took a staggered step back. Her head was pounding. Throbbing. Like a vice grip. She covered her face with her hands and squeezed. Something inside her was trying to take control.

Aerik. Could it be? Now THAT'S a name we haven't heard in over two thousand years.
I have no idea what she's talking about..
Oh, my Hells, you have GOT to be kidding me. Two thousand years of time and you forget? I'm ashamed of you. He would NOT be impressed with you right now.
Stop. Stop it. I can't take it anymore. I feel sick.
Oh, of course you do, you SHOULD! You got him and his whole family murdered. Don't you remember? Your first life. Long time ago, when you were more human. Shall I bring up the details? There's details a-plenty! 
No! Not me..how?? I don't remember! I don't remember ANY OF THIS! STOP IT! JUST TELL ME! WHO AM I! I DON'T REMEMBER!!

You will.

...You will.

"Something..is happening to me." Cora whispered, uncovering her face. "It's like..there's..TWO of me, inside me. Something inside my brain. Feelings, thoughts that aren't me. Trying..to control me. I..I need help. Nothing you've said to me makes any sense. But my body feels like it should, but my mind says otherwise. They're fighting inside me. Something terrible and mean is suffocating the good in me. I don't know what to do. When you said 'Aerik', I..shouldn't know who this person is, but..at the very edges of my consciousness, I feel something. Something is very wrong with me. And, I have no idea what it is, or what's happening."

Rosli: there's no way you could know who Aerik is unfortunately. The name seems to be tied to Cora's past. The room has left no traces of anything which stands out.

Dani: Ren turns to you and says "If you were to do anything about them, the sooner the better. They are building their numbers and while they are alive- I am in danger... It- it's getting late." Ren says, standing. "I should leave. I'll be in my room. Maybe we can look at this with fresh eyes in the morning." She says, before quietly leaving (you can RP this though if you'd like)

Cora didn't notice Rosli looking around, or Dani next to her. She didn't even hear Ren speak or leave. She pressed her hands against her temples trying to figure out what was happening.

Gosh, how confusing! (sarcastic laughter) Let that dumb ***** go, you don't need her. At least the other one with the nice arms and the pajamas appears to care.
Stop.
I'm just telling you what you need to hear, slut.
I don't know Ren and Dani is very nice. Stop acting that way.
Oh PLEASE, you'd **** both of them in a heartbeat. At least, you've already ****ed ONE. HA! 
STOP. Get OUT of my HEAD! Who ARE you?
Fool. I'm YOU. Your bad side. Your naughty side. Your father's side. You've had control over me long enough. You've resisted for a long time. Learned to control me, suppress me. Soon, you will know what it's like when i'm back in control. Soon.

OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO

"So, what do you think it would be like to live forever?" Aerik asked, chewing on his quill.
Cora looked up from her work and gave him a very skeptical look as they sat at their desk in the office. Waterdeep Special Forces still had to do paperwork.
"I don't know. Lonely? Boring?" she answered without giving it much thought. She was deep involved in solving a crime with her work partner and his questions distracted her. "Stop chewing on that. Why are you asking?"
"I dunno." Aerik said, lazily. "I think about those things sometimes. We see some crazy ass shit."
Crispy scoffed. "With our lifestyles, man, we're never going to find out. We live on the edge. It's where we belong. Besides.." she said, looking around to make sure no one but Aerik heard, "..all that gold we extorted from those Drow bandits? Ho man, who would wanna miss shit like that?"
They both laughed as if they were on top of the world.

Two weeks later Aerik and his family were dead.

Cora stares off in to the distance while she has a flashback.

What would you all like to do, rest up? Or keep rping this moment out? :)

Danica nodded and quietly gave Ren a squeeze on the shoulder as she left. Not knowing if it would help she pulled Cora into a hug.

Cora rubbed her face, still swimming in confusion and uncertainty. She felt Dani’s arms around her, but did not resist. She leaned her head against her. Cora felt used by Ren, and her story made little sense to her. She felt silly for her behavior in that night of passion, and was sure it meant very little. Questions, and now regret, filled her mind, and she wanted to talk more about it but felt silly.

She stayed in the hug as long as Dani allowed. 

Unless Dani says otherwise I guess we rest up.

Rosli is fine with resting up, she will talk to the group about the big guy later.

Danica offered to stay the night if Cora felt she needed someone close.

Oh snap. Why do I have to be at work and cant post yet with an offer like that! ;)

Updating soon.

Afro proceed ill post a bit when i get home.

[insert whatever happens overnight here]

Yasei is the first up in the morning. Fully rested after morning meditation, she wanders down through the common room and in to the library after grabbing a bite to eat and handing in her antennae (50 gp for each pair you harvested)

The library is packed with books, old tomes and scrolls- mostly leather bound and mostly in pretty bad condition. The large library door sleals off the noise from outside, providing a quiet, well lit room with a large circular sky light. Similar to this:

It's quiet as you enter, until you hear a whoosh ing sound like someone left a window open. Looking down a row of books- you spot a small hurricane of books flying around in a circular motion! Looking more closely, you notice that each book finds a slot perfectly as the hurricane makes it's way down the isle. 

Finally, the gush of wind stops right in front of you with no books left caught in it. Each and every one has found a place in the shelves. In front of you, you see a large air elemental, which gives a soft growl as it looks at you, then whooshes off throughout the library- picking up dust as it goes and... accidentally knocking a couple of books off which it doesn't seem to notice.

After some time searching the library, Yasei finds a number of books, all telling a slightly different story of the history of Eothia. What they all seem to have in common however is the following:
- Explorers of Eothia have found reminants of a previous world- however researchers are still unsure which world this was. Most say that it was the world of Toril as there are some strong ties to that world- but there are a few key things which do not align.
- There is a strong essense of 'The Weave' apparent and it is unpredictible but strong. The Weave is described as a magical essence or energy which is said to exist in every living thing. It appears that people believe there was a highly magical war in the previous world which has left Eothia with pockets of unstable and unpredictible weave energy.
- Those who have access to tapping in to "The Weave" prove highly competent and saught after or feared individuals.
- You keep finding references to "VIP's" and "The Organisation" but nothing explains what these are.
- You also find some history on the Hunter's Guild. Xolag- The Feller of Titans famously felled an evil Titan named Obsidiar- a rock titan who is said to be responsible for creating The Dead Zone by stamping out all life and vegitation. The brother of Quinterra.
- Xolag is said to be a Champion of the Realm by classification and that each Champion usually has a single Disciple. 

(quick ninja post before I gotta log - Faerun is the western subcontinent, Toril (or Abeir-Toril) is the world. >.> <.< >.>)

(Thanks ninja! Take an inspiration. My greeness on lore is showing through ;) )

Cora didn't remember what happened in the evening, only being overwhelmed by questions, sadness, and confusion. Her head throbbed like it was being hit by a warhammer, and she barely heard herself say, "*****cat, leave." 

She laid on the bed, breaking the hug from Dani. Not clearly knowing that Dani was there, too, she could feel her warmth, the smell of her hair, but they fell asleep. Cora woke up the next morning feeling a bit better, and Dani was also in the bed. She bolted upright, and immediately checked her clothing. She was still fully clothed. 

Yup. I'm convinced. You're certifiably broken in the head. Since WHEN do you have a girl in your bed and not do anything naughty and have your way with them?
Get OUT of my HEAD. Dani..I didn't.. I didn't know if Dani felt the same way. Did that occur to you? Maybe I don't WANT to treat her like a sex object? Maybe I want to get to know her better? Why is that bad?
Oh, Fourth Layer of HELLS! Get me OUTTA here! WHERE IS THE REAL CORA?!?
What! it's true. I don't want to treat her like a tissue. I want this to be mutual. She was sweet about it and appears to care about me. We haven't even TALKED about the possibility of a relationship yet! I don't even know what she thinks about me!
(More screams of disbelief.)

"Dani?" Cora whispered. "You spent the night? I didn't even noticed you stayed. I mean, wow, that sounds terrible. I mean, thank you..for staying. Did we..? Do anything..?"