11. The weak swordsman clings to his instrument. It is better you have a sword, but death must lie under your fingernails, if need be. Learn death with your elbows, death with your knees, and death with your thumbs and fingertips. It is said death with the tongue is useful, but I find words too soft an instrument to smash a man’s skull.
"Heard you two lovebirds were looking to kill Spawn."
Who are you?
Krathian walks out of the bushes, fingers steepled, his hat shadowing his faintly glowing eyes. "An interested party. Put bluntly? I'm in."
I don't trust you...
Rancor took a step forward, blankly staring at Krathian. "We accept." He looked back at Tasa. "Don't worry, if he does something unfavorable, I will kill him."
He bows cordially, "At your pleasure, what would you have me do."
Rancor looked back at Krathian. "First, collect useful pawns."
His eyes flare slightly. "If by pawns you mean thralls - this I will not do. Any who assists our cause will do so voluntarily, though I can nudge them in the right direction."
Rancor's horn whirs a bit. "I never said anything about collecting unwilling people. Unwillingness will only make things difficult. And difficulties will have to be eliminated." Rancor took a step forward. "I do not care about your methods, just collect them." Rancor took another step forward. "Unless you want to make this difficult?"
He sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose"Threatening me is unwise. 'Pawn' at least, where I come from, usually denotes a lack of will to complete or understanding of the objective. 'Spawn' on the other hand, generally denotes a lack of discretion. I find difficulty equally unadvisable, yet you seem to be more concerned with threatening me than working towards our actual goal."
"I am not concerned with anything over anything else, other than the needs of Tasa currently, which includes this objective of ours. I do what I see as the most effective means to complete the objective, which is letting you know my stance in this. As for threatening you, what is it that gardeners like to say? 'Pick out the weeds before they ruin everything' or something along those lines." Rancor tilted his head a bit. "Do you understand? I am merely seeing if you are a weed."
"You don't rip a plant out of the ground to see if it is a weed, just like you don't shoot a man in the dark to check if he is an enemy. Unwarranted threats can cause betrayal as surely as prevent it. As I said, the vendetta I have with Spawn is personal, and completely isolated from any motive you or Tasa may possess. A vendetta I would have pursued regardless of your involvement. I have no reason to work against you, and, as of the present moment, every reason to work with you. Put simply, we have no reason not to trust each other, and I have given you no indication that I am a weed."
*Drops not-so-subtle Spawn name dig*
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Hi, I am not a chest. I deny with 100% certainty that I am a chest. I can neither confirm nor deny what I am beyond that.
I used to portray Krathian, Q'ilbrith, Jim, Tara, Turin, Nathan, Tench, Finn, Alvin, and other characters in various taverns.
There's a faint pop as an adamantine shelled turtle pops into existence on a table and begins slowly crawling across it.
*Started off as a bored idea, ended up an actual character concept I'm intro'ing...*
Yacatl (Speak with Animals): Who are you?
The turtle looks up. It has a pierced ear with a mithral earing. "You don't need to bother with all that. I can talk." Its voice is ancient sounding and conjures up images of long gone landscapes.
"You never know these days." Yacatl responds. "Anyway, what should I refer to you as?"
"Piggleshell is what those who can't pronounce my name call me. So that's what you can call me." It speaks slowly and patiently.
"Yacatl. Are you unique, or are all your species possess such exquisite shells?"
"Do you see any other turtles wearing a shell like this? I am the only one in my universe, but since there are infinite reflections, it is likely somewhere else there are others who have mastered the way of the perfect soul."
"Mmm... no. You might be a paragon from the beastlands." They mutter aloud
"I come from Earth, mudman."
"The plane of earth?"
"The plane-t of Earth, yeah."
"Mmm... Or are you refering to the planet that the ancient Ilmarskari reached?"
"Nah, no idea who that is. I'm from the Long Earth, yeah."
*One of my favorite series, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.*
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Join Cafe [Redacted], people! I play Treble in it. Isn't SCP stuff awesome?
There's a faint pop as an adamantine shelled turtle pops into existence on a table and begins slowly crawling across it.
*Started off as a bored idea, ended up an actual character concept I'm intro'ing...*
Yacatl (Speak with Animals): Who are you?
The turtle looks up. It has a pierced ear with a mithral earing. "You don't need to bother with all that. I can talk." Its voice is ancient sounding and conjures up images of long gone landscapes.
"You never know these days." Yacatl responds. "Anyway, what should I refer to you as?"
"Piggleshell is what those who can't pronounce my name call me. So that's what you can call me." It speaks slowly and patiently.
"Yacatl. Are you unique, or are all your species possess such exquisite shells?"
"Do you see any other turtles wearing a shell like this? I am the only one in my universe, but since there are infinite reflections, it is likely somewhere else there are others who have mastered the way of the perfect soul."
"Mmm... no. You might be a paragon from the beastlands." They mutter aloud
"I come from Earth, mudman."
"The plane of earth?"
"The plane-t of Earth, yeah."
"Mmm... Or are you refering to the planet that the ancient Ilmarskari reached?"
"Nah, no idea who that is. I'm from the Long Earth, yeah."
*One of my favorite series, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.*
"Mmm... I see."
*The second earth Yacatl mentioned is the Earth where we exist right now. AKA Terra*
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Hi everyone! I'm working up the will to finalize my signature, so... I guess this will be the signature for now
"Heard you two lovebirds were looking to kill Spawn."
Who are you?
Krathian walks out of the bushes, fingers steepled, his hat shadowing his faintly glowing eyes. "An interested party. Put bluntly? I'm in."
I don't trust you...
Rancor took a step forward, blankly staring at Krathian. "We accept." He looked back at Tasa. "Don't worry, if he does something unfavorable, I will kill him."
He bows cordially, "At your pleasure, what would you have me do."
Rancor looked back at Krathian. "First, collect useful pawns."
His eyes flare slightly. "If by pawns you mean thralls - this I will not do. Any who assists our cause will do so voluntarily, though I can nudge them in the right direction."
Rancor's horn whirs a bit. "I never said anything about collecting unwilling people. Unwillingness will only make things difficult. And difficulties will have to be eliminated." Rancor took a step forward. "I do not care about your methods, just collect them." Rancor took another step forward. "Unless you want to make this difficult?"
He sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose"Threatening me is unwise. 'Pawn' at least, where I come from, usually denotes a lack of will to complete or understanding of the objective. 'Spawn' on the other hand, generally denotes a lack of discretion. I find difficulty equally unadvisable, yet you seem to be more concerned with threatening me than working towards our actual goal."
"I am not concerned with anything over anything else, other than the needs of Tasa currently, which includes this objective of ours. I do what I see as the most effective means to complete the objective, which is letting you know my stance in this. As for threatening you, what is it that gardeners like to say? 'Pick out the weeds before they ruin everything' or something along those lines." Rancor tilted his head a bit. "Do you understand? I am merely seeing if you are a weed."
"You don't rip a plant out of the ground to see if it is a weed, just like you don't shoot a man in the dark to check if he is an enemy. Unwarranted threats can cause betrayal as surely as prevent it. As I said, the vendetta I have with Spawn is personal, and completely isolated from any motive you or Tasa may possess. A vendetta I would have pursued regardless of your involvement. I have no reason to work against you, and, as of the present moment, every reason to work with you. Put simply, we have no reason not to trust each other, and I have given you no indication that I am a weed."
*Drops not-so-subtle Spawn name dig*
*Lol*
Rancor stared blankly.
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Please don't hide your imperfections, if one part is beautiful, it all is.
There's a faint pop as an adamantine shelled turtle pops into existence on a table and begins slowly crawling across it.
*Started off as a bored idea, ended up an actual character concept I'm intro'ing...*
Yacatl (Speak with Animals): Who are you?
The turtle looks up. It has a pierced ear with a mithral earing. "You don't need to bother with all that. I can talk." Its voice is ancient sounding and conjures up images of long gone landscapes.
"You never know these days." Yacatl responds. "Anyway, what should I refer to you as?"
"Piggleshell is what those who can't pronounce my name call me. So that's what you can call me." It speaks slowly and patiently.
"Yacatl. Are you unique, or are all your species possess such exquisite shells?"
"Do you see any other turtles wearing a shell like this? I am the only one in my universe, but since there are infinite reflections, it is likely somewhere else there are others who have mastered the way of the perfect soul."
"Mmm... no. You might be a paragon from the beastlands." They mutter aloud
"I come from Earth, mudman."
"The plane of earth?"
"The plane-t of Earth, yeah."
"Mmm... Or are you refering to the planet that the ancient Ilmarskari reached?"
"Nah, no idea who that is. I'm from the Long Earth, yeah."
*One of my favorite series, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.*
"Mmm... I see."
*The second earth Yacatl mentioned is the Earth where we exist right now. AKA Terra*
*The Long Earth is essentially a never ending string of Earths that you can reach by stepping. Humanity evolved on one of these, and our ancient ancestors who could step stepped away and disappeared, not settling down like Homo Sapiens did.*
"But do you?"
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Join Cafe [Redacted], people! I play Treble in it. Isn't SCP stuff awesome?
*Yeah... we could wait another week for Lysander to come back...*
"No idea..."
*I suppose we could.*
"How did he get the people?"
"He asked around, I think?"
"Huh." He looked at Krathian. "We can get this guy to do that."
"Ask around? What for, more aid? A greater magician?"
Do you know who Lysander asked before?
"I'm afraid not. I was entirely unaware Lysander was involved."
He collected people to fight Asmodeus... but then he was killed.
"This is ... unfortunate. He and I had failed to conclude some business that seemed vital to him. Are efforts being made to resurrect him?"
I'm not sure... I'm not an expert on that.
"Very well then, I'll find that out myself."
*Y'all said Lysander was coming back in a week...how?"
*No idea. You'd have to ask Pallghost, since they controlled Lysander.*
*Okay*
*A DM never realves their secrets. You will just have to ask Lysander himself*
*Aight, and was this the encounter you were talking about in the PM? bc Krathian is lvl 20, and I don't want to screw up the encounter via his participation.*
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Hi, I am not a chest. I deny with 100% certainty that I am a chest. I can neither confirm nor deny what I am beyond that.
I used to portray Krathian, Q'ilbrith, Jim, Tara, Turin, Nathan, Tench, Finn, Alvin, and other characters in various taverns.
"Heard you two lovebirds were looking to kill Spawn."
Who are you?
Krathian walks out of the bushes, fingers steepled, his hat shadowing his faintly glowing eyes. "An interested party. Put bluntly? I'm in."
I don't trust you...
Rancor took a step forward, blankly staring at Krathian. "We accept." He looked back at Tasa. "Don't worry, if he does something unfavorable, I will kill him."
He bows cordially, "At your pleasure, what would you have me do."
Rancor looked back at Krathian. "First, collect useful pawns."
His eyes flare slightly. "If by pawns you mean thralls - this I will not do. Any who assists our cause will do so voluntarily, though I can nudge them in the right direction."
Rancor's horn whirs a bit. "I never said anything about collecting unwilling people. Unwillingness will only make things difficult. And difficulties will have to be eliminated." Rancor took a step forward. "I do not care about your methods, just collect them." Rancor took another step forward. "Unless you want to make this difficult?"
He sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose"Threatening me is unwise. 'Pawn' at least, where I come from, usually denotes a lack of will to complete or understanding of the objective. 'Spawn' on the other hand, generally denotes a lack of discretion. I find difficulty equally unadvisable, yet you seem to be more concerned with threatening me than working towards our actual goal."
"I am not concerned with anything over anything else, other than the needs of Tasa currently, which includes this objective of ours. I do what I see as the most effective means to complete the objective, which is letting you know my stance in this. As for threatening you, what is it that gardeners like to say? 'Pick out the weeds before they ruin everything' or something along those lines." Rancor tilted his head a bit. "Do you understand? I am merely seeing if you are a weed."
"You don't rip a plant out of the ground to see if it is a weed, just like you don't shoot a man in the dark to check if he is an enemy. Unwarranted threats can cause betrayal as surely as prevent it. As I said, the vendetta I have with Spawn is personal, and completely isolated from any motive you or Tasa may possess. A vendetta I would have pursued regardless of your involvement. I have no reason to work against you, and, as of the present moment, every reason to work with you. Put simply, we have no reason not to trust each other, and I have given you no indication that I am a weed."
*Drops not-so-subtle Spawn name dig*
*Lol*
Rancor stared blankly.
"Are you well?" asks Krathian, confused at his expression
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Hi, I am not a chest. I deny with 100% certainty that I am a chest. I can neither confirm nor deny what I am beyond that.
I used to portray Krathian, Q'ilbrith, Jim, Tara, Turin, Nathan, Tench, Finn, Alvin, and other characters in various taverns.
*Yeah... we could wait another week for Lysander to come back...*
"No idea..."
*I suppose we could.*
"How did he get the people?"
"He asked around, I think?"
"Huh." He looked at Krathian. "We can get this guy to do that."
"Ask around? What for, more aid? A greater magician?"
Do you know who Lysander asked before?
"I'm afraid not. I was entirely unaware Lysander was involved."
He collected people to fight Asmodeus... but then he was killed.
"This is ... unfortunate. He and I had failed to conclude some business that seemed vital to him. Are efforts being made to resurrect him?"
I'm not sure... I'm not an expert on that.
"Very well then, I'll find that out myself."
*Y'all said Lysander was coming back in a week...how?"
*No idea. You'd have to ask Pallghost, since they controlled Lysander.*
*Okay*
*A DM never realves their secrets. You will just have to ask Lysander himself*
*Aight, and was this the encounter you were talking about in the PM? bc Krathian is lvl 20, and I don't want to screw up the encounter via his participation.*
*If that's too high, then Tasa is WAY to high at CR 20...*
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Join Cafe [Redacted], people! I play Treble in it. Isn't SCP stuff awesome?
*Yeah... we could wait another week for Lysander to come back...*
"No idea..."
*I suppose we could.*
"How did he get the people?"
"He asked around, I think?"
"Huh." He looked at Krathian. "We can get this guy to do that."
"Ask around? What for, more aid? A greater magician?"
Do you know who Lysander asked before?
"I'm afraid not. I was entirely unaware Lysander was involved."
He collected people to fight Asmodeus... but then he was killed.
"This is ... unfortunate. He and I had failed to conclude some business that seemed vital to him. Are efforts being made to resurrect him?"
I'm not sure... I'm not an expert on that.
"Very well then, I'll find that out myself."
*Y'all said Lysander was coming back in a week...how?"
*No idea. You'd have to ask Pallghost, since they controlled Lysander.*
*Okay*
*A DM never realves their secrets. You will just have to ask Lysander himself*
*Aight, and was this the encounter you were talking about in the PM? bc Krathian is lvl 20, and I don't want to screw up the encounter via his participation.*
*Nah, that was a different thing. And a 20 lvl character is fine.*
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(He/Him)
11. The weak swordsman clings to his instrument. It is better you have a sword, but death must lie under your fingernails, if need be. Learn death with your elbows, death with your knees, and death with your thumbs and fingertips. It is said death with the tongue is useful, but I find words too soft an instrument to smash a man’s skull.
Taceli patiently waits, using the time to clean up the mess.
Wolfe follows behind her.
Want a place to roleplay in your spare time? Here: Lord's Rest Inn
Please don't hide your imperfections, if one part is beautiful, it all is.
I don't like rp-heavy games, I LOVE them.
"You don't rip a plant out of the ground to see if it is a weed, just like you don't shoot a man in the dark to check if he is an enemy. Unwarranted threats can cause betrayal as surely as prevent it. As I said, the vendetta I have with Spawn is personal, and completely isolated from any motive you or Tasa may possess. A vendetta I would have pursued regardless of your involvement. I have no reason to work against you, and, as of the present moment, every reason to work with you. Put simply, we have no reason not to trust each other, and I have given you no indication that I am a weed."
*Drops not-so-subtle Spawn name dig*
Hi, I am not a chest. I deny with 100% certainty that I am a chest. I can neither confirm nor deny what I am beyond that.
I used to portray Krathian, Q'ilbrith, Jim, Tara, Turin, Nathan, Tench, Finn, Alvin, and other characters in various taverns.
I also do homebrew, check out my Spells and Magic Items
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons, even death may die"
"Nah, no idea who that is. I'm from the Long Earth, yeah."
*One of my favorite series, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.*
Proud member of the Spider's Guild (y'all should join!)!
Join Cafe [Redacted], people! I play Treble in it. Isn't SCP stuff awesome?
Harry Potter stuff is cool.
Homebrew: The BloodBorn; GemBlade Soldiers; Soldier of The Silver Armies. (Comments, Improvements?)
Life is okay, but who knows how long that will last.
*Okay*
Meroving: who are you?
Hi everyone! I'm working up the will to finalize my signature, so... I guess this will be the signature for now
Soldaer is sitting at a table inside, looking a little tired and eating a little late lunch.
Yazrin is inside.
[Open slot]
"Mmm... I see."
*The second earth Yacatl mentioned is the Earth where we exist right now. AKA Terra*
Hi everyone! I'm working up the will to finalize my signature, so... I guess this will be the signature for now
*Yo Ghost I've got a few spots open if you want to rp. Fin and Jim.*
Hi, I am not a chest. I deny with 100% certainty that I am a chest. I can neither confirm nor deny what I am beyond that.
I used to portray Krathian, Q'ilbrith, Jim, Tara, Turin, Nathan, Tench, Finn, Alvin, and other characters in various taverns.
I also do homebrew, check out my Spells and Magic Items
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons, even death may die"
*A DM never realves their secrets. You will just have to ask Lysander himself*
Hi everyone! I'm working up the will to finalize my signature, so... I guess this will be the signature for now
*I'm mutlitasking right now. Give me a sec*
Hi everyone! I'm working up the will to finalize my signature, so... I guess this will be the signature for now
*Lol*
Rancor stared blankly.
Want a place to roleplay in your spare time? Here: Lord's Rest Inn
Please don't hide your imperfections, if one part is beautiful, it all is.
I don't like rp-heavy games, I LOVE them.
*The Long Earth is essentially a never ending string of Earths that you can reach by stepping. Humanity evolved on one of these, and our ancient ancestors who could step stepped away and disappeared, not settling down like Homo Sapiens did.*
"But do you?"
Proud member of the Spider's Guild (y'all should join!)!
Join Cafe [Redacted], people! I play Treble in it. Isn't SCP stuff awesome?
Harry Potter stuff is cool.
Homebrew: The BloodBorn; GemBlade Soldiers; Soldier of The Silver Armies. (Comments, Improvements?)
Life is okay, but who knows how long that will last.
*Aight, and was this the encounter you were talking about in the PM? bc Krathian is lvl 20, and I don't want to screw up the encounter via his participation.*
Hi, I am not a chest. I deny with 100% certainty that I am a chest. I can neither confirm nor deny what I am beyond that.
I used to portray Krathian, Q'ilbrith, Jim, Tara, Turin, Nathan, Tench, Finn, Alvin, and other characters in various taverns.
I also do homebrew, check out my Spells and Magic Items
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons, even death may die"
Rancor.
Want a place to roleplay in your spare time? Here: Lord's Rest Inn
Please don't hide your imperfections, if one part is beautiful, it all is.
I don't like rp-heavy games, I LOVE them.
Avery returns a few minutes later with a large plate of chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk
Poppy starts moving faster once they hit the fields (90ft a tirn)
"Are you well?" asks Krathian, confused at his expression
Hi, I am not a chest. I deny with 100% certainty that I am a chest. I can neither confirm nor deny what I am beyond that.
I used to portray Krathian, Q'ilbrith, Jim, Tara, Turin, Nathan, Tench, Finn, Alvin, and other characters in various taverns.
I also do homebrew, check out my Spells and Magic Items
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons, even death may die"
Nice to meet you. You can call me Tohono.... where are you?
Hi everyone! I'm working up the will to finalize my signature, so... I guess this will be the signature for now
*If that's too high, then Tasa is WAY to high at CR 20...*
Proud member of the Spider's Guild (y'all should join!)!
Join Cafe [Redacted], people! I play Treble in it. Isn't SCP stuff awesome?
Harry Potter stuff is cool.
Homebrew: The BloodBorn; GemBlade Soldiers; Soldier of The Silver Armies. (Comments, Improvements?)
Life is okay, but who knows how long that will last.
-excited kobold noises-
Wolfe can barely not keep up. (only 40ft, 80ft with dashing.)
Want a place to roleplay in your spare time? Here: Lord's Rest Inn
Please don't hide your imperfections, if one part is beautiful, it all is.
I don't like rp-heavy games, I LOVE them.
*Nah, that was a different thing. And a 20 lvl character is fine.*
Hi everyone! I'm working up the will to finalize my signature, so... I guess this will be the signature for now