[IC] Pale Blood (Apply)

[Shmektheshmuck]

@RenaKin90@DeadlyPhoenix@Smiter19@Zi
Saedd stood as the multicoloured flames danced, he too was multicoloured having scortch marks and blood covering his body, he felt a great deal of sickness as he had already breathed in the scent of the deadly vampires gas, the gray death, "ugh, dammit... I can walk." he said, still holding Rena in his arms as to not harm her any more than she'd already been. "vakim!" he shouted, "take us to your home, we have... dire need of shelter." he said slowly, he began to limp towards his courageous horse, brave enough to charge next to the flaming cart. "Rena I won't have you hurt again, Stay on my horse, we'll have shelter at vakims home.", Saedd placed Rena high on the horse and began to walk by its side, limping at every fifth step, he knew now that his time would end so he thought he'd live it serving others as he had in the beginning.

[Mog]

@RenaKin90 @DeadlyPhoenix @Smiter19 @Zi @Shmektheshmuck

Like a moth to a flame, Amira found herself captivated by the blazing inferno, watching it flicker and frolic along her skin like wildfire. The heat itself seemed an entity of its own, sovereign of any celestial body, but when she tore from her immersion, she noticed sheer amount of damage it had caused. While it temporarily banished the vampires, it mauled at others, and left them fighting for their lives. It was a massacre. Bloody carcasses were strewn across the forest floor in their numbers, leaving little of what was left of the green grass bellow. Amira could only fathom what would happen next – the forest was aflame, people were wounded, and god help those who had managed to breathe in an infirmed vampires fumes. Sighing, she'd avert her attention onto the small congregation of people who were already making their way to shelter, hopefully to higher ground.

As one of the humans called out to the group, signalling them to follow, Amira wondered if that meant her too. Could she trust these people? What if it was a trap? These cynical thoughts troubled her greatly, especially since she was under extreme time constraints. In agitation, Amira would bite her bottom lip till it drew blood; she knew what she had to do now, and that was to follow them. After all, as far as the vampires were concerned, she was with them now whether she liked it or not. As she'd trek after the group, Amira would attempt to catch up with the ones that were flagging, the armor plated husk which shrouded arms now slowly shedding itself away to reveal soft, tanned skin. “Is everyone alright? How much further is this shelter you speak of?” Amira would holler out to them, hoping they wouldn't deter her away like so many others had done in the past.

[DeadlyPhoenix]

@RenaKin90

Artemis could not help but keep looking over at the vampire. She knew there was something about him that she couldn't put her finger on. She was sort of relieved when he came with her versus staying there. "We can make it guys. We just have to keep moving." She said still on her guard for anything else that would come out and attack them while they were vulnerable like this. "Lets move it people." She said as she started heading to the cabin at a full running pace. She knew it was the only place we could be safe once she placed her protection spell.

[Zi]

Vakim was several lengths ahead of everyone else, And a good thing too. His pace was very slow compared to the others, Being injured and on foot. As the others caught up, he asked for some assistance to speed up the trek home, Amaria stopped and put his arm around her shoulders to help him along. It quickened the pace three fold. He was very grateful to her, However he had never seen her before. They strike up a conversation and talk all the way to the house. He told everyone which direction to head but advised them not to get out of his sight. Vakim had rigged the woods around his house with traps of all types and got very good at concealing them, no one would be able to tell if one was right at their feet. He was afraid that his new found company would get their legs mutilated after they went through all that together.

Just before they reached the house his wound where his nose had been had finally almost stopped bleeding. "Let yourselves in, and be sure to stoke the flames and put on some dry wood." Vakim said as he headed off the path to his favorite tree. He had been thinking the whole way up, covering his face, that the rest of the group would be scared away if they saw him now. So he decided to make a mask, To cover what had happened, and thats where he was headed now. Once he stood at the base of the large tree he looked up into its branches and muttered something about how he would return the favor in years to come, and with that, He cut out a piece of its strong bark in the shape of his face and walked back to the house. Once he returned he entered through the back door so that no one would see his face then quickly got to work on his project, He fingers were nimble and quick at carving so the work didnt take long. He grabs his extra pair of adventuring armor (Which included more "armor" from the tree from which he took the mask) and walked into the common room and tried to get along with everyone as best he could with his new face.

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(Sorry for the boring and short post. I figured that I should just get everyone to the house, then we can have more vibrant posts)

[Smiter19]

@Cat
Talon stood atop Delikeesh as he focused in on a new presence. It wasn't that of a vampire but something possibly more sinister. A demon that approached but didn't seem to be aggressive. He was farthest out from the group and closet to her as he faded out of reality once again and reappeared behind the demon.

"Look at this one," He said alerting the demon to his presence. He was smart enough to keep just out of her range of attack, "What are you doing here?" Talon was practically a shadow as he hovered around the ground behind her. He knew that poking fun of a vampire was one thing, but a demon could be the end of his very life. He could practically taste the blood of the Demon as she made herself bleed.

"How much for a vial of your blood," Talon asked almost toying with the creature. She didn't seem hostile or else they would have known of her presence long before the vampires attacked. She did also ask if everyone was alright. Who knows what her true intentions were.

@Zi@DeadlyPhoenix@Shmektheshmuck@RenaKin90

[DeadlyPhoenix]

@Zi@Smiter19@Shmektheshmuck@RenaKin90@Cat

Artemis made it inside the house and rested against the wall breathing heavily. She did was she could to catch her breath as she looked around to make sure everyone made it inside. She noticed even the vampire had made it in as well. This should be interesting. She stood up straight closing her eyes.

"Enstia Protectia!" She said as she waved her hands over the door creating a seal with light around the door and it softly spread to the nearby windows. "Sorry its just in case." She said looking around to everyone. "Not saying we aren't safe but you can never be too careful." She said as she found a space on the floor to sit down. "I guess we better discuss our plan from here." She said hoping they would keep working together. They sure were a good team considering everything that went down.

[RenaKin90]

@Shmektheshmuck@Zi@Cat@Smiter19@DeadlyPhoenix

Rena couldn't help, but feel bad as she watched Saedd limp. She opened her mouth to tell him to get on the horse instead, but once he said he didn't want her to get hurt again; he wouldn't do it. Once they drew closer to the house and the horse came to a stop, she jumped down before he had a chance to assist her. She stood in front of him, barely coming to his shoulders ((yes, she's that tiny lol)) and looked at his arms. "You should lie down and let Talon tend to your wounds," she spoke softer than she had before. She wasn't used to others being protective of her, it was a nice change.

Kai rolled his shoulders, and nodded to the elf girl. He casually leaned in the doorway, but allowed enough room for the others to enter. "Obviously, you're skeptical. I don't expect otherwise of you," he remarked in a calm down. "I mean no harm, however. I don't act like those other goliaths." His remark was towards the brutious vampires they had run into before. "Senseless acts of violence and death bore me. You may trust me or not, it is your will. I will not force you to do so." His piercing red eyes looked at her, casually examining her face.

[Shmektheshmuck]

He walked slowly through he wind, each step painful, though, he knew he would be dead in under three days. Rena looked at Saedd but he didn't look back, it was because of her that he was now dying, though, he did not care, it was in his best interest that he dies for his life had been changed ever since he set foot outside his village three years ago. The group approached a hut belonging to vakim, a chimney rose above and smoke flowed from the top, it was then that Saedd noticed both the male vampire and the demon from before.
"RENA GET BACK..." Saedd drew his sword but fell to his knees and coughed up blood, he pointed his sword at the vampire, "I won't let you have her... after,everything I went through..."

[RenaKin90]

@Shmektheshmuck

When Saedd fell, Rena knelt beside him. "You need to let Talon take care of your wounds," she said and then glanced at the vampire who approached the entrance. she felt her heart racing, as he was letting himself die to protect her and they had already just met. "Please? I don't wish for anything to happen to you." She was speaking to him as he shakingly held the sword towards the vampire who at this point took a couple steps back.

Kai removed his hands from his sides and raised them. "I mean nothing," he stated flatly. "If I wanted the girl, I could have taken her. You're in no condition to fight me. I only came to make sure the other Elf was okay," he nodded towards Artemis @DeadlyPhoenix. "I will be on my way," he said as his black hair fell over his red eyes. He casually turned on his heels and left the cabin, disappearing around the corner.

[DeadlyPhoenix]

@RenaKin90

Artemis saw him about to leave and knew that normally she would not mind if someone like him left....but somehow this was different. "Wait...don't leave." She said as she walked out of the house to catch up to him. She knew deep down that this was something she would never do, but this seemed different. "Sorry about them. They are just still on an adrenaline rush from the attack. Once they calm down and you explain yourself I am sure they will need your help." She said trying to reason with him. Him being a vampire could come in very handy when it came to figuring out more about the monsters.

[Mog]

@RenaKin90 @Smiter19 @Zi @Shmektheshmuck

Amira’s gaze slithered onto the apothecary, who seemed somewhat wary of her presence, questioning her reasons for being here. Why was she here? She too asked herself that. Too demonic to be human, too human to be a demon – this was the predicament Amira was faced with. Perhaps, that’s why she decided assisted the motley group to begin with, because despite being in a pack, she could sense that they too were ultimately alone in this dog-eat-dog world. And while her heart screamed safety in numbers, her head told her to get the hell away from this place, and that she shouldn’t have assisted them to begin with. These afflicting thoughts bickered at one another, causing the demon great emotional discomfort. “I have my reasons for being here, just like you.” She replied calmly.

Just as she was ready to leave things at that, the apothecary spoke up once more, this time with the intention to provoke. “More than your petty money can buy.” Amira retorted, a slight tinge of annoyance in her voice as she wiped the blood from her bottom lip. The demon then averted her attention onto the human who had so brazenly brandished his sword at the vampire beside her. Amira herself didn’t seem to sense any underlying blood lust from the nocturnal being, but that didn’t stop the man from challenging it. “Someone please assist this man.” Amira stated candidly, looking him up and down like a disapproving mother. It was then that she noticed the smaller, more petite being beside him. She was strange looking, with the ears of an elf, but the pale features of a vampire. Hmm? So, this is what they were fighting to protect? This intrigued the demon greatly. It was rare to see a halfling, let alone one of her kind. After all, vampires were such haughty and pompous creatures.

Amira then suddenly remembered the other man from before, the one who she had assisted up the hill. He had gone out to fetch something, and— Amira’s recollecting faltered as soon as she saw the masked man. Having counted the people around her, she could tell that, that was him. Only he had concealed himself, something she presumed was because his charred face. “I didn’t quite catch your name, stranger.” Amira inquired, looking at him with a sort of child-like curiosity.

[RenaKin90]

@DeadlyPhoenix

Kai stopped, looking over at Artemis over his shoulder. "Huh?" He responded as he raised his eyebrow looking at her. "I do not wish to be a burden on anymore," he told her calmly. "I know that it must be tense, and he's awful protective of the small one." He gave a small chuckle at a wounded man thinking he could take on a vampire. However, the small elf was drawing more attention than he assumed she was bargaining for. He studied the demon as she called out for someone to assist the wounded one before heading towards the other one. "I will help if I am wanted, if not I will be on my way." He would still offer, as he could sense his own kinds arrival faster than any of them could. He had his doubts, however, that they would stay in one large group. "My name is Kailen, but you may call me Kai." He gave her a curt, straight forward bow; with his right arm folded across his chest.

[Shmektheshmuck]

@RenaKin90@Cat@DeadlyPhoenix@Smiter19@Zi
"rena, get behind me!", Saedd stood and held her back with his hand, "Talon, I need your help with something, now...", Saedd moved around the vampire, heading towards the door of Vakims' house, a moment later the two were inside and sitting on handmade chairs, SAedd had fallen again, this time vomiting blood and going pale, a moment later he passed out, breathing in gasps of air.
a flash of light, a myriad of colors, a girl... Rena, her skin was pale like that of the beasts he hunted, her teeth were long and sharp like them aswell. no, it couldn't be her, he was working so hard to protect her, but, what if she was vampire...

[Smiter19]

Talon had appeared next to Saedd as he had summoned him. He kept quiet as he followed closely and as Saedd began to fall, Talon grabbed one of his shoulders and lowered him to the ground. He provided enough stability to assist in his vomiting. The sudden increase of weight as Saedd fell unconscious almost pulled Talon down with him.

Talon muttered a spell which assisted in Saedd's increased and now limp weight, "Rena, Vakim," Talon said as he guided Saedd back to his seat, "grab me a bucket with water and a blanket. Don't care who gets it." Talon grabbed Saedds head and tried to force him awake with a spell. Every 'body' reacted differently. If it didn't work the first time the second time would but the convulsions would cause possible fractures and definite immediate pain.

Talon sat back and waited a minute to see how his spell worked.

[DeadlyPhoenix]

@RenaKin90

Artemis smiled as the vampire bowed to her saying his name was Kai. "My name is Artemis." She said with a small curtsy to show him respect in return. "He is protective of her because the other Vampires were hunting her apparently." She said looking back seeing Saedd was sick again. "I haven't met anyone here before this, I just got wrapped into this because me and Rena are the same race." She said with a sigh. "I'm sorry if I seem so tense around you. My parents were killed...well by other vampires. Seeing you protect us just seemed out of the usual for me and I wanted to know why. I was always taught that the vamps only were out for blood and nothing more." She said hoping not to offend him.

[RenaKin90]

@Smiter19@Shmektheshmuck

As Valkim hadn't returned from whatever he had run off to do, Rena quickly fetched the items Talon requested. As she returned with them, she knelt beside Saedd. Her hands folded into tight fists as she watched, her dark hair hanging over her eyes. "Will he be ok?" She asked, watching Talon as he worked. She had never seen such tasks performed before, and she was wondering how she had come to care so much for someone she just met. She shook her head; it was only temporary. It would only be a matter of time before he realized what she really was. She had put him in enough danger already, she wondered if it was better for him to separate from her once he was well again.

@DeadlyPhoenix

"The same race?" Kai repeated the statement with a sense of curiosity in his voice. In her reference to the blood, he slightly shook his head. "There are very few like me. I only... feed when I need to." He rubbed the back of his neck as he was awkwardly explaining his life to her. "We only need a little bit of blood to survive, we don't need to kill. Ever since Queen Ne--" he cut himself short at mentioning the vile woman's name. He cleared his throat and narrowed his eyes a bit. "When she came to borrow, she twisted their minds to believe that any other being besides us is meant to die and be our food or slave. I left the colony a few years ago because I wouldn't succumb to such behavior."

[Smiter19]

@RenaKin90@Shmektheshmuck

"He should be fine, that is if he's puking from any of the toxic fumes coming from my cart. You all inhaled the fumes and if he's suffering from that," Talon said looking at the bloody vomit on the floor, "then this will wake him up. The blood in his vomit... if there's even any stomach contents in there, is something entirely different. I wouldn't doubt it if he's tripping out of his mind right now. I had over one hundred and fifty different forms of hallucinogen and at least half of those were toxic if eaten and or inhaled." Talon took a second and looked at her. He was getting a little over excited and if he were alone, he probably would have started to cut him open to see exactly what the problem is.

"I can feel something about you. Whatever it is, keep it away from me. For all I know you are a dark temptress doing this to him. I'll keep this quiet for now, but if you attempt to screw with me or get inside my head," Talon said almost as if he was speaking directly through Rena's thoughts, "I will destroy you."

"I'll give him a few more minutes," Talon said to Rena as he used the bucket of water to dampen a cloth. He raised it to Saedd mouth and cleaned the blood from his lips. He then proceeded to dampen his head and to cool the possible temperature that might develop from his immune system attempting to fight off whatever was wrong with him.

Talon grabbed his chest as he felt a sharp pain surge through him. 'What the hell was that' he said to himself as he clutched his chest. He forced the pain away. 'I haven't felt a pain like that in a very long time.' Talon said as he passed his pain into Saedd hoping that it would be enough to wake him up. The convulsions he would endure would be ten times worse if he has to try and waken him up using his spell again.

[DeadlyPhoenix]

@RenaKin90

Artemis listened to his story knowing why he would decide to leave. "When I said she was the same race as me...I meant emotionally. When my parents were killed...I was raised in a human orphanage. I consider myself a halfling because my own kind basically wanted nothing to do with me." She said doing what she could to keep her composure but was slightly twitching to fight back the tears. "I saw she was in danger and I saw myself in her. I could not let her be killed." She said looking back to the house. "Sorry, I didn't mean to bore you with my life story." She said hiding her brushing off a single tear as she remembered being bullied and picked on every day at the orphanage every single day. They would try to pull off her ears, cut her hair, even push her down the stairs.

[RenaKin90]

@Smiter19

The young elf watched as her performed his abilities to try and wake Saedd, her body wincing with each passing moment. When she noticed the necromancer grip his chest; she questioned with other not to ask if he was okay. She shrugged it off, interpreting that it was from what he was doing for the man. Everyone was already distrusting of her thanks to the hunters coming after her, she knew it was only a matter of time. They would discover what she was and possibly kill her. She let out a sigh as she moved to her feet. "I'll.. be out of the way," she told Talon. Not that it really matter, he would work whether she was there or not; he would make a way. She walked outside, opposite of the others. She looked towards the horizon, crossing her arms over her chest. She would see Saedd was taken care of and resting, than she would probably disappear. He was already protective of her, she feared what would become of him if he became to attached to her. In a frustrated groan, she put her hands on her face and ran her fingers through her hair.

@DeadlyPhoenix

Kai felt a ping of sympathy for her as she described her childhood, he knew how much those the vampires killed suffered; but often the children are forgotten. He was surprised a human orphanage took her in, most of the time he had heard of them leaving elven children to fend for themselves. Though she tried to hide her tears, he still noticed. He reached inside his pant pocket and unfolded a small kerchief. "It's okay," he said calmly as he passed it to her. "Sometimes children of different kinds are cruel if they are taught to do so to someone different. I feel it makes you stronger to be able to push through such instances." He gave a weak smile. Why was he comforting her? He could have just helped them and disappeared, yet here he is. Having a heart to heart conversation with an elf. AN ELF. Most of their kind were ready to shoot him in the head with an arrow or stake him with a sword.

[Smiter19]

@RenaKin90

Talon looked at Rena as she spoke and got up and left. 'That is a weird one,' he said to himself as he continued to monitor Saedd. He waited only a few more minutes before preparing Saedd for another dose of his magic.

He chuckled to himself as he stood over him, "you better pray you don't wake up," Talon said, "you might as well be pregnant with twins that want to come out all at once." Talon pressed his hand into Saedds chest and once again fasted his spell. Saedds body started to convulse immediately. 'What's this then,' Talon watched as Saedds body came back to life but he was practically just a puppet.

"Well... that didn't work," Talon said to himself as Saedd continued tonconvulse then stopped falling to the ground, "Saedd... you alright?" Saedd remained motionless as his body surged every so often almost as if he was being electrocuted. Talon raised his hand and paralyzed his body to keep him from causing more damage to his body than what was necessary.

Talon escaped Vakim's house and stopped next to Rena, "ok, so um... he's broken. He's nothing more than a zombie right now. His body is manipulatable but his brain is semi-inactive. I believe he probably inhaled more than enough of the toxic fumes from the fire and is now in a paralyzed drug induced coma."

"Best we can do for him right now, is get him to the nearest town and have him rest. There's probably a spell out there somewhere to force someone out of a coma but if there is, I don't know it," Talon continued, "as far as I'm concerned he's dead weight and he will get us killed! Do what you think is right," Talon said as he took a few steps away and then stood idly by slightly swaying in the wind.