[IC] A Twist Of A Knife, The Birth Of A Legend.

[RomanAria]

Aery saw the pretty young woman over the bed, but in a detached sort of way. She was talking, but Aery couldn't hear anything... Since when was the room so fuzzy, anyway? And then she realized that she needed to hold onto something or she'd let go entirely.
In a panic she reached her unbroken arm out to grab Celaena's hand. "C-celaena, h-help me!" She gasped. Felt a tickle in her chest, turned her head away, and started coughing, spraying blood on the other wall. "C-celaena, p-please, please. A-a-aelin. H-help m-me." Not exactly what she meant; she would have preferred to be killed in that moment than to be lying there dying of pain, while people looked on. She'd never wanted to go in such a way, when it would hurt other people. She just hoped that Ame and Silly wouldn't have to see her like this.
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And of course even that hope was shattered, as sprinting through the door came Silly, clutching a sobbing Ame to her chest. She froze and almost fell when she saw the dramatic scene unfolding in front of her. As it was she set Ame down in a corner and sprinted over to the bed.
"Aery, aery, aery, oh my god, no no no, Aery, what on earth? Aery, oh my god, oh, my..." She saw Celaena with blood on her hands, Aery's battered form, the new woman she'd never seen before. But Celaena wouldn't have tortured Aery, and they were holding onto each other's hands, and quite frankly, the new woman looked like she wouldn't harm a fly.
Ame came toddling over, keeping her eyes on the floor. She saw the blood on the sheets, felt a thrill of fear and rage, and happened to look up in horror, right at Aery.
~~~
The effect was instantaneous. It felt rather like the fire again, only over her and inside her simultaneously and a thousand times as painful. Aery screamed and flailed, and instantly Ame realized what she was doing and dropped her gaze, only to fall to the ground again.
"I can't even look at anyone without hurting them! Silenia, what am I going to do, oh, Silly... I hurt Aery, and she was already so weak, and if I killed her I'll never forgive myself... I hurt Aery, how did I hurt Aery, I never meant to..." And then her words dissolved into sobs.
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And Silly, looking between the three of them, Celaena with her mental breakdown/delusion thing, Aery clinging to life by a thread, Ame... Whatever the hell her problem was... decided she couldn't deal with it, and slid down to the floor to cry as well.

[The Slenderman]

" This can't be happening" Celaena said and looked to Aery's face and seen her face was bloody " I should have stayed with you at the docks, it's my fault" She knelt down and softly gripped Aery's hand hoping that Rowan would burst through that door, but he didn't instead a Brute walked in holding a Battle Axe, Celaena was helpless, she crawled back expecting to be killed "NO!!!" she screamed as she felt the draught of the weapon on her face, she looked up to find the brute was on fire, "Who did that " She asked

[The Slenderman]

Rowan was close to Celaena as he heard crying " CELAENA, ANYONE ANSWER ME!!" He shouted as he continued to chop down sell swords with ease, he seen a little girl run into a room and followed her in, upon seeing the scene, he dropped his swords and looked to the young girls as he pointed to the bed and celaena "Explain" was all he said to the girls

[Iris Koenig]

Rosa saw the Brute walk in with it's weapon so close to Celaena's face she had to act fast to keep everyone in the room safe so she set the Brute on fire by envoking a fire spell that burned him as the brute was on fire he aimed his attack after her now as Rosa set him on fire, The brute could hardly see through the fire because it was so strong so Rosa took that advantage and unsheathed her dagger and slit that Brute's throat killing him instantly.

[RomanAria]

Silly stood up, gasping for air, shaking off the panic. "We was bad, so Aery had to be late to practice to stay wiv' us and ge' us calmed down. On'y, Celaena, she no' where she say she woul' ha been t' meet Aery, an' she go' lookin' fer Celaena, an' some'un... Some'un grabbed her an' took 'er an'... an' hurt her, to gets her to tell 'em somethin, like as no, on'y, Aery didna know anythin' about wha' they wanted to know, on'y, they dina b'lieve her, an... C'laena feel guilty, acos she dina protect Aery."
Ame stood up too, sniffling, keeping her eyes covered with one arm. "I hurt Aery, I really hurt her bad, and I don't know how, I was just scared, and I killed two people who had blood on their hands today, and I don't know what's going on, but I'm going mad, and it's my eyes and I just hate my eyes and my eyes are hurting people and I just can't..." Her tears started flowing again, and she leaned against Silly.

[User]

(@Iris KoenigBit insta hit isnt it?)
Charles was slowly trotting down the stone paved roads, he had in his hand his butchers knife and a torch as he set fire to the surrounding buildings. "Oh isnt this fun?" he turned his horse to see a man standing there. "Can i help you?" he spun his blade in his hands "Becase if not, could you get out the way"

[The Slenderman]

"So you're telling me that Celaena is regretful because she didn't protect that bed lyer," He looked at the younger one and knelt down to her head height "You're eyes you say.. hmmm " and then stood back up to walk to the person on the bed, he grasped something from his satchel and opened it and began to allow sips to be taken from it. "Don't worry this will heal your entire body in five hours, i know it works because Celaena tried it in Terrasen when I trained her too hard, i broke seven major bones then" Rowan looked at the girls again, "Where do you hail from, Fenharrow?, i noticed you're accents "

[RomanAria]

"Y-yes sir." Silly whispered. So did Ame, when the man crouched to look in her eyes.
Aery gasped as the liquid entered her mouth, choked on it, but managed to get a few swallows in. It was very bitter... Felt like heat was building up in her body. Heat, burning, again. Why so much burning?
Still, this burning was the opposite of the previous burning, as she felt the pain starting to ease. The scars would still be there once the medicine had taken it's full course, but none of the pain, none of the infection. She'd still probably be very weak, but... Not dying anymore.
"I-I were originally from Fenharrow, yessir." Silly said. "On'y, my parents was murdered an' my uncles turned me out into th' streets. I met Tazz at one o' the carnivals there. He were tryin' t' steal from a rich man, an' I distracted the man so tha' he coul' get the coin, an' he gave me some o' the bread he bought, an it were love at first sight. He an' I ran away t' Adarlan after an' gathered up a fam'ly o' other urchins." Tears trickled down her face again. "I didn' mean to say all tha', I donno why I did."
"I don't know where I'm from. All I remember are the streets and some older kids who were really mean to me. They'd beat me, and I'd try to run away, but they'd always find me. I hit one of them once, and they cut me up, just like these people did to Aery just now, and left me in the street muck to die. Silly and Tazz found me and took me in."

[The Slenderman]

"You start you're training in six hours, Bed lyer" Rowan said while reaching his hand for Celaena to grab a hold of, " Can you give me a description of the people that grabbed you" He asked the child lying on the bed

Celaena grabbed his hand and pulled herself up, she was still absolutely terrified, even to the point where she was shaking really hard " I can't defend Erilea if i can't defend Aery." She managed to blurt out, she wanted to hunt the people that grabbed Aery, but in this state she wouldn't have a chance "No.. Rowan let her rest .. please " She begged

[RomanAria]

"I don't know!" Aery said, more strongly now. "I don't know. They were wearing masks, full-face masks that were blood-red and gilded and jeweled and looked like they were screaming in pain. I don't remember anything else. It was a man and a woman. The one who actually grabbed me, he wasn't one of the ones hurting me, he just grabbed me first, and he kept behind me while we were fighting and then he knocked me out with some sort of poison." To Celaena, she reached out her hand. "Celaena, don't cry, don't cry please please. It was my fault. I was stupid and slow and it's not your fault."

[The Slenderman]

Celaena looked at Silly, and looked at Aery "I should not have left you alone" She unsheathed all her weapons " I'm going to make them suffer.. aery for you " She raced out of the door, adrenalin pumping through her veins, she would stop nothing to get vengeance and she would bring them to silly once she got the information out of them, she would do much worse than Aery's injuries

[kalinsovrin]

Shadow struggled his way through the city. he was being followed and he knew it. the moment he had seen the safest place in the city several people had jumped from the rooftops to get behind him. he killed one with a knife and then turned to run. after a while he had lost track of where he was and now he was feeling the effects of blood loss. his head hurt and he was having trouble thinking at all. he stopped and looked around. he climbed up a wall and then stopped for a bit. he was safe for the moment so he started to clean and dress his wound. he looked around as he did this and then when he finished he started to try and make his way back to the safe area.

[The Slenderman]

She went to the building where she rescued Aery, and entered it only to find they were there, with a mesh over their mouths, and then seen projectiles been thrown in, she rasped and seen guards running behind her to lock her in, "You just sealed yourself in with Adarlan's Assassin, dick move" She began working her way her to the two, but feeling gradually nauseous every step she took, she seen guards trying to attack her, but she dodged and took them out easily, she was two steps away from them now, she took one more step and fell against the world and then muttered " Gloriella..." she said as she faded..

[kalinsovrin]

as he got close the where he would be safe Shadow heard movement behind him again and turned in time just to have a blade slash his chest. he staggered back and fell off the roof. he landed hard on his back and was stunned. the face of the one holding the blade frozen in his mind. things made sense now. Kalin was not a mentor he was a traitor. he had his parents killed to take their child and change him into a killer. the pain in his chest soon over took his mind and shadow passed out in the street.

Kalin looked down at Shadow and then turned away. " your a failure just like your parents kid. i'm the only one who should be the best and i will kill anyone who tries to get better than me." he then jumped down and vanished into the crowds.

[The Slenderman]

Celaena awoke to find herself hanging from the ceiling, hands tied above her head, she still had her Spidersilk on at least, she looked down to the floor but found she could only see from one eye, she looked forward and seen the two that tortured Aery, " Let me guess, you'll kill me then interrogate me then torture me, or am I getting the order wrong" She let out a small laugh,
"You think you are so smart don't you" Said the man

Celaena felt blood dripping down her face from one of her eyes, then glanced about for escape routes even though she couldn't escape, they had stabbed her eye, but not deep any deeper and she would have died, she glanced down and seen more blood including Aery's blood, suddenly she felt sick, how could they do this to a human being, true she was whipped in Endovier, the salt mines, but this.. was terrible, then faded again, she could have sworn they were smiling

[kalinsovrin]

Kalin smiled as he walked out of the city. he had left that stupid kid laying in the street bleeding out. even if the kid lived through that he wouldn't make it out of that city alive. he knew that he was good and clear now that Shadow was dead.

Shadow groaned and then opened his eyes. he saw the sky but also building close to his sides. why was he in an ally. he sat up and growled in pain. he stood up and then walked out of the ally. looking to the sides he saw that someone just put him in the ally next to the street. he slowly made his way into the closest building and sat down against the wall. he let his head fall and looked at the ground. all this time the one he thought had saved him was the one that had doomed him in the first place. the tears the fell from his face were not his choice.

[RomanAria]

(Oh, my god. We're all falling to bits today, aren't we?)
When the potion had taken it's course enough that Aery could actually move without crying, she forced herself to her feet and searched about for clothing. Thankfully, all of the stuff she'd brought with her had been transferred to the closets in this room. She carefully took a sponge-bath, not trusting the new flesh to hold. When she was mostly cleaned she gingerly put on her white spidersilk tunic and leggings, her cloth-of-silver boots, the silver sash, the long dagger and two short daggers. She happened to see her reflection in the mirror and froze. Her long hair... She'd never cut it her whole life, and now it was all singed away, maybe an inch long at it's longest. The still-healing wounds were livid against her bone-pale skin. But there was nothing to be done about that now.
At last she slung her longbow over her shoulder, though she doubted she had the strength to draw it, and her quiver. The silver armguards went over the sleeves of her tunic, the poison needles went into the special sheaths in them. A stiletto knife in either boot and one on the inside of each armguard. The silver mask she tied firmly over her eyes. Not as a disguise, but rather to make an impression, because she was mad, and wanted the whole town to know it. The ice-eyed little girl all decked out in white and silver and bristling with weapons, like an angel of death. She'd certainly make an impression on the townspeople.
She checked the water clock on the table next to her. She still had four hours before Rowan would come check on her, plenty of time to go find Celaena. She couldn't believe that Celaena had just gone after those guards by herself with no backup.
"Aery, ye should no be outa bed. Like as no ye're gonna sneak out an' try to find Celaena. Bu' not without me." Silly had come into the room.
"And not without me, either. We owe it to Celaena. And either you take me with you, and I keep quiet, or you try to leave me here, and I scream for Master Rowan and he'll be on you before you leave this room. Your choice." Ame had at least uncovered her eyes, though she was still never looking at either of them.
Aery sighed. "Alright. But it'll be dangerous. You saw what they did to me, didn't you." It was a statement, not a question.
"Aye, mum. Bu' I'm willin' t'risk it sos that I can help ye."
"Yes, Aery. I'm not afraid of pain. If I were I'd have died in the gutter when I was two. Besides, as mad as I am now I apparently kill people just by looking at them. If that's not useful I don't know what is."
She knelt and hugged the girls. "Then arm up. Oh, yeah." She went over to the bedside table, took the flask that held the healing potion, shook it slightly. It was still mostly full. She tucked that into a pocket on the inside of her sash, then went to help the girls arm up. She even let them both wear their masks. She braided a spiked cord into Ame's hair, so that no one could grab her by it, put metal-reinforced throat guards on them. Each was bristling with weaponry; Silly with her knives and throwing stars, Ame with needles and a mini crossbow and her deadly stare.
Aery popped open the window, checking to make sure she was on the ground floor. She jumped out, then turned around and helped both of the little ones. Once they were out, she tried to get her bearings. There--that alleyway was where she'd been when the person had jumped her. A window was open, just a bit further down it. There was also a spattering of blood... Blood? Probably that was where Celaena had taken her out of. She bit her lip to fight of the sudden surge of fear. "Okay, girls, I bet they're in there. I'm going in, you guys just stand guard, okay?"
"Yes mum." Silly said, softly.
"Ame? What about you?"
But there was no answer. Aery turned to see a teenaged boy, probably fifteen or sixteen, with his hand over Ame's mouth and a dagger to the girl's throat. Another about the same age tried to grab her, but she spun and kicked him hard in a not-so-polite place to kick, and he dropped. Silly went to launch herself at the one holding Ame, and Aery had to grab her to keep her from getting killed. "No, Silenia. Stop."
The boy chuckled. "Clever girl. You know why your little one isn't struggling, don't you?" Ame, who'd had nearly closed eyes, heard the voice and instantly her eyes went wide and she made eye contact with Aery. Aery flinched, but she didn't have to worry. It was fear, not anger, in Ame's eyes.
"My darling Amethystia. I thought I'd taught you your lesson; no matter how often you escape, no matter how far and long you run, we'll find you. We always have." The boy's hand, which had been covering Ame's mouth, slipped down, caressing her throat and her chest. "And now we have you, and this time we'll never let you go. And now you're old enough that we can have our way with you without needing to worry about killing you, isn't that right? Didn't Ellie and Lynn tell you, what we did with them? Didn't they tell you how they grew to enjoy it?" Aery went to launch herself at the boy, drawing a dagger, but he made eye contact with her even as he pressed the blade to Ame's throat tighter.
"I wouldn't do that, pretty girl. Because you are pretty, even mangled and with such short hair. You'd be a welcome addition to my collection too." Instinctively Aery rolled to the side, launching to her feet a split second later and ramming her head into her attacker's nose. She whirled, but it was just the boy she'd kicked. Based on the amount of blood pouring from his nose, she doubted he'd ever get up again.
And then she had another problem. Silly stumbled against her, then fell to the ground unconscious. Aery took half a breath in; a cloyingly sweet smell filled her mind. A drug, of course. She launched herself halfheartedly at Ame's assailant, but the drug weighed her limbs down and she fell to the ground again. Just before the blackness overwhelmed her the man with the blood-red mask loomed over her.
"Well done. We'll make sure that she doesn't get out this time. As for the other two, consider them your reward. Do whatever you'd like to with them." He chuckled, and so did the boy holding Ame. He picked Silly up as well, shaking her like a broken rag-doll, and carried them under his arms as he walked out of the alley, whistling a tune. He could have just been a cousin carrying his little cousins back home after a temper tantrum; that was certainly a common enough sight.
Ame looked back at Aery's prone form and held her hand out, palm up. Aery knew what she wanted; a poison needle to the hand and a merciful end. But Aery couldn't move at all. She was forced to watch and see Ame's violet eyes fill with tears before the boy turned the corner, forced to see Silly's hand flung out in a gesture of farewell. And then they were gone, and then Aery's eyes went black too.

[The Slenderman]

Rowan went for a quick check on the girl's and noticed they weren't there anymore " Celaena where are you " he shouted and noticed something in the air.. the bed lyers scent had lead away from the compound and after he noticed he ran out of the compound and began following her scent, he was going to completely kick her arse, he didn't care if she was still recovering from her injuries, " Where are you all" he questioned

[Slendy]

Allen looked around the town wondering what the fuck was going on? No soldiers, no citizens , grunts kidnappings this guy.....wait what the hell?!? Allen stopped and grabbed the arm of a passing grunt. "Dude, what the fucks happening right now? Anarchy?" The grunt ignored Allen's words and attempted to steal his sword that was sheath on Allen's back. In the blink of an eye his arm was slit clean off his shoulder. Allen was now holding his sword standing in a nonchalant position." Tsk tsk tsk you could just asked a simple question. Sadly for you I don't quite like mercy so see ya in hell!" Allen shouted quickly impaling the man in the chest. He screamed in agony as he died quickly signalling other grunts his location. Allen retrieve his sword from the crops and began to wonder through the town. Before he knew it he was stopped and surrounded by 20 men. He smiled swinging his sword playfully. "Hey batter batter!" Then a devilish grin appeared on his face. All 20 men rushed towards Allen in his eyes recklessly swinging. Allen ran towards two of the grunts quickly ending both of their lives with a swing which instantly decapitating the both of them. He then jumped backwards dodge two or three swings from another grunt. Allen impaled him and held him close using him as a shield to defend himself from the others attacks. He decapitated his lovely shield and thrown the head at the rest of the group laughing as he yanked the sword out of the headless corpse. Some of the grunts stepped back in fear while others were already running in the opposite direction. "Come on! I get worked up for this shit!" He pouted like a little kid. The grunts will most likely tell who ever leads them about this so Allen took to the roofs. As he jumped from roof to roof reality bitcged smacked him in midair. "FUCK! Celaena!!!!!" Allen began to ridiculously shout Celaena's name through the town as he traveled by the roofs.

[kalinsovrin]

Shadow looked up with a blazing fire in his eyes. he rose to his feet and ripped off his armor. he tossed all of it to the sided and then yelled at the top of his lungs. his heart had been ripped in to by the betrayal of his mentor and friend. his mind broken. he looked at his weapons. he picked them up and then walked out the door. if he was ever going to beat Kalin he would have to get stronger. he would have to find Rowan and Celaena. he started moving quickly through the city. he ignored his wounds and focused on finding those that could help train him.