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Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Freeshooter92 said
Why is it butts has become a regular topic for conversation here?

I dunno. I think it it's just a Crossark/Lucius thing that just drags everyone else into it.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Leith and Althalus have a chat

In the afternoon

Uicle gave a humorless chuckle. "Well, good news, the mother and the child are safe. Bad news, I nearly horrifically tortured Xyden and killed him slowly for it. If I hadn't been stopped, this conversation would have involved a lot more agonized screaming. Then I would have moved on and began the agonized screaming again, with my golems helping me, until either I exited the College or some one killed me. So, believe me, my day has nearly resulted in a pain you've never experienced, and I sincerely hope you will never experience. As that will mean you've met a side of me that's been responsisble for several major horror stories you may have heard." Rapid footsteps jerked Uicle's attention from Leith. "There's the father. I think he may have overheard you, and would like a chat. I'll stay nearby to make sure he doesn't kill you, but other than that..." Uicle shrugged. "You are on your own."

As the Necromancy teacher stepped a distance away, his metal dog Golem following, the assassin stepped up where Uicle had stood. He didn't look angry. Just...cold. It seemed he was willing to give Leith a chance to explain himself, rather than just stabbing. "So..explain how you inadvertently nearly killed Mar and our child."

Leith was surprised when he heard what Uicle had to say. While he was glad to hear that Mar and her child was alive, and his shoulders relaxed as he breathed a sigh of relief, he hadn't expected Uicle to be the teacher that snapped and went on a rampage. If anyone, Leith would have thought that the teacher that would snap would be the Demonmancy teacher. Leith raised an eyebrow when Uicle mentioned something about being responsible for some horror stories he may have heard of, but before he could ask about that, the buzzing in his head started to get louder. He looked around and spotted Althalus heading his way.

Unable to get to his feet before Althalus was in front of him and asking about his statement, the shrieking started when Leith was halfway from his sitting position. With a hiss of pain, Leith straightened his legs and half jumped, half pushed himslef off the wall and away from the man standing in front of him to make the shrieking in his head stop.

With a small grunt, Leith pushed himslef off the ground and addressed the question. "Well, Xyden approached me earlier today and told me that he had seen some spies from the armies poking around where they weren't supposed to be. He wanted me to go alert some staff members to the spies while he was following another group. Stupidly enough, I believed him, and told him that I doubted that spies were in the direction I had come from because I bumped into you and Mar and Lyn just as Mar was taken to the medical wing. I'm glad to hear that they are fine." Leith took a couple of deep breaths after he said that because he had said that in mostly one breath.

Althalus blinked. This wasn't the first time Leith had reacted violently to his presence being to close. Or had known that Althalus was behind him even when there was no way of hearing his footsteps or knowing that they were Althalus'. And despite his curiosity, and blatant questioning, Leith had refused to answer him. It was a mystery, one that Leith refused to shed light on, but Althalus had spent the last six months arguing with Mar about his presence in Lyn's life. That tended to make him forget all his plans to hunt Leith down and make him answer his questions.

And now he was here, listening to the man explain how he had bought a lie from a snake person that showed no emotion or any hints of lies that anything else would have shown.

He sighed. "You're an idiot. You're bemoaning the fact that you bought a lie told by a snake who shows less emotion than a rock, who probably could have lied to anyone except the Psychomancy teacher, and had them believe him. They're both alive, and I'm not planning on killing you. Leave at that, and move on." A small smirk crossed his face. "Well, if you really want to make it up to Mar and me, you could help me find things a new born would need, and tell me why you react with pain when I come to close and know when I'm around you at all times."

Leith gave a small smile when Althalus berated him for worrying about believing Xyden's lie when a rock showed more emotion than him, and everyone save the Psychomancy teacher would have believed it. He knew that, but it still didn't help how he felt. The smile grew wider when Althalus said that telling him how Leith knew where he was would help make it up to Mar and him.

"I guess I could do that, and I think that I've gotten enough fun out of it." Leith tapped his temple with a finger. "I can hear you. About five years ago, I got this... this buzzing in my head. It sounds like a swarm of bees is flying around in there. It's terrible. Sometimes it can affect my sleeping patterns, but that's beside the point. You are strange. Whenever I get close to you," Leith said as he started taking steps towards Althalus. "The buzzing starts to go crazy. And when I get close enough." He stopped when the buzzing stopped and quickly took a step back. The buzzing returned.

"The buzzing turns into a terrible screeching noise. It was quite disarming when it first happened. It's kinda funny, there were a few times in these past six months where the buzzing got louder and you were nowhere in sight. As for the baby stuff, didn't Ssarak and Annabeth give you some stuff when they bumped into you?"

Althalus blinked at Leith. For a moment, he didn't believe him. Then, he shrugged. "This is a mage College, and frankly, is not the strangest thing I've seen or heard of. So you can hear me because of shrieking and buzzing in your head. I can accept that." He shook his head bemusedly,before addressing Leith's final comment. "Well, that is possibly true, but I don't know where any of that is at the moment, and I'm currently grabbing food for both Mar and Lyn. So...if you see anything that Annabeth and Ssarak didn't give us that might be good for a baby, grab it and we'll find out." He turned to go, then paused and glanced backwards at Leith. "A word to the wise, stay out of tail reach of Mar if you're planning on carrying anything you grab into the room with her. She might not like what you've chosen and her emotions are a little...wild right now. Also, never mention you inadvertently gave Xyden directions. She's far less understanding than I am."

He started to walk away, heading towards the kitchen. Uicle was no where to be found.

Leith watched Althalus walk down the hall. It had been an interesting morning, and Leith hoped that the incident with Xyden was the only bad thing that will happen in the ensuing day. With a sigh, Leith started his search for Val. He wanted to see if his rune he had commissioned from her was ready.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Leith was taken aback by Uicle's retort. While he had been expecting a slightly annoyed response, the harshness of it had been surprising. When Uicle took a deep breath, which made Leith raise an eyebrow, and said that his day had been bad, Leith started to giggle. Quickly, the giggles turned into chuckles, and from chuckles to full-blown hysterical laughter. After a few moments, he gained control and looked up at Uicle, a bitter smile on his face. "I think I may have you beat if you say your day has just been bad. I believe I misspoke when I said my day had gone sour." Leith's smile turned into a grimace.

"Because I may have inadvertently caused the death of a student and her child." Leith felt sick to his stomach as he said those words, and he was sure that it was quite noticeable on his face. He looked up at the roof and swallowed as he felt a lump form in his throat. "So what happened to you that made your day bad?"

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Leith chuckled when Meirin agreed to help him and rushed off down a hallway. With a sigh, he ran down another hallway in search of some staff members. He found some of the medical staff soon after he restarted his search. They looked like they were in a hurry, so Leith asked what happened. He felt his stomach drop when they told him that Xyden had attacked a student, and he seemed to be going after Mar and her baby.

While the medical staff continued their search for help, Leith leaned against the wall and slid down it until he was sitting. He began to understand why Xyden had asked him to alert the staff about spies in the college. It was to distract the remaining staff and allow him ease in dispatching Mar and the baby. With a shaky breath, Leith wrapped his arms around his legs and rested his head on his knees.

He wasn't sure how long he had stayed like that before he heard the sound of footsteps. Leith raised his head and searched for the source with bloodshot eyes. The person coming his way was Uicle. His armour looked like it was a hair's breadth away from from not being armour anymore. Leith gave a small smile.

"Your armour looks like it's been to the Pit and back," Leith said in a raspy voice. He cleared his throat before he spoke again. "How has your day been? Because mine has gone sour."

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

GOOD, AND YOU?

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

CROSSARK

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Leith was having a bit of trouble finding someone to alert about the situation that Xyden told him about. He had been searching for a while for a gargoyle to help him find the closest teacher, but when he found a place for where a gargoyle was, the pedestal was empty. "Come on, Leith. There are people poking around where they shouldn't be, and you're having trouble finding someone," he muttered to himself as he picked up his speed. As he was rounding a corner, he almost ran into Meirin. I really need to be careful around corners, he thought to himself as he chuckled.

He stopped chuckling when she asked why he looked busy. "I am busy. You know Xyden, right? Anyway, he told me that he found some people from the army somewhere they shouldn't be, and he asked me to go tell a staff member about that while he followed another group of people." Leith frowned. "Damn, I should have asked where exactly he saw those people. It would have made it a bit easier. Hey, if you're not busy, do you want to give me a hand finding someone to tell about this?"

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Leith nodded at Xyden's explanation for his armour and weapon. It was always good to be prepared. "Fair enough. Just be sure that you don't cause any trouble that could put the college in a precarious spot. Relations aren't really that great between the armies, and something like a student or teacher attacking a soldier, or vice versa, might cause the relations to break. Who know's what might happen then?"

When Xyden asked for the favour that he had won at the Opening Ceremony, Leith smiled. He had been wondering when the Naga would ask him for his favour. His smile dropped when Xyden said that there were people from the army that were somewhere that they shouldn't be, and that the favour was that he should go grab the staff that weren't busy and tell them of the group while Xyden followed another group. Leith nodded. That wasn't a hard favour at all.

"Okay, I'll go do that. Remember what I said earlier. Oh! And by the way, I don't think that there is anyone from the way I came. Me, Ssarak, and Annabeth happened upon Mar, Althalus and, what was her name? I think it was Alaira. Anyway, Mar just had her kid and was taken to the medical wing." Leith said as hurried past Xyden and in search of either a gargoyle, a teacher, or a staff member, whichever he found first.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Leith stood in place as he looked at the scene they had stumbled upon. Mar, Althalus, and the rather brusque half-elf that Leith had bumped into a few times over the months were there. From the looks of it, Mar had just had the child. It was quite messy, and it made him feel nauseated. He watched as Annabeth hurried towards Mar and Althalus, and he raised an eyebrow when the Naga's tail coiled around her, Althalus and the baby. Apparently, Mar wasn't comfortable with the gathering of people. Althalus asking everyone to back off seemed to prove the point.

When the medical staff took Mar to the medical wing, Leith remembered something that he needed to do. "Well, this has definitely been an interesting morning, but I have to go find Val," he said as he started walking backwards. "I've commissioned something from her, and I want to go see if it might be ready." And with that, he spun on his heel and started walking the way they had came.

A few minutes later, Leith noticed a familiar person coming his way. When they got closer, he smiled. "Good morning, Xyden. What's with the armour and trident? Are you expecting something big to happen today?"

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Crossark said
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie77i6i9Ih0Can anyone tell me the name of the song immediately following Коробейники (Tetris theme)?

Starts at 5:45