Valchyrie

Augmented World (Ambiguity & Valchyrie)

Oh right, I heard that the game was getting a new character, I haven't played it for a while ( I got it on xbox), but it is a good game indeed hehe :)

Haha yeah, but I was having fun with the rewards xD So delightful destruction <3

I'm glad it was in a good way! I was unsure when I made the post, but as long as it works for you then good! :D Also, don't be afraid to time skip a bit if you want to, I won't mind if you find it hard to write something :)

And thank you, will be excited to see your reply when you get it up! :D And thanks, you have a good day/night as well! :D

Talk soon! @Ambiguity

Augmented World (Ambiguity & Valchyrie)

LOVE your new avatar picture!

Haha yeah, well that's why I didn't make her take ALL the kills and scores xD haha.

But I thought that this is her field, and I know she probably seemed a bit overpowered there, but again, it's her speciality and her world, so she should be rather god-like in the game :P I'm glad you liked it regardless xD I will go to bed soon though :) @Ambiguity

Orcs and War[rivaan&Valcyrie]

Adalia watched as the two witch children agreed to her offer. She was glad that she could make the girls happy with the sweets and their own little secret. She didn’t want to go behind Chalsea’s back, but she had learned that human curiosity almost always ended in a bad situation, and she wasn’t sure if Chalsea would be able to keep her hands off the mana shards. The problem wasn’t that Adalia thought Chalsea wouldn’t understand, the problem was that she knew the mana shards weren’t too kind on those that didn’t have a lot of experience with magic, but the exact effects of the shards on those people, was unclear, and she didn’t want to bring Chalsea in a bad health state because of her curiosity. So if the witches could keep the mana shards to themselves, then she didn’t mind giving it to them, besides, they might reveal more secrets of the mana shards than she had been able to so far. She would keep looking into the mana shards though, as they held great potential to really help the world evolve. But until she was sure that they had some permanent results, she would keep them hidden from the rest of the world, at least for as long as she could until someone broke in, leaked the information or in other ways discovered the secret.

Now she was with Chalsea, and it seemed that she had managed to wake up the sleeping Chalsea. Though the situation turned out quite differently than what Adalia had had in mind. She hadn’t expected Chalsea to feel bad, as she understood that she was tired and the whole apologizing scene and Chalsea getting angry at herself frankly caught Adalia off guard. For a moment, she didn’t know what to do or say, but she quickly came up with something, hoping that it would be good enough to calm Chalsea down. She stood up so that she wasn’t crouching anymore, as Chalsea had raised herself to stand up as well, and smiled at her, shaking her head softly. “It’s okay, I’m tired too. You don’t have to make it up to me in any way, it was probably a bit too much to ask of you to come tonight, since you have exhausted your body as much as you have. I should have remembered that you needed rest, you and your men, but sometimes I forget that mortal bodies gets exhausted faster than my own.” She smiled. “I don’t always have to sleep at night, and I don’t have to eat or drink every day to survive, I can, but I don’t have too, so I sometimes forget how other people live.” She said with a small nod. “It’s my fault entirely for not letting you rest properly. Come; let’s go back to the mansion so that you can get a good night’s rest.” She smiled. It would be too late for them to go for the walk now, as Chalsea had said she was okay with starting the training the next day, and since it was already 1 AM now, and Chalsea was exhausted, it was best to go back and get some sleep.

She pulled up her dress at the right side, all the way up to her mid-thigh, where the glove was strapped on. Her skin was smooth as milk, and hairless. She did have some markings though, in the form of stars. Five black ones in a circle on her right thigh, and the same on her left, though Chalsea would only be able to see the ones on her left thigh, as that was where the glove was. She then unstrapped the glove and pulled her dress down again softly. She looked to Chalsea with a smile and handed it to her “Here you go. This was my special item for you. I explained about it yesterday, and I hope you’ll give it a try. But remember, if you don’t like the feeling, don’t use it, as the effects might turn from positive to negative in that case. Only if you embrace the feeling and enjoy it, will it be positive.” She smiled. Once Chalsea had taken it, if she wanted to have it, Adalia started to lead her out of the alley. She could feel that she had been drinking quite a lot of wine this evening, but it was okay, she didn’t have anything major planned for the next few days, other than perhaps watching the training session that Chalsea was going to start up.

As they walked back towards the mansion now, Adalia looked up to the stars “Chalsea, you’re too hard on yourself. Not just before when you woke up, but in general. The way you live your life and the way you try to act, it’s straining your soul, body and mind. You have to take care of yourself darling, or you might end up going insane.” She said. “Look at the stars. They don’t worry, they don’t pressure themselves, what they do, is nothing more than they have to, and nothing less than they have too. They simply show up every night, and shine their light onto the world, alongside the moon and the moonlight. You should try to change your ways to be more like the stars. I know that you might have been too late to save us if you had been more like the stars, but seeing how you treat yourself, pressure yourself to achieve great things, tells me that you will someday, break down your own body, soul and mind. If I was your doctor, I would tell you to refrain from doing anything for the next month, but I also know that someone with your spirit would be unable to sit still and do nothing for that long.” She smiled, now turning her head towards Chalsea. “But appreciate what you have, relax in what you do and don’t push yourself too much. Those are the wisest words and advice I can share with you.” She smiled.

Orcs and War[rivaan&Valcyrie]

Adalia was just about to leave the marketplace to go home, not waiting any longer for Chalsea to come back to the marketplace, but then two twins, or well, they looked like twins and acted as twins, appeared and started to talk to her. Clearly, they were dressed like witches, though they seemed rather young. Adalia wasn’t sure what to think of them, usually witches at their age were dangerous and wanted to experiment with magic and their own abilities, which sometimes resulted in suicide for the witches, as some always tried to do more than they could. However, these two young ones seemed to have a fair grasp of the world around them and their own magical abilities, at least they didn’t seem worried about anything really. Adalia looked to the witches “I’ll come young ones.” She said, even though she realized she didn’t have much of a choice. The girls were pulling her and pushing her towards an alley not too far away from the marketplace, and after that, she was pushed into it. If it had been adults who had done that, and she hadn’t know them, she would have thought that something bad was going to happen, but since these witches were in Chalsea’s warband, she assumed they only wanted to help her. And just as she assumed, once they were at the alley, they told her to go into it and that she would see her further down the alley. Adalia turned her head to look at the two young witches “You have a caring leader, I wonder if you two young ones are holding onto more secrets than even your big sister knows.” She smiled. Adalia had known many witches during her life time, good and bad ones, and they usually had an aura about them that let her determine what kind of witches they were, however, with these two young twins, it was like they were in the middle, at least that’s the aura Adalia could read from them. If that was the truth, they could be enemies and allies at the same time, but she supposed that since Chalsea had them in her warband, that they were probably good witches, at least for now.

“I’ll go to her and I’ll wake her up, but I think it’s best that we all go back home and get some rest, including you two.” She smiled at the young witches. “Tomorrow I will bring you some sweets if you’d like, we have some very delicious sweets here in the White Stone City, and I think you will like them. I also have something very special that I will give to you, something you haven’t seen anywhere else, but you have to promise me one thing.” She said and then crouched down so she was at the same height as the witches. She smiled at them again, softly and sweet “The gift I’ll give to you will be our little secret; you can’t show them to Chalsea and the rest of the warband, as it’s something only those with magical abilities should touch. It's dangerous for those that don't have a high experience in handling magical items. Okay?” she said. She didn’t know if the witches would agree, or if they would keep it a secret, but the mana shards should come in handy for the witches, if they wanted to experiment with magic at some point. The abilities of the magic shards hadn’t all been clarified yet, but she knew that the young witches would be able to at least use them to enhance their own magical abilities, maybe not permanently, but during hard times.

Now she stood up normally again and turned around to look into the alley. Even though the city was a peaceful one, with very few criminals, dark alleys always looked like they held ghosts and demons, waiting for anyone who was crazy enough to enter the dark shadows. But of course that was just a way to scare yourself, there were no demons here in the White Stone City or ghosts for that matter, there was just shadow, moonlight and sunlight. She walked down the alley slowly in her dress, until she found the spot that Chalsea had fallen asleep at. She looked quite peaceful as she sat there, sleeping against the wall, and Adalia almost felt bad for having to wake her up. She crouched down again, in front of Chalsea and put a hand on her shoulders gently “Wake up Chief; it’s time to go home and sleep. It’s been a long day for you.” She said, shaking Chalsea softly. The glove that she had strapped to her thigh would have to wait, she could leave it at the night stand in Chalsea’s room, with a letter that explained everything about what the glove did, and then they could talk when they would meet the next day, but for now, she first had to get her up and going. “Chalsea, it’s now darling.” She said softly, shaking her again. She almost felt like a mother, or was it more like a sister? Perhaps it was like a lover, she wasn’t sure, but it felt like she was somehow in charge of getting Chalsea home, which was a strange feeling, as she was pretty sure that Chalsea would have been able to take care of herself, even if she had fallen asleep outside in the night air.

Orcs and War[rivaan&Valcyrie]

Rose Tyre. A new character that will have a bigger part to play :) Right now her clothing isn't as fancy as in the picture, but it will be soon enough :)

Orcs and War[rivaan&Valcyrie]

Adalia wasn’t sure where Chalsea had gone off too, but she had let her do what she wanted to do. She didn’t want to go after someone who seemed to want a few minutes, or more, to herself, as that would probably be rude to do. Though it still made her slightly worried that she had gone off like that, without having said a lot. However, Adalia had to forget about it for now, and enjoy the time with her soldiers. This was after all, a funeral feast and she had to make sure that the people knew she was there, both mentally and physically. She drank wine and shared stories with her soldiers, and even some of Chalsea’s men as well. To her surprise, it seemed they were quite capable of being a bit more formal than what Chalsea had made them out to be, or else they might just be playing the part to fit more in with the funeral setting. Whatever the case may be, Adalia didn’t mind at all, as she enjoyed getting to know some of the soldiers from the mercenary group. She hadn’t seen Chalsea for some time though, and she wasn’t sure that even her men knew why she had gone off like that. It could just be that she had become shyer and wanted to regain some of her tough attitude, but otherwise, Adalia wasn’t sure what it could be.

What she knew though, was that it had been quite some time now, as people were starting to go around by themselves, either alone, with friends or with a new flirt that they would probably share the night with. Adalia and one of her female soldiers were now the only one left at the marketplace where the feast had taken place. The moonlight was shining beautifully down onto the White Stone City. “Aren’t you going to go home Milady?” the female soldier asked with a soft smile on her face. Adalia looked at her and shook her head gently “Not quite yet. I made a promise to the leader of the mercenaries that helped us; I’d like to stay for a little while longer, just to see if she comes back.” She smiled back at the soldier. “You sure she’s coming back tonight? It’s already half past midnight.” Adalia took a sip of her wine “I’m not sure, but I’ll give her another thirty minutes before I leave.” She smiled back at her. “What about you? Aren’t you going to go home?” she asked the female soldier. The female soldier looked down with a slight sadness in her eyes. “I don’t really feel like it…My brother was the only one that I lived with and had to go back too, and he was killed in the Orc attack…” Adalia felt a sharp pain shoot through her heart and she had to look down into the table herself. This was what she hated, when someone lost the ONLY person they had left to trust in. Adalia didn’t look up, but she spoke “I’m sorry I couldn’t save him. I never wanted to lose anyone in battle.” She shivered. The female soldier shook her head, turning her head to look at Adalia “Milady, it’s not your fault. He was happy to defend the city and you, as well as I am. We knew what we signed up for when we decided to become soldiers; I just don’t know what to do with myself now.” Adalia looked up from the table and turned to look at the soldier again “What’s your name sweetheart?” Adalia asked her. The female soldier looked at her “Rose Tyre, Milady.” Adalia thought she knew that name, but she wasn’t sure, it could also just be wishful thinking. “I don’t want you to be alone Rose. I’ll have a guest room in my mansion prepare as your own room. You can move in, as part of my family. You are not royal, but you will be treated like family.” She wasn’t sure why she wanted to do that for Rose, but she couldn’t think of anything else. Gold wouldn’t make the poor girl less lonely, and going home to an empty house every day and night wouldn’t help, even though she had had company the whole day. Rose looked at Adalia, surprised and stunned at the same time “I can’t possibly accept that Milady…It’s too much.” Adalia shook her head “No it’s not, if anything, it’s not even close to being enough. I will hear no protests.” She said softly. She was going to look into Rose Tyre’s serving records later on, to see how this girl had lived her life so far.

Rose didn’t know what to do, but she had to accept that offer, and frankly, she was quite happy to do so as she didn’t feel like going home alone. “I… Thank you Milady, I can’t express my gratitude. I don’t know what I would have done if I had gone home alone tonight..” she said with a sigh. The thought of her brother now burned to ashes and scattered around on the battlefield was painful, but it was better than having him buried, at least this way, she could believe he was free and not captured by the ground and forced to stay in the same place forever in the afterlife. At least that’s what she thought, and it gave her some kind of comfort. Adalia nodded at her and gave a soft smile. “Rose, go to my mansion now and tell my household that you are allowed to sleep in the guest room tonight. Tomorrow, I will have all of your things packed and send to the mansion so that you can rearrange the room as you see fit. I want you to feel as though you are part of the family and that you won’t have to feel lonely again.” She smiled. Rose had tears in her eyes, and without thinking, she threw her arms around Adalia’s neck, leaning into her and crying. She hadn’t had anyone to cry out with the whole day, and now the Queen was the one who has offered her kindness. She couldn’t keep it inside her, and she cried and sobbed for almost five whole minutes, before she stopped again. Adalia had held her arms around Rose gently, letting her cry for as long as she wanted. When she was done, Rose gently pulled back and wiped her eyes. “I will go now, I think the wine is getting to me as well as my emotions. I’m sorry Milady, for crying like that.” She stood up, her white summer dress swirling a bit around in the night air. Adalia looked at her “Don’t apologize; I understand not having anyone to cry with. Now go and I’ll talk with you tomorrow.” She smiled. Rose gave her a small smile back “I will, and take care Milady, don’t get hurt tonight when you are alone.” Adalia nodded “I won’t, I promise you.” She said with a smile and then watched as Rose went off to the mansion. If she could at least make one soul feel happy, it would be enough for tonight, she would still wait for the last twenty minutes, until the clock would strike 1 AM, to see if Chalsea would come back though.

Orcs and War[rivaan&Valcyrie]

Adalia smiled at Chalsea when shad had sat down and started to speak with her. “Thank you. I always want to have a chance to show respect to the families that have lost their loved ones, and the most I can do, is to have a speech, so that everyone will remember who they were and that they gave their lives to defend the rest of us.” She said with a small nod. “The families have lost everything; it’s my duty as the Queen to make sure they at least feel they get some form of closure on the situation." She shrugged a little, she wished she could do more to help the families, and even though they would give the families a fair amount of gold coins as compensation, it just felt like it wasn’t enough. Adalia knew she couldn’t do more to help the families, and the families didn’t expect her to either, they were happy just to get some kind of compensation for their loss, even though they wished they could bring their sons and daughters back to life. But there was nothing she could do about it, at least not yet. She wasn’t sure if she would ever have a chance of bringing back the dead souls that were lost on the battlefield, but as long as she was immortal, and she didn’t know where she came from, she didn’t want to rule out the possibility that you could bring someone back from the dead. For all she knew, she could have come back from the afterlife herself, which could be the reason to why she had lost her memories at some point. Though she doubted that was the case, but the thought of the possibility lightened her heart at least a little, which was good enough for now.

“I’m not sure if they are lucky to have me, or unlucky.” She said to Chalsea. “They have an immortal Queen and the rumors about my immortality sometimes bring unfortunate events with them.” She shrugged. That was partly true, though because she was immortal, she was also able to take higher risks in experimental magical research. The mana shards that she had managed to create, had been a pain to create, but they had managed it in the end, without any casualties, thankfully. But because of her ability to stay alive during hard times and experiments, rumors sometimes reached the wrong people, people that wanted to get their hands on her and the White Stone City, to use her powers for their own gain. However, because the White Stone City had such devoted soldiers to defend the city and the Queen, no one had managed to take down the city at all, or even conquer it for a brief moment. The closest they had been to losing their city, was in this Orc attack, and the only reason that had happened, was because the Orcs had been cloaked under some kind of spell, rendering them invisible to the naked eye. She had also brought the glove that she had promised to let Chalsea have a try at, but she had strapped it to her thigh under her dress, as she had nowhere else to put it. The bucket of ice with the wine inside was put down on a small table behind Adalia, which Chalsea and her could use later when they were going out for their late night stroll. She wasn’t sure what was going to happen, but she hoped that the next few days would be good. For now, she would have to enjoy the evening and the company that she and her soldiers had been given.

She then took more notice of how Chalsea looked. It was far from the barbaric look the nomad had had earlier in the day. It suited her nicely, at least that’s what Adalia thought, and it was nice to see someone who was used to the barbaric lifestyle, to relax in others company and go for a bit of a change. She wasn’t sure if Chalsea had done it out of her own free will or if she had been forced to do so, because she either thought she had too for the funeral and the party tonight, or because one of Chalsea’s own soldiers had told her to do it. Whatever the case, she thought it looked good, but she also spotted the faint hint of the blushing on Chalsea’s cheeks. She put a hand on Chalea’s arm softly, smiling at her “Don’t worry, you look beautiful as the moonlight and as fresh and divine as the sunlight.” She said, gently letting go of Chalsea’s arm again. “Be sure to eat some food and drink some wine and water, we have a few hours before we have to go anywhere.” She smiled gently. She hoped that Chalsea could find it in herself to enjoy the evening, and not be too shy, if it was indeed shyness and not just a misreading from Adalia.

The food that was presented on the tables consisted of many different kinds of meat; Cow, Pig, Chicken, Horse, Rabbit and Turtle. There was a lot of different farm food as well; Corn, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Carrots, Watermelons, Salad and a lot more. It was a funeral feast, and nothing had been spared. There was enough wine and water for everyone, in fact, there was so much that the entire city would be able to drink through two straight day and nights without running dry. Adalia was happy to see that the soldiers that had participated on the battlefield these past many days, were finally enjoying and relaxing in the company of others. Some were flirting with the Chaleas few warriors and some were flirting with other citizens of White Stone City. She couldn’t help but feel happy for those people that managed to settle down and enjoy a life together, even though she knew there was a long way from flirting to actually settle down. But to see someone having an interest, well, that was always a beautiful thing to see and experience and she knew it raised the spirits of each individual that engaged in a relationship of any kind. Once you had something more to protect, you would also be able to surpass the 100 % limit of commitment that you had before. It helped the moral of everyone, and she liked it. She hoped Chalsea was enjoying herself as well.

Augmented World (Ambiguity & Valchyrie)

@Ambiguity Hey I posted! I hope it was okay!

Augmented World (Ambiguity & Valchyrie)

Sierra’s, AKA Gravity Zero, character was wearing nothing but a tank top in the style of a corset (g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1FtVNIXXXXXbOXp..). On her legs, she wore baggy pants in black (g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1BuwoLFXXXXX8Xp..), which actually fit quite well with the tank top that she was wearing. She didn’t care much for armor, as she was a tech-stealth class. What her skills consisted of, was using rewards that you received once you had accumulated enough points, either through killing the enemy players, getting assisted kills in any way, or having used some other way to help your team or take down an enemy. She was rather good at that, and while she could handle both close combat and long ranged combat, she preferred the long range. She supposed it came from her real life, where she always operated from far away, hacking into peoples’ brains and systems. So for this match, she used a sniper rifle, which could be turned into an assault rifle as well, though it wouldn’t be as powerful as a normal assault rifle. The point-rewards she had chosen to play with during this match, were rewards that required quite a lot of points. She had a jammer reward, which jammed all controls for all players on the opposite team. This was of course, one of the most difficult rewards to get, which meant only the best of the best ever got to use it, and it lasted for about ten seconds. The second reward she played with was a reward that let her call in a gun ship equipped with broad laser cannons. Unless the gun ship was shot down, it would stay over the arena for five minutes, firing off four beams at once, in different places in the area. The last and third reward she played with was actually a reward many considered useless. It was a reward that only affected the team, and not her as such, which was why many people didn’t want to play with it. People wanted to play with something that helped themselves most of the times, but the idiots didn’t realize that this reward could gain you a lot of points, if used at the right time. It made the rest of the team gain tracking on their maps, so they could see the enemy position, but what people didn’t realize, or could make happen if they did realize it, was that if you used it with the jammer reward, your team would have a high chance of finding the enemies very fast. Plus, she would still get assisted kills and accumulate points from that, because it was a support reward. And while she liked to play by herself and not care about her team, this support reward was mostly based on gaining her more points, for her at least, as she would be able to use the laser cannons as well, to hit the jammed enemies.

She was a deadly woman in the game, and she would make sure that everyone knew that with every game she played in. Besides the clothing that she wore, her hair was dark red, and her skin was chocolate brown, nothing like the real her at all. She wore a pair of black sneakers on her feet as well. Her hair was short, only going down to the edge of her chins. While she stood there, she heard the tank avatar getting surprised to see her and Cypher. She had heard of Cypher before, but never actually played with her. But since they were both on the same team, it meant that the other team would have no chance of winning. Even so, Sierra wanted to take it serious, while having fun of course, and completely annihilate the enemy team. She turned her head to Cypher when she talked to her and gave her a small grin “Look at my wardrobe choice; I believe I can’t make it any more difficult for myself than this.” She said to Cypher’s question about the handicap or no handicap. “Games have never balanced teams in the sense of making it a fair fight. But I don’t care, no matter who I’m up against, I’m going to take them down, and that’s how it is.” She smiled. Her eyes were blue, the only thing on the avatar that was the same as her real life eyes. “As long as you don’t get in the way for a kill, I have no problems with you or the rest of the team, but I hate being obstructed by another player.” She said, then looked to the tank avatar “This also goes for you. I’m going to take down every last one of the other team, don’t get in the way and we’ll be fine.” She told him. She wondered how good this Cypher person was. If she was as good as the rumors said, then they would indeed have an interest match during this game, but that would be proved at the end of the round.

Now the countdown finished, and the match started. They were in a forest arena, with housing and treetops and jungle like terrain. Perfect for Sierra. She ran to the best sniping spot that were in the game, and laid down. Because she wore no armor, it was almost impossible to see her in the grass. She readied the sniper, which fired old-styled rifle bullets, and took aim. She could see almost the whole battlefield from this point. The downside to this spot, which was why many avoided it, was that it was difficult to hit targets far away, even if you were a sniper, as there were many trees in the way, plus, there was a long way down to the other side of the battlefield, even when you had a sniper. But of course, Sierra saw no problem with this, and as soon as she was in place, she started firing. In the first five minutes of the match, she had managed to take down ten of the enemy team. Of course, they respawned and joined the fight again, but it made no difference, she kept taking them down. To make it more fun for herself, she started to give away the enemy position to her team members, just to make it an even bigger pain for the enemy team. Soon she had killed fifteen “First reward is being activated. Team gaining trackers on their maps.” She said. Then she took down five more, one bullet per enemy. “Second reward activated, jamming the enemy signal now.” She said to the team, through the avatar-voice chat system that was in the game. The points quickly accumulated high, and she took down four more, making it twenty-four, while the jamming reward was up and running. She gained the last reward now and she activated it “Gun ship, laser cannon reward, activated. Don’t get in the way for the lasers.” She said with a small grin. There were two seconds left of the jamming, but the lasers managed to take out five of the twenty enemy players that were on the map in those two seconds, while it kept being active through the next five minutes. It was a piece of cake to win this match, their kill score already read 140, while the other teams score read 30. They just needed sixty points more to win, and then this match would be over.

Even though everyone could hear when someone talked, Sierra still talked more directly to Cypher when she spoke again “Hope you’re having fun with your first time playing with me. Seems like we’re close to winning just after seven minutes.” She grinned a little. “But I suppose, when you fight like me and you, that’s just-“ she stopped talking, and for a second she didn’t say anything. Someone had come running from behind her, but she managed to turn around fast and shoot the enemy at close range with the sniper, effectively sending the enemy’s dead body flying back. She then turned back to look out over the arena “-How things are. At least for me, I win every match I’m in.” she grinned. It was going to be fun to play with Cypher, as she proved to be quite a good player as well. If this kept going, she was even inclined to try to make a team with Cypher. Sierra knew of a few good players that would be interested in creating such a team, even though none of them, including Sierra, ever played as a real team fighter. Though if all of them were good, there would be no reason to play as a team, as they would completely annihilate the enemy team before the first ten minutes had passed, so all of them could still fight any way they wanted, without having to worry about the others on the team. But that was just an idea for now, she wasn’t highly interested in it, but it was an entertaining thought. “Score count is reading 190, ten more kills and we win.” She said. And in the next thirty seconds, the team scored the last ten kills. They were all returned to the lobby again and Sierra was about to play more, but she heard her computer getting an email, and when she got an email, it meant that there was someone interesting to check out, either to rob them blind of their money, or to go for another kill. And while she was off work for the day, it didn’t hurt to take a look at the new target. She left the lobby, with her score for the match reading 80 kills, 0 deaths, and 60 assists. She left the game open and send a message to Cypher “Good playing, should play more often, for the fun of it. Will leave game open for communication. But got some stuff to do.” And with that, she went to check her email.

Orcs and War[rivaan&Valcyrie]

Adalia nodded to the explanation she was given about what Chalsea had meant. “Ah okay, I misunderstood you before. I apologize for that. But we can easily keep the orcs battering rams away, while the archers take out most of the orc forces before they get close to the city.” She knew that was possible, as that was a scenario they had managed to pull off before, however, when the enemy moves unseen and makes sure you can’t spot them before it’s almost too late, then it’s nearly impossible to prevent the battle before it even begins. “Your fighting experience has taught you a lot, Chalsea.” Adalia said with a soft gentle smile. “And I am happy that you will share your experience with us during the next couple of days, in the training sessions. When you have gone through a few of the exercises, you might even take a few groups of my men with you, on an exercise mission. We have some valleys and a few more narrow spaces around on the Steppes, which you could use for your exercises if you would like.” She smiled. She didn’t know if this was a good idea, as she hadn’t seen the kind of training that Chalsea had in mind, but she saw no downside to mention the possibility for Chalsea. “Holding off 250 marauders with fifty men is quite a feat, I’m sure you have stories to share with my soldiers later on.” She replied, feeling satisfied with their arrangement and their conversation so far.

Adalia nodded to what Chalsea said about the corruption. “It does take time to do it the way they normally do it I agree. But with the forces they now have behind them, there is no way of telling if they have discovered new methods of turning beings into orcs, faster. There is a reason the orcs are taking prisoners from the cities and villages that they take control of at the moment, though it is impossible to know for what reasons so far, as no one has returned from being a hostage, yet.” She shrugged. She knew what could happen for those that were captured by orcs, and she didn’t like the odds of any of the prisoners still being alive. She could always hope, but from the looks of everything, it didn’t seem like any of the taken people from the defeated villages and cities would come back again. At least not in the shape they were before. “But I hope that you are right, that they still haven’t discovered another way to fasten up their corruption and turning process. If that is true, we might be able to thin their numbers before taken them on in a big battle at some point. Though we would still need help from others, if we do take the battle to the orcs territories. But for now, let’s just focus on the training and the good times we’ve secured ourselves for now.” She smiled.

Adalia smiled at Chalsea again “With all due respect Warchief Chalsea, I am not the only being here that has extraordinary abilities.” She said. “I will present you a piece of equipment later on, which you can keep if you would like. It’s an enchanted glove, that most of my soldiers use. But the thing about the glove is, that when you have used it for a longer period of time, then you will no longer need the glove for it’s ability. It sharpens the soldiers’ senses, without taking away any of their humanity or any of their soul. Some would claim it’s like orcs, that the soldiers are no longer human. But I can assure you that they still feel love, pain, hunger, thirst and all the other things that the rest of us feels. That was why you didn’t see any of the soldiers wearing those gloves today. But you will get a feel of it yourself later on, if you wish to try it out.” She smiled. “But for that reason, I have confidence in my soldiers and their abilities to pass through your training sessions.” Adalia knew that some of the other cities saw her methods as being more demonical, than heavenly. They thought that powers or items that changed a person permanently would always come with some negative side effects, which was true in most situations. But what those human beings didn’t know, was that Adalia’s knowledge had taught her something different. It only gives you negative side effects, if you force it onto a person, or if you force a lot of changes at once onto a person. Those two scenarios could end up being more destructive than helpful, which was why Adalia hadn’t done it like that.

Adalia giggled a bit at how Chalsea explained that she had forgotten what the sun felt and looked like. “Well, then I am glad that you have a chance to relieve it’s warmth and glory here on the Steppes and in the White Stone City. I can’t promise it will be hot all the time while you are here, or that it won’t rain, but as long as you get to see the sun in all it’s glory out here, then I believe you will remember the feeling even more.” She smiled, nodding a little at the same time. “If you get a chance, you should go down to the river, about five kilometers away from here, and take a bath while the sun is out. Around 12 afternoon would be the best time, as that is when it’s hottest here on the Steppes. It feels wonderful to bath in the clear river at that time. Not that I know for sure, as I have never tried it myself, but a few people I have talked with, have told me the experience is something you really should try. So, I give their suggestion onto you and hope you will take it.” She smiled.

When Adalia then had finished touching their foreheads and Chalsea asked what it was, she smiled gently. “It is seen as a reward, as well as a thank you for helping us. It’s something that is not often granted to people, but I do wish to grant it to those that deserve it, and I believe you do deserve it for helping us survive the orc attack.” She smiled softly. “So you don’t have to thank me, you just have to feel it and embrace it, as that is all that matters. I hope it was to your liking.” And with that, she had left the bathroom.

Later that evening, she had changed into a summer dress. It was long and tight in the right places, with shoulder straps. It clearly showed off her size of her chest and rear, and at the same time, showed that she wasn’t a lady with a lot of fat on her stomach. Again, she was rather feminine, despite being a skillful fighter and warrior on the battlefield. She walked barefoot as well, and had her hair loose. It was long, very long, almost reaching down to the ground as she walked, from her back. Her skin was nice and smooth in the evening moonlight, and she looked like she had never seen a battle before. She had a pink rose behind her right ear, and overall, she looked beautiful for the evening funeral. People had been gathered in the middle of the White Stone City, and while the bodies had already been buried at the city’s graveyard, they were still going to hold a ceremony with speeches. There were long tables throughout the marketplace, where the marketplace stalls would normally stand, which had a lot of food on them as well as drinks of different kinds. Adalia had also brought a bottle of wine, in an ice bucket for later, when Chalsea and she would go for the night stroll, as she had promised. All the soldiers were there, without their armor on. Everyone wore formal clothing, showing respect in the most peaceful manner that they could. Adalia was the one to open the speeches. “We have lost a lot of good men and women to the orcs today. But while they gave their life defending the city, I’m happy that they weren’t taken as prisoners. The fate of prisoners are not a fate our soldiers deserved. They died fighting for us, and that was what they wanted. As all of you know, I never forced any of the soldiers into the ranks of the protectors, but it still saddens my heart when we lose such good men and women. I’m sorry for the families who have lost their sons and daughters, but I was happy to fight alongside those men and women. Thank you again, everyone, for protecting us.” She gave a small bow, before she sat down at one of the long tables, where everyone else were sitting. All the tables were occupied, but there was room for Chalsea and her men as well of course. Adalia didn’t have a special chair either, she sat on the same bench as her soldiers, and if you didn’t know she was the Queen, she could have passed as a commoner.