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Post by Jeni on Dec 19, 2006 6:28:40 GMT -5
"What do you mean it's the wrong stew?!" Navek demanded, standing up suddenly. Maybe he shouldn't have done that. He wanted to leave. Now. But he began to feel oddly woozy, and was wobbling a little on his feet, so he had no choice but to sit back down. He glared at Elsie, although his vision was slightly fuzzy. A horrible feeling formed in his stomach, and it wasn't from the stew.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 19, 2006 11:26:44 GMT -5
Elsie simply smiled sweetly and beckoned Tara forward. The redhead obediently came over and shook her wings out- now she was recognizable as the half-bird who had killed Telira and several other unbonded Guildmembers. She didn't smile, only glanced sideways, nervously, at Elsie. "Oh, dear, feeling a little tired?" Elsie asked innocently. "You should lie down..."
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Post by Jeni on Dec 19, 2006 16:12:34 GMT -5
"No." Navek shook his head weakly back and forth in protest. He knew he was in deep trouble now. He recognized the half-bird immediatly. And he was becomming increasingly tired and he had no control over it. Shit! He thought furiously, looking around for anything that could help. But it was useless. Both because there was nothing and he didn't have a plan, and two, his vision was getting even more fuzzy and he could barely see his own hand in front of his face. Trying again, he hastily stood up and pushed the chair away. He didn't get more then two steps before he swayed dangerously and collapsed on the floor.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 19, 2006 16:15:46 GMT -5
Eris sighed contentedly, completely dropping the act. "Mark my words, Thistlenlove," she laughed, "When you've lived as long as I have, you'll learn not to act your age! After all, if I did that... well, I'd be loooooong dead! Ha! Okay, Thistlie, take him away. You know what to do with him!" Thistlen nodded and, one-handed, hoisted Navek over her shoulder and took him out. She winced, and shook her head. "Sorry."
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Post by Avi on Dec 19, 2006 16:17:43 GMT -5
((YESYESYES! I log in right as you get to the interesting part! -dances- And for more fun stuff to happen!))
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Post by Jeni on Dec 19, 2006 16:19:03 GMT -5
Navek barely even registered that he was being moved, he was teetering on the egde of conciousness. He thought he heard someone whisper "Sorry" but it was proably just his imagination, playing tricks on him as he finally lost complete conciousness and was out cold.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 19, 2006 16:24:59 GMT -5
Thistlen didn't like doing this. It wasn't like Eris needed any more experiments to torture. And Thistlen had thought that Eris didn't like to work on males! It was much simpler, she thought, to use females. At least most females wouldn't kill her when they escaped... "What should we use on this one, Thistlie? Hmmmmmmmmmm....? OH! I KNOW!" Eris went on, not waiting for a response that she knew wasn't coming, "A HORSIE! He'll be a lovely HORSIE! Hmm... bred for speed, agility, grace... Not very good at endurance, though... Not quite as strong as the rest of you... No poison... But those lovely hooves! Nasty things, those, and he'll have quite a bit of extra... Well... OOMPH!, won't he?" She giggled. "Fun! Thistlen, go and put him on the table, and then go and look for Tessie. When she gets back, bring her to the bad-bad room. She's in troooooooooouuuuuuuuuubbbbbbbbbbbllllllllllleeeeee! Oh, and she has to stay in the bad-bad room for... how long... Such a big transgression... three weeks! And it's up to you whether she gets fed or not. Thank you, Thistlie! Bye-bye!" Eris shut the door behind her.
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Post by Avi on Dec 19, 2006 16:35:29 GMT -5
The timing could've been worse or better, depending on what point you looked at it from. The figure on the steps of the 'cottage', which revealed to only be an intricate illusion hiding the grim concrete walls underneath, smilied emotionlessly as her finger pushed a doorbell. She heard the bell sound inside as a coupel of hysterically happy bells, and winced. It was so Eris. Sad, really. The smile became more purposeful and taunting, as she thought about what a shock this could provide to the geneticist, inventor, and overall scientist.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 19, 2006 16:40:15 GMT -5
"THISTLEN!" Eris shouted. "ANSWER THE DOOR, PLLLLLEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEEEEEE!" Now who could be calling...? Thistlen led in the visitor, and hastily departed to resume the search for 'Tessie'. She'd actually figured out where the half-snake was a long time ago, but for the sake of the other girl... Eris sighed and turned around. "I really don't have time for- EEEEEEEK!" Eris nearly fell over. "NUUUU! JUST MY IMAGINATION, JUST LIKE MISTER NICE DOCTOR SAID! NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Either Eris was having a mental breakdown (a bigger one) or she was just being... special. Either was entirely plausible.
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Post by Avi on Dec 19, 2006 16:44:29 GMT -5
The smile had diminished to a disapporving frown at the site of Thistlen, but the corners of her mouth turned up ever so slightly at the outburst. "You actually saw a doctor?" The voice was haunting and bitter, matching the state of the woman and her eyes. "What amazes me more is if he's still alive after givin you that sort of verdict." A sleeve of her twitched, and a snake flowed from where it was hiding. But there was soemthing /wrong/ about it. It had a small pair of wings. Apparently, Eris wasn't the only one who had the remnants of high technology.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 19, 2006 16:46:13 GMT -5
Eris suddenly smiled. "Did I say he's still alive... Oops... He also said I'm a chronic liar... Oopsie! Tee hee!" Eris had apparently recovered, or decided that she didn't need to worry about this figment of her imagination, or both. She eyed the snake. "That's so silly! You should really work on people, it's so much more useful."
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Post by Avi on Dec 19, 2006 16:51:12 GMT -5
"Also painful," she said, her voice now like steel. "Really, Eris, you /know/ I don't approve...and it took me quite awhile to stabilize him. I know your experiments are never stabilized....they do all shift, don't they? Sloppy work...you were always on the lazy side." The lady watched Eris carefully, toying with a lock of pink hair. The unusual snake moved around, tongue flicking. It was harmless, more of a cornsnake or some boa -it was hard to tell- with rainbow colored wings that could have been parrot....
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 19, 2006 16:54:17 GMT -5
"Well, it's not like they're ever going to need to worry about staying stable... It isn't like any of them are going to have children that would be a problem... I'm going to have to stage an intervention in that case with one of them, but that shouldn't be a problem. What do you mean, shift? Shift forms? I see that as a benefit. And as for painful... you were always a goodie-goodie, Era."
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Post by Avi on Dec 19, 2006 17:00:25 GMT -5
"What about all those ones that ran off to the Guild?" she challenged. Of course Eris wouldn't care. And it was too late for them to be stabilized anyways. "It can be a benefit, but for on people...." Era shook her head. "Naughty Eris. Really." And then she seemed to freeze, as the snake who had wandered off related soemthing back to her. "Alright," she said softly, almost to herself although it was directed at Eris. "Have you started on the boy yet?"
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 19, 2006 17:02:25 GMT -5
"Oh, he's finished already. And those that ran off? Well, they won't be a problem much longer." ((-coughcough- What are you talking about... I AM SO NOT PLOTTING! What a ridiculous notion... >.>...<.<...>.>...)) "As for the boy, HE'S A PRETTY HORSIE NOW!"
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