Noyan Dar
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Physical Description: Noyan appears to be rather old, even for a Merfolk. His pale blue wrinkled skin shows the wear of many decades, and bears the scars of many battles; the battles themselves long forgotten, as well as those who may have fought them.
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Clothes and Equipment: Noyan has a myriad of varied items lashed to him with ropes and leather straps. Most who see him would classify nearly all of it as junk, save for perhaps the odd looking staff/walking stick and short sword that appears to have a coral handle.
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Post by Noyan Dar on Apr 13, 2017 12:25:45 GMT -8
"I do not mind - Kelly." an odd stall before her name made it clear he nearly replaced her name with 'land dweller'.
"My name is Noyan Dar, humble servant of our Mother, Aldea." he said simply, perhaps only the second time he'd answered a question squarely. He placed his webbed hand just above his stomach and bent just slightly as he introduced himself.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 12:27:25 GMT -8
Kelly mimicked him, assuming it was some sort of proper greeting.
"A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Dar. Now, I'm curious, how deep is your home? From the ocean surface, I mean."
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Noyan Dar
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Roleplay posts: 13
Physical Description: Noyan appears to be rather old, even for a Merfolk. His pale blue wrinkled skin shows the wear of many decades, and bears the scars of many battles; the battles themselves long forgotten, as well as those who may have fought them.
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Clothes and Equipment: Noyan has a myriad of varied items lashed to him with ropes and leather straps. Most who see him would classify nearly all of it as junk, save for perhaps the odd looking staff/walking stick and short sword that appears to have a coral handle.
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Registered: Apr 13, 2017 3:56:27 GMT -8
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Post by Noyan Dar on Apr 13, 2017 12:34:58 GMT -8
"Ahh.. Llorosh" Noyan's eyes almost became distant as he thought of his home. "Its is a great bustling city with all manner of wonderful life. Its streets are lit always with a warm light, and at its center, the Temple of Aldea." he began to return to the present, "It sits at the bottom of a chasm deep enough that no light shines down from this side of the divide. The chasm is perhaps big enough to swallow one of your nations whole without much notice."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 12:40:14 GMT -8
"Meaning it's also at least a mile down." Kelly said, nearly cutting him off at the end. She began to walk outside the cavern, gesturing him to follow.
"Let me show you something then."
Kelly walked outside into the bright sun and pointed down next to the cave. A small sign saying "property of Kelly" was nailed to the rock face.
"As you can see I've labeled my possessions like anyone would. Although it doesn't deter people from stealing or invading, it at least marks this as my property." She said. Soon after she looked to the sky, gesturing to its vastness.
"Now...do you see a sign saying 'property of humans'? Do you see how high a whole mile would be into the sky?"
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Noyan Dar
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Roleplay posts: 13
Physical Description: Noyan appears to be rather old, even for a Merfolk. His pale blue wrinkled skin shows the wear of many decades, and bears the scars of many battles; the battles themselves long forgotten, as well as those who may have fought them.
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Clothes and Equipment: Noyan has a myriad of varied items lashed to him with ropes and leather straps. Most who see him would classify nearly all of it as junk, save for perhaps the odd looking staff/walking stick and short sword that appears to have a coral handle.
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Registered: Apr 13, 2017 3:56:27 GMT -8
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Post by Noyan Dar on Apr 13, 2017 12:51:14 GMT -8
Noyan, of course, followed in his own shambling way. He smiled a kind smile as she spoke of the sky.
"I have been taken in." he said as he looked up at the sky with her. "I mistook your question for curiosity of my home, for which I sorely miss as I have been away from it for longer than I would like." His normally more eloquently and logically put together sentences began to waver.
"Walk with me Kelly, please. I haven't much more time here." Noyan walked towards the water, hoping she'd come with him. He spoke as they walked.
"Two beings walk to the sea together. One reaches the water's edge, and prepares their boat to sail. This being knows not when they shall return to land, so they take the things they will need; food, supplies, water they can drink -" his voice trailed off as slightly as he let a long beat pass in silence.
"The other being reaches the water's edge, and keeps walking. Which creature belongs to the sea, and which creature belongs to the land?"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 12:57:46 GMT -8
Kelly followed silently as he spoke, only speaking up when asked.
"And yet you're on land as well, for the same reason we would travel the oceans. The world is 70% covered in water, sir. This isn't a territorial dispute, nor should it become one. I won't lie, there are some very horrible people in the world but in general humanity means no harm to your oceans and have no desire to invade your homes. Just as you cannot survive on land for too long we have no desire to swim down to a pitch-black frozen abyss we cannot survive in. Attacking us only brings our ire. Your race may start a war for territory, but humanity would do it out of spite, and I promise you- no one wins if either of us fight."
Kelly bowed to him and began to walk back to the cave before turning around.
"For the record, I was also interested in your home. It sounds like a beautiful place."
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Noyan Dar
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Roleplay posts: 13
Physical Description: Noyan appears to be rather old, even for a Merfolk. His pale blue wrinkled skin shows the wear of many decades, and bears the scars of many battles; the battles themselves long forgotten, as well as those who may have fought them.
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Clothes and Equipment: Noyan has a myriad of varied items lashed to him with ropes and leather straps. Most who see him would classify nearly all of it as junk, save for perhaps the odd looking staff/walking stick and short sword that appears to have a coral handle.
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Registered: Apr 13, 2017 3:56:27 GMT -8
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Post by Noyan Dar on Apr 13, 2017 13:09:30 GMT -8
Noyan turned to watch Kelly walk back up to the cave.
"I cannot help but think you are right Kelly." he spoke a bit louder at her back. "Our peoples claiming the land, sky, or sea is much like barnacles fighting over the great beast they are stuck to. Please do heed my warning."
'May our Mother provide', came Noyan's last words to Kelly in his native tongue; which to her would sound more like bubbling, clicking, and gurgling than actual words.
The old Merfolk walked back into the sea from which he'd come, quickly dipping below the water's glassy surface once again.
[Exit Noyan]
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 13:14:25 GMT -8
Strangers and TravelersKelly bowed to the merfolk as he sunk beneath the seas before heading back to the cave, ready to investigate the tunnel she found.
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Post by Strangers and Travelers on Apr 13, 2017 13:17:52 GMT -8
The tunnel continued down just as it had before, becoming narrower and narrower as it went. If she continued, Kelly would find the route to be increasingly claustrophobic as it went down, eventually reaching the point at which she would have to make a decision: crawl on her stomach and continue, or turn back. Crawling would, perhaps, lead to something interesting. However, holding a torch would prove difficult.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 13:24:10 GMT -8
Kelly stopped just at the part that would require her to walk on her hands and knees. She sighed and looked down to a potion on her belt with the label "fairy" on it.
"Dammit, I don't want to use this..." She muttered to herself as she hesitantly grabbed the potion. With a gulp, she drank the entire thing and tossed the bottle to the ground. She groaned a little as she dropped to the ground. Soon after, Kelly began to shrink in size until she was barely six inches tall, still clothed but now without a torch. She sighed as she looked up at the now massive stick with flames flickering off of it then back at the ruby, now large enough to require two hands. With straps of leather, Kelly wrapped the ruby into a backpack and carried it behind her, using its light source as a way to see forward as she walked down the path with her head held high.
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Post by Strangers and Travelers on Apr 13, 2017 13:31:57 GMT -8
The minuscule thief would have no trouble navigating the tight passageway now, and didn't get any narrower as she went. As she picked her way through the tunnel, she would notice a gentle breeze blowing in her face. That was odd. Now that she was using the ruby as her main source of light, she saw symbols in the walls that hadn't shown up in the torch light. The drawings were crude, but she would be able to make out stick figures and a starry sky. As she went further down the tunnel, the pictures showed a star falling from the sky, and the figures gathering around it. A third scene showed the star on the ground, with all the people lying around it. Were they dead? Who could tell from such crude drawings. Who drew on the walls in such a tight place, anyway, and why did only show up under the light of the ruby? The mysteries kept piling up, and answers were in short supply.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 13:37:12 GMT -8
Kelly tried to process the symbols the best she could, but between moving forward and keeping track of how long she's been small (so as to not be in the small tunnel when it wears off) the best she could deduce was the markings referred to the stone that created the island.
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Post by Strangers and Travelers on Apr 13, 2017 14:54:03 GMT -8
Walking down the dark passageway, Kelly would see no more drawings. However, she soon came to a dead end and was met with a very strange sight indeed: a woman's face carved into the stone. It seemed to be finely carved and polished, in stark contrast with the crudely cut tunnel leading up to it. Even more surprising, though, was when the eyes opened and it began to speak. "Why hello there. You're certainly very small for a human." The voice was dry and rough, but undoubtedly female.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 15:05:37 GMT -8
Taken back by this, partly because of the size difference, Kelly's eyes went wide before regaining her composure.
"Oh, uh...didn't drink my milk as a kid." She quipped before placing the ruby down next to her.
"Sorry, I was following this path into the cave and I came across you.....who are you?"
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Post by Strangers and Travelers on Apr 13, 2017 15:15:54 GMT -8
The stone face blinked, confused.
"Milk? What's milk? Anyway, I'm- wait, what's that? Where did you get it?"
She stared at the glowing gemstone on the ground in wonder. If Kelly looked closely, it might look as though the gemstone was glowing more brightly than before...or maybe it was just her imagination.
"I think that's mine. Yes, I'm certain. May I have it back?"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 15:18:11 GMT -8
"...only if you tell me more about yourself. It's not often I find a....mask that can speak. Who are you? What are you doing in here?"
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Post by Strangers and Travelers on Apr 13, 2017 16:45:43 GMT -8
The face frowned, clearly disappointed in Kelly's lack of answers.
"Oh, alright...but if I tell, you have to promise to give me that stone and tell me what milk is. Got it?"
Without waiting for an answer, she continued.
"I'm a star! I fell from the sky and landed here, many years ago. I'm not the one that created the crater, but I was drawn to it. I don't know why, but it was enough to pull me from the sky and land me here. I landed deep within the earth and became buried, but someone saw where I landed and dug this tunnel. He told me that he couldn't dig me out, but that was ok because he kept me company. Every day, he would tell me stories of things that happened up on the surface. There were happy stories, funny stories, sad stories...I didn't like the sad ones, but he told me an awful lot of them. I don't know why you humans are so sad all the time. I didn't mind, though, because he was the only one who came down to talk to me. He vanished, though, and nobody has come to talk to me since..."
She sniffled, and a teardrop rolled from her stony eye down her face. When it fell, it landed with a soft clink on the stone floor. If Kelly examined it closer, she would find that it was a perfect, flawless diamond.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 18:21:54 GMT -8
She raised an eyebrow at the mask's story before speaking up.
"You're looking for company? What if I took you with me then? It must get lonely this deep inside a cave, wouldn't you want to see the world for yourself?"
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Post by Strangers and Travelers on Apr 13, 2017 18:46:59 GMT -8
The star blinked, surprised at the offer.
"Why yes...yes, that would be wonderful. But I can't. You certainly can't dig me out of this all by yourself. I'm completely encased in stone, there's no way someone as small as you could exhume me. Besides, I'm not even sure if my arms and legs still work after all these years...I've been in here an awfully long time, you know."
She sighed, letting out a puff of dust. The diamond on the ground glittered, shining under the light of the ruby.
"But that's enough about me. Who are you? How did you find me? Where are you from? Do you have any stories to tell me? I do so love stories. What's milk?"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 19:30:23 GMT -8
"My name is Kelly. I would love to tell you more, but I'm actually on a timer. if I don't get back to the surface I'll be stuck here forever. I think I can get you out of here, I just need some digging tools...."
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