Kaine Aislinn
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Roleplay posts: 135
Age: 21
Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
Player's online availability : Often
Registered: Mar 7, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 8, 2017 10:46:18 GMT -8
As soon as the room took shape around them Kaine's eyes grew in excitement. His suspicions were right and they had found something. Of course the way that the room seemingly materialized from nothing once magic became present in the area also raised the question as to wether or not anything there could be considered "real" or not.
Once the room fully came into shape Kaine would address @banditkelly s worries "No... No, keep your sword away for now, let's search around this room a bit before we go deeper." As he said this he would begin walking towards the map in the center taking in his surroundings. The room itself was extravagant and yet homely, it gave off a very comforting feeling as if it had been lived in and was a very start contrast to the horribly smelling dark cavern they were in earlier, or perhaps still were in.
Once Kaine was by the map he would look it over carefully while keeping an eye and an ear out for anything that could be creeping in the shadows.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 10:57:38 GMT -8
Kelly's eyes went wide for a moment before becoming tense as she looked around at the beautiful new room.
"This is a trap, Kaine." She said as she kept her hand on her sword's hilt, "It's a trap and you know it. You saw the place normally, no one who wants the place to look this pretty is up to any good."
Eventually she let Kaine wander over to the map. She decided to work her way to the books instead, the torch still in hand lighting up the already-lit room. Kelly stared over the bookshelf with narrowed eyes. She knew it wasn't real. She saw the room normally. Why was the illusion not dispelled from her disbelief?
Curious, she let go of her hilt and reached for one of the books. If allowed, she opened it and began to read its contents.
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Tower of Eons
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 8, 2017 11:15:02 GMT -8
(@banditkelly / Kaine Aislinn Floor -1 : Trophy room and Study ) The map was incomplete, but it was worked by an elegant hand, it showed the tower, with a name, "Menara eons" Surrounding the Tower was a sprawling city, arranged with a spoke and wheel pattern. It also showed the surrounding country side. Each building, block, street, and even a sewer system were drawn in a detail so fine it required a looking glass to see properly... It even had names for each home owner... Kaine would start feeling the claws tugging at his senses again... Pulling that bowstring taunt once more. Black specs danced at the corner of his sight and he could hear the whispers rather clearly, however they did not speak as they had before, more a general clamor. If Kaine looked closely... very close... he might notice golden threads... Not on top of the table...but within the table. ___________________________________________________________________ Kelly's hand touched the book... and felt how soft the leather binding was... How crisp the pages were. The picture on the of the book suggested a book on designing machines of some sort. The words were in Old tongue, and likely not readable by our young lady, but the pictures showed anything from water wheels to traps hidden within walls. A handy book. A whisper caught the edge of her hear. "It's him...He's tricking you.."... if she turned to see who was speaking, she'd only see Kaine studding the map intently.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 11:27:40 GMT -8
Kelly looked up from the book of gibberish symbols and over to Kaine with a raised eyebrow.
"Hey, did you say something?" She asked, not knowing the source of the voice.
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Kaine Aislinn
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 135
Age: 21
Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
Player's online availability : Often
Registered: Mar 7, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 8, 2017 11:44:15 GMT -8
Seeing the city that used to sprawl around the tower that they currently resided in was very intriguing. Of course he wrote down the Tower of Eons s name in his notes as well. Upon noticing the threads Kaine would try to get a better look at them magically, after he was satisfied with what he had written down. As Kelly asked him if he had heard anything he seemed to snap out of the trance he was in looking at the map and the table. "No I didn't say anything..." This was bad he thought, if she was hearing voices as well then she might be feeling what he felt earlier, and the voices that had harrased him earlier were becoming a much more manageable volume at the moment. Noticing the book she had held in her hands he decided to test the waters, "So anything here interest you? I could see if I can't translate it for you." He was planning on checking out the books as well no reason he couldn't try to assist her if she was interested in them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 12:01:41 GMT -8
"Yeah, got a couple books here in Moon Speak." Kelly said as she walked over to him, wiggling the book in hand. "I pick up stuff as I go but I can't figure out most of it. Way over my head, maybe you can figure it out?"
She looked back to the bookshelf and eventually to the map. Kelly was no mage. She couldn't cast anything past a simple light cantrip and even then it was more convenient for her to use a torch due to her sword. Yet she knew ways of dispelling some more powerful magics. Cut the link between a summoner and conjuration. Negate evocation spells with the opposite element. And with illusions? Disbelief. Simply knowing they're fake should be enough to end any and all spells in the area.
Yet they don't. The book felt and looked real, it had real words in it (albeit ones she didn't understand) and had actual weight. It was all real somehow. Was it actually conjuration instead?
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Kaine Aislinn
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 135
Age: 21
Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
Player's online availability : Often
Registered: Mar 7, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 8, 2017 12:57:23 GMT -8
Seeing as she was okay with him teaching her a few things Kaine would read through the contents of the book showing her some of what the more basic runes meant so she could at least understand. As they were reading however one of the sections caught his eye, A description of the inner mechanisms of the locks that he had seen throughout the tower so far. Seeing as this knowledge would be no doubt be invaluable in unlocking them he would read the entire section in great detail to @banditkelly . Once they went back up they could no doubt unlock the bookshelves in the room with the dagger. He shuddered at the thought of seeing the dagger again but quickly purged the thoughts from his mind. It was best not to fret over things he could not understand yet, rather he would need to focus his efforts on finding out exactly what it was. Too this end once Kaine was finished reading the book to Kelly he would get up and search the library for anything that seemed to have information on the dagger, skimming the shelves for anything to do with the Tower of Eons they were now in. Information on the dagger was his number one priority but anything that would help him understand the tower better he would take off the shelves and bring over too where they were reading.
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Tower of Eons
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 8, 2017 14:31:30 GMT -8
(@banditkelly / Kaine Aislinn) Floor -1 : Trophy room and Study ) Thinking of the dagger caused the voices to stop... Gone was their endless chatter , more effective than Kelly's blade. However when he shoved the thought away the frayed whispers encroached yet again on his mind...and gained minor ground perhaps...? There were countless books. Anything from botany, farming, cooking, adventures...History... Nothing expressly about the Dagger. As Kaine rounded the room he came to a shelf, that was different from the others, it had diamond shaped slots and held scrolls behind enchanted glass, the pane bolstered a double lock, much like the door had in the main room... With it being the double version of the lock, Kelly wouldn't be able to pick this one, but it might be worth a try. The enchantment was woven into the glass, quiet plainly to see for the mage. Each thread spider webbed into a beautifully complex lace. Colors of white, blue and red laced back over one another. Under that wave hints of a second weave of browns and red could be seen. At the foot of this shelf was a drawer, it had no lock. Armed with new understanding Kelly would be able to pick some of the locks within the tower, namely the single cored locks should she figure a way to hold the pins correctly, as each one had a different depth they needed to be held, and then the center rotated. Kelly might wander the room. She'd see ornate spears under boar heads. Daggers under some sort of lizard. A shield in front of an eye. Unseen by Kelly were weaves of golden thread, far more complex than the lace protecting the glass cases in the room. She might feel rather excited as she drew near anyone of the weapons, as if on an adventure.
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Kaine Aislinn
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 135
Age: 21
Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
Player's online availability : Often
Registered: Mar 7, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 8, 2017 15:44:50 GMT -8
Exploring the Tower of Eons s library wielded him nothing that would be immediately useful, however as he started to head back something caught his eye. A case with an elaborate lock holding presumably valuable scrolls behind its glass. He would call over too @banditkelly "Hey come here, I think I've found something but it's locked I could use your help". If she decided to come over he would point out the lock too her and see what she could make of it. The lines were an interesting study, he could not make out their particular use but they seemed to be a constant throughout the tower wherever magic was present. Could it be the tower itself weaving these? Or were they placed long ago by some other force? He would examine the many colored threads for a while noting the pattern it created over the case. Could this be some sort of protective enchantment? Noticing the open drawer at the foot of the case he would lean over and open it cautiously, hoping from something useful but staying vigilant in case of a trap.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 15:48:10 GMT -8
Kelly pulled her gaze away from the weapons she was looking at (mostly because they were too big to fit into her bag of holding) and walked to Kaine. She looked at the cabinet up and down and pulled her lockpicks out.
"Alright, hopefully I can get it this time..." She said as she began to work. With her sword still sheathed she was secretly hoping the lock was also a conjuration and would magically open for her. nevertheless, after a quick exhale she began to pick the lock with her newfound knowledge of how the keep was sealed up.
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Tower of Eons
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 8, 2017 17:18:46 GMT -8
The draw was not trapped, or warded. When he looked inside there were keys. The key's face resembled a bulls-eye , with bumps corresponding to the tumblers of this lock. The portion of the key you turned had two sections, one rotated one direction, the other, the opposite direction... It was crafted from bronze.
Kelly's lock picking skills, while improved, only let her get through the first set of tumblers, When she attempted to touch the second set, the first set clicked back into place.
Within the case were several scrolls. Some of them depicted the multi handed monsters and explained a bit of their ecology. Namely the cursed nature of their black blood, causing madness. The scrolled called them " Kashmahn" and explained that they had come from the tower, though how or wise was left for speculation. The scroll was signedby Sevr Al-min Pantai
Other scrolls were legends of the Horn of Kah,by Sevr Al-min Pantai Expedition of Sorema to the western seal,By Sevr Al-min Pantai. "Claiming the tower by Kah Al-Sim Dagrah" There were sevral other old scrolls... the red weave of magic over their space did not look pleasant to touch...
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Kaine Aislinn
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 135
Age: 21
Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
Player's online availability : Often
Registered: Mar 7, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 8, 2017 18:34:15 GMT -8
Kaine would not touch the scrolls beneath the red magic, he was cautious from his last encounter with Sevr. Instead he would take to pouring over the scrolls he had acquired taking a seat nearby. Since @banditkelly had come over to help him with the lock before he found the keys he would read the scrolls aloud pausing only when there was a particularly troublesome word to decipher.
The first scroll he opened contained a diagram of the monsters he had seen in the memories of Kah. Thinking it may come in handy later and how their blood caused madness much like the dagger he had encountered he pocketed the scroll for later. He would be taking all of the scrolls of course his bag was specifically designed to allow for safe transportation of delicate documents and books, although the magic lining it may have suffered from the anti-magic field.
He would open and read aloud the next scrolls in order starting with the Legends of the Horn, and then the Expedition of Sorema, and finally Claiming the tower.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 20:03:26 GMT -8
After unlocking the cabinet halfway, Kelly sighed and looked up as Kaine grabbed scrolls. She watched him look at each one, calling them by name out loud. Eventually she put away her lockpicking equipment and looked back at the cabinet. She had somehow managed to only open a lock halfway, which was literally impossible. Either a lock is opened or closed. HOw did she manage this? Where did those voices come from? What was this tower? Every moment spent in here the rumors of the tower began to make more and more sense.
She contemplated, scratching her chin in thought. With what she had now she could leave and make a profit....then again she had to split that with Kaine like she promised. Would it be enough? What if she killed him so she wouldn't have to split it?
Kelly pulled her dagger loose and twirled it in her hand. Because it was a normal dagger, no magic was negated, but the glint of light reflected off its polished edges. She looked it over then to Kaine.
"...nah..." She muttered to herself as she let her arm rest by her side. Kaine had been fairly nice to her, it'd be unwise to attack him. She needed all the allies she could get, after all. Plus, having someone who knew the value of these artifacts is always good. Eventually she turned to face Kaine entirely.
"So, uh, you planning on selling that crap?" She said, pointing to the scrolls, "Or are you the kind of guy who thinks they belong in a museum?"
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Kaine Aislinn
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 135
Age: 21
Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
Player's online availability : Often
Registered: Mar 7, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 8, 2017 20:57:41 GMT -8
Kaine would be entirely engrossed in the scrolls while @banditkelly twirled her dagger in her hands with a casual murderous intent, the kind most associated with a lifetime of thieving. He also wouldn't notice her put the dagger away, sparing him.
Hearing her mumble to herself however got Kaine's attention. He lifted his eyes up from the scrolls to meet Kelly's before she asked her question. "Well I um..." He straightened up and coughed to clear his throat ,"How about this, you can keep all the loot we find however I get to keep all the scrolls,books, and magical artifacts and such that we find here, sound like a fair deal too you?"
Kaine knew that she was here for the money and didn't give much of a damn for anything else judging by the way she had looted the corpses on the way in and described the scrolls as crap to be sold, which in truth did irritate him. But that did not matter, if he could get a hold of all the knowledge and secrets held in this tower it would be worth much more to him than any amount of gold.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 21:18:33 GMT -8
She held out her hand to shake on it.
"Done. I need the cash and you need the knowledge. I can live with that. So, another question, what's your magic? I need to know what you're capable of because...well..."
After shaking Kaine's hand she tapped her rapier's hilt. Kelly had wanted to pull it free but figured it would be rude for a mage to negate them in one fell swoop.
"You've seen what this dump looks like when the magic's stripped away. Up to you if you want to face it powerless, I won't let you get hurt if I can help it."
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Kaine Aislinn
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 135
Age: 21
Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
Player's online availability : Often
Registered: Mar 7, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 8, 2017 21:37:24 GMT -8
He was glad they could come to an agreement on it, cementing their trust would help them battle with the towers more insidious traps. "Well, I can't demonstrate anything to spectacularly in here..." He thought for a moment and then took aim with his right hand at an empty space near them. Then his hand glowed a brilliant blue, it was magic in the purest form he could manifest and then the blue was gone from his hands and a pillar of energy appeared from the ceiling where he was aiming, it came down onto the floor splattering in every direction like water. Then after the effects of the spell wore off he would turn back to Kelly with a smile on his face "It's been a while since I've used that... Always so tired on the road, as for how it works I use a mixture of teleportation with my spells to make them easier to control".
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Tower of Eons
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 9, 2017 7:29:17 GMT -8
(@banditkelly Kaine Aislinn : floor -1 Study / trophy room) When the mage attempted to read the three scrolls he'd find them blank aside from their name. Much like the corner of the map hanging off the side of the table... When the mage cast his spell, He might notice the threads amongst the room glow faintly. Almost every direction he looked there were threads. And when the spell ended, the threads remained glowing for a time... Kelly of coarse would not be able to see these threads. Kaine might notice the weapons Kelly had been staring at earlier now that his nose was no longer buried in paper. The feelings the weapons projected might jog his memory of a room he had visited before... Single cold finger was drug down the side of Kaine's throat , just before a voice spoke to him... him directly rather than the shouting ramble of the voices. " She's gonna kill you... seeing how much of a fight you can put up..." It was a womans' voice... A voice he would feel he knew better than any other voice... but where from? The feeling was gone and the rable of voices hummed quietly in the back of his mind... It grew in volume again, laughing, screaming , Suggesting more unholy things for Kaine to do to Kelly once he cut her throat. As for Kelly she had some protection from the madness currently devouring Kaine's mind... Instead a roaring hoard of suggestions and death... it was much ..much quieter... Doubt... Doubt might start keeping into our young ladies mind. Doubt she might actually not be as good as she thought she was.. This thought might strike her as alien... Or foster an alliance... after all she did NEED the mage... He could read what she could not, and understood how this place worked better than she, if only a little. Besides he seemed harmless enough.
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Kaine Aislinn
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 135
Age: 21
Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
Player's online availability : Often
Registered: Mar 7, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 9, 2017 9:17:08 GMT -8
The scrolls being completely blank was disappointing but Kaine had a sneaking suspicion there might be more too them then meets the eye. He would place the one he had opened first, the legend of the horn on the ground and draw a circle with chalk around it, a simple ritual. Once everything was prepared he would place the scroll in the center of the circle and perform a spell, to see the true nature of the item.
After he was done he would hear the voice and feel the finger dragged down his neck, to @banditkelly it would look like he was shivering from a sudden cold breeze. The voice chilled him too the bone, it was nothing like the ones from before. Before he could tell himself it was just the tower trying to get too him by polluting his mind but this voice... It sounded all too familiar. He could not trust anything it said, if he allowed doubt to set in then it would cloud his judgment. His skin turned pale as he fought and his eyes a feverish yellow as he leaned against a bookshelf for support. After the first voice came a flood of others, threats, hysterical screaming, unimaginable things flew threw his mind. It was if casting the magic had opened up the gate that had held back the hoard before, letting them all in at once attacking his psyche on all fronts.
He had to continue, he would not let this deter him anymore. In a struggling tone Kaine would say "Kelly, bring out you're sword... please..."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 9:33:10 GMT -8
"You okay there, champ?" Kelly asked with a raised eyebrow. She didn't know what was going on with Kaine but the tiny voices in her head telling she isn't good enough clued her in to the tower's plan, giving her just enough reason to follow Kaine's advice.
"Aight, sword coming out."
She pulled free her sword again, radiating anti-magic to the area around them and returning the once-pristine tower to its derelict state. She walked over to Kaine, helping keep his balance.
"You feeling any better?" She asked sincerely.
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Tower of Eons
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 9, 2017 9:43:38 GMT -8
(@banditkelly Kaine Aislinn Floor-? Falling from The Watcher's ledge) The voices in both Kelly's mind started laughing, rolling with laughter... The floor gave way... And down they fell within the darkness... the ledge they had found the cauldron on was on the far side of the room.
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