July 29, 2008

A new member

"Thank you Richard. You've been a good friend through these hard times."

Joseph turns and starts to walk towards the dancers. He stops and looks slightly back to Richard.

"And... I'm sorry for striking out at you. Karen was.. special to me."

Both men stand in silence.

"Will I see you on the continent?"

Richard steps forward.

"I don't know my friend. I have some business to take care of here and I don't know if i'll make it out in one piece."

"Hrmp. One piece, ten pieces, or a thousand. I know I'll see you again, you bastard!"

Joseph bolts off into the distance, fur and claw once again asserting themselves.

Richard stands, watching him go.

"Yes, my friend. I'm sure you will."

He pulls the hood of his cloak up to cover his face and turns away.

"I'm just not sure you'll like me when you do."

He climbs back up the embankment and carefully starts to cross the bodies.

As he passes a rather small looking corpse, a hand jolts out to grab his ankle. Richard bends down, grabs the hand and forces it to release. He moves debris away to find the corpse of a young woman.

"Well my dear, you're not looking all that well."

The woman makes some gurgling noises.

"No, don't try to speak. Most of your throat is missing."

The womans eyes widen in fear.

"Don't worry. I'm here to help. What I want you to do is just concentrate. Visualise...stop grasping at your throat, you arn't breathing anyway.."

The woman stops. She grabs Richards arm, shaking.

Richard speak calmly and slowly, trying to take away her fears.

"Now do as I say. Close your eyes and visualise yourself as a broken vase. Now think about all the pieces coming together to reform itself. Concentrate hard. This will most likely take a few minutes."

As minutes pass, pieces of flesh and bone inch thier way to the woman from the surroundings.

"Good, that's good. Can you speak?"

The woman rubs her throat, shocked that all seems normal.

"i..iitsss.. harrrrd..."

Richard raises his had to stop her.

"Give it a day or so and your voice will come back. I the meantime, i need to check on something."

He looks her over and finds a small symbol on the back of her knee.
Tribal Symbol Alpha
"Well, that's not mine. I wonder who else was here today?"

Richard stands up and offers the woman his hand.

"Come with me. If you stay here, you're going to cause far too many questions. I will explain your..or rather "our" situation, along the way."

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