April 12, 2009
Episode 26: Beware the Wilds
11:21 AM | 
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The Sewers
"Karen... did we really have to take the sewers? This place is playing havoc with my senses."
"You would rather we walk through dozens of guards? Keep your voice down though, there are still plenty of ways they can hear us from down here."
They get to a corner and Karen holds Joseph back with her hand. She looks carefully around the corner and turns back to Joseph. "Meyliss is going to check ahead, it'll be a few minutes."
She pulls out a canteen and offers it to him.
"So what's going on here Joseph. Shouldn't you be with your clan?"
Joseph takes the canteen and takes a long drink.
"Yes, I should be. I've sent most of them away, somewhere safe, I hope. It's just Celine, Leland and myself."
"I understand that, Joseph. What I want to know is WHY you're all here."
"A few months ago I got a hold of some dark info. It could very well be the end of my kind, if I fail on my mission here. Someone named Argus is hatching a plan that can cause problems for all of us, human, lycanthran, revenant, maybe even Meyliss and her kind. I know he has others helping him, but the information on them is a little hard to find."
Karen takes the canteen back. "So what do think you can do about this 'plan'?"
He looks down at his feet in thought. "The way I see it, either i convince him his plans are wrong..."
She pinches his chin and raises Joseph's head. "Or?"
Joseph pulls his head away from her hand. "Or I convince him he life is wrong."
As Joseph wanders back down the tunnel, a high pitched roar is heard further ahead.
Joseph looks to Karen. "Meyliss?"
"Are you kidding?"
The two look around the corner to see Meyliss and Leland running towards them. Leland is carrying Celine and another limp body over one shoulder.
They run around the corner and Leland places his two unconscious companions on a ledge. Meyliss grabs Leland and pulls him down to her face with a strength of someone much larger than her size.
"We can't stay here long." The calmness of her voice catches Leland off guard. "They may be slow, but they will NOT stop" She lets him go and he falls backward, off balance.
Joseph looks around the corner but can't see anything in the darkness.
He turns back and grabs Meyliss and gets the sensation of grabbing a very large boulder. He ignores the feeling. "Who's there? Who won't stop?"
Celine starts to wake up. Her voice cracks with an uncommon twinge of pain. "w..w..wilds. we..we gotta...gotta go..."She shrinks back into unconsciousness.
Joseph's eyes widen in fear and he completes his change into his wolf form. Karen looks at him, never seeing an expression on his face like that before. "Joseph...what did she mean by 'wilds'?"
Meyliss places a hand on her shoulder. Joseph steps out, around the corner. "Wilds are Revenants that have lost their control."
He takes a deep breath and extends his claws as groans and shuffling feet make their way out of the darkness.
"Karen... did we really have to take the sewers? This place is playing havoc with my senses."
"You would rather we walk through dozens of guards? Keep your voice down though, there are still plenty of ways they can hear us from down here."
They get to a corner and Karen holds Joseph back with her hand. She looks carefully around the corner and turns back to Joseph. "Meyliss is going to check ahead, it'll be a few minutes."
She pulls out a canteen and offers it to him.
"So what's going on here Joseph. Shouldn't you be with your clan?"
Joseph takes the canteen and takes a long drink.
"Yes, I should be. I've sent most of them away, somewhere safe, I hope. It's just Celine, Leland and myself."
"I understand that, Joseph. What I want to know is WHY you're all here."
"A few months ago I got a hold of some dark info. It could very well be the end of my kind, if I fail on my mission here. Someone named Argus is hatching a plan that can cause problems for all of us, human, lycanthran, revenant, maybe even Meyliss and her kind. I know he has others helping him, but the information on them is a little hard to find."
Karen takes the canteen back. "So what do think you can do about this 'plan'?"
He looks down at his feet in thought. "The way I see it, either i convince him his plans are wrong..."
She pinches his chin and raises Joseph's head. "Or?"
Joseph pulls his head away from her hand. "Or I convince him he life is wrong."
As Joseph wanders back down the tunnel, a high pitched roar is heard further ahead.
Joseph looks to Karen. "Meyliss?"
"Are you kidding?"
The two look around the corner to see Meyliss and Leland running towards them. Leland is carrying Celine and another limp body over one shoulder.
They run around the corner and Leland places his two unconscious companions on a ledge. Meyliss grabs Leland and pulls him down to her face with a strength of someone much larger than her size.
"We can't stay here long." The calmness of her voice catches Leland off guard. "They may be slow, but they will NOT stop" She lets him go and he falls backward, off balance.
Joseph looks around the corner but can't see anything in the darkness.
He turns back and grabs Meyliss and gets the sensation of grabbing a very large boulder. He ignores the feeling. "Who's there? Who won't stop?"
Celine starts to wake up. Her voice cracks with an uncommon twinge of pain. "w..w..wilds. we..we gotta...gotta go..."She shrinks back into unconsciousness.
Joseph's eyes widen in fear and he completes his change into his wolf form. Karen looks at him, never seeing an expression on his face like that before. "Joseph...what did she mean by 'wilds'?"
Meyliss places a hand on her shoulder. Joseph steps out, around the corner. "Wilds are Revenants that have lost their control."
He takes a deep breath and extends his claws as groans and shuffling feet make their way out of the darkness.
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