Tessera (Autumn), 81378 4th day Talon walked under the night sky. Across sand dunes, Rocks, and Bones. He had to find the village where he and Xavier had lived in before it was attacked. The memories flooded back... Burning buildings, and charred bodies, Xavier huddled together under Talon's arm... And a Being, Completely shrouded in black, holding a male 'dragon up by his neck. The dark being raised his arm, and the 'dragon moaned, Gashes appeared all over his body. And blood poured onto the sands... Talon blinked back tears, and kept walking. <span style='color:orange'>The truth will be revealed...</span> he whispered to himself as he walked along through the sands...
miacra walked across the hot desert sands. she was walked back to her town to restock on things. she had to past by the old destroied town that was just a few miles west of hers. she stopped and sat takeing a sip of her cool clear water. she sighed and got up five minuets later. she went aound a sand dune and stopped there was a mal there. she hid. she was all alone and there was an older strange pendragon... a bit of sand blew up into her nose she sneezed then ducked back behind it so he wouldn't see her... damnit she was doomed now!
Talon heard a noise and brandished his partisan, he turned to the dune where the noise had come from. He slowly walked towards it with his partisans blade outstretched and with a swipe chopped off the top of the dune, sending sand flying everywhere. He found a young pendragon cowering there, his blade had missed her head by a couple of inches <span style='color:orange'>What are you doing out here young lady?</span> He asked, keeping his partisan up as he was speaking, ready for anything...
Using the destroyed town as a hide-out Drsuj heard the sounds of others. His almost primitive mind went haywire as he thought it was "the 'dragons" Those who were searching for him. Drsuj barreled out of the burned down home he resided in and at the others. His black form almost melted away into the burned city as he retreadted after delivering a slash.
miacra looked up at him with tears in her eyes. was he going to kill her? she blinked them back and stood up. <span style='color:steelblue'>i was just looking for a town... not that its really any of your biusness sir. </span> she was shaking from fear but she wasn't going to let him know. she noticed the wepon in his hand and sloached a bit.
<span style='color:orange'>I'm sorry for being so suspicious..</span> He managed to get out before he was forced to jump back from a slash from a creature that somehow resembled himself. He launched a fireball at the retreating creature, but missed. <span style='color:orange'>If only Xavier was here...</span> He said, more to himself than to Miacra. He turned, <span style='color:orange'>It appears to me that we are heading towards that burned out town?</span> He asked <span style='color:orange'>Would you care to join me in case that creature comes back?</span> He looked of signs of the creature but found none, and then turned to Miacra again, waiting for an answer...
miacra nodded and got up slowly she knew she should have taken something she could attack with... she started to sing as they walked her voice sounding like pure silver in the hot air. at least she had picked a couple things she was good at for trades... drawing and singing. she was temped to reach into her bag and pull out her pen and paper and start to draw her surrondings.
<span style='color:orange'>You have a pretty voice, you could become something some day...</span> Talon commented as they entered the outskirts of the burned out village. They turned a corner and stopped, There was a pendragon skeleton half buried by the sand. Talon prodded it with the blade of his partisan. <span style='color:orange'>This should be buried by the shifting sands by now...</span> he said, <span style='color:orange'>It's probably a victim of our friend we met earlier...</span> He dug it out of the sand and flipped it out of the way and they kept walking...
miacra stopped by the body and kneeled down and started to sing a song that was ment to send souls away to the after life. from her swirled eyes feel a tear as she got up and ran to caught up with talon. she was silent with her head down and muttered <span style='color:steelblue'> thank you... but im not that good... </span>
<span style='color:orange'>Everything dies eventually...</span> Talon said softly and headed towards the town square. <span style='color:orange'>I have one memory of the attack....</span> Talon continued and proceeded to tell her, in detail what he saw... <span style='width:100%;font-weight:bold; font-size:10px'>Out of Character</span> <table class=ooc><tr><td>If anyones wondering what the memory is, check the evry first post on this topic.</td></tr></table>
miacra choose not to listin... she didn't like the darkness of the past.. she choose to hum a song of silence for only her ears to hear.
Talon paid no attention to Miacra as they walked towards the centre of the village. He thought he saw something move over to the right but decided not to mention it to Miacra... <span style='color:orange'>Miacra, what did you want to come here for anyways?</span> he asked not looking at her as he asked...
she smiled and said in a quite voice. <span style='color:steelblue'> i was going to a town not far from here... one i grew up in.... </span>she blushed for somereson she was shy around this pendragon... but why? she was usualy quiet but never shy.....
<span style='color:orange'>You remind me of a playmate I used to have... She was quiet and thoughtful... The village me and Xavier retreated to would have been a very good village to grow up in... If I hadn't of..</span> He paused for along time between sentences and smiled, remembering the good times... Before he and his brother were cast out from the village and began their lives on the road... <span style='color:orange'>We could have lived a normal life if it wasn't for our differences.</span> He explained to her. <span style='color:orange'>Here we are... the last spot I can remember being in before we escaped.</span> He looked around and noticed an altar in the middle of the plaza <span style='color:orange'>It looks as if it was used for a sacrifice...</span> And he walked up to it...
miacra quiet out of character spoke up. <span style='color:steelblue'>the playmate did she live in our village or yours? </span> peraphs it had been one of her sisters... she had so many... another set of twin girls in the family had lived at different villages one with her the other use to live in this one... she cocked her head to the side and followed him up then back up from the object. she could feel darkness she didn't like it. she back up farther from it. her eyes scared.
<span style='color:orange'>I can't remember her very well I was only about 5, and if I could, there would be no chance of finding her now...</span> He conjured a small ball of dark energy and thrust it into the middle of a dried pool of blood on the altar. The altar seemed to explode with dark energy, sending waves of light cascading in all directions. Miacra was shocked back ten feet into the sands. And Talon was absorbed into the object...
miacra could feel the darkness treating to take her over she sung loud and clear a song of old days known only to a few. she could feel the darkness being comsumed by light. she opened her eyes and sighed she had finished the song and it had worked... she went over to the portal and carfuly stepped in to see if she could retrive the male who had been sucked in. she felt a rush as her body got pulled along. she fell onto something.... or someone! she got up quickly she had landed right on talon....
Talon grunted as he was flattened into the stone floor. He rolled out from under her and got up, leaning on the wall for support. <span style='color:orange'>Well I'm glad that You managed to find me again.</span> Talon said to Miacra <span style='color:orange'>If only you had a weapon to help me fight off these fowl creatures...</span> He raised his partisan as several small creatures came scampering down the hallway. he masterfully swung his Partisan and sliced three of the creatures in two, but more seemed to appear. <span style='color:orange'>Miacra!, Don't you have a song that can destroy these things?!</span> He continued to swipe at the creatures now gathering around his legs. A brave creature jumped at Talon and latched onto his leg with razor sharp teeth. Talon swore and garbbed it and flung it bodily against the wall. There was a sharp crack and it fell, dead, onto the floor. <span style='color:orange'>MIACRA!!</span> He shouted and was brought down by the horde, Blood flew as he continued to struggle under the mass of scales and teeth...
Drsuj had watched all of this. He had seen what that altar could do. He avoided it all all costs but this one. He ran straight for it with his head down. He rammed into it. He ran to the center of the altar, finding Talon and Miacara. Drsuj saw the creatures and lunged at them. He grabbed them up in his teeth and dashed them on the craggy tips of his molars. He was attacked from all sides and very badly injured, but he still fought on, just to save the two strangers he had tried to attack only moments earlier.
miacra un sethed a sword that was hidden under her cloak she sung a single note and got intuned with herselve. she sliced off the things heads as they tried to devoer him. one bit deep into his arm. she howled in pain <span style='color:steelblue'> slimy bastards!</span> she continued to chop n till he was freed she fought a few off and look at him asking <span style='color:steelblue'>you ok?</span>
