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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 5, 2023 19:39:27 GMT -5
Javal was standing next to the dinner table eyes closed with his hands covering his eyes, just to be safe counting loudly.
Once he finished counting he shouted out, "Ready or Not Here I Come", and started looking around the dining area, lifting the table, chairs, then cleaning the area after he finished messing it up, he didn't find anything but pressed on to the kitchen.
He tried opening drawers to look but the head chef coughed and said, "I assure you they are not there", Javal trusted the chef not to lie to him and pressed on. He continued the rest of the first floor including all his cousins rooms nothing was found just his other cousins. He pressed on to the second floor and started searching in the library opening books lifting chairs trying to look for any sign. At first he didn't find anything and was about to give up and move on until finally after pulling almost the books out from the library and opening them he found someone. He tried pulling a red book out called, "Traps, secrets, and all things hidden" and once he did the library rumbled and the bookshelf it was on suddenly opened out revealing a secret room.
Rufus holding a book and eating some sweets yells out, "No way you found me you have to have gone through all the books and dissected their secret code. Javal you must be such a genius".
Javal chuckles awkwardly, "No No Cousin Rufus, I just pulled all the books back and eventually found something, anyways you're found first. Now help me find the other two."
Rufus sighs, "Ugh I can't believe I got caught first and so simply. Fine, fine I think I saw Morrigan run westward they might be lazing around the recreationally part of the house and as for Eithne I think I saw her run somewhere downstairs".
Javal is stunned, "I spent like an hour looking downstairs and didn't find a trace she must've been hiding in a drawer I didn't check".
Rufus responds slightly amused, "Yes Javal I'm sure that's it, lets just find Morrigan first" he says a bit frustrated still upset about his early loss.
The fellblood duo sprint westward from the east side of the house in search of Morrigan.
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Post by Morrigan Moonweaver on Apr 9, 2023 20:06:44 GMT -5
Silence.
The wing that Morrigan had hid themselves in was woefully empty, with nothing particularly interesting going on. They had, admittedly, failed to take into account that the Bram Family manor was rather large and despite all its furnishings, would take Javal a long time to find them.
… Now they were bored.
Morrigan hummed, tail flicking behind them as they peeked around the curtain. They were the kind of person who couldn’t bring themselves to stand still - always had to be moving, doing something. They didn’t like all this sitting and waiting.
Oh, well. There was nothing they could do but wait for Javal to make his way around the corner. Maybe they’d ambush him, give him a little scare. Oh, yes, that would be diabolical. A grin growing on their face, ready to pounce the moment the other fellblood made his way down the hall.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 9, 2023 23:59:41 GMT -5
Javal and Rufus began sprinting full speed towards the west wing that was until Rufus thought about checking the rooms on their way.
"Come on Javal, if I was Morrigan or Eithne I wouldn't stay in the same place the whole game. I'd move around changing my spot maybe Morrigan decided to move spots it wouldn't hurt to look at least".
Javal nodded it seemed like a sound plan they opened rooms some of them ended up being locked and that earned the pair light scolding by the inhabitant. Rufus just brushed it off and kept searching while Javal had to deeply bow and apologize every time stalling their time even more. But they managed to make it the north wing hall sprinting as fast as the can to reach the end.
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Post by Morrigan Moonweaver on Apr 11, 2023 8:01:20 GMT -5
The sound of footsteps pounding down the hall alerted Morrigan to the fact that someone was coming. Two sets of them - Morrigan’s tail swished behind them in interest. One of them was surely Javal, but the other? Rufus or Eithne? Didn’t matter. Either way, the runners were about to be in for a surprise of their life when Morrigan shocked them.
The charlatan waited, stifling their giggles behind their hands while the footsteps grew steadily louder. Louder. Closer… they just had to wait for the right moment…
Now!
Morrigan leapt from the curtains with a roar of raucous laughter, pouncing on the nearest fellblood. “I’ve got you!” They shouted gleefully as they latched onto the taller fellblood’s shoulders. “This is an ambush!”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 11, 2023 15:33:35 GMT -5
Javal and Rufus had both sprinted towards the west wing hall; they tried their best to get past the hall and look not expecting anything. Rufus had actually taken the lead determined to end the game since he lost so quickly. Javal ran behind him still wondering where the other two fellbloods could be. His question was partly answered quickly as he saw a purple flash suddenly tackle Rufus to the ground.
Rufus immediately shrieked, “Whatever’s on me Javal get it off me, get it off me now”.
Javal helped both of the fellbloods up with Rufus refusing the help and getting up quickly.
“Morrigan if you ever do that again I’ll kill you where you stand”, Rufus shrieked, very upset and very embarrassed he tried to dust his clothes off.
Javal tried to hide his chuckle and look straight faced. He felt bad for his younger cousin but to be fair Morrigan’s prank was hilarious. They’re hiding place was so good that Javal wouldn’t have found them in a million years.
Suddenly Javal’s shadow itself spring alive revealing themselves to be Eithne who was laughing very hard, “Ahahahahaha, Rufus they got you so good, Ahahahahaha you should have seen the look on your face”, she tried to return to her usual serene expression but it was hard with her laughing.
Rufus yells, “Eithne stop talking, you probably would’ve been even scared than I was”.
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Post by Morrigan Moonweaver on Apr 12, 2023 7:32:09 GMT -5
Morrigan latched onto Rufus Bram like an octopus - the startled fellblood didn’t stand a chance. Even a powerful warrior could be felled when caught off guard as Rufus was in that moment by Morrigan’s surprise attack, sending them both careening to the ground as Rufus Bram let out a high-pitched shriek. Morrigan giggled, shielding their face while Rufus tried to smack at them like a spider. They remained latched onto him until Javal separated the two, picking Morrigan up. Their impish laughter only increased when Rufus threatened to kill them in his mortification, Eithne bursting into laughter in the background.
Ooh, that really had injured his pride.
“My apologies, friend.” Morrigan wasn’t really all that sorry as Rufus brushed himself off, clearly mortified that he’d lost his composure in such a way. “If it makes you feel any better, I did not mean to target you specifically.” They raised their arm, a burst of glitter flying from their sleeve and hitting Rufus in the face.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 12, 2023 10:10:57 GMT -5
As Morrigan glittered Rufus he grew even more enraged he rushed to attack morrigan but was quickly intercepted by Javal. Javal held back the young fellblood and hoisted him over his shoulder. This did not deter Rufus from screaming at Morrigan, "I will kill you, you purple clown, you violet imp, you purple buffon, liliac idiot, amethyst jerk, you twit. I'll kill you, you shall rue the day you insulted Rufus Bram, Javal unhand me now.
"Relax, Rufus just cool off admit that they got you good", Eithne replied calmly, "Morrigan how about you seek next"
After hearing Morrigan's response the other fellblood's sprint away with Javal still holding on Rufus over his shoulder.
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Post by Morrigan Moonweaver on Apr 12, 2023 20:06:41 GMT -5
Whoops. Morrigan accidentally made Rufus Bram so upset that the young man lunged for them, only stopped by his cousin, who wrapped his arms around Rufus’s torso and slinging the enraged fellblood over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Morrigan smirked, the picture of serenity on the outside - but on the inside, they were freaking the hell out. Ginma, that was close! If Rufus Bram had managed to get his hands on them, he would have utterly mauled them.
They winked at him as Javal carried him out of the hallway, hurling insult after insult, each one more ensconced than the other. “Points for creativity, my friend. Though you kind of lost momentum when you finished with ‘twit’. Think bigger on the insults!”
They waved their hands again, unable to resist savoring the moment while Javal still had Rufus Bram in a death grip. There was no way the younger man was getting out of that cerulean titan’s grip. If there was one thing Morrigan had learnt in their brief acquaintanceship - Javal was strong.
Eithne didn’t look at all bothered by her younger brother’s belligerence. She merely turned to Morrigan and suggested they played seeker next, which seemed like… an agreeable idea. If Rufus went next, he’d throttle Morrigan the second he found them, and Eithne seemed like she would find everyone so easily that there would be no challenge.
“Alright.” They nodded, tail flicking behind them as they covered their eyes with hands that bore way too many rings.
They began counting to one hundred in earnest, the sound of their voice bouncing off the walls. They could not suppress their grin as they heard the retreating footsteps, and hastily slamming doors as they all scattered like rats.
“… Ninety-nine… one hundred!”
When they pulled their hands away from their eyes, Morrigan was alone.
They started skipping down the hall, whistling to themselves without a care that it gave their position away, when something occurred to them. Morrigan paused, stopping in their tracks. They glanced down at their shadow.
“… Say, Madam Eithne Bram, you wouldn’t happen to be seeking refuge in my shadow this time around, would you?”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 13, 2023 0:50:25 GMT -5
Javal was currently carrying his upset cousin Rufus over his shoulder while sprinting away from the west wing hallway. He decided that the duo would stop at the stairway and talk about what the plan was.
He placed Rufus down and began trying to reason with a still upset Rufus, “Rufus, calm down I can understand your honor being disgraced but being upset and trying to attempt violence is not the way it’s not honorable for such a silly reason. If you truly wish to seek vengeance against Morrigan then do the same to them. Get them equally as good as they got you”.
Rufus stopped complaining as Javal said this suddenly gears started to turn in his head. He looked down and started to think and then pointed his finger at Javal, “No, Javal is not equally as good as them, but better. You do have a good point if I wish to humiliate Morrigan as they did me, I shall not resort to petty violence. I shall play them at their own game, Yes” Rufus now mumbled something to himself (Man, Javal really is like grandfather in his own weird way), “Yes Javal this is the most genius idea you have had”.
“Are you sure Rufus, I am the proud inventor of the sand-wich”, Javal remarked eagerly.
“Eh yes, Javal that sure is an invention, well on that note this is where we part ways. May the best Bram win, although that will be me, hopefully, you do well Javal”, Rufus said as he ran down the stairs mumbling his plans to himself. Well, Javal was happy that Rufus had seemingly gotten over his rage and was using it in a more positive way. Now that that was dealt with Javal had to think of a good hiding place but where could it be? Then it hit him there was one spot he was dying to look at, there was no way that Morrigan would be able to find him. He ran up the stairs passing up the third and stopping at the fourth floor. He looked around the floor until he found the first window he saw. He opened it and pulled himself out grabbing onto the window still. He then started climbing the house the entire fourth floor until he grabbed the roof. Suddenly he almost felt himself fall but barely gripped more than pulled himself onto the rooftop. He stood on top of the house proud of his achievement now he waited for Morrigan to come and try to seek.
As Morrigan calls out for Eithne's presence nothing replies, it seems that wherever Eithne is she's decided to keep her winning streak as she hates to lose.
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Post by Morrigan Moonweaver on Apr 13, 2023 17:00:28 GMT -5
Silence.
Morrigan only shrugged. If Eithne really was there, then she had no intention of giving herself up simply because Morrigan had sussed her out. Well, if she wanted to hang around, then Morrigan wasn’t going to say no to a visitor. “Well, if you’re determined to stick along, hope you’re ready for a good show.” They set off down the hall, skipping through the manor in search of a place that Javal or Rufus Bram might be hiding. Given their exit, they were probably still together, given the fact that Rufus was not currently on the prowl, actively tracking Morrigan down.
Which meant they needed to find somewhere that was big enough to accommodate two people. Knowing Javal, he would probably think simply - somewhere that he and Rufus could get, but not Morrigan themselves.
“The roof!”
Well, that was one problem solved. Now Morrigan just had to pass the second hurdle - figuring out how to get to the top. They found the nearest window on the fourth floor, throwing the panes open to greet the ash-stained air outside. Wind whipped at their hair, and Morrigan had to grip at the pane to prevent from falling over.
“Hmm, let’s see… there!”
Morrigan pointed up at the ledge of the roof, the scarab tattoo on the back of their neck taking life and crawling up the side of the building. The golden insect thrummed with a strange, not-quite arcane power, leaving a trail of sand and dust in its wake until it perched up on top of the roof -
And then Morrigan manifested in the scarab’s place with a burst of gold air and a showman’s bow.[1]
“Alas, it was a cute attempt, but you’re going to have to try better than that if you want to hide from me.” They flashed their sharpened fangs as they straightened, unfurling their beaded fan with a SNAP that echoed through the air.
Game, set, match. 1. Scarab - Spirit Walk
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 14, 2023 2:59:28 GMT -5
Javal was sitting on his knees waiting for something to happen, it was a little bit. He knew he should’ve brought something for the strong wind that was all around Javal. Javal felt safe though all things considered there was no way Morrigan could get up to the roof and if they did that’d be even more reason to trust Morrigan’s skill. Javal waited and waited some more slightly bummed that he didn’t bring anything to entertain himself while he was up on the roof. Then finally he saw Morrigan mysteriously appear in front of him with sand disappearing around them.
“Woah Morrigan how’d you find me, I thought I had a genius hiding spot”
“Well was I last or first”
After hearing that he had unfortunately been found first, Javal let out a sigh, “Oh no my genius hiding spot has been found first I am a bit disappointed. However, nonetheless, I applaud your victory against me lets find my cousins”.
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Post by Morrigan Moonweaver on Apr 16, 2023 20:09:22 GMT -5
They laughed when Javal appeared earnestly sad that Morrigan had elucidated their hiding place. They tapped at their temple, pacing around the rooftop like an evil genius unfurling their master plan. “You see, it was genius. Rather straightforward. You picked a place you thought I would not be able to reach.” Which was exactly why it was obvious. Morrigan looked Javal up and down, truly assessing him. The charlatan, for all their buffoonery, knew how to read people. Assessing a mark’s weak points was the key to making a good sale, a believable con. Whether it was telling fake fortunes in a carnival, or finding the right sob story to sell a bottle of snake oil, it was an essential skill for a criminal.
And Javal, unfortunately, was an open book.
He was strong, Morrigan could tell. Straightforward. He blazed forward on the first path he thought was right, and stuck with it on the merit of his talents alone. Not to mention, as his grandfather had admitted to, he had a pesky strong sense of morals… instilling cunning and criminality into a man like him would be a challenge. Oh, but Morrigan relished the opportunity.
If this all went well, Javal had the potential to be Morrigan’s magnum opus.
“… You were first.” They admitted. “Though I have a sneaking suspicion that Eithne has been relaxing in my shadow this entire time, so, technically…” They shrugged. “Who knows? Truly, the last one to find is Rufus Bram, and I thought I would find him up here with you.”
Which meant they had their work ahead of them.
“I trust you will keep him from murdering me, yes?” They teased before approaching the side of the roof, turning their back on Javal. As they stood at the edge, though, overlooking Darkveil City, Morrigan paused. They took a moment to stare at their surroundings, the edge of Mount Drakolt in the distance, and the buildings all around them. At this height, it all felt so… small.
How Morrigan relished the feeling.
They breathed in. The air was smoggy, but in that moment, lording over this domain, they truly felt alive.
What a rush it was.
They opened their eyes, turning back to glance at Javal. “No need to worry. With me around, you’ll learn the proper way to stir up mischief. Soon, you'll have no trouble hiding from myself or your cousins.” They said with a wink.
“… Now, could you help me down? I cannot exactly perform that trick a second time.”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 18, 2023 3:06:11 GMT -5
"Darn it my genius has been foiled" Javal says disappointedly, "Really darn Eithne your so good at hiding I wish I could hide in shadows'' Javal exclaims, "I don't know about Rufus He just ran down the stairs laughing maniacally about getting you back and showing his brilliance. I'll keep you safe I can promise that '' he says with a smile.
"It appears that I cannot take us down. I did not think about this at all didn't I" he laughs. He looks deep into thought and then says, "I have some ideas what if we just jump off or I throw you down and you figure out how to get me down".
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Post by Morrigan Moonweaver on Apr 22, 2023 13:25:58 GMT -5
“I trust that you’ll keep him from murdering me.” Morrigan shuddered to think what would happen if Rufus Bram got his hands on them. They hadn’t meant to earn his ire so viciously, but apparently, this rivalry was truly happening.
Even more concerning, though, was Javal’s suggestion that he throw Morrigan down. It was no secret that they weren’t especially strong physically, though they doubted Javal knew that. They stared down at the ground below, chuckling nervously before they turned back to the stronger Fellblood.
“Why don’t we jump off together?” They suggested. Yes, as prone as Morrigan was to throwing themselves off of surfaces, but at this height, it would shatter their legs and pulverize their fragile little bones. Much better if they jump with Javal and get him to catch them.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 24, 2023 22:12:53 GMT -5
“Of course, little Rufus means little in the way of a threat. I’m sure no harm will come to you Morrigan, I’ll make sure of it at least”, Javal chuckles
He looked down at the four-story house straight to the ground, it looked like quite the trip down but he was sure he could tank the impact. At least he thought he could, well there was only one way to find it.
“Sure, let’s go”, Javal says as he runs to the other side of the roof. It was a decent way away, so he got a good running start. He jumped hands in the air and braced his body for the impact below. He looked behind him to see Morrigan holding their hands behind their back whistling an inconspicuous tune.
“Ugghhhh'' Javal says as he facepalms hard as he is falling, he didn’t signal Morrigan to jump off. No wonder they got so confused, he’d bet they were ready for his signal and waiting to jump even now. Well, the ground seemed to be fast approaching anyways he had hoped his legs were strong enough to handle the impact.
Soon he was staring down at the floor expecting to feel his feet at any moment but his excitement to see the result of his leg's strength against the floor was soon dashed by red scales appearing under him and soaring into the sky.
“What is going on”, Javal yells out as he struggles to hold on to the red drake’s neck. He shakes. He struggles to hold on as the drake stops to hover over the mansion’s roof
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