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Aug 19, 2007 19:35:25 GMT -5
Post by Pershia Myrelan on Aug 19, 2007 19:35:25 GMT -5
Pershia stepped through the mist, holding onto her staff loosely. A gentle breeze ruffled her hair as she walked down the boardwalk. She was a bit puzzled as to what would happen next. Tiny droplets of mist accumulated on her forehead and she wiped them away.
She squinted, hoping to catch a glimpse of the school. She had, however, no luck. She figured that she might as well just walk; that way she'd either run into the Academy or someone who could point her in the right direction.
The eerie silhouettes of tall ships towering on either side of her made her slightly uncomfortable. The quiet creaking of the wood beneath her added to the unsettling atmosphere.
Pershia was nervous about this. Not just walking towards the mainland, but the wonderment of what she would do when she got there. She also wasn't sure what kind of people she would meet at this place.
If she had had friends, now would be the time to miss them. Of course, she didn't. She was the oddball and no one associated with her. Pershia let out a sigh and tightened her grip on the staff. Her thumb gently caressed the engraved name of her mother as she stepped further into the enigma before her.
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Aug 21, 2007 15:06:17 GMT -5
Post by Angelus on Aug 21, 2007 15:06:17 GMT -5
From deep in the mist far away, strange noises could be heard. It seemed like there was a crowd of people only a few feet away, but their voices were faint and indistinguishable. Only certain words could be rendered to Pershia and they were even fainter than the ones before. The voices became louder and more distinct. People were crying, being tortured. "No!" a voice called, "take me, not my son," a woman's voice called.
The voices became so loud that the tortured people could be right on the beach.
The voices were reaching their peak when a woman came walking through the mist. She was humming to herself, starting down at an object in her hands. Her face was covered with a dark veil and her body was covered in strange, purple robes. As she approached Pershia, the object in her hands became visible. It was a large orb carrying a swirling, white mist. The woman looked up and, when she saw Pershia standing there, quickly pushed the orb under her robes. Instantly the voices of the tortured stopped.
The woman raised her head. Her skin was pale but there was one distinct feature on her face. She had a third eye positioned on her forehead. It opened and closed out of sync with her normal eyes. Its pupil was dark purple.
When this woman looked at Pershia, she seemed to be looking through her rather than at her. She glanced away for a second then looked back. "You must be wanting to attend Twilight Moon Academy," she said, "then you have come to the right place. My name is Niema."
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Aug 21, 2007 20:51:23 GMT -5
Post by Pershia Myrelan on Aug 21, 2007 20:51:23 GMT -5
Pershia eyed Niema carefully. Something wasn't right about her. The presence of the third eye didn't have anything to do with it, either. It was the screams of pain... This woman was hiding something from Pershia under her robes; she had seen her cover it!
She leaned a little on her staff, holding it a bit tighter to direct her fear away from her beating heart. The thought of touching Niema was not very appealing, but nonetheless she decided breaking the tension was the best move. She reached out with her free hand to shake the woman's. "I'm Pershia. Pershia Myrelan." She feigned a smile.
She found a bit of comfort in fog. If Niema gave her a need to, she could run and be hidden by the fog's thick, concealing blanket. Where she would go from there, though, was anyone's guess. And who's to say there wouldn't be more people like her out there around them. She shuddered slightly at that thought.
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Aug 22, 2007 11:08:04 GMT -5
Post by Angelus on Aug 22, 2007 11:08:04 GMT -5
"Ahh," Niema said with a kind demeanor, "I am very glad to meet you Pershia." She extended her hand as well as shook Perhsia's hand. The third eye on Niema's forehead quickly darted away from looking at the young girl and began to glance around in many different directions. Niema did not seem to notice for a long time what her eye was doing but then quickly changed her expression from one of happiness to one of concern.
She stared at Pershia for the longest time, concentrating on something foreign. "We must go quickly, "she said, "it is no longer safe on this beach. If you will come with me, I can escort you to Twilight Moon Academy."
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Aug 23, 2007 3:44:22 GMT -5
Post by Pershia Myrelan on Aug 23, 2007 3:44:22 GMT -5
Pershia stared. This was quite forward of the strange person. She faced a rather scary decision... Would she follow the stranger, or decline her offer? She knew nothing about her. And she seemed creepy enough as it were. Pershia took a quick breath of air and looked around, trying to discern for herself whether or not the beach was safe. The fog didn't help much.
She looked back at Niema. She suddenly realized how scary it would be to find herself alone here... Even if the only company were this creeper. Finally, she made a decision. Her mind told her no, but her heart told her go. What was the worse that could happen? Pereshia held her mother's staff tightly and steadied herself with it. Standing firmly and confidently, she said, "Okay. Lead the way."
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Aug 23, 2007 7:50:23 GMT -5
Post by Angelus on Aug 23, 2007 7:50:23 GMT -5
Niema waved her hand in the air and beckoned Pershia to come follow her. The mist seemed to intensify as she moved down the beach. The mist was so dense that neither Perhsia nor Niema could see farther than five feet in front of their faces.
Niema began to stop walking straight and turned off of their present path and walked, what it seemed, closer to the large lake that separated them from the academy. The small waves that lapped up against the shore could be heard in the distance. Niema stopped along the end of the beach and stared blankly into the mist.
"What are your powers. As a test I always like my new students to use their own powers to transport us across the lake, if you can."
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Aug 23, 2007 21:51:46 GMT -5
Post by Pershia Myrelan on Aug 23, 2007 21:51:46 GMT -5
Pershia stared at the lake. Her jaw dropped open. "Uhhh...." She stalled. "How deep is the water? And how wide is the lake?" She knelt down and tested the water with her finger. She really never thought about 'powers'... Did she even have any? She was just an elf.. A dark elf. If she had any powers, she didn't know how to use them.
She tried again to judge the deepness of the water. Alas, she decided it was a hopeless cause. There were only one way she was going to get across this lake without a boat, walking across a bridge, or flying... And that was swimming. She dipped a toe into the water hesitantly as she waited for Niema's reply. She looked up, expectantly.
What she really wanted was some rest. She found herself very groggy with every passing second and was not in any real mood for some "test"... Even if she did have powers. She tried not to let her irritation show on her face.
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Aug 24, 2007 8:19:53 GMT -5
Post by Angelus on Aug 24, 2007 8:19:53 GMT -5
Niema's third eye stared at Pershia as its owner still gazed over the large lake in front of them. "Ahh yes," she said, "I can tell that you have yet to find a way across the lake. That is fine, I can get us across if you really wish to." Niema reached into her robes and pulled out the orb that she held once before. This time, however, there were no sounds of being tortured, there was only the white mist that filled the orb."
Niema rubbed her hands across the orb and spoke in a foreign language that Pershia would not be able to understand. From the distance in the lake, a small boat appeared and moved by its own magnitude towards the pair at the edge of the lake. "Here you go. You can get in."
Once she hoped in the boat, Pershia noticed that the boat did not move by itself but there was an elderly man in the back of the boat rowing it. Niema beckoned for Pershia to come quickly into the boat.
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Aug 30, 2007 5:18:00 GMT -5
Post by Pershia Myrelan on Aug 30, 2007 5:18:00 GMT -5
Pershia got into the boat. She felt it rock a bit as her weight was added to it. Everything was still sort of a blur to her. What's going on? What's going on? This question kept running through her head. As she settled into the boat, she looked at the ferryman. "Hi, I'm Pershia." She said to him.
She looked back out at the water. The moon was reflected in its depths; how pretty. She liked the moon. It was one thing that wasn't strange and random about this place. This was the same moon Pershia knew back home, and so she felt relief when she saw it.
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Aug 31, 2007 19:30:08 GMT -5
Post by Angelus on Aug 31, 2007 19:30:08 GMT -5
The old man piloting the boat did not seem to notice Pershia get into the boat or even talk to him. He simply continued to stare out into space, not looking at anything specific. If one was to look into his eyes, they were a pale white color with no pupil visible.
Niema hovered her hand over the orb she held in the other and spoke in a foreign tongue once again. Out of the nowhere, the ferryman quickly darted his face towards Pershia's. He seemed to gain sense of where he was in an instant. "Why hello," he said in a monotonic voice, "I will take you to the academy now for master Niem---I mean teacher Niema."
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