IntoTheEstate

Logging started on 02/19/2020 at 17:34:42.
17:59:18 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Both Jabjek's and Grehda's radios spark to life in tandem, a shuffling noise coming from the other end before Gwenaël's voice comes over and out through the speaker. "I have taken the liberty of returning to my old estate prior to inviting you both to »
17:59:18 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » join me. I am send you the location presently. Please join me in southern Ashenvale at your earliest convenience." Before they can respond, her radio clicks off audibly through the connection, cutting her off from the private frequency, though the »
17:59:18 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » main company one should still work if absolutely necessary.
18:10:28 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: As they approach the estate, the building itself is in disrepair, patches visible in the roof, ivy clinging to almost every surface - the wilds have begun reclaiming this place slowly over time, but someone has also begun to try to care for it again »
18:10:28 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » and slow the reclamation. Massive trees hang over the dilapidated stone path to the building, looming above the pair as they come closer to the entrance. Amid the overgrowth of their weeping limbs, it can be seen that someone had coaxed them to form »
18:10:28 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » a natural trellis when they were initially growing, making this the welcoming gate that before, may have been a relatively pleasant sight, whereas now, it is haunting. The path curls and winds through a half-dead, half-overgrown garden that »
18:10:28 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » stretches a full mile up to the front of the actual house, and as they come up onto the porch, they will notice that this garden has recently been tended closer to the house itself so that what had started to grow through the wood now is just a »
18:10:28 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » bunch of empty holes in the floor. The front door is cracked open purposefully, and has recently been repainted after being stripped down to its bare wood to have daffodils and roses scrawling across the entirety of it. ( Roll 20 for perception! )
18:12:42 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Entering the house, it's easy to tell that in her spare time, Gwenaël has likely been coming here to dig through the many bookshelves and piles of debris. The floor has bare footprints in the dust and dirt going every which way, where she has not »
18:12:42 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » walked enough to clear the dust away entirely, with the spots near the bookshelves being entirely clear. She clearly has spent much time around these, and there may be something of interest there. On a table off to the side of the staircase at the »
18:12:42 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » back of the parlor, there is a vase with a few fresh flowers and dirt inside, as well as two of the three faun figurines from the Gilded Market auction. The winding staircase leading upstairs is missing a few steps, though nothing crucial, as well »
18:12:42 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » as the railing. Stepping on the stairs themselves makes a soft creaking noise, letting people know that while they are old, the remaining stairs are stable. From the above level, footsteps and books being tossed about can be heard.
18:18:30 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda looks around the large corridor. She boggles at the vastness of it, if anything. She adjusts her eyepiece and takes a look around.
18:18:44 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The front door squeals as it simply opens at Jabjek's knocking. There is no one on this floor, and the atmosphere is anything but inviting. Grehda, roll another 20 for me!
18:20:19 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda, you can see faint heat signatures around the room in the form of footprints where the dust is cleared away. Those footprints linger by the table with the faun figures, then track upstairs. You both hear a louder crashing noise coming from »
18:20:19 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » upstairs.
18:21:50 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "Y... Ya hear that, Jek...?" She looks to the larger troll and frowns.
18:22:42 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek sniffs the air. "It jus' Gwen." Jek walks through the door.
18:23:31 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "... But..." She examines the footprints she can see, "What -has- she been doin' in here...?"
18:25:15 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jek shrugs. "No idea."
18:25:38 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: She raises a brow at Jek, but silently follows him inside.
18:27:31 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The parlor is an organized mess. The bookshelves are mostly empty, everything that remains on them looking like tattered journals or replicas of the lusty novel Gwenaël had scribbled in over the story. The piles around the room are just normal books, »
18:27:31 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » or ones that anything she wrote in them before, the magic has faded and the elf could no longer see. More crashing from upstairs, this one sounding like a book being thrown at the wall.
18:29:47 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jek sighs again and heads for the stairs.
18:29:48 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda jumps at the crashing and pulls out her weapons. She raises her voice, "Gwen?!"
18:30:28 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda follows after Jek, kinda surprised by how easy he's taking this.
18:31:48 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: "Im cyaa?" Jek calls out as he pokes his head up the stairs.
18:32:21 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "Are you... sure it's just her, Jek...?"
18:32:41 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Ascending the stairs, you find the walls that have made up rooms on this level have long since decayed, making it an open floor aside from one wall that hasn't vanished entirely, but just has a large hole in it. The entire floor is pitch black in the »
18:32:41 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » night, rustling coming from the other side of that holed wall. Jabjek receives no response. Both of you gimmie a r20.
18:35:34 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Neither of you are inhibited by the dark or the weird smell of damp musk in the room. Grehda, your heat signature goggle allows you to see a feminine figure crouched on the other side of that holed wall just out of the range of the naked eye. It's »
18:35:34 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » Gwen! She's crouched down and hunched over, digging through a pile of books. That is what you have been hearing: discarded books thrown against the wall behind her. Amid the occasional toss, you both hear her muttering something to herself in »
18:35:34 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » another language.
18:38:29 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "It.... It -is- Gwen..." She squints and, adjusting her eyepiece, approaches with caution.
18:39:31 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: "Baby, whatcha doin 'ere? Errytin ire?"
18:42:19 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwenaël continues to seemingly ignore both of them entirely, in a trance as she plucks a book up from the pils, opens it, scans a few pages, then tosses it behind herself. This is a repeated process. ( Roll 20 )
18:45:36 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda, aside from being in the dark and not acknowledging you, all of this seems entirely normal. Jabjek, however, will notice that Gwenaël isn't glowing. At all. Even with her glamour recently, she's still maintained her brands' glow, but they are »
18:45:36 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » in utter darkness. He also notices that Gwen is twitching when she isn't actively looking through a book.
18:47:25 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jek shifts back into a troll. He reaches into his bag. "Baby, I brought ya some peaches." He produces said peach from his bag and holds it out in front of him.
18:48:35 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda watches this in silence, wondering what was wrong. They had found Gwen! Even if she seemed a bit... Different.... A lot different. She tries to calm herself and stay quiet.
18:50:15 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The muttering continues, quiet until out of nowhere the elf screeches the word 'etheth', tossing another book in Jabjek's general direction. ( Roll to dodge there Jabby )
18:50:55 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( you are hit with a book, though it is light enough and you are large enough that it does not actually hurt you )
18:53:03 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek drops the peach when he's hit. Jabjek watches it hit the floor and then looks back to Gwen. "All ya 'ad ta do was sey no. Damn woman"
18:55:25 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen doesn't seem to notice he's even there, still. She picks up another book, quietly mumbling to herself some more. After flipping through a few pages, she screeches the word 'etheth' again, tossing this book as well, though this time it is away from »
18:55:25 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » either of them. Speaking to her alone is not going to get the elf's attention, it seems. ( Jek, roll 10 to see if he knows what she's saying. )
19:00:43 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen is still deaf to Jabjek's reasoning. Another book gets tossed with a screech, this time the book flies towards Grehda. ( Roll 20 G, and welcome back! )
19:01:28 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( Grehda, you're hit directly in the face with a book. It stings a little, but nothing's broken. )
19:02:07 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek tries to catch the book so it doesn't hit Grehda.
19:02:18 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (Fuck.)
19:02:32 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( actually roll 20 jek )
19:02:59 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( you do not catch the book. you deafen the blow a little though! the book doesn't hit grehda, jek's hand does. )
19:04:12 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: (i guess that wasn't in raid??)
19:04:36 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda takes the hit to the face like a champ. She winces, but remains focused on Gwen, hands out to the side like she's trying not to startle a wild animal.
19:05:34 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: He takes another step. "Nahlarny be gone, aint 'e?"
19:07:37 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: It is the name that has Gwen's ear twitching, but she still doesn't acknowledge them, instead going for another book, her mumbling getting louder. "Nahlarny lay zorn. Nahlarny lay zorn!" She repeats this constantly, getting louder and louder until her »
19:07:37 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » body is vibrating with the volume.
19:09:30 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek takes a third step. "Ilfryth." His voice is even, unwavering. Confident.
19:11:16 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda's breath hitches a bit and her ears droop. Watching Gwen act like this was worrying her more. She seemed... Aggressive. Her eyes narrow and watch the elf carefully.
19:12:35 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Still not looking at either of them, Gwen goes silent at the use of her birth name, staring down at the book she currently has. The trembling however, continues, audible now that she's stopped muttering and screaming, as her various jewelry pieces »
19:12:35 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » tinkle and clink together as she vibrates in silence.
19:13:50 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda stares, now waiting with a bated breath.
19:15:17 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: He takes a fourth step. "Ilfryth Zenbwon'tulak"
19:15:51 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( Roll 20 for me Jabby )
 ( Roll 20 for me Jabby )
19:18:24 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: When he says her name again, Gwen turns her head to look at him. Her eyes are empty, blank, and dull as she looks at him. Although this is her body, and her mind is somewhere in there, she is not -present-. She merely stares at Jabjek in silence, »
19:18:24 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » shifting from a squat to settle on her knees, cocking her head to the side like a confused bird.
19:20:37 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek takes yet another step. "Ilfryth Zenbwon'tulak, Daughtah of Valtin, Devout of Nahlarny, Muddah to Daalia an Valtin... Ma wife".
19:21:26 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda blinks at her. What's.... Going on...? She watches Jek approach again, unsure what this.... "Calm" is. She bites her tongue and observes, staying as still as she can.
19:22:44 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( r20 me jek )
19:24:48 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen's back straightens, her ears perking up as she clearly begins to recognize him -and- what he is saying. She points to herself, poking in the center of her chest. Immediately, she reaches for another book and holds it out to him, still silent.
19:26:12 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The book Gwen hands to Jabjek is in near mint condition, a true gem in the rough. Its cover is a little dusty but the title is still clear: Blazing Glories. What do you do?
19:26:13 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek reaches for the book, slowly taking it into his hand. "Im cyaa".
19:26:30 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (Sniff it)
19:26:35 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( roll 20 )
19:27:08 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: It smells like a book.
19:27:35 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (Open it)
19:29:10 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Not only does it smell like a book, but there are notes of old, old perfume amid the pages. It also smells faintly of ink and flowers, the latter likely coming from the pressed daisies between some of the pages that act as bookmarks.
19:32:02 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( roll 20 for me )
19:35:23 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: You can read most of the page, despite it being old and the original story being written over in the same way the book Gwen had shown both of them in the Arena had been. The writing over the story is clearer, newer by quite some time, though it is »
arer, newer by quite some time, though it is »
19:35:23 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » written in Darnassian, not Orcish. If you wish to try to decipher it, roll again.
19:36:02 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (BOOM)
19:40:07 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek is easily able to read his wife's scrawl, even in the kaldorei tongue. It quickly becomes clear after a few words that she intentionally wrote these notes to keep someone from knowing what she was writing about. The page reads: I have made a new »
19:40:07 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » friend. Bodies, bodies all around. The ethereal rose blooms, and I am whole. Control. Control is impossible now. When I am wiser, it may come easier.
19:42:39 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda is curious about what Jek is reading. She whispers, "What's it say...?"
19:45:06 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda tilts her head as she looks at the text, "A poem..? About what...?"
19:47:58 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek clears his throat and begins to read the page aloud. "I 'ave made a new frien. Bodies, bodies all aroun, De et'ereal rose blooms, an I am 'ole. Control. Control is impossible now. Wen I am wisah it mey come easiah"
19:50:41 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda blinks and strokes her chin, attempting to interpret the text in her head. "..... Sounds like she or.. Someone... Is in the first stages of something... Roses blooming usually signify growth... Control...."
19:52:16 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek reads it over once more, thinking about each of the phrases. "I tink I'm moa 'ung up on da bodies bit."
19:53:21 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: She hums, ".... Maybe, they're not physical?"
19:54:24 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: "But den wat about 'Bodies all aroun'?"
19:57:09 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda shuts her eyes tight, "... Well. Think about the author. If it is Gwen, where would the "bodies" all aroun her be?" She tilts her head, "Bodies don't necessarily -have- to be dead or unmoving. In essence, a lot of things could be 'bodies'.."
19:59:06 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek sighs and reaches under his hood to rub the bridge of his nose. "I dunno. Dis dun sound like de Gwen I know. An dere -is- anoddah version of 'er I dunno. She lived a 'ole life befoa me. She was an entiyahleh diffren person"
20:00:31 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Looking at the text again, then looking toward the woman she hoped was Gwen, she comes to a conclusion, ".... You gotta talk about this."
20:01:29 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek looks to Grehda. "Talk 'bout wot?"
20:03:28 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: She blinks, "You don't think your wife would just.. Tell you what this text means?" She tilts her head, "If it is a poem, what's the point of trying to interpret it, when the source of it is right in front of ya?"
20:05:42 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek half-shrugs. "I mean, dat -is- a good idea." He looks to Gwen.
20:06:31 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek stands and turns to face Gwen again.
20:07:07 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: "Wat does dis mean?" He spins the book around to show her the page.
20:07:42 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen simply remains silent through the entire exchange, ears twitching occasionally until she is addressed. Again, she merely tilts her head at him, not looking down at the book at all.
20:09:21 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: He sighs and spins the book back to face him. Speaking in Darnassian, he reads the text and repeats his question.
20:11:50 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Her eyes light up at him speaking the poem, the glow returning to them and providing a faint light to the room. She nods silently, pointing to herself again, then pointing to him vehemently while making grunty noises. "Ohré! Ohré, varu i."
20:14:10 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda blinks at Gwen, then sends a questioning gaze at Jek.
20:16:03 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jek looks over his shoulder to Grehda. "We be da bodies. We be 'ere"
20:17:03 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen shakes her head, standing up and poking him directly in the chest. "Varu i. Varu i!"
20:17:58 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Her eyes widen as she watches Gwen. Looking her over, she attempts to reintepret the text in her head.
20:18:20 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: He looks back to Gwen. "Like me. Like me"
20:18:51 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "..... You're the same."
20:18:54 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( Both of ya, gimmie r20 )
20:20:01 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Neither of you can come up with what she actually means on your own, yet. Maybe asking more questions might help.
20:20:42 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "Why is she saying "like me"...?" She raises a brow at Jek.
20:21:35 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Looks at the entire book in his hands and realizes there is more than one page in a book. He looks back to Grehda. "I tink she means like me mon. She coreected me when I said us"
20:22:02 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek looks back to the book and turns the page.
20:22:20 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda's ears perk, "Is she implying something...?"
20:22:36 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "Like.... Why is she like you...?"
20:22:45 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen nods silently at Jabjek's clarification, then returns to standing still and staring off into the darkness. ( Roll 20 for that book reading ability )
20:23:06 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (BOOYAH)
20:26:16 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The next pages are blank of extra ink, until the next inlaid flower bookmark. Without removing the flower, you can see another 'poem'. "Now five bodies; circle, circle, star. Ever blooming, ever climbing ivy. The more I drink, the less I speak, the »
20:26:16 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » cloudier the skies grow."
20:27:03 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek reads it aloud and then translates it to Grehda.
20:28:06 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: ".... 5 bodies.... Circle, circle, star..." She squints.
20:29:29 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen looks up at Jabjek again, a bit more light returning to her eyes. Other than this, she does not react.
20:30:17 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek rubs the bridge of his nose again. He flips to the next flower bookmark.
20:30:35 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( gimmie that sweet roll )
20:32:47 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The next bookmark flower is crumpled into the page, making it hard to read around where it has decayed and fused with the parchment itself. Around the petals and stem, you can read: "Ten... Storm... Stag... Villain..."
20:34:41 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek doesn't bother to read it aloud in Darnassian first, he translates right to Orcish as he reads from the book what he can manage.
20:36:12 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "...... Stag is familiar. Nahlarny, maybe....?" She addresses Jek directly, "Ten, storm, and villain, though...?"
20:38:25 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen finally acknowledges Grehda when she speaks the name of the Stag, a slight twinkle apparent in her eyes before they return to Jabjek, the silence continuing.
20:39:07 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( Roll 20 for me Jek )
20:39:26 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda caught a glimpse of Gwen before she turns her gaze away. She raises a brow; Did she get something?
20:40:20 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: As you stare at this cacophany of random words and try to figure them out, one of the flower bookmarks drops to the floor. As it hits the ground, it begins to softly glow.
20:43:01 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( roll me a nother fat 20 )
20:43:19 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (Close enough)
20:43:32 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "... Jek?"
20:44:03 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( Grehda roll me a 20 as well. )
20:44:32 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: (aaaaay....?)
20:48:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: As Jabjek picks up the lily, its glow expands in a flash of light, filling the room entirely and painting an image of what this room -used- to look like. The walls are painted white, but are bare aside from the bookshelves, the floors are clean and the »
20:48:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » room is kempt to perfection. A door is now present to Jabjek's right, behind him, and after a few seconds, it opens. The apparition of a kaldorei-appearing woman skitters through the door, going to the bookshelf and plucking the book Jabjek »
20:48:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » currently holds off of the shelf. She opens it, flipping through the pages and quickly jotting something down with a quill hidden in the shelves. She removes a lily - the one Jabjek is holding - from her hair, kisses it, and places it in the book »
20:48:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » before returning the book to the shelf. Quickly, the woman skitters out of the room again, and as she does, the vision that Jabjek, Grehda, and Gwen have been present for fades away, leaving them in the dark again.
20:50:53 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek quickly puts the lily back in its place and flips to another one of the bookmarked lilies. He pulls it out of the book and simply holds it.
20:52:06 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda looks around the now dark room and pants. It startled her seeing that vision and she breaks out in a cold sweat. She breathes out softly, "What... Was that?"
20:52:31 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( another 20 from both of ya )
20:52:43 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: "A vision of de past mon. Gwen's past be ma guess"
20:53:17 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( jek give me one more 20 )
20:57:27 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The page Jabjek turned to is one the first they had read, and as the lily glows, the room returns to its past state once more. This memory is fuzzier, dimmer to the two of them, though Gwen's current body seems entranced by the scene. The kaldorei »
20:57:27 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » woman is already present, sitting at a desk across the room from where the three of them stand, scribbling in the book once more. Her face is bright, pleased, excited. At least, until another kaldorei steps into the room. The man is hulking, but »
20:57:27 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » noble-faced. As he approaches the woman, she flips the page in her book and pretends to have been reading, writing notes off to the side. He grips her shoulder tight enough to cause visible discomfort in the woman, and the memory fades there.
21:00:06 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: It's this scene that hits Jabjek. He knows whats going on but continues to push down his rage. He puts the flower back in its place and flips to the final flower. He pulls the flower from the time-riddled pages and gently grasps the flower in his hands.
21:00:58 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( give me those sick nasty 20s when ready. )
21:01:02 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda watches the scene take place and subconciously grabs at her wrist. Something about it.... Made her blood boil.
21:01:09 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (nope)
21:01:26 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( smh carryin yall )
21:01:35 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (REALLY?)
21:01:39 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: (thanks queen)
21:08:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The last flower is the one that had mostly decintegrated into the page, and as Jabjek removes it from its place, it begins to crumble in his fingers. Gwen steps closer to him, blank expressioned as she reaches up and cups her hands around his, her glow »
21:08:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » returning in full force as she doesn't just preserve the dead lily, but revitalizes it entirely, allowing the memory to come in at full capacity. White walls once more, though the room is empty for a long moment. They hear yelling from one of the »
21:08:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » other rooms, though it isn't clear what exactly is being yelled. The door slams open and the woman enters, shutting the door behind herself and slinking down onto the floor with her back to it. She remains there, face in her hands, for a moment »
21:08:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » before she crawls to the bookshelf and begins to scribble. Standing afterward, she stands in front of Jabjek, looking up and almost at him. Gold stains her lilac face, and there is thread woven around her mouth, keeping it shut. Removing a lily from »
21:08:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » her hair, she kisses it and places it in the book before putting the book back on the shelf as the vision fades.
21:12:57 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: By the end of the vision, Jabjek is trembling. His entire body vibrating and radiating rage, his desire to want to kill that long since dead elf is almost tangible. "Dis is 'er journal"
21:13:29 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: "An dat was 'im. Dat was de piece a shit dat beat 'er."
21:15:37 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda stares at Jek, wide eyed and still gripping tightly on her wrist. She swallows and hesitates, before responding, "Why....? Why are we seeing this...?"
21:16:38 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Gwen doesn't seem fazed by the vision, only continues to stare at the lily in Jabjek's hand blankly, her hands still glowing despite the vision being complete.
21:17:27 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: "I tink it mey be de story of 'ow she came ta be wit' Nahlarny."
21:18:28 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Her eyes move to Gwen now. All she can do is watch her with a look of sadness and confusion.
21:19:02 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( gimmie those sick nasties )
21:19:10 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek looks to Grehda. "Whadda you make a it?"
21:19:17 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (You aint Kass)
21:19:22 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( shut up )
21:20:07 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda is still shaking, probably bruising her wrist at this point. She groans and let's out a shaky breath, "I-I don't know...."
21:20:11 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Both of you suddenly remember what you saw on the floor below. Book cases with only a couple of books on them, and giant piles much like the one in this room.
21:21:15 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek reaches for the nearest book and flips it open, handing the flower-bookmarked one to Grehda.
21:21:49 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( Gimmie a 20 booboo )
21:21:58 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda, finally, looses her grip and reachers for the book.
21:22:00 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (Fuck)
21:22:11 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: (it's over)
21:23:03 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: This book has nothing in it of value. No bookmarks, and nothing written over what was published. It is worthless to you.
21:24:00 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda looks around and picks up another book, quickly, trying to look through it.
21:24:05 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek tosses the book into the corner of the room and sighs. "I dun fuggin know mon"
21:24:22 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( 20s for every book you go through )
21:25:11 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: As they begin to go through books, Gwen squats down at the pile again, beginning to flip through more books herself as she had been doing when they arrived.
21:26:00 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek looks around the room to see if he can see any other books with lillies as bookmarks.
21:26:30 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: (apologies but OO)
21:28:50 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Each of the three manage to find a new journal. Clearly, Ilfryth did not keep her writings in one place in order to keep them secret, and easily accessible in various times. The one Gwen finds, she immediately hands to Jabjek. It has only one »
21:28:50 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » bookmarked page. Jabjek's has one as well, though its lily seems to be in better condition than the one Gwen has found. Grehda's book has three lilies inside, as well as a rose. Which book do you attempt to read through first?
21:30:29 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek takes the book from Gwen and slides it underneath the one he found. He pulls the flower from it and holds it in his hand.
21:31:27 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (You rolled out of 2 booboo
21:35:37 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek's flower is in fair condition, and does not need any amplification from Gwen to come through clear enough to see. It is the white room once more, though this time there is a bed in the corner beside the desk, and sitting on it with her back to »
21:35:37 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » the wall is the woman. In her lap, she has a small cat that she pets with one hand as the other holds out in front of her. She's focused on that hand intently, and after a moment she stands up at the end of the bed, still focusing. Her mouth is »
21:35:37 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » still sealed as in the previous vision. After a moment of frustrated groaning, the vision fades.
21:37:44 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda, a little calmer now, pulls out a flower bookmark from the book in her hand. "These bookmarks.... Do they hold her memories.... Or...?"
21:42:08 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( grehda roll for me bby )
21:48:31 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: The glow from the rose that Grehda has pulled out is faint, prompting Gwen to step over and revitalize it as she had done with the previous decaying lily. This time, they are not in the white room at all, but in the forest. Grehda and Jabjek both sense »
21:48:31 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » this place is familiar, but cannot put their fingers exactly on where they have seen it before. They all stand in a clearing, lush with life that sprawls every which way, including blooming ivy similar to the stuff growing on Gwen's antlers that »
21:48:31 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » creeps up a stone platform and along the columns at each of the platform's four corners. Atop the platform is the woman, and before her, a man neither of them has seen before. The man has antlers, just like the ones Gwen currently has, and the two »
21:48:31 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » are speaking in Lapine to one another. The scene is calm, quiet, and the man nods to the woman before shapeshifting into a deerlike form. It takes a moment, but soon after, she follows suit, transforming into a doe. The buck praises her, nuzzling »
21:48:31 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » his snout into her lovingly, and the memory fades.
21:49:41 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: As the memory fades, Gwen is very clearly smiling, looking a bit more alive than previously, and she takes the rose from Grehda, looking down at it before tucking it behind her ear and smiling up to the both of them.
21:51:35 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda stares. Like, really stares. The vision alone seems to clear up any suspicions and confusion she has left. She looks to Jek and waits for -his- reaction.
21:52:37 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Under his hood, Jabjek is smiling. He stays motionless.
21:53:20 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( roll 20s booboos )
21:53:30 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( jek died )
21:53:30 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: (FUCK)
21:53:42 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda is hesitant to start speaking. Her ears droop a bit, but she accepts the silence.
21:53:53 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: (I KNEW I WOULD)
21:53:56 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: ( grehda revives jek with a stern look )
22:02:09 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: As the rose is placed behind her ear, Gwen lets a soft smile wiggle onto her face, and the glamour that has kept her looking semi-normal fades entirely, leaving the figure before them as a bright, cosmic outline of the woman that lights up not only the »
22:02:09 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » room, but the entirety of the estate, reaching out to flare at even the furthest reaches of the property. Jabjek, out of love and concern for his wife, was staring directly at her during this flash of light and temporarily loses his sight for a »
22:02:09 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » moment, and even afterward, is left seeing stars. Grehda, ever the anticipating genius, looked away at the right time and did a nine foot vertical leap, yanking Jabjek's hood down so he doesn't go full blind. When the flash subsides, the celestial »
22:02:09 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » form of the woman has dissolved, leaving in front of them the same woman from the visions, her hands laced in front of her and a soft smile on her face as she looks at her fingers. She remains silent, possibly not noticing that they are there.
22:03:58 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek looks down and nods at Grehda, thanking her for saving his eyes before looking back to Gwen. "Im cyaa?"
22:05:08 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: As the light fades, Grehda can finallly see the image in front of them. What... Was all this...?
22:10:03 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: At Jabjek's voice, Gwen looks up to him, her smile only growing as she nods once, slow and soft. She looks down to Grehda with the same smile, her hands separating and spreading out. It is only the space around them affected, but another flash comes, »
22:10:03 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: » lighting the room and replacing some of the things seen in the visions: legitimate walls, the paint, cleaner bookshelves. It is merely an illusion, but is is a strong one. "Ma atha, ma vahra."
22:12:03 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jek pulls his hood off, revealing his worry stricken face. "Gwenael is dat really you?"
22:12:14 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda doesn't understand the words from Gwen. At this point, she doesn't need to know. She'll feel the meaning, for right now and hopes she gets it right.
22:13:47 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: It isn't something she can control. Gold wells in her eyes and streams down her face as she nods at Jabjek's question. "It is me. Just me."
22:15:44 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda sniffles, already close to tears and overwhelmed with emotions. Gwen... Was back!
22:15:45 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek quickly closes the distance between him and his wife, Falling to his kneels and wrapping his arms around her waist. "Baby, I thought you was gone."
22:17:55 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Placing her hands on Jabjek's cheeks, she guides him to look at her. "I was never gone, only lost. And you found me." She looks over towards Grehda, waving a hand towards her to motion her in. "Both of you found me. Without you, I would be lost forever."
22:19:30 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda can't help but cry now; tears rolling down her cheeks. When she's beckoned forward, she rushes over and stands with them.
22:20:55 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: "I promised dat ya'd nevah be alone. Nevah again." Jek allows a few tears of his own to fall from his face to the green grass below.
22:22:04 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Pulling Grehda into the makeshift embrace, Gwen kisses Jabjek's forehead, then bends to do the same to Grehda. "Thank you." She stands again, cupping Jabjek's cheek. "I know you did, and you fulfilled your promise. Now, we can go home."
22:23:09 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda smiles up at Gwen. She's silently glad that she could help.
22:24:47 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jek stands, not moving his hand from her waist. Not allowing her to slip away again. "We bettah go let Seng off da 'ook. I'm shua 'e would raddah be spendin 'is time wit Grehda den de babies"
22:25:45 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Nodding, she looks to Grehda. "Apologize to him for me, at least until I can do it myself. Please."
22:26:28 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "I mean... I could, but I think he'd just be glad to know you're okay...." She smiles softly and holds onto her hand.
22:28:10 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Pulsing her hand around Grehda's, she nods. "Even so, I put all of you through a lot. It was unfair of me."
22:29:33 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jek squeezes his wifes waist. "Well ya did wat ya 'ad to ta protek da babies an den me. Dis jus be a side-effect.
22:29:58 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Shaking her head, Grehda sighs, "I don't think anyone would blame ya for that."
22:30:40 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: She shakes her head. "I lacked control. But... It is over now. I can fix things properly now."
22:31:10 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek cocks his brow. "Fix wat?"
22:31:17 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda nods and offers Gwen's hand to Jek. "Here ya go."
22:32:17 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Rather than letting Jabjek take her newly freed hand, she motions around the illusioned room. "This, for starters. There is more here I will be able to find now that I am... Myself again."
22:33:28 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek looks into her eyes. "You remembah now dun you? Errytin?"
22:34:21 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda's ears perk, "What can be found in here?"
22:34:57 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Shaking her head, she looks at the bookshelves that aren't as dirty with the illusion. "I know enough to know where to look, how to look." She looks to Grehda. "Everything that I used to be."
22:36:04 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda frowns, ".... Yer gonna come back to this... Tomorrow, right?"
22:36:48 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: Nodding, she bites her lip. "Perhaps not tomorrow. I should... Rest for a while between these memory sessions."
22:37:16 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: "Just meant... Not now. Yes, please rest." She grins.
22:38:19 [Jäbjek-WyrmrestAccord]: Jabjek scoops up Gwen and throws her over his shoulder. "Ire. Sleep. Les get outta 'ere"
22:38:47 [Ilfryth-WyrmrestAccord]: "We all should. And we should... Leave this place. It is abandoned for a reason." She'd started to say something else, but she's quickly cut off when she's hoisted up. So much for that, but it's for the best!
22:39:55 [Grehda-WyrmrestAccord]: Grehda laughs, "Sleep well, you two...!"