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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 28, 2008 12:00:57 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
"Oh." Wow. That would get annoying.
"If you wanted, we could ask some of the other dancers where the Obsidian Guild might be," I said, forcing myself not to sneer. Like they'd actually help me.
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Post by Azen on May 28, 2008 12:11:59 GMT -6
[Azen]
I shurgged. "THat's up to you too. I personally think that would be easier than wandering around this.....whatever you call this large pit of sand." Another thing that really threw me off. If he hated the bright sunlight so much, why did he stay here? Although, I guess I could understand his placement somewhat. He said he didn't like water, and by gods this place sure didn't have very much of that. I wonder what he did when he got too hot.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 28, 2008 12:18:08 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
I nodded, then gestured for him to follow me. I walked back towards the entrance of the Nest, avoiding the sunlight as much as I could. I stopped just outside the entrance and turned to face Azen. "I don't know how helpful any of them are going to be," I told him. 'We'd probably be better off on our own...'
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Post by Azen on May 28, 2008 12:22:57 GMT -6
[Azen]
I really wanted to say 'They're snakes, how unfriendly can they be?' but decided against it. I just shrugged instead. There's no harm in asking. Besides, we're cobras. Who in their right mind would take on two cobras?" I'd meant quite a few falcons who would have done so, but some of those I could not list in the category of 'in their right mind.' With the dreadful kind of power Ahnmik weilded, I wasn't surprised that some falcons chose the escape of Ecl. However, that didn't make Ecl worth it.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 28, 2008 12:29:31 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
I shrugged and walked into the Nest. I looked around, trying to decide who would be the most likely to help us. The Nest was emptier than before we'd left; some of them must have gone to the market. "How do you suggest we ask? I mean, I've heard the Obsidian Guild likes their privacy, and anyone who knows where they might be probably won't want to give out that information."
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Post by Azen on May 28, 2008 12:40:34 GMT -6
[Azen]
I'd hadn't though of this problem. Unfortunately, Jaydn was right, Vere wasn't too keen on any public relation whatsoever. "Hmm...well, we could just try asking, then see if Anhamirak will tell us if they're lying or not." Wait a minute.......duh. Ah, I'm stupid. Why didn't I think of this before? We could try to simply call Maeve."
Then I remembered another milestone in this whole plan. IF it was true that a white viper had attacked Jaydn.....he probably wouldn't want any contact with the Obsidian Guild or Maeve. I had just jumped into this plan without considering that. "That is....if you wanted to. WE could simply try to find the bridge ourselves, right? I mean, how big can this Kingdom be?" I didn't really know what to expect, for on the island pretty much everything was within walking distance.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 28, 2008 12:44:39 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
"It's pretty d**n big. From here to the Oasis, it's probably about fifty miles; that's the closest thing to the Castle." After considering what options we had [though I didn't like most of them], I sighed. "We can try to contact Maeve, if you think it'll work," I said, trying not to sound reluctant. "What would we have to do?"
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Post by Azen on May 28, 2008 12:54:14 GMT -6
[Azen]
If I was any good at distance judging, the whole island was probably about sixty miles across. Ten less miles, but still not anything I wanted to walk. Windboard or boat maybe, but not walk. Especially when there's no water.
"Ookay, scratch that idea. AS for contacting Maeve, it would really depend if she's in the mood to respond or not...." I said all of this pretty warily. After the last spirit I had come in contact with when I had woken up this morning, I wasn't too eager to try and delve into the spirit world again. Maeve may be in a good mood and agree to see us, but Ahnmik never was. And no one but Anhamirak could protect me from a god. I might be able to fend off for a little while, but any outcome if he got ahold of me again weren't looking too good, especially with Jaydn here.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 28, 2008 19:52:38 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
"Well, if you want to try, go ahead. I honestly don't know anything about her; if you think it'll work, try." I shrugged, hoping I wouldn't have to do anything; I wasn't to keen on the idea of contacting a white viper...
A few of the other dancers were staring at us now, probably wondering what we were doing and who Azen was. I turned my back to them, though I was still facing Azen.
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Post by Azen on May 28, 2008 20:18:53 GMT -6
[Azen]
I watched the small movement of Jayden's that distanced himself further from the others. Poor guy...I wondered what he had done to make the others hate him so much. Or maybe he just thought he was hated, and he was mistaking indifference for dislike? There could be any number of possibilities, most of which I'm sure Jayden would not want to share.
"I guess I could give it a shot." Actually, with the thing with Ahnmik this morning, I really didn't feel up to dancing. But, since it was a way home, I'd have to deal with it. I hopefully wasn't going to expose Jayden to too many white vipers. Most disliked my red eyes. "But someone's on the dias right now..." I didn't know what was customary here, so I didn't know how to proceed.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 28, 2008 20:35:39 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
"Are you not able to dance off of a dais?" I asked him. "Unless you have to be on one for whatever you're going to do, it'd be faster if you just danced somewhere else." Most of the time another dancer was on the dais until everyone went to bed; once they were asleep [and not bugging me] I would dance. Whenever I had danced when they could see me before they sneered at me, making snide remarks about my dancing they knew I could hear.
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Post by Azen on May 28, 2008 20:55:35 GMT -6
[Azen]
I really wanted to say, 'if you're this rude to everyone, no wonder you have so many enemies,' but immediately mentally kicked myself for it. He had enough to deal with. "I don't know, on the island everyone takes turns, so all you have to do is wait for yours."
My voice dropped in volume, almost to a whisper. "I guess things are really different here, huh?" I could understand why Jaydn would go crazy in this place. IT was just too weird here.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 28, 2008 21:03:35 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
"Of course it's different! This isn't your precious island where everybody's so polite and everybody gets along," I snapped. I felt bad for being so snappy, but I was tired of him comparing the Nest to Outcast Island. I took a deep breath and looked away from him, closing my eyes for a moment, trying to calm myself down. "Sorry," I muttered, crossing my arms and turning back to him.
"If you want to wait, go ahead. You might be there for a while, though."
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Post by Azen on May 29, 2008 11:47:41 GMT -6
[Azen]
Sorry? "No you're not...." I was smiling at him though. I wasn't mad, just homesick. That probably wasn't doing any good for anyone though. "Well...there's actually a pretty good chance that MAeve won't know where Vere is anyway, so I think it would be easier to just find either the bridge or the Guild ourselves." I looked at him from the corner of my eye. "THat is of course if you still want to come along?"
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 29, 2008 13:14:57 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
"We might want to find out which direction the bridge is in before we go off and explore the desert." I didn't know who we could ask, but surely someone would know? I didn't really like the idea of wandering through the desert without knowing which way we were supposed to be going; actually, I just didn't like the idea of going through the desert. There wouldn't be much shade.
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