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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2007, 03:48:07 PM »
Bemused by the conversation between the uppity man and the more sensible one who had brought him to civility, Rethian urged his camel to the water's edge and dismounted as gracefully as one raised in the forest could from the back of a lumbering beast like the one he rode.  It wasn't saying much, of course, but he managed not to embarrass himself and to retain his composure.

He looked out over the pool to the leotaur in its center.  "Sir, be you the guardian of this oasis?"

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« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2007, 06:12:28 PM »
The air was dry and sand started to brush against his face at high speeds. He felt like he was choking as he started to drop. His stupid Dragon dropped him again but this time he was sure he was going to die. He covered his face as the intensity of falling was starting to hurt him. Finally he landed on the sand  with a hard hit. The sand around him seemed to cushion his fall.

"Ow..." he said as he slowly got up. He held his back and cracked it back to place. He breathed in deep but coughed on the sand and spat it out, he really needed water. To his luck but rotten luck. He turned around and saw an oasis of some kind with people around it. He scratched his head and said to himself, "I think I hit my head a little too hard."

He looked over there again and started to pinch himself to see if he was dreaming, "This survival stuff is easy.."

He began to walk towards the Oasis in his desert nomad clothing. He wrapped the cloth across his face as sand started to blow around him. The sun cooking his feet but he didn't care, that water looked so good. When he finally got there he ignored the man, the camel, and the leotaur. Dunking his face into the water and taking it in. The water felt so good...

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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #17 on: June 20, 2007, 11:56:26 AM »
Rune notices the man that had his face in the water
Hmmm, must be a native

"uhhhh, Hey"

Rune tapped the nomadic man on the back

"You ok man? You got sand all on ya...and your feet dont look so good"
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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2007, 12:21:05 PM »
The man stopped drinking the water and then turned to the other man. He drew his sword to him and said, "You dishonor me? Now, now... shoo."


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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2007, 12:28:08 PM »
Rune stepped back a bit, a little shocked that this man would just draw a sword in a instant, but seeing that he basically threatened, Rune drew his sword, ready to attack the man at any moment

"Dishonor you, what the heck!"
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« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2007, 10:36:17 PM »
The sun, in what was becoming an unhealthy and troublesome habit, beat down mercilessly on yet another traveler plodding through the desert. One might mistake this particular one for a werewolf, and indeed many a one had indeed done just that. The mistake was perfectly understandable; what else was one to conclude when faced with a big, hairy humanoid fellow standing only a few inches short of seven feet in height, sporting a tail, muzzle, pointy ears, pointy teeth and such? But to the learned, several telling signs told the truth of things. The traveler displayed plantigrade locomotion rather than the digitigrade sort, marking him as a Vaan, a people who, fed up with the severity and frequency of the problems that the previously described confusion with bloodthirsty lycanthropes had caused, chose to seclude themselves and minimize contact with others. This had in fact only made the occurrence of confusions more frequent, as people knew less of them than ever before as a result, but since they weren't around to be confused with other less savory beings the Vaan considered it an acceptable side effect.

Also, most werewolves didn't wear glasses. The traveler of course, as has been implied, did, and at this particular moment stopped to remove them from his muzzle and clean them. He had just seen something which led him to believe that they were not functioning properly, and in such situations such a cleaning resolved the problem most effectively. After a final dry he placed the two pieces of glass set within their delicate metal frame back on his muzzle where it had rested for innumerable hours, weeks and  years, and there in plain sight, clear as ever, was that something which reason told him which he should not be seeing. An oasis, with an improbable amount of people gathered about it. He considered that perhaps it was an illusion. Whatever it was, it called to be investigated in the most first hand and personal manner possible, and so throwing all caution to the wind he padded forward, straight into the midst of an apparent scuffle of lethal proportions. He took the natural course of action: waved his hand in a slow, exaggerated arc and in a drawn out breath said "Heeellooo?" in his deep voice.

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« Reply #21 on: June 20, 2007, 11:08:09 PM »
Quietly observing the surprising amount of visitors that had appeared at the oasis, Kash'ra nodded calmly to each of them as they approached and lifted his hand in greeting to the waving Vaan before noticing his old friend, Otto walking towards him.

"Long time no see, archmage," his deep voice boomed, ensuring that everyone heard him. "A busy morn is upon us. May shade follow your footsteps." He took two steps forward which seemed to lift him on the surface of the water. A non-magical illusion though, as he was actually standing on the large, clear crystal that kept the water clean and abundant.

"To all others who have wondered here on this beautiful dawn, feel welcome and at ease. This place is the Oasis of Peace, where none must fear violence or danger by the blessing of the sorceress Ayalia." As he spoke, he lifted his muscled arms, precisely timed to correspond with another flash of the symbols. This time, however, it sent out a calming wave to everyone present, along with an age old image of beasts and men and many of the other dominant creatures of the world talking and dining with each other, laughing and exchanging stories on the shores of the small lake.
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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #22 on: June 21, 2007, 12:00:53 AM »
Rune put his sword away, watching this strange show

What the 'ell is this?

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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #23 on: June 21, 2007, 06:12:39 AM »
This strange runic light show, sensation of calm and the images associated with it and that fact that the leotaur had raised his hand in greeting and spoken failed to immediately grasp the Vaan's conscious though processes. Instead these events were hastily stored away in some deep vault within his mind while he continued the more pressing and fascinating matter at hand, the investigation of the pair with swords. He raised an eyebrow in surprise and fascination as one of them put their sword away, apparently withdrawing from the fight. Still, he had in no way reacted to the visual and auditory stimulus provided, and so the Vaan took the next investigative step: tactile stimulus. With the index finger of his right hand, he gave the one who had put his sword away a firm prod.

For reasons beyond reason, his mind then decided this was  prudent time to unlock those temporarily stored events of the past minute or so. The Vaan's ears twitched in surprise, and without waiting to observe the effects of his prodding he wheeled about to face that one who had spoken. Having never seen a leotaur personally, this was yet another surprise for him. Something else which he found even more surprising prompted him to exclaim to the leotaur " Xaanaceha uuru Vaanqkanä?", which was clearly translated for everyone present as "You can speak Vaanqka?"

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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #24 on: June 21, 2007, 08:27:28 AM »
"Yes," the leotaur spoke to the Vaan. "And no. I speak my own language and you hear it as Vaanqka. Welcome. It has been a long time since I have encountered one of your kind."
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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #25 on: June 21, 2007, 03:17:37 PM »
Rune slowly began turning around, facing the man that prodded him

hmmm, thats a odd guy... if he is a guy, i cant tell


Rune went up to the man and keep his hand on his sword asking "Why the 'ell did you prod me mate?!"
« Last Edit: June 21, 2007, 04:06:31 PM by Barakarin Republic »
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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #26 on: June 21, 2007, 04:01:49 PM »
He disarmed himself, and he's annoying. I should just kill him... but he's not worth getting blood on my sword.

He gracefully put the sword back in his leather scabbard, returning to drinking the water next to the camel. He ignored the other who was annoying him and when he stopped drinking he wiped his mouth and put the cloth over his mouth and raised the hood on his brown cloak.

Now to find that damn dragon

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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #27 on: June 21, 2007, 04:07:20 PM »
OOC: Oz, that was prag my dude was talking 2, not u
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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #28 on: June 21, 2007, 04:41:15 PM »
ooc: Jesus, you're hopping around everywhere.

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Re: The Oasis
« Reply #29 on: June 21, 2007, 04:42:55 PM »
ooc: ugh, i just got finshed cleaning for a few hours, and my mom was yelling at the entire time...sorry
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