Posted by Serna, Willow, Waylon & Irzen
on 5/17/2009, 6:02 pm, in reply to "Re: A Merciless Ending To The Mercy Family"
Irzen watched the whole scene and turned to Tommy, "What is it with him and women? Alyson is in love with him, War
Scribe lusts after him, Serna fawns over him and now Seriah is counseling him. Willow's a common Wood Elf. He's a dime-a-dozen Ranger. Hell, he doesn't even have a Weapon of Power? How in The Realm does he get all of the babes and I can barely hold onto Diana?"
The elementalist gave the swordsman a smile, "There's more than meets the eye. Seriah always had keener sense of where people hailed from than I."
The Gamer chuckled. “Well there's your answer, Sterling. Get rid of Evenflow. Forget about being a nobleman, forget about being a captain; just be an ordinary Drow Swordsman, and Diana will throw herself into your arms!” He shrugged.
“Or maybe relationships are more complicated than that. I will say this, though: In most roleplaying games that have such a thing, Chick Magnet is considered a disadvantage.”
"Not from where I'm standing!" snapped The Swordsman in disbelief, "Back on Earth, I would have killed to get this kind of attention from women. All I ever got from Earth girls was a first date, a dinner bill and no kiss good night. And aside from Tenchi Muyo, I am hard pressed to see how being a Chick Magnet can be a disadvantage in an RPG--especially since I have never been one."
The assassin politely steered the elf off to one side leaving Alyson, Irzen, and Tommy together.
"Anyway," Tommy began again, "I think I've come up with a sufficiently inescapable prison for our merciless Mercys.
With all of your help," he nodded to indicate Alyson, Irzen, Heidi, Kana and Serna, "I can banish them to what the Binders refer to as the Far Realm. It's a non-place that's essentially outside of Reality, from which even gods cannot
recover them. Does everyone find that suitable?"
"Works for me!" chimed in The Swordsman, "Just so long as we never, EVER, see their ugly faces again."
"You know where I stand on the matter," added Sor'n with a nod, "Exile is too good for them. But I will stand with my love on this matter."
Alyson said nothing. She was tired of handing out judgement and death at the moment. What she did and how she did it to Sally Mercy may have been extreme but necessary at the time. Finally she spoke, "Where they go," pointing to the remaining Mercys, "is up to you guys."
”Fine, fine.” Tommy shrugged again. “We just need for Kana to get back, and assuming it fits with her desires, we'll get this little show on the road.”
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Returning his attention to Seriah, The Ranger asked in his native tongue, "Now you must answer a question of mine: Are you from Alyson's birthworld, Earth, or are you from The Realm of Dungeons and Dragons? And how did you cross the
barrier between those worlds appearing as an old woman on one while appearing as a young woman on the other?"
"I am from the Realm of Dungeon's and Dragons. I hail from the desert kingdoms. Long ago after my beloved was taken from me by another woman. A rival who had bewitched and seduced him. She turned him against me, telling lies, that only a tiefling does best." Pausing only to accurately flick darts into a nearby tree, "Those of my order are granted unusual long life after doing a initiate's quest to join. As for your question, as long as I remain here, I will stay young but
on Alyson's world where magic has diminished greatly and people do not believe in it, TIME catches up with you rather fast."
"I see," noted Willow Bark slipping on a pair of gloves, "Although there is something that I must ask of you, Seriah, can you please refrain from using the trees as targets for your poison darts?"
The Ranger walked over to the damaged tree and carefully removed the offending darts before he comfortingly patted the elm and reassured it that it would heal in due time, "Trees are living things much as you and I are and can be poisoned just as easily as you or I can."
Willow Bark handed the darts back to Seriah before he saw Kana, Serna and War Scribe reappear, "Come, Seriah, it seems that we are needed once more now that our friends have returned."
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”And there she is,” Tommy observed when the trio appeared. “Well, they, to be precise.” He waved his hand to get Kana's attention. “Kana, I believe I've come up with an acceptable solution to making the Realm a more Mercy-less place. With
everyone's help, I can work a Banishing that will send them beyond the limits of reality. They'll still exist – as far as such a term has meaning – but will be unable to interact with anyone in this Realm or any other, and even the gods would find returning them a difficult task. It's a bit more final even than killing them, but if you're okay with that, I can get started right now.”
Kana took a moment to think over all that had just transpired. "I'm fine with that," she answered Tommy. "What do you need me to do?"
"First and foremost," began the Swordsman, "I guess you want us to lend you our weapons, huh?" The Dark Elf drew Evenflow from its sheath and handed it to Tommy.
Willow Bark walked up to Kana and handed The Wolfen her Lightning Bow, "Here is your Weapon of Power, Kana. It is not mine to give to anyone other than you, but I was honored to wield it in your stead. It is truly a wonder of wonders. I see now why Dungeon Master entrusted it to your care."
"Here you go, Master Tommy," Serna handed her shield to The Gamer, "So what do we do now?"
"Now?!" pleaded Waylon overhearing everything, "Now? Ya'll gonna' let us go! Kana, ya' had your fun an' games. Ya' branded me good. Now let us go. At least let da' rest of my kin go, I was da' one that whipped ya', I was da one dat beat ya', none of dem did nothin' to ya' unless I told dem ta' do it. 'ave pity on ma' kin, Kana, an' let dem re-turn back to Gorrius. Puh-leeze!"