WESSEX
after all is said and done
you're just a carnivore let you in and drink my blood
you're nothing but a monster In the end, only two people came to seek her at the Sharkfin Inn - The Wraith doesn’t care who they are or what they do, she just wants the information and is happy to offer some rare bits from the other ‘open’ lands for their perusal. The two cloaked figures (oh, how the turntables…) enter and surprisingly enough, don't give her information directly, but direct her to place where she might be able to read about what she wants. True to her promise, after a moment of consideration she offers them whatever she feels their ‘information’ is worth. In the end, it's not what she really wants but Wessex is fair, and neither informant gives much of a fuss about their compensation. Exiting the Inn, she pulls her own hood down and wanders the maze of buildings, mulling over what she's heard. Time for another break-in. So she finds the place, an unobtrusive building, and waits for them to shut down for the the night. Entering is rather simple and the Wraith does so as quietly as she can, taking her time to scan and find something interesting. |
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the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds
Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2 LOKI - Mythical - Dragon (Energy Blast)
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04-27-2020, 05:55 PM
Letha had stayed in Torchline to gather some things for her home. She had brought some things to trade away, things she thought some people of the port city to find useful. Some herbs and things she knew to have good medicinal purposes, as well as other miscellaneous items. When she had worked enough, and received what she wanted, she set her sights back for the Hollowed Grounds.
Something familiar caught her eye, however.
She watched the matriarch step outside and pull her hood up. Wessex. Tilting her head slightly, the dark-haired woman kept her attention on the Wraith. She shifted her shoulders, her own black cloak holding her tight and protecting her from the sun of the land, even as it hung low on the horizon. The newly ascended woman did not let her eyes leave Wessex. Her feet followed the woman, interested in where she was going and what she was doing. Her brow furrowed as she followed, holding her bag tight with it full of her homely treasures. Unable to keep total pace with the once-queen in the near-dusk, she fell behind in the bustle of people trying to close shop for the evening. Setting her jaw, she still pressed on. She watched as Wessex made her way into a building that Letha guessed was not her own, because of the way she moved, she crept her way across the street before trying to hail the woman, silently. Wessex, she called out mentally, hoping the communication would work. The Wraith had spoken to her without words, and Letha was not sure if it would work, but trying seemed logical to her. L e t h a Where will I find peace other than in oblivion? the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds
Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2 LOKI - Mythical - Dragon (Energy Blast)
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05-03-2020, 09:45 PM
Age: 32 | Height: 5'6" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: N/A - Strg: 11 - Dext: 13 - Endr: 13 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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05-04-2020, 08:10 PM
Letha pulled her cloak tighter around her, her face hardening with thought. Lines etched deep into the porcelain as she waited a response. She did not have to wait long, however, for Wessex's voice to reach her. The matriarch is familiar in her head, and her voice even makes the new ascended relax slightly. Letha did not give any response back to the woman, at first, when she started to act on Wessex's invitation to follow her own trespassing. Slipping into the building as the older, more experienced woman had, Letha let down her hood. Her eyes did not need any time to adjust to the lighting. The way her senses responded to this world was something she was finding herself more and more thankful for.
"What are you doing?" She asked, aloud, but in a hushed tone. She felt the inherit need to whisper based on the way the Wraith had slunk here like a snake: stalking and slithering and silent. Ocean eyes moved slowly and carefully, taking in the stacks and shelves of books around them. "What is that?" She gestured, finally, to the book in Wessex's hands, hoping she would not get a sarcastic answer. She knows its a book, her true question was was why, ultimately. L e t h a Where will I find peace other than in oblivion? the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds
Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2 LOKI - Mythical - Dragon (Energy Blast)
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05-06-2020, 11:25 PM
Age: 32 | Height: 5'6" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: N/A - Strg: 11 - Dext: 13 - Endr: 13 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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05-07-2020, 02:03 AM
She watched carefully as Wessex skimmed through the book. the Wraith was hyper-focused, and Letha did not really understand what was happening. What information did the older ascended need to gain? The dark-haired woman's face tightened with confusion and wonder, and she tried to get closer and read over Wessex's shoulder before the footsteps sounded overhead. Letha jumped as the floorboards creaked above their heads. She gripped her back tighter, trying to make sure none of its contents made noise from her startled reaction. In the dark, she did not need her eyes to be opened wide to see clearer, but they were wide as a small tingle of panic raced up her spine.
Wessex motioned for her to be quiet, and she knew she needed to listen. Letha had watched Wessex slink into the closed building. It was apparent they did not belong here. Letha listened as the footsteps continued to move above their heads, and sounded over Wessex's connection: What do we do? She did not want to jeopardize their safety, so she waited for the Wraith's lead or isntruction. Letha did not know the power of the other ascended with her, but she knew it was a hell of a lot greater than her own. L e t h a Where will I find peace other than in oblivion? the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds
Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2 LOKI - Mythical - Dragon (Energy Blast)
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05-07-2020, 04:06 PM
Age: 32 | Height: 5'6" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: N/A - Strg: 11 - Dext: 13 - Endr: 13 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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05-08-2020, 06:42 PM
Good, bad, smart, dumb, who knows -- but Letha held complete trust in Wessex at this point in their relationship. When the footsteps grew louder and the Wraith held out her hand, Letha reached for it without hesitation and without question. She did not know what was going to happen, but her gut told her that Wessex was going to keep her safe. She was not sure what to expect from the demi-goddess, but Wessex tried to give her a heads up at how she might feel from whatever she was going to do.
And she was right. It was disorienting. In a flash, an instant, they were standing in an alley. Letha's vision was cloudy at first, and her head felt full of cotton. She staggered, but braced herself by reaching out for Wessex's shoulder. She took in a deep, gasping breath, even though she didn't have to. Her body still, at this point, did a lot of things out of memory and instinct than actual need. Letha blinked away the fuzziness, and looked up to the other woman with wide eyes. She could feel her body scanning for anything that was wrong, a small sense of alarm triggering it. "What was...that?" She asked, her statement broad. She wasn't sure where to start: why was the Wraith breaking into the bookshop, what did she want to know, why was the information important, was that an upgrade that gave her that ability, the list of questions only grew. L e t h a Where will I find peace other than in oblivion? the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds
Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2 LOKI - Mythical - Dragon (Energy Blast)
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05-09-2020, 01:17 AM
Age: 32 | Height: 5'6" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: N/A - Strg: 11 - Dext: 13 - Endr: 13 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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05-12-2020, 03:10 PM
When she had been steadied by Wessex's help, Letha tried to bring herself back together. Her scans finished and she knew nothing was wrong, but the feelings that overwhelmed her after their transportation had been so similar to when she had laid on the beach for hours before Amun found her after sunset. She let one, final, deep breath out. She was sure that if her body still needed to, she would have thrown up. But, she didn't, and so she tried her best to button herself up and set stone to her composure. Wessex explained the teleportation, and Letha wanted to ask if that was something the Voice had given her, but instead she assumed the answer affirmative.
The breaking and entering, however, still brought the question of why to the forefront of the younger ascended's mind. What information did Wessex need that required such sneaky, dark action? What was happening that the ascended demi-goddess could not simply ask? Of course, all of these questions stemmed from Letha's ignorance. Being so new in this world, starting relationships from seeds, left out an entire lifetime's worth if information. She did not really know Wessex, or her story, but simply let herself latch onto trust for the woman because Letha had been brought into the family by their goddess. When asked if she needed another moment for composure, the dark-haired woman simply shook her head. She would go wherever Wessex wanted to talk about what was happening. Her own nose wrinkled at the stark, sharp smell of the alley they stood in. She lifted her hand to gesture that they could move, but her eyes did not let go of her question--she wanted to know exactly what Wessex was looking for and why. L e t h a Where will I find peace other than in oblivion? the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds
Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2 LOKI - Mythical - Dragon (Energy Blast)
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05-13-2020, 03:17 PM
Age: 32 | Height: 5'6" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: N/A - Strg: 11 - Dext: 13 - Endr: 13 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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05-27-2020, 02:32 PM
Letha still wanted to ask Wessex her questions, but she moved on with the matriarch. As the woman gestured out to Haulani, Letha simply said, "I like the water." Anything that would give them privacy while overlooking the ocean would suffice for the younger woman. Should Wessex move, she would follow. Her blue eyes briefly danced around those that traveled the city at night, but none of them looked at the two women with any sort of care.
Letha did not want to waste time. She also was not sure of any proper, polite ways to be getting to the information she wanted. So she asked simply, and not carefully. "Wessex, what were you looking for in those books, in that shop, specifically?" Letha had no idea what the woman was up to, but she desperately wanted to know. "Why did you have to break in in the middle of the night?"" Her brows knit together and she looked at Wessex, her focus wholly on her. L e t h a Where will I find peace other than in oblivion? the Wraith
General of the Hollowed Grounds
Age: 47 | Height: 5'8'' | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 12 - Strg: 61 - Dext: 60 - Endr: 61 - Luck: 58 - Int: 2 LOKI - Mythical - Dragon (Energy Blast)
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05-29-2020, 02:57 PM
Age: 32 | Height: 5'6" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: N/A - Strg: 11 - Dext: 13 - Endr: 13 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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06-11-2020, 07:54 PM
The sea brought so much comfort to Letha. Before Nate suggested it, she had never thought of making the port city her home, even if she preferred the sea to the forest. Amun was in the Hollowed Grounds, and had given her the easiest avenue for making a home there. While she may still be contemplating what to do about her residence situation, she at least knew what she needed right now. As she spent time with Wessex and questioned her behavior, she needed to draw some strength from the ocean. Letha was not one to try and pry, normally. The expectations of having personal information from others and holding it felt too heavy. However, she was a part of this makeshift family of ascended, and so she felt like she could ask the questions without it feeling too heavy.
"I see." She nodded along, voice quiet. Letha was still so ignorant about the world and the history of Caido, that the idea of someone getting mad at Wessex, or the Ascended population in general, gaining more knowledge about it didn't sit well with the girl, because she didn't understand. "Why is that?" She lifted ocean eyes from the water to Wessex, her curiosity and her ignorance both evident. She hoped Wessex would not dismiss her and her questions--she had not so far, and that gave her some confidence--but she did not know the Wraith well enough to know her patience threshold. L e t h a Where will I find peace other than in oblivion? | ||||||
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