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exsiliumlogs2012-10-08 04:47 pm
deadelfwalking) wrote in exsiliumlogs2012-10-08 04:47 pm
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it's a dead man's party; who could ask for more?
Date & Time: 10/9, however many days beyond
Location: Around the city
Characters: Koltira Deathweaver, yOU?
Summary: this stupid fuck is back from the dead. you should probably punch him in the goddamn face.
Warnings: this intro prose is hideously purple pls forgive
He knew of the rumors, had heard the theories whispered throughout the halls of the Undercity, the muttering among the troops he once commanded at Andorhal. According to some, true death for the undead was a release, and perhaps this was the case for the petty troops of the Scourge: the ghouls, the geists, all those creatures who were merely shells for otherwise untainted souls. But for the higher orders of the undead, the reality was much more dire. Koltira's will was his own, but his soul was irrevocably stained, fractured by the Lich King and the unforgivable acts Koltira had committed while enslaved to that overarching dominance. He was damned in this life and the next, as he discovered soon after the last of his energy ebbed out of his broken, mangled body.
For a few brief, shining moments, he felt restored. Whole. Koltira had observed his corpse, now truly still, unattended on the forest floor, and felt nothing but serenity. But then he was thrust into another world, blinded and lost, beset on all sides by slavering, growling things that stared at him hungrily as they gathered for their feast.
Koltira had no defenses. He could not move, nor cry out; he was nothing but vulnerable spirit stuff here, tender and primed for the shredding. And the shredding had come. An eternity seemed to pass, and each inching, crawling second of it was stretched out beyond rational possibility. The creatures of this otherworld had fed on him, ceaselessly, mercilessly, until he was sure that there was no more of him left to take. But somehow their claws always found something to slice. His consciousness was reduced to the basest emotions: despair; terror; agony. He was nothing else, and he deserved nothing else.
Then, inexplicably, Koltira had woken up. He was back on the island, back in his monstrous body, Byfrost lying next to him. The Initiative had resurrected him, and for once he was relieved to feel the old, familiar pain coursing through his limbs. It was nothing compared to what he had just endured.
Koltira's armor was not there in the infirmary, but someone had laid out a suit and a pair of gloves, presumably taken from his sparse room in the apartments. He had climbed out of the bed, dressed himself, taken up Byfrost, and walked out. There was work to be done.
The memory of the past few days lingered, nevertheless, haunting him as he moved about the city, coming and going in brief, dark flashes. He supposed it would for some time.
[ooc: tags can be either action or prose; whatever is easiest! You may find him on the street, in the bars, or lurking in the apartment buildings over the next several days.]
Location: Around the city
Characters: Koltira Deathweaver, yOU?
Summary: this stupid fuck is back from the dead. you should probably punch him in the goddamn face.
Warnings: this intro prose is hideously purple pls forgive
He knew of the rumors, had heard the theories whispered throughout the halls of the Undercity, the muttering among the troops he once commanded at Andorhal. According to some, true death for the undead was a release, and perhaps this was the case for the petty troops of the Scourge: the ghouls, the geists, all those creatures who were merely shells for otherwise untainted souls. But for the higher orders of the undead, the reality was much more dire. Koltira's will was his own, but his soul was irrevocably stained, fractured by the Lich King and the unforgivable acts Koltira had committed while enslaved to that overarching dominance. He was damned in this life and the next, as he discovered soon after the last of his energy ebbed out of his broken, mangled body.
For a few brief, shining moments, he felt restored. Whole. Koltira had observed his corpse, now truly still, unattended on the forest floor, and felt nothing but serenity. But then he was thrust into another world, blinded and lost, beset on all sides by slavering, growling things that stared at him hungrily as they gathered for their feast.
Koltira had no defenses. He could not move, nor cry out; he was nothing but vulnerable spirit stuff here, tender and primed for the shredding. And the shredding had come. An eternity seemed to pass, and each inching, crawling second of it was stretched out beyond rational possibility. The creatures of this otherworld had fed on him, ceaselessly, mercilessly, until he was sure that there was no more of him left to take. But somehow their claws always found something to slice. His consciousness was reduced to the basest emotions: despair; terror; agony. He was nothing else, and he deserved nothing else.
Then, inexplicably, Koltira had woken up. He was back on the island, back in his monstrous body, Byfrost lying next to him. The Initiative had resurrected him, and for once he was relieved to feel the old, familiar pain coursing through his limbs. It was nothing compared to what he had just endured.
Koltira's armor was not there in the infirmary, but someone had laid out a suit and a pair of gloves, presumably taken from his sparse room in the apartments. He had climbed out of the bed, dressed himself, taken up Byfrost, and walked out. There was work to be done.
The memory of the past few days lingered, nevertheless, haunting him as he moved about the city, coming and going in brief, dark flashes. He supposed it would for some time.
[ooc: tags can be either action or prose; whatever is easiest! You may find him on the street, in the bars, or lurking in the apartment buildings over the next several days.]
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[his posture is rigid and straight; his tone stubborn. He did the right thing. The needful thing. He may feel guilt at pushing away those who would call themselves friends, particularly Ashraf, but he doesn't regret the fight itself.]
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[ The grimly angered look he'd been building flakes suddenly into disappointment, and he breaks the study to watch the ground. ]
I should have been there.
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[ No, that isn't quite the right answer, is it? He pauses, looks back again with a guilty slump to his shoulders, and nods. ]
Forgive me, but there's little avoiding it.
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[sigh. this dumbass.]
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Because you died, Koltira. I've met few enough noble souls that I can stand to see them slain, and especially not so needlessly. Especially not alone.
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Fortunately, I am not a noble soul. It was of no consequence.
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[ Ugh, he always feels a little disgusted with himself when his temper sparks a yell, and though he makes an effort to bring himself down a little, there's a newly realized glare that isn't going anywhere. ]
And you're mistaken.
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I will not challenge Arthas on my own again.
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You will alert me, if you face him again?
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I do not want you to be hurt, Ashraf.
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Thank you, but it's a needless sentiment. [ He gives a small wave of his hand, and that healing green light envelops him for a moment, complete with a pointedly arched brow. ]
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Hardly. You cannot protect against the kind of damage Arthas can do.
[YOU SURE COULDN'T PROTECT AGAINST ME, BROTHER.]
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[ And trailing after Koltira while he slaughters people doesn't count either, that shit's easy. Not even worth bringing up. ]
It's for reasons like these, to protect those I care for, that I became a priest at all.
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You would be as nothing against Arthas. You know that I restrained myself with you, even while in the depths of my hysteria. I guarantee that he would have no such qualms!
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I'm aware of your strength, and by extension, his. Caring for myself isn't merely pitting my abilities against another's and hoping to live through it, it's knowing when to go to others for aid. [ A brief pause, and his firm tone softens. ] I would have you at my side, would I not?
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I do not want anyone by my side. You don't understand what he has done--not just on Azeroth, but on a world like this one, as well! I have been in a city similar to Exsilium before, with a collection of people stolen from their worlds! Arthas was brought to that city, too, and he wrought havoc on everyone I cared about! Everyone I--
[the fire drains, and he covers his face with one hand, swallowing thickly.] --loved.
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Do you think he would simply disregard us if you abandoned us, then? I may not know the man, but it seems to me that his type takes violence and cruelty where ever he can find it, regardless of connections.
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There is a man here, a man named Blue. He spent time in that other city, as well, and we grew to be friends. [Koltira stares at Ashraf's hand as though looking right through it.]
Arthas did not just kill him. He crucified him.
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I am sorry, for you and for him. But it changes nothing.