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Re: The River Styx
By: Shnji Date: July 26, 2012, 9:24 am
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*shinji chuckled.and.ran his hand though his hair*Curios? There
nothing curios im jst a boy that.aome.found.himself.in the
underworld..... Im alive right?
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Re: The River Styx
By: Kaya Mitsume Date: July 26, 2012, 12:06 pm
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The grey eyed woman stepped closer, head tilting. "You are
something to breed curiosity, young mage. The skein is strange
on you. It is not severed, but nor is it intact. You are dead.
And not." She stepped forward, a small hand laid upon his chest,
as if testing exactly how alive he felt.
"Your heart does not beat further. You breathe to speak, only.
You are dead and not. I am unnameable, but I will be your
escort. We should cross the river very soon. When Charon
returns." She told him, head bobbing in the avian way.
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Re: The River Styx
By: Kaito Ishihara Date: July 26, 2012, 3:50 pm
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As though called by the mention of the name, the waters of the
river Styx began to bubble and roil as something rose towards
the surface. A deeply hooded head broke the surface first, the
rest of the body coming swiftly after it as though being raised
on some kind of platform. But beneath the incredibly tall and
slender man's feet was only the now perfectly still waters of
the river.
Craning over the two, this figure was cloaked in a dark material
that seemed the same color as deep grave soil. Tattered and
frayed over time, the cloak's edges danced in absent wind and
scented the air with the smell of salt and decay. Rusted chains
wrapped around his chest and arms, the ends of which descended
back into the depths of the water. What little of his face shown
under the hood - hollowed cheeks, a stern jaw, and marks akin to
water-rot on wood blemishing his skin. His lips were cracked and
pale. When he opened his mouth to speak, the jagged teeth hidden
behind those lips portrayed the seeming of both an elderly man
and a wild man one would do best to keep their distance from.
He looked immediately towards the woman and then to the boy,
then back to the woman.
"What brings you here to me, Erinyes? You and your sisters have
not personally delivered one of your vanquished to me in a very
long time."
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Re: The River Styx
By: Kaya Mitsume Date: July 26, 2012, 4:01 pm
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Head turning sharply to Charon, her wings adjusted themselves,
settling. She stepped closer to the solemn ferryman. "He is not
mine. He found himself here. It interests me enough that I will
be his escort through the gates. I have not had someone to claim
in sometime. I want to hear those screams." She told the
waterman.
Grey eyes cast to the teenager. "Come, odd mageling. You have
your payment there in your hand. Let us not dawdle."
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Re: The River Styx
By: Kaito Ishihara Date: July 26, 2012, 4:07 pm
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Charon extended his emaciated hand towards the boy, palm facing
upward.
"Payment?"
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Re: The River Styx
By: Shnji Date: July 27, 2012, 12:47 am
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*shinji sighed amd looked at the items in his hand and gave one
to the man* well this be enough?....
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Re: The River Styx
By: Kaya Mitsume Date: July 27, 2012, 1:44 am
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Her taloned hand moved out to prod at him with a claw. "You have
two, boy. Present them." That claw is not gentle. It's sharp.
She steps forward. She does not have payment demanded of her.
The living don't pass, the dead must pay, but the immortal do as
they wish.
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Re: The River Styx
By: Kaito Ishihara Date: July 27, 2012, 2:22 am
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The cloaked man craning over the mage made a lazy growling noise
of disapproval and gestured for him to hurry up and give him the
coins.
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Re: The River Styx
By: Shnji Date: July 27, 2012, 9:49 am
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*shinji gave the other coin and looked at the river and the man*
the river styx....yep im in the underworld... *shinji chuckles
and smiles* a damn place for a damn soul
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Re: The River Styx
By: Kaito Ishihara Date: July 27, 2012, 2:35 pm
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Charon takes the 2nd coin and puts them both somewhere into his
cloak. His bony hand tugs on one of the chains coming from its
twisted mess wrapped around his body and dipping into the
waters. It seemed that the several chains that fell from him
were connected to a great weight, because the chain he tugged
did not give easily or move very far. But still, he tugged three
times and on the third he sighed.
"Stand back, please."
The waters became disturbed, just as they had when Charon showed
himself. But this time, it was softer. A fog came over the
surface of the water and disturbed the view of the same roiling
and bubbling that had been before the boatman surfaced. But
then, the bubbling slowed and eventually stopped altogether.
And then a mighty splash came forth from the river as a large
boat came breaking through the surface all at once. It seemed
waterlogged, still spewing out the contents of the river from
its body even as it bobbed on the now waving waters of the river
Styx. Many things grew upon it, some things one would do well
not to touch. The banisters and rails, the masts and the wheel
that drove it all seemed to have been of legendary craftsmanship
at one time or another but have faded over eons of water
erosion. Even the wheel had broken and fallen over upon itself.
But the most noticeable thing about the boat was the rusted
clinking chains bolted here and there to the front of the boat.
It even seemed as though the carving of the woman on the front
were holding the chains in her hands. They dipped at a shallow
angle beneath the water and seemed to rise precisely where
Charon was standing.
A wooden plank came from the boat, extended by some invisible
force, and sloped down to the shore creating a ramp for the mage
and the Fury to board the vessel.
"Get in."
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