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CW: Sex-work, murder.
The Emperor chose to use the appearance of the only person Ellith ever truly trusted: Tariska.
Long story short: Tariska was a Tiefling girl, a couple of years older than Ellith, who was an orphan too. They met in the streets of the Gate when they were around 10 years old and they quickly decided to help one another. After many years of friendship, they became lovers.
They both worked at the same brothel for a while until Ellith was kicked out, but they kept on seeing each other whenever they could.
But Tariska was brutally murdered by one of the brothel-goers. Besides their grief, Ellith felt deeply guilty; they thought they could have protected her if they had managed to keep their job in the establishment.
They were barely 17yo, and this tragic event made their Urge even more… active, somehow. I wrote about it here.
Anyway, after the crash, Ellith has no recollection of Tariska, but when they first see the dream guardian, the face feels somehow familiar.
Obviously, she looks very young (she was 18/19 when she died), and innocent – exactly how pre-tadpole Ellith remembered her.
What makes it even sadder is that Ellith will remember about Tariska several years after the game-events. They'll finally be able to connect the dots and understand even better what the Emperor was trying to do.
Dekkel szökdelek az utca déli oldalán
Szájban rőzsedal, az arcon piszokcsík
Fülbevalóm nyúlfarok, a tetkóm gyík
Nekem nem kell net, és nem kell térerő
Hogyha mehetek, csak annyi, hogy füstöt küld a nő
Simán beugrom a kertbe talpról én
És ott eltolunk egy laza pipát a szőnyegén
Hajvirágát lecincálom szirmonként
ref:
Indián, indián
Az vagyok, míg haza nem érsz, minden délután
Indián, indián
A parkettán tüzet gyújtok Csingacsguk nyomán
Tollas tomahawk a falba, a vállra íj
Most épp azt játsszuk, hogy meddig bírunk együtt élni így
A balkon szeles domb, sátram szakadt ing
A csata addig tart, míg el nem tűnik minden pink
A sok szívecskés giccset nem bírom
Nyakban bölényfog a zsánerem, és a farkas karom
Nekem háton szőr a Valentinezés
Neked tenger kell, nekem csak egy jó zsebkés
Boxeralsóm ördögös, és nem törpés
"You know... I have this song that keeps on playing in my head. And it just makes me remember of you..." As soon as he confessed that to Eliska, his lips pursed but with a hint of a smile in it.
"The smile though never left his face and continued to govern it like a spreading epidemic. At that moment, he suddenly have this urge to pull her arm and link his with hers. And merely be close to her. He wants her. Not in a sexual way, but in a more platonic but romantic kind of feeling. To this point, he swore, he might be falling in love with her. But there was still that uncertainty, and fear that she won’t ever feel that way as well."
