Siblicide

Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your children unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in fire and fear. The masked figure certainly stands out. ((Skyrim OC RP blog; non-Dovah))

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bloodiedlace

Very well. When you are ready then. And I hope it is sooner, rather than later.

I said ‘immediately.’

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bloodiedlace

Good.

You know some magic, you can learn this. Harness it.

We don’t have to do it now, but when you are ready, I will be here to help.

There is no reason not to start immediately. I am fine.

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bloodiedlace

[ Anaïs gestures to their surroundings. ]

You’ve convinced me to come all the way here, with you. Don’t start telling me there’s not anywhere else to be.

We have to make the best of our situation.

This is where I have to be. I have to end this.

[She takes a slow, even, unnecessary breath.] ...Fine. It...it could be useful.

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bloodiedlace

Don’t go.

[ she frowns ]

I won’t bring it up again.

[Still shaking with emotion, Hunter doesn’t move. After a moment of silence, she speaks again, trying to restrain her voice and her emotion.]

...Where would I go? There isn...is not anywhere else to be.

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bloodiedlace

Hunter– Sister, wait.

[ she tries to grab Hunter by the arm ]

[Hunter jerks her arm away, taking a step back, startled. But she stops trying to leave.]

What? Wait for what? [There’s panic creeping into her tone.]

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bloodiedlace

You aren’t him. You won’t be.

There are people who all wield swords but not all of them are the same. This is a tool. An extension. It doesn’t have to make you into something you don’t like.

This is what he wanted me to be. He made me this.

I don’t-- [Her voice cracks, and then she moves for the door.]

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bloodiedlace

[ she frowns ] Why? I thought you wanted to be stronger. I’m trying to help.

[Hunter seethes, but it isn’t directed at Anais. It’s focus-less, impotent, and so she paces.] I am not him. I will not become more and more of him, what he planned for me to be.

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bloodiedlace

You’re dodging the question.

Because I am uncomfortable.

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bloodiedlace

But I’m not weak.

Why are you being so stubborn?

Why is this so important to you?

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bloodiedlace

You’d be more in tune with your powers, you’d be able to control it better.

There won’t be another moment of weakness for you again.

I highly doubt that. You are not invincible.

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bloodiedlace

There are nights when you want to give in to senseless violence. You feel like you’re a hunter and everyone else is just helpless prey, there for your taking.

[ a laugh ] I’m waxing dramatic, but it’s those nights where I feel the most in tune with the corvid.

[ and here, she gives a quiet confession ] After that night… a witch of my Wyrd found me. She taught me how to change, I can show you how, too.

And what is it good for?

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bloodiedlace

Hardly mangled, hardly twisted.

[ and here, she was… sympathetic. It wasn’t what Hunter wanted, it wasn’t what she wanted. ]

But I can’t keep complaining forever, neither could you. We are what we are now, I want to think I can own this affliction.

The other magic came naturally.

I do not know where to start with this.

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[There is a pause, and when Hunter speaks again, she sounds almost offended.]

And you think I should embrace that?

[bloodiedlace]

A little too late to ask that question, don’t you think? You’re what you are now, you might as well make the best of it.

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By becoming some sort of mangled, twisted avian?

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bloodiedlace

Your wings, our wings are not borne of magic from a witch’s grimoire.

It comes with our… affliction.

[There is a pause, and when Hunter speaks again, she sounds almost offended.]

And you think I should embrace that?

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You are a witch. Not me.

[bloodiedlace]

It’s not something that comes with being a witch, dear sister.

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I do not follow.

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bloodiedlace

[ she sighs ]

You have to learn to use them! You can be sour at me all you like, but one day you’re going to wish you could fly.

You are a witch. Not me.

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Sudden Death - Herryk

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nordicdragonborn

“Up there?” He looked up toward the path that the other mentioned, it wasn’t a dangerous looking one but it was fairly exposed, what if that mugger had friends that were lying in wait? “Well alright, if you say so.”

Herryk’s right arm reached for the war axe on his hip while the other remained bare, whether it would remain that way or be used for spell casting would depend on how well watched the path was. After a subtle gulp, the man complied with the woman’s request and proceeded up the path.

Her opinion of him dropped rather swiftly. Either fool or bandit, but neither sat well in her esteem. But he would make a nice target, and whomever lay up the path would surely shoot at him once she was out of sight.

It was easy enough to vanish into invisibility, then move into the little cover that lined the path. it wasn’t long before an arrow sailed out, headed for her erstwhile, foolish companion. She took the shot at the bandit who revealed himself, little caring whether or not his arrow connected with Herryk. That was up to his own abilities to deal with.