NationStates Jolt Archive

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(OOC- Somebody told me to move this from general to the Nationstates thread. I hope I got it right this time...)


OOC- Hi. I've been trying to write a book for a while (in four years I've restarted 14 times) but I've hit 'the wall' and could really do with hearing something really atmospheric. You have my word that I will not take anything you write (as if I could ever get anything published), though I will not be offended if you keep the really good ideas to yourself. This is not part of the book and just something I'll think up as I go along...


IC-

Aelamyn leaned against the sturdy parapet as he took from the quiver at his waist a long, slender arrow, and watched the silhouetted figures around the outer wall moving in exhaustively drilled patterns. Lowering the shaft onto his bowstring, a thin golden cord woven from the hair of the fairest Kenar, he closed his right eye and focussed on a single figure. He drew the arrow back to his shoulder, his breath becoming an icy vapour, obstructing his view as the bow shuddered under the tension of the string. Aelamyn blew a braid of silver hair from his eye. Finally he released the arrow, the fletched blade arcing gracefully into the air and into the silhouette, which instantly fell forward over the wall and onto the short grass below. As a high-pitched cry resounded around the bailey, Aelamyn ducked behind the wall and faded back into the shadows.

By the way, I know this isn't in the NationStates time zone, but I'm thinking of ways to dovetail it in for now. Again, this is not going to be included in the book so you don't have to worry about me taking your ideas.

Where, what, and why...would need a great deal more before anyone could actually start role playing with you on this one.
There are a number of current RPs that play out in the 'past', so it would be simple enough to work your RP into the so-called NationStates timeline.

In other words...tag...

OOC- Here I'm using the first paragraph merely to catch attention, and am going to post in reasons and the like at a later date (in the book i don't let the reader know what's going on until the second paragraph). Also, I am not worried about anything other than inspiration for the book, but I'm working on another paragraph right now...

OOC- I suppose it's not really an RP. Just continue with your own paragraph and I shall be eternally grateful.

Aelamyn silently vaulted over the parapet as the guards rushed to the gatehouse. A heartbeat later he landed softly in the grass below, and rolled swiftly into a heavily shadowed patch. He glanced around and saw in the far distance a figure, a shape of darkness deeper than that high above him. Aelamyn threw the bow into his quiver and slowly drew from his back a long katana. He did not move as the figure came closer but to lean back into a fighting stance. Before he noticed the passage of time, the shadowy man was standing right before him.

"Leave here. You're business is already concluded," spoke a voice saturated with sadness.

"Xhade, the Astromancer made it clear I did not wish for you to continue following me," replied Aelamyn, careful to keep as quiet as possible. He lowered his blade slightly.

"She has seen much since that, which there is not time for here, yet all the portents say that I am to keep a close eye on you. I know you have business with the Thane, which I have finished. Within the walls of Distren-Andros is not a place for you to die."

Indeed, it was not. Of all the places in Senluii, the corrupt land of Dagugaur was the last place many would dare venture into, and the fortress of Distren Andros was well known for the ingenious contraptions of torture housed within. Aelamyn thought of the mutilated corpses littering the nearby forests and resolved that he would not become one of them. He sheathed his sword and looked to see if anybody had seen his blade shimmering in the night. The guards were gone, and an eerie silence rang through the bailey.

"What twisted magicks have caused this?"

"She is waiting in the Hall." Xhade turned and faded into the darkness. Aelamyn took his bow and carefully followed.

OOC- Feel free to change the plot as much as you want. I've hit (deep, booming voice) 'The Wall', so you can alter Senluii's history as much as you want, just don't destroy the place.