Chapter 39
Oasis
Lytha: EEps
T.A. Grimbergen: Hail!
Philip Cruz'ado: *nods*
Saraphin: *blinks*
Maglor the Singer: Grimbergen!
Saraphin: TA?
Maglor the Singer: Thank the gods!
Kyilaliana Jadystana: TA!
T.A. Grimbergen: Good thing kyil left tracks for me...thank you, dear
Maglor the Singer: *embraces him
Saraphin: VEEWA ilLEanirAM tyYLnyirELV FilV. *sighs*
T.A. Grimbergen: Good on ya, brother Maglor.
Maglor the Singer: tyYLnyirELV FilV?
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *stands on tiptoes, kisses him affectionately then blushes* Oh, um...
Lytha: {runs up and grabas Josephine's hand}
Saraphin: irA ilLW tyirECCEty ilLW latyilV VAan irYMan anirA SElaan ilLW ilMA anirA irilMWAlaan anE NAAty lailOA
Lytha: {and tries to pull her away from TA} DOn't hurt her!
T.A. Grimbergen: *hugs both kyil and maglor together*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Um, y...yes Lytha?
Maglor the Singer: FYan VMESFAMVAL irilla irAilCELV tyEamAMla illa amACC
Saraphin: ilOanAM elMAL *sighs sadly* E amEMMA ilFEYan NAAtyELV AEY ilCC lailOA, ilCC anirA SEMA
Maglor the Singer: We do what we must
Saraphin: *looks Maglor directly in the eye*
T.A. Grimbergen: Do you know any elvish, Philip?
Lytha: {clings to Josephine}
Philip Cruz'ado: None.
Maglor the Singer: But I do fear what lies ahead
Saraphin: Do not worry you two, I WAS talking about the two of you...
Philip Cruz'ado: *shrugs* Little use for it, myself.
T.A. Grimbergen: So...at least i'm not alone in the company of ignorance
Saraphin: *looks at them both...
Lytha: {looks at her saddly}. {eyes darting to TA and Maglor}
T.A. Grimbergen: True...but there is such beauty in the intonation...
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *grips Lytha's hand reassuringly and smiles nervously*
Lytha: {takes it and smiles happily}
Philip Cruz'ado: It matters not what languge you speak to your sword.
Saraphin: SilVCEM, E irYMan, E iltyECEVEJA OEM SA... ELiltyMEtyMEAanLAlala
Maglor the Singer: For thee Sara, I can offer thee little
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *shuffles feet conspiciously* St...Stop, o...okay?
Lytha: Bug! Points east}
Maglor the Singer: what is't?
Saraphin: *reaches for Lytha*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: O...Over th...there.
T.A. Grimbergen: Curses...i'd never thought we'd see those foul beasts again
Saraphin: lets avoid it?
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *delicately beckons to follow silently*
Saraphin: oh well
Saraphin: poor thing
Maglor the Singer: A mighty blow, Grimbergen!
Philip Cruz'ado: Probably heard us.
Saraphin: I am not very quiet... *sighs*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: I...I th...think it m...might be hunting us. It...It turned as we d...did... *clutches hands to chest with concern*
Philip Cruz'ado: *looks down at his armor*
Maglor the Singer: All the better. Then we will not need to seek them out
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *trembles nervously*
T.A. Grimbergen: Kyil...do these creatures cause fear as...spiders do?
Kyilaliana Jadystana: I...I don't l...like it h...here. W...Without trees, I...I...I feel h...helpless out h...here. I...I'll pr...probably get us l...lost, TA. *stares at feet awkwardly*
Philip Cruz'ado: *points ahead*
T.A. Grimbergen: I trust you always to find our path, dear.
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *delicately beckons to follow silently*
Lytha: Bug! {points}
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *puts finger to lips*
Lytha: {yawns} I'm tired
T_Stinger Swordsman: Damn you soft shells
Lytha: Go Flutterby
Saraphin: let us go then
T.A. Grimbergen: You foul insect!
Saraphin: we wll be gone soon enough
T.A. Grimbergen: Abomination!!
Saraphin: We are just passing through. I cannot do much with that spell
Lytha: {pets her friend}
T.A. Grimbergen: *gasps for air...*
Maglor the Singer: what a ghastly fight
Lytha: Amanda? I'm tired..
Philip Cruz'ado: *wipes brow* Quick for its size.
T.A. Grimbergen: *laps water greedily*
Maglor the Singer: *splashes water on face
Saraphin: *gently touches Maglor's shoulder*
Lytha: {curls up and rests}
Saraphin: I am so tired
Maglor the Singer: What is it Sera?
Lytha: {smiles}
Maglor the Singer: We cannot go on
Saraphin: you just seemed to need comfort...
Lytha: Hello Madame FLutterby
T.A. Grimbergen: Maglor?
Maglor the Singer: There is no strength left. We must rest here
Saraphin: Is it safe?
Lytha: {petting the creature}
Maglor the Singer: We have no choice
Philip Cruz'ado: I can see none.
Saraphin: that rock here. excuse me then
Kyilaliana Jadystana: And my a...arrows are j...just about g...gone. *rearranges a handful in her quiver*
Maglor the Singer: cousin
Saraphin: *looks very tired*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Th...Thanks!
Lytha: Go sleep Flutterby
Maglor the Singer: I have not many left either. I must sleep. *looks haggard
Kyilaliana Jadystana: I...I'll l...look ahead.
Lytha: {curls up with Amanda}
Maglor the Singer: These waters have healing qualities
T.A. Grimbergen: You must be dreadfully hot in that thick forest tunic, Kyil
Maglor the Singer: You are in pain, Brother?
T.A. Grimbergen: AH...i recall that last time we shared time together in a bath...
Maglor the Singer: *smiles
T.A. Grimbergen: Why is it the ladies never join us?
Maglor the Singer: yes.....a happier time was that. Alas, Grimbergen
Saraphin: Have you ever asked?
Maglor the Singer: of all the women in Jackelpine
Saraphin: *looking at TA with a very odd expression*
Maglor the Singer: We keep the company of prudes
T.A. Grimbergen: Maglor! Look to your left!
Lytha: {looks at Amanda curiouslyu}
Goblin Elite: *splashes around*
Saraphin: Well that is why I won't bathe with you Maglor... You are rude...
Goblin Elite: *looks up* EEEP
Maglor the Singer: Wait....you needn't fear us
Goblin Elite: no hurt me
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Wh...What!
Maglor the Singer: No we will not harm you
Goblin Elite: *looks suspicious*
Lytha: {splash splash}
Kyilaliana Jadystana: A g...goblin!
Maglor the Singer: Come, speak with me
Goblin Elite: No hurt Kreeg
Maglor the Singer: Nay, no harm will come to thee
Goblin Elite: Kreeg have nothing to steal
T.A. Grimbergen: Aye...interesting creatures...remember the one who lost his familiar?
Maglor the Singer: Trust me, little one
T.A. Grimbergen: That Shaman we met...
Maglor the Singer: I seek only knowledge
Goblin Elite: *nods* okeee
Philip Cruz'ado: *looks curiously at TA*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Oh, r...right! The b...bat!
Maglor the Singer: And thou lookest as though thou hast an abundance of it
T.A. Grimbergen: Kyil, you were the one who helped him out!
Maglor the Singer: Where is Osirik? How far is it?
Saraphin: That looks nice Lytha
Goblin Elite: *beams* Kreeg much smart
Saraphin: Did you enjoy your bath
Lytha: {smiles} It feels good. Come on!
Maglor the Singer: I doubt that not, Kreeg
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Well, I...*blushes with a slight smile*
Goblin Elite: Osi-ruk???
T.A. Grimbergen: Ah...i remember fondly...I was so impressed with you...and that was when i first took notice of you.
Lytha: Throws her robe off}
Maglor the Singer: *nods
Saraphin: lets go a bit away
Philip Cruz'ado: [Whisper] Well, I'll keep an eye out to the north. I think you can handle it, if it gets uppity.
Philip Cruz'ado: Lady?
T.A. Grimbergen: *nods to Philip*
Goblin Elite: *thinks*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Oh, TA...*admires him affectionately*
Goblin Elite: Not know Os seer ick but know big city
Maglor the Singer: Yes....the big city....how far is it from here?
T.A. Grimbergen: *smiles and gets lost in her eyes*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *looks up shyly through long, wispy bangs*
Goblin Elite: Long walk for Kreeg....long legs get der in 2 moonrises
Maglor the Singer: I see...... Tell me of yourself, little one....how is it you come here?
Saraphin: *dries off*
T.A. Grimbergen: You've grown so much in the time since we've met.
Goblin Elite: I look foe little pinchers in ponds
Saraphin: *washes clothes*
Lytha: {climbs out and puts her clothes on while still soaked}
Maglor the Singer: I see.......
Saraphin: *shakes them out*
Maglor the Singer: Harmless enough, I suppose
Goblin Elite: much gold i get for dem
Maglor the Singer: What can you tell me of these scorpion people?
Goblin Elite: long legs eat dem go yum yum
Saraphin: *places other garmet on rock to dry*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: TA? Do...Do you th...think L...Lytha's pr...pr...pretty? You kn...know, b...because you're b...both human and she...she's well, um...*blushes terrbily*...b...bigger? I...I mean t...taller!
Goblin Elite: *looks scared* bug men baaaaad
Maglor the Singer: I see.....the scorpion people eat the little crabs
Lytha: {flops in the sand to dry}
Maglor the Singer: Yes, the bug men are bad
Goblin Elite: they try to hurt Kreeg
Maglor the Singer: Yes, and Maglor
Goblin Elite: oh no. Kreeg will not go near the bug men
T.A. Grimbergen: P...pretty..? Well, um...she might have some attractive features, but her mind is a mess and i find that quite unappealing.
Maglor the Singer: I see........where do your people live
Goblin Elite: I sell little pinchers to long legs like you
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Oh... *shuffles feet conspiciously*
Maglor the Singer: Let me see one of them
Goblin Elite: *looks sad* Kreeg have no people
Lytha: {rolls over, covered with sand}
Maglor the Singer: Why do you have no people? Have they been killed?
Goblin Elite: Bug men kill them all
T.A. Grimbergen: And you stature is perfect! I like your supple and lythe features
Maglor the Singer: That is sad
Saraphin: takes her garmet*
Maglor the Singer: come, take this gift from Maglor
Goblin Elite: *sobs* lost all my brothers and sisters
T.A. Grimbergen: *kisses her on the cheek*
Goblin Elite: Kreeg alll alone
Maglor the Singer: Take that
T.A. Grimbergen: *strokes her hair and massages the back of her head*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *blushes happily, smiles downwards at her feet* Th...Th...Thank y...you.
Goblin Elite: weeeeee much gold! Kreeg thanks you long legs
Maglor the Singer: Go now, and do no evil, else Maglor will be angry with thee
Goblin Elite: *nods* Kreeg good
Maglor the Singer: Very well, Kreeg. Tell me
Lytha: {sits in the sand, playing with it and drawing}
Maglor the Singer: Which is the fastest way to the big city?
Goblin Elite: *cocks ear* *points north and east a bit* that way
Maglor the Singer: And what will I see between here and there
T.A. Grimbergen: I've never been to a desert before...it's not as deadly as i expected. How about you, dear?
Goblin Elite: much sand, little salty ponds, beeeg water and bug men
Maglor the Singer: I see
Goblin Elite: must be careful
Maglor the Singer: Thankyou Keeg
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *studies the goblin keenly* Why...Why would it be h...here all alone? It...It seems e...equipped for b...battle.
Goblin Elite: *beams*
Maglor the Singer: Perhaps we will meet again
Goblin Elite: Kreeg hope so. Kreeg lonely
Maglor the Singer: You should leave.....you should go west, into the forests. There will be more of your people there. But you must teach them to be good, not evil
Goblin Elite: Kreeg cannot. Kreeg different tribe then them gobs.
Maglor the Singer: I see........
Goblin Elite: they BAAAD gobs
Lytha: {giggles softly, moving to continue drawing}
T.A. Grimbergen: It is strange...and they are not likely much of a challenge to the scorpion-men...there must be something more to this little goblin for it to survive
Maglor the Singer: Yes
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *buries the toe of her boot in the sand* The gr...ground here is so st...strange, TA. I've n...never seen an...anything like it.
Goblin Elite: bird men der too
Maglor the Singer: I wish you well, then, little fellow. you've been quite a help
Goblin Elite: they try to eat Kreeg like rabbit. bye bye long legs
Maglor the Singer: Yes, well, we killed some of the bird men
T.A. Grimbergen: The golden sands are soft like your silky hair, Kyil.
Goblin Elite: dat good *waves*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *smiles lovingly*
T.A. Grimbergen: Ah, Maglor....how goes the parlay?
Maglor the Singer: We are two days from Osirik
Goblin Elite: *splashes about* Got yer!
Lytha: {continuing her doodling. Glancing at TA and Josephine nervously}
Maglor the Singer: That little fellow is a loner....his tribe was killed off by the bug men
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Um...
Goblin Elite: *puts spiny crab like thind in a jar*
Maglor the Singer: But he told me that we are two days from Osirik
Lytha: {finishes her drawing, looking up and Smiles}
T.A. Grimbergen: And you believe his story?
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Wh...What are y...you sk...sketching, Ly...Lytha?
Maglor the Singer: He was quite under my spell
Lytha: Just something
Goblin Elite: *splashes around some more* oooohhhh no more
Kyilaliana Jadystana: It...It's, um, very...n...nice.
T.A. Grimbergen: Ah...you seem to almost...pity him
Maglor the Singer: Why not? He is alone....he has lost all he loved.....like.....like us
T.A. Grimbergen: *tracks the goblin out of the corner of my eye*
Lytha: OOC - its a mural of sorts. Showing what looks like someone being attacked. Then someone rather fat. Then someone dead. And a small someone dead. And someone else dangling from a scaffold}
Goblin Elite: ahhh gotcher my beauty
Lytha: OOC - All done is stick figures.
T.A. Grimbergen: It would just seem strange, that he could survive all out here on his own.
Goblin Elite: *stuffs spiny crab like thing into a jar*
Maglor the Singer: He will probably die soon enough. I doubt he can long survive
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Oh...it, um, it's...*voice trails off as a whisper* *ears twitch nervously*
T.A. Grimbergen: A sad thought, even though he is a goblin
Lytha: {wraps her arms around Josephines legs}
Maglor the Singer: I have nothing but pity for a lonely soul
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Oh!
Maglor the Singer: Are thee and I destined for such an end?
Goblin Elite: Gotcher!
Lytha: {stands up, walking over the drawings}. Can we go home now?
Goblin Elite: *stuffs spiny crablike thing into a jar*
T.A. Grimbergen: I hope not...at least you have you children, and i my beloved...perhaps there is yet hope for us
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Wh...What are y...you, um, d...doing, Lytha? *looks extremely embarrassed* H...Home?
Maglor the Singer: But we have lost moonbeam.......we have lost moonbeam. *weeps quietly
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Wh...Where is y...your home?
Lytha: Home! You and Amanda and me. Back home.
T.A. Grimbergen: Aye...we have lost too much...
Maglor the Singer: *nods
T.A. Grimbergen: Perhaps...we can redeem one like this goblins? A life is a life
Lytha: I dont know. But you always could find it. So can we?
Maglor the Singer: indeed
Goblin Elite: *looks sad* no more little pinchers
Maglor the Singer: indeed....indeed. *shakes head, looks at ground. *puts hand on Grimbergen's shoulder. Let's go on, brother.....at least they'll sing about us
Kyilaliana Jadystana: H...Home, it's, um, w...well...*eyes seem to momentarily tear up but wipes her sleeve across them quickly* I...I'll try to f...find home. O...Okay?
Maglor the Singer: When.....when it's all done
T.A. Grimbergen: *nods*
Lytha: {smiles happily, nodding} Oh! Uhm, {looks very nervous}
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *coils ringlet of hair, chews split end* Y...Yes?
Lytha: {almost fearful}
Maglor the Singer: Where are the others?
Lytha: {moves off her drawing as Silver Cream come forward}
Kyilaliana Jadystana: Just n...north of us.
Maglor the Singer: And what is this drawing that the child has made in the sand?
T.A. Grimbergen: Silver cream...well, it could be worse
Maglor the Singer: I rather like it. What does she call thee?
Kyilaliana Jadystana: She...She...*pauses* I...I don't kn...know, M...Maglor.
T.A. Grimbergen: You were always the artiste, my friend... I...i don't know, Maglor...I think she actually knows my name
Maglor the Singer: 'tis well enough
Kyilaliana Jadystana: We sh...should keep m...moving north. The s...sun here, it's...*shields eyes wearily*
Maglor the Singer: A name is but a label that .....well....perhaps later
Fenwald : [Shout] a breeze picks up blowing the sand about stinging your skin
Lytha: Ouch!
Philip Cruz'ado: So, we move?
Saraphin: Are we ready?
Maglor the Singer: we must go on
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *blinks curiously at Lytha then at Saraphin and Phillip*
Saraphin: I was just waiting*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: R...Ready.
Philip Cruz'ado: I could see none ahead.
Lytha: {hugs Josephine}
T.A. Grimbergen: I'm glad to see you're able to get through to SIr philip, Saraphin...he is certain tight lipped
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *smiles awkwardly*
Lytha: She's going to take us home {smiles happily}
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *delicately beckons to follow silently*
Saraphin: *looks thoughtfully at Phillip*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *peeks nervously around corner* Oh! C...Could it be the w...way o...out?
Saraphin: Lytha
T.A. Grimbergen: Come, girl...I'll take the rear guard
Lytha: {keeps glancing back nervously. Dont'touch me!
T.A. Grimbergen: *sighs*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *grasps Saraphin's hand*
Saraphin: *looks at Kyilialiana*
Lytha: {nervously watching TA.
Saraphin: *smiling softly*
Kyilaliana Jadystana: I...I th...think it's, um, th...this way.
Saraphin: *smiles brightly*
Philip Cruz'ado: [Whisper] Worry more about learning your Lady's tongue, than the little one, friend.
Saraphin: You do so good Kyili
Kyilaliana Jadystana: *blushes*
T.A. Grimbergen: *smiles at Philip*
Saraphin: E ilS tyMEYW EO AEY
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