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Post by Nica on Feb 28, 2005 19:20:41 GMT -5
As she tasted flight for the first and last time on that world, her heart and spirit soared. Her death was swift but she had already left her shell. Out her spirt flew to her new home in the heavens. But this was not to be. The heavens would not accept her and the hells could not use her. Thus was her spirit blessed and cursed to live another life. She could not return to her world but was sent to another. She would remember nothing, know nothing of the pain and the love that she felt. Only her name remained, a symbol of who and what she was and what she would become. With the turning of a page she is reborn. May the gods have mercy on her this time.
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Post by Nica on Mar 1, 2005 13:58:01 GMT -5
I awoke on a wooden platform. How I got there I do not know. I know my name and how to speak but little else. I have met a few others. They are different or is it I who is different. I was given gifts, some of which are too strong in magic for me to handle. In time I will grow and use them. I was told of tests to be faced that I may speak to he who lives in the mountain of fire. I have started the path and I have made it to the base of the mountain. Many times was I nearly killed but I prevailed. I know i am not ready but I will be soon.
I met a farmer that ask a favor. Strange beetles were killing his crops. I was ask to stop them and return their insides. He pays well and my training continues. He is pleased with the help and I am rewarded with a place to stay for a time. Yet, the tests call. The robe and the sword now answer when I touch them, I am stronger. It is time to answer the call of the tests.
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Post by Nica on Mar 1, 2005 21:40:55 GMT -5
I have meet He who lives under the mountain. With the aid of another who risk her life many times but her heart failed her at the end. Alone I completed the tests and met him. I was given new tasks by him and shall complete them as well. Along the way I met a hunter by the name of mantis. He was friendly but to the point. His help was offered should I need. For this I am thankful. My training goes well but my thoughts turn to other things. What secrets lie in my past that I can not remember and should I try to uncover that which is gone? Perhaps it is best to leave the past as the past. I have a name and a home, for now that is enough. A winding path lies before me, one that I must follow. A choice made and to be made but I do not walk alone. A fey is with me, one that is a part of me in a way I do not understand. She does not remember the binding but bound we are none the less. Perhaps a key to my past or a guardian. It is not yet time to know.
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Post by Nica on Mar 3, 2005 4:09:32 GMT -5
An interesting talk happened within the city. Osa, myself, and a half celestial named Pe-Eht. He has many thoughts as to who and what I am. My wings say I have celestial blood but what it is mixed with he is not sure. He discounts the possibility that I am not mixed because one not mixed is a servant, messanger, or a warrior for a diety. I now seek a sage or a cleric that can tell me what my blood carries and perhaps a part of my past. Osa was talking about her past and it drove me to tears although I know not why. Perhaps the heart remembers what the mind can not.
Osa and I with the help of a goblin completed one of the tasks given to me by he who lives under the mountain. He kept refering to me as fast food although he was quicker than I in travel and I am Nica, not food. We had to take an oath to become pirates to obtain the item and was accepted by them. I carry their badge and will seek no harm for them. Perhaps I will try to help them to turn to a better life if I can.
My hands found a task for when I have none. I lifted a pick and went in search of ore. The work was hard but I now have metal to start. It was strange the feelings it brought. A joy I had not known and a desire I can not yet fill. To make that which is needed or desired, to help others grow strong, to find in this world what can be done, perhaps this is why I am here.
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Post by Nica on Mar 4, 2005 0:38:55 GMT -5
I have found one that can help me with the questions of who and what I am. Some special items are needed but there is hope. Hope that I will be more than a name and a bit of flesh. Perhaps I will have as rich a past as Osa but I dare not think of that. Such sadness overtakes me when we speak but I do not know why. I long to know but I am afraid, afraid that what was hidden was more than I could bear and should remain so.
A small band of us completed more of the tasks for He who lives under the mountain. One task remains and we will have completed his tasks. I look forward to making him happy. I have come to respect him and I hope he smiles on me when I go in search of items within his caves.
I have found a place to gather rough gems to form rings and amulets. It is hard work but it allows me time to think, to plan, and perhaps to grow. My training goes well and more powerful pets are able to be called. Perhaps as I grow I will be able to expand my abilities to craft. To help others to grow as well and perhaps to find a place to build a home.
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Post by Nica on Mar 4, 2005 10:12:29 GMT -5
While getting some gems from the cave I met a new friend. He hasn't decided on a name yet but he is very nice and cute. His friend Fred passed away a while back and he had to find a new home. Now he stays in the cave under a rock. He tried to stay in the swamp but the bandits tried to eat him. I felt sad that I did not have a house that I could share with him. But when I do it will have an open area wth trees, rocks, bushes and a stream so he can be happy and live there safely and no one will try to take him and sell him. He says that others only see a snake and I'm the first to call him cute. I will be looking for books for him so he has good ones to read. I hope I see him again soon.
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Post by Nica on Mar 8, 2005 4:58:21 GMT -5
I did a bit of traveling and snake decided to follow. I made two new friends named sapphire and ambrose. Sapphire was at the temple when snake showed up. Shortly a ship captain showed up and threatened to hurt snake. After a bit of talk sapphire paided the captain while snake stayed asleep in my arms. That was very nice of her. Later I met Ambrose and we went to the temple island. It is nice there. I had time to think and relax.
I completed all the tasks He who lives under the mountain ask me to do. He was very happy. and I spent a bit more tme at the temple.
The gem hunting goes well. I have found a new place to get them on a funny island. Osa joined me there and we talked. I got to show her my new dresses. Then I woke up in peri and I met Waz. A butterfly landed on his finger and it died. He must have had something on his hand. We talked a bit and everyone got upset. I took Waz's hand and every one calmed down. We got to play with kittens and a wolf and lay in the grass. Waz didn't feel good so he took a nap and I snuggled close so he would not get cold. He is nice and I like being with him. I even gave him a kiss because I care about him.
I saw ambrose again. We went to see this building with a lot of books and then I read a story I don't quite understand. We talked and then we went to see sapphire. She said somethin that scared me but I don't know why. We were talking about what osa said about us and I got scared. I hope she isn't mad at me.
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Post by Nica on Mar 10, 2005 3:56:50 GMT -5
While workng in the crafting shopwith Waz on battle island a metal man came in. He neeeded gems so his master could do repairs to a flying ship. I had some of the ones he needed and gave them to him. In return he gave me a necklace. After he left a wolf lady that Waz could not see came in and sniffed. A green skinned celestial called and she left. They met up with some others in the courtyard. Waz could not see them but I could. They were looking for the metal man and the flying ship. I came forward and said hi but at first they acted like I was not there. When I told them about the metal man wanting gems and that I gave some to him they became upset. The green skinned celestial was puzzled that I could see him and took us to a special place. We sat and talked. I found out a little about the one that captains the flying ship and much about my self. He told me that I am not mixed but a full celestial. He also told me that because something may have happened that I don't want to remember my past. I now know I will serve one but I have to find them.
Much has happened including a game with Waz. We would take turns answering questions or doing as the other asked. I hope Waz did not become angery with me. I do care for him but I need to understand who and what I am before I can share with another.
The next day I found sapphire and talked to her. She was not mad at me and understood. She is a good friend. A little later we met up and she was following a lantern archon. I had never seen one so I ask if I could follow as well. Some others joned us as well and we followed it. We went to a graveyard and a crypt. There were sleepers there and orcs. Some one had woke them up and they were upset. We put them back to sleep except for one. He was tough. Timo called him Vecna and he kept playing hide and seek with us. He dropped a stone tablet the last time and left. When we returned to the fresh air many things were waiting on us. I was hurt and could not fight but my friends won. We returned to peri and timo and I tried to talk to the archon. It seemed to like me so I took it to selune's island so it would be safe. Sapphire was there and we talked a bit more.
A few days later Osa came in to the gem shop and we talked. I think I understand what happened to me now. I was a half celestial and somehow I had my wings taken. I could not live with this and my husband and I jumped off a cliff into the sea. His body as found but mine was gone. I don't fully understand why this happened after that but it does not matter. I know enough and I can go on. A new life has began for me. I need no longer fear the past or allow it to control me. I am Nica ,I am a celestial, and I have been give a new start. Let the healng begin.
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Post by Nica on Mar 17, 2005 22:43:26 GMT -5
I saw snake again. I was working in the house of forges and he came in. He hid in a chest I was using to store coal. A little later a guard came in looking for him. The guard thought snake had stolen his pouch of gold. I ask him why he thought that since a snake has no hands. The one that was with him began to tease him about the about the amount of drink he had consumed and they decided that he had most likely dropped it. After they left snake came out and curled up in my arms. We talked for a bit and he ask me for a feather so he would not forget me. He fell asleep after returning the money we gave to the captian for his passage a few days ago. I have to return it to sapphire. A short while after that a funny ttle creature wandered around the shop. It looked like a bunch of sticks tied together in the shape of a man. My wings covered myself and snake and it just squeaked when I tried to talk to it. It soon left and I fell asleep holding snake in my arms.
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Post by Nica on Mar 20, 2005 10:10:42 GMT -5
So much has happened, where do i begin. I got to see snake again. He found me and sharwyn in the giants caves in the hills while we were chasing a wooden thing that flies. The giants got to it first and destroyed it. It was good to see him but sharwyn was not too thrilled to meet him. As we talked a celestial appeared and told us to be careful. It seems some strange events are happening north of peri. Snake showed us a short cut and we headed back to the city and then went north. Snake went ahead to scout and we waited. When he did not return we decided to go look. A metalman was guarding the gate to the windmill. I ask to see his master and was refused. I knew a little of his master and wanted to know more. I was not going to be stopped by a metal man. We talked some and a gold metal man came. He also told me no but I would not be stopped. After a few words a man in robes came and told the metal men it was OK. Sharwyn tried to push past him and got hurt. We talked for a bit but the man was a bit rude. He then floated onto his flying ship and told his metalmen to kill us and left. They were tough but we won. He left some nice gems though. After that another celestial appeared after we found snake unharmed. I told him what little I had learned and he was glad.
I now know what I am here to do. I have to stop the master of that ship and protect heaven. It is time to start my training as a cleric. I think Mystra will accept my service.
Osa and her husband to be were in trouble and needed a ring of wishes to restore them. We went and got one that lanthar knew where was and he made a good wish for each and restored them.
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Post by Nica on Apr 7, 2005 2:44:00 GMT -5
So much has happened and I have had no time to organize my thoughts. Waz has proposed again and I have accepted. What a joy to have him take me back after my mistakes. We have also found a house. We are waiting to hear a price as the land dealer was gone for a bit. There is still much to do but our path is set. My training grows as a cleric and I gain confidance. I have also maintained my skills as a wizard although I do not get to train with them as much. My skills at the forge also grow but slowly But I will not give up. I hope to forge armor to protect the ones I care about. Only time will tell but I shall not give up.
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Post by Nica on Apr 8, 2005 1:30:55 GMT -5
I got to see snake again. We had a nice visit but he was a bit tired and fell asleep in my lap. Later when he woke up waz was there and he got to meet him. Waz and Gen'ir got into an argument and snake kinda got in the middle of it protecting me. He bit both and put them to sleep for a bit. Waz became very upset at this. I have to talk to snake and set some house rules for both of them. I so wish my friends could get along.
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Post by Nica on Apr 19, 2005 11:28:19 GMT -5
With the setting of a wedding date and the reasons behind her missing it, she is feeling a bit out of sorts. Luckly waz understood and forgave her. However, after a talk with one that knew her before much was revealed. Many suprizes were told to her and even her familisr decided it was time to leard the whole truth. Her two marriages were revealed as well as more detail of her death. Friendships were explained and a bond was strengthened. Her many forms were also revealed and what she came into the other world as the first time. All this was revealed except for one final fact. Who/what was her parents. The only clues to that lay in what she did that in her eyes set things in motion. The calling of her familiar untrained and underage. That and a later referance from a demon saying that she had great power untapped. She has hid her self away for a bit to understand what she was and what she is. To understand all she has been told and to decide where she is to go from here. The scars on her hands and the X across her heart are now understood. Blood was needed and given for her diety and her friend. The X is where she tried twice and failed to find death. She found the love she had for one she called father and one that was and is a close friend. Tine, her familiar gets what she needs to survive and explains as she can. The path to understanding is long and rough but together they will make it. Soon she will emerge like a butterfly to see the world anew. She has promises to keep but her time will come. Once a gnome, a celestial, an elf, and now something more and less. A bit of all and something else. Something that sleeps within her, that which set her path and even now guides her through it's dreams. The healing is over, now it is time to live.
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Post by Nica on Apr 25, 2005 11:54:57 GMT -5
Waz has been missing for a long time and her worry has grown. He has gone at times for a length of time but never this long. Her concern grows to worry and a plan is formed. She trusts the Goddess of Magic and nearly offered her service. Now she must ask a favor and offers a gift to please her. A dagger forged by her own hand. The copper is shaped and reshaped to bring it to a pure state. then the weapon is forged. The metal almost glows with the care she pours into it's crafting. A silk wrapping for the handle is being made by her close friend Aelos. Many stones were looked at for the hilt but a diamond was selected. She cuts and polishes it with the same care that she forged the dagger with. Once set, she will enchant it with what skill she contains. She will add the power of lightning because she feels it is closest to magic. It is hopped that this will plase Mystra and she will ofer a clue as to where Waz is.
Her friendship with Aelos grows as well. She has come to love him as deeply as Waz. He tells her of their past and how he feels and her heart remembers and answers. She has blood bonded with him and now they are linked. Addng a second scar to her left hand. Not deep but there none the less. Tine explained what was done before and she repeated it with him. There s still no word as to her house as well. She waits, hopes, and continues to work.
Dealinthor needed help to recover a sword and she was asked to join them. The misson was a sucess and she was given a strong item as a reward for her service. The act of helping him was reward enough but the offering was not to be refused for fear of hurting his feelings. He is a good friend and worthy of respect.
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Post by Nica on Apr 27, 2005 18:32:10 GMT -5
With the dagger completed and enchanted to hold a spell of lightning se begins her devotions to Mystra. The dagger a gift the Lady of Magic. Her prayers a request for information as to where he is to be found. Hours grow into days and still she persists. Hoping against hope for some sign as to where he is to be found. At the end of many days, as she sleeps, a dream comes to her. A building in the woods, one she has seen a few times but never entered. As she wakes the dream remains. "Thank you Lady Mystra" is whispered from her trembling lips. She rises and prepares to journy to the place of her dreams. Fear mixes with hope as she prepares. What awaits her is unknown, perhaps a clue to be followed or a chance to save his life. What ever awaits she must go. Many days have passed and the strain shows for those that care to look. With out Aelos to lean on she would have fallen many times but this time she must go alone. She must learn his fate for herself. A note is left at Osa's house in case she does not return in time detailing where she has gone and why. .
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