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Decisions of the Divine
Terdeskollit found himself laughing. The travelers were actually being entertaining. After another morning meal from the available plants, the group made it a point to tend to the horses. Not being able to talk to the animals, questions were asked of the centaur hoping that her partial equestrian form would allow her to empathize with the horses. The assumption was faulty because in being able to understand the situation, Celatia had blocked certain base urges. Her indirect replies caused Terish to physically inspect his steed for signs of distress.
The party learns that Terdeskollit can change his style.
Decisions of the Divine
Terdeskollit found himself laughing. The travelers were actually being entertaining. After another morning meal from the available plants, the group made it a point to tend to the horses. Not being able to talk to the animals, questions were asked of the centaur hoping that her partial equestrian form would allow her to empathize with the horses. The assumption was faulty because in being able to understand the situation, Celatia had blocked certain base urges. Her indirect replies caused Terish to physically inspect his steed for signs of distress. The youthful appearing man started with the hooves, and would yell out just how wonderfully crafted the body part was on his centaur. Ferrigote then went to each horse and made replies that indicated that they had more ideal physical attributes. Celatia did not get upset at the men, but started making vocal notes about certain habits of the animals and commenting that she would need to do start acting in such a manner herself. As each attempted to over exaggerate, the humor became funny even to the deity.
Feeling assured that the horses were not yet close to dying, the group started talking among themselves to assure each other of their own condition. Needing to travel through a completely black night, physical contact between them had occurred. Thaunya mentioned her legs hurting, and Ferrigote made a comment about what he felt bumping into her. The black haired lady returned a comment about his body odor. The muscular armored man replied that if she was not married, he might attempt to smell better. That comment led to one concerning certain sweet remarks that passed between Terish and Straekin whenever they did contact. The discussion got silly after that, but the group enjoyed the personal humor so continued on the topic for a period.
Terdeskollit could not believe it when the group started discussing the recent battles. The God had come to the conclusion that the experienced members of the group did not bother with the details of each combat. He however found them to have vivid recollections of each encounter. They had no trouble resetting a combat situation and stepping through the movements made. They used the reenactments to perfect certain maneuvers or give instructions to those of lesser capabilities.
As harsh and cruel as the deity knew his world to be, he came to the understanding that the travelers were becoming used to their environment. They had gained a confidence in surviving, and were starting to relax. Terdeskollit started conceiving of ways to make their path more difficult.
The God paused his thoughts as he heard laughter. Terish and Straekin had moved off to gather fruit, and felt themselves far enough from the others to speak privately to each other. The topic between the lovers had only been concerning explaining this expedition to the Daveldan council, but statements of ridicule passed between the two that each found humorous. The shared humor caused the two to move closer and share more personal comments. In watching the couple Terdeskollit found other plans enter his mind.
The adventurers were now doing what the deity had desired. They were expressing their emotions. Groans were made as the bodies were worked to ease aches. Complaints about various things were made just for the sake of voicing personal troubles. Concern for their situation was expressed. Finally, strong words of mutual support were made. Between Terish and Straekin, the statements were becoming extremely intimate.
The God did not have benevolent thoughts as he looked at the lovers. He considered the difficulties that could be introduced into their lives. He could sense that they had the comfort of not needing to worry about certain results of their joint actions of affection. It was truthfully out of maliciousness that a certain blessing was bestowed.
Straekin sensed the change in her body. A fear built up inside her as she felt a change pass through her that she knew was a surge of hormones. The lovely long haired lady thought that she would be ecstatic upon receiving a certain gift, but she suddenly realized the implications that this change in her would bring. She thought back on her past only to understand that she really had no experience with this aspect of life. Straekin found her mind screaming out its youth at the start of its immortality. The stresses of the regular rhythm of life had not been forced on her for centuries, and there was a fright at what centuries of the cycle might do to her.
Terish was completely uncertain how to act. His primary response was to be elated, but the countenance of his lady told him to suppress that emotion. The lean youthful appearing man was certainly not going to challenge his God in order to force a retraction of the blessing. He set himself to hold his place near Straekin and not allow her to retreat into solitude.
Yes, Ferrigote was paying attention to the lovers. The grassy area was not that large. Some had put their minds to relaxing for a period. Truthfully, the muscular fighter expected to rest for a period, but he knew better than to do so while Terish was distracted, and Ferrigote had no doubt that Straekin could distract the youthful appearing hero. The bearded armored man thus noticed the sudden movement of the couple, and tensed ready to react as necessary. The only thing that kept Ferrigote from moving to the lovers was Dathol coming near with his eyes scanning the sky letting the fighter know that it was not a simple monster that had caused the disturbance.
Terdeskollit was extremely pleased with the results of his action. None of his monsters had gained such an immediate and intense response. The God absorbed the emanations of emotions elated with the sensations. As the couple quietly acknowledged the change in their life and recommitted themselves to each other, the deity turned his attention towards duplicating the experience.
Thaunya was almost asleep when she felt a change come upon her. A strong sense of fear did not come from her in response, but a flood of memories passed through her mind. The black haired lady actually went to sleep peacefully reliving moments that were treasured.
The deity was not disappointed with the reaction from Thaunya. In its own way the response was as intense as that of Straekin. Terdeskollit had no memories of feeling such a variety of strong sensations. He reveled in the flood of feelings that came to him, and as the latter set faded he again sought a method of reenacting the experience.
Ferrigote really felt a need to ready his weapon, but he could tell by the demeanor of those still awake that the present situation did not fit into that category. He saw Terish tightly holding Straekin as the two walked to him, but somehow understood to hold his position and allow them to act on their own. Dathol continued to be a close silent presence, and the muscular fighter sensed nothing marking him as special.
"All right, Dathol, what is going on?"
"I suspect that your golden lady will be a complete woman when we find her."
Ferrigote glared at the holy man, then turned his attention back to the advancing couple. The bearded armored man was more than able to form connections between what Dathol had said and certain hopes that had been stated. The muscular fighter could not fathom why a certain action had been performed at this moment in time, but was presently not going to call anyone a liar.
It was the lovely long haired empress that spoke to the bearded hero. "Ferrigote, Terish made me promise that if I get a sudden urge to get mad at someone, to make it you."
"Like hell, I have had my number of wives. You belong to Terish, and he should just learn to deal with you."
Straekin closed to the man and kissed him on a cheek. She then asked Dathol where Terdeskollit was. The dark skinned holy man stated that the deity was close. Ferrigote turned his eyes to the long haired man as the lady now asked why the God acted at this time, because the bearded armored man wanted to hear the answer to that question himself.
"I know not why he chose this moment. I am given the impression that our earlier relaxed humor somehow triggered the response, but that is not the fear. What I have been told is that Terdeskollit has finally gotten a response that he had been seeking from us."
Ferrigote growled, "So he going to start being nice to us?"
Dathol could not suppress a smile in response to the question, but he did attempt to keep his voice even as he answered, "The monsters certainly were not bringing out the best in us."
Terdeskollit found himself pleased with the fighter. The man was filled with questions, but held them within waiting for the proper time to seek answers. Ferrigote had spent a number of decades challenging the unknown, and was not scared of it. He was concerned for those that traveled with him however, especially Terish and Straekin. The one that was a native of this dead world was the only friend the fighter would claim which made the lady something special to him as well. The God sensed that the muscular armored man would challenge him if a method and cause were stated. The emotions both pent up and revealed pleased Terdeskollit and helped soothe certain feelings that he had due to an action he performed that had not gained any response.
Ferrigote knew why the couple had gone off alone, so had to ask, "Well, does this change increase certain activities, or curtail them for the time being?"
Straekin actually found herself slightly embarrassed by the question, but worked to answer it. "It will curtail it for the moment. It is not the place, but that I don't know how this change will affect me. I would prefer allowing a little time to adjust and check myself out."
"Well, go ahead and try to get some sleep. Your body probably needs some time to get itself in order. I suddenly do not feel like sleeping."
Terish had his attention on Straekin, but his senses stayed alert to everything around him. "What is wrong, Gote?"
"Stay with Straekin, kid. I meant what I said about her body needing time, and I simply want you getting rest. Something tells me that Terdeskollit just got scary."
I am stopping things here for now. The next chapter is titled, "The Ocean of Reality."
Posted by TerishD on Friday, June 13, 2003 (05:47:47) (916 reads)
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