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Post by Admin on Jul 17, 2007 10:55:45 GMT -6
Regent waits patiently in the shadows as the envoys of several nations await his signature on the documents implementing new laws and statutes throughout the lands. Regent awaits the elders and the politicians to preview the new statutes. These same whom have gathered in witness to these proceedings thousands of years before. As they warrant their approval Regent is swift to sign and be done with the proceedings as soon a possible.
"Hence forth ladies and gentlemen, we stride together to our future. Let us retire knowing that we have striven to pave the way toward a better tomorrow. He bows and the others leave in pomp procession. Leaving Regent with the documents left on the table in the end of the room.
Little demonlings take up the documents and stow them away in protective cases marked with the crest of the high king and scurry off to the master vault with their treasures of state.
Regent sighs and makes his way for the empty throne. He speaks into the darkness before he gathers a few items left at the throne's base. "Come now Thane, Dawn approaches and we have yet much to do today."
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Post by Thane on Jul 17, 2007 11:14:29 GMT -6
From the shadows red eyes pear out from the darkness. A hulking form moves quietly into the dim light of the throne area. Thane stands before Regent with his arms crossed. "As you wish." The hound grumbles in compliance.
Guard duty during the state processions is tedious for Thane. He lurks in the shadows watching the lawmakers drone away at their affairs making it hard for him to stay alert for would be assassins. At any moment one may strike at the blink of an eye. His watch ever present from the shadows remaining hidden to counter any threat to the Chancellor with rapid and overwhelming response.
Thane waves his massive paw and the other elite who have been stationed unseen, file back and exit swiftly to their next assignments.
"What are you hoping to accomplish today Chancellor?" Thane hopes to have an idea of what to prepare for. "I stand ready to assist as you may direct M'lord." Thane says with a bow.
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Post by Ciel on Jul 17, 2007 13:35:18 GMT -6
Ciel has woken quickly and dressed herself. She is not late, she is right on time. As soon as it was prudent, Ciel shadowed in, at a bow.
"Yes, Chancellor. Shall we begin?"
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Post by Regent on Jul 18, 2007 12:57:03 GMT -6
Regent smiles as Ciel enters. "Ahh, Lady Ciel, I thank you for your punctuality. As a proper lady in the employ of the empire, I would expect no less of you now."
He gathers up his things in a large duffel and slings it over his shoulder. "Today we begin your training at detection of unseen forces, the use of magical lenses, forensic investigation and a smidgen of anthropological archeology"
He steps toward Ciel and raises her face gently with a soft hand to look him in the eye. "Today we will learn what actually happened that fateful day in the ball room. I need you to stay with me and recount exactly what you see, no matter how disturbing or irrelevant it may appear to you. That goes for you as well Thane, anything no matter how small."
Regent removes his hand from Ciel slowly and assuringly not to alarm her. "Knowledge is how we shall fight this battle to free our ensnared queen. But as all things we must start at the beginning."
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Post by Thane on Jul 18, 2007 13:19:59 GMT -6
Thane nods in agreement. "Very well, So shall it be." Thane recants very seriously. His mind is uneasy venturing back into the ballroom. Whatever took place there must be understood and he is ready to seek out the truth. No matter how sick he may feel about it.
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Post by Ciel on Jul 18, 2007 17:45:25 GMT -6
Smiling her best back at Regent, Ciel nods. "Thank you for your tutelage, once more Chancellor. It is a great honor."
As he lifts her face and says what they are to do, Ciel's stomach tightens and she looks sick herself. "Yes, Chancellor. Whatever I see."
She adds very quietly, "No matter how disturbing...or how much I wish to forget."
She heard Thane answer, and she knows that he is just as uncomfortable in this as she is. The last time they were in that ballroom, the unthinkable happened. And the unthinkable is exactly what they had come to research. She only hoped that she could handle it.
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Post by Regent on Jul 19, 2007 10:14:40 GMT -6
Regent smirks at Ciel and nods at her. "Let's get underway. I've several things for you to look at on our march to the ballroom." Regent removes an odd looking device from his bag and fiddles with the buttons and dials so it begins to hum a bit. "Have a look through here Ciel." He says pointing at the goggle mask on the device. He hands it to her so she may take it and view through the lenses. "Don't be frightened, it is simply a tool, a very special tool indeed."
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Post by Thane on Jul 19, 2007 10:41:03 GMT -6
Thane looks on as Regent and Ciel look at the weird contraption. He sighs softly wanting to get this over with. He waits reluctantly for Regent with his furry, chain laden arms crossed as he stares at Ciel with the look of 'come on already'.
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Post by Ciel on Jul 19, 2007 13:35:09 GMT -6
Ciel takes the device carefully and begins to look through it. She looks at Thane and all she can see is red fire energy. "Most impressive Chancellor...most impressive"
She begins to wander and look through the goggles, wondering at everything she sees.
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Post by Regent on Jul 20, 2007 9:42:22 GMT -6
Regent watches her with the device and he smiles at her reactions while looking through the lenses. "Almost everything has its own power. When you view it through the image, you can see that power in its naked truth. If you rotate the oculars different things become visible as the spectrum of the filter changes."
He demonstrates how to rotate the dial for Ciel. "Each gage has its own reading for the different elementals, earth, fire, air, and water, but that is not all. It can also read void and light, necro-energy, darkness and so forth."
Regent steps back and lets Ciel experiment with the goggles. "Look around and tell us what you can now see."
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Post by Thane on Jul 20, 2007 9:48:55 GMT -6
Thane watches as Ciel looks at him through the device and he wonders what she sees. He looks at her with a side ward glance as she looks about in awe. "So you're saying that can allow one to see the energy of our life-force?" Thane asks of regent with a clawed finger pointing at the device. "How is that possible?"
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Post by Ciel on Jul 20, 2007 12:38:44 GMT -6
Ciel rotates a few dials and is in complete awe. "I see multitudes of different things...there is a tiny water elemental hiding behind a wall there, and along the floor, there are footprints in all different colors...and on the throne there...it is dark. Very dark."
Ciel kept looking, even though wishing to stop. She had to make these things tell her what she wanted to see.
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Post by Regent on Jul 20, 2007 15:07:50 GMT -6
Regent nods as she inspects the room and comments on the proceedings. Regent looks to Thane and answers his questions. "It is simple really, the energy we give off is always present even if the naked eye is unable to view it. Just as your night vision allows you to view things through the dark sight and see things in the dark, this device sees things in different ways as well. Each lens is amplified by the energy source on the machine and a multitude of microscopic tiny beams analyze each item for its energy patterns. Each individual filter isolates them and transfers that information to the eye of the viewer."
Regent looks again to Ciel. "Can you see the band to the far left in the viewer Ciel? That tells you the amount of power the energy holds in the object you are sampling. This can detect even the faintest of energy levels of, say a dimensional portal, or kinetic trap waiting to snare a person that wanders too close."
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Post by Ciel on Jul 23, 2007 1:33:01 GMT -6
Ciel nodded, moving the viewer away from the Throne hastily. "Yes, Chancellor... I see it..."
She removed her eyes from the contraption and looked up to the Chancellor for a second, then swept her eyes back behind the thing. Pointing it down at her hand and , concentrating very hard, looked at her palm. She squealed and almost dropped the goggles. "Chancellor, I can see my sphere! I can see my ball of darkness as it grows! This is a most wondrous contraption..."
She continued to look around, careful to step anywhere dangerous.
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Post by Thane on Jul 23, 2007 13:16:11 GMT -6
Thane makes for the door and holds it open for the others as he clears his voice to get their attentions. "Shall we make for the Ballroom Chancellor? I am most eager to put this daunting task behind us as quickly as possible." Thane says with a slight bow to Regent.
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Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2007 13:30:22 GMT -6
Regent nods at Thane. "Yes let us make way, We've lots to investigate and time is fleeting." He says as he ushers Ciel toward the door. "Allow me my dear... Regent says as he takes her gently by the free hand to guide her. Thus allowing her to freely continue her viewing of things through the goggles as the make their way into the halls of the palace. -Continued- rpgqod.proboards38.com/index.cgi?board=ballroom&action=display&thread=1185219576&page=1
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