-insert name here-'s Place and Everywhere Else ~ Geezerville

[damecharlie]

Harvest Moon Child

He sighs. Wrong place, wrong time. You're not an accomplice before or during the crime. Unfortunately, if you didn't make a report, the charge becomes Aiding and Abetting. Did these men threaten you? He supposes they did and that should reduce the charges if she feared for her life. But he knows the prosecutor. He'll want to bargain, her testimony in exchange for her freedom. Not knowing who "these guys" are, but knowing who Lily's been involved with, her freedom could very well cost her her life. He looks at his client. She has no way of knowing what Lily's told him, also Attorney-Client Privileged. Mobsters. There's always witness protection... yeah right.

((Pause in time *stops the clock* and we'll pick up in retropost later.))

dame continues to stare at her hands, "No, no they did not. They didn't get a chance, really. Only the man who fired the shots and myself got arrested. Everyone else made it out. sad I was too scared to run. I had my eyes shut during so much of it..."  

[Ryzan Vixtul]

*frowns* I suppose I am just delaying. I do not know what he will think when he finds out....

*sighing again, he looks over at Draa, then down at the lar khaliizi.*
As they say, "there is no time like the present", xas?

*takes a deep breath, then places his fingers over the top and bottom of the device to activate it*
V... Vendui', Quortek...

*there is a bit of a delay before Tes' voice can be heard*
This damn well better be an emergency, Ry.

*winces and looks at Draa*
Nau... not quite...

Then why the hell are you using it?! Do you -want- to get caught or something?
I am not at the tavern. I am at dame's apartment with Draa. There.... there is something I wish to speak with you about... in person.
It was enough of a risk to be seen together at the Cabana bar. I don't know...
It has to do with your family.

*Draa looks at him puzzledly and there's a silence on the other end for a short while*
... you have a lot of explaining to do...
Damn right you do. What the hell can you possibly know?
Shut up, Draa.
I... I will explain the best I can when we meet.
I'll be there tomorrow night. I'm still working on getting some things in order.
Where would be a good place?
You're sitting in it.... or at least I'd assume you were sitting. Going anywhere else would be suspicious of you.
Alright. I will be here. Plynn kyon, Quortek...

*the lar khaliizi shuts off without Tes saying anything in return first. Before Draa can start up anything, he shakes his head and places the device back into his vest*
I will tell you when Quortek arrives. For now, I am quite tired and should head back to my quarters.

*He stands and starts heading for the door, but Draa stops him and asks him to stay there instead to make sure he's not left out of the conversation, even offering up the bed. At first he's not sure, but Draa convinces him to stay since they have no idea when Tes is going to actually show up. He changes the sheets on the bed before settling in for the day {{because technically this was all happening this morning}}, hoping that Tes won't be too upset with him when they speak*  

[Ryzan Vixtul]

*the unfamiliar surroundings as well as the uncertainty of how Tes will take what he has to say make it difficult for him to sleep. It isn't until late afternoon that he finally dozes off.

During the night, he is awoken when he feels the bed move. He thinks at first this is due to Draa going in there to retrieve something and just tries to go back to sleep, but then he's kissed lightly on the lips. A bit alarmed, he gasps and moves away, opening his eyes to see who it is. Relief sets in when he finds Tes there, laying at the edge of the bed beside him.*
Q... Quortek... redface

*moves back and cuddles against him, clinging to him tightly*
I have missed you greatly redface *nuzzles into his chest*  

[ThisEmptySoul]

*laughs slightly and pets Ryzan's hair*
I haven't been gone that long, Ry.

*closes his eyes and breathes deeply of Ryzan's scent, embracing him*
I've been gone for much longer before... and I may have to stay away for a while longer still...  

[Ryzan Vixtul]

*pouts and looks up at Tes*
Lu'oh mzilt velendev? sad It has been lonely without you, even in the short amount of time you have been gone. I had told Draa yesterday that... since you and I are lovers now... it is not the same as when you would disappear for a while on Norrath. We went from being close and always together to suddenly not seeing each other and barely speaking. It is difficult...  

[ThisEmptySoul]

I don't know how much longer. It'll be fine. I'm already working on a way to see you more regularly.
*kisses Ryzan's forehead*

So... what's so important about my family that you had to call me over now of all times? All I've really got is mum and she likes to think I don't exist. I highly doubt that's changed, so what else is there?  

[Ryzan Vixtul]

*sighs, wishing he could have just stayed in bed with Tes a while longer*
I will explain to both you and Draa in a moment. Just let me freshen up a bit first, jugare?

*Tes nods and goes into the livingroom while Ryzan uses the facilities, showering and dressing. Unfortunately he doesn't have a toothbrush and he wouldn't feel right using Draa's, so he just has to go without sweatdrop When he comes out, Tes and Draa are already having a conversation, seemingly some sort of arguement on who would have handled dame's abduction better sweatdrop gonk Shaking his head, he takes a seat on the couch next to Tes on a side where he can face both Tes and Draa while he speaks. He waits until the conversation between Tes and Draa dies down and they put their attention on him.*

I... I have a bit of a confession to make. You had always thought the reason I joined House Vx'tul was because I could not join a more prestigious House due to my association with you. Rilu'oh... I... I specifically joined House Vx'tul to learn more about you. I found out through my mother that your mother, Sivlaii, was once a warrior of House Vx'tul, jhal she was excommunicated when she refused to take steps to kill you before you were born. It was not known why by the general public of Neriak... many did not even know why she was excommunicated to begin with, jhal those who were seekers of rumors and gossip, such as my own mother, believed that you were an abomination of some sort. I had been told many times not only by my mother, jhal yours as well and others to never speak with you. You seemed like an ordinary Teir'Dal to me and I did not know why people would think such things of you. I thought if I joined House Vx'tul, I could learn of the reason.... and I did...  

[Ryzan Vixtul]

According to records and word-of-mouth circulating House Vx'tul, Sivlaii, prior to her excommunication, had become involved with a dark elf enchanter who went by the name Q'elak. It is not known just for how long this relationship was going as it was of little importance at the time. Sivlaii eventually became pregnant with his child and they had made plans to live together, rilu'oh they profoundly disagreed on just where it is they would live. Sivlaii wanted to stay in Neriak, jhal Q'elak was completely against the idea. He had been to the city on multiple ocassions and seemed to be thought of quite favorably, rilu'oh he still refused to live there and it was threatening their relationship.

Eventually, Sivlaii gave in and decided she would live with Q'elak in the Plane of Knowledge, not wanting her child to grow up fatherless due to her own selfishness. She paid him a surprise visit at his home to inform him of this decision, rilu'oh when she entered, instead of seeing the dark elf Q'elak she had come to know, she found a high elf. Thinking he was an invader, she tried to kill him and almost succeeded. What stopped her was when he cast the dark elf illusion upon himself, revealing that he was Q'elak. He confessed to her, then, that he was not a dark elf and was really, in fact, Koada'Dal. He had been deceiving her all along.

Sivlaii returned to Neriak and reported everything to House Vx'tul, hoping her own House would give her support and advice on how to raise her child without any high elven influence. The only advice they had to offer her was to kill the child if there was even a chance that the father was Koada'Dal. Not wanting to kill her unborn child, she went into denial, retracting her statement about Q'elak being Koada'Dal, rilu'oh doubt had already been cast and she could not undo her words.

House Vx'tul since then have kept constant records about Q'elak, having him followed on several occasions. At first they were just watching him to confirm whether or not he was a high elf. It was confirmed when one member managed to catch sight of him just as his illusion was wearing off. They have continued to watch him to ensure he does not further "taint" any of our people.

After it was confirmed he was a high elf, Sivlaii was to be asked once again to consider killing the child, rilu'oh by this time you had already been born. You had shown no signs of having Koada'Dal lineage upon your birth, so if you were to be killed then, it would have been mzilt more difficult to excuse. For her refusal to cooperate sooner and fraternizing with the sworn enemy of the Teir'Dal, she was excommunicated, being seen as an embarrassment not only to her House, jhal the entire Teir'Dal race. House Vx'tul did their best to not let word get out of her indiscretion as it would reflect badly upon the House mzilst of all, even if she was no longer a part of it.

Sivlaii once again went into denial, rilu'oh this time instead of denying your father was Koada'Dal, she decided to deny you were her child. She has dedicated her life since to praying and serving at the temple in hopes that Innoruuk will have mercy on her for giving you life.  

[ThisEmptySoul]

*both Tes and Draa stare at Ryzan in complete disbelief that he would have known all this for all these years and never breathed word of it. Draa begins to say something, but Tes holds up his hand to cut him off, his other hand grabbing the ruffle of Ryzan's shirt and pulling him closer*
You mean to tell me that I'm half high elf? *eye twitch*

And all this time... all the flak I got from the guards, the people avoiding me, my mother abandoning me... it was all because of this and you never told me? stressed You knew what was happening and you didn't tell me? scream  

[Ryzan Vixtul]

*lip quivers a bit at Tes raising his voice at him*
I.... I was not allowed to. I was made to swear that I would not tell anyone outside the House, mzilst especially you as they feared you would tell everyone, if for nothing else, just to spite them. If I was caught revealing the secrets of House Vx'tul... they would have done worse than just excommunicate me....  

[ThisEmptySoul]

tch... *lets go of Ryzan's shirt* You know damn well that I can keep my mouth shut if I need to. You could have still told me.

If you're so worried about what your House will do, then why are you telling us at all anyway?
Why now?
And just how is this supposed to be more important for me to know?
Yeah. Wait... what? *raises an eyebrow*
Yesterday, he told me that whatever it was he had to say was more important for me to hear than you or something.
But it's my family. I'm the one that actually had to deal with the results of this. You're just the clone. All you've known is life here on Gaia where this crap doesn't even matter.  

[Ryzan Vixtul]

*looks down sheepishly*
The.... There is more that I have to say...

*looks back up as he continues*

As I had said, House Vx'tul continued to keep track of "Q'elak", his whereabouts, activities, and relationships. He had a great many of them... relationships that is... sometimes taking on several simultaneously. Mzilst ended when it was discovered he was using an illusion, sometimes in addition to Allure and Radiant Visage type spells to make the women think of him more fondly. He also took on the practice of trying to wipe their memory if they caught him without his illusion. In cases involving Teir'Dal women, House Vx'tul intervened.

After enough relationships failed due to not being able to continue to live in disguise, he began to openly mingle with other races in his original high elf form, using his real name: Horthien Dreamweaver. rolleyes While the high elves did not particularly like what he was doing, as long as he did not have any children, they let him bed with whomever he pleased. Rilu'oh, as was inevitable, he did eventually get another woman pregnant... this time it was a rivvil. House Vx'tul continued to keep track of them, jhal one day they just disappeared. I later found out they had been taken by Koada'Dal back to Felwithe, presumably to hide them from the public eye so no one would know of a high elven half-breed.

House Vx'tul did not hear of either of them again until one day we received a message from Ambassador D'Vinn regarding a human woman in Crushbone who claimed to be pregnant with a high elven child. They sent me to find out if this was the same woman involved with Horthien. She matched the descriptions and her accounts of Horthien were on par with what we knew of him, so I knew she had to be the same woman. House Vx'tul instructed me to bring her back to Neriak so that her accounts and the child could be used to blackmail Horthien as punishment for having "tainted" one of our own.

Knowing this child would be of relation to you, I could not let my House use it for such a purpose. Instead of bringing her back to Neriak, I made arrangements for her to be sent here to this world. I told my House that my Charm spell had broke while I was escorting her back to Neriak and she was killed by wild creatures as she tried to escape me.

*pauses a moment, nervously playing with his rings*
The.... The reason I am bringing this up now is.... is that I discovered this woman had a daughter, who lives right here in this town. sweatdrop It... um.... it turns out her daughter is katana sweatdrop So katana is actually your baby half-sister sweatdrop  

[ThisEmptySoul]

........ *eye twitch*
...... *gets a sickly look on his face* ...that's not funny...
*twitch* I don't think he's joking.... *twitch*
... oh god gonk I face-planted into baby sister's boobs? gonk
WHAT!?! scream gonk *twitch*
If you two'll excuse me, I think I'm going to hurl gonk *stumbles off to the bathroom, almost tripping over the arm of the couch on the way there*

... *holds his head* ...if I drank, I could definitely use something really strong about now...  

[Ryzan Vixtul]

sweatdrop I assure you, I drank plenty for the both of us when I found out sweatdrop I would not have known had I not been in katana's quarters and saw the pictures she has of her mother. sweatdrop  

[lady ayami chan]

(( rofl nothing like getting a nose bleed over your sister's cleavage rofl ))