What has occurred so far:
Alastair has shifted himself and Adra back in time, to the moment where Niccolò stole Alastair's name. Alastair has killed Niccolò's family, and set the home ablaze. Upon seeing the house, Niccolò immediately pushes himself to be in control of his own body, panics, and begs Adra to help him save his family. After hesitation and consideration of potential consequences, Adra agrees under the condition that Niccolò bring his family back with him to the present.
Thus, both she and Niccolò salvage his family's bodies, as well as the original body of Alastair, and places them in a special pocket dimension that she has crafted from her alchemy, the door being one that can grow and shrink from the size of a cell phone to a normal size.
After saving the family, Niccolò embraces Adra and tells her that he will never forget her kindness. The pair catch their breaths, and Niccolò lets Alastair have control again. Adra gives him a stone that will feed him energy to help fuel his time travel, though Alastair decides to not use it yet. After a small conversation, Alastair and Adra decide that it would be best to spend the night in town, as Alastair recuperates.
Alastair has shifted himself and Adra back in time, to the moment where Niccolò stole Alastair's name. Alastair has killed Niccolò's family, and set the home ablaze. Upon seeing the house, Niccolò immediately pushes himself to be in control of his own body, panics, and begs Adra to help him save his family. After hesitation and consideration of potential consequences, Adra agrees under the condition that Niccolò bring his family back with him to the present.
Thus, both she and Niccolò salvage his family's bodies, as well as the original body of Alastair, and places them in a special pocket dimension that she has crafted from her alchemy, the door being one that can grow and shrink from the size of a cell phone to a normal size.
After saving the family, Niccolò embraces Adra and tells her that he will never forget her kindness. The pair catch their breaths, and Niccolò lets Alastair have control again. Adra gives him a stone that will feed him energy to help fuel his time travel, though Alastair decides to not use it yet. After a small conversation, Alastair and Adra decide that it would be best to spend the night in town, as Alastair recuperates.
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*Neat*
I think we are good to go
Alright. What will the plan be now?
Uh...
You distract them again, and we do the swap. *Takes the mask, and gently puts it over the body, and will use a thin glue, of a way* *It looks pretty believable*
*nods* If it's possible, you should put one of their cloaks on him, so he'll match the original.
Alright, I can do that. *Will step away from the body* Will you all get us close to the building?
*is still enjoying reading this role play*
*also enjoyed the description of Adra on the main blog because I had some of what she looked like but I wasn't entirely sure*
All three of you are so good at writing! (Noelle, I really liked the piece of writing you posted on BL)
And question about Adra- she's blind, correct? How did that happen? And if Alastair can heal is there a reason she still can't see?
Thank you, Dugglyn.
She is. After she was in hell, she was damaged, so to say. And so she just didn't want her sight back, after what she had seen.
He won't heal her unless she asks- he tried to heal her, but she made him stop.
Okay, got it.
Thank you!
*nod*
((Ooh there's a piece of writing on the main blog? [goes to search for this] ))
[Fabien is still listening without much to contribute]
((I deleted it, I'm sorry.))
((Oh ok. Would you be willing to send it to me? (If not, that's ok)))
((Sure!))
((I'm glad you're enjoying it, Dugglyn.))
*younger Alastair will carry the body, and the older one will teleport them closer to the building*
*the older one, disguised as Silas, will begin to draw the attention of the guards*
*She will be with the younger one, holding Fabien's arm as they teleport* *Will be careful, and sneaky*
*the three guards outside will be rushing through the woods, to shoot arrows at ghost-Silas*
*younger Alastair will follow Adra inside as quietly as he can while carrying a body*
*Will gently slip her arms under Silas's body, and wait for the younger Alastair to come closer- and make the switch like in Indiana Jones* *She will move quickly, so there is then the faux body* *Opens the door and drags the body in, setting it in the small dimension*
*Comes back out* Okay.
*there will be five inside cult members rushing to their tunnel to stop their escape*
:0 oh
*Closes the door, and grabs younger Alastair and Fabien* Run!
[Does not need any encouragement]
[runs]
[Will stay by Adra though]
*Alastair will run with them* *they can probably outrun the group, but they will still give chase even once they're outside*
*Then, they will al sprint* go go go!
*they may have to try to lose the group in the woods*
*Okay* *Adra will tuck the door away, and follows Alastair closely* *Will try to have the earth make walls behind them, so they may lose sight*
[She keeps up, trying not to look back]
*the group will be stuck behind her walls, then, and eventually lose sight of them*
[Fabien is totally ok with continuing to run, but she'll stop if the others stop]
*She will keep going until they get a further distance, and will drop the walls* *Will wait for Alastair* Is anyone hurt?
I'm alright. *he looks to Adra and Fabien* Are either of you hurt?
No, I don't think so... *Will take his arm, and Fabien's arm, and young!Alastair's arm* *So they are all linked*
*he is just mildly confused* ...Did you want me to move us somewhere else?
*Pauses* Yes? Just a teleport. To safety.
Adra, I do apologize- but I can't teleport. I don't have that power yet.
*Pauses* Where is older you?
Presumably still keeping the outside guards busy...
*Thinks* Alastair, we are ready for you. Are you ok?
*he is more Silas than Alastair, now* *but he receives the message, and will begin to stumble back to her through the woods*
*Breathes out, and will allow her energy to call to his, beckoning him to her* *Will move the ground behind him, to block off the other members of the cult*
*When her husband arrives, she will catch him, and kiss him- even if he is in Silas' body*
*the last remnants of raspy giggles still play on his breath when he reaches them, but he is becoming more Alastair again* *that part of him responds to her kiss, and he slowly begins to shift into himself again*
*She will keep holding him as he shifts and grows into himself again, still clutching tightly*
*breathes out slowly* Adra, I'm fine. Are you alright?
*Nods* *Pets his body softly, making sure that he is himself* I love you
And I love you. *kisses her forehead* *he is himself* *it was just too difficult for him to look and act like Silas without becoming him*
*Is happy that he has returned, and kisses him again* We should get out of here
*he will return her kiss* Right. Where shall we go?
Probably another country from here...
*he will teleport them, then* *they are in a city in Egypt, now*
*Oh*
*Cairo, one of their first times together* *Blush*
*kisses her hair* *that was a lovely night* Will you ever tell me what was in that lipstick?
*Giggles* Arsenic.
*blinks* Really? *he is so pleasantly surprised* *he thought she would never tell him- he would just wonder for the rest of his long life*
*She blushes, and likes to make him happy* *But there is a lot to her- so much that he will likely be always wondering about something*
[Fabien was teleported to Egypt with the others]
[She thinks that Alastair and Adra make a very cute couple]
*of course he will* *it has just killed his curiosity to be denied the answer to that question for so long*
*Alastair and Adra would appreciate the thought*
*She is good at torturing her husband* *Will sit down, and get some bread and apples for everyone*
*she is indeed* Thank you, love.
*the younger will thank her, as well, and begin to eat*
*Will feed Fabien* How does everyone feel?
[Gratefully accepts the food]
I feel alright, thank you.
*Will hand Fabien some wine to drink too- it is very weak, so it shouldn't affect her- but it will be safer than the water* I don't like Silas.. He was a creep.
*the older nods quietly*
*Softly takes her husband's arm, to sit him down, so he can rest* Are you tired?
No, I'm alright. *he will kiss her hand once* Is anyone else tired?
[Fabien shrugs] Not particularly.
[She has a few sips of the wine]
*Nods* Okay.. *Squeezes his hand gently* Whom is next?
(Alastair?)
A young girl called Witch. I stole her name as she was being burned... I'm not sure how to get her body while it's intact, and without my past self noticing.
Oh...
*Frowns, and scratches her head* That is quite the pickle. Um...
*Thinks* We could heal her body?
I could try, I suppose, but they let her burn for quite a while... I'm not sure I'll be able to if she is mostly ash.
Oh.
*Pause*
Would it be possible to place her into a new body?
I suppose we could, but if we did her name and her soul wouldn't be whole.
Hm... And.. To what effect Woukd that have?
Well, she will be missing a piece of her self, and some of her discipline.
Alright... Would that be a safe option for us?
It probably would be, though it isn't exactly fair, and she will be less violent if she gets back all of her name.
*Bites her cheek* What is er opinion of this?
*he is silent for a moment, then shudders once, blinking against a sudden headache* She isn't terribly happy about it...
*Gently touches his forehead, to relieve it* The new body? Alright, well, we can figure out a way to get her into herself.
*nods, and appreciates her effort*
Do you have any ideas, Fabien? *she was always an excellent strategist*
*Thinks* Is there a possibility of a clone burning instead?
*pauses* I suppose, if I froze time while we made the switch.
*Bites her cheek* Is it possible..? I could make a little distraction, perhaps.. And so your eye will be drawn from her while the switch is made.
Yes, that should be possible. We will just have to take extra care not to let my younger self know. He'll pick up any difference in clothing or position.
I see... *Nods* We must try very hard.
*Pause*
Would a nude me running through the woods be enough of a distraction?
[Fabien shrugged slightly when she was asked if she had any ideas.]
No- we should come up with something else. *pauses* Unless you shapeshift first.
*Giggles* Because you are jealous of your younger self.
*well, yes* *but* It's a whole square full of people... And if you look like yourself I might recognize you later.
*Scratches her head* Ah, I see... Alright, well, I can do that.
Alright. Then we'll make the jump whenever you're ready.
*Nods* Fine. I'm good to go, ducky. *Takes his hand, smiling, trying to embarrass him in front of Fabien*
*but he just loves her affection, and her endearments* *he is only grateful, and not embarassed* *kisses her hand* *he'll move them forward in time again, then*
*Blushes*
*Once they are there, she will wait for him to shift, before she begins to strip right where they are*
*Yep*
[politely averts her eyes]
*Smiles a little* Just alter me slightly. Again, I know that I am your type, so..
Adra- *he will have the appearance of a young girl, about fourteen, but he will still drape his coat over her* There are so many people just there... *they are just in an alley* And you said you would shapeshift.
*Nods* Yeah, I know- I did say that I would shapeshift. But streaking is also a big enough distraction to pull people's attention away from the burning kid.
*Will have the coat on- it will likely for her, if Alastair is a 14- year old*
You get close enough to where you can make the switch, and for me the signal to run through the crowd.
I can't dispute that it will work- but not like that. Once you change your form, I'll go get ready.
*Narrows her eyebrows* Alastair, you have to trust me- I won't look like myself, anyway- it won't be anything wrong... I'm just going to take a straight cut through the crowd, to the alley across the square, and put my clothes back on.
*She will allow herself to shift- and is normal size, and more curvy- she looks Italian*
*he sighs* Alright. I trust you- I'm sorry. *he just worries for her* *but he will move to the edge of the alley, and then signal that he's ready*
*She is very capable* *Gently will leave the coat there* Fabiem, see if you can meet neon the other side?
*Negins to run through the crowd, wearing absolutely nothing* *Shouting"Hey" over and over*
*she will be able to smell the girl burning, and hear her screams* *she will have to be careful- some people may try to grab her* *one of the guards in attendance will approach her, and try to grab her arm to arrest her*
*It is an awful, awful, smell* *It makes her feel for Witch- even if she isn't necessarily good, she wouldn't want anyone to die by this*
*Dodges as effectively as possible, and will shake the arms off* *She's shouting for Alastair, now- the younger one- to get his attention*
*the younger Alastair catches her eye- and then begins to leave the square*
*a moment later, the older will let Adra know that he's made the switch*
*Very well* *Keeps running for the alleyway, still screaming, and ducks into it, hiding behind a crate*
*the guard will have followed her, still trying to arrest her, and then will begin to search the alleyway*
*Adra ducks down farther, then, once the officer has passed, she takes a wooden slab and hits him in the back of the head, to render him unconscious*
*she will succeed* *her Alastair will slide over to the alleyway and join her* Are you alright, love?
*Nods, and will take his coat from him, pulling it around herself* I'm ok. Are we all good?
[Fabien moved around the other side of the crowd so she's in the same general area as Adra and Alastair now]
((*Fabien
Sorry!)
Well, I have to wait and recollect the remains, since I did leave a copy of myself there.
*Nods, and will shift into herself* Where is younger you?
*he steps out of the crowd into the alley* I'm here.
*Her heart skips a beat* Oh.
*Goes over to younger him, and takes his hand* Ok, what about middle- you? The one who just burned Witch.
*pauses briefly* I don't know... I tried to follow him discreetly, but I lost him.
Alright.. Well, letMs get out of here, before he shows up. Perhap to a safer location.
Where would you suggest we go?
*Pause* Is there an inn nearby?
There usually is. I'm sure we can find one.
*Nods, and takes the younger one's arm, so he is close* Okay.. Would you maybe lead us to one?
*he will begin to lead her through town, to look for one*
*Follows him close, and holds the younger one close to her, and takes Fabien's arm, too* Where would middle you have gone?
*the older pauses, thinking* You called his name... Perhaps he intends to stalk you, to try to find out what you know about him.
*the younger speaks, then* What if he's seen us already?
*Nods* *Takes the two of the boys, and shoved them inside a nearby shop* I can handle him. *Pauses* Wait. *Turns on a circle with the coat around her* I'm going to go buy some clothes. You two stay hidden- I'd rather like to skip the part where we have to erase his memory... *Pause* *nod*
*Ducks into a nearby store, and picks out a dress and corset for she to put on* *She will trade a small Ruby for the dress- it's pretty and red, but yeah*
Alright- but do be careful. And bring Fabien with you.
*Nods* *Comes back with the new clothes* *Is cute, and very beautiful*
*Takes Fabien's arm* Let's go see if we are being followed, hmm?
*Will lead her/ him with her, away from the crowds, towards a field instead*
[Nods and walks with Adra toward the field]
*Nods to Fabien* So, yeah.. Just trying to draw him away, from the city..
Sounds like a plan.
Adra reaches into her pocket and pulls out a knife, and will hand one to Fabien* Alright.. If he tries to hurt you with one of his knives, you can just.. Well, melt it- especially if it has digits on the side, because those usually have added affects, such as blackening of the skin.
*Pause*
As if being stabbed wasn't shitty enough.
*Sigils, I'm sorry
*Regardless, she will pull her hair back into a braid, and will close her eyes, trying to use some of her husband's experiences to search for middle-Alastair's name* *Adra isn't good at it, and it doesn't work, but she has still tried, and that is all that matters* *Instead, she picks up a flower from the ground, and sniffs*
*Pretty flower- it is a blue tulip* *Figures that she ought to try to use her alchemy to trace Middle Alastair, and feels through the ground for a heaviness nearby that would be indicative of a person*
*there is one, only a few meters from them*
*Pauses, and will gently hold Fabien back as she approaches the mass, carefully, quietly*
*it will silently move a few paces to the right*
*Adra pauses, then mirrors the movement, feeling his energy* hmm... *Walks a little quicker*
*once she is close enough, the weight will shift slightly, and the invisible Alastair will lunge forward to stab her*
*Gasps, and dodges the knife, and swings one of her own at him, trying to cut his face* *Not that se wants to do so- such a pretty face*
*he will step backwards, out of the way, and then becomes visible* How do you know me?
*If she had a nickel for the amount of times he has tried to stab her*
*Actually, that would probably only be four nickels*
You just burned a body in the street. Everyone saw you.
I didn't burn her. The town did. And I wonder why her body was so important to you.
*surely more than four* *the older Alastair is sorry*
*It's alright*
That's fair, I suppose.
She was someone I knew, so it was rather important, yeah.
You didn't know her. I don't think you're even from this era. ((This is assuming Fabien is still wearing period-appropriate clothes for the time they picked her up in.))
So let's try again- why do you know me, and why do you need that body?
((Oooooooohhhh))
Oh. Yeah.
*Frowns a little* no reason.
Well, if you won't tell me anything, I suppose I'll have to get it out of those other Alastairs you're hiding.
*Swallows, with difficulty*
Wait!
*Reaches for his arm* You weren't meant to see that.
I'm sure I wasn't. *he will try to slash at her arm when she reaches out*
*Then she will draw away* Please, trust me- you know yourself better than anyone, Alastair. You wouldn't tolerate someone were it not for a good reason, right? I mean, you usually kill someone, without a second thought- but you haven't killed me. Not the you, nor the younger you, that are both back there. Just think for a moment- because it is for a good reason, but the les a you know, the better. It's difficult enough bringing around two Alastairs, but three might be too much.
At least tell me whose body you replaced that girl's with.
*Pauses, her heart skipping once* A copy..
*he raises an eyebrow* So you just burned me? Interesting. *he sighs* Well, you can either entertain me with a good story, or I'll entertain myself with the two of you.
*Sighs, and will gently hold her left hand out, for him to see* *Nods to the beautiful band* You made this for me.. Does that heed explanation?
*he smirks* I suppose it does. *and he will vanish, then*
*Clenches her fist, and will try to feel if he is nearby* *Clenches her fist- Jesus, if he goes after the elder him, she will be thoroughly annoyed*
You are so, incredibly, high maintenance. If he comes close, don't allow yourself to appear vulnerable.
Sorry, love...
*the middle Alastair won't come back*
*Hesitates, and goes to bring Fabi back* Where did he go? Can you find him?
Certainly, I can try. I'll leave the younger one here.
Alright. Please, be careful...
Is it possible that he time travelled?
*She pulls Fabien with her into town* Damn him..
Quite possible, I'm afraid... What does he know about us?
He saw the ring.
*Thinks again*
Do we go back in time to the moment that he disappeared, invisible, and grab his arm?
We could. Would you like to?
Yes, I imagine that will be much easier..
*he pauses for a moment* Are you sure? I don't know how many versions of us there will be if we do that.
*Thinks* Allow me to go, and you remain here. He might not even have time travelled- but allow me to deal with it, and you watch the body.
Alright- we'll go see what they've done with it. *he will carefully reenter the square, then, to try to retrieve the body of his other*
*Very well*
*Will try to use some of his powers, but isn't very good at it, to transport herself back to right before middle- Alastair disappeared, and will grab the back of his coat, holding on*
*his method of time travel is quite difficult- she will have to feel for a tiny hole in the space-time continuum that connects where she is now with the exact moment she wants to return to* *if she travels through another, she will be off by anywhere from a few seconds to hours or days*
*Fantastic*
*She will try her best, but her husband didn't exactly seem like he was about to help her*
*But she will take some of his memories, watch how he does it, and use that as a reference*
*She will definitely be off- but only be an hour*
*of course he will help her, if she wishes* *he assumed she wanted to try it herself* *but if she does do it herself, and is an hour behind, she will appear before the group gets there*
*Oh*
*Okay*
*She will hide until he appears, then, invisible, and will try to grab his hand*
*alright* *if she grabs him as he is about to vanish, he will teleport them both to a quiet area just outside of town, that smells strongly of death* *a mass grave* *he is surprised she managed to grab him, and will try to pull away* Where did you come from?
*Gags a little on the scent* I... Teleported back in time after you left me. I thought that perhaps, you time travelled, in an attempt to change your future. *Gently places her hand on his arm, if he will allow it* Please, you mustn't try to change things.
*he stares blankly at her for a moment, then blinks, and smiles* I'm sure it's very kind of you to warn me. *he will grab her arm, then, and quickly attempt to break it*
*He may fracture it, but she will swing her leg at him* Please- I'll do, or tell you- everything. Don't be rash.
((Testing))
((Ok cool, it actually posted this time. Sorry I've been AWOL. Fabien is indeed wearing period-appropriate clothes from the time when they picked her up.))
[is still in the town, I think?]
((It's okay!))
((I believe Fabien will be in the field, with the earlier Adra- but that Adra will probably disappear soon from the time travel.))
*he considers that for just a moment* Then tell me. Quickly.
*Breathes in* We met three years ago while you were tormenting me and my friends. You took an interest in me, and I was your favorite toy. We managed to brings Niccolò back, and you disappeared for about a yeah, and you can back when I became energetically ina balanced, or, basically, evil again. So you and I went on lots of killing sprees and wreaked havoc and ate people and things, and slowly our physical attraction became emotional. So eventually, I became balanced again, but I still loved you and we got married a while later. We have a lot of sex and a young boy named Aleksander. And now, it is becoming difficult for you to stay in control- you have taken so many names, and it's too much, so I have found a way to separate your name from the others, and we are placing everyone back into their own bodies... Just, after more than 500 years of your lifestyle, it's the only choice we have.
*Breathes out, then*
So you wanted the girl's body. And you think that I'm Alastair. Alright. *he will send shadows at her head, then* *and then with just a moment of delay- to see what direction she'll move in to dodge- he will attempt to stab her again*
*Her eyes widen, and she ducks down beneath the shadows* *He may stab her*
*Pause* Wh-who are you?
*if he is able to stab her, she will be paralyzed in a few minutes- the knife is poisoned* I am Niccolò, and you may love him, but you clearly do not understand me.
*Rips the knife out, pressing her side* You aren't Niccolò... Not the Niccolò that I know.. *Breathes deeply, then will pierce her consciousness straight into his, determined to find it who this person is* *Her philosopher's stone begins to pulse*
*he will do nothing to stop her, expecting her to be repelled by the onslaught of names*
*It's a lot, but it isn't anything that she hasn't handled before* *Will try to single Alastair's name out, and try to shove him to the front of the garbled mess* *Her side is really beginning to hurt now, and she leans one hand against him, propping herself up*
*he resists her as best he can, but is thrown off guard by how well she can handle it* *he grabs her arm again, intending to try to snap it again* *but then arms wrap around his neck, and in a few seconds, he collapses*
*older Alastair lets him fall, and then reaches out to his wife* Adra, darling, are you alright?
Holds her side, and will lean into her husband, her legs sliding out from her* *Her ring is glowing* We need to wipe his memory..
*he'll lift her up as her legs give out, and begins to heal her* I know- I will. Has he hurt you badly?
Just took a hit with one of your knives. Twisted my arm badly, too, but that would be it..
Alright, my love. I'll take care of it for you. *kisses her forehead as he heals*
*Smiles gently- he is so sweet* What happened? *Gestures with her healed hand to the unconscious one* Where were you?
I tried playing around with time a bit, after you left, to see how much you were off by. I didn't want you to be alone for more than an hour or two if that was what had happened. I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner.
Oh- no, I meant middle you. *Kisses his shoulder* Not you-you
Oh. Well, he came here because this is where they're going to bring the body of my copy. I assume he wanted to hold it hostage.
*Bites her lip* But.. He said that that wasn't Alastair..
...That's true. This is how I used to be. The only way I could maintain any semblance of power was to embrace this identity, and just become the largest influence over a whole made up of so many mixed together. Even now, I am not completely myself... *he pauses* Adra, I'll be different when the other names are gone.
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