an eventful Ylaaren evening

[Keyaz]

((not so great at the roleplaying scheme but i try :)))
{Edit : due to popular demand. now not aligned center! :p}

On a fine evening of Ylaaren a cool breeze drifts across the plaza soothing the citizens after a heavy day under the
sun. Markets still full with travellers and citizens alike buying and selling what they can, mischievous children play
around outside the laanx temple, trying to climb up as high as they can, Elders can be seen entering the temple off to
their daily prayer to the Gods, everybody had something to do, someone to see, everyone but Demarthl. A male Enkidukai,
dark furred and average in build sat upon one of the Ylian style houses watching over the people in the plaza, feeling
typically melancholy about himself.
Demarthl was very quiet for his age, and especially for an Enkidukai, he never stood out, never fell behind, always in
the middle, expected results, never worse, never better. although trying his hardest he never could improve, no matter
how much he slacked off, he never seemed to do any worse, the tantalizingly dull events of day to day routines sickened
the young man as he knew, that they would never change, nothing surprising would happen, unless he did something about
it. after a lot of thought he was left bewildered to what he could do, unknowing of which alignment to choose he set
out to just be, at least it was something new to do. It was time for Demarthl\'s adventure, and so he took what he
thought would be useful, locked his small home and set out for expectations, carrying with him he had two sheathed
silver falchions, a few potions of varied effects and a little food.
As typically average as he could be, he knew he could handle himself out in the wilderness, against most creatures
anyway, so he felt it would be OK to set foot off the beaten path from hydlaa, ever quick pacedly marching up and down
hills, in and out of woodland, hoping the quicker he walked the quicker something would come. thinking to hard about
what could happen, what he would see, Demarthl completely ignored as to what way he was heading, and in time where he
had came from. He jolted to a stop, heart beating furiously, it was either his quick pace or the panic that had struck
him, he wasn\'t sure of it yet, panic getting the better off him, Demarthl lost his composure and started to run, in any
direction available he just ran, faster and faster through the thick overgrown woodland around him. A tree branch
snagged his satchel slowing him down, still panicking Demarthl let out a yelp, unsheathing a falchion he cut his
satchel to free himself, losing what food and magic he had.
It seemed hours before Demarthl had stopped running, fear taken control he forgot about stamina, out doing himself he
realised he had surpassed his expectations, letting out a small laugh he felt weary after draining away all that was in
him, stumbling onward he caught glimpse of an opening in the woodland, taking his time to move on and catch his
breathe. as the opening came closer, light shined in his eyes, knowing it must still be night time Demarthl became
curious as to what the light was, as he cleared the opening in the woodland his eyes adjusted to the light as best they
could, making out shadows of objects and the light source in the center, a large azure crystal bigger then a house.
Confused by the setting Demarthl gazed up to the Cavern ceiling hoping to catch an idea of what had happened, the
crystals all seemed the same, there were so many up there it was hard to know. Bringing his head back down to the
crystal, blocking the light source from his eyes with his hand he could make out more of the objects around the
crystal.
Demarthl had remembered stories from older folk about a temple out in ojaveda, but they said it was just a myth, a
towering green structure, windows that were covered in what seemed a thin sheet of crystal, he had remembered being
told it was a temple to another God, one other then Talad or Laanx, he thought to himself a moment, \'surely this would
anger the gods if it was real... what do i care i don\'t even like the Gods\'
Gazing around Demarthl made out parts of the structure, tall walls, green stone, windows with crystal.
\"the myth was true!\" he gasped in excitement, his face then dropping to realise the situation, the mythical temple had
once stood here, what remained was a few walls, rubble and this massive azure crystal \"but why is that here?\" he
questioned himself.
\"Talad\'s will\" a voice exclaimed, seeming to come from nowhere. jumping at the fact someone else was here Demarthl
unsheathed his second falchion, eyes darting left to right in hopes to find what had spoke. \"Who are you?!\" he shouted
\"what happened here?\" throwing questions out in hope to catch the direction of the voice. \"you don\'t need to know my
name, only one shall know my name right now, and it is not you. As for this ... pathetic temple... it was the Black
Flame\'s followers shrine, I\'m sure you heard about Black Flame, well, it doesn\'t get on with Talad, and Talad doesn\'t like
that, so he destroyed this temple, using simple objects\" the voice called out. Lowering his weapons, confused by
everything Demarthl walked towards the crystal curious as to its glow \"so Talad.. he used the crystal to smash this
place up? with its magical powers?\" he asked.
There was a long pause of silence, Demarthl thought the person had left, sheathing his falchions, he stretched out his
arm towards the crystal thinking it was an over sized diamond that once grew about hydlaa. \"Don\'t touch the crystal!\"
the voice shouted, now a lot closer, Demarhl jumped at the sudden sound and span in mid air, there just feet away from
him was a huge Ynnwn towering over Demarthl the Ynnwn grinned at him \"the answer to your question is no, Talad did not
use the magic of the crystal, that would be a waste, he just broke it from the cavern ceiling, and it fell on here\" the
Ynnwn told Demarthl \"you however should not be here,go home, now, and never speak of this\" the Ynnwn Demanded to the
young Enki. With a scornful look Demarthl snorted a little and turned around, glimpsing at the crystal once again.
the Ynnwn did not find Demarthls actions amusing, now furious towards his ignorance \"Do not ignore me child!\" the Ynnwn
snapped loudly seemingly rumbling the earth about them, Demarthl continued to ignore then Ynnwn he quietly spoke \"what
would happen if i touch this crystal?\" Almost throwing a tantrum the Ynwnn was flinging his huge arms about screaming
at the young Enkidukai to get lost \"Don\'t ignore me you pathetic creature! get out of here now! you don\'t belong here!
Talad told me i am supposed to wait for Dem...\" the Ynnwn froze instantly, realising he had let out more then he
should, Demarthl too had frozen, hearing the last few words of the Ynnwn\'s sentence. Turning rapidly Demarthly threw
himself onto the Ynnwn, his feet against the Ynnwnn\'s thighs and his hands clutching the Man\'s shirt Demarthl snarled
\"finish what you were saying Ynwnn! i dare you! go on! say it! i know you were going to say my name!\" the Ynwnn still
froze blinked, looking into Demarthl\'s furious eyes grasping the situation they werre in.
\"Dem... Demart.. th ..thl Demarthl? Demarthl Kasara? your him? the one i am supposed to meet?\" the Ynwnn mumbled
realising what he may have done out of anger to the Enkidukai. Demarthls face instantly dropped, hes arms and legs,
that were pumped with rage suddenly went limp, numb and he collapsed on the floor, barely enough left to keep sat up
Demarthl gazed to the Ynwnn \"you .. you knew my name.. I don\'t know any Ynwnn people who know my name... how?\"
the Ynwnn took a deep breathe and sat down opposite Demarthl, placing a glyph between them, Demarthl watched as Mana
seeped from the Ynwnn\'s arms, flowing like a river down to his fingertips into the glyph, activating it, the glyph
burst into flames, making a small campfire between them. The Ynwnn smiled \"Talad told me your name, told me to come
here, no more then that\"
Puzzled by the reply given, Demarthl fell silent, he felt over his head \"I wanted some excitement but i didn\'t expect
divine intervention from Talad himself\" he muttered the Ynnwn stood up and walked towards the crystal gazing at it.
\"I am as confused as you are Demarthl, I was told to do so much and then left to do it, like hunting without a weapon i
guess\" the Ynwnn sighed kicking dirt against the crystal. Demarthl gazed up at the crystals in the cavern ceiling
wondering what te purpose of this was, silently gazing away time. after a brief moment Demarthl managed to stand back
up, stretching a bit he felt a jolt surge through the ground, nearly losing balance he turned to the Ynnwn \"what was
that?!\" he asked the Ynnwn raised his head slightly turning it to the side he spoke \"Some wars you do not know of, some
wars you win, some you lose, some you know wage on, but you cannot see. That was a surge from Talad, he\'s fighting
Black Flame now, and Laanx has disappeared\" \"what in Death realm!\" Demarthl shouted \"God.. as in The God Talad, is
fighting now? here?!\" he now screamed, ridden with panic.
\"yes\" the Ynnwn replied, not even jumping at a second surge, gazing back at the crystal the Ynnwn frowned and thought
to himself \'what do you want me to do? why didn\'t you tell me more?\' deep in thought the Ynnwn was oblivious to
Demarthl behind him, who was now also staring at the crystal Demarthl approached the Ynnwn and tapped him on the
shoulder \"Uhm .. hey.. why is there a face on that part of the crystal?\" the Ynwnn eyes darted up towards what Demarthl
was pointing at, thoughts ripped apart and a tingling of anxiety struck the Ynnwn \"..ye ..yes Talad? wh..what can i
d..do?\" the Ynwnn mumbled, whilst Demarthl was flabbergasted
 at the fact he was within inches of a magical crystal with an imprinted message from Talad in it,
 the face moved Glimpsing at Demarthl and back to the Ynnwn.
The two men stood in front of the crystal in utter silence, the image of Talad slightly opened his mouth without effort
a message was transfered into the men\'s minds
Talad had spoke.
\"Zayek i chose you for this task because you have much to learn as does Demarthl you two will be binded by this event
and you must find your way out of the puzzle set to return to normal\"
the image Faded as quick as it had appeared on the crystal, the men stood there, only seconds had passed, but it felt
like an eternity, the message Talad had left was imprinted into their memory as if they had been with him for a long
time.
\"..I .. know now, my Lord\" Zayek whispered, bowing his head slightly and stepping back, glancing at Demarthl
\"i should have introduced myself before this had happened, sorry, I am Zayek Skyrim, one of Talads Servants, or better
known to they hydlaaen citizens as one of the demigods\" Demarthl still hadn\'t moved, breathless, confused and amazed
all at once by the event he opened his mouth to say many things, but only two words escaped, he spoke \"I know\" another
moment of silence had passed, Demarthl closed his eyes and stepped back as if instructed, the two were side by side.
Another Surge was felt passing through the ground, stronger then before Zayek too closed his eyes, swallowing nervously
he said \" you know that if we don\'t do this right, Black Flame will destroy Yliakum..\" the Ynwnn became fidgety
expecting the worst, a tear ran down Demarthl\'s cheek fear once again had struck, he couldn\'t move, nor did he feel he
was supposed to, standing quietly a few feet from the crystal \"it\'s a sacrifice we must take, but at least we don\'t die\"

[Keyaz]

Demarthl chuckled to Zayek, the two now talking as if they were brothers.
A fourth Surge rippled through the ground, the Ynwnn jumped slightly at the feeling, the Enkidukai began to shake, the
last ripple had been strong enough to crack the crystal, the object shattered, breaking its perfect smoothness like a
broken mirror it reflected many faces of the two men, the crystal began to glow once more, as if to repair itself a a
last chance to save the magic, the mana from the crystal lifted for broken shards from the ground, placing them in a
row  at mid height of the object, fusing them in place. the crystal stopped dead, the pulsing glow stopped and four
balls of mana grew inside it, now appearing a perfect hollow the balls grew in equal size and moved inside the crystal
to the four shards replaced before.
A fifth ripple smashed nearby rocks to dust, the woodland behind, the two men from which Demarthl had appeared sank
into the ground, leaving nothing but dirt in its place. the ruins of Black Flames temple, now standing left to weather
in an open plain on the ojavedan countryside shuddered under the ripples, that grew and grew. a pulsating power beat
through the ground, surging up the two mens legs. silence fell on the area, a wicked chill blew over the cool Ylaaren
night froze over, the ground turned to ice, the men shook at the temperature reluctant to move another ripple blasted
through, upturning huge lumps of earth, throwing boulders into the air, the ice melted as quick as it appeared, plants
wilted at an immense pace, fire grew over the sky burning everything it touched, animals flee in terror, plants burnt
with a high pitched scream as their fluids boiled and seeped through their pores, the two men, once shaking, now
sweating in the immense heat, Demarthl\'s fur singed burning patterns against his skin, the Ynnwn\'s skin tanned to
black, patterns growing down his face, chest and back.
\"I don\'t think i can wait much longer!\" Demarthl cried out in the heat \"you must! for the good of all living things you
must stay put!\" Zayek screamed grabbing Demarthl by the hand, companions in fear, standing in the midst of a Godly
battle scarred by frost and heat, a pattern burnt on the two mens, skin, identical in shape size and colour, binding
the two as kin in one form. the heat dissipated, ripples again stopped, silence once again took over the area. gazing
around the two men looked in disbelief at how the area had changed, no woodland, gigantic boulders, the Temple\'s remains
and the crystal stood about, the crystals energy flowing in four balls at the end of the shards it once moved, holding
its magic together waiting for one moment. in silence. A deafening screech peered through the ground, cracks appeared,
all in the area, mud thrown high in the air a wave of explosive force grew far behind the two men, throwing anything in
its path far away, growing closer to the crystal, attracted to its power, it gained closer to the men, raging like
devourer onto its prey, they wave disappeared a few feet behind the men, grimacing at what could be their eternal
demise, an awkward silence again rose and a slight rumble broke the atmosphere, stopped.
the ground behind the to men had returned as flat as it once was before the wave, leaving no trace of the power, the
ground beneath the mean trembled, and broke, no rumbling was felt, no magic casts, it broke beneath them and rose like
a hill, gaining in height, the men being pulled up, and further from the crystal. opening their eyes, with a serious
expression they both pinpointed the shards on the crystal. \"this is it\" Zayek Said, grinning nervously \"you ready?\"
Demarthl spoke softly, no expression held on his face, nor tone in his voice. the two meant leant forward slightly, and
broke into a blinding sprint down the mound ,that was growing underneath, running as fast as they could to get closer
to the crystal, zayek shouted \"we have to try!\" Demarthl grinned once and shouted to Zayek \"then stop holding back!\"
Running faster down the hill then ever before the two men became a blur, forcing their mana into their power to go
faster, as quick as they ran the mound underneath grew almost as fast, the two men slowly getting down closer to the
crystal.
Zayek and Demarthl were almost at flat ground stamina near to pulling them down, a giant explosion seared through the
mound behind them, throwing them forward towards the crystal, this was Black Flames doing, the ripples, ice and heat,
it wanted the crystal, and Talad knew what it was doing, perfectly placed instructions given to the two men, had worked
 without a hitch, thrown by Black Flames last ditch attempt to stop them they fell forward not touching the ground,
like flying, Zayek and Demarthl both put forward their hands, four hands, four shards, four orbs of magic. Talads plan
had worked,the two men smashed into the crystal hands first, the shards riping through their hands like fine crafted
spears, blood spilt down the crystal and the magic took hold searing int othe two men, screaming from the pain of the
shards the two men could not take anymore, as the magic surged into them it burnt like lightning knocking them both
unconscious the magic had been taken by the two men, and Black Flame had failed, Talad banished the evil being back into
the cavern from which it appeared, watching over the two bodies of Zayek and Demarthl.
In a comatose state the magic was working its way around the men\'s body, connected, by black flames torture, blood and
now magic the men shared their minds, in the same Dream to each other, the magic spoke to them, asking the simplest of
questions \"What do you like?\" it asked, in a multi-tonal voice, the two men floating in an ever lasting whiteness looked
at each other, neither could think properly after their events, Demarthl finally spoke quietly.
\"Girls\" he said \"I like Girls\"
\"so be it\" the magic had replied fading and their minds darkening, their bodies lifeless on the floor glowed so
brightly, no man could see, Talad watched over, glimpsing at what was happening, smiled, he closed his eyes
momentarily, and opened them again, appearing right in front of the two glowing bodies as a Large elegant diamond Blue
Kran he picked up the body of Zayek, looking back at Demarthl, smiling, he closed his eyes and disappeared again,with
the once living demigod.
Demarthl opened his eyes, slightly blurred he looked around to try and get focus, he looked u above him, at a young
EnkiDukai girl leaning over him, a pretty girl who smiled when she saw he was awake, \"hello\" she spoke softly, \"we
found you out in the hills, you were in terrible shape, we brought you back to our guild house to heal you, do you have
a name?\" she asked smiling
Demarthl sat up and rubbed his head a bit, still thumping, \"my name is Demar huzwaaah?!?\" Demarthl had began to speak
and squealed in shock of his own voice, it was a lot higher and softer then before \"what happened to my voice?!?\" he
screamed standing up he ran towards a basin of water to get a drink, hoping it would sooth his throat, as he peered
over the basin, he caught his reflection in the water.
\"Oh my god! what happened to me?\" he span around towards the girl, then looking at himself
the young woman smiled \"you must have had a bad battle\" she said, indicating Demarthl\'s wounds
\"no no no not the wounds. they\'re fine.. it\'s just... I\'m a girl!!\" he screamed in confusion
The woman\'s face dropped, puzzled \"of course you are, why wouldn\'t you be?\"
Demarthl now running about to find a mirror shouted back to her \"because last time i remember i was a guy!\"
the woman now curious as to Demarthl\'s tale chased after her, \"please sit back down! besides, you have no clothes on!\"
Demarthl froze in mid sprint now looking at herself again \"oh god oh god oh god! i am naked! aahhh!!\" she screamed, the
woman ran up to Demarthl covering her with the bed cover, your clothes were ripped apart when we found you, we could
only salvage these\" the woman said, pointing to Demarthl\'s falchions as the went back to the room. \"don\'t worry, I\'ll
buy you some new clothes!\" she smiled \"my name is Nilaya, Nilaya Kaeli, i never got yours\" Nilaya asked Demarthl
\"oh right, my name.. Demarthl Kasara\" she replied
\"OK Demarthl, nice to meet you, I wont be a moment, I\'ll just get you some clothes then we can go over what you
remember\" Nilaya said cheerfully as she left the building
\"OK i guess... thank you\" Demarthl called back. sitting on the bed Demarthl curled up against the wall, her head resting
on her chin. she could only think, so many questions, and no memory \'Why am i a girl, what happened to me?\' the same
questions repeating.
as quickly as Promised Nilaya return with some beautiful Enkidukai green clothes, presenting them to Demarthl.
\"here this is the best i could find\" she smiled
Demarthl peered up and let a smile out \" thank you, Nilaya, how can i repay you?\" Demarthl replied
\"oh no no no! thats not necessary! you don\'t need to repay me, but i know what you can do!\" Nilaya grinned
\"what would that be then?\" Demarthl asked curiously. \"well you can start by telling me what you remember, then we could
go for a walk, see if you remember something, after all thats what us explorers do! we explore!\"
Demarthl laughed, cheered up by Nilaya\'s positive attitude \"you know, its a long story!\"
\"oh that\'s OK! i like stories!\" Nilaya said \"come this way, we could take a walk in the park!\" she said ever so
cheerfully
after putting on the new attire, Demarthl adjusted her weapon sheath for her new size, looked to Nilaya and smiled
\"okay lets go!\" grinning the two walked out the large doors of the explorers guild house and set of to the park in the
 morning sunlight.

[Keyaz]

Well i hope that explains how I was male in MB and now female in CB :p
confused many people with that ^^
also changed my surname, old one just sounded drug related o.O, beh, hope you enjoyed reading

[Samuraj]

How many hours u need to type all that text ? lol....

[Keyaz]

a little over an hour i think, i get into a flow once i get past a preliminary idea