Yliakum Journeys (vol.1)

[Spetyco]

Spetyco remains in the darkness calling out!
"Zorbels!  Farren!  Zhai!  Hokinon!  Xylaal!  Anyone!  The man before you know is not really Spetyco!  He stole my body!  Can you hear me!  Be careful!  He is dangerous!  We have switched bodies.  I think I am in his body somewhere in the gobble cave.  The only way for you to defeat him is to find me and kill me!  Our souls are linked and we will go to the Death Realm together.  It is the only way to defeat him.  He is too powerful now.  Please do not confront him!  It's too dangerous!"

"CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?!?"

The false Spetyco looks at Zorbels, "We must find Laragorn!  He holds the key to all of this.  He must be stopped."  Then to Farren with a sneer, "How could you let him slip out of your grasp, you fool!"
He gets up and looks around, "Come on you simple-minded fools!  Let's stop Laragorn before he kills us all!"

The real Spetyco is still crying out:
"Look in his eyes!  They are not the same.  The person now before you is pure evil.  He must be stopped!"

[zorbels]

Zorbels is shocked at how different Spetyco appears to be. "This is not the same timid, happy, joking around Spetyco." she thinks to herself. "He was always thankful for us helping him .... especailly Farren .... to call him a fool....." Zorbels holds up her hand and says in a steady but low tone "I will look for Laragorn. You all stay here. I will bring him back to camp, unless he is to hurt. If I do not return in while, you can assume he is to hurt to move. PLease tell Zhai and Xylaal where I have gone when they return return. Tell one of them that I have requested thier help and send them in the direction I have gone. I will leave a trail of markings on the trees for them to follow where I have gone."

Zorbels grabs her bag, preparing anything she might need. She starts her journy in the direction Laragorn was last seen. Zorbels turns back "Farren keep Spetyco in your care and sight, and make sure he stays here. Use whatever force you think necessary." Zorbels gives Farren a look and Farren nods understanding, reading the look as danger. She continues on her way with hurried steps.

Zorbels comes to the clearing that both her and Farren chased Laragorn through before getting back the bag. She marks a tree, carving in the letter Z with her dagger. She hears footsteps close to her and readies her daggers while standing straight against the tree. As the footsteps are almost upon her she jumps out with daggers ready "Who are you! What is your business here in these parts?"

[zhai]

Zhai looks at the diaboli in front of them with certain indifference. "I am Zhai and this is Xylaal. I'm afraid we cannot linger much but say, are you in need of assistance?"

[LARAGORN]

What ever Anduin used, it was working. Laragorn awoke surrounded buy shrubs at the forests edge. He slowly and painfully, got to his knees. Bowing his head, he uttered the words to commence a healing spell on himself. Reaching into his pack, he grabbed the flask of mana, and took a big drink. Repeating the spell on himself three times, the wounds were gone. Looking around he could not remember the area. He headed one way, but it wasn’t familiar. Back the other way, still nothing looked right. Laragorn decides to go to the top of the closest hill to see if anything will give him an indication of where he is. At the top of the hill he looks around. He is lost.

[spyke01]

As the woamn jumps around the corner, Anduin is suprised and knows that he would be unable to ready a weapon before becoming like Laragorn so he holds up his hands saying "My name is Anduin, i am a ranger and am looking for someone named Zorbels, do you know who that is?"

Slowly moving his hands towards his swords, "or are you the one known as  Sptyco?" anduin says with a clear tone of spite in his voice.
[sorry zorbels, im a male demorian theres a description about me in my first post]

[Spetyco]

The false Spetyco looks over to Farren and grins, "My good friend, Farren.  I apologize for snapping at you."  The words seem sincere, but the eyes scream of hate.  He grins even wider at Farren, then gives him a wink, and points up.  They both look up and flying overhead is a riderless Pterosaur carrying something in its claws.  It drops its package which seems to float down directly into the false Spetyco's hands.  "Oh my," he says with more than a hint of sarcasm, "look what has dropped from the sky.  It's my book!  And I think this is my pouch of glyphs."
At that moment a huge fireball comes down heading directly towards Farren.
Just before it hits, the false Spetyco disappears!

[zorbels]

Zorbels looks shocked at the mention of her name. "Yes, I am Zorbels ... a pleasure to meet you Anduin. How do you know my name?" Zorbels lowers her daggers slightly and looks at the demorian with curiousity.

[Siteri Kidachi]

"Things are getting really weird..." Siteri said. She looked up at the pterosaur that was flying away. "Someone should follow that pterosaur to see where its home is! Someone must have sent it here."

[Odessa Wildfire]

"To be perectly honest, Im not sure what Im doing here.  The land appears different in some ways... but please forgive me, my manners have left as well as my memory, I am... Odessa... yes,that sounds right."

Odessa face appears to be one of confussion and conflict. Shaking her head as through it would remove the haze she continues...

"Anyway, please dont let me keep you.  Im sure I will remember what I was doing eventualy.  Thankyou for your concern."

[spyke01]

Still somewhat wary, but relaxing quickly to the lowering of the daggers, Anduin moves his own hand away from his swords and says "When i awoke this afternoon and went to take a drink from my creek, i found a man bleeding and injured nearby, i healed him the best i could, and admist his cries of pain and fits of unconcousness, he told me of you and one other whose name fails me. He said to tell you and this other that a man named Spetyco was going to attempt to kill you all. I believe this Spetyco tried to kill him...i left him him at the edge of the woods that are my home, he is well concealed and should recover soon, if you wish, i can take you to him."

[zorbels]

Zorbels turns a light shade of white and looks worried "Oh no! Farren and the others! Anduin, I must get back to camp! I just knew something wasn't right. Could you bring Laragorn back to the camp site? I will pay you a worthy amount of trias to do so." Zorbels looks at the stranger with a hopeful look and tries to keep her composure knowing that her friends are in danger.

[spyke01]

"I have no need of trias, but please be careful, and take this with you" Anduin says giving a small vial of thick red liquid to her "use this carefully...and dont drink it"

Running down the hill, Anduin approaches the place he had hidden Laragorn and pulls back the covering he had placed there. As he pulls back the cover, Anduin finds nothing but the bandages and an empty glass vial. Anduin picks up the empty vial and begins tracking Laragorn.

[Xylaal]

Xylaal inspects the seemingly able young diaboli and decides that in her current state, left to sit here in the woods, she would soon become a meal for a trepor.

"Odessa. It would not be right to leave you here alone. But we are in a great hurry, attending to a matter of the utmost urgency. Can you...are you able to come with us, to keep up with us? We are heading to a campsite, and once there, we can help you...our friend Zorbels has a great knowledge of herbs and can mix you a concotion to ease your confused mind and help regain memory."

"Will you come?"

[zorbels]

Zorbels runs back to the camp at full speed. She thinks to herself and speaks softly into the wind blowing against her face "What did Anduin mean by use this carefully and dont drink it"  Zorbels looks at the small vial of thick red liquid in her hand. "I just pray to the gods that everyone is ok. Almost there ..... " Zorbels see's the smoke from the fire in the sky and knows she is close. As she approaches nearer to the camp a red mist floats in the air surrounding the area. Zorbels heart speeds up "Oh no, I hope it isn't to late."

[edit] No problem Xylaal, I will put in the request.

[Odessa Wildfire]

"Zorbels... where have I heard that name from before?" She ponders.

Odessa turns to look at Xylaal & Zhai with a suspicious expression.

"Memory loss? me?." Odessa laughs loudly.  "You had better run on if you are in an urgency.  I am in no immediate danger. And besides, how far off course can I be." She says with a smile.