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[Nimrana]

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Cecilia M'real told Nimrana the lady Ivory Wright was missing and assumed to be kidnapped. She said she thought he'd like to know since the two seemed to be fond of each other.

Nimrana asked how Cecilia knew Ivory had been taken? Perhaps she simply visited friends and overstayed.

Cecilia told him Ivory helped Lady Gwyn Skyfire deliver a child and that was the last anyone saw of her. It took considerable effort on Nimrana's part to get her to confess she had heard Ivory scream for help and the scream seemed to come from the tunnel.

No evidence remained in the tunnel, however.

He suggested they find Spawn. That person had twice tried to abduct Ivory while Nimrana was present. Through the efforts of many others and Nimrana those attempts were thwarted. No doubt there were other attempts and this one finally succeeded. Cecilia said they were trying to find Spawn as well as Ivory.

In his frustration and anger, Nimrana exclaimed, "That man has taken my prize!"

This infuriated Cecilia who shot back, "She is a woman! A human being. She is not a trophy to be won!"

Nimrana ignored that and stormed out of Hanses'. He recalled to Dark Cove and faded into the shadows to approach the Dark Order headquarters. He saw many from the Order of Sanctus appear as they recalled in.

He waited until one of the Dark Order opened the door and then he slipped inside the castle. He listened for anything and watched.

Meanwhile the Sanctans and Dark Order began to battle. In the confusion Nimrana crept deeper into the fortress until he found Spawn, bloody from the wounds he had received but recovering within the safety of the walls.

Nimrana stepped out of the shadows and confronted Spawn, demanding to be taken to Ivory. Spawn spurned him and left. One of the Dark Order asked Nimrana who he was. He told her and demanded to see Ivory, but he only got nonsensical answers from the woman.

Another woman told Nimrana to leave and she passed on to other business. On his way out, Spawn told him he would tell Ivory Nimrana looked for her. Nimrana glared and fumed, but he left.

He had not finished with Ivory.

[Starfire]

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Ivory clanked her shackles again and tested the strength. She tugged on them to see how far she could move. And she listened. She listened to the drone of some vile worship, the sounds of life outside the window, and footsteps. She was learning to recognize whose footsteps were whose. It helped her prepare herself for the torments some would bring. And always, she repeated to herself her mother's words, " Think Ivory, listen, learn, plan. You are not helpless just limited."
So she listened, learned and planned. She knew the size of the room and what objects were in it. Ivory knew there were two doors here, one lead to a hall and one lead to an unpleasant smelling room. It reeked of old dried blood. She knew several names now and the voice to match: Oggaroth was here of course, and someone named Darrien. She knew him from tales Tatiana had told. There was the vampire who liked to feed on her, Kryste, and her daughter, Sophya; someone named Taro had been there as well. And there was the undead who had touched her skin, and she got the impression he had returned from long ago, Admoreth she thought they called him.
She tugged on the chains to get closer to the window, the fresh air and warmth of the sun restoring her strength a bit. The vampire feeding, the torments and tortures were eating away at her sanity, so she sought normalcy in small things. She hummed her healing songs and called to the birds and beasts outside the window. Their chirps and songs and calls helped keep her mind whole. She braced herself for the coming night and more horrors and torments.
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aka: Tatiana Thorn nee Alexi; Summer Kane; Ivory Skyfire; and others

[Nimrana]

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Nimrana made several forays into Dark Cove, careful to keep to the shadows as he watched the comings and goings in and around what he considered the main castle of the Dark Order. Once he managed to slip inside the castle and hid, hoping to hear anything about where Ivory might be located.

He still had not found a way to get off the main floor or into all the rooms on that floor. Fear of being found limited exploration.

The morning of the second day since Ivory's abduction, he stood outside the castle, wrapped in a cloak against the chill air. He heard a man leaving Dark Cove and singing as he went to the fields. Nimrana frowned and winced. The man sang off key.

Then he smiled. Perhaps he had found a key. He prepared himself for a rapid escape. He looked and listened. Then he stepped out of the shadows and began singing. He always thought he had a fine voice.

He sang a a sexually explicit song he knew well, and he sang in Drow. He sang as he strolled around the castle and pretended to be interested in anything but the castle. As he reached the back he sang louder and louder.

Hoping for any response. His magics ready for a quick escape.

[Starfire]

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Starfire fumed and cursed. She took her pets and slaughtered dragons, and still she fumed. Damn Tarothin to Oblivion. If it were not for Ditto, she would gladly cut out his heart, if one were even left. She stormed about Mazewood, sending the poor refugees cowering in fear. Starfire cursed more and haunted the maze, killing demons. She stormed about in fury..... and fear. Ivory, of all the people, she had never thought Ivory would be prey to the games of power mongers. Sanctus had yet to find her. It left Starfire with little choice. Sighing heavily she sat down to write a missive to Tarothin. She decided she had best write several more as well.

After writing out the assorted notes, she went about Mazewood and apologized to the assembled peasants. She gazed about and a few tears trickled down her cheeks. She would do the best she could for her home.
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aka: Tatiana Thorn nee Alexi; Summer Kane; Ivory Skyfire; and others

[Starfire]

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Ivory had examined her cell and knew it well. It was three paces by three paces. There was her cell companion, she called him Ribs, a pile of skulls, a bench and her shackles. With much effort she had managed to extract a heavy bone from Ribs and had rubbed it on the ground over and over. It was not much but it was sharp and gave her a sense of doing something. Ivory thought the skulls would not be of much use. She just praised the virtues any remaining tissue had long since decayed off her companions. Ivory had also torn some small pieces of cloth from her skirt to wrap around her wrists, where the shackles were chaffing the skin. Again, it was not much but gave her purpose. And she planned more, thinking of that pile of skulls......
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aka: Tatiana Thorn nee Alexi; Summer Kane; Ivory Skyfire; and others

[Starfire]

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Ivory was pacing the cell for the thousandth time, checked her sharpened bone, and pondered over the pile of skulls wondering how she could use them. Oggaroth came into the cell, to torment her she was sure. If only she could drive him from Spawn. Spawn deserved better. Oggaroth, taunted and tormented her then grew tired of the game and left. Then she heard a voice. He came into the cell. Ivory listened hard but did not know this voice. If she had heard it before it was not recent or often. This man came in and told her to put her shackles upon the ground. It was pointless not to do as he asked, after all if he wanted to hurt her, it was not like she could run from him. She knelt down and put her shackles on the ground. Ivory fell back in fright at the SMASH that echoed through the room. She sat there a bit afraid to move. Then, realized her hands were not shackled to the wall but free. Startled she climbed to her feet. The man told her to come with him and dragged her in a gate. Ivory felt the magic about her as she was transported. She stood very still and then the man said, "we have another gate to jump and you will be back in Sanctus."
"Who are you? Why are you helping me?"
There was no answer and then she felt herself being transported again. She landed with a thud and stood very still. Ivory had no idea where she was and the man had not followed her through? After much thought, Ivory started to yell. And then she heard familiar voices running her way, Niall, Cecilia and others. Ivory knew she was home and crumpled in relief.
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aka: Tatiana Thorn nee Alexi; Summer Kane; Ivory Skyfire; and others