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[Mairsil]

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Mairsil walked quitely through the night, down the pass outside of town. He halfway knew what he was doing, and somewhat wasn't sure at the same time. Alexis was missing and another drow was now looking for him, he didn't doubt the connection.. He let his mind wander starring at swaying trees and the stars above, listening to the sound of the wind. Perhaps that calmness is what gave it away, the sound of crunching leaves behind him..a sound out of place, a sound with no purpose being there.

Mairsil drew his cross bow and held it down to his side, and prepared to cast a spell, but stood still. Whatever was behind him moved closer, and then spoke.

"Dos are the one they call Mairsil."

Mairsil only turned his head slightly, but did not look back.
"Xas, the one and only. What do you want?"

"I want to know what happened to my sister..and I wan't to know why I've seen some of the things I've seen in the drow empire of the surface world.."

Mairsil said nothing, he only sighed, and turned around slowly to look the figure dead in the eyes, dark red eyes..This was the drow, as he had suspected. As their eyes met a look of anger and frustration crossed over the drow.

"Well that would explain it. A drow empire, lead by an ELF?!"

"Half -elf, now that you mention it."

The drow cringed, tightening his grip around the handle of the gleeming kryss in his hand.

"I am Barl, brother of Alexis. I recently received a very strange message from her, I left the under dark to find out why...But now.."

The anger grew visibly in his eyes.

"I see that much more has gone wrong than I expected. I do not know how you ever aqquired leadership in a drow empire, but it is not your place. I can see why we received the call for help, why our blood here has seemed so, pathetic!" He stepped closer pointing the Kryss at Mairsil.

Mairsil's eyes seemed glazed over, as if he was in another world, as he raised his crossbow level with Barl's eye.
"Did you come to help me Barl, or did you come for a fight?"

"I came to set things right, by any means neccessary..but I did not expect such an embarrassment...Step Down Mairsil!" They began to circle one another slowly.

"Or what?"

"Or you and yours are damned Mairsil. The world around you is closing in and you know it, and your empire is ever weaker without the blood of the underdark..blood that supports ME. We can fight this fight, and you will fall, as those after you shall..Or you can step down, and let the blood of the drow empire properly run a DROW kingdom....even should you survive this night Mairsil, you and the drow of the surface are an outrage to the blood of the underdark...It's only a matter of time.."

"Not much of a choice."

"Not much time for you to make it either.."

It registered in Mairsil's mind before he even heard the sound, that sound so out of place on this seemingly peaceful night...the crunching of leaves..all around him.

Mairsil leaned his head back slightly, slowly closing his eyes and speaking in a low voice. "Decisions...Decisions.."
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