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Reply #75 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 3:43am
 
#2377  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Among the first to arrive at the Castle was a young woman no one had seen before. She had crossed the Mile Wall from the west that morning and had been walking steadily toward the Castle when the order to “come in” had been given. She had been picked up by a wagon carrying the younger children of several farm families and their caretakers and so arrived sooner than she had expected to. Her name was Tameri and she was looking for a job.
     She was directed to Lisabetha, the Head of Housekeeping, an older woman who had accompanied Penthesilea to the Castle after the sack of Dunn’s Keep having no where else to go after the destruction of the only home she had ever known. The young woman as tall with dark hair and eyes, a pleasant smile and what appeared, at first brush, a pleasing personality.  Lisabetha decided to give her an audition. The Castle was going to be full of people and they would need to be fed over and above the party that was still planned for that evening. The former cook had quit and had taken several of the staff with her. If this new girl could perform under those conditions, she was hired.

[Visual reference: Sandra Bullock as Tameri. ]



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Reply #76 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 3:58am
 
#2378  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Daemon appeared at his destination with his sword in one hand and an energy blaster in the other. At first, the clearing in which he had appeared seemed calm and deserted. The the wind changed and he smelled it -- the unmistakable stench of blood and gruesome death. With a whisper of denial on his lips, Daemon followed the scent.....
  

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Reply #77 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 3:59am
 
#2380  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Satira had observed every move that Penthesilea had made from the moment that she had appeared in the Courtyard with her daughters until the moment that she had reentered the Castle. She had seen Penthesilea take something from the dead man’s body and place it in her pocket. Since the Keyholder didn’t seem the type to loot the dead, whatever it was must have some extraordinary significance. Someone had to have been close enough to see what it was. All Satira had to do was find that person.
     By the time the first wave of evacuees arrived, Satira had her answer. She had heard from no less than three sources that the object that Penthesilea how carried in her pocket was a medallion normally worn by the Darklord. One that he never removed.  To Satira’s mind that seemed to indicate that the Lord Marshall was in dire straits and she wondered why Penthesilea wasn’t dropping everything to ride in search of Kodiak. It was becoming plain to Satira that the Lady’s feelings for her Lord Marshall were more than simply those of a Liege Lady for her sworn man. Satira grinned slyly. A woman would have to be made of stone to resist the Darklord and whatever else Penthesilea was, she was certainly warm flesh and blood!
  

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Reply #78 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:00am
 
#2381     [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Daemon followed the scent for a good quarter of a mile until he entered the clearing where the Wolfkin had made their base camp. It was deserted and showed signs of being abandoned in haste.  Cautiously, he sheathed his sword and, keeping his blaster at the ready, examined the ground.  It took some time, even when moving in haste Wolfkin were hard to track, but he eventually found the trail that they had taken out of the camp. With every sense fully alert, Daemon followed the trail.
  

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Reply #79 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:01am
 
#2382    Penthesilea
     
     Penthesilea heads for the eastern side of the Castle, where only yesterday the stakes were placed for the new addition. She is met by the engineer and a pack of gremlins.

Penthesilea: Was anything disturbed by the earthquake?

Engineer: There was some shifting. We have remarked the lines.

Penthesilea: Good. All of you get inside. I'm going to have to work through the Castle’s field and that will be tricky. Fortunately, we are reasonably in tune with each other. The stone will answer me.

     The Engineer and the gremlins, having some idea of what is to come, obey the Keyholder and retreat to the safety of the Castle. Once they are safely inside, Penthesilea goes to the exact center of the area to be enclosed, thoughtfully marked by the survey crew. She takes a moment to still her mind, to become one with the limestone buried deep under her feet, then she sends her awareness down. She sinks deeper and deeper into the stone. She becomes one with the stone and tells it what is needed and how it should be done. The stone agrees and begins to flow.....
     Observers on Towers Three and Four see only the Keyholder standing in the middle of the staked out field at first. Then, they see it -- the ground under the stakes that mark the new outer wall is moving! Then it splits and falls away as a solid wall of limestone, six and a half feet thick, rises from the soil. The foundation and walls of two towers, located at the far eastern corners of the new addition, also break through. The walls rise, higher and higher, until they are level with the existing wall. The towers continue to rise to their full height. Where the Keyholder's Tower once sat at the back of the Castle, it now sits in the middle. A gateway, identical to the one on the western side forms. She makes no more openings in these walls. There will be time for that later. If there is a later!  Her task finished, Penthesilea returns to her body. And abruptly sits down.
     “I have got to stop doing these heavy power jobs without preparation,” she says to herself.  “I'm not as young as I used to be!”
  

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Reply #80 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:02am
 
#2383  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     “No, Mother, you are not.” Penthesilea looks up into the disapproving faces of her offspring. It was MoonCat who had spoken and the older girl watched as her sister helped their mother to her feet.
     “What else do you need to do, Mother? We aren’t as in tune with the rock as you are but we need to be and the quicker we learn, the better.”
  

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Reply #81 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:02am
 
#2386     Penthesilea

     Penthesilea has no argument for that.  “Join hands with me. The walls are up but they still need to be bound into the Castle's structure. I can do it now, if you supply the power. Otherwise, it will have to wait.” Wordlessly, the girls join hands and each reaches for her mother.
  

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Reply #82 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:03am
 
#2390    Penthesilea

     Penthesilea takes her daughters’ hands and pulls power from them. The walls around them glow -- hotter and hotter. Everyone inside the walls breaks a sweat. Then the glow fades and what was raw limestone is smooth, polished and fused into the original Castle's structure. Penthesilea's grip on her girls’ hands changes and they sees that she's about to faint. “If I could trouble you for a lift to the workroom...”
  

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Reply #83 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:04am
 
#2391 [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Spirit and MoonCat support their mother from either side. “I’ve got it, Mother.” Spirit activates the spell and the three of them appear in the center of the workroom. 
  

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Reply #84 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:04am
 
#2392     [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Satira lowered her spy glass. From her vantage point in her quarters, Satira had watched the entire procedure. She had to admit that it was an impressive display of power that would have put most of the magick workers she knew of on their backs for weeks if not months. Yet, although she accepted the support of her daughters, Penthesilea was still on her feet and apparently coherent. Satira was beginning to understand why her Patron has instructed her to gain the Keyholder’s trust. A frontal assault would be the height of folly.
  

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Reply #85 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:05am
 
#2393    [Rewritten by Penthesilea ]
     
     The girls ease their mother to the floor and while MoonCat supports Penthesilea, Spirit goes to a nearby shelf and pulls down a cut glass decanter of a blue liquid that glows faintly in the darkened room.
  

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Reply #86 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:05am
 
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     SpiritFire pours her mother a healthy glass of the liquid which seethes and glows blue. Penthesilea takes the glass and drinks it in one pull. She bolts upright as it hits her stomach...  “And Daemon thinks gremlin brew is potent!” she mutters.  She shakes her head in an attempt to clear it.
     “That is because Uncle Daemon doesn’t use this very often. If he did, gremlin brew wouldn’t even make him blink.” MoonCat answers.
     “His gifts run in directions other than high powered magick,” Penthesilea responds as she tries to shake off the considerable buzz caused by the drink.
     “Excuse me, Lady Keyholder. Satira is at the tower door and wishes to speak to you,” Ashera announced.
     “I wonder what she wants,” Spirit said. “I don’t trust her, Mother. She is too much like my father’s concubines.”
     Penthesilea forces down her reaction to the mention of her daughters’ father. “Agreed. But until I know why she came here I’m not going to send her away. Not for a minute do I believe her story. Ashera, let her in and tell her I will see her in my first floor study directly.”
     “Done.”
   
  

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Reply #87 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:06am
 
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     Satira tried not to appear too obvious in her curiosity as she was ushered into Penthesilea’s private study.  The room was warm and comfortable and not at all ostentatious.  She took a seat and considered how to phrase her questions while she waited. Penthesilea didn’t keep her waiting long. The Keyholder appeared in short order, apparently only pausing to change clothes. The fact that Penthesilea was on her feet surprised Satira considering the state of near collapse that she had been in when Satira had last seen her.
     “You wished to see me, Satira?” Penthesilea took her seat behind her desk and it was obvious that she had no time for small talk.
     “I have heard rumors, my Lady,” Satira began. “that I thought that you should be aware of if you were not already.” Penthesilea’s only response was a nod and Satira continued. “Some of the people are questioning why tonight’s party is going on as planned, given the situation. The whole Castle suspects that something foul has happened to the Lord Marshall and the army and wonders why a search is not underway. Another rumor that I’ve heard is that a Goddess has taken an unfriendly interest in you and that is why the Castle is beset with explosions and monsters.”
     Penthesilea leaned back in her chair and considered for a moment before replying. “The party goes on because among other things, all of my allies will be there. We may provide too tempting a target for my enemy to pass up and cause he, she or whatever to tip his/hers/whatever's manipulatory appendage. I wasn't planning to raise the new walls until next week but this situation came up and I had too. You see, under normal siege conditions, I would open a Gate and send most of my people and all of their livestock into another area where they could wait out a siege in safety and relative comfort. Unfortunately, in this situation, I don't know where "safe" is. We have plenty of food on hand, the harvest is in and the herds have been culled but we must shelter the breeding stock and the horses. We can’t, at present, defend the stables and stock barns. It will be noisy and, maybe, smelly to have them so close but we have no choice.  As for the Goddess who is after me. Her name is not spoken. She is commonly referred to as The Goddess of the Sand. To say her True Name is to draw Her attention to you and I have enough of that, believe me. The Lord Marshall told me when to expect his return. If he does not appear, believe me, I will tear this world apart to find him and may the Gods have mercy on anyone who gets in my way!  Right now, you must excuse me. I must search for my father. He went seeking to learn the fate of our army after the giant lizard’s attack and hasn’t returned. I would know if he were dead but something has delayed him and I would know what. The maid will see you out.”

  

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Reply #88 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:07am
 
#2396     [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     With Satira gone, Penthesilea relaxed for a moment while she considered the interview. It was obvious that the woman was trying to ingratiate herself to the Keyholder. That in itself was not unusual. Penthesilea was the most powerful person, male or female, within a month’s march and having people trying to curry favor with her by whatever means was just something she was going to have to get used to. She didn’t like it but she would have to deal with it. The Castle was guaranteed to become a center of civilization in its part of the world and the more people that settled near it, the more influence and power Penthesilea would have. And that meant that the power hungry would not be far behind. Penthesilea sighed and put the future problems aside. The problems of the present were quite sufficient! She rose and headed for her workroom where her daughters were likely waiting. There was still work to do.
  

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Reply #89 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:07am
 
#2397  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Satira left the Keyholder’s presence with her excitement carefully concealed. The Goddess of the Sand was a minor member of the Pantheon of which her Patron was a major member. He would be able to determine the exact nature of the Goddess’s interest and how He and His agent could exploit it to their advantage.  Satira made haste to her quarters and, after ordering her now ever present gremlin escort to remain outside her rooms and on guard, she entered into communication with her God.
  

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Reply #90 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:08am
 
#2398  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

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Daemon followed the scent for a good quarter of a mile until he entered the clearing where the Wolfkin had made their base camp. It was deserted and showed signs of being abandoned in haste.  Cautiously, he sheathed his sword and, keeping his blaster at the ready, examined the ground.  It took some time, even when moving in haste Wolfkin were hard to track, but he eventually found the trail that they had taken out of the camp. With every sense fully alert, Daemon followed the trail.
     

     Daemon moves quickly and quietly as only he can, racing through the forest like a shadow.  He knows it is dangerous to move so quickly and with less caution that he normally would use under the circumstances but his gut tells him that time is of the essence. And it could already be too late. 
     The scent of death grows strong in his nose and Daemon slows in his headlong pace. He looks up. Yes. The trees are thick enough here. With a powerful leap, he reaches the lowest branches of the nearest tree and hauls himself up. He climbs a bit higher for concealment’s sake and, after making sure that his weapons are secure, he leaps into space, catches a sturdy limb on a nearby tree and swings, one handed, toward the next tree.  He moves like a flickering shadow through the trees. The scent is overpowering. Death... and something else. He looks down, snarls and drops like a stone......
  

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Reply #91 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:09am
 
#2399     [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Satira was a happy woman. Her God was pleased with the information that she had brought Him and His agile mind was even then forming a plan to bring Penthesilea, her Castle and her formidable power under His control.  In the meantime, Satira’s orders were simple: blend in, make friends among the Castle’s ordinary folk so that when her influence began to grow no one would object and, the task at the top of her list, seduce the Keyholder’s brother and bring him under her control followed by the Lord Marshall.      
  

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Reply #92 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:10am
 
#2401   Penthesilea

The New Military Compound

     Herdsmen and wranglers drive the livestock into the enclosure. Wagons full of feed rumble in as quickly as they can move while the engineering gremlins rush to install the gates....
  

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Reply #93 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:11am
 
#2403   Penthesilea
     
The Keyholder's Magickal Workroom

     Penthesilea and her daughters sit in a circle surrounded by the white fire of a magickal circle. Their hands are joined and they are united in their search. *

Penthesilea: Father.

MoonCat: Grandfather.

SpiritFire: Grandfather.

*As from a great distance, Penthesilea hears a response.*

Lord Duncan: Daughter? *The Keyholder does not answer. She gathers her power and reaches toward her father. She feels him and grabs onto him and pulls.... With a bang of air displacement, Lord Duncan appears inside the circle formed by the arms of his daughter and her children. He is wasted and pale... They drop the circle and Spirit rushes for the decanter of blue liquid as MoonCat and Penthesilea lift Lord Duncan into a sitting position. His dark eyes widen as Spirit brings him the decanter. He takes it eagerly and drains it. Swiftly, his color returns and he sits up under his own power.

Penthesilea: What happened?

Lord Duncan: I was captured and held. And before you ask, I don't know by whom, why or where I was held.

Penthesilea: We have a situation here. And a party to get ready for. *Her face goes hard and, for a second, the ferocity of her father shines in her eyes.* Full formal dress. Come ready for war...
  

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Reply #94 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:12am
 
#2404   [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Lord Duncan frowns slightly. “Are things that dire, daughter?”
     “I believe that they are, Father.” Penthesilea then gives her father the high points of the last few days. “Someone is up to something but I don’t know who.  And until I find out, I’m going to be touchier than a cornered weasel.”
     “That is probably wise,” Lord Duncan replied and then grinned. “It’s been a while since I was in a good dust up. Should be interesting.”
     The slightly sour expression on Penthesilea’s face was mirrored on the faces of her daughters. No doubt about it, her father was fully recovered from his ordeal. Duncan laughed and kissed each one of them on the forehead and then disappeared from the workroom. He would freshen up, make a few inquiries before the party and be ready, as his offspring advised, for war.
  

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Reply #95 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:12am
 
#2405  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     In her quarters, Satira was dressing for the party. Choosing clothing was a delicate task. She wanted and needed to catch Daemon’s eye since he was her primary target but she did not wish to appear too easy lest he have no interest in the chase. Far better to let him think that she was something “special” and that her favors were not to be had merely for the asking.  She also wanted to project the image of a competent warrior -- which she was, after all -- and not just a plaything. She knew men well enough to know that it would take more than competence in the bedchamber to hold Daemon’s attention once she had it. And it would be the same with the Darklord. A pretty face and good bed skills might attract him initially but it would take much, much more to hold his attention and she was coming into the race late.
  

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Reply #96 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:13am
 
#2406  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Penthesilea and her daughters left the workroom shortly after Lord Duncan’s departure.  The girls were not especially keen on the night’s festivities but they would attend long enough to witness the formalities that Penthesilea had planned. Only Penthesilea was aware of what the Darklord planned. That was why she was willing to wait at least a few hours before beginning the search. It was always possible that he had somehow lost the medallion in battle and was not harmed in the least. If he could be there tonight, he would be. He would not disappoint the woman that he loved.
  

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Reply #97 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:14am
 
#2407  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Penthesilea decided to stop in at her “public” office on the second floor before getting ready for the party. There were a few small chores that she had time to deal with and she wasn’t inclined to let them wait until morning. Because....no one knew what the morning would bring....
  

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Reply #98 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:15am
 
#2408  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Jasmine arrived at the Castle clad in her everyday clothing. The gown she intended to wear was much too delicate for traveling. After witnessing the scene between Kodiak and Penthesilea in his NightClub, Jasmine knew that her advantage was slipping away.  She had to secure Kodiak’s devotion and quickly. Otherwise, her father would decide to take more direct action that would likely result in Kodiak being no use to her at all!  And Jasmine, ever the self-serving opportunist, did [b]not[/n] want to forgo Kodiak’s lovemaking!
     When she learned of the commotion involving the flying monster and the rumor that Kodiak was dead or captured she went immediately to the Keyholder. With luck, the trusting fool would tell her what she knew of Kodiak’s fate.
  

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Reply #99 - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 4:15am
 
#2409  [Rewritten by Penthesilea]

     Jasmine had no trouble locating the Keyholder.  It was a simple matter of “asking” the Castle. Since Penthesilea had not told the Castle to conceal her whereabouts, Ashera had answered Jasmine’s question. She had carefully considered whether to barge into the office in a state of fearful uncertainty or to take a more restrained approach. She decided on “restrained” and knocked on the door to the inner office since no secretary was on duty. “My lady, it’s Jasmine. May I come in?”
  

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