[RPG] [SWI][Ikalak] The Dark Lady and Diodorus

[Alex]

(Meta: This RP is one I wrote months and months ago, and was so proud of 
it I entered it for my original writing coursework for English :-) . The 
delay in sending was caused mostly by me having handwritten it at the 
last minute, and not being allowed to get it back until now due to 
moderation concerns.)/
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As the sun rose over the white spires of Ikalak City, the assassin in 
training stalked through the shadows cast by the cold light of morning.

Though he was but an amateur as yet, Diodorus enjoyed the thrill of the 
chase, pursuing a target only to break off at the last moment. It was 
for this reason that he slipped through the back alleys of the city 
tracking Teagan.

As he rounded a corner, he swore and ducked back quickly as he realised 
he had almost stumbled in open view on to the road towards the desolate 
south. Yet, even as he turned back, he spotted a woman watching him. 
Disarmed for a moment by her gaze, he stood and watched as as she turned 
and walked away./

"Damn..." Diodorus cursed under his breath and chased after her.

/As he reached the end of the alley, he looked out, but could not spy 
the lady. he ducked inside a temple to Nehru and, ignoring the cries of 
pain of some of the acolytes performing their morning rituals, he 
ascended the spire, staying in the shadows, and looked out across the 
merchants setting up shop for the day, and watched the lady walk through 
the square towards the camp of Teagan, undoubtedly to inform the noble 
of his pursuer.

Like a man possessed, Diodorus jumped down the stairs and ran from the 
temple towards Teagan's camp, stealth forgotten. Evading the guards, 
Diodorus caught up to the woman on the far side of the square. he 
cloaked himself in shadow as she turned and gazed in his direction, but 
she did not see him and continued on her path. Silently, Diodorus 
stalked her, matching her footsteps exactly, and struck the woman in her 
back with his curved dagger.

As he watched her fall, the illusion passed, and the lady lying wounded 
changed before his very eyes into the form of Teagan, writhing in pain. 
Diodorus yanked the dagger out, stricken with fear, and turned to run 
when he saw the lady again, this time taller and shrouded in darkness 
that could not be natural./

"So you would hunt me, Diodorus?" the lady asked, smiling nastily. "Then 
seek me in the frozen wildernesses... if you dare."

/With unnatural speed, the dark lady turned and left. Diodorus started 
to follow her, but broke off at the sound of the city guard approaching. 
Slipping into the shadows once more, he stood still as a rock, silent 
and near invisible, the only sign he had been there was the body of 
Teagan, lying unceremoniously in the dirt.
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The lady was later seen in a temple near the river, with a message left 
there for "a shadowy male, about 5'10", long hair, you might not see him 
at all really"./

"Diodorus,

Should you evade the judgement of my services, then seek me out. I have 
need of one of your services...

Good Luck.

The Dark Lady of Ikalak"

-- 
"Abashed the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is."
-Milton