Tussle in the Yards, Grudge in the Night (ATTN:Ata, Andular)

[Ace of Spades]

OOC: Hi, for those of you reading for the fun of it! I’m the guy who play’s Neroin. I’m going to play the part of Dane Ruairi for this RP. For more information on this character (i.e. a bio) email or PM me and I will send you a copy. I hope to have fun playing this TPC, and I hope everyone reading thoroughly enjoys this thread.

 

IC: Once again Dane was doing a useless task. His mentor had given him the task of braiding steel wires into small chords. The old codger had said something about building dexterity and finger-strength, but Dane felt that that was a lie so that his mentor could leave him to go some house of ill repute.

:::: He was absorbed in the twisting of the wire. He had already braided several feet of thin, strong chord already. The sooner he finished the sooner he could return to his quarters. There were too many people outside today. So many ugly, detestable people wandering around the yards made it a miserable experience to be outside in the fresh air and sunlight. More than once he watched someone pass by and in his mind he set them on fire and watched them scream and run in circles as they burned.

:::: “Nice day isn’t it?†Dane’s head shot up from his work and fixed his odd green eye on the intruder of his privacy. Another trainee from the looks of him.

:::: “You made me miss a twist…†he glowered. His brown eye twitched and his green eye seemed to bulge out even more. “Do you have any idea how hard it is to untwist this infernal wire?â€

 

OOC: I did the best I could without your character description. I would have done some more description… but I’m itching to get started so if what I wrote you saying was out of character I’ll change it later. If you want the quick route to a fight then just comment in a way that could be even remotely construed as insulting about his eye. I think we should keep these going 2 posts each and then Ata will come in and break us up from our tussle… that will be the minimum 5 post requirement, so we can stop the fighting at 5 posts, unless of course you’d like the tussle to last a while :). In any event I’m really going to enjoy this RP so I am going to stop trying to dictate it now. Sorry… I got excited.

[Ace of Spades]

OOC: Ok, Andular’s post was lost, but now that I know the gist of what he wrote it’s time to reply!

 

IC: ‘He’s laughing…’ Dane’s mind screamed at him and his odd green eye began to twitch, ‘he’s laughing at me… he’s laughing at me…’

:::: His fingers began to twitch and he started licking his lips as the other trainee walked away laughing and enjoying the morning. Dane’s teeth clamped over his bottom lip and he tasted his own blood. Sweet blood, he thirsted for more… his own blood was not enough… more… more blood!

:::: He got up and with his lanky body rocketed over the yard’s and rushed headlong into the other trainee bearing him into the ground with a thud and a grunt. With one skeletal fist he punched the other man in the back of the neck and the bony fingers of his other hand scrabbled for a handhold on the back of the trainee’s head. His fingers caught in a tangle of locks and he pushed the other boy’s face into the dirt.

:::: With a free arm his victim began to elbow him in the ribs until Dane was forced to back off a little. His victim had just enough time to get onto his back before Dane was on him again. He sent a stiff jab into the prone man’s gut and then clawed for a handhold on his throat.

:::: “Name?” asked Dane through his cocoon of bloodlust.

:::: “What?” asked his victim.

:::: “‘What’ is a very strange name.” He said as he used his leg to kick his victim’s knee. He smiled with all his teeth at the pained response. “Tell me your name!”

:::: “Jovani!” he coughed out just as Dane got a good grip on his throat.

:::: “My name is Dane.” Said Dane with a malicious smile and tightened his grip, “The pleasure, Jovani, is entirely mine.” Dane lifted his free hand readying it to strike down into Jovani’s face. “I don’t like being laughed at OR with…”

:::: he readied to strike and poke out Jovani’s eyes, but suddenly his victim’s body twisted and he felt a knee crash into his ribs. His grip loosened as he was knocked to the ground. He was up in a second but so was Jovani. He roared but it came out instead as a blood-curdling screech and pounced on his victim once more.

 

OOC: Dane will fight dirty… just so you know. Anyway your turn Andular.

[Andular]

Jovani felt something slam into his back seconds before the ground rushed up and knocked the wind from his lungs. “What in the light” He thought as pain racked his chest from the impact with the ground. Rough hands grabbed his hair and began pushing Jovani’s face into the hard packed earth and he began to struggle.

 

Flailing with his arms and body he struggled to get on to his back and found the wind knocked from him once again as a blow caught him in the stomach. The wild eyes of the trainee he had just laughed at bored into him with hatred and madness. The youth’s hands clenched about his throat as he asked his name.

 

As the strange altercation with the clearly insane Dane wore on it was all Jovani could do to block the blows coming at him. Finally he managed to force the young man off of him and climb to his knees. With a feral scream Dane launched himself in the air and slammed him to the ground on his back. His attacker seemed possessed intent on his blood as a torrent of curses accompanied his wild attack.

 

Wrapping an arm around Dane’s neck Jovani twisted his head so he was forced off. Screaming he let go as Dane bit into his arm, Jovani barely managing to roll free of his assailant. Vaguely aware that a crowd had gathered he quickly rose to his feet just in time to hear another guttural scream as Dane rushed toward him once more.

[Liitha]

Liitha walked up from the stable towards the yard, she had seen to the mare and now wanted to run some laps, it was good and strange to be back, she hoped for some time to straigthen her mind in peace. Though as she turned the corner of a hedge and looked towards the part of the yard she normaly trained in she saw a crowd gathered. That was a crowd of trainees and by the sound of it a figth was going down, she sighed, just her luck.

 

Memories came back to her why she had no troubles keeping the road as her home. Pushing her way towards the midle she saw the two comatants pull apart and get to their feets ready to stumble into eachother again.

Her mood not the best anylonger she took the chanse before it could happen and steped into the circle with drawn swords puting herself between the two hot heads. "Enough!" She kept her eyes on both, they where trainees yet in this mood who knew what sence went through their mind, and she was not about to add herself to the fistfigth.

 

When she was sure they had somewhat realised she where there, she took the chanse to talk before either of them could raise a word. "I do not know what the two of you think you are doing, nor the rest of you without sence to go get someone to break this up. She let a look pass at the crowd, "there is nothing more to see here and if you got nothing bether then i am sure you can find some joy in a few laps." Turning too the two trainees she sheated her swords.

 

"Now the two of you can come with me, i want to know what you two thougth you where doing.." she motioned to one of them. "..but you may start trying to explain and then .." she looked at the other "..you will have your turn after. And this bether be good, though i have a hard time seeing why i shouldnt just take both of you to the Mistress of Trainee's and let her deal with you two"

 

Liitha looked back at the first trainee awaiting for him to explain.

[Andular]

As the woman, a Warder he realized or Tower Guard, led them away Jovani rubbed the back of his head. A bump was rising where it had hit the hard earth and it throbbed in pain.

 

Glancing sideways at the insane fool who had attacked him he could see the blood lust still swirling in the young man’s eyes. “Fool” He muttered under his breath as he was led away.

 

When they were far enough away from the crowd the woman turned on them and demanded they explain themselves. She fixed her eyes on Jovani causing him to cast his eyes downward at his feet.

 

“I was just walking toward the Armory Mam.” He could feel his face flush as he talked. “The next thing I know this rabid fool was tackling me and began to attack me for no apparent reason. All I was doing was defending myself.”

[Ace of Spades]

OOC: Now the socially manipulative side of the psychopathic personality comes into play.

 

IC: Dane found the fight stopped very suddenly. "Enough!" Said the new woman. She had twin blades unsheathed and pointed dangerously toward him and his victim. He paused trying to quickly consider this new development. "I do not know what the two of you think you are doing, nor the rest of you without sense to go get someone to break this up.” As she said that Dane noticed for the first time that a crowd had formed, "there is nothing more to see here and if you got nothing better then I am sure you can find some joy in a few laps." The new woman turned toward Dane and his victim. "Now the two of you can come with me, I want to know what you two thought you where doing." she motioned to Jovani, "but you may start trying to explain and then," she looked at Dane "you will have your turn after. And this better be good, though I have a hard time seeing why I shouldn’t just take both of you to the Mistress of Trainee's and let her deal with you two."

:::: ‘I explain AFTER him!!! How Dare she place this worm before me!’ Dane thought. Calm… ‘This could work in my favor…’ Dane’s eye twitched again. ‘if she is busy with him you can come up with your story…’ he went through the possibilities in his head… he couldn’t lie with Jovani present to dispute it. Crying would be in order but he needed a reason. The interruption? No… not enough of a reason… what else is there? ‘I don’t know! Oh no no no… I can’t squirm out of this unless I have a reason to cry. I don’t know why! That’s it! I’ll cry because I have no idea what came over me. Perfect.’

:::: “I was just walking toward the Armory Mam. The next thing I know this rabid fool was tackling me and began to attack me for no apparent reason. All I was doing was defending myself.” Said Jovani.

:::: When it was Dane’s turn he had already begun the process of calling forth tears. His voice cracked a little and his normal, brown eye was red and watery. “I have no idea what came over me… one moment I was sitting enjoying the day, then this one was rude to me… and suddenly here I am… I’m sorry. I’m so very sorry. I don’t know why I attacked him. I attacked a man without reason… I’m a—” he choked on his words and fell to his knees in a dramatic manner, “I’m a bad person! I need help. It’s all my fault… All my fault…” he trailed off with unable to continue as his forced tears began flowing down his cheeks.

:::: He felt the woman radiating concern. ‘Fell for it,’ he thought and smiled inwardly. He rubbed a dirty hand under his eyes and tried to stand… “I’m sorry, but I have no way to explain myself.”

:::: He spared a glance with reddened eyes at the Tower guard woman standing before him. He could almost taste her concern… her pity… He hated her for it, but he would take advantage of her bloody pity.

 

OOC: Ok I managed to work in a little segue just at the end for the next leg of the RP. Who posts next?

[Liitha]

Liitha listened to both sides, the act up was not something she aproved off, her worry was what to do with these two and that she really wished someone else had found them. What was coming to be of trainees if this was what they had as potential ones now, it really was more then she cared to deal with. She felt the need to sigh but instead grasped the void. "I dont have time for foolishness like this, i will follow you to the Mistress of Novice and the two of you can make your apologises to her." Liitha herded the boys infront of her and delivered them at the office with a short explanation, then where more then happy to bid her way out into the yard for training again.

 

She figured it was the best way, the mistress of novice surely was more capable to deal with the two and knew them from before, and hopefully able to solve what would balance the litle brats out into good trainees. She for sure didnt feel like she had the patience today to deal with it as in her mind they should for sure know bether.

[Ace of Spades]

:::: “Bloody woman,” muttered Dane as he left the mistress of trainee’s office. He was not referring to the woman he had just seen, but to the one who had stopped his fight earlier. The Mistress of trainees had responded even better to the earlier woman, and he had been let off with a slap on the wrist.

:::: “How dare she? How dare she? How dare she…” He kept repeating the question as if somehow an answer would appear from thin air. The other boy had insulted HIM! Had laughed at HIM! And that vile woman interfered when he was getting even. She had pitied him! PITY! “How dare she? How dare she? How dare she…” He had been cheated of his vengeance and his sport of beating the boy who insulted him until all his fluids drained out. “How dare she? How dare she? How dare she…” There was simply no excusing it… the woman must pay for the loss of his sport. Who did she think she was that she could step on his pride? “How dare she? How dare— hello…”

:::: Dane stopped in his tracks and his odd green eye fixed onto a scrawny cat. It was likely one of the strays that some bored Aes Sedai was feeding. Dane’s lips curled into a thin, twisted smile. The cat would be a welcome distraction from the despicable woman he would soon deal with. He bent down and removed some dried fish from is coat pocket. Something he had sweet-talked one of the cooks into giving him. “Here puss… here pretty kitty,” he cooed as he proffered the bit of fish. His voice was as smooth as milk and as sweet as honey and the cat quickly moved to take the fish. Dane began petting the cat, all the while cooing softly and soothing it. Bringing it closer and closer until he could safely scoop the cat up in his arms. The animal didn’t protest at all, content to be held and petted. He softly stroked the cat as he walked back to his dormitory. His three roommates all had the same mentor and they would be away on a training mission for two whole weeks. He would have plenty of time to play with his new toy. “That’s a good kitty… such a sweet girl.” His grip around the cat tightened and he caught its leg in his iron grip and clamped its jaw shut with his other hand. He could feel the cat squirming. “Now, now… kitty doesn’t want to be in a rush to get away. I’m going to have so much fun with you.” He began twisting the leg in his hand and he felt the bones and joints popping in and out of place. A rush of exhilaration filled him as he felt the cat squirm in his grasp trying to break free or cry, but he would not let either of those things happen.

:::: Dane reached his room, and held the cat’s face in one hand as he sifted through his drawers with the other. He felt deep passionate pleasure as the cat clawed at his arm to break free. He smiled that thin twisted smile as the cat’s claws drew blood in his arm. “It simply won’t do to be feisty, pussy cat…” Cooed Dane as he brought out thin, braided steel wire from his drawers. “The first thing we need to do is make it so you cant scream, little kitty cat… lucky for you I know just what to do.” With that unwavering smile he began to bind the cat’s feet, and licked his lips in anticipation for what he was about to do.

 

:::: The cat was tethered in the corner of the corner, unconscious after its operation. It was well bandaged and stitched up. After all, what good was it to have cut the cat’s vocal chord if it was going to die from its wounds later on.

:::: With the lingering euphoria of his play time with his new pet, Dane began thinking exactly how he was going to get even with that woman. His first order of business was to actually remember her name… He mulled over in his mind the events of earlier that day trying desperately to remember, but the only thing he could remember was her smug face and the seething rage he had felt at her interference.

:::: “I guess I’ll just have to settle on a nick name for the filthy tramp… ‘Filth’ will do… I’ll call the woman ‘filth.’” He turned an eye once more on the cat. “And in order to play with you more I need to know how you tick. I’m off to the library my feline friend… I shall see you later.”

:::: Dane left his room and ventured to the tower library. At least the part that was open to the public. He quickly found a brown sister to help him find a book on veterinary medicine, and set to work looking up the cat chapter. He was reading intently when he felt a presence behind him.

:::: “A new hobby of yours?” asked the mentor.

:::: Dane carefully placed a book mark in the feline anatomy book he had been reading. He smiled at his mentor, “Oh no. I’m taking care of a sick cat and I thought this might help.”

:::: “Just take the flea bag to an Aes Sedai Healing supposedly works on animals too.”

:::: “I already did, sir,” he lied, “She said that there was nothing that required the One Power. I couldn’t leave it at that, sir, I simply couldn’t. It would break my heart.” He finished, feigning true heartache so well he almost believed himself.

:::: The old tower guard fell for it hook, line, and sinker and sat down. “Well I wish you the best of luck with that… In other news…” the old wretch made a practiced turn and looked at Dane from another angle, “I’ve just received the report that you were in a fist fight with another trainee. It came from Liitha Dorje, what happened?”

:::: Dane twitched. How to handle this… cry? No too dramatic. Anger? No too out of character. Sorrow? Yes perfect. “I’m sorry master.” Dane placed his head in his hands and quickened his breath. “The fight was all my doing… I just lost control. He interfered with the task you gave me and I was so angry with him for keeping me from accomplishing the task you gave me for my benefit. It was my duty to complete it… I failed… I’m a failure!” He gritted his teeth and squeezed his eyes so they would appear misty.

:::: “Oh, Dane… Don’t worry about it. It was just some wire… You’re not a failure. Listen, I can see you’re upset, why don’t you take the week off. I’ll settle things with Liitha in the meantime. See to that cat of yours.” The mentor left. Fool. As soon as the mentor was out of sight Dane’s lip twisted in that sickening smile.

:::: ‘Perfect…’ Dane began sliding open the book once more when he stopped and his smile disappeared. ‘Liitha?’ He tried to think where he had heard this name before. Then the pieces fell together and he matched face to name. ‘Liitha Dorje… filth.’ The smile returned as he caressed the book. ‘Just as I research my new plaything shall I research you Ms. Dorje… I’m going to play with you too… you will regret stopping my vengeance, and you will pay… dearly.’ He thought. He reopened to the page he had been reading before, “I will learn about you.” He mumbled, and read on.

[Liitha]

"Excuse me Liitha?"

 

Turning she looked at the man, one of the other TGs "Yes?"

 

"You dont know me, but I'm here on behalf of one of the boys whose fight you broke up yesterday afternoon. Dane Ruairi is my student."

 

Nodding she sheated her swords as it seemed practise was over, "Ah yes, what can I help with?"

 

"Well, Dane's a good kid. Very honorable, and kind. I don't know why or how he got into a fight, it's very unlike the Dane I know. I just wanted to see if there was anything we could do to keep this of his record."

 

"I belive You would have heard of it from the mistress of Trainees as I already reported it, these boys are gonna grow into guiding Aes Sedai, which by my experince is not the easiest peoples on the earth, they need to have self control and patient for their own sake as much as anything less they will be chewed up.." she didnt end the sentance by whom only cast a glance towards the white tower looming over them.

 

"By Aes Sedai," he muttered, catching her meaning. "I'm sorry for taking your time."

 

She nodded, "no problem" she smiled friendly