*You could just say 'no' for the (answer) explanation*
Ahihud
"Hey humans, where do you think your going?" I asked as i walked towards them.
I saw Leo stop the others from attacking me, why would they, i looked like a normal Vulca citizen as i had just been reborn and even if i died here, i would be reborn again, as my curse was not over yet. I could be stopped easily in this form as i had no powers yet, if i was tied down onto something they would be able to journey without any fear of me returning until i was found.
"Who are you?" asked Leo.
"Me? I'm just a wanderer, the question is why would a bunch of humans be wondering in Vulca after Humans were banned from entering here" I said, then laughed "Yes, ever since that human, what was his name... Leo, yes Leo came here, what a strange human, would like to meet him personally once"
"By the way, could you accompany me to the Throne room, I need some company now, that is where you are going right?" I asked then added "All humans are asked to go to the throne room after arrival in Vulca, standard procedure"
I waited for an answer and hoped they would allow me to come with them.
**well come on guys, get this SB back on track!**
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
She didn't like the look of this stranger. And with Leo in his current state, they were at a disadvantage. She looked him up and down coldly.
He caught her eye and smiled. She didn't smile back. "Leo," she whispered in his ear, "I don't trust him. There was something funny about the way he mentioned you."
Leo considered this for a second, "What would you do?" he asked quietly.
"Leave him alone, we have a mission to complete and a native Djinn might get in the way. Also, it would mean more magic to contend with." She glared up at the Djinn. "It's up to you. You know more about this place than any of us."
Leo sighed and lent against her again. "I am too weak to fight him off if he tries to force us..."
Sian glanced over at Chloe and Nick. "I'm not especially fond of them though, perhaps we could separate, them go with him, us go somewhere else..." she trailed off. "You decide."
"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."
-Oscar Wilde
"Oh did i mention that if you do take me i could provide you safe entrance inside the palace" I explained then added "..And of course if you don't i will be forces to report you to the nearest executioners."
*Short but that's all i got**
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
The human cracked a smile at the Dinn's almost pathetic ploy, they were standing outside the throne room and he actually presumed that he could convince them that they weren't in the palace?
But Leo knew better than to trifle with a Djinn without need to. Instead, he was going to run with Sian's idea. Hopefully whoever this was wouldn't realise that he was the interesting Leo that had effectively got humans banned from Vulca. He leaned close to Sian, "I have a feeling he wouldn't be escorting us to the throne room, it'd be straight to the executioners. And he probably won't take no for an answer. I'll try to stall, maybe recover enough to freeze him, but we might have to kill him here and now."
He straightened up and looked to the Djinn, deciding to bluff first, "My friend here and I need to meet with someone first, a native. You wouldn't know him, though he's something of a recluse. These two, though," he gestured to Nick and Chloe, "You can take them straight to the throne room. They're on separate business here, they just needed me to bring them here."
Sian looked at him, murmuring, "I thought you said he'd take them to the executioner!"
"Don't worry, they can handle him." He raised his voice for the Djinn, "So we'll find our own way to the throne room once we've seen our friend."
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt. - Yossarian, Catch-22
Wide-eyed stupid.
If you're gonna rule the world, you've gotta get up early! - Joel S. Dickens
"No" I said as my new body morphed into my last one.
The humans stood there surprised and ready to fight.
"Leo, Leo" I said walking towards them unafraid "Would you kill the only Djinn that helped you escape your punishment?"
I knew he would remember, not that he had forgotten but just to make sure. It was his fault after all that i was sentenced to the punishment centuries ago. Not that i regret helping him, he was one of a kind, strange and different, two characteristics that i liked.
"Do not try anything here human" I hissed at one of them who tried to cast a spell.
"I am theoretically still dead, if you try fighting me all my wounds will end up being your own." I explained "Its called forbidden magic, but hey, cant the dead try it?"
From the look on their faces i knew at least one of them had heard of it, magic too powerful for the living to try, and too lifelike for the dead to try, me on the other hand, half dead and alive now, could do it freely.
"Don't worry, i wont kill you or your friends, in fact if you ant I'll lead you straight to the Queens quarters, i cant believe why Liamedes actually sent me to protect the queen, what a waste of time, you would have bee dead before you could caste even one of your stupid spells." I said "The Queen, you couldn't match her, you wouldn't have a chance to fighter here, maybe you would in your world, but nor here, your welcome to try"
Leo smiled, and i smiled back, he was exactly as before.
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
Leo frowned suddenly, reflecting on the Djinn’s words, “Centuries…how is that possible, Ahihud? That was only a few years ago! What did they do to you?”
He shrugged, dismissive, “It doesn’t matter. The curse is what matters. But you’ve got some nerve coming back here to kill the queen. You should know that you can’t do it.”
“I’m a master of the elements now, Ahihud. And I’ve got another two mages and an assassin with me. She’s just one woman, however powerful.” Leo smiled again.
"But you yourself are hopelessly weak right now. You take even longer to recover than I. But as I said, you're free to attempt your assassination."
Leo looked to Sian. He seemed to be leaning on her judgement more and more now, "Well, what do you think? He's right in a lot of ways, the queen has a big advantage over us here. Maybe we can lure her somewhere else." He held up a hand, "And yes, I trust this one. He saved my life a few years ago..." He looked at Ahihud, "And suffered for centuries because of it."
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt. - Yossarian, Catch-22
Wide-eyed stupid.
If you're gonna rule the world, you've gotta get up early! - Joel S. Dickens
"You..." I pointed at Leo "...Are free to do anything you want, the... curse lets me betray the Royal Family for the person that i suffered this curse for, the other on the other hand..."
I paused and frowned, it was extremely hard to explain these in human terms.
"The royal family have a control on me, i cannot betray them in any way except for Leo, if any of the other get even close to assassinating the Queen, she will get to know and will be ready, also she will be able to control me and use me against you, at that time, Only Leo will be safe" i managed to explain.
"But isn't there any way to do it?" Asked Leo frowning.
I smiled, he never gave up, kinda like me "You could kill me, but that would instantly give the Queen any information she wanted to know on you, she knows that me dying out here is very improbable." I explained after thinking for a while "And to make matter worse Leo, The king will soon know that you are the only one i cannot go against other than the Royal family. He is no fool he will come after us very soon leaving the faerie world to his generals and commanders to wreak havoc in."
I stopped and sat down on the ground "So what do you want to try first?" I asked smiling.
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
He knew. He knew that Ahihud didn't have to harm Leo, but that didn't really matter to him because Ahihud could kill the rest of the group while his wife would kill the rest. He smiled. Now the only thing standing in his way was the queen and his newly weded husband. He had cathered all the prisoners, wich meant everyone that hadn't been killed before he had come to stop the slaughter. He was no walking infront of the prisoners.
"Why are we letting them live?"
"Because I have a rquest for the queen that she cannot sidestep." He smiled
To copy reality is good... But to create reality is much, much better. -Giuseppe Verdi-
She stared back at the Djinn. "How long will it take for Leo to recover fully?" she asked slowly.
Ahihud shrugged, "He used up a lot of his power to get you all here. Could be almost a day if we are unlucky."
"We don't have that much time! We are sitting ducks here!" Sian sighed, she didn't know what to do. She understood that Leo had to attack the queen, and she understood how long it would take for him to be able to do that. But they were already vulnerable, and it was highly likely that the queen already knew of their arrival.
"We need to get somewhere safe, whilst Leo gathers his strength." she said after a moment. "Is that possible?" she asked.
"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."
-Oscar Wilde
"Oh by the way, Liamedes just got back to Vulca" I said, in the most simplest way trying not to break the rest of their hopes.
It was only when i saw their faces that i realized that i had broken their hopes.
"You had to do that didn't you?" Asked a humans.
"Sorry Human, but i don't think much of the emotion you call hope" I replied.
"Could you stop calling us in that way?" Another human asked.
"No, but it would help to introduce yourself" I said then added at their angry faces "You must have more experience, like Leo for example, almost every Djinn might hate him but he has gained our respect too, for his... daring deeds."
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
'They are afraid of nothing,' I grumbled, watching their approach through the window. 'Together, they would brave Satan and all his legions.' — Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
