Home Forum Wiki The Rules Newbie Guide Roleplay Guide Plot & Setting Wanted Characters Aedolis Teinar Edanith Libra Cancer Thanatos Inc. Contact Us Copyright Affiliates Advertise Us Advertise You Donate! Playing a Leader

Author Topic: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]  (Read 17320 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2015, 02:25:50 pm »
Esha bit back a cry when he grabbed her hair and forced her to look at him, her own eyes wide and red from tears. She cowered back as much as she could with him gripping her, silently begging him for mercy even as she prepared to die. It wouldn't take much for him to end her; she was pretty sure he could rip her head from her spine if he wanted to. But maybe he'd go for something more showy as he had with Peg-Leg, a spectacle of blood and misery.

Instead, he spoke to her.

And his words, and the sudden clarity of his voice, chilled her.

There was intelligence beneath the brutality, and that was somehow worse.

And yet, even knowing that, she realized she was being spared here.

Lucky day, indeed.

The Raptian was soon by her side on Skerrondus's orders, yanking to her feet by the chain, and this time she managed to stand. Knowing she wasn't about to die gave her some strength to do that much, to at least walk off the stage with a little dignity.

A little, but not much, because getting tossed into a "wartruk" like a sack of grain, an object to be thrown around, and chained to it was about as humiliating as it got.
« Last Edit: September 22, 2015, 02:32:29 pm by Rhi-Rhi »
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2015, 02:47:16 pm »
Esha was, indeed, tossed into the Wartruk. The Raptian was too small to do it, so he employed the help of a random Steggadonian from the audience, who hefted her up onto the vehicle's back (onto a platform normally reserved for passengers who couldn't fit into a passenger seat) and chained her to it.

Safety was a bit of an issue, and she'd have to make an effort to survive just the drive over to Da Kasm.

Skerrondus grand-standed for a few minutes longer, garnering attention and favor, before hopping back into his Wartruk. He pounded the side of the door as he got comortable in the driver's seat, and a couple Raptian warriors from the crowd hopped up and took up positions. One in the passenger seat, another hanging off the side, using some bars set into the side of the vehicle to keep himself in place.

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2015, 02:59:11 pm »
Oh jeez. There was really nothing preventing Esha from just flying out the back of the truck as soon as it got going--and if that happened, she'd be dragged to death. As soon as she was tossed into the truck and her chains secured, she scrambled back from the edge as far as she could go and grabbed hold of the side of the truck, clinging for dear life in preparation.

She had no idea what this...this Kasm was. But if she didn't fall out, she was soon to find out. Closing her eyes, she said another prayer to the gods, any of them that would listen, and hunkered down.

Hopefully, if he hadn't killed her then, he wouldn't kill her when they arrived. Unless he planned on making some formal meal of her. She shuddered and stared out the back, at the crowds in the slave market--and Ben, who was watching the process.

For a moment, they locked eyes, and he nodded at her and mouthed, "Hang in there." Then he turned and vanished into the throng of reptilian bodies.
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2015, 03:12:16 pm »
Indeed, it'd be a perilous and long drive towards Da Kasm. It existed on the coastline, a solid hundred or so miles away from LaunchPadd.

When the Wartruk got moving, it ambled through the streets of LaunchPadd until it reached the main gate. Once it cleared it, it slowly meandered out away from it a bit, and then stopped.

Skerrondus turned on the primary engine, and black smoke started to spew from the exhaust pipes (which came out of the sides and pointed upwards). He revved the engine and bursts of flame came from the exhausts. The rear tires started spinning, and the vehicle peeled out, shooting down the straight road that led to Da Kasm.

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2015, 03:26:25 pm »
Esha nearly lost it right then and there.

When the Wartruk roared into action, shooting off down the road, she lost her grip and pitched forward toward the edge with a cry. It was only out of sheer determination that she managed to flail and grab hold of the edge again, and cling to it fiercely. However, she realized just minutes in that she wouldn't be able to hold on forever. Her hands were growing cramped from clinging and the ride wasn't exactly smooth, not back here. She was bumped and jostled along, gasping each time they hit a pothole, and she couldn't help but wonder why he'd thrown her back here if he hadn't wanted to murder her on the spot.

Because, it seemed, he was trying to kill her now.

She looked to the Raptians, but knew they would be no help, and so after a moment she gathered up the chain's slack and looked for a place to hook it to, finding, after a moment, a hook that seemed it might work. She looped the chain around it to anchor herself and then held on, curling in on herself to brace against the wind whipping her and staring out the back so she didn't get carsick from the wild ride.

She only hoped they'd stop, soon.
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2015, 03:42:25 pm »
The ride was only around an hour long, but it'd give Esha a pretty telling scene of Rividea and it's environs.

The region they were in seemed to be halfway between a desert and some kind of grassy plain. For the most part, it was sand and shrubbery as far as the eye could see, but occasionally there were also patches of grass, and even groupings of small trees.

However, things seemed to get worse at a certain points. They passed oil platforms, fields of toxic black sludge. The earth seemed to be choked with pollution, a far cry from the docile environs of Jeth.

Finally, they arrived outside the gates of Da Kasm. The walls were made out of scrap metal, for the most part, although it was clear that there was some kind of construction going on. Towering high above the ground, the walls were fortified beyond belief, and patrolled by guards. The Wartruk pulled up, and Skerrondus blew the horn.

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #26 on: September 22, 2015, 03:51:44 pm »
It was, indeed, a really harrowing sight.

And Esha couldn't help but wonder, as she looked at the sights they passed, if this was what Jeth would become.

This toxic, dying land of sludge and pollution.

It was why her people were fighting so hard--one of the reason, anyway. It was why they had to keep fighting no matter the cost, why she was here now risking it all--even though she knew, shamefully, that she would have run away back home with Ben if she could have. The trip, however, had given her some time alone, some much needed time to think and gather her composure, and the sights around her had sobered her all the more.

This...this might not be such a bad thing to have happened. Oh, no doubt it was a nightmare, but...but if this Carnotan was higher ranked than Peg-Leg, didn't that just mean she could be more useful? That she could serve a more important role? Any information she gathered would surely be more valuable to her people.

This might be...it might be okay. It might be an opportunity. A dangerous one, but...it would have been dangerous anyway. She could really help the resistance here.

If you survive, that nagging, unhelpful voice chimed in.

Esha hugged herself and looked up at the high, ominous walls of the fortress, at the milling guards.

This must be their stop.

She swallowed hard and took a deep breath.

Just stay focused, she told herself. Whatever happens, don't forget why you're here.
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #27 on: September 22, 2015, 04:13:46 pm »
In truth, Jeth was doomed to this. The Rivideans are ignorant to their planet's unique properties, they only believe that prosperity and scarcity come and go like the tides. With those beliefs carried over to Jeth, it would only be a matter of centuries before the planet is stripped bare and unable to support life.

The gate slowly lifted up to allow them entry, and they drove through the cramped streets and avenues of Da Kasm. The city seemed to stretch on forever, scrap buildings and smokestacks as far as the eye could see. There was a secondary set of walls off in the distance, towering over anything in the city.

Ominously enough, they were headed right for them.

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #28 on: September 22, 2015, 04:29:08 pm »
Esha peered over the side to try and get a picture of where they were going as they entered the little city the walls guarded. There was another wall up ahead--maybe that was it? This guy was high ranked, so it stood to reason his...lair...would also be fancy.

Either way, Esha studied the area as they drove. She was tired and uncomfortable, hungry and thirsty and afraid, but now was no time to grow lax. She had to keep her eyes open and observe--

Because if she was to get out of here, if anyone was to rescue her, she needed to be familiar with the layout.
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #29 on: September 22, 2015, 06:39:47 pm »
Unfortunately, there wasn't really any kind of layout to memorize. The city's orga nization was pure chaos, with buildings put up wherever there happened to be space. Sometimes, newer looking buildings sat directly on top of old ones.

It was truly disconcerting to know that the race that built this ramshackle town had also conquered the gulfs of space, and achieved the title of interstellar conquerors. Or, perhaps, it spoke to the weakness of the Feylini. One could never be certain.

Eventually, they passed through the gate at the secondary wall, and entered what must have been the single most fortified point on Rividea. Guards and vehicles patrolled the place in droves, even though there was just some plains, initially, with a single road leading up to Skerrondus' home. It was a two minute drive across those plains, and when they arrived at Skerrondus' fortified supermansion, they had to cross a bridge that spanned a moat.

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #30 on: September 22, 2015, 06:51:26 pm »
Indeed, it was becoming depressingly clear to Esha that she was...severely unprepared for this.

She had been prepared for the Peg-Legged cripple.

She wasn't prepared for a monster and his fortress.

Still, she did her best to commit what she saw to memory, even as her heart sank into her belly as they crossed that bridge and drove into what may as well have been a military compound, for all the guards there were.

And as she took it all in, her anxiety only grew. How was she going to report to her people, much less be rescued by them?
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #31 on: September 22, 2015, 08:23:32 pm »
Skerrondus' home was more than just a fortress. All around, there were servants conducting tasks, soldiers patrolling about, all stationed in the on-site barracks. Most interesting, though, was the building they pulled up to. Skerrondus' actual home was constructed of concrete, and compared to the rest of the buildings, a paradise. Made out of actual building materials scavenged from the invasion of Jeth, it looked  like Skerrondus enjoyed a life that was insanely luxuriant, by Rividean standards.

The car came to a stop, and two heavily armored Steggadonians appraoched Esha and took her off of the truck's back. They forced her onto her knees, and Skerrondus exited his vehicle.

"Get her oriented, then bring her to me."

The two Steggadonians grinned, and forced Esha up. They wore heavy leather aprons with several pairs of shackles hanging off of them like decorations. They both had triceratops-esque features, and they had tally marks running down their horns.

"Come on den, Longear. time to get oriented."


Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #32 on: September 22, 2015, 08:33:26 pm »
Esha was still gawking at the home--that was Jethan architecture!--when those two armed brutes unchained her and hauled her from the back. She bit back a yelp, feeling rather like a rag doll being passed around, forced to do one thing or the next, and some part of her wanted to burst into panicked laughter at the fact that it was two Steggadonians handling her. Two! What did they think she was going to do? They were bigger than her, broader, stronger.

She was short even for a Feylini!

More importantly, though...

What did this orientation mean?

Hauled back to her feet, she had no choice but to stumble along after them, even as she felt the panic rising anew. She didn't like the sound of it. At all. And from the way those two had grinned, and from what little she knew of how Feylini were treated, she was already dreading it.

"What...what does that mean...?" she couldn't help but whisper, even though she knew she shouldn't speak.
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #33 on: September 22, 2015, 08:43:48 pm »
And so, began the first part of orientation. When she spoke, they stopped abruptly. They looked at each other, and then one of them shrugged.

"Your turn this time."

The other nodded, and he immediately wheeled around and brought his powerful tail rocketing into Esha's side.

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #34 on: September 22, 2015, 08:47:36 pm »
His turn? His turn to--

Esha didn't even have time to finish that thought. One of those powerful tails struck her, and she went toppling over, the air knocked clear from her lungs hard enough that she couldn't even cry out, and was left curled on the ground, wheezing for breath.
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #35 on: September 22, 2015, 09:20:45 pm »
"Such a soft little Longear!" the other teased, and the one beating her turned her over onto her back with his foot. He grabbed her by her neck (his had was big enough to completely encircle it), and hauled her onto her feet.

"Don't speak 'less yer spoken to, runt!"

He dropped her back down onto the ground, and they both crossed their arms.

"Get up."

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #36 on: September 22, 2015, 09:30:24 pm »
Esha felt stupidly weak and helpless. She could do nothing more than throw her hands up as though to shield her face when the one Steggadonian kicked her onto her back, and choked when he hauled her to her feet. Her heart thundered in her ears, hard enough he could no doubt feel it pulsing in her neck, and she gasped for air as he gave her her first lesson.

...Yes. Ben had told her exactly that...

Tossed back to the ground, she caught herself on her hands, but still scraped her palms and knees, and when one ordered her back up, she scrambled to obey.

Ben had also told her to do what she was told immediately and without pause. Even if she was hurt and aching, her side throbbing something fierce, she couldn't stay down. If she did, she might not get back up again.

She was on her feet with a little difficulty, wincing and sucking in air that wanted to turn into whimpers, but she braced her feet apart to keep herself from swaying too much even as her knees shook. Still, she kept her eyes firmly on the ground, her shoulders hunched and hands curled into balls.

She just didn't want to be hit again.
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #37 on: September 22, 2015, 09:46:38 pm »
The two Steggadonians looked at her, and then at each other.

"She's a quick one, isn't she brother?"

One of the Steggadonians looked at her, and smiled.

"Quick."

One of them took her chain back up, and tugged her along as they resumed walking. They took her through the building's courtyard, well in view of everybody so that everybody knew there was a new slave on the block.

Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #38 on: September 22, 2015, 10:01:54 pm »
Was that a good thing? A compliment? Esha couldn't tell. As she was tugged along, she had no choice but to following, pressing her hands to her bruised side and stumbling after them. By then, she wasn't only hurting, but she was exhausted from stress and travel alike.

And having all those eyes on her as they passed through the courtyard was definitely chilling.

But she kept her ears up and tried to look at what she could as they went, even as a horrifying sort of hopelessness began to sink in.

This place was impenetrable...

And none of it really made sense.
OPEN THREADS! JOIN FOR ADVENTUROUS FUN TIMES!
Plots for an Edani mage? 8D

AWESOME SHIP OF PIRATEY GOODNESS
The Sassy Juice wants YOU on its crew!

Ari // Arrow // Asher // Bailey // Cecil //  Cyrus // Dakota // Esha // Francis // Gabriel // Jake // Jericho // Jewel // Keziah // Kyran // Lexi // Malriiko // Nuri // Poe // Rachel // Shiloh // Sitara // Val // Yazuri

Offline Daglobster

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!]
« Reply #39 on: September 22, 2015, 10:25:56 pm »
Even then, though, there seemed to be some hope. Or at least, something that looked like it could be hope.

As she was being carted through the courtyard, there was a certain Raptian (and especially raptor-like Raptian) among the soldiers that paid her the most mind out of all. Everybody else just looked at her, and then stopped caring after about two seconds.

This raptian followed her across the courtyard with his eyes, and unlike the others, his held no inherent hatred, no lust for violence.

Esha was taken into a room that frankly, could've smelled better. The walls, floor, and ceiling were bare, and one of the Steggadonians stayed to watch her while the other went off to rummage through some things out of view.

 

SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal