House of Masks 003c

Trystan is walking along. He looks... still frustrated and sullen. [3/2/2013 6:46:57 PM] Karid: "I overheard some of what was said." [3/2/2013 6:48:44 PM] Trystan: Trystan stops completely at that. "You did...?" He waves to the others to continue on, leaving them behind. [3/2/2013 6:52:01 PM] Karid: "Yes. I hope you know what you are getting into." [3/2/2013 6:53:10 PM] Trystan: "I hope so too... Just because we're related doesn't mean I know what's going on in his head." [3/2/2013 6:54:52 PM] Karid: "Indeed. It may very well be dangerous. ...I am happy you are willing to look into this though." [3/2/2013 6:54:56 PM] Karid: "Not many would be." [3/2/2013 6:56:20 PM] Trystan: "I'll do whatever it takes. If he is dangerous..." Trystan's hand goes up, not to his collar, but to the side of his neck. [3/2/2013 6:58:00 PM] Karid: "...we will not kill him, if that is what you are implying." [3/2/2013 6:58:57 PM] Trystan: "I'm not worried about you killing him. But... Illa's injuries. I don't know what to think." [3/2/2013 6:59:45 PM] Karid: "He may be a vampire. Or not. He mentioned absentia? It sounds like the sort of drug that would cause such hallucinations." [3/2/2013 7:01:25 PM] Trystan: "That doesn't explain the bite marks. They weren't human, and elves' teeth aren't that different..." [3/2/2013 7:03:22 PM] Karid: "What did they look like?" [3/2/2013 7:14:07 PM] Trystan: "Like... I'm not sure, but -wrong.- Caspar inspected them, but to me, they just looked not normal." [3/2/2013 7:16:05 PM] Karid: "Hrm...odd." [3/2/2013 7:16:23 PM] Karid: "...perhaps they were inflicted by a spirit?" [3/2/2013 7:16:38 PM] Trystan: "And... she had lost more blood than was staining her room." [3/2/2013 7:18:41 PM] Trystan: "Do you think it might have been a vampire?" [3/2/2013 7:18:58 PM] Karid: "That was my first thought." [3/2/2013 7:20:06 PM] Trystan: "Mine too... I've been having dreams about vampires." [3/2/2013 7:21:08 PM] Karid: "Hrm?" [3/2/2013 7:22:14 PM] Trystan: "That -thing- we saw in the mirror. All last night." [3/2/2013 7:23:44 PM] Karid: "...perhaps the dreams might have relevance then..." [3/2/2013 7:23:47 PM] Karid: Karid frowns [3/2/2013 7:24:51 PM] Trystan: "I hope not." He's pressing down harder now. "No matter what Marilla said..." [3/2/2013 7:26:39 PM] Karid: "Agreed." [3/2/2013 7:27:08 PM] Karid: "I do not wish to become a tyrant. ...seeing myself doing such things horrified me." [3/2/2013 7:31:19 PM] Trystan: "Marilla... she said I would make a good vampire. I'm not sure I agree." [3/2/2013 7:33:04 PM] Karid: "...one should not wish to become what they saw in the mirror. I think it may have been a warning, the same with the dreams." [3/2/2013 7:33:07 PM] Karid: (( SORRY I HAD TO )) [3/2/2013 7:33:34 PM] Trystan: ((OUCH.)) [3/2/2013 7:34:18 PM] Trystan: "Yeah... I know. I don't want to be a vampire." His hand moves to his collar, and the other tightens around his staff. [3/2/2013 7:34:35 PM] Karid: Karid nods [3/2/2013 7:34:56 PM] Karid: "I did not think you did. I was simply making sure." [3/2/2013 7:35:18 PM] Karid: "Vampires are thinking creatures...but they do have tendency towards evil." [3/2/2013 7:35:24 PM] Karid: "It does not apply to all, but..." [3/2/2013 7:36:33 PM] Trystan: "I know. It's all that negative energy. All undead have it." [3/2/2013 7:37:25 PM] Karid: (( ...would 18 WIS detect there's something more bothering him? >_> )) [3/2/2013 7:39:05 PM] Karid: "...is something bothering you? Your knuckles are turning white on your staff." [3/2/2013 7:39:34 PM] Trystan: ((Oh, definitely!)) [3/2/2013 7:40:44 PM] Karid: "You can talk to me if something is. It was part of my job back in Rafangia to listen to confessions." [3/2/2013 7:40:51 PM] Trystan: "I'll be ok. I just really don't want to end up evil. My family isn't nice... It's hard enough not to fall in with them." [3/2/2013 7:41:21 PM] Karid: "You are not your family. You are you." [3/2/2013 7:41:45 PM] Karid: "Do what you think is right, provided it does not hurt others." [3/2/2013 7:43:16 PM] Karid: "And here...you are more free of their influence, yes?" [3/2/2013 7:43:28 PM] Karid: "It will make things easier, I suspect." [3/2/2013 7:44:09 PM] Trystan: "It does, a lot. They've given up on me." [3/2/2013 7:44:46 PM] Karid: Karid frowns [3/2/2013 7:44:51 PM] Karid: "I am sorry." [3/2/2013 7:47:10 PM] Trystan: "If they cared, would they send me -here-?" He laughs, but it has no humor. [3/2/2013 7:47:19 PM] Trystan: "I don't want to be like them." [3/2/2013 7:48:00 PM] Karid: "This is true. But it is not an easy thing to be shunned from your family...my father was wroth when he learned I wanted to become a priest." [3/2/2013 7:49:08 PM] Karid: "But I did what I felt was right. And to this day I do not regret it." [3/2/2013 7:50:54 PM] Trystan: "My parents don't like my magic. Or my... orientation. My dad, at least, my mom's at least more tolerant of -that-." [3/2/2013 7:51:13 PM] Karid: "Hrm?" [3/2/2013 7:52:05 PM] Trystan: "I choose to love women AND men. It feels right, but... my dad doesn't like it." [3/2/2013 7:52:37 PM] Trystan: "Add in the poltergeisting as my magic came in these past few years..." [3/2/2013 7:52:50 PM] Karid: "Ah..." [3/2/2013 7:56:37 PM] Karid: "As I said. Do what you feel is right." [3/2/2013 7:57:48 PM] Trystan: "This way, there's a profit to be made, AND I'm out of their hair." [3/2/2013 7:58:22 PM] Trystan: "I'm not going to stop, but... if we could compromise, it would be nice." [3/2/2013 7:59:08 PM] Karid: Karid nods [3/2/2013 8:01:12 PM] Trystan: Trystan smiles [3/2/2013 8:01:39 PM] Trystan: "At least this means I'm getting in touch with my mom's family for once." [3/2/2013 8:02:00 PM] Karid: "See? Always a silver lining." [3/2/2013 8:02:10 PM] Karid: Karid smiles a little too [3/2/2013 8:03:06 PM] Trystan: "Yeah. We should probably catch up soon, huh?" [3/2/2013 8:03:28 PM] Karid: "We should, yes." [3/2/2013 8:04:10 PM] Karid: "Remember, though. If you feel the need to talk about something you can come to me." [3/2/2013 8:04:23 PM] Trystan: "I will. Thank you, Karid." [3/2/2013 8:04:30 PM] Karid: "It is no trouble."