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Korriban "Aetrius" Borral

"They took everything that I had, and I will have my revenge."

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a character in “Assassin's Pledge: Awakening”, originally authored by Wolf's Bane109, as played by RolePlayGateway

Description

Aetrius Borral

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Full Name"
Korriban Aetrius Laua Borral

Age:

20

Height:

5' 10"

Weight:

134 lbs

Tattoos and Other Markings:

She has an emblem tattoo on the middle of her back, another emblem tattoo on her right shoulder, and then a tribal tattoo marking that fully wraps around her left wrist.

She has a plethora of scars littering her body, all ranging in sizes, shapes, severity, and recent damage tissue. Her most prominent and always visible unless covered with a mask or hood is the double hooked like scarring that starts from the ridge of her right eyebrow and goes down until it reaches her bottom lip. It has essentially disfigured the entire right side of her face as to where she needs to wear a mask. The reasoning is left unknown. But her other scars consist of burns that cover her hands and forearms as to where she is never seen without her wrappings or gloves. A multitude of scars big and small on her back, as most of those are due to whips, and then a few dozen scars from arrows and bolts all over her body, especially her abdominal region and arms. Indicating as to what she has been through, and how many close calls this one human has endured.

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0:19, for the tone and pitch, as the accent is very slight for her.


Basic Personality:

She is generally a cold hearted, silent, and very reserved individual. She tends to not speak to others, and the only people she will talk to are those over her in authority or those who she has under her control. She is very respectful to those who are her superiors, such as commanders or fellow mercenaries, even then she tends to be left alone.

Aside from her cold exterier, she is actually a very vulnerable, and caring person. Once you can somehow gain her trust and loyalty, as well as time, you'll see that she's really a sweet, kind, selfless, protective, determined, loyal, and good hearted person. She just can't bear to lose anyone else, so she chooses to keep to herself unless it's someone she has a close bond to, then you'll know who she really is.

Meanwhile, in combat she is ruthless and in a way, slightly detached. At a young age she learned how to kill and fight for her life, not only animals but humans as well. While killing humans isn't her preferred way of handling things, she will take another life if it means her getting what she needs. As she has had to live by herself for many years now, she is accustomed to living alone, and defending for herself, even though she does well on her own and prefers it, she wouldn't be against being with a group. Allbiet she wouldn't get attached to anyone, as it isn't easy for her to lose more people.

Basic Background:

Much of her past is left unknown, as she intends to keep who she is a secret from the majority of people. For not only her sake, but also as a way to stay as unknown to the world, being nothing more than a distant memory. But what is known is that she was born in Shaharan as the second child, to apparently an average family, but as her name states, they were a "family" of sorts. And for years, she and her sister continued to move to different places. Only staying there for a few weeks at least, and months the latest, never staying in one spot for too long. Eventually the day came, when they were on their weekly supply run, Aetrius had run into a room full of soldiers, quickly finding a hiding spot, managing to hide from them. As they slowly moved out, so did she, emerging from her hiding spot. As she exited the room, she ran into Kieran. The two slowly and as quietly as they could, exited the building, only for two Scouts to stumble upon them. In the fight, Kieran had been stabbed, unknown to Aetrius. They made their way back to their shelter, with only a small fraction of supplies, Kieran looked at Aetrius, and handed her a gun silently. She didn't understand why, only for Kieran to show her the wound. Through tears and sobs, she begged her not to, not wanting to have to leave her only family member left. But Kieran reminded her what they were taught, to not let feelings or hesitations keep them from being caught.

Kieran left that day, and was never seen again by Aetrius, leaving her sister on her own and unsure of what her fate was. Since that day, three years ago Aetrius has gone from place to place, eventually finding that it would be better for her to be on her own. Which she has been for the past year now, slowly making her way across world, without a clue as to where she may find herself. Perhaps with another group, or perhaps, as a captive as she and her sister had made a name for themselves, due to their trouble making, as well as theft, as the bounty on her head grows every day. Now, she has many kills on her belt, as she became a rather known Bounty Hunter, but her identity has remained unknown, as she wears a mask and robe(in a general sense of how she carries herself, just picture the mask) that she herself made to keep her identity a secret. As most of her past remains a secret, so does her identity to most of the world, other than when she's in familiar company. As for where she finds herself today, she is pressing onwards to the Village of Atlum, where who knows what fate may have in store for the young bounty hunter.

So begins...

Korriban "Aetrius" Borral's Story

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Character Portrait: Korriban "Aetrius" Borral Character Portrait: Linde Xe' Almna Character Portrait: Kyero Character Portrait: Lonán Arzura Character Portrait: Kieran Borral Character Portrait: Josephine Dezantro
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Borathian Miils meandered casually through the streets of Triveila with Kieran close behind. He greeted people he met along the way kindly, giving them a bow or a nod of his head and a few kind words. A very smooth talker. Eventually, he sat down at a chair at an outdoor restaurant and ordered a meal and a drink, and pulled out a journal and began jotting down a few notes.

"The time is upon me. It's now not but a simple matter of ensuring the final pieces fall into place. When they do, I will ascend the throne at long last replacing the noble's bastard child as the rightful ruler of this land. At last my destiny shall be fulfilled come the fading light of day. And as the sun rises upon the morrow, I will be Triveila's new King."

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From above Aetrius and the others watched as Mills had begun to make his move and walk down the streets of Triveila. They nodded at each other from above and like the shadows, they moved silently and out of sight and hearing from the world, nothing to be seen or heard, and that was their goal. To remain unseen and unknown to Mills', lest the plan goes south, that is when they would act. They watched as he made his way to a small outside restaurant, with Kieran close enough behind him, but far away enough to not bring suspicion upon her, and give him the idea and notion he was being followed, not yet at least.

Aetrius and Kyero remained unseen as they took their places in the shadows above, watching from their eagle eye view as Kieran did her work below. Kieran casually watched as he sat at the small table after he had gotten food and drink, and began writing something down in his notebook. She quickly thought to herself and began to devise a hopeful plan. She casually walked up to the bar and ordered herself a drink and stood there with a coin in her hand as she paid for another drink, "For the man over there at the table with the book." she said softly and took another sip of her drink. The barkeep took note of who she ordered the drink for and had it brought to Mills' table, "For you, Sir Mills. From the lovely lady at the bar with the red hair." he said as he handed the drink to Mills, placing it on the table, gave Mills a bow, and meekly left back for the bar where Kieran casually stood, minding her own business as she drank her small pint of ale, hoping that Mills would slowly fall for their plan, if not they'd need to act on their feet and would possibly have to fall onto Plan B, which was only follow him until he was alone and grab him. Heresta hoping it wouldn't come to that.

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Miils eyed the drink warily, and gently pushed it to the side with his index finger as he closed his journal and slipped it into his interior pocket. He stood up and approached Kieran, standing behind her calmly and with a gentlemanly smile.

"Apologies for turning down the kind offering, milady." He said with a slight bow.

"May I ask who sent the kind offer?"

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Kieran had waited patiently for Miils to either take the drink she had offered him or if he grew suspicious and would reject and walk away. She remained seated at the bar when she heard someone walk up close enough behind her and spoke to her, noting it was Mills as she had recognized the voice as well as the fact he had left her line of sight from where she was.

She turned around and faced him, taking note of his demeanor and supposedly genuine smile. She returned his bow with her own and gave a fake, but genuine enough seeming smile in return. When he asked who had offered him a drink, she simply nodded with another smile. "I saw that you appeared to be rather stressed, and a good drink usually helps cure one's stresses. I apologize if I was wrong in assuming you drank, good sir. My apologies." she said with another bow of her head as she looked at him with a small smile.

Miils chuckled.

"No need for apologies, milady." He said, reaching out to take and kiss her hand as a gentleman should.

Following that, he let go of her hand.

"You are of Saharan descent if I'm not mistaken. Is that right?"

Kieran watched and studied his face as casually as she could as he spoke, he seemed genuine enough. And by that she knew he was all too dangerous, a calm, cool and collected and always thinking man in a situation like this could end badly for them if he were to figure them out.

She nodded and smiled at him when he asked if she was of Saharan decent. This could either be a genuine question, or he was already starting to piece together what was going on. All the while Kieran kept up her part and did her best in acting the part she was given, "Yes, sir. Shaharan born and raised until I decided that life wasn't for me. What gave it away? The red hair?" she asked with a small chuckle as she took another sip of her drink and looked back at Miils.

He smiled with a soft chuckle.

"No, no. While it's true your hair is unique, given that most Shaharan hair is either brown or black due to the desert nation's climate, what gave it away was the clothing and the subtle accent."

Kieran chuckled softly as well and sighed, clasping her hands together and gave a smirk. She looked back at him and nodded, "Well, you got me. I guess there really is no hiding the accent, my good sir." she said with another light chuckle.

She looked back at him, "Is there anything I can get for you? Or do for you? It's the least I can do. Food or drink I have no problem with." she said as she gave him a kind and genuine smile, as she had to admit, he was very charming and attractive, but she knew what kind of person he truly was, and it secretly disgusted her as she had to continue interacting with this killer of the former Queen and friend of Josephine's.

"Not at all, milady. In fact, allow me to buy you another drink." He said, waving at the bartender.

"Borathian Miils, at your service. May I ask your name, milady?"

Kieran gave him a nod as he, in turn, offered a drink and happily and calmly accepted his offer. "Your offer is most appreciated. Thank you, sir Borathian Miils. And me? Oh, my name is Rionn Wrel, Sir Miils." she said as she gave him another nod of her head, and kind smile.

He gave a nod.

"Please, milady. The "sir" isn't necessary. 'Miils' will do just fine." He said politely.

The new drink arrived, and he slid it in front of her.

"For the lovely Lady Wrel." He said with a charming and graceful flourish of his hand as it slid away from the glass to toy with a lock of her hair.

Kieran gave him a smile when he became somewhat more casual in his actions and speech, saying that 'sir' wasn't necessary. Kieran gave him another nod, but what struck her as odd was his actions, the kiss on her hand earlier and now the toying with her hair..? A tingle went down her spine, but not one of a nice variety, but a tingle of disgust and revolt as he touched her hair. She knew what kind of man he was, but she had to play the innocent passerby for now.

She looked at him with a fake smile and grabbed the cup in her hand and put it in the air as a way of saying 'cheers' and took a sip. She looked back up at him and smiled, "But honestly...What can I do for you, Miils? It isn't every day that someone like you would willingly talk to someone such as me. A traveler. What it is that you want?" she asked as she picked up the drink and took another sip, but this time she gave him a certain look, somewhat flirty but overly so that he would be turned away just now.

Miils gestured with his hand, casually waving the question off.

"Oh, it's nothing milady. I'm a man of curious nature. That's all. A drink offered is either from someone very dull or someone very interesting. I chose to believe the latter in your case. And I'm pleased to say I was right."

He sat on a stool next to her.

"So, what brings you to the city of Triveila Ms. Wrel?"

Kieran smiled and nodded, "That is true, and very flattering. But like I said. I saw that you seemed stressed, and sometimes a drink and also a companion will help. I just thought it'd be the polite thing to do." Kieran said and took another sip of the drink.

She adjusted in her seat as Miils sat down next to her and cleared her throat, "Travel. It's all I've been doing for the past few years. Nothing really exciting, honestly." she gave him a small smile and then back at the barkeep and asked for water for Miils, which soon arrived and was placed in front of him on the counter.

"Interesting."

Taking a sip of his water, he set the cup down and spun it in his hand.

"Please do correct me if I'm wrong, milady. But I do detect the faint aroma of a perfume not commonly used anywhere but within the Royal Family of Triveila... Might you be familiar with the soon-to-be Princess? Miss Josephine Dezantro?" He asked casually, but knowingly.

Kieran managed to keep herself composed as he asked her about the smell of perfume she had, if only she had remembered to change clothing... She only had one chance to manage to not have Miils catch on and know what was going on. One last chance to get him easily without having to rely on Kyero and Aetrius, which they may have need to do so shortly.

Kieran looked at him and smiled and chuckled, "My family...They were once good friends with the royal family. If you could say that. If not suppliers for them and Triveila, if not anything else. With the death of my parents two years ago, and now the recent passing of the former Queen, may Heresta bless her soul...I decided it was only right to pay respects on my family's behath. Other than that, I have no ties to the family. Simply gave them my regards on the family name, that is all." she said plainly as she took another sip of the drink.

Miils observed carefully her response, keeping a casual and not at all revealing smile on his face as he sipped at his water. Upon the completion of her story, he set the cup down and stood from the stool.

"Most honorable of you." He said quietly.

"Ms. Wrel... May I offer a word of advice to you?" He asked, his voice suddenly becoming darker and more sinister despite his smile.

"Never leave the side of the Royal Family when you are close with them, because you never know when someone may come along to threaten their lives." He said, paying the barkeep for the drinks.

"Whatever hole you crawled out of, Ms Wrel, I suggest you return to it at once. Miss Dezantro may be in danger. After all, what makes an ally an ally when allegiance can so easily be bought?" He asked in a lower, menacing voice.

He leaned over her shoulder and whispered in her ear.

"Good day, Ms Wrel."

And with that, he began walking away calmly.

Kieran grinned and also grimaced at the same time as he whispered in her ear, she understood when someone was clearly threatening her and others, and the way he spoke was clearly a threat. She silently watched as he began to walk away, and nodded. If there's one thing he doesn't know...Is that I'm too good of a liar in every way possible...And that my loyalty cannot be swayed. I've done my part, I'll have to go back to the inn and take care of Josephine and the others, prepare them for whatever Miils' may be planning...Now, it's their turn.. she thought to herself as she looked up into the darkness, being able to see Aetrius and Kyero just faintly in the dark. She gave them a nod, stood up and walked the opposite direction of Mills', indicating that her role was now done and that she had to leave. Eventually of which she made it back to the inn and told the others what Miils' was planning.

Meanwhile, Aetrius and Kyero stayed to the shadows and waited for Kyero to begin their backup plan of getting Miils, taking him back to the inn and stopping his plan of killing Josephine and the others. Now, now was the most important mission of Aetrius' career...She'd have to save a princess from being assassinated.

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Kyero gave Aetri a nod, and his eyes flashed brightly before the glow faded entirely cloaking him in darkness. Aetri was seemingly sucked into the darkness with him, and the next moment she was on the roof with Kyero leaping across to the next, giving her a jerk of his head to follow him.

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Aetrius nodded at Kyero and was then swiftly enveloped in pure darkness and for a moment her heart stopped. What happened? Where was she? It was then that she realized it was the power that Kyero possessed, how he always managed to get around as quickly as he does. She looked at him when she was let go of and was on the same room as he was, and nodded as he gestured to follow him. She silently followed him and kept her eye on Miils, as she knew she'd have to make sure he was apprehended now, or everything they did would be for nothing. She'd listen to Kyero for this mission, as he was even better than her at hunting targets, and so they followed Miils from above until Kyero gave the command to attack Miils

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Time ticked by far too slowly. And for Linde, it couldn't be any more aggravating.

"They should have come through by now." She said quietly to herself.

Linde toyed with a lock of her hair to calm her nerves, glancing back to Lonan.

"You haven't seen them yet, have you?"

Lonán paced several times. He was getting nervous himself. He knew not what took them so long. The crisis he suffered last night made him nervous, and now, the plan probably took off in a different direction, to the point Linde Asked him if he saw them yet.

”No, not yet. Something’s wrong, I can feel it in my bones.” He said shifting his shoulders, testing how his sore one was feeling. If it came down to a fight he hoped that one was healed enough for him to use his sword properly if he had to use it. ”This is going to be a bad day.”

Linde kept watch on Lonan, noting his shoulder test.

"If anything happens, let me deal with it first. That shoulder needs rest. If you tear those stitches or cause further damage, I might not be able to fix you later." She warned.

Lonán sighed. ”I know... I’m just antsy today Linde, and very worried. About a lot of things.” He said, acknowledging her words. ”Alright, I’ll follow your lead on this one then.” he took a moment to take a deep breath and look up at the skies.

It may be a bad day, but at least the sky was still picturesque in his mind. His gaze shifted to the rooftops, just to see if anything was out there.

Linde nodded.

"Let's just keep our eyes open for now."

Time passed, and before long Linde knew something was up. And, almost on cue, Kyero and Aetrius appeared on the rooftops just the next street over.

"Dammit. Kieran must not have been able to woo him. He's on foot. That means it's time for plan B. Let's go. We need to make sure Aetrius and Kyero can take him without anyone seeing!"

”Right!” he replied as he prepared to follow Linde’s lead for the now potential chase. Now wasn’t the time to think about his worries. He had to focus on the task at hand and how to fight without aggravating his wound. Damn that Former Te’i Sai!

So with task in hand he followed Her lead. ”Heresta, bless us for Victory in this our hour of need and ask you to witness us.” He Mentally prayed.

Linde led him through the crowded streets to the next street over which, thankfully, was far less populated. Together, they set about keeping track of where Kyero and Aetrius were and tailing the man they seemed to be following. It had to be Miils.

Keeping her eye on Kyero, she waited for the signal, a flick under his chin, that the coast ahead was clear to shove him into an alleyway for Kyero and Aetrius to capture him by force. And finally the moment arrived. Kyero flicked his chin indicating ahead was clear, and Linde turned to nod to Lonan to help keep anyone off her back while she shoved him into the alley just ahead. His job would be damage control, keeping prying eyes away from anyone who happened to see the shove.

And, as luck would have it, one woman did see Linde shove him into the alley and began walking over to investigate.

Lonán saw the woman approaching. He had to think on his toes quickly in order to get her to leave the area. But if he said the wrong thing, the plan would be ruined. He had to think up a lie and think it up quick! He approached the woman and simply said, ”Excuse me, I’ve seemed to have lost my way. Do you know which way the Inn I’m staying at is?” He asked, acting like a simple tourist, a fresh mercenary face looking for a job that got turned around. Hopefully that would distract her long enough for the others to snatch Miils and get out of that alleyway.

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As Kieran returned to the Inn, she was met with unpleasant news. Upon entering the room, both Josephine and Bronsen Furth, the ally with her, had disappeared. In their place was someone new and unfamiliar sitting in a chair with one leg crossed over the other and his fingers interlaced.

"Greetings. Did you come for the traitor?" He asked.



Meanwhile, back with Kyero and the others...

As soon as Miils was tossed into the alley by Linde he leaped down from the rooftops and landed behind him as he regained his footing. Grabbing him by the neck and hoisting him up off the ground, he held him loose like a rag doll until...

"HahahaHAHAHAHA!!!"

He was laughing.

"Wonderful, everyone! Just wonderful!" He said, clapping for their efforts.

Kyero dropped him, and he dusted himself off and cracked his neck.

"You seem-" He said, turning around. But he was cut off upon seeing Kyero's glowing red eyes and staggered a step back. "Y-you! What are you-" Kyero interrupted by grabbing his throat and pulling him in close, nose to nose.

"My presence is not your concern... Only that my blade is in your stomach."

Glancing down, Kyero's orichalcum blade was indeed embedded in his stomach to a small degree. He'd slit his flesh and slid the blade inside without triggering any nerves... He wasn't as good as the legends said... He was better. Blood dripped into his clothing and he swallowed a lump before smiling again.

"So the traitor has friends in low places. I see. Well, you may wish to let go and remove the blade from my flesh if you want her to live." He growled.

Kyero wasn't risking it. He removed the dagger and let go of him, causing him to cough his lungs free and straighten himself out.

"Much better. At least the Demon has some common sense. Now, to business?" He asked pleasantly.

Kyero's eyes narrowed.

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Character Portrait: Korriban "Aetrius" Borral Character Portrait: Linde Xe' Almna Character Portrait: Kyero Character Portrait: Lonán Arzura Character Portrait: Kieran Borral Character Portrait: Josephine Dezantro
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After Kieran had gotten enough out of sight of Miils, she made a mad dash back for the inn, dodging and weaving between pedestrians and shopkeeps until she made it back to the inn. She pand heavily as she walked into the door and stopped when she entered the room and saw no one, at least not anyone she knew until she saw the man in the chair. She calmed herself down and looked at him with questioning eyes, keeoin her guard up if anyone tried tackling her from out of sight.

She crossed her arms and looked at him, "And who might that be? I don't have a clue what or who you're refering to." she said casually as she looked at him with glaring eyes.

"Come now. We've been keeping an eye on the traitor since she arrived. Our spies are everywhere."

He stood from the chair, keeping his hands clasped in front of his chest.

"Nevertheless, I'll ask a different question... Did you really think she'd be able to return without getting herself caught? Sir Miils owns the guardsmen of this city, you know. And word travels faster than the horse these days. He's known she was coming ever since she crossed the border."

He began pacing like a patient gentleman.

"So then, what's your role in all this, hmm?" He asked, glaring at her out of the corner of his eye.

Kieran eyed him as he spoke and listened to each and every word carefully. She examined the way he stood and carried himself, seemed to only be more so brains than brawn. She chuckled and shook her head, "So what he said was true...Loyalty can be bought so easily. Pity, really. As for the traitor, it's only funny that you're the one working for the very traitor you've been searching for." she said as she gave him another chuckle and sigh.

kieran looked at him with anger in her eyes, "As for my role, I have none. My role is over and I have no more part in this matter. So, just go and I'll act like I never saw you." she said as she walked passed him and gave him another sharp glare.

Keeping his eyes on Kieran, the man smiled.

"You may or may not live to regret that decision, miss... The traitor is being transferred to a secure facility near the Southwestern border, and heavily sedated. We know her warrior status. If you wish to save her, you'd better gather your friends and start moving now. Or you may never find her."

With that he began makin his way towards the exit, but paused as he opened the door.

"Oh, and did she not tell you?"

He glanced over his shoulder to Kieran.

"If she doesn't officially take the title of Princess within the next four days, she forfeits the rights to Sir Miils who shall become the next King. Good day."

And he was gone.

Kieran glared at him all the while the man spoke, her eyes never losing her sharp glare that she held on the man. She watched as he began to walk away, "I know when I'm being threatened...But I can assure you..She'll be just fine.." she said with a sharp tongue as the man disapeared. Once he was gine Kieran sighed and rubbed her temples. " I need a drink... " she mumbled to herself as she left for the bar in the inn.


Meanwhile..

Aetrius watched as Kyero got a hold on Miils and even slightly injured him. Once Kyero had done his part, Aetrius walked up to Miils and glared down at him, "We have a doctor with us...and I don't think she'd even want to hwlp your bastard ass..." she said with a growl as she looked at Linde for a slight moment and then back at Miils. " Regardless..You've lost, Miils." she said as she grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and swiftly smashed his face into her leg, knocking him unconsious.

With that the group swiftly left and eventually made it back to the inn, bringing Miils into the room and tying him to chair, leaving Kyero to guard him. "I'll go see if Josephine is with Kieran...Wherever she is." she said as she began to turn and leave, with a slight pit in her stomach as she began to have a bad feeling in her gut.

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Back at the inn, everyone entered to find Kieran and Josephine missing. Miils was tied to a chair and Kyero stood before him with not a dagger, but a wooden spoon in his hand with everyone else either sitting outside the room if they didn't want to see what was going to happen, or standing behind him.

Kyero slapped Miils in the face, waking him up. He struggled at first to free himself, but soon accepted his situation.

"I have to give you credit for taking me captive... Seems you seek to harbor and aid the traitor, don't you?"

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Lonán was in shock of the whole thing. Firstly, Josephine was probably in danger, and couldn’t be found. Secondly, the bastard obviously knew something like this was happening, and was probably deluded by calling Josephine a traitor.

”Says the man who paid an assassin to kill the Queen.” He growled out. ”If it was me asking the questions in the mind I was in, Sir, I’d make you wish you haven’t made me cross!”

Lonán took a step back and remained in the room. He wanted to hear from this Man’s mouth exactly what was going on. If he had to witness Kyero’s interrogation to find out where the woman he’s slowly grown to love was, so be it. Whatever this was about, had better be worth this man still breathing. He had to contain his anger for now, for if he let it out, this man would be dead and Josephine forever lost.

The back of his mind however, told him to trust that she’d take care of herself. He nodded to himself and prepared to watch the interrogation.

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Aetrius watched as Kyero had taken up the role as the torturer for the meantime with Miils, and she left the room with whoever decided to follow her in the meantime to find Kieran, wherever she was. She had a bad feeling and walked down into the bar end of the inn and just as she thought, Kieran was sitting at the bar counter at the far end in the corner. Aetrius took a deep breath and slowly made her way to where Kieran was, doing her best to remain calm in the current situation.

"Kieran...What are you doing?" she asked calmly as she stood behind her sister who was continuing to drink but was obviously far too drunk for her own good already.

Kieran slowly lifted her head up more as she heard her sister's voice and gave a groan, "What does it look like, Korriban? Leave me alone." she grumbled as she continued to drink.

Aetrius growled softly and continued to do her best to remain calm as she could slowly feel herself becoming more and more agitated as the time went on. "You were supposed to get back after you did your part with Miils and look after Josephine until we got back. This sure as hell doesn't make you look good, now does it? Especially since Josephine is missing, Kieran!" she said as her voice slowly began to rise.

Kieran groaned again and shook her head, "I came back, and she was already gone...Someone said she was being held tightly sedated in near the...Southwestern border, I think? You have like....two days to find her? And something about if you can't, she'll forfeit the throne to that jackass and be never seen again...Just leave me alone in peace, right now." she groaned again as she went back to drinking.

The fury inside of Aetrius only began to grow the more she talked. From calling her by her birth name to explaining what happened to Josephine. She took a deep breath and placed her hand on Kieran's shoulder, "Call me that again, Kie...And I will-"

"Or you'll what? Kill me too?" she said with a tone of spite in her voice.

"Wh-wha? What are you talking about, Kieran? You know you're not supposed to drink." she said as her tone began to slowly grow more angry and unsettled.

"You know full well what I mean, Korriban. You have the mark of one, don't you? Or...do they not even know about that?" she said as she slowly turned around to face them. The alcohol clearly taking its full effect.


Aetrius growled and grabbed Kieran by the shoulder forcing, pulling her around and pressing her hard against the counter's edge, her eyes almost glowing from the rage that caused them to look like Dragon Amber, "A-all that I did for you...In Veilbrand, and even before that...A-all that I did, to survive...to find you...To not kill myself...And this...this is what you do, huh? M-maybe...Maybe I should have just left you there to rot...You've done nothing but cause problems..." she growled and pushed her back into the counter and breathed heavily, trying not to blow up at her sister any more than she already had.

Kieran chuckled with a tone of drunkenness in her voice as she looked at her sister, then at Lolan, "You know what I'm talking about Lolan, the mark that everyone gets when they're convicted of being a murderer in Saharan. You know what that means for her. And why she can never go back there."

Aetrius' eyes slowly grew only darker and angrier the longer that Kieran spoke. Her hands trembled and shook violently as she managed to not let her rage consume her and possibly even kill Kieran or someone else. She only shook her head and stormed out of the room and the inn, disappearing for the next few hours.



Later that day, Aetrius found herself back at the inn, in the bar end of the establishment. She was sitting by herself at a lone table in the corner, several empty tankards and glasses were covering the table, and her eyes were heavy from the amount of alcohol in her system. She was alone to her thoughts, finding the will to not find Kieran and settle it for once, she could only sit there, alone...Among her thoughts as she continued to possibly drink herself to death. "Fuckin' bitch...Who the fuck gave her the right to...hic...feckin' bitch..." she murmured as she continued to drink herself back to a hopeful rightful mindset.

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Kyero led Lonan out of the room leaving Linde to deal with the drunken Kieran and the thoroughly damaged Miils.

As she approached him, her eyes glazed over and she glared at him without emotion.

”Every fiber of my being tells me I should leave you to suffer the damage the Demon has inflicted...”

Miils stared at her with a wicked smile.

"But you can't, can you? Being a doctor?"

Linde approached rapidly and backhanded him as hard as she could sending him and his chair falling to the ground. He grunted and shrieked as his hand and hanging flesh struck the floor, and Linde pulled him upright, slapping him hard across the face.

”I've violated my oath before whenever I encountered men who deserve death. And if it weren't for the fact I want you to face proper justice, I would kill you right here, right now.”

"Ha! I believe you, my dear. That's what's so beautiful about you."

”Be silent!”

"Beauty should be complimented, should it no-"

Linde slammed her boot into the side of his head knocking him to the ground. The impact knocked him out immediately, and Linde cursed under her breath as she propped him up and gagged him before making sure he had no serious injuries. They couldn't afford him dying on them.

She dragged Kieran to her bed, and later found and guided a very drunken Atrius, who threw up all over her favorite night gown, to bed as well. She threw the night gown away and slept naked against her lover as punishment for what she'd done.

...

The next morning, Aetrius and Kieran both would wake up with nasty hangovers while Lonan was with Kyero on the road. Lonan on his horse and Kyero, supposedly, "right behind" him. Lonan couldn't see him anywhere, but every time they stopped to rest or catch a bite to eat Kyero somehow appeared right with him. And, unfortunately, Kyero had noticed something about their progress.

”It's best we slow our pace just a bit. Your horse shouldn't be taking this many rests. It slows us down more in the long run.”

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The last thing Aetrius remembered was returning to the inn hours later after the argument with Kieran the prior day, and then having a few drinks and then all went black after that. She had awoken the next morning as pain shot through her head, not wanting wake up as the sun pierced through the room. She sighed and remained lying there silently as she endured that pain that shot through her head like waves during a storm on the ocean. But eventually she would slowly clamber out of the bed and into the bathroom, finding herself further emptying the contents of her stomqch until she had found herself feeling better.

Meanwhile, Kieran had awoken hours earlier and had already endured the same punishment as Aetrius did, her headache had subsided a few hours ago and she was currently in the room with Miils, as he slowly found consiousness and slowly began to wake up. Kieran pulled up a stool infront of him as he was still tied to the chair and watched as he silently looked at her with obvious anger and spite clear as day on his face. She smiled at him and leaned forwards, "I want to say something to you, and then I will never say another word to you, alright? Good." she said as she gave him a sly grin, knowing full well he wouldn't be able to speak as he was in immense pain.

"I like to play a little game with people every now and then...I admit, I am a slow learner, I admit it. But trust me, it's better that way. Otherwise, I truly do think I'd be far more dangerous than I am already, unlike my sister. You see...I like to meld the truth with lies." she said casually, and then looked up at him with anger filled eyes that could very easily shatter the rwst of his pride, if he had anymorw that is.

"You see...What I told you, most of it was true but not all. I admit I lied, but what I told you was mostly true. I told you my name when I asked for it, but you see...I mixed it with a lie. You asked if I was Saharan, I am. And what kind of people my family were, it's true. They were simple merchants and they were indeed supliers for the royal family, as many other famlies. And were nothing more than that. So, what I said was also true. But you see...I'm loyal to no one, unless I see them deserving, and then my loyalty is even harder to lose. It's true, I have no loyalty to the royal family here, but the least that I can do is bring justice to someone that was murdered by the likes of you, Borathian Miils. You underestimate us, and you realize that now...But there is one thing that you haven't realized yet, it's how fucked you really are." she said with a snarl as she looked him over one more time, stood up and started to turn hee back on him and began to leave the room.

" Now...I'd say goodluck..but...The gods wouldn't even have pity on you. " she said as the door was opened and in stepped Aetrius, who looked passed Kieran and directly into Miils' eyes, if she could she would be glaring into his soul. Kieran gave Aetrius a silent nod and left the room, the last thing seen before it closed was Aetrius standing infront of Miils with her hands claspes tightly behind her back as she towered over him, "Have you ever wondered what the inside of one's toes would look like?" she asked in an ice cold and spine tinglingly calm and cool tone as the door behind them closed shut with the metal lock clincking as it closed.

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The next morning at the inn, Linde awoke and went about her daily activities before going into the room with Miils. She had been tending to the wounds inflicted by Kyero and Aetrius, and was struggling to keep up with them for a number of reasons. First reason was that part of her didn't want to help. Given the kind of person he was and what he'd done to Josephine, he deserved every bit of pain he was getting. The other reason she was struggling was because, following Kyero's example, Aetrius enjoyed damaging his body in rather difficult ways.

Still, today she did her best to finish the wounds which had been given him over the last day or so. She remained with him for almost two full hours carefully restitching his flesh to his body as it should have been, at least to the best of her ability, and stopping any flows of blood which were threatening to burst free.

"You are a kindly doctor, aren't you?" Miils said in a hoarse voice.

Linde didn't answer.

"You've done remarkable work. My hand may actually look semi normal when it's done healing."

"No, it won't."

"You don't think so?"

"I know so... I've made sure of it."

"... Well then... At least it will heal."

"To a certain extent, it will. But the chances you'll ever need to worry about anyone seeing it and pointing it out aren't very high."

"You'd like to believe that, wouldn't you?"

Linde glared at him quietly, giving a small jerk of her needle and thread to make him grimace before returning to work.



Back with Lonan and Kyero, they were making fantastic progress with the resting of Hawk for an hour before continuing at a brisk but not break-neck pace. Another day or so and they'd arrive at their destination.

For now, they were meditating together on a pair of conveniently flat boulders in the sun with Hawk tied to a tree nearby.

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After a few hours of torture, Aetrius left Miils to the devices of Linde. What she did would probably make any butcher proud of her work, but would make anyone with a weak stomach easily lose their appetite for any form of meat in the future. His feet would most likely never be the same again, at most his walk would be a bit slower and now a shuffle and hobble at most due to the damage she did to the tendons and muscles in the feet.

But once she was done, Linde had entered the room and calmed her down enough to make her stop. Begrudgingly she left, having not gotten a word out of the man in question, she'd have to be more forceful in her actions, not just mutilation. Once she had calmed down enough again, she saw Kieran in one of the rooms silently. They made silent eye contact again and nodded as Aetrius entered the room where Linde was tending to Miils' injuries. Aetrius stood by her and sighed.

"I...I'm sorry, Linde...I..I don't know what to say...From what happened the other night, to last night, and then this..I just...I'm sorry..." she said softly as she looked at her and then looked away, feeling awkward and ashamed of her actions lately.

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Miils sniggered as Aetri apologized to Linde while she continued working on his injuries. But Linde remained silent and simply stitched his wounds a bit more forcefully to draw out more pain and grimacing from him. When she was finished, she glared him down and gently escorted Aetri from the room, closing the door softly behind her as they went.

In the privacy of their room, just the two of them, Linde took Aetri's hands gently in her own.

"You needn't apologize, Aetrius." She cooed, leaning in to kiss Aetri's cheek with a smile.

"I know how you are, and I know the stress we're all under. It's natural for you to become more... Aggressive, when things like this happen. And to be honest I'm impressed by how well you've handled yourself given all we've been through lately."

She came forward and gently hugged Aetrius, resting her head in the crook of her shoulder.

"It will all be fine, Aetrius. Just try to keep your cool. When you let anger rule your thoughts and actions, he wins."

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Aetrius had silently watched as Linde stitched Miils' injuries, never breaking her silent eye contact with him until Linde was done and left the room. As they made their way out, Aetrius silently followed behind her as they reached the room where they could speak privately.

She nodded as Linde spoke and reasured her that her actions were understandable in this situation. Aetrius looked at her as Linde gave her a hug and reasured her again, and nodded.

"Alright, Linde...I'll try to get him to speak at some point...I'll think of something...So...I guess until Lonan and Kyero return with Josephine, we stay here and keep an eye on him?" she asked as she looked at Linde with a rather somber look on her face.

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Linde offered a calm smile, and gave Aetri a soft peck on the lips.

"We keep an eye on him, yes. But we also take our time to remember what's important."

She slipped forward and wrapped Aetri in a warm, tender embrace.

"Don't worry about getting him to talk anymore. I believe I've figured something out about him that will help. So leave him to me."

She continued holding Aetri, but leaned back to look her in the eyes.

"Why don't you take this day to get some rest?"

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Aetrius looked at her and gave her a small smile as she spoke returning her hug, but after she was done there was some silence that filled the room for a few moments. Eventually she sat down on the edge of the bed and looked up at Linde and spoke.

"I...I haven't been able to sleep well in a while, Linde...Everytime I close my eyes...I...I see them..The nightmares, the sounds...everything. I can't sleep anymore and when I do, it's either pure darkness and silence, or nightmares filled of things that have happened..W-would you know why? Is it guilt?"
she said as she looked down and then back up at Linde, with a rather sad and somewhat scared look on her face, something she never showed to anyone was her being scared, that was until now anyway.

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