Post by SilverPaw on Apr 4, 2005 21:50:08 GMT 7
an old window in a run down church upon a distant planet besieged by many diferant forces shatters outwards explosivly as a man on horseback flies out from it, he leaps from the horse as it's flesh begins to decay, time setting in till nothing is left of it bar a fine white powder that blows away in the wind... a small silver wolf with wings lands upon the strangers shoulder...
"so... where are we this time, cub? .... bah, your lost again huh... needed? we'll see."
the man continues his rather one sided discourse as he wanders down the street, unarmed bar a sword at his side, a slight swagger in his step and those silver eyes swirling with a mist that has no center...
upon finding a bar Silver walks on in, strides upto the bar, the room goes quiet and he looks right at the barkeep.
"yer strongest scotch" he says flipping a coin onto the bar "and that's for my tab... any problems human?"
the bartender shakes his head vigorously and takes the golden coin of unknown mintage "thank ye lowrd!" he says feverantly "when this is out I'll let ye know lowrd" then turning to the bar girl yells out "Sarah! get Falin out here, she's to make shuur the lowrd here gets what he wants!" he then stares down at the coin, a silver wolf rests upon it's face, unbelievable, he has returned... more than a thousand years we pledged ourselves in his name for what he had done he thought
SilverPaw smiled, the wolf cub streached it's wings and yawned "it's good to see that people remember" he moved to a corner table that people vacated for him FAST, and sat down. a beautiful young girl came hurrying over with a bottle of scotch and a shot glass for the stranger. "hi, i'm Falin" she smiled at him he's quiet handsome she thought. "can I get you anything else?"
looking up at her Silver thought a moment, "sit with me, tell me about yourself and this world... I have come a long way over a long time, and wish to know" he beckoned to a chair for her to sit. Falin hesitated and he smiled "I'm not like that child, I never take anything i havn't earned, and thus far i believe all i've earned from ye is a talk don't you think?" With a sigh of relief Falin sat down and they talked, she learned alot about past histories and that he could travel through time with his winged wolf cub, in exchange he learned about the local time and things happening in this world...
"so... theres some sort of everlasting war between multiple factions going on and this is a realy large planet huh? with multiple levels and underground layers, almost like planets within the planet?"
"Strange world indeed, course not as strange as Sigil, but none the less, i thank thee for the information lass... I believe i'll finnish my drink and head into the back." the girl gasped and grabbed his arm as he made to stand, "wait.... take me with you... please, i don't want to stay here in this time my family is gone I have no ties to this place, please milord... let me go with you, i'll serve you well i promise"
somwhat taken aback the silver eyed man considered her proposal for a while... "very well lass... you may serve me for now but let me know if you reconsider, serving one such as I can be dangerous work. I will of course try to keep you safe but cannot promise that you will survive." SilverPaw sighed... "however you cannot be atired in such, come with me."
Silver led the girl into the back room and clicked his fingers, the wolf apeared with a beautiful one piece form fitting silken robe with a hooded cowl, and a strange skin tight suite to wear underneath... "strip..." he said buisness like "you cannot wear those things anymore, the suite you will always wear, eventualy it will bond with you and become part of you, till then wear the robe" impassivly he watched her remove her garments turning his back as she got down to her underwear... "those too... they'll interfear with the neural interface... Pup make shure she does as she's told!" he walked out to discuss the mater of bar maid loss with the owner of the store...
Alone with the little pup Falin stripped down feeling a little embarised... the robe was the finest thing she'd ever seen, and the suit... he said somthing about Neural interface... that ment it was very very high tech indeed. quickly she slipped into the suit which tightened about her, somthing dug into her flesh where the suit touched it, she screamed out falling to the floor as it's roots dug into her body and burrowed into her nervious system, it was like her whole body was on fire, and when it was over she opened her eyes to look upon a new world, the little wolf glowed with a strange aura of silver and when her new lord walked in she could see a rainbow of color following his every step, the world was beautiful to look upon, he spoke, the words were music in her ears incomprehensible so far, and she could smell him, even that was amazing beyond compare.... He reached out his hand and she took it, pulled to her feet, he wrapped the robe about her and it sealed up becoming a closed robe. As SilverPaw pulled up her hood and she sighed with relief.
"she's overloaded pup... it'll take a little while before she's ready, comfort her"
'can you hear me human Falin?' she nodded her head unable to talk as yet 'good... i'll be your guid, your brain isn't coping with the enhancments, so close your eyes for now, whilst you adjust... poor little girl, we look after you, now sleep child sleep' the pup was licking her face, and she felt herself getting drowsy, he led her to the bed and she lay down, her eyes already closing and slept.
"It's a deal then? I keep Falin and you get this gold..." the Barkeep smiled "of course my lowrd, tis more than fair, she was not mine to keep in the first place, such generous compensation is .... more than enough by far" the man was staring into the bag his mouth agape at just how much was there... he quickly went into the back to hide it in a chest. unfortunatly some of the patrons decided they wanted gold too, and a single stranger couldn't possibly stop them all...
they walked up behind Silver surounding him against the bar, there were six in total and as the first stepped up to strike the stranger from behind he twirled about with unnatural speed, smashing his fist into the mans face sending him reeling backwards to trip over a chair. "It's not nice to sneak up on a person, even worse to try to steal from him..." Silver grinned, "so, who's next?"
They rushed him, he ducked a fist, side-stepped a kick dodged around a knife grabbing the mans arm and bringing his knee into the knife weilders gut, spinning the man around into a third mans kick throwing them both to the ground. one grabbed a bottle and swung it at SilverPaw, he blocked it with one hand, nailing the man in the gut with an underhanded blow, the man groaned his eyes going wide, and collapsed upon the floor releasing the bottle which silver spun through the air opened up, whacked another man across the temple with the bottle and took a big swig of the scotch.
Three men were out, the other three regaining thier feet, two lept at the stranger who laughed swinging his leg up to kick one in the head whilst ducking the fist of the second with casual ease before bringing his head up into the mans chin polaxing him out cold...
"humph, your preaty good stranger" the last one said "but can you dodge BULLETS!" he raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger.........
-----white flash the world slows as the gun is raised, the trigger mechanisim decends under the pressure of his finger, it clicks the bullet clunks into the chamber, silver stands facing the gun slightly crouched, as he watches helpless... *KER-CHUNK* MISFIRE-----
"wha...?" the man stares in shock and horror, Silver closes the distance in the time it takes him to look up, a hand grabs his throat lifting him off the ground carrying him at a run across the room to the back wall slamming him against it hard enough that he drops his gun, gasping for breath scraggling at the hand holding his throat...
"FALIN NO! YOU MUSTN'T KILL HIM" SilverPaw ran forward and grabbed the girl, pulling her arm from the mans throat, his whole body tensed with the effort, "he must die... he tried to kill you... i will, will.... " she blinked and slumped against Silver... "wha.. whats happening?" he held her tightly one arm wrapped across her back the other stroked her hair "shhh little one, it's ok... your not finnished adapting yet... your instincts are all haywired and shot, come... lets go into the backroom, don't worry child... i'll look after you till your ready."
Silver led the sobbing Falin away leaving a bewildered and lucky to be alive bar patron standing there wondering what the hell just hapened.
"so... where are we this time, cub? .... bah, your lost again huh... needed? we'll see."
the man continues his rather one sided discourse as he wanders down the street, unarmed bar a sword at his side, a slight swagger in his step and those silver eyes swirling with a mist that has no center...
upon finding a bar Silver walks on in, strides upto the bar, the room goes quiet and he looks right at the barkeep.
"yer strongest scotch" he says flipping a coin onto the bar "and that's for my tab... any problems human?"
the bartender shakes his head vigorously and takes the golden coin of unknown mintage "thank ye lowrd!" he says feverantly "when this is out I'll let ye know lowrd" then turning to the bar girl yells out "Sarah! get Falin out here, she's to make shuur the lowrd here gets what he wants!" he then stares down at the coin, a silver wolf rests upon it's face, unbelievable, he has returned... more than a thousand years we pledged ourselves in his name for what he had done he thought
SilverPaw smiled, the wolf cub streached it's wings and yawned "it's good to see that people remember" he moved to a corner table that people vacated for him FAST, and sat down. a beautiful young girl came hurrying over with a bottle of scotch and a shot glass for the stranger. "hi, i'm Falin" she smiled at him he's quiet handsome she thought. "can I get you anything else?"
looking up at her Silver thought a moment, "sit with me, tell me about yourself and this world... I have come a long way over a long time, and wish to know" he beckoned to a chair for her to sit. Falin hesitated and he smiled "I'm not like that child, I never take anything i havn't earned, and thus far i believe all i've earned from ye is a talk don't you think?" With a sigh of relief Falin sat down and they talked, she learned alot about past histories and that he could travel through time with his winged wolf cub, in exchange he learned about the local time and things happening in this world...
"so... theres some sort of everlasting war between multiple factions going on and this is a realy large planet huh? with multiple levels and underground layers, almost like planets within the planet?"
"Strange world indeed, course not as strange as Sigil, but none the less, i thank thee for the information lass... I believe i'll finnish my drink and head into the back." the girl gasped and grabbed his arm as he made to stand, "wait.... take me with you... please, i don't want to stay here in this time my family is gone I have no ties to this place, please milord... let me go with you, i'll serve you well i promise"
somwhat taken aback the silver eyed man considered her proposal for a while... "very well lass... you may serve me for now but let me know if you reconsider, serving one such as I can be dangerous work. I will of course try to keep you safe but cannot promise that you will survive." SilverPaw sighed... "however you cannot be atired in such, come with me."
Silver led the girl into the back room and clicked his fingers, the wolf apeared with a beautiful one piece form fitting silken robe with a hooded cowl, and a strange skin tight suite to wear underneath... "strip..." he said buisness like "you cannot wear those things anymore, the suite you will always wear, eventualy it will bond with you and become part of you, till then wear the robe" impassivly he watched her remove her garments turning his back as she got down to her underwear... "those too... they'll interfear with the neural interface... Pup make shure she does as she's told!" he walked out to discuss the mater of bar maid loss with the owner of the store...
Alone with the little pup Falin stripped down feeling a little embarised... the robe was the finest thing she'd ever seen, and the suit... he said somthing about Neural interface... that ment it was very very high tech indeed. quickly she slipped into the suit which tightened about her, somthing dug into her flesh where the suit touched it, she screamed out falling to the floor as it's roots dug into her body and burrowed into her nervious system, it was like her whole body was on fire, and when it was over she opened her eyes to look upon a new world, the little wolf glowed with a strange aura of silver and when her new lord walked in she could see a rainbow of color following his every step, the world was beautiful to look upon, he spoke, the words were music in her ears incomprehensible so far, and she could smell him, even that was amazing beyond compare.... He reached out his hand and she took it, pulled to her feet, he wrapped the robe about her and it sealed up becoming a closed robe. As SilverPaw pulled up her hood and she sighed with relief.
"she's overloaded pup... it'll take a little while before she's ready, comfort her"
'can you hear me human Falin?' she nodded her head unable to talk as yet 'good... i'll be your guid, your brain isn't coping with the enhancments, so close your eyes for now, whilst you adjust... poor little girl, we look after you, now sleep child sleep' the pup was licking her face, and she felt herself getting drowsy, he led her to the bed and she lay down, her eyes already closing and slept.
"It's a deal then? I keep Falin and you get this gold..." the Barkeep smiled "of course my lowrd, tis more than fair, she was not mine to keep in the first place, such generous compensation is .... more than enough by far" the man was staring into the bag his mouth agape at just how much was there... he quickly went into the back to hide it in a chest. unfortunatly some of the patrons decided they wanted gold too, and a single stranger couldn't possibly stop them all...
they walked up behind Silver surounding him against the bar, there were six in total and as the first stepped up to strike the stranger from behind he twirled about with unnatural speed, smashing his fist into the mans face sending him reeling backwards to trip over a chair. "It's not nice to sneak up on a person, even worse to try to steal from him..." Silver grinned, "so, who's next?"
They rushed him, he ducked a fist, side-stepped a kick dodged around a knife grabbing the mans arm and bringing his knee into the knife weilders gut, spinning the man around into a third mans kick throwing them both to the ground. one grabbed a bottle and swung it at SilverPaw, he blocked it with one hand, nailing the man in the gut with an underhanded blow, the man groaned his eyes going wide, and collapsed upon the floor releasing the bottle which silver spun through the air opened up, whacked another man across the temple with the bottle and took a big swig of the scotch.
Three men were out, the other three regaining thier feet, two lept at the stranger who laughed swinging his leg up to kick one in the head whilst ducking the fist of the second with casual ease before bringing his head up into the mans chin polaxing him out cold...
"humph, your preaty good stranger" the last one said "but can you dodge BULLETS!" he raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger.........
-----white flash the world slows as the gun is raised, the trigger mechanisim decends under the pressure of his finger, it clicks the bullet clunks into the chamber, silver stands facing the gun slightly crouched, as he watches helpless... *KER-CHUNK* MISFIRE-----
"wha...?" the man stares in shock and horror, Silver closes the distance in the time it takes him to look up, a hand grabs his throat lifting him off the ground carrying him at a run across the room to the back wall slamming him against it hard enough that he drops his gun, gasping for breath scraggling at the hand holding his throat...
"FALIN NO! YOU MUSTN'T KILL HIM" SilverPaw ran forward and grabbed the girl, pulling her arm from the mans throat, his whole body tensed with the effort, "he must die... he tried to kill you... i will, will.... " she blinked and slumped against Silver... "wha.. whats happening?" he held her tightly one arm wrapped across her back the other stroked her hair "shhh little one, it's ok... your not finnished adapting yet... your instincts are all haywired and shot, come... lets go into the backroom, don't worry child... i'll look after you till your ready."
Silver led the sobbing Falin away leaving a bewildered and lucky to be alive bar patron standing there wondering what the hell just hapened.