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Post by kimcora on Feb 11, 2013 0:20:41 GMT -5
Neve rolled her eyes at him, taking the bottle from his hands. She wasn't one to be challenged and could easily be brought into them by even the lightest prodding. Her pride kept her competitive "Cute, but no dice." She said uncorking the bottle and gave it a smell. It had been sitting there for a while by the dust on the lower portion but the drink smelled strong by just one sniff.
She wasn't going to back down because of that though. Not infront of him at least. He would just have to deal with her drunk ass though if she did fall prey to the strong alchol. Neve was a giggly, flirtatious and a bit too unrestrained for her own good...
"And a nice elf? Sure, nice enough to me, but your just as full of yourself as the rest of us." She said with smirk before attempting a drink. She suppressed a cough and smacked her lips at the bitter taste. "Whew that's different." She said blinking a few times to settle the taste in her mouth.
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Post by vamperious on Feb 11, 2013 0:34:38 GMT -5
He laughed at her comment of the bitter wine," It's wine.. strong if I say so my self." He said as he took his own bottle and took a rather long pull from it then breathed a deep breath after making a bit of a face then a smile speak over his lips. "Very strong- goes straight to ones head... However I seem to think I'm more then cute enough- we can always take a poll in a town- not this one but you know what I mean..." He said with a smile, he hadn't been able to stop smiling this evening since Neve got back yeah he was drunk but it was a good drunk this time not a depressive drunk.
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The Arch mage headed down the stairs of his quarters and out threw the court yard under the over hang to the dorms. He heard Atrious' voice faintly as it was slurred drunk- but what had be been expecting. He figured it was about time he pulled Neve about to talk to her- hoping she wasn't too drunk. He poked his head into the room and ignored Atrious and motioned for Neve to follow him, he noticed she had a bottle in her hand but she wasn't too drunk looking. When she came out of the room and into the main part by the large glowing blue well of light that provided sight in the dorms he sighed," Miss Neve... Please excuse Atrious's behavior he gets like this after ever so often... However this isn't why I'm here. I need you to do me a few favors...I know you don't owe me anything however this is for my college and for Atrious's safety...and sanity. He handed her a small note requesting to see her in the morning in his office with out Atrious present. "This is for the morning when you are a bit more sober..." He commented, his brow furrowing a bit at the smell of the strong Wine Atrious favored as a fast way to get to sleep some times.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 11, 2013 1:23:25 GMT -5
Neve gave him a smirk when he mentioned a poll and arched a brow. "No poll needed, that would only make you cockier." She was stopped in a laugh when suddenly footsteps reached her alert ears and she heard a voice in the doorway. She froze her heart missing a beat as she looked over and saw the Arch Mage. Her face went pale as he asked to speak with her.
Shit....was she introuble? She got up placing the wine down and walking as straight as she could. She was buzzed enough to felt the warm after effect but hardly drunk enough not to have a coherent conversation with an important man.
Embarrasment burned in her cheeks as he spoke, apologizing to her but also bringing up something of importance. It caused her to gulp when he handed her a folded paper. She looked it over, her brows rising when it was a summon for her to his chambers tomorrow morning. Great....this couldn't get any worse, especially if it was something that could be---
Wait was he mentioning something that could be helpful to Atrious? Neve looked interested but was wondering why he chose her to trust, a perfect stranger. "Yes sir...Of course. Tomorrow morning would be fine." She said rather stiffly knowing he could smell alcohol on her by the comment...
'Ah Akotosh why....I should just hide under a rock now.' She thought though she stood with some pride in her stance.
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Post by vamperious on Feb 11, 2013 1:34:26 GMT -5
Atrious didn't even seem Neve get up- him mind was already asleep from the heavy drink. He put his wine on the floor then curled in on his bed and passed out. He didn't know what happened next but when he woke up he was light and sound sensitive- he was rather glad he didn't have nay one near him at the moment. He stayed in his bed looking grouching at the moment until he was awake enough to function.
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That morning the arch mage was awake early and waiting for Neve to arrive he had a scroll- an older paper by the looks of it with a black string about it and a soul gem a small petite one that was tired threw with the string as a calling card almost but the soul gem was shaped like a dragon. He would explain what it was to her once she arrived but ti was dangerous especially to Atrious. and the other thing he had was a potent batch of paralysis potions and poison not meant to kill but to weaken- in case she needed it to control Atrious. He had spent all night mixing the proper amount of Night shade and a few other things to get it just right.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 11, 2013 1:47:30 GMT -5
Neve had returned to find Atrious out like a light, which drew a smile to her lips so light it was flimsy. She pulled a blanket over him and moved the wine away before offering him a small good night under her breath...
She slept on the floor in the available room, refusing to use the bed of a dead person. Something just felt off about that...
She woke stiff but okay in the morning and made her way to see the Arch Mage.
A few of the men, elves and nords included, spared her second glances, one Khajiit even trying to get her attention with a neat little trick. Saddly Neve ddin't have time to play and went along her way with a few dissapointed people in her wake...
She entered the Arch Mage's office and found the old man there. Instantly however she took a closer stance towards the lovely garden in the center of the round room. "Good morning, sir. I apologize for last night..." She said with a small bow of her head. "What is it you wished to speak to me about?" She said looking a bit confused.
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Post by vamperious on Feb 11, 2013 2:18:08 GMT -5
He heard her enter and smiled in greeting," Don't worry its good he had company that can keep up with his drinking habits. I wanted to give you these before you left...For your protection and his...First of all this bag- its for you- not Atrious's uses...IF he gets out of control use these to put him to sleep- or to make him paralyzed- in a tight spot this can come in handy with him- he is powerful but it will take him down but not kill him. I made it myself, so it is safe. Second of all before I hand you the second I need you to understand where i am coming from on this...To keep something like this from him. He is like my son... I have non but if I did I would want it to be like him. Strong willed, powerful, controlled... But he is lacking in things- he is emotionally fragile like a child. He doesn't understand how to do things in society...I still see him as a child. My child- One I am trying to protect. He is still young and needs guidance however he won't accept help. He is a very stubborn child indeed... however he had a healthy amount of respect and fear for his elders but... his father he holds the most and utmost respect for- love if one will call it such..." He took a deep breath before standing up and handing the letter to Neve but not letting it go just yet as he looked her in the eye." This is a letter form his father. It arrived her while he was away- its summoning him back to where he is...back to his father's side to become like him. He must not return or go near that ruin to the far east...If he does he will have to make terrible choices and he can't make those.. I fear the worse if he finds out. However- he trusts you with his life as he had once trusted me now I must pass this to you to keep my College out of the path of harm since you will be leaving with him. You are now his keeper. I fear his mind... its a powerful thing... take it as a warning child." He finally let go of the letter and sighed like there was a large burden off his shoulders since there pretty much was. He passed the torch on a dangerous thing..a creature if one would on to a more capable elf who he trusted. "You may not give that to Atrious under an circumstances... If he gets that he will go back and he will loose him mind and him self in his fathers' way..." He said before turning form her pretty much giving her leave now that he had said his piece was was done with the subject.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 11, 2013 9:41:41 GMT -5
Neve's brow furrowed at the small satchel she received. Curious as to what it was, she opened it as the man spoke and did a double take when she saw the contents. Potion upon vile was in here all containing potent mixtures from what she could smell.
When the Arch Mage told her these were for their protection, her eyes lit with curiousity that was hidden by shock when he finished saying that they were actually to protect her more or less by drugging Atrious.
Her mind raced with the idea, showing her images of him knocking that high elf unconscious after a fight with his magic. The Arch Mage was right to call him powerful, but Neve had a certain aversion to the idea of drugging Atrious. Not because it would be complex actually getting the stuff into his system but because she wasn't sure how Atrious would respond to his friend drugging him like an animal to keep him calm.
Neve continued to listen, her eyes trailing to the Mage's face again as he spoke. He sounded so.....fatherly really in this moment, talking about Atrious and his faults. It made Neve doubly embarrassed that he had seen her indisposed like that with Atrious. The last thing she wanted was people thinking she was his whore or something.
She took hold of a scroll he brought out, curious about it after she saw the soul gem and the strange discoloring of the page. It looked very old, despite the Mage saying it was only recently written.
She then reminded herself that his father was a dragon priest and went very still.
So this was a piece from his father wanting him to take up the mantle, hm? Neve felt her throat tighten, making her mute as she tried to process all if this. So she was now in charge of Atrious's well being...now and forever his little guardian who held a secret from his that could very well make him never trust her again...
Well wasn't this dandy? Her arm dropped to her side when the man released the note, her eye guarded and hiding her unsure emotions. She nodded in acceptance when she was all but dismissed from his presence though she did little to thank him as she left.
She needed to go and eat something and relax enough to think all this through.
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Post by vamperious on Feb 11, 2013 10:39:19 GMT -5
Waking up he grumbled, sitting up he glared at the wall in front of him by the door and looked around the room- picking up a book half read and finished reading it to keep himself form going back to sleep. Finishing it in a few minutes he sighed knowing he had to get up- he went to get some food he pulled his hood over his face not wanting to put up with people this morning.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 12, 2013 1:48:59 GMT -5
Neve had gone into the colleges dinning hall expecting it to be empty only to find quite a few students there. They took to her like flies to honey, or at least the men did while the women of the college came over to scope her out. She took it in stride and curiously listened to the mages talk to her about spells and alchemy that she had no idea what it was. She just nodded and threw in a few vague answers as if she understood.
She flirted with another elf but when she felt the room tense she knew what was up.
She glanced to find Atrious entering, looking like a ghost drifting through the dining hall with his hood on and being all antisocial. She motioned for him, her smile bright as she tried to get his attention. "Atrious, come join me for breakfast." The others looked to Neve like she was crazy and one looked slightly hesitant. "Neve, why call him over?" One asked and she gave him a look.
"Because he's my best friend." The people looked uneasy but she suspected they would eventually...
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Post by vamperious on Feb 12, 2013 1:56:11 GMT -5
He heard his name called which surprised him, looking up he saw Neve looking happy to see him he smirked and went to sit by her with a smirk,"Glad to see you are in a good mood...God I drank way too much." He muttered as he took a long drink of some coffee he had poured himself from the container on the table. He eyed some of the others across from them- ones who were looking confused between him and Neve. He looked at them from his hoot his eyes looking darker and some flinched," Morning... Do I have a stamp on my face saying 'stare at me?" I think now- where are your bloody manners." He sounded rude but they were being rude first giving him strange looks and the like he wasn't an odd creature in robes- he was a hung over mage- what was new most here drank.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 13, 2013 0:55:38 GMT -5
Neve noticed the people shrunk back at his rude comment, like he was a ticking spell bomb. She understood where he was coming from but he also needed to remember that that was no way to deal with people. If he had talked to her like that, she would have knocked him in the mouth.
"Well you shouldn't drink that strong crap. Tastes strong enough to knock out a bandit leader with one swig." She said as she took a bit from her fifth bread that morning. The men at the table looked stunned by her ability to still be eating but she ignored them and let Atrious's comment slide away into the normal conversation that had gone on before.
When a joke was made about a spell, she laughed with the others though it was obvious by her brow furrowing to anyone that knew her that she didn't get the joke.
She looked over at Atrious then and gave him a light look as she passed him a bread. "If you start to feel naseaus let me know. I can whip up some of Aiisha's remedy for sour stomach. It seemed to work last time." She said only recieving another round of looks from the others.
"So how do you two know one another?" One guy asked and a girl looked curiously at Neve before going into an off shoot conversation with a few others. Her ears picked up something about her being into brooding men and another bit about the sex. She raised a brow and rolled her eyes.
"We were traveling the same way and decided it best to work together. He is a really good mage after all. He makes me feel like less than a novice..." She said looking almost sheepish, all an act of course. Couldn't have them knowing she could put an arrow between their eyes before they could even utter a spell if she wanted to fit in, now could she?
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Post by vamperious on Feb 13, 2013 1:13:46 GMT -5
He smirked at her, knowing she was mean in the morning to. He took the bread with a nod and ate it. He didn't feel sick just tired. "Thanks." He said to her about the potion she made him last time it had help tremendicly. He smiled at all the side conversations and shook his head, cracking a smile at Neve. People thought so bad of her now- but some still couldn't gravitate away from her- she was too pretty he suspected. " Well- at least You can do better in some thing that I can't so its a fair trade I figured." He muttered a few of the heard knowing he was a specialist in Darker magic and Destruction and Conjuration so they avoided those types so they didn't cross him.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 14, 2013 2:07:53 GMT -5
The few that heard the exchange gave light nods. She however smirked and gave him a raise of her brow. "Yeah well, I was going to attmept to improve one of your skills today but it seems your in too sour a mood...perhaps another time?" She said giving a stretch of her arms. She had intended to at least show Atrious how to use a knife for defense, just incase he was in danger of physical attack. She had no idea how this guardian of his responded but she wanted to have all her bases covered in fights...
"So then, what would you like to do today? You're the one who's familiar with the place after all." She asked a curiousity in her voice at what exactly he planned now that he had warned the Arch Mage, albiet getting a different response than he intended, and gotten her her arrows.
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Post by vamperious on Feb 15, 2013 0:33:07 GMT -5
He smirked at her curious comment and then her question as he finished chewing his food. "How about We stock up on supplies and such and I will make a few more potions- then we will push on...this afternoon or even tomorrow If you like- I'm sure every one of your new fans would be willing to keep you entertained." He said with a small joke about most of the boys at their table now smiling since they didn't hear what he had said.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 15, 2013 10:05:00 GMT -5
Neve glanced around the table, suddenly looking a tad bit annoyed. Well if Atrious wanted to mix potions she wasn't going to object, though she would have preferred something a bit more fun for her afternoon. Oh well, at least one of these men would be able to help her with supplies in town.
She actually put down her unfinished food for once, suddenly feeling full more or less. "Alrighty, sounds like a plan." She said before using a finger to push the good from his head. "Lose the hood. You look scary." She glanced to the others and saw most looked shocked and confused. Why exactly she didn't understand so she simply let her head tilt in confidence and her hands go on her hips. "So who would like to help me pick up supplies from my journey?" A few stood all too eager, but she looked to the Khajiit and the elf that stood beside him. "You two look strong. Come on, we're burning daylight." She said, turning on her heels and made her way out with the two on her heels.
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