Hi Minna. Not much has been happening really. Mom woke up late Sunday night... or rather early Monday morning, sick as a dog. She couldn’t even keep a few sips of water down all day long. Today she’s better but she’s still not feeling great. Hopefully she’ll be feeling better tomorrow. I cooked her a big pot of soup. It’s got all manor of vegetables (corn, green beans, and sweet peas) noodles potatoes and chicken. It just needs a little salt but mom says it’s better not to have enough than to have too much. If you don’t have enough other people can always add their own. So I’ve been taking care of her a lot. Tomorrow if she’s feeling better I’ll go out and put in more applications. It just wouldn’t feel right to leave her home alone if she wasn’t feeling good. Other than that nothings up. Enjoy the EQ story. Ja.
MM
18-Oct-01
Title: Two is Always better than one
Author: MSMoon
Warnings: not many.
Feedback: As long as it's nice ;)
Characters: MMC07, MMC10, & MMC19.
Disclaimers: I do not own EverQuest. I am poor. Suing me wouldn't really profit much. However I do own my own characters from EQ. I would be somewhat upset if someone used my characters without my permission. So if you want to use them please ask.
E-mail: LadyGundam02@aol.com
Rated: PG-PG-13
Chapter 10
::Toxxulia Forrest::
Jadeen sighed as the skeleton crumpled into a heap of bones. The young Erudite Wizard was quite tired from the day's excursions. Jadeen was very tall, with brown skin, green eyes, brown hair, and a red robe that covered her completely with a hood. She was indeed quite bored with everything she saw around her. Toxxulia forest seemed always dark dank and depressing. She could always venture to the Kera isle, but in all good truth she saw no reason to. No, she would much rather try and get across Erud's Crossing to Qeynos. She longed to find out what the city of men looked like.
Many of her people were arrogant and quite mean to other races. Not so with Jadeen. In fact if she was truthful, it was opposite for her. She was mean and arrogant to her people and kind to everyone else. She'd lived her whole life in Erudin and learned that the High Men and Women that lived there were quite boring. She'd figured her own people out quite quickly and yearned to try figuring out other races.
Just as she approached the entrance to the city, she saw another Erudite woman, wearing a yellow enchanter's robe run out. The guards never even looked her way. The woman sprinted past Jadeen and into the woods. Jadeen wondered if she knew the dangers of the woods...probably not...another green newbie looking for glory all too quickly. Jadeen started walking in the direction the young woman had taken. Then she heard it. A startled yelp. As she ran to the top of the hill and looked on her fears had been confirmed. A Heretic Prophet was attacking the girl. Quickly she began chanting her numbing cold spell. The prophet was struck by it and turned her attention to Jadeen.
"Your corpses will be another dread-inspiring sign to all who wonder this forrest!" the Prophet shouted attacking Jadeen.
"Not too bloody likely." Jadeen muttered. The other girl regained her senses and also began attacking the prophet with Jadeen. Between the two of them and their spells, the lady prophet was down before she knew it.
"T-thank you." The girl said.
"Don't mention it." Jadeen said a little roughly. She took another look at the girl. Something strange was starting to happen to her. She raised her hands and looked at them then to Jadeen.
"Oh no..." she said distressed. Jadeen wondered what her problem was. Then the Erudite appearance faded away to reveal...A Dark Elf!
"Whoa..." Jadeen said looking at her. She moved a bit closer but the girl evaded her. "I'm Jadeen...who might you be?" she asked.
"...Zeresh..." the girl remarked meekly.
"Why the guise?" Zeresh chuckled.
"How could I get to this forest otherwise?" Jadeen nodded. The only way she knew to Toxxulia was through Erudin. Erudites and Dark Elves didn't really get along.
"Are you on your way to Paineel?" Jadeen asked.
"No," Zeresh shook her head, "I'm merely a wanderer."
"Well, that rules out the suggestion that the Dark Elves might be helping the Heretics in Paineel. I've heard tail they wish to take over our city." Zeresh nodded.
"I've heard the same. I am however on the run from my own people. Therefore I can be no one's ambassador." Jadeen nodded thinking.
"Where are you going after this?" Zeresh blinked.
"I don't know. I usually just visit a spot for a while then move along."
"It might be hard for you to get through the city again..." Jadeen said. Zeresh nodded.
"But there is no other way."
"I'll make you a deal..." Zeresh blinked at this, "I want to go to Antonica. Badly. But I won't go without a guide or companion. And you might seem less suspicious if you're actually with someone from Erudin. You can stay in Toxx however long you wish, whenever you're ready to leave find me. I come out here to hunt all the time. I'm usually close to the city entrance though. We can make the journey together."
"That sounds...logical." Zeresh said contemplating it all in her mind slowly. Jadeen had to give it to her; at least she didn't just jump into something without thinking. "Although..." Zeresh looked around, "you won't have to wait long. I thought there was more to Toxxulia than this..."
"The hunting's ok." Jadeen shrugged. "You just have to know where to look."
"Give me till tomorrow to think it over. I'll have your answer by then."
"Fine with me. And for a small token of advice, don't go south of the river. Bad bad things there." Zeresh nodded as Jadeen turned to go into the city.
Jadeen was happy. She'd finally found someone who seemed to be a traveler that had no companion. Of course if Zeresh said yes, they'd wander all over together. If she said no...She'd offer to help guide her through Toxx. That way Zeresh would probably want to leave with her when she decided to. Jadeen stepped up on the teleportation gem that lead to Erudin.
"Hello, Jadeen." A friendly male voice greeted her.
"Oh...hello Nuzzi."
"You seem worn out. I hope your hunt wasn't stressful?" He asked politely.
"No. I found a young girl being attacked by a Heretic Prophet though. That wasn't too fun."
"I see. We must watch out for those."
"If you don't mind I was just on my way home." She still hadn't stepped down from the gem. He offered her his hand to help her down.
"Allow me fair lady." He said with a smile on his face. She sighed. He only wanted her to depend on him. She only wanted to depend on herself. It was a game they'd played since birth almost. She took his hand and stepped down. Before he let her go he placed a chaste kiss on her hand. "You're far too tense these days Jadeen." He murmured.
"So's the whole damn world, Nuzzi. Might as well get used to it." She said crossly. He raised his eyebrows.
"No reason to get so upset about it."
"Just you watch, Nuzzi. One of these days I'm leaving this place. I'll travel all over every continent I can get to." Nuzzi chortled.
"Indeed. That's what they all say Jadeen." Then he stepped up onto the other transport gem taking him down below.
"...Just you watch...with Zeresh or by myself I am leaving this place. If it kills me."
::The next day::
Jadeen sat not too far away from the entrance to Erudin. She'd been hunting a while. Killing time till Zeresh found her. She hoped nothing happened to her during the night. She'd gotten rid of quite a few Kobolds though. And that made the wait worth it.
"Jadeen?" Jadeen looked up to see Zeresh in her Erudite guise. She stood so she'd be a little more on level with her.
"Zeresh." She said relieved, "I'm glad to see you're all right. Was your night ok?" Zeresh nodded.
"Yes. I found an abandon hut east of a kobold camp...north of the river?" Jadeen nodded.
"That's the abandon Necro hut."
"I spent the night there."
"Have you had enough time to come to a decision?" Zeresh nodded.
"I think it might be best if we team up." Jadeen nearly jumped for joy.
"You've no idea what a relief this is for me."
"And visa versa. But why for you? Don't you like your home town?"
"Not really. There are many things here I want to escape. Although I will miss killing Kobolds." Zeresh chuckled.
"Do you mind if we get going now? I think I've seen enough of this forrest."
"As long as you don't mind us stopping by my house to get my stuff." Zeresh nodded.
"I can take this illusion off there and put it on again. That way it'll last longer."
"All right then. Let's get going."
::At the Dock::
"You're sure you brought enough?" Zeresh asked, looking at what Jadeen was carrying. Not too much really. She'd put everything of value in the bank and taken everything else and put it in her small box and backpack. It just didn't seem like moving home for Zeresh.
"Yeah I'm fine."
"Don't fall off the dock. There always seems to be a shark in the water here."
"Really? Weird."
"Jadeen?" Jadeen turned around to see Nuzzi all the way across the dock.
"Thank Quellious we're about to board." Jadeen said looking back as the boat started to get closer.
"Where are you going?!" Nuzzi shouted from the main land.
"I told you I was going to travel."
"What?!"
"See you around sometime Nuzzi." Jadeen said stepping onto the boat. "I might come back home in a few months, or a year." Nuzzi was blinking.
"You can't leave!" Nuzzi shouted.
"Oh why's that?" Nuzzi started sputtering.
"Because!"
"Sorry, Nuz, not good enough. But keep practicing." Just then the moving dock that had gotten them to the boat started moving back and the boat started moving.
"Jadeen you get back here!"
"Don't do anything rash Nuz! There's always a shark in the water around here so don't think of jumping in and coming after me." She could see Nuzzi's face scrunch up from the main land.
"Really?"
"Yeah. See you later Nuz!" Jadeen shouted as the boat drifted into the mist. Zeresh giggled. "What?" Jadeen asked.
"Do you really think he would've jumped in and all that?"
"Probably not. He is a High Man after all."
"Why didn't he want you to leave? Was he in love with you are something?" Jadeen sputtered.
"Nuzzi? In love with me? No way. Wants to own me maybe but not in love with me. Our parents had talked about prearranging our marriage but it was only that: talk. Nuzzi and I? Boy what a laugh. We probably wouldn't fit together at all you know? We're just...such opposites."
"Yeah." Zeresh said with a strange look on her face. "I know exactly how you feel." Jadeen studied Zeresh as Zeresh studied the sun set. She decided to ask her about this some other time.
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