Re: Darkstar's Ranch (Cross Grave)
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So you need to be alive afterwards," Valdis looked disappointed in Razzie. "
Very well, I can put you to work. Though if that vampire is the same one I am thinking it is, then you may have doomed your career before it ever began." Valdis said with a touch of humor in her tone, before extending her arm out and making a gesture for Razzie to follow as she turned on her heel with a flourish. "
You're dabbling with those who exist but are not living. They fade from this world as nature tries to correct the cancer it considers us." Valdis explained before walking straight, opposite from the door Razzie entered. The path Valdis chose to take was between a pair of large starcases on either side, and lead down instead of up. Down each step went, until there was quickly a need for light. Valdis made a snap of her fingers, a spark that sent off quick moving threads of magic to strike at various unlit torches welded to the walls before the torches lit with a sudden green flame.
Valdis went down these steps at a quick pace, forcing Razzie to walk in somewhat of a hurry, down deeper into a place that did not welcome the living. Even the torches themselves seemed oppressive and a comforting light only for the dead who need eyes to see. "
You've taken in a noble vampire. A peasant like yourself could not hope to satisfy her, and in light of that, it's not far off an assumption to say that she is merely using you out of desperation. But she is a victim to her nature just as all things are, and you are here likely as a result of that." Valdis announced, acting as if she knew much of Razzie's situation, though she was simply making assumptions the entire time. "
Did she ask you for something that caused an urgent need for Gilorians?"
Should Razzie not tell Valdis what Rachel wanted, she'd be made to do so anyway by being reminded where she was, and who wanted to play with her severed head. Either way, Valdis would receive her answer. "
If it's a coffin, I've a spare I'm not using. If she is only looking for what's acceptable, then a spare will do, even for a noble." Valdis claimed, before Razzie would be allowed to see one of such coffins in one of the dark chambers they passed once the stairs had reached solid flooring. The 'mere spares' looked cushioned and comfortable enough to be inviting to sleep in. There would be little doubt Rachel would be pleased with this.
Going on a little further, they'd reach a chamber stained with varies lines and blots of blood, and a single rectangular stone slab in the center of the room fitted with various small tables and precise operating tools for experimenting with flesh. On that table was a young looking girl who was laying on it unrestrained, flat on her back, and the upper section of her skull cleanly removed to show that she had no brain within. Though Valdis had a spare nearby, which she went off to fetch, before carefully slipping it back into the child's head, and reattaching the upper crust of the skull. Valdis would begin stitching her head back together with accurate and skilled hands before speaking to Razzie again. "
This girl died from falling off of a cliff. Her brain was severely damaged in the process, and many bones broken. Her family brought her broken body to me and requested I bring her back into this world so they can bid her a proper farewell. Your task is to take this girl to her parents. Let no harm come to her body, it's imperative that she remains fully functional so that she can communicate with her former associates of the living."
Valdis would finish her work quickly, and place her hand to the child's head firmly as a green light would glow from her palm. "
Rise, child. Your parents selfishly wish you back. Answer their call." Valdis spoke to the corpse, before Razzie felt the very pressure in the room change, and lessen. Her very existence felt as if it were spreading out as a sense of lightheadedness overcame her. Her body began to feel numb, just as she might conclude that this was what it was like to feel death. A distant, lonely, and sensationless void.
The girl's eyes would slowly open, before the corpse rose from the stone, staring blankly at the wall. She didn't look braindead, rather, she looked speechless. She appeared like someone who had gone through a great deal. Valdis let the girl stay like that, allowing her to slowly being to move, and look around. One of her eyes were missing. On her own, she'd fetch an eyepatch Valdis had laying near the table, and strapped it over her face before looking back to Valdis. "I'm ready to see them..." She said with a rather sad voice.
Valdis concluded by telling Razzie where she had to go, and that the girl should not leave Razzie's side until they reach her parents. Mamono of danger would be in Razzie's way, so she would have to be aided by her own mamono. "
Do not fail me, Razzie. I will have your head if you dare even consider it... But conversely, if you prove yourself capable of this simple task, then I may see in the future if you can't be put to more use."