[Zorolo] Sonlen's Training

[dragon_0214]

Sonlen was walking north, he didn't know why, but it... felt like the right thing to do, and this time he acted on instinct. Three weeks into his journey, he came upon a wood.... but... not, all the trees were perfectly real, or it seemed that way, but there was something about it.... not real, not natural, but, supernatural.

Sonlen was used to supernatural, not too much new.

"This is some kind of test," muttered Sonlen, "I don't know why, but it is...."

He kept walking.

That night he sensed something coming towards him, something bad. And it was close, and moving quickly.

Sonlen then strung his bow silently and pointed it in the direction the... whatever it was, was coming from.

He could soon hear a rustling noise, and slashing, which slowly got louder and louder.

Sonlen drew his bow.

He could see two shining yellow eyes, they belonged to a werewolf! Sonlen quickly took aim and the arrow struck the creature just above the heart. It was about fifty meters from him. The werewolf howled in pain and merely paused, as if considering him, then it began charging him again.

Sonlen threw his bow to the side, and quickly drew his sword. The were wolf didn't stop, it continued charging him and Sonlen, amazed by its speed, wasn't able to defend. As punishment he took a rather deep slash on his side.

"Damn!" yelled Sonlen.

The werewolf charged him again, but this time, Sonlen was ready, he recognized the same movements from the creature. He wasn't able to attack, but dodge, he quickly sidestepped and the creature screamed its rage to the full moon.

Empowered by its anger, the creature once more charged Sonlen, with even more speed and ferocity than before, but too uncontrollably, Sonlen was easily able to raise his blade when the werewolf was merely two yards away and the werewolf quickly fell.

Instead of changng back to it's human form, as was normal for werewolves to do when they were slain, it stayed in its wolf form.

"So, this is one of the first ones, the type that are continually hibernating..... except at full moon..." said Sonlen quietly to the corpse. He did not need to clean his blade, as it could not be stained. Sonlen took the werewolf body and took it to the deeper part of the forest, slashing trees with his sword so he didn't get lost, and lay the body there.

The next day, he heard a small voice inside his head say "East, turn east." He followed the command.

He began to walk and he soon came upon..... a door, a door that was hidden from view, that he could only see because of his keen elven eyesight.

"What is this place?" he asked himself.

He was too curious, he must know what was behind this door! He slowly turned the nob and found himself in a rather plain room, there was nothing covering the wooden walls, and in the center was a table with a letter on it. Sonlen walked towards the table, and, as he bent down, he heard a whooshing noise, he looked behind him and the door he had entered through had vanished, seemingly leaving no other exits.

"Damn," cursed Sonlen under his breath. despite this, he still picked up the letter. On the letters destination address, it read:

Sonlen Evandar Xiulta, The Dome

The sender address was blank. The letter read:

Good job, now, go through the door.

"Strange....." said Sonlen quietly. He then heard a creaking noise in front of him and looked up, there was another door.

He slowly walked towards the door and slowly raised his hand to the nob.

Ooc: Just so you know, I have absolutely no knowledge of what the dome is, I know just as much as Sonlen. Also, I thought I'd give you a taste of my battle scene skillzzz. Yeah, and how do people get the word count? Do they go in and count the individual words? Just wondering... Thought I'd add in the word count, which is 619

[Zorolo]

OoC: Good post. I like the fight scene, it was pretty good, and as for the word count, use the count word function in your word processor. Okay, moving on:

Assignment Time:

Have Sonlen head into the Dome. Have him look around at some of the set rooms (the Dome Center, the Cafeteria, the Garden Room, The Fountain Room, the Infirmary or the Library) and have a kind of mini-adventure there to familiarize yourself with the Dome a bit. Choose just one of those rooms for now, and end your post with your character setting off from where he is. ^_^

[dragon_0214]

There was a small click as Sonlen turned the nob of the wooden door.

He found himself in an extremely long stone hallway with doors on either side as far as he could see, "What shall I do now?" he asked himself, "I might as well explore, that is the reason I came this far north, isn't it?"

He walked and turned left to find himself facing a door that read:

Fountain

He turned the nob and went in.

His face was almost immediately wet as he entered the room, this was due to the extreme humidity. "Ah," he said, "very refreshing." He then noticed the actual detail of the room, it had a polished white marble floor and the same for the walls. A beautiful fountain in the center of the room was spewing out crystal clear water from its tip.

I might want to take a bath in that water.... but no, I don't have time.

He turned and exited the room through the door which was, thankfully, the same he had come in.

Ooc: Rather short, I assumed you just wanted a small bridge, and where is this wonderful word proccessor button? I can't seem to find it.

[Zorolo]

OoC: It's either in the upper right hand corner of the post thing, or use your word processor (word and what not) ya know. Anyway...

Assignment Time:

I want you to wander around the Dome for a bit more, just taking in the scene, etc...You can wander into any of the Dome's FIXED rooms, that is the Fountain Room, the Gardens, the Cafeteria, the Dome Center, the Infirmary, etc.... but I want you to end up in a room that is basically a big lake. Oh, make sure you describe the door. The key to the Dome is its doors. There is an island in the middle of it, and I want you to get to it, whatever mode of transportation you choose (*hint hint*, be creative). Once there you will hear a splash, but that is all. Stop at that, and I will do the introduction between our two chars. Your teacher will meet you there. 800 word minimum

[dragon_0214]

Hmm, where to now? Wondered Sonlen to himself as he exited the fountain room. As he walked through the long hallway, he found a door that read:

Infirmary

He suddenly noticed the extreme pain in his side where the werewolf had slashed him a little bit earlier. “Damn, should get that patched up,” muttered Sonlen to himself. He entered the room, which was filled with beds occupied with strange creatures, some of them not even humanoid, nor recognizable to Sonlen. “Not from my realm....” Again, Sonlen wasn’t exactly shocked, he was used to these kinds of things.

“Dammit, of course, my healing magic,” he had remembered he was adept at healing small wounds, “I can only heal what I can see…” he muttered to himself, “Luckily, I can see all of this.” He held his hand over the wound and focused. The wound quickly scabbed over. “Not perfect, but good enough for now.” He felt himself slightly drained of energy.

He exited the room quickly, silently closing the door. About five minutes later, he found a door labeled:

Library

“Hmm, could do with a bit of reading,” said Sonlen quietly, he opened the door and was amazed to see seemingly endless rows of books, towering above him as far as he could see, and farther. “Quite a collection,” said Sonlen in awe, “Not even the Elven library at home… wait, no, don’t think of that. I’ll just find a book.” He wandered into the third row of books on his right, went about halfway down, and pulled a book randomly from the shelf on his left side.

“The Ancient Elven History,” read Sonlen to himself, instantly very interested, he noticed that he and his companions were mentioned, though not by name.

‘An unknown Elven swordsarcher, and some others, including a Tree Spirit, played a vital role in the Blood Clan War of the Seventh Age…’

He couldn’t stand the memories, he slammed the book shut and quickly left the library.

Sonlen was trying to hold back his sorrow for the unknown fates of his friends, in his grief; he blindly walked into a room entitled:

Gardens

“Yes, I need to relax, just cool down some,” said Sonlen, taking in the wonderful fragrances of the amazing and strange plants that surrounded him. One looked like a large, blue bulb with strange red and black markings all around the sides. Another was emitting an extremely enticing aroma that put Sonlen into a kind of trance, “No, snap out of it,” he told himself, shaking his head. And yet another of the strange and exotic plants was completely black and looked like a rose, but upon closer inspection, Sonlen found that there were several small, sharp spikes protruding from the center that he was sure were poisonous. He soon grew tired of inspecting the strange plants and left the room.

He came upon a room that read:

Dome Center

“Hmm, maybe there will be someone who can tell me were I am and what this place is,” said Sonlen, opening the door. He however was disappointed, the rather plain room was empty except for a small table in the center, a few chairs, and a desk that was unoccupied. “Oh well,” said Sonlen, “I guess I’ll just have to figure out where I am by my self.”

He found a room that, like the others he had came upon, had a plaque on it, this one read:

Cafeteria

“No, I don’t have any time to eat,” muttered Sonlen, despite this, he opened the door a bit and looked inside. This room, like the Infirmary, was filled with strange, completely unrecognizable creatures.

After some time and much more wandering Sonlen came upon a door that wasn’t like the others he had came across, instead of a plaque engraved with the title of the room on it, there was a picture, a picture of a very old-looking book with a single water droplet centered on the cover. “I wonder…” said Sonlen to himself, in his curiosity, he opened the door and found himself in front of a lake with an island in the center. “I have the strangest feeling that I should… I need to go to that island,” said Sonlen, barely managing to control the sound of awe in his voice, “but how? How do I get there?”

He thought on this for quite some time then he realized that there was some rope loosely piled a few yards away from him. “Maybe…” said Sonlen, thinking to himself. He walked over to the rope, picked it up, and ran it through his hands, about every five inches pulling around a section of it as if to test its strength, it was surprisingly long.

“Maybe…” muttered Sonlen, he then took one end of the rope and tied it to a particularly strong branch on a nearby tree. He then tied the other end to an extremely thick arrow from his quiver and nocked the arrow. He took careful aim and struck a tree on the island with the arrow, the rope tensed. He grabbed the rope and began pulling himself across to the island. Once he was there, he cut the rope with his sword to keep anyone from following him.

He walked no more than fifty feet into the heart of the island and he heard a splash from behind him.

[Zorolo]

"Oomph," Zachary said as he landed on the beach and slowly stood up. "I hate it when this place decides I need to be somewhere," he stated as water dripped from him. It seemed as if he had been shot out of the water, based on his landing. The ice innate looked at the elf and decided to start this discussion quickly so that he could get past this part. "Hello, my name is Zachary, and I'll be your teacher here at the Dome. Any questions?" he asked.

Assignment Time:

Have Sonlen asked Zachary some questions. He'll answer anything about the Dome, his purpose and the like, but won't answer any questions about himself. After that, Zachary will send Sonlen off to go find a gem in the more exotic part of the Garden Rooms, which is littered with all kinds of dangers. End your post with Sonlen finding the gem. Word minimum is 800 words.