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2005

A Mad Hatter

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Rock mulled through the knowledge in his mind. He knew that Falador’s castle was protected by some sort of spell that kept evil forces away from it. Supposedly. The very fact that he was standing on its very own rooftops notwithstanding, he wondered if the Raven Knights would be able to even stand on the castle’s ground once the spell itself was down thanks to it being a site of Saradomin’s holy power.

Rock turned away from the view of the defending forces as lightning and thunder rumbled in the distance. He wouldn’t let the appearance of Dionysius distract him from his purpose- mainly because the elderly adventurer was unaware of his presence in the first place, though Rock had to admit he did*’t wish the man ill will anyway- and so the assassin took a piece of chalk from his pockets and drew a small circle around himself. He then proceeded to sit down with his legs crossed, and cleared his mind as he concentrated on the holy magic surrounding him.

At first, it was only a subtle tug on the edges of his consciousness. The energy flowed around his ritual circle despite its unnatural nature, but Rock was accomplished enough to immerse his senses in the magic enough to bend it to his will. His mind’s eye saw the faintest strands of light representing the White Magiks of the knighthood’s mages in the air, and they twisted and turned as he willed them to slowly fray and tear themselves from reality itself.

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09-Jan-2012 02:54:53

Dec

2005

A Mad Hatter

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Once he was sure the spell was weakened enough, Rock sent a surge of black power through the strands of energy, causing them to pulsate violently. The corruption spread through the defensive spell as the strands began to disintegrate, and within minutes the spell had vanished completely and silently, which Rock had confirmed once he saw the Raven Knights land in the midst of the defending forces not more than a few feet away on the battlements below.

Quickly intoning a short incantation, Rock linked his mind up with the Baron’s. “It’s done,” he sent over the link. “The Raven Knights are already breaching the wall. I’ve done my part. Now it’s time that you and I meet in the herald’s office so we can finish this.”

“Good,” the Baron sent back. “I take it you’ve had no trouble so far?”

“Not yet,” he replied. “But the herald has sensitive data about families and artifacts around the world. It would stand to reason that we can expect to encounter heavier resistance the closer we get to the actual office. And that’s not counting the fact that our theft will surely be detected by one of the mages possibly lurking about. Especially if the artifact is as powerful as you claim it is.”

“Then all will be taken care of,” the Baron said over the link. “Be ready. And be safe.”

Rock felt the telepathic link disconnect, and so he stood up to start making his way towards his next target. Though his form was beginning to blend in his surroundings thanks to his invisibility spells, he couldn’t help but feel that someone- nay, *something*- was hunting him that day as he slowly wormed his way deeper behind enemy lines.
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09-Jan-2012 02:55:10

Dec

2005

A Mad Hatter

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“I feel…revived,” Skin declared shortly after the Spider and his allies had left the white room.

“Good,” the Spider replied. “Now stay that way and next time I’ll believe you when you say that you won’t work in one of those types of areas in the future.”

“Who’re ye talkin’ to?” Grazj asked as the group ventured deeper into the recesses of the strange labyrinth. Despite their progress so far, the dwarf hadn’t really revealed just where they were or how close the surface was, and the further they went in, the more the Spider began doubting his guide’s reliability, let alone trustworthiness. Sure, he lit a torch so they could see…but any idiot could do that with a tinderbox as it stood, and it was necessary anyway if Myra was to get around without bumping into walls constantly.

“It’s…complicated,” the Spider replied despite Myra’s questioning gaze. “But…please. Just leave me alone for a second and go on ahead. I’ll catch up.”

“Are you sure?” Myra asked. “What if we hit a crossroads and you don’t know where to go?”

“I’ll be fine,” he said. “Besides, I’ve found you once. I’ll do it again if I have to.”

“Bah, don’t waste time then, girly,” the dwarf said. “C’mon…it be a straight shot for a while anyway. This ‘ere passage is an escape route, not standard employee access*if ye get me drift.”

Myra agreed, and so she and Grazj walked further and further down the hall until Grazj’s torch disappeared around a bend. Once the Spider was sure they were out of hearing distance, he turned around and headed back towards the white room. Skin was slowly regenerating the strange shadowstuff which covered the Spider’s armor by the second, and his cape, already flimsy as it stood, began growing thicker as it swirled around his feet. Although, he hadn’t really noticed that it was gone in the first place.

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09-Jan-2012 02:55:33

Dec

2005

A Mad Hatter

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“I don’t understand,” Skin said. “Why are we not following them?”

“Because,” the Spider answered. “Whoever that dwarf is…and whoever that girl is…they’re lying.”

“How do you know?”

“I’ve done some thinking since that fight,” the Spider said. “It all started once the Myra told me she felt the freezing spell holding her down fade once that mage started getting hurt. I may not be well learned in the arcane arts, but even I know that’s impossible unless the mage is a Mahjarrat…or really powerful. Which I think that dwarf is neither.”

“That’s it?” Skin asked. *It doesn’t sound too odd to me. Though, I *am* attuned to magiks which may seem unusual to you and your kind as it is. It could be that I simply have no clue how your mundane spells work in that area.”

“Well, there’s also Myra,” the Spider said. “She's never objected to me killing in self defense before. And that story about me saving kids in Keldagrim? It never happened. I haven’t even been to Keldagrim in my life personally. Though I did work with a dwarf before…but his name sure as hell wasn’t Kendrujah. And the Ice-Thanes aren’t even a real dwarven clan. Hell, the last I checked, dwarves did*’t even have family clans, just business ventures!”

“So the mad one was right,” Skin said wistfully.

“Yeah,” the Spider said. *I don’t know who the Desert Fire is. Or what a Rogue Hound or Stone Man is. But I do know I trust Myra enough to not hold me back from killing someone in self defense, and especially if it means her own safety.”

“Aha,” Skin said as they began drawing closer and closer to the light coming from the white room they had just left. “I see*you thoughtthe mage might be using an illusion to lure you into a trap. So you constructed a semi plausible story that was fake but believable. And the mage fell for it.”

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09-Jan-2012 02:57:46

Dec

2005

A Mad Hatter

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“Damn straight!” the Spider replied as he entered the white room. Though the light wasn’t as overbearing as it had been earlier, the Spider still had to squint to see through his mask. And surely enough, Myra was standing next to the stone slab, rubbing her legs tenderly, and looking very angry. Though she wasn’t currently in her officer’s uniform, she still looked formidable enough to take on more than a few barbarian men in a bar brawl despite her thin but firm frame.

“Damn straight indeed,” she spat. “I was being held here the entire time, and you did*’t even stop to think about looking over to see if I was alright! Do you have any idea how hard it was to wrench myself free of that damned dwarf’s spell?!”

“Try taking a hit from one of his attacks,” the Spider replied. “Now those hurt like hell. But hey*seriously, I’m glad you’re safe. Just where were you on the thirtieth of Wintumber, anyway?”

“Save it,” Myra replied as she walked past him. “First thing’s first: We get out of here. Then we find out where this place is, and report it to Allivierion, and then get a squad of magehunters over here to turn this hideout upside down until we find that jerk that brought me here!”

She turned to face him with a sly smile on her face as she walked over to a table containing a set of mithril equipment that seemed tailor made for her. “And besides…the thirtieth? We don’t talk about it. You know that.”

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09-Jan-2012 02:58:20

Dec

2005

A Mad Hatter

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The Spider’s heart almost leapt out of his chest at that moment. “Oh, thank Saradomin,” he said under his breath as Myra got her equipment ready. “By the gods, thanks a lot. I knew that annoying code would come in handy some day!”

“Alright, I’m ready,” Myra said at last. The Spider snapped out of his haze and saw that she had somehow managed to get her armor on in record time. Or was it record time? Just how much time had passed since he started thinking to himself anyway?

“Whatever you’re thinking,” Skin said in the recesses of his mind. “It wasn’t me.”

“Good…good…good,” the Spider stuttered. “C’mon…we’re not going through that door Grazj- if that’s his real name- opened. Who knows what’s hiding at the end of that hall.”

“Right idea, but if we go the other way we’ll also chance running into that…I think it was called a Heikka,” Myra said.

“I’d rather take my chances with a Heikka…whatever the hell that is. I just know I don’t trust that mage to not attempt another illusion.”

“Fair enough,” Myra replied. “But if we run into it and end up dying, I’ll never forgive you!”

Ah yeah, the Spider thought to himself as the Allivierion agent walked past him once more. She’s the real deal alright. Maybe this trip would be worth it after all.

^+^ The End of Chapter 10-2 ^+^

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09-Jan-2012 02:58:53 - Last edited on 09-Jan-2012 03:09:18 by A Mad Hatter

Dec

2005

A Mad Hatter

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Right....I know this is sorta late, but Happy New Years anyway. Meant to get this up sooner but stuff happened

As far as the next chapter goes, don't expect it until at least another month or so. It'll most likely be the last one for this phase, and if all goes as planned then the Falador Invasion will end with it. So it goes without saying that such an event will be really long compared to the recent chapters O_o

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09-Jan-2012 03:08:46

Dec

2005

A Mad Hatter

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Quick update: Writing just began after several delays on the school/work front. Same deadline as last time though (within a month or two).

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07-Feb-2012 17:43:11

Azigarath

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"“You’re hurt,” the woman said. She wasn’t asking a question, merely stating a fact. A fact that was all too obvious, judging from the arrow sticking out of Awiti’s leg, but a fact he had managed to forget about in the heat of the moment nonetheless."

I was then expecting an, 'There's an arrow in your butt!'

Well, just stopped by, as is my usual cycle that's two month's late, to mention I finished reading chapter 10-2 and so offer some feedback, as I would feel useless if I didn't. So, Ogres, dwarves, red-eyed lycanthrope, fog, magic-stuff, etc., wererats... Well, there seem to be a few peculiar groups who seem to be simply beyond mortal comprehension and resistance. Like, if Gielinor had no magic at all, everyone'd be toast (sort of).

Anyways, remember when you mentioned, for The Moth's Wings:
"It had a somewhat decent plot and setting, but it was undermined by things like characters that were either forgettable or confusing in the naming department, drawn out fight scenes that seemed more like filler than actual threats, the obvious runescape-related characters that just seemed thrown in for fan service"

Your past points were certainly acceptable for my story, as I do agree on them, but frankly I can use that same paragraph to illustrate how I feel about your story sometimes, and although it’s a minor light feeling, it does affect me. Personally, I do find your named characters quite hard to remember, and the action scenes are also feeling like pale descriptions, so 'fillers for fan service', but at least you keep rationality and sense (I simply overuse action ridiculously immensely) that are according to the flow of the story.

05-Mar-2012 07:47:26

Azigarath

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I've noticed that when there are issues I point out for other peoples' works, I simply realise that it's a direct reflection about my own stories, so it's like I am still learning always. Oh, and not that I'm trying to bite you in the heel, I just wanted to express myself, as sometimes my own face won't always do to get a point across. After all, you can't really think about imagination and say, 'I'm done!' because imagination is simply endless, and your story leaves so much room for thinking.
I still enjoy your expanded universe as usual, something I do myself within the context of RuneScape though via another path.

Not to sound, say, overly glorifying, but your two stories have a lot more memorable creativity than what JAGEX can muster up in their own projects and even from what Church (or whoever that guy who published the RS novels is) can create. When you finish the story, it's something close, if not exceeding, art that can be published and sold. You see, just keep in mind that very few authors can do something like this while keeping controllable atmosphere, storyline and development. It's simply everything a fantasy story should have.

Anyways, keep up the art, I've been gradually stumbling and distracted when I want to do mine.

Eh, me talking too much as usual too. :/

05-Mar-2012 07:47:38 - Last edited on 05-Mar-2012 07:49:06 by Azigarath

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