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[BadInfluence]

He had made his way over to Garafins like he planned, though today was one of those days where there was too much to do, and not enough hours to do it all in. Still, he’d manage, making sure he did all the most important stuff first. “Dead serious mate. Trust me, it was fucking HOT, we had Bells triple pistoned between us all... Every hole filled, you should have heard her, she was so high on it all she made noises even I haven’t heard yet.” He said with a laugh and a grin, knowing Garafin probably felt pretty cheated at the fact he got to sleep with the girl he had been wanting for decades... “It’s not your fault, Hanali has been hitting us with increased lust the last three years now, it was bound to catch you at some point. Hell even I’m starting to fall under sway.” Which, you know, God help the populace if Sydel let him out... He went on to the good news then, the purpose of the cigar, unable to help the laugh as his friend and lover bout choked on smoke.







“Yep. She told me so today, she’s starting to show and it’s early for that so we knew something was up, and since I know when it’s mine or not? Well man congratulations! Bells is really happy to be carrying your kid. She feels like it’s about time you got back some of the happiness you’ve been sharing with everyone else.” Which was true. Bells was incredibly happy at being with his child, that one was a guaranteed fact, though she did have her own concerns and reservations... Not about the baby, but more so about Garafin, about him having shit luck in love... He was happy to share that bear hug and kiss, to show his own approval of the situation, his happiness for his friend and lover. He mentioned the fact he had found Garafins name in the books, that Hanali had a match for him, had for a decade now... “Bells asked me to look for you, she knows you’ve been wanting her for a long time, but she also knows she can’t love you back like you need... She’s hoping that you had a match, someone who can complete you, give you just what you’ve been missing from this life...” There... That was the kindest, warmest way he could deliver the news, and maybe Garafin knew it himself already... That he was wishing on a star that was all out of magic...







Garafin mentioned he was old now and he just leveled a look at him for a minute. “Sydel is older than me by a few years, did you know that? I don’t care. It’s never bothered me a bit. It’s because she’s my match Garafin, it’s our thing... We complete each other...” He said before he gave a shrug of his shoulders, reaching out for a moment he took Garafin's wrist in his hand and sunk his nails into his vein, holding him still even if he jerked... What was he doing? “If you’re going to try and use your age as an excuse to keep you from being happy because you got this martyr habit of sabotaging yourself... Well I’m just going to have to fuck you over a bit love...” He was taking the years from Garafin, not enough to turn him back into a young whippersnapper, nothing like that... Rather just enough to put him back in his prime, where he felt and looked his best, removing the aches and pains of age but leaving behind all the wisdom... Now, where were those years going? Into himself, of course, where he would store them up for torture... To grab someone and force a couple hundred years on them in a slow drip feed, aging them while they had to feel and watch it all, and he knew JUST who he planned on doing that to...







“There... Now you got no excuse you salty fuck.” He said with a laugh and leaned over to kiss his cheek before lifting his wrist and licking the wound closed, a bit of a shiver at the taste... Lovely really... “I’ll have her name by tomorrow morning... There’s a few things I need to handle at temple now that Hanali’s chosen me as consort this year... When I get her name I’ll give it to you alright? But what you do with it? Is up to you... Just promise you’ll give yourself, and her, a chance? Hanali’s system doesn’t work if you don’t at least give it a try... She is your perfect mate after all... Whoever she is? Is going to fill that hole inside you Garafin, I promise.” It was how he felt with Sydel... How Diovan did with Bells... He was sure that Jacob felt that way for his Rose too... It sure looked like it when he was watching them... He refused to call it spying though, he was just making sure his son was safe, that was all... The fact he got to enjoy high quality porn while he was at it... That was just a bonus...







Speaking of the man they both called their son though... “Wandering eyes... She’s the only woman who’s ever made me look at anyone besides Sydel... She’s part with elf, she smells incredible, and Garafin... Dat ass though... I’ve maybe watched Jacob a time or two when they were going at it and I’m telling you... That girl? She don’t play fair... Hanali must have hand made her herself or something. That ass just... Damn... That ain't natural it’s so juicy...” He said with a laugh and a nudge. “She is yeah, the girls already got plans to shanghai her into a whole bunch of stuff from what I’ve heard... You know what though? Even Sydel likes her... Can you imagine that? I keep hoping I’ll be REALLY lucky and come home to seeing Sydel show her just how much she likes her...” A nudge to Garafins rubs before they headed back inside, catching the looks from Ace and Diovan, but Dio? Looked a lot more... Normal? Like you couldn’t tell he had flipped out just a couple of days ago... He settled down to be dealt in and with a whiskey in his hand, hearing Ace mention that Garafin got propositioned by some super leggy amazon moon elf, a brow raised as he looked at Garafin there. “REALLY now?... You got a woman propositioning you for sex? Is she hot? She got titties? A nice ass? Please tell me shes hot? Is she hot?” He’d ask him before they’d settle in for cards, bullshitting about what else? Sex, women, and the weekend coming up. “Ace, Dio, I presume you saw the guest at the house yeah? Thoughts?” He left that one open, wanting to hear their words, but it was Dio who was silent until the end...







D: I know her...







N: You do? Explain...







D: Few years ago... She was a kid back then I think... Living on the surface... We got word that she was being molested by some sylvan janitor on the surface, some twisted monster who was preying upon the kids at her orphanage... We went down to bring her home...







N: And? Why wasn’t she here? Jacob could have met her so much sooner, we could have saved him so much pain... Why in the hell did you not bring her?







D: It wasn’t like I wanted to leave her behind dammit! She was just a kid, this poor little wimp of a thing, she was such a little runt... You could tell she’s been starving for a while... We had her loaded up and were on our way back but... The portal... It wouldn’t let her through...







N: What?... What do you mean it wouldn’t let her through?







D: I mean when we tried to bring her into Arvandor the portal rejected her.







N: Bullshit. She came through just fine when I brought her.







D: Yeah... Now.







N: What are you getting at Dio?







He would level such a look at his brother, his eyes narrowed, and if anyone tried to step in and save his ass? He’d fix them with that same glare, the one that just dared them to defy him, begged for it... He’d kick their asses all over this place... Diovan was quiet for a while before he spoke...







D: Mom got involved... She said that the kid was cursed, and it was a bad one, that was why Hanali wasn’t letting her come home... Hanali herself had destroyed the records of the girl to try and keep Arvandor safe.







N: What? What the actual fuck? What curse? And if that’s true then why the hell is she coming over now without issue?







D: Because... I took the curse onto myself... I don’t have magic so the curse can’t really kick off with me, it’s got no out, it just sits there... Like a parasite... Feeding off of what I can’t use, the magic in the air, all around us...







He sat back in his chair, whisky glass in his hand, just looking at his brother... Confusion yes... Dazed... Surprised...







N: That’s why you attacked then... Why I knew it wasn’t you but it was still your body... It’s not a parasite... It’s the curse...







D: Exactly... So long as I am not around a witch elf it’s fine... It would remain dormant only for so long after all...







N: Who cursed her? Do you know?





D: Her mother...







N: Do you know who her mother is?







D: A witch elf...







N: Her name? Do you have a name?







He was surprised then when Diovan suddenly went completely quiet, and he was sure everyone at the table was just like him, virtually hanging off of every single word...







D: No... I can’t remember...







“DAMMIT!” He swore, laying his fist against the tamble, sending the chips to jump and spill. “Dammit Diovan what the FUCK were you doing keeping this a secret?! You put so many people at risk!”







D: You think I wanted to?! I thought she had died by now! How was I supposed to know she was in that city? The place we had to leave her was hours away!







He sighed, sitting back against the chair before downing his whiskey in one smooth go, rubbing his forehead and pinching the bridge of his nose. “Ace, I’m companion this year so I can’t watch her, but I need someone there on the surface with her, keep an eye on her till I can figure this shit out... Think you’re up for it? It’s a favor, I know, but I’ll make it worth your while...” It made things a fucking mess, it made him have to completely reshift every damned thought and plan he had in motion, start from square one all over again... It wasn’t a parasite, it was a curse, which made it... Oh... Ten times worse. Especially if he didn’t know the origins... Was it a death curse? Had Diovan acted out only because the curse was trying to find the host body? Who would curse their own child? Why?

[BadInfluence]

the two of them settling in to talk.. him finding out he had finally managed to sleep with Belle only to not remember a single thing about it..-.. You're describing it is not helping.. How come you get to remember it and I don't.. what kind of justice is that.. -he laughed and shook his head.. honestly dumbfounded that it had all occurred.. the four of them no less.. he definitely felt cheated.. -.. mm.. I have noticed that dust cloud is getting stronger every year.. more and more tourists are coming through.. all getting hit.. quite a few of the poor beds in this Inn need repair..-he then found out he was going to be a Father.. and he was over the moon about it..he'd always wanted to be a Father.. and he couldn't have thought of a better person to be the Mother of his child..

before their chat went down the path of finding out who his match was.. something he wasn't all that interested in.. he nodded when you told him it was Belle that asked you to look.. taking another drink of his beer there.. yeah that kinda stung.. it hurt.. like he knew it.. and had known it for a very long time.. he was no competition for Diovan.. he didn't even come close.. still didn't make it any easier though.. he placed his empty bottle down upon the small table there.. taking a few more puffs on that cigar there..

he spoke about his age and how he honestly didn't want to be taking the prime years from some young elf when he was quite a bit older..before you grabbed his wrist and sink your nails into his vein-.. What in the hell.. -he exclaimed suddenly.. and naturally he would move to pull away only to find it was a pointless gesture.. hearing that you were going to fuck him over..- Whats that supposed to mean then?.. -he blinked.. he couldn't see any physical changes in himself.. not really.. though perhaps a few wrinkles..on his hands.. the deeper back pain diminished.. a bit of a lighter step.. it was a bit hard to get his head around-.. Did you just?..

-he watched when you licked the wounds closed.. he paused.. it was a bit of a shock.. before he laughed and shook his head-.. You are incredible.. -he exhaled another stream of smoke there.. listening as you spoke more about this match of his.. he held his hands up.. palms outward-.. Ok.. ok.. I get it.. -he rubbed his forehead-.. Ill look into it.. i promise..-he wasn't putting a whole lot of stock into it.. but he wouldn't be rude about it.. especially with you going to all that trouble.. the chatter turned to this new match of Jacobs though.. this little witch elf with an apparent luscious little ass.. he chuckled and nodded.-.. Well now.. she sounds like quite a dish.. -he rubbed his cheeks a little-.. and she's coming down for the ladies weekend then.. are we able to stick around a little longer to catch sight of her then?.. or is it going to be that we have to wait until we get back?.. -he tilted his head-.. Sydel likes her then?.. well that's a surprise.. when was the last time you saw Sydel like anyone but you.. -he nudged you lightly before the pair of them headed back in.. just in time for Dio and Ace to give him hell about the newest little bombshell on sight..-.. Hush it you two.. -he waved his hand then as he laughed.. bringing some more alcohol to the table along with a few snacks.. before the cards would be dealt out.. chips and coins shared.. he glanced up when the two began to speak though.. about this guest.. though he'd fall silent.. -





He settled back in his chair, flicking through his cards there.. nudging Garafin every so often about this pale princess that had popped onto the scene.. listening in on the convo between Nautilous and Diovan though.. -.. Oh I saw her.. she was Fine.. like.. Stunning.. is that who Jacob has hooked up with then?.. this.. Rose?.. -he rubbed his chin there.. the corners of his lips curling into a grin before he turned back to his cards..

the talk of curses started.. a back and forth between brothers before fists hit the wood and chips went flying.. he blinked..grabbing his glass before it hit the floor..-.. Fuck man.. relax.. i sware to god.. -he exhaled.. plucking up a few more of the chips that had managed to roll down onto the floor.. it would be then that he would be told about the companion deal-.. Yeah I figured when she wasn't bothering me anymore.. -he chuckled nodding his head-.. Good fucking luck with that one.. she's hot.. she's fucking madness trapped in a body i sware it.. but she is hella-needy..Where do you think I get caught up all the damn time.. it's not out.. its up with her.. -he downed his glass of whisky then.. tilting his head when you asked if he could watch on this Rose.. he nodded.. -.. I could.. yes.. -he rubbed his lips together-.. in the port city mm?.. -scratching at his stubble a little-.. I mean it would be a bit of a stretch being on the surface but.. I guess.. mmm.. -he nodded.. -.. whos going to watch her when we are gone though?.. unless you're expecting me to stay behind?

[BadInfluence]

“Hey, you’re the one who always insists in drinking everyone under the table, did you think that someone wouldn’t notice and drop you a peg or two? You’ve virtually been begging for it for years my friend.” And while yeah, it totally did suck that he didn’t get to remember it? If he hadn’t been so shit faced he never would have joined in in the first place. Cause and effect, everything has a cost, and not remembering was his. They spoke about how the lust dust had been getting pretty potent latey, getting upped just a bit every year, and because of it? It was getting even more popular, more people were joining in the celebrations, more people were converting... It was working for what Hanali wanted but it was also causing some major ripple effects. “Hey, you make enough from this place during the seasons to pimp every bed out in here and you know it. Just invest in longer screws.” Just that alone would save more than a few beds from being broken versus just needing a little... Tightening.

Speaking about his match, he knew it was hard, loving one person but being told your supposed to love the other. On top of all that? Being told that you’d been waiting for a decade for someone who was hiding away for some reason... Garafin needed someone in his life who could be good for him, who would love him, be his match... And so far? The one just hadn’t come around, and for all he wanted to do it on his own, it wasn’t coming out right... Maybe it was time to sit back and let the books take over after all? Garafin went off about his age and you know, he’d used that excuse a lot, more than a lot actually... Maybe it was time to strip away that security blanket... Sinking his nails into Garafins vein, he knew that shit hurt, but again? No effect without cause... There was always a cost. “Come on love, you’e handled bigger pricks than this.” It was a total tongue in cheek tease but it worked, and he made sure not to let Garafin pull away, sucking those years of age right out of him. He shaved off a couple hundred or so, put him right back in his prime, neither young nor old... That happy place in the middle. Confessing he was about to fuck him over he couldn’t help but laugh at the question there, before it would start to dawn on him, the lessen pain... The ease of movement... “Yep. One of the perks I get to have back now that I’m not on time out so to speak... I don’t do it often, the years got to go somewhere, but I have an idea where to stick them.” A grin and a wink before licking Garafins wound closed with a pat to his shoulder. “Besides, your about to be a dad, I can’t have you being too tired to take over the raising of a youngling. Trust me, I know it’s been a minute since Jacob, but you got NO idea how nuts these kids are now. Tons more energy.”

The cost of the trick though was his request that Garafin give it a try. What was the worst thing that could happen? “Thanks. Look I know it sucks? It’s not the way you’ve done thing? But I’m consort this year which means it’s my job to figure out the ones who are missing and get it sorted, right? Worse case? You meet her and she’s a total hag and you just go your seperate ways. But... What if shes a stunning beauty who’s everything you’ve dreamed of and didn’t know you wanted? I’m holding out hope for you man, you got nothing to lose, literally.” With that they began to head on in, and once there, oh yeah... Talk began to circulate about the newest girl in the flock. It was just who they were, how they operated, and there was nothing wrong with that. “I think she’s coming a day early with Jacob to settle in but I can’t besure. I know I gotta take Dio ahead first and put him up to get everything set up, but outside of that, should be easy enough. I was thinking about springing a little congratulations party on her here at the Inn... She did just get accepted into the accelerated doctorate course there with Jacobs old teacher Barathon.” Give them all a chance to see her and in some gorgeous clothes too, or so he hoped, after all it was ok to look... TO fantasize about Sydel ripping all those pretty clothes off and-... No... No... Save it for later....

He heard Ace and Dio go off about the hottie from earlier and he smacked Garafin on the back. “You old sea dog! Good on you! Told you that you still got it man, even the younger fillies are hitting you up for some good old semen off the ship.” TOTALLY horrible sea humor but oh yeah, had to toss it out, there was no resisting that! They began to talk about this new girl before he asked if Dio or Ace had seen Rose, and naturally it was Ace who perked up like loaf in the oven. “Why am I not surprised your the one who noticed her? Yeah that’s her, she’s smart as hell, wicked fierce and yeah... Just damn I want to see her in action. Not touch, just watch, she’s a newly deflowered virgin so you know how tasty those are... Just learning, eager to explore, but still innocent and you get that sexy as fuck shock factor when you stick it in-...” Yeah... It had been a while... He SERIOUSLY needed to jerk off hard core and soon before he started to fuck some wood cause it was a naughty pine...

Going into the discussion with Dio though, it was only natural he was pissed off, that he reacted the way he did... No one here at the table knew that Diovan had pretty much raped Sydel and nearly beaten her to death. No one knew the reason for his anger... “Now why would you be swearing to me Ace?” He shot back cockily before returning to his cards, his brain wracking left and right, trying to reformulate the plan... What the fuck was he to do about the curse? Shift it to someone else? Who? And who would curse their own child? There was such a damned mess there... Something stank... Something familiar and terribly rotten... They circled back t Hanalo and as Ace explained? Yeah he rolled his eyes and took another shot of the whisky. “Don’t fucking remind me... Pulled me into a pocket dimension and had me fuck her for a month straight. She’s not just needy, shes not just insane, she’s almost insatiable! Like She was almost a piece of jerky from dehydration before she finally begged off and let me go home.” Thank god she at least warped time so he didn’t miss too much with his family or shit was gonna get real ugly real quick. Though with Ace free now? He had an idea... To ask him to look out for Rose... “Yeah, she’s doing her doctorate there, accelerated class so she’s entirely focused on her studies. Means that Grace could sneak in and attack her and she’d not have much, if any, warning. As for you staying behind, no fuckwit, you’re a fox I’m not leaving you alone in the hen house.” He said with a laugh and a shake of his head. That was just BEGGING for trouble there!

They enjoyed a couple of hours talking shit back and forth, gaining and loosing money before he called it off, asking Garafin to keep Dio there for the night and that he’d get him in a few hours... Heading off to the Record hall he had a few things to look at before he left, double and tripple checking things in the books, and one of those was specifically in regards to Jacob... Sure enough, next to his name was Rose’s, but there was still no surname... Without Hanali playing buffer he caught more records here than he had before, more names that had been hidden because of her own ideals... Though as he stared at the page another revealed... Written below Roses... Attached to Jacob...

Ace...

He just sort of stared at it for a moment, wondering what that was all about, flicking through other pages... Finding his name, Sydels under it, and theirs were attached with Diovan and Sybelle... So then... Who was Ace matching to? Rose? Or Jacob? Fuck... He couldn’t let Ace near Rose then, not if he was supposed to match her, he could only imagine how fucked up that was going to get... He’d then go after Garafins name, and a spell, while not hard was still complex was used... Reforming the page that had been torn out, the chunk that was missing, revealing the name... Daetaru... Pretty, he thought, and made a copy of it to show to Garafin... See if he might want to keep an eye out for the woman... Not a girl anymore apparently... Once that was done? He headed back to get a hold of Ace only to see he had already dissapeared and right now? He didn’t have time to run after him and drag him back by his ballsack. Instead he focused on Diovans issue, going through the books in the library, trying to find something... And there was the crux...

If you don’t know what the curse is? You don’t know how to treat it, he’d have to find out why the curse targeted witch elves, why they for some reason triggered blood-....

“You have GOT to be fucking kidding me...”

It clicked for him then, the curse and why it was there, how it was so easily shifted...

He made a bee line for the Inn and straight to Diovans room where he shut the door behind him and warded it seventeen ways to hell before he shifted his form to that of Rose, and instantly he could see the shift take over Diovan, the way he moved to attack... But before Diovan struck he removed the illusion... Returned to himself and it was like it melted away... Diovan was back to himself there, looking dazed and confused... Concerned... “It’s not witch elves... It’s any short woman... I shifted into Rose’s image and you attacked on sight... But I released it and you reverted... For some reason you’re targeting a specific style of female...” Which again had him wondering what the fuck was with that curse... “You don’t remember ANYTHING?” He’d ask while Diovan shook his head. “Alright... Gotta do this the hard way... Go lay down on the bed...” He said before waiting for Diovan to do just that, lay down on the bed, and once there? He forced himself into his brothers head, tearing aside memories and the like, which for his brother? Was incredibly painful... Like a brain freeze plus migrain all rolled into one... He dug... Dug some more... And that... That was when he found it... It wasn’t a curse... It wasn’t a Virus... It wasn’t a Parasite...

“Slaanesh, it’s been a while darling... Care to explain why you’re playing hide the puppet master in my brother?” He asked to the gorgeous elemental being inside Diovans head, hiding in the empty space where his powers should have been, making quite a comfy little get away home inside the vacancy... Slaanesh didn’t speak really, more so made that elaborate shrug that meant everything and nothing...


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N: Ok... If you want to play hard fine, We’ll get to that later... Now tell me... Whats your role with Rose? Why are you attacking her or anyone who looks like her in form and stature?

S: Oh darling, that’s easy sweetheart, it’s just the curse taking form.

N: That doesn’t explain why you tried to attack an innocent.

S: Oh HARDLY innocent honey... She was born out of a lusciously violent sin, such an incredible rape, oh I adored it... She screamed and begged for my brother to save her... Too amusing really...

N: What do you mean? Was she a witch elf?

S: Not just ANY witch... I got a Death Hag from Har Ganeth... Slipped right under her skin when her dear brother fucked her and put his seed in her belly... Then when he forced your brother to rape her I just slid along for the ride, he makes a much more comfortable host, so very cozy and unassuming...

N: So then... Rose is the child of a rape you initiated?

S: Sort of...

N: And then you coerced my brother to let you stay in order to black out the memory?

S: Yes, Delightful, wasn’t it?

N: And the mothers curse?

S: Oh thats on the child, she wanted it to die but I wouldn’t allow it, I stayed right there...

N: Who’s the father?

S: Oh... A bit of me... A bit of her brother... A bit of yours...

N: Then why does she have such a strong affinity to nature? She’s not like you at all, no more than she’s like Diovan...

S: Well you know how we gods play the... Long game... Well Your brother was sort of playing a multiplex... His father had once been the host for Silvanus, and a lot of that strain came down the line, so he took over for a bit... Really, you have no idea the complexities of God Breeding...

N: Want to bet? I’ve sired a pure god myself this year alone, and several demi-god children, trust me... I understand the complexities...

S: Then you know for a fact when more than one God is playing tag the ovary that there can be more than one father.

N: So the child, Rose, she doesn't have a last name because....?

S: Because she has multiple fathers, it confuses the shit out of the lineage, makes it so that no ones name shows up... Keeps her twisted little heritage nice and secret...

N: So She’s partially Silvanus’s child through my brother and partially your child... Mixed in the mothers witch elf heritage... Did you have any idea what you were going to create?

S: Yes, we did... She’s beautiful, talented, and with every potential to be utterly lethal... She’s our masterpiece if an accident can be called that...

N: But why are you letting the curse take effect? Why try to kill her if she’s your favorite accident?

S: Oh that parts not intentional... A curse is still a curse, and it’s been activated now that Diovan has been in the same city as her, it’s going to seek her out to fulfil itself... And kill anyone who is similar along the way...

N: How do we get rid of it?...

S: I could... For a price...

N: Jesus FUCK you gods are greedy mother fuckers. What the hell do you want to take the curse with you and get the fuck out of my brothers head?

S: Her... Just her... Silvanus will be wanting to claim her here soon...

N: You want Rose? For what?

S: She died, she has been reborn, restarted with the pure heart of Hanali... Love and lust, seduction and serenity... She’s delicious... Imagine how many people she could convert for me if she were mine?

N: No.

S: Oh surely you can imagi-

N: No. As in I’m not letting you have her. She belongs to Jacob and to Hanali, not you and your perversions, pick another price.

S: There is no other price. It’s her or nothing.

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He pulled himself out of his brothers head but left him knocked out, pulling him over his shoulder and taking him out through the back, hearing the sounds of someone seriously getting their cardio in before shutting the door... Heading back to the Manse he took him into the room where Sydel was sleeping and chained him to the wall, warding the space around him then, runes carved into the floor and all.

He’d move to Sydel then and take her in his arms, holding her close and tender before he’d open the portal and bring all three of them down into Khorns embrace... Sydel he gently handed off to a bride to be healed, Diovan he handed over to... Khorn himself...

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N: Your brother is piggybacking... Take him out, give me back my full power, and I will march a thousand elves into Har Ganeth right up to the Pyramid of Pain to be executed... At the head of it I give you a warped sun elf who has been torturing your grandson and I swear that I will bring Sydel down for one week every month, and for a month out of every three we will resume our killing sprees as we once used to... Is this acceptable for you?


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Khorn would make his decision then and they would head back up, issue resolved, but not without a cost... There was always a cost...

Diovan was sent ahead of the group to set things up for the group to arrive, but not before Diovan went to visit Sybelle and spend the day with her, catching up and explaining things... In a much more G-rated way...

Ther est of them were waiting at the Inn for the little surprise party before they all split up, to celebrate Jacob’s promotion as well as Rose’s acceptance into the accelerated program and being the head of her class so far...