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This post marks the start of my mission containing the following elements:
-Spy on someone suspected of being connected to the necromancer Phetra (4)
Summary:
After making rest in a small hotel in the isolated town, Rhaenys notices something unusual about one of the residences. It was supposedly an abandoned house, except she could see someone moving inside. Investigating, Rhaenys wonders if this person is responsible for some of the suspected trouble in the world right now.
Rhaenys was just finishing up her tea, blowing off the hot steam as she looked out the window into the quiet village before her. It was a quiet peaceful night, the clouds overhead passing silently blocking the moon, nothing but the soft flicker of the torches in the village illuminating the small population in the remote area of the land. Rhaenys had stopped for the night to have a decent once instead of camping, to rest and relax. Asking around for a decent place to stay, the locals allowed her to rest in one of a few empty houses that was owned by a rich blacksmith before he moved out to one of the major cities. There were several that he owned, and none of them were populated anymore because most of the village had their own houses. No one really stopped here, there was nothing of interest in the village, being so remote and isolated, and so these houses were always free. She was the first guest they had in almost 6 months. Rhaenys drew a breath as she finished the last gulp of her tea, and was about to head to bed for the night until something caught her eye. A lone figure, cloaked, hooded, swiftly moving through the village as if trying to avoid being seen. Was there more to this village than meets the eye? Was there a dark secret that they village kept from the outside? Rhaenys chuckled, her over active imagination getting the better of her once again. She was sure it was nothing, simply perhaps some local affair going on perhaps, or maybe a child sneaking out. Although, to be fair, it didn't look like a child, and the movement it was using was too sly to be that of a child. The was it glided over the ground without actually bobbing as it walked gave Rhaenys a bad feeling.
As most of her trip so far had been based on her gut instinct and feelings, she slowly climbed out the window to follow this strange bedfellow, quietly as she wanted to investigate where it was going. Using the cover of darkness and the shadows of the houses, Rhaenys crept closer to the target as it continued walking, up towards the houses that were once owned by the blacksmith.
Hmm, what business does a vilalger have in an empty house...
Rhaenys pulled up the hood on her own cloak trying to hide her presence with her silvery white hair reflecting in the light and as she slowly crawled closer to the house, she heard a small click as the door around the back. The stranger was now inside this empty house that supposedly wasnt for anyone or had anyone inside, so why would they need to go in? Was it a store house, but that doesnt explain why they would go in the middle of the night or even why they would hide themselves as well. In Rhaenys' experience, only villains and those up to no good would ever hide their appearance. As she creeped closer, she went around the side, to try and peer inside a window, a small soft glow of golden light coming from inside. It wasnt a fully light room, but perhaps a candle or two that would be the source. Rhaenys wanted to find out who this person was, and when she peaked in the window, she still had no answer, but at least she got a closer look at what was inside.
The hooded figure, all black clothes with a strange looking head piece on as it pulled its hood back, knelt down before the candles almost as if in a meditative pose and it formed a few seals as it sat there. Rhaenys had a bad feeling about this, that something strange and unnatural was going on. She could feel terrible thoughts and chakra inside that house as if it was sending a message somewhere and there was pure evil inside that house. She raised her hand and began chanting in an unnatural language, one that Rhaenys hadn't heard before, and she had studied almost every single one. Whether this was something unheard of or something new, she would have to find out. Before she could properly try to memorize some of the words, she slipped, snapping an outskirt on the bottom of the house, it echoing loudly with a CRACK that reverberated. Rhaenys barely had time to cover herself before the strange person looked over towards the window it came from. Rhaenys snuck around the side to the back where the door was that the person had entered in through, to find it still unlocked, evidently she didnt plan on being here long. Or at least that was Rhaenys' assumption.
Slowly sneaking around inside the house, Rhaenys could hear muttering and words coming from inside the other room with the same soft glow, she assumed where the meditation must have been coming from. Ever so slowly, Rhaenys tiptoed her way, inch by inch closer to the room that was ahead of her. She slowly touched each toe on the floor careful not to cause any creaking. Eventually she got the the door frame and listened in. the voice was strange, unable to tell if it was male or female, almost like a neutral tone, but it was talking to someone.
What was going on?
Rhaenys listened close, and from what she could tell, this person meditating was keeping their cover hidden here, in the remote isolated village, still no body here suspecting anything. Rhaenys wondered if she should intervene, stopping the conversation, but decided against it, it would be more useful to gather more information first before attacking head on, especially seeing as though she didnt know any information on the target yet.
The summoning was botched? But how? Ah I see... so he was stronger than you anticipated... Yes Phetra, I will keep an eye and ear out and make sure that word does not spread. His time spent here has not been outside of the village yet. Anyone who knew of him I got rid of. They think that they go to a major town, but perhaps they should check the unmarked graves in the woods...
The person chuckled to themselves. Rhaenys needed to get out of here, if this person was connected to the happenings that plagued the land right now, then she needed to let the others know. Although her siblings didnt share much for their concerns of the mainland, she knew that they would prefer a live population to rule instead of a dead one. Creeping slowly back to the exit, avoiding the same spots, Rhaenys tried to make her way out until there was a hiss behind her.
INTERLOPER!!!
Rhaenys turned around to find the blaack figure carrying a candle looking directly at her. Well so much for subtlety now. Rhaenys bolted for the back door, not even bothering to open it simply diving with her fist outstretched, causing a huge CRASH as she leapt through wood flying everywhere. Rhaenys didnt dare look back, only sprinting towards the forest as fast as she could. Rahenys eventually would leave the village, running through the forest only stopping momentarily to catch her breath, and seeing if she was being followed. Luckily she seemed to have lost who ever it was, and Rhaenys continued making her was towards the next landmark.