2nd Hakim 242 AC

My first Judgment day

by Yuri

Today is the day of the court hearing. These could potentially be my last words. One should choose their last words wisely... I will leave Te'Sarim with Frederick's parents. In the event that we die, they will at least have some small comfort after losing both their children. I wonder what they will do with the two children's rooms if Frederick dies. Perhaps a play paradise for Te'Sarim and Elisabeth! Wait... what happens to a familiar when its master dies? Hopefully, I can clarify that question another time. Now, wise last words...
 
We were found not guilty! What luck—now it doesn't matter that I couldn't think of any last words. Neriah Briel Starchild testified on our behalf, and the Sixtfold Shadow confirmed that we are not the murderers. We were acquitted by the honorable Judge Zsetszathuss al-Ssahn. Our defense attorney, Hadiyah Flamescale, seemed like an old soldier. He was very calm and composed throughout the entire trial... If only Neriah hadn't spoken, the whole thing would have been over two hours earlier. The prosecuting attorney, Yasmin Djinnborn, seemed incredibly boring and uninterested. I think he was only interested in the political power games surrounding the trial.
We decided that we stay in this group to save the children. Even Alizée is with us! I hope we can stay a group even longer... it is really nice to travel with them, it is so much more lively as with only Oro. And without the group Oro and I barely talked...
If we keep traveling togehter, maybe we even get a group name! just like in my books. I already have so much ideas! Maybe something like the old, nearly remembered name of the DDEABS - Daruk and the Blackdances ... in our Case: Alizée and the Tamashas. But now it not the right time to think of group names.
 
After the hearing, we visited PRT. H.E.L.I.O.S. at Alizée's insistence. We learned that he can hear and remember everything like us! so we used him as extern ... brain? He also told us that the basic of teleportation is, that we have something from the start and from the endpoint of teleporation, that's why only Aura could go through the arabic knot? I still don't know what Aura had from the other side.
Note: There we learned that we couldn't just walk into the academy, but that there were security mechanisms in place.
We almost didn't get in if Alizée hadn't—once again—namedropped and taken us to PRT. H.E.L.I.O.S. It's handy to know someone who can get in anywhere just by mentioning their name, but on the other hand, I think it's fundamentally wrong! She herself has done nothing to deserve such treatment... Does a family name really hold so much power? Then why did Mother tell me not to mention it?
Oro also said I should use my last name. I'll at least try with the byname I do have. Anyways, I nearly missed the course of Master Seji... today was a material course to marble! But as soon as i got there, Oro and the others got me out again to prevent the next murder. H.E.L.I.O.S. saw a pattern in the murders and we went there. The Separ Talsam was there first. They also saw the shadows and fought them. The Daughter was abducted and the father died. The mother died in the arms of Aura und the uncle survieved. I am not sure what happend exactly because we split again in two subgroubes. Me, Frederick and Steam, yeah i know shocking - again the same combination - went to talk to the Separ Talsam.
First they didn't want to talk to us, but i tried the namedropping thing and told them, that I am a Sparring Partner of Sona.
It was not really a lie? I fought her once - and she beat my ass.... but she said, that i had "potential", that's why i could train with their group. I am not really close with any of them and even if, not much of them know me as Yuri. As soon as Sona started to use the nickname she gave me, most instructors just adopted it.
Anyways they told me, that Sona work close with the Taqadum School and Dean Kéanu Zephyr. He also saw the pattern like H.E.L.I.O.S. I guess he is somehow family with Alizée? As he is already Dean I guess he is her older brother or an uncle to her. I wonder if Alizée is the black sheep of the family. It seems that she is a known face at court.
 
Oro wanted to try again to use the arabic knot as teleportation device. This time we all have a connection to the other side - we saw the prince. It worked and we stood in a garden, everything looked ancient in style but new in condition. It is too bad that we don't have time to inspect the stones or structures. Every beeing there looks like it has scratched out eyes and a sewn close mouth, but they still see and talk. There was a servant who talked to me, as I entered first. Suddenly I had a feeling like I expect the people in the story of the hero Babel felt as he learned the language of birds - the tongue of every beeing in the unsiverse. The language felt so close, soo ... understandable, such as i only need to stretch my hand and grab it. And suddenly - i knew. it felt like my native language, i remembered the language. I think it is different for Aura, she needs to concentrate on the language to speak it.
I charmed the servent so that he won't alarm the guards if we go in deeper. At this time I thought that he will remember the charm, so I hoped that we don't see him again. We learned from him, that the sixt prince is in his tower and that the garden is spiked with traps. He called the sixt prince with his true name, i think, but it blanked out in my brain... Is this how the others hear us when we talk about forgotten stuff?
It feels like we are still on the same plane... I feel my bound weapon at home. Aura has told us, that her watch is functioning as a compass in this weird world.. Where are we?

Continue reading...

  1. A new friend
    241 AC -10 weeks before Campaign
  2. Storytellers Demise
    23th of Basir 242 AC
  3. Murder, Mystery and missing children
    24th of Basir 242 AC
  4. Drake in a Teapot
    1st of Hakim 242 AC
  5. the sixth prince first appearence
    1st of Hakim 242 AC
  6. My first Judgment day
    2nd Hakim 242 AC
  7. [crumpled paper]
    2nd Hakim 242 AC
  8. The Relentless Search
    2nd of Hakim 242 AC
  9. Dibarra the Collected
    3rd of Hakim 242 AC
  10. Curse of the seventh prince
    3rd of Hakim 242 AC
  11. Party at the House of the Free (Buffet)
    3rd of Hakim 242 AC
  12. Invitation by the Weavers of Twighlight
    4rd of Hakim 242 AC
  13. Auras Birthday
    3rd of Muzhir 242 AC