PRISONER, STAND!
Nissa jumps out of the smelly bed. She had been laying in darkness and silence for a long time, her head throbbing. Her last thoughts had been of meeting a kindly old gentleman on the road to Umbra, then nothing.
"Prisoner! Stand and approach the gate!" The sound of keys rattling in the lock send icicles of pain shooting through her head.
A man wearing a black hood, his body covered in a Valorite robe pulls the door open and becons her to follow.
"Where am I? Who are you?" Nissa asked, stepping forward cautiously.
The hooded figure grabs her by the arm and pushes her up a flight of stairs, then shoves her into a stone chair.
A man emerges from the shadows and sits in the middle chair behind a large stone table.
"Hello Nissa, the others can not make it today so we are alone. Isn't that nice?"
Nissa shivers... was it the icy cold or the way the stranger spoke to her as a friend? His face was also covered, a mempo... yes, that was what it was called.
"Nissa... before me on this table are items found in your backpack. A mortar and pestle, bottles of Invisibility potion and these vials... which contain samples of other potions... that are too dangerous to bring into this room. Can you explain these things?"
"What? I don't understand... by what authority have you brought me
here! I am an Alchemist! I demand my immediate release!"
"SO YOU ADMIT TO BEING AN ALCHEMIST!" The force of the mans voice causes Nissa to step back.
Seeming to composes himself, the man continues in a friendly voice...
"Nissa, you admit to Alchemy... we can save you... sign this and recant. Trust me."
The man slides a document across the stone table...
Nissa picks up the document and tears it into pieces... "I admit no crime! You have no authority to bring me here!"
The man stands and walks around the table. Before heading down the stairs he makes the sign of the pentagram with the tip of his finger.
"I tried to save you Nissa, remember that. May the Gods forgive you for your sins."
Nissa turns to follow but the hooded man steps forward and grabs her by the arm.
"Repent and you shall be saved... come... let me show you some things..."
Nissa turns and in a darkened corner she sees a large iron device with bloody spikes.
"Here, let me introduce you to the fairest lass in all the lands... the Iron Maiden!"
The hooded man shoves Nissa into the iron coffin as she struggles fiercely...
Nissa jumps out of the smelly bed. She had been laying in darkness and silence for a long time, her head throbbing. Her last thoughts had been of meeting a kindly old gentleman on the road to Umbra, then nothing.
"Prisoner! Stand and approach the gate!" The sound of keys rattling in the lock send icicles of pain shooting through her head.
A man wearing a black hood, his body covered in a Valorite robe pulls the door open and becons her to follow.
"Where am I? Who are you?" Nissa asked, stepping forward cautiously.
The hooded figure grabs her by the arm and pushes her up a flight of stairs, then shoves her into a stone chair.
A man emerges from the shadows and sits in the middle chair behind a large stone table.
"Hello Nissa, the others can not make it today so we are alone. Isn't that nice?"
Nissa shivers... was it the icy cold or the way the stranger spoke to her as a friend? His face was also covered, a mempo... yes, that was what it was called.
"Nissa... before me on this table are items found in your backpack. A mortar and pestle, bottles of Invisibility potion and these vials... which contain samples of other potions... that are too dangerous to bring into this room. Can you explain these things?"
"What? I don't understand... by what authority have you brought me
here! I am an Alchemist! I demand my immediate release!"
"SO YOU ADMIT TO BEING AN ALCHEMIST!" The force of the mans voice causes Nissa to step back.
Seeming to composes himself, the man continues in a friendly voice...
"Nissa, you admit to Alchemy... we can save you... sign this and recant. Trust me."
The man slides a document across the stone table...
Nissa picks up the document and tears it into pieces... "I admit no crime! You have no authority to bring me here!"
The man stands and walks around the table. Before heading down the stairs he makes the sign of the pentagram with the tip of his finger.
"I tried to save you Nissa, remember that. May the Gods forgive you for your sins."
Nissa turns to follow but the hooded man steps forward and grabs her by the arm.
"Repent and you shall be saved... come... let me show you some things..."
Nissa turns and in a darkened corner she sees a large iron device with bloody spikes.
"Here, let me introduce you to the fairest lass in all the lands... the Iron Maiden!"
The hooded man shoves Nissa into the iron coffin as she struggles fiercely...
