The peace that formerly reigned in Terra Nova has eroded, now little more than a memory. War ravages the continent. Disputes divide kingdoms; ideals divide families. The quest for power consumes absolutely and indiscriminately. None are immune to its allure.
Who will rise and who will fall? Only time—and ambition—will tell.
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Honora took the devil’s hand and playfully led him into the dark. She’d be all lights and splendor, seen through the rose-colored glasses of love that she’d imposed on Quinton’s features. Her capture would start to seem a misunderstanding, an unfortunate prelude to what was sure to be a long-standing affair. A love, pure and simple, and fed like honeyed poison into his mind.
Honora pulled him close. She led him over to the stables, to his personal carriage where the footmen would be waiting—perplexed, yes, but waiting. Honora would calm their confusion, whispering into Quinton’s ear as they approached the carriage:
“Go inside and wait for me, love? I do want it to be a surprise…” To seal the deal, Honora would gently kiss his cheek. Just a little longer. A little further.
Post by Quinton Featherton on Apr 27, 2024 9:47:28 GMT -5
Quinton followed his love to the stables, enjoying how her hand felt in his. His heart swelled at the sight of her. How had he not seen her this way before? Perhaps his desire for her during their initial little meet cute had happened for reasons beyond his lustful appetites. He longed to make love to her again, far more gently than before. He wanted to hear his name on her lips, wanted to see her writhe under him as he took them both to the plains of pleasure. It would be sweet, and the two would share knowing looks over the dinner table. The image was simple and clear in Quinton’s head. Perhaps he’d marry her, have a gaggle of children.
At the touch of her lips on his cheek, Quinton would try and turn his head and capture her mouth with his own, looping his arms around her waist, “Of course, my love,” he said, voice low and at a purr. He ignored the servants as he did this, not caring if they saw him acting with less decorum than was called for, “Or we could make a bed out of one of the stables…I cannot wait much longer to have you in my arms.”
Ring of enchanted combat: ring that, when twisted around the finger three times, enhances one's combat abilities (the equivalent of ten additional combat points).
Scout had followed Honora and Quinton from a distance, a very safe distance. She couldn't hear what they were talking about, but that seemed better than being spotted by either of them. What she could see were the touches between them, which confused her. Quinton was anti-Gifted, and Honora was openly Gifted. She wondered if Honora was using her Gift on the lord.
Scout wouldn't enter the barn. She would stay near the entrance, hidden behind a well-positioned plant. Again, the distance made it difficult to hear properly, but at least she could see what was happening.
[No need to count Scout in on a posting order, I'll respond sporadically!]
Last Edit: Apr 30, 2024 7:49:36 GMT -5 by Scout Kane
Post by Honora Allemeade on May 2, 2024 7:49:05 GMT -5
He’d succeed. Honora’s mouth would crash against his, and bile would rise sour in her throat as his scent and warmth surrounded her. The memory what he’d done and her gift rushed to protect her. Quinton would be gripped with memory of what he’d done, but more than that: pain. Psychic pain that would be enough to make him unable to stand, almost enough to drive one mad. The agony that had been screaming to break free from her flew from her like a pulse, ensnaring any in the growing radius with the same crippling pain and vision of what Quinton had done, his cruelty broadcasted in grim, cruel clarity. There was no nuance in this exertion of Honora’s gift. It was brute force, her mind wielded as a weapon against any caught in her path. Honora would hold on to Quinton, not allowing him to fall if it could be helped.
Post by Quinton Featherton on May 12, 2024 14:52:59 GMT -5
Quinton of course did not even suspect that his dear sweet Honora felt such disgust at his kiss. He opened his mouth to deepen the kiss, but instead of touching her tongue with his own, he screamed. He screamed at the agony that she inflicted on him, as if she were poking him with that hot poker. Memories of that time flooding his mind, the torture, their coupling (to put it politely). Tears flowed from his eyes, but he did not know if it was from the pain, or the visual of what he had done to his love. Oddly, his scream would have an edge of laughter, but there was no joy in it. He desperately needed to curl into a ball on the ground, but his knees would not bend despite the pain. So he stood, screaming with an edge of hysteria, tears running down his cheeks. Even though Honora was in front of him, all he could see was his hands reaching out to hurt her.
Ring of enchanted combat: ring that, when twisted around the finger three times, enhances one's combat abilities (the equivalent of ten additional combat points).
The screaming was startling, but the laughter in between was bone chilling. Scout remained hidden and didn't move, not to help and not to warn someone. It was the first time she witnessed Honora using her Gift. Would Baldovino have suffered the same way, when Honora took more memories than she had promised to? Had he screamed like Quinton?
Even if she had wanted to leave, she couldn't. She couldn't peel her eyes away from Honora, in the distance. Scout didn't care about Quinton, and she was sure he was going through what he deserved, yet Scout wanted to see what Honora was hoping to achieve.
Post by Honora Allemeade on May 19, 2024 22:48:54 GMT -5
Eyes fogged with white, but still awake to the world around her, Honora would grap the clumsily advancing Quinton with the ease that Hiram’s training had afforded her and knee him in the stomach. If successful, she’d drag him toward the carriage and thrust him inside as if he were luggage and not a man. Should anyone try to stop her, she'd seize upon them as well...not with her hands, but with the gift that now indiscriminately lashed out, satisfied to wreck the psyche of anyone that got too close.
Quinton’s attempts to hurt Honora were clumsy and unspecific, more like desperate grabs at her clothing. Trained as she was, she easily maneuvered through them to deliver a very unforgiving knee to his stomach, causing him to double over instinctively. Her efforts to get him into the carriage, however, were less successful, as her body was slender and petite, even more so after recent abuse, and it took more than combat to move a grown man. She would pull, struggling, quickly tiring, and Quinton’s locked knees did her no favors.
Scout remained hidden.
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Post by Quinton Featherton on May 31, 2024 21:01:24 GMT -5
Quinton, still seeing visions of how he hurt his love, his sweet petal, was unable to make a move. Unless Honora freed him, he could only stand there and scream, and laugh, and scream.
Post by Honora Allemeade on Jun 5, 2024 9:38:51 GMT -5
Honora shrieked, not in pain but in anger. Anger at her frail form, at the power of her gift but the weakness of her body—the body that had so recently been subject to such horror now once again turning against her. In her anger, she’d (attempt to) strike him hard across the face, nails dragging across his face. It was then that she’d seize his face, and with all the force of her gift thrust into him a desire. A need as powerful as thirst in death by dehydration, or starvation in hunger. It would be as illogical as it was powerful, tangled up with remorse at what he had done, sitting side-by-side with the pleasure he’d felt at her assault.
Honora could sense the presence of those who were starting to notice the scene. She could sense Scout, though she was just a presence without an attached identity. Find me.
You need me.
To save you.
To fix you.
And with that thought, smacking into Quinton’s mind like an icepick to the temple, Honora would kick him over onto the ground. It would be then that she’d (attempt to) climb into the carriage and compel the driver to flee.
Post by Quinton Featherton on Jun 5, 2024 11:05:43 GMT -5
Quinton, being in the state that he was, would not do anything to stop her from striking him. If she didn’t somehow miss him, he would only distantly register the pain. He would feel her hands on his face when she grabbed him, and then…so many conflicting things happened at once, he wasn’t sure what he felt first or which was the strongest. All at once, he felt, sorrow, remorse, desire, and passion. He needed her, wanted to hold her, see her under him as they both cried out their pleasure. He also wanted to drop to his knees and beg her forgiveness. He remained standing, although tears welled in his eyes even as his pants were suddenly uncomfortably tight. It was horrible. It was delightful. Again, he found himself letting out agonized laughter.
He opened his mouth, he didn’t know what he intended to say. Whether it was a plea for forgiveness or to declare his love for her, it did not matter. The only sound that came out of his mouth was a gruntish wail full of emotion as his knees finally touched the ground. He would make no move to stop her.
Post by Honora Allemeade on Jun 19, 2024 13:00:03 GMT -5
Honora would flee. She would flee the onlookers, flee the man who now laughed—a sound that chilled her down to her bones. She’d bid Quinton’s driver to take her away, to carry her as fast as he could before Honora abandoned him in the morning, confused and unsettled, at the Eldouir estate. Perhaps Quinton would know to find her there. Perhaps the driver would keep that to himself.
In any case, Honora was gone. It wouldn’t be long before Hiram would return, summon the Eldouir and Honora too, and go to the palace to demand his cousin’s return.