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Kye and Dema ran through the dark streets the crowds that came to watch the dancers and street entertainers hampered there progress. When they reached the fountain the priests where already setting up their white tents and the prathum were waiting to take the body away. Dema frowned and stalked over to the high priest "What's going on here"? he demanded. The priest in question turned slowly "We have to cleanse the fountain from the taint of death" came the calm reply Dema tried to step round the priest but he moved to block him. "You can not enter sir, or you to will have to be cleansed" Dema scowled and took a step back "How am I meant to investigate this murder then"? The priest turned back to look at the tent. "Death is a taint we must remove it". Then the priest turned and walked back to guard the entrance. Dema turned back to talk to Kye, he started to say something and then stopped Kye had gone. Thinking he had gone round the other side of the tent Dema started to walk round.
When he reached the back of the tent he saw another opening that was unguarded he glanced about and then headed toward he was just about to go in when a hand dropped on his shoulder he jumped and looked up to see Kye. "I wouldn't bother there are five more priests in there, I've had a look at the body" Kye shook his head "it's a yaskedasu and she has been killed in the same way" Dema let go of the tents edge and moved back. Together they walked round to the front again "Did you get anything else"? Asked Dema hopefully Kye shook his head and sat down on the wall opposite the tent he stared at the priest "No, they had so many wards in there, if I had done something they would of sensed it". The priest that Kye was staring at shifted uncomfortably and then just walked off. Kye smiled and then looked away the priest snapped out back to himself and looked dazed around himself he glared at Kye and then stalked back to the tent.
Kye glanced at Dema, and shook his head "The priest hasn't seen anything useful, come on lets go to Khapik and see what they know" As they walked back down the streets Kye pulled an unlit torch out of its bracket from a nearby wall. Placing his hand on the top he concentrated and the torch burst into flame, throwing light down the street in front of them.
Keth walked through the streets to the small room he rented in the more run down part of Khapik. He started moodily at the bright and laughing yaskedasu that were milling round ready for the nights work. He was deep in thought about that girl who he had spoken to that day, the one that said he was a mage. "well I can't be" he said angrily to himself "anything I may have had was taken when that lighting hit me" He scowled at a male yaskedasu who offered to juggle for him.
The yaskedasu just turned and went after another customer. As Keth got close to the buildings he lived in he became aware of the silence. That wasn't normal not for this time of night, the place was usually alive with people and entertainers as he came closer to the stairs up to his room he spotted his friends on the landing they looked unhappy. He hurried to the closet one Yali what's happened? Why is it so quiet"? Yali looked up at him. "The ghost" she sobbed "he's killed again" Keth felt a stone of dread in his stomach "Who" he whispered "Sarah. It was Sarah" Keth sat down suddenly on the steps it didn't seem right Sarah is, was so young he scooted over and put his arm round Yali hugging her. "They will catch him they have to" he said trying to comfort her, she turned and looked at him again. "They wont" she said fiercely "They don't care about us, all they care about is the taint of death. If the bodies weren't in full view then they wouldn't even bother pretending to find the killer" Keth just sat there he couldn't think of anything to say he knew that she was right.
Kye and Dema ran through the dark streets the crowds that came to watch the dancers and street entertainers hampered there progress. When they reached the fountain the priests where already setting up their white tents and the prathum were waiting to take the body away. Dema frowned and stalked over to the high priest "What's going on here"? he demanded. The priest in question turned slowly "We have to cleanse the fountain from the taint of death" came the calm reply Dema tried to step round the priest but he moved to block him. "You can not enter sir, or you to will have to be cleansed" Dema scowled and took a step back "How am I meant to investigate this murder then"? The priest turned back to look at the tent. "Death is a taint we must remove it". Then the priest turned and walked back to guard the entrance. Dema turned back to talk to Kye, he started to say something and then stopped Kye had gone. Thinking he had gone round the other side of the tent Dema started to walk round.
When he reached the back of the tent he saw another opening that was unguarded he glanced about and then headed toward he was just about to go in when a hand dropped on his shoulder he jumped and looked up to see Kye. "I wouldn't bother there are five more priests in there, I've had a look at the body" Kye shook his head "it's a yaskedasu and she has been killed in the same way" Dema let go of the tents edge and moved back. Together they walked round to the front again "Did you get anything else"? Asked Dema hopefully Kye shook his head and sat down on the wall opposite the tent he stared at the priest "No, they had so many wards in there, if I had done something they would of sensed it". The priest that Kye was staring at shifted uncomfortably and then just walked off. Kye smiled and then looked away the priest snapped out back to himself and looked dazed around himself he glared at Kye and then stalked back to the tent.
Kye glanced at Dema, and shook his head "The priest hasn't seen anything useful, come on lets go to Khapik and see what they know" As they walked back down the streets Kye pulled an unlit torch out of its bracket from a nearby wall. Placing his hand on the top he concentrated and the torch burst into flame, throwing light down the street in front of them.
Keth walked through the streets to the small room he rented in the more run down part of Khapik. He started moodily at the bright and laughing yaskedasu that were milling round ready for the nights work. He was deep in thought about that girl who he had spoken to that day, the one that said he was a mage. "well I can't be" he said angrily to himself "anything I may have had was taken when that lighting hit me" He scowled at a male yaskedasu who offered to juggle for him.
The yaskedasu just turned and went after another customer. As Keth got close to the buildings he lived in he became aware of the silence. That wasn't normal not for this time of night, the place was usually alive with people and entertainers as he came closer to the stairs up to his room he spotted his friends on the landing they looked unhappy. He hurried to the closet one Yali what's happened? Why is it so quiet"? Yali looked up at him. "The ghost" she sobbed "he's killed again" Keth felt a stone of dread in his stomach "Who" he whispered "Sarah. It was Sarah" Keth sat down suddenly on the steps it didn't seem right Sarah is, was so young he scooted over and put his arm round Yali hugging her. "They will catch him they have to" he said trying to comfort her, she turned and looked at him again. "They wont" she said fiercely "They don't care about us, all they care about is the taint of death. If the bodies weren't in full view then they wouldn't even bother pretending to find the killer" Keth just sat there he couldn't think of anything to say he knew that she was right.
