Cearbhail:
Back to the Chronicles of Veselle. and boy do I have a fun one for you. You probably have a good idea by the title, but... I refuse to ruin it. Just have a fun time..
Oh...and enjoy. ^^
Dear diary of shadows,
It's still the 10th of Sun's Dusk. So much to talk about. But where to begin? Well, after Lord Tentacle Rape Monster caught me in his realm and forced me to tell my dad about Miraak, something that's connected to the stones acting up. Lord Tentacle Rape Monster wants my dad to travel north to some village, and talk to some shaman about this Miraak thing. I don't know what's going on, but this shaman is supposed to know exactly what's going on. In exchange for that information, I was told to hang around the Ulen Tomb. I'd find the culprit of the assassination attempt in there. And I ran into Tilisu Severin, a really nice woman that used to make bread for me, and would give me ice cream whenever I hung out with her daughter, who was older than me by maybe four years.
So, anyway, it seems that the Severin family might be guilty of premeditated assassination. I really hate to think that the Severin family might be assassins from Morrowind. That would just suck. Oh well, I have to find out. If I don't find out who's trying to kill Councilor Morvayn, my own parents might end up facing a death sentence. And I know that they would never let the Redorans kill them. It would lead to a war with House Redoran. And we just don't have the numbers to fight that. Not to mention, starting a war with House Redoran will give the Dominion just the push it needs to push their soldiers on us again, like they did with the Argonian Shadow Agents long ago. And everyone knows that.
Oh well, I have to think of something to get us inside. Dad programmed us some rings of Invisibility and Soul Separation, but those won't get us too far. Someone will notice that we're missing. So… I guess we'll just have to play it by ear, and that's only if they let us past the front door. I come over all the time, so I guess it won't be so bad. Um… there are portals ripping open in front of me. I should go.
Veselle.
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I reached for my staff and pushed Zera behind me as the two portals standing in front of me spread out. We were halfway to the Severin house by now. If they suspected we knew about their involvement with House Hlaalu, this could be their assassins gunning to kill us before we could act on that information. I heard Zera behind me whine under her breath as a giant armor-clad Dremora with long horns stepped out one of the portals. The second portal seemed to hover there for a few seconds before a cane snapped through the portal and slammed on the ground. A leg covered in purple pants followed the cane. And then a man pushed through the portal. The man looked like an ordinary old man. He had a long curvy mustache, a top hat, and a wicked smile. His eyes shined pure black with flecks of light that reflected the universe. It scared the heck out of me. But more than that, his outfit was a business suit: half blood red, the other half purple. He leaned heavily on his cane as he walked out of the portal.
The tall Dremora and the old man looked down at me and my team. I readied my staff as I looked at the two of them. "If you're here for a fight… well… I won't hold back."
"Neither will I!" Seth screamed as he stepped up beside me.
The old man smirked. "Pants on fire." He said with a croak. And just like that, Seth's pant lit on fire. Seth screamed out in horror as he started pulling his pants off. The fire died off instantly and there was a gooey substance sticking to his hakama. It looked like cheese.
I screamed as I willed my fire to flow out of me. A torrent of fire roared to life and I started focusing my fire on the two Daedra in front of me. I willed my fire at the old man. My fire gathered into a beam as I launched it to me. The old man just stood there and waited as the fire fell upon him. My fire exploded into a cloud of butterflies that fluttered away as the old man just stood there and watched me. "Why are we here again?" He looked up at the tall Dremora with the long horns.
The Dremora looked over at him. "Well…" The Dremora scratched his chin. "I forget. Silly me… I could have sworn we came here for a reason."
"Reason? Oh… my arch enemy." The old man said as he shook his fist to the sky. He looked back down at me. "Oh, aren't you a cutie. I wonder what would happen if I turned your skin yellow."
I stood there as my hands suddenly turned golden yellow… like an Altmer. That caused Seth and Zera to scream in surprise. I snapped my head around to see Seth looking at me with horror. "Vess… he turned you into an Altmer!"
"What?" I screamed as I reached into my bag and fetched my mirror. When I pulled it out and looked at my image, I saw a really cute Altmer face with raven black hair. Not going to lie, I kinda liked it. But I wasn't and Altmer. I was Dunmer. I looked up at the old man. "What did you do to me?"
"What did I do?" He scratched his temple. "Well… I wasn't really paying attention. Can you be more specific?"
"Why am I an Altmer?" I screamed to him.
He shrugged. A large padded chair popped up behind him and he reached into his suit and pulled out some type of huge pipe that blew bubbles. "Why are any of us what we are?" He replied sophisticatedly. "Perhaps you were always an Altmer and were blind to your true nature. Or perhaps your perception of what an Altmer is has changed. What is an Altmer anyway?" He shrugged at his own question. "Who's to say? Oh wait… you mean the whole changing you into an Altmer, aren't you?" He stood up from his chair and stuffed his pipe away. "Well, Altmer look like cheese, taste like it too."
"You're going to eat us?" Zera screamed from behind me.
The Tall Dremora looked down at Zera. "What? Oh gods no." He shook his head at the idea. "Actually, we have something important to ask." He looked at the old man. "Um… do you remember what it was?"
The old man shrugged. "Sorry, I'm still trying to remember if I left my front door unlocked."
"You have a door?"
He nodded. "Oh yeah. It moves around a lot, and I lost the key. Without that key, my door will just keep wandering around Shivering Isles with no protection from burglars." He shuddered. "That door is a little perverted though. Keeps calling me the key master. It moans with pleasure every time I stick my key inside it."
The Dremora chuckled at that. "I ship it."
"The only problem is that the Wabbajack is the only thing capable of locking that door. So, to lock it, I need to stick my Wabbajack into her. Last time I did that, I ended up with a Splinter in my Wabbajack." The old man said as he started rubbing his pants. "And my Wabbajack doesn't work like it used to."
"I know what you mean. I go out for a nice little drink and the next day when I wake up, I seemed to give my Sanguine Rose to someone I just met last night. Can't even remember what we did that made me give them my Rose." He looked at me for a second before smiling at me. "Why, hello cutie. Would you like to have the night of your life? I'll give you my Sanguine Rose if you beat me."
My face ran hot red and my blush showed on my yellow face. I couldn't help but picture Seth holding me down while saying something like that. I had to shake the thought away as the two Dremora looked at me. They were watching me carefully as they waited for me to do something. I puffed my face out as I looked at them. "Ok… so… what's this about? Are you going to kill us or what?"
The Dremora guy shook his head. "I'm a lover, not a killer." The Dremora stated. "I'm just here to…" He scratched his long horn. "I swear I had a reason before I came here."
"Reason… my worst enemy." The old man looked up at the sky. He finally looked down at the confused Dremora. "Sanguine, want to get something to drink?"
Sanguine, the tall Dremora, nodded. "That sounds like so much fun, actually. Maybe a few pins will remind me why I came here." The two Dremora turned around and disappeared as a portal ripped open in front of them. The portals closed for a second, leaving me standing there. I looked down at my hands to see that I was still an Altmer. What?
I looked at Seth and then Zera. "Am I still an Altmer?"
Zera's eyes started tearing up and she started crying into my pant leg. Seth just put his hand on my shoulder and gave me a gentle squeeze. "I will love you regardless."
I replied to him by making out with him. And we kissed for a couple minutes, and well, I cried for a while too. I didn't want to be an Altmer. This was all sorts of messed up. I don't know who that Dremora was, but he changed my race. How could that even be possible? I sighed as I turned around and looked over at Severin Manor. "Ok… let's get this over with." It might actually be easier to get in the Severin household if I was suddenly turned into an Altmer. Not sure though. It would sure make a great distraction to the whole family.
As I took a step forward, a large portal ripped open in front of me. The two partying Dremora were leaning on each other as they walked out, both of them laughing heavily as they exited the portal. Both Dremora were carrying pints in their hands as they sluggishly walked out of the portal. The Sanguine Dremora guy hiccupped as he looked over at me with lazy eyes. "You know what… I like you. You sure do know how to show a man a good time." He said as he ran his hand under my chin. That sent shivers down my spine. What the heck was he talking about?
"I remember when I first met you." He said as he pushed off the old man. He sluggishly walked over to me. "It was… uh… a year ago? You were so innocent, so pure. You had this nice personality and then… and then… bam!" He slammed his hand into an open palm. "You ended up in my Domain. Your hair all tied up in your little cute pigtails. First I thought you'd be uptight and rejecting of your decision. But… you showed me different. The way you moved, the way you danced, played around… you showed me different." He said as he ran his hand across my face. "You're quite the party animal, cute little Dunmer." Even as he said it, my hand started turning ashy gray again.
I stood there paused for a second as Seth stepped up to him. "Whoa! That's my girlfriend, Dremora! Hands off."
Sanguine looked over at Seth, smiling innocently. "Oh? She's grown so much in one year. Amazing." He reached behind his back and then pulled out a large staff out of nowhere. "I want you to have my Rose, dear cutie." He presented it to me, smiling as charmingly as possible as he did so.
I bowed as I took the large staff. "Um… thanks. But… what is it?"
"It's my Sanguine Rose. Whenever you need the assistance of a Dremora Lord, you but only have to ask. I will be by your side in a second to help you out. After all, it would be a sad day when such a party animal with such a wonderful spirit would be taken away from this large party." He bowed to me as he stumbled on his feet. He didn't look like he was going to keep standing for much longer.
"Um… thanks." I replied to him. When on nirn did I meet this guy? "So… how do we know each other?"
He smiled at me. "Why I'm the Daedric Lord of Debauchery. I rule over the feelings of greed, lust, sloth, and gluttony. And I love people who love to drink. And you're the youngest ever to step into my domain. But when you arrived, you showed me your true nature. I saw you as you danced around that booby-trapped room. The way you laughed as you danced across the deadly blades. The way you insulted that old woman. The way you went after that dragon priest, and the way you tried to get into the Dunmer boy's pants. All things I approve of. You were a very fun person to watch, and I want to keep watching you." He winked to me before looking at Seth. "You have a very special girl, you know. I'm jealous."
The old man just stood there, watching us as he fell onto the ground. "I should turn the sun into a block of ice." He hiccupped before waving at the sun dismissively. "Oh, why bother. It already confuses me with its self-producing fire. Why destroy such randomness?"
Sanguine leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. "See you around, cutie." He winked before bending down to help the old man up. "Come on, Sheo. Let's get you home and tucked in."
"I'm already tucked in." He replied. "Haven't pulled it out at all today."
Sanguine chuckled weakly as a portal ripped open in front of him. "Ha ha ha… eww.." He said as the portal closed behind them.
I quickly looked back at Seth and Zera. "Am I actually a Dunmer again?"
Seth nodded. His face was a little shaken about the whole thing. "Uhh… yeah. Don't worry, Vess. You're back to normal."
I took a few seconds to look at Seth. He looked uncertain about something. Like something Sanguine said had bothered him. "Seth? What's wrong? You're making that face again."
He looked up at me for a second before shrugging. "It's just… you know… I keep hearing about how much you like Talvas."
I rolled my eyes. I grabbed onto Seth's arms and pulled him closer to me. When we were close enough to kiss, I smiled. "Talvas had to get me severely drunk, and I mean so drunk that I tried to make out with a draugr, before I tried to make a move on him. But you… all you had to do was be you."
"Gee… that makes me feel better." He rolled his eyes before I pressed my lips onto him. And we stayed like that for a few minutes before I remembered that we were on a timeline. As I broke our lips apart, I noticed that I was still holding onto the new staff. The staff looked like a collection of roots that intertwined until they formed into a giant red rose at the tip. The rose sparkled with glitter, and it looked very festive. I really liked the design. I wonder what the staff did. I closed my eyes and focused on its enchantment. As soon as I focused on the magicka inside the staff, I was teleported out of my mind.
I saw an image of Sanguine dancing in a complete black background as a bardic band of Dremora played a lively tune for him. He shimmied as he turned to look at me. "Oh, hello again, cutie." He shimmied while he walked up to me. "Feel like showing me what you've got on the dance floor?"
I looked down at my lack of chest and then back up at him. "I don't have anything to show."
He waved it off before spinning around. "Everyone's got something." He said as he grabbed onto my hand and spun me around with him. He twirled me around, wrapping his other hand around the small of my back. He smirked for a second as he dipped me back, almost making me trip. He finally pulled me back up and then spun me out of his grasp. He let me go as I reached the end of his stretch. My foot tripped as I spun myself around and I ended up on the floor. The music stopped and Sanguine was just standing there with his arms crossed. "You're not a very good dancer, are you?"
I groaned as I stood up. I looked over at him. "Not really."
He shrugged and the musicians continued playing their music. He started dancing again, looking at me every few seconds to see if I was still here. "So…" He said as he spun around the black floor. "What did you want?"
"I just wanted to know what this staff can do." I said as I looked around. "I didn't know I'd be taken out of my body."
"You're inside my Rose, cutie." Sanguine replied. He paused as his face suddenly turned red. He shook his head while fighting some sort of fantasy in his head. "Oh my… you're inside me." He chuckled at the idea.
"Hey!" I screamed to him. "No! We are not going to start that crap!"
He laughed as he started dancing again. "Oh, you're no fun." He said with a shrug. He stopped dancing and looked at me. "The Sanguine Rose is my personal rose for my little cutie. The holder of my Rose can summon me whenever she needs me. If you call for my help, I will come. And if I am unable to assist for any reason, I will send one of my strongest warriors to help you in my stead."
"Wow…" I said as he bowed to me. "You're like a bound ally now?"
He nodded. "Daedra Lords cannot bond with mortals. The amount of energy it would take to summon us would kill the caller. So, we use artifacts to help mortals we deem worthy of our help. And you showed me a good time last year. And so… I name you my Champion. The holder of my rose… my heart. And well… other body part if you ever want it." He winked to me before he snapped his fingers. I was suddenly back in my body, looking down at the rose. I dropped the rose and rubbed my hands on my robes. Eww… and I was holding that.
Seth looked at the Rose as it fell from my fingers and then looked up at me. "So…what's it enchanted with?"
I shrugged. "A perverted old Daedra Lord." I replied back. But at least he wasn't a tentacle monster. Oh, I could be, if that's what you're into. I heard Sanguine's voice in the back of my head.
Whoa! Kyuu's voice came from nowhere. How did you get on this frequency?
A three way? Hmm… I'm so ok with that. Sanguine replied back.
I groaned as I looked up at the sky. "No!" I screamed as loud as I could. "This whole… 'let's talk inside Veselle's mind' thing is ending now!"
Sanguine sighed in the back of my head. I hafta admit, I like it in here. So much room. Too many posters of that Dunmer boy though. And not the one you're dating.
I rolled my eyes as I looked at Seth. "Ok, let's just go and get this tea party thing over with. I want to save my dad's life before time runs out."
"What happens if time runs out?" Zera asked me as we started heading towards the house.
I couldn't help but think of the war that would follow. Dad would have to bust out of prison. Mom would too. House Redoran would have no choice but to declare war on House Telvanni. And then… well… we'd either lose, or we'd win. Neither of those seemed like a good outcome though.
I looked down at Zera. "We won't find out. Because I won't let it come to that."
Seth put his arm around me. "I'm right beside you, darlin'."
Cearbhail:
I'm on Spring Break ... the last one I'll ever have too. So, I should have more time to put more of these out. But I also have like three papers I need to work on too. So... we'll see.
