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Topic Started: Dec 4 2007, 01:53 PM (113 Views)
Drizzt
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Sophomore
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well Drizzt entered the room and looked towards is bed and reflected on is suggestion of going to the bar with Mavrick, so he turned and said " Well not that i want to ruin tonights fun. But i'm kinda tired. I think i'll retire instead. Tomorrow is a big day." Then he walked to his bed layed down. Whatever Mavrick had to say Drizzt did not hear. He was asleep.
It is sometimes hard to cross that bridge,
try something new, or make that change.
But once you do, you will realize
that things are usually never as bad as we imagine.

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly,
kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile.
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Mavrick
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Mavrick entered his dorm a couple hours later from when Drizzt fell asleep. He removed his belt, then his concealed knives, then his kama from his back and finally his cloak. He lied down on his bed and started to let his mind wonder. His room mate was still sound asleep. He turned towards the wall trying to drown out all the noise that was being generated from his surroundings. After lying down for awhile he got up and headed towards his desk and sat down. He put his head in his hands and sighed. This place, its so close... close to where his old life began and where his childhood ended. He shut his eyes and looked back to that day.


In his head he saw his younger self, standing in front of him there was an older man, a man with the same hair color and eye color as Mavrick, he had a scar on his left cheek and a very kind look mixed with concern on his face. He whore a black leather shirt and leggings, leather shoes and metal braces. He the same shoulder pads as Mavrick accept they had more marks of damage. “My son, why do try to fight the older children? Don’t you know that they are much stronger?” He asked. This man was his father.

“Father they insulted me, and our families honor.” Mavrick stated. “I want to be stronger father, stronger then them.” Mavrick added.

“It shouldn’t be a matter of being stronger, my son, it should be a manner of wanting to be committed to a greater purpose.” His father stated.

Mavrick gazed upon his father and bowed and said “I am willing to commit myself to a greater purpose, father, do with me what you wish, I am yours to command.” He looked at his father again.

His father smiled “Good, my son, now you are ready, ready to begin your new life.”

The thought left his mind. He looked out the window again. “Its been to long since that day.”
A false is that you claimed to love and be loved.
A truth, is that you never claimed that you hate and are hated.
A fact is that I am the one you claim to love.
A lie is exactly that you claimed it.
I know your truth now.
The question is, do you know mine.
I ask you, here and now.
There never was anything, am I correct?
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Drizzt
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Drizzt awoke to the sound of Mavrick's voice saying ' Its been to long since that day '. Then he looked at his roomate layed down on his bed, looking out the window. Drizzt figured that something was bothering is roomate. Drizzt figure that now was the best time to ask about it. So he turned and sat at the edge of his bed and said, while scraching is head and moving is hair to better see is roomate, " Well you've come back late tonight. " Drizzt figuring that Mavrick might say sorry for waking him he said " And don't worry, i needed to get up. It's seems all i've been doing lately is sleeping. I hope I'm not interupting your space or what not, but to me something is bothering you." Then Drizzt noticed of the implication of the statment, and that it might be a little straight forward as a question. But he didn't want to show any softness what so ever. It was only shown to his brother very long ago. There wasn't much compassion in Drizzt anymore. The travel to this school, staying alert at all times. But maybe here He can find that same feeling that he once felt with is brother.

It is sometimes hard to cross that bridge,
try something new, or make that change.
But once you do, you will realize
that things are usually never as bad as we imagine.

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly,
kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile.
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Mavrick
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Mavrick sudenly snapped back to reallity when his roommate woke up and said "Your back late tonight." He thought that he might of woken him up when he said thats its been a long time since that day. " And don't worry, i needed to get up. It's seems all i've been doing lately is sleeping. I hope I'm not interupting your space or what not, but to me something is bothering you." Drizzt added.

"No no your not interupting anything." Mavrick said. "Oh and its nothing just refelecting on past memories, nothing really serious. Just this place, its close to my old home," He added. He smiled, he didn't feel like he would ever be able to say that to anyone for the rest of his life. "Hey Drizzt, I was woundering, what is your reason for coming here," Mavrick asked. He wasn't sure that was the right thing to ask "You know, if you don't mind me asking that is," he added. He looked down at his feet, an awkard feeling erupted into his stomach.
A false is that you claimed to love and be loved.
A truth, is that you never claimed that you hate and are hated.
A fact is that I am the one you claim to love.
A lie is exactly that you claimed it.
I know your truth now.
The question is, do you know mine.
I ask you, here and now.
There never was anything, am I correct?
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Drizzt
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Drizzt happy that he may confess his past to someone. He wanted so much to let someone know the true Drizzt Do'Urden.

So he said '' well it all started when i was young. My older brother Nalfein tought me everything I know from weapons to survival. Nalfein replaced my father. My father isn't dead but he is a general of the army of Candoth. Is name is Zaknafein. He was never home. And when he was there he always wanted to talk my brother into joining the army of Candoth. He didn't pay much attention to me. Neither did my mother. She was a cruel women. She wasn't the mother type figure. So my brother also took her place. Infact my brother was my family, but on that dreadfull day that he told my fathre that he wasn't ever going to join the army. He was assassinated. He was sent to on an errand for my father. He knew far well that he was going to get killed so he left me a letter saying that i should seek the school of Everland.'' Drizzt was painfully rememebering the story and continued '' Then on my 18 th birthday my father wanted to send me to the army. But I also denied him and on that same night i left my home running for my life. With Guenhwyvar and my two scimitars i was of to find this school to find some sort of happyness that I once had with my brother. But on the few months of travels to find my destination I encountered two assassin's that where sent by my father. One I killed and the other I wounded and sent him back to give my father a message. Surely I and the assassin knew that he was going to be killed by my father if he where to return with a message of defeat. So i'm not sure if he even went to give my father the message. But on my travels i became weary of all the people around me so I couldn't make no friends to accompany me on my travels. Luckily I had dear Guenwhyvar to accompany me when possible.'' Drizzt felt some sort of comfirt in telling his tale. But he needed to finish so he continued '' But once arrived here I didn't dear to enter the school. So I stayed outside the doors and watched students walk in. Then I told myself that this was the only place left for me I smuthered up my courage and walked threw the doors. I didn't talk to many people for the first day then I met you. My first real friend and roomate.''

Happy that his dark tale was told, Drizzt felt better. Then he said '' I hope that yours is not as bad as mine. But I would still like to hear it for you have heard mine and you've helped me get a huge burden of my shoulders. So i would like to help you in return. I f you would like to, it is up to you.'' Drizzt then got stretched and then sat back down. He then noticed that he slept with is armor on. Then he looked at Mavrick and waited to hear for is dark tale. He hoped that it was better than is. But then Drizzt wouldn't pitty himself as much, but he would feel bad for Mavrick if it where that is tale would be darker than the one he just told.
It is sometimes hard to cross that bridge,
try something new, or make that change.
But once you do, you will realize
that things are usually never as bad as we imagine.

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly,
kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile.
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Mavrick
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Mavrick smiled, his roommate could understand what he was going through. Drizzt told Mavrick about his past life, Mavrick felt sorry for him but also in a strange way felt happy too. Drizzt's story was not similar in the aspect of family but every other way was similar, Mavrick's story was dark as well. So he began, "I can understand what it’s like to know a hard life. I went through a lot of events that are similar. When I was a young child, seven years of age I think it was, I would get into trouble, fights with older kids that I had no chance of beating and so on. My father learnt of this. See my father was a great man of nobility and honor, but not the kind of honor other people would think of him. He was a leader of a large assassin's group known as the red phoenix assails. One day he took me aside and asked me if I would like to devote myself to a greater purpose. I had no idea what I was getting into. He pulled me into the ranks. I was faced with dangerous training every day, with no end insight. People died in this type of training. I became agile and swift. At the age of fourteen I was given a mission with another three assails, we where to "take out" a candoth nobleman. The mission was to get him in his sleep, but we never made it past the first wall. We were captured, it seems one of us was a traitor, who was betrayed by the nobleman's men. For two weeks our team was questioned and tortured. We would not give names because we were loyal, accept the traitor. He leaked out a lot of information. One night he was killed by the red phoenix's for leaking information and we were pulled out. On our way back home we were ambushed by candoth soldiers on the nobleman's pay role. Every one of the assassins was killed save for me and two others we made it back home three days later only to find it in ashes." He paused as he remembered the sight of his charred home. "My father was killed and I and the other two took our separate ways. For the next three years I’ve been taking missions by various people, mostly lazy noblemen who were too comfortable to kill their targets. I accepted every mission without question, save for one, a snow peak lord offered a lot of gold to have me kill one of the two red phoenixes assails. I declined and he tried to take my life within the next two months. Three times he tried, three times he failed but the third time, was by one of the remaining red peonies. I didn't know what to do. I killed him, my own fellow assassin. From then on I declined every contract. I lived in secret for a couple months then I got a letter of acceptance from this place and I came here." He explained, then paused he looked down. He then continued "In this place I'm starting to feel like I'm home again." "I'm glad too of finally told someone all that, Drizzt thank you." He said with a smile and then looked out the window waiting for a response from Drizzt.
A false is that you claimed to love and be loved.
A truth, is that you never claimed that you hate and are hated.
A fact is that I am the one you claim to love.
A lie is exactly that you claimed it.
I know your truth now.
The question is, do you know mine.
I ask you, here and now.
There never was anything, am I correct?
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Drizzt
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Drizzt felt bad for Mavrick, he didnt even want to begin to explain, that his father was the one that lead the attack. He only heard the victorious attack but no more than that. He would like to tell him everything and that he isn't the same as his father but Drizzt wasnt sure if he should tell Mavrick now or later. Drizzt did not want to lose his newfound friend over his father's insidious actions that lead to the demise of the Red Phoenix clan.

As such, he would lock the secret away in the cold recesses of his mind, saying this in the meantime "Your tale is much darker than mine, but I have an inkling of what feelings assail you." Although Drizzt did not sense either acknowledgement nor denial in his friends body language, he knew instinctively that his assessement was right.

Time passed as both acquaintances mulled over each other's history. Finally, his conscience, a too heavy burden to bear, caused him to reveal the entire sordid affair to the person who called him friend. " Mavrick, I need you to understand that I am not like my father. When you told me of the destruction that had befallen your clan, it was quite clear to me that the general who lead the assault, the butcherer of your kin was the one who sired me. I hope the fragile ties that have been laid between us do not crumble thanks to my father's bloodlust, which I neither share nor approve of."

Although Drizzt felt an enormous weight lift from him, he could not bear to hear the curses that he was sure the man sitting across from him would spit in his direction. He quickly gathered his scimitars and left Mavrick to ponder the fact that the son of the villain who had slain his clan would be sleeping in the same room as him. The last thing Drizzt heard was the door closing, but after only a few paces, he glimpsed one last mournful look at his dormroom door and hurried away, hoping to flee the guilt that had so suddenly gripped his heart.




It is sometimes hard to cross that bridge,
try something new, or make that change.
But once you do, you will realize
that things are usually never as bad as we imagine.

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly,
kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile.
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Mavrick
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Cold, that’s all Mavrick felt. Two emotions came over him, anger and concern. The man who lead the attack on the red phoenix clan was Drizzt's father. This information pieced Mavrick like a rusty knife. Every word, syllable, letter, they hurt. He watched his room mate leave the room and then turned to the window. He got up and looked outside. "I don't know what to do," He said himself. He gazed out into the valley past the forest, towards his old home. He thought for a while, should he hold this against Drizzt or not. This guy who he trusts, he can’t hold his fathers actions against the only person that befriended so quickly. He looked at the door, then his desk he went and sat down picked up his quill and dipped in his ink and began to write.

“Drizzt, meet me at the bar...”



“...P.S. bring my knife too please.”

Then he paused for second, turned towards the door withdrew a knife at posted the his letter on the door. Then he put his cloak on and left for the bar.
A false is that you claimed to love and be loved.
A truth, is that you never claimed that you hate and are hated.
A fact is that I am the one you claim to love.
A lie is exactly that you claimed it.
I know your truth now.
The question is, do you know mine.
I ask you, here and now.
There never was anything, am I correct?
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Drizzt
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OOC: sorry posted somewhere where it wasn't supposed to be....
It is sometimes hard to cross that bridge,
try something new, or make that change.
But once you do, you will realize
that things are usually never as bad as we imagine.

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly,
kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile.
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