Post by Aleyna on Feb 17, 2010 0:07:53 GMT -5
[19:55:15]Ester knocks on the door three times. Exactly. Measured so they are exactly the same sound.
[19:55:48]Yeva glides forward. She peers through the peephole, then smiles, throwing open the door.
[19:55:55][Yeva] says: Estrenka.
[19:56:02][Yeva] says: Good. Welcome, come in.
[19:56:43]Ester walks in and looks around the room warily.
[19:56:51]Ester eyes you up and down.
[19:57:02][Ester] says: Good evening.
[19:57:05]Yeva steps back, letting her in! THe floor is spotless, the room cleared of all furniture except for three chairs and one small table. Kovoran's taking up a chair.
[19:57:05]Kovoran eyes Ester from underneath the brim of his hat.
[19:57:12][Yeva] says: Hello.
[19:57:33]Kovoran likes this chair, thank you very much.
[19:57:39]Yeva motions to a spot on the floor in front of Kovoran. "You will stand here."
[19:57:53]Ester nods and walks over to the spot.
[19:58:27]Yeva closes and locks the door! She then glides serenely to her place.
[19:58:41]Kovoran curls the tip of his tail before rolling it back out to tap against the floor. He watches Ester as he continues to repeat the motion.
[19:58:57]Yeva pronounces one word neutrally. "Strip."
[20:00:07]Ester squints at the command. What... oh, fine. She doesn't argue and goes about taking her clothes off, folding each piece carefully before setting it down. Hat goes first. Sorry, hat!
[20:03:32]Kovoran eyes Ester briefly and tips his hat down. No sir, that is not for him.
[20:03:37]Yeva watches this process with unblinking scrutiny. She nods, finally, then steps forward.
[20:03:55]Yeva kneels down.
[20:04:39]Yeva gets very close to the dwarf, kneeling so that she may see eye-to-eye with her. Her eyes seep lichglow.
[20:04:48][Yeva] says: Ester Halfiron.
[20:04:49]Ester ignores Kovoran and just stares on ahead. Too bad a scary corspe-goat is straight ahead...
[20:04:55][Yeva] says: Do you have any family.
[20:05:03][Ester] says: I do not.
[20:05:42]Yeva scrutinizes the dwarf woman's face as she asks.
[20:05:46][Yeva] says: None?
[20:06:15]Ester has a damn good poker face. She repeats, "None."
[20:06:36]Yeva nods, a tight, small motion.
[20:06:42][Yeva] says: This life is the best thing one can achieve. It is a wonderful thing. I must ask: are you sure it is what you want?
[20:07:15]Yeva || The words sound practiced, pronounced around her normal thick accent and missteps in Common.
[20:07:54][Ester] says: It is the only life I have ever known. I cannot imagine any other.
[20:08:11][Yeva] says: Good. You will repeat after me. I, Ester Halfiron, want to join this organization for the betterment of society.
[20:09:56][Ester] says: I, Ester Halfiron, want to join this organization for the betterment of society.
[20:10:07][Yeva] says: It is the highest authority that I report to. Without it, I am nothing.
[20:10:24]Yeva stares, speaking evenly.
[20:11:03]Ester repeats in her usual deadpan, her expression as serious as always. "It is the highest authority that I report to. Without it, I am nothing."
[20:11:55]Yeva continues. Her soprano voice with its eerie half-echo pronounces, "I am a Kamil, or I am nothing."
[20:12:39][Ester] says: I am a Kamil, or I am nothing.
[20:13:00]Yeva smiles a small smile. She straightens, but doesn't stand.
[20:13:09][Yeva] says: Which hand do you swing your weapon with?
[20:14:18]Ester considers that question for a moment. Both, but... "The right one."
[20:15:29]Yeva nods firmly and produces a small silver blade. "Hold it out to me, Ester."
[20:16:02]Ester holds out her right hand. It has all its fingers! Unlike the left, but Yeva already knows that.
[20:17:10]Yeva grabs hold of it. Her too-skinny fingers are stronger than they look, much stronger. It isn't hard to believe she swung a blade, with that grip.
[20:17:57]Yeva cuts a clean slice across Ester's palm. Her eyes flick up to the dwarf's as it bleeds, and she speaks again.
[20:18:06][Yeva] says: With this cut, I promise our blood to yours.
[20:18:16][Yeva] says: With this cut, I promise your blood to ours.
[20:18:28][Yeva] says: This is a family.
[20:18:47][Yeva] says: We help each other because this is a family.
[20:18:56][Yeva] says: We are all Kamil te Kar, all thieves in law.
[20:19:01]Yeva believes it.
[20:19:50]Ester doesn't even wince at the cut, much less looks down at the cut. She's watching Yeva closely instead. Once the dead lady has finished her speech, she actually smiles...
[20:21:19]Yeva releases her wrist. "It is time. Go, sit." She nods towards the other chair in the room, the one next to Kovoran and his table. She stands, then, putting the knife away.
[20:23:08]Yeva takes a seat in her own imaginary chair, crossing her legs primly.
[20:23:30]Kovoran tips his hat up again and moves to look at Ester. He grumbles something in draenei.
[20:23:38][Kovoran] says: [Draenei] She's too small. I'll have to put her on the table.
[20:23:44]Ester turns and walks over to the empty chair. She manages to climb up on it and take a seat with /some/ dignity... well... not much, considering the lack of clothes, okay. Damn human chairs.
[20:23:48]Yeva shrugs.
[20:24:52]Kovoran pushes himself to stand, looking down at her. He picks up his box of tools and clomps over to the other table. He gruffs in short common, "Sit on the table. You're too small."
[20:25:55]Ester frowns at Kovoran, annoyance flashing across her face for a brief moment. But she does as she's told anyway.
[20:27:06]Kovoran methodically and almost obsessively lays out his tools, lining up vials of ink and needles on the table.
[20:28:31]Kovoran eyes Ester's chest and picks his spot. He glances back to his tools and loads a needle in a wooden holder before sliding over a vial of black ink.
[20:29:19]Kovoran dips the needle in ink and leans over the dwarf. He pauses and pulls off his hat as an afterthought. With one hand on her opposite shoulder, he makes the first prick as he begins to outline the tattoo.
[20:30:40]Ester purses her lips into a thin line, expression stony. Yeah, she's just going to stare on ahead at the spacegoat's chest while he works. Just... /stare/. Forever.
[20:31:08]Yeva watches. Soon, as he starts the outline, she stands.
[20:31:27]Yeva moves closer to Ester.
[20:31:34][Yeva] says: These are your vows.
[20:31:47][Yeva] says: As a Kamil, you're bound to these rules. Do you swear on all that is yours, all that you love, that you will follow them?
[20:32:34]Kovoran works quietly, greying eyebrows furrowed. Every three pricks of the needle, he must pause to dip it in ink again, continuing on in a rather painful proceedure. However, he seems to know the design well enough and works quickly as Yeva talks.
[20:32:59]Ester shifts the stare, looking at Yeva instead. "I swear."
[20:33:10]Yeva nods.
[20:33:13][Yeva] says: If you have any family in the guard or the church, they are dead to you. You will not see or speak to them anymore.
[20:34:19][Yeva] says: You may not bring children into this. If you have children, you must forsake them until they're of age.
[20:34:57]Yeva talks clearly, slowly, staring, looking for some kind of confirmation between each statement before going on.
[20:35:39]Ester nods after each declaration.
[20:35:55][Yeva] says: Show no hesitation if asked to take care of punishment of another Kamil.
[20:36:23][Yeva] says: Never gamble without being able to cover your losses.
[20:36:41][Yeva] says: Keep respect for those above you. Strive to excel in all you do, so that you might look them in the eye one day.
[20:37:40]Yeva knows these by heart, reciting them smoothly.
[20:37:51][Yeva] says: Never lose your ability for reason through alcohol or drugs. Do not mingle with peacekeepers or guard. Never join the military.
[20:38:29][Yeva] says: And you will always make good on promises to other Kamil.
[20:39:10]Ester nods again.
[20:39:45]Yeva finishes! She stands there, still, waiting for the tattoo to be done.
[20:40:57]Kovoran fills in the last of the tattoo before leaning back, inspecting his work. His fingers are slick with ink, causing him to wipe them off on his pants as he speaks, "Do not let it become infected, as I will have to do it again."
[20:42:19]Ester shifts her gaze back to the other draenei. "It will not." She's a neat freak, yo.
[20:42:32]Kovoran nods shortly, "Good."
[20:42:40]Yeva finally allows herself to BEAM. It's a sudden, huge, bright white smile.
[20:42:50][Yeva] says: Welcome, Estrenka.
[20:43:06][Yeva] says: Is very good to have you.
[20:43:57]Kovoran begins to carefully put away his tools.
[20:44:13][Ester] says: It is good to have a family once more.
[20:44:42]Yeva mmms contently, smile showing less teeth but still broad, warm and motherly.
[20:45:21][Yeva] says: They have done well moving department around, I think.
[20:45:24]Ester smiles back the best she can. It's pretty obvious she doesn't smile very often... out of practice.
[20:45:52]Ester raises an eyebrow. "You mean the division of the old research group?"
[20:46:09]Ester shoots a sideglance towards her clothes, where they lay neatly folded on the floor.
[20:46:13][Yeva] says: Yes.
[20:46:25]Yeva notes the glance, and nods. She steps back again. Go ahead.
[20:46:38][Yeva] says: Do you think?
[20:46:40]Ester gets down off the table.
[20:46:51]Yeva lifts her brows.
[20:47:22][Ester] says: It might be too early to tell.
[20:47:46]Ester geeeets dreeeeessed. There, that'll make everything kind of less weird.
[20:47:52]Yeva 's smile purses, amused and shrewd. She only nods again.
[20:48:19]Kovoran pulls his hat back on, adjusting it until it's settled nicely over his head crest. Satisfied, he snaps his box of tools shut with a definite click.
[20:48:31]Ester returns her hat to her head.
[20:51:54]Ester straightens out her belt a bit. Ffff... what kind of answer was the old goat expecting? "The way the division was handled went very well, though." She'll admit that much.
[20:52:23]Yeva tilts her chin up, regal.
[20:52:40][Yeva] says: Good. I am glad to hear this.
[20:53:18][Yeva] says: You will keep healthy and well, dievka! I have work to do, am afraid.
[20:53:25]Yeva smiles apologetically.
[20:53:52]Ester nods. "Of course. Shall I go?" That is to ask, is that a dismissal?
[20:53:59]Yeva simply nods.
[20:54:46]Ester turns and gives Kovoran a nod of farewell as well, then turns to depart.
[20:56:12]Kovoran shifts, turning to Yeva with his tools in hand.
[20:56:16][Kovoran] says: [Draenei] Work?
[20:56:38][Yeva] says: [Draenei] I am going to check up on Lazaar, I think.
[20:56:43][Yeva] says: [Draenei] I will find him.
[20:56:55]Kovoran snorts in disapproval. Fucking Lazaar.
[20:57:21]Yeva frowns lightly.
[20:57:57][Kovoran] says: [Draenei] I met with Zakaar turned Lazaar. He was hardly... respecful.
[20:58:07]Yeva totally speaks in Draenei. "He has never been a respectful man."
[20:58:33]Kovoran adjusts his hat again, "Even so."
[20:58:52][Kovoran] says: [Draenei] I hardly doubt that believing that I was trying to sleep with him or my beast is appropriate.
[20:58:57][Yeva] says: I deal with him because Nataske my niece gave him rank and marks.
[20:59:12]Kovoran snorts again. Nataske.
[20:59:37]Yeva purses her lips.
[20:59:49][Yeva] says: She was my favorite niece.
[21:00:13][Kovoran] says: She was not fit to have a place of power.
[21:00:20][Kovoran] says: However, this does not justify her fate.
[21:00:30][Yeva] says: Now she is dead, and I handle the rank a dead, stupid favorite niece has given a man like Lazaar.
[21:00:44]Yeva shrugs skinny shoulders eloquently.
[21:01:31]Kovoran glances to the side, eyeing the door.
[21:01:41]Yeva nods to him. Yes, you, too, can leave.
[21:01:55]Kovoran slides out, clomping all the way.
[21:01:57][Yeva] says: Warm winds and farewell, Kovoran.
[21:02:01][Yeva] says: Thank you for your service.
[21:02:04]You bow before Yeva.
[21:02:12][Kovoran] says: Always.
[19:55:48]Yeva glides forward. She peers through the peephole, then smiles, throwing open the door.
[19:55:55][Yeva] says: Estrenka.
[19:56:02][Yeva] says: Good. Welcome, come in.
[19:56:43]Ester walks in and looks around the room warily.
[19:56:51]Ester eyes you up and down.
[19:57:02][Ester] says: Good evening.
[19:57:05]Yeva steps back, letting her in! THe floor is spotless, the room cleared of all furniture except for three chairs and one small table. Kovoran's taking up a chair.
[19:57:05]Kovoran eyes Ester from underneath the brim of his hat.
[19:57:12][Yeva] says: Hello.
[19:57:33]Kovoran likes this chair, thank you very much.
[19:57:39]Yeva motions to a spot on the floor in front of Kovoran. "You will stand here."
[19:57:53]Ester nods and walks over to the spot.
[19:58:27]Yeva closes and locks the door! She then glides serenely to her place.
[19:58:41]Kovoran curls the tip of his tail before rolling it back out to tap against the floor. He watches Ester as he continues to repeat the motion.
[19:58:57]Yeva pronounces one word neutrally. "Strip."
[20:00:07]Ester squints at the command. What... oh, fine. She doesn't argue and goes about taking her clothes off, folding each piece carefully before setting it down. Hat goes first. Sorry, hat!
[20:03:32]Kovoran eyes Ester briefly and tips his hat down. No sir, that is not for him.
[20:03:37]Yeva watches this process with unblinking scrutiny. She nods, finally, then steps forward.
[20:03:55]Yeva kneels down.
[20:04:39]Yeva gets very close to the dwarf, kneeling so that she may see eye-to-eye with her. Her eyes seep lichglow.
[20:04:48][Yeva] says: Ester Halfiron.
[20:04:49]Ester ignores Kovoran and just stares on ahead. Too bad a scary corspe-goat is straight ahead...
[20:04:55][Yeva] says: Do you have any family.
[20:05:03][Ester] says: I do not.
[20:05:42]Yeva scrutinizes the dwarf woman's face as she asks.
[20:05:46][Yeva] says: None?
[20:06:15]Ester has a damn good poker face. She repeats, "None."
[20:06:36]Yeva nods, a tight, small motion.
[20:06:42][Yeva] says: This life is the best thing one can achieve. It is a wonderful thing. I must ask: are you sure it is what you want?
[20:07:15]Yeva || The words sound practiced, pronounced around her normal thick accent and missteps in Common.
[20:07:54][Ester] says: It is the only life I have ever known. I cannot imagine any other.
[20:08:11][Yeva] says: Good. You will repeat after me. I, Ester Halfiron, want to join this organization for the betterment of society.
[20:09:56][Ester] says: I, Ester Halfiron, want to join this organization for the betterment of society.
[20:10:07][Yeva] says: It is the highest authority that I report to. Without it, I am nothing.
[20:10:24]Yeva stares, speaking evenly.
[20:11:03]Ester repeats in her usual deadpan, her expression as serious as always. "It is the highest authority that I report to. Without it, I am nothing."
[20:11:55]Yeva continues. Her soprano voice with its eerie half-echo pronounces, "I am a Kamil, or I am nothing."
[20:12:39][Ester] says: I am a Kamil, or I am nothing.
[20:13:00]Yeva smiles a small smile. She straightens, but doesn't stand.
[20:13:09][Yeva] says: Which hand do you swing your weapon with?
[20:14:18]Ester considers that question for a moment. Both, but... "The right one."
[20:15:29]Yeva nods firmly and produces a small silver blade. "Hold it out to me, Ester."
[20:16:02]Ester holds out her right hand. It has all its fingers! Unlike the left, but Yeva already knows that.
[20:17:10]Yeva grabs hold of it. Her too-skinny fingers are stronger than they look, much stronger. It isn't hard to believe she swung a blade, with that grip.
[20:17:57]Yeva cuts a clean slice across Ester's palm. Her eyes flick up to the dwarf's as it bleeds, and she speaks again.
[20:18:06][Yeva] says: With this cut, I promise our blood to yours.
[20:18:16][Yeva] says: With this cut, I promise your blood to ours.
[20:18:28][Yeva] says: This is a family.
[20:18:47][Yeva] says: We help each other because this is a family.
[20:18:56][Yeva] says: We are all Kamil te Kar, all thieves in law.
[20:19:01]Yeva believes it.
[20:19:50]Ester doesn't even wince at the cut, much less looks down at the cut. She's watching Yeva closely instead. Once the dead lady has finished her speech, she actually smiles...
[20:21:19]Yeva releases her wrist. "It is time. Go, sit." She nods towards the other chair in the room, the one next to Kovoran and his table. She stands, then, putting the knife away.
[20:23:08]Yeva takes a seat in her own imaginary chair, crossing her legs primly.
[20:23:30]Kovoran tips his hat up again and moves to look at Ester. He grumbles something in draenei.
[20:23:38][Kovoran] says: [Draenei] She's too small. I'll have to put her on the table.
[20:23:44]Ester turns and walks over to the empty chair. She manages to climb up on it and take a seat with /some/ dignity... well... not much, considering the lack of clothes, okay. Damn human chairs.
[20:23:48]Yeva shrugs.
[20:24:52]Kovoran pushes himself to stand, looking down at her. He picks up his box of tools and clomps over to the other table. He gruffs in short common, "Sit on the table. You're too small."
[20:25:55]Ester frowns at Kovoran, annoyance flashing across her face for a brief moment. But she does as she's told anyway.
[20:27:06]Kovoran methodically and almost obsessively lays out his tools, lining up vials of ink and needles on the table.
[20:28:31]Kovoran eyes Ester's chest and picks his spot. He glances back to his tools and loads a needle in a wooden holder before sliding over a vial of black ink.
[20:29:19]Kovoran dips the needle in ink and leans over the dwarf. He pauses and pulls off his hat as an afterthought. With one hand on her opposite shoulder, he makes the first prick as he begins to outline the tattoo.
[20:30:40]Ester purses her lips into a thin line, expression stony. Yeah, she's just going to stare on ahead at the spacegoat's chest while he works. Just... /stare/. Forever.
[20:31:08]Yeva watches. Soon, as he starts the outline, she stands.
[20:31:27]Yeva moves closer to Ester.
[20:31:34][Yeva] says: These are your vows.
[20:31:47][Yeva] says: As a Kamil, you're bound to these rules. Do you swear on all that is yours, all that you love, that you will follow them?
[20:32:34]Kovoran works quietly, greying eyebrows furrowed. Every three pricks of the needle, he must pause to dip it in ink again, continuing on in a rather painful proceedure. However, he seems to know the design well enough and works quickly as Yeva talks.
[20:32:59]Ester shifts the stare, looking at Yeva instead. "I swear."
[20:33:10]Yeva nods.
[20:33:13][Yeva] says: If you have any family in the guard or the church, they are dead to you. You will not see or speak to them anymore.
[20:34:19][Yeva] says: You may not bring children into this. If you have children, you must forsake them until they're of age.
[20:34:57]Yeva talks clearly, slowly, staring, looking for some kind of confirmation between each statement before going on.
[20:35:39]Ester nods after each declaration.
[20:35:55][Yeva] says: Show no hesitation if asked to take care of punishment of another Kamil.
[20:36:23][Yeva] says: Never gamble without being able to cover your losses.
[20:36:41][Yeva] says: Keep respect for those above you. Strive to excel in all you do, so that you might look them in the eye one day.
[20:37:40]Yeva knows these by heart, reciting them smoothly.
[20:37:51][Yeva] says: Never lose your ability for reason through alcohol or drugs. Do not mingle with peacekeepers or guard. Never join the military.
[20:38:29][Yeva] says: And you will always make good on promises to other Kamil.
[20:39:10]Ester nods again.
[20:39:45]Yeva finishes! She stands there, still, waiting for the tattoo to be done.
[20:40:57]Kovoran fills in the last of the tattoo before leaning back, inspecting his work. His fingers are slick with ink, causing him to wipe them off on his pants as he speaks, "Do not let it become infected, as I will have to do it again."
[20:42:19]Ester shifts her gaze back to the other draenei. "It will not." She's a neat freak, yo.
[20:42:32]Kovoran nods shortly, "Good."
[20:42:40]Yeva finally allows herself to BEAM. It's a sudden, huge, bright white smile.
[20:42:50][Yeva] says: Welcome, Estrenka.
[20:43:06][Yeva] says: Is very good to have you.
[20:43:57]Kovoran begins to carefully put away his tools.
[20:44:13][Ester] says: It is good to have a family once more.
[20:44:42]Yeva mmms contently, smile showing less teeth but still broad, warm and motherly.
[20:45:21][Yeva] says: They have done well moving department around, I think.
[20:45:24]Ester smiles back the best she can. It's pretty obvious she doesn't smile very often... out of practice.
[20:45:52]Ester raises an eyebrow. "You mean the division of the old research group?"
[20:46:09]Ester shoots a sideglance towards her clothes, where they lay neatly folded on the floor.
[20:46:13][Yeva] says: Yes.
[20:46:25]Yeva notes the glance, and nods. She steps back again. Go ahead.
[20:46:38][Yeva] says: Do you think?
[20:46:40]Ester gets down off the table.
[20:46:51]Yeva lifts her brows.
[20:47:22][Ester] says: It might be too early to tell.
[20:47:46]Ester geeeets dreeeeessed. There, that'll make everything kind of less weird.
[20:47:52]Yeva 's smile purses, amused and shrewd. She only nods again.
[20:48:19]Kovoran pulls his hat back on, adjusting it until it's settled nicely over his head crest. Satisfied, he snaps his box of tools shut with a definite click.
[20:48:31]Ester returns her hat to her head.
[20:51:54]Ester straightens out her belt a bit. Ffff... what kind of answer was the old goat expecting? "The way the division was handled went very well, though." She'll admit that much.
[20:52:23]Yeva tilts her chin up, regal.
[20:52:40][Yeva] says: Good. I am glad to hear this.
[20:53:18][Yeva] says: You will keep healthy and well, dievka! I have work to do, am afraid.
[20:53:25]Yeva smiles apologetically.
[20:53:52]Ester nods. "Of course. Shall I go?" That is to ask, is that a dismissal?
[20:53:59]Yeva simply nods.
[20:54:46]Ester turns and gives Kovoran a nod of farewell as well, then turns to depart.
[20:56:12]Kovoran shifts, turning to Yeva with his tools in hand.
[20:56:16][Kovoran] says: [Draenei] Work?
[20:56:38][Yeva] says: [Draenei] I am going to check up on Lazaar, I think.
[20:56:43][Yeva] says: [Draenei] I will find him.
[20:56:55]Kovoran snorts in disapproval. Fucking Lazaar.
[20:57:21]Yeva frowns lightly.
[20:57:57][Kovoran] says: [Draenei] I met with Zakaar turned Lazaar. He was hardly... respecful.
[20:58:07]Yeva totally speaks in Draenei. "He has never been a respectful man."
[20:58:33]Kovoran adjusts his hat again, "Even so."
[20:58:52][Kovoran] says: [Draenei] I hardly doubt that believing that I was trying to sleep with him or my beast is appropriate.
[20:58:57][Yeva] says: I deal with him because Nataske my niece gave him rank and marks.
[20:59:12]Kovoran snorts again. Nataske.
[20:59:37]Yeva purses her lips.
[20:59:49][Yeva] says: She was my favorite niece.
[21:00:13][Kovoran] says: She was not fit to have a place of power.
[21:00:20][Kovoran] says: However, this does not justify her fate.
[21:00:30][Yeva] says: Now she is dead, and I handle the rank a dead, stupid favorite niece has given a man like Lazaar.
[21:00:44]Yeva shrugs skinny shoulders eloquently.
[21:01:31]Kovoran glances to the side, eyeing the door.
[21:01:41]Yeva nods to him. Yes, you, too, can leave.
[21:01:55]Kovoran slides out, clomping all the way.
[21:01:57][Yeva] says: Warm winds and farewell, Kovoran.
[21:02:01][Yeva] says: Thank you for your service.
[21:02:04]You bow before Yeva.
[21:02:12][Kovoran] says: Always.