The Sight of Blood

[Aurelia Dalry]

Aurelia woke up from her nap to a loud noise coming from upstairs. The night before Lady Ditto had offered for her to stay in her home for a few days. Aurelia accepted the invitation, but not because of the luxurious state of the keep, or lack there of, but because she was much to frightened to leave and find her way to an inn, alone.

She crept throughout the house looking for a way to get upstairs. Finally, she found a teleport. Nothing could prepare her for what she was about to see. The second she appeared on the top floor a man pulled a sword. She quickly ran into the corner and stared blankly at a huge beast. A rather large group of people stood surrounding a beast, who was obviously irritated. Each person was dressed in dark shades of grey and black and it looked as though there were stains of blood on the floor. Her stomach turned.

Her eyes wandered from each person to the next, trying to find Ditto. She was standing directly in front of the beast, but she did not look well. Aurelia had to think on it a moment, but finally her mind clicked. The night before Ditto told her of her husband Taro, how he was banished and they were trying to bring him back. Suddenly Ditto fell to the floor and a decent amount of blood made a puddle around her body.

Her body jerked forward, but then she pulled back out of fear. She wanted to help, but knew it was in her best interest to stay put. A man stepped forward and began dragging her away from the beast. The blood smearing against the floor was unbearable. She ran for the teleport, closing her eyes. Once her eyes opened she was surprised to see herself standing on the second floor. She bolted for the exit. She knew that being outside was no safer than being inside, but needed a breath of fresh air. She stood outside for a good amount of time, but never wandered far from the keep.

Once she heard the noise die down she decided to enter, perhaps get some rest. She wandered back up to the second floor and into Ditto’s room. She sat down and removed her boots and bonnet and made her way to the bed. Her eyes grew wide as she stared down at Ditto. The sheets were stained in blood, oh how she hated blood. A loud shriek left her throat following a loud thud caused by her body hitting the floor.

[Aurelia Dalry]

She was wide awake when he entered, only a little disoriented. Her head throbbed and she was not quite sure how she made it into the bed, now adorned with clean linens. She pulled the covers tight and looked up at the man. His face was covered by a mask that was not only hideous, but very frightening.

”Hellllo.” his voice echoed through the room.

There was something off about him. He seemed insane. He rambled on about the oddest of topics and could not seem to get her name right. She was intrigued by his behavior, yet also appalled.

”Strip down and get in bed.” he said, almost as a demand.

She was floored. Never in her whole life had a man treated her so poorly. He spoke to her as if she was a slave! He called her a sleeper, waved an axe in front of her face, and even said that she smelled weird! She was a lady and she demanded to be treated like one. She even raised her hand to slap him, but could not risk cutting her hand open on his mask.

”I can show you a fight.” he said and the immediately handed her an explosive potion. ”Just aim and toss. he said with a grin peering out from beneath the mask.

No way would she give into this kind of behavior. She was no heathen. She carefully set the potion down on the floor and then backed away. She folded her arms and then looked to him, not prepared at all for what was about to happen. He stepped towards her and swooped up the potion, aimed for her, and then tossed it. Never had she seen such an explosive potion, or such a mad man. She stared down and let out a shriek as the explosive set off. A shriek that was once more followed by a loud thud, which was her body hitting the floor.

[Shadowskull]

Ditto Armunn wrote:

Hearing a shriek, Jujual ceased her cooking, and turned to make her way out the door. She didn't hurry too much and seemed more curious than concerned. She had duties to perform and was in charge of seeing to the house while her Dark Lady was unable. The old witch guessed that their house guest was awake now, and had determined earlier that she might be a handful.

She opened the door and there saw the actress in a heap on the floor, and across the room was a familiar mask. As housekeeper she was familiar with all of the Dark Order faces, or other appearances, but she and the other staff normally went unnoticed, and so it was no shock that he didn't recognize her. Shadowskull was however, quick to be defensive.
Jujual found it odd that one of the Dark Order had attacked the houseguest. And such a frail looking one at that. She questioned him somewhat considering it was her duty to clean up his mess. He let her get away with it and actually began to answer to her until it seemed to suddenly dawn on him that he didnt know who she was or why -she- was in the Keep.
"I'm Jujual. The Armunn housekeeper."

She told ShadowSkull to put the lady in the bed, but he would not follow her wishes. Since she was normally gruff, she figured he took as an order, and it half was. She was incapable of lifting the woman with her old bones, and so she tried to reason with Shadowskull. He still refused. And instead, told her to leave the woman where she was.
Jujual blinked at this, but followed his instructions. She would do as he said for now and wait for him to leave before finishing her duty. Aurelia was dirty with smoke, but none the worse for wear anyway.