The death of a precious slave …
[14:26] Crow didn’t look at her, perhaps because he feared what he would do. Regardless what her plan had been, she had put him in a position he never wished to be in. He himself despised men that raced behind their slaves as they were treasured pets. He unsheaths his dagger and cuts the ropes uncaring if he might scar her during the proces. He kicked her while he pulled the ropes from her. His eyes never really saw her … while he dragged her to her feet and placed her without any care or compassion in the stack. Instantly seemed to fall the woodenblock in place to keep her strained in them.
[14:27] Arcadia settles to her knees gulping air such had been her dash she eyes poor sparrow and wondered what was her such heinous crime, she looked up to Crow wide eyed
[14:27] Yash looked over to Arcadia anxiously, her eyes fixated on the sight of sparrow in the stockaide, her body shivering a bit with worry as to what might happen as sh emoved closer to the man beside her, as if perhaps for some degree of comfort
[14:28] LucienDante Blackheart: looked uninterested his eyes wandering over the slave in the stocks, to piss Crow off was never a good Idea..
[14:28] Crow turns to the others, while he himself was still unsure if he wouldn’t just end his own torment by killig her.
[14:29] Yash could tell the man was aggitated beyond degree, she remained as still as she was able to, not daring to raise her eyes higher than the man’s boot beside her, a small hand reaching out to touch the leather before withdrawing back to the safety of her back
[14:29] Sparrownever spoke, when he kicked her she did not utter a sound, when he roughly locked her in the stocks she did not resist, she had nothing to say for her defense, she was aware she might be slain now, she only wished she had been rid off in her own city, in Venna, but that too would be taken away from her it seemed. She looked down, she felt dazed….
[14:29] LucienDante Blackheart: “Whats the little girl done Crow.. ” he eventualy asks
[14:29] Crow shook his head as if to organize his own thoughts. “Let us hold a little trail here.” he suggested. “I will lay the case before you … so we can set a righ punishment since all I can think of is 1001 ways to end a life.”
[14:30] LucienDante Blackheart: “Well I do not know the owner or the slave so tell me the facts without names and Ill give you my advice
[14:31] Yash balled up her fists and rubbed at her eyes a moment, clearly worried
[14:32] Crow nods “I will … The owner of this girl … noticed several things that were ordinairy as to concerning this girl. After some questions he learned that this …” he pointed to the slave in the stack “Was dressed as a freewoman on her way to Venna.” he paused as to hold back the disgust of the mere thought of it “This owner … unsure if he would even make the trouble did … and found a slaver on the dock with this girl on a leash … he gave the owner this before he threw the leash as quickly as possible as to … not wanting to have anything to do with her.” he handed over the scroll he had received.
[14:33] LucienDante Blackheart: Reads it
[14:33] Yash hid behind Arcadia hearing the news, sure it might not end well for little sparrow, a slight gasp fell from her lips as she looked about anxious to extricate herself from having to watch what might be the end of the girl’s very existence
[14:34] LucienDante Blackheart: He looked at the girl “You have an oppertunity to speak. only one I suggest you do so, and chose your words carefully, this is a hamstringing offence at best at worst you could lose your head”
[14:34] Arcadia exhales slowly listening to Crow’s words and gazing at Sparrow in disbelief, as a slave she stayed quiet but couldn’t quite believe the series of events he described and wondered what on earth had been going through the girls mind to make her act in such a way, she returned Yash’s anxious glance and gave her a slight shrug knowing sparrows whole future laid in Crow’s hands
[14:34] “Tears and Steel” exquisite collar whispers: Arcadia has said a bad word and is being punished.
[14:34] Crow continues “The owner … asked if there was any compensation to be met due to the trouble the girl had given. But this slaver ran for his life to get rid of this slut.”
[14:35] LucienDante Blackheart: looks at Arcadia “What?”
[14:35] Sparrowas he spoke thus of the slaver of Venna suddenly felt a rush of anger run through her blood and in an outburst she said “There is much honour in the City of Venna!”
[14:36] Yash gasped hearing her, her hands flew up to her mouth
[14:36] Crow arched a brow “Seems the slut had her chance to speak … hmm.”
[14:36] LucienDante Blackheart: “I dont care abour Venna I want to know why you were dressed as a free woman insulting your master”
[14:36] Sparrowthen felt the energy of life, the last she had come to her and she struggled with all that she had in the stocks
[14:36] Yash looked left and right, anxious to find a task she moved to pick up a broom and slowly moved away
[14:37] Sparrowlooked as a man approached her closely, her little fingers ragefully trying to reach for him, viciously “It is my homestone!! my homestone!” she cried out, half maddened
[14:37] LucienDante Blackheart: “Everything you do reflects him you should try to seek perfection to be worthy of an assassins collar.. many a time I have had a slave throw herself at my boot begging for the chance to serve an assassin in his collar, why do you spit in your masters face?”
[14:38] LucienDante Blackheart: Grabbed her hair yanking it up “Your city sent you back, they know the laws you are not a free woman you are a beast, a slave in steel, but it seems you do not even deserve steel”
camille Cannned tried to look up at the man suddenly more aware as his words touched him, his question wa spertinenent and brought back the reason why she had done that “I did it for him!” she cried out as the man was pulling on her hair bringing water to her eyes.
[14:39] LucienDante Blackheart: “Now.. speak and what you say better sway the favour of life in your direction.. “
[14:39] Arcadia looks up to Sparrow beseechingly knowing her life hung on her words and they were unwise, she dared not speak and could only try and implore the girl with her eyes to have some restraint but she sensed the girl was past any such influence, she cringed a little and inched backwards as she heard the man rage at her and her response
[14:39] Sparrownow repeated again, in a murmur “I did it for him…I did it for him…” her voice trailed off, not much could she add.
[14:40] LucienDante Blackheart: “So you dressed as a free woman.. created havok embarrased him by making a noble city think he cannot handle and control his slut and this was … for.. him.. explain yoyur reasoning you insane whore”
[14:41] Sparrowthen looked up at the man and a smile appeared on her face, then she laughed “I am insane Master, I do not reason! forgive a mad beast”
[14:42] Arcadia wrung her hands in distress and shifted uncomfortably on her heels biting her lip anxiously
[14:42] LucienDante Blackheart: “My opinion would be she is not right in the head… I would hamstring ehr and place a lead weight to her foot, have her confined to the camp make impossible for her to leave.. but there is a chance she will poison your drink some day the camp and the caste would be better off if she was disposed of”
Melchior Wardell nodded clearly he himself was more likekly in the mood to kill her than anything else. The risks to large eventhough it would perhaps kill that last light of hope that he owned.
[14:44] LucienDante Blackheart: he looked at Crow seeing the dead expression “the beast has brought great shame on her master, you want me to do it?” he said seeing a look in Crows eyes
[14:44] Sparrowlooked down, she had heard the unfamiliar man’s words, but not much was making sense to her right now, perhaps it was better in a way…
[14:46] Crow shook his head “No …I will do it myself … ” he said as if perhaps to give him time to indeed make that right judgment. “What would you say .. slave ?” he asks Arcadia for no other reason than perhaps sport.
Arcadia Sommer stutters and looks back and forth between Crow and sparrow, she loved them both, but could think of no excuse for sparrow, haltingly she said “I know she has done huge wrong .. and that the Master is right in his decision and you must do what you have to do … but maybe her madness might be taken into consideration Master?”
[14:47] Sparrow murmured something a bit low and it seemed a strange comment, perhaps one that would explain her act “There are so few flowers here…so few flowers…”
[14:48] LucienDante Blackheart: “Crow.. when a candidate does not measure up what did Solomon and Serpent do?”
[14:49] LucienDante Blackheart: “We do not take care of the weak only the strong can survive here, she could in her madness lead warriors here or create some other issue that could end up with serious consequences”
[14:49] Crow shrugs and regarded him evenly “They would be killed and again there is no defense that could justify this … it is either kill her or chain her for life which isn’t much of use either.”
[14:50] Sparrow carried on “only flamminium…” she was a little shocked now surely, nonetheless she had never betrayed him, his name, never had made mention of the Black Caste, of the village, had given a false location where the slaver was about to return her…she knew well to keep secret what she must even if that shall cost her her life.
[14:50] LucienDante Blackheart: “No even chained she could say something to the wrong person.. a traveler or guest and looking after her constantly would pu the other girls under pressure and cause more work for them, she is damaged Master Assassin, damaged beyond repair her mind is gone”
[14:53] Arcadia whispers barely audibly to Crow “if you wanted to keep her alive Master I would take the responsibility for her care ……” she can think of nothing more that she can offer to save her friends life
[14:53] Crow takes his dagger, lifting the block from her head and pressing the dagger to her throat. He held her strong in his arms, a delicious slut she once had been. The dagger instantly seemed to pierce her skin, making paths of blood down her naked skin. He seemed to make just one motion, one clean cut that layed open her entire throat. Blood was gushing but atleast she had been dead in that one cut. There seemed to be no reflection to what it did inside with the man that had cared for the girl deeply. No compromise to what he was or desired.
[14:54] LucienDante Blackheart: Took arcadias hair and ushed her head into his knees to block her view
[14:54] LucienDante Blackheart: pushed
[14:55] Crow lets her body rest against him while he croushed down with her to the floor, the pool of blood that seemed to give slight reflections of the daylight seemed to surround them. He was unbothered by the blood just watched her life fade away.
[14:55] Arcadia cries out and instantly tries to stop herself, but her body is wracked in sobs as she watches the life drain from sparrow, she gratefully turned her head against the mans thigh
[14:56] Crow now traveled his hand over her eyes to close them, in what might be a tender gesture to what was once his price possession. He had to hold back that own torment of pain, that cry of dispare for what he now claimed.
[14:56] LucienDante Blackheart: Toyed with her hair in a soothing manner “She is better off this way” he said to the girl “A better place”
[14:56] GM 3.3 shouts: camille Cannned has been killed by Crow
[14:57] Crow lifted himself up sheathing his dagger after cleaning it to the red tunic he had used as his disguise. He felt the burning of tears, clearly still a man that could celibrate life. “Damn.” he mutters seeing her there.
Arcadia Sommer couldn’t stop herself and sobbed hopelessly against his thigh, the rhythmic motion of his fingers in her red mane attempted to sooth her but her distress was great, she murmered “thank you Master” before burying her head again against him
[14:58] LucienDante Blackheart: “You want me to take her away” he said motioning the body and then to where the forrest sleens slept
[14:59] LucienDante Blackheart: “See to your master he might need a drink” he said not waiting for an answer from crow and walking to the body, he unlatched the stocks and lifted the body walking towards the woods at a sedate pace, taking care with the body as if she were sleeping in his arms.
[14:59] Crow nodded “Aye .. please …” he tells Lucien turning no longer able to see what he had done.
Crows Murder 
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