Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29461586-20150214131106/@comment-5583506-20150216004013

HumbleDaedricServant wrote:

Within the outskirts of the Reach, someone was performing the Black Sacrament in the shadows... Rikki took a stroll around the innermost sanctum of the Sanctuary before she heard the faint whisper of the Night Mother from inside the old corpse's coffin.

Cicero, the mad jester clapped his hands together in amusement. "It seems that the sweet mother has once again summoned you, oh great Listener. Oh, yes! Soon she will once again sing her little song about acts of sweet, sweet murder. Ahahahaha!"

Rikki shot a glare at Cicero. She had never really understood what a man like him could serve for purpose within the guild, but nevertheless he was still there among them.

Rikki slowly approached the huge coffin. She remembered the first time she had come here. Ma'Ravi had told her that they were going to see the mysterious Night Mother and of course Rikki was excited and scared at the same time to meet her. People could only speculate what Rikki's reaction would have have been when she realised that the Night Mother was actually a speaking corpse.

Rikki leaned her weary head against the coffin. "Rikki is here, sweet mother", she mumbled.

"Greetings, Listener", said the disembodied voice from within. "Are you feeling well, my child of Sithis?"

Rikki shook her head. "No. This one is not feeling well. She feels lonely... Not even the company of her brothers and sisters of the Shadow seems to satisfy her need for someone..."

"Someone you know of, Listener?"

Rikki nodded. "Xad he is called." She smiled lightly at the memory of him. "Kind of a burly and surly Khajiit, but Rikki likes him all the same..." Her smile then faded. "But he is not here..."

"We can't afford to have a child of Sithis out of balance, Listener. You are the thumb of the hand of Darkness. We need you at your full capabilites. But favours requires favours and you have a duty to perform."

"Rikki knows", she sighed. "But she can't perform well when she is feeling this down."

"Then listen closely, Listener, and I shall now share the latest information gathered from the darkest reaches of Tamriel's corners. For someone has yet again summoned the children of Sithis. Perform well and perhaps you too shall be rewarded in kind..."

Rikki didn't know what that meant, but knowing the Night Mother she reckoned that the corpse had some sort of omni-presence which allowed her to see and hear everything around the world whenever she wanted. Maybe she could share some information about Xad?

Rikki leaned closer to the coffin and listened closely for the information...

(Take it, Humble!)