Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20141207202844/@comment-24280666-20150203002834

Deron awoke, his head sore from the awkward resting position he had rested in.

''That stone, it has existed before... In another time, to another mer. Thanks to you, my power grows, and I find myself able to exert my will over stronger men and mer.''

"Great?" Deron replied, wiping drool off of his tunic.

Indeed it is...

"I still don't get why you picked me. I mean, it's not like I'm some great General or Mage like you, so why pick me? I'm just a poor Bosmer, drinking and whoring what's left of my coin away. I'm a nothing." Deron said, looking at the shrine, as if to see the being there.

''In that lies the beauty of my plan. You, as you say, are a nothing. Yet, you managed to evade a town full of guards, and bring a banished being back to some aspect of power, at least enough to bring an image of me to this world. Go to the basin, and stare into the waters...''

Deron obeyed, walking over to the fountain. As he peered into the basin-like moat, he saw an Altmer face looking back at him, shimmering in the water.

''You see, I am no more Daedric than you. I reside in Apocrypha, but I am of Nirn. ''

"So, you're mortal?" Deron asked, his eyes full of wonder.

''Yes and no. I was mortal, once, but I learned how to make myself immortal by dabbling with vampirism. Here, there is something I must give you.''

Inside the basin, the figure turned, his back to Deron. Deron waited for a minute before the figure sharply turned again, and faced Deron once more.

''You have served me well. I wish for you to have this.''

Suddenly, out of the water, rose the arm of the figure. As the arm rose, thunderous lightning began to crack and shriek across the sky above.

''I was not meant to ever return. You have given me enough power to enter Nirn on some physical level.''

The hand continued to rise, and Deron was pretty sure it was shaking in pain. The thunder crackled restlessly above.

"Gahh..." the figure groaned, speaking outiside of Deron's head.

The hand grasped the edge of the basin, pulling himself up, grunting in pain and anguish as he did. Both of the figure's arms were on the edge of the basin by now, as Deron stepped back in fear.

"Gods!" Deron shrieked, as the sky above turned into a red haze, and the wind picked up, staggering Deron.

Suddenly, Deron heard someone shouting from behind him. He barely had time to turn before the shouting man collided with him, knocking him and the emerging figure into the water.

"GAAAHHH!" Deron shouted as he sank into the waters, his entire body searing in pain and anguish.

''Back again. Please tell me you have the stone on you?''

Deron was silent, his body shaking violently in pain, knocking him unconscious.

''Oh well. Let's hope that stone arrives here in one piece...''