by The1exile on Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:51 pm
English creative writing essay, written in the last minute, entitled "The Dark Lady of Ikalak".
As the sun rose over the white spires of Ikalak City, the assassin in
training stalked through the shadows cast by the cold light of morning.
Though he was but an amateur as yet, Diodorus enjoyed the thrill of the
chase, pursuing a target only to break off at the last moment. It was
for this reason that he slipped through the back alleys of the city
tracking Teagan.
As he rounded a corner, he swore and ducked back quickly as he realised
he had almost stumbled in open view on to the road towards the desolate
south. Yet, even as he turned back, he spotted a woman watching him.
Disarmed for a moment by her gaze, he stood and watched as as she turned and walked away.
"Damn..." Diodorus cursed under his breath and chased after her.
As he reached the end of the alley, he looked out, but could not spy
the lady. he ducked inside a temple to Nehru and, ignoring the cries of
pain of some of the acolytes performing their morning rituals, he
ascended the spire, staying in the shadows, and looked out across the
merchants setting up shop for the day, and watched the lady walk through
the square towards the camp of Teagan, undoubtedly to inform the noble
of his pursuer.
Like a man possessed, Diodorus jumped down the stairs and ran from the
temple towards Teagan's camp, stealth forgotten. Evading the guards,
Diodorus caught up to the woman on the far side of the square. he
cloaked himself in shadow as she turned and gazed in his direction, but
she did not see him and continued on her path. Silently, Diodorus
stalked her, matching her footsteps exactly, and struck the woman in her
back with his curved dagger.
As he watched her fall, the illusion passed, and the lady lying wounded
changed before his very eyes into the form of Teagan, writhing in pain.
Diodorus yanked the dagger out, stricken with fear, and turned to run
when he saw the lady again, this time taller and shrouded in darkness
that could not be natural.
"So you would hunt me, Diodorus?" the lady asked, smiling nastily. "Then
seek me in the frozen wildernesses... if you dare."
With unnatural speed, the dark lady turned and left. Diodorus started
to follow her, but broke off at the sound of the city guard approaching.
Slipping into the shadows once more, he stood still as a rock, silent
and near invisible, the only sign he had been there was the body of
Teagan, lying unceremoniously in the dirt.
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The lady was later seen in a temple near the river, with a message left
there for "a shadowy male, about 5'10", long hair, you might not see him
at all really".
"Diodorus,
Should you evade the judgement of my services, then seek me out. I have
need of one of your services...
Good Luck.
The Dark Lady of Ikalak"
Last edited by
The1exile on Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
joke.
