Forged Iron

[Kings_way he/they]

10 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

“Man try to burn down tavern. Sovereign stop him. I stay and watch Zola.” Eryn eyed the man curiously. “You are Hunter too, ja?”

"A hunter? I wouldn't say that... Who is Sovereign? " Ermin wrote down the bit they had told him, then looked up as they quickly left. Good luck getting away from a Seeker, He thought. He burned bronze and followed.

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Does Kelsier have a coppercloud up?

 

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

3 minutes ago, Kings_way said:

"A hunter? I wouldn't say that... Who is Sovereign? " Ermin wrote down the bit they had told him, then looked up as they quickly left. Good luck getting away from a Seeker, He thought. He burned bronze and followed.

 

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Nope! He is burning bronze.

Eryn walked into the Temple and sat down beside the Sovereign. “Man here,” she told him. “Followed us. Is Hunter of sort. Asks about Meens.”

Kelsier nodded, glancing over at the one stranger in the church. A Pathian. And he was wearing an earring which would make things so much easier.

The Survivor smirked, focusing his gaze on the seeker. Then, leaving his bronze on, he burned steel. Then iron. Pewter. Tin. Zinc. Brass. Electrum. Nicrosil. Chromium.

He burnt Bendalloy, the bubble covering most of the church. Cadmium, the two bubbles perfectly overlapping. Finally, he burnt gold, an alternate version of himself appearing.

Then he burnt copper, making the pulses vanish to the Seeker’s bronze sense, before extinguishing all his metals aside from bronze. Looking directly at the Seeker, Kelsier motioned  to him, indicating the place beside himself, opposite of Eryn.

[Kings_way he/they]

32 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Eryn walked into the Temple and sat down beside the Sovereign. “Man here,” she told him. “Followed us. Is Hunter of sort. Asks about Meens.”

Kelsier nodded, glancing over at the one stranger in the church. A Pathian. And he was wearing an earring which would make things so much easier.

The Survivor smirked, focusing his gaze on the seeker. Then, leaving his bronze on, he burned steel. Then iron. Pewter. Tin. Zinc. Brass. Electrum. Nicrosil. Chromium.

He burnt Bendalloy, the bubble covering most of the church. Cadmium, the two bubbles perfectly overlapping. Finally, he burnt gold, an alternate version of himself appearing.

Then he burnt copper, making the pulses vanish to the Seeker’s bronze sense, before extinguishing all his metals aside from bronze. Looking directly at the Seeker, Kelsier motioned  to him, indicating the place beside himself, opposite of Eryn.

Rust. Ermin's stopped, his bronze rhythms going crazy, then stopping. He looked around for the army of allomancers burning their metals, then realized that it was all coming from one man, standing in the pews. A mistborn? How... The man gestured to Ermin, and he slowly walked over. The man was wearing gloves, and his eyes were covered with dark glasses. Ermin sat down. What have I gotten myself into, he thought. "Are you the Sovereign?" he asked softly. 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Kings_way

[mathiau he/him]

43 minutes ago, Kings_way said:

"A hunter? I wouldn't say that... Who is Sovereign? " Ermin wrote down the bit they had told him, then looked up as they quickly left. Good luck getting away from a Seeker, He thought. He burned bronze and followed.

Adilie the man, if only to see what would happen

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

Just now, Kings_way said:

Rust. Ermin's stopped, his bronze rhythms going crazy, then stopping. He looked around for the army of allomancers burning their metals, then realized that it was all coming from one man, standing in the pews. A mistborn? How... The man gestured to Ermin, and he slowly walked over. The man was wearing gloves, and it looked to Ermin like there was some sort of spike in his eye. [correct me if I'm wrong] Ermin sat down. What have I gotten myself into, he thought. "Are you the Sovereign?" he asked softly. 

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You can’t see his eyes. He’s wearing thick dark glasses.

“She calls me that,” Kelsier said softly, setting up his speed bubble again, this time small enough to contain the three of them. “As do my Southern people. You would call me something else.”

He tugged off his right glove, extending a scarred hand. “Kelsier. I don’t suppose you’d care to share yours?”

[Kings_way he/they]

1 minute ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

“She calls me that,” Kelsier said softly, setting up his speed bubble again, this time small enough to contain the three of them. “As do my Southern people. You would call me something else.”

He tugged off his right glove, extending a scarred hand. “Kelsier. I don’t suppose you’d care to share yours?”

"I-" Kelsier? The Survivor? This man had to be fake. Scars could be made with makeup, or he could be one of those radical Survivorists who scar themselves. Except... he was a mistborn. "My name is Ermin. Ermin Toliken." And I'm talking to a dead man.

[Random Bystander she/her]

3 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

“She calls me that,” Kelsier said softly, setting up his speed bubble again, this time small enough to contain the three of them. “As do my Southern people. You would call me something else.”

He tugged off his right glove, extending a scarred hand. “Kelsier. I don’t suppose you’d care to share yours?”

Ladashwy was trying as hard as she could not to start laughing. She was doing a fairly good job, although she did let out a quick, quiet laugh.

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

11 minutes ago, Kings_way said:

"I-" Kelsier? The Survivor? This man had to be fake. Scars could be made with makeup, or he could be one of those radical Survivorists who scar themselves. Except... he was a mistborn. "My name is Ermin. Ermin Toliken." And I'm talking to a dead man.

“Toliken,” Kelsier said thoughtfully. “I knew your... ancestor, I suppose. Grand-père Slowswift, we called him. He told me stories as a child. One of the few nobles I didn’t completely despise. Which one are you descended from: Mical, or Krisof? Jon became an Obligator and never married and Priselle didn’t either.”

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Kelsier is from the Western Dominance, same as Slowswift.

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Kingsdaughter613

[mathiau he/him]

Adilie stopped storing her connection to Marie, the fear didn't return.

26 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

“Toliken,” Kelsier said thoughtfully. “I knew your... ancestor, I suppose. Grand-père Slowswift, we called him. He told me stories as a child. One of the few nobles I didn’t completely despise. Which one are you descended from: Mical, or Krisof? Jon became an Obligator and never married and Priselle didn’t either.”

She chuckled, "Now you're trying on purpose to be overwhelming"

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

Just now, mathiau said:

Adilie stopped storing her connection to Marie, the fear didn't return.

She chuckled, "Now you're trying on purpose to be overwhelming"

Eryn shook her head. “Proving who he is.”

Kelsier inclined his head slightly. “That, and I’m curious. Krisof and I used to be playmates. I remember we once stole this giant pie from the kitchen and split it. We got caught, of course, but Grand-père decided that eating ourselves sick was punishment enough.

“Well, that and he wouldn’t tell us what happened to the halfling after he got captured by the Koloss tribe that night. We had to wait until the next time we had a play date. Marsh was completely insufferable about it.”

[Kings_way he/they]

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I'm assuming you just made those names up? (and that you're referencing the Hobbit)

"I'm descended from Krisof." Ermin remembered that story from the collection of Slowswifts writing he had been given. 

[mathiau he/him]

22 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Eryn shook her head. “Proving who he is.”

Kelsier inclined his head slightly. “That, and I’m curious. Krisof and I used to be playmates. I remember we once stole this giant pie from the kitchen and split it. We got caught, of course, but Grand-père decided that eating ourselves sick was punishment enough.

“Well, that and he wouldn’t tell us what happened to the halfling after he got captured by the Koloss tribe that night. We had to wait until the next time we had a play date. Marsh was completely insufferable about it.”

Adilie frowned "What's a halfling?"

[Kings_way he/they]

3 minutes ago, mathiau said:

Adilie frowned "What's a halfling?"

"Short people in an imaginary world Slowswift made."

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

26 minutes ago, Kings_way said:

"I'm descended from Krisof." Ermin remembered that story from the collection of Slowswifts writing he had been given. 

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Nope! Those are Tolkien’s children: Johnathan (became a priest), Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla (never married). It is a reference to The Hobbit though. 

Kelsier nodded. “From his first wife or second? I know all his children survived.” The whole family had actually. Grand-père had told him when Kelsier met with him after the Caracendre, the Survivor’s newfound knowledge of the Cosmere putting a rather different light on the old man’s stories of ‘shadows and Spren.’ 

23 minutes ago, mathiau said:

Adilie frowned "What's a halfling?"

 

19 minutes ago, Kings_way said:

"Short people in an imaginary world Slowswift made."

“A very small person who lives in the ashmounds in the north of the Western Dominance,” Kelsier corrected. “They were larger before the Lord Ruler covered the land in ash. Back then they lived in hills.”

He smiled softly, eyes distant. “I suppose they do again now. Grand-père’s stories took place in our world, before the ash. He made the world into a place filled with magic, where everything and everyone had a story.”

Age, it seemed, had made him rather more fond of his childhood than he had once been. But then, there weren’t that many people he could discuss the World of Ash with. It’s strange, he thought. All those years spent trying to restore a world of blue skies and green plants, and I find myself missing the way things were. Not that he wanted to ever go back, but... he did miss it.

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I think a certain amount of homesickness would be fairly common among the people who grew up pre-catacendre. Not in the “I wish I can go back” sense, but in the “my childhood home is gone and I’ll never see it again,” sense.

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Kingsdaughter613

[Condensation she/her]

12 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Eryn kept her steps even, so the child could keep up. The temple was not far and they soon reached it. She pushed open the doors, scanning the room within.

The Sovereign sat in one of the middle pews, gloved fingers lightly running over the pages of his book. His eyes were hidden behind dark glasses, a slender, wooden stave leaning on the seat beside him.

Zola ran over. "Kell!" She hugged him. 

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Sorry, I'm just a bit behind. 

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Condensation

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

8 minutes ago, Condensation said:

Zola ran over. "Kell!" She hugged him. 

 

Eryn smiled fondly as the Sovereign caught the girl in his arms, returning the embrace. “Missed me?”

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We’ll pretend this happened before the Seeker entered the church.

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Kingsdaughter613

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Eryn smiled fondly as the Sovereign caught the girl in his arms, returning the embrace. “Missed me?”

"Yes. Marie told me you got him."

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

Just now, Condensation said:

"Yes. Marie told me you got him."

Kelsier nodded seriously. “I did. Watch carefully now; I’m going to play a trick on the detective.”

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Events now occur... So now we’re up to where Kel is talking about Slowswift.

 

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Kelsier nodded seriously. “I did. Watch carefully now; I’m going to play a trick on the detective.”

Zola sat down next to Kell and stated at the detective. 

[Kings_way he/they]

3 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Kelsier nodded. “From his first wife or second? I know all his children survived.” The whole family had actually. Grand-père had told him when Kelsier met with him after the Caracendre, the Survivor’s newfound knowledge of the Cosmere putting a rather different light on the old man’s stories of ‘shadows and Spren.’ 

 

“A very small person who lives in the ashmounds in the north of the Western Dominance,” Kelsier corrected. “They were larger before the Lord Ruler covered the land in ash. Back then they lived in hills.”

He smiled softly, eyes distant. “I suppose they do again now. Grand-père’s stories took place in our world, before the ash. He made the world into a place filled with magic, where everything and everyone had a story.”

Age, it seemed, had made him rather more fond of his childhood than he had once been. But then, there weren’t that many people he could discuss the World of Ash with. It’s strange, he thought. All those years spent trying to restore a world of blue skies and green plants, and I find myself missing the way things were. Not that he wanted to ever go back, but... he did miss it.

 

"I agree. His stories are beautiful..." Ermin suddenly snapped out of his reminiscing as he remembered who he was talking to. "Are you really Kelsier? How are you... Not dead?"

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What is Zola stating? (does this count as grammar correction?)

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Kings_way

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

Just now, Kings_way said:

"I agree. His stories are beautiful..." Ermin suddenly snapped out of his reminiscing as he remembered who he was talking to. "Are you really Kelsier? How are you... Not dead?"

“Well,” the Survivor replied, “Death is murder on the digestion and I have a rather delicate constitution. So I decided not to participate.”

[Random Bystander she/her]

1 minute ago, Kings_way said:

"I agree. His stories are beautiful..." Ermin suddenly snapped out of his reminiscing as he remembered who he was talking to. "Are you really Kelsier? How are you... Not dead?"

"I asked the same thing. I didn't get an answer." She smiled. 

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

1 minute ago, Random Bystander said:

"I asked the same thing. I didn't get an answer." She smiled. 

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He just answered... sort of.

 

[Random Bystander she/her]

Just now, Kingsdaughter613 said:

 

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I didn't see it until after I posted. 

 

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

5 minutes ago, Random Bystander said:

 

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Ah, gotcha. Guess we ninja’d.

“I answered,” Kelsier said, mock innocence belied by a strong undercurrent of mirth.

Eryn snorted, shaking her head. “Not useful answers. Think has to do with spike.”

”Ganache!” Kelsier lay a hand on his chest, feigning hurt. “Revealing my secrets?” Then he laughed, bold and bright. “Good for you. Of course, I’d prefer they put it together themselves.”

Eryn shrugged. “Don’t know how,” she said in her blunt manner. “Only what.”