The return of Theotaz (open rp)

[Theotaz]

Kheliosrham cocked an eye at Theotaz. "Oh, well, look what the cat drug in!" Theo returned a chagrined look.. "Now gal dont be dat way, I hads good reason for.."His words were interrupted by 180 lbs of obviously angry orc female kicking his legs out from under him and landing firmly on his chest. Now, admittadly there are worse thing in life then laying on the floor gasping for air while looking directly into the cleavage of a rather comely female orc holding a poison dripping dagger at ones chest. In point of fact much worse things. Theo was ..almost.. certain she wouldn't drive the dagger home. But with Khelio one never quite knew for sure.nn "You got a lot of nerve my dear and beloved mentor. Svalina's been utterly useless since you took off. Dulucre, he been sluff'n off the job. Every things been a mess. SO maybe you want to explain to me why you deemed it worthwile to shame the house honor. And explain to ME why you submitted to the Lady Nyx my resignation???" The breath had recovered, but it was fairly obvious that he had a rather angry.. scratch that... utter furious orc assassin demanding answers from him. One that was not about to let him slide by with any sort of glib answer.nn "Khelio, let me up please. I would like to avoid you killing me by accident. It would be... inconvenient." Khelio's eyes flashed fire for a moment. A true mesure of just how phenominally angry she was. In a flash she was off his chest with one hand firmly on his groget, and the dagger still within unavoidable striking distance of his neck. "Speak." she commanded. Theo sighed. "Khelio, It was the only way to preserve Nyx from harm if dis mission I took apon ma self wend into de bucket. And yes, getting you out of Nyx was a nessesity also. We both knew far to much.. and.. your conclusions of the scource of the runes was absolutly correct." nn Khelioshrams eyes shot wide. Her hand slipped from its grip and the dagger slowly dropped to her side. "No...no..it....are you certain?" she asked, fear showing on her face. "I have no further doubts. It is him. He is coming. When exactly I do not know, but soon. we have a few months and no more. We must get as many as we can to safety. Especially the children." Khelio's dagger slipped from her hand to clatter onto the floor of the hall. Theo bent andpicked it up and handed it back to her hilt first. "De aspect of time, he confirmed it to me. And I lay dis geas apon you Khelio. You can tell no one. No one at all. The path of history cannot be tampered wid. To do so could very well utterly destroy Azeroth and Outland."nn She accepted the dagger back and sheathed it with shaking hands. "The Lady Nyx... she knows?" Theo nodded. "She know enough. Her own scrying power will reveal to her anything else she need know. Nyx will be abandoning our Afrey Island outpost fairly quickly I suspect. It is no longer a safe refuge.". " And what of myself. WIll the lady accept me back into her service?" Theo gave a lazy grin. "You neva left her service gal. I tendered your resignation from the guild to protect you, knowing you would keep the household safe." Khelioshram walked over and settled herself on some of the pillows about the central fire pit. "And what of Svalina... why did you not have her also removed from the guild? Theo, what you did nearly broke her!" THeo shook his head... "Yea, not one of ma better moments. I knew dis would be vera hard on her. Unguilding her would have made it much worse. You are strong, and I knew you would survive this. SHe needed the support of the Guild."nn Khelioshram sighed. "Damd you Theo.. when we seperated from TEN a year and a half ago I vowed I would never let myself go through that again. Going off on some self apointed secret mission. What was all that.. some sort of Troll mid life crisis? DAMD YOU! Tell me now."nTheo pulled up some pillows for him self and sat down. "Noth'n so simple.. I wanted you around to avenge ma death and return ma remains if I was trapped and unable to return. I also did not want the trolls declaring retribution against NYX. For all of the power of Nyx, der be a hell of a lotta trolls in de world and having dem declare Holy War against dis guild would have been messy. Of course, we coulda arranged for Kingship to have a battle with us.. timing would been iffy but dey would no longer be an issue... 'cause dey all be shrunken heads ona witch doctors fetish cord.." Khelio spit in disgust.. "Your dream'n big boy." she paused.. "so, whats next. And bear in mind that Sva still doesn't know your back unless the guild has informed her." Theo nodded.. speaking of Sva.. where dat gal be??"nn Khelio jabbed a thumb over her shoulder to the north.. "Ice crown last I heard from her. Doing work for the Ebon Blade. Theo nodded in reply.."No rush der.. best to not let her be distracted. Ebon Blade got dey hands full. She can do good work der so best to leave her be. SHe;ll be back soon nuff." Khelio leaned forward.. "And prey tell how did you get back into the Lady Nyx's good graces.. she is not exactly known for letting her sword sworn put the tabbard on and off with thier clothing." Theo shrugged.. "I wrote her a letter of all tings asking to return. Figured it would be a bit before I got a response and went to finally learn to fish from de master at Sin'Jin village. settled off to sleep last night and be sound asleep when BANG, der be Ulua, Asarelah, Wiindriider and more all shak'n me awake and summoning me to de ladies presence. Lady Nyx appeared in de form of a very lovely young troll lass.. I swear I felt blood flow in ma viens and arteries again.. De lady be a real looker! WOOF!"nKhelios eyes rolled towards the rafters of the hall with a sigh "....knew I should have stabbed you" Theo shrugged again. "De damage be done, and now it be time to heal. We got much to do gal. Tomorrow be another day..and me, I'm beat.. it'll be nice to sleep in ma own bed again." Khelio stood.. "and I have some freelance work that needs to get done..." she strode towards the door snapping up her cloak as she went. "I'll talk to you later... don't wait up..I won't be back untill after dawn." The front door closed behind her, and theo was alone in the house.

[Asarelah]

Asarelah’s ears perked to a shrieking sound coming at high speed toward her.nn“Nigghhttwarderrrr…. News… I have news!!!” was the broadcasted hail, as a much lathered Chaliyphah raced in to Asarelah’s study; her pace so swift that her arrival before Lah’s desk was accompanied by a gush of wind so forceful that papers flew every which way.nn“Chali! The ink is still went on the permanent adoption papers of Marlonis and Damian! Have a care!!” Lah cried out, as she quickly laid hand to the edge of two documents before her that from the looks of them had just been vested with the waxen Seal of Lady Nyx.nn“What on earth is the matter? You didn’t even knock!” Lah said in exasperation as she secured the adoption papers, then began retrieving the other wind blown documents from whence they had flown.nnResting one hand on Lah’s desk to steady herself, a much winded Chali sputtered trying to get her message out clearly. “Lah, Theo….” she began as she tried to catch breath.nnLah looked up, sharply, an edge of concern appearing on her brow. “What about Theo? When last I saw him he was nearly in a dead swoon over the Lady Nyx!!”nn“He’s back !!” Chali continued, still huffing and wheezing.nn“I know he’s back silly. I was there!!” Asarelah all but laughed.nn(( Welcome Home again, Theotaz. Carry on !! ))

[Theotaz]

(one week later....)nnn The phisogen reactor burbled in a most evil fasion at the back of the shed as Theotaz fitted another section into the frame. He carfully slid another temperd cobalt bolt home through the Eye-bared frame piece and tightened it down. He stood and examined his work with a critical eye. He still needed to finish the collapsing side car, saddle and pannier bags, but essentially the chopper was finished. He didn't need to finish the bike to test the motor aven though he had yet to affix the exaust maifold. Throwing a leg over the frame he stood on the pegs and fliped out the kick starter. He firmly depressed the kick starter three times to prime the motor and bring the piston to low position. The bike was ready to start. His ghoul looked at him in curiosity as he stood on the pegs..he turned his head towards the ghoul "You best be cover'n you ears 'Kicker.. dis gonsa be loud!" The ghoul obediently covered it ears.nn Theo grined his biggest grin, teeth showing almost to his molars and dropped his full wieght down on the kick starter. The beast of an engine started with a fluttering roar not unlike the scream of a duke of hell. The ghoul screamed in delight at the loudness of it. The engine was running a tad rough and backfired a few times as Theo reached down and advanced the timing on the primary magneto. The roar of the engine settled down to an even roar. Snatching up his heaviest elek hide gloves and slipping them on Theo grabbed up the chromed titanium exaust header and slipped it into place and tighted the 2 block bolts and the frame anchor bolts with quick sure motions. The roar of the power plant sibsided into a deep chest vibrating rumble of power as the the engine settled down into a study idle. nn Theo grabbed his helm and placed one hand on the twist throttle (his own design..the manual throttle mounted on the phisogen tank was not something he liked.. the idea of taking a hand off the handlebars at speed to play with the throttle..well.. he just didn't like that design) looked slightly away from the bike, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. With a prayer to the loa he twisted the grip to the full power position. The motor gave a cough and rumble as the RPM increased. with one eye on the tachometer Theo listened to the song of power the engtine sang. He held the throttle to max for a few moments and then released the throttle. The motor wound down quickly and with the motor ticking over at a gentle 900 rpm Theo reached down and shut off the fuel petcock from the phisogen fuel tank, and switched off the magneto. The engine spun to a stop, hot metal pinging as the engine cooled.nn Children from about the area were peering in the doors to the work shed. Theo flashed the kids a grin and a wave.. "All done here kids.. It gonna be quieter now.." Several of the children looked at the machine with big eyes full of wonder. "I gets it finished and I be giv'n rides.. as long as you been good and you folks be ok wid it." If anything some of the childrens eyes got even bigger with his statement. SUddenly the sound of Khelio's voice cut the air. "You children get away from there NOW!" With frightfull looks thrown over thier shoulders the children scattered. Khelio walked into the shed and gave the unfinished bike a once over. "Damd nice Theo. Glad you dumped the suicide throttle. Never liked that feature. But you better think twice about giving kids rides.. Your going to need to sell the first bike. And no discounts dammit. The house finances are allready to deep in the hole.. We don't start making some money around here they'll be hell to pay!" nn Theo nodded just a bit glumly in agreement. Khelio gave him a pat on the shoulder. "I know..you want one for yourself, Sva and me..It'll have to wait Theo.. we'll get our chance.. and face it, you really enjoy making the silly things" Theo lifted a brow.. "You hear from Sva yet?" Khelio shook her head in a no. "Last I heard she was in Naxxaramus. And doing fairly right decently from what Asarelah says." The smiled at the thought. Theo cocked his head in thought "Dat gal she come a long way since she started." He looked over at the package he'd picked up that morning. "You tink she gonsa like dat?" Khelio laughed "Of course she's going to like it. The girl needs better battle robes and that will be a blessing to her with the enscorclements on it. I wouldn't worry one little bit. Worth every gold piece spent Theo. Even if you did break the bank between parts for the first of these bikes and that." Theo slapped his forhead with his palm. "Damd, Ah almost forgots.. I gotta go check wid de factor at de auction house. Dey be just 'nuff if dat stuff sold to finish dis bike."nn Khelio gave the bike another quick once over, and noticed the saddle and side car parts still on the work bench. "Looks like you still need... oh never mind. Whats the sell price going to be?" Theo pondered for a moment well I was gonna ask seventeen thousand gold, but dat might be a little high...." his voice petered off into a preganant silence as he saw the light flare in Khelio's eyes. "Theo.. twenty two thousand minimum..twenty four thousand buy out and not one single gold piece less. THAT.." she said pointing at the bike "is a luxury good and not to be given away.. "Ancestors memory Theo..seventeen won't even cover the parts and labor.. and remember, your supposed to make a dozen of them, and that means we need to make money to stock parts dammit!" Khelio turned on her heel and headed for the door of the shop. Pausing, she turned to look over her shoulder "Sell it for any less and you won't be making a second one because I will remove your hands at the shoulder and cauterize the wounds with dragon acid so they won't grow back.. Understand oh mentor of mine?" Theo answered in a small voice "yep" With a toss of her long braid Khelio steped out of the shed and went back to the house.nn((OOC.. the bike is real, guild members get first shot, but If I'm going to crank these out I need to make a cash over cost of parts.. Anyone who wants to put up mats to have one built I'll be happy to.. 40 cobalt bolts, 12 titansteel bars, 2 arctic furs per bike plus additional parts that must be purchased..and the vendor that sell the parts wont even talk to you if your not a 450 engineer..so I'll need to purchase the parts for you))

[Theotaz]

(several days later)n The Phisogen reactor hiss in a ost evil way over in the corner of the workshop. Theo grabbed another piece of metal scrap and hammered it into a flattened chunk and and tossed it into one of the scrap buckets by what ever type it was. He muttered to himself a bit. The shop was nearly spotless and that was a bad sign. He was utterly amazed that the Mechano-Hog hadn't sold yet. And somewhat frustrated. It helped to vent his frustration on the anvil.nn The news had come at last The ways into Ice Crown Citadel had been found at last. As much as he desired it that was not to be his path. Maybe in the future he might venture there to do his part to keep history strait, but the making of history went to others this time. The Lady Sylvanus was showing all the famous battle skill of the Elves in the assult it was said. Surly a sight to see. And the other tales he'd heard.nn He would see what the week brought. Who knows..something could change.

[Asarelah]

*Lah dashed off a quick note to Theotaz and nodded to her house drudge to charge Chali with it's delivery, post haste*nnTheo,nnI got wind through the grapevine that you have a mechano-hog to sell, and might be a bit frustrated that it has not been ridden out of your workshop as yet. Alas, many of us do not have that kind of coin laying around, but wish that we did. I am sorry it has not sold.nnYou might consider advertising in the Nyxian Gazette. This is the Christmas season and many folk with too much coin in their pockets will be wishing to buy expensive gifts for their loved ones. But no one can make a purchase such as this if they are not aware that you have one up for sale.nnOn an off note, just so you know: Fearghal stood the position of off tank and DPS behind Filarius in the heroic encounter I participated in yesterday, in the Ice Crown Citadel. While you many not be ready stand as lead tank in these adventures, there is no reason you can not stand as off tank, as Fearghal did yesterday. You can never achieve a lead tanking position if you do not actively go after the equipment you need to stand the abuse. And the equipment that we wrested from the creatures there was amazing.nnI have missed you sorely and am very glad that you have come home.nnMuch love,nnLahnn((OOC: Theo, contact Ashsaber. A Classified Section in the Gazette would rock. And I do not know why no one has suggested that yet. Go for it.))

[Theotaz]

Theo read the note in Asrelah's elegent but sparse hand. "...and dat why she be'n a blood elf mon. " he muttered to himself.. Grabbing a quick piece of parchment he scribbled off in his neat engineers block lettering an ad copy for the Gazette. He summoned Dulucre through the simple expedient of holloring for him and handed him the ad copy with directions to deliver it to Ashsaber.