“Face Off
VenorCarrendar
LoreleiRoseCarrendar (CharlotteCarrendar)
HeksenCarrendar
VenorCarrendar:-Venor had settled down a great deal since his hatching… he had begun to learn more and more about the world he lived in… he also was learning to utilize his racial memories better. He shared some of this knowledge with his only surviving clutch mate. It didn’t seem that Heksen was aware of the fate their siblings had suffered… Ven felt no reason to inform him. He felt it a good idea though to help pass on their nature as he understood it from the racial memories. He had started with their webbing abilities… how they could do so many different things with them. It had been fun tying things up… swatting the guards with globs from hiding… but the most fun for Ven… was the traps… learning to run single or small twisted groups of strands as trip-lines, either for actually tripping or as triggers for other things. Now… he wanted to see how well Heksen could hunt. To see whether he could utilize his senses to follow a trail… but not only follow it… manage to do it without the target knowing it was being followed. Venor had practiced that significantly… much to the depredation of the local small game. The town of Twisted Woods was quieter than before… the number of birds calling, the amount of squirrels chittering and even the number of stray dogs had greatly decreased over the past few months. Ven had chosen their target a few days ago… the man was a member of the guard, so would hopefully prove a bit of a challenge. Of course he had not informed the fellow of his role in the upcoming scenario. Ven had followed the fellow a few times over the last month… and he was a tricky one… not sticking to set patterns of movement or behavior, except of course when he was on duty and had a pre-described watch cycle. The man had … personal activities he augmented his pay with… Venor didn’t care about that… he just wanted to get something he could use to… help him in any ‘negotiations’ he may have to have with the man and having Heksen along to witness… could prove useful. Venor had ‘acquired’ one of the guard’s socks before it made it to the wash… he would have his brother use it for reference and then have him find the owner of the item. Venor scampered along the rafters seeking out his brother… using his own tracking scent to help.-”Hey Heks…”- Ven called out as he came into the library, sure that was where his brother would be…-
Guest_HeksenCarrendar: Books books books, a temporary paradise for the young Bebilith Heksen. Months after his hatching he had gone in search of a suitable ‘Lair’ for him to barricade himself into, to be able to teach himself some of the things that came natural to him…In the library, which Heksen had claimed as his lair, he stood clinging to the ceiling, with a book of hunter’s tales in his hands. It would be obvious that Heksen had claimed it…the ceiling and corners were covered in webbing, strands of shining silk all entwined in a not so pretty pattern. Other smaller Arachnids that Heksen had employed were raining down from the ceiling to the floor, and out the window just as another group of Arachnids scurried back into the library from outside. What were they doing? Who knows. To engrossed in his book he was completely oblivious to the intruder in his lair, atleast he was oblivious until one of the spiders that was coming down from the ceiling spotted the intruder and turned on a dime from the parade of spiders going out the window, up the wall and right in the middle of the page Heksen was reading. Thinking this was odd for the spider to step out of line like this he immediately contacted him. (Heks) “Yes?” (spider) “You have a visitor” The spider replied through the mental connection. Heksen nodded and the spiders repelled using its webbing down back to the floor to join the march. He closed his book softly and turned his entire body around slowly, his eyes piercing through the darkness to see, a figure that was very much similar to his own. (Hek) “Hello my dear sibling.”
VenorCarrendar:-”Aaaah… reading about…”-Ven looked at the book…-”Hunters?…”-Venor laughed as he scurried along the beams toward his brother, the little spiders in the room scattering away from him… he had his own cadre of minionistic lesser arachnids as well… and had dealt harshly with the ones who had wandered into his own chosen lair… the trophy room. Surprisingly… it’s appearance was not so blatantly altered to show his presence. The room was still just as closely watched and maintained as this library, but did not advertise it’s claimant. He laughed..-”Wouldn’t it be better to have such tales written of you? Instead of reading of other’s accomplishments?”-He came to a halt several feet away from Heks.-”I think it is time we stepped up our practice…”-he grinned. -”Care to go on a hunt with me?”- He raised a brow at the other young bebilith…-”After all… Hunting is our nature… it is what we are designed to do. It’s”-Venor’s love of the hunt becoming apparent through the increased glint in his eyes and the deepening feel of the words he spoke.-”our destiny and our history.”- He began to pace a bit along the beam-”Can’t you feel it?”-he asked Heks-”The call…the pull”-he looked toward the window-”to go out there and do what we should be the masters at?”-Ven continued looking out the window a moment longer, his eyes focused not on anything here and now… his mind focused on another hunt… another racial memory.-
LoreleiRoseCarrendar: – Baldrick entered Lorelei’s chamber in the Twisted wood Abode, the home of her and her two sons, Heksen and Venor. The tricky and rather sticky pair were seriously causing havoc of late, and Baldrick brought with him some….news. (Baldrick)*knock knock knock* (Lorelei)*she places down her quill and removes her glasses, setting them on the parchment in front of her, leaning back in the tanned leather chair* Enter..” – Baldrick would turn the handle, his face looking ashen as he is followed in by the local dog catcher, a guard and a fellow from the local bird watchers society. (Baldrick)”M’lady…ahem, please, if we may have a moment of your valuable time. Err..*he then motions for the men to remove their hats and the guard his helmet, the guard in particular having some troubles as his helmet appears to be somehow stuck to his head. After a good minute or two of struggling, he sighs and gives up.* Seems there is a few issues annoying the town folk of Twisted Wood, M’lady. Err…Mister Knox…the dog catcher. ” Mister Knox steps forward and bows, but then holds up a dog lead with nothing on it. (Mister Knox)”I been put out of a job, M’lady, for all the stray dogs are…vanishing, M’lady. I can’t even catch a cat. ” Lorelei arched a brow, and then glanced at the local bird watcher, who was holding a large book on the native wildlife and feathered friends society of Twisted Wood and he cries- (Mister Bahme)”The birds…being stolen from their nests…Eggs vanishing…the speckled Pecker gone…there was only fifteen left…tis a national tragedy.*he starts to sob*. By now the guard is looking apprehensive and Baldrick motions him forward. (Captain Tenille)”Webs M’lady…freaking sticky disgusting…WEBS!…Everywhere….something…keeps firing gloobs at us…You gotta help us, M’lady…Evil has entered Twisted Wood!”- The guard was almost hysterical, and Lorelei jerked her head to Baldrick, who promptly gave the Guard a slap across the face *Whack!* (Lorelei)”Hmmm seems like evil HAS come to Twisted Wood. Question is..*she then grins*..just who are the evil ones?”
Guest_HeksenCarrendar: Still clinging to the ceiling rafters Heksen places the book on a nearby patch of spider minions to be carried off and placed in a pile on the floor. (Heks) “Indeed, I was reading of hunters…My fancy is tickled when it comes to the subject, my passion for the art lays within the strategic part of the practice…” Heksen then raised a hand to run his…venom drool covered chin. Yes, despite he had aged several several months his habit of non stop drooling had not ceased. “I do require practice…to perfect my game” Releasing his grip on the web covered ceiling he plummeted towards the floor, flipping over and landing on all eight of his legs, after regaining his composure he began to pace the wood paneled flooring, his eight legs tapping rhythmically. “I don’t want to end up like some of the ones I read of…For instance, the champion bear hunter, falling prey to his own trap by forgetting where it was…it unfortunately cost him a limb. Or Sir Eulric, who unfortunately received an arrow to the head because his hunting partner couldn’t tell the difference between a deer and a human being.” Heksen halted his pacing and turned towards the window that Ven was staring out of. “Practice…yes,this would be a wise move.” Meanwhile, in his mothers quarters, the sickly old man who was the town librarian would stumble into the room where the dog catcher, bird watcher, and guard had come to file complaints. (Librarian) “They come! They come in the night!….They come in the night and steal books from the towns library? Years and years of knowledge, just being stolen from right under our noses!…AHHH!” The librarian screamed, and began hopping and dashing about crash, swatting at his own head…that is until a small spider was tossed from the old manes wirely snow white hair and onto the floor…then another…and another, until a group of five spiders layed on the floor.
LoreleiRoseCarrendar:- The Town Librarian made quite a clatter, as he entered her chambers without knocking first. The other three that were there, were already witnessing the cold blooded grin of a killer, who also happened to be the Prime Minister, sitting behind her oak desk. Seeing the many spiders fall from the man’s wirely snow white hair, she clapped her hands with glee. (Lorelei)”Isn’t this delightful?.. You brought them in with you. Saves me doing it, I normally let them ride on my shoulder. *she nods firmly and then gestures with her hand to the mat right before her desk, and as each stepped forward, the librarian still patting his hair if there were more. Lorelei clawed hands gripped the arms of her chair as she rose up to standing, looking simply stunning in a floor length crushed velvet gown, blood red of course to match her long fire red locks. She waltzed over to where there was a large switch on the wall, and she carefully wrapped her fingers around it whilst tilting her head and grinning. (Lorelei)”Gentlemen, I am of course concerned with your plight…naturally, as any leader would be. So..*she then smirked at Baldrick who took a step back and placed his hand up to cover his mouth.* We have what we call the..*she taps her lip and then finds the words she seeks* Complaints department. It is where all your questions, doubts and fears will be answered swiftly and promptly. Its a wonderful initiative that we brought in from Lorewall. So without further adieu….allow me to show you the way.”- She would then pull the handle, which activated the trap door they were all standing on. ~VOOOOOSHHH!~ *Clap Clunk* The trap door would close and Lorelei would wipe her hands and skitter over to the little spiders on the floor. (Lorelei)”See?….And that is how a trap door spider works. Hehe…Lunch will be on in about…ooo…Ettercaps should have them wrapped up in a jiffy. Now, Baldrick…when are you going to bring me some real issues, not this…rabble…I mean, lunch”- She folds her arms, leaning back on the table. (Baldrick)”Its a good thing employment positions come up so regularly, you know.” (Lorelei)”Quite.”
VenorCarrendar:-Venor came back to the present quickly. He paused there listening to the hubbub in the other room.-”It seems we are creating a disturbance… perhaps”-he smiled without a hint of kindness showing in his eyes-”we should pop in and greet our fans.”-Ven raised a brow at Heks and pivoted toward the door… taking a couple steps that direction in suggestion. All the while wondering what had happened to suddenly give so many of them the nerve to speak up all at once… was there another force at play?… about that time another voice could be heard calling from the front door of the house.(Shephard Tim)”Hello?… anyone here?”- the voice and accompanying steps could be heard moving into the house, but not towards Mother’s chamber.(Heard from the direction of the Trophy room)”Aaa..”-cut short by a harsh thud. Venor’s look of curiosity and attempt to entice his brother to join him in visiting Mother’s chamber and the visitors disappeared, replaced by one of anger as he turned away from Heks with a snarl and leapt down from the roof beam in the library to run toward the Trophy Room…his lair in the house… where a low moan could barely be heard coming from the figure that lay trapped beneath a large stuffed bear that had somehow toppled over onto him as he entered the room. Close inspection of the injured man’s feet would reveal a thin nearly invisible in the dim light cord of spider-silk stuck to one of the man’s boots and trailing over towards the base the bear had been on. If anyone decided to examine the base closely, it would reveal that the support at the side toward the door had been replaced by a group of small wooden pieces that had apparently given way, letting the heavy piece of taxidermy to fall and crush the man entering the room. Strands of spider silk in with the small pieces of wood might give a clue what had trully transpired. As Mother’s chambers were closer to the Trophy room than the library, it was likely that if they responded to the noise, they could easily get there before the little bebilith.-
Guest_HeksenCarrendar: His attention had shifted from the window and the outside world, to the racket that was bieng caused several rooms down. “Ahh…The products of our mischief…How quaint, I wonder if they are aware of the origin of their woes…If so, ’tis a pitty they dont take it up with us ourselves…I’m sure mother will give them what for.” Heksen nodded firmly, knowing that if mother dispatched of the librarian, until another took his place there would be no stopping his arachid minions from swiping away all the books he wanted from the library. Because if one really knew Heksen they would know of his reclusiveness, hardly ever venturing from the fortress of books he had in his lair. (Heks) “Oh my! An occurance!” Heksen raised himself on his aight legs slightly, but clearly his brother had already noticed what happened. (Heks) “Eh, hey wait for me!” Heks scurried along side his brother as they made their way to the trophy room. Seeing what had happened was all that was on his mind, he completely overlooked the fact that his mother quite possibly beat the brothers to the man trapped under the bear. But then again…two large dog size Bebiliths with eight legs each versus one woman with only two legs…who would win.
LoreleiRoseCarrendar: – Baldrick watched Lorelei in anticipation of what she would do next, and of course she was already busy going through her itinerary. (Lorelei) “Lets see…I had to see the baker about those lovely sour dough loaves I love so much….and possibly having a courier coming from Lorewall, so we have to make sure the boys have not booby trapped the foyer. I would rather HE made it to my chambers. Now..*she would hand Baldrick some new vacancy notices for the town hall and grinned mischievously.* These should cover the ones I just had dropped down the trap door. Hmmm *she could have sworn she could hear muffled groans coming from below, and she stomped her foot on the floor, as the roar of the Ettercaps would drown out the muffled cries. Baldrick shook his head. (Baldrick)”I fear you dicing with danger M’lady….I mean, four in one go? Surely someone will notice such things. They have wives..*she would fake a shocked expression*…they have children..*she would place a hand on her chest and tutt softly*….You really don’t care, do you, M’lady?’ – Lorelei shrugged. (Lorelei)”I care…about my sons. Oh …and you on the odd occasion, when you please me.”- It was then another muffled sound, that was preceded by something falling over in the trophy room. (Lorelei)”You don’t think the Ettercaps popped upstairs do you?” – Both would leave the chambers and headed for the trophy room, wondering what they would find.
VenorCarrendar:-Venor made it out the door of the library just ahead of his brother, just in time to bounce off his mom’s knee. Knocked into a rolling tumble across the hall. As he comes to a rest, Ven snarls as he rights himself before realising who it was he had bounced off of… turning quickly at Baldrick he spat the words at the man-”You oaf. How’d you live so long!”-returning to a run toward the trophy room, Venor continued his rant at the poor chap Baldrick-”Letting Mother almost get tripped up…. I’m surprised she hasn’t fed you to the ettercaps yet.”- Satisfied he had covered his slip of snarling at a superior bebilith, he let his attention return to trying to find out who had dared trespass into his domain. That is if they were still alive. Venor listened as they all closed on the Trophy room, mother in her rightful place at the lead and he could still hear the weak moans of pain.-
Guest_HeksenCarrendar: As Heks and his brother emerged into the hallway Heksen was glad that he was not the one in the lead at the moment, a soft giggle escaped him as he watching Ven tumble a ways down the corridor. (Heks) “Ha ha” Ohh what a day, first he got news of a hunting trip and now this. Heksen quickly caught sight of his mother, his mind almost trained by now to ignore Baldrick…after the traumatizing incident. Perhaps one day he would learn to look past it and appreciate Baldrick, but for now he remained as the scary man who got to close for compfort. Struggling to catch up to his mother, but after coming within arms reach he leapt forward, and attempted to wrap all eight of his legs around her torso because being the size he was now, he was just to big for face hugging….or was he…((<.< >.>
) (Heks) “Piggy back” He would giggle to himself.
LoreleiRoseCarrendar: – As it would be the Carrendar boys and their mother, followed by Baldrick would all come to investigate the queer mumbling and sounds coming from the trophy room. Venor had made his way in a mad dash, knocking his mother’s knee and then after hitting the wall turned around and gave Baldrick a right mouthful. Course, Baldrick was not really clued in with the young spiderling’s rant and asked Lorelei. (Baldrick)”What’s he saying, M’lady?” Lorelei grinned and then said. (Lorelei)”Words to the effect that You are and an oaf. And how did you live so long!” Now, either you apologize to my son this instant, or I shall do as he suggests and feed you to the Ettercaps. Chop Chop.”- She then felt the telltale scratching on her back than none other than her little darling, Heksen, who normally is a face hugger, however he decided this time to climb aboard her back. (Lorelei)”Hello Swettums…Now, lets go see what has caused the ruckus in the trophy room, shall we?” – Baldrick opened the door, and there was the large bear, atop of a man. Lorelei walked around the bear, and then recognized the man beneath. She chuckled gleefully. (Lorelei)”Well now, my dear ones, it seems that today we shall be learning….just how to make Sheppard’s pie.” She knelt down to the whisper into the man’s ear, as Baldrick struggled to lift the bear off the man. (Lorelei)”Baa.”
VenorCarrendar:-Venor ran around to the other side of the man’s head as his mother spoke about pie and whispered something that sounded like an animal noise in one of the man’s ears… Ven leant down towards the man’s face, using his talons that were extended from his back, he turned the man’s face to his and looking straight into his eyes from mere inches away he hissed as the man’s eyes widened immensely, looking as if they would pop out of his head-”Why are you here? Why today?”-He would be using his telepathy to monitor the man’s surface thoughts picking up on any unhidden thoughts that might come to the fore, hopefully the man wouldn’t be able to hide the thoughts of the true answers to Ven’s questions. Ven pressed a little harder with his tallons, the tips penetrating the man’s cheeks. As the blood began to spill in a slow trickle down his cheeks, Venor asked him-”Did someone give you the idea to come here today?”-…there it was… the man was a simple shepherd with no psionic talent or training… making it a simple thing for Venor to pick up on his surface thoughts… and he got what he wanted… sort of..the thought that surfaced in the man’s mind…-’The Rover’-and with that thought the life fled from the body of the interloper. Ven snarled and shoved his talons as deeply into the man’s cheeks as he could before ripping them in opposite directions from each other, destroying the man’s face and leaving it an unrecognizable mess. Ven looked over at his mother and used his innate telepathic ability to ask her.”Do you know who the Rover is?”-if she wasn’t blocking the contact, she would hear the question asked in their native tongue.-
LoreleiRoseCarrendar:- Venor’s method of trying to make the Sheppard talk went as could be expected. The man was a simpleton, it was clear, probably had less brain cells than Baldrick. (Lorelei)”Can’t expect too much for a Sheppard, My son. they only know about sheep and shagging…and…sheep.” -she rose to her feet and let her son continue his interrogation, turning her back as the sounds of the sheppard’s face being ripped apart would have Baldrick nearly gagging in horror. (Baldrick)*pointing at Venor as he attacked the face of the Sheppard*..M’lady?…err…M’lady?”- (Lorelei)”I am still waiting for you to apologize to sweet Venor. He is being very patient with you.” Baldrick’s face was losing colour and his jaw fell open as the Sheppard’s face was butchered, blood and bits of skin raining over little Venor. (Baldrick)”I’m…..I’m…oh god…” Lorelei shook her head and said. (Lorelei)”His name is Venor and the word your looking for is sorry.”- Baldrick passed out cold, as Venor approached him and his mother, but more to ask the question (Venor)” Do you know who the Rover is?” (Lorelei)”Hmmm not a clue, sweet Venor. But I can find out. *she then looked at the unconscious body of Baldrick on the floor*…Oh get up you, boob. Sorry seems to be the hardest word, for you.”
