Greek Civil War [M] (NnightStalker + BlueDemonChica)

[NnightStalker]

Rated Mature for Romance, Sexual Scenes, Blood + Gore, Bad language, etc.

Ancient Greece is in the Middle of a Civil War! The great country is split into East and West, Both sides seem to think that the other have disrespected one of their great many people. The country has been at war for months with neither side gaining an advantage in the war. Finally however the East managed to capture one of the West's great generals during a skirmish. The Eastern Army is taking the captured General to the island of Paros in the Aegis Sea. As they arrive on the Island the Army designates a priest to help the General's soul become pure again, they give the priestess four days to help make his soul pure before they execute him. Until execution day the General will remain in jail.

Sarthak paces around in his jail never being able to sit still while he knows he'll be excuted surely within a few days. "All I have to do is buy my time till see an opportunity to either escape or until my army gets here in ships and storms this island." He says kind of out loud to his self hoping that no one actually hears him and that if they do that they might think that he just rambling on before he dies.

He goes up to what is a bucket but, more then likely is supposed to act as a toilet and he grabs it throwing it at the bars despite the fact that no one is there. He then goes over to where a bedroll has been left for him and he sits on it cross legged facing the wall wanting to just ignore the world and fume in anger all by himself.

(Sarthak: https://stockfresh.com/files/y/yuri_a...oking-away.jpg
Nerina:https://weheartit.com/entry/24824321/via/paramorelover7
Alcie: https://weheartit.com/entry/58507827/...3026362-people
Shadow/Jeremy: https://observers.france24.com/files/...images/3_3.jpg)

[BlueDemonChica]

"Four days?" she repeated hoping that she didn't sound to surprised. "Yes, four days. I know you'll succeed Nerina." he replied. Smiling she bowed her head, "Then I'll start right away." she said before turning and making her way out of the room. It made her proud that the high priest didn't doubt her abilities, but four days to purify a soul before he is to be executed? Even she had to wonder about the possibilities of doing so, and she had heard the rumors about the man who was awaiting to be executed.

Stopping on the steps Nerina eyed the the soldiers with her one good eye, the other was hidden beneath her hair, who stood at the bottom waiting for her. When the high priest had said that soldiers where going to be escorting her to the cell and waiting outside he had meant it, nodding to them she moved down the stairs and followed them swiftly. She began to wonder what was exactly a rumor and what held some form of a truth.

[NnightStalker]

Sarthak continue to stare at the wall realizing that they had given him some food along with a spoon and he takes it making cut streaks into the wall. "The little boy picked up a sword, and when he went to swing it disappeared. He blamed the gods and to show their love they gave him a better more stronger sword and he named it καταστροφέας or destroyer." Sarthak continue to mumble about legends and other things.

Eventually after about an hour or so Sarthak hears someone coming down the stairs that lead to the jailed area. "Come to execute me EH!!!!!" He yells at the wall meaning for it to be directed at whoever is coming down. "Why don't you fight me like a real Greek instead of using your tricks!!!" He yells again. "I deserve to die with HONOR!!!!! I am the might general of Sparta the mighty sea captain of the navy and I deserve to die fighting then to be executed!!!!" He continues to yell.

[BlueDemonChica]

The yelling caused her steps to falter for a moment but she lifted her head a fraction and continued on, ignoring the question glances directed at her by the soldiers Nerina turned the corner with them and stopped before the cell. "Cease your yelling, you have four more days of freedom before the execution so enjoy them." the head soldier said reaching for the keys at his waist. "Someones here to see you, and don't even try anything because you'll regret if if you do." he continued opening the cell door.

She cast him an annoyed glace, he might be a prisoner but there was no need for threats. Stepping into the cell, she heard the sound of it being shut and locked behind her. "Hello." she said folding her hands in front of herself. "I am Nerina, one of the priestesses at the temple of Hades." she said inclining her head even though his back was to her. "I was assigned the duty of purifying your soul during the next four days." she added lifting her head.

[NnightStalker]

He chuckles at the thought of her purifying his soul. "What is there to purify. I'v done nothing wrong, I have served the gods and my city. Doing what they both command and disobeying when it crosses my ethics. I'v saved lives and I'v saved families. I was there during the great siege of Troy when I was all but a young boy. It's a sad thing that Odysseus got lost i'm glad he eventually found his way back home. He was a great general... Like me Ha!" He laughs a bit more.

He turns his head looking at her. Studying her position, where she is sitting, how far away she is sitting. "Also word of wise. No need to sit so far away. If I wanted to kill you I could throw this sharp spoon and hit my target dead on despite it being almost pitch black in here. For the gods guide my arrows and other throw able objects. You would die before you could out for help. As I said before though no need to worry, for if I wanted you dead you would already be dead. So would the guards but it's easier to kill them then, to kill and innocent priestess." He looks back at the wall making another scratch mark with the spoon, making the spoon sharper.

[BlueDemonChica]

Taken aback by his words she stared at his back, for a few minutes then a tiny smile tugged at the corner of her lips. "Don't." she simply said when they made to open the door of the cell. "He speaks with honesty and there is nothing wrong with that, what are you going to do about that? Order him to say nothing?" she questioned arching an eyebrow in their direction. "Well...no." the head guard replied. Nerina didn't say anything else and moved forward before kneeling on the floor. Far enough to give him space but closer than before. One thing that stuck out to her was that he was quite young, some of the rumors must be true then if he is someone of such high standing she thought.

"Death doesn't worry me General, I do serve the god who rules the underworld." she stated fixing the black cloth of her robes that marked her as a priestess of her temple. "But you can't blame me for being wary, I have nothing but rumors about you to go by." she added with a shrug of her shoulders. "You might say you've done nothing wrong but every soul carries burdens in different forms, every soul carries secrets." she said in a way as if she knew it first hand and she did. It came with the gift bestowed upon her.

[NnightStalker]

"You should be worried of death you may serve the god of the underworld but you do not serve the god of death. You make think the two are the same but they are both very different for they are in fact two different gods." He hears her move closer and deciding that he should face the girl who is probably executioner he turns and instead sits with his legs crossed facing her. His eyes shine from the little light that is in the room and his skin and hair are as dirty as the earth its self. He looks at the guard and sees the urge that is present in his eyes that make him want to kill the prisoner. "I have two things to tell you. First your guard friend over there, he wants to kill me. Not just kill me though he wants to make me pay for the soldiers in the army that serve this island that have died from my hands and my army."

He smiles with a smug look on his face as the guard looks caught off guard by the comment. "As for the second thing, well that is mighty simple. All I ask if that you tell me what these rumors are so that I can decide if they are in fact the gruesome truth or if they are the sweet, happy ending, weak stomach, flower loving, lies." He stares into her eyes, of which his eyes show pure hatred. Where this hatred is aimed at though is not necessarily her for more in fact the army the east uses and the guard here who thinks that he poses no threat to the guard him self. He uses his spoon to scratch gouge marks into the rock solid ground of the jail cell.

[BlueDemonChica]

Taking in everything he had just said, her lips pursed together a tiny bit which was an unconscious habit of hers when she was thinking. After a moment a smile tugged at the corner of her lips, "You can leave us." she declared. The guards stared at her in surprise then rushed to protest, "I can't do my duties with you standing there and thinking about how you want to kill him and exact revenge." she said turning her head towards them. "Revenge is such an ugly thing, mars the soul." she commented in a casual tone. But many had heard the rumors about the priestess and how the eye that she kept hidden beneath her hair saw not your face but inside of you. "Yes priestess." the head guard said before they turned away. Nerina didn't doubt that they had only moved down the hallway and out of sight but she'd settle for that, "I doubt doubt your ability to kill me before I could cry out, but you do that and your going to have more than those guards after you." she warned.

"And you offend me General." she began to with an arched eyebrow and a tiny smile on her face. "I serve the god of the underworld not the god of death, and you accuse me of thinking they're the same god when in fact I do know they're two different gods. Hades might not be the god of death, but our souls do go to the underworld upon our death, and as a priestess of Hades I vowed my life and soul to him. Once again, death doesn't worry me." she replied tilting her head to the side. Nerina's bangs began to slide off her eye but with a practiced motion she shifted her head to the side and stopped that from happening. "How about a compromise, I tell you of these rumors and in return you tell me of your experiences as a soldier and a general?" she suggested.

[NnightStalker]

He stares at your eyes not blinking for several minutes at a time. He watched the guards leave and noticed the authority she held over them. 'Interesting she might be useful then in my escape out of this place.' He looks back at her after the guards are gone. "When it comes to offending people or gods it's never on accident only on purpose. Whether it's me who meant for it to happen or someone else." He listens as she offers her deal then thinks about it for a second. 'What can it hurt exchanging information. I might even be able to get something out of the information that will help me escape.' "How about I tell you stories of my militaristic life and you tell me about the rumors that the people here believe, of which I shall start by offering you my piece of information."He leans back against the wall and closes his eyes and thinks on where to start. After several minutes of thinking of where he should start he finally

"It all started with my family. I was born in Sparta and my parents has both served in the military in some way. My father as a soldier and my mother as a healer, both had favoring from their respected patron god. My mother a natural healer and skillful at it. My father an excellent swords man favoring the great sword he managed to push through some of the toughest crowds in history. Because they were in the military well I had to be in the military too." He recites all this as if he has told it about a million times and as if he has been told this himself even more times ranging right around a billion times. 'This should be enough information to give me a couple of rumors or so.' "Now it's your turn. Any rumors that got disproved by that brief history lesson?" He leans forward putting his chin on his hands starring at her eye and where her other eye is behind the hair.

[BlueDemonChica]

Taking note to the way he had recited all the information, she thought about what he had said and the rumors she had been told. Being a dreamer and interested in the things beyond their island, a few people of their island had noticed that she was always interested in hearing a stories so when the General had arrived they had known she'd be more than interested in hearing their stories. Which ended up with her hearing quite a few rumors, so she had more than enough to get her some information out of him. Nerina just needed to be sure she didn't give to much away. If she was going to do her duties of purifying his soul, and from the way he had acted before, she was going to need to start off by getting as much information as she could from him. "A few." she said running a hand through her hair but being careful of her bangs.

Her lips pursed together a tiny bit as she thought, "One rumor was about how your parents had been murdered when you where a child, and out for revenge you joined the army to avenge their deaths and fight in their honor." she said her one eye having a far off expression as she thought about what she had been told and what she would tell him. "There wasn't anything else mentioned about your parents beside that, the rumors tended to concentrate around you and the things you've done in your military career." she added tugging on a lock of hair absently. You accuracy was mentioned and how it was a gift from your patron god....and that you are a great general that must be true. I've never met a general who was so young before." she added since she didn't have that many rumors that connected to what he had said and she wanted him to keep talking.