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Tormented Baldur's Gate	By : Lok Category: +A through F > Baldur's Gate Views: 14244 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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�Th-than...� Patrick
quietly gasped as his body relaxed for the last time, his eyes beginning to
stare lifelessly through the crouched Lok�.
The half-elf hung his head
silently as he and the late Patrick glowed in the speckled spotlight, caused by
the now streaming light through the trees before turning his head up to the
canopy of leaves. Seemingly searching for something he looked at the leaves as
they swayed in the wind, before he brought his head back down and stood up.
The others were standing
several feet away from him, remaining silent.
Lok� pulled his sword out
of Patrick�s chest and gazed into his lifeless eyes, reflecting. Leader mode
overrode anything he felt or thought however, and he turned to others issuing
commands in a flat voice as he did so.
�Aerie, Minsc, you two
sort out camp, Keldorn, Jaheira, you try and hunt something. Annah and I�ll get
firewood.� The group nodded. They knew better than to argue with him when he
was in this mood.

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�Da� ya
wannae talk a�boot it?� She gently asked. They�d been picking firewood for
around ten minutes, just out of sight of the camp, in a deafening silence. It
had been like a pit, begging to be filled and Annah couldn�t stand it any more.
�Not really,� the half-elf
flatly replied. Annah was about to try again when without warning he simultaniously dropped his firewood and sat down heavily, interrupting her.
�It�s just...when we were
fighting him, when he was the shadow lord... I...� He visibly shrank in size as
she walked next to him and sat down, neatly putting her bundle next to herself.
�I saw myself,� the youth
confessed as he held his head in his hands. Annah gave him a sympathetic look
and snaked her tail around his waist, giving him a gentle squeeze of reassurance.
�Yeh nat gannae end up
like that,� she whispered. �Ah�ve only been around yeh fer a few months an ah
can see tha� yeh wannae let tha� happen to yeh.�
Lok� didn�t seem to hear,
remaining motionless. Annah decided to change the subject.
�Yeh�ve asked about meh,�
She stated. �An�, I�ve always brushed yeh off.� Lok� lifted his head and looked
at her with vague curiosity, too depressed to really care. She made a hesitant
throat noise and began.
�Ah was born on Sigil, or
as it�s also knoown, �The City of Doors�. It�s calle�d tha� �caz it �as at
least one por�al to anywhere. The abyss, the prime material plane, ethereal
plane-when ah say everywhere ah mean everywhere,� smiling faintly at Lok�s
slightly amazed look.
�Ah was raised by a guy
named Pharod, I nevae knew meh parents, so he was a father figure too meh,
teaching me all ah know... a lot li�e Gorion fer yoo,� she smiled. Her audience
looked at her with a smile of his own.
It had been the first time
he�d seen her smile. All the other times had been triumphant,
mischievous; cold... this was the first genuine smile he�d seen. And she looked
even more beautiful because of it. His depressed mood vanished as she told him
about her adventures with The Nameless One: how she, Morte, Vhailor,
Fall-From-Grace and Dak'kon had helped him find out who he was.
�A celibate succubus, a
talking floating skull, and a haunted suit of armour... and I thought we were
mis-matched...� Lok� snickered when Annah had finished telling him of her
adventure.
Her smile faded though.
�Yea, well... noo the story of hoo ah wound up here.� She sighed sadly. �Ta cu�
a loong story shor�; ah�d lifted some stuff from someone aye�d had �The Lady�s�
ear. So ah was �imprisoned.� It�s kinda�ard to explain. It-it... it�s like
yer�re in an ethereal Sigil. You nevae age, food appears regularly, and you
just have to find the exit. When ya doo, lets jus� say it�s best to go an
holiday from Sigil. Permanently. Och, so ah practically took the first por�tal
ah found when ah got out of the prison; and wouldn�t ya knoo it, it led to
another feckin� prison!� She gave Lok� a wry smile. �You can work the rest out,
laddie.�
He raised an eyebrow. �Did
you just say that affectionately?�
�Maybe,� came the reply
with accompanying �butter-wouldn�t-melt-in-mouth� look.
Sitting there in amiable
silence, they simply looked at one another thoughtlessly. And for once, just
once, the world didn�t seem to be out to get them. Sadly, all things must come
to an end-the nice ones sooner than the nasty ones apparently.
�We�d better get back with
the firewood,� Lok� thought aloud, �It�s dusk...�

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Several
weeks (and many catfights) later...
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Lok�
bolted upright, sweat drenched and trembling in his bed as he wildly looked
around his room. As his bearings came to he relaxed slightly, the words �You will
accept the gifts offered to you.� echoing in his mind.
Heaving a sigh, he slipped
on his tunic (he always wore his trousers these days) and gently padded over to
the door, grabbing his short sword. He gave a wry chuckle-it�d become a security
blanket of sorts-even with the awesome power of Celestial Fury, he didn�t feel
entirely safe without it by his side. Just before he left the room, he quietly
walked over to the window and looked through the shutters. It was still night,
and the bridge was practically deserted.
He gave a silent sigh. At
least the Five Flagons Inn had staff all night as well as day.
Yawning quietly he plodded
down the stairs as quietly as he could. The other patrons would probably not
appreciate being woken up by him.
When was able to see the
room as he slunk down the stairs he raised an eyebrow.
Well... all except Aerie.
Sitting quietly at a table
in the middle of the room occasionally sipping from the glass, lost in thought.
The Bhaalspawn paused-he really wasn�t in the mood for her to deride Annah,
like both had done when both alone and together with him this past week.
Instinct told him not to retreat however-it�d seldom been wrong (after the
first year of adventuring anyway) so he went with it, walking over in a deliberate
fashion towards her. Upon hearing his approach she gave him a wan smile and
took a large sip of her wine. He sat down opposite of her and gave a small nod
in greeting. She simply gazed unblinkingly at him, studying him. He gazed back.
Sitting there, pensively looking at each other in silence, the tension was
palpable.
Unable to take it, the
pair started talking about various things: how they were, why up so late, what
they were going to do tomorrow. However, eventually the conversation dried up.
After several minutes the
silence was shattered as Aerie took a sip of her wine, eyes never leaving Lok�.
�You�ve chosen.�
It was a statement.
Lok� nodded hesitantly.
�I-I think so...�
Aerie�s turn to nod. �You
chose several weeks ago I think. I-I know I�m na�ve with many things, but, �
she gave a thin smile, �but I�ve become very good at people.�
A heartfelt sigh of
disappointment. �I knew, inside myself, you would choose her. Sh-she�s so
beautiful and so much more exotic compared to me, without my wings...�
Another sigh.
The uncomfortable silence
returned.
�I...� Lok� fumbled. �I...
I... You�re... I had a choice Aerie. You-secure, sincere, warm, kind and
beautiful. And then Annah-mysterious, sexy, unpredictable...� he gave a small
chuckle. �Dangerous. You... I think you�d want to settle down after all this. I
don�t think I would. I could have chose between a secure relationship with you;
I want something more wild more...� He broke off with a sad smile.
�...Unpredictable?� the
avariel sadly asked.
He nodded his head.
They sat there in silence
once again, lost in their own thoughts as they looked at anything but each
other. Eventually the silence became too much again for Lok�, who decided to
flee from the emotional carnage.
�I�m going to try and get
some more sleep. Goodnight Aerie,� he murmured quietly as he rose from his
chair.
She just sipped some more
wine.
Halfway up the stairs Lok�
paused and looked at her sadly.
�Aerie?�
The wingless elf looked up
to him.
�You�ll meet someone.� He
gave her a pleasant smile. �I know you will.�
Despite her feelings, she
found herself smiling slightly as he continued his ascent.
As he left however, her
smile disappeared and she sat in the silent tavern, looking at her empty wineglass;
feeling just like it.

And so
we have it; the competition is out of the way, and now the odd couple (only!)
have got to pull their fingers out and take their relationship to the next
level. I�m not actually too sure where to take this story now though, which is
a bit of a problem... I�ve never done a romance fic before. Heck, this is only
my third ever.
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