{"id":1747,"date":"2024-03-13T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1747"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:03:23","slug":"cry-of-despair-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/cry-of-despair-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry of Despair #8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Baali were out on a mision …<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n   *          ( ____)           .    +          .\n        +     ( ____)\n   .          ( ____)                               *\n              ( ____)      +\n              ( ____)                      \n          .   ( ____)    +            .\n  +           ( ____)             ______ ______ ______   ______ ______\n    \/\\______\/|:_____:|\\______\/\\  |   (__   ()  |    | | |    ) |    __|\n   << ======= ------- ======= >> |______)___|\\_\\___   | |______;___|\n    \\_________________________\/                |______|\n              |::|  |  ______ ______ _______ ______ ______ ___ ______\n Number 8     |::|  | |   _) \\  \\___|(_   (_   () |    . |   |   () |\n May 23 1999  |::|  | |______\/______|__)____)   __|____|_;___;___|\\_\\\n ------------ |::|  | --------------------- |___| --------------------\n [Editor]     |::|  | [Staff]\n Mystaric     |::|  | Anaisse Apollonia Cyniq\n              |::|  | Dacoit Conran Deevlit \n [Printer]    |::|  | Keroppi Kuah Louellin Mea Ranstlin\n Bede         |::|  | Thabo Tunclon Vestia \n              |::|  | ------------------------------------------------\n [HTML]        \\:|  \/ Feature Story                 Funny Bones\n Grishnakh      \\| \/  Poems and Stories             Quest Central\n                 \\\/   A Cry for Help                Announcements\n                                  Guilds\/Clans\/Orders\n\n  ______ ______ ______   ______ ______ ______ ______ _______ ______ ______\n |   (__   () |   _)  \\ |   ---|  \\___|    . |_    _|     | |   () |  \\___|\n |______)______;______\/ |____| |______;____|_| |__| |_______;___|\\_\\______;\n -------------------- The Cry of Despair Feature Story --------------------\n\nStories from the Bloodbath.\n\nDeath of a Labomba \n\nThis text pertains to the reaming of Lazaros:\n\nMy Tremere companion and I came upon the hapless Lasombra unawares,\nin the ruins -- now Gravoc's haven. He turned, just as we set upon him as a\npack of flesh-starved wolves might a hobbled lamb, and tore into him with\nabandon.\n\nThe fear in the poor fellow's -- I call him thus now, though at the time he\nwas quite frankly, dinner -- eyes drove nigh to insanity; drops of blood\ndecorated the dirty stones first, as his defenses weakened. Next, gashes\nsprouted on his extremeties, from knife and talon, further coating blade and\nstone with blood. The last glimmer of hope in his eyes plummeted like a\nfalling star; the already-dead beast turned and sprinted for the horizon -- my\ncompanion kicked hits feet from beneath him, and loomed high over him,\nmenacingly.\n\nIt stood, then, and I caught a sharp exhale in my throat. My blade arced, a\nshort, vicious arc, toward our victim's shin, and left its dirt-encrusted\nboot quivering in a quickly drying puddle of blood. It screamed,\nmind-numbingly, and fell forward, face making a rather pleasant thud as it met\ncobblestones.\n\nI stepped forward, and pinned the poor fodder's be-knifed hand to the ground\nwith a knife; an altogether happy sound, the tearing of tendons, ensued. A\ndeep breath later, I set the tip of my blade at the small of its back, and\napplied slow, deliberate pressure. It screamed again, this time accompanied by\na Barentin: gurgle, and small fountain of blood from its mouth. When the\nblade's point grated against the stone, I stopped, and took hold of the beast's\nhair. I yanked its head back, viciously -- it thrashed with abandon, the\nlast futile motions of a dying animal -- and peered into its already glassy\neyes.\n\n\"Are we having fun yet?\" I asked, rhetorically, of course.\n\nThe sword-bearing hand twisted, slowly, and the poor fellow tried to scream\nagain -- it broke off in the middle, to hack up a veritable bucket of blood,\nand perhaps the portion of a lung. I bestowed it with a harsh, arrogant slap\nwith my begloved hand, before its face again made contact with stone.\n\nI took ahold of the blade, with two hands, now, and yanked it from the man's\nback. A small geyser of blood poured out, and what appeared to be part of\nhis kidney was shortly wiped off on his dust-covered shirt. He thrashed for\na while, after that, while my companion and I watched. We shared a chuckle\nwhen the poor lamb crawled to its feet, and quickly collapsed in a pool of\nits own blood and vomit. This, I took as a sign that it was finally dead.\n\nI lifted its severed head by the hair, then, and peered into the half-lidded\nand foggy eyes. A quick thump from my palm sent it spinning about by\nthe hair, and I chuckled, amusedly. I recovered my knife from its hand, and\nmade use of it, in sawing the vermin's ears off, and popping them into\nmy bag, as one might a tooth-picked olive into his mouth.\n\nI dangled the head by the hair then, now that I had my prize, and swung\nmy booted foot at it, goalie style -- the dismembered head hit the ruins of\na nearby wall with a gruesome thunk, shortly accompanied by a wetter\nthud, when it slammed into the ground, and splattered open like a\nwatermelon dropped off of a roof.\n\n*twiddle*\nAjax.\n                            ________________________________\n                           \/     , _                       \/\\\n       .      .'          |     \/|\/ \\ _   _          ,    |_\/\n        :`...' `.,'  '    |      |__\/\/ \\_|\/ \/|\/|\/|  \/ \\_  |\n    `.  ' .**.  ; ; ':     \\     |   \\_\/ |_\/ | | |_\/ \\\/    \\\n    ` ``:`****,'  .' :      \\                               \\\n  ..::.  ``**\":.''   `.      |                              \\|\/\n.:    `: ; `,'        :      |       _,         _|          \\||\/\n  `:    `   :         ;      |      \/ |  \/|\/|  \/ |           \\||\/\n    :   :   :        ;      \/       \\\/|_\/ | |_\/\\\/|_\/        \/\\||\/\n    :    :   :     .:      |                               |  \\||\/\n     :    :   :..,'  ``::. |                               |  \\||\/\n      `....:..'  ..:;''     \\                               \\  \\||\/\n      .:   . ...::::         |   () _|_  _   ,_  o  _  ,     | \\||\/\n     ,'''''``:::::::         |   \/\\  |  \/ \\_\/  | | |\/ \/ \\_   |  \\||\/\n               `::::         |  \/(_) |_\/\\_\/    |\/|\/|_\/ \\\/    |  \\||\/\n                 `::.        \/                               |    \\|\n                  `::     __\/___________________________    \/     ||\n           . ,.    ::::' \/    ,..                      \/   \/       |\n         .'.'  ``.  ::   \\  .'.. `.                    \\__\/        '\n        '        .: ::    ,'.'     .--------------------'    \n      .' ,'    .::::::   ,.'    .:::.\n    .' .'  ..:'     ::: .,   .;'     \n \n\nTHE DRAGONRIDER - BY ALIERON\nI am the rider of dragons.  I am the one who would soar above\nthe sky, master over the greatest of beasts.  I am the one who\nwould ride on the wakes of dreams through the darkest of shadows\nto emerge in a greater light.  I am the one who would stalk soul-\nkilling nightmares the the gates of hell and across rivers of\nfire.  I am the one who would hold the realms of the universe\nin the palm of my hand.\n \nI am the one.\n \nI am the rider of dragons.  I am the one who stands on the\nshoulders of noble giants, bonded by a spiritual link.  I am the\none who burns the day so the night may belong to the one I serve.\nI am the one who rises to the stars and beyond on wings of fire,\nfrost, and lightning.  I am the one who belongs to the earth,\nset here for a purpose I can't possibly understand.\n \nI am the rider.\n \nI am the rider of dragons.  I am the one who is two, Master\nand servant, king and slave.  I am the one who would join the\nwinged beasts in their effortless spirals around the sun, moon, \nand stars, and back to earth again. I am the one who is trapped\nby my own desires in endles circle of pain and sadness, with\ntimes of great joy to compensate.  I am the one who climbs the\ntower only to fall again, who fights a glorious battle only\nto be cut down by the blade of the fallen, and who dares to hold\nthe heart shaped candle only to be burnded by the dripping wax.\n \nThat is what it means to be the rider of dragons.\n\n  ______ ____   ______ _______ _______ ___ ______ ___ ______ ______\n  |   (__`   |__|    . |(_   (_`(_   (_`   |    __|   |  \\___|   _) \\\n  |______)______|____|_|__)____)__)____)___;___|  |___;______;______\/\n  ----------------------Classifieds----------------------------------\n\nPandry wants to trade you eq! All kinds of eq for every align for\ntrade for the right offer. If you got glory for trade, he's the\nman to go to! Seth\/La Chute\/SoT, its all for trade!\nPandy\n\n  ______ ____ _ ______ ______ ______   ___\n |    __|    | |      |      |    | | |   |__ ______ ______ ______ _______\n |___|  |______;____|_;____|_;___   | |    . |    ) |      |  \\___|(_   (_`\n --- funny - bones --------- |______| |______;______;____|_;______|__)____)\n\nFunny Titles\nAmbu-lance, the Pixie Paramedic! {PN}. (Order of Ascendere)\nZhin Treves is Sick. Need Drugs. {Guide} {Prophet}. (Order of Ascendere)\nAmoria Expects little and is never disappointed. (Order of Dragonslayer)\nDurex condoms.... are you covered in latex?. \nDeevlit ain't no scrub! [Arcane-Scout|Cry of Despair]. (Order of Arcanes)\n\n\nSocials that didnt quite make it!\nFRET\n----\nYou try to explain to Sally why you're so worried.\nAkael tells you about the worries plaguing her mind.\nAkael and Sally are sitting around getting paranoid together.\n----\nYou fret nervously, pacing back and forth.\nAkael frets and fusses as she wears a groove in the floor.\n----\nYou collapse into a shivering pile of paranoia.\nAkael collapses to the floor, overcome by her own worries.\n\nThe new social : INSANE\n\nThe message that people see :\nTo yourself : Thulkinn is placed into a straight jacket, and escorted\naway by men in white coats.\n\nOn Others : Thulkinn says, \"Take (name) away boys, Insanity is the works of\nthe Devil himself!\"\n\nTo Nobody : Thulkinn starts to sing, \"They're coming to take me away,\nOH NO! hehe!  ha ha!  To the funny farm..\"\n\nWhat YOU see :\nTo yourself: Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.\n\nTo others : You should be proud of yourself.  They could have hurt\nthemselves or others.  Hope they give them a sticky pacifier.\n\nTo Nobody : La la la To the funny farm we go.  Pack a tooth brush?\n\nLimericks\nThere once was a mage in the guild\nwho was scared of being pkilled\nback in the alley\nhe killed a baali\nand said now my quest is fulfilled\n\nThe Baali were out on a mision\nthey thought to be easy as fishin\nthe mages we'll kill\ntheir blood we will spill\nbut Baali was only just wishin\n\nThere once was a Journo named Thabo,\nWho wracked his brain for the whole Arvo,\nHe spent all of his time,\nTried to write a good rhyme,\nWhen he got it he just shouted \"Bravo\".\n\nThere once was a bored av named Icculus\nwho usually remain inconspicuous,\nBut this quest he did try,\nafter reading the Cry\nThough his limerick was very ridiculous.\n\nQuest Central\nQuest Results\n\nWordmine Quest\nThe following is a list of winners to last weeks wordmine.\n\n Jezabyliayzy 70\n Zephranix 53\n Drake 51\n Ceirana 49\n Ranthor 47\n Krahl 36\n Thulkinn 31\n Auldarnik 28\n Xantryke 26\n Kronin 20\n Nitsuj -23\n Leaman -157\n Reinso -266\n\nPoints were awarded as follows:\n-3 points for illegal words (all words had to be 5-letters no plurals)\n-2 points for misspelled words\n 1 point for correct words\n\nOpen Quests\nBoggle Quest\nThe objective is to make as many words as possible by following \nthese simple rules.\n1.  Each word must be 3 or more letters long.\n2.  Each tile can only be used once in each word.\n3.  To form words you have to move from connected tiles.\n    Example: BAM is a legal word, while BUM is illegal.\n\nAll entries must be mud mailed to mystaric by Tuesday May 25th.     \n _______    _______    _______    _______\n|       |  |       |  |       |  |       |\n|   I   |  |   A   |  |   S   |  |   T   |\n|       |  |       |  |       |  |       |\n|_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|\n _______    _______    _______    _______\n|       |  |       |  |       |  |       |\n|   L   |  |   B   |  |   M   |  |  U    |\n|       |  |       |  |       |  |       |\n|_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|\n _______    _______    _______    _______\n|       |  |       |  |       |  |       |\n|   S   |  |   N   |  |   E   |  |   D   |\n|       |  |       |  |       |  |       |\n|_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|\n _______    _______    _______    _______\n|       |  |       |  |       |  |       |\n|   O   |  |   G   |  |   H   |  |   R   |\n|       |  |       |  |       |  |       |\n|_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|\n\n\n                           Word Mine Quest\n\nForm all the 6-letter words you can by using only the letters of the given\nphrase below. You may uses a letter more than once in a word only if it\nappears more than once in the given words.  Words beginning with a capital\nletter, contractions, plurals, hyphenated, obsolete, slang, archaic,\nforeign, and dialect words are not allowed.  Please mud mail your list of words\nto Mystaric by Friday May 28, 1999.\n\n\nThis weeks phrase  -----> Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.\n\nAnnouncements\nThe CoD would like to congratulate it's very own Vestia.  This past Friday\nshe took the plunge with her wonderful husband Pryce.  We wish them the\nbest of luck.\n\nThe CoD has a new public board for you to post suggestions and ideas for the\npaper.  The board is located in our New Front Office which is located \ne,s,u,u,s,w,s from dh[].\n\n  ______ ______ ___ ___    ______  ______   ______ ______ ______\n |   () |    | |   |   |__|   _) \\(_   (_  |    . |      |   _) \\\n |___   ;______;___;______;______\/__)____) |____|_;____|_;______\/\n |______|  ______ ______ ______ ______ ______  ______\n          |   () |   () |   _) \\  \\___|   () |(_   (\n_________ |______|___|\\_\\______\/______;___|\\_\\__)____) _____________\n \nGuild Pkill Schedule\nMay   5th, 9pm EST Druid-Vampire    VS Cleric-Thief\nMay   8th, 1pm EST Nephandi-Warrior VS Mage-Paladin\nMay  12th, 1pm EST Nephandi-Vampire VS Mage-Warrior\nMay  15th, 9pm EST Ranger-Paladin   VS Augure-Thief\nMay  19th, 9pm EST Mage-Vampire     VS Cleric-Paladin\nMay  22nd, 1pm EST Ranger-Warrior   VS Thief-Druid\nMay  26th, 1pm EST Cleric-Mage      VS Nephandi-Augure\nMay  29th, 9pm EST Mage-Ranger      VS Druid-Augure\nJune  2nd, 9pm EST Warrior-Vampire  VS Thief-Augurer\nJune  5th, 1pm EST Nephandi-Paladin VS Druid-Ranger\nJune  9th, 1pm EST Augurer-Vampire  VS Warrior-Paladin\nJune 12th, 9pm EST Nephandi-Thief   VS Cleric-Ranger\nJune 16th, 9pm EST Cleric-Vampire   VS Nephandi-Ranger\nJune 19th, 1pm EST Mage-Thief       VS Druid-Paladin\nJune 23rd, 1pm EST Druid-Warrior    VS Cleric-Augurer\n\n\nOrder of Rol Na Feinne\n \nHear Ye! Hear Ye!\n \nIn honour of our fair queen and castle, each week a feast will be held.\nStory-telling, food, wine and good company... Come one, come all\nAfter our skills shall be tested in the Arena, whether we unite with our\nfriends or try for victory by ourselves.... Fun is had by all..\nThe feast begins each week at Saturday 11pm (EST)\n \nHope to see you there =)\nAlways Dame Mea Krogenstar-DarkBlood\n**signed with the crested blood-red rose of the vampire**\n\nThanks for reading the Cry of Despair!!!!!<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Baali were out on a mision … ——————————————————————– * ( ____) . + . + ( ____) . ( ____) * ( ____) + ( ____) . ( ____) + . + ( ____) ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ \/\\______\/|:_____:|\\______\/\\ | (__ () | | | | ) | __| > |______)___|\\_\\___ | |______;___|…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-1747","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1747\/revisions\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}