Eliseth

Your character has just arrived in a swampy, dim town. As they look around, their gaze is met with shacks and cabins. It smells of rotted wood and wet moss. They duck and step into a tattered tent, illuminated by a series of candles suspended in the air. At the back of the tent, an old hag raises her head, “What brings you to this dingy town? She begins, then pauses to study your face—”Ah, it’s you. I’ve been expecting you. Sit,” she gestures at a cushion, “Tell me your story.” Eliseth bites at the skin of her lip peeling away a dried piece of skin as she observes her surroundings. Between all of the chaotic organization of trinkets, bones, and 'personal' items her pupils dilate. She peels some skin on her inner lip. Eliseth lets out a hoarse "Vraz Mada- Vrax, Apologies Madame, It is a great honor to finally me-". "Child, sit." The hags arm stretches longer than it should towards the stained cushion "Formalities are left at the door, what is your tale child?" Eliseth's eyebrows raise with her eyes squinting a look of confusion on her face "Story, Tale? I came for advise Madame." she looks at the hag who appears to be enjoying a cup of some hot beverage. "Yes child, a tale. Who are you?" she finishes another sip letting out a satisfied breath "The price of my wonders is your story" the hag looks at Eliseth with a wide grin as her arm reaches towards a trinket among the collection "occasionally, an item of personal value" She lingers "Begin" Eliseth winces at a tinge of pain, then relaxing her face "I am Eliseth daughter of Velulbea and Valin'der, Pilgram of Aevos, and Barvelael. I come seeking guidance on how to regain favor with the Maiden of the Moon. I have come to you as a last hope in this effort" The Hags grin deepens, her beverage now lays on the table between the two of them. She arches forward her back protruding as the room grows darker. Eliseth stares into the eyes of the Hag, Eliseth's face stoic as a tear escapes down her cheek. "You seek to remove this Barvelael" her voice booms as she pronounces the dark elvish language finishing with a cackle. Eliseth calm without missing a step "You've heard my plea, what is the price" The hag relaxes her form shifting back to that of a older woman as she takes a sip of her beverage "For a child of the dark, you see the bright side of any situation. You've betrayed your ancestors but refuse to let others suffer. You are a complex creature, more generous than most I encounter." the hag puts a finger to her lip and grins after a few moments. "I ask of one thing child, my price is to see your fate as it unfolds" without looking away from Eliseth she stretches her arm out to the other side of the tent grabbing a jar "My price, is one of your eyes." Eliseth tenses, her hands grabbing the table as she looks behind her from where she entered and her eyes widen in horror as the entrance to this tent is gone.she quickly exclaims "I never should have come here" she tries to get up "Oh, child it will be quick" she grins "accept my deal" the hag sits in anticipation toying with the creature before her. Eliseth runs at the wall where the door had been her shoulder taking the force of the brunt as she slams into the wall. The fabric, more sturdy then she was prepared for, knocks her to the floor. She hears the hag cackling. Tears run down Eliseth's face she whispers "be’a-velulaeya" she tries to get to her knees as she whispers again "be’a-velulaeya" a moment passes, stretching an eternity as Eliseth faces the hag. The hag looking at Eliseth in her defeated form, tears running down her somehow stoic face. "Do we have a deal dear child?" Eliseth spits to her side and through gritted teeth exclaims "Uhv’ra barbashuk-el, yto vex uhv’laht konyrbea-el, bashukyr!" In the moment that the deal is accepted several things happen simultaneously. The room grows dark, lit by only a single candle behind the hag Eliseth weeps as the room dampens to darkness Eliseth feels a sharp pain as she goes unconscious. Eliseth is woken by a stir on her shoulder, the air is crisp and her breath is visible she lays in a river bed. She hears a muffled voice. she lets out a groan "huh" as she processes what is happening. She looks up her vision blurry and obfuscated she tenses her eyes open to blurry figures above her. she rubs her eyes, with her hands spreading dirt on her face, she realizes in that moment the lack of flesh in her right eye. Her tense magnifies and her breath paces rapidly as she, for a moment that stretched too long in her perception, panics "Ma'am" a guardsman says with concern "What are you doing out here?" Eliseth, dazed and not sure where she is, looks at the two guards standing over her. She tries her best to mask her worries "Where, where am I?" Eliseth lets out with a hoarse quick tone. "Do either of you have water?" moments pass then she feels a waterskin press up against her lips as she tries to sip as she gets her bearings grabbing the waterskin and continues to drink from it as its snatched from her "Now, now missy that's supposed to last me my shift" the guardsman says "What are you doing out here?" Eliseth winces as a sharp pain passes "It's a long story"...