A Necromancer and his Pupil (an adventure to end all )

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya smiled. "It was odd. Many of the others had an almost hostile presence to them, more like enemies than comrades. While others seemed purely competitive." She shrugged. "Very very few had even a small hint of being friendly." Her eyes traced up his arm to his face from where he touched her cheek. "It did not seem much like a dinner to welcome a new member to their group, in fact I felt an odd mixture of fear, jealousy, and resentment towards the both of us."  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron smiled widely "That's exactly what it was. I wanted you to see it first hand. It will be like that from here on out. You will have to be the best you can be to win out and prove yourself to CHemosh." he said.
"Now. Time to rest. Tommarrow shall mark the beginning of your new life." he said, pushing out of his throne/chair and stnading. He held out his hand to Anya, her own chair moving backwards so that she could stand easily.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya stood and gently took his hand. "My new life." She grinned, a combination of lust and anticipation on her lips. "I look forward to it." she said, the words rolling thickly off her tongue.  

[Kang_the_Knight]

"Good, because there will be no going back" Marron said with a smile like a hunting cat spotting its prey "May I accompany you to your room?" he asked, waving his hand. The servent skeletons stepped forward and began to clean up the table, taking the food to the proper place of disposal, going about their assigned jobs.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya nodded. "You may of course." She said with a cool smile. 'No turning back...' she thought, 'I have no reason to turn back.'  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron smiled "All the more reason too" he chuckled, leading Anya out of the dining hall and into the circular chamber. He closed the door and then opened it once more, revealing her room.
"Care for some wine?" he asked, letting go of her hand, a bottle of wine and two glasses seemingly appearing on a small table in the corner. The necromancer lord popped the cork and poured a glass.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

"Sure."Anya nodded as she stroked the head of the bird that perched on her bed. "Though only a little, alcohol tends to make me lose my head."  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron poured another drink, carrying the wine over to Anya "Well, don't lose your head then" he said with a charming smile. He held out the glass, holding his own, swirling it slightly.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya grinned. 'Easier said than done sir." She said accepting the drink.  

[Kang_the_Knight]

A few moments of silence settled in, Marron starring at Anya, a mixzture of emotions already making their way to the fore. Pride that she was able to joust verbally with the others, and Envy that she could do it with such ease. Joy that she was his, not only as a pupil, but his entirely. Sadness that he would have to put her through a trial, one of the most grueling and strenuous ones any magic-user would have to go through to become a true necromancer.
"Anya, tommarrow morning, we begin your training." he said abruptly, looking into his glass with soft, grey eyes "This is you last night as you. When it begins, the old you will disappear. As you said, you will not turn back, but I feel you should be warned" he looked up from his glass and into Anya's eyes, the grey becoming stormy and steel-like.
"If you fail, you will die." he said with a dark finallity "Understand?"  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya looked back at him with an unwavering gaze. "If I fail...I should die." She said plainly. A sly grin the creased her lips. "I did not come here to fail." She set down her now empty wine glass and walked over to Marron. "But I suppose, pass...of ... fail, my current self dies tomorrow isn't that right?"  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron smiled, his own glass empty, though he wasn't affected by it all that much "True. So, what do you wish to do with this night? The last of an old life?" he asked with a cunning smile and a mischevious, almost devilish, glint in his eyes.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya's grin broadened. "I believe my boring old life should end in a way as exciting as it began." She said tracing a single slender finger along Marron's collar bone. "Don't you agree?"