Taras (bachiyr) wrote in thedoorway, @ 2013-12-03 09:32:00 |
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The gift Taras had been given by Lady Rachel was beyond measure. He had spoken a smattering of the other languages that were commonplace in his own time but apart from Hebrew, of which he spoke little, most were no longer in use. It had been infinitely frustrating to be unable to communicate even the simplest of things. But Lady Rachel’s gift had overcome that and he was beyond grateful. He would have to find an appropriate gift for her to convey his heartfelt gratitude. His first actions after gaining the language of this time and place had been to take care of some of those simplest things – obtaining clothes that were more appropriate to this time and place. Thankfully, many of the shops stayed open after sunset so that task was completed. He’d been relieved to find that the basic elements of clothing had remained the same though the styles had obviously altered. Buying shoes had been a revelation though. One could simply walk into a store, buy shoes and walk out. There was no need to pay a cobbler and wait. The shoes were perhaps not as well fitted but they were comfortable enough. His next step had been to find these books he was from. Surely there would be more information in them than what he knew. Whether there was or not, he needed to read them. The machine… the computer… had been most useful for that and he had been able to purchase them the next day. Reading them had been painful. They were not just from his point of view and his anger and hatred of Theron had grown stronger as he’d read of what the Bachiyr had done, despite his resolution to leave the Bachiyr alone. Well, he would not chase after Theron but after what he had read, if his fellow Bachiyr ever made an appearance, he would not hesitate to attack him. But it was the second book that had him stunned and frozen in his chair. He’d read the passage in question three times already and now he read it again: Mistress Baella walked through the door to her keep. Feyo stood just inside the entryway, a large glass of red liquid in his hand. Blood for the Mistress, altered via a special psalm – developed by Mistress Baella herself – to still be viable long after the host was dead. She kept a store of it downstairs. So it could be done! They could drink dead blood but only Baella knew how. Which was unfortunate because she was not here. He felt a moment of regret for not asking more questions of the woman but it was tempered by the fact that given she had lied to him about her identity, she likely wouldn’t have shared any of her secrets. He also felt some frustration that the book gave no further information. This was important and the author simply glossed over it! That didn’t matter though. It could be done. If Baella had discovered how to do it, had developed such a psalm, then he could do it as well. Hadn’t he discovered many things on his own, even things the other Bachiyr didn’t know? Look at how Theron had reacted to the way he’d freed himself from the bonds around his wrists. The book was clear. Theron, despite being a Bachiyr for centuries, did not know how to do that. Taras had taught himself the ability, had discovered it purely by chance. How is it that a Bachiyr as old and experienced as Theron did not know? Perhaps the Nazarene had been right in what he'd said to Theron - the older Bachiyr was being lied to. Perhaps all the Bachiyr were being lied to. Taras discarded the book and got up, pacing back and forth across the dimly lit room. It was true that he didn’t know all there was to know about psalms but he knew a few. Some were based on runes, others chanted and if Ramah was any example others did not need either of those things. But he knew the runes and he knew the words. He could investigate if this place had similar runes, similar words. He had a starting point. The biggest question was did the psalm have to be cast at the time the blood was taken or could it be cast on dead blood to revive it? Well, why not both? Was there anything that said both were not possible? What he had read proved that the Bachiyr did not know all they were capable of so why would Baella’s knowledge be the be all and end all as well? For his purposes here, being able to revive dead blood would be ideal so that is what he would work towards. He would need to read the third book, the one that was set in his future though he did not feature in it. Perhaps that would give more clues as to how this could be done. |