The House of Black and White

[Fel]

OOC: For Arya's sake I hope that's not what happens.

[shacklock]

OOC: With the kind of training they go through, I'm assuming she'd be all brainwashed and super loyal to them

[Ellinda]

ooc: Naaah, I suspect Ms. Stark will be quite her own person.

[dienekes]

OOC: I wasn't planning to go renegade, and I was more than prepared to have a duke out between Willem and Morax but that's beside the point. It has been decided I get to stay for awhile get some training and new perspective on life (maybe) but then they ditch me.

"Thank you my lady." Wil smiled and handed the woman the bloody knife and walked with her into the temple.

[Fel]

OOC: Well harumph then, poor little Damien didn't get a shot.

[Ellinda]

Inside the house, a man with a dagger in his belly lies by a pool of black water moaning softly. Around the pool are other old and battered people.

[dienekes]

"Why aren't they happy in here? I thought this place brings peaceful death?"

[Ellinda]

An old man in black approached Willem. "Peaceful means different things to different people. Are you at peace, young man?"

[dienekes]

"No." The boy smiled at the kindly looking old man. "I haven't been at peace ever."

[Ellinda]

The old man looks into Willem's eyes and understands what he is saying. "You will need to find peace to work with us. We are practitioners of balance."

He takes Willem to a small room beyond the large entry room, and gives him a set of simple gray clothing. "You are now our servant. Once you show you can do simple tasks then we can work on the arts of the House of Black and White."

[dienekes]

"Of course my lord," he had made it. He smiled and quickly dressed in the grey cloths. He was going to be a faceless man and bring countless smiles to people, for when are you at peace if not when you smile? "And what would you have your servant do?"

[Ellinda]

"You will scrub floors, you will help in the kitchens, you will empty chamberpots, you will do whatever the acolytes need of you to make the temple comfortable for those in need, and most of all, you will learn to pray to the Many Faced God."

[dienekes]

"Of course my lord. Um, where will I find the objects to do these jobs?" Just like father he has me do labor work. We'll see.

[Ellinda]

The old man led him to another man carrying a bucket.

"Otto here will be the one to show you your tasks and your room. First though, he will show you were to get something to eat."

Otto, a gnarled man with white hair and a black eye patch nodded at these statements and started walking away, expecting Willem to follow him.

[dienekes]

Willem follows silently.