"I am dead, aren't I?" Alva asked.
With a long pause, "Depends," Darius said, 'If she gains the ability to turn invisible, then she can be instrumental as an informant," Darius thought of the Pros if he spared her.
"How?" Alva asked.
"Yawn! Skip with this damsel in distress act, the last woman got killed acting like that," Darius said, not taking kindly to her act.
'Speaking of Damsel, where is she?' Darius felt confused, her 'body' was lying a few feet away from where Alva was currently sitting.
'What the fuck, is she alive? But Movarth confirmed that she was dead,' Darius' confusion elevated as he looked around, looking for Delphine's trace, ignoring the imminent danger Alva could be, he was more worried about a sneak attack.
Crunch!
Crunch!
"Heh!" Darius smirked in the face of danger when he heard a crunching sound coming from two different places, and in the next instance two hands with nails as long as knives collided in front of him.
Darius quickly jumped back from the conflict and saw who it was, a black-haired woman and Delphine, very much alive, but something was wrong,
The Vampire withdrew a shortsword cutting Delphine's right hand clean off.
"Ooo, Pirate," Darius chuckled from the side.
Alva clicked her tongue and got in a combat pose aiming at Delphine with her life-draining powers.
Voice of the Emperor:
"Quiet!" Darius' words were powerful enough to send out a force field with a green hue pushing all three women back, they were shocked.
"What the fuck are you?" Alva questioned as she slowly got up from the ground unable to attack and the other woman felt the same.
'I had that power and never used it?' Darius questioned himself, 'I can't use this on creatures, but vampires are affected,' So he couldn't have used it anywhere other than Helgen, but it safe to say that day was quite hectic
"Calm down, all three of you," Darius said, though they were already calm, even against their will. So Darius had 60 seconds to make amends.
"Delphine," Darius called out her name as he got closer to her, and saw the red eyes and a good chunk of flesh gone from the side of her neck.
"Yes," Delphine replied in a low voice.
Darius shook his head with a small smile. She won't attack him, proven by what he just saw. He turned to Alva, who was backing away as he got closer.
"I'll spare both of you, on a condition," Darius said as he smiled like a madman.
Laelette's Image
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The cave now only had Delphine and Darius, after Alva and Laelette as he had just gotten to know her name left, "Why were you protecting me?" Darius asked Delphine.
"I-I" Delphine wasn't able to put words in her mouth as her breath got heavier, as she held her arm, to stop the excessive bleeding 'Blood' Darius thought of a solution as he saw the wound on her neck and that her hand was missing.
"Come on, bite me... I won't bite back," Darius said, as she hesitantly moved forward, and she grabbed his and bit with her fangs, as he was too tall for her to reach his neck.
Drawing blood from him to satiate her thirst, Darius watched with intrigue, she soon withdrew and wiped her bloody chin with her regenerated arm and her eyes were back to normal.
"Now go on," Darius said, seeing the light return to her face, "You're the Dragonborn that's why," Delphine said.
"A despicable one, but still a Dragonborn," Delphine added.
"Was the last part necessary?" Darius asked, the corner of his mouth twitching.
"Very," Delphine replied.
"Sigh! Me being a Dragonborn has nothing to do with you, does it?" Darius asked with exhaustion, having to act oblivious was tiring.
"We need to help each other to defeat the dragons that are being brought back to life, I read the tablet you gave Farengar, and I know the burial site' locations, " Delphine said, spilling every bean, trying not to get killed, again.
"You know I just tried to kill you? Why do you think I'll help you?" Darius asked.
"Because you need me, and you have already killed me," Delphine said as she backed a little.
"You're right, you did die... but not by my hands," Darius said, his mouth curving into a wicked smile.
Tch!
Delphine clicked her tongue and was ready to run because there was no winning against him.
"But, you did die because of me, so I forgive you," Darius said, thinking a little harder, it was for the better.
Delphine released a sigh of relief, "Follow me, and we will talk further about this in the morning," Darius said as he was ready to return but stopped.
'My loot,' Darius thought, forgetting the most important thing, "Loot the cave and return to Morthal, don't leave anything of value behind," Darius said looking at Delphine.
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Darius returned to the Inn, and a few moments later Delphine arrived and handed him everything of value she found.
+510 Gold
+ 2920, The Last Year of the First Era: Sun's Dawn
+ Movarth's Boots
Delphine and Darius, sat at the counter, Darius ordered a drink and Delphine refused saying she doesn't drink, after that Darius told her to rest in his bed, and that he would be out for the night.
Confusing her, she still agreed though hesitantly, Darius led her to the room, and saw Lydia awoke after hearing them come in.
Darius told her about Delphine and she nodded and both of them went to bed.
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Darius walked deep inside the Marsh, he had someone to talk to.
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