Dragon War - RP Thread

the flipr kid — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:50:48 +0100

Welcome to Virkhard Hall, home of the Baron Cadmir, the ruler of all Perion. I'm afraid you've arrived a bit too late to meet the heir-baroness, Kemberon Cadmir. You see, she's run away. And the Baron is dead. RULES: Swearing is permitted, but try to keep it relatively mild. Please no gratuitous blood and guts. Sex, if it happens, must take place off-scene. No godmodding. No powerplaying. Be kind and courteous to fellow roleplayers, please. (sign-up and discussion is here.) ____________________________________ Kemberon had been on her own for...oh, three months now, she figured. Contrary to what she had originally expected about running away, it wasn't actually all that hard to find food and clothes and shelter. Despite her being the only child of the last man in the family that had ruled Perion for the past three hundred years, Kember's face was utterly undistinguished. She had found that with the proper poor folks' clothes, and a little dirt smudged here and there, she no longer looked at all like an heir-baroness but rather like an ordinary farmer's daughter or some such. That was handy, because Stephan's soldiers continued to comb the country for her, day in and day out. Kember was certain that they didn't mean to kill her, but rather capture her and hold her in Virkhard Hall while Stephan crushed the last dissenters. He wouldn't want to turn her into a martyr. Kemberon had no idea where any of her friends or supporters were. Those still loyal to her father had tried to flee the night he died, as had Kember, but the ones who actually had managed to escape were scattered all over Perion. He father's captain of the guard, Emkai Terrazzo, had escaped Virkhard; Kember had heard stories about him from the smallfolk she kept company with, yet she had not been able to find him. Kemberon was on her own.

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Buggy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:59:46 +0100

Emkai had a rather hard time of blending in. This worked to his advantage in a palace positioning guards and barking out orders, but now that the supporters of the late baron had been flushed out of the hall, well, the attention he got for his striking appearance was much less welcome. Seta didn't exactly blend in either with her goatskin clothes, but as she wasn't wanted or even particularly threatening to look at, it was she who got supplies from the villages they passed. "It really is too bad no one wants to barter," she mused as she looked down at her meager armful of supplies. A coil of rope, some bread, and two apples wasn't much. Ah well, at least they still had some jerky left from her original supply, and goats milk. Yes, that would be enough to get them through to the next-- wait... She squinted over at one of the other peasants, a girl with dirt smudged on her face. That was strange, very strange indeed. Doing her best to keep her things clutched to her chest, she trotted over to the peasant girl. "Erm, excuse me, but you look... familiar."

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:00:58 +0100

((Can I join? No one has said anything in the sign-up thread yet.))

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:39:59 +0100

((Nevermind, someone said it's good.)) Hjor stood in the center of the town and looked around. That man with the striking features. Looked like a dragon soldier. Hjor wondered how much the new king payed his gaurds, and wondered how much he could relieve the man of. He looked for a moment longer, then shook his head. Too much theivery in one place can make people two suspicious. He glanced around and saw a girl in what appeared to be goatskin clothing. She was attempting to speak to one of the peasents. Hjor decided to watch her for a while and moved a bit closer.

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I am Tasha — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:21:12 +0100

Ria carefully smudged her makeup, making sure she didn't look like anything extraordinary before she set out into the street. It wouldn't do to reveal herself after she'd done her research, after all. Her long hair was pulled up in a messy bun, and that had been smudged with tea, making it as non-descript as white blond hair could be. She looked down at the streets below her room and studied the people, her green eyes narrow in thought. It was time to go judge the populace's reactions to her future announcement. Once the Dragon rises, a Gryphon will rise to his side, bringing back what had been lost... She smirked and left her room.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:33:24 +0100

Kemberon's head spun around, and she saw an older girl who had approached, her arms of a coil of rope and some food to her chest. The girl looked like one of the smallfolk, though Kember rarely ever saw one dressed all in goatskins -- the woman must raise the animals for a living. But Kember didn't recall seeing a pen of goats anywhere around this town when she had first entered it, so why would this girl be here? "Uh...I don't know," Kember said hesitantly. "Have I seen you somewhere before?" She was playing the peasant girl, as she had been for months now, because smallfolk were largely unimportant in the eyes of Stephan's armies. If she acted convincingly enough, nobody would find her odd. But why was this woman asking? Was she a spy of Stephan's? Kember always did her best to avoid getting into discussions with people, on principle.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:59:41 +0100

The young peasent woman seemed startled by the goatskin girl. Why would that be? Hjor moved closer to see if he could eavesdrop on the two. One of the townsfolk ran into him and dropped his pile of clean clothing. The man started yelling a Hjor, who just picked him up by one shoulder and set him off to the side. The man stood there for a second before grabbing up his clothes and taking them away. Hjor took another couple steps towards the girls.

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I am Tasha — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:42:57 +0100

Ria appeared in the street and began to look around, trying to decide who to talk with first.

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DerangedPickle — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:22:10 +0100

Aiden parted the foliage the reveal a small camp filled with people wearing old armour and weilding chipped swords, he couldn't beleive how easy this was going to be, he checked his surrounding nor checking behind him into the wall of leaves, no-one seemed to be on the hills. He strung his old wooden bow, he could feel where he had pulled of the splintered the wood, and the smooth wood he had carved from a small tree in the woods, the had tried to serrate his arrows, it had changed the heads into jagged ruins of arrowheads at least they were hard to pull out. He let the arrow loose and it flew toward the head of giant of a man with fists like boulders, he weilding no weapon his he spikes on his guantlet knuckles, the mans eye was instantly destroyed, he reached for it a ripped it out, letting out a cry of rage and looking towards Aiden, who had leapt out of the bushes and was knocking another another arrow onto his string, letting another off heading towards the giants knee, it sent him to the ground not stopping him in his lumbering advance, Aiden turned tail and ran, heading to the city, turns out that man was the catch to the job.

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Buggy — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:32:39 +0100

Seta hesitated, head to one side. Her green eyes narrowed. "Maybe not... I dunno, but it's just so curious, I could have sworn-- OH!" She jumped, almost dropping her things. Of course, the picture from the wanted notice Emkai had shown her! But how strange it was, to simply run into the very person he'd been looking for. Now how to do this without letting people know what was going on? Er... Seta licked her lips nervously. "Right. I think it was just... someone I know was talking about someone very like you. Maybe, erm, all right, he couldn't come into town himself due to... circumstances, and he sent me, but he's been looking for you I think." That... sounded altogether too suspicious, but what else could she say? Seta looked nervously at the other people in the street, namely a cloaked figure that was standing nearby. No, no that was paranoid. He probably wasn't listening in. * Another very different person was coming down the street as well. He stood out, mainly for his fine clothing and the troubled expression on his washed-out face. But Stephan's adviser Omaron often looked troubled, even if there was no apparent cause for it. A guard stood near his shoulder, apparently in case someone got the idea of picking his pocket. Soon Omaron paused and pulled up beside a stand, running his fingers through his hair. The guard puffed up his chest as though he were about to announce something, but the other cut him off. "No need for all that excessive pomp and circumstance, I can state my own business. Yes, madam, the king has heard of your skills as a weaver and requests that you send some of your wares up to the palace for him to examine. No, go ahead, take your time looking. We've got time." He looked around at the street aimlessly as the woman in the stall bustled for something to give him.

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I am Tasha — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:37:09 +0100

Ria noticed the bustle over by the weaver's shop-- good threads, that woman, whoever was causing the fuss had good taste-- and decided to head over that way. She could usually count on being no more than a pretty face to most people. Like any good trickster, she'd learned how to vanish into the crowd quite easily. But she wondered if she ought to as the face of the person causing the bustle came into view. Of course, she was in disguise right now, but the adviser was here.

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Buggy — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:16:34 +0100

Omaron didn't notice Ria, not at once at any rate. There were lots of peasants there anyways, and a good many of them were looking curiously over toward the nobleman sent by the king. But then... Dearest, someone wants to speak with you I think. He almost jumped at the whisper in the back of his head. Wh-what? Oh... well don't a good many people want to talk with me? I'm an adviser to the king; everyone will be wanting to push their own agendas at-- You misunderstand, dearest. There is an odd... presence here. A slippery, difficult to pin down presence. And I want you to talk to it. Perhaps this could further our own ends. Er... right. Omaron tried to look as nonchalant as he could as he looked over the faces in the crowd once more. There! It's the girl, the one... yes, you're looking at her dearest. Omaron's grey eyes met Ria's, and he cleared his throat. "Can I help you?" he asked in what he hoped was a bored nobleman-ish sort of voice.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:19:07 +0100

The goatskin woman started stammering, which made Kember curious, but then she suddenly seemed to realize something, and the conversation took and entirely different tack. Not one that Kemberon trusted. "I'm sorry, I don't think I've ever met you before," she said bewilderedly, acting the confused peasant girl. The goatskin lady had to be a spy, or some mercenary type looking to curry favor with the new regime. Either way, Kember had to gt out of this conversation as fast as possible, without arousing the attention of the passersby. And wasn't that... Oh, great stars. That was Stephan's own adviser, over by the threadwoman's stall. Kember started panicking. She had to leave, now.

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I am Tasha — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:21:17 +0100

She shook her head at once, eyes wide and innocent. "No, sir. I jus'..." She let her voice trail off into a nervous squeak, hoping she was playing the part well. Most peasants would be terrified at the thought of someone so powerful speaking to them. But now she'd had a good look at him at least. Later, when she took on the Gryphon, it would be easier to slip into the court.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:29:21 +0100

Hjor noticed the girl in goatskin glance towards him((I'm assuming I'm the cloaked figure you mentioned.)), but he didn't think that she suspected him of eavesdropping. So, someone was looking for the peasent girl, eh? Well, that could be information he could use later. Hjor stayed where he was, waiting for Goatskin and the peasent to move away.

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Buggy — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:34:14 +0100

Omaron blinked. That wasn't the response he'd expected. Are you sure she's it? I don't-- Mm. She doesn't wish to talk with us just now, clever little dear. However-- hello, there's something considerably more to the point. Omaron let his eyes slide from Ria to a pair having a conversation a ways off. Oddly dressed one of them was, in goatskins. * "No, wait!" Seta's voice dropped, and she leaned forward. "Erm... I-I'm with your father's guard. Emkai I mean. He sent me to get supplies, and he's been looking for you. I mean... I know you have no reason to trust me, I'm not stupid, but that's the truth." Her mind raced as she tried to think of some way to prove that she was in contact with the captain of the guard.

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I am Tasha — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:46:57 +0100

Ria took advantage of Omaron's looking away from her to adjust her posture and stance, playing with a strand of her hair shyly. She took a step back, trying to melt into the crowd once more. Or-- perhaps she didn't want to do that. Maybe she could ask him about the court's knowledge of the Gryphon first. "E-Excuse me, sir?" she squeaked once more, stepping forward.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:01:14 +0100

So, the peasent girl was Kemberon Cadmir, daughter of the late Baron Cadmir. That was some info he could get some money for. And the goatskin clad girl was an allie of Emkai. Well, that would explain the man camping outside the gates, instead of in th Inn. Hjor only then noticed the comotion over near the weavers. Looks like Omaron was here, and he had noticed the peasent who wasn't a peasent as well. But some other peasent was attempting to get his attention, distracting him.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:37:25 +0100

Emkai? The goatskin woman was with Emkai? No, stupid, of course she's not, her rational brain told her. Just because she used his name doesn't mean anything. Lots of people knew that Emkai Terrazzo was Father's captain of the guard. She could be trying to get you to say smething, give yourself away. Kemberon shook her head. "I'm sorry, I think you must have me confused with someone else." She glanced at the pile of things in the goatskin woman's arms. "Do you need directions to someplace? I can show you a man who does bartering with customers. He won't ask you for coin, if you don't have it." She could, actually. She had scouted it this place yesterday, so if the need came up she could pretend to be a local. She was trying so hard to be an ordinary farmer's daughter or shepherd's wife, someone who would be easily overlooked. If she played the part well enough, the goatskin lady would realize that she did in fact have the wrong person (even though she did not) and would leave Kember alone.

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Buggy — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:51:03 +0100

"No, just... just hang on." Stupid stupid stupid, Emkai had told her Kemberon wouldn't believe her at first. Why would she? Stephan likely had all sorts of spies and the like out looking for her. Though there was the possibility that this woman really wasn't the baroness, and she was giving herself and her ally away. Agh. Maybe there was an easy way out of this. Seta dug in her things and, with a little smile of satisfaction, drew out a peculiar knife. It looked almost as though it had been carved from a piece of obsidian, though of course that would have made it too brittle to use properly. Seta hadn't seen anyone other than Emkai with a knife like this. "Does this mean anything to you?" she asked. --- Omaron sighed and looked back to the girl. A slippery sort of mind, she'd said? Well there were plenty of pick pockets around here. That didn't mean this peasant girl was stupid enough to try anything on him. "Yes?"

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I am Tasha — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:56:10 +0100

"People say that there's a Gryphon who's supposed to come with the Dragon... a Gryphon that'll bring our magic back. Do you think it'll happen?" She let her voice fill with a painful sort of hope. A peasant would dream of this thing, of course, and even harder with Stephan's proclamations of being the Dragon King. It was something that would lift them out of the squalid poverty that most of them lived it. Ria looked up at Omaron in awe and wonder.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:58:49 +0100

The goatskin girl pulled a knife out of somewhere, and Hjor marveled at it's design. Shapped out of some black metal, Hjor knew that it had to be of some value. The girl asked Kemberon if it meant anything to her, but judgeing by her performance so far, Hjor doubted the heiress would say anything about it.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:15:48 +0100

That knife...great stars, that was Emkai's knife. Or was it? Kember hadn't seen any other blades made out of that material, and in that design, but it wasn't impossible that somebody else had one besides Emkai, was it? Or maybe he was dead, and his killer took the knife to try and get Kember to trust her? But Emkai had been an amazing swordsman, and this goatherd didn't look like a fighter. But maybe someone else -- or more than one person -- had been responsible for Emkai's death, and the woman was just an accomplice? Honestly, what were the chances of that? She made up her mind, and decided to take a risk. "No, should it?" Kember asked, clearly confused to anyone who might be listening in. But she stepped up closer to the goatskin woman and said, "Really, I do know a good bartering place. You should come with me." She touched the woman's arm, lightly, trying to tell her, We need to talk somewhere else. Come with me.

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Flamescript — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:27:04 +0100

Stephan's Mage, Damriel Ikaron, strode down the road, a pair of guards close behind him. He wore his robes and leather gloves to cover his skeletal hands and his hood was pulled low over his face. He stopped in front of a herbalist's stall. The man panicked, practically tripped over himself to serve the rumored mage. Damriel enjoyed the rumors, which were of course true, but they gave him an aura of mistique that made the peasants uneasy around him. Glancing off to his right he saw a commotion near another stall. He walked over to join the nobleman. "Omaron," he said, his voice cold and raspy.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:34:37 +0100

Hjor felt a cold and evil presence from behind. He turned and saw Damriel Ikaron standing next to Omaron. The mage didn't seem to have noticed the girls yet, but he would soon, and Hjor didn't even want to think of the sick things Damriel would put the girls through if he found them. He made a snap decision and moved towards the pair. "Ladies. I couldn't help but overhear you. You are looking for a bartering place? Why, my cousin owns one right on the other side of town." He said loud enough so that the people around could hear. Hjor then leaned in close and whispered "The mage Damriel is behind us, and if you both would like to escape his notice, I would advise following me."

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Buggy — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:13:54 +0100

Omaron had to wince a bit at the painful hope in the girl's voice. What was he supposed to say? No, sorry, I don't believe that nonsense about the Dragon King, and you'll probably live in squalor for the rest of your life? "It's... it's possible," he said uncertainly. "King Stephan is going to fix things. Don't worry." And that was when he heard a voice that put a chill in his bones. He froze. "...Ah. Damriel. Do you need something?" --- Seta looked really frustrated. "No, I don't want to... wait." Her eyes widened. "Oh... right. Thanks, I would like to find somewhere to barter. Um. Yes." She tucked the knife away after her unconvincing performance-- and promptly dropped everything as a man she'd never seen before cut in. "Damriel?" she hissed back. "Are you sure? Who are you?"

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I am Tasha — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:16:42 +0100

Ria shivered at the voice and began to melt away with the rest of the crowd. He knew about the legend, at least, even if he didn't believe. Which meant their court would know about it. That was good enough for her. She couldn't take on the Gryphon right away, of course, but knowing that was a definite step in the right direction.

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Flamescript — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:20:25 +0100

Damriel chuckled. "I need nothing. It is simply interesting to see your reaction to my presence. It is... entertaining." Damriel looked up and saw a pair of girls and a man whispering to each other. If he still had skin and muscle his eyes would have widened. One of the girls looked familiar. Too familiar for her own good. "Excuse me," he said. "I have business to attend to." He walked towards the three non-chalantly, taking a slow, easy pace.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:24:43 +0100

"Yes, I'm sure, only he would put off that dark of an aura. And I'll explain later, after we get away from this area." Hjor whispered before grabbing their shoulders and attempting to steer the two away from the approching man, if he could even be called that anymore.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:36:35 +0100

The mage? How...? Kember's eyes widened and she ducked her head on instinct, keeping her face out of the gaze of anyone who might be watching. The man -- she had no idea who he was, and why was he helping them? Or was it actually help? "Wait, I don't --" she began, but suddenly realized that the mage's face was turned in their direction. She could not see beneath the hood that shadowed his face, but a chilly feeling, like cold water, trickled down her back. She shivered. "All right, let's go. Act natural." She had been in hiding for three months. She would worry about the goatskin girl and the strange man later, once they were all out of reach of the mage.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:56:27 +0100

Hjor walked the two away, heading through the thickest crowd in the area. He hoped that he would be able to lose the mage in the crowd, but if the rumors were true, and Hjor had discovered that rumors usually were, Damriel would be able to find them anyway. This would simply slow him down.

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DerangedPickle — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:13:00 +0100

Aiden continued to sprint his bow in hand, he could hear the heavy footsteps of the man behind him, he was close to the gate and was inside the city in seconds when he redoubled his efforts to run he turned once he was inside and fired his bow again at hit the giant mans centre. "Oh God!" Aiden shouted, throwing his bow and drawing his iron shortsword and readying it, against the giant form.

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Buggy — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:42:20 +0100

Seta spared the mage a frightened look before allowing herself to be steered away by the strange man. Her fear of being found out by someone (which, granted, wasn't all that great to begin with) was easily outweighed by the shiver that cloaked figure sent down her spine.

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the flipr kid — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:49:45 +0100

Kemberon followed meekly as the strange man led them through the thickest crowds. There was always the chance that they hadn't caught the attention of the mage yet, and so she behaved just as a curious peasant would who was being escorted by a random, hopefully friendly stranger. Head down, don't speak unless spoken to, don't make eye contact, be meek and humble. She had no idea who the two people were whom she was walking with, but she figured that they must be as eager to leave the area as she was.

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I am Tasha — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:53:16 +0100

Ria's eyes widened. "Is he the mage?" he asked Omaron in an exaggerated whisper.

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Darkfeather21 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:55:22 +0100

Hjor continued walking, makeing his way through the crowd. On the other side, he began heading towards the opposite side of the market, which would allow them to slip out the gates,hopefully unnotioced by Damriel. All he could hope for was that nothing happened to slow him down. ((Cue tragic accident that fores Hjor to stop and allows Damriel to catch up! Because thats what always happens.))

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the flipr kid — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:21:52 +0100

((Challenge accepted.)) They were rapidly approaching the city gates, and Kemberon began to allow herself to hope that maybe, just maybe, they would make it through. Of course that wasn't the case. A gate guard stepped up to them, wearing the dragon flame sigil of Stephan on the breast of his uniform, as this was a city whose leaders had declared for the Dragon King. Kember was already cursing her idiocy for even going anywhere near a city like this. She should have stayed far, far away. But the guard didn't seem to recognize her, merely barred the way out with his long spear. "I'm sorry, we can't let anyone through, in or out," he said. By way of explanation he gestured to an area right outside the gates where a man was fighting a giant. Two other guards were already approaching the fighters, spears out, in an attempt to break them apart. The giant kept taking wounds, but didn't even slow...scary human, that was. "Until the...disturbance is quieted," the gate guard said to Kember and her companions, "we can't let anyone pass for fear of being injured by accident. Please be patient." Patient was one thing they could not be, though. They needed to leave, before the mage got anywhere near them.

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Buggy — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:23:42 +0100

Seta chanced a furtive glance backward. "I think he did see us," she murmured quietly. Meanwhile, Omaron blinked at Ria. "What? Oh, yes, that's Mage Damriel. Don't stare, it's not polite."

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Flamescript — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:29:17 +0100

Damriel followed the three, not needing to push through the crowds, they simply parted for him. None wanted to get anywhere near him. When he saw the commotion at the gates he chuckled. "You're running out of places to hide," he whispered into the wind. The wind would carry his words to Kemberon.

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Buggy — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:44:42 +0100

Seta cleared her throat. "Ah... are you sure? I've got a herd of goats out there, and I don't know how well they'll do without me, y'see."

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I am Tasha — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:40:46 +0100

"Maybe he can tell me if the Gryphon's coming!" Ria's eyes widened, and she turned to dash after the Mage.

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the flipr kid — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:53:28 +0100

The guard looked confused for a moment, but then his face cleared. "Goats? Ah, you won't have to wait long, just a couple more minutes..." He trailed off as he noticed the way the fight with the giant was going, i.e. not well. "Maybe you want to go back into the city and, uh...browse?" he suggested. Kemberon glanced behind her -- great stars, the mage had noticed them -- and then turned back to the goatskin girl and the strange man. "Great idea," she said hastily. "We can kill time in the marketplace." Maybe they could find someplace to hide somewhere else in the city; it was a fairly large and sprawling area. Or maybe they could get to the gate at the other end of the city and exit there...? A chill wind brushed against her ear and caused her to shiver...and it seemed that words were whispered in her ear with e wind's passing. "You're running out of places to hide," it seemed to say. Kember suppressed an urge to whirl around in terror to see where the mage was. She'd been able to survive three whole months on her own. It couldn't possibly end now!

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Buggy — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:10:29 +0100

"Wait, you don't want to... oh." Omaron watched Ria dart off with a frown. Approaching the Mage was not good for one's health, especially when one was a peasant and someone he didn't know. Meanwhile Seta frowned and turned away from the guards. "What now?" she hissed.

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I am Tasha — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:15:34 +0100

"Excuse me, sir!" Ria chased after the mage. "Sir!" Her voice was shrill enough to catch his attention if nothing else. Perhaps this would give the young Kember time to slip away. She wouldn't mind that.

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DerangedPickle — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:20:52 +0100

OOC: Sorry for the barely posting, timezones and all. Aiden recieved a punch to the gut from the man in front of him, two guards ran ahead of him, one driving his spear through him, the other taking him to the ground with sword slashing at his legs. Aiden got up with great effort and stumbled into the city propping himself up against a wall, his sword clattered on the stone floor as it dropped from his hand, he hardly heard it, concentrating on the massive pain in his chest, it seemed his fight had caused quite a stir, well at least something good came from it.

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the flipr kid — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:34:15 +0100

Kember's eyes darted back and forth, looking for a quick route away from the gates. "The mage," she hissed back at the goatskin woman. "He's right behind us." Outside, the man who was fighting the giant had given up, but the two guards were still trying to take down the massive human. They wouldn't be getting out of this gate any time soon. "We should try to vanish into the city," she suggested in a whisper. "Before he gets here."

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Buggy — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:39:31 +0100

"I'll follow you two then," the girl replied. "I don't know this place very well."

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DerangedPickle — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:51:36 +0100

Aiden grabbed for his sword again, the guards were still stabbing at the man on the ground, gods how long would it take to take him down, he begrudginly got to his feet, and stumbled toward the gates, falling every few steps, the sword feeling as heavy as himself in his hand, he reached the gate and brushed past the guards doing the one thing that always kills people instantly, and brought the blade down on his neck, falling down right afterwards, the effort proving to be too much.

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the flipr kid — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:44:34 +0100

"Neither do I," Kemberon muttered. Sure, she'd had a look around the place, but it was a large city, and she had only really been here for a couple of days. A sinking feeling started to come over her, but she tried to ignore it. ((Damriel needs to catch up now, or be distracted long enough for them to get away, because the tenseness of this situation is killing me. :D))

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Darkfeather21 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:10:35 +0100

((Sorry, I was helping someone move all day.)) Hjor dropped his cloak and reavealed his well musced body, leather battle harness, and twin scimitars. "You two go do that. Be back here in ten minutes." Hjor then pulled his weapons free and pushed past the gaurd. He snuck up behind the massive man and sliced at both his hamstrings amd his left arm, the swords moving seperately yet together.

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Flamescript — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:22:00 +0100

((sorry, wasnt near the computer for most of the day.)) Damriel ignored the shrill voice that called after him. "Peasants," he muttered to himself. "Why is it always peasants that are too curious for their own good?" Silent and grim as the grave Damriel approached Kemberon and her companions. On his way he snapped his fingers to get the attention of one of the city guards. "You," he said "with me." "Uhh... Yes, of course my lord," he stammered obviously unnerved about being singled out by the mage. He then stopped, standing not fifteen yards away from Kemberon. "Kemberon Cadmir, in the name of the King I place you under arrest." He turned to the guard and to his own personal guards who had followed himall the while, perfectly silent. "Take her." The guards approached her slowly. "Please dont resist, miss," the city guard said. "It would be best if we could avoid violence." Damriel was enjoying himself immensly. None of the people of the city would dare to interfere, not after their own leaders had declared themselves to Stephen. Arresting her publicly would not only show the people that Stephen controlled their fates bu it would also crush any resistance that was building in the populace.

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Darkfeather21 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:48:47 +0100

As the giant fell, Hjor shoved his scimitars through his chest and brought them out sideways, effectively cutting the giant man in half. As he tunred, he saw Damriel placeing the two girl's under the car of one of the gaurds, and knew he had made the wrong choice. He sprinted back to the gate, let out a yell, and attempted to tackle the city gaurd near Lady Kemberon.

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Buggy — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:00:35 +0100

"Kember...? What in blazes are you talking about?" Seta did her best to sound indignant and hide her fear of the mage. "We travel to this city, hoping to pay our respects to the new king, and--" And that was when Hjor ran up shouting like a madman to take down one of the guards. They seemed distracted enough; Seta immediately grabbed Lady Kemberon's arm and darted backward into a space between two stalls. "I think now is a good time for us to run," she said in a would-be calm voice.

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I am Tasha — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:25:50 +0100

Ria allowed her head to drop in dejection and went back to the weaver's stall.

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Darkfeather21 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:33:05 +0100

((That should have said care, not car.))

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Buggy — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:59:40 +0100

Omaron peered over at the confrontation, completely bemused. "What was that about?" he asked no one in particular.

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Darkfeather21 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:07:56 +0100

((I can't do anything till Flamescript makes Damriel and/or his gaurds react.))

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the flipr kid — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:21:46 +0100

Well. Crap. This day wasn't turning out at all the way she had wanted it to. Note to self, Kember, she whispered in her head, stay away from Stephan-supporting cities next time. If there was a next time. As the mage's guards approached, the strange man who had gone to fight the giant ran up shouting, blades swinging, to attack the men. The goatskin woman grabbed Kember's arm and suggested they run. Kember nodded. "I agree." They fled to an area between two vending stalls, the owners of which looked vastly confused and without the slightest idea what was going on. Kember slipped through into a narrow dirty alleyway and pulled the goatskin girl after her. "This way," she said, and took off again. She only hoped that the man with the scimitars could distract the guards long enough for them to get away.

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Buggy — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:48:18 +0100

Seta followed Kember closely, holding her bundle of supplies tightly. "D'you have a knife or something, in case worst comes to worst?" If she didn't, well, Seta had Emkai's knife, along with a few things of her own.

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Darkfeather21 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:09:37 +0100

Hjor got off the stunned city guard, picked him up, and threw him into oneof the mages guards. He then ran off after the girls. "Time to go!" He said when he caught up with them. Hjor hefted the two onto his shoulders and started running faster. ((I got tired of waiting for Flamescript.))

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the flipr kid — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:11:14 +0100

((Hefted them onto his shoulders?))

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Darkfeather21 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:22:03 +0100

((Big man. Imagian Tiger. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/576/tigerdeldet01.jpg/sr=1))

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the flipr kid — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:25:40 +0100

((Still, it can't be that easy to run off with two pretty-full-grown women in your arms, even if you are that big. And it seems kind of unfair to me and the other player involved for him to be able to do that without warning, sorry.))

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Darkfeather21 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:27:04 +0100

((Ah. Sorry bout that. I've been out of RPing for about a month, so I'm still getting re-used to it again.))

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the flipr kid — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:28:04 +0100

((No problem.))

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the flipr kid — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:31:21 +0100

Kember nodded. "Yeah, I do." She tapped the front of her dress, where she carried the little knife that she had carried with her since Father gave it to her two years ago. It wasn't a big knife, but it was good steel, and at least she knew how to use it. Father had made sure of that. "Let's try to avoid having to use it, though, shall we?" she said, slightly out of breath from running.

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Flamescript — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:42:20 +0100

Damriel watched as the large man tackled one of the guards, then run. 'A game of cat and mouse eh?' He thought. 'I'll be happy to oblige.' He approached the man by the gate, obviously the one in charge. "Captain," he said. "Lord Damriel." "We seem to have an infestation of rebels. Send your men to the other gates and close them off. No one gets in or out of this city without my express permission." "Sir..." he looked nervous, but not terrified. "If we close the gates it will completely shut down the city." Damriel grabbed the mans collar and pulled him close. His hood slid back a little revealign his skeletal face to the captain. The guards face went pale and his eyes widened. "I-I mean of course my lord. It shall be done." "Good. Now if you'll excuse me."

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:15:36 +0100

((So, are we just not going to go with the "picked you up and ran" bit?))

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the flipr kid — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:41:00 +0100

((Yeah, it would just be confusing.))

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:52:17 +0100

((Alright, reatempt of my last IC post.)) Hjor caught up with the girls. "Hey, we've gotta hurry. Damriel will probably ba having his gaurds close off the city gates."

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Buggy — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:52:13 +0100

Seta groaned. "Right. Ah... what are our chances of successfully scaling a wall?"

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:40:33 +0100

"About how long is that rope of yours?" Hjor asked. ((What is the wall made of?))

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the flipr kid — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:58:48 +0100

((Stone. Think granite.)) Kember bit her lips in thought. "I...um.The smallfolk have built things like shops and home right up against the inside of the wall...we could climb up onto the roofs and then scale the remainder of the wall's height from there." She strained her eyes to see to the edge of the city, where the great grey wall loomed forbiddingly in their path. "What do you guys think? We kinda have to move fast..."

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:51:28 +0100

"That works, now run!" Hjor said. He peeked out from around the edge of the stalls and got a look from one of the owners. "Mind your own businness." He snarled before stepping back into the alley.

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Buggy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:39:29 +0100

Seta pelted along behind the others, panting.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:59:42 +0100

Virkhard Hall was a cold and dark place, Stephan Edmar thought, sitting in the great chair i the study. His study, even though he didn't think of it as so. He never thought of anything at Virkhard of his, though he had conquered it and, by rights, was its ruler now. No, for him home would always be Lansely Castle, ancestral home of House Edmar. Perhaps he would have the great Ketton's Throne moved there, when this war was done, and rule from his own castle. Or he could have it melted down and a new throne forged from the metal. The Dragon Throne, not the throne of that first mundane Baron Cadmir. Oh, if only the war was over...if only he could settle down to rule and not have to worry about rebellions or uprisings or that annoying Cadmir girl. Half the country was still on her side, and none of his troops knew where she was. She caused more trouble and fighting than she knew, merely by being free. If she was captured she would most certainly be treated well -- he was not a cruel ruler, nor did he want to make her a martyr -- but everything would just be so much...simpler if she was under his control and out of the way while he crushed her followers and established his own kingdom. His own legacy. ___ "Wall!" Kemberon cried, pointing straight ahead of her as she ran. She was sweating and short-breathed, but she didn't dare stop, ducking and weaving through the twisting streets and around vending stalls and thronging masses of people. The wall loomed ahead, great and grey and utterly un-climbable -- but there were, as she had expected, several shabby structures thrown up against it, almost as if they had been built there specifically for the use of Kember and her companions. "There, you see? When we reach it, climb up the roofs as fast as you can. We'll need the rope for the wall."

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Buggy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:20:00 +0100

"On it." Seta loosened one end of the rope and began tying it around the hilt of Emkai's knife.

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:46:45 +0100

"Hang on." Hjor said, and held out one of his scimitars. "More area to grip." He said. "Also, I'll go first. I can keep any guards away, and hold the rope."

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Buggy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:12:53 +0100

"I was just going to use it as a weight, but okay." Seta tied the rope to the scimitar instead.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:11:40 +0100

((Waiting for Flamescript....)) At least nobody was attacking them. As the goatskin woman and the stranger man started to prepare for scaling the buildings and the wall, Kemberon kept her eyes turned towards the street through which they had just come, watching for pursuit. There were plenty of ordinary smallfolk and merchants, but they all seemed more confused by the goings-on than anything, and either stared without action or ignored Kember and her companions entirely. There was a commotion at the far end of the street, and all of a sudden two city guards pushed through the crowd, pointing and shouting at Kember and the other two. "Guards," she warned them.

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:23:49 +0100

"You two go. I'll hold them back." Hjor said. He stepped in front of the girls at pulled out his remaining blade. As the guards came closer, he got ready for a fight.

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Flamescript — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:35:14 +0100

Damriel followed behind the two guards as they shoved through the crowd and rushed towards Kemberon and her companions. "Trying to scale the walls?" he said, shaking his head. "Take down the man with the sword first!" he yelled at the guards. "Now burn." The words thrummed with power, the air pressure on the street increasing briefly. The rope that the goatskin woman held caught fire and burned steadily.

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:58:33 +0100

The guards rushed towards Hjor and he readied his scimitar. He wasn't as good with just one, but he could make due. ((What are the gaurds armed with?))

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Buggy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:25:23 +0100

Seta didn't waste any time with the rope. She dropped it and immediately turned to face Damriel, throwing her own less than impressive knife straight at his chest. ((She can get captured if you like. Then Emkai could track down your charries once they get outside the walls))

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Flamescript — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:39:52 +0100

((Guards are armed with long swords.)) Damriel didn't bother moving out of the way and watched as the knife sunk between his ribs. He yanked it out and magical energy escaped, hissing and crackling as it drifted towards the ground. The scent of spilt magic, like ozone, filled the air. "Come now," he said chidingly, "You could not have expected that to kill me. Now lets end this game." Without another word he reached into the veil, using his body as a conduit for hte energy to travel through. The air pressure increased again and the scent of ozone increased. "Fall," he said filling the words with the magic, pulling the energy out of the muscles in Seta and Kemberon's legs.

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Buggy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:54:29 +0100

Seta backed toward the door, hand on Emkai's knife. "Run," she hissed at Kemberon, brow creasing. "Run, I'll hold him-- OOF!" She collapsed to the ground as her legs gave out, but managed to avoid impaling herself on her knife. And even now when she was about to be captured, she couldn't help looking up in astonishment at Damriel. What sort of power was this? Was it magic as all the legends said? Was it something a human could harness? Well it didn't matter now, but... The frenzied thoughts died away as she tried feebly to get up. Her legs didn't want to move.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:59:14 +0100

Hjor swung as soon as the gaurds were in range, clashing off their blades. The gurads staggered slighlty, but quickley moved to outmaneuver him. Their longer blades gave them superior range, but restricted the movments they could make without hitting nearby stalls. Hjor had no such restrictions, and swung with impunity. He took out one guard quickly, then slowly overpowered the other. Both would learn to never clash with him again. Hjor turned to Damriel and charged him, swinging as soon as he was within range.

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Flamescript — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:41:40 +0100

The edge of Hjor's blade cleaved through Damriels neck, sending his head rolling down the street, revealing his skeletal features. His body remained standing, though it staggered a bit and swayed where it stood. "Come," Damriel said, and his body staggered over and searched for his head. Eventually he found it and attatched it to his shoulders, the two ends of his neck joint fusing together. He staggered, dizzy. Having your head removed did tend to have that effect.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:49:00 +0100

Hjor stared aghast as Damriels head flew from his body, then as the body continued to move and reattach the head. What was this being, that could live through even loseing his head? Hjor quickly turned back to the girls, but found the guards he'd taken down back up and in his way, as well as another pair making their way towards the girls.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:23:35 +0100

Kemberon whirled around and ran, just as a wave of force swept across the ground beneath her and the goatskin woman. Kember felt it slam into her right ankle and her leg buckled. She tripped, collapsed, and pulled herself upright in the space of three seconds -- but the goatskin woman hadn't been so lucky. Hit with the full force of the...whatever it was...she lay on the ground, unable to get up. Kember knew there was no way out for her. She closed her eyes briefly, hating that it was her own birth that had got them into this mess. Right at that moment, one of the strange man's scimitars took the mage's head clean off. Kemberon didn't stop to see what happened next. She took a running, stumbling leap at the roof of the lowest-standing building, throwing up her hands to catch the edge of it as she fell. The force of her weight slammed her body into the side of the building and she winced, but held on. She puled herself up onto the roof and ran to the next one, scrabbling from one height to the next, till she was nearly at the top of the wall. There she stopped to observe the scene beneath her. The mage -- great unholy stars, he wasn't dead! How? He was beheaded! Before her very eyes! A jolt of cold fear went through her body as the creature reattached his head and kept moving. Magic was dead, so what was this? If Stephan had this power on his side, how could Kember hope to hide?

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Buggy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:33:53 +0100

Omaron came trotting over to the site of the fight, eyes wide. "What in blazes is going on?" he asked sharply. --- Kemberon might have seen a thin plume of smoke rising from the trees outside the walls, a long way off.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:21:54 +0100

Hjor attempted to fight through to the goatskin girl, but this time, the guards were smart. They attacked him head on, quickly disarming him and forcning Hjor to kneel on the ground before the mage and Omaron.

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Flamescript — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:45:49 +0100

"Ah, Omaron," Damriel said. "It seems that we have prisoners for his Majesty." He watched as the guards overpowered the man with the sword. One of them walked over to the goat skin girl and detained her. "Now there's only one matter to attend to. Omaron, watch them. Make sure that they do not escape." He ripped off the gloves he wore on his hands, revealing them to be entirely bone, without any flesh or muscle. He followed Kemberon, takeing the route she had taken to reach the top of the walls. "Kemberon," he said. "Let's make this easy on ourselves. Give in."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:58:42 +0100

Hjor let out a shout. "Kemberon! Run! Don't let them take you!" One of the guards smacked him with the hilt of his sword, then kicked him in the face when he fell.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:59:24 +0100

Oh, gods. Oh no. This was not going to end this way. Had the goatskin woman really met Emkai? If so, he could potentially still be outside the city. Kember had to get to him, and warn him about the mage. About what the mage could do. She stood at the top of the wall, staring down to the outside, at all of that distance to the ground below. She looked around and saw that both the goatskin woman and the scimitar man were being captured. If they were lucky, they wouldn't be killed later for helping her. She sent a silent prayer to the gods that they would not -- she didn't even know who they were, and yet they'd helped her without a second thought. The least she could do now was get away from the mage, so that their help would actually mean something. Instead of giving in, Kemberon grinned at the mage. "Stupid idea to let people build straight up to the top of the wall. Make it too easy to escape." Only, how would she get down? There were no handy buildings on the outside of the wall. The only option available was to jump -- which meant she could very well break her neck in the landing. But compared to being caught by the unholy mage? Kember jumped.

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:25:24 +0100

Seta winced as she was dragged roughly up, feet trailing uselessly on the ground for the moment. Emkai would help Kemberon, if only she could get away. She was brought back to her own predicament by a startled cry. "Kemberon, here?" Omaron half-squawked. "How can that be? What--?" "I think Mr. Bones is mistaken," Seta cut in, not a trace of sarcasm in her voice.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:33:42 +0100

Hjor lay at the feet of Omaron. The bastard. He wasn't the reason for this, but Hjor didn't care. He spit at the mans boots, then covered his face as the guards started kicking him again.

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:52:29 +0100

Omaron stepped back with a noise of disgust when Hjor spat, then frowned at the guards. "Here, he's down, leave him alone!" he told them sharply.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:57:56 +0100

The guards stopped kicking Hjor and saluted Omaron. "Sir!" they said. Hjor groaned slightly.

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:18:38 +0100

"You're going to give King Stephan a bad name, brutalizing his subjects in such a manner," he snapped before turning his attention to Hjor. "Are you all right?"

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:23:24 +0100

Hjor stared up at Omaron for a moment. He considered spitting at him again, but decided that wasn't the best idea. Instead, he replied with,"I'll live."

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the flipr kid — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:10:06 +0100

Kember fell, her arms spread out above her head and her legs below, as she maneuvered herself in the air to land, in about...now. The ground hit her with a sudden jolt, sending shudders through her body. A flash of red-hot pain sliced up her shoulder. She tucked and rolled and rolled and rolled, the momentum of her fall carrying her a long distance before she tumbled to a graceless halt. She had landed on a great heap of soiled straw -- which some farmer had placed there to sell as compost, undoubtedly -- which was why she wasn't dead right now. Just in a lot of pain. She struggled to her feet, wincing, and grabbed her injured shoulder. It felt like someone had driven a particularly dull and rusted knife deep into her muscle and jiggling it around a bit inside. Was the mage still following her? Probably -- though how he would get himself down the wall she didn't want to know. Maybe he went around to the gates and let himself through there. She had to get away. Kember noticed a thin plume of grey smoke rising from the trees outside the city. Who was there? Was it -- dare she hope -- her captain of the guard, as the goatskin girl had promised? Whatever. She started limping as fast as she could in that direction. Anything to get away from the city, and the mage.

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:36:29 +0100

Omaron nodded. "Get him up," he told the guards sternly. "We need to inform King Stephan of this immediately." --- It wasn't long before a shadow appeared in Kember's periphery, and something dark and sharp flicked out toward her. "State your name and business," came a sharp but low voice.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:43:07 +0100

The guards tried to lift Hjor, and he let them struggle for a moment before standing up on his own. He moved back into the alley and collected his other scimitar, then sheathed both in his harness.

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:53:06 +0100

The guards had their swords out and aimed at Hjor's neck as soon as he retrieved his scimitar. "Ah... you'll need to hand those over," Omaron said.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:58:40 +0100

Hjor slowly pulled his scimitar out and handed them to Omaron. He wouldn't need them. He could easily crush the man, should he need to.

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:19:56 +0100

Omaron took the scimitars and handed them to a guard. "Right then. Let's go." ((If you don't want Hjor to be captured, you can have him take Omaron hostage and run, meeting up with Kemberon. Or you can have him captured; I don't care much either way.))

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:24:45 +0100

((Meh, I'm fine with being captured. I'm gonna work my way around to escaping with Seta eventually.)) Hjor followed Omaron. He wondered where the goatskin girl would be taken.

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:31:32 +0100

((So long as you wait a bit first, I'm okay with that. About Seta being freed I mean.)) Omaron turned and led the lot back to the castle. The mage could take care of Kemberon, certainly. A shudder went down his back as he thought of those bone hands... Oh stop being so weak dearie. You've seen worse.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:00:59 +0100

Kemberon stopped moving immediately and raised her hands, palm-side out, in as non-threatening a gesture as she could. "Jilly, from the city," she lied without hesitation, as she had been doing for months. "There's a...something going on there, and I think the king's people are there too. His adviser, I mean. And his mage." She paused a bit to let a doubtful look fleet across her face. Play the part. "If you believe that stuff. Er...can I just turn around and leave? I don't want to get into trouble. And I don't have anything worth stealing."

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:05:33 +0100

The sword drew back, and there was a sharp intake of breath. "Baroness?" A dark-skinned man stepped from the trees, disbelief on his face. "How...? Wait, what's this about Stefan's mage?"

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the flipr kid — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:12:14 +0100

Kemberon could hardly believe the voice that sounded in her ears. "Emkai?" And there he was. Despite her lies, he had recognized her voice right away -- he had known her since her birth, practically. She wished she had better news for him. "Yes, Stephan's mage is in the city...and...and he was trying to capture me. He found me. Did you send a woman, dressed in goatskins, into the city?"

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Buggy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:19:08 +0100

"Seta? Where is she?" The look on Emkai's face said that he wasn't expecting good news. "Here, we should get to the campsite and put out my fire. Follow me, please."

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the flipr kid — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:31:32 +0100

"Oh, so you do know her. She had your knife." Kember scrubbed a hand across her face. "She said that you were out here, and she was going to lead me to you. And then the mage...recognized me. She and another man I don't know tried to help me get out of the city. I escaped. They didn't." She followed him into his campsite, where he started smothering his fire. "What do we do now?"

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DerangedPickle — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:50:59 +0100

Aiden awoke minutes later, able to hear a fight going on nearby, no-one had helped him out when he'd blacked out, he liked to think it was because of the fighting but probably not. The gates were still open, he needed to get back to his camp, standing up with massive pains throught his body, he began the limp out of city as fast as he could, which wasn't saying much, the guards seemed to busy trying to track some runaway criminals or something similar, as he got further away from the city he could hear voices, nothing said privately outside the cities was about honest work and perfectly innocent acts, Aiden set himself down a small time away, trying to stay out of sight, he could see a campsite, after they had stopped talking he planned to come out and ask to stay, or if they left simply use the camp, after he'd rested he was more likely to reach his own camp and his supplies.

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Buggy — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:25:26 +0100

((Egh, sorry about that Pickle. You hadn't posted in a while and I completely forgot Aiden was there.)) "We get you out of here," Emkai said bluntly. "The king and his cronies are here; it's completely stupid to stay any longer than we need to. Once we're a suitable distance, we can start making further plans." Suddenly his broad shoulders tensed, and he raised his sword slightly. "Did you hear that?" he said very quietly to Kember.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:25:33 +0100

"All right," Kemberon agreed...then she froze as well. "Yeah," she murmured back to Emkai. A rustle in the growth surrounding the little camp. A guard? Gods forbid, the mage?

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:28:15 +0100

Hjor followed Omaron. Nothing much else he could do. He didn't see the goatskin girl around.

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DerangedPickle — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:35:32 +0100

(It's fine buggy, i'm often behind on posts, I think i'm in a different timezone, (The UK one) so my posts would be at the least hours after yours.) "Looks i'm i've been found out." Aiden thought, cursing himself for the noise he was making, time for plan B. He stood up with his arms held out ot his sides, away from his bow and sword. "You got me, I wanted to wait until you'd left and use the camp." He said making sure to exaggerate the limp he'd gained fighting the man-giant. He noticed the two figures in the camp, one in particular stood out. It was the baron's daughter, time to make an introduction. "Ah, Miss Cadmir, quite a pleasure to meet you." He said bowing his head, while still advancing, and turning his head towards Emkai, "And you also look familiar. A man of the court perhaps a guard perhaps?."

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Buggy — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:10:02 +0100

((Yep, I'm on Central Standard Time, so that'd explain some of it.)) Emkai raised his sword to point at the man's throat. "State your business," he said in a sharp voice, too-light eyes darting around the clearing. They'd been found out; what if this man wasn't alone? --- Omaron led the guards toward the hall. They kept their swords out and aimed toward Hjor, except for the man who was carrying Seta. Her legs still hadn't started working again.

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DerangedPickle — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:34:43 +0100

Aiden stood completely still, feeling the steel touch the front of his neck. "No need for that. I am as you can see in no state to fight." He said, struggling to stay calm and resisting the urge to try and run, he knew that even in a well state this man could kill him in single combat. "I'm simply here to use the camp, and then be on my way, or... offer my help, you seem to have a problem." He suprised himself, a chance to not die and perhaps get a contract out of it. Cunning enough.

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Buggy — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:44:20 +0100

Emkai did not remove his sword regardless of the man's words. "Are you alone?" he asked bluntly.

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DerangedPickle — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:54:57 +0100

"If I wasn't you we would be fighting right now. I know this is hard to ask but you need to trust me right now." He said not moving his postion, but his legs were about to give in with the effort of all the running and fighting, and it showed through their shaking.

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DerangedPickle — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:55:59 +0100

Take no notice of the small grammar error at the beginning where i've said 'you' and 'me' right after each other, I need to start reading my posts when i'm tired.

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Buggy — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:57:55 +0100

"I haven't lasted this long by trusting everyone who comes tramping up to my campsite," Emkai replied but withdrew his sword an inch or so. "Sit down; you look like you're about to pass out."

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DerangedPickle — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:03:42 +0100

"My thanks." He said laying down at the camp, not overly keen to make small talk, but he would join in if it started.

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the flipr kid — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:40:49 +0100

((Ah, I don't know if this was made clear or not -- and if it wasn't, it's my fault, but Kemberon has a fairly nondescript face that wouldn't be quickly recognized by most people.))

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the flipr kid — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:49:47 +0100

How had that man recognized her so quickly? Kemberon narrowed her eyes. Emkai was right; there was really no reason to trust him. He could be working for anyone, and this was alarmingly close to one of Stephan's declared cities.

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DerangedPickle — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:43:05 +0100

Aiden could see Kemberon narrow her eyes, she was suspicious it seemed. "You want to know how I noticed you don't you? I hunt bounties and know what people look like when they try and change what they look like, but as long as Stephen doesn't catch on you'll be fine. On that note you should get to a city that he doesn't influence, you'll be better off."

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Buggy — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:17:20 +0100

"A bounty hunter." Did this man really think he was about to trust him now? Emkai sighed and rubbed a hand over his pate. "Baroness, please put out the fire and get me some rope. We're moving."

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DerangedPickle — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:49:30 +0100

"Theres something you should know before you go." Aiden said standing up and turning to face Kemberon. "You have supporters in the cities, more than you think, plenty of which would gladly lay their lives down for you Miss. Perhaps you could take your empire back." He said sitting back down and tending to his wounds, he was considering asking to go with them, but he'd not had the best intro, they probably thought he would go back to Stephens city and report them.

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the flipr kid — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:17:43 +0100

"My empire?" Kemberon didn't know what to say to that. She was, and had been for three months, running for her life. Hiding. Staying alive and out of Stephan's hands. Did she want to take up arms against the so-called Dragon King? Did she want to bring war? She knew she had supporters, and probably stood a good chance of taking on Stephan and winning...but not without bloodshed. And she was only fifteen! Did she want to lead an army, rule an empire? What would her father have done? Rillon Cadmir had raised his daughter from birth with the expectation of ruling a vast kingdom someday, of keeping the empire's peace. She had had as much preparation for it as he could offer her, and that was plenty -- her family had ruled for hundreds of years. She could do it. Would he want her to? Or would he tell her, if he was still alive, to keep the peace in Perion and let Stephan have her throne? "I..." Kemberon paused, considering her words. She glanced at Emkai's hard, expressionless face andpursed her lips. "I know I have support in the cities still."

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the flipr kid — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:18:11 +0100

*and pursed, that should have said. I need sleep -_-

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Buggy — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:40:40 +0100

Emkai crossed his arms. As far as he was concerned, they should tie this man up and leave him for his friends to find while they ran for it.

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DerangedPickle — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:56:31 +0100

"That's all I have to say, but your friend there doesn't look too happy about, and I know he doesn't trust me, so I ask to come along, help you in this, prove that I don't work for the king." Aiden said completely seriously, he thought that if Stephen was strong enough to rule then he should, but gaining power through tricks like magic wasn't strength, it was trickery. (What's Stephen like? I could play him if you like.)

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Buggy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:02:59 +0100

Emkai looked to Kemberon. As badly as he felt about this situation, he still served the baroness and would abide by her decision.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:05:44 +0100

((Pickle: I've decided to play Stephan for the time being.)) "Maybe you don't," Kemberon said, "but I can't afford to have variables. Either you're with me or you're not, and I can't be sure that you are. So." She looked him up and down, judging his appearance, sizing him up. Then she nodded once, as if she had come to a decision. "I think he should come with us," she said to her captain of the guard. "If only so we can keep an eye on him. But you'll have to turn over your weapons," she said to the bounty hunter, "at least until we decide to trust you with them again. Sound fair?"

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DerangedPickle — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:13:20 +0100

"Oh yes, maybe i'll help by punching our enemies." He said, the sarcasm evident, "You can have my sword, but i'm keeping the bow." He dropped his sword on the ground in front of him, and stepped back, awaiting a decision.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:14:15 +0100

Kemberon crossed her arms. "All the weapons," she said. "If we're attacked then you can have them back. Or you can leave." It wasn't her fault she didn't trust this man; if he wanted his weapons he'd have to prove to her that he deserved them. It never hurt to be careful.

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:36:36 +0100

((Psst, Buggy. Omaron needs to do something. Not sure what, just something.))

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DerangedPickle — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:25:31 +0100

Aiden sighed, the knife in his boot would have to do. "If thats the case I hope you can throw them quickly." He said, scoffing and passing his bow and quiver. "A word of warning, if you break that bow, I will kill you myself." He didn't really mean it, but it had taken him years to carve one right.

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Buggy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:58:46 +0100

((Egh, fine. I was waiting for the mage, but it doesn't seem like he's with us any longer.)) Omaron led the group of guards with the two prisoners into Vikhard Hall and eventually to the throne room, after being properly announced of course. "Your Highness, Kemberon has been sighted!"

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the flipr kid — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:28:17 +0100

Kemberon took the bow and quiver he held out to her, as well as his sword, and put them under her arm, still eying the man warily. "Well," she said. "I guess we better get moving then." ___ King Stephan was not sitting in Ketton's Throne when Omaron was announced. He watched as his adviser walked into the throne room, accompanied by several of the king's guards, and two people whom he had never seen before. Prisoners. "Kemberon?" he said, walking around to sit in the massive metal throne. He frowned. "Where? By whom?" He'd had far too many 'sightings' of his dead rival's daughter, all of which turned out to be unsurprisingly false, but they were a waste of his time and resources, and were a nuisance to his armies. "And who are these?" he asked, gesturing to the two prisoners.

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Buggy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:36:36 +0100

Emkai gave the bounty hunter a long hard look at his threat. He didn't need to say anything to get his meaning across: touch Kemberon, and you will suffer a swift, violent death. He turned to the baroness and inclined his head. "As you say, my lady." --- "By myself, and your mage my liege." Omaron gestured to the prisoners. "These hindered us from capturing her." Seta swallowed, obviously quite anxious.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:38:36 +0100

Hjor stood in the throne room, kneeling only when the guards started to press their blades into his throat. He was starting to dispise Stephan.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:47:04 +0100

Stephan waved a hand impatiently. "Let the man up," he ordered the guards. "And get that blade away from his neck. There's no reason to harm either of them unless they cause trouble." He waited while the men obeyed his isntructions, and then turned to Omaron. "You saw her, you say? And my mage? Where is he?" Damriel had a rather irritating habit of disappearing without warning for any length of time, and then later resurfacing without explanation. The mage was a disconcerting presence, it was true. Not for the first time , Stephan was glad he was on the king's side. "How is it you could not stop her, a fifteen-year-old girl?" Stephan demanded of his adviser. ___ As they walked away from the campsite, keeping well under the cover of the forest, Kemberon mentally reviewed the cities loyal to the Barony. "Perhaps we should go to Dunlet," she suggested. "It's large enough to hide in, and it's still declared for my father, right?" She didn't say 'to me', even though she was her father's heir, and the Baron was dead. She was sure that the cities' loyalty was for him, whom they had known, and not for herself, whom they had not.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:53:20 +0100

Hjor stood and stepped foward, ignoring the gaurds jumping toward him. "That would be mainly my fault, sire." he said.

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Buggy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:00:17 +0100

"He took off after her, my lord, and..." Omaron winced at Stephan's tone. "The man was putting up a fight, and Kemberon got onto the wall before jumping off. There wasn't much I could do at that point, but I am sorry to have let you down sir." Seta found that her legs were feeling a little stronger. "Ah... could you please let me stand on my own, sir?" she said hesitantly. The guard frowned at her but set her on her feet. One hand stayed clamped on her arm. --- "That it is," Emkai replied. "I believe you will be able to win their loyalty, baroness."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:22:59 +0100

"Thats about right, your majesty. Though I must admit, your guards are extremly well trained. Even I had trouble putting them out." Hjor said, attempting to flatter the Dragon King.

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DerangedPickle — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:33:22 +0100

"Just like the stories then, it's about time we gave the bards something to sing about." Aiden said following the two, feeling rather helpless, but taking back an empire no doubt came with a large bag of coin.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:51:06 +0100

"She jumped off the wall?" Stephan raised an eyebrow. "Why on earth would she do that? Did anyone check to see if she's dead or injured?" How could someone jump from the top of a city wall and survive? And where the hell was Damriel? "I want people looking for her, Omaron. We absolutely cannot let her escape. I trust you'll see to this? And not just a search party or a word to the city authorities and garrisons telling them to keep an eye out. I mean a proper squad of elite soldiers, who will be on her trail night and day until they catch her. No distractions." The king offered a grim smile to the big prisoner. "Those aren't my guards. They belong to their city authorities. And I was a common soldier, once. Flattery won't work on me." He looked over the two prisoners, then said, "If either of you have anything useful to offer me, do it now. Else you'll both be held in a pair of dungeon cells until I have use of you."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:33:17 +0100

Hjor grabbed his swords from the guard who held them. "I offer you my sevices as a mercenary, my leige." he said, kneeling before Stephan.

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Flamescript — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:03:08 +0100

((Sorry I havnt posted in awhile. Been occupied with finals and such)) Damriel walked into the throne room, not bothering to announce himself through a messenger. The king would be used to his behavior by now. "My liege," he said with a stiff bow. His hood was back up, covering his face once more. He looked over at Hjor. "Hmm. It seems we shall be on the same side this time." He chuckled. "Just remember to keep those blades of yours away from my neck this time."

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:11:17 +0100

"Damriel followed her, and well given that he is your mage I thought he'd be able to..." Omaron trailed off, heart sinking when the person in question returned without Kemberon. He bowed to Stephan, feeling a little abashed. "Yes my liege. I'll see to it." Seta watched Stephan, still obviously anxious, but her thoughts were tumbling one over the other at a furious pace. Hjor probably hadn't just flipped sides like that; it made no sense that he'd risk death or imprisonment to save the baroness then just skip right along to help Stephan. Unfortunately, it was likely that Stephan would see through this as well provided his hubris didn't get in the way. As for herself... hmm. How could she help Emkai and Kemberon from a cell? But then maybe, if she acted frightened enough (not a hard feat at the moment), maybe the Dragon King would think she was complying out of fear for her own life and freedom. And maybe, just maybe she could find a way out of this mess. "I-I..." She cleared her throat. "Begging your pardon, good sir King, but I might know where she's headed." Omaron's brows rose slightly but he said nothing.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:28:21 +0100

Damriel entered the hall, unannounced as always. King Stephan nodded to him but otherwise paid him no mind -- he didn't have Kemberon with him, which meant that she'd got away. "Good," he said to Omaron, then turned to appraise the two prisoners. "Oh? You're both so willing to abandon the girl you just got yourselves captured for?" Stephan raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Interesting." And unlikely as well. Whether they actually intended to serve Stephan remained to be seen. "Well, then, where is she going?" he asked, watching the prisoner carefully. If she was lying, her face and body language would say so.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:05:10 +0100

"She's... she's going to meet her captain of the guard. Emkai." Seta lowered her gaze, hoping desperately that she seemed natural enough.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:09:15 +0100

Hjor smirked at the goatskin girl. "My leige, I offer my services as a mercenary, not as a soldier." he said to the man. "I will work with you, for the right price." he grinned slyly.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:12:22 +0100

Stephan knew who the Cadmirs' captain of the guard was. He had vanished the same night Kemberon herself had, along with most of the original guards of Virkhard Hall. Some of the men and women had been captured here or there, but no one had ever had any knowledge of the whereabouts of the baroness or the captain themselves. And this prisoner's information was useless at best. "And where is he?" the king asked the girl. "Or where are they meeting? Where are they headed? Please say something worthwhile."

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:17:12 +0100

((Damn, uh, pretend my last post happened after Flipr's.))

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the flipr kid — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:17:47 +0100

Stephan offered a humorless grin to the big man. "You seem to misunderstand. I don't hire mercenaries. My own men are numerous and loyal enough; there's no need to waste money on your kind. And if I'm to believe you, you readily betrayed Kemberon when it seemed convenient, so you could easily decide to do the same to me." In addition to all of that, Stephan didn't like mercenaries. They sold their loyalty along with their services. Causes meant nothing to them.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:20:43 +0100

"Well then," Hjor stood. "Theres nothing left for me to do here." He turned and started walking toward the door.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:25:07 +0100

Immediately three guards jumped the big man, attacking from all angles to take his swords and pin him in place. "Not so fast," Stephan said. "You're my prisoner. I didn't give you leave to go."

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:28:16 +0100

"Really? I don't remember ever giving you my loyalty, or even really caring about the laws of prisoner-ship." Hjor said. He pushed two of the swords down and gave the third man his best evil eye.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:35:25 +0100

Two guards approached with rope to tie the man's wrists together. Clearly he was too dangerous to be left with his hands free. "I don't particularly care what you decide to give me," Stephan told him. "And the laws of prisonership dictate that you are my prisoner, whether you care about it or no." He waved a hand. "Take this man to a dungeon cell. a nice tight one. And be careful. He might try and bite someone's hand off or something."

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:38:38 +0100

Hjor didn't wait for the men to tie his hands togeather. As soon as they were close enough, he punched them, breaking faces. Before the guards around him could react, he kicked one in the chest and stole his sword. "I am not your prisoner." he stated simply.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:49:40 +0100

Stephan fought the urge to roll his eyes. The man was clearly both outnumbered and outmatched. The room was full of the king's guards, as well as the presence of Damriel, the mage, who could kill the big man with barely no effort on his part, from what Stephan had seen. Was the man out of his mind? "I don't have the time to argue this with you," the king said impatiently. "You'll die before you even reach that door. Is that what you're aiming for? Stay and agree to be my prisoner. Prove your loyalty. You'll be well treated, and perhaps I will hire you eventually. If you swear to my service."

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:51:37 +0100

Seta gulped. "Outside the city in the woods. He... he had plans to gather followers in nearby cities while continuing his search." Agh, more useless twaddle. She needed to think of a satisfactory lie and soon... or just defy him to his face and get locked up herself. Either way.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:55:15 +0100

Hjor rolled it around in his head for a moment, then returned the sword to the fallen guard. "I will stay, but not " he paused, the continued. "Not as your prisoner."

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:59:21 +0100

Seta gave Hjor an irritated look. His hubris wasn't going to make the king any more likely to listen to either of them.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:00:49 +0100

"Oh?" The king raised an eyebrow. "Under what capacity, then? Keep in mind that you're really in no place to make demands. So you took out a couple of my guards. That doesn't mean you have the slightest chance of leaving here alive, so don't get any ideas about what you're entitled to." Stephan looked at the oddly-dressed female prisoner, awaiting more words of explanation. So far, nothing she was saying was of any use. Most likely she was just trying to buy herself some time.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:05:52 +0100

((and since I don't really know the names of any other towns or the geography of this place at all...)) Seta sighed and shook her head. "I'm not really into politics, your highness, but there's nothing more I can tell you. Emkai trusted me, y'see."

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:06:34 +0100

Hjor frowned for a moment as he thought about what the king had said. If it wasn't for the damned mage, he could probably have fought his way out of here by now. But that man was irritatingly powerful. Maybe he could challenge Stephan to a right of arms? Hjor then realized he'd been vocalizing his thoughts.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:36:07 +0100

Stephan chuckled. "Oh, certainly -- no. Even if you did, what makes you think I'd accept?" He sighed. "Now make up your mind. Are you staying or are you dying?"

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:14:24 +0100

"If I challenged you, your honor as king would require you to accept." Hjor stated simply.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:21:31 +0100

Stephan pursed his lips. Honestly, had this barbarian never met any kings before in his life? "How so? My honor as a king requires no such thing. That, frankly, is senseless. Are you going to make up your mind? Because if you don't, I'll decide for you." He narrowed his eyes. "And I choose your death. You're far too irritating for your own good, and perhaps not half as useful as you could be."

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:25:31 +0100

((I'm taking advantage of Flamescripts erratic posting schedual with this.)) "Mmm, I think I'll leave." Hjor said, grabbing his scimitars back from the guard who had them and headed towards the door again.

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Buggy — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:31:41 +0100

((...yeah, I think if you keep going like this Hjor's going to end up dead for real. It's not plausible or at the very least fair to the other players to assume he can just overpower all the guards and anyone in his way to escape.)) Seta hid her eyes. However this ended, she didn't want to see.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:31:57 +0100

((Er...the throne room is full of guards, and since as handful of guards were able to capture him in the city, it doesn't really make sense that an even bigger amount wouldn't be able to stop him from leaving. I though he was going to try and escape with Seta?))

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:37:28 +0100

Hjor eyed the guards by the door. "On second thought, I'll stay." he dropped his scimitars, as well as all the knives hidden throughout his scant clothing. Suprising how many it was, really. Hjor had never bothered to count, so now was a good chance. As he dropped the last one, he counted thirty seven. How he'd hid them all, he'd probably never know.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:13:09 +0100

Stephan nodded, satisfied. "Now, my guards will take you and the woman to the dungeon...unless you decide to behave, and be of use to me when I require it, then you'll be held in furnished, heated apartments with all necessities and comforts. Your choice."

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:25:38 +0100

Hjor rolled it around for a moment. Heated, comfertable rooms, or dark, dank dungeon? Not that hard of a choice. "I'll co-operate." he said.

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Buggy — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:27:02 +0100

Seta shrugged. "As you like it, your majesty." There wasn't any way she could help Stephan, as far as she was concerned, and as unpleasant as the dungeon sounded she wouldn't be missing the apartment luxuries much. It wasn't often that she slept in heated furnished buildings anyways.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:49:29 +0100

The king sighed. He was getting tired of this. "You will both be given comfortable apartments for now. You'll be fed twice a day and guards will keep watch over you at all times. I will also assign servants for each of you, but try to escape or cause trouble in any way, and you'll be locked away in the dungeon for the rest of your lives, or until I forgive you the breach of my trust. Take them out of here," he said to his guards.

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Darkfeather21 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:30:49 +0100

One of the guards attempted to grab Hjor's arm. Hjor gave him a death glare and the smaller man let go. "Lead. Don't escort." He growled, and the guard wimpered slightly before walking away. Hjor raised a hand in mock salute to the Dragon King, then followed the guard.

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Buggy — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:47:23 +0100

Seta blinked, then realized that she'd misunderstood the king. Well that wasn't a bad way to treat one's enemies and no mistake, giving them actual places to stay that weren't cells. It was going to be unusual after sleeping on the ground with her goats for so long, though mostly for the lack of freedom. She followed the guards almost timidly.

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the flipr kid — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:53:30 +0100

Stephan pinched the bridge of his nose, squeezing his eyes together wearily as he thought about Kemberon, and the war he was waging even now. "She was so close," he said. "Practically in my grasp." A clenched a fist reflexively, without even realizing that he did it. "How did she get away? Where is she now?" He stood up in a sudden motion and left the room. He had never liked Virkhard's Great Hall; it never felt like it was truly his. "Kemberon Cadmir, where are you?" ((Since Stephan just ordered an elite team of soldiers to make looking for Kember their main focus, I thought we should probably form one. So...anyone up for creating a soldier for the team?))

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Darkfeather21 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:57:36 +0100

((Sure.))

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the flipr kid — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:00:09 +0100

((All right, post it in the discussion thread!))

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Buggy — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:00:33 +0100

((Ooh, I have a man who's work wonderfully, though I'd have to put it in later))

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the flipr kid — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:38:35 +0100

Alen was sharpening his knives when the king's adviser came. He listened quietly as the man spoke, and when he was finished, the assassin said only one word: "Yes." And then he resumed caring for his weapons -- honing edges, polishing blades, oiling scabbards. The process was a lengthy one due to the near-endless supply of knives Alen kept about his person, and the extraordinary care with which he treated them. It consumed almost three hours of his time, yet he did it each day, like a ritual. He was, as far as he knew, the best of his profession in the entirety of Perion. The late Baron's daughter wouldn't last long with him after her.

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Buggy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:24:08 +0100

((Ack, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you needed Omaron or even really think about it.)) Omaron eyed Alen's collection of knives uncomfortably. "Yes. Very good. If you could, er, just come with me to report to King Stephan, I'd be much obliged." Oh yes, dearest, I'm sure acting like a timid little rabbit is going to win over his respect. Give me a break, it's been a long day. Ow! Omaron hissed through his teeth and grabbed his temples.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:30:01 +0100

Alen looked up as the adviser hissed and clutched his head, as if something bothered the man, but no expression showed in the assassin's blue eyes. He sheathed the blade he had been sharpening with a sharp, metallic clack, and made it vanish into the folds of his clothes. He stood up, dusting himself off, and nodded to Omaron. "I will come," he said. And, in a strange display of curiosity, asked, "Who else will do this thing with me?"

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Buggy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:46:52 +0100

"What? Oh." Omaron let go of his head, the pain vanishing as quickly as it had come. "There's two others, a Thomas Greene and an Urungor Ronovorak. Specialists in their fields you know."

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the flipr kid — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:05:01 +0100

"I see." Alen was not thrilled to have to work with others, but perhaps in this case, they were...if not necessary, at least useful. In a way. He had heard of both these men before, and he knew that they were good. Skilled. Experienced. Like him. "Let us report to the Dragon King, then," he said. ___ "Dunlet. There." Kember pointed at the dark smudge in the distance that was the city, where she hoped they could stay and rest for a while, hidden and relatively secure. She only hoped they could reach it without trouble.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:08:17 +0100

Thomas watched Alen sharpen his knives. Again. When the kings advisor stepped into the room and said that the king needed their presence, he stepped out from the corner with his mask covering what used to be his face. "What does Lord Stephan want with us?" he asked.

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Buggy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:21:30 +0100

"That's for him to say, not me," Omaron told Thomas as he led the two men to the Hall. When the arrived in Stephan's throne room, Urungor was already there. A surprisingly cheery grin creased his weathered face. "These are the men, eh?" Omaron nodded a little stiffly before bowing to the king and stepping to the side. At the moment he didn't feel like drawing more attention to himself than he absolutely had to. --- Emkai nodded almost curtly. "It's not too far." ((Should we have some unpleasant obstacle rear its ugly head?))

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:28:21 +0100

Greene stood before the king and crossed his red and yellow striped arms. "My leige, what would you have me do?" he asked. ((Mmm, maybe the elite team gets to the city first and does something... Not sure what though.))

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the flipr kid — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:46:35 +0100

((I say they get to the city without problems, and then the team shows up. Cuz they'd need a few days to find out where Kember's party has gone.)) Alen looked over the two men with whom he would be expected to serve, his face blank. After a moment he said, "What is our purpose?" He had heard it from the adviser already, but he wanted the words to come from the king's own mouth. ___ King Stephan nodded to his adviser, then turned to the three men Omaron had gathered. "You all have proven yourselves, many times in the past, to be capable and determined soldiers, skilled in her areas of expertise," he told them. "You are usually only given the most difficult and demanding of tasks, that ordinary men can't accomplish. I have another one for you, yet for the first time you three will be working together -- not alone, not with ordinary soldiers. You will be working to find and capture the Lady Kemberon Cadmir. Day and night, this will be your goal. You will have no other responsibilites." Stephan paused, looking each of the three in the eye. "Do not disappoint me in this." That girl could mean the war. "And one other thing: I want her alive. Undamaged, if posible, but do what you must."

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Buggy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:52:31 +0100

((Sounds good then)) Urungor dipped his head. "We will bring her back, my lord," he said, and the smile had given way to a grave expression. "Is there any extra information you can prove us with? I know that she was seen recently in the city." Omaron looked slightly abashed at this.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:55:50 +0100

Greene nodded. "Of course, my Lord." He turned his expressionless masked face on the others who he would be working with. Urungor Ronovorak and Alen il Jac. He'd never worked with them, though he'd observed them in the field several times. In the matter of stealth and infiltration, they had nothing on the Man Without a Face, as he was known in certain circles.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:02:24 +0100

The king shook his head. "I have a girl in my custody, one who claimed to be traveling with the former captain of the guard here in Virkhard, Emkai Terrazzo. Evidently, the baroness has decided to travel with the man -- where to, we don't know." His gaze flickered to Omaraon, and back again. ___ There really weren't too many places the girl could go, thought Alen. The city she had fled -- Lierly, if he recalled its name -- had only a handful of other cities nearby, and only a few of those who were still loyal to the Cadmir line. She had to have gone to one of those. "Teir," Alen spoke up, naming the cities. "Olfath. Dunlet. That's where she would have gone."

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Buggy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:56:43 +0100

Omaron shifted his weight uneasily as a high, silvery sort of laugh rang out in his mind. Poor dear, you really would make a deplorable bounty-hunter. I suppose you're a bit better at advising, though of course I doubt you'd be this close to the king without me. Urungor's brow arced. "Really. Mind if we take her along then? It should be easy enough to keep her from giving us the slip, and if we can get any advice out of her it'd be dead useful." He nodded to Alen. "Sounds about right. She can't lurk around in the wilderness if she wants to try and take the throne, can she?"

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:22:08 +0100

Greene stepped back into the shadows, then stepped back out, looking exactly like one of the guards. "I'll look around Olfath." he said.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:44:05 +0100

"If you must, then yes, you may have the girl," the king allowed. "I suggest you get on this quickly. I don't want her getting any sort of foothold with her father's supporters." His eyes glittered. ___ Alen was silent for a while, thinking, as the king spoke. Then he said, "Let's get the girl. See what she knows. It would be foolish to waste time looking in each of those cities...it would be best if we knew exactly where she was going, and focus our energy there. They are not small cities." He turned to a guard. "Get her." The guard blinked, pursed his lips, and glanced at Stephan, who nodded his permission. The man turned and exited the Grand Hall down a corridor, to fetch the woman.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:52:54 +0100

Greene shook his head. "I doubt she knows where Kemberon currently is." He stepped back into the shadows and came back out in his normal clothing.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:54:59 +0100

Alen shrugged and said nothing. Even is she didn't, it was worth a shot.

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Buggy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:01:14 +0100

Urungor dipped his head. "Of course that's to be avoided at all costs. We'll get her for you, one way or another." It was odd how he could smile so courteously and still sound so... business-like might have been the best word for it. "Ah, I would like to know, erm, exactly what's going on, please," came a stammering voice from the hall, and the guard returned with Seta in tow. Her overlarge eyes swept over the room, torn between bemusement and anxiety. "W-well, looks like the party's grown since I left," she said with a nervous laugh.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:39:47 +0100

Stephan swept his hand towards the girl in a gesture of presentation. "The lady, gentlemen. Take no longer than you must." Alen looked her over once, taking in her confusion, her fright, her extremely odd choice of dress. Then, without preamble, he demanded, "Where is the Lady Kemberon going?"

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Buggy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:19:55 +0100

Urungor stepped back, looking thoughtful. He'd let the others interrogate for now; if absolutely necessary, he could step in himself. Seta flinched. "I-I don't know, I only ran into her today, and she didn't say where she was going!"

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:27:57 +0100

Greene watched the girl. "She's not lying." he said. "The girl has no idea where Kemberon is going."

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Buggy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:53:26 +0100

Urungor tilted his head to one side. "Mmm, but how did she get caught up in all this? I think she knows something that could help anyways." Seta shook her head vigorously.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:17:12 +0100

Alen tapped his chin with his forefinger, watching the girl. "You could have a guess," he said. "Even if you don't know for sure. Where do you think she's most likely to go?" He spoke quietly, even gently. Raising his voice was a waste of energy.

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DerangedPickle — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:57:10 +0100

Aiden spoke up after a while. "Perhaps a tavern would be a good place to start this little uprising, some good rebels come from the bottom of bottles."

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Buggy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:05:39 +0100

Seta dropped her gaze. "Um... m-maybe Olfath. That sounds about right."

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the flipr kid — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:22:31 +0100

Alen's gaze never left her face. "Why is that? Did she say anything to that effect, or the man she's currently traveling with? I understand you were with him for a while, isn't that so?" ___ Kemberon pursed her lips, glancing at Emkai. "I don't know if we should try to incite a...a rebellion right away." To be sure, she wasn't convinced she wanted to...but if she didn't, the king would win, and she'd be hunted all her life until he got hold of her. Was there really any choice? "Fine," she said. "But we'll just see...who's ready for this. I won't go all-in just to find out that nobody's willing to fight." She looked the bounty hunter straight in the eye, even though he was significantly taller than her. "And we'll need the help of nobles, families with power. Low types won't be enough."

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Buggy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:32:11 +0100

"I don't remember; it just seems likely. I mean..." Seta shifted her weight, still not looking up. "I-I was traveling with Emkai for a while, but I didn't know where he was going." Liar, came the voice in Omaron's head again. --- "You will need to do something eventually, Baroness, whether that be going back for your throne or fleeing the kingdom." Emkai nodded when she went on. "That's wise. Perhaps we will be able to feel out the general will of the people once we arrive. We will need to keep ourselves disguised until you're sure you have followers."

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:48:45 +0100

Greene watched the girls movements. A single flicker of the eye could reveal all to those trained in the reading of people. But this girl was revealing everything. Not only was she shifting uneasily, but she wasn't meeting anybodies gaze. "She's lying." he said, mask slightly muffling his voice. "She was told where they would be heading. Searching Olfath will be a waste of time."

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the flipr kid — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:11:29 +0100

Alen was watching her carefully, and he shook his head just ever-so-slightly. "No. I don't think she knows," he said softly. "But you're right: there's nothing for us in Olfath." His eyes narrowed, and he took a sudden step closer to her. "Or do you know where they're going? Hmm? Do you? Don't lie, now." ___ "Yes, I agree," Kemberon said. Luckily, hers was not a distinct face. A hood, a scarf wrapped over her face, that would make her invisible. But what about her two companions? They were nearing the city, now. She wanted to enter in disguise, so that even if Stephan had Dunlet's leaders put to the question, they could honestly say that Kember had never been there.

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Buggy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:26:49 +0100

"No," Seta said, a little too forcibly. "No, I don't know." Urungor tilted his head. Mmm... a little idea had taken hold in his mind. --- Emkai frowned, and it seemed the same idea had occurred to him. "I may need to go to considerable lengths to disguise myself if I am to enter the city at all."

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the flipr kid — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:03:14 +0100

Alen grinned. "Liar." __ Kemberon pursed her lips. "My thoughts exactly. Unless..." She looked the captain up and down, narrowing her eyes in thought. "A merchant? From the Thirn Isles. A spice trader, perhaps?"

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Buggy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:09:40 +0100

"Oh I don't know," Urungor put in, giving Alen the slightest of glances. "Maybe she's onto something. We could have her come with us to Olfath, and if they aren't there..." He left the end to hang, causing Seta to wet her lips nervously. --- Emkai's mouth quirked just slightly in a smile. "I'll have to learn to act less like a military man, but that's not a bad idea. I've got family there you know."

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the flipr kid — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:54:02 +0100

"Fine with me." Alen turned to the king and gave him a slight bow. "With your leave." Stephan waved a hand. "Do as you will. Just bring me the Baroness." ___ "That's good, then," Kemberon said with relief. "You'd have to fake an accent...and yes, act less like a military man." She grinned.

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Buggy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:04:06 +0100

Urungor smiled (not too unkindly) and took the girl's arm. Seta was only just able to will herself not to pull away. "We will, don't worry." Omaron shifted his weight, feeling a little uneasy. Taking people prisoner or having them executed according to the law was fine, but these were hardened men used to being a law unto themselves. What might happen if the girl was lying? Is that really any of your concern, dearest?

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Darkfeather21 — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:07:35 +0100

Greene followed the others. He knew their was nothing in Olfath. This girl was obviously lying. How could the others not beleive this? Well, Alen apparently did, but Urungor was just wasting time, bloodthirsty beast just wanted to kill someone. As soon as possible, Greene resolved to head to one of the other cities, with or without the others.

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Buggy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:20:54 +0100

((Greene may be making a grave mistake. Urungor's got a plan.))

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Darkfeather21 — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:24:11 +0100

((Well, I may know that, but Greene doesn't, and I'm assuming Urungor and Alen are hard to read.))

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Buggy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:35:56 +0100

((Cool cool. I figured you did, but it seemed like a good thing to make known just in case.))

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the flipr kid — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:05:48 +0100

((Time jump!)) They left Virkhard Hall on horses, one per person -- although the goat-girl's horse was old and slow, and perfectly incapable of running away. Moreover, her hands were tied to the reins, allowing her to steer but not much else. The four of them were going to Olfath, as planned. If there was nothing there...well, things might not be pleasant.

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Buggy — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:18:17 +0100

Seta was obviously quite nervous as she followed along. She kept moving one hand and the other, trying to reach her other wrist on the reins, but they were too far apart and too close to the horse's head. "Not trying to escape, are you?" Urungor chuckled as he pulled up alongside her, that same oddly cheerful smile twitching his beard. "That Alen knows how to tie knots." "No," she said, abruptly sitting up. "I-I mean... the rope itches." "You don't have to lie to us anymore," he said easily. "You didn't fool us in there, and you're not fooling us out here either." "Well what am I supposed to say?" Seta gave him a frustrated look.

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the flipr kid — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:26:37 +0100

"Don't even try," Alen advised. "Petty lies won't get you anywhere. Save your breath." He glanced at Greene. That man was not the easiest to read -- none of the men in the team were -- but the feelings Alen sensed off of him from his behavior in the Great Hall were not reassuring. Alen hoped Greene wouldn't end up getting in the way. This was why he always worked alone -- you couldn't ever really trust anyone but yourself to do a job right. ___ The city was just ahead of them, getting closer with every step. Kemberon's sandy hair was covered in a woolen wrap -- the rest of her clothes were already pretty ordinary -- and Emkai and the bounty hunter were both disguised to the best of there ability. But Kember knew that it wasn't clothes that made a disguise, it was how you acted. She took a breath. Nothing to be afraid of, really, this was a friendly city.

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Buggy — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:23:32 +0100

Seta shot Alen a surprisingly vehement look. "Then yes, I was trying to escape. Furthermore I'm entirely at a loss as to what I've gotten myself into, and not having my hands free is only making it worse. What's so important about this girl anyways that you have to capture her?" Urungor sighed. "Alen, maybe you should explain." --- Emkai rolled his shoulders, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Covert stuff wasn't his thing; being a guard didn't require subtlety, and he was quite happy with that. What if he let something slip that tipped the wrong person off? These worries didn't meet his face though. "Are you ready, Baroness?"

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the flipr kid — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:45:46 +0100

"Well, thank you for the honesty," Alen said dryly. He rolled his eyes. "That girl is the heir-baroness of Perion. Her dear old dad is dead, making her the only person by blood to inherit his rule. Unfortunately for her, Stephan got there first. He's a good man, and he has the military power to back up his claim, so she's out of luck as far as that goes. Really, she has no chance to take back the throne." He sighed and peered sideways at the girl. "But she still has supporters. Influential people, entire cities, who still support the dead Cadmir reign. They can only make trouble for the king as far as they have someone to back. Once the Baroness is out of the picture, they'll have nothing. King Stephan will be able to subdue them without too much bloodshed." With a cheerless half-grin, he added, "Stephan doesn't want her hurt, so she won't be...unless she causes problems. Which is another reason you're coming along. You met her, perhaps you can convince her this is all for the best." Alen fell silent then. That was the longest speech he'd made in a great while. He wasn't fond of talking. ___ "Ready as I'll ever be," Kemberon replied, her voice slightly shaky. She had sneaked into many cities under disguise in the last three months, but this time was different, somehow. Was it because it wasn't only her life at stake now, but also those of her companions? Or was it because she wasn't just trying to hide, this time, but was insead goingto deliberately incite rebellion? She didn't know.

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Buggy — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:14:16 +0100

Seta grimaced. Truth be told Emkai had told her as much before, but stupid questions tended to slip out when one was under stress. "I didn't know her for more than a few minutes," she grumbled. "There's not much chance she'll listen to me." Urungor shrugged. "It is worth a shot anyways." --- Emkai seemed to notice her nerves and laid a hand on her shoulder. "It will be all right, your Highness." Then he walked forward to the gate.

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the flipr kid — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:28:14 +0100

There were three armored guards at the great stone-and-iron gates of Dunlet, with three more visible on the ramparts. The gates were closed and the guards looked unfriendly, to say the least. No surprise there -- it was wartime, after all. "State your names and business," one of the guards barked. Kemberon blinked and cleared her throat. "Jess, m'lords," she said, as fearlessly as she could manage. "Wares, I have. For sale." She held up a covered basket, containing apples if the guardsmen looked, that they'd purchased from a roadside seller. She looked at Emkai.

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Buggy — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:35:10 +0100

"I am, ah, Bruno, please. Selling spices in Dunlet, for money and trades." Emkai hoped his accent was enough to throw the guards off a bit. They saw plenty of trade with foreigners, right?

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the flipr kid — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:34:37 +0100

((pokes Darkfeather and Pickle...)) "You Thirnish?" the guard asked, scratching his chin. "Trade, eh? Seems a strange time to be selling. What with the usurper's war, and all. You're not spies, now, are you? M'lord Ashnel doesn't take too kindly to spies." Kemberon -- Jess -- shook her head. "No, sir. Not at all. But I figure, since it's war, cities'll want their supplies, am I right?" She grinned hopefully.

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Buggy — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:08:16 +0100

Emkai nodded in a vigorous fashion that he definitely wouldn't have used if he weren't in disguise. "Yes, for supplies. Will need supplies, yes?"

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the flipr kid — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:34:30 +0100

The guard peered at them through the slits in his helmet. "Yeah, I suppose we will at that. You don't speak Perosi very well, do you?" He cocked his head. "And you three make a rather strange traveling group. Hmm." Kemberon grinned again. "Yeah, well, the strong silent one is my...uncle," she lied glibly, gesturing at the bounty hunter, who as yet had said nothing. "And the Thirnish is his friend. I don't know how. Happenstance." She shrugged, hoping desperately the guards would believe her. The guard was quiet for a moment, processing her story. Just when she thought he wasn't going to let them in, he raised his arm, signalling the three guardsmen on the walls to raise the heavy gates. A deep rattling sound commenced, and the gates began to lift. The guard jerked his head towards them and crossed his arms. "All right, go on then. Don't make trouble."

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Buggy — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:51:41 +0100

Emkai grinned (which looked odd on the normally stoic face). "Yes, be thanking you please!" He stepped forward with Kemberon and the bounty hunter.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:17:24 +0100

"Well, that didn't go horribly wrong," Kember said cheerfully, as soon as the three of them were well away from the gates. "Maybe that's a sign that the rest of our stay here will be okay?" ___ It was an hour of steady riding before the city of Olfath came into view. Alen half-turned in his saddle to look at the other three. "We do this quietly," he cautioned. "This is not a king's city, so we cannot make trouble. If she's not here, we go somewhere else as soon as possible." He narrowed his eyes briefly at the goatherd girl, but said nothing else.

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Buggy — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:02:59 +0100

"If you believe in signs," Emkai replied in a lowered voice. "Perhaps." --- Seta shifted uneasily. She needed to figure out a way to escape and fast, but she only followed the others. Urungor watched her carefully. The goatherd might have been surprised to know that he was waiting for her to escape as well.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:14:23 +0100

"Sometimes," Kemberon replied, her eyes searching the busy streets of Dunlet, looking for someplace to go -- someplace to stay. An inn, or a tavern, or some such. "Sometimes I do. When it suits me." ((What happened to Darkfeather and Pickle?))

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:58:10 +0100

((Sorry, holiday traveling.)) Greene gazed at the city wall. Teir. One of the seediest places in this kingdom. Not likely that the girl would have come here, but she would not have gone to Olfath, of that, he was sure. The others had never noticed him leaving about half an hour after they left the kings palace. He made his way to a nearby tree and changed his appearence in the shade. The mercenary stopped by the guards. Protocol required them to check him for contraband, but two gol said otherwise. The merc made his way inside and began looking for someone. Greene chuckled. This was easier than he thought. Nobody would recognize him as a merc, and this mission required that Kemberon was unaware of at the very lest his presence.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:06:00 +0100

((You're back! :D)) Alen rolled his eyes. "Greene has left us." He hadn't noticed the man leave, and that irritated him, but Greene was a master of his trade -- he'd be expected to be good at it. And perhaps it was best if he was gone, after all. He seemed impulsive, incapable of working as a unit. He may have become a liability later on. Alen put him out of his mind.

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the flipr kid — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:32:58 +0100

((Bump?))

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Buggy — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:55:12 +0100

Urungor nodded and set forward. Seta hesitated. "Erm... I have to go to the bathroom," she announced. "I mean, could I before we go inside the city? I don't like going in the public outhouses; they smell awful."

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the flipr kid — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:23:29 +0100

"Your call," Alen said to Urungor. He didn't care if the girl pissed her pants, but he thought it should be the captain's decision. Whatever he chose. Alen just wanted to get in there and get the girl.

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Buggy — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:28:13 +0100

Urungor nodded and carefully untied Seta from the reins. "All right, come on." He took her roughly by the arm and led her into the woods. It was about five minutes later that Urungor came back alone, looking satisfied about something. "All right, everyone turn around. We're not going to Olfath."

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the flipr kid — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:27:04 +0100

Alen grinned. "Brilliant." He didn't ask about how Urungor came by the info. The man's methods were his own business, and Alen was a professional. "So if not Olfath, then where?" He leaned down to look straight at the girl. "I assume you know where, hmmm?" ___ The inn was crowded, which made it all the easier to blend in. You couldn't do that in an empty place. Blend was the key. Never stnad out. "Now what?" Kemberon whispered to Emkai. She gripped her basket of apples in both arms, afraid of losing it in the bustle of the place.

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Buggy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:36:23 +0100

((Ah, actually the girl's not with him. He let her escape, figuring that she'd head to wherever her friends were, and they could just track her there.)) ((Real post later))

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the flipr kid — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:37:58 +0100

((Crap. Missed the "alone" bit. -_- So forget the parts referring to Seta in my post, since she's quite obviously not there. :D))

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Buggy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:28:04 +0100

"Wherever our little friend's headed, of course. She has nothing. On escape she will have tried to return to her friends; all we have to do is track her there." Urungor swung back up onto his horse. --- "We need to watch and listen," Emkai said quietly. "Get a feel for the public's mood."

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DerangedPickle — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:30:16 +0100

(Sorry, my connection went a bit mental so I couldn't get on, it's doing ok now though.) "Just what i'm good at. We know there's support here for the Cadmirs, perhaps it's time for some civil unrest."

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:51:10 +0100

Greene walked among the people of Teir, asking simple questions that no one would ever relate to Kemberon. He quickly found that the girl was not in this city and left, making quick time to Dulcet. He changed his appearence again to resemble a gypsy from the nearby encampment. Another five silver told the guards here not to question him, and he was soon wandering around this city, trying to think like the quarry. First thing she would want would be an inn. Someplace to stay. He stopped in the cheapest place in the city and began watching the people, looking for someone out of place.

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Buggy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:57:52 +0100

((...uh... I don't know that Kemberon and Emkai would have told ANYONE where they were going, or if Greene would have been able to get to Dulcet so quickly before the others have even set out.))

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:03:18 +0100

((Sorry. And it's not that people know she is in Dulcet, he's just figured out she's not in Teir, and he already knew she wasn't in Olfath.)) Greene walked among the people of Teir, asking simple questions that no one would ever relate to Kemberon. He quickly found that the girl was not in this city and left, making quick time. He stopped in a gypsy camp positioned about a quarter of the way to Dulcet. Deciding on a gypsy costume for Dulcet, he changed from a merc to a gypsy, impressing the entire camp. They told him that if he hadn't come into camp a merc, they wouldn't have known he wasn't a gypsy.

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the flipr kid — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:21:11 +0100

((It's called Dunlet, actually.)) "Uhh..." Kemberon pursed her lips. They needed the support of the lords, most of all -- the major lords in charge of the cities like Olfath and Teir and Dunlet and other Cadmir-supporting ones, as well as the minor lords who had only their own estates. But that meant talking to them. Kemberon was good at politics and people skills -- her father made sure of that -- but their first problem was getting into a lord's presence in the first place. Of course, once they had the support of one, like the leader of Dunlet: Lord Ciril Bast, they could easily get access to the rest. "Emkai, I need to talk to Lord Ciril," she whispered. "That means getting into the castle. I think some civil unrest might be a good idea."

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Buggy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:17:16 +0100

Emkai nodded a bit grimly. He thought it might come to that. "What do you need me to do?"

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:26:45 +0100

((Alright, I'm just waiting for the others to get to the city so Greene can arrive disquised.))

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DerangedPickle — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:19:05 +0100

"How about a distraction? Pretending to have a fit always gets a crowd, you'll be able to slip past with no bother." Aiden said, thinking back to times he'd done such things, normally it was just to rob a house, but it would work for a castle.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:33:30 +0100

"Yeah, a distraction." Kemberon nodded. "If you can start one -- as I assume you know how -- Emkai and I...or at least I...can get inside. I think." She fell silent, thinking about the idea. Then she blinked a couple of times and said to the bounty hunter, "A crowded place is best. Like the marketplace."

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Buggy — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:17:43 +0100

"Indeed. I can cover you at the very least baroness." Emkai's eyes kept roving the building as though looking for an assassin. That might have been exactly what he was doing.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:40:18 +0100

"Okay. Good. Well." Kemberon kept her eyes peeled, looking around to spot a likely route towards the castle in the middle of the city. "Well," she said again. "I've been here before a couple of times with my father...I believe there's a laundry at that side of the castle --" she gestured -- "With a passage to the servant's quarters. From there you can get into the guardsmen's chambers or the kitchens, depending on which door you take. And to get into the laundry..." Kember trailed off in thought, biting her lip. "There's a short wall around the entire castle, but it's only patrolled by a few guards. And they might come running when a disturbance happens."

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Buggy — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:59:26 +0100

"Guards..." Emkai rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I should be able to hold them off for a while at least, long enough for you to have your say. If they take me, it won't matter if he listens to you."

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DerangedPickle — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:27:18 +0100

"Well, here we go." Aiden said, he took a small drink from a bottle in his pocket and walked into the middle of the marketplace before stooping abruptly, falling over and shaking, using the drink he had in his mouth to make the effect of frothing at the mouth.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:18:48 +0100

Well. The bounty hunter put on a good show, certainly. Kemberon watched for a while, fascinated, as first one, then five, then a dozen people stopped what they were doing to rush over and exclaim about the man who was having a fit in the middle of the marketplace. When over twenty passers-by had gotten involved, Kember tapped Emkai's arm and jerked her head down the road to the castle. "Time to go."

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:32:36 +0100

((Time for Greene to show up. But he's not going to see Kemberon yet.)) A gypsy walked up the city of Dunlet. When the guards stopped him, he showed them the pile of cloth that he intended to sell in the city. They waved him by, and Greene smirked. Foolish guards. They never saw through his disquise.

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Buggy — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:17:48 +0100

Emkai inclined his head slightly and turned to follow her. "Lead on."

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the flipr kid — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:08:24 +0100

Nobody paid attention to a scrawny girl and a Thirnish merchant as Kemberon and Emkai wove their way through the narrow streets making their way to the castle. The wall loomed up ahead -- there were indeed guards patrolling it, but only three of them that Kember could see. And no, they weren't distracted by the bounty hunter's marketplace display, although they certainly seemed curious. "Any idea how to get over?" Kemberon whispered.

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Darkfeather21 — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:08:55 +0100

Greene wandered, questioning people as he had in Teir, but learning nothing. He was taking one last go through the market district when he saw a man having a seizure in the center of the square. He walked over slowly, watching the man and keeping an eye out for Kemberon.

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Buggy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:08:57 +0100

"Perhaps we need another distraction. A minor one, something that wouldn't be too great of a coincidence. I could ask for directions."

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the flipr kid — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:55:34 +0100

At that moment a gate in the wall slid open, letting through a middle-aged woman with a basket on her arm, presumably a servant going to the marketplace. She stopped, confused, noticing the excited crowd in the square, giving Kemberon just enough time to walk up next to her and tap her shoulder. "Excuse me, there's a man who's seriously ill in the square. I don't know who he is, but he might be really hurt," she said to the woman, injecting just enough concern into her voice as she spoke. The woman looked confused, but the guard who had opened the gate for her peered out, eyes narrowed behind his helmet. "A man in the square?" he asked. Kemberon nodded. If we can get him distracted long enough, we can slip around him and inside the wall.

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:37:22 +0100

Greene watched the man carefully, then moved closer, his gyspy grace making it easy to avoid people. The gypsy knelt by the man and watched him for a moment or two longer.

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Buggy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:01:55 +0100

Emkai nodded. "Yes. Is... is having fit, looks like." He managed to look mildly alarmed and a bit excited, as though he weren't used to exciting things like men going into seizures.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:55:29 +0100

The guard peered out and finally noticed the hubbub in the square. "Hmm, it seems he is," he said. The servant woman had already vanished into the crowd, presumably to get closer to the scene, but the guard remained at his post. Kemberon wracked her brain for ideas. Um..."Oh, my gods, he's being attacked!" she squealed, ducking closer to the guard as if terrified out of her mind. The bounty hunter wasn't being attacked, of course, any more than he was having a seizure, but the guard's attention was drawn away long enough that Kember was able to slip right around him and out of sight before he noticed a thing was amiss. She gestured wildly to Emkai: Come on!

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Buggy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:37:00 +0100

Emkai didn't waste a moment. He dodged round the guard and charged after Kemberon. If worst came to worst, he could turn around and serve as a distraction while she got to where she needed to go. His hand closed around the knife in his cloak.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:51:25 +0100

Kember's pace slowed as she wove into a crowd of servantfolk, with Emkai right behind her, thank the stars, but her determined stride never faltered. Built on the side of the castle, right where she knew it would be there was a laundry -- a stone hut full of steam and heat and scents of soap and boiling clothes. Kemberon ducked inside, motioning for Emkai to follow her. Nobody gave them a second glance -- they were just two ordinary smallfolk making their way through the castle yard, headed wherever their servant services were required.

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Buggy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:12:45 +0100

Emkai followed her briskly, confidently, as though he did this every day. No one had reason to think him suspicious, at least by his actions.

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:22:12 +0100

((*Pokes Pickle*))

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the flipr kid — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:55:51 +0100

Through the door, down the corridor, up the stairs, following the servants' passages in the busiest wing of the castle. As long as they kept their faces down, nobody would take the time to notice that they didn't belong. There would be a door up ahead somewhere, one that led into the residential wing where Lord Ciril Bast and his family lived. Right...about...here. Kemberon pushed it open and slipped though, going from the stark and undecorated servants' passages to the opulent richness of the main castle halls. "We need to find Lord Bast," she whispered to Emkai. "Just long enough for me to tell him who I am, and what we want from him." ((Where is Seta all this time? Has she reached Dunlet yet?))

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:01:31 +0100

((Not sure. I was waiting for the others to reach the town before I brought Greene in, but I got bored waiting.))

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Buggy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:16:43 +0100

((Erk, sorry, have been distracted and stuff.)) Seta scrambled out of the woods, looking dirty and tired, as she reached Dunlet's gate. "Thank goodness," she breathed and stumbled forward. In the woods, Urungor chuckled. "That was easy." --- "I'll take this corridor then," Emkai told the baroness. "Good luck."

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the flipr kid — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:56:17 +0100

Alen smirked dryly. "I'll say." Couldn't she know any better? Try to throw them off, at least? She'd led them straight to Dunlet with hardly a swaying off course. Alen shook his head. And getting past the gate guards shouldn't be all that hard, either. Kemberon was practically theirs. ___ "You, too," Kemberon said, and hurried off down a likely hallway. Presumably Lord Bast would either be in his Main Hall, or in his study...or perhaps the castle's extensive library. If she recalled, he was an active man, like her father, but he was also fond of reading and learning. All his family were well-read.

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Buggy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:47:52 +0100

((Seta would like to apologize for her stupidity and say that, in this odd out-of-canon world, she lost her head. xD)) Urungor stretched. "Now, how do we go about this? We've got a few options, one being we tell the authorities and let them deal with it. As it is we might not come off for the better in the King's eyes, should that happen."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:45:09 +0100

Greene stopped bothering with the man and began looking around the city for Kemberon again. He ended up back by the gates and saw that girl from earlier.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:39:09 +0100

"The authorities?" Alen snorted. "This is a Cadmir city. Lord Bast supports the girl. If anything, we'll get ourselves arrested, and that will not please the king. As for how we go about this..." Alen stopped talking as they arrived at the gates. He and Urungor were talented liars enough that the gateguards were only mildly suspicious. Alen did his best to smile and act like a normal human, and then they were through. "As for how we go about this," Alen continued, then spotted the great grey castle looming across the city. "She'll try to contact Lord Bast. Explain her situation, gain his support, that sort of thing."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:41:26 +0100

The gypsy spotted Alen and Urongor as the pair approached, arriving at the gates. He stood off to the side and watched each to see what they would do.

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Buggy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:07:06 +0100

((Egh, I've been so distracted that all my characters are coming across as idiots.)) "The king will have to bring this under control at some point," Urungor murmured after they were through. "And yes, of course she will. Perhaps if one of us," he gave Alen a pointed look, "were to pose as a supporter... but that could take a long time." His eye narrowed when it landed on . "Mmm. The defector."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:10:08 +0100

((He can see through Greene's disquise? I thought it was really good.))

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Buggy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:36:40 +0100

((I don't know. Whatever you want I guess; I'm not really all there today.))

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the flipr kid — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:48:27 +0100

((I'd assume so, since Urungor and Alen would probably be used to Greene's tendency to disguise, but whatever you want.)) Alen gave a half-smirk, studying the castle walls. "I can get in, without a doubt," he said. There had never yet been a stronghold that kept him out. "Could I get you in? I'm not so sure." He glanced at the gypsy for a moment. "Perhaps if we had someone on the team for disguise...we could send that someone into the castle as a spy. I do assassinations. Quick and quiet. Not pretending."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:49:57 +0100

((Maybe they have suspicions, but aren't exactly sure.))

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the flipr kid — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:51:07 +0100

((In that case, what Alen just said would have been based on his suspicion, and he spoke loud enough for the gypsy to hear, in case it was Greene.))

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:55:55 +0100

((Got it.)) Outwardly, Greene was calm. He knew how to stay in character. However, inside, he was fighting hard not to panic. How had Alen seen through his disquise? The gypsy stood off to the side and watched as the pair walked foward.

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DerangedPickle — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:53:25 +0100

In this time Aiden had managed to slip away after halting his wake seizure and getting up, acting as if he could remember nothing and slipped away into a nearby tavern, he would meet Kember and Emkai there, assuming they'd got the support of the local leaders, they would be fine, if not, he'd stir up a riot with some false claims of atrocities.

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Buggy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:55:44 +0100

((Can I just say that it's funny how Greene's first impulse is to panic, even though Urungor and Alen are on his side?)) "Mmm. I'm not much of one for sneaking around myself. A little too big and noticeable for that." Urungor stretched. "As it is, one of us should stay behind to watch the situation out here anyways."

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:16:26 +0100

((He was kinda hoping to find Kemberon first and bring her back to the King.))

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the flipr kid — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:25:03 +0100

((Haha, the king did put the team together for a reason XD)) Alen gave a quick jerk of his head. "I'll go in, I'm best at hostile infiltration. You can stay out here. I think you'd like that better, yes?" He stopped the horse at the side of a busy street and swung off, handing the reins to Urungor. "Here. Take this -- it's a good beast." He did appreciate a good horse. ___ Kemberon paced through the castle's hallways, still trying look like a servant, sonce that's how she was dressed; going faster than an ordinary servant would walk, however, as she tried to find the Lord Bast. She did her best to remember the layout of the place as she walked...turn left here, and a right here, and this way to the Main Hall...

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:30:22 +0100

Greene began to follow Alen as the man moved. He didn't duck into the shadows like most people would. In fact, he did next to nothing that would make an average someone suspicious.

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Buggy — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:17:30 +0100

((Heh, Greene has another thing coming if he thinks robbing Urungor of a mark is a good idea, not to mention what Alen's reaction will be...)) Urungor nodded with a half-smile. "We are of a same mind." He took the horse's reins from atop his own. "I'll see you when you're out."

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the flipr kid — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:43:07 +0100

((My thoughts exactly :D )) Alen wove through the crowds with barely an effort, blending perfectly into the sea of people. His slim, nondescript build and features would easily be lost among them. A person, no matter how good a tracker, would be hard-pressed to keep him identified and within sight -- Alen might not be a disguise artist, but there was no one better than he at knowing how to disappear.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:48:13 +0100

((Come on guys, don't let's leave this thread to die! Let's make something happen!))

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:51:58 +0100

Greene followed Alen closely, closer then an average person might. He held on tight to the pile of fabric in his arms and moved quicker.

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Buggy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:57:39 +0100

((Egh, will try later, much to do and little time to do it in))

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the flipr kid — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:28:10 +0100

"Excuse me, miss, but you don't look like you should be here." The guard gave her a slow once-over with a slight leer, his eyes lingering on her figure through her obviously smallfolk garb. Kemberon resisted the urge to shiver. He was a young man by the looks of him -- tall, red-brown hair, green eyes, a smattering of freckles. He wasn't wearing his helmet, and she judged him to be only a few years older than herself. "I am going to see the lord's daughter," Kember told him. "I am her new maid-in-waiting." The guard looked confused. "Lady Eredia?" he asked. "I didn't know she needed a maid-in-waiting. She's only five." Now it was Kember's turn to be confused. Eredia? What happened to Allia, the daughter she remembered? Allia and she had been friends the last time Kember was here all those years ago -- she had been hoping to reveal herself to the girl, and then go to Lord Bast together, since he would undoubtedly be easier to convince of her identity if he had his daughter's word to back it up. "Er...perhaps I should ask the lord's honered lady wife," Kemberon ventured. "'Twas she I heard hired me." She was grasping at straws now -- surely nothing had happened to Lady Helis, right? The guard shrugged. "I wouldn't know. The lady is in her lounge, I believe." He helpfully pointed out the way to a very relieved Kemberon, who thanked him and started off again.

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Buggy — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:50:58 +0100

Emkai was still heading down his corridor, but it seemed to be going nowhere but the servant's quarters. Well maybe he could find someone to talk with-- "Psst!" Emkai glanced over at the window, and his brows rose. "Seta?"

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the flipr kid — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:21:44 +0100

It was about this time that Alen decided he was being followed, Oh, the tailer was good, to be sure, but so was Alen, and it wasn't exactly the first time he'd been tailed. His reaction was to not react. He continued on his way, weaving through the crowd, as if he was oblivious to the person following his every footstep. It was a gypsy who was trailing him, he gathered. And he had a guess as to who the gypsy might actually be, but that didn't particularly matter. Nor did the fact that Alen was being followed. He'd still break into the castle, and he'd still find the girl. His goal wasn't changed. ___ Kemberon lifted her arm and rapped softly on the door. There was a moment of silence from within, then a muffled voice called, "Enter." Kemberon knew the voice. It was Lady Helis Bast, but she sounded...changed...from the last time Kember heard it. She pushed open the door and stepped in, curtseyed respectfully, and looked up at the lady. Helis was sitting on a padded ottoman in the richly furnished room, a little girl on her lap. Kemberon guessed the girl was Eredia, the daughter she hadn't heard of. "Yes, what is it?" Lady Helis asked. Her eyes held no recognition -- why should they? Kemberon had been a little girl when last she'd been here, as Baron Cadmir's daughter. She'd changed much from that time. Helis herself was different -- older, wearier, sadder. She looked like a woman who had suffered endlessly. Stephan's usurpation, and the resulting war, had taken a huge toll on so many people. Kemberon cleared her throat, suddenly at a loss for what to say.

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Buggy — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:56:28 +0100

Seta had clambered into the house and quickly told Emkai all that had happened. "And I'm so sorry, they probably followed me, but I panicked and didn't even think until I was at the gate and--" "Just... please stop. I'm glad to know you're safe, more than anything. In the meantime, she's busy, so we'll have to just hope your pursuers are a little too late."

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the flipr kid — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:23:55 +0100

((Sorry for these uber-long posts -- I'm trying to set up a point that will be important later.)) Five minutes of talking, and Kemberon was finished with her story -- how her father was murdered by his own servants, how she herself narrowly escaped out a window and fled her home under cover of darkness, how she was forced for three months to keep out of the reach of Stephan's forces by concealing her identity and moving endlessly from city to city. How she was providentially reunited with the former captain of her father's guard, and how they now intended to do everything they could to overthrow the usurper. Kember fell silent, watching Lady Helis's reaction. Helis was quiet for a long time. She set little Eredia down. "How do I know you are who you say you are?" she said finally. "Your daughter," Kemberon replied. "Allia. She was here the last time I visited." Her gaze flickered briefly to Eredia, the new daughter. "We were friends. She told me that when she was married, she wanted to make everyone wear pink to the ceremony." Helis smiled faintly. "Yes, that was one of her favorite ideas...very well, Baroness," she said, looking Kemberon straight in the eyes. "I believe it is you. But as you have seen...Allia is no longer here. This is Eredia, who was not born when you and the Baron visited." Little Lady Eredia curtseyed as well as a five-year-old girl can, and Kemberon inclined her head back with a smile. "But what happened to Lady Allia?" she asked slowly, afraid of the answer. Helis, always one of the strongest women Kember had ever known, looked ready to break down in tears. "She is a prisoner of the bloody Dragon King," she said bitterly. "She was kidnapped."

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Buggy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:41:50 +0100

((DUN DUN DUUUN! This is getting interesting. :) ))

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the flipr kid — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:03:12 +0100

((And now I have to ask -- who wants to play Allia? :D ))

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:08:27 +0100

((I'll take her.))

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the flipr kid — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:54:13 +0100

((All right, just write her a bio and post it in the discussion thread. Right now she's the captive of Stephan -- a privileged captive, no dungeons or anything, but still very much a captive. She's a year older than Kemberon herself.))

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:03:12 +0100

((Anything else specific?))

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the flipr kid — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:41:01 +0100

99Hmm...she's normally confident and self-assured, and likes being a leader. Good friends with Kemberon. Brown-haired, blue-eyed, and beautiful, the whole deal. That's about it.))

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Buggy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:44:20 +0100

((Hey cool, all three of us have a character at the palace now.))

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the flipr kid — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:36:50 +0100

"Kidnapped?" Kemberon's eyes went as large as dinner plates. Her hand flew to her face. "That's...that's...." She struggled for words. Helis watched her sadly. "Four months ago," she said, "Allia went out riding, the willful child. It was in the early stages of Stephan's march. Perion -- and your father-- were finally starting to see him as a threat. Allia was confined to the courtyard, within the walls, so she couldn't be attacked while she was riding. But somehow, she was anyway. We don't know if she left the walls voluntarily, or if they got in...or if a servant betrayed her into the hands of Stephan's lackeys. Either way she vanished. We got a message a month later -- a week before your father was murdered. It said that Allia was being held as a prisoner of the bloody Dragon King." Kemberon's lips tightened into a line. Suddenly she sank to the floor and buried her face in her hands, yet she did not shed a tear. Allia. She was the prisoner of the usurper. How many other things could go wrong today?

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:51:04 +0100

Allia glanced out the barred window for the umpteenth time and sighed. Despite Stephan insisting otherwise, those and the constant guards still said that he sisn't trust her not to run. Not like she could get anywhere in any case. She had no idea where she was, four months indoors without a map having dulled her geography skills. The lady sighed and went back to pacing. The carpet was worn from where she had been walking for the entire time she had been there. Finally sitting in a chair, Allia picked up a book that Stephan had allowed to be placed in the room. The History of Perion, it was titled. Right. Like Allia hadn't already learned everything there was to know about that topic. This version was probably edited anyway to show the so called 'Dragon King' and his ancestors in a much better light.

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Buggy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:46:26 +0100

"You don't understand!" Seta pleaded. "There's men coming for you, someone named Greene and Urungor and--" Emkai looked up sharply at 'Urungor'. "We need to warn the baroness." He took her slender hand and pulled her out into the hallway, still trying to look the part of the merchant without slowing his pace.

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the flipr kid — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:55:41 +0100

Getting inside the great stone castle was surprisingly easy, when compared to some of the other places Alen had sneaked into. It wasn't even all that hard to avoid the servants and the vastly incompetent guards he encountered along his way. All he really had to do now was find the little Baroness, which shouldn't take him that long. The castle was one of the smaller ones he'd been inside, and there couldn't be that many places for the girl to hide -- if, indeed, she even knew that he was here. Which she did not. The little idiot goatherd had led him and Urungor right to where they needed to be, and now it was only a matter of time and minimal effort until the Baroness was the prisoner of the Dragon King. This was not the first time Alen had been to the castle at Dunlet. The last time he had come alone. That was four months ago, and Stephan had not yet had the Baron disposed of and set himself at Virkhard. Alen had slipped inside the castle walls then and slipped right out again, but with another person this time: the lord of Dunlet's daughter, Lady Allia. Alen almost smiled at the memory. It had thrown the girl's poor parents into such a frenzy, and they still didn't know what had happened.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:13 +0100

((bump!))

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Buggy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:54:55 +0100

Emkai's strides lengthened as he drew closer to where he thought Kemberon had gone. Seta trailed after him miserably, knowing she'd made a real mess of things, but suddenly she froze and dipped sideways through a door. Emkai almost asked her what the problem was, but as he turned he felt the hairs raise along the back of his neck. Something here was not right. He laid his hand on his sword. ((I figure he's near to where Alen is and hasn't properly noticed him yet. Alen is stealthy and stuff.))

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:20:51 +0100

Green was stopped by the guards as he tried to follow Alen in. Of course. These gaudy clothes could be seen from a mile away. He made up some excuse about selling fabric, but was turned away. Cursing, the gypsy slowly walked away. He would have to be better about this now. Slipping into an alley, Greene removed the gypsy outfit and face, quickly replacing his own clothes and mask. Glancing around, the spy climbed up the side of a building to the roof, keeping an eye out for guards.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:42:44 +0100

Well, this was interesting. A Thirnish merchant hurrying -- though trying to appear as if he wasn't hurrying -- with an oddly dressed girl in tow. Only Alen recognized the goat girl right away, and somehow he doubted very much that the Thirnish merchant was actually a merchant at all. They hadn't seen Alen yet -- of course not -- but they certainly sensed something was wrong. Seta darted off into a side door, and Emkai Terrazzo (because Alen was certain that's who he actually was) went instantly on guard, as if he sensed a malevolent presence. Alen almost felt the urge to laugh. In two rapid steps he was out of the place from where he'd been able to observe them, unseen, and was fully in their line of sight. He gave a faint half-smile. "You've come just in time," he said dryly. "We were worried we'd have to buy the cloth from someone else."

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:51:27 +0100

Greene slowly made his way across the roof and glanced over the edge. A large pond was on the other side of the wall, deep enough for him to jump into and not get hurt. He looked around for guards, then dived of the roof into the pond, making only the smallest of splashes. He quickly climbed out of the water and sprinted to the shadows of the castle and waited for a guard to pass. It was not a long wait, as a guard came by less than a minute later. Greene cleared his throat to make the guard aware of him, then punched him out, quickly changing into the guards clothes and placing the moldable mask on to look like the guard. He dragged the guard into the bushes, then went off to find Alen. Alen would lead to Kemberon, and Kemberon would be brought back by him alone.

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Buggy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:06:59 +0100

Emkai's knife was in his hand before Alen had finished two words. His eyes narrowed. "I don't have time for games," he said curtly. "You're with Urungor, aren't you?" He shifted his position slightly so he blocked Alen's line of sight to the door where Seta was hiding. It was probably too late for that, but oh well.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:55:29 +0100

Alen shrugged nonchalantly. "Fair enough. I'm not the type for games myself, really. So I'll just go my way, you'll go yours, and we'll all stay out of each other's way." His eyes hardened. "I know the girl's there. I have utterly no interest in her, other than that she was useful in leading us here." He gave Emkai a quick once-over, his perfectly ordinary face never changing expression. The man was no threat, he decided. Alen could disappear like a cloud of smoke, and make his victims do just the same. And there was nobody in Perion better than he with knives, he was certain. He turned to walk away.

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Buggy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:08:11 +0100

"That depends on where your path takes you," Emkai replied curtly. He had a knife poised to throw at Alen's turned back. Perhaps he wasn't better than the other man with knives (he'd always been more of an open-battle broadsword type himself), but he could still hit a man between the shoulder blades at this distance.

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the flipr kid — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:58:48 +0100

Alen never turned his back on an enemy if there was anywhere more than a 30% chance that he would die because f it. He figured that Emkai, who had certainly been holding a knife when Alen turned around, would just as certainly throw it at Alen's unprotected back. (Well, not really unprotected, since he wore a jerkin of mail and boiled leather underneath his nondescript dark shirt, but that was beside the point.) He stepped to the side and faced Emkai again in one smooth, graceful move, like a dancer. "Would you really attack someone who isn't facing you, Terrazzo?" Alen asked. "That's my profession, not yours."

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Buggy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:10:21 +0100

"If it's necessary," Emkai replied coolly, stepping back and to one side. His movements weren't graceful like Alen's, but it was obvious he knew what he was doing at least. "Who sent you?"

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the flipr kid — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:21:26 +0100

Alen shook his head. "That's a stupid question. I think you can guess." Emkai could be considered a threat to his mission, he supposed, but only in that Alen would be delayed by dealing with him. He never once considered that the guardsman might actually kill him, or even so much as injure him. Alen was the best. He briefly wondered whether Emkai felt any special attachment for the goat girl -- perhaps she was something that could be exploited. "You can't hit me with that knife," he said matter-of-factly.

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Buggy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:25:38 +0100

"If you force my hand we'll see." If he could just keep Alen here for a while, Kemberon might be all right. And if she wasn't, well, their mission was screwed anyways wasn't it? "I don't doubt your prowess, but necessity is necessity."

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the flipr kid — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:14:10 +0100

"You'll die, and then how will you help your precious Baroness?" Alen said. It would have been a sneer, if he was prone to any sort of emotional display, nice or otherwise. This was taking too long. He had to get rid of this irritating guardsman and find the girl. The sooner he was out of here with her in his possession, the better. ___ Kemberon was in the master's chambers, talking to the master himself: Lord Ciril Bast, lord of the castle and governer of Dunlet. He used to be a tall, confident, handsome man. Then the war started, his eldest daughter was kidnapped, and his overlord was both murdered and his seat stolen in the space of a single night. Lord Bast was crushed, beaten down. He wore the same look of weary despair his wife did, who stood beside him holding the hand of the only child they had left to them. Bast's once-dark hair had gone prematurely silver, and there were a great many more lines on his face than Kember recalled. She spoke quietly, earnestly. Lord Bast listened without a word or even a motion. Lady Helis was equaly silent -- but she'd heard all this before -- and little Eredia stared, fascinated, at Kemberon, a look of intense curiosity on her little morose face. Kemberon finished talking and stood, waiting for Lord Bast's reaction.

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:24:33 +0100

Greene easily found Alen, talking to some trader who appeared to be protecting the girl from earlier. Greene almost snorted, then walked past the pair of them slowly, his face as impassive as the guards normally were. This was an argument among those higher than he. The guard would not interfere.

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Buggy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:13:47 +0100

"Sometimes death can be useful," Emkai replied, and an odd sort of hardness found its way into his features. "Come on then."

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the flipr kid — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:48:58 +0100

That guard....Alen's eyes cut to him and back to Emkai in the briefest of glances, and a tiny frown line appeared between his eyebrows. This has gone on far long enough. He glanced around and spotted a door -- one of the myriad unobtrusive entrances that allowed servants to go hither and thither without being seen or in the way. It was to his left, around a corner, out of Emkai's sight. In three steps Alen had reached it, wrenched it open, and disappeared inside, closing the door behind him. He couldn't afford to let the guardsman keep him any longer. ___ "All right," Lord Bast said without a hint of emotion. "What is it you want me to do?" Kemberon was taken aback. "I...I am asking for your support," she said. "We're going to move against the usurper. It'll take planning, and effort, and risk, and we need everyone who will stand for us. You were loyal to my father, and you have not bowed to Stephan. Will you give us your aid?" Lord Bast's eyes narrowed in thought. "A rebellion," he said. "Full-scale on the usurper. You need my help." He looked Kemberon straight in the eye, his expression unreadable. "You do know my daughter was kidnapped a month before the death of your father." It was not a question. Kemberon didn't look away. "Yes, my lord." "Don't call me that. I'm not your lord," Ciril Bast said. "Yes, I was loyal to your father. And your father's dead." He stood up abruptly, jerking his robes in place. "You need my support to overthrow the bloody Dragon King. Very well, I'll help you. You've inherited your father's title, Baroness Cadmir. You've inherited the hope and legacy of the Barons of Perion. It took blood and tears for Ketton to win his throne, and it will take blood and tears to win it back." Lord Ciril Bast knelt before Kemberon and bowed his head. "You have my support. My liege."

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Aero3691 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:17:05 +0100

Gervase cursed himself yet again. He still hadn't found Kemberon. He had escaped the palace the night of her father's death and had been looking for her since. It was his duty as King's Ranger (only a title as there was no king) to make sure the Baron and his family were safe. He had had no choice but to escape that night, yet he still regretted it every day. He arrived at the palace of Lord Bast. Hopefully, he could point him in the right direction. Gervase walked to the doors and showed the guards the ranger's broach. They let him in without question. He quickly moved through the halls, his leather boots making almost no noise at all as he made his way to Lord Bast's chambers.

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Buggy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0100

"Seta, come on." Emkai took off down the hall as quickly as he could. He didn't follow Alen, instead cutting straight out of the servant's quarters. He needed to get to Kemberon before Alen; hopefully he would be able to find her all right.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:22:31 +0100

Greene made his way obviously through the castle, not a single guard giving him a second glance. He looked in every room he came across, scaring many a nobleman or woman. Using the excuse that he was looking for someone, which indeed he was, Greene escaped the wrath of all the nobles, allowing him to search in plain sight. Yet still no Kemberon. This was annoying. Had she already made it to Bast?

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Aero3691 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:49:07 +0100

Gervase was so caught up in his own thoughts that he nearly ran into a guard who was obviously off his rounds. Odd. He decided to take advantage of this and asked, "Pardon me, do you know where Lord Bast's chambers are? It's been a while since I've been here, and I can't remember the way. It is very important."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:19:32 +0100

Greene turned to the man and watched him for a second before his identity clicked into place. Gervase, Kings Ranger from under Baron Cadmir's rule. It was believed that he supported Kemberon. Greene decided to help him for now and nodded. "Yes, Ranger," he said, roughening his normaly smooth voice. "I was traveling there right now, actually." He gestured that Gervase should follow him.

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Aero3691 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:54:18 +0100

Gervase followed the guard, glad for the help. Although, something about the guard seemed off. Why didn't he recognize him right away? Furthermore, what was a guard doing off patrol in a relatively peaceful time? Gervase decided to keep these questions to himself and follow the guard to Lord Bast. Who knows, maybe Kemberon would be there.

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:58:24 +0100

Greene made no further noise, save for the noise made when he walked. It was actually disconcerting to hear himself as he moved. Even disguised he didn't make noise, and yet the chain mail just jingled and made all the noise one could ask not for. Soon, he stopped beside a door. "Lord Bast's chambers, good Ranger," he said to Gervase.

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Aero3691 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:09:13 +0100

"Thank you" said Gervase as he stepped inside. He would have to find out about that guard later. For now, he would ask Lord Bast for help in his search for Kemberon. ((Can't remember, are they in his chambers or somewhere else?))

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the flipr kid — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:28:41 +0100

((Yes, they are.))

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Aero3691 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:33:35 +0100

((alright, add this up there)) He looked up and saw her, talking to Lord Bast. "My lady!" he called out. "Thank goodness you're safe!"

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:51:33 +0100

Greene grinned as he heard Gervase. So, this was where the rogue ruler was. Well, this would be easier than he thought then. The spy decided to give it a few minutes, then come in with the news that the castle had been breached.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:03:23 +0100

Alen walked quickly through the servants' passages, reciting them from memory as he went. Turn here, take the third door on the right here. Take a right, and a left. Keep going. Ah -- that was the door he wanted. ___ Kemberon looked up, startled. "....Gervase?" she said, with a hint of confusion in her voice. Lord Bast stood up and frowned at the newest arrival. "A King's Ranger," he said. The title King was a holdover from when Perion was ruled in many separate countries by many separate kings, and the Rangers had belonged to one of them. They had been loyal to the Barons for generations now, ever since Ketton Cadmir conquered and united the land. He hoped the man, Gervase, would be loyal to his lady's cause as wel...but then his gaze focused on the guard standing in the doorway. It wasn't one of his; he didn't have too many in-castle guards for him not to recognize each one by face if not by name. "Lady Baroness, you're in danger," Lord Bast said without hesitating. And then Alen stepped out behind him. ((Duh duh duhhhhh))

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:14:17 +0100

Greene stepped into the room just as Alen did, his false face hidden in the helm. "Lady Kemberon, yo-" he stopped short as he saw Alen and drew his sword. He didn't care that he was working with that man, Greene needed to stay in character. Besides, he'd never liked the other man anyway.

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Buggy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:14:46 +0100

((Egh, how do I even slot my people into this without making them look like idiots now...))

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Aero3691 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:28:13 +0100

Gervase had his bow out in a second. In another, he had an arrow nocked to the string. "Get down!" he yelled as he aimed at the man behind Lord Bast. He waited as long as he dared to let the Baroness and the Lord move and fired.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:06:55 +0100

((Get Emkai involved with Urungor somehow?)) The hell? One moment Kemberon was accepting allegiance from one of her fathe's friends, and the next they were surrounded (it seemed) by people who wanted to kill them. Lord Bast had been looking at the guard in the door when he said that Kember was in danger, and not behind him, so the man in the door couldn't be on their side either. Before Kember had time to think much of anything else, Gervase had strung his bow and aimed at the man behind Lord Bast. ___ Alen was no stranger to bows. It seemed everyone he met -- or almost everyone -- was trying to fire them at him. It got irritating. On the upside, he was really good now at dodging them. All he had to do was drop as the King's Ranger drew, and the arrow whistled harmlessly over his head. Alen was on his feet again in a second -- it looked like the runaway Greene was here too, dressed as the guard from the hallway. That made sense. Alen suddenly had a very strong urge to kill the man.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:40:53 +0100

Gervase cursed. The man was obviously used to bows. He kept firing anyway to keep the man busy until he was close enough to attack head-on with the sword Gervase had at his side. He was an excellent marksman and surprisingly an excellent swordsman. The King's Ranger was more known for his marksmanship than his swordsmanship and it tend to catch enemies unawares. Gervase kept his shots slightly to the side so as to hopefully lure the man away from the nobles.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:11:11 +0100

Greene shook his head and sheathed his sword, pulling his helm and false face free, quickly replacing both with his own mask and hood before any others could see his true face. He dropped the arms from the armor as well to reveal the stripes on his arm, causing everyone who looked at them to fall under their spell. He stepped towards Kemberon. "My Lady," he said with utter disdain and sarcasm. "You need to come with me."

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:16:54 +0100

Gervase cursed and tore his eyes away from the man's arms. He ran to his liege and grabbed her arm. "We need to leave my lady! Now!" The man had some strange illusion on his arms, not unlike the strange, hypnotic effect a snake employs when catching its prey. He would have to figure out what exactly it was later. For now, he needed to get the nobles out of here.

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Buggy — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:18:57 +0100

((I would, except that'll be me posting against my own characters which is somewhat pointless, and that Urungor stayed outside. Oh well, I'll just... wait.))

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:23:16 +0100

Chuckling, Greene punched out at Gervase. If the stripes were working, he should seem compleatly out of range of the man. Which would mean to the ranger it would seem as if his arms had stretched.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:28:04 +0100

Gervase didn't trust the man's arms so he ducked even tough he was completely out of range. It seemed as though the man's arms stretched. Unfazed, Gervase drew his sword and swung at the man. "Stand back!'

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:36:52 +0100

Greene stepped back, then stepped in again as soon as the sword was past, and swung again, following with a swift kick. Martial arts were his thing. He could take down an entire regiment of the kings personal guards with his skill. Surly one man was nothing to a master like himself.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:42:18 +0100

The man seemed overconfident. Good. Gervase dodged the disorienting push and the following kick and swung his sword with unnatural speed. He hoped to keep the man away long enough for the nobles to make their escape. Hope fully not all the lord's guards were traitors.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:51:34 +0100

Greene watched Gervase calmly, dodgeing each swing as it came. The ranger was good, but he was better. He fiented a swing with his left fist, then switched to the right, before switching again to a move most swordsman and fighters disn't even contemplate: groin, meet boot. Perhaps not the most honerable of moves, but if Greene had cared for honor, he wouldn't be a spy.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:16:17 +0100

Gervase cringed. He be feeling that hit later. His resolve kept him on his feet and fighting. He swung all the faster until his sword was a blur, nearly undetectable by the human eye. He worked himself into a pattern of swings and stabs until he feinted and swung in a downward arch across the man's chest.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:19:56 +0100

Greene began to sweat as he worked to avoid the sword, the gasped in pain when it slashed through his chest. Blood splattered Gervase, and Greene tried to cover his chest with one arm. A mere ruse. The moment he touched it, the spy could feel that it was long, but not deep. Deep enough to nick bone in the center, but not enough to kill him.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:33:17 +0100

Gervase never let up he kept swinging faster and faster, feinting and cutting in various places. The leg, the arm, the face, the abdomen. None were probably fatal, but nonetheless, he knew they would hurt and hopefully impede the man's fighting.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:36:13 +0100

The sword continued to slice through Greene, though it glanced off his mask. The spy grunted and moved towards Gervase. This man would go down. And Greene would be the victor. More blows to his mask, and he could see cracks forming. One or two more hits and it would shatter.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:40:33 +0100

Gervase planted his feet and swung even faster, using his feints to hit the mask that covered the man's face. He would not allow anyone to harm Kemberon like they had murdered the Baron. He swung with all his might at the man's mask, feeling it shatter, revealing the man's face.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:55:46 +0100

The mask shards fell, revealing Greene's face. Or rather, what was left of it. Many years ago, the spy had slashed his ears, cut his nose, crushed his cheekbones, burned his lips, and destroyed his eyelids, all so that he would be able to better change his face to match that of others. The result was something that disturbed even those who had seen it many times. ((http://i-a.animepaper.net/thumbnails/preview/135848/1/%5Banimepaper.net%5Dpicture-standard-anime-rurouni-kenshin-hannya-135848-tinachan-preview-2caefd01.jpg He is actually based, look wise, entirely on this guy.))

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:02:38 +0100

Gervase was shocked by the man's face, but he would not let up. He could not let up. He would not stop until this man was dead or away from Kemberon. He was tiring but did not show it. He pushed foreword swinging his sword at blinding speeds. When he had the man against the wall, he slid to the side and put his back against the wall and his sword at the man's neck, pinning him. "Yield or die."

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:16:09 +0100

Greene grasped the sword by the blade and pushed it away. "Niether, insolent whelp," he snarled, twisting the sword as he pushed. Blood streamed from all of his wounds, but he hardly noticed them anymore. The spy remembered his own blade, and in a quick single movement, pulled the blade free from it's sheath and sliced Gervase across his stomach.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:26:00 +0100

Gervase's stomach felt as if it were on fire. He grunted and pushed the pain from his thoughts. There would be no yielding. Only one of them would leave this place alive. He fought like a demon now, moving around his opponent slashing here and there, never staying in one spot too long. He dodged the man's own blade parrying and adding his own counters. He saw an opening and without even thinking, took his chance and cut the man's non-sword hand off.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:36:41 +0100

((I must now counter your power playing with my own.)) Greene cursed, his hand dropping to to floor. Blood spurted, blinding Gervase temporarily. He swung his sword, taking to opening to slice open Gervase's arm from shoulder to elbow. It was a raw, jagged cut, that was more ripped than sliced due to the previous owner of the blade having been very negligent in sharpening it. Following quickly was another kick to the groin. By this time, the room was soaked with blood, and the others had probably left.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:47:04 +0100

((Hahaha. Good, I like it!)) Gervase's arm hung limp at his side. He leaped back from the man. They seemed to be evenly matched. Gervase knew that if this went on, they would both end up dying. He could not die. He had to protect Kemberon. "We're evenly matched. What say we call a truce for now and continue the fight some other time? We'll both die otherwise and what would that prove?" As he said this he circled toward the door. He would run if he had to. The man would no doubt chase him, effectively leading him from Lady Kemberon.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:55:42 +0100

Greene scowled, or rather, tried to. A lack of lips made this facial expression next to impossible. "Till next we meet then," he growled, sheathing his blade and picking up his severed hand. This wasn't the first time he'd lost it, but it might be the last if he didn't get to healer soon. He rather liked this hand. The spy pushed past Gervase, ignoring anyone else in the room. If Kemberon was still there, Alen could easily pick her up.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:00:51 +0100

Gervase was relieved. Next time.... He pushed the thought out of his mind for now. He would have plenty of time to think about that later. Right now, he needed to make sure Lady Kemberon was safe. He slowly walked toward the throne.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:09:20 +0100

((Wow, guys.)) Alen was not in the least distracted by the man's bow shots, which were quite clearly calculated to draw him away from his quarry. He was ready to employ some tactics of his own to get rid of both the Ranger and Green, but, in a moment of surprisingly good luck for him, they both turned on each other. Blood, violence, and destruction, and none of it focused at him. Perfect. Now to collect the Baroness and get out of here. ___ Kember felt a cold knife at her throat. Helis and Eredia were hurried out of the room via a side door by the lord within moments of the bloody fight breaking out -- nobody was paying attention to them in those few moments. Lord Bast followed right after, dragging Kemberon with him. They were almost out, almost escaped, when the blade pressed into her skin -- she couldn't see it, but she could feel it, and she could hear the breath of the person standing behind her holding it. "Time to go, Baroness," it whispered softly in her ear.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:11:39 +0100

((This is Lord Bast's private quarters, not his Main Hall. Also, the only throne in Perion is at Virkhard Hall with Stephan.))

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:12:11 +0100

((Comedy effect! Have him slip in blood!)) Greene made his way out of the castle and into the city without too much more trouble. It didn't much looking to find a healer. One came to him, and helped him with his hand, sprinkling the wound with a powered herb, then sewing it back on and burning shut the wound. He paid her for that alone, refusing treatment for his other wounds, instead asking for one of the masks she owned in her house. She willingly gave it, and he left with her still alive and in his gratitude.

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:13:01 +0100

((Gah, desk whatever he has then))

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:14:54 +0100

((Heh, pretty epic wasn't it?))

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:20:23 +0100

Gervase looked up. He cursed. Lady Kemberon wasn't there along with the lord but neither was the first man, the man he had been shooting at before his battle. He listened for a moment and heard a sound coming from a side door. It sounded like it was coming this way, but he could have been wrong. He waited a moment and decided on a plan. He pulled out an herb from his pouch and shoved it in his mouth. Instantly, he felt his tiredness lift. He was still weary, but he could keep himself from passing out. He quietly slipped into the side door and slid along the wall silently.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:31 +0100

"Baroness!" Lord Bast hissed. Helis and Eredia were gone, safe now, but Bast turned back at the last moment to see Kemberon with a knife pressed to her throat, and Alen staring straight-faced over her shoulder. "Turn around and walk away," Alen said in a low voice. "The Dragon King wants her alive and unharmed, but he'll be understanding if I'm...forced...to harm her because of anyone's stubbornness." Kemberon closed her eyes. Shit shit shit shit. The last time she was almost captured, Emkai had been there; him and the goat girl Seta. But Seta was still in custody of Stephan at Virkhard, as far as Kember knew, and Emkai was somewhere else in Lord Bast's castle. The Ranger Gervase was on the other side of the wall and wounded, too. Kember saw no way out. On the other hand, she didn't want anything to happen to the lord and his family because of her. His daughter had already been kidnapped for four months; it would be cruel to be the cause of any other misfortune. "Lord Bast, leave," she said in as commanding a voice as she could muster under the situation. "I command it. You cannot go against your oath." Alen nodded and gestured with a jerk of his chin. "Yes, go on."

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Aero3691 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:49:20 +0100

Gervase definitely heard voices now. He would not be of much use in combat, but if he could get close enough, he might be able to knock the man out. If the man decided to move this way, Gervase had a plan for that too. He slowly slid along the wall, keeping in the shadows.

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Buggy — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:12 +0100

Emkai cursed the stupid servants and guards in the halls who had held him up. Kemberon was probably in a good deal of trouble by now, and he could only blame himself. He turned a corner and froze. The man from earlier had Kemberon with a knife to her throat. Both had their backs to him. This would be a ticklish situation at the best of times. He didn't want Alen to know he was there, but attacking him could cause him to cut the girl's throat. Add the fact that he was a fugitive and in a stranger's castle, and you had a guard's nightmare. He slunk into a doorway with Seta, knife in hand, and waited.

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Aero3691 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:38:46 +0100

((bump))

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the flipr kid — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:39:07 +0100

((Sorry, I've been gone.)) Lord Bast looked at Kemberon, looked at the man with the knife to her throat, looked back at her. She stared at him, lips pressed tight together. After a long moment, he turned and walked away. Kemberon puffed out the breath she'd been holding. She tried to remember what her father had told her about what to do when someone was holding a knife to your throat -- if they were in front of you, you dropped and rolled out of the way, got up and ran. Alen was behind her, his other arm wrapped securely around her waist, pinning her arms to her body. The only thing she could do now...was wait until he took the knife away from her neck. If that should ever happen. She cast her eyes around as Alen started walking towards a door -- it would lead into the servants' passages, which presumably he could use to shuttle her quietly out of the castle -- looking for anyone or anything that would distract his attention long enough for her to get away. She couldn't turn her head much, but she could see out of the corner of her eye...someone. She couldn't make out who. Stephan wanted her alive. Screwing up her courage, Kemberon screamed, "Help!" ((Also, does somebody want to be Lord Bast?))

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Darkfeather21 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:50:10 +0100

((Aero, your turn.)) Greene sat in the cool shadows of an apothecary, watching people. Most didn't watch him back, because the mask he had borrowed/taken was actually quite scary. He watched as people attempted to be pickpockets. Most failed miserably and got a crushed hand for their troubles. The spy chuckled and watched.

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Aero3691 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:27:11 +0100

Gervase leapt out of the darkness at the man, his injured arm flailing behind. He stabbed his sword into the man's arm, the arm holding Kemberon. He twisted his sword to lift the knife away from her neck. "Go!!"

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Aero3691 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:27:42 +0100

((sorry it's so short. not much to say, though))

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Buggy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:57:46 +0100

An arrow when whizzing from down the hall toward the side of Alen's head. He was a bit taller than his prisoner was; Seta couldn't miss a shot like that. Even before she saw if the arrow had hit its mark or not she put another arrow into her crossbow. While she was reloading Emkai charged out of the closet toward him, knife out.

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Aero3691 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:28:01 +0100

Gervase heard the arrow fly by and glanced to where it came from. He saw Seta loading her crossbow with another bolt and Emkai charging toward them with a knife. Good, the fight wouldn't be so unbalanced with his useless left arm.

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Aero3691 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:21:07 +0100

((bump))

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the flipr kid — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:37:59 +0100

Alen felt the presence behind him and twisted away, but Kemberon's weight in his arms threw him off by a second and the blade sliced through his flesh. A second later an arrow flew by his temple, missing his skin by centimeters. He whirled, teeth gritted against the pain, blood seeping from his arm, but his grip stayed strong on his knife. "She dies if you try anything," he hissed fiercely. Kemberon threw herself against his wounded arm and slammed her head backward, away from the knife. Her head smashed into his face and he cursed, loudly. "Stephan wants me alive!" she cried. Emkai and Gervase! If only she could get out of the assassin's grip, they would be able to fight him without worrying about her.

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Buggy — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:41:43 +0100

Seta smiled a bit grimly when Kemberon said Stephan wanted her alive. This man was with Urungor and one of the people who'd made a fool of her when she'd panicked. Maybe she could right some of the problem she'd caused. She let another arrow whiz toward Alen's head. Emkai, meanwhile, hesitated. Stephan wanted her alive, but that didn't mean something bad wouldn't happen during a fight.

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Aero3691 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:44:43 +0100

Gervase froze for a split second. Stephan wanted Kemberon alive. That changed things. He kept his sword in the man's arm. He had only one good arm to work with, and he didn't want to lose his advantage. He went through the different strategies he could employ. He could try to slice the man's arm even more, but he might slip the sword out of his grip. He could try to kick the man, but that would leave him open to attack. He decided to hold the man's arm until Emkai could get there. Then, they could get Kemberon a safe distance away before attacking the man together.

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Buggy — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:19:29 +0100

Emkai turned and threw his knife at the man by Gervase. ((I didn't follow the fight between those two charres and am unsure of how it's going, so...))

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Aero3691 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:24:54 +0100

((not much. same as before))

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the flipr kid — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:46:01 +0100

Well. This wasn't turning out well at all. The little Baroness with her big mouth ruined Alen's bluff, but that didn't mean she totally screwed his advantage. After all, he still had a knife to her throat. "Maybe I won't kill her, but that doesn't mean I'll leave her unharmed," he growled through split and bloody lips. His nose was bleeding too. That nasty little whelp had to smash her head into his face.... Hardly necessary to say, Alen's mood was pretty black right now. He dodged the knife that the guardsman threw with barely a blink of an eye, but he wasn't in the least prepared for what Kemberon did next. Kember, who had had several self-defense lessons at the behest of her very cautious father, did the only thing she could think to do. She sank her teeth into Alen's knife hand and, when his jerk of pain and surprise loosened his vice-grip on her waist, she turned and kneed him in the groin. He let out a sudden whoof of air and doubled over, eyes wide, gasping for breath. ((*snicker*))

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Aero3691 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:53:04 +0100

Gervase ripped his sword from the man's arm to keep from falling with him. Kemberon remembered her training. Good. Gervase backed up a step, keeping out of Seta's aim and staying between the man and Kemberon. With the baroness safely away from the man, Gervase put his sword under the man's chin. "You don't want to fight me, you coward. Tell me what I want to know, and I might let you live. What is Stephan planning?"

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Buggy — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:03:19 +0100

"Stay down," Seta told Alen sharply. Her arrow was still in place and her aim wasn't about to waver.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:09:09 +0100

Alen wanted to laugh, if he wasn't in so much pain right now. The sword under his chin and the arrow aimed at his eyeball could conceivably put him out of business here and now, but for all that he wasn't terribly worried...more like irritated. The blood on his face was drying to a crust around his nose and lips. Kemberon was far out of his grasp and there wasn't any chance of his getting her back any time soon. Hell. "Fight you?" Alen wheezed through the crackling dried blood. "Not even to mention the fact that you'd be dead before you even drew your blade if you actually fought me...." He really did laugh this time. "And that's a stupid question...what do you think the Dragon King is planning, hmm? He wants the war to end. No more bloodshed. You little Baroness being free keeps supporters flocking to her, keeps the war going on. Do you want that?" Alen slowly straightened up, keeping the swordpoint well away from his throat. "You rebels keep fighting for no reason. Stephan is no conqueror."

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Buggy — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:15:15 +0100

"Whatever you say," Emkai said curtly. "Drop your weapons."

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Aero3691 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:44:07 +0100

((bump))

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Aero3691 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:33:31 +0100

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Aero3691 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:35:07 +0100

Gervase gave the man a look of pure hatred. "No conquerer? Did the attack on Virkhard Hall mean nothing? Does this whole war mean nothing? Did the death of the Baron mean nothing? I would call that an attempt to conquer if I ever saw one. We have reason to keep fighting. We want to protect what's most important to us, and we won't let some bloody cur take it from us!"

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the flipr kid — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:23:47 +0100

Alen flicked his arms and a knife clattered out of each sleeve onto the floor. He slowly pulled another pair from heir sheathes at the small of his back, and one from each leg, dropping them all in a pile at his feet, keeping his eyes locked on the Ranger's the entire time. "What's most important, then?" he asked. "Death? War? Blood? That's what you get by fighting. Stephan didn't order the Baron's death, in case you wanted to know...and I also seem to recall that the way Ketton Cadmir got his throne was by conquering all the original kingdoms of Perion. Did you forget that? But it was a good rule, wasn't it?" Alen spat out a mouthful of blood, from where he'd bitten his tongue when the little Baroness smashed her head into his face. "Who are you to say that Stephan's won't be as good? Especially since...he'll bring the magic back." ((Eh...we need something big and exciting and plot-stimulating to happen. The thread's kind of getting slow.))

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:27:35 +0100

Hjor paced back and forth in his room, glancing out the window. He went over and tested the bars. Too strong. He walked over to the door and laid a hand on it. Solid oak. He chuckled, then walked across the room. ((I'm thinking he breaks out and threatens Stephan.))

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the flipr kid — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:36:05 +0100

((Okay, that works. How about something with Allia? She's at Virkhard as well.))

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:38:23 +0100

((Should I have them kept close enough that she'll hear the break out?))

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the flipr kid — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:57:06 +0100

((Sure, go ahead. It should make for some excites.))

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:59:23 +0100

((Got it. Time to kick the plot in the pants.)) Hjor walked back over to the door and placed a hand against the side, feeling the hinges. Apparently the steward was off scheduel, because these were quite rusty. The big man grinned, then stepped back and roared for effect, then kicked the heavy oak free of the door frame. It crashed into the wall opposite, pushing the guards out of the way, one up the stairs, one down. Hjor stepped out and grabbed the guard who had gone up, releived him of his weapons, then flung the man into the room, where his skull cracked hard against a stone wall. Already, guards were coming up the steps, so Hjor made the logical descission: he went up. Allia sat by the window, looking out when a loud crash from down in the tower got her attention. She quickly opened the door and looked down, just as a large man rushed up the stairs. Her eyes widened and she tried to shut the door, but he pushed past, obviously trying to escape the guards. Allia fell to the ground and stared up at the big man, who ignored her and quickly ran to the closet. "You didn't see me," he hissed before dissappearing inside.

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Buggy — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:46:28 +0100

((Omaron's up there too guys, if you need someone or something to oppose them. And he does have the voice in his head who hasn't done anything yet, who can pose a very large problem for anyone trying to escape if necessary.)) Emkai's expression didn't change as he watched Alen lay down his weapons. "Both sides have shed blood. My loyalty lies with the Baroness, and that's all I feel like sharing with you. Up, hands behind your head."

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Darkfeather21 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:48:04 +0100

((Maybe the voice knows of their locations?))

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Aero3691 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:54:04 +0100

Gervase's eyes narrowed. "It's one thing to conquer many small warring nations to bring peace. It's another to attack at a peaceful time with no provocation." His voice got dangerously calm at the last comment. "What do you mean bring magic back? Wasn't that the cause of all those wars?"

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Buggy — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:56:46 +0100

((How do you mean? The voice is a fully-fledged character I've thought up for another project of mine, one whose powers I have outlined and defined in my head. She's not all-knowing or anything, but she is more likely to notice anything wrong going on than Omaron. And, ah, there's the whole notion of 'feeling presences'. Like a vague empathy/telepathy by feel.))

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:08:26 +0100

((Ahh. Nevermind then.))

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Buggy — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:20:42 +0100

((Eh... I'll just wing it. Disappearing for a while after this post though.)) Omaron frowned up at the ceiling at the crash and the shouting, already getting to his feet. "What...?" That's where the prisoners are kept dearie. Someone must be making a run for it. And of course we can't have that, can we? She paused. Mmm... I'd say it's that barbarian they brought in off the street just the other day. The adviser groaned and started up the stairs, hoping to find a guard or two who could tell him more accurately what was going on.

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the flipr kid — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:12:03 +0100

The crash startled Stephan, who was sitting at the desk in the study (not his desk or his study -- though Virkhard Hall was his by right of power, he never thought of it as his.) He stood up and walked to the door, listening a moment to hear if there were any more crashes, then opened it and stepped out. "What in the world happened?" he demanded of the guards on either side of the door. "Find out what that was."

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:31:03 +0100

The guards ran into Allia's room and began to look around. One stopped to help the lady to her feet. "Lady Allia, did you see where the man is hiding?" he asked her. Allia shook her head and stepped back, unsure of why she had lied for the big man. The guards continued to search the small room. Hjor stayed deep in the closet when he heard the soldiers enter the room. He knew it was only a matter of time before they searched in here. The big man looked up and the high ceiling and got an idea. Moments later, a guard ripped open the door and poked through the clothing, but saw nothing. He shook his head to the captain and shut the door, looking somewhere else. Greene remained sitting in the shadows of an apothecary. He thought of the fight with the Ranger and flexed his hand. It wasn't over. It wouldn't be until the one of them lay dead, the sword of the other coated in his blood.

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the flipr kid — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:43:04 +0100

Kemberon regarded the assassin with a mixture of curiosity and dislike -- he had a sword point to his throat and, to all appearances, no weapons on his person, yet he didn't look like a man defeated. She felt a chill. "What will you do with him?" she asked Emkai and Gervase, her gaze cutting briefly to Seta, standing silent with her bow. Will he die? Will he be a hostage? In her opinion the best thing to do to the man would be to end his life, but she would see what the two more experienced fighters with her said. "Ah, Baroness," Alen smiled. "Always so concerned about others' fates. Wouldn't you like to know about your dear childhood friend? The missing lady?" Kemberon's lips tightened. "Allia."

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Buggy — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:51:19 +0100

"It would be best to find out what he knows about the situation at the castle first, if you want my opinion Baroness." ((ergh, this would be longer and include stuff for Omaron too, but it's time to eat dinner. Will try to add to this later.))

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Aero3691 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:31:09 +0100

Gervase shrugged. "I follow your orders, my lady. Personally, I'd kill the bastard before he gets a chance to do anything. However, this is not a personal matter anymore. I'll stay my blade for the moment."

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Buggy — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:11:21 +0100

Emkai kept his eyes on Kemberon. "It's your call." Seta didn't drop her crossbow. --- "What do you MEAN you can't find them?!" Omaron shouted at the guards, panicking. "They only just came out of the room, keep looking!" He strode down the hall, wearily running a hand through his hair. At the first door he came to he whipped it open and looked around.

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Aero3691 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:57:07 +0100

((bump))

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Aero3691 — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:34:00 +0100

((7 days!!! rofl))

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Aero3691 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:24:52 +0100

((is anyone still doing this?))

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Buggy — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:14:29 +0100

((I can't post until someone else does, sorry. Or I could, but it would be pointless.))

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:22:22 +0100

Hjor dropped from the dresser as soon as the guards left the room. "Thanks," he said to the woman in the room. He peeked out the door, trying to decide if he should leave the room through the door or the window.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:21:09 +0100

Omaron ran past Hjor's door at that moment, brow furrowed. "They've got to be inside one of these--" He froze, eyes wide when he realized who was standing at the threshold. He opened his mouth to call for the guards.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:21:51 +0100

The moment Omaron opened his mouth, Hjor's massive hand shot out to cover it. "Shsshshhhhh," he said, holding a finger to his lips. "That could be very hazardous to your health. Specifically, to the integrity of your skull." He squeeze a little to show he wasn't kidding. Allia finally stood up from her corner and walked over to the door, standing behind the large man. Her eyes widened at his threat to Omaron, but she didn't say anything. Best not to anger this man.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:27:14 +0100

Omaron swallowed as his gaze flitted from Hjor to Allia and back. As much as he didn't want Allia to escape, he REALLY didn't want to die. Well then dearie, shouldn't you comply? the voice in his head impatiently. You're no use to me dead. He raised his hands a bit tremulously to show Hjor he was unarmed. If these two escaped he was sure it would end badly for him, but again having his skull crushed was a bit worse.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:01:54 +0100

"Good," Hjor nodded. "Now, you're going to let us out of here, and you're not going to say word." Carefully, he let go of Omaron's face, ready to grab it again if need be. Allia just watched, not sure whether to be scared he automatically included her in the escape, or just really glad. She settled for non-chelant passiveness.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:09:34 +0100

Omaron didn't shout, as his sense of self-preservation was still keeping him in check at the moment. There was a knife tucked into his waistband (she'd thought it was a good idea to stay armed even if he wasn't great with it). Hopefully Hjor would get distracted in a moment and he could grab it, or the guards would come. And speak of the devil! "HALT!" A trio of guards, the captain and two underlings, skidded to a halt right next to the door. They began to lower their spears.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:11:25 +0100

Hjor just looked at them, raising an eyebrow. "Call them off," he said to Omaron. "Or else."

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:14:34 +0100

Omaron's hand was halfway to his knife when Hjor interrupted. Ack, he wasn't going to get to the knife, was he? "You heard him," he told the guards brusquely. "Get back." Shard, DO something! Mmm... this is interesting though dearest, very interesting. The question is, am I willing to take the risk...? After all, if anything were to happen to you, I'm sure I could... yes... What are you blathering about-- ow! One hand shot up to his temple as a sharp pain throbbed through his head.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:16:11 +0100

The guards frowned but lowered their weapons. The captain nodded just slightly, and one of them shot off down the hallway.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:16:32 +0100

Hjor motioned for the lady to follow him, which she did, and he forced himself past Omaron and the guards. "Oh, and where are my swords?" he asked over his shoulder.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:18:21 +0100

"Stop right there!" he yelled after the guard who ran. It wouldn't matter if Steven heard of the escape(chances were he already knew) but he didn't want anymore guards here.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:23:21 +0100

The guard was already around a corner and out of sight. The other guards reached for their dropped weapons. Mmm, he's not acting as I anticipated. No hostage fun for us, alas. Go ahead and get the knife dearest. Your frame isn't ideal, but I might be able to subdue him anyways. Just think, you can play the hero. Omaron scowled slightly as he pulled the knife out.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:26:36 +0100

Scowling, Hjor continued along, the girl at his back. Of needed, he could always use her as a hostage, then explain it later. He heard the scraping of a knife behind him, but ignored it. A knife could easily be countered by an unarmed soldier.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:37:22 +0100

The soldiers had their spears up and pointed at Hjor fairly quickly. A knife poked slightly at Hjor's back. "You won't make it out of here alive," Omaron said flatly. Seriously, what was the man thinking?

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:55:00 +0100

Hjor sighed and turned around. "Fine, ye got me," he said slowly, eyeing the lady. He guessed how quickly. He could reach her, vs how fast they could gut him. Eh, ya gotta take chances, he thought, then lunged for the girl, wrapping his arm around her neck, keeping a tight grasp. "Don't move," he growled, both to her, and the soldiers.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:17:10 +0100

Omaron frowned. "Do you expect us to believe you'll kill her, after you broke her loose?" he asked a bit warily. He didn't remove his knife but he didn't make any sudden movements either. The guards looked to him for instructions.

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Buggy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:19:22 +0100

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:48:25 +0100

"What do you think?" he growled, squeezing tighter. He didn't want to, but he would if he had to. Allia's eyes grew wide as the big man squeezed tighter. She was having trouble breathing now. He really meant it, didn't he? He'd kill her! No, no he wouldn't, she thought, trying to calm down and rationalize. He lied. All people lie.

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Buggy — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:05 +0100

Omaron realized that he had absolutely no idea what this man was playing at. But then if he was stupid enough to set both sides in this war against him, well, it was going to come down on his own head in the end. He'd never escape the rest of the guard anyways. "Lower your weapons," he told the guards, and he lowered his own knife as he said this. This is disappointing, dearie. Hum... we might still be able to take him though, after he thinks he has gotten away.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:30:12 +0100

"Good," Hjor said, already backing away. He turned around, keeping his grasp on the girl. They wouldn't dare attack him while he could still kill her. Apparently, she was important.

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Buggy — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:24:23 +0100

Omaron began to slowly back down the hall, motioning for the guards to stay put and stay quiet.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:43:25 +0100

Once Hjor was downstairs, it was easy for him to find his way to the front hall. He lossened his grip on the girl a little bit, but kept it tight. He didn't want her to try and run just yet.

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the flipr kid — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:06:50 +0100

"What do you mean?" Stephan, standing, demanded of the slightly-cowering guard who stood before him. "How did that happen? How could he get out of his cell?" The king sat down again and rubbed his chin. Clearly this man Hjor was more than they'd anticipated dealing with -- someone to be taken very seriously. "All right, set up a perimeter of guards. Every entrance and exit blocked. If needs be, shoot to kill...but try to keep Lady Allia alive, if you can." The girl was a scion of House Bast, one of the oldest and most influential noble houses in all of Perion. Her death would only cause more conflict and bloodshed, just when Stephan wanted to show his opposers how merciful and benevolent their new king would be. He looked straight at the guard and said, "Kill Hjor before any harm comes to the lady. Understand?"

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:17:54 +0100

Cursing, Hjor backpeddled out of the front hall. Stephan had already set up guards at the doors. Damnit. He'd have to find another way out. Without his swords, he was only half as effective in combat. Allia squeaked in suprise as she saw the guards. Stephan was fast, she could say that much.

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Buggy — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:24:11 +0100

Omaron slunk out from a doorway, and there was something distinctly different about the way he held himself. He looked too confident, too aggressive. Too happy. His eyes were focused on Hjor's back, and a dagger was in his hand.

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Darkfeather21 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:47:09 +0100

Hjor kept his eyes on the guards at the front door, and so failed to notice Omaron behind him. Fortunatly for him, the girl did. Allia watched Omaron slink towards them. But she waited, not making a sound right now. It wasn't the right time.

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Buggy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:18:19 +0100

Omaron aimed the knife, quite coolly, and threw it. The blade was aimed between Hjor's shoulderblades.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:22:26 +0100

Allia made her move. The big man had let go of her, giving her free motion again. So, the first thing she did when the blade flew towards the hunched mans back? Leap in front of it. The knife buried itself in her stomach, and a single groan escaped her lips as she crashed to the ground.

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Buggy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:36:02 +0100

Omaron's eyes narrowed slightly, though he didn't seem shocked or even remorseful. "Stupid girl, isn't she?" he said coolly. "Let's hope that blade didn't rupture any of her gastric processes dear, or she won't have long before infection sets in." His head jerked up in a swift, almost birdlike motion so he could watch Hjor. There was another knife in his hand.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:00:29 +0100

Hjor spun around. The first thing he noticed was the lady on the ground, curled up in a ball and groaning. The next thing was Omaron with his knife. He snarled and stepped between the bastard and the lady.

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Buggy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:28:01 +0100

Omaron smiled in a rather detached way. "I suppose you'll both have to die now. I can always say you killed her before I could do anything. Though even if you do survive... well dear who are they going to believe, you or me?" He kept his eyes fixed on Hjor, obviously waiting for him to strike.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:42:13 +0100

Hjor waited, ignoring the man's baiting. The first strike was always assumed to be the most crucial. Not to him. He focused on a three move system: block, counter, attack.

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Buggy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:49:09 +0100

Smart little mortal, isn't he dearie? Omaron didn't reply to the mental voice. His attention was focused on the girl on the floor, and if he'd been in control of his own body at the moment, he might have vomited. Why wasn't she doing anything to help Allia?! Outwardly, his smile only widened. He darted in much more quickly than the politician normally moved, slashing at Hjor's throat.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:59:29 +0100

Hjor saw the move coming and leaned back just enough to avoid the blade, though it did nick his throat ever so slightly. He quickly went to grab the other man by the shirt, aiming one hand to hit him in the fire head with the heel. Allia groaned in pain, though she did so rather quietly. No need to distract the big man. It was only a five inch long knife in her stomach. ((That part is sarcasm. In case you can't tell.))

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Buggy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:10:40 +0100

((Fire-head? OH, forehead right?)) Omaron didn't even try to block the blow. It came down full and hard, but somehow it didn't even give the man pause. He lunged forward, knife forgotten, teeth bared. It was apparent that these were not human-looking at all, not anymore. Each came to a sharp point like a knife and seemed a little too big for Omaron's mouth. He snapped at Hjor's wrist.

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Darkfeather21 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:23:12 +0100

((Right. Auto correct. Why iPods suck for this.)) The teeth closed down on Hjor's wrist, making him yell in suprise and pain. "What the fuck?" he yelled, and tried to jerk his hand away. When that failed, he slammed his other elbow into Omaron's back.

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Buggy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:04:10 +0100

As much as Omaron seemed resistant to pain in this state, he couldn't withstand the physical shock of it forever. He gasped, jaw dropping, eyes going unfocused for a split second. Then he fell face-forward on the floor. His teeth were back to normal, and he looked utterly terrified. ...what... this wasn't supposed to happen...

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Darkfeather21 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:19:04 +0200

Hjor growled at him, then lifted his foot to stomp Omaron's head out of existance. He paused when something grabbed his other leg, and turned to see the lady holding onto him, a pleading look on her face. He scowled, but lowered his foot and bent to pick her up. "Don't follow me," he growled to Omaron. "Or she will die, since you don't seem to care if you die." He strode confidantly out into the main hall.

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Buggy — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:56:24 +0200

Omaron just watched Hjor leave, too stunned to do anything.