*OOC - That's okay, I'm usually up until 4 or 5 server time anyway.*
*After my episode with Lord Ziron my left eye is orange*
I muster enough energy to pull out my mirror and look at my eye, thankful, it's orange. "Such an odd color for an eyeball. Julien." I whimper without much strength behind it. "someone... I can't move yet... I need to rest. Carry me if you must but just don't ignore me. Please." But I don't know if anyone can hear me... I close my eyes unaware of what's going on around me.
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When did it start raining... why is it... grey... Everything's grey, there's a person in the distance, whoa it's Scott. Scott !!! I shout hoping he can hear me but nothing comes out, I try again Scott ! still I don't hear my own voice. I start to wave my arms trying to get his attention. He turns and walks towards me until we're about 20 feet away from each other. Scott goes to open his mouth and says in a deeper voice beyond anything I would have imagined "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ?!" and then black. Nothing...
It was just a dream.

Jabbin is not happy with the decision that was made. In his experiences it was take no prisoners, kill everything in sight. Sacking a city and saving the damsel in distress is a big difference though. Jabbin doesn't trust Ziron one bit.

Jabbin leans in close to Ziron, he whispers in his ear "one wrong move and yull be wearing my sword like a scarf." Jabbin fallows the rest of his party and hopes they can find a place to rest and something to eat.

I pick up Jamie and continue on with the group. "Poor guy...Screaming in his sleep. Never a good sign.". Juilen was rather glad over the decision to keep Ziron around. Probably just to turn him in later though. "You know Jabbin, with my hammer I could actually make that thread happen." He chuckled.

After a good deal of convincing, Lord Ziron persuades the group to stay in the castle for the remainder of the night, but not without being under constant supervision of the adventurers, who take shifts sleeping, watching Ziron, and checking on their downed comrade.
Come morning, with Jamie and Ziron being the only two who got any real rest, the group heads for their next stop on the way: Lonohma.

"You know, Zirry... may I call you Zirry?" Juilen says.

"No, you may not." Ziron answers.

"Okay, cool. So, Zirry, like I was saying" Juilen continues, ignoring the sigh of frustration from Ziron "I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that maybe since everyone thinks you kidnapped the princess, and all that good stuff, you might want to...I don't know... stay outside of the city while we go in".

"He has a good point, you know" Ziron says to Luna.

"So let me get this straight: You want us to leave you outside the city alone, and unattended?" Luna says.

"Yes." comes Ziron's simple answer.

"No." Luna fires back quickly. "I seem to remember making a deal that said we wouldn't leave your side. Also that any funny business would cost you your head." she adds, as she draws her sword.

"Okay okay! Look, leave me with him." Ziron says as he gestures toward Jabbin.

"Him?" Luna asks, as they both look at Jabbin, who is wearing a big grin on his face at the idea "Are you sure about that?"

"Maybe uh...maybe not." Ziron answers. And with that, they reach a solution: Jamie will go into the city of Lonohma and get a new suit of armor from the arms shop, complete with a helmet with face guard, for Ziron to wear to conceal his appearance.

After a quick trip and back by Juilen, the group heads into the city to find a place that offers them sustenance. Unfortunately, eating with a full face guard on, proves to be very difficult, and so, the group opts to find the most secluded seat in the diner, so Ziron can remove his helmet to eat, without being seen.

"Over there!" A member of the town guard shouts as he points at the uncovered Ziron "It's him! The man that kidnapped the princess, and his troops! Get them!"

"Well boys, it looks like we've out stayed our welcome." Luna says, as she rises to her feet, and flips the table over on the guards that are charging them. And with that, the group is on the run, in a mad dash for a safe place, being chased by several guards with javelins, spears, and swords. In the process, the group is separated one from another, while they round corner after corner, trying to escape without taking any lives.

Jabbin know just what to do. He can not see his party but he thinks he can hear them. He shots out "Keep on running, I will give em something to chase!" He is not sure if they have heard him but he will go through with his plan and hope if can find them later on. Jabbin does what he does best, make chaos and act rotten. He runs past some shops and steals everything he can fit in is pack. He attacks other shops and throws rocks at the guards. "Come on then! You can't stop me!" he yells to the guards, now their full focus is on Jabbin. Jabbin takes off running and jumping from store to store.

Luna ran through the streets, trying her best to weave past everyone in the streets. She stops at a wall in an alleyway, cornered by a few guards. She plants her sword deep into the ground, enough to create a small crack around it. She looks behind her at the carefully approaching guard and swings the sword through the ground towards them, sending stones flying in their direction and causing them to lose their footing. She stands over one of them and crouches down, placing her paw on his face. "I am not the fugitive you seek. And for such a petty squabble too. You should depart to your home before you hurt yourself." She walks over him, back the way she came into the streets, the other guard unconscious. "Hmph. Someone will find them later. Now where have those fools gone?" She looked around, but through crowds could not see her party. She starts walking through the streets, looking around in hope of finding anyone.

Being chased by two guards down a nearly empty street, I stop and turn around the guards stop chasing and demand I get down onto the ground I use my ability as a mage to teleport to the town we first arrived in. Looking around getting my bearings of where I am I teleport back to a secluded area in the town I was just in. "Good I lost the guards, now to find... everyone..." As I see Luna and catch up with her, walking up to her, I put my hand on her shoulder to get her attention. "Glad to see you're alright man. Where is everyone ?"

zeross121 : (small detail, Luna is a girl)

Tails the Fox : *OOC- Sorry, I call everyone man*

Is it too late to jump in the fun?  I like to write.

NAME: Vandros Railsplitter
Age: 32
Type: Melee
Hair: Bald
Eyes: Brown-eyed
Weapon: Axe
Bio: Vandros is a woodsman who watched the newcomers teleport into his town.

Vandros looks at the two young ones slinking through the street.  "That's a recipe for trouble," he muttered to himself.  He pulled at his dark black beard and strode forward toward the two.  Both looked him up and down, wary of any danger.

"Nah, nah," he said in a fine, deep baritone voice, "I see the lot of you and you look out of place here.  What, pray tell, brings you to my side of town?"

Vandros waited for the answer, his axe slung across his back with ease.

(OoC: Welcome, to the RP Warmaker! I'm always glad to see a new face join in. One thing though: Could you add a Battle Plan to your character, so I know how to calculate any battles he encounters?)

Juilen, Jamie, and Luna

Juilen and Jamie whirl around to see the man that spoke to them, but they can't come up with an answer that won't draw too much attention to them. Just then, Luna, who wasn't far behind, steps out into the open.

"We're... just looking for..." She begins fishing for an answer, when suddenly, the guards that Juilen had tripped up, come barreling out of the building, still in pursuit.

"Halt! Stay where you are!" They shout, still charging at full speed. Luna, Juilen, and Jamie, all bolt for the city gates.

"Don't you just love how they come running at you, at full speed, with swords and spears stretched out at you, and actually expect you to stay put?" Juilen points out the absurdity of the guards' actions.

The three continue out of the city, and manage to lose the guards --and themselves, in the woods. Lost, and still hungry, Luna, Jamie, and Juilen, sit under a nearby tree, and ponders their next move.


Jabbin

Running as quickly as his legs can carry him, Jabbin darts down an alley, jumps in a closed shop's window, and quickly scans the room for a way to eliminate the guards, without actually killing any of them. Then he sees it.
A few moments later, the door is kicked open, and a group of at least ten guards runs in. They look around, confused when they can't locate Jabbin.

"Where is the foul creature?" One of the guards asks. "Are you sure he came in here, Olfren?".

"Of course I'm sure! He jumped right through that window!" another guard (presumably Olfren) says, as he points toward the window nearest them. "It's kind of hard to miss a green man...thing, jumping in an abandoned shop window, in broad daylight!". The two begin to squabble, until Jabbin interrupts from the loft.

"Sorry to interrupt, ladies, but I believe I'm the one you're looking for." He says, with a smile.

"Get him!" The first guard shouts. About that time, Jabbin throws his sword, and severs an overhead rope that holds up a candle chandelier, sending said chandelier crashing down on the guards, knocking some out, and trapping the rest inside of it's large circular design, and rope.

"Aw, too bad. And to think, you were so close!" Jabbin chuckles, as he jumps down, retrieves his sword, and runs for the woods. "Now if I only knew if the others made it out...or where they are" he mutters to himself.

Sidewinder :
Toot

Toot wanders through the woods, looking for nothing in particular. He had no one to hang out with today, so he decided to spend his time walking through the woods, in search of something --anything, interesting.

Just as he is about to give up on finding something, he spots something large and green among the trees, moving a few yards down the way. Toot slowly moves toward the green thing, swords in hand. As he gets closer, he realizes what he was seeing.

"A Goblin!" He exclaims, surprising Jabbin, as well as himself. Jabbin whirls around, weapon drawn, unsure of who or what might have just seen him.

warmaker :
Vandros

Unsure of what exactly just happened, Vandros asks one of the guards as they return from the fruitless chase.

"Those people were just with Lord Ziron, at the local diner. They helped him kidnap Princess Sael." The despondent guard answers.

"They what?!? Well where is Lord Ziron? And where is the princess?" Vandros says, surprised at just how much one can miss when they engage themselves in such a secluded work as he.

"Well...we don't really know" The guard replies.

"Wait...so you had Lord Ziron AND his three henchmen here, along with the kidnapped princess, and you somehow lost all of them, all while failing to rescue the princess? What kind of guards do we have around here??" Vandros says, exasperated.

"There were four henchmen, and they happen to be the most skilled criminals in all the lands! And the princess...she wasn't with them" The guard replies in a huff, and walks away.

These people were with Lord Ziron, who kidnapped the princess, but didn't actually have the princess? Something seems very odd about this whole situation. Vandros isn't certain what exactly one does with a kidnapped princess, but he is fairly certain they don't leave her home alone to take care of the house, whilst they went out for a bite to eat. And why did the king's wizards teleport a group of Ziron's henchmen in, then let them go? Something strange was going on, and he planned on getting to the bottom of it. And so, after packing a meal or two for the journey, Vandros heads out to find these accused people.


"Well, I could just teleport us back to Dusk." Jamie offers.

And what of Jabbin, or the princess?" Luna asks. "Can we really just abandon our quest, tell the king we're sorry, but we give up on finding his daughter, and ask him to have us teleported back home?"

"I suppose you have a point..." Jamie replies, gloomily.

"There you are!" Vandros' voice rings out, starling the three adventurers. "I'll ask you one more time: Who are you, and what are you doing here?"


(OoC: Sidewinder and warmaker, could you favorite this thread, so you'll know when a new post is made?)

EDIT: fixed a formatting tag.

Luna steps up, as she often does. "Stay your hand. You will find there to be no enemy in us. We were sent on a quest to retrieve the princess from Lord Ziron. Yet...he didn't have her...or any knowledge of her location. I know not where we are, else where we should go. Are you native of these lands? What is your name? I am Lady Luna Kuriari, a paladin."

"Greetings to you," Vandros rumbled.  "While I do not caper and brag about being more than a timber and stone cutter, I do know the area like I know this axe."  He hefted the massive tool.  Its long wooden handle was worn smooth from years of work and the head sharpened to a fine edge.  Vandros let the axehead drop to the ground.

"And what with you being high-born, you won't be local.  I see the company you might attract," he said, "And it isn't exactly my fight.  I don't often swing this at anyone's neck, except the odd goat-thief."

He rocked back and laughed at his own joke.  Seeing no reaction from the faces in front of him, he continued on.

"Now the guards said something about a kidnapping.  I don't know what happens if the goings-on are outside my woods but you do look worse for wear and if you need help, I may be the man to get you through.  First things first, though."

He took off his hat and bowed over an extended foot in exaggerated courtesy.

"M'lady, I go by Vandros Railsplitter, humble timber-cutter and handsome rescuer of fair paladins and their kidnapped... ah.... liberated guests.  How may I be of service?"

Jabbin walks up to the person. "Who are you, and what do you ya want?" Jabbin is tired, beaten, and hungry. He is really not fit for a fight but he wont back down. The person seems scared. Jabbin asks again "What are ya doing?"

(OoC: sorry if I caused any confusion with the last update. Jabbin is still seperated from the group. He and Toot are together currently though.

Also, my internet is down, yet again, so I apologize, but I won't be able to update the RP yet. I will hopefully be able to do so tonight at ten)

"Aye mate, we'll be glad to 'ave you along, means less work for me." As I laugh at my laziness joke, I can see Vandros staring at my orange left eye. "Please pay it no mind for now. We lost a group member and a servant we had with us, where would you think they might have gone off to ?"

Vandros appraised the two standing before him.  "Never said I'd come along," he said with a voice full of bass.  "I am curious why you have the attention of the guards.  And funny word you use, 'retrieve.'  I heard 'kidnap' earlier.  What's the difference as you see it?"

He sat back and waited, a glint in his eye.  He wondered why anyone would be so excited over another rich noble, except to marry them off for alliance or to hold them ransom.  Either way, people taken were often moved against their will.  He didn't know if the two in front of him represented good or evil.  His axe was slow to decide but he would make a move if they answered wrong.  They were in his element and he felt at home and comfortable where he was.

If they answered well, he would be of assistance to them.  He had no use for nobles or their politics, his price of timber stayed the same no matter who ruled.  But he would support those who were doing something for good.

Interested, he waited for their answer.

"Kidnapped? Us? I'm afraid you're mistaken, sir. We were summoned here from the Lower World by the king's wizards, to save the Princess" Juilen answers.

"Aye, you see, I could believe that, only it does nothing to explain why you were spied with the likes of Lord Ziron. An evil man, that Lord Ziron is. Now what would a bunch of heroes want with someone like him?" Vandros replies. Jamie doesn't like the way Vandros' fingers are twitching on that axe, and offers some more illumination on their predicament.

"Well, we were informed that the royal police of Naviria weren't certain that Lord Ziron had even kidnapped the princess, or if she had even been kidnapped at all. Still, we stormed the man's castle, with a handful of others. In the battle, all of our fellows were slain, and we four faced the dreadful Lord. Upon defeating him, he revealed to us that, not only was the princess not there, but she never had been, and he had no previous knowledge of her disappearance, let alone her whereabouts. He also reminded us that we were in quite the predicament, being alone in a strange land that we knew not, and if we slew him, we would have no one to lead us about through these foreign parts. And so it was that Luna here opted to spare his life, in exchange for his guidance through the land." Jamie offered. As he looked at Luna, he saw that she was giving a look that seemed to say 'Thanks for putting that all off on me', to which he returned a sheepish grin. The three heroes looked earnestly at Vandros, hoping he believed their story, crazy as it all sounded.


Jabbin and Toot

Toot remains speechless, staring at Jabbin. Goblins were vicious, vile creatures that would kill a man just for fun, eat his flesh, and pick his teeth with his bones. Or so he'd heard, but then, this goblin didn't seem to fit that description, even if he was a bit gruff.

"What's the matter with ya? Can't ya speak, lad?" Jabbin says, and waits for a good thirty seconds for the boy to open his mouth and reply.

Nothing.

"A'right, well I guess not. Well tell me then, what ezzactly were ya planning on doing with them swords? You weren't out to get ya a bit of goblin flesh, were ya?" Jabbin asks.
Toot shakes his head slowly side to side.

"Good to hear it, because I don't really feel like having to skin a whelp like you just now. Don't give me a reason to, ya hear? No run along and play." Jabbin orders.

Toot begins to slowly walk backwards, afraid to stay around Jabbin any longer, but not wanting to turn his back to him.

Jabbin watches the scared young man slowly inching backwards, and smiles a little --not something he often does. It's the first thing Jabbin has gotten enjoyment from since coming to this strange land. His fun is brought to an end however, when he sees a wild dog of some sort about to attack the boy from behind.

"Look out!" Jabbin shouts, as he chrges toward the beast. Toot, startled by Jabbin, starts to turn and run, but sees the creature face to face when he turns. Pulling his blades, Toot slashes repeatedly at the beast, cliping one of it's legs. The creature pulls back a step, but shows no sign of backing away, instead he lunges at Toot, and lands squrely on top of him. Jabbin instinctively lunges at the beast, sending his blade clean through it, effictively ending it. The creature whimpers, then falls over, landing beside Toot, whose widened eyes show his shock at Jabbin's actions.

"You...you saved me." Toot says.

"Yeah, and what of it? Doesn't mean I like ya or anything." Jabbin retorts.

"But you're. .you're a goblin." Toot stutters with a voice that betrays him and reveals his fear.

"Yeah, and you're a boy with a real penchant for stating the obvious. I guess we're both pretty observant then, aren't we?"