Group role-play: Maochro and Xanya

Note: This is compiled from both Maochro and Xanya's storyboards to make reading easier.

Xanya
Memories. Such unusual things. Some are good, and some are bad. Xanya's past was full of evil. It was when she was one that something evil occurred. A strange sickness was affecting some of the trees. Many trees died the year the sickness fell and thus, many Dryads were killed, for when a tree dies, a Dryad will die with it.
One of these Dryads was Xanya's mother. They both lived near the edge of the forest. Unfortunately, nobody was left to care for her. A couple days after the death of Xanya's mother, two Drasnians were riding horses on the edge of the woods. They appeared to be a couple. The woman noticed movement in the weeds, and she dismounted.
When the woman arrived at the source of movement, she saw that it was an infant Dryad. She looked around for the mother and so nobody. The woman then picked up the little girl and rode off. When the three of them returned to Boktor in Drasnia, the male set up a crib and other furniture for their new adopted child.
Over the years, she noticed a young boy that lived a few houses away. He was always with his twin. She always giggled and wondered what it'd be like if she could play with them. But alas, whenever she was about to go up to them, they would walk off and play someplace else. This made Xanya quite sad.
One day, she looked over towards where the boys would take their morning walk. They weren't there. This was quite strange. She began to look all around for them. She always spied on them and knew when they were about to do something important. Blaze was supposed to have returned last night, but she didn't see his arrival.
After much searching, she saw the boy's mother crying over a body. Xanya gasped and said to herself, "Maochro!" But, it wasn't Maochro, it was his twin, Blaze. She asked the mother where Maochro was.
The mother said, "He has left here. He only stayed long enough to tell me what happened." That minute, she went in search of Maochro. Xanya's search for Maochro took a very long time. She had followed the path to Camaar. She had heard that Maochro had become an Adventurer and she found out the Adventurer Clan Hall was in Camaar. After much searching, she finally found the entrance to the hall.
A young man came up to her and said, "Hello, who might you be? You don't wear the Adventurer Badge."
Xanya said, "My name is Xanya. I have travelled far to find a young man. Might you know who he would be?"
The young man said, "First of all, my name is Ordici. Where does this young man come from?"
She smiled and said, "He's from Boktor in Drasnia. His name is Maochro. I heard he joined this clan."
Ordici nodded and said, "I know him. He's a great friend. He has helped me and a lot of other people out. The other people in the clan think he does quite well. Why have you come to find him?"
Xanya said, "Well, his brother died a while back, and after that he disappeared. I don't think he even realized I existed. I was wondering if I might be able to join the clan."
Ordici said, "Only if you prove yourself."
Xanya sat long and thought hard on how she was to prove herself. All of a sudden, a tiny child began to cry. She jumped up and saw the child. The child said he was lost and couldn't find his way home. Xanya felt sorry for the boy and searched around the town for the boy's home. After about an hour, his mother saw them and said,
"You found my baby! Thank you! I should pay you."
As she reached into her pockets, Xanya shook her head, and said, "No charge, ma'am. It was my pleasure."
She found her way back to where she was sitting, but there was a woman there. She said, "Xanya, I have seen what you did for that young boy. Also, Ordici told me about how you searched long and hard for Maochro. Even though it is quite unusual, even though you're of Dryad descent, would you like to be a member of the Adventurer's Clan?" Xanya could only nod.

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Maochro
Maochro galloped into Camaar on Shadowfax's back. Of course, Shadowfax wanted to show off, so Mao let him do so. Once he was done, the horse was put into the stables and Mao walked into the hall.
Ordici saw him and said, "Mao, we've got a new clannie. It's your turn to train. By the way, you may recognize the girl."
Mao shrugged and searched for a new face.
It didn't take long. He saw a young girl talking to Qethia. In one glance, Maochro saw his childhood flash before his eyes. Always on the outer regions of his vision, he saw a young girl that had been his neighbour for as long as he could remember. He suddenly realized that he had a crush on her, but hadn't realized it until that moment.
Qethia smiled and said, "Here he is, Xanya. It's Maochro who will give you the tour of the clan hall." Maochro smiled and took her for the tour. Half of the time, he was stuttering. Xanya kept giggling at his stuttering and this made him blush. Once the tour was over, Maochro had to lock himself in his room to keep himself from saying stupid like, “I love you."

It was a month after Xanya had joined the Adventurers. Within her first week, Maochro was sent on a quest and he hadn't returned yet. She felt sad that he was gone while she had to stay behind and clean the floors. Since she was the newest member, she had to help clean the hall.
The next day, Maochro returned to the hall. His beautiful robe was in tatters, his face was dirty, and the soles of his boots were gone. Also, he had blood all over him. He winked at Xanya and walked to the healer. Xanya was worried that Maochro was going to die. After the healer cleaned him up a bit, Xanya realized the blood wasn't his because she saw no open wound.
She asked, "What happened to you?" As they walked towards the lockers, Maochro, in his tattered clothing, said,
"I had to kill some weird creature. I don't know it's name, but I barely made it out alive. Luckily my sword is fairly long." He then chuckled. Maochro then opened his locker and pulled out some black equipment with flames painted on.
As they walked to the lounge, he explained what happened during his quest. Once he was done explaining, they were sitting on the bench in the lounge, staring into each other's eyes. After a few seconds, their lips were locked. Xanya blushed, as did Maochro. He coughed uncomfortably and Xanya walked off to her room.
He sighed and snuck into Jhelya's room and stole a piece of parchment. He used it to write a beautiful love note to Xanya. Once he finished, he slipped it under Xanya's door. Mao ran off so he wouldn't be seen. But, Xanya opened the door, looked at the letter and smiled at Maochro.

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Xanya
Xanya began to read the letter. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever read. She ran up to Maochro, gave him a hug, and whispered in his ear,
"I love you." He smiles and said,
"I love you too." They then shared a long, passionate kiss. It was only broken up when Ordici came into the hallway and whistled. They blushed and walked hand and hand down the hall.

A couple months later, they were going out full time. Whenever Maochro had a mission to go on, she would come with him. Whenever she needed help when she was cleaning up the clan hall, Maochro would always be there to help. One day, they were sitting on the bench in the park in Camaar. Xanya was wearing a beautiful silver dress and Maochro was wearing a cloak with flames on it.
Mao gave Xanya a flower and said,
"Do you love me?" She took the flower and said,
"Yes, of course." She then gave Maochro a mushroom and said, "Do you love me?" Maochro laughed at the mushroom and said,
"Yes I do. Thanks for the mushroom." While Xanya was giggling, Maochro slipped onto the ground. Xanya noticed he was reaching for a penny on the ground.
As Maochro got the penny, he slipped it into a pocket in his cloak and took out a tiny box. He said,
"Xanya, we've been together for quite some time. When we were younger, I noticed you often, but my brother was so active and I had to keep up with him. I wanted to come over and say 'Hi.' But I never had the chance. So now I say, Hi and will you marry me?"
As soon as he said that, he opened the tiny box and inside was a diamond ring. Her eyes sparkled with tears and began to cry. After about 10 seconds, she wiped off her eyes and said,
"Yes, Maochro, I will marry you."
With that, Maochro jumped for joy and Xanya jumped into his arms. They then shared a kiss that lasted until sunset.

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Maochro
The next morning, Xanya woke up with a huge migraine. She muttered to herself, "What happened?" She got out of bed and got dressed. She looked at her hands and saw a diamond ring. She blinked and heard someone knocking at the door. Her head was throbbing now. She opened the door and saw Maochro standing there. He kissed her and Xanya blinked.
She said, "Uh, what are you doing here? And do you know what happened to me yesterday?" Maochro explained their trip through the park and she groaned. She then said, "I said yes? I have always liked you a lot. That's why we've been dating, but I'm not ready to get married yet. I don't understand why I can't remember what happened. The last thing I remember is drinking ale in the tavern."
Maochro suddenly realized she was drunk yesterday. He became quite sad when Xanya took off the ring he got her and gave it back. As he walked back to his room, he began to cry. Reidia came up to him in the hall and said, "What's wrong, Mao?" He didn't say a word as he walked into his room and shut his door.
While Maochro was sobbing in his room, Xanya was feeling incredibly sick. Reidia eventually came in and sighed. She said, "You've been hanging around Mao too long. He used to get drunk all the time." She giggled and Xanya glared at her friend. It took several hours for her to get over her hangover. She felt much better about that, but she was upset because Rei told her that Maochro was in tears.
Xanya took a walk through the park and heard a strange tune. It was a flute. She followed the entrancing music towards the tree in the middle of two paths. A tiny group of people tossed coins towards the tree because the wonderful music was coming from somebody playing a flute in the tree. It was Maochro.
Maochro saw Xanya and continued to play. He thought to himself, "Now that she's watching, I guess it's time."
All of a sudden, his pianissimo tune suddenly turned into a heart-breaking fortissimo tune. Everyone nearby burst into tears at the beautiful music. Not even Xanya could stay there. She fled to a place where she could secretly cry.

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Xanya
The music was incredibly beautiful. Xanya thought to herself, "I never knew that Maochro could play a flute." She went off to find the one person who would know more about this, Ordici. She found him in the practice room hacking a dummy to pieces. She said,
"Ordici, stop that and tell me something. Did you know that Maochro plays the flute?"
Ordici nodded and said, "Yeah. He will rarely bring out one of his instruments to play unless he is suffering from a great sadness. He can play the flute, the lute, the mandolin, and the trumpet. His trumpet scares me. It had flames painted on it." At this point, he rolled his eyes. Xanya wasn't paying attention. She learned that Maochro had musical talent.
Maochro returned later that night with a bag full of coins in one hand, and his flute in the other. He put both of those in his locker and took his usual seat in the Adventurer Lounge. After a short nap, Ordici awaked him. Xanya giggles and Ordici said,
"All right Mao, play your flute for Xanya. She's been begging me to get you to."
Maochro said, "I'll play, but Ordici, I'm going to knock your lights out for getting into my locker later." With that, he snatched the flute away from Ordici and began to play it. Xanya was entranced by the multitude of notes. When she finally came to her senses, Maochro was done playing. In fact, he wasn't even in the room. Ordici told her that Maochro went to bed a couple of minutes ago.

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Maochro
Maochro realized he had a weapon that surpassed his beautifully made ancient Drasnian sword. This weapon of course was music. He smiled inwardly and said, "Well, I see that I can get her to love me by using music." He liked that thought and decided as long as he played, she would love him.
A few days later, where he had his sword at one point, Maochro had his flute. One day, Xodae, another person in the clan, ran up the stairs and accidentally knocked him down. Once Maochro hit the ground, he realized that his flute was broken in several pieces. He sighed and realized that he needed to get a new one.
Xanya came to the stairs and saw the broken flute on the ground. Then she saw Maochro and said, "Well, I guess I can get you a new one. My father is an instrument maker. He makes flutes and any string instrument. I guess it's off to Boktor." Maochro smiled and gathered up some supplies.
Within an hour, they were on horses and riding out of the gates of Camaar and road towards the city of Boktor. They eventually ran into bad weather and they were huddled under one of the tents. Maochro said, "We're out of food. After the storm passes, we need to find some food." Xanya nodded.
Once the storm stopped, Xanya picked up a slingshot out of her pack and easily was able to take down a rabbit from fifty paces. When Maochro's jaw dropped, she giggled and said, "I'm a spy. I have good eyes. What did you expect?" They ate well that night and ate well for the rest of the way to Boktor.

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