Chapter 26, in which some
Adventurers fall into a pit and discuss how to dispose of a stone golem
Braldril
Braldril
stood up and stretched.
Vodok
Vodok and
Vodivir jumped when Red Un yelled as if they had suddenly pinched themselves
both on the toes. Vodivir grabbed his war hammer, and letting it fall to the
ground as he saw there was nothing wrong. Vodok was also standing. "Suns
up. Let's get going." Vodivir said as if he hadn't been sleeping for
only half a minute ago. Vodok packed his things, muttering about screaming half
dwarfs.
Red Un
Red Un
looked at Vodok and Vodivir.
"Say, where's that big pack o' runes ya used t'carry 'round?"
Braldril
Braldril
woke the others and told them to hurry and get ready to leave.
"What a beautiful day it is."
He hitched his prized axe to his belt.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
was immediately awake when she heard Red Un scream and had her hand on her
sword when she saw that nothing was wrong. With one last check around she
reached into her pack and pulled out some soap. She went over to a secluded
patch of trees by the river (which I bet none of you noticed) and washed
herself.
Vodok
"Most
o' me runes are ove' 'ere." Vodok said, pointing at a rock. "An' Some'un managed te burn up
a lott'a 'em." Vodok said annoyed, and he walked over to the rock and
picked up a few backpacks from behind it. Vodok was now crouching under the
weight of the backpacks.
Red Un
"Ah
yes, what would Vodok be without the packs o' runes breakin' his back?"
Red Un looked around at the rest of the party.
"Are everyone ready t'go?"
Braldril
"Tranquillity
hasn't returned from the river yet so lets wait just a bit longer."
Braldril poured water on the fire then covered the ashes in dirt. He stretched
once more then sat on a boulder.
Fire
Aclay
"All
right I'll take a few steps forward of you all then" said Fire Aclay.
Braldril
Braldril
stood up and ran over to Fire Aclay. He turned back and looked at Red Un.
"Hey Red Un. I'm going to go ahead with Aclay. I'll guess we will clear
the way of any monsters."
Darkness
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Katherine
who was just managed to get a wink, was woken up by the others to get ready for
the journey. As she stretched her body and gave a big yawn, she heard someone
saying Beautiful day...
"Beautiful day? Braldril, there's still like 2 candle lengths before
Sunrise..." Katherine looked at Braldril with twisted expressions.
Katherine wished that the pack had slept longer, but since they were all up,
she might as well help them with the packing and see if she could prepare any
food for them along way.
"Careful you guys!" Katherine shouted out to Aclay and Braldril as
they went ahead to clear the way and scout the area...
Vitata
Vitata woke
up to hear Red Un talking to Vodok. Did I oversleep? And what backpack of
runes... Oh... He remembered the backpack of runes he had accidentally
burned up. He stood up and jumped upwards. Out of the darkness, he appeared,
slightly blinded by the light he wasn't used to. He looked around and saw that
Braldril and Aclay had gone off first. Vitata smiled, for he didn't want
Braldril to pin him to the ground a second time.
Red Un
Red Un
yelled to those who went ahead "If you see any guys in black robes, RUN!
Don't try to fight them, 'cause they've probably got an ace up their
sleeve..."
Braldril
Braldril
looked around back at Red Un.
"Thanks for the advice!!" he yelled back. "Makes me wonder who these
guys in black robes are..." he said to Fire Aclay.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
was finally done washing herself and got out of the river, clean and smelling
of roses (the soap was perfumed). She dressed herself then returned to the
group.
Fire
Aclay
"Red
Un! What are these spectres and what is their weapon?" Fire Aclay ran as
fast as he could.
Red Un
Red Un
looked at Fire Aclay.
"Spectres? What spectres?"
Tranquillity
“I think he
means the men in black robes you spoke of.”
Vodok
Vodok and
Vodivir were walking side by side, arguing. "I'm tellin' yeh! Magic
could change 'e whole minin' bus'nes!" Vodok said. "Shovels
'n' picks are what we need, and what we use." Vodivir replied. The
argument continued as they walked on.
Red Un
"Oh
dear, more of 'em. I wonder what they're up to this time..."
Fire
Aclay
"What’s
going on?" Fire Aclay clenched his dragon hemmer.
Braldril
"I'm
not sure, but it cannot be good...."
Braldril took out his crossbow and loaded it with bolts.
Red Un
"Uh...Fire
Aclay, I thought you knew. Didn't ya say there were spectres comin' this
way?"
Braldril
"No.
He simply asked what weapon they are carrying. He was just getting a little
info about them."
Braldril lowered his crossbow.
Red Un
"Oh!
Okay...sorry for gettin' ya worried."
Red Un looked back at Fire Aclay.
"They usually have swords, and know A LOT o' magic. As I said, stay away
from 'em!"
Darkness
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Katherine
watched on the action as she cleaned her serpent staff and her white shield.
Shifting her attention to Vodok and Vodivir, she giggled at their arguments.
With one last wipe of her shield, she washed her cloth and folded it back into
her backpack, as she made her way over to the rest of the group who were
standing, and seem to be discussing something about a spectre...
Red Un
"Well,
I guess we should move on then. The faster we get to a city the better, even if
it's the Outlaw Camp..."
Fire
Aclay
It became
hard for Fire Aclay to breathe. "How did you come upon meeting these
people?"
Red Un
"Well,
uh...hey look! There's the Outlaw Camp!"
Indeed, the watchtowers of the Camp could now be seen over the forest.
"We better be careful now. Ya never know what those outlaws might think of
us..."
Vodok
Vodok and
Vodivir were slightly behind the group, now drinking a bit of beer. Unable to
walk straight for 10 metres, they were slowing down even more.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
and Braldril couldn’t wait to get to the camp. They could see it from where
they were. "Enough drunkeness!" yelled Fire Aclay. "We needn't
be carrying you.”
Braldril
Braldril
began to laugh and looked around and Vodok and Vodivir.
"Wow, I can't believe those two sometimes..."
He looked back towards the camp and saw a bunch of movement.
"Er... I see a lot of movement at the Outlaw Camp. Maybe we should take a
detour. I have a bad feeling about this...."
Tetazuno
Tetazuno,
wandering aimlessly around looking for a bit of adventure in his Tibian
lifestyle, tired of killing Beholders all the time, spotted a weary looking
group, and thinking he had finally found, made his way over to them.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
thought he saw a spy and motioned the others to go left.
Tetazuno
After
realising that the group were changing direction he tries to catch up.
"Hey!" He yells. "I’m not gonna harm you! Can’t I join your
group! I wouldn’t be useless! What do ya say?"
Tujex
Tujex
smiled at the newcomer. "If it was up to me I'd let you come, but you
gotta ask the dwar..." Tujex started catching himself before he called Red
Un a dwarf. "I mean half-dwarf over there," he pointed to Red Un.
"Okay guys, when we get in the Outlaw Camp act properly. I have a
reputation to keep up" Tujex stated as he began walking, not caring if the
others followed.
Braldril
Braldril
looked at Tujex and snickered.
"And what reputation might this be? Besides, I still don't think it is a
good idea going here...."
Darkness
Fall-ll
"WATCH
IT BRALDRIL!" Katherine almost yelling her head off, as Braldril almost
stepped onto a weird looking blue flower. Katherine kneeled down to have a
closer observation at this exotic flower she had never seen before. She grew in
amazement as the flower miraculously turned and faced her. But her observations
were short as Vodok, though drunk shouted at her to get going.
Braldril
A green
vine sprouted out of the flower and wrapped around his leg and pulled him off
the ground and turned him upside down.
"Ahh, would anyone mind cutting me down?"
Braldril started to turn red, yet he wasn’t sure if he was turning red from
blushing or all of the blood rushing to his head.
Tetazuno
Tetazuno
watched Braldril being waved this way and that by the plant. He carefully took
aim with his x-bow and pointed at the plants roots. Trying not to shake he
counted to three. 1... 2... 3... And he fired...
Vodok
"OI...
lookit!" Vodok said pointing at Braldril then he was cut off by the stranger who
just had come. "Let's... stay 'way from
'em... flowery Thingys..." he said and started laughing
for no special reason.
Tetazuno
Tetazuno
sighed with relief as Braldril fell to the ground safely and not that harmed.
"I do hope you’re ok." He said to Bradril. He turned to Vodok and
smiled.
"Anyway, which one of you is the 'half-dwarf', Red Un?" he asked.
"And what are you actually planning to do?"
Ranging
Anarchist
Ranging
Anarchist snuck in the bushes spying the group of unseasoned soldiers.
"Fight well my young companions as you soon will feel my wrath."
Ranging Anarchist sat and waited for them to walk into the trap he had been
making the last few days and nights.
Braldril
"Ahh,
that’s much better. Thank you, stranger, for releasing me from this very
interesting plant."
Braldril stood up and dusted himself off.
Tetazuno
"No
problem! Call me Tetazuno, or my other name Rik for short."
Tetazuno looked around and saw a guy named Tujex walking away from the group, a
drunk man, a girl who had just finished cleaning her weapons, a Girl by the
name of Katherine who had warned about the plant, and another, who lead the
group away from him. Thinking that maybe he wouldn’t mind him if he just talked
to him a bit, Tetazuno walked over to Fire Aclay.
"Hi, I'm Tetazuno. So who IS Red Un?"
Fire
Aclay
"We
should be moving on now," said Fire Aclay. He darted past Braldril and
then fell into a pit... with a stone golem in it! "Help! Get some
rope!" he screamed.
Braldril
Braldril
threw him the other end of his rope and hauled him up. He spun around and
looked at Rik, wondering how it could be short for Tetazuno...
"Red Un would be the half dwarf."
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
tried to grab the rope but the golem was in the way. He couldn’t get around it.
He tried to go between the legs but the golem stomped and Fire Aclay fell
unconscious.
Red Un
Red Un
looked at the newcomer.
"Sure, ya can join us, but remember, I have first pick on any treasure.
Now, to save Fire..."
He looked down the pit.
"Hmm... This ain't Brotherhood work. They wouldn't just set up a stupid
pit an' wait for someone to fall into it. They're way smarter than
that..."
Tetazuno
Tetazuno
looked into the pit and watched as the Stone Golem advanced on the unconscious
Fire. I dunno what treasures we might find and who the hell Brotherhood
is he thought to himself, but my first priority in this group is to show
them that I can be helpful. He took his backpack off and threw it on the
ground, opened it and took out his rope. Tetazuno tied a bolt to the end of one
side, aimed into the pit of the hole and fired. It landed in the middle. He
took the other end of the rope tied another bolt to it, which he plunged into the
ground. Now they had someway of accessing in and out of the pit. He slipped
down the rope and turned to face the Stone Golem. It was a tad confused with
all the commotion but it had decided there was no worrying about that. The
first blow towards Tetazuno was dodged and he landed next to Fire. He bent over
to pick him up but didn’t realise the second blow that was straight to his
head. Darn, he thought, that’s done it... and he felt himself
crumple beneath the 3rd blow and as he fell to the floor, blackness surrounded
him.
Sumac
A figure
garbed in rusted armour from much use watched as the group attempted to save
their friend.
Darkness
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Katherine
climbed onto the branch of a tree to have a better view at what was happening
in the pit. The stone golem was hammering away in rage. With Rik down, and Fire
still in danger, Katherine must think of something FAST. Suddenly Katherine
shouted, "ICE! Guys, freeze the Golem and smash it to pieces!"
Katherine pointed her serpent staff straight at the Stone Golem. Both her hands
grabbing the shaft as she mumbled Engrati Freezeti. A cool blue
globe of light gathered itself at the tip of the staff, as it sucked in air
around it. Gaining in size rapidly. Katherine released the ball of blue light,
the size of a grapefruit, toward the Stone Golem. Katherine crossed her fingers
at the same time, hoping that the spell would work...
Braldril
"Ahh
yes... now that it is frozen use club weapons! Blades will only slide off the
ice."
Braldril pulled out his Might Hammer and slammed it into the Stone Golem.
Relojamento
Relojamento
sat cowering in the close bushes as everyone heard a rustle in the bushes, it
was Ranging Anarchist attacking Relojamento...
Vodok
Vodok and
Vodivir were still drunk, but less drunk. Vodok, lucky as always put his hand
in his pocket witch happened to be filled with dwarven rings. He jumped forward
to Vodivir, fell to the ground (the backpacks were still rather heavy) got up
and slid a ring onto Vodivir. Suddenly he was totally sober. He ran up to the
pit and looked down. He was just in time to hear that they needed to club it
down. And coincidently, he was holding a war hammer. The head was about three
feet below him. He lay down, ribs over the hole and hammer in hand. Then he
swung the hammer, witch connected with the head. But the force of the blow
resulted in him falling down, and landing on the stone golem’s head, his armour
saving his ribs. But he lost his breath and dropped his hammer. Then he slid
off, and somehow managed to grab the rope. But with his armour it was too
heavy. He slid down it a little bit, burned his fingers and the bolt down in
the hole and in up on the sand went up. He fell about six feet onto the sand
and fell together.
Tetazuno
Tetazuno
heard a soft thump near him, which awoken him. He looked at the new scene
around him, with Fire still out cold next to him, and the drunken guy in the
pit as well now. Thinking he must’ve been to drunk to see the pit and fell in,
Rik thought that the guy couldn’t be trusted that much. But then he spotted the
Dwarven Ring on his Index finger, which meant this was an act of bravery. He
saw that the Stone golem was now frozen, with everyone trying to hack away at
it. His rope was broken so he couldn’t get out of the pit. "Think,
dammit THINK!" Rik said to himself. Then a thought hit him,
almost as hard as the Stone Golem had. He got out his crossbow and reached for
a bolt. He pulled out 2. "Is that ALL I have?!?" He put
out a hand and chanted Exevo Con Mort. 10 bolts came to appear in
his hand. He loaded his crossbow and fired one at the wall. The pit was
enclosed near one end, wide enough to fit only one man through, so Rik carried
on firing bolts at the wall. One on one side, then one on the opposite wall
just above the one on the other side. And once he had used all his bolts, a
pretty much ladder had appeared. Rik put one foot on the lowest bolt, and then
put the next foot on the bolt opposite, and began to climb his way up. When at
the top bolt, he realised it didn't reach the top. He took one hand off the
wall giving him support and put all his weight on one hand. He stretched out
and waved a hand just out of the pit, enough for his hand to actually be
visible on ground level. He waved it around and hoped someone would see it.
"Here! My hand! Take it! He said, but not very powerful, the knocks to the
head still seemed to hurt. Come on!!! Can't you hear me? he thought as
he carried on trying to yell. The other hand began to slip. Somebody needed to
spot him fast...
Braldril
Braldril
had seen Rik's hand and instantly grabbed it. However, he did not get a strong
grip and his hand was slipping. He reached with his other hand and grabbed
Rik's arm and then he pulled him up.
"Phew, thought I was going to drop you."
Tetazuno
"Yea,
And that’s just what we need, yet another one in the pit." He gave
Braldril a smile. "Thanks, I really thought I was about to fall back in
then. Now how do we get the others out?"
Red Un
"Yeah,
if we blow the golem up from up here, those down there will be hurt by its fall..."
Red Un realised that he had a bottle of beer in his backpack.
"Hmm, I guess I know how to awake Vodivir" he muttered, and then,
louder "Gee, what should I do about all this beer?!"
Meanwhile, nobody had noticed that some people from the Camp were hiding in the
bushes watching with great interest. It's not often they had this kind of
entertainment...
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
was awakening but his strength had left him for a bit. It was quite a fall! His
eyes were half open yet no one noticed. He needed some food or water or
something. He began to moan to get the other's attention.
Darkness
Fall-ll
There was
no time to rejoice over her success of freezing the Golem, as it will only be a
matter of time before the "Freeze" spell frizzled.
Rik out of the pit was a relief, but Vodivir and Fire Aclay were still stranded
in the pit. She had only caught sight of Vodivir but not Fire Aclay from her
position.
Katherine got down from the tree and spoke, "The "Freeze" Spell
will not last long. We have to do something to save Vodivir & Fire fast
before the spell frizzle."
Braldril
"Arg
you people amaze me sometimes...."
Braldril jumped down into the hole and grabbed Fire by the arms and lifted him
up.
"Guys pick him up!!!"
Vodok
Vodok was
standing at the edge of the pit, carefully aiming his ultimate healing rune. He
fired it and Vodivir woke up. Then he heard Red Un mention beer. He just about
managed to get up on his feet. Vodok threw down a rope, and Vodivir hastily
tied a knot and put most of his armour and his hammer there. Vodivir slowly
climbed up the bolt-ladder. He just managed to get over the top and he rolled
away from the pit. "Wha' now?" He asked.
Tujex
Tujex
appeared behind everybody, his arms folded and a smirk on his face. "Why
doesn’t someone just smash him in the centre of his head, if you do it hard
enough the impact should send cracks through the rest of his body and cause him
to shatter." Some of the group members looked to Tujex, they would never
have expected that to come from his mouth. "Hey if there’s anything I know
about it’s women and battle." Tujex drew his sword. "If no one else
will do it, do you mind if I finish this while it’s still frozen."
Haldari
"Here,
this hammer will do better than your sword."
Braldril tossed a War Hammer over to Tujex.
Vitata
Vitata
leaned against a nearby tree as he watched the crew get into the big mess they
were still in. He strode over to the pit and stared downwards at the people
hacking at the frozen Stone Golem. Vitata looked closer and a worried
expression fleeted across his face. I hope this isn't the pit that I dug a
while back... That stone golem looks familiar too... Probably not my trap. I
hope. He walked past the pit, ignoring the people trying to kill the stone
golem. Vitata strode towards another tree. Placing his hand on the trunk, he
leaned against the tree, accidentally pulling on a thin string that was
attached to a large rock on a roof of a nearby pillar. The rock rolled and
fell, landing right on the pit. The rock was larger than the pit hole, luckily,
and merely trapped the people and the golem inside, instead of squashing them.
Vitata looked at the large boulder he had accidentally placed on the pit and
smiled. He turned to the crew that wasn't trapped within and commented, "Well,
at least I know it isn't my trap." He reached into his backpack and
took out a large, stretchable net. He wrapped the net around the large rock and
started to pull. "I could use some...help."
Tujex
Tujex
cracked his knuckles. "I didn’t think that I would have to use you."
Tujex closed his eyes, a strange aura surrounding his body. "After I do
this, someone else will have to rescue the others. This takes a lot of
energy." Tujex opened his eyes, they were glowing green and horns were
protruding from his forehead. Ikozura smiled and walked over to the rock.
"I’ll give you some assistance Vitata." Tujex bent over, lifting the
rock inch by inch from over the gap. Sweat began to form on the half demons
face, and veins popped from his arms and forehead. In a matter of second they
had lifted the rock and sat it off to the side. Tujex gripped the hammer,
jumping into the air and smashing the exact centre of the Golem’s head. Cracks
ran all throughout the monsters body as chips and pieces of it began to fall
off. Tujex leapt of off the monster only moments before it crumbled into
thousands of tiny ice covered stones. Tujex landed on his face, sweat pouring
from his forehead. "Okay, I’ve done my part." Tujex panted as he
slowly got to his feet and wiped his face on his shirt.
Red Un
"Right,
let's go to the Camp then. And watch out for more traps."
Vitata
Vitata
retrieved his net from the boulder and jumped down to where the golem was. He
searched around the body in hopes of finding any gold, runes or items the golem
might have been carrying. He spotted a few coins next to the stones and picked
them up. Placing them into his bag, he smiled and jumped out of the pit, hoping
nobody would beat him up for what he had done.
Tetazuno
Rik looked
at Vitata jumping in and out of the pit, thinking that he might just be an
explorer, looked at the group...
"I'm sorry guys, I just made more and more of a nuisance for everyone. I
should’ve saved the other guys in the pit as well as myself. I’m sorry..."
He looked sheepishly at the ground. "You say the word and I'll be outta
this group ok? Whenever or wherever just say it, and I’ll be gone." He
smiled at everyone.
"So what are you guys actually up to? What’s your plan?"
Vodok
"I
reckon Vod'vir migh' nee' some 'elp b'fore we go on..." Vodok said, looking at Vodivir.
Vitata
Vitata
looked at Vodivir and asked, "what's wrong with him? Still big, fat and
ugly. He looks fine...for a big, fat, ugly dwarf." He reached into his
backpack and took out a small vial. He walked over to Vodivir and opened the
cap. Turning the vial upside-down, he poured the cold, gooey, slimy substance
down Vodivir's back. Then he lifted a war hammer off the ground and smashed
Vodivir's head with the handle. He smiled and ran as fast as he could from
Vodivir, thinking, If that doesn't make him get up, I don't know what
will...
Vodok
Because of
Vodivirs weakness, he would have died, had it not been for his helmet. He
fainted. Vodok on the other hand was very upset. "Tha'ssit! NOW YEH
DIE!!!" Vodok yelled out in rage. He quickly drew a soul fire rune and
fired it at Vitata, hitting perfectly.
Red Un
"Oh
for the love o' Durin..."
Red Un stopped and looked back.
"Why does my party always 'ave to fight among themselves? This never
happens in the legends..."
Braldril
"I'm
sure the legends had their problems too. Just no one ever spoke of them,"
Said Braldril as he walked.
Tetazuno
Rik looked
at the group. They seemed the odd type. He smiled and was glad that he would be
able to join them and have fun with them. He opened his backpack and took out
an Ultimate Healing rune and placed it on Vodivir's stomach. "Stop trying
to kill each other?" Rik asked and smiled. He caught up with Red Un and
Braldril and started to have a conversation with them.
Vodok
Vodok
quickly ran forward (for himself, rather slow for a human) and threw himself on
Vitata, he pulled of his helmet and punched him.
Fire
Aclay
"Could
someone here PLEASE JUST HELP ME OUT?!??!?" asked the angry and yet scared
Fire Aclay.
Darkness Fall-ll
"HAHA! Yeah,
I do agree that legends do have their usual grumbles, just like..."
Katherine laughed out as she tipped her head looking at the two wannabe-kids,
fighting each other.
Katherine was right behind the group, when she heard a voice similar to Fire.
She paused in her step for a moment, and turned to the source of the sound,
"DAMN! Ermm...GUYS! Fire's missing! I think he's still in the
pit...." Katherine shouted to pause the advancement of the group as she
went back to find Fire Aclay.
Red Un
Red Un
sighed and stopped.
"I've got a rope, if ya need one..."
The onlookers hiding in the bushes had a hard time trying not to laugh at the
strange party...
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"Thanks
Red Un..." Katherine said, as she reached her hand out for the rope.
She tied one end to the trunk of tree. The trunk was huge, as Katherine had to
go around it, before she was able to tie a knot. Panting after the tying, she
tagged the rope hard to ensure that it was securely fastened, before she threw
the other end of the rope down to Fire Aclay, popping her head at the entrance
of the pit to check where Fire was. An "opfm" sound came from the
pit. "Sorry...." apologised Katherine to Fire Aclay, trying hard to
smile to hide her embarrassment.
Red Un
Something
that sounded like a giggle was heard from some nearby bushes. Red Un looked at
them.
"Anyone there?"
"No."
"Okay."
Tetazuno
Tetazuno
looked at the bush... Something suspicious was about to happen. He swore that
the bushes had moved from one place to another. He began to walk over to
them...
Braldril
Braldril
rolled his eyes and shot a fireball at the bush.
"Rather than to approach your enemy with blind eyes, how about you
surprise them instead?"
Vitata
Vitata lay
on the ground unconscious. It took him a while to awake and he tried to
remember what had happened but fortunately, Vodok had punched and burned
everything that happened recently out of him. He tried to think but couldn't
remember who had attacked him so he let the idea drop. Standing up, his cloak
and robes fell to the ground, burnt and tattered. Underneath them was a long
robe made of rubies that he had never seen in his life. Wondering how he
obtained the fabulous garment, he tossed away his destroyed clothes and reached
into his backpack for an extra set. He decided to wear them as it wasn't safe
to show fabulous armour in an area near other outlaws. He strode over to a
nearby bush and sat down on something that didn't feel like leaves.
Red Un
Suddenly, a
bunch of outlaws popped up from the bushes.
"Ye gods! We we're just looking at ya!"
Red Un sighed.
"Well, the show's over, so go home!"
The outlaws went away towards the Camp. Red Un turned back to his party.
"Now, can we PLEASE get goin'?"
Chapter 27, in which the
Adventurers meet an albino carpet-flyer and fight the locals
Vodok
After
punching Vitata Vodok decided it would be better to heal Vodivir. So he walked
over to Vodivir, picked up the ultimate healing rune someone had put there, and
used it on Vodivir. Vodivir slowly got up on his feet. "Thanks..."
He muttered to Vodok. The slimy thing had somehow fallen to the ground and
lay at Vodivirs feet. Without a word he picked it up and threw it at Vitata.
Then he slowly walked up to Red Un. "I'm ready now. Let's get
going." Vodivir said turning towards the Outlaw Camp.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
climbed up the rope and was on the edge. "Thanks for not wasting time
fighting and drinking guys..." said Fire Aclay with a scowl.
Darkness
Fall-ll
Making sure
that Fire Aclay was doing fine, she turned over to check whether Vodok and
Vitata were done with their "child-businesses".
"Ah... so guys, you're done with your businesses? Good then..."
Katherine exclaimed with a smile, as she followed the pack towards Outlaw Camp.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
had turned back and rushed back to their previous campsite, she had forgotten
to put her blanket back in her backpack after the previous night. By the time
she got back to the group they were all sweating profusely standing around next
to a flaming bush with several people running off in the distance towards
outlaw camp. Vitata was bleeding profusely from the head and was pulling on a
fresh set of clothes, Vodok seemed quite happy about something and Vodivir was
slightly disoriented.
"I'm gone for 5 minutes and they can't keep themselves out of
trouble." Tranquillity muttered to herself. She stopped and turned around
to see a large hole in the ground with a bunch of rocks at the bottom.
"Somebody should really cover this hole," she though to herself,
"somebody might fall in."
Red Un
Finally,
they arrived at the Outlaw Camp. The streets were pretty empty (as they usually
were).
"Hmm... If there's one guy who knows stuff 'round here, it's Snake Eyes.
And he also runs the bar. Those who wanna can come with me, and the rest of ya
just remember that we'll meet up at the bar in the evenin', okay?"
Vodok
Vodivir had
recovered from the fall and the blow to the head now. "I'll come to 'e
bar!" Vodok said as quickly as possible and stepped over to Red Un's
side. "Me too." Vodivir quickly said and ran over to Vodok.
Vitata
Vitata
grumbled under his breath. It was very embarrassing for him to lose in a fight
and especially with someone who was half his height...or less. He looked around
at his familiar home, the Outlaw Camp. He had a "famous" reputation
in this area and made sure he wasn't seen. He pulled his hood over his head and
the cloth quickly soaked up the blood that was still dripping from a wound on
his forehead. He didn't notice it and kept walking, hiding behind the closest
person every now and then. He heard Red Un talk about going to the bar. Oh
no... Not the bar. Vitata didn't like being in the bar, especially at
night. "I'll go take a walk and be at the bar later," he muttered to
the half-dwarf and walked away, but not before firing a firefield rune and
lighting up Katherine's backpack. He walked away from the lights and reached a
large oak tree. A few feet away from the tree, Vitata stopped walking and drew
his sword. Turning around, he swung his blade in a half-circle and stopped his
blade, millimetres from cutting open some poor person's neck. Vitata smiled and
relaxed his hands, bringing his blade away from the person who he knew as
Reathware. Reathware relaxed and frowned, "I hate it when you do that."
Vitata smiled and replied, "Well it's your fault you make so much noise
when you sneak up on people. Idiot." Reathware made a face and became
serious. "Well, did you find anything valuable or are you still looking
for a group of travellers to 'join'?" the sly hunter asked. Vitata leaned
against the tree and frowned, "I'm not like you. Yes I've found a group
that's let me into their journey but I haven't seen anything valuable yet. They
said they're going to find a library with a lot of valuable books. I might be
able to steal those and sell them for a lot of money." Reathware smiled
and patted his friend on his back. "Good job then. You still owe me 50
gold you know." Vitata slapped Reathware on the back of his head and
complained, "I said I'd give it to you as soon as I got the money."
Reathware frowned, "You'd better...friend." With that, the hunter
carried his bow and disappeared into the woods. Vitata was alone and sat down,
thinking. Then after he had made up his mind, he fired his fire field rune at
the darkness without looking. From the distance he heard Reathware's shouts and
cursing.
Red Un
Red Un
looked at the two dwarves and sighed.
"Fine, but I'll do the talking."
He climbed down the hole that lead to Snake Eyes underground bar.
"Aah, it almost feels like Kazordoon..."
Snake Eye looked curiously at the half-dwarf with his one eye.
"What can I get for you?"
Red Un took a chair and sat down at the bar.
"Some beer and some information."
"Well, the beer is cheap..."
Snake Eye poured up a mug of beer.
"...but information can be costly."
Braldril
Braldril
walked up to the bar and sat down. He slid his backpack off of his back and
lifted it up onto the table. He looked inside and grabbed a little blue gem and
slipped it into the pocket of his cloak. He looked around to see if anyone had
seen and closed his backpack up.
"I'll have as many beers as I can afford."
He slapped down a handful of gold coins. The bartender brought over a few
glasses of the finest beer in the land. He leaned back in his chair and took a
sip.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
had gone along with the others to the bar and had seen Bradril slip something
into his cloak. Her curiosity was aroused but she decided she would find out
about whatever it was in due time...
She went behind the bar and poured herself a mug of beer and slapped some coins
down in front of the bar man, ignoring his surprised look. She slid onto the
chair across from Bradril. "Interesting journey so far... and even more
interesting people... with interesting secrets." She took a large gulp of
beer, hiding her face behind her beer mug. Maybe if she was lucky Bradril would
tell her about whatever it was he had put in his cloak. She decided it was
unlikely and looked around, making a point of ignoring the bar man who was
looking hungrily in her direction. "Pig." she muttered to herself.
Red Un
"Oi,
Snake Eye! Get yer eye of that girl, y'old ladykiller."
Snake Eye swung around and looked angrily at Red Un.
"It was never proven! It wasn't my fault!"
Red Un grinned.
"As I was sayin', I would
like some information. Is it true that there's a carpet-flyer in this
town?"
Snake Eye took a mug and wiped it with an old rag, nonchalantly.
"Could be, could be..."
"And is he one of the... crazy sort?"
"May be, may be..."
"And where, hypothetically, would he be living?"
"We-ell, speaking hypothetically, he might want to keep his location a
secret..."
"And how much would it, hypothetically, cost to make you reveal the
secret?"
"My dear half-dwarf! I'm a man of honour! I always keep my word!"
"50 gold coins?"
"Why you..."
"60?"
"100."
"70."
"90."
"85, and that's my last offer."
Snake Eye sighed.
"Oh, to sell my honour for such a meagre prize...Where is it?"
Red Un shifted around his backpack and took up the amount of coins.
"Here ya go."
Vodok
"BEER!"
Vodok yelled making
a few other people in the bar jump and spill their own beers. Snake Eye was
annoyed, but he needed the money so he poured a beer. With the beer in his hand
he pretended to trip. While he was on the floor he silently spit in the beer.
He got up and gave it to Vodok who started gulping it down heavily. Then he
tossed a few coins at Snake Eye.
Tetazuno
Rik sat at
one of the bar stools and took his backpack off, took out a drink and sipped on
it silently.
"You can buy one o' my drinks, or you can get out." Snake Eye said to
him.
"Or, I can drink my own drink to save getting my axe and bolts dirty, if
you get my jest..." Rik replied swiftly and took a long gulp. Snake Eye's
neck veins showed increasingly, and Rik could tell he was getting angry. He
felt some kind of curiosity swirling around inside of himself, and it wasn’t
that strong. It was just the whereabouts of where they were going, and the lack
of nobody telling him anything. The stench in the bar was getting to his
nostrils.
"Hey, Red Un, I’m gonna wait out side, 'K?" Rik said and stood up to
leave.
"Good!" Shouted Snake Eye. "Take your sodding drinks with
you!"
"Don’t make me do something I will regret..." Said Rik and climbed
back up the ladder. Once up he took a deep breath of fresh air and looked
around. The smile he had on his face vanished. Around him stood a lot of
guards, all wearing silver.
"By the law of OC, you must quietly come with us and not make a sound, for
you are under arrest."
"What for?" Rik said suspiciously.
"Reasons are not a matter at this time. Now if you wouldn’t mind..."
The guard held out a piece of string to ties his hands.
"Oh ho HO! I do mind though." Said Rik, and not wanting to waste his
bolts, pulled out his knight axe and steadied for battle. He stuck his head in
the hole and shouted.
"Guys!!! I may need your help here..."
Braldril
Braldril
had watched Tranquillity pour herself a mug of beer and laughed when the
barkeep stared in awe.
"Well then Red Un, how long might we be staying here? If we plan to stay
for a long time perhaps we can find a place to stay overnight, or if we aren’t
going to be here long we could still find a place to rest and further plan our
quest."
A yell came from the ladder.
"What in the name of Anticus is going on now..."
Red Un
Red Un
grabbed his mug firmly.
"I'm not goin' up there. No matter what happens, I'm gonna sit here, drink
my beer and get some information. I'm way too tired for any more trouble today,
so I'm just gonna sit here."
Then he looked at Snake Eye.
"So, where is this reckless carpet-flyer of yours?"
"He usually hangs out here as a matter of fact, so you might meet him
soon. Just don't talk to him more than you need."
"What do you..."
Suddenly, a man in long purple robes, bleak skin and red-shining eyes entered.
"Bartender! Get, I say, get me a mug of your finest wine! I'm as dry as
the Jakundaf desert. Thirsty, that is."
Snake Eye grinned.
"Red Un, meet..."
"I, I say, I can introduce myself. I'm Melrod, carpet flyer talked about
all over Tibia! Famous, that is."
Braldril
Braldril
raised an eyebrow when the man entered the bar. He rolled his eyes and turned
and looked at Tranquillity.
"I don't like the looks of this one."
Darkness
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Katherine sat
at a corner of the bar, tracing her index finger around the rim of the glass,
and looked at the commotion created by her group of fighting mates across the
room, taking a small sip of the ale.
Whisky plunged her beak into a cup of fresh water. Feeling refreshed, it looked
up. Master, I don't like the looks of this so-called "Snake Eye".
He seem to be a man of many unknowns... And this Melrod...
I know old one. That's why I'm sitting at one corner. Observing old friend.
Observe...
Katherine
replied after Whisky voiced out her concerns.
Taking yet another sip off her glass, she glanced and listen at what Red Un and
the others were conversing about.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
heard Rik shout something from up above. She looked down at her beer.
"Well, I never was much of a beer drinker anyway." she said to
herself. She placed her mug down on the table pushed her chair out and walked
over to the ladder. She climbed up and saw a ring of guards surrounding herself
and Rik. She looked down apparently unconcerned and brushed some dust off
herself. When she was finished she looked back up. "Is there a problem,
gentlemen?" she asked sweetly.
Tetazuno
The guards
looked at Tranquillity and snickered a bit.
"Look, little girl" one of them said. "If you stay out of our
way then we can all get along nicely and you can go home and play with your
little dolls, or whatever little girls like to do these days." All the
guards started laughing. Rik looked at the guard that had recently spoken.
"I don't think girls like to play with dolls these days you know..."
Rik raised one eyebrow, held onto his knight axe, smiled and looked at
Tranquillity. "I know what I'm about to do, dunno if you care to join
me." And as the first guard approached Rik, he brought his axe to his chest
and swung it into the guard. He got knocked down but was up again fast.
"So you wish to be brought down by force then, Young Sir!?!" another
guard shouted at Rik.
"If that’s how it is, then bring it on." He replied, and he ran into
the mass of guards.
Red Un
Redwick
completely ignored the ruckus above.
"So, Mr. carpet-flyer..."
"Melrod!"
"Right. So, Mr. Melrod, I've heard that you got a... reputation for flying
to even the most dangerous of places?"
"Of course! I never find any fun in the ordinary paths through the air.
They're, I say, they're duller than a Thaisan poetry session. Boring, that
is."
"Okay...what would y'say 'bout flyin' to the Ice Islands?"
"Oh, you mean those surrounded by the storms? That, I say, that is going
to cost something extra."
"Fine, how much extra?"
"Oh, about five hundred gold each."
"Five hundr... are you nuts?"
"Why, I'm as clear in the head as a Daraman philosopher! Sane, that
is."
Red Un looked trough his pocket.
"Well, I guess I can afford my trip. I dunno 'bout the other
tough..."
Darkness Fall-ll
Almost
swallowing the ale down the wrong pipe, Katherine let out a small cough but
recollected herself and walked over to Red Un and Melrod slowly, sliding her
hood over her head and tapping her serpent staff as she walked.
"Well, that seem to be a bit too much of a daylight robbery I might say
Mr... Mr Melrod." Katherine spook as she approached them, "Why don't
we strike a trade deal? Though you ARE the best carpet-flyer in the whole of
Tibian Lands, but I'm sure you'll always be thirsty for more wealth and
knowledge..." Katherine continued, as she sat down beside Melrod and
rested her staff.
Red Un
"What,
I say, what could you people offer Melrod, the greatest carpet-flyer in Tibia?
I, who knows of such amazing things as you can never think about."
Red Un sipped on his beer.
"Quick, what's twenty-five plus twenty five?"
Elrod thought long and hard.
"Uh...sixty-three?"
Red Un smiled.
Vodok
Vodok and
Vodivir smiled too, almost all dwarves do at the thought of saving money. "Me
'n' my brother are gonna follow Red Un here to the Ice Islands." Vodivir
said pouring a lot of money on the table, but a lot less than five hundred gold
pieces. Vodok did the same as Vodivir. "There's exactly five hundred
each. You can count 'em if you want to." Vodivir lied smoothly, trying
to smile nicely. But instead he looked slightly evil, but Vodivir didn't notice
so he carried on looking slightly evil.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
stood and watched casually for a couple of seconds and then reached across her
back and pulled her sword out. Her huge sword ready in her hand she reached
into a side pocket of her robe and pulled an explosion rune out. She stared
into the fray for a moment or two, kicked a guard out of the way, shot the explosion
rune into the midst and pulled Rik out. She leaned casually against her sword
careful to make sure it didn't dig too far into the ground. "I'll ask you
gentlemen again, is there a problem?"
Red Un
Melrod
looked down at the gold.
Those idiots actually paid this much for a simple carpet-ride? he
thought. Even if it's less than five hundred, it's still a lot for
travelling on my carpet. Then he smiled at the two dwarves.
"Don't, I say, don't worry, I trust that you would never make me the
laughing stock of the Outlaw Camp. Fool me, that is."
Red Un grinned back.
"Well, I don't know about those fightin' up there, but I guess they can
make some sort o' arrangement as well..."
Braldril
Braldril
looked over at Snake Eyes and motioned him for another beer.
"I'll want another one when I get back, but you can keep it cold for me
while I am gone."
Braldril turned and looked at Red Un.
"I'll be back in a couple of hours. I am going to look for uh...
something... anyways, I might also find somewhere for us to rest."
Braldril walked over to the ladder and climbed up. When he got to the top he
saw Tranquillity and Rik squaring off with the city guards. He rolled his eyes
and continued on past them and headed to a place very familiar to him.
Tujex
Tujex had heard
people whispering and passing him glances since he entered. He tossed five
platinum coins on the table. The others looked at him quite strangely. “Don’t
worry, I have plenty more money.” Tujex watched as Braldril left and said that
he must leave too. He had to go explore his old town. He climbed up the ladder
and found the people having a brawl, he didn’t care to much for that fight. He
had a reputation as one of the most dangerous people in the Camp, so he decided
to keep a low profile. He didn’t want too many people coming after him and
wasting what little time he had picking off the tiny flies who thought they
were strong enough to challenge him. Tujex came upon a large man, muscles
bulging from his bare chest and arms. Veins ran all throughout his bald head,
and his large forehead shone brightly as the light hit it. He had a scar going
across his forehead, and one on his cheek, as well as the one across his nose.
“Well if it isn’t the little elf,” the large man said stomping over to Tujex.
The elf only came to about the man’s waistline, yet he held his ground with a
smug smile. Tujex watched as the man reached behind his back and pulled out a
large axe, and in the blink of an eye swung it at Tujex but hit nothing but
ground. The man’s eyes widened and in a matter of seconds he felt a knife
pressed up against his throat. The knife held by the man at the fish stand
nearby had been stripped from his hand, and the smell of fish filled the
brute’s nose. He looked down to see the fish head still on the tip of the knife
that was right upon his throat. “You still got work to do,” Tujex said as he
jumped off of the man’s back and stuffed the fish head in his mouth. The man
spat the knife and fish head onto the ground, and began stomping the ground
until cracks ran out in a circle around the area where his foot struck. “This
isn’t over Tujex!” the man screamed as bunches of smaller men with large axes
and clubs began to come from behind corners and from buildings. Archers lined
up on buildings, and a few mage’s could be seen in windows. “Well, I didn’t
want a fight. But if you insist.” Tujex said as he lifted both hands in the air
as if he was to surrender.
Darkness
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Katherine
almost laughed out hard when she heard Melrod's answer for such a simple
mathematic question but turned her head around trying to hide her laughter,
covering her mouth with her hand.
Yeah...Twenty-five plus Twenty-five equals Sixty-three... Gosh! And claimed
he know "Amazing" things... Katherine tried very hard not to
laugh out, as she diverted her attention to Whisky.
Master...Enough of the jokes...the five hundred coins...
Realising the five hundred gold trip to Ice Islands, Katherine asked Melrod,
"I heard that you used to charge only one hundred and fifty gold for a
simple trip to Ice Islands, and that was... well two years ago... So, what's
all that hike for? Your expenses increased?"
Braldril
Braldril
continued down the road and looked around in a circle to see if he had been
followed. When he decided that he hadn't been followed, he quickly walked into
a tent on his right.
Red Un
"Uh...That
storm is more dangerous than an army of orcish berserkers. Dangerous, that is.
It's going to cost this... extra to take you through it."
Red Un, always not wanting to spend more gold than was needed, narrowed his
eyes at Melrod.
"Still, five hundred gold is a lot..."
"Bah! Try, I say, try to find another carpet-flyer in this camp, or in the
world at all, who would want to take you to the Ice Islands! It's harder than
finding an elven needle in a dwarven haystack. Impossible, that is."
Tetazuno
But on
ground level...
Rik felt himself get pulled out of the mass of guards just as an explosion hit
right in the middle. He held onto his axe tightly and jumped out. He landed
next to Tranquillity, who was leaning against her shield.
"I'll ask you gentleman again, is there a problem?" she asked the
guards.
"Yes!" Said the nearest one on the floor, trying to get up. "He
is the problem!" He pointed at Rik.
"You cant still possibly be dwelling in the past still can you?!?"
Rik said, calmly but surprised. Tranquillity looked confused.
"What are you on about Rik?" She asked.
"Well, a while ago when I was in the Outlaw Camp I kind of... Stole a
warhammer or two from that H.L guy." Rik explained.
"THOSE WEREN’T ORDINARY WARHAMMERS!!!" cried one of the guards.
" THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR THE KING AND HIS GUARDS. THERE WERE A
GOOD 30!!!"
Rik looked at Tranquillity and couldn’t quite make out her emotions. "I
was in deep debt at the time you see, I needed something to help me out of it.
I stole them and took them straight back to Venore. But you see... it’s kinda
hard to conceal 30 warhammers, so I got found out. I ran, and nobody found
me." He looked at the guards. "But these guys still live in the past
I guess..." Rik walked over to one of the guards, who was struggling to
get up. He helped the guy up and then went to the rest. "Look," he
said when they were all up. "...I really didn’t mean any harm and to be
honest if I knew they were of great importance I wouldn’t have done it but I
was also in great danger." He looked at all the guards. "Can’t you
just forgive me? I swear I’m not here to do the same thing. We’re looking for a
carpet ride to the Ice Islands."
"Oh!" said one of the guards. " You'd need Melrod for that! He
gives cheap prices! I heard somebody got to the islands for about, 50 gold
pieces!"
Rik looked at Tranquillity and smiled. There was a lot of noise when they were
fighting but they weren’t deaf. They had heard they had to pay 500 gold for
there trip, a piece!
"Thank you men, and thanks for forgiving me." One by one the guards
dispersed to different areas. Rik turned to Tranquillity.
"Well this is a surprise." She said.
"Yup! And I don’t like getting ripped off for 450 gold pieces..." he
added as he made his way back into the bar.
Vitata
Vitata was
sitting next to the doorway of the bar where Red Un was discussing prices with
Melrod. 500 gold pieces is stupid for a stupid carpet ride... Melrod that
bastard is still so greedy... Vitata stood up and stretched, thinking about
all the food and nice things he could buy with 500 gold pieces. Then he
remembered how much more money could come from finding the library of legends.
He looked around and saw some archers walking around, drunk. He strode swiftly
over to them and stood in their way. One of the archers eyed him suspiciously
and drawled, "Whatcha doin’ here, bastard. You supposed be out of the
camp... We don' want you here, hear?" Vitata smiled and commented, "I
don't want to be here either...bastard." Vitata moved swiftly and reached
for the archer's large pack of gold. The movement was so quick that the archers
still saw a faint silhouette of Vitata standing before them. Before the image
vanished, Vitata had already gotten over 10 thousand gold pieces worth of
jewels and gold and was halfway to the bar, leaving silhouettes as he ran. The
silhouette vanished in front of the archers in a split second, leaving the
archers aghast at why their money, armour, weapons and about everything on them
was missing. Vitata smiled and walked into the bar, extending his hand and
waving the large bag of gold and jewels in front of Red Un's face.
Vodok
Vodok and
Vodivir were both struck by the same thought at the same time. They stuffed
their money back in the bags, and opened Vitata's bag. They took out one of the
smallest jewels. "Wow! This is enough to pay for both me and Vodok here
to the Ice Islands, ISN'T it, Vodok?" Vodivir said. "Sure
is!" Vodok quickly agreed and stuffed the jewel into Melrod's hands
that wasn't even worth half of what they said. Vodivir started smiling again.
Red Un
Melrod
looked at the bag with glimmering eyes.
"Okay, give me everything in the bag, and I'll fly you as far as the gods
can see. Anywhere, that is."
Red Un grabbed the bag from Vodok and Vodivir.
"All of it?"
"You can keep the bag itself if you want. I've got my own..."
Red Un sighed.
"What with all the commotion going on upstairs, and since those archers
(why are they naked, by the way?), seems pretty upset about something, I figure
we ought to get outta here quickly. Just take it and we can be on our
way..."
Braldril
Braldril
returned to the bar ten minutes later and wondered if anybody had noticed his
disappearance. He took his backpack off and slid the blue orb back in very
secretly. He looked around and saw that no one was looking and sighed.
"Well then, shall we be moving?"
Darkness Fall-ll
"That
was a brilliant show you displayed there Vitata." Katherine praised
Vitata, "But... Don't you think you were a little.... over?" She gave
him a look that signalled to him that he shouldn't have "stripped"
them naked...
Katherine noticed Braldril slid something into his backpack, but didn't gave it
much notice at all (didn't wanna be too nosey around here...).
"Mr. Melrod...You're one greedy..." Katherine was about to spit at
the man's face but was stopped by Vitata. "Well, fine..."
Darkness
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Katherine
frowned as she looked across the bar, at a drunkard sitting down at a table. He
seemed to be shouting something about "A great Book", "Burning
it", but she couldn't seem to make any sense out of it. The drunkard stood
up wumbly, with the cup of ale still in his hand. He walked towards a corner of
the bar, bumping and knocking into chairs and table along the way and just
collapsed onto the floor, falling into a deep slumber.
"HA! Drunkards..." Katherine passed a sarcastic remark as she return
her attention to Red Un and Melrod, who seem to still be stuck over the
"transport fee" issue....
Tranquil
Death
"We've
already been to Melrod, Rik, he won't take us. There is a huge storm
surrounding the ice islands and Melrod is the only carpet flyer greedy enough
to take anyone." Tranquillity said. “Anyway lets get back down below,
we'll probably be going soon.”
Tranquillity climbed back down and sat back down on her chair and finished the
last of her beer, then she went to the barkeeper and filled the flasks she had
already finished with lemonade.
Red Un
Red Un got
up from his chair.
"So, where do you keep this carpet o' yours?"
Melrod rose up from his chair as well.
"Just on top of H.L's roof. Is, I say, is there a safer spot to keep ones
magical, extremely valuable carpet?"
"Uh...just in case, I think we oughta hurry to get there..."
Red Un went to the stairs and climbed up.
Fire
Aclay
“Lets go!
Time's wasting!”
Braldril
Braldril
made sure that the little blue orb was packed safely into his backpack. After
deciding that it was ok, he stood up and followed Red Un up the staircase.
Tujex
A knife fell
from his sleeve into the palm of his hand and he tossed it, another fell from
his sleeve and he tossed this one. The knives continued to fall from his sleeve
until everyone had a knife in their chest. Everyone stood frozen, looking at
their hearts, which they were amazed were still beating. Tujex smiled and
snapped his fingers, the knives vanished into thin air and some of the men fell
to the ground in fear. “It’s all an illusion guys, there’s no way I could hide
that many knives in this sleeve.” Tujex held out his arm and thousands of
knives began to fall from his sleeve. Everyone gasped, and Tujex chuckled as
the knives once again disappeared. “And I thought after three years you would
have sprouted a few new brain cells. Tujex stuffed his hands in his pocket, and
turned walking back towards the bar. “I hope Red Un is ready before any of my
old enemies come to waste more of my time. I was the most dangerous person in
this city, yet some brain dead fools still waste my time with challenges.” A
smug smile came onto the arrogant elf’s face. He loved to hear people say
positive things about him, even if it was coming from himself.
Darkness Fall-ll
"OH!
Good... we're finally moving. The stench of this bar is starting to make me
hate bars & ales already." Katherine grumbled and made a disgusted
face as she stood up from her chair and picked up her equipment.
Vodok
"Right
then. Let's get going!" Vodivir said trying not to think about the fortune of jewels that had
been paid just to get to the ice islands. Vodivir stood up, grabbed his war
hammer and walked after Red Un. Vodok who was confused decided to just follow
Vodivir.
Red Un
Red Un and
Melrod arrived on H.L's roof. It was a nice roof, but one thing was missing. A
carpet.
"I, I say, I could have sworn I left it here."
Red Un looked around.
"Well, since we are in the Outlaw Camp, I figure everyone in the city are
to be suspected..."
Then he saw something on the ground.
"Hmmm... This is fur... Minotaur fur..."
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
sighed and said, "Everything that is possible to go wrong, eventually
will. I suppose we ought to go after the minos who apparently took the
carpet?"
Red Un
Red Un
peered into the distance.
"Hurm...if I'm not mistaken, there's a small minotaur encampment south of
the Camp. We ought to check there first..."
"I shall stay here and... analyze the situation. Think about it, that
is" said Melrod.
Tujex
Tujex
arrived on the roof just in time to hear the bad news. He sat down on the roof,
and sighed. “Well we better go now. I’ve already caused enough trouble.” Tujex
said looking over his shoulder down to the bandits who walked the streets.
Darkness Fall-ll
Master,
should I do the scouting first? Whisky asked Katherine.
Go Ahead Whisky. But be careful, I know that there's a hunter camp here as
well... Katherine allowed the owl to go but warned it of the dangers
lurking here...
"Guys, I've allowed my owl to do some scouting due south before we venture
forth, just in case of any dangers along the way..." Katherine informed
the others, as Whisky took off into the clear sky, heading south.
Just hope that old pal will come back soon... Katherine kept her fingers
crossed, as her owl turned invisible...
Braldril
Braldril
rolled his eyes and took a knee.
"Well then, looks like we are going to be here a while if we have to wait
on the bird to return."
Red Un
"Well,
I ain't gonna wait for any bird..."
Red Un hopped down from the roof and started to walk through the forest,
looking warily for hunters and such.
Meanwhile...
"I don't understand. Surely they will find the carpet easily."
"Yes, I'm sure they'll find a carpet..."
The two robed men disappeared into the shadows.
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