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 Fall-ll
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 Fall-ll
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 Fall-ll
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.