Relic of Family-Quest Thread

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In the middle of a busy tavern there were two individuals talking one was a blond haired young man. Dressed in somewhat otherworldly attire although what was not other worldly was the winged shield at his feet and his sword sheathed on his left side. Along with a few other weapons that looked normal for this world. The other individual was a old dwarf at his side was a mighty war hammer with the name of Smite Brinnger writen in dwarven along with several runes inscribed on the weapon. Even though he was aged and had old grey hairs there was a fire in his eyes that would never go out. Like his body was that still sturdy as stone. The old armor he had on had seen a lot wear but it still shined in the sun. It seemed that the two were enjoying them selves as the old dwarf was belting down a full stine of ale. "So ye see boyo me and a few lads had accidently ran into 200 hundred goblin sods. A lesser man would have wee'ed in there britches at the sight of them but not I or me lads. So I yelled IS THAT ALL YE GOT YA PANSES! ME WIFE'S INLAWS ARE MORE CONSIDERATE THEN YOO,AND BETTER LOOKING TOO"he said telling a story and giving a hearty laugh and slapping the table causing the table that they were sitting at to creek a bit.

"So what happend next" said Kail as he had a laugh himself at the dwarf's story as it sounded epic. Either drunken ramblings or it was an old glory that happened a long time ago. Kail had saw the request earlier that day and figured he needed some extra money plus a few treasures would have been nice. He had found the client Arthur and desided to have a casual drink with him until more people came. But so far even if they did not go, the blond with enthralled by this dwarf's storytelling. Since he seemed to hype his tale with a lot of details and dramatic flare. For Kail it had been a long time since a story was told to him. Or that had the dramatics it slowly brought his yernings back for a grand adventure. To rekindle that sense of wonder again for him.

"Aye well me best lad Angus had one last blasting keg. So he lit that son of sod up and rolled it into the hoard of goblins. Then it went BOOM! Sending all of'em up in smoke there faces were priceless, and then me hammer crushen there skulls were next thing. I tell ye sending them packen back to there wee little mommies was something great. I wish they were a better challenge" said Arthur with another hearty laugh as he drank from his stine again. Enjoying the ale as it had a bit of a kick to it.

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Lilith entered the tavern, looking similar to how she had during the Undead attack; all black, stretchy pants, form fitting top, and a black cloak thrown over her shoulders, hood up. In her hand was the same scythe she'd used back then as well. A long wooden rod decorated with purple paint and carvings, a silver arched blade at the top, engraved with similar designs. Around it wrapped the vines meant to protect her, currently coiled up against the rod looking as though they were apart of the detailing themselves. She pushed her hood down when the door closed behind her, to reveal her shocking purple eyes, and long platinum hair, half of which was coiled up in a braid against the back of her head, while the lower layer remained down against her back. She spotted Kail easily. She too had seen the request recently, having visited a nearby tavern to escape from the royal crowd for an hour or too. She wasn't surprised to see Kail here, it was just up his ally. She walked up and grabbed a chair, positioning it beside the two as they chatted, only catching bits and pieces of the conversation. She assumed this was the client.

Good afternoon. She bowed her head to the stranger, and smiled briefly at Kail. She hope she didn't need to spell out why she there. People seemed to keep assuming she wasn't capable of things like this, shy as she was. She'd read about 1000 adventures. It was time she started living them.

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Aria finished tying her hair into a knot; wasn’t her neatest of hairstyles, as small curls escaped the not to frame her face. But it kept the wild red locks tamed and out of the way. Aria was currently getting ready for a mission Lilith had insisted on going on. Frankly Aria didn’t want to see ill befall her elf friend; as the one with more fighting experience Aria felt it was her responsibility to see that the young healer stayed safe. Well safe was a relative term. She was currently going over the supplies and equipment to bring. Ever since that lovely expedition into the underway back when she was younger she realize exactly how unprepared people showed up to these things.

In front of her set out in a line was her black bow; it was a large bow made in a recurve like fashion. It was fashioned out of a deep black wood, carved out from the grip for form two wings that made up the limbs. It was unstrung at the moment, however its string was neatly coiled nearby. The bow had been enchanted to allow for increased accuracy and range; however since moving to Palico Aria had practiced with the bow daily and had become quite proficient in hitting her target. Her quiver fashioned out of black bax leather imprinted with the design of different animals held a set of black arrows, each fledged with blood red feathers that oddly had a slight gold sheen to them. A black hilted sword was sheathed in a sheath made with the bax leather with a similar design; a dark red jewel sat embedded into the butt of the hilt. She unsheathed the curved blade, examining the edge of the nearly white metal. It was razor sharp, just how she usually kept her weapons. However unlike her other weapons this one held no enchantment…it was a sword; a disappointing replacement for Core no matter how fine of a make it was.

She had her daggers laid out, each one just freshly sharpened and polished. The sapphires in the hilts of the daggers glowed with an earie green light. Each having an enchantment on them. Originally she had commissioned these for Garrett. It was by luck that Ilta had been fated over with them. Aria had a need for them, so unfortunately the gift was never given to him. She tucked these little beauties into the odd hiding places within her armor. She had other weapons on her of course, such as Vennesa’s chakrams, a staff enchanted with an electrical charge blade, and of course her beloveds dagger. However those were the ones enchanted to sit upon her skin in tattoo like fashion. These of course were well hidden by the armor she wore.

Her armor was the one she wore many times; custom made and fitted to each curve. The armor was designed to break open via special clasps if she needed to change shapes. It did so by specially designed clasps that were made from metal with a special black matte finish. It was ironic when her drake fully grew his scales would be very much the exact match for this outfit.

She looked back at the stuff that was laid out, besides for her weapons she had a bag full of a couple of changes of clothes wrapped in wax paper. Food rations, a water sack, needles, thread, sharpening stones, rope, and a sleeping roll. Next to the bag lay a long piece of spiraled metal; she had retrieved it from her tunnels. It was cleaned; and now she was unsure of what to do with it. She had enchanted it like some of her weapons to form a tattoo on her skin. It was like another surprise dagger…she would take it just in case. She let it mold into her skin before grabbing her pair of leather gauntlets and tucking them into her belt.

Aria having done inventory picked up her things; she figured Lilith would be on her way to the tavern by now. Now ready Aria headed towards the inn as well. As she entered the Tavern it did not take her long to locate Lilith….even less to notice a certain blonde. Aria strolled up at a brisk pace, in one smooth motion the spiraled spike slid out of the palm of her hand as Aria forcefully deposited into a certain blondes shoulder, all while taking a seat beside him at the table.

”You forgot this”

Aria turned to Lilith with a small smile and waved; before placing her chin on her laced fingers which were propped up by her elbows on the table.

”Excuse my interruption; would you happen to know the one who posted the notice of a relic?”

A slightly bitchy move on her part, but at least she now knew what to do with the spike. Frankly she just placed it in a similar place where she had found it. He seemed to like storing those spikes in those locations.

[Nyx]

Nyx had already taken her morning shower and was dressed in her clothes from her world if she was going to fight she wanted to feel comfortable and be able to move around easily. Pulling down on her halter top after checking to make sure that the straps were tied properly and nothing was out of place, after checking her mini skirt she knew that in this world it was highly inappropriate for her dressed like a common streetwalker but it was how everyone dressed in her world so it was normal to her.


Moving towards the small chest at the end of the bed she opened it taking out her bag pack, followed by her cloak which she had folded neatly and her boots. Slipping on her boots she looked at her bag. Opening it she made her that her cards were in the bag along with the picture of her family, taking out the locket she placed it around her neck and the matching bracelet on her left hand. Doing a quick check in the mirror making sure that everything was in place she pulled on her boots, and grabbed her staff from the corner. Lastly, she grabbed her cloak wrapping it around her not wanting to stick out too much. 


Walking down the stairs of the Gallow's Inn she noticed a few people there already two we knew. She would give a small wave to Aria and Kail if they looked her way. Going to the counter she dropped off the key for her room, also thanking the nice man who was at the bar before making her way over to Kail, Aria the young woman she had yet to meet and the two people talking.


Pulling out a chair she took a seat looking at the others for a moment. "Well good day everyone." She said smiling, shifting her staff to rest against the table as she rested against it a little. "I guess I'm not the only one who saw the notice for the quest." She said giving everyone a second look over Aria did seem more than well prepared, the other she wasn't sure but she did know not to judge someone based on looks. Only raising an eyebrow at the spike in Kail's shoulders but she didn't to not say anything if it was a choice he had on his own to place it there.

[Trésor de Lys]

Having seen the notice for a local quest in the main plaza of Nova, Tres thought it would be good to test her skills, and keep herself as agile as possible in between shifts at the infirmary. She had grabbed the flyer to make sure that she didn't forget the meeting place and realized that she had to prepare herself for whatever may come.

She wore tight-fitting cargo pants, for once, with a utility-like belt. In the utility belt she carried various healing aliments, along with a three hidden daggers just in case. She also wore a black shirt, along with a quarter-sleeved jacket to hide four more daggers and in her knee-high boots she hid a small sword. She put amour over her clothes as an extra precaution. Although the armour wasn't as small as she had hoped, it still fit her just as well. Besides all these things, she sported her usual gloves, and brought along her cross-looking staff that doubled as a sword at her wielding. Overall she felt prepared for her upcoming trial.

She made her way over to the tavern, and saw a gathering of troops at a table in her line of vision. She strutted over, and immediately recognized three of the five patrons. She smiled at Aria, Lilith, and put her hand on Nyx's shoulder as a small hello. She then nodded at the blonde to acknowledge his presence. Looking at the aged dwarf, she reached into her pocket, and placed the ad on the table. "I presume that you're the patron of this advertisement?"

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Kail had seen Lilith and Nyx walk into the tavern but there was something that put more fear into him then Helena. Aria spoke into his ear and then felt searing pain in his shoulder. His eyes go wide and grits his teeth as one of his metal spikes gets violently stabbed into his shoulder. "Exsuces me for a bit......I'll be back in awhile" he said trying not to make a sceen and walks off quickly to somewhere in back of the tavern. As he was going to take care of the problem on his back.
Arthur watched the blond walk off and leave for a bit "Aye, I was the one that made the request. Also lass that was one hell of a pay back there, he musta given ye a real bad fix" he said with a hearty laugh and stopped after a bit. "Anyway let me introduce myself, I'm Arthur Tombstone a adventurer looking for one last quest before I kick the bucket. I need yer help to recover a relic that once belong to me famiy. A Coat of Arms to be exact" he said and gave a long gulp of his ale before he told this part of the story. "I hope ye don't mind me telling a small story before we head out. As that coat of arms means more then a lot to me" he said knowing that the majority of these youngins would be rather antsy to get going.

"Before ye were all a glimmer in yer grandfather's eye there was a thriving dwarven kingdom deep in the mountains. We were on par with Nova its self although some of my breatheren at that time saw us greater then the kingdom its self. I had to agree with them as at the time I was apart of a noble family. Things were going really well until one day a man or something proclaiming himself as the Champion of Mylee. He had said that we needed to stop worshiping our pagen gods. If not a grim fate would befall our great city" said Arthur as the older man took another long drag of his ale.

"We had chased the man out of the city, as we thought his words were that of horse piss. Although in our hubris though a bad fate had happend. One of our mining tunnels had broken a seal by accident that unleashed several thousand monsters and other evils. And only in a few hours the place I once called home was ruined and now a necrpolice. Only a den of monsters and a mire of death. In order to keep those beasties from getting out we closed the main entrance" he said pausing for a second as his stine was refilled. He then had another sip before speaking.

"But recently the entrance to that city was broken open by large man like creatures and some of these beasties have gotten out. Anyway the long and short of it, is that we are going in to deal with these large man like beasts. While we are down there I would like to try and find me family's coat of arms. It was placed on a grand shield and thats what we are going after. Also if we find this, there might be treasure for ye to get. I don't have much to give but that treasure will be more then enough payment for all of ye. So again ye all willing to give this old one. The last grand adventure of his life" said Arthur as he finished his ale. And as he did though a bar maid walks over to Lilith. "Excuse me miss but the blond haired one needs your assistance in back. He requested for you to come" she asked there was a slight ergentcy in her voice.

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Lilith was far from surprised as Aria walked in the tavern shortly after herself. She knew that the red head felt protective over her, and most likely didn’t approve of her going at all, so Aria being there herself was probably an act of protection. Not unwelcome, but she wished people would put a little more faith in her. The battle of the undead had taken a toll out of her, but by this point she had completely healed herself, and felt better 100%. As Aria walked over, Lilith was going to look away, until out of the corner of her eye she saw a spike form in her hand, and before Lilith would have uttered a warning, the spike was penetrated into Kail’s shoulder. Her purple eyes went wide, and the pain was visible on Kails face. With a few words, he stood and excused himself, leaving to attend to the wound.

A little over the top Aria… She rubbed the bridge of her nose, acting far more cool about it than she was. Lilith took a deep breath, suddenly noticing the other people who had joined them. A white haired woman, someone she hadn’t met yet, as well as Tresor, whom she had met.

She wanted to ask why Aria insisted on hurting him before the requested mission, but she knew there was probably a reason. Aria didn’t just go around stabbing people. She listened as the man spoke, taking in the information for their adventure. Before long a woman came over to her, telling her that the injured blonde requested her aid. She nodded, dismissing the woman. She stood, dismissing herself from the group, and walked to the back where Kail was.

I can tell you expected that. You turned as white as snow when you saw her. What did you do to piss her off Kail? She kneeled beside him, and would remove the spike if he hadn’t already, and replaced it with her hand, not caring that blood was staining her skin. She was beyond used to something like this.

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Oh she knew how excruciating that spike was, it was made of a heavy metal and wilted into a spiral of sorts. It was made after all to spike a dragon’s hide. At least it wasn’t flying at a high velocity as it had when it hit her. Nor had it been heated; as it had been when Aria tried to blast if off course with a fire blast. Her stabbing him with it wouldn’t cause nearly as much damage as it had done to her, but it certainly would hurt like a bitch. She did not even glance at him as he got up and removed himself from the table, instead she had calmly kept her eyes on his companion, only looking up when Tres made an appearance as well as Nyx, both of whom calmly accepted what had just happened. Aria raised an eyebrow when Lilith mentioned that she had been a little over the top.

Aria turned her attention back to the dwarf; choosing not to comment on exactly what Kail had done. She sat quietly listening to his tale and taking note to what they might be facing. She really wasn’t eager to start, experience had taught her you did not want to walk into a place blind. Aria was slightly amused by the dwarfs choice of words…she wasn’t even sure if she had a grandfather…. Did her dad have a dad? Or her mom… She called Mylee Grandpa Lee Lee, but he wasn’t related. Sadly now this was one question Aria probably wouldn’t ever be able to ask. Aria was taking note of the hundreds and possible thousands of risks they could possibly run into….with nary a description of what beasts they were possibly to face.

”Wait never mind your coat of arms, if that castle is overrun with beats that took out an entire kingdom that was on par with Nova here, and what sealed in the beasties is now once again open….with no one to close it, does this not pose a threat to the rest of Nova?”

Honestly it sounded like something that should be reported to the guard and not handled by whatever rag tag group came along. Aria watched as Lilith walked off the maid to probably attend to Kail, really she would have loved to scare him shitless some more, but considering where they were going there would be plenty of time for that. Aria looked back at the dwarf.

”I am willing to go along, just for the sheer fact to evaluate the threat these circumstances pose; however let me introduce myself. My name is Aria Wurud; ironically I actually think I know everyone in our little group that has shown up….Tres, Nyx how are you both? Along with what supplies did you bring; I have enough to last me at least me a few days, however I can more than hunt well enough for all of us….let me go see how blondies doing so we can get this show on the road”

Aria jumped up.

”KAIL I’m COMING SWEETIE”

As though she was in a field of daisies Aria jumped up and skipped off to the room she had seen Lilith go into. She kicked the door open with a large grin on her face and a crazy look in her eyes. Her hands were held out by her hips with palms up as a stream of fire burst forth from both palms.

”TIME TO GO, LETS CAUTERIZE THIS BITCH!”

[Nyx]

She saw another familiar face walk in and join them at the table. It seems like for this mission she was going on would be full of familiar faces. She prayed that meant that everyone would have each other back and not leave someone behind. Giving a small wave to Tres. "Nice to see another friendly face."

Watching Kail excused himself from the table she was guessing it might have something to do with the spike or maybe gathering something else for the mission. Her eyes turned back to the man not caring about that he said about the payback she just wanted to get debriefed on the mission to find out what they might be facing.


"I don't mind. The truth is I'm in no hurry to get myself killed without proper information." For once since she came to this world she was serious about something that had a more familiar feeling. A long mission with possible camping out and hopefully a little bit of fighting. The treasure didn't appeal to her much but if she found something that was magical she might take it


Her eyes widen at the mention of a seal being broken first of many bad signs. Now she was worried about Nova if these monsters decided to make they way here. Then from what she has gotten from the story, she was wondering if Nova was protected by they Gods and would remind safe.


Aria seems to voice her concerns about the monsters and demons making a way to Nova at some point. The next question came to mind. "Mister Arthur I hope it's okay to call you that, by chance do you have a layout of the castle and it's surrounding grounds." She did hope he had one because if they could avoid fighting as much as possible and get in and out and reseal the castle it would not much stress on everyone's bodies.


Watching a woman come up and ask for Lilith, she watched the woman follow her towards the direction Kail had taken off to earlier.


Turning to Aria as she mentions introducing themselves. She lifted her hand, "I'm Nyx North. Sadly Aria since I didn't have much time to pack more stuff before leaving my kingdom I don't have much supplies on me. I do know different edible plants and roots so if anything I could always forge for food. I'm not much for hunting more of a trapper just not sure about what animals might appear in the winter in this kingdom." She said not shame but she also didn't want to mention that she was fated, another kingdom worked since not many people question it.


She giggled a bit seeing Aria skip off across the room to where Kail and Lilith disappeared. "I hope Kail is okay I would hate for someone to be a liability so early in our mission." Placing her hand on the table looking between Tres and Arther. "Just wondering is there anything else you could tell us. Do you know what type of monsters and possible demons were unleashed."

[Trésor de Lys]

    Tres hadn't noticed the spike that was lodged in the shoulder of the blonde. At least, not until he stood up to excuse himself so calmly. Tres had a look of petrified 'What just happened' on her face as she turned to Aria, who she expected inflicted this pain on the man. When she looked at Aria, her face switched from 'What just happened?' to 'what did you do?'. Which was proven to be true when Arthur made mention that she was the one who lodged her revenge in his back.

    Tres felt obliged to help the blonde, but when the woman came to ask for Lilith, she knew that it would be more appropriate because of their implied friendship. So instead, she sat listening to Arthur's proposition and tale. Tres laughed a little at the Dwarf's antics. His story was certainly interesting, rich in history. But she couldn't help but chuckle when he made mention of grandparents. Of course the intended joke was funny, but she mostly found humor in the fact that she really came off as an earthly being. She really had no idea what it was like to have grandparents or family for that matter.

    Tres had felt the same concerns as Aria did while listening to the story. Beasts like this escaping from forced captivity after years of being trapped were bound to run wild and free. "I agree with Aria on this one, is there the potential risk that these beasts may make their way to Nova and attack the population as they did to your community?" she asked Arthur.

    Tres also took to wondering, who was this man who wanted to convert the dwarves? She would have to look into the history of the past champions of the pantheon. Perhaps he had something to do with their wretched fate. If only they were so constrained for time.

    Tres smiled at Aria. "I'm well enough for the journey. I didn't have time to prep rations for the week, however I am stocked for healing herbs, and for weaponry." Tres wondered if she would have time to prep rations now that it seemed like Kail was out of commission for a few minutes. They would have to suffice with Aria as a hunter and Tres and Nyx as foragers.

    She then looked to the Dwarf, extending her hand to offer a firm handshake. "Oh, my apologies, my name is Trésor de Lys. But you can call me Tres. I will gladly abide by the stakes of the quest. But we're going to need a lot more information on these beasts before we can go off wandering to find your family's coat of arms."

    Tres nodded to Nyx "I agree, it would be beneficial if we had maps of your castle grounds as well as a map of your community lines, so we can navigate easily." Tres was unsure if she had ever seen this part of the Novurian world. Having followed Helena looking over the grounds for so long, she might recognize it with a trail of blood staining the dirt.

    Tres looked to Aria as she skipped away like a sarcastic fool looking for Kail. "I sure as hell hope that he's fit to work. We could use the extra hands." she laughed a little to herself. But after hearing her scream "Let's cauterize this bitch" Tres burst out laughing. Okay, that was funny as shit. She couldn't help herself, old style methods of healing wounds were funny to her. But then she realized that Aria was serious about the cauterizing after seeing the light glow of the flames from her hands, and Tres stood up quickly. Looking to Nyx she said "Uhm, I'll be right back." and she made her way into the back to make sure Aria didn't actually hurt the poor guy any more. 

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Kail was just gritting his teeth as the pain was not something he was even use to. There were several utterings of curses and such from his mouth. He was also trying to keep himself from passing out from either the pain or the blood loss. When he heard Lilith show up though, the blond was thankful as he got the spike out but was unable to get the wound bandaged "A story for another time.....just heal that before I pass out from blood loss. Its....a complicated...thing" he said and was trying not be too much of pansy. Kail was kneeling on the floor as he had became a bit dizzy. Then he hears the sing song voice of Aria coming and busts open the door. This was all he needed and saw the malicious intent rather then something playful. Then with fire in both hands, if he were a monster from the black and white films he would be losing his shit. No he was not going to be put down nor was he going to be placed into submission as if he caved. The blond had delt a nasty wound to a goddess and he had one of her wings.

".......Just back the hell away if you know whats good for you. I've had time to think since then and the majority of my thoughts are still right. You don't give a shit about anyone, unless there Novian. Plus you manipulate everyone as a means to an end. I can see why you and Rivers are thick as thieves no wait your both the same person. The two of you are only out to save yourselves and enjoy the pain of others. You build them up with high hopes and then backstab and ridicule them. Once they reach that one golden moment where they feel that there on top of the world. Like right now, you must feel really good kicking me while I am down. Like the majority of this world wants me just to die as well as the fated. Well I have been trying to get stronger, hell I sliced off two of Helena's wings. No one gives me any credit at all! I am not from any world that has fucking magic! Hell there are not even any gods or goddesses in my world! And the person that was teaching me anything was thrown into the dungeon. The same person that has been trying to help us fated." he said as it seemed that Aria's actions had pushed too far. Perhaps the payback for shooting her was fine but adding the insult to injury, as well as rubbing salt into the wound.


"But yet you come in going yahoo look it me I am the great Aria! Oh wait you had a bad life my life is worse so you can't do anything to trump that? Oh you think your strong look at me! Poof look I'm a dragon or look at that person, see them. And now boom, there gone! Oh you don't like me? Well I am going to make you like me! What makes you so freaking special that everyone likes you to the point your perfect. Like you can do no wrong while I make a mistake. Everyone thinks I have done a cardinal sin! What is the damn point of me this entire time to get strong enough to confront you,the nobles, and the king to make a point. Or anything when you two want to crush me to the point that I don't exsist. So if your done trolling me get the hell out of here. Or if your going to threaten me or kill me just go on and call Noku and his guardsmen. I got nothing to lose" he said while trying to get to one of his weapons. As the adrenelen was pumping more into his body. He was already in do or die mode and was more or less a cornered animal ready to bite and claw back.




"Oh bloody hell I'm too old for this shit....and thats fine little lass........anyway to answer yer questions on the location. Most of these creatures are afraid of the light so they don't adventure out during the day time. During the evening there are groups of Paladin's, Clerics, and Light Magic users along with others from Mylee's Order protecting the entrance preventing these things from getting out. There planing to close the entrance soon though, thats why I want to go in there before its closed again forever" he said and then goes into a pack that he had near him and pulls out a scroll and puts it on the table using a few items to hold it open. "And that's fine lass, and will be taken this route here as it avoids most of the open areas. Plus avoid most of the monsters in the area. There some supplies at the guard post outside of the cave we can use. If yer a bit short on items and such" he said answering Nyx and then hoped that what was going on was not an ill omen. The old dwarf said a small prayer to Mylee in dwarven and asking him to give him paitence and wisdom to whatever was going to happen next.

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Lilith smiled lightly at Kail. Her friend had always been a trouble maker. She just hoped that one day he wouldnt take it to far. Lilith used her magic to stop the bleeding and close the wound, but she would use up too much magic if she healed it entirely, so it still needed to be bandaged. As she was wrapping it up, Aria busted in with some catch phrase, Tresor not far behind her. Lilith had moved to shoo them out, but Kail had his own agenda. Lilith was stunned by his words, but she didnt move away from him and continued to wrap his shoulder, her own body tense. When his speech was done, she picked up his hand and make him hold on the excess bandage for a moment. 

She stood, turning to the women. Out. Now. Both of you. I don't care what happened, what you have to say, both of you need to leave. NOW! GET OUT!! Lilith was shaking with fury, not at them, but none the less. When the two would leave, she kneelt back down infron of the blonde and fascined the material shut. 

you're wrong. I dont know why you see her that way, or what happened, but you're wrong. I suppose you can take this as a bias, I'm native here... But Aria is not like Rivers. She cares for many people, and you probably used to be one of them. She's worked her ass of to save the fated, end whatever feud is happening with the royals! And you compare her to Rivers?? A lying, sneaky, disappearing, useless excuse for a man? Yes i know about him and i know they were close. What i dont know is why you're so arrogant to think you're the only one working towards the safety of the Fated. If that's the case, then what use am i? You know I'm not one for this many words Kail.. You know i dont speak my mind often... But you need to get off your high horse and realize that you're no knight in shinning armour. You're a Fated boy trying to save a world he has no control over. Lilith stood and moved the leave the room, his wound wrapped up and finished. With one last sad glance at her friend, she returned to the others.

From now on, please leave all healing to me. Unless i am compromised, its the one job I'm 100% reliable in. Thank you. she sat back down, coming down from her anger.

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Tres was not far behind her after she had kicked the door open, apparently her voice had traveled. However her presence was not acknowledged as Kail barked out land bared his teeth like a cornered animal. Arias gaze lost any humor that may have been lodged in her eyes; to be compared to Rivers. Oh yes Rivers had been a dear friend for eight long years, however she had given him more credit. He could be a good friend and emotional support but at the end of the day he was just not responsible enough for larger matters. She hadn’t spoken or seen him since the day he appeared in Lucinda’s room. No instead he had dropped a fucking note in her lap, insulted her, and took off; bringing her to have no choice but to activate the mark and wipe all the memories of the thieves and herself…eight long years….She had many happy memories of Rivers. He had been one of her closest friends, and it was a friendship she had been forced to end. He had his good points, and his bad…and unfortunately this world had brought out the worst in him. But as bad as that worse was, Rivers was not a sadist….she might be, but Rivers was not. He never enjoyed causing pain in others; his full moon ritual was evident of that.

Oh and Kail was not done no he kept going; this time going on over things she had absolutely no control over. That and she didn’t know where the fuck he was getting his information from, due to the fact since being fated over she had down played every single bit of her past. What was it a fucking competition? Did he want his life to be worse? She could help him with that most certainly….oh she would have to wait and bide her time, but ohhhhohooho if he wanted his life to be worse than her’s she could give him that. There was also the fact she had YET to make anyone go boom….he had more blood on his hands then she did! He knew NOTHING about her; for this she could look past him just throwing all of what she had worked for in her face. Unlike him she did not need the recognition; oh Rivers had questioned her on it before. He didn’t understand why she didn’t want her story told, why she didn’t want what she did as some grand story. It was something they had never agreed upon.

By the end of his rant, Arias rage could be seen in her eyes; it bristled and cracked like a raging forest fire. A light began to pulse around Aria; Aria opened her mouth to speak but before she spoke Lilith had jumped up and yelled at them to get out. Not even seconds after the sound of thundering feet came to the door and a very large man that was easily the size of a bear stood in the door way. His face slightly ashen as he looked down at the pulsating red head. In a deep voice he echoed Lilith’s statement. “Lass, OUT” He pointed back to the dining area. Aria stopped and looked at both with a glare in her eyes, which had begun to shift uncontrollably from one set to the other. She clamped her jaw shut and the light fated as she barely reigned in her temper. She turned on her heel and began to walk out of the room…she stopped for a moment at the door way and hissed.

”This world owes you nothing”

With that she exited the room and went back to the dwarf. Aria sat down in her previously occupied chair with her arms crossed over her chest. It wasn’t long before there was a clink of glass being placed on the table filled with a strong cider. Aria looked up to see Calix, whom patted her on the shoulder and walked off. She let out a small puff of air as she reached for the cider and took a sip. Slowly suppressing the rage, and allowing herself to process what just happened. Aria turned her attention to the dwarf.

”Point me to a freakin man beast so I can make it go boom”

She downed her glass after that; She at least arrived in time to take a look at the maps. Which she looked at right now. Focusing on the map allowed a good distraction, she likes maps, whether they were useful to her or not. She made a note about the supplies….but they still didn’t know how long this trip would take.

”Including the hike through the forest, how long do you expect this venture to take?”

Aria looked back towards Lilith when she came back and took a seat, then requesting the healing be left to her.

”I am fine with this; as for any missing supplies and rations I believe Calix can provide us with some. Once those are set and packed I believe we can be on our way and get filled in on the rest of the details on the way.”

Aria would pay Calix for any supplies he could spare; she rather outfit the whole group then be short on supplies and need to ration.

[Nyx]

Nyx watched Tres follow Aria after she took a look at the maps. Pulling the maps a bit closer towards her as she traces the path that Arthur mention. It seems pretty good idea with the open areas being avoided unless necessary. She did take note where large water sources were more so because she was limited to water magic at the moment but also because not matter what all creatures needed water so if anything with Aria's hunting being close to a water source would not only be helpful to them but also give them a little bit of an advantage.


Her fingers trace over the path, her mind now fully focus on the mission ahead, that she didn't hear the yelling from where Tres, Aria, Lilith and Kail had gone. "Arthur..." She pauses seeing a path leading around to the far right towards the what she thought was another entrance. Pointing towards it on the map, "This path here where would it take us in?" She asked wanting to know incase they couldn't make it back towards the currently open entrance and had to find another way out. As much as it would pain her to think about that situation she also wanted an emergency escape plan just in case the worst did happen.


Nyx only looked up when she heard someone mention something about healing. Only nodding her head still tracing different paths on the map that lead to other seal entrances all while asking Arthur about where it would take them, knowing that she might be annoying the old dwarf but she just wanted to be prepared for the worst.


Finally looking up from the map seeing that Kail wasn't back with them just yet. "Um is everything okay?" She asked not really sure what happened before she came in and what happened while she was borrowing the maps. "Aria, Tres... um..." She looked at the blonde woman never really having heard her name. "I am sorry, Miss but I don't know your name. I am Nyx North and what might your name be?"


The mention of any missing supplies and rations she turned back towards the map pacing out the distance with her fingers trying to calculate the time it would take not knowing how long it would take them to cover some of the distance. "Aria would it possible for us to get a tarp or a tent in cause we need to camp out over night and can't find shelter?" She asked not sure if someone had already thought to bring one if not then she would carry it since she decided to bring it up.

[Trésor de Lys]

    As Tres made it to the door she only realized how horrible her timing was. Lilith was steaming with anger, which signaled to Tres that she was more than serious. With that, Tres slowly backed out of the room, waiting a few steps away to make sure Aria didn't step on Kail's toes any more. Lucky enough she didn't, and just stormed past Tres.

    Tres walked over to the table, only steps behind Aria. She saw the strewn maps along the table. Her line of sight was on the path Arthur had suggested. It seemed a viable path, avoiding large spaces would be ideal. Overall the plan seemed to line up quite nicely. Tres nodded in acknowledging the concerns and plans of others.

    When Nyx asked Aria and Tres what had happened, Tres only looked at her, shook her head as if to say "This is really not the best time to be asking that." and continued to look at the map.

    She could see that Lilith was still a bit hot from before, and when she demanded to be in charge of healing, Tres completely obliged. She didn't want to step on anyone's toes after the blow up that just happened, plus it would give her time to re-energize from using her healing magic every day. "Lilith if you need healing supplies, I have with me more than enough. You can use what you need." she muttered.

    Tres looked at Nyx "That may be ideal. But like Aria said I'm sure we could retrieve anything else we need from this... Calix individual." she mentioned. Tres looked back, hoping to see if Kail would be joining them anytime soon. She really hoped that Aria's revenge hadn't set them back on any time.