[IRP] The First of Many

[Breadophile]

Sometime in the past:

"I suppose the two of you are all right?" Neil said, half-questioningly.

"Yeah I'm fine kthnxbai" Kalin said as she quickly flew away from the momentum she already had.

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Currently:

Kalin passed that tall blonde woman on the way and stopped for a moment.

"Hey, you should watch behind you. There are arrows that way. Arrows are scary."

"Btw, chasing down fleeing opponents and mercilessly killing them is bad for your complexion. It's also against the Elibe Convention of Proper Conduct and Rules of War, or however it's said."

She continued on.

She road up the school house and started shouting in the window. It may have been boarded up but it certainly wasn't soundproof or even completely covered. It was hard not to notice her either way, though. Most of the town sure did.

"Hey hey hey guys, there are arrows out there. Don't go out there, arrows. There are arrows. Lots of arrows. So many arrows I thought I was gonna die. Arrows are so scary. By the way did I mention there were arrows? One time in basic training we had to-

The pegasus neighed! She regained her composure.

"Also there's a huge force on the other side of town a little ways outside the gate."

Kalin pointed in the direction of the legion.

"I don't know if they've started to move yet but they weren't when I last looked."

Kalin felt partially responsible for this mess. Normally the bandits wouldn't have done anything quite so dangerous as slaughter if the villagers had just handed over their stuff, but since she and the others had set the Grass guy off, she was certain they were out for blood.

Her guilt didn't do much to affect whether or not she helped, but she wouldn't have bothered if they weren't out for blood. She just wanted a legendary sword. Was that so wrong?

Speaking of which, she still had it. What would she do with it?

"So... Uh... I'm certain at this point, that after all the crap we've done to that Grass guy and his posse of schmucks, they are going for uh... more than just your valuables now. Um, sorrrrry."

She scratched the back of her head while awkwardly smiling. She was sort of glad she couldn't see some of the townsmen's reactions through the darkness on the inside of the schoolhouse.

She got serious again.

"In any case, we can't do anything about it now. Anybody who can't fight should probably start running. We're quite a distance away from them so I wouldn't knock the idea."

"I'm gonna stick behind the schoolhouse for now."

She started contemplating how she would deal with the small group of archers. As she moved towards the back the light shined on the two redheads from earlier.

"Oh hey it's you guys. Uh... got a plan? The only thing I can think of is making Grass so angry he bursts a blood vessel and dies. That's uh... probably not gonna work though."

"Maybe his mouth will open so wide the top of his head will just rip and fall off." She started talking to herself.

"Oh! If one of you wants a lift to the roof lemme know."