[EVENT RP] The Reclamation of Tania

[Swift_Assassin]

Oh, right. Ambrose mentioned having met Orica before. Considering how she acted from the few minutes they were together, who knows how she acted then. And that was just the planning phase of their counterattack. Shad had no idea on how she acted after that, as he didn't leave the village due to a meteor spell he desperately derailed. Even during the planning, she was all gungho about a frontal assault and calling an ambush cowardice. If she was dead, it was probably that mentality that did her in.

The group raced off after Ambrose as he led the way, figuring they were Bern bound. Eli had an idea about his brother in the Bernese military. That had some possibilities, even if Cecily and Eli seemed to already dismiss it. "How far into Bern do we plan on going? Are we going to wait along the border or make our way to the capital or another major city?" Shad questioned. Obviously if they were going to go with Eli's idea of finding her brother, they probably would need to head much farther inward.

Eli's mentions of her brother started to stir in Shad. He'd just seen most of his extended family within the past day. But thinking about using the safe house and his conversation with Roland reminded him of his motivation. "I don't care what we do. But..." he began. He then speaking a bit softer. "...I'd like to see my sister." His face felt hot after saying that, as if he realized he was almost blushing. He put his head down, trying to hide it. He hadn't seen her since before the annexation, having preempted the invasion when he sent her and Wolfram to Bern. He's only known her for two years, but she was his sister. Besides his mother signet ring and his father's sword, she was the only thing they left behind that could be called his.

"I know I'm kinda an extra wheel here, but maybe that soldier Paige freed knew something? Perhaps we can find him and he could give us a lead? You know, to return the favor for freeing him?" Taika chimed in. Shad didn't know what to make of that idea, as he never even saw the soldier, let alone what happened after he was freed. Taika's being really optimistic here. Unless Elimine herself deemed it to be, it didn't seem likely they'd ever run into him.