10-05-2017, 10:18 PM
Ellie braced for the incoming attack, when suddenly a burst of flames caught the aggressor square in the chest. Shad stepped forward and questioned the man briefly, learning of an entrance off to the left of the path and asking questions of a more personal nature. Ellie eyed the bandit intently, all the while attempting to block out the groans of the wounded bandit at her feet. In a sudden movement, the burnt bandit lunged towards Shad, only to be met with the sharp end of his blade - the man sputtered a moment, eyes wide as Shad withdrew his blade and shoved the man to the cold dirt.
"Shouldn't have said that. Let's head back. This route should be good enough. If I get much closer, Satsume won't be able to hold me down."
"Right," she started, kneeling down beside the bandit still writhing in pain, grasping at his leg. The man spat at her, gritting his teeth through the pain. "I'm sorry, you weren't supposed to find us." She wiped the saliva from her cheek and placed her left hand forcefully against the man's face, drawing her dagger across his throat with her right in a single, decisive motion. She paused a moment as the man squirmed, clutching at his throat - then there was nothing. Standing with a sigh, she sheathed her daggers and turned to Shad.
"I'm sorry it turned out like this, Shad."
She placed a hand gently on his shoulder, hesitated a moment and nodded. The moon had come out from behind the veil of cloud in all the commotion, its light casting a feint shimmer atop the grass between the foot of the mountains and the village walls below. The duo made their way hastily towards the village, when Ellie remembered something suddenly - Paige. The women still had yet to discuss what had happened in that scuzzy back room in Tania.
"Hey, while I think of it... I've got something I need to-"
Ellie couldn't quite make sense of the noise she heard as she approached the village limits - shouts, clanging, who was to say? But it definitely wasn't fitting of the hour nor a village so lifeless as the one they found themselves in earlier that day. Without so much as a glance in Shad's direction, she took off running towards the inn with bow in hand.
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The wind was violent as ever, the boom of wings thundering through the air. Leroy clutched the reins of his wyvern tight; he could feel his fingers numbing with every passing moment, teeth clenched and his arms quivering. His wyvern grumbled, hardly loud enough to be heard at their pace.
"I know, boy. I know." Leroy replied, placing an open palm gently against his wyvern's neck. His mount flapped hard, spreading his wings to glide a moment and let out a violent shriek.
SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
The castle wasn't much further now; someone was going to answer for that letter. Anthony's visage remained imprinted in Leroy's mind, a constant reminder that filled him with rage.
"Shouldn't have said that. Let's head back. This route should be good enough. If I get much closer, Satsume won't be able to hold me down."
"Right," she started, kneeling down beside the bandit still writhing in pain, grasping at his leg. The man spat at her, gritting his teeth through the pain. "I'm sorry, you weren't supposed to find us." She wiped the saliva from her cheek and placed her left hand forcefully against the man's face, drawing her dagger across his throat with her right in a single, decisive motion. She paused a moment as the man squirmed, clutching at his throat - then there was nothing. Standing with a sigh, she sheathed her daggers and turned to Shad.
"I'm sorry it turned out like this, Shad."
She placed a hand gently on his shoulder, hesitated a moment and nodded. The moon had come out from behind the veil of cloud in all the commotion, its light casting a feint shimmer atop the grass between the foot of the mountains and the village walls below. The duo made their way hastily towards the village, when Ellie remembered something suddenly - Paige. The women still had yet to discuss what had happened in that scuzzy back room in Tania.
"Hey, while I think of it... I've got something I need to-"
Ellie couldn't quite make sense of the noise she heard as she approached the village limits - shouts, clanging, who was to say? But it definitely wasn't fitting of the hour nor a village so lifeless as the one they found themselves in earlier that day. Without so much as a glance in Shad's direction, she took off running towards the inn with bow in hand.
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The wind was violent as ever, the boom of wings thundering through the air. Leroy clutched the reins of his wyvern tight; he could feel his fingers numbing with every passing moment, teeth clenched and his arms quivering. His wyvern grumbled, hardly loud enough to be heard at their pace.
"I know, boy. I know." Leroy replied, placing an open palm gently against his wyvern's neck. His mount flapped hard, spreading his wings to glide a moment and let out a violent shriek.
SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
The castle wasn't much further now; someone was going to answer for that letter. Anthony's visage remained imprinted in Leroy's mind, a constant reminder that filled him with rage.
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