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Dansworth
Palazzo
Amoria
Castle, Main Hall

Dansworth looked at the table. It was ladened with everything from rolls to eggs benedict. Not caring for rich food, Dansworth grabbed a coulpe pieces of fruit before following after Nikolas.

"Betten not keep him waiting today," she called back to Fals. Dansworth took a bite of fruit. "Come to think of it, you probably shouldn't ever keep him waiting. If you value your life that is."

Lot
Tribal
Rosa
Sleeping Dog Inn

After quickly downing his cup of coffee, Lot ran next door, grabbed his pack and sped down the stairs. He quickly greeted Remetheus as he passed him on the way down. The addition of caffeine turned his normally perky self into a hyperactive crime against nature.

Lot exited the Inn to find Tal standing, waiting for the others. "I wonder what's keeping those guys?" he asked, not realizing that barely any time had passed yet.

Lot
Tribal
Rosa
Northern outskirts

"I could tell you about my past," said Lot, not wanting to miss the chance to talk. "When I was younger, I traveled a lot. Though I was born in Rosa, I can't say it's really home. You see, my dad disappeared before I was born. He was an adventurer, according to my Uncle. He went on a quest to find a magical gem that I can't remember the name too. He never cam back from that trip, leaving my mom all alone. I know he's not dead, despite what everyone else says. When I was five, my mom got really sick. She died soon after. I don't remember much about her. After that, I spent years bouncing from relative to relative. When I turned twelve, I left to travel with my uncle. Iv'e been traveling ever since, even after uncle settled down and married a barmaid."
Lot's ability to walk and talk at the same time had been refined and perfected over years. It came to him as naturally as breathing.



Dansworth
Palazzo
Amoria
Thousand-Year Wall, Northeast Tunnels

Dansworth was bored. She had heard almost the exact same speech before. Listening to motivational speeches was part of a mercenary's job. As they walked though the tunnels, an idea came to her. "We're not going after small fry anymore, are we?" Dansworth asked Nikolas, knowing he was up to something big.

Tal
Tribal
Rosa Plains ---> Sleeping Forest


Tal nodded along at the boy's story as they approached the edge of the woods. The trees seemed ready to swallow them whole. He hesitated just a moment, then resumed his steady pace. Soon the woods enveloped him and he could barely be seen by anyone outside the forest.

"Okay y'all. Anybody having any second thoughts, speak up now. You can always go around and meet back up with me later if you want. Seeing as how you're not exactly in Ziekden, you won't get in trouble with the knights if you do. But this is your last chance to change your mind. What's it gonna be?"


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Nikolas, Johnny, General Adelbert
Palazzo
Amoria
Thousand-Year Wall, Eastern Cavern

"Well well well....We come prepared for a legion, and all we find is a small group of washouts." Nikolas taunted upon seeing the small group of tired rebel soldiers in the cavern. He had to force himself not to smile. This was just too rich. "I hope you've made any needed amends to the Gods."

Without another word, Nikolas signaled to his group to move in. He at once charged at the apparent leader of the ragtag group, Adelbert. Johnny nodded and followed suit, rushing into the fray, raising his axe.

Adelbert grinned widely at the red-headed mage. He would not greet death with a look of fear. Instead, he raised his sword and lunged toward Nikolas. "Okay men, CHARGE!!!" All of the rebel soldiers followed their General into the fight.

Remetheus
Tribal
Rosa
Rosa Plains ---> Sleeping Forest

Remetheus stayed silent and pondered on whether he should continue following Tal. While the danger of being with him was significant, it was riskier to go off and find some other people that would let him follow them around. He trusted him to an extent and he'd followed him all the way here anyway. The small mage moved closer towards Tal, indicating that he would like to continue accompanying him.

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Fals
Palazzo
Amoria
Thousand-Year Wall, Eastern Cavern

The moogle winced at Dansworth's rather brutal display of her skill as he continued observing his allies and assessing the enemy group from his relatively safer location of a few meters behind his fighting companions. Fals' attention was caught by an archer who was readying his bowstring and taking aim. The moogle swiftly brought the flute he had taken out earlier to his lips and played a scale. The notes took form and headed for the archer, who noticed it and tried to evade but wasn't fast enough as he took the whole brunt of Fals' attack. Though not especially strong, it was enough to momentarily stun the archer into shooting his arrow uselessly into a nearby wall.

Lot
Tribal
Sleeping Forest's Edge

"Okay, forward and onward!" said Lot as he walked into a tree, just off the path. Falling backwards, Lot clutched his nose. "Ow, I think someone else should lead," he said as he scrambled up. Lot had never been good at looking where he was going, thus today was no exception. Sunlight broke through the leaves of the trees leading into the forest. The foliage on either side of the path got thicker the farther you went in. Almost anything could be lurking there.

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Dansworth
Palazzo
Amoria
Thousand-Year Wall, Eastern Cavern

The small rebel force continued it onslot to no avail against Dansworth. A spear weilding rebel jumped in and attacked Dansworth. She nimbley dodged, only receiving a small cut on her cheek. She returned the favor by impaling the rebel's Carotid artery. While withdrawing her rapier, a rebel fencer tried to take advantage of the opportunity. The rebel's rapier did a quick thrust only to miss it's target as Dansworth pulled out her rapier and tumbled backwards in the same motion. Taking advantage of the rebel fencer's moment of vulnerability, Dansworth sprang forward and stabbed him through the side, piercing the heart.

Tal
Tribal
Sleeping Forest


"We chased our pleasures here,
dug out treasures there,
well can't you still recall, the time we cried?
Break on through to the other side,
break on through to the other side!"

Tal stopped his singing when he heard a sound like rustling in the bushes nearby. His walking came to a stop, and he shushed everyone.

"There's something coming. Prepare yourselves for a fight."

He then drew his dagger and wiped sweat from his brow with his arm. It was probably just goblins...nothing major to worry about. But you never knew....

Suddenly, a horde of goblins leaped from the foliage, followed by a few large, dark green snakes. The goblins had light brown skin and large, pointy ears. They wore torn, ragged clothes, and carried small swords. The Anacondas were about seven feet long, and had bodies as thick as a lamp-post. Tal counted four goblins, and two anacondas. That meant two for each of them...But then again, Lot was a White Mage, and who knew how experienced. He might not be able to handle them.

"Lot, do the best you can to defend yourself against the goblins. Stay away from the snakes, they can poison you! Remmy, try to use your magic to fry one of the snakes, then move on to the goblins. I'll take care of the other anaconda."

After nodding at the other two, he charged at the anaconda to his right, signaling to Remetheus to get the other one. He dug his dagger into its neck before it could do anything to him, but it quickly tried to sink its fangs into him. He pulled his dagger out and jumped back before the venomous fangs could touch him, then prepared to attack again.


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Nikolas, Johnny, Hel, Adelbert
Palazzo
Amoria
Thousand-Year Wall, Eastern Cavern


As the yellow magical energy surrounding Nikolas' hand began to come together, Adelbert charged him again. The red-headed mage flipped out of the way, barely dodging the sword swing. Unfortunately for him, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, flat on his back.

"THUNDER!!!" Nikolas roared as he stretched out his arm and fired a single bolt of lightning at Adelbert. The blast hit the General in the chest, knocking him back a bit, giving Nikolas the needed time to rise to his feet. But by the time he was standing again, Adelbert had disappeared in the small crowd.

"Oh, hiding, are we? I'll just have to kill all of your peons until I find you. Seems a proper course of action to me."

He turned and noticed one of Fals' previous opponents, the one who was shot by his own idiotic comrade. He rushed toward the man just after Fals had punished him with his flute and moved on, to see the man was still alive. He quickly shot a Blizzard spell his way and ensured his demise.

Johnny dodged a brutal swing from his opponent, then brought his axe down, only to have it blocked. This man was apparently better than he had given him credit for. But the boy would not allow himself to be put off-guard by this. He stepped back a bit, then kicked the man in the stomach for a quick distraction. Then he swung his axe in another horizontal attack, cleaving the man's head clean off his neck.

Hel quickly reloaded his pistol and jumped back into the fight, firing one bullet at the archer who was STILL pursuing his moogle comrade Fals. The bullet sank into the rebel's shoulder, but it didn't take him down. He turned to his new threat and fired an arrow, but Hel was already a step ahead of him. He barely evaded the wooden arrow, and it hit the stone wall before clattering to the floor. He then flipped a bit closer to the man before firing another bullet, this time in his opponent's head. The man fell to the cold stone floor and never moved again. Hel rushed up to Fals to check up with his tiny friend.

"Watch out for yourself, huh? You could get killed....or stepped on."