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Ronin looked at the party and his equipment "umm.. whats wrong with the equipment. i mean, if you think we should have some better stuff be my guest... but...ok" he said and an expression like this emote: sweatdrop

(Sorry for the delay, I was waiting to see if more people would reply. I will be PMing everybody in this dungeon tomorrow when I get the chance and I will post the next update on Thursday or Friday. Sorry for this long delay.)

Royal was quietly listening to the conversation. Gathering details could often save your skin down the rode, or it could prove pointless. But in Royal's opinion it was better safe than sorry. Royal never much liked idealists, but he supposed that if they were nice enough to give him free stuff than by all means he would take advantage. Still, he had questions.

"If you don't mind my asking, Sir, I have some questions before you outfit us." He began with a short bow of respect, "For starters, did you ever send anyone to find out why the King wanted to declare war. Most leaders aren't so stupid as to risk everything on a whim. Secondly, have you interigated the King for information. And I don't mean beating him senseless, nothing good can come of torture...they'll just tell you what they think you want to hear. And last but certainly not least...what is the name of this city that you want a base in? I'm curious and only familiar with this area's names, not so much on the geography. I hope this doesn't seem...how should I say...obtrusive, but I would like to know."

Still unhappy with the situation, especially the unknown number of combatants in the adjoining room, Royal waited for his answers, not really caring if he got them or not...Zealots...he thought wriley, but kept the emotion from his face all the same.

Linus sighed and shook his head. "Seems like you're smarter then most, most wouldn't ask those questions. I guess that's one thing that is a good thing. Well, he was going to declare war because....because..." Linus walked to one of the open doors. "YO, BUDDY, WHY AGAIN WAS THE KING GOING TO DECLARE WAR!?!" Linus yelled into the door. The person inside said the answer quietly to Linus, the group could not make it out. Linus turned back to the group "Well, it's simple, really. He was declaring war because a negotiation failed with that town...we think...we're not exactly sure, though, all our spies could get is that the king was going to declare war...ya, one of the other members might be able to answer that one better, I'm only the info relay person here..." Linus said. "Well..." A female's voice in his watch cuts off his speaking. The voice is Emila's.

"Sir, we have a problem down here. The rebellion against the leader we instituted is getting harder to keep control of. I'm coming to base in 0-4 minutes with our wounded people. Get the med crew ready." Emila's voice said over Linus's watch. The watch then returned to a state of silence.

"Great...seems like things are getting bad down there. Well, since you're Ravens, I guess you'll be experiencing your first battle here and now. We'll get you suited up and then heading out when Emila heads back out." Linus said. "Now to get the stuff...wait, what exactly did the other people give you before?"

Silently gathering information as he stood near the end of his leash, Bigfoot stood quietly as if a soldier on guard duty waiting for some signal or opportunity to break loose and run free again. Bored as he was Bigfoot knew this plan was going to take time and he had volunteered for this job. Sighing silently to himself Bigfoot lightly tapped his foot within his leather boots.

((This is going on the assumption that she was speaking of group one...who we killed. That won't look to good but the following description should be able to dispel their suspisions. At least Lucas' anyway. Being that Emilia was there she'll be harder to convince, but only if she watched the battle. If she wasn't then just let me know and I'll edit it as I see fit.))

Royal turns to Emilia and without even the slightest pause he responds, "They didn't give us much of a chance to respond, truth be told. As soon as they came we came within sight they attacked us. We had to defend ourselves. A shame that people can be so thick-headed as to attack without even identifying the enemy...And we didn't have our suits on because we did not want unneeded attention on the way up here. Wouldn't have done well to lead the rebels straight to our hideout, right?" Royal turns and faces Bigfoot, "Well...present company excluded. Seems to be smarter than he looks since he pegged us for Ravens and managed to follow us without our knowing..." Royal gives a shrug and finishes, "We put them on shortly after our incident with that scout party. At that point in the mountains we figured it would be alright to put them on...or so we had hoped anyway. Untill big, tall and gruesome came along."

*Edited. And no offense Bigfoot.*

"Savage!" She blurts out glaring at Bigfoot far more than convincingly. The last thing she wanted was him to overact all over her nice coat. "Linus, if I'm entitled to such formality, were still working out the group dynamics at this point, or if not revisiting some older issues. I'm the resident mage per say, and have a bit of arcane knowledge, as well as high marks in analytical warfare and espionage among other things. I need anything you would think of value that will not halt our progress to the objective. Also this prisoner we brought with us seems rediculously incompetent. A simple spell here, mind disruption there, would have him leaking information like a rusty bucket. I propose that after our current objective is complete that our unit performs an infiltration and assassination to end this pointless conflict indefinately." With a reconsidering and slightly milder expression she readjusts her hood and clears her throat. "Of course only if this plan meets your aproval sir, you are obviously in comand of this operation right?"