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The noble looked over, he spun his spear and slung it over his shoulder. "I'm Ephraim" he introduced. "I came from the manor where the others were and as soon as I arrived, trouble started" the noble started, shifting his position a bit "a Druid named Rei was attacked and he suddenly went berserk. Currently he's fighting Amelia, that was the last that I saw. Something else happened at the Manor that I wasn't aware of and as far as I know, I think a boy named Nils, ran though this forest though its possible my eyes are deceiving me"

Ephraim eyed the Nometal and walked toward the cabin. The door was in his way and he raised his right foot and kicked it as hard as he could. It shattered easily and hit the cabinet that was across from where he was. The object that caught his attention was in sight, on top of a rusted stove. He tilted his head and moved toward it, as soon as he grabbed it with ONLY a slight step to the left the floor snapped and dropped him to the lower floor.

Several snaps and crumbling was heard and Ephraim landed in the basement with a fairly loud thud. "I knew I'd regret my curiosity..." he muttered, sitting up only to have one piece of wood land on his head. "ow!" He cried out, rubbing the top of his head and finally got himself out of the mess he created (Unintentionally of course). The noble looked at his hand, he still had the pendant and it wasn't lost at least.

"Think so" Ephraim called up. He spotted a flight of stairs behind him and got up, brushing off dust and dirt he received after crashing down from the first floor. "lets hope it doesn't crumble on me..again" Ephraim muttered, stepping over the large pile of wood that were on the ground and reached the stairs. The 4th step was snapped and obviously had a hole in it. He jumped over it( lightly, not enough to break his only way out of here) and headed up toward the door. There was a lock on it that was fairly rusted. Ephraim looked at it and yanked it off its hinges before emerging to the large hole that was now in the middle of the entire cabin. "....Lets go before this place decides to crash down on us"

Without saying anything else, Ephraim stepped out the door. "There doesn't seem much here..I'm heading back to the manor"

Out in the forest, there was a little cottage. Many avoided this cottage on the mere principle that anyone living in a cottage out in the woods was probably a cannibal-- they had read all those stories as children, and they were having none of that in their own memoirs.

The cottage was accompanied by a rather large stable-- large for a single-occupant stable, in any case. The cottage was rather plain and unadorned. There was no garden, nothing fancy at all. It looked rather like the owner spent little time there.

Inside the stable, Shastah snoozed quietly on a bed of straw and blankets. Inside the house, Siegell sat with his feet up on an ottoman in a simple armchair. His home was quite need, with hardwood floors, a combined kitchen and dining room, a bathroom and a bedroom that contained a bed and not much else. It was not that Siegell lacked imagination, for some argued that he had quite a bit too much in certain situations. He just liked to keep things simple at home, when he was there. It was always very neat. His glaive, never far away, was resting against the wall by his chair, but he was out of his armor, in a comfortable silk suit and a long cloak.

Currently, the oil lamp on the table beside him was burning bright as he examined his puzzle thoughtfully.

"Hmmm," he murmured, eyeing the first clue. "Hint about identification by use of threats..." He narrowed his eyes, then smirked. "Intimidation. Haha..." He shook his head and scratched it in with his pen, then looked on toward the next clue.

"I see...plus there is also the fact of would we have enough rations, vulneraries, weapons, and all that to last us to get to, if that was, Nils, and bring him back. Though that pendant does eem like it can help us here. Maybe with whatever did this to Rei, because that does not sound like Rei. I mean sure, he is sometimes crazy, saying he is someone named Zelos,a good swordsman, yet this ois nothing compared to what he did, according to you. All we can do is hope I beieve."

"Right..." Following the lord, in hopes of being able to get back.

Soon after sometime of walking, Nometal spotted the manor and went for it. "Ok we finally made it. Thank god."

Walking into the manor, Nometal looked around. Seems like nothing changed. Maybe someone will be able to help with all of this. It is just confusing.
Looking over, Nometal spotted someone familiar. "Hoy Aran how are ye? By chance do you know what is going on around here? Why has Rei done what he has? and why did Nils go off on his own?"

Nometal then stopped near them. "Wow that seems heavy...so we have yet another crisis on our hands eh? Do we know of anything we can do to stop it though? Cause what can we do if no one knows how to stop this person...Asami right? and what if there is more than one person involved with this? How will we stop them all?"