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 Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:42 pm
Anyel again begins to set off in the direction of the manor.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:48 pm
This time no mountainous strangers get in his way. He soon finds his way to a part of the city filled with large, beautiful manors with perfectly trimmed hedges and wrought-iron fences. A guard eyes Anyel suspiciously as he passes, but doesn't stop him. Anyel soon finds his way to the appropriate manor. The door to the manor is open and a richly dressed woman stands in the foyer. As Anyel enters the house, she looks at him expectantly. "Are you here about the job?" she asks.
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Baranquesseiel Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:13 pm
Rich people make Anyel nervous. "Er, yes ma'am," he replies, trying not to gawk at the house.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:27 pm
"You're a bit early," she says, "Perhaps you can come inside." She gestures grandly up the main hall to a sitting room. "Please, sit," she said, "Emil will get you something to drink."
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Baranquesseiel Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:32 pm
Bel can't help but stare up at the woman towering over him. He'd never seen anyone that big. He quickly recovers a measure of social grace and averts his wide eyes to the bulletin board.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:40 pm
"Of course," Anyel replies, trying to sound like he knows what he's doing. He follows the woman's gesture to the sitting room.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:26 pm
The sitting room seems like more of a nook off a larger room. The walls are lined with couches and brightly colored pillows that turn out to be mostly comfortable. Anyel sinks a bit too deep as he sits.
"Are you here about the job?" a familiar voice interrupts his floundering. It seems at first that the woman had followed him into the sitting room and when he glances up, he finds her sitting across the room, but upon second glance, he sees she is wearing a different dress and, he realizes, she speaks with a softer voice and smiles shyly.
Meanwhile, Bel is reading the bulletin board. He finds the posting about the job investigating the undead for 1,000 gold.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:38 pm
Bel ponders for a second about what he knows about the undead.
He always thought "undead" was a weird name for them...wouldn't that mean they weren't dead...that they were alive? But clearly they were dead.
He sees the handsome reward and figures it won't hurt to see what the job was all about. If it looked ugly, he could always say no, right?
Bel hurries off towards the mentioned manor. Noon wasn't that far off.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:03 pm
Anyel blinks. He hasn't seen many twins before. "Yes, ma'am," he replies, smiling back.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:07 pm
"Oh, good," she says and a smile blooms across her face. "What do you do?"
Down the hall, the other twin is speaking to some one else.
Meanwhile, Bel is walking through town. (Unfortunately, it takes him longer than it takes to hold a conversation.)
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:38 pm
"I, er," Anyel flounders. "I'm a druid?" He doesn't sound very sure of that.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:43 pm
She doesn't seem to notice. "You are?" she says, "Oh, wonderful. Those undead are a blight upon nature, aren't they?" She only pauses a moment before gushing on, "I think I would have liked to be a druid. I had a dog when I was younger named Fanny, who followed me all over. I used to dream we'd have marvelous adventures together. But then I got married and settled down and the dog died." She sighs wistfully.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:32 pm
Anyel nods. "A blight indeed-" He listens politely. "That's er, too bad, ma'am."
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:39 pm
"You wouldn't like the wilderness, darling," the other woman says as she comes around the corner of the sitting room, "you'd ruin your dresses."
"That's true," the first woman sighed, "I suppose it was all for the best."
"Yes," the other woman says, "Now, we have another visitor." As she speaks a person, a very tall woman, steps around her. Anyel realizes it is the woman from before.
"Lovely!" the first woman cries, "Please sit."
The tall woman surveys the room before striding across to sink into one of the couches.
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Baranquesseiel Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:44 pm
Anyel nods at the tall woman, hoping she won't suddenly become curious about his scales and say something. He prefers to keep his hood up, thank you.
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