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 Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:45 pm
Rei nodded when the man said he should have warned her that it was still hot but she said nothing as he brought her some water. She sipped the water when he told her that she was free and no one should be able to tell her any different.
"So I don't really have a choice about staying here." she stated when the man told her all the roads were closed. She wanted to find her family. "I can find my way thank you." she said with a nod. It was obvious he wanted to find his bed. She would follow to her own soon after she had finished eating.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:49 am
Vost walked up the stairs to his room. He changed into his PJ's and got into bed. Staring up at the ceiling, the cool silence of the evening surrounded him. His last thoughts were of Rei and what the next day would be like... Little did he know, his thoughts were no where close to the reality
(Next morning, about 7:00am... The sun has just risen on a beautiful quiet day)
Vost was dreaming, when suddenly a boulder the size of his bed came crashing through the side wall. His room was immediately alive with the sounds of war. The the muffled screams and yells of man woman and child flooded his room as he fell out of bed and reached for his mace.What the hell is going on!!!
He ran to the closet and found his light leather armor curiass. quickly strapping it to his torso he slipped on his house sandals. With his night cap still on he rushed out into the hallway. Another boulder... This time narrowly missing him and crashing through the wall of his bedroom, through the hallway, and through the wall of his parent's bedroom. Vost rushed to the new hole and looked inside... he could not see his parents. He turned around... looking out through the new window in his bedroom he saw a contingent of Victi military and a catapult, Their long yellow flags playing happily in the breeze. He could see some Nor militia as well but they were insignificant next to the size of the force now surrounding his house.
I must find my parents! We've got to rally the militia! Where the hell were they? Why were the warning bells not sounded? His mind was racing with thoughts and fears but they were all silenced by one single thought that suddenly struck him in the face... Where was Rei?
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:39 pm
Rei slept soundly on the bed. It was the most comfy thing she had lain on in the most recent portion of her life. When a loud noise awoke her she jumped out of the bed just in time before a boulder crashed through the wall and landed on the bed nearly hitting her. She screamed in surprise and fear. Drawing her knife she quickly made her way to the door of the bedroom. Exiting the room she found herself faced with people holding weapons. When one came towards her she didn’t hesitate in stabbing him. She could always ask questions later about whom they were working for. She didn’t wait to ask questions however as she cut through those standing in her way to get outside of the house. She was fighting through the halls with her dagger sneaking up on those she thought would try and harm her.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:37 pm
Striking out with his mace, Vost connected with the head of a Victi soldier. The man slumped to the ground and as he did Vost saw the house Steward, Arn, laying on the ground in a pool of blood. Vost rushed to his side, grabbing his shoulder and shaking him.
"Arn, are you alright? What is going on?" Vost said, his eyes focused intently on the face of his old friend.
"V...Vost, you must go." Arn struggled to say. "Victi forces have conquered Nor, This house is Nor's last stronghold and it will soon fall." Arn winced and pressed his hand to a wound in his chest.
"Where is my father?" Vost said.
Arn sighed and looked up at vost for the first time "Your father and mother are dead." Arn slowly dropped his head and died.
Vost sat there... shocked... for several minutes. First his sister... and now is parents, his entire family was now dead. Overcome with grief he sat there... the sounds of the world around him no longer mattered and his vision becoming blurred. All he seemed to be able to focus on was the pool of blood under his friend and the thoughts of never seeing his family again
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:45 pm
Rei whipped down the stairs as quickly as she could. Looking back to the men that were behind her she collided with something falling to the floor. Her knife sliding across the floor and out of her reach. Looking back to what she had collided with and saw Vost. “What are you doing?! Do you purposely sit in a hall waiting to die and trying to drag people with you?!” Rei exclaimed.
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:00 pm
Vost was in another place when something hard collided with him as he sat in the hallway. Pressing a hand to the back of his head, which was now in pain, he looked up and saw Rei laying on the floor shouting at him. The world started to come in to focus and the sounds of war started to flood back into his consciousness.
"Rei! Are you alright? We've got to get out of here!" He managed to say, rising to his feet and helping Rei to hers he picked up his mace and looked around for an exit.
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:27 pm
“Of course I’m alright I’m not dead yet.” The girl growled. “I was trying when I tripped over you.” She said as she was helped to her feet. She was quick to grab the ornate dagger from her brother. “Is there some way out of here?” she questioned looking to the man.
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:21 pm
Seeing that Rei was alright Vost focused on dealing with the problem of escaping the warzone. He knew that there were several ways off the hill but the problem was they involved running over open terrain with very little cover. It would be next to impossible to escape without being seen.
"We're gonna have to make a run for it." Vost said, exasperated. "Its not going to be easy, but if we make a break for it out the back door and run flat out we should be able to get to the treeline without being caught, Can you run?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:42 pm
Rei looked around trying to locate a direction out of the place. "There are people near the back door. I don't know if they are yours or theirs." Rei spoke. "I can run, can you?" she questioned almost sarcastically.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:52 am
Vost led rei to the back door, the sounds of war starting to die down.
"get ready, once we are through this door run as fast as you can, best put your dagger away, you wont be needing it while running."
Vost threw open the door and was almost immediately blinded by the sharp contrast between the low light in the house and the bright sunshine of daytime. As his eyes began to adjust to the new intensity of the light the confidence in his features washed away.
Before them stood an entire Victi army, they were surrounded.
A voice rang out from the ranks of soldiers "Surrender Vost, you and your companion are coming with us to face charges of treason and conspiracy against the high lord of Victi." The voice stopped for a moment to gauge their response "Drop your weapons."
Vost looked to Rei, her dagger was hidden but his mace was not. Vost dropped the mace to the ground, gazing one last time at the weapon that had been his for so long. Looking up he watched as a small group of soldiers broke away from the main group and walked up to Vost and Rei.
"We meet again Vost." A familure voice said. Vost looked closer at the leader of the group. It was the slave master from earlier, Rei's prior owner. "I see I will have the pleasure of owning you once again Rei," the man turned to Rei and sneered before turning his back to her to get bindings from a soldier.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:06 am
Rei nodded quickly working on hiding her dagger once more. Blinking as the door was thrown open and the lighting changed. Hearing voices she stepped forward knowing they weren't going to be able to run. Seeing the dismay on the man's face about losing his weapon she knew how he felt. If she ever lost the dagger her brother had given her she would be terribly upset.
Looking to the group moving forward she glared as she saw her slaver. She spit on the man when he said he would have the pleasure of owning her again. "I would rather die first."
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:45 am
"that can be arranged!" The slaver exclaimed...wiping rei's spit from his cheek. The slaver took pleasure in taking the bindings from the solider, placing them on her wrists and tightening them. "You are going back to where you belong, My dance floor, and soon my be..." The slaver was cut off by the voice of the commanding officer who had ordered the two to surrender.
"That was not our agreement," said the voice. A tall expensively armored soldier walked up to the group of soldiers surrounding Vost and Rei. "This house is a known terrorist headquarters and all persons found here are to be arrested and transported to Victi for Trial."
"Bah, I'll get to her later," the slaver shouted obscenities at the soldier as he walked off toward the main group of soldiers.
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:15 pm
Rei stood ready when the slaver said that her death could be arranged. She winced as the bindings were tightened. She wasn't going to go back not if she could help it. She would kill the man if she had to, she was saved from that when the solider stepped in. "Thats what you think."
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:33 am
The slaver laughed and waived his hand above his head "enjoy the trip, Slave."
The pair were loaded on to an open topped wagon consisting of defeated soldiers and other civilians picked up by the military on suspicion of treason against the Victi crown. As the soldiers started to pack up their gear and get into line formation for the march out of Nor Vost looked over his shoulder at the smoldering remains of the only home he had ever known. He would return and rebuild it some day he thought.
As the wagon lurched into motion Vost looked to Rei "Do you have anything that we might be able to use to pick these handbindings?" Vost looked at his own hands. the bindings were made of hardened leather, bound up by a cheap metal clasp/lock combination.
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