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Confused, Aki glanced down the alley where the arrow had come from. He saw no one and turned his attention back to the bandits. "These people suffer enough without you guys. I hope you are prepared to pay for making them suffer even more," Aki told them.
"What!? Who do you think you are, their prince!? Well, I hate to rain on your parade, but Prince Faren is dead!" the leader yelled and charged at Aki, drawing a sword.
"I do not claim to be something I'm not," Aki said calmly, even though he actually was the prince. He drew his own sword and parried the bandit's attack with ease. He easily overpowered the bandit and knocked his sword away. He moved his own sword so it was parallel with his shoulder. "Not even a challenge."
"You haven't won yet," the bandit said and produced a dagger. He swung it upwards, trying to stab Aki through the heart. However, before he got it anywhere near his chest, a bolt went right between his eyes. He fell backwards, dead. (obviously. XD)
James was still standing with his crossbow aimed. His finger was still rested on the trigger.
The rest of the bandits, seeing their leader die, ran off.

((First off, WELCOME TO THE RP!! xd
Second, let me tell you where Tinto would be approximately located. It is located in the Northern part of Faren. Kai, and Bjorn are headed there right now, though not to Tinto specifically. Perhaps the two groups could meet up on the way. That would give Kai and Bjorn an excuse to investigate Tinto.))

[Ah, but for suspense, wouldn't it be fun to have him leave? Then it's an unintentional manhunt. I sense some hilarity on the horizon if we all finally catch up to him, after tracking him across the continent xD]

((Well Kai and Bjorn are on their way. I'll wait and see when does Demom wants us to get there surprised ))

((I couldn't tell, lol!))

"Oh Pilli, I do promise I won't spend too much time there. And if we catch that Prince I'll be breaking his knees, not taking him to a brothel."

Yue had a bad habit of destroying everything that had to do with the old prince. And a bad habit of posing as a courtisan. That last one sort of annoyed their king, but it wasn't her fault he hadn't done anything with her. Her family had taken the role of concubine for many years. So she was getting paid for it sometimes.

"But I do agree with you," Yue said, placing her knife back into her bodice and looping her arm through Pilli's. "come, we should go prepare for our journey."

[Goshdarned writer's block.]

Bjorn stayed silent as he observed the carnage in front of him. It looked as though this area of the city had been under siege, by quite a large force. He picked up a used arrow, snapping the haft in two with one hand and tossing it aside. It had been a cheaply made arrow, the type used by soldiers, the kind that could be mass produced, with more emphasis on the production than the quality. They were the type that would snap on occasion if they hit something solid.
He followed Kai, not making a move for his weapon as they went. He had no need. Whoever had done this could be long gone. And if they weren't, he could still draw his claymore before many people had a chance to react.

Bjorn looked around again, then sighed before answering.
"I do not know if it's bandits." he said, examining one of the corpses on the ground. He hauled it up. It was wearing basic chain mail and pants with thin greaves on his shins. On its head was a thin, cheap metal helmet.
"This may have been a guard, but it doesn't look like it. He appears to have died by being stabbed in the chest here, but look. There are four stab wounds, all in a perfect line, all perfectly the same size. It looks like a pitchfork stabbed this man." he said, dropping the corpse to the ground.
"I think that some soldiers attacked this city, and then the citizens fought back with whatever they could. I can guarantee you'll find the soldiers killed mostly by axes, scythes, and pitchforks, and maybe the occasional crude spear." he explained.