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"My room is upstairs to the left." He said. "I also have a spare room right next to mine where you can stay until we know what to do with you." He said to the man. "But first, I ought to know what your name is." He commented. "I don't seem to remember you telling me your name during our little adventure." He smirked. "And don't worry about the mess, I'll clean it up in the morning and I'm rested." He said to Blaise and Raise. "Raise, take Chrono to your place for now until more suitable accomodations can be acquired." He told Raise.

Riana grinned and wiped her brow. "He can be propped up at my place for now. I'll force as much jin-water down his throat as he can handle." She rolled off Rosette's back and gathered up her pack and medicines. Tsking irritatedly to herself she made Tax stand still aand rubbed the cooling salve on his back, bandaging him firmly over his clothes. "You don't listen well mate. Take a swig of this too." She allowed herself a small swallow of the head clearing drink before handing it away. "Now can you manage to drag Chrono just through the trees there to my home, Sir Nameless?"

She began putting her things back in her pack and wathced Chrono's face, deciding he was just exhausted and needed nothing more than to recover slowly and comfortably. She also pulled her hood forward to block off the persistent drizzle of rain. To Rosette she said, "I'll get a fire started the second we're home, no worries, your fella will rest easy. You go with Blaise and sleep it off, me and Chrono here will only be just a ways away and you can badger him later."

Before the man could answer Blaise stood and took a look outside. It was still raining but she could tell that it was getting later in the night. The Task Force would be leaving soon and, though Khnui had already made the trip, Blaise was still supposed to go that night. If she didn’t the Lieutenant would have to rewrite everyone else’s plans. Khnui’s plans didn’t matter because it was a ‘just in case’ course so slight changes could be made if he didn’t go.

“Rosette, I have to go, the Task Force will be departing soon. I wasn’t planning on you staying here so late. I don’t have time to take you to my house so I’ll just give you directions. As soon as you step out the door walk straight until you get to a fork in the road. Take a left and go down the third road to your right. My house is down that road. It’s kind of hard to miss seeing as how it’s the only one out there.

“I will be gone for a long time, maybe even until morning but that is doubtful, so don’t be startled if I come back in the middle of the night. Before I leave I will ask my friend Kaden to stay until I come back, I don’t want you to be alone. If you come to my house and see a boy that is about seventeen or eighteen, you will have Kaden. If he doesn’t have dark brown hair and grey eyes then you do not have Kaden. I don’t know why anyone else besides Kaden would be there but I tell you what he looks like in the event that there is someone else there.

“If Kaden isn’t there and someone else is then ask them what my cat’s name is and what he eats after every four days. If they answer Ciaran and whatever he steals from the market, then they know me. If they do not answer correctly then beat the living daylights out of them. I want you to know all this because one, not all the borders of this forest are as secure as we would like them to be so every once in a while we get intruders. And two, there is a slight chance that the person who is there is Vader and, well, he just deserves a good beating. Don’t go off thinking that I’m a paranoid worrywart because I do this to all of my trainees and is has saved a couple of their lives.”

Blaise finished her instructions and took a deep breath. “I have to go now. Good-bye.” And with that she turned and ran out the door towards the town square, where the Task Force met for every rendezvous, desperately hoping that Rosette had really listened to her instructions. If something happened to her, it would be death to the Fugitive Foresters.

He looked at Rax and saw what was on his face. He took his free hand and gave Tax a friendly smack on the face. "I wouldn't get too many ideas about her, she can be quite a handful and will probably beat you to within an inch of your life if you're not careful." He warned Tax. He had gain a little but of his energy back while Riana administered to Tax. He still needed Tax's help, but at leats he won't be as much of a burden. "Lets get upstairs so I can rest for a bit. Afterwards, I can cook us up something to eat." He said.

As soon as Blaise stepped outside her eyes immediately adjusted to the dim light and she was at the town square in no time waiting with the rest for the stragglers. She spotted the Lieutenant and walked over to him.

“Khnui will not be joining the run tonight.” She said softly
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He nodded and said, “In section three, sentence two of your running plans do not make a call. Instead just knock out the guard standing next to the three cells you will be releasing. Make sure he doesn’t make a sound when he hits the ground or it will alert another guard.”

Blaise took the instructions into consideration and blended back in with the rest of the group. After a few more minutes the whole Task Force was present and they set off quietly, several of them, including Blaise, taking to the trees. With the dispersed group’s quick pace they arrived at the prison wall within moments and everyone was set in their positions, ready for action. A bell rang in the distance signaling for all to move into action.

Blaise scaled the slick wall with haste and without sound. With as many people as there was climbing the walls and trying to get into the prison you would expect to see a flood of people rushing towards the barred windows. But, there was hardly a noise made and not many people were seen.

Blaise slinked stealthily to one of the windows and peeked in. There were two men inside, one who looked to be slightly above thirty and another who seemed to be only eighteen. The younger one looked to the window with surprise, sensing her presence. Blaise put her finger to her lips signaling him to be quiet. He nodded weakly and she slid away from the window, pulling a small circular looking tool from her belt. She put the tool over the bolts on the bars over the window and gave the lever a mighty push. The tool crushed the heads off of the bolts allowing the bars to come away. She lifted the heavy bars and slid into the window, replacing them.

“Hey, guys.” She whispered, “I’m going to get you out of here, just do what I tell you to. Before you ask any questions, no we can’t leave the way I came in or we’ll get caught, yes if you don’t listen to me then I’ll leave you here. Got it?”

The last statement was just a hollow threat but the two men didn’t know this. They nodded and continued to sit quietly. Blaise took her stave from its sling and rested it on a wall while wiping soot on one of her cheeks. In order to pull this off she had to look like the prisoners did.

A big guard walked to the cell and pulled out a set of keys to open the door.

“Here’s your god-forsaken dinner.” He grumbled, “Oh, so there’s three of yeh now, aye?”

“Yes.” Blaise said in quivering tones. The guard gave her a malicious smile and turned her shoulder so she was facing away from him. She didn’t fight it so she could keep her cover until the others around her did what they were supposed to.

“Well, I haven’t given you my welcoming gift yet.” The guard laughed cruelly. Blaise heard a whip snap and felt stinging across her back. She took a step forward but didn’t make a sound, waiting for her queue.

“Aw, come on now lass. Scream.” The guard said as he continued to whip her. After the seventh time he did so Blaise heard an owl’s hoot. She recognized the call through the pain and she immediately grabbed her stave and pushed the end of it into the guards face, knocking him out cold. She grabbed the front of his armor before he fell and laid him down to the ground soundlessly.

“Not this lass.”

It had been a long time since a cocky smile crossed his lips, but he could barely contain it as he escorted Khnui with Riana's heavy assistance. Such confidence they had for Blaise being a hardcase was strangely all the more appealing, as well as the woman's display of it in her speech. Tax just felt that of all the sights he had seen that day, she had by far been the loveliest. Speaking of sights as he went through this home, he still had no idea where exactly he was. Though the clear-jin-water had helped some, emotional and mental exhaustion still plagued his energy. But by thanks of these strangers he was not going to die tonight, and he had the debt for his life to pay. Things could be answered and dealt with later, he merely had to calm his senses to handle the present. Following Riana back to the other pair he was surprised to see the girl with Chrono slung so easily over her back, but stayed put just in case his help really was needed.


[I just realized that I used a comma in every sentence. My bad. ^^;]

Riana gave Tax a playfull punch on the shoulder, "You keep out of trouble and get some sleep, looks like she can handle Chrono." Giving Rosette an odd look she began to lead the way to her house, careful to be slow and keep an eye on the dangling boy. "I don't mind at all actually, Blaise is good at keeping you on your toes. Let's get your friend here set up and we can go, hopefully by then Kaden will be at her house."

In no time at all they had Chrono tucked away in the back room with a lovelly fire burning on the hearth and Riana's dog, a large shepered, keeping guard. Riana triple checked that everything that could be immediatly done for Chrono had been accomplished before shooing Rosette out of the house. and down the path to Blaises house. After a quick peep through one window she identified Kaden. "Alright, no worries then, thats Kaden in there, if he gives you trouble tell him Riana says to shut it and let you be. Blaise has a nice assortment of teas as well, if I remember accordingly, so help yourself." She gave the girl a reassuring pat on the shoulder and said, "Night, then, you can see your boy in the morning," and she started back down the path.