Sword of Sacrifice

Ryan shrugs and steps out smiling at Melisandre and asking her, "Oh, I completely forgot to introduce myself.." Ryan takes one of Melisandre's hands in his own and gently kisses it, bowing low with a slight wince to do so and saying, "My name is Ryan.. and I almost forgot to ask my apologies for my rudeness... do you prefer to go by Melisandre or something else?" Ryan asks with a small smile.

- -Melisandre- -

Melisandre turned red in the cheeks and responded, flustered, "Oh you don't have to do that, I'm just a serving girl." She smiled again

"But my friends call me Sandy."

Ryan smiles widely, "Sandy it is then. Might you be so kind as to point me in the direction of the smithery? I would be eternally in your debt for that..."

- -Melisandre- -

Sandy frowned a little, quite obviously sad that he would be leaving so soon. "We're on the fourth floor and the smithery is on the southwest side of the first. Just follow the heat." She said, pointing down the hallway towards a staircase.

Zay chuckled as the small girl jumped and scuffled over to the red haired man, and had to bite her tongue so as not to laugh at her expression. She was quite amused.

"Braavos Jonathan Golvaga." the red haired man said in answer to her question. "Glad to see you didn’t get killed out there, either."

"Yes. It's good to see you weren't too seriously harmed as well. Though it looks like you got it worse then I did." Zay said, gesturing to herself, then to Braavos' bandages.

"In case you don't remember, the name's Zarneli Coldsinner. Call me Zay. Sorry to be brief, but what's the plan?"

The bears had made it to the Spire long ago, but the ascent was the arduous part. Ten thousand steps, and only one floor at the top. The other wizards who lived in Sof lived in scattered houses and stayed to themselves, except on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Those were Bingo nights.

Tinie collapsed when he reached the last one. The rug he fell on merely slid itself across the floor to the chair the Banana Lord.

"Tinie the apprentice, why hast thou entered my domain?", the Banana Lord asked. "Do not answer that, for I KNOW AND SEE ALL."

"It's the island. It makes people crazy.", Tinie whispered to his group. "The wizard titles seem to get even more odd as they go up. Apprentice-Acolyte-Mage-Celery-Shoe...ect."

Tinie stumbled to his feet and held out the crystal of telepathy.

"I bring this.", Tinie announced.

"Candy?!", the Banana Lord shouted, taking the crystal and eating it. He then wiped his mouth with his hat, before eating that too. "Delicious. What was that?"

"Uh...a crystal...why?", Tinie stuttered.

"Oh, the crystal of telepathy. Tinie, I told you. I SEE ALL.", the Banana Lord said, gesturing to a mirror firmly placed upside down on his wall.

Tinie looked into the mirror, and saw great and terrible things. The battle of Wessenridge, the vicious slaying of the friendly wolf person, the destruction of Jerdy and the besting of the entire elf crew.

When Tinie looked back, the Banana Lord was wearing his hat and holding the telepathy crystal.

"Tinie, I pronounce you the Arch Mage of Wessenridge.", the Banana Lord said.

"I think something wrong with this guy" Gurog whispered to Tinie, Tinie nodded slightly.

"What did he say?!" The Banana Lord asked loudly.

"He said he is very fond of your hat." Tinie said quickly.

"Oh? This hat? I am very fond of this hat myself. But where was I? Oh yes, Arch Mage! I named you it."

Hector listened intently to the lady as she spoke about this mysterious island.

"So were might I find such an island?" said Hector curiously.

"Beyond Fioldafralis, there is a small island not too far off the coast of Nobenos. Upon this small mass of land you will see two statues facing each other. If you are deemed truly insane enough to travel to Sheelry then you will find yourself teleported to an unknown and uncharted island. Once a long time ago Sheelry was a small island off the coast of Nebenos, the gods however looked down upon this land and its insane residents and cast it into a land unreachable by anyone too sane to know of it's existence. NOT EVEN LITTLE BIT!"

"Interesting," said Hector, "I'm not sure I will be able to find this land on my own... Would you happen to have a map or something of the sort?"

"Indeed," said the the woman pulling out a map, "But it will cost you a great deal of money."

"How much?" said Hector curiously

"500 bolsa!" said the lady who started chuckling crazily.

Hector looked into his satchel of money appearing to contemplate if he should buy it or not.

"I would like to first have a glance at this map before purchasing it for such a great deal of bolsa..." said Hector suspiciously.

The lady squinted her eyes then opened the map to show it to him.

Hector lunged at the map (which was luckily wrote on hide so it did not rip) snatching it away from the woman and pulling out a vile of potion he had made whilst on the rooftop of the very building. He threw the potion at the counter were the lady was, causing it to burst into flames.

The elf cried out at the fire in front of her but was only truly afraid when it began to ignite her ingredients. The flame suddenly changed from a normal orange into a painfully bright blue color.

Hector covered his eyes and made for the exit. As he escaped he could here the woman screaming from inside the building. Hector fell to the ground and rolled around to see the building engulfed into blue flames. The elven lady ran out of the door entirely engulfed in blue flames (her very skin could be seen burning off her body). She screamed violently and rolled onto the ground attempt to extinguish the flame but to no avail. She reached out her hand to try to grab Hector but as she did so she fell limp to the ground. Hector dusted off his shirt as he stood up and watched as the woman burned to mere bones.

The guards yelled at the event and Hector fled into the woods. He ran as fast as his feet would allow until he was almost give out. Falling to the ground he panted attempting to regain his breath with the map still clutched in his hands.

"That will teach you to lower your prices," said Hector with a sense of accomplishment.

As he lay motionless he could here men talking not to far ahead of him. He slowly stood up and traveled behind the trees until he saw that his fellow comrades were being carried threw the woods. Judging from the angle he fled from town and the way the men were headed it seemed they were going in a western direction exactly as Hector needed to go.

"I will fallow them," he though to himself, "Then if my comrades are still alive I will ask to see if any of them will aid me in my travels."

Waking up in the middle of the forest, Theseus walked into the city of jerdy. He found a strange boy covered in Gauze and a wierd stranger walking next to him. Theseus saw the strangers kill a man, and a traveler. Theseus saw the strangers run in such haste towards another city, and Theseus followed, and for days he followed in his balverine form.

"Excuse me!" yelled the older stranger "Excuse me!" but theseus knew the older stranger wasnt talking to him, but theseus forgot that he was still running full force and rammed into them.

They all lurched forward and were on the ground, The strangers quickly stood up with weopons drawn, the older stranger whispered to the younger one "Boy, that is a balverine, very rare in these parts, if we can act quick enough and strong enough, well be having a good dinner tonight." Theseus heard with his new keen sense of hearing and quickly jumped up high and landed on them.

While he had them pinned he turned back into his human-self "Wait, please, let me follow you, i have nowhere else to go."

Ryan heard the strangely familiar voice of the female named Zay and he said, "Where is the female that traveled with us... I .. do need to have a word with her if you could point me in the direction of her room..?" and waited for a response from Sandy.

- -Melisandre- -

"Um, she should be in her quarters down the hall and to the right." she replied, unaware that Zay was no longer in her own room.

Ryan nods, "Thank you" and walks over knocking on the door down the hall and to the right, "Zay, in there?", he asked patiently.

- -Braavos- -

"Yes. It's good to see you weren't too seriously harmed as well. Though it looks like you got it worse then I did." Zay said, gesturing to herself, then to Braavos' bandages.

"In case you don't remember, the name's Zarneli Coldsinner. Call me Zay. Sorry to be brief, but what's the plan?"

Braavos laughed nervously, patting his stylish chest wound, "Yeah, I guess I did. Little missy over here is the only reason I'm still alive." he said, nodding over at Sally, who only blinked a couple of times and mumbled something incoherent.

"And as for the plan..." he continued, leaning back on his pillow, "Well I guess the plan is to just chill out here for awhile until the plan becomes apparent."

Quiet ensued for a good three seconds, until Sally said, adressing Zay, "E-excuse me miss... Are you a vampire?"

Zay nodded, then looked over at the young girl, flashing a smile.

"Yes, I am. What may your name be?"

Zay could hear her name being called softly from down the hall, but was too interested in this small child to leave and investigate.

Dathdr woke up in his room with a pounding headache. This is what I get for drinking human whiskey, he thinks to himself. He gets up off of the bed, and wonders in the hallway for a quite, secluded room, when he happens upon Braavos, Zay, and a small child talking in a room. Dathdr wonders in, says "Hello, all!", and falls over.

Ryan hears no answer from within, so he turns back and walks back to his room, smiling at Sandy on his way in and sitting down on the bed. "Hmm... I wonder if my arm's still..."

(For the completion of the 'Delivery' quest, can all three adventurers level up?)

The Banana Lord was somehow on the ceiling with a broom, sweeping off the dust. Angelo had fallen asleep in a chair near the fireplace, and Gurog was playing with the mirror.

"Just how much dust can a ceiling collect?", Tinie asked, looking up. From the looks of it, the broom was adding dust to the ceiling, not removing it.

"Home.", Gurog said, pointing at the mirror.

Tinie walked over to the mirror, and saw the continent of Nobenos. A black shadow emerged from the top right corner, and swept over the land. Meanwhile, a red shadow swept towards it. Both of the shadows swept over the villages and towns, and in the lower half of the mirror, images of what was happenening in he villages was shown. Burning, pillaging, slaughter....

The map reset. This time, a blue light came from two directions, spilling out from the mountains, and forming a barrier between the armies. There was also a blue circle radiating around each town. The blue took turns alternating between black and red.

"Home....", Tinie asked. "We need to return home."

The Banana Lord was dancing with a mannequin when Tinie and Gurog looked back.

"Sounds delightful. What side will you join?", the Banana Lord asked.

Gurog and Tinie looked at each other for a moment.

"Evil"

Hector built a fire and mumbled about how easy it would be if he had a potion like before. After he successfully started the flame he sat down and began to roast the frog which he had captured earlier and was looking forward to a bit of food (he hasn't eaten in a day and a half).

As the frog cooked Hector glanced toward the city which his comrades had been taken into and contemplated how to get in. Soon the frog was prepared and Havoc took off his mask to eat it.

"OY!" shouted somebody behind him.

Hector turned around pulling out his blade.

"I mean no harm!" said Havoc standing his ground.

"Your a bloody monster!" shouted the guard who appeared to be from the city.

Havoc reached down and put back on his mask.

"My friends were recently taken into the castle here and I would like to see them," said Hector putting away his blade, "Can you escort me to the castle?"

"Oh i'll take yee to the castle dear lad," said the guard grabbing his arm and pulling him, "But not to see your friends, tis for the leader to decide that."

Hector sighed and allowed himself to be carried toward the castle.

The stranger laughs "We're heading for the island of the dead, not much of a place that most people want to go." then the man gets off us and said his name was Theseus.
"But first were gunna reek some havoc upon the poor citizens of jerdy, your welcome to come, were meerly gunna kill a few people, steal items, and burn what we can burn."

The boy was unusually happy, all this talk of chaos made his gauze shift in delight.

They all headed towards a random man walking on the dirt road, and with that, a powerful stranger, an undead warrior, and a balverine wanted to see how blood drunk they can get.

Ryan asks, "Sandy... might I ask a favor of you? Would you help me get a look at my wounds..?"

- -Bahntalos- -

Bahntalos watched quietly as pretty much everyone in the group he had rescued started walking about the hall going in and out of various rooms, the last of whom being the drunken elf (Who was looking more sober than previously, but was still pretty hammered)

"They're certainly an odd bunch." He declared, shrugging his shoulders. "I'll check on them later." he decided, leaving to deal with other matters.

- -Braavos- -

Zay nodded, then looked over at the young girl, flashing a smile.

"Yes, I am. What may your name be?"

The girl shifted uncomfortably; talking certainly didn't seem to be one of her strong points.

"S-sally." She answered, turning even rosier in the cheeks.


Suddenly, Dathdr strode in, shouting "Hello All!" and then promptly fell over.

Sally made a high pitched gasp (Which Braavos had not known was possible) and said, "Are you alright, mister?!"

Braavos only laughed and said, "Been hitting the hard stuff, I see. Now THAT sounds like a plan."

He took another swig of his whiskey.

Dathdr getts up lazily, then steals Braavos' whiskey and starts to chug it. He promptly falls over, spilling the whiskey on Zay and a potted plant. he then precedes to sob in the corner.

Traveling with his new companions seemed to be an interesting exprience for Theseus. Now knowing of the boy's past, of his ancient bloodline, and the reason he wears the gauze. And the older stranger being an Earth Spirit and all.

As they came closer to the city of Jerdy we spotted a random man walking the Dark streets of Jerdy alone.

The boy and the older stranger kept following the man as Theseus went to a dark alley to go into Balverine form. Scaling the building to put himself into position for the ambush.