Kin Chronicles Realm: Betrayal of the Guardians

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Soria scoffed as she watched Drevo get dragged into the Inn, "So much for the once great society of Voronese Knights." Her demure and face grew a little more dark at the sight of White falling down the stairs and not too far from her, "And not too much from the last remaining White Mage." She sighed and stood up, arms still crossed, "Well, to business. Korius is currently going to be training with me for the time being. The Guardians are up to something, and it's nothing good. I'm forcing Korius to quickly unlock the rest of his power, or die trying. We are running short on time, and we can't afford any more delays. You will continue your journey without him for the time being. But you won't be leaving empty-handed, either. You all must get stronger and faster, as well. So in order to fulfill that, you must go on and take care of the Guardians without your crutch to help you. He's not a Destined one, so if he dies from this, it'll be up to you all." Soria reached under her table and pulled up a bunch of small satchels. She walked around and handed them to Kitt, Drevo, White and Talin. "In each of your satchels, lays both a gift and a cursed item that will affect your personally." Inside Kitt's satchel, there laid what looked like a normal map of central Celestia, Kyzen's territory, and a bloodied and mangled crest of the Szarda clan. "That was your mother's, as is the map. It's your own quest to decipher the message within it." Drevo's contained a folded portrait of his family that was partially burnt and a stained dagger that was rusted. "I'm fairly sure you know who that belongs to. Be patient, he will be yours. Train hard." Talin's contained the wedding gauntlet from the ninja village, all destroyed and mangled, and a small item that seemed to be permanently sealed within scraps of scripts. "I"m sure even an idiot like you can figure out the meaning of that piece of ceremonial armour. The egg is safe. The small item in question, do not use unless you're knocking on death's door." Finally, in White's satchel, there was only one item, a lone Voronese trinket box. "In there is the only existing diamond. It's not pure or flawless, but it will give you enough of a boost to make up for your uselessness." Finally, Soria walked up to Kiana, her face only inches from her's. "Your brother is far from dead, young one. But he's no longer the man you remember that he was. His spirit has been ripped from the netherworld, back to ours'. In order for you to survive the coming trials, you are going to need this." Soria ran a finger on Kiana's shoulder and down her chest, passing on Kiana's breast. Without warning, Soria straightened her hand almost like a chop and ran her fingers into Kiana's stomach. With her other hand, she grasped Kiana's face and a bright flash consumed the room. When the light dissipated, Soria was already walking away from Kiana, "Consider that a gift. You'll find that you should have the ability to start practicing on that necklace without too much risk. However, I recommend not trying to use more than 1% of your power to start with." After exiting, Soria vanished, leaving no trace of any kind.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

There were so many things that Kiana wanted to snap at Soria with as she spoke but all of those comments remained in her head. "Die trying? I'll give you die trying... Go on without him?! Are you *** crazy?! We can't beat another Guardian without him, we barely beat the last one... If he dies, I'll kill you myself!" Kiana thought to herself, her face moving into a scowl as the thoughts moved through her mind. The scowl remained as she watched Soria give everyone their satchels, having no concern about not being named, and told them what was inside. When Soria came over to her, Kiana remained still and her expression didn't change, even though she hated the woman being that close to her. Hearing Soria speak about her brother, her eyebrows furrowed though she resisted changing her expression with any other way. When Soria touched her, she really wanted to pull away but wasn't able to. When her hand was shoved into her stomach, Kiana couldn't resist bending forward as her breath was knocked out of her then was straightened back up after Soria grasped her face. As soon as the deed was done, Kiana watched as Soria walked away as she spoke and exited the tavern. Anger enveloped Kiana. So much so that she had an extreme urge to punch something with all of her might. The anger was quite apparent by the look on her face and her left hand clenched into a fist, also showing her urge to punch something as well as she glared at the floor.

[White Wolf Guardian]

"Uhh... yeah about that." *The wolf responded upon seeing Soria* "Totally not my fault..." *He turned for a moment to glare at Drevo while feeling his bladder like a heart beating with terribly clogged arteries* "Oh gaia I hope this doesn't take long." *Sweat beads rolled down the side of his head in the normal temperature environment of the room* "Of course I would be last, that's how the world always works, but hell I didn't get a cursed item thank goodness... err I think. Shit, which did I get?!" *He put the trinket box in his cloak and ran to the bathroom down the hall at long last, not waiting for any sort of reactions to the only diamond being in his possession* "Finally... FINALLY!" *He stood there for several minutes occasionally eying the box in his cloak* "I'm not really fond of using any item that is potentially evil." *He suddenly remembered what Soria said about no longer being useless* "Holy crap... will this thing make me run and jump faster too? I would love to finally be able to jump down from a roof without having to worry about breaking my legs or punching the wall without breaking a hand... again." *He looked at the trinket box fiendishly as he walked back into the lobby among his companions*

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Talin looked at the gauntlet, the only visible change on his face being the twitch under his right eye. He put it back in the sack, half-tempted to throw the entire sack out the window in anger. Then he flipped a table over, broke a chair against a wall, and back-handed the bartender that tried to stop him from further damage. Black smoke rose out of his clothes as his ancestor tried to take advantage of his rage. The rage and opportunity was short-lived, and Chronin was shoved into a tiny corner of his descendant's mind. Nothing will get done while grieving, or raging. Nothing. He repeated this in his head as he put the table back up and cleaned up the remains of the chair. He let out a heavy sigh and rubbed his eyes and face before looking at Kiana. "Korius will catch up by the time we deal with the next guardian. Right now, lets get our drunken knight sober again. Then, we'll continue to the next guardian..."

[Srgntcuddles]

Contrary to popular belief Drevo was far from drunk at this point. The hint of the destroyed ninja village where his friends were was on his mind. The last remaining thing he could call family could have possibly been destroyed. He looked at the burnt picture of his family, looking at him, his brother, sister and parents together being happy. He twirled the dagger in the palm of his hand and threw it to stick into the wooden floor. When Soria had made her exit he chased after, taking the dagger from the ground as he shot out of his chair. Outside he didn't see a sign of her anywhere. The thought of returning to the village now had crossed his mind. Looking at the dagger he clenched it in his hand and walked off.

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt took the map and the crest, watching Soria cautiously with his bright amber eyes. He remained silent as she passed among the others and still remained silent once she had left the tavern. With a deep sigh he ran his thumb across the Szarda emblem, tarnished with blood until it no longer glimmered with the golden beauty it once had. Kitt held the crest in one hand, staring at it in contemplation, and then closed his fingers tight around it "How did she get hold of this, If it belonged to my mother?"

The question was directed at no one in particular, and indeed Kitt did not seem to expect an answer, for he pulled up his hood a moment later "And what did she mean by a cursed item?" He folded the map and slid both items into a leather pouch at his belt, then leaned back in his seat and sighed again. With one hand still stroking Evellyn's head absentmindedly Kitt suddenly grinned "Well... I dont know about you guys, but I'm still in the mood for some breakfast!"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Soria reappeared out of the blue near where Korius now sat. He was up, and was waiting. "Keep your mind off your companions, I sent them on ahead of you." Korius nearly roared, "They can't! They're not ready yet!" Soria's figure disappeared and reappeared kicking him in the face and stepping firmly on it, "Like with you, they don't have time, either. If they don't shape up enough to fight without you, then they are as good as dead. Remember, you are not a Chosen One. You are useless without your full power. Unlike them, you are already at your strongest, merely sealed away and tarnished from Lady Koara's pacification of your heart. Your abilities are merely hindered, not undiscovered. You know your role in all this, play it or leave."

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Kiana looked around the room and was sort of surprised by the fact that it seemed like none of them had even seen what happened to her. Like it hadn't happened. She was also surprised by the fact that Talin seemed to have read her mind when she was thinking angrily while Soria had been talking. Just then she realized that Drevo wasn't in the Inn and she quickly went out the door to find him walking away down the street. "And where are you going?" She questioned when she spotted him, prepared to use her majicka if need be in case he tried to run off again.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*White looked around seeing that Soria left and Drevo quickly made an escape* "And... Kitt, the way that Soria phrased how the map belonged to his mother, it's only a matter of time before he figures out what has befallen her. Whether or not I should keep to the wishes of the said fate of her is another story, I don't think I have the courage to break the silence by telling him after all his work that she was dead the entire time. It will just make him give up, hopefully he takes the map as another clue to finding her rather than accepting she's dead." *White also noticed Kiana leave in the same direction as Drevo out the door* "Great, another conflict. You know what? I think I actually am going to join this one, because that punk also got me drunk!" *He rushed out the door not far behind the Earth mage* "I will gladly help collect him this time." *He gripped the diamond in his left hand with a toothy grin hidden under the shade of his cloak while looking towards the ninja past Kiana*

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Talin wanted to knock Drevo down and drag him back like he thought Korius would, but he refrained as Kiana was getting ready to do just that. He smiled and almost shoved Kitt even though he ment to playfully push. "Just remember that we have to conserve whatever money we have left..." He walked over to the bar, offered Kitt a chair, then promptly got out of sight of the bruised bartender. He went to the farthest corner of the inn, sat down, and finally broke down into sobs now that the immediate issues were dealt with.

[Srgntcuddles]

Drevo turned to see White and Kiana behind him. He stopped and stared at the both of them as if it were an old western showdown. He felt his stomach turn, the fact that they thought he was going to run off again hurt but also that they cared enough to stop him made him feel funny. "I wanted to chase down that cat for hitting you. What else." he said sarcastically. He would have said he was going to retrieve his things from the black smith but didn't care to. It seems no one noticed he was weaponless. With that said he turned and walked off. If he was assaulted he would react as needed.

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt grinned, even though Talin almost knocked him to the ground "Yeah... But when that black cat walked in, she dropped a bag of money off for the inkeeper, ordering breakfast for our group... Free breakfast is always the best!" He grinned childishly and sat down at the bar, Evellyn on his shoulder like a bizarre taloned-parrot...

When Talin broke down in the corner, Kitt scratched his neck awkwardly. He glanced around but realised that they  where the only two from their group left in the Inn and, sighing, he stood up and walked over "Hey Talin..." He paused and shuffled his feet awkwardly, shooting glances at him from under his hood "Need someone to talk to?"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Korius didn't want to admit that she was right, but she was. He released more Ki this time, and sped away from underneath her foot, and seemed to disappear, reappearing behind Soria, and throwing a powerful kick. However, like usual, Soria merely dodged it, but this time wasn't unscathed. A small, thin cut appeared just under her eye, "Not quite anything special, but you're getting there. And you men call us overly cautious and weak. Let's go, let me see what you can do!"

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Kiana crossed her arms as she listened to Drevo's excuse for why he had been walking off. "You're going the wrong way..." She said with a smirk. Glancing back at White, she gave him a look to tell him that his help wasn't necessary. "You can go ahead and go back inside and eat. I'm sure your hungry, you always are." She said with a halfhearted chuckle. "I'll accompany Drevo wherever he's going and make sure he doesn't try to run off." After that, she walked at a quickened pace and caught up with Drevo, walking beside him casually.

[White Wolf Guardian]

"Aww man I wanted to try out my new pebble too...Hey I'm not always hungry! Just... most of the time." *He walked away with a disappointment that could have amounted to a small dark cloud floating over his head* "Well that was without adventure, I still want to at least... hit him... maybe a couple times. Damn that ninja." *He returned to the inn seeing Kitt talking with Talin and again thinking back to his conscience* "Yeah I'm going to just avoid this situation and do as Kiana suggested, I am actually hungry." *He walked into the bar area, asking for some steak and sat down remaining silent*