The Warped (2nd Party)

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis was thankful that they weren't noticed, despite Constance almost falling right on top of carriage. "I don't know, it seems more like an execution sentence to me." The chameleon shook her head, the color coming back into her as she talked to Macid. She swung back right side up on the limb and climbed up the tree to get her armor and bag, merely stuffing the armor in the bag. Stealth is going to get me further, that's for sure. she thought as she did so. She was back to being shirtless in a pair of black cargo shorts. "Especially for people like Macid and I who can only rely on books. Personally, I say screw the old man, I just want to survive. He's got us stuck here for two years. It seems impossible at this point. It makes me wonder if people like that cat know what we look like or if they are relying on modern clothing and such to tip them off." Mortis seemed upset herself, but more angry and frustrated. "We need to check our map and mark the places that we know are swarmed with these soldiers and such."

When the gem flickered with Filadus's image, Mortis merely turned her head and stayed in the tree. She wasn't in a talking mood and she assumed that the others were perfectly capable of relaying the information to her once he was gone.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance didn't want to let go of the branch, even with Moon below her. The thought of what they were facing made her just want to give up. However, when Filadius appeared she let go and fell from the tree landing on all fours right in front of him. "You jerk!" she barked. "How could you DO this to us?! What were you thinking?!" she continued. She was clearly very upset. "They have GUNS! Why couldn't you find an archer or something!? At least then we would stand a chance! But no! You give us two books some cooking knives and a DAGGER! We're going to be killed, Filadius! If that's even your real name! You-...I-...Ugh!" She threw her arms into the air and walked off in a huff. She was beyond sounding angry. The tears were still in her eyes, she was actually scared. It's not every day someone in flung to another time to fight gun toting bad guys.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid's crying had turned to sniffles as he slowly climbed down the tree. Mortis' words of an execution sentence did not help make him feel better at all. When he noticed Filadius' image appear out of Moon's belly, he sat down and crossed his arms while Constance yelled at him. He wanted answers and he wasn't going to let him leave without them.

[serpington]

max rolled out from under the bushes once the convoy was gone and walked over to the tree as filadius appeared. he stayed back while constance went off and decided it was safe to approach when she stoemed off. "explain. now. exactly what are we up against and how the [removed] we're suposed to beat these soldiers YOU brought here." he looked filadius in the eyes as he spoke, the sections of ramsey now secured back in their places around his waist and across his back.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Filadius sighed as he scratched the back of his head, "As much as I'd like to tell you, I can't. If I were to divulge that information, it may affect your ability to take them down, ensuring the permanent change of time. Yes, it was my mistake for being so desperate as to bring them back and then enchant their weapons. But to be fair, I thought that the gem, when it brought me back, would traverse the same amount of time that I had spent in theirs. I had no idea it would bring me back the very second that I had left, so I was in a hurry. It's no excuse, merely why I did what I did. However, their weapons were not created by magic. You will discover that when the time comes for you to face them, you will be more than adequately equipped to kill them, in both experience and equipment. You are destined to be the heroes that rise to the top, but I can't reveal anything that might jeopardize your quest. I'm very sorry. Is there anything else that has nothing to do with badgering this old man?"

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis climbed upward as high as she could into the tree. She felt distracted... Angry, and upset. She perched herself on a higher limb, using her tail to steady herself. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath and sighed as she heard yelling below her. "Macid's crying, Constance.." She stopped in order to confirm it was indeed Constance yelling. She couldn't make out what it was she was saying, but it was her, for sure. "Constance is angry. I don't know what Max's deal is..." She tapped her palm on her forehead, thinking. "I don't know how we're going to keep together after all of this." It was then that the lizard remembered her book. "May as well take a look while everyone is busy." She muttered. She felt just as defeated as the others did, but she wasn't going to let it get in the way of surviving. "I'll handle the fireworks once they finish handling Filadus, figure out what to do from there..." She was now beginning to talk to herself almost methodically. She pulled her book out of her bag, inspecting it before she opened it. The page that had been glowing before was still giving off a beacon. Carefully, she flipped through the pages to see what the book was fussing about.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance had wandered off a bit, behind a tree a little ways away. She was still within earshot, however. She curled up, pressing her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. She rested her forehead on her knees to think. The tears had stopped for now at least. When the monkey came over to her she gave it a hug, which she felt she needed. Though the monkey was small and didn't do well to hug it still made her feel better knowing it wasn't killed. "I have to pull myself together...If not for me for the others. I'm the only other one with an actual weapon...I...Can't be such a coward."

[Ares the Ram]

Macid stared daggers at Filadius. He was infuriated that he acted so carelessly. But when he said that they would be adequately prepared to take them down when the time came to kill them, he was intruiged. "Will their weapons no longer work after a time? or will something else happen?" When he was finished talking, Macid piped up, wiping the tears from his face. "Can you at least tell us who they are and what their weapons are? So we know who we're up against?" Macid fumbled around in his bag to get out Anon, ready to write down names and weapons. He doubted that the old man would give him full names, but at least he could keep track of their names and weapons.

[serpington]

"at the very least, can you tell us more about our weapons? or how the other group is doing if you know." max asked sitting down at the edge of the water facing away from the others. he was staring over to where the remains of the soldier still layed which he could still see through the trees. "surely none of those questions will effect our 'quest'. and has anyone seen mortis?" he looked around a little bit only half-caring at that moment.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

The old man sighed, and thought for a moment, before crossing his arms, "Well, for starters, I can't tell you the status of the other team, as I am not with them, I'm with you. As for their names, I'm sure you'll find them out as you go along. And I guess telling you the weapons they have wouldn't affect your quest too much, but save to say that their weapons are indefinite because of the enchantments. But their weapons are a modified M82A2 .50-caliber sniper rifle with a longer and larger barrel, as well as a larger size modification so it has 2 magazines and can be shot without recoil. There's also a High Standard 10 semi-automatic shotgun. Another has a Long-Barrel Desert Eagle with a laser sight and reflex sight. Another carries a Russian SVD Dragunov sniper rifle with intra- er, infrared sensor scope. Another carries the American M60E4 heavy machine gun with an ACOG sight and a modified dual-drum feed for extremely high firing rate. One carries an MGL-140 grenade launcher, but he can change his ammunition type by writing the rune of the type with his blood. Finally, the last weapon they have is a set of military knives with a katana. That's all I can divulge to you kids. I'm sorry." Moon went over to Constance during the whole speech and nudged her, trying to cheer her up. Meanwhile, the next two pages, remained sealed in Mortis' book, but they continued to glow.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis groaned lowly when the pages remained stuck together. "Damnit, book... Boreas. Now you're just going to be like one glowing target for that sniper bitch if anything." The chameleon wrapped her book back up and placed it in the bag, looking through the limbs and out into the sky. Her posture was that of someone who was very exhausted, and in all honesty, she did feel exhausted, at the very least mentally. "I really don't like relying on the old man for answers. He put us here, it wouldn't be hard to manipulate what we 'know' in a world we don't know anything about."

[Srgntcuddles]

When Moon nudged Constance she almost fell over. However she gave her a hug around her neck. Even though her scales were cold she felt warm, the thought of the gesture making her feel better. Good enough to stand up. Doing so she gave Moon a pat on the head. "Thanks, Moon..." she said softly. The monkey jumped onto her shoulder and huged her too around her neck. "Aww...Thank you, too, little guy. I didn't forget you." she said giving the monkey a small hug with one arm. Constance walked back over to where the group was, mostly, with Moon following her. "Alright. We should go. We can't sit here forever, we need to get to the next town." she said, faking a strong tone. She was trying to be the brave one at this point. After speaking she went for her bag and hefted it onto her back.

[Ares the Ram]

"...with a katana." Macid had finished copying what Filadius' had said in Anon and marked the first sniper rifle with black cat and the shotgun with Jackson. He closed the book and wiped the tears from his eyes. He got up in time to see Constance coming back. He did a small wave as he turned to Max. "She's up in the tree. Does anyone have an idea what to do now? The nearest towns will probably get us killed before we even step inside." He tried to keep an eye on the road and his ears open for any more sounds of danger.

[serpington]

"we should wait for mortis to come down. then we can decide on a course of action." max said to oth constance and macid. he looked from one to the other and down to moon. "at any rate, i think meeting up with the others, dispite what happened yesterday, should be a priotity before trying to take these guys on." he curled his tail loosely around his feet forming a circle before sighing and looking back to the old man. "we can camp here tonight if you three want. the trees over there should give us cover from the road and we still have plenty of food."

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Moon squeaked happily at Max's idea of taking a rest without moving on, on top of being loved by Constance. She quickly ran around, looking for dry leaves and as many branches as she could fit into her mouth and brought it over to the brush near the big tree. The clearing behind the brush was nice and open, but the brush was thick enough to hide them. She then took a big breath and puffed as hard as she could, blowing only smoke. Moon coughed upon inhaling some of it herself, and sighed, running over to the tree where Mortis was hiding. She then squeaked up to her before headbutting the trunk of the tree.