Age of Freedom

[Gelidus]

Sarah stops as Olaris does, unsure of how to react. "I didn't really think you knew...I just...don't like the thought of it" She continued to walk with him, "I suppose I'll help you clean it. I don't have anywhere else to go, anyway..."

[tangletail]

Olaris smiled "Oh? It sure didn't seem so when the guards found you~" he teased.  When they finally reach the corridors of the castle, he glanced down several halways to regain his bearings before making a turn to the right. "What compelled you so, to take such a risky action if I may ask?"

[Gelidus]

Sarah grinned back and returned the tease, "Well I suppose it wasn't THAT bad" Her face turned serious and she put her head down as she walked, "I was turning into a mindless thrall. All the other slaves were content, maybe even happy. They had no choice in their life, and neither did I. The only difference was that I refuse to live my life by default. I'm my own person, which is why I gave the guards such a hard time when I was there. I stopped acting up recently and I realized it was because I was turning into all the other slaves. That scared the hell out of me, so I just panicked and got out of there. Nothing else seemed to matter." She lifts her head back up and looks at Olaris What about you? Have you ever thought about escaping?

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Mavelli shook his head. "Even though she was my slave, she was always harassed when I was not around. Some tried to steal her, others tried to rape her as well. Thankfully they were all armed, otherwise I would've been hanged for murder and she would be sold off. I sometimes wish my uncle never existed, but I also know that if this never happened, I probably would never have met her or you."

[Grace.E]

Tiamat had a thoughtful look on her face. she then spoke you have a passionate, protective nature about you... many would claim that you are in love with your freed slave, but I guess I don't know you enough to make that assumption. they finally arrived at the overseers building. many stared, even a watcher yelled "have you gone mad!" Tiamat wisely ignored.

[tangletail]

Olaris smiled removing one of his hands from behind himself and gestured around them. “Look around you. There are no guards. They trust me enough to not be watched constantly. Obviously I just may as well be one of these so called “mindless” slaves.” he continued walking down the hall thinking to himself “Yes... and I do recall their being one time I have thought of escaping. But that thought was quickly removed from myself when I began thinking. Infact if I felt like it now. I can remove my shackles with ease and leave through the various exits hidden within this castle that not most guards or slaves know about. I choose not to however. Not because I fear what they will do to me if I am captured in such an act. But because I fear the unknown. We are enslaved by humans. Humans are everywhere in this world. If you are captured by another, they may as well be worst then the previous. And the outside dangers are unknown as well.” He was able to keep his smile as he said this “So yes, I am content with my current situation. But I will not force this upon you, or even ask for you to stay.”

[Gelidus]

Sarah responded to his logic, "I understand what you're saying. It seems like this makes you happy. But what I was doing wasn't really like this. Everyday was the same task in the same rooms with the same guards. There was no end to it. Doing what you do seems much nicer. Would your master be willing to treat me the way he treats you? Maybe I could assist you in whatever tasks you do?" She stopped and stretched out her wings. She wanted to make sure that when her wings heal she would be able to fully extend them again and fly once more. Some of the wounds opened up and began bleeding again. She grimaced at the pain and said, "I can't promise after my wings heal and I get them stronger I won't fly away. But I would definitely like to go with you"

[tangletail]

Olaris stopped when they reached a fountain and nodded to the pool of water, handing over a cloth. "I am... a special case. Fortunate enough to survive with my abilities known, unfortunate enough to be separated from the rest of the group, leaving me with a single companion that became my best friend that I created with a stone." he waited for her to take the cloth before he continued on "I am not like most slaves. You may know that slaves are forbidden from any kind of academics, however I far excel some of the scholars within this castle. Such a thing would have easily earned me a ticket to be terminated. But they saw that I had no real plans of escaping, so I am still with you today."

[Gelidus]

Sarah took the cloth from Olaris and set it aside for a moment. She took several swallows of water, and she could feel the liquid rejuvenating her dehydrated body. She sat down, picked up the cloth again, and started to clean the top of her wings and every where else she could get to while continuing the conversation. "So what would happen with me if I were to go with you? I'll take my chance in the wild before being stuck in a situation like before" She tries to continue to clean the rest of her wings, but she can't reach. She hands the wet cloth to Olaris and looks at him, "would you mind?"

[tangletail]

Olaris calmly took the cloth from her and dipped it in the water. He allowed it to sit before pulling it out and ringing the excess fluid from it "I honestly can not answer that. More then likely you will be working within the mines." He mused as he began to clean the girls wounds. "But your not just doing one thing. If you don't mind lifting anything heavier then twenty-five kilograms and hauling it for a distance. I'd say go for it."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Mavelli rolled his eyes. "Really, our race kills thousands upon thousands of dragons, but the sight of one unchained dragon still inspires fear in these idiots." Mavelli got off his horse, and knocked on the door. In seconds the door opened up and Elliandra embraced her boss, still holding papers in one hand. "You fool, running off without even saying farewell." "You made it sound like I was going to war." "The Hawkes are the reason we're slaves Mavelli! You're probably the only one in your family that doesn't see us as property!" "Calm down, I can handle myself if he decided to call the guards. Anyway, I came to tell you I will be leaving on my expedition. I need you to keep an eye on the bookkeeper and the guards, if anything goes wrong, go to the safehouse. I put together some directions to the expedition so we can meet up later. You are authorized to deal with my guards as you see fit, so please don't panic if they try to do anything to you." Elliandra looked at the ground, frowning, then looked back at Mavelli and nodded. "Please don't do anything more stupid than usual" "Fine, I'll stay out of trouble if its possible" He kissed her briefly and she returned to the office, while Overseer Mavelli looks up at Tiamat.

"If you have any buisness to attend to, now would be a good time to do it."

[Grace.E]

Tiamat chuckled now this is new...a human and a anthro... she mused quietly to herself, by the way, is it considered rude not to introduce me to your other 'business' partner? though, a sudden instinct took over as she began to rub her body against the building. marking her scent, to let any rouge dragons know that this was 'her' territory. it was Mavelli's but rouge dragons wont listen to humans. humans watched with curiosity and fear. "sir...what is she doing?"  the all moved aside quickly when Tiamat rolled on her back to scratch and itch before getting up and shaking alot of dirt of.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Mavelli starts to chuckle. "I believe it is also considered rude to just mark my office as your territory, but we both have our reasons." Elliandra walked out of the office again, without the papers from earlier and apparently much more calm. "He has no need to, my name is Elliandra Foxxtrot. I plan on becoming a Hawke, but you try getting a minister to make it 'official' when more than ninety percent of my race is in those mines or at the textiles."

[Grace.E]

good to meet you Ms. Foxxtrot stretching like a cat, and yawned I am only this polite with female slaves such as myself, so just fair warning I may be a pain in the neck to your employer, no matter that I am indebted to him she had a wicked gleam in her eye by the way Overseer, you should of marked your building with a dragon scent, have you any idea how mines are valued by rouge dragons?

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Mavelli shrugged at her question. "We're capable of killing dragons on our own, but thank you for solving that issue temporarily." "Trust me, he would rather you give him little issues here and there rather than try to avoid him. By the time he comes back, I seriously doubt our bookkeeper will be around for more than a few hours."