Welcome to The Bloodhounds RP

[[Sov]]

Creature had been silently listening and pondering the others thoughts and ideas on how to breech the walls of the castle. It didn't much matter to him, because in his mind there wasn't any average man or beast that could take him down in a fight. He somewhat grunted at Zavier's story, he didn't care for anyone's personal sob stories or how they felt about anything, as far as creature was concerned he'd kill anyone that got in his way on the path to Saker and Saker himself if no one else could. Creature shifted his weight and the floor boards creaked under his weight as the house matron appeared in the doorway.

"Heh, perfect." He stated in a dark low tone, a bit of a grin exposing his fangs, this time he flicked out his forked snake-like tongue tasting the midnight air around them. His glowing markings were now starting to fade slightly to a dull glow, there was no reason for them to be incredibly bright, plus having them glow brightly tired him out slightly when his adrenalin wasn't pumping.

[darryldemented]

"i also value health but i can do some healing myself so your services probrably wont be needed marcus," as his sentence came to an end the owner of the establishment entered and informed them her brother was headed to aetherius and that he might not mind giving them a ride, Jesse pondered this for a second. the rode to aetherius was where the bandit attacks in the area had been happening, maybe they could work this to their advantage. "Varen, do you think we could persuade Roland to act as a merchant and allow us to play his guards? this would keep expenses down and take us right to the bandits. a few of us could ride as passengers and the rest could play guard!"

[Kaya]

Cassandra smiles a bit at Jesse's  comment 'play guard' and ponders how/ where she could be placed in the caravan.

[Cifero Windtail]

"I like it," Zavier said. "But how should we convince him?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Marcus stopped flipping through his cards and put them away as he strolled over to Cassandra.

"I came here on a "rented" horse, so I could be the caravan's scout, but I would like you to cover my blind side as I go ahead... if you think you're ready for it that is."

[Otebon Albrecht]

Sarah laughed. "It seems as though my brother will be quite pleased. The thought is barely out of my mouth before you begin to plot over it. As luck would have it, my brother is right downstairs. I own the Flying Fish, but Roland does small errands for me. The entire purpose of his trip tomorrow is to pick up some things for the kitchen and bring back some supplies we can't get here. I'll go and have him come up so  you can speak specifics with him. If you need anything else, come and find me. It's getting into the dinner hour so I'll have one of the girls bring something up if you're still here once the rush passes." Sarah made a short bow with her hands folded in front of herself. "By your leave." With that she turned and left.


Varen turned back to the group. "Excellent. It looks like we have our passage." He pointed at the fox. "I like Marcus' idea. The thought of us all sitting in one or two carriages as they are attack just sounds like we're asking for trouble. Cassandra, you are a bit more mobile than..." Varen's eyes drifted to Creature, "some of us. You think you can be an outrider for us? If you and Marcus can scout out our area, we can have at least a little bit of notice before the hammer comes down."

[darryldemented]

"excellent plan, at least we wont be surprised. but will we continue with one or two of us disguised as guard? or simply hide in the back of the carriage?" jesse asked

[[Sov]]

Creature let out a low hiss, "I think that'll be somethin' we discuss with Miss Sarah's brother when he comes up 'ere. Don't you think he'll be able to tell us how much capacity the carriage has?" his tone was slightly condescending. He shifted his mass looking at Jesse and Varen, and then turned his head, cracking his neck by pushing on his jaw in each direction his vertebrae loudly popping one at a time.

[Kaya]

Cassandra nods to Varen, then glances at Creature. "that we should do... it would indeed better our understanding of how everything is going to play out..."

[Cifero Windtail]

(You know that you're kinda leaving me out of the conversation, right?)
"And don't worry if they manage to reach the carriage," Zavier said. He drew the long rapier he carried by his side. "I can probably get them off."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Marcus looked at Zavier and chuckled at his words. "Zavier, we won't be able to keep you with us if your confidence goes only as far as 'probably get them off'. Doubt leads to indecision, which can get most people in our line of work killed." He made his way over to the front door, turning back to Varen. "Just tell me when we're leaving, and I'll go scout ahead before we leave."

[Otebon Albrecht]

Varen chuckled slightly. "I think our departure time will be a bit dependent on Roland, don't you think?"

At that moment, there was a knocking on the door. Very slowly it opened to reveal a male Horse. "Good evening Bloodhounds," he said as he entered, hat in hand. "My name is Roland. My sister, Sarah, says that you all wish to sign on as guards for my trip to Aetheria. I can't tell you how much of a relief it is to know that I'm going to have so many extra blades around me. Those bandits have been harrying anyone and everyone that looks to be an easy mark or carries valuable cargo. I have no doubts about being among the first group, I'll tell you that."


Varen moved forward. I guess since everyone is deferring to me, that makes me the unofficial leader... didn't think that would happen... He extended his hand. "Yes, your sister was kind enough to mention your trip to Aetheria and our contract is leading us... in that general direction." Varen cringed. It isn't right that I have to lie to this guy. He's nice enough, but we can't have him running around with information about us... "Before we begin, however, we need to know as much as we can about your trip. Mainly, when are you leaving, where should we meet you to begin, and how you plan to travel."


Roland nodded. "Couldn't expect much else from Bloodhounds, eh? If it pleases you, we will meet here an hour before sunrise. My wagon is already packed up and the stuff I'm taking to trade is already tied down. Perhaps four of you could ride if you wish, if you wanted to pack in close, but I can't imagine that you would... I plan to head west. It's straighter that way and will keep us in dangerous territory for the shortest time."

[[Sov]]

Creature watched Varen interact with Roland, he listened carefully to the horse, and to what Varen had to say back to him. "Four of us will fit, if we pack in close? How close are we talking here?" Creature glanced at the others in the room, he was by far the biggest, and tallest, even making Roland look small. It made him wonder if he'd be picked to go if only four could fit in the cart. He took up nearly two places ordinarily.

[darryldemented]

creatures question sparked Jesse's curiosity he began to ponder the question of space hmm there are seven of us and two will scout and four can fit in the wagon, where would the other go Jesse wondered " well two of us are going ahead as scouts, you say four of us could squeeze in the back of the wagon and maybe another could help drive the wagon?"

"or maybe we could go back to the guard idea and creature would walk along with the wagon I'm sure with his long stride he could keep up" not to mention effortlessly look menacing he thought. he remembered in his home town most people got around by running or by bicycle. their town had been relatively small with a population of 1000 primarily made of wolfs who were accustomed to running around anyways the smaller mammals typically used the bikes as it were.

he looked over at varen, during their training they had spent many days partnered together doing whatever random task had been assigned to them, one one occasion the had been asked to run to the neighboring town and get medicinal herbs as a favor to the abbot of the nearby monastery the journey had taken them two days and one night. it was a quite a bit of ground to cover for two young wolves but they did it nonetheless. on the way they had actually encountered a highway man who had mistaken Jesse for a lost cub when he was gathering firewood.

"give all your gold or your life!" he had said he was in a dark cloak but Jesse could tell he was a raccoon. Jesse threw the sticks down on the ground and yelled "take it if you can!" then pulled a dagger and dueled with him about this time varen had came out from the woods relieving himself and saw the highwayman and Jesse fighting he heroically pulled his shortsword and stepped in helping Jesse chase off the robber who during the confusion dropped a pouch of gold and supplies.

that night Jesse and varen split the gold and feasted on the food in the bag and later went on to finish their mission. it had been an interesting night. Jesse pondered asking varen if he would mind doing the same again (minus getting mugged if they could help it) he decided he would bring it up later on if they couldn't fit everyone.

[Kaya]

"The path we are going to be taking, will there be any wooded areas?" Cassandra asked Quietly after Jesse, and Creature spoke. "I could run ahead as a scout."