(Restart) Legend Of The Emerald Sword: RP thread

[Jormungdang]

Wilfred had crossed through an alleyway, keeping to the shadows, and doubled back on the small house with the chimney as they had originally planned. He broke one of the windows and crawled inside, encountering Luke and then the team had proceeded to the basement in order to strategize. As they were planning, Wilfred's manacle began to heat up, and glancing over at Luke, he saw that his partner was in pain.
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"Really, they want to talk to us right now? Alright, fine. But I'm gonna erect a barrier so that our mysterious caller's presence doesn't alert the guards." Wilfred responded.
 
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Wilfred erected a barrier around the basement and also barred the door. "There, that should allow us to talk somewhat freely."

[Chronic Payne]

As Charles watches the silver wolf disappears above the rooftops he snickers and turns to head back to the castle, "Moody little thing..." But the sudden silence was cut short by a loud shot that echoed through the alleyways and streets, "By the gods, what was that?", as Charles looks about he heads in the direction the sound came from, meanwhile the four guards sent after Wilfred and Luke stop on a rooftop overlooking the streets then split up yelling at each other to remember you Flare spell which launches, well a flare like fireball into the air when they find them.


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With in the castle the guards were looking around the throne room before the loud shot got their attention and they left to go check it out, "That was close one...", letting out a soft sigh gets to his feet then makes his way to the Royal garden hiding and avoiding the guards, til a conversation catches his ear, he creeps up the halls cracking the door to the kitchen as a couple chefs talk.


"So, have you heard about Prince Sergei from the Kingdom of Pangaea  is coming to the festival? To participate in the tournament!", The cook chops up some lettuce

"Keep your voice down fool! and yes I heard about that, but why though.",

"I heard he was coming to prove himself to his father or something, winning the tournament is a sure fire way to get noticed through out the land."

"I heard he was forced to come cause of family issues, like the king is making him join the tournament... win or die he doesn't really care."

"Who knows, with all these folks from different lands and kingdoms, for all we know this could be a kingdom take over waiting to happen."

"You see talk like that is why we never ask you to come hang with us...",

"Hey, I'm just telling it like it is!"

"Yeah but you go so dark and hopeless... Why!?"

"I swear you two never get along... yah fight like a wedded couple!",
Suddenly a fight of vegetables and flour powder starts up in the kitchen, Alex rolls his eyes and continues on, "Hmph, the prince huh? I remember him... A real Royal Ass, and sore loser, wouldn't be surprised if he came just fight me.", smiles and makes way into the garden looking about, "Now where could he be?", glancing over the garden spots the Kings crown sitting a top a bench, rushing over picks it up and looks around some more and sees his robe laying on the ground, and follows deeper into the garden along a trail of rocks and dirt organized in random patterns.


Walking a long remembers running around when he was younger before things got hectic and emotional, his tail flickers about looking at the flowers all of which were imported from lands around the world, out of the corner of  his eyes he sees a lone figure sitting against a tree, looking over realizes it's the king with his sword stabbed into the tree he looks okay and... asleep. "Uh... King Augus?" his eyes open slowly as he gives a warm smile.

[nixon/monto]

It says here
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Day two; organization and well finding places to stay in or set up camp for the week.
"So this is lasting one whole week? Man this is going to take a while."

Day three; Announcement to the ones who "qualify" for the tournament of course by this day a lot other weaker ones have been, in a word cut...
"We'll that's resuring."

Day four; Preparation and training, testing skills against one another thinning out the herd again. And randomizing the tournament matches.
"Randomizing. Right."

Day five; Tournament begins with seven separate arenas, each holding randomly matched people going through five matches...
"Day five, five matches. Easy to remember."

Day six; Tournament continues reaching preliminary round, rest of the day is left for resting or training for tomorrow.
"Ya here that pup? Training."

Day seven; Final rounds, and each arena's champion is automatically elected to go on the quest for the Emerald Shard... followed by a huge parade to the castle and celebration for the victors.
"Oh...a parade. I don't like attention but ok"

Day eight; Preparations for the quest and last goodbyes to all who came...
"Eight days...this is going to be a long eight days pup, hope you're ready." (The dog nods showing he is.)  "glad to see that, time to go investigate that noise I heard. It sounded like explosives, but there is no way the guards would allow that."  (Nixon walks to the area of the gun shot.)

[ST-84 Sahelanthropus]

Charles notices the bullet hole in the otherwise smooth wall, then the big heavily-armord Lizard with an alabarda in his left hand emerges from the alleyway and sees the Bear. The Lizard also has a longsword sheathed by his left side, and a pistol holstered by his right. "Sir Charles Benedict, the Commander of the Karryon Army, am I right? Me and my comrade chased the perpetrator down this alleyway, but the road split off and there was no trace of them. This and connecting roads would be a good place to look for them, although there was also another perp as well that seemed to have just vanished, possibly into one of the buildings."

Pizarro continues his search of the target in some alleyways for a bit before looking to a high point to keep watch and maybe shoot from. He chooses the steeple of the grand cathedral that is within the walls of the castle. As he walks with the loaded rifle, his finger is always on the trigger, for his eyes can sight an individual and his computer mind can identify them and determine their level of hostility and intent without his muscles acting first, bringing friendly fire and civilian casualties to basically zero chance of occurrence. He then suddenly heard a somewhat faint sound of glass breaking in the distance, probably a window due to the sound of smaller pieces of glass falling and breaking just afterward, and felt it may have been worth investigating, if he could find the exact source of the sound...

[Luke White-Heart]

Luke nodded his thanks to Wilfred, then stared at the rune he had wrought. Suddenly, a shimmering image of his Master appeared. Luke bowed his head.
"Spare me the formalities, Luke," his Master said impatiently, waving a hand. Luke looked up.
"That's better. Now, fill me in."
"I've teamed up with a Fallen Angel named Wilfred. We've put our names into the list and we are waiting for the official announcement now."
His master nodded. "Good. Keep a low profile, Luke. We don't want undue attention. If anyone gets in your way, remove them. Quietly. You may want to befriend the Guards to better disguise your intentions." Luke nodded. It was a logical thing to do.
"Is that all, Master?"
"Yes, Luke. Keep me updated as often as possible."
"Yes, Master."
The image faded away, and the rune circle grew dark. Luke stood, then motioned to Wilfred to disable the barrier.

[Jormungdang]

Wilfred disabled the barrier and unbarred the door, his manacle slowly cooling. "How are we going to befriend the guards? We just caused a riot. I think we better come up with a plan. The fastest way to get to the guards would probably be to get caught but I don't think we can afford to have them investigate us." Wilfred whispered softly. "Anyway, I think that we should go back to the square, as they're bound to assign us our lodging and blocks in the tournament. However, we need to do this undetected."
 
-(sorry, forgot to place her in.)
Willia ran to the stands as fast as she could. She was late and needed to get to the recruitment stand fast. She rushed past the dazed people who were lying on the ground and came to a skidding stop in front of the booth. She grabbed the pen and pad from a slightly bewildered guard and scribbled her name onto the list without paying attention. Having done so, she gave back the list to the guard and said "Thank you". She then decided to catch her breath at the restaurant nearby. Itching at the bandages around her neck, she ordered a glass of red berry juice, which had been her favorite drink when she was still alive, and waited.[/size]

[Chronic Payne]

As Alex takes a knee to bow before the King he removes his weapons on his back and lays them in front of him, as Lord Augus rises from the ground taking his sword out of the tree and sheaths it taking a few steps with weapon in hand, he sighs peacefully, as the sounds of birds chirping and the small stream going through the garden fills the silence, "Rise my friend... what troubles you so?", Alex lowers head and stands back up, "Lord Takashi, it's about this competition you made... I wasn't informed about it but only found out just earlier this morning... and-",


"Aww yes, the tournament...", Augus takes a few steps forward and puts hand on Alex's shoulder, and sighs giving a small smile, "How long has this kingdom kept the shard and sword safe?"

Taken back at the random question goes blank and stutters, "Uhhh... a-about m-more then five hundred years? why?"


Augus lets out a little laugh and walk around Alex with hands behind back sword in hand, "That is about how many years this kingdom has been under siege from creatures, bandits, thieves and warriors in search of power... not to mention the Democians, When I became the King of Karryon I knew what I would have to endure, what battles had to be fought, and sacrifices made too...", lowering his head sighs heavily and looks up at the sky as it clear with little clouds but off in the distance that catches his eye a thunder storm brews and moves slowly towards the kingdom, "I had a vision last night... one that I hope to see come true, no more violence among brothers, nor a blade raised in the name of greed, no more starving children... that is when I awoke and...", looking over his shoulder watches the storm as Alex picks up his weapons.


"And what?",
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As Charles watches one of the stranger take off he rubs his head then walks along the roads and waves his hand for the other to follow with him, then places his hand on his sword handle ready, "Heh, I would of thought so too... didn't look like the fighting types, so I take you're here for the tournament as well?", With a smile he suddenly stops as he watches his troops run along the rooftops still looking for them as well, with a shrug walks along not paying attention and accidentally bumps into a man with a dog, "Oh! I do apologize for that!", towering over him bends over and lends a hand to help him up.


Else where along the border of the kingdom one of the troops takes a rest on the wall surrounding the kingdom valley, "Man... still can't find them, sigh, probably just hiding like the cowards they ar-... what the hell!", as he sits atop the wall he feels a brief quake enough to make the small rocks and pebbles bounce, as he looks around he shrugs and nervously laughs, "Huh, must have been nothing I guess..." hopping up shakes it off, he then looks out at the storm cloud coming and squints trying to get a better look but the rain pouring down is too heavy to see anything. "One hell of a storm coming... better warn the guards and folks to get ready." he turns about and makes way back to the ground.


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The king gets an eerie chill and shudders, "EH! Lord Takashi! Are you okay?", getting next Augus looks at him and examines for any wounds or something. "I am fine... but to answer what you ask... is to realize it, and face the facts.",

"What are talking about?",


"We have to collect the shards... not for only our land, but for all those who have suffered and died for and from these damned jewels." taking a deep breath sighs and looks at Alex, "If not, this world will tear it's self apart... soon after nothing will stop the Democians from releasing Lucifer.",

"So this tournament is the proving grounds... for who is strong enough to find the shards." placing his weapons on his back, "Yes... to end this madness... blood will have to be shed to secure peace for all...", Augus frowns and looks back at the storm again. "When the time comes... I must ask of you to do something for me...", Turning to face Alex places his hand on his shoulder again, making eye contact.


"Yes, of course my king...", nodding smiles, "But what time are you talking about?",


"No, not as your King, but a friend... promise me.", Alex nods as the king holds grip on his shoulder, "No, Promise me!",

"Eh! Y-yes, I promise... Augus.",


"Heh, thank you... Alex."

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Miles out into the storm a hidden danger approaches... cloaked in the darkness from both hero and villain...


(Damn that was a lot...) 

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu slept on their perch, seeming that they had come prematurely, and the festivities weren't taking place that day like they normally would. Lorazys, on the other hand, headed to the top of the castle to get a better view of the whole kingdom. She stood there, overlooking the horizon, and wondering whether or not such a job was even worth the money asked.

[nixon/monto]

(Nixon is bumped by Charles and knocked to the ground.) "woah!" (Nixon grabs his hand and says.)  "no big deal, where are you off to if you don't mind me asking?"  (Nixon notices the sword and armor and says.) "nice set up by the way."

(The rune in nixons bag glows but is not viewable. The rune is the only thing that can tell nixon of the approaching danger that lies within the dark cloud but he has to touch a gem on it. Nixon does not know of his importance and his family tree.)  : bum bum buuuuum!!   

[ST-84 Sahelanthropus]

Magellan nods, keeping his mask over his face. "Yes, our ship arrived at a port and my captain found out there was a special event, a quest for the shards of an ancient sword. Then those two scum bags somehow started a riot." He said, looking back toward the dark clouds just as Charles bumps into Nixon. He turns around, smiling a little bit behind his mask.

Pizarro curses to himself as he tries to find a way to the top of the church steeple. He was fairly imposing and had superior weapons and armor to just about anybody in this world, so he could coerce his way to the bell tower, but he wasn't here to cause trouble. He moved as silently as he could manage, watching people's cones of vision as he casually entered the church and made his way up the stairs to the steeple without being seen going up them. When he got to the top, he smiled at the view he had, then saw the stormy clouds just as he felt the tower rumble for a moment. The quake wasn't strong enough to do much damage to anything, fortunately. "Wish I could take some pot shots to get a feel for the accuracy and velocity of this weapon..."

[Luke White-Heart]

Luke straightened up and looked back at Wilfred, nodding.
"You're probably right, Wilfred. But, when we get our lodgings, I have a plan."
He looked around suspiciously, then leaned in close to Wilfred.
"We need to go high up on the chain. Captain, or someone close to the King, even. The closer we are to the King, we can be essentially untouchable. And maybe, we can even obtain information on the Sword or Shard. And, the King can always be in reach."
He looked up at the sun.
"We should get moving. We don't want to miss anything."
Luke smirked.

[Jormungdang]

Alright, let's head back to the square and wait for them to assign our lodgings. I'll ask Hel to prepare a gift for the king, to make a good first impression. Hopefully, he'll like the gift and start to trust us. With that, Wilfred crossed over to the door and crept onto the street. He then began rushing toward the square, out of sight.
 
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Willia stared out of the window of the restaurant as a figure rushed into the square. With a jolt, recognition flowed through her. That was the face of her brother. She stood up quickly and exited the building, hurrying after the figure, determined to find out whether or not it truly was her brother. She was so focused on pursuing the figure that she didn't notice the pair in front of her.
"Oof" She had ran smack into the larger one. "Lucky for me that my bandages were tight or my head would have been sent rolling. Literally." Unfortunately, she could no longer see her target as he had hidden himself while she was distracted. [/size]

[Chronic Payne]

(sorry for the wait have had a hell of a week) 


Augus releases Alex and makes way for the castle satisfied with the promise, "Til that time my friend, take care... and good luck.", he waves back with a grin and follows the trail through the garden, "Good luck? Hey! WAIT! uhh... what the hell is that suppose to mean?", getting what answers he could lets out a heavy sigh and crosses his arms, "Damn, now I have more questions... well, might as well check with Charles maybe he has more answers.", walking back where he came from looks off into the distance as the storm brews, "Eww... that looks bad.", suddenly the sounds of the new guards yelling and pointing in Alex's direction makes him halt and look around realizing they addressing him as a trespasser, "Aww great... Time to go!", taking off into a sprint tries to find another way out of the castle.


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Charles lets out a chuckle from the young man's words and clinches his fist knocking on his armor making a dinging sound, "Hehe, well thanks and we are in the middle of looking for some trouble makers.", Reaching down pats Nixon's dog on the head as it's ears go back terrified from his massive hand, "Quite the hound you have, never seen this breed before.", suddenly Charles stumbles back and holds on to the young girl that ran into him and helps her regain composure, giving a confused look to what she just said, "Uhhh, are you okay madam?" smiles and adjusts his blade.

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The storm seems to have taken a turn as the winds begin to pick up just a bit and another quake just a little bit stronger making more pebbles and rocks bounces a few times and stop.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu opened his eyes as the day drew to a close, having thought long and hard about their job. Around the same time, Lorazys had came back from her reflections, and the two seemed to know what the other was thinking. The twin wolves leaped from their vantage point towards the castle and requested audience with the king. When they were allowed in, the two knelt before the king, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but after careful consideration, we feel that this job is just not meant for us to journey on. We will report back to the guild and they can hopefully send another adventurer more suited for the work." After a bit more discussion with the king, the two gave their respects and left the throne room, leaving the kingdom to head back to the guild.

[nixon/monto]

You are very unbalanced with all this bumping you are doing, how heavy is that armor of yours?  (Realizing what he had said about chasing people and says.) nevermind to that question do you have anything my dog can track them by? An imagine or object, even a direction, this is my fathers dog he is very mysterious, my dad doesn...didn't even know where he came from or what he is. Do you have anything?