''Aelus'' - IC

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, Governor's House

The shy girl blushed, leading Hurati to the Governor's office. ''Yeah.. I'll be back to my boring duties..'' She walked to the garden, muttering something about nice things.

A guard noticed Hurati, withdrawing half of his sword. ''Name your business or begone stranger.'' He said in a worried tone, telling his buddy to withdraw his sword as well.

Tekler, Local Inn

Carter looked at Balthazar while crossing his arms. ''I did some training, managed to get some armor from the hideout.. You know.'' He then ran to Claire, hugging her and lifting her off the ground. ''You're fine! What happened? Did you get hurt?'' Carter started talking rather rapidly, fulled of joy to see that she was all right.

[rooiehaan]

Kaede pouted when he didn't get the hint, and so still she was unsure about her clothing. She got off of him, and squatted down on her own, next to him. She pushed his side, softly, and said: "Go on, get dressed, i want to stay close to the fire for a couple more minutes. Hey, do you reckon this village, or- or city has nice food?"

[Goryokaku]

Azrael got up and began to get dressed, he looked at his sister and smiled it took him a lot to control his own feelings, "They have very tasty food, and with our friend there i'm sure we can sucker him into getting us soemthing nice to eat."

Once he was finished getting changed he moved back over to behind Kaede and gave her another hug, then whispered into her ear,"And if we are lucky we might find some friendly bandits along the way and maybe they will be wiling to give us all their money... well it doesn't matter if they are willing or not I guess."

[rooiehaan]

"We have a friend?" she asked him, before he gave her a hug. She nodded, then laughed. "It doesn't really matter indeed... In fact, i think its better if they put up a fight~!" She got up, and peeked to where he had hang his clothes. Nothing there. Guess this... skimpy outfit was indeed all she wore. She shrugged, and got rid of some sand that had stuck to her armor. "There, i'm dressed too~" She laughed, after cleaning herself a bit. She looked at the boar, and sighed. "It would've been so nice to have a warm coat made of him..." She pouted, hoping her brother was affected by her charm

[Goryokaku]

Azrael smiled, then taking the bear's hide he carefully salted it to keep it fresh till they could get it tanned and made into a coat then placed it into his bag with a smile at the same time he pulled out one of his spare tops and threw it over to her and grinned, "Wear that for now, I'll get this made into a coat when we get to Tekler and perhaps we'll do a bit of shopping if we find those bandits, if not Hurati can do a bit of shopping for us."

He gave her time to get the top on then staying by her side they began to head north again moving quickly and quietly as possible it would take them half the day to get to the city, he knew that much, he was just hoping their would be some stupid bandits to bug him. He really could do with some excess money, and he wanted to get his sister some new clothes and perhaps some armor that might cover her a little better.

[rooiehaan]

Kaede looked at his top, and spreaded it out. "Brother, you're so big!" She laughed, holding it in front of her own body to make a point. She shrugged again and pulled it on, on top of her armor. Now she looked like she had huge shoulders. They started walking, and kaede said: "Look at me, i'm a guy!" She showed off her shoulders, pulled her hair into a tail and started walking like she was a sailor. "Yarrr~ gimme some wenches~" She growled, before laughing and grabbing her brother's arm. "Why are you walking so fast, brother? I thought we were hiking or something?" She gasped as an idea struck her, then giggled. "Youre not rushing to your girlfriend, are you?"

[Goryokaku]

Azrael grinned, "Oh no, i'm far to much for any single girl to handle Kaede, but if you want us to slow the pace a little I don't seen any harm with that."

He kept his arm relaxed for her the closer she was to him the less he would be looking over his shoulder for her, he let his pace slow down as well so it became more of a stroll, and he couldn't sense anybody in the area. Though he did take note of the tracks they passed as they came onto the main road finally, there were a few animals in the area and it wouldn't take much to capture one later to eat, another trait he'd picked up from his farther, when they had gone on a long training excursion once.

He looked back to Kaede and all thouhts of his farther went out of his mind, if thier farther had died he would be amazed out of all the men Azrael had fought in the past only his farther beat him everytime.

[Hurati]

Hurati raised his hands, "Udessi ner'vode, I'm from Zibola. I need to speak to the governor, this is very urgent so if you don't mind asking him. My name is Hurati Wyeth." He lowered his arms and crossed them, leaning his back against the wall opposite of the guards and waited.

[rooiehaan]

"Any single girl, exept me~" Kaede joked, sticking out her tongue at him. She grinned, and hugged him tighter. "Do i have a boyfriend somewher? Oh, is he cute?" She looked up at her brother, but her imagination had taken a hold of her, showing her mental pictures of knights on white horses and brave men saving her from dragons.... No wait, dragons are cute... Saving her from starvation, yeah, starvation was horrible~

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

"Hey let g- Carter?! Where have you been?!" Claire asked with excitement. "And what do you mean by 'I'm fine'?" she asked him.

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, Governor's House

The guard withdrew his sword back into it's sheath, staring confused at Hurati. ''I'll tell him..'' He opened the door, only to be yelled at. ''S-sir, there's this Hurati Wyeth guy out here, saying that's it's he has something important to tell you.'' The guard closed the door, wishing for any shouting to be stopped. ''He'll be there in a minute.'' He said to Hurati in a tired voice.

Tekler, Local Inn

Carter dropped Claire, trying to calm himself down. ''There's a commotion outside and there is this huge whole where the doors should be.'' He paused for a moment before walking outside. ''Follow me, we need to find Ayla.'' Carter looked around, not managing to find a glimpse of her.

Tekler, Outside the Governor's House

Ayla had finished following the trail of the mysterious aura, only to find it to be leading inside the house of the governor. ''Maybe I'll wait outside until the owner of that aura goes out.'' She sat down on a nearby bench, staring sleepily at the door. ''This helmet is getting annoying.. but it will keep my identity safe.'' Ayla started to whisper to herself while waiting patiently.

[Hurati]

Hurati nodded and continued waiting, then decided to ask, "Is there something wrong? He doesn't sound too happy and you sound pretty bushed."

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, The Governor's House

The guard yawned, looking troubled at Hurati. ''Yeah, with the sudden dissapearence of the thieves that used to cause trouble, we are busy at all times with requests, you get it. Things are going fine, but we had gotten some rather.. problems.'' He sat down on the floor, lowering his hemet. ''My pal here will be on guard, so don't try anything funny.''

The other guard stared at Hurati, admiring his armor. ''T-That's right s-sir!'' He said out-loud, probably making him look terrified. At the same moment someone opened the door and signaled Hurati to come in.

[Hurati]

Hurati grinned in a slightly evil fashion towards the terrified guard and said, "Don't worry, I already had my practice with 200+ soldiers today." He walked inside before they could respond and stood in front of the governors desk. He saluted and then went at ease, deciding to wait for the governor to speak before he would talk.

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, The Governor's House

The governor lifted his glasses, letting out a laugh. ''Wyeth.. How the hell are you doing these days? Is your father all right? Damn times we had back in the start of the town, when y'all merchants started to pass with their money.'' He was a very old man, who if you knew well you'd know he's tougher than he looks.

The young guard shook his head, looking confused at the ceiling. ''Two hundred soldiers? What?'' He closed the door and waited outside, confused by Hurati's response.

[Hurati]

Hurati chuckled and listened respectfully, "I wish I could tell you how my father is, but the truth is that..... I don't know." He coughed and looked to the right, then back at the governor, "The Valeans invaded Zibola, and I think they will be heading here next. As far as I could see, no soldiers made it alive so if they look like Zibolan troops, don't trust them." His face looked sorrowful, "We held them off for as long as we could, but there were too many of them, and there are at least 2000 more."

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, The Governor's House

The governor seemed like he was going to jump out of his chair, but he relaxed and stared at Hurati until he spoke. ''Are you kidding? What kind of sick joke are you saying? Well.. I wouldn't mistrust Skirata's son. I'll manage to prepare the defences for the town, but we won't hold off if you don't get to lower their numbers. I can arrange for a stage wagon to get you to the capital, but it'll have to be fast.'' He sighed, yelling at the guards to open the door. ''I heard that the supposed 'god of the King is around here. She could help you, or even win the damn fight!'' The old man wasn't kidding, he knew that the King had a precious warrior walking around Tekler, but since he didn't stand a chance why not let Skirata's son capture her? After all it would be alot of profit for himself, besides the rewards of ruling more than Tekler.

[Hurati]

Hurati looked at the governor, "She is not a god, but merely one of us." He turned and walked through the door, and back towards the exit without looking or saying anything to the guards. He followed the hallways and left the Governors house, then yawned and stretched. Hurati was about to start heading to his house when he spotted someone in very fine armor on a nearby bench. He stood at the doorway and stared at the person, trying to see their face from underneath the helmet. The warrior was a little ways away, if they got up he would have enough time to decide what to do.

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, The Governor's House

The guards stood up as Hurati walked past them, sighing in relief. ''Thanks god he left!'' The younger one said to the other one, as he sweared that Hurati was there to scare him.

Tekler, Outside of the Governor's House

Ayla managed to notice that the aura she was following was simply a few steps away from her. ''That is one huge aura there.. Even though it's still small it is surprising.'' She thanked for her helmet that avoided anyone seeing her face, because if anyone did her cover would be blown. ''Hm, that armor seems familiar.. Could it be?'' Ayla stood up, staring back at Hurati, noticing that he was probably the same age as her.

[Hurati]

Hurati was about to keep moving and turned away, when he flinched. He had felt something, as if it had been probing his mind and he looked back to see the warrior standing up and looking at him. He debated for a second on what to do and decided quickly. He walked over to the warrior and stood in front of them, her as he could see now, and stopped. He put on a grin and put his hand out to be shaken, "Hi, my name's Hurati. And you are?"