CARAVAN IC- the stone forest

[That_One_Guy]

Garian looked at her and sighed, "You know how much these clothes cost me?" He asked her as he felt the necklace knock into his arm. He grabbed her necklace and looked at it before smiling and ripping it off of her, "Hope that wasn't anything important." He said, moving his free hand over her body, feeling her up.

[KnightVanilla]

As Jenny was pointing out Ivan possibly being sick. Emily walked up to Ivan to take a look herself. "Ivan if you aren't feeling well you should rest." When Jenny asked if she knew a doctor in the caravan there was a bit of distress as she had just joined and barely knew anyone else among the Caravan but an idea came to mind that could help. "I'm actually new to the caravan so I don't know many people, but if it may help I can search for the mind of a doctor." Focusing on the mind of a doctor or healer she used her staff to search for that mind hopefully they could get Ivan some help.

[Hazard1325]

Ivan looks between Emily and Jenny as they talk about a doctor. "Really Its nothing I can't handle, don't bother the doctor I'm sure he's seeing to someone more grievously wounded than I." He stopped walking out of step for a few feet before leaning against a cart. "I don't need any rest right now, if I upset my sleep scheduled than it means more time off my feet later." That was pretty weak justification for being dead on his feet but Ivan hoped they would buy.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Jenny sighs at Ivan's reason for not resting. Maybe it is nothing he can't handle, but she can tell when a man isn't at his best. "Yes, you do need some rest right now. I'm not saying you should full-out sleep on the job, but at least give your injuries time to recover. You never know when one of them could cost your life in battle...trust me, I know." Jenny once lost a comrade to a neglected leg wound, and she's not planning to let that mistake repeat itself.

[berserkerhorn]

NOTE CARAVAN IS 3 POSTS AWAY FROM CHECKPOINT ONE… IF ANY PEOPLE WANT TO BE A RUIN MONSTER BETTER JOIN NOW TO WREAK HAVOC UPON THE MERCHANTS THAT ARE GOING TO EXPLORE FOR THE NIGHT…

James:

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The soldier manages to lose his balance as the tail of James is pulled out from underneath him. The shield manages to block James’ claws from severing the head off of the man. However the man does fling across the cave like a ragdoll. He crashes to the wall with a heavy thud. He gets up and staggers a bit from the impact. He looks at James and raises his shield and sword. “Damned dragon…” he says before getting in a defensive position. His shield arm seems to be broken.

Garian:

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The girl eyes widen in fear as her precious amulet is ripped off of her. From the tingling sensation on Garian’s skin he could tell it was enchanted to ward off the magic of demons. “GIVE IT BACK!” she shouts while using her free arm to try grabbing it. From the look in her eyes, almost anyone could tell she was desperate to get the amulet back on her neck.

Ivan, Emily, and Ivan (Ginglias is now an NPC)

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Ginglias takes Ivan up on the offer and uses Fenrill to pull her cart. The miner family releases one of their two horses and also adds it to the carriage. There seems to be room on the cart for Ivan, Emily, and Jennifer on that cart to ride together while resting.
The Staff begins to search for someone’s mind. Hopefully in my next post it will find someone…
Jennifer and Ivan should continue to interact with each other

Ivan only:

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“Force me out? With what? Your sword? I’d like to see you try that!” the spirit asks taunting Ivan. He laughs a horrendous laugh at his own joke. The spirit suddenly grows quiet leaving Ivan alone for a while

Fagsag:

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Looking forward Fagsag notices Melody standing at the side of the caravan in the shrubs. She seems to be some princess that got lost. Logan continues to ramble on in the background with another merchant.

Melody:

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Melody notices Fagsag looking directly at her. A strong bearded merchant is behind Fagsag with a large wound in his arm.

Jin

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"Well I'm glad that a magician as powerful as you is on this caravan..." Zephyros says. He scrambles back up his cart and beckons for Jin to do the same on her cart. While walking Jin notices Melody up in the shrubs on the nearest cliffs. Her clothes seemed to be ripped in an odd fashion

[SugarCookie]

Fagsag..... Walks toward Melody... I guess.

[BlasterBlade210]

Melody smiled as she looks at Fagsag ... "I'm sorry..." she spoke politely, beginning her act... "Some warriors were looking to... rape me..." she started lying... "I escaped but most of my group weren't so lucky..." she started to begine to feign crying. "Before I escaped... they made me watch my older sister... give anal to their best Warrior with the largest penis... it was horrifying... to watch her mind break that quickly..." she then leaned closer... as if she's attempting a seduction... "Please... let me come with you... or someone will come and rape me... and they don't play nice..." she whispered to Fagsag... while her own pussy is getting wet at her fabricated story... having hte urge to tear off part of her dress, though she kept it on to keep the act up.

[SugarCookie]

About to say hi to the friendly looking person, she starts talking, and Fagsag's eyes get large. She tries her best to smile, but it looks awkward. When this strange girl finishes, she says "Whaaaat, theeeee, fuuuuuuck?!?!!?" her voice shaking in shock and confusion. She starts to back away from the strange girl saying "Just... follow those guys up there.... They umm... can, help, you?"
Then quickly runs back to Logan looking a bit pale, and looking very creeped out.

[BlasterBlade210]

"Alright..." Melody spoke... as she followed Logan, while her mind cooks up a plan to cause trouble.

[Hazard1325]

Ivan grits his teeth glaring at thin air for a second before turning to Jenny. "I'm just walking, I will be fine... if you really think I should see a doctor fine." He mutters something to himself, it was frustrating to be helpless. If he let his focus wander to far he was afraid something bad might happen to anyone around him at the time. He walked much straighter now, but he still looked exhausted after the combat.

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Considering his options he decided it was best to find out a way the shade could be discovered without outright saying in case it tried to stop him. If the doctor would not find anything then he hoped Emily or some other sensitive mage would notice something was amiss when Ivan was around.

[napsii]

Jin nodded.

"It's good to be here." she agreed, trying to be modest. She had spotted numerous other magicians in the caravan's ranks, but most of them seemed amateurs at best. It concerned her, knowing that her powers would likely be in heavy demand and that there was such a shortage of arcane talent given the size of the caravan, but she kept tacit on that and climbed onto her cart, taking the reins again. The horses seemed calm as ever, although their ears swiveled furiously to listen in on the surrounding noise.

The Iievyr squinted her eyes as a silhouette caught her attention. A nearly disrobed woman atop a passing cliff had a lightning bolt of worry cutting through her, but it was gladdening to see others leap to her aid so quickly. Just as she had acclimated to her seat again, she leapt down.

"Sorry! I'll be back in a moment. Just need to check something out." she apologized to Zeph, knowing he'd rather host a conversation than see her run off again. Trusting him to keep her cart on track, she began to walk off for where the woman with the torn clothes had emerged, but as she jogged along, a cold feeling brought her to a halt.

Instinct was not to be ignored, and the tickling, unnatural feeling crawling up Jin's spine and into her mind, flooding it with negative ideas told her something was out of place. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously, looking around. What could it have been? Magic wafted on the air, and not from any arcane energies she was comfortable with. Then, she spotted the warrior from before. If she recalled, his name was... Ivan, or something along those lines? He had a brush with death from the shade not even twenty minutes ago, and while he remained standing, he was pale-faced and seemed off-center. For a man of his stature, that seemed very uncharacteristic unless he had been wounded in battle. But she saw no injuries on him.

I'm probably being too suspicious... she thought, crossing her arms to look at him, But there is something very wrong with him. she hummed to herself. The woman with the torn clothes seemed tended to, so she walked on forward, spotting one of the guards as well.

"Hi." she greeted, wiping a hand across her forehead as she walked up to him. Subconsciously, she knew it wouldn't do any good to ask if he was okay. Whatever had happened to him, it wasn't natural.

"You're..." she paused, looking for the right words. Drawing closer to him now, he simply reeked of arcane taints despite not being a mage, "Looking pale-faced." she said suspiciously.

[Hazard1325]

Ivan looked down at Jinedria and gave her a weak smile. "Normaly I'm called Ivan, but I admit I'm feeling a little tired at the moment." He extends his hand to her in greeting. "Your the one that threw the fire around during the fight with the shade correct? What exactly can you tell me about Shades?" He hoped she would feel somthing wrong or at least take a hint from his question. He tried not to think to much about getting rid of it in case it could hear him planning. "I didn't catch you're name either now that I think about it."

[napsii]

Jin managed a smile, returning his hand with a shake. The touch sent pins and needles of discomfort up and down her hand, and she slipped away with coldness permeating her. No normal man's touch felt like that, unless he was evil -- which, just from a glance at this man, Ivan, she knew he was most certainly not -- or something that was evil lay inside him. He mentioned Shades, and at last the pieces of the puzzle fell together. The Iievyr didn't possess a bestiary of the realm's many monsters, but her parents had preached to her everything there was to know about the wildlife and even the darker beings that roamed the world. From rabbits, to dragons, to giants. But Shades had a special place in myth and rumor -- they were always the ones who could be tied to nightmares and the most eldritch occurrences.

"I'm Jin. Nice to meet you, Ivan," she smiled, although internally, there was little to be happy about. It had been a little arrogant of her to assume the Shade had been entirely dispelled. Their strongest form was the cerebral one -- the one that haunted minds and souls. If it had...

"Well, Shades are usually a cluster of dark spirits compacted into one body -- one consciousness. They're only rare because the seals that hold them off usually go unbroken. It's possible for one to be created if a summoner loses control of his creation and the souls consume him, too... anyway, even if you kill a Shade's tangible body, it's usually not dead. The spirit will escape and regenerate a new form, or... well, find a new host." she explained, recalling the depths of her knowledge over those horrible things.

"They can also leap from body to body, so really, the best way to kill a Shade is to eradicate the dark spirits that compose it... usually with magic, or an enchanted weapon." she added.

[daxtinator396]

James ggrowls louder as his attack missed,"Damned cur! What are you doing in my cave interrupting our... activities! I demand you leave or I shall destroy you like your arm." He said taking an offensive stance. He circled around the man looking for a weakness.

[That_One_Guy]

Garian smiled cruelly at the girl, "And what should I give it back to you?" He asked her, pinning her to a tree with the weight of his body and, with his free hand, started to grope her breasts.

[berserkerhorn]

Fagsag and Melody:

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Logan glimpses Fagsag and turns around like nothing happened at first. Then he suddenly turns around again with a confused face. “Are you OK Thaedael?” he asks jumping off of his cart to hold Fagsag’s shoulder trying to comfort her. “Listen… tell me and we’ll sort this thing out together… after all… I was instructed to take care of all my subordinates.”

Apparently Melody is not noticed by Logan at all. The tall bearded man looks somewhat like Hagrid (Harry Potter reference) Melody has the time to plan out her plan right now.

Ivan only:

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The shade laughs at the hopes of Ivan. “You do realize… Your thoughts are louder than a banshee right?” When Jinedria comes near he says. “Lookey here… looks like today’s your lucky day warrior… I’ll have to withdraw to your inner thoughts and return with the morning rain… good night… Ivan…” the shade says. The presence disappears but Ivan’s sixth warrior’s sense is still uneasy.

Emily, Jennifer, Jinedria, and Ivan:

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Emily feels the mage from before next to Ivan. It seems that Emily’s concern is the same as Jinedria’s. Ivan is the main concentration of both of them. The shade’s presence weakens but does not extinguish.

Ginglias taps on Jennifer’s shoulder. “Uhmm… excuse me but can I see that bow you are carrying?” Ginglias asks. She holds two jewels in her hands. One is a fiery orange and the other is a soothing yellow color. The gauntlet’s that Ginglias is wearing also catches Jennifer’s attention.

Jinedria feels the presence of the shade fade but not disappear entirely. It appears that the shade is hiding for now

(hazard respond to Napsii’s last post)

James:

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The warrior laughs. “Leave? How can I possibly leave without my sister?” he says. “I KNOW AMY IS HERE… I FOLLOWED HER HERE AND IF YOU DID ANYTHING TO HER… I WILL KILL YOU!” he says running into the depths of the cave shouting Amy’s name. The fool of a warrior does not even realize that Amy and Felicia are in the second tunnel of the cave. James can return to his tunnel for now. Perhaps the creatures of the depths will take care of the warrior.

Garian:

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The warrior gasps and struggles trying to get Garian to stop. “GET OFF OF ME YOU BRUTE!” she shouts. She punches Garian with her iron gauntlets on. They strike hard but at the same time they don’t hurt that badly. It shows that she is a bit weaker than normal warriors. Her face is all scrunched up in desperation. Tears flow from the purple eyes she possesses. They flow on the soft face of hers. (i'll post an image later)

[daxtinator396]

(I suppose i'all take the indirect kill. If he dies it would be half my fault after breaking his arm after all.)

James growls his displeasure as he prepares to kill the man for his insolence but as he prepares to strike out the man dashes off into the dark unexplored depths of the cave. Who knew what lurked there. He certainly didn't. He didn't care either as if there was anything they had never bothered him anyway and he didn't mind as long as it stayed that way. He returned to the two women angrily and looked at Amy with contempt as she had lead this man here to his home,"Why didn't you tell me that you were being followed." It was a command and she damn well knew it so he expected an answer.

[Hazard1325]

Ivan nods at Jin and rubs his forehead. "What about removing it from a 'host' as you put it?" He mutters to himself not even realizing it. "Also what exactly can it do in a host? and whats the hosts normal reaction?" He was hitting dangerously close to home. He kept humming various songs that came out badly distorted.

(Sorry I've been a bit preoccupied with some work.)

[Zender_Solarheart]

Jenny at first wants to question what Ginglias would want with Bellona, but after a moment of hesitation, she decides to hand it over carefully. "Just be careful with her, okay? Bellona and I have been through a lot together."

(I had a longer post planned, but after it got eaten by an internal server error about FOUR TIMES IN A ROW, I ended up with a severe case of "fuck it" syndrome...and I'm not re-typing something that long, just to have it eaten again...)

[BlasterBlade210]

Melody, feeling ignored, tries to think of another story... then decides to cast a suggestion spell on Logan and Fagsag, saying to at least pay attention to her..., also trying to hide the use of her magic in her current form.

She also looks around for other stragglers to seduce after the spell is casted.