Goutheim

[Zender_Solarheart]

Shelby nods at Sanowa's response, completing the firm yet welcoming handshake. "To be fair, I can understand their curiosity. One like Saphira is bound to draw attention around here." In truth, Shelby herself is also rather curious; the handling and raising of dragons sounds like a challenging task, but also a rewarding one. That being said, the smoke cloud shaped like a heart is somewhat odd, especially for a lightning mage; perhaps she found a way to use electrical currents in the air to shape it?

Whatever the case, Shelby seems to be one of the ten selected mages for the bandit hunt. Considering how well-trained those attackers were, her ability to subdue her foes alive may come in handy, as it will provide a chance to capture and interrogate one of them. The tactics of allowing a non-lethal fighter like herself into the group seem sound enough...though if Jered were still here, he would've been picked in her place. Her big brother was no man to be trifled with; last time she saw him, he could use his powers to slingshot thugs across the street with little effort, so who knows how strong he'd be now? Still, he remains missing, so she'll have to work this one in his place. Perhaps their group's travels will take her to someone who had seen him more recently?

With her mind pondering many things, Shelby follows the guard up to the stage, keeping her sword and sheath at her side the whole way. As long as they don't expect her to kill every bandit she sees, there won't be any problems.

[Zeus Kabob]

Shelby:

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You walk up to the stage with Sanowa, watching all the other mages closely. You see a silver-furred Gorilla Anthropomorph eyeing your sword, appearing to appraise it.

Provdus eyes you and your sword closely. "Make sure you use your weapon properly. A sword is as deadly as a mind, but much easier to misuse." he says.

Sanowa:

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After your amiable exchange with Shelby, the pair of you walk to the stage together. You're happy to see that the mage you talked with was one of the 10 that were chosen.

Provdus walks up to you. He looks at Saphira and says "A plush Dragon. Good to see young Dravonic getting in touch with their heriage." At this, however, Saphira spurts a jet of fire from her mouth. Provdus' eyes widen in surprise, but he quickly regains his composure. He whispers "Where did you find that Dragon? The last Dragon died 254 years ago!"

[[Brand_Name]]

Immediately after his attempt at conversation, both he and the gelatinous being were escorted up to the stage. He moved silently, an action that he had perfected during his ambushes on small villages and was suprising for a beast his size. Eventually he made his way to the front, have a mod of thanks to the mayor, and stands amidst the other mages. He couldn't help but admire one mage's sword- it was not nearly as large as the claymore on his back, but it looked expensive nonetheless.

[dragonmaster121989]

Looking at provdus with a cheeky smile the only thing Sanowa says in response to his question is " I might tell you when if I get a few more jobs from you later on ." With a satisfied smile Sanowa takes her place between an Anthropomorph and Shelby Sanowa looks around feeling a little more confident about her magical skills if she was picked as one of the ten. Looking over at Shelby still grining from the excitement she says " tell you what once we get out on the road maybe ill tell you about my dragon."

[joeyjoey61297]

Angel had been confused when he murmured she wondered what he had said completely well she will never know she guessed and stopped and smiled realizing that she wasn't the one being looked at maybe things wil change for me the thought. More appears hmmmm, Angel thought what he had meant maybe because she was a unique and he didnt like that; well no need to dwell on it she moved on with her train of thought.

[Zeus Kabob]

Arkalam:

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Your silence allows you to make it to the front without drawing too much attention, but you still feel the crowd's gaze on your back as you walk.

Provdus looks you over. "Your skills seem... darker than the rest. I presume you've had a troubled past, but that is of no matter to me." he says.

[Goryokaku]

Kal didn't blink when the Mayor had spoke in her mind, it had surprised her yes he was the first person other then herself that she knew of that could read minds. It brought up many question's to mind from her but she wasn't going to let this show, she still didn't know what to make of the people around her and she'd learned a long time ago that she wouldn't fit in even if she wanted too, she was to weird.

[[Brand_Name]]

He looked down at the floor while Provdus spoke, almost ashamed. "It is true- I regret the decisions I have made in the past. I am now, and forever will be, on the path of light. I must inform you that my experience gives me an advantage over any bandits or raiders, as I know their strategies and techniques. But I will not hesitate to kill every last one of them." He tried to speak softly as to not scare any nearby mages who might be prejudiced against an x criminal, but there was little noise in the room besides his own innately booming voice.

[Thaedael]

She walked behind the lady, keeping only a few paces behind, walking hurriedly, hands on the hem of her long embroidered shirt. The people we staring, all of them, those behind, and those on stage looking around as the rest begun to near the stage. She took the few steps up to the stage as the assistant continued to tell her that she was worthy of being chosen. Chosen for what? Her common was enough to function if you talked slowly, clearly, but she was walking away from Elsa, her back to her. On the stage were already the majority of the ten people that were to be chosen, and already one of them made a bee line for her, everything in his path aging or being worn away as he slithered and bubbled towards her. He appeared to be a person, made of...? Slime? She wavered, her confidence shaky in the face of the towering monstrosity of the man, his height taller than her own by nearly two feet, several heads worth of difference. He appeared to bubble violently as he approached, before he suddenly blurted his greeting in common.

A part of him broke off, just a small bubble that had rolled to the surface and popped, sending a small spray of the very substance that made him up landing on a part of the leather strap that held together the gear on her back. It soaked in almost instantly, the leather beginning to darken, and even fray and crack around the edges. She took a gloved finger, wiping it off, the fingers of her gloves darkening. This... thing. It was a very poison to everything that it touched, the ground darkening, the air having an acidic smell around him. It was an abomination against nature, and she continued to back away from it slowly, keeping him in her line of sight, before bumping into the person behind her.

She spun on heel, her heart beating faster as she felt the stage getting more cramped, more and more people exhibiting weird traits or mannerism. Elsa cursed her wanderlust, deciding that it wasn't worth getting close to that static feeling that the other witches had. She looked straight into the person she had bumped into, another non-human. Looking up and down, the person was clearly a woman, her body clad in red skin, scales appearing along the lining of her neck and tail. Two wins sprung out from behind her back, upon which a weapon was rested. In her arms, a small creature, it's eyes following Elsa's movement, as she slowly backed away, head looking side to side. This place was putting her on edge.

[Argonaut]

Melek gave the mayor a small nod as he passed. Clearly, he understood Melek's situation, at least to some degree. But even with Melek doing his absolute best to keep calm and control his bubbling, he couldn't help but pop and splashed some of himself onto Elsa. Melek winced as he saw it darken her leather armor. He hadn't meant to damage it... "S-sorry..." Melek blurted out. "But, uh... I think that's... Mine..." Reaching a long finger out, Melek gently touched Elsa's finger, absorbing the small part of himself back into himself. "T-thanks..." He also muttered as she took a few steps away from him. Melek was used to people avoiding him. Melek even tried his best to separate himself from others, as the selective few he'd been with... Melek tried his best not to think about it.

Taking a moment, Melek "closed" his eyes. What he actually was doing was simply turning the lights he had for eyes off, giving the illusion that they were closed. He even took a few deep breaths, puffing out his huge chest. Keeping his eyes shut, Melek tried to ignore the sounds around him. He eventually managed to calm himself right down, his skin becoming virtually still. He looked like a statue of pure lazarus, his teal skin and glowing, electric blue eyes. Smiling warmly, Melek silently vowed he'd make it up to the lynx girl, somehow. Or at least, become her friend.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Shelby frowns slightly as the mayor advises her on proper weapon use. "I don't kill people with my skills in the first place, so that should help." Her answer might seem a bit vague, but it's easier to say than explaining that she's trained well with her techniques, the sheath is her actual offense, and so on and so forth. In the long run, whether she had been chosen or not, she didn't really care.

Hearing Sanowa's offer to tell her about Saphira's story, Shelby nods with a smile, and replies: "If you're willing to share, I'm willing to listen. Sounds like quite the tale to tell, from what I've gathered." The present rarity of dragons in this world definitely has her curiosity piqued, and while she is respectful of Sanowa's secrets, she'd be happy to accept the offer of hearing about it. If the tale involves lengthy travels, maybe the lass had seen Jered along the way, too...

[Zeus Kabob]

Bobak pulls Airat up to the front as the guards come to get them. He's happy to have been picked as one of the powerful mages.

Bobak:

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Stepping up to the front, Provdus approaches you. “You'll protect the team, yes...” he mumbles, then out loud he says “Keep the team safe.”

Airat:

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You are pulled to the front, and you feel the stares of the other mages. There aren't many Alraunes in Ogden, and none as floral as the pair of you.

Provdus walks up to you and says “I haven't seen an Alraune like you in many years.”

Provdus then returns to his podium. With his voice amplified, he says “These are our ten chosen mages! They'll go out and defeat the bandits! The rest of you, you're going to stay here to defend our city!” Guards start to wander the hall, giving directions. People begin to file out.

He turns back to the ten of you, saying “Please follow my assistant Jessica out. She'll tell you your instructions and get you equipped. While you're there, you can continue to acquaint yourself.” Jessica leads you out a back door and into a large tent. As you file in, you see the walls covered in weapon racks, armor and robes, and tables set up with supplies. ”This is all equipment for you to choose at will. While you check out the equipment, I'll walk you through the battle plan.”

The walls have various swords and blunt objects on them, as well as gemmed rods and quivers filled with exquisite arrows. The robes are thick and appear to glimmer, perhaps a secret in the way they're manufactured. The armor is standard; metal plates and chain mail to defend from harm.

There were all manner of supplies: rations, waterskins, various chemicals for alchemical uses, and much much more.

Jessica waits as the ten of you acquaint yourselves.

[Nobudi]

Roxia ran his eyes over the armory as the group moved into the tent. The way he figured, they'd need every piece of armor and every weapon to protect the town.
... Something was off, he couldn't quite place it, but his guts was telling him something was off. He decided to ignore it, for now.
Anyways, he grabbed a pair of steel long gauntlets, and a pair of steel toed boots. For miscellaneous items, he grabbed about 2 days worth of rations, a pair of water skins, a gray- brown traveling cloak, and a rather large toolkit.
He quickly and carefully placed his set of items before scanning the other 9 mages, not noticing that he was barely blinking.
"My name is Roxia, General Help Store Owner, a human of many talents. Pleased to meet you all," he said in a flat, even tone, devoid of emotion.
And then he made eye contact with the dragon."... And Dragon," he added politely, giving a small bow in the Mini- Dragon's direction.

[Taria]

Airat practically hisses as she is yanked into the spotlight. Her dark blue and purple petals curl slowly into tight rolls until she finally relaxes. She crosses her arms over her chance and responds with little more than a "Hmph..." Finally the group is led elsewhere and she is left once more to her own devices. She casually checks out the long robes. Perhaps it would be a good idea to start walking around in something more than her skimpy natural clothing.

[dragonmaster121989]

Following Jessica out to the tent Sanowa takes a quick look around at all the other mages now that they are all accounted for. Once inside the tent she picks up enough food to last her and saphira about 2 days without troubles and one light blue cloak to match her light coloured armor , hearing roxia introduce him self Sanowa waves in his direction while she finishes getting her stuff put away then turns around and bows her head at the group and says " hello my name is Sanowa thunder stone." After a glance from Sanowa saphira takes flight and hovers in the middle of the tent where every one can see her and speaks directly into every ones minds saying " hello I am sanowa's companion my name is saphira ... I may be small now but I have a great many things I can already do." After her little speech saphira lands back on sanowa's shoulder again to rest her tiny wings. With the introductions from her and her dragon taken care of she goes back to looking through the weapons to see what kind of upgrades they might have. Her mini synth is a good weapon in the right hands but she was never really trained with it, she had far more skills with her dagger. Looking over the table she finds a few daggers and picks up 3 to round her off to 4 just I case she has to throw any.

[[Brand_Name]]

Arkalam decided to stick to the armor and weapons he already had. He already wore a full suit of armor, and didnt need anything else. He looked at the blunt weapons, but decided to stick with the weapons he was familiar with, his claymore and his own unique set of tools from his mercenary and bodyguard work. Thinking about his weapons reminded Arkalam of his student Gregorius, and Arkalam hoped that his former student wasn't behind the recent attacks.

[joeyjoey61297]

Shyly Angel derobed to get one of the nicer robes on it was tight to her body and very well fitted. She had made sure to cut out slots for her wings which are barely noticable unless splashed with water, however she wanted them to breathe a little since the dress was so tight; so they were smaller than normally and angelically curved on her back. She had only taken a small amount of rations for her physical strengths wasn't immense and she wouldn't be able to carry it all, so she packed light. The only weapon she took was a sapphire staff that appeased to her eye, she had been looking at it since they entered the room.

Standing shyly and quietly she had looked at everyone and felt a little more comfortable because they seemed to accept the dragon so she introduced herself."My name is Angel and well I hope I can do my best to work with you guys." Not as soon as she finished speaking had she gone to the front of the tent to get ready to leave; excited about leaving the city and maybe meeting with people that wouldn't, be so hurtful towards her yet she was used to that sadly.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Shelby hardly glances at the weapons, since she has all she needs right now, and anything extra would just be adding to her lethality, which is something she would rather avoid, obviously. The armor's nice, but she wants to stay light on her feet, so the chain mail she came here in will suffice. As for miscellaneous supplies, she stocks up on a waterskin, a travel cloak, and 3 days' worth of rations. Chances are she'll only need the two days' worth, but it pays to be prepared for the worst.

With several people already having made their introductions, Shelby decides to make her own. Clearing her throat, she chimes in: "Shelby Alkaid. Attraction mage, metalsmith, and engineer. Also, don't let the sword fool you; my fighting style is non-lethal, for personal reasons." Odds are that someone in this room might've heard about the incident all those years ago...the night she...ugh...best not to think about that. Though, on the subject of it...

"By any chance, have any of you seen a man who looks like this?" Shelby pulls the sketch of Jered out of her pocket, letting everyone in the room see it. She wouldn't be surprised if nobody here had seen him, but it never hurts to ask...

[Goryokaku]

Kal had followed them into the tent, and had listened to what they were saying, though she wasn't sure if they expected her to be plesant to introduce herself and what she was, It wouldn't matter in the end they would come to hate her they always did and all she did was survive if it wasn't for Wilhelm. But in the end even he had abandoned her with no word of where he had gone or why, she felt herself begining to get angry again and she quickly soothed herself with the warm aura Wilhelm had taught her, stopping herself before her rage showed in her eyes with that eerie glow. Kal carried on listening to them she had no choice if she didn't listen to their voice she would be forced to hear there minds and people didn't like it when she knew more about them before they did.

Kal looked at the equipment and she took a waterskin, a bow and some Arrows, she didn't bother with rations she'd lived alone in the wilderness before if she needed food she would hunt and sustain herself. She wanted to be light on her feet and able to get away from trouble before it where she was. But that was her one enjoyable feeling from knowing what everyone was thinking around her, it was impossible for anyone to ambush her she always knew if someone was around because no matter how much anyone tried they would always think, always let that silent voice out and it was rare to find anyone who knew how to close their mind off.

It wasn't long before she realised she should introduce herself, "Call me Kal" She left her introduction at that and she gave a look that indicated she didn't want to be spoken to at least not yet. She needed to rectify her thoughts to drown out the rage, the Aura was working but she it wouldn't last if she couldn't concentrate on it.

[Argonaut]

Melek let out a sigh as the rest of the crowd left, thankful to have a little more privacy. Looking around at the rest of the group, he appeared to be the biggest guy there... And also the strangest looking. He wasn't really surprised. But with nine other mages, he'd have lots of time to make lots of new friends. Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea after all!

Following Jessica, Melek made sure he'd stay at the back of the group. He'd have no need for any of the equipment there: anything he touch would break soon anyways. Waiting politely for the rest of the group to go over everything, a few of the members began to introduce themselves. Building up his courage, he waved a slimey arm in greeting. As he spoke, his chest glowed the same electric blue as his eyes, his node working his sound abilities to make his gel vibrate the right way to make articulate speech. "Uh, hello. Hi. My name is Melek. I'm an Amorphous, in case you were wondering..." Melek shifted a little, uncomfortable. "But I'm also really good with Breaking... Kinda too good. Don't let me touch you!" Melek laughed a little and lunged forwards, as if to grab someone. he hoped everyone else would see the humor in his joke.

Leaning forwards, Melek took a good look at Shelby's picture, being careful not to touch anything or drip as he leaned. "Uhh... No, can't say I've seen him. Sorry, Shelby. I've traveled like, a lot and I've never seen him."