''Aelus'' - IC

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire did what she was told. She took them one by one and dumped them somewhere. She then walked back to the inn and collapsed in the lobby and fell asleep. Claire was exhausted and couldn't make her way back to her room.
(OOC: don't know where to dump em lol.)

[berserkerhorn]

"All right Ayla. I did what I did to try and help you. Looks like I only made things worse." Balthazar said in a sad tone. "Guess I won't be of much use in your adventure."

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, local Inn

Ayla looked at Balthazar, sighing sadly. ''Do not say that. The fact that you need training doesn't make you useless, You just need when to strike.'' She told her before walking downstairs, finding a sleeping Claire.

[Hurati]

Hurati had backed away as the tower fell, and watched as it landed on the soldiers, effectively cutting him off from the docks. He stood silent for a moment as he watched Azreal and Kaede on a ship in the harbor, but the fallen tower prevented them from reaching eachother, while a couple of the Valeans ships appeared to be sinking. He spotted the remainder of the army landing to on the beach and heading towards the city.

He lowered his head ,sheathed his sword, and pulled his hood up. Turning away from everything, he walked to the exit of the city and started along the road to Tekler. The glow that had surrounded him had faded and he appeared weary. he was tired and in deep sorrow for the fall of his city, not to mention that he had been separated from his friend. He began the long walk to Tekler in silence.

[Lady Foxy]

On the road to Tekler

The intentions of Hurati were unknown, but surely he could still hear the sound of cannonballs and raging fires. It was closely to being morning, as the sun slowly rised to a new day.

The Siege of Zibola

The Valean troops had removed parts of the lighthouse to create a passage to the city. Bodies of dead or possibly dying soldiers floated in the area where the fight was going on earlier. Now it was all ruins, as the tower managed to strike the ship as well. The two remaining Zibolians, Kaede and Azrael falled to the water, but thanks to Azrael's might he managed to save himself and her sister.

Simon pushed another sailor into the sea, noticing that the mighty lighthouse had fallen on the docks. He sliced the head off of a soldier before noticing a cannon nearby. ''Tal! I'll use the cannon there to fire at that ship over there! Kill the rest of these bastards so I can use it without trouble!'' He yelled at Tal while arming the cannon, aiming it at another ship. Simon noticed he was about to be stabbed but he turned around, lunging his sword against the sailor's chest.

Tekler, local Inn

It was beggining to be morning when the town started it's daily business, the marketplace. Ayla had slept sitted next to Claire, resting her head on her back. Someone was staring at them with a suspicious look, sitting on the sofa that was near them.

''Ahem. Wake up girls, or did you have a fun time together yesterday?'' The young man asked them, lowering his hood and uncovering the small shemagh that covered his mouth. From the looks of him, he carried a bow made from dragons along with his 'archer clothing that looked like dragonhide. ''Ahem, girls?'' He asked the sleeping Claire and Ayla again, standing up to let his cape move with the wind of the broken entrance of the Inn.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire looked up "Huh, who are you?" she said in a tired voice.

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, local Inn

Carter stared at Claire, smiling at her. ''Guess.'' He told her, before noticing Ayla muttering something about being late. ''Claire, mind waking her up?'' Carter asked her while looking at Ayla.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

"Uh. Is it the Easter Bunny? Oh and um, actually she's kind of heavy on me, so can you do it?" Claire asked nicely
(OOC: Not that Ayla is heavy, just that Claire is a small girl lol)

[Lady Foxy]

Tekler, local Inn

Carter lowered his hood, walking next to Ayla. ''Well.'' He grabbed her arm, but then he saw that he was flying up in the air and probably had went through the roof.

Ayla launched Carter away the moment he touched her arm. ''Don't bother me..'' She said sleepily while using Claire's stomach as a pillow. Ayla then opened her eyes just to see Claire's breasts in front of her. ''Whoa! What the h..'' She stood up, staring at her. ''Hm. Speak none of this to no one.. When you're ready wake up Balthazar and find Carter.'' Ayla whispered to Claire before walking outside of the Inn.

[Goryokaku]

Azrael had dodged another shot from Kaede but he didn't have enough time to calm her down he took a hold of her, by the waist and dived straight into the water, keeping a hold of both Kaede and his one unsheathed sword the shock wave caused from the tower sent a huge wave out, and as Azrael wasn't able to dodge and swim at the same time he felt a solid blow to his arm from Kaede, he gritted his teeth and sheathed his drawn sword, putting the clasp over his sowrds so they wouldn't break free. Another solid blow to his arm caused him to let go and he lost conciousness.

Azrael woke up later face down on a beach, he pushed himself up to his feet and looked around, spotting his sister Kaede he went and lifted her up getting her further onto dry land, the placed her down gently, he then moved back to where he found Kaede and looked for her weapons, once he was satisfied he's got them all he moved back over to Kaede and placed them next to her. Though he wanted to get changed, and let his stuff dry out now wasn't the time, because Azrael wasn't to sure if there were Valean soldiers around.

[rooiehaan]

Kaede had rocked in her forced sleep, wiggling in the sand. Slowly she opened her eyes, and looked around. She saw a guy wearing his armor, and couldn't see much other then his nose because his helmet was covering his face. He dropped her weapons next to her, and looked around, troubled.
She moaned and felt her head; it hurt like no tomorrow. She felt salt in her mouth and her nose and eyes were burning. She gritted her teeth in pain, and shuddered as she grinded on sand. Slowly she sat up, and looked herself over. Her hair was wet, that was to be expected, and the little armor she was wearing was still intact. A couple of new bruises and scrapes, but other then that she was fine. She blinked when she saw her tattoo, and quickly looked up at the guy standing next to her. She peeked at his face, and asked: "E-excuse me, but... do you happen to be this man?" She hold out her arm, so he could see the tattoo. She hoped he was, for then perhaps he could explain why she was lying on the beach half-drowned, frozen to the core and with sand rubbing all over her semi-naked body.

[Goryokaku]

Azrael, laughed this wasn't the first time she'd done this and it seemed to be a common occurance it was one of the reasons she had his face tattooed onto her. Azrael lifted his helmet off, letting his silver eyes stare directly at her and his long Silver hair flow behind him, and smiled at her, "Yes kaede that would be me in the tatoo and I would be your Adopted Brother, anyway we've been in a little accident and we might have angered a few armed men, so how about we go further in land and look for a cave or something to dry off and maybe make a fire in so we can warm up."

His own body was begining to feel the cold now aswell, he hooked the helmet onto a clasp on his belt securing it then offered a hand to help his little sister, he was glad to be the one she woke up near because there could have been a good chance that she joined the enemy by accident. That wouldn't have been the first time either, a long while back somebody had learn't about her condition and tried to use it against Azrael, it wasn't a plesant site and it was only once he'd calmed her down that time and explained things over that he went and got his face tattooed onto her.

[rooiehaan]

Kaede pauzed for a second, then laughed at him and grabbed his hand, letting him pull her to her feet. She shuddered, and jumped on him to hugg him for some warmth. "Well, i might as well believe you, mister'' She said, her teeth chattering. She frowned on his cold iron armor plating, but hugged him either way. "Lets go find a cave then'' she managed to say, and followed his direction

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

"Don't worry, this'll be our little secret... So why are we out here and why were you laying on me?" Claire asked.

[Goryokaku]

Azrael and Kaede walked north for a couple of hours, being careful not to attract attention and eventually found a cave, the cave was un-occupied or at least it was now having Kaede and Azrael kill the bear that seemed annoyed at it un-invited guest. Azrael surveyed the area, ”This is probably going to be the best spot for camping tonight, I’ll go gather some wood, if you want to skin and prepare the bear there.”

Azrael popped out of the cave and it didn’t take long for him to gather enough food to use for burning, no did it take long for him to start a fire once he got back from the foraging. Once the fire was going and stable he then began to peel off his wet armor, it would need to dry before they could move out again and he was worried about his sister if she got ill, her memory loss could get worse again.

Once he’s gotten his armor off he sat down close to the fire his swords close by ready for any trouble. He then turned to look at Kaede, ”Ask any questions you want now little sister I think once we leave camp we may not have the time for a proper conversation.”

[rooiehaan]

Kaede panicked, her brother had walked out after leaving her with the dead, smelly corpse of a bear and she was supposed to prepare it. She just poked it and waited for him to return, not knowing what to do with it. When he came back, he asked her to ask any questions. "I have a question.... What am i supposed to do with this?" she asked him, not sure what else he wanted her to ask.

[Goryokaku]

Azrael, smiled and stood up it was going to take some while to re-teach her everything so he stood up and pulled out one of his swords then, he proceeded to butcher up the Bear into useable parts for food, he also made sure to skin it completely of it's fur and hide, then pieacing some meat with his sword he sat down next to Kaede and began to cook the meat on his sword. "Any more questions?"

[rooiehaan]

Kaede looked amazed by his survival skills, and pierced some meat on her sword as well. She shuddered again, and crept closer to the fire. She hold her sword over the fire in an attempt to cook it. She enjoyed the warmth and the smell of the meat, and leaned against her brother; finally having a moment to relax. She hadn't noticed how tired and hungry she was.
Their meat was soon cooked, and Kaede started nibbling on her piece. The blade had gotten warm so she made sure not to touch the steel, but the meat was deliciously cooked this way. Soon she found herself ripping the meat apart, eating like she hadn't had anything to eat for days. Her whole mouth was covered in juices, and some of it dripped down her chin and on her chest. She looked up at her brother and smiled happily. "I don't have any questions, brother... I'm sure we were just having a day off or something and in my clumbsyness i got dragged off by an undercurrent."
She finished her piece of meat and wiped her chin, before lying down and resting her head on his lap. "You are really cool, you know that?" she whispered up to him, "Cutting that bear into bite size chunks... I'd bet you could even make me a nice little coat...'' She yawned, and snuggled up to him.

[Hurati]

Hurati had walked for the whole morning and was exhausted, not only had he traveled this far, he had fought those soldiers on very little sleep. He hadn't expected to be fighting and usually didn't need that much sleep. A spring a few miles back had provided some water and he was now pretty hungry. Hurati looked up at the entrance to Tekler, then yawned and entered the city.

[Lady Foxy]

Outside the Valean-Occupied Zibola

Groups of Valean soldiers were now patrolling the outskirts of Zibola, now that they had sieged it and successfully captured it, the probabilities of the Tuloc army heading to Zibola could be possible. There was a group of ten soldiers walking down the beach, discussing what could be the next siege.

Simon had managed to use the cannons on the ship, sinking down two Valean ships. After the massive wave the lighthouse had caused, the deck of the ship was swept by water. Tal noticed another fleet of Valean ships heading to the docks, probably to them. ''Tal! Jump out! Now!'' His screams had been in vain, as showers of cannonballs smashed against the ship, one hitting Tal, killing him in the process. Simon was blown away by the impact of a cannonball, sending him flying against the water. He sighed, feeling sorrow for the city.

The Valeans had captured Zibola in one hour, as their catapults and trebuchets shattered the walls into ashes. Villagers fled for their lives, but they were captured by the Valeans. Tuloc soldiers had either died, or retreating to the barracks.

The ships that Halina was sinking had gunpowder stored in it and as the cannon Simon had fire struck it, the explosion of the gunpowder was going to be soon.

Tekler, Outside the Local Inn

Ayla looked back at Claire before heading to the marketplace. ''I was tired and decided to sleep wherever I could. Now if you excuse me I'm headed for the marketplace.'' She had looked at some nice swords, but none were compared to hers.

Carter was sitting down on a bench, staring at a odd person walking down the entrance of the town. ''That armor..'' He muttered to himself.