Mordane76 said:"I know I told you boys not to come in here anymore," Mr. Martin says to the lead youth. "I told you I don't want any trouble, and I don't want you and your friends hanging around my store. Mrs. Quixoles..."
"Don't lecture me, old man," the boy in front shouts, cutting the owner off in mid sentence. "We just here for munchies, essa, so back off me and my boys... we paying customers, man," he says, pushing Mr. Martin back. His friends giggle at their leader's bravado, and start to fan out and around him, into the store.
Mordane76 said:Evening... it's always peaceful at twilight, just before dark -- the flock rushing back from their daily bustle to their families... the darkness not quite upon them yet, and the dangers that darkness brings still held at bay. The wind is calm, and the night is cool from your vantage point atop the low-rise office building overlooking the Hudson Bay in Churchill.
"If they only knew what they were facing," the Watcher says, walking up behind you unexpectedly, breaking your reverie. "What evils lurk in that darkness... and what we protect them from. It's good to see you again, Jonathan -- it's been too long. The Shepherd, his Scribes, and the Eldest send their greetings as well, especially his Scribes -- they still speak constantly of your efforts in finding us when we failed to wake at this Breaching."
Rybaer said:He hefts two cans of beans, one in each hand, and then steps calmly around the corner and into view of the others. Shin stares down the leader, glancing only once at the others to judge their positions.
"Yo, amigo," he says. "The boss says you're not welcome. Listen to the man. Besides, it's closing time." He casually and meaningfully tosses one of the cans in his hand.
Drakknyte32 said:"I only wish I could have done more. If I had realized this was happening a little sooner I may have been able to stop it before it got out of control. If only I hadn't been so sure of peace for another thousand years. But what is done and done, and regret over this will serve no purpose."
He looks out again over the Bay, watching the world go by. A world that he was no longer a part of. But a world he wanted to protect nonetheless.
"He has made a surprising move and has gained much ground recently, but he hasn't won yet. There are still those left with the power to oppose him. How goes the search for those still untainted?"