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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taboo" data-source="post: 343481" data-attributes="member: 5912">The Stay in AguilaOur heroes didn’t plan to stay long in Aguila. Just long enough to get a little rest, restock their supplies and get ready to head to Oakhurst. In spite of being gone for nearly two years, they had really only spent less than two weeks together and didn’t really know each other. They spent a little bit of the time they were in Aguila to remedy that situation, but they really didn’t spend that much time getting to know everyone. Kierwin and Minx were too obsessed trying to figure Snap out  At least here, no one and nothing was trying to kill them.Minx and Kierwin had both tried to talk to Snap, but with no more success than before. Sense Motive didn’t work, all that did was confirm that he really didn’t want to talk about it and was afraid of telling them anything.  Their suddenly mysterious friend was determined to keep his secrets to himself for now.  Minx had always been his best friend, so she had tried to talk to him alone. Kierwin had been busy taking care of Rowena when “the Pig”, ok when Turk wasn’t around.  She had, after all been closer to him when they were growing up than Kierwin had, she’d spent more time studying with him since their studies were so much the same.  Kierwin had spent most of her life in the Temple learning about Elhonna, dedicating her life to being a Cleric. During their free time, what little they’d had, the three of them had spent time together, but Minx had definitely been closer to Snap than Kierwin was.The problem was, even spending time with him alone didn’t help. He wouldn’t even lower his scarf and let her see his face. In fact, he would barely speak to her.  The stubborn half-orc that she loved like a brother was determined that whatever was wrong was his secret alone and he wasn’t going to share the burden.She was really worried about what would happen when Turk (she remembered her promise to Kierwin and was trying to be civil, even in her thoughts) and Thorin found out that Snap was a half-orc. Most people reacted violently to orcs, even half-orcs and she didn’t know these two people well enough to know just how they would react. Especially given the mysteriousness of the situation.She talked to Kierwin and Kierwin had already promised Snap not to say anything until he was ready for them to.   Maybe if Snap showed that he was a hero they couldn’t help but trust him. Of course, that was a big maybe.  Even Minx and Kierwin were going on faith, because this wasn’t the same Snap that left them so mysteriously a few years ago.Even if she hadn’t talked to Kierwin and found out she’d promised Snap to keep his race a secret for now, she wouldn’t and couldn’t (for that matter) talk to Turk about it. She promised to try to get along with him, she’d fight along side him and she’d trust him with her life if it came to it, but to actually talk to him about something like this and ask for his trust? No way!  Not likely!  She was leaving that to Kierwin.  She could handle talking to Thorin, if it ever came to it. He was ok, for a dwarf, anyway.It was weird, Kierwin seemed to trust Turk. She actually fell for that chivalrous act of his.  She even found him honorable.  THAT was a new one!  She thought Kierwin had better judgment than that.  Maybe Kierwin had spent too much time with humans when she was younger.  Kierwin was usually a good judge of character, or maybe she sensed something about Turk that Minx didn’t.  WHATEVER!  No matter what Kierwin thought, the man was still a pig, at least as far as men went.  Besides, he was a HUMAN!  She did have to admit he was a good fighter.Minx didn’t mind traveling with him or more specifically, fighting along side him, she just tried to ignore the parts of him that made her want to kill or maim him.  She figured that if she could avoid personal contact and especially avoid any repeat performances of the argument on the boat, they could work together just fine.  For now, at least.Next…..To Oakhurst</blockquote>

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