IC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux, Part II

[TiCaudata]

Llyr looks incredulously at Alexis. "Have you been listening at all? Do want justice or do you want to absolve yourself in martyrdom? If you want to go get yourself hanged by Smenk to ease your tortured soul, by all means don't let us stop you.

"However, if you want to find those bodies and return them to where they were laid down, turning yourself in to some corrupt local police force will accomplish nothing. The local authorities are about as just as they are pure and this town is clean. If you really want to punish yourself, you could do it in front of the Free City's authority. Besides there isn't a much safer place to bury Boldak than the Heironeous boneyard.

"There is that pesky fact that the garrison will likely just turn you over to the locals to hang you again... These four have been tools to Smenk and Filge. If you were to burn this club as punishment for dealing the final blow to the albino, what justice or law have you upheld? If you ACTUALLY want justice, if you ACTUALLY want to uphold good and lawful ideals, taking any of these tools, yourself included, into the fools that "uphold" the law is just about the WORST thing you could possibly do.

"We have too many questions that NEED to be answered before any judgement can be passed or action taken against a guilty party. Right now, I am going to go hole up in the forest for a day. After that I plan on tracking down this Filge and getting those bodies back where they belong. I'll gladly bury your dead, but I WON'T commit suicide through this nonsense of carting two bodies through town on a busy morning. Follow me if you wish, I'll need some help carrying it all." With that, Llyr begins to gather the various bundles he has made, including the equipment and Boldak.

 

[Dichotomy]

Alendar, who is looking quite flustered now, says absolutely nothing. The elf nods at Llyr and begins helping him bundle everything up.
[sblock=worthley]As an aside, because it may become relevant, I wanted to note that Viktor knows that the garrison is part of the Free City Militia. Its primary task is patrolling the hills, keeping watch over the lizard-folk infested marshes to the south, and liasing with non-human communities nearby. The day-to-day affairs of Diamond Lake itself aren't really the garrison's task. As an analogy, the garrison is like having a National Guard outpost in town, but they aren't the cops.

Does that make sense?[/sblock]

 

[worthley]

"Alexis, I want you to come with me, but I want you to understand that I am not turning you in to be arrested, or any such thing. There are people there I want you to talk to. People much wiser than I am that can hopefully help you understand why I did what I did, and to help you understand that you are not at fault for Boldak. You need to be able to grieve and then move on with your life. The garrison is a safe place. They aren't the local law enforcement. You and I can also take some time to collect our thoughts, and then try and figure out what 'we' want to do from there."
Viktor then starts helping Llyr with getting the bodies ready to be burried. "Now, you can be angry with me all you want, but we need to give these two a proper burrial, and I suggest we hurry with it too."

 

[TiCaudata]

"Has everyone gone deaf? I don't care if either or both of you want to go pray or talk to whoever or not, but you two OBVIOUSLY aren't doing so well at being in the same room with each other. So I think that trying to march her up to the garrison is about as bad of an idea as you could come up with.

"The more I think about this (not to mention listen to you two), the more I think that waiting is a bad idea. Even if the sobbing man in the corner who has been listening to us this whole time, doesn't run to Filge as soon as we leave this place, word tends to travel on it's own accord, and the longer we wait the more he is prepared for us.

"Since we don't have a full component of spells, we are going to need to pick up some supplies, QUICKLY, before we go face this guy. This means that we will need to sell some of this stuff, QUICKLY, so that we can get the capital for these purchases.

"Alexis you seem to be more attached to Boldak, why don't you and Alendar go bury him properly. Viktor, you are coming with me so that we can sell some of this and hopefully get someone to sell us a couple of potions and maybe a wand. We meet in the square at noon and go face Filge. You can pray and mourn tonight, we aren't done avenging yet today."

 

[o3caudata]

Alexis begins to nod her head slowly as Llyr speaks. "I don't know if i've heard a more stupid proposal Viktor, my grief is mine and your mommy and daddy aren't going to do anything about it. Llyr is right, we should finish what we've started as quickly as possible. There will be time for talk and mourning later. You and Llyr should go gather supplies. We'll see to Boldak as HE would have prefered. Do not think for a moment that i trust you Viktor. You are my enemies enemy and to that extent I will be civil to you."

Alexis begins to make preprations to depart.

 

[TiCaudata]

"Will you get out of here already? You're not exactly helping either."

After they leave with Boldak and the albino, Llyr turns to Viktor.[sblock=Worth&Dich]"Gather up the stuff and head towards the shop, I'll make sure this guy is tied up properly and then follow you."[sblock=Dichotomy]Llyr turns to the guy to start tying his hands behind his back as securely as the caster can. "I meant what I said earlier. You've been a tool to these people and I can't justify taking what little you have left now. I expect that you will get out of these bonds sooner or later and when you do your swords will still be sitting right there. I am also leaving you your shirt, hell I didn't even tell them that it was magical. All I expect of you is that you don't trouble us anymore. You're a good fighter and I'm sure SOMEONE passing through this town has need of a hired hand. Stop acting under the thumb of someone else, go wake your own world. I don't care where, I just don't want to even get a hint that someone is breathing down my neck because of this. If I even IMAGINE that someone is looking funny at me I will track you down and I won't be NEARLY as nice the next time. Do I make myself clear?"[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[worthley]

[sblock=TiDi]Viktor gathers the stuff, as directed by Llyr, and begins to head to the shop. He pauses for a moment on his way out and asks "How are we supposed to know what any of this stuff is or what it's worth before we sell it?"[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

[sblock=worthNDich]"Simple, don't sell the magic stuff."[/sblock]

 

[o3caudata]

[sblock=Di]As Alendar and Alexis make their way to the burial site, Alexis says "Boldak deserved better than to die there. I can't help but.... I'm not crazy am I? Viktor could have done more? He could have done something? I don't understand him at all."

[sblock=OC]For speeding purposes, if you want to tell me what happens and get me on my way back to town, i'm totally down for that. Whatever makes it easier, as we're obviously coming down to the wire time wise.[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=Ti]In response to Llyr virtually non-veiled threat, the man shakes his head vigourously. It is obvious that the "deal" is better than anything he was expecting to happen after listening to the conversation.
[sblock=OOC]BTW, I've TOTALLY forgotten about that blasted owlbear. What the heck?[/sblock][/sblock]
[sblock=o3]Alendar looks at Alexis and shakes his head. "It was moronic. Viktor didn't like it. He went and prayed, made his peace, or whatever. But then he came back. I thought he was willing to do what we needed to. If I'd known that he wasn't, I wouldn't have gone in."

The elf's face turns grave. "It wasn't your fault that Boldak died. It was Viktor's. How many could he have felled with his hammer if he had acted first?"

As the pair buries Boldak, Alendar continues to speak. It is clear that the elf is struggling with the situation. Finally, once the long task is done, and the sun is well above the horizon, he speaks again.

"I'm sorry Alexis, but... but I can't stay. I didn't know Viktor, other than that when he was little, he and my younger brother were friends. Of course, Viktor has grown up, but my brother is still a child by elven standards. I joined with him as a favor to my brother. But things are too uncertain now. I'm not willing to go through this next step if I can't trust the people I'm with. I don't know Llyr. And I now know that I don't know Viktor. I can't trust my life with him. There will be consequences for what happened today. It may be fine for Viktor with his only family safe in the garrison, but my brother is not so safe. I am going to take him and move on. We will be fine on our own for awhile, but he will need me. Please, do what you can to help that poor dead boy, Alastor, but I can't go with you."

It soon becomes obvious to Alexis that Alendar will not be dissuaded. With an obviously heavy heart, the elf takes his leave.[/sblock]
[sblock=michael_noah]Brannak and Dav had quite the barfight in the Feral Dog two nights past. While both got tousled up a bit, they certainly managed to prove their worth in a fight. It only made sense for the pair to try to sell their services together. After taking yesterday to rest, the pair has made its way to The Captain's Blade to pick up some new weaponry.

It becomes immediately apparent that the proprietor, Tyrol Ebberly, is an inveterate gossip. As he sees the bruises still fading on the pair, he asks all about the barfight and is enthralled by the telling of each and every blow.[/sblock]
[sblock=Ti & worthley]Llyr and Viktor head to town to do some shopping. At some point they make their way to The Captain's Blade, as it is the best place to both buy and sell masterwork weaponry.[/sblock]
[sblock=Everyone except o3]As Llyr and Viktor enter The Captain's Blade, they see the proprietor, Tyrol Ebberly, having a chat with two customers.

The first is a man that can best be described as "compact." He is quite short, barely over 5'5", but for that height he is well-muscled. He has short, black hair, that looks like he probably cuts it himself with a dagger, and a few days of stubble on his face. Dressed in an explorer's outfit of grey and black, with a greatsword on his back and a bow on his shoulder that looks like the average man wouldn't be able to string it, he looks loaded and ready to go.

The second man [size=-2](whom shall be described by m_n)[/size] strikes Llyr as being from one of the tribes that he has heard of nearby.

"Aye," Tyrol is saying to the pair as Llyr and Viktor arrive. "You two surely got the better end of that barfight. I bet none of the regular thugs in that place would be willing to face you with more numbers again."

"Yeah," the 'compact' man says with a sneer. "No matter how badly I smear them in the dagger tossing contest."[/sblock]
[sblock=OOC all]Let's just quickly handle any selling and buying OOC by IM or email or whatnot.[/sblock]