InVinoVeritas
Adventurer
Ru and Fr. Berman
Ru repositions himself on the back of the carriage as it barrels down the street. The back wheels rumble as the horses pull the conveyance at a full gallop. Hanging down, almost underneath the carriage, he delivers a sharp kick to the axle. It remains intact. He delivers a second savage kick, and he notes that the axle has started to splinter, but is still fully functional at this time.
However, his foot slips on the quickly rotating axle, and he falls backward. He catches himself just at the last possible instant, holding for dear life on the rear step of the carriage. He feels the cobblestones brushing against his short hair, and watches the pebbles kicked up from the horses pass by his face.
The carriage door opens, and one of the beak-masked figures jumps out. Instead of a hard landing on the stones, however, he flaps his grey-cloaked arms and lands lightly behind the carriage. He continues his somewhat comical flapping as runs--and floats--toward Fr. Berman.
Despite his unleveraged stance, Ru manages to pull himself back up into a fighting position at the rear of the carriage. And not a moment too soon--the driver looks down at Ru, perched on the roof of the carriage and looking over the rear, at Ru. The driver pulls the crossbow bolt out of his shoulder as he speaks in a familiar voice: "Ah, Ru! Good to see you. I have something of yours."
Ru repositions himself on the back of the carriage as it barrels down the street. The back wheels rumble as the horses pull the conveyance at a full gallop. Hanging down, almost underneath the carriage, he delivers a sharp kick to the axle. It remains intact. He delivers a second savage kick, and he notes that the axle has started to splinter, but is still fully functional at this time.
However, his foot slips on the quickly rotating axle, and he falls backward. He catches himself just at the last possible instant, holding for dear life on the rear step of the carriage. He feels the cobblestones brushing against his short hair, and watches the pebbles kicked up from the horses pass by his face.
The carriage door opens, and one of the beak-masked figures jumps out. Instead of a hard landing on the stones, however, he flaps his grey-cloaked arms and lands lightly behind the carriage. He continues his somewhat comical flapping as runs--and floats--toward Fr. Berman.
Despite his unleveraged stance, Ru manages to pull himself back up into a fighting position at the rear of the carriage. And not a moment too soon--the driver looks down at Ru, perched on the roof of the carriage and looking over the rear, at Ru. The driver pulls the crossbow bolt out of his shoulder as he speaks in a familiar voice: "Ah, Ru! Good to see you. I have something of yours."
