The Invasion of Arias: Ninth S.O.

[TheBlindMime]

Hale flew down to greet the gnolls, he shifted into his were-form towards the end of his drop. Hitting the ground loudly in a crouch he slowly stood up, "Greetings I am Hale Right, son of the Archmagi Right. I am humbled by the offer to join you, may I ask what your doing?"

[Ryu Kurai]

The elder gnoll nodded, several beads from the ornamental headress he was wearing clicking against each other. "Welcome, child of the heaven and earth. Truly we are blessed to have you among us this night." He performed a deep bow and went down on one knee for a moment. He then slowly stood up, gesturing towards the massive bonfire. "This ritual we perform is for the safe return of our greatest warrior, and perhaps that is why you were drawn here." His voice was strong and balanced, albeit softened as though worn out from extended use. "The heavens have sent us guides before, and they did not know they were indeed guides. Most of them were indeed creatures such as yourself, such as Vargus was. He is the one who is missing. After hearing of the plight of our two most outlying cities, he decided to set off, taking his black-bladed scythe with him. He is a gnoll, as we are, but he is set apart in that his fur is snow white and his eyes are red as the flame you see now." He turned to look at it, instantly panicing. "What? Blue, green, no, this is not good at all... He is in danger, surrounded by enemies, and he is injured. No, bad omens for him. Very bad." He turned hastily to Hale, falling to his knees and bowing with his head touching the dirt. "Please, two-fold spirit, help us to find our hero! Without him, we would have been killed long ago." The elder pushed his head more firmly into the dirt, and by this time several of the gnolls had stopped dancing and were watching the spectacle.

[TheBlindMime]

Hale sticks one of his punching daggers into the ground and reaches out to the old gnolls shoulder. "I shall help you in any way I can." Am I merely a tool of the universe, a two-fold spirit created to fufill any prophecies I happen by, or maybe this is what I'm meant for. Maybe I was never meant to be a minstrel, to lead an average life, maybe I was meant to help those in need. His current mission with the Ninth Special Ops was now far from his mind, as is Hales way, he wanted nothing more then to help these gnolls. "I shall do my best to return him to you safely and I'll let no one stand in my way."

[pendejochy]

OOC:I'm back, y'all!

{I wonder what that werebird is off to.}
"Shirin, do you think we can steer the caravan towards that werebird? I think we should see if he is alright."

[Ryu Kurai]

Shirin turned and looked at Pende, shaking his head somewhat. "No way dude, his brother said he'd be back, but if you really want, I can delay this whole trip to check out if he's okay, make the horses and everyone else even more tired and irritable, or we can wait until he gets back, and have everyone sleep nice and soundly. The dude can probably take care of himself." He went back to driving the horses, waiting for an answer.

* * *

The gnoll elder rose to his feet and clutched Hale by the shoulders. "Thank you, oh messenger of the heavens! Our prayers have been answered! Come, can we get you something to eat, a bed to sleep in so that you may be well rested for tommorow's journey?" He beaconed towards a few small tents that were set up about fifty feet away from the fire.

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

“An eagle has defences of his own. Unless his wings have been clipped and he is vastly outnumbered by hostile enemies, we will have no need to see if he’s alright. That, and,” Tantalum added lazily, “we’d have heard his fierce cry if he was in danger.”
She returned to dozing.

[TheBlindMime]

Hale shifted to his fully human form deciding when amongst gnolls why bother with a human's modesty, besides as a mixture of human and bird he was almost nothing but muscle and bone... so he looked damn good, damn good. "I'm more then full, I think it best I get some rest, if your hero is truly in danger I will need all the energy I can to help him. You can tell me all I need to know in the morning." Hale bows to the gnoll elder while grabbing his katar and walks towards the tents. He sets his katars outside the tent and crawls inside, lying inside for a moment he begins to think about his day. Chasing down a thief in were-form, joining a make-shift army of the best the country has to offer, going on a semblance of a date with a were-cat and now after I wake up tommorow I will finally get to go on an adventure, because Quill is going to kill me after I didn't return to the group. And with that he fades into unconsciousness.

(ooc: gineko just informed me her internet does not work at home, so it may be a while before she can get on again, so waiting for a reaction from her may be futile.)

[Mintaro]

(OOC: A caravan is a wagon with wood instead of cloth right? Either way this works I think)

As the evening turns to deep night, Aquila gets up and begins to silently pace across the roof of the caravan. He starts mumbling quietly in Yujiraan, "Where is my Bloody brother. He should have been back by now. I don't like him being out so long. He is going to get into trouble out there. If I know him he saw a house and is spying on some poor young woman. No hes probably been captured by, by Gnolls or something! Foolish, young, naive, stupid..." He just sort of goes on like that. Turning into his were form to retain more body heat and allow for a quieter pace.

[Gineko]

((OOC: thanks mime, guys I think that i can only get on at school for a while, and I can only manage one or two posts a week on all my rps. I'm really sorry. - -; ))

Aiera was a little shocked when Jo was picked up by Vex, but he was dropped back on the ground in only a moment and she went up to him. You okay?
She noticed that people were mostly either going outside or trying to sleep.

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

The quiet pattering of Aquila's feet on the caravan roof irritated Tantalum. She opened one eye and cocked it up at the inside of the roof and sighed. Being a thief had their advantages. You could read a person's emotions and whatnot from their movements. Aquila was obviously anxious and worried.
Worried about that Hale werebeast? Pfft, she thought as she shifted to a more upright position. She extracted another earth quill and prodded the part where Aquila's foot had landed, puncturing the leather sheet and jabbing the sole of Aquila's boots. There was a flurry of wings and a startled "hey...!" that annonuced Tantalum getting his attention.

"You are in danger of worrying too much, and worrying too much gives you wrinkles, and wrinkles don't attract pretty women. Your brother will be safe, or else half of us would've heard his terrified cry of help. If he has not done so, he must have everything under control. If you are still worried, I will go out in search of him. My eyes are far better than an eagle's at night."