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George Rozas

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Gerion listened to the sailor's concerns with rapt attention, his long years of service to the church - within and without Talendria itself - owing him countless hours of experience in listening to the worries, fears and misgivings of all who sought out guidance. His gaze drifted only once to follow Edd's gesture to the group he sailed with, the very same mercenaries raising their ruckus, before returning their steely focus to him.

When the man's tale was laid bare Gerion leaned back in his seat, resting a hand upon the edge of the table as the other scratched at his beard in thought.

" Your question has a simple, easy answer Edd - no, I don't believe the Aspects have placed any curse upon your voyage, " He answered after a few moments of quiet, lowering his hand from his chin and shaking his head. " Curses are born from spite, powerful spite, and a curse born from a god would have sank your expedition long before reaching this port. "

" I ask you, sincerely, do you believe the Aspects would be so petty to lay a curse upon your expedition due to a few oddities among your number? " He smiled warmly, the question clearly not any kind of trick or threat - but a reminder that they followed the Aspects because of what they represent, not from fearing their wrath. " If you remain unconvinced then show me to your ship, I'll gladly scour it for any signs of a curse - whether by god or mortal alike, should it give you peace of mind. " I am Inferi.

01-Dec-2018 01:52:15

Inferi

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As expected, he didn’t quite believe her. Did she care? Nah, not particularly, although it did irritate her a little in this state. For a moment, her brain began formulating a plan that would make it clear he shouldn’t doubt it, but even now that was swiftly tossed out. She had no reason to do anything of the sort, even if making everyone in the tavern levitate would have been extremely amusing to watch.

Still, he didn’t decline her offer, which meant there was at least something in what she said that he believed. That was enough to keep the grin on her face and stop her from making some remark about it. This wasn’t a bad day at all; she had been able to enjoy her drinking time and get herself something interesting to do in the process. Although part of her brain that she wasn’t aware of knew she would regret something about this later, that couldn’t hold sway on her actions right now.

“

My name? I’m Aria.

” she told the Quartermaster, signing her name with a rather fancy flourish where she was told to. Of course, before she did she looked over what she was signing to make sure she wasn’t tricking herself into signing something that would make her life go poorly, and presumably she would find nothing to indicate this.

“

So, what now?

” she asked once her name was signed. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

02-Dec-2018 19:59:19

Azi Demonica

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The Brig

“My captors are more wolves than sheep. For that, I respect them. But, my time will come.”

The Docks

Caspara’s eyes widened at the revelation. Out of all races, Dwarves were the least she expected. Her whitey sister would have been quite the tower compared to them!

“No. She’s our sister. We’re just looking for her, make sure she’s alive. She went off to find out why our race can’t use magic, but also to discover what happened to the Ashlands,” Xavakuun answered. He turned his head to his other sister. “See? Don’t be so brash all the time.”

“Well, whatever, you’re always a little slow, so you make me impatient.”

“That’s exactly what Luna always says...”

“So it’s true.”

“No, you’re just copying a smarter person.”

“Well, at least I’m smart enough to know that some magical orb won’t blacken an entire continent. Luna kept saying some fiery magical orb created the Ashlands. It’s just a fact you’re usually wrong, that’s it.”

02-Dec-2018 20:59:09

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Annie1227

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Annie listened to the conversations around her as she drank her beer. She was waiting to happen next in this adventure. She was nervous but excited at the same time. She had nothing else to say at this moment. -Dances-

03-Dec-2018 02:27:50

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Edd's Enquiry

Edd did not appear to be entirely satisfied by Gerion's response.

"But what about them Aspects of Evil?" He pressed. "They've always sounded petty enough, and there's plenty of stories about how they'll hurt people as long as possible before they end 'em. Maybe they're the ones who drew these odd folk to our voyage. Maybe they sent the pirates too - their Captain said he was sent by a Talendrian, but you can't trust a pirate's word."

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Aria's Recruitment

Vanick was about to answer, but then two other men had stepped forward. Perhaps the confidence of the others had swayed them, and they hadn't realized that some had already joined the expedition. Or perhaps they had merely sized the other 'volunteers' up, and decided that they would rather not claim that they stepped down while this lot had stepped forward. Either way, Vanick and the Quartermaster's attentions would soon be directed towards them.

"Alright then," Vanick said, now addressing all three of them. "Our ship is called the Sea Drake, it's over by the dock. Lieutenant Joric Ironfist will take you there so you can settle in and get used to it. It should depart tomorrow morning."

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Octavius's Celebration

"You!" A voice shouted out.

If Octavius turned to see who it was, he would see a tall burly man with a long unkempt black hair and a moustache thundering towards him, his expression one of pure drunken fury as he shoved people aside. Octavius would have never seen this man in his life. These people he shoved were then shoved into others, who promptly shoved back, and so the strange angry man was inadvertently leading a shove war in his wake.

Finally, the angry man came to Octavius himself. "You bastard!" He shouted, launching a fist at Octavius's helmeted face. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

04-Dec-2018 01:36:47

George Rozas

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" The Aspects of Evil... You aren't wrong, Edd. There are many tales of their influence, twisted as it may be, darkening the hearts of our fellow man and bringing great tragedy, " Gerion replied after a moment of quiet consideration, appearing pensive for a moment as his gaze drifted aimlessly - then falling back to the man beside him almost as quickly as they'd strayed. " But I believe the truth to be far sadder. We are not a perfect people, my good man. So many have claimed the Aspects to be working through them, to have had dreams from the gods to commit acts of benevolence and acts of cruelty - wars have been fought by self-titled prophets that proved to only be the ravings of the mad or the heretical. "

He shook his head sadly.

" The Aspects do not speak with us, Edd. Nor do they influence us directly. Their influence works through the hearts and minds of every man, woman and child - waiting there for us to discover and choose who we want to be. " He paused, considering his wording before nodding. " That is my belief... Or rather, a slice of it. "

Gerion took a short sip from his drink, wetting his dried lips and letting out a small sigh before a smile crossed his face once again.

" But... Your plight is certainly a strange one. You say this pirate that attacked your ship claimed to have been sent by a Talendrian? " I am Inferi.

04-Dec-2018 02:33:17

Inferi

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“

Excellent! Lead the way, boss-

” Aria began, but was cut off by someone in the crowd stumbling back and into her, knocking her forward and hitting her hip off the table in front of her. Normally, she might have just forgotten about it - or more likely would have been completely knocked off balance and fell to the floor - but in her current state she wasn’t exactly feeling like that. Besides, she had been having a good time, and it was now ruined by the fact that her hip hurt. She was going to feel that even more tomorrow, and knowing that annoyed her even more. It didn’t do to start out on a trip like this already injured.

“

Hey! Hey you!

” she shouted, spinning around and trying to find who had done it. She hadn’t seen the one to hit her, so she immediately just went for the one that seemed to be causing all the problems: the man currently launching a fist at some other guy across the room. She really didn’t care who they were, or why any of this was happening. It only mattered that this had caused her drunken self problems.

It was at this point that she realized her final drink had still been in her hand this whole time, and what had happened had spilled it down her front. That just made things worse, and a rather irritated expression crossed her face as she placed it down on the table with a rather loud thump.

“

Now look here.

” she began, her voice raised as she began drawing on magic. “

If you’ve got an argument, don’t bring everyone else into it!

”

What she said was accentuated by the spell she cast at the end of her words. It was a dual-part spell, or perhaps it was more accurate to say it was two spells cast in quick succession. Both were of the same type: force. The first cancelled the force that gravity was exerting on the man, stopping him from connecting to the ground, while the second tossed him out the nearest window...or at least attempted to. The first would cancel as soon as he made contact with it. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

05-Dec-2018 03:23:32

Azi Demonica

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After Vanick finished with Aria and the two others, a tall burly man avalanched his way through patrons. The created tension lead to Arias hip being hurt, and worse, she spilled her drink over her.

While Aria readied her magic, Octavius turned around, arms floppy, visor and breastplate wet from the beer he spilt over himself. The aggravator approached and sent a big punch towards the centurion’s visor. Although the visor would block serious damage, it was still worn over the face, and the impact would still hurt.

Although his left arm did not have a gauntlet and mostly healed magically from the burns, Octavius was used to throwing punches with his left arm anyways. Though, being shorter, it was inevitable his attacker’s punch would land first.

“Rrahh!” Octavius exclaimed as he swung a left uppercut from hip level. After, he would throw a right cross towards his attacker’s sternum...

05-Dec-2018 21:46:50

NotFishing

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Edd's Enquiry

Edd nodded. "That's all I heard. Don't believe a word of it, though. He's a pirate - can't trust 'em." He looked as though he was about to spit, but then he remembered where he was and who he was with, and swallowed it.

He was about to say something else when an incident on the other end of the room caught his attention...

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Aria's Aggression

The man did not quite go through the window. Instead his body slammed into the wooden frame - Aria would have found aiming difficult in her drunken state. He fell to the ground with a thud, groaning loudly.

"What did you do!?" Vanick shouted. Meanwhile, the seeds of chaos spread by the original man were already beginning to sprout, as one person threw a punch and then others assumed that meant it was okay for them to throw punches too.

Someone ran for the door, blundering directly into Joric and falling to the ground as the dwarf shoved him off. Sarah ducked, and half a second later a bottle shattered against the wall behind where her head once was. "We need to get out of here!" She shouted.

"Out, now!" Vanick said, turning Sarah's advice into an order.

Easier said than done; there was fighting near the door, and where there wasn't fighting, other people were already racing to get out.

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Octavious's (insert something that begins with O)

"AGH!!!!"

Octavius's attacker reared back, shaking his hand, somehow not realizing just how painful striking hard metal with his bare fist would actually be. The two attacks that followed would be enough to send him to the ground.

Yet the danger was not over, for now men all around Octavius were already brawling. Most seemed content to avoid him due to his heavy armour, but that did not necessarily mean he would have to sit out. Though he might have heard Vanick's orders to leave...

(continued) Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

05-Dec-2018 23:38:48

NotFishing

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Meanwhile, another patron who had no desire to get into the fight, was thundering towards the door. He pushed the girl aside in his haste to escape, unintentionally sending the girl between two fighters, one of whom was already aiming a punch that would be at the level of Annie's gut...

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Back to Gerion

"See what I mean!?" Edd said, exasperated as he gestured towards the fighting. "Trouble is following us everywhere!" Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

05-Dec-2018 23:41:03

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