Road to the Capitol.

[Sergey]

'it's not up too me. Alexia?' He turned to the cavalier, ignoring the merchant entirely.

[Alexia]

Alexia sighed, looking over at the merchant, then back at her group. They were already in trouble for fighting a religious figure... what would stealing a few horses do? Then again, they were supposed to be the good guys, and robbing merchants would interfere with that goal.
"How much would it cost to buy your horses?" she asked the merchant, leaning forward, so that her weapons were visible. Kato eyed Kraft and Sergey, who looking menacing, and his eyes went over Marzius and Mae, who both looked skilled. Finally, he stopped at Alexia, the battle hardened veteran.

"I think I could part with a few horses for say, five hundred gold?" the merchant smiled at Alexia. She looked over at the walkers in the party.
"Do you want to give up five hundred gold?" she asked, "or should we try bargaining?"
Her hand had "accidentally" drifted to her sword when she mentioned bargaining. Kato gulped.
"Did I say five hundred? I meant three hundred," he noticed Sergey's ax. "I meant two hundred."
Alexia nodded, glancing at her companions. "That's about fifty from each of you, it sounds fair for a horse."

It sounded more than fair.

[Sergey]

Sergey let his axe down with a disappointed expression. He handed over fifty gold. he would have gone for hundred, it was nothing too him.

[Maeleeown]

Not even remembering how much gold she had she dug through her bags. Finding the gold she handed it over to Alexia.

"See buying horses isn't bad, but I still think that we could've walked." She states kindly glancing at Kraft.

[Marzius]

marzius grumbled to himself as he reached into his robes. he pulled out his money and handed it over to the merchant. the smiling man directed marzius to the horses, and let the mage select his own. unfortunately, marzius knows nothing about horses, so he picks one that isn't so great.

"the indignity of it all," he muttered, as he tried, unsuccessfully, to climb into his horse.

[Sergey]

Sergey choose a big black horse. He had ridden horses before when he was young as a standard training in his mercenary unit but had never quite adapted to it.

[Kraft]

Kraft smiled back to Mae and winked.

"So, Kato, here's your gold! I've worked hard for it. Hours and hours. Aaah, the pain. Hehe, just kiddin' " He grinned and slapped the man on his back.

"Ooh! What's that? What a pretty horse!" Kato his attention weakened and Kraft bumped into the man while going for the horse he pointed at.

"Oh, I'm definitely taking this one. Looks fierce and all. I'll call him... Varas." Kraft said while smiling at the merchant.

"Anyway, thank you for your merchandise dear Kato, son of Galva. I guess we see you around. Let's go mates."

And then I can check how much money that guy had in his purse. Ehehe. That was almost to easy. He calls himself a merchant?

And he started singing. Again. Life was good.

[Alexia]

Alexia rolled her eyes after watching her companions pick their horses. Marzius had picked a horse that looked about to die, Kraft's was pretty, but worthless... You'd think they'd have more sense than that.

"Come on, we need to start moving. We should be able to reach the capital in a day at this rate."

[Maeleeown]

Mae walked over to the horses checking their hooves, checking ears, eyes, mouth, muscles, and coat condition.

"Some of these horses aren't fit to sell, while others aren't fit to even be moving. I can't believe you were trying to sell us horses at such an outrageous price to begin with. You should be Ashamed of yourself." She ranted getting up into the merchant's face yelling by the end. Then remembering herself she bows her head and clasps her hands in front of herself.

"I'll take the roan mare with the white star on her brow." The horse was one of the healthiest there and one of the youngest as well. Her shoes needed to be changed but she could fix that or at least clean them. She stroked the neck of the young roan and smiled then gracefully swung her leg up and over onto the horse. Leaning over she whispers..."I'll name you Bloody Starkissed but we'll just call you Star...lame I know but it's cute and fits." A bit louder...

"I'll name her Star because she has a star," smiling she digs in her heels of her mare, "Heeyah!" And off she gallops down the road. "Off to the capitol!"

Snorting angrily and pawing the ground Silver rears and leaps off after the stunning mare his master screaming like a little girl and clinging on for dear life the whole way.

[Sergey]

'Unless any of you bloody Etrurians need a some Horseriding 101?' Sergey said. Everything was possible with these people.

[Alexia]

Night Flight stared off at the other horse, looking longingly.
"Looks like Mae and Jacques are raring to go!" laughed Alexia, smiling. She kicked Night Flight into action. "We ride to the capital!"

She hoped they would be able to make a difference. Maybe Marzius's master would be willing to listen to reason...

OoC: next person post in Marzius's streets of Etruria thread, unless you want to control your horse or something.