Ether Alzen
Wyvern Rider
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There's nothing faster that Vyer! He's the fast thing in the air and I'm the best rider there is.
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Post by Ether Alzen on Jun 11, 2011 23:10:00 GMT -6
As Ether flew through the air on Vyer he just kept thinking that he wanted nothing bad to happen to Michelle despite her not liking him and the fact that they had just really met he didn’t want his partner to die. When the wyvern rider got closer to the other riders he noticed he knew who they were. Their names were Daniel and Kirk two riders Ether had trained with during his squire days, two real knuckle heads if you asked Ether but they work well together. These two would be an issue if they ganged up on Ether but he and Vyer could take on Daniel and Kirk anytime. Ether wasn’t just going to go on and attack them he wanted some answers he wanted to know what was up with Jack being there and what were the bandits up to.
“Daniel, Kirk you two have some explaining to do,” Ether said as he reached the two wyvern riders in a serious tone. Daniel and Kirk gave each other a concerned look and then looked back toward the fortress. They knew Vyer was faster than both of their wyverns and bigger so trying to run away would be pointless they were caught and they knew it.
“I figured Ether would be the one to ruin all our fun just like usual man our luck right Kirk,” Daniel groaned as he pulled out his lance and started spinning it around. Kirk smirked a bit at Daniel’s comment and then looked toward Ether with a smug look on his face.
“Fine Ether we’ll let you know our plans it not it will matter any way you will die soon,” Kirk began to speak as he folded his arms.
“Commander Wedner has been working for bandits giving them supplies they need like food, medical supplies and weapons and they give him in return special armor and men to control. See Commander Wedner is tired of how things are going on in Bern and wishes to crush Ilia with an iron fist so he has been secretly preparing his own army for an attack on Edessa. Captain Jack is his second in command on this mission. Heck what Wedner doesn’t know is the fact that Jack and the rest of the bandits are Ilia extremist bent on the destruction of Bern,” Kirk said finishing his long explanation of what was going on.
“Wait wait you’re saying wyvern lord Commander Wedner has been dealing with bandits who say they follow his hate against Ilia but truly they are actually Ilians who infiltrated the Bern army and are just using him to start a full on war against Ilia which they know Bern has a low chance of winning,” Ether said his voice sound of disbelief. Kirk and Daniel shook their heads confirming that Ether was right.
“Shucks Ether it’s ok that you along with your old dead friend will be dying by the hands of Ilians and the fact that you will be the only one who could have stopped Commander Wedner from supplying us any further which would hinder our plans for an attack on the Bern capital,” Daniel said juggling his lance around.
“Damn it Daniel you told him too much. Ah it doesn’t matter get him!” Kirk growled as he whipped his wyvern’s reigns and the creature came rushing at Vyer. Ether quickly tapped Vyer with the heel of his foot and the wyvern flew straight up into the air with Daniel and Kirk following after.
“Geez it all makes no sense right now Vyer, so apparently Commander Wedner is a traitor for working with bandits and so are Captain Jack, Daniel and Kirk along with another unknown number of wyvern riders plus these other bandits and they are caring some kind of special armor,” Ether said to his wyvern as they flew thought the night sky. The young wyvern rider pulled on his wyvern’s reigns towards his body making Vyer pull his wings closer toward his body turn around and began to drop toward Kirk and Daniel.
Vyer then spread his wings and had his wings curved a bit which increased his speed going downwards. As Ether became close enough to Daniel he extended his lance toward the boy slashing his left side. As Ether reach Kirk the two began slashing and stabbing at each other with their lances as their wyverns flew past each other. After one hit their wyverns would fly of circled around and come back almost as if a person was watching a jousting match. What Ether had that Kirk didn’t was skill and Vyer. The wyvern had begun to speed up faster than Kirk’s wyvern could handle. This gave Ether an opening when Kirk didn’t prepare himself so as he flew by Ether had stabbed Kirk in the chest along with his wyvern.
Daniel then came flying at Ether attempting to thrust his lance into Ether skull. Vyer gracefully flew above Daniel’s wyvern upside down this gave Ether the great opportunity to finish Daniel off which he took by stabbing the traitor in the back straight through his body. Feeling a tad bit exhausted from the fight and wanting to tell Michelle what he had learned he steered Vyer to the ground next to the tree where Michelle was perched in.
“I have some information I have to tell you,” Ether said as he dismounted Vyer and walked towards the tree the archer was in.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 12, 2011 0:27:08 GMT -6
Michelle looked up and around the area from her vantage point high in the trees. She saw as the knight spoke briefly to the two riders who had flown out to scout. Amidst their conversation, the knight had not noticed that there was another rider flying out after having seen the knight.
Michelle watched as the knight had a few jousts with the two riders and then started flying back to where Michelle was, not noticing that there was another rider chasing him.
In retaliation to the third rider, Michelle picked up her bow, aimed and shot an arrow that flew true and straight, piercing through the wyvern's wings before it lodged itself right in the middle of the rider's chest.
"We can talk later. For now, we must prepare ourselves. They might have realised that three of their riders are dead now and the alarm would have been sounded", Michelle said, lifting her bow and preparing herself for the battle with the bandits.
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Ether Alzen
Wyvern Rider
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There's nothing faster that Vyer! He's the fast thing in the air and I'm the best rider there is.
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Post by Ether Alzen on Jun 12, 2011 0:39:48 GMT -6
As Michelle spoke Ether looked toward the fortress and noticed that the bandits were scrambling around. The situation looked grim as Michelle didn't know if Commander Wedner was here the two of them would be killed surely despite their combined skill which is impressive for them being quite young. Wedner was a experience fighter and could easily rip Ether and Michelle apart. He also noticed the wyvern rider that had been following him luckily Michelle was there he would thank her later. She was right now what not the time to talk it was the time for action and Ether devised a plan that would extremely dangerous.
"Michelle I have a plan but it's pretty much a suicide mission. We must get inside the fortress and find some kind of special equipment of some kind," Ether said to his archer partner as he mounted Vyer.
"I'll fly over the fortress and draw their attention and I'll need you to sneak inside and find what I think is probably some crates if I can take out most of the bandits I will join you. Do you want to do this?" Ether said to Michelle hoping she would comply.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 12, 2011 1:04:05 GMT -6
"Are you serious or playing around here? See how many of those bandits there are? Even if I managed to sneak in, once inside, I would no longer be in darkness and be completely exposed to the bandits.", Michelle exclaimed, taking another swift look at the situation within the bandit stronghold.
"The only advantage we have is in the darkness outside. There would be another way in if you really think getting the special equipment is that important.", Michelle said, a little softer now. After having looked through the entire stronghold from the tree she was hiding in, she had seen that there was an outdoor courtyard in the middle of the fortress which was mostly covered in darkness, due to it not being indoors.
"The safest way in would be for you to give me a lift right into the courtyard in the centre of the stronghold, from which I can use the darkness to move around.", Michelle concluded, feeling adrenaline flow throughout her body in anticipation of the raid they were going to make.
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Ether Alzen
Wyvern Rider
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There's nothing faster that Vyer! He's the fast thing in the air and I'm the best rider there is.
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Post by Ether Alzen on Jun 12, 2011 8:57:51 GMT -6
Ether nodded his head in agreement at Michelle's plan it would probably work the best. He really wanted to know what this special equipment was, was it a new kind of weapon or some incredible unbreakable armor. Either way Ether wanted to get it and get out of this place as fast as he could he was getting tired of being here. As Ether looked into the sky he saw Jack and someone else that he couldn't really see along with his squad of wyverns. Wait a moment he could make out the face of the person riding the wyvern next to Jack. It was Commander Wedner. This was not good not good at all Ether began to worry that they were looking for himself and Michelle.
"Alright we'll do that but we'll have to avoid those wyvern riders at all cost there are too many of them for us to handle," Ether said as he looked toward the sky and watched Jack and Wedner circle through the skies looking for the white haired wyvern rider.
"Whenever you are are ready," He added still very nervous and worried that he would probably be dead by the end of this.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 12, 2011 9:36:04 GMT -6
OoC: Btw, I'm referring to Ether as the knight as Michelle still has it in her mind that Ether's just another knight in the army. When they get closer, she'll start referring to him as Ether.
BiC: Michelle looked up at what the knight had said. There were two wyvern riders riding out from the stronghold, both of them having a conversation with each other, while another two more riders flew out and around the vicinity of the stronghold, definitely looking out for the knight. Michelle hoped strongly that they would not spot the knight, but it would be quite hard for them to do so in the darkness, granted the wyvern he was riding on was black and the armour he wore blended in well with the darkness and the knight.
Michelle took another quick glance, and upon ensuring that there were only those 4 wyvern riders around, made a quick decision in her head.
"While there are only these 4 riders around, we had better get a move on into the stronghold before more reinforcements arrive.", Michelle said, jumping onto the knight's wyvern. "Let's hope that this night will help to mask our movements."
While Michelle had made a huge decision by deciding to rush into the stronghold more quickly, she noticed a big hole in her plans, in which the knight would not be able to see when she was done with what she was doing and that she would be completely on her own in the stronghold. Michelle just hoped that everything would turn out fine when they had arrived.
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Ether Alzen
Wyvern Rider
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There's nothing faster that Vyer! He's the fast thing in the air and I'm the best rider there is.
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Post by Ether Alzen on Jun 14, 2011 19:45:37 GMT -6
Ether really didn't see a plan that didn't end up with him having to fight Wedner or Jack even with the help of the night sky Ether felt they were going to get caught somehow. If they were going to do Michelle' plan they would have to do it now as it seemed as if Wedner was going off somewhere since he had just flown over their heads. That left Jack and Ether could deal with Jack just not Wedner and definitely not the two of them together.
"Alright Michelle if we are going to do this then let's do this now," Ether said as Vyer got into his taking off position. This was the time to do something Ether didn't know when Wedner would be back nor did he want to stick around to find out.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 18, 2011 9:24:20 GMT -6
Michelle looked around and then up, and saw one of the two riders she had seen earlier fly off while the other returned to the stronghold. Seeing even more bandits file out of the stronghold, Michelle felt slightly relieved, the mission would go a lot more smoothly if there were less bandits within the stronghold. However, it would also mean that she would not have a way to escape if they all remained outside.
"I just need to search for that large box and snag one of its contents? That would be easy for me. Now, let us hurry and enter the stronghold while more bandits leave the stronghold. It would mean that there would be less bandits within the stronghold itself.", Michelle spoke, in a fast voice, adrenaline already having spread to her entire body in response to the start of their mission. Why was she feeling so excited? It was not the first time she was on a mission. Maybe it was the fact that the odds were greatly against them? Or maybe it was the knight she was with? And he did look... No! Focus, Michelle!
"I'll fire one of these white arrows high into the sky when I'm done, so look out for it and come pick me up quickly. I do not want to stay within the stronghold for too long."
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Ether Alzen
Wyvern Rider
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There's nothing faster that Vyer! He's the fast thing in the air and I'm the best rider there is.
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Post by Ether Alzen on Jun 18, 2011 12:27:57 GMT -6
"Alright then Michelle let's get a move on Vyer is getting restless," Ether said as his wyvern began to move about. Vyer was ready for some action the wyvern had already gotten pumped from the fight with Kirk and Daniel and he wanted more battles.
Ether on the other hand didn't want to fight anymore he had just finished two of his old classmates and it wasn't settling well in his mind. After this mission Ether had somethings to deal with mainly report this to the Bern military. His attention then went back to Michelle for a moment he forgot about everything else and he actually smiled a bit. His attention was then brought back to the fortress and he noticed some more bandits running out.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 19, 2011 7:41:41 GMT -6
OoC: I have a plan for this segment, but it might involve Michelle and Ether facing really heavy odds of victory, although it might be done well if we can complete it. I'll PM the plot to your Ether account.
BiC: Michelle nodded, keeping her focus and concentration off of the knight. It was unlike her to get distracted. As the wyvern took off and flew towards the stronghold, Michelle took another few quick glances around, taking note of the two entrances to the stronghold, one from the front and one round the back. It would be quite possible for Michelle to escape from the back of the stronghold if it ever came to that point, but Michelle had faith that the knight would be able to get her out in time.
As the knight neared the stronghold, Michelle took the chance to repeat herself, "Remember, look out for one of my special glimmering white arrows and come when you see one being fired. It should be easy to spot them.", Michelle said, as she revealed the special arrows she had that were specially designed to be visible in the darkness. She could even light them on fire to catch people's attention if she had access to a fire source, but that would reveal her location too well. The arrows would be visible in the dark, but only if someone was actively looking for it and not just randomly looking into space.
As the wyvern neared the clearing in the middle of the stronghold, Michelle jumped off from a height of about 3 metres above the ground, timing her jump so that she landed squarely in the middle of a tree, the tree providing her a little cushion to her jump. She looked up and saw as the knight rode away quickly before any of the bandits noticed him.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 22, 2011 19:01:00 GMT -6
OoC: As Ether had granted permission to skip him over, I'm going to make a double post here. I had waited a few days though, so that Ether would not get too lost behind the events in the plot. Thread he gave permission in: wayofdawarrior.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=2760BiC: Michelle looked down and made sure the coast was clear before she leapt down from the tree she was in. She looked around her, wondering which of the entrances into the building would be the closest to the barracks where she would find that box of battle equipment. Michelle made up her mind quickly. The barracks couldn't be near the back entrance, that would make transporting the box through the whole stronghold much harder than just moving the box in by the back door. Also, the bandits would need weapons when they moved out for raids, so it had to be near the entrance, so that they would not need to run somewhere far away from the entrance to get their weapons, then run back towards the entrance to engage in the fight. That would waste unnecessary amounts of time. So, Michelle went in the direction of the main entrance of the stronghold. She took great care to ensure that she would not be caught by any bandits around. Even worse was that her skirt and hair were white and silver respectively. It would not help her camouflage well into the darkness, and she would be spotted amost immediately if she was in the open. As Michelle approached the door, or arch, that she had picked to go through, a bandit appeared from inside, spotting her almost immediately. Michelle could feel the bandit's surprise, yet hesitation of what he was supposed to do when he saw an intruder in the stronghold. Even worse, he was gawking at Michelle's skirt, at where it ended just a little above her knee. Michelle felt a surge of anger, and in that slight hesitation made by the bandit, Michelle took out her bow, aimed it at the man's head and fired. Being at this close a distance, Michelle could not possibly have missed, and the arrow flew towards the man, impaling him in the eye, then protruded out from the back of the man's head, blood starting to surge out from the two areas where the arrow penetrated. Shooting or aiming at the head was always best, even if you missed a little, the head was a large target and in some way or another, the person would still be decapitated or killed, for there were many vital organs in the head. If Michelle had aimed for the man's heart and missed, even by an inch, the heart being such a small target, the man might only have been wounded or injured, but would still be conscious. Or he might only have been seriously wounded and not dead yet. Michelle thanked the book on battle arts that she had read while she was still a rookie in the army. As the man's blood started to surge and the man started to fall to the ground, Michelle acted fast, grabbing the man's arm and pulling and nudging him quickly towards one of the bushes in the mini park inside the stronghold. She moved him behind the bushes, broke off a bunch of leaves from the tree above, and used it to cover up the man that she had killed Did she feel regret, remorse? No, she didn't. These men were only bandits, they were not a great loss to society. Society didn't need them anyway. Michelle took a further look around the clearing area, and ran into the lit pathway that hopefully led to the barracks. She hoped in all her heart that things would go smoothly.
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Ether Alzen
Wyvern Rider
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There's nothing faster that Vyer! He's the fast thing in the air and I'm the best rider there is.
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Post by Ether Alzen on Jun 26, 2011 11:09:57 GMT -6
As Ether flew away he couldn't help but look back and worry that this was the last time he would see Michelle. He didn't want to lose another partner not again. Then he noticed Jack fly behind him but it seemed as if he hadn't noticed Vyer yet flying in front of him Ether was so glad that his wyvern was as dark as the night and blended in it. Ether just had to wait until Michelle was done inside the fortress easy enough he could stay hidden until then.
"Ether!" The wyvern rider heard as he was about to steer Vyer towards the ground. Ether turned his head slowly to see who was calling out his name, it was Jack. Oh great Ether was going to have to fight his old mentor he wasn’t sure that he would even be able to beat him.
“Ether what are you doing here I said to wait three days good thing I found you before you did anything stupid,” Jack said trying to pretend that he was still Ether’s friend.
“Don’t try to play it off Kirk and Daniel told me what was going on here, Jack you’re a traitor and you know what I have to do to traitors,” Ether said as he pointed his lance at Jack. The wyvern captain let out a small sigh and then looked down toward the fortress.
“I saw you and your friend fly over to the fortress you hoped Vyer would give you complete stealth in the skies? Ether you forget we’ve spent years together I could spot out Vyer miles away all you have to do is look for those shinny red eyes of his and bingo!” Jack said laughing a bit. Ether was shocked no one was able to see Vyer in the sky before no one! Jack then put his hand in the air and signaled the last remaining wyvern riders to go back to the fortress. “No! I won’t let you get away with this!” Ether exclaimed as Vyer began flying straight at the other riders. Jack wasn’t going to have Ether meddle in his plans anymore so his red wyvern flew straight into Vyer and the two wyverns locked claws while Ether and Jack started stabbing and slashing with their lances. Ether was having a hard time keeping up with Jack trying to avoid and block all of his attacks as Vyer and Jack’s wyvern started clawing and biting at each other.
A cut across Ether’s face, a stab on Jack’s right arm, the two went at as the fell through the skies. As Ether blocked one of Jack’s attacks he took the moment to look at the fortress as he saw the other wyvern riders enter looking for Michelle. Ether had to end this and end it fast he wasn’t sure how much longer Vyer could take on Jack’s wyvern that was much bigger than he was. As Ether wasn’t paying attention Jack took this as an opportunity to hit Ether in face as hard as he could with the end of his lance. As Ether flew backwards Jack stabbed his arm and his wyvern pushed Vyer away from them as they flew off toward the fortress.
The hit to the face was strong enough to knock Ether out and off of Vyer, while the wyvern was trying to get control back as he was just tumbling toward the ground. The wyvern had to move quickly as Ether wouldn’t survive the impact with the ground from this altitude. Vyer muster the little strength he had left and sky dived toward Ether grabbing him with his claws and holding him close to his body. Vyer was going too fast for him to make a safe landing so the wyvern wrapped his wings around himself and Ether and prepared himself for a crash landing into a tree. Leaves and branches flew everywhere as Vyer crashed right into a large tree and the landed at the base of it back on the ground. The wyvern then slowly turned his body sideways and opened his wings to see if Ether was alright. Ether was as alright as anyone would be in that situation, cuts on his face and piercings on his armor from Jack. Ether looked really banged up and Vyer to the wyvern also had cuts and bruises on his body. The jet black wyvern then carefully placed Ether up against the tree. Then it looked toward the fortress and saw Jack fly back in. Vyer’s attention then went to Ether as his rider began to groan in pain. Vyer then saw men come out of the fortress toward the two of them. Ether would have to wake up fast or things wouldn’t go well.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 27, 2011 1:52:57 GMT -6
OoC: Good luck Ether, lol. You need to be alive for Michelle to fall in love with you.
BiC: Michelle had been inside the bandit's stronghold for a few minutes now and was panting slightly, for the stronghold's interior had little to no hiding places, being just a single continuous pathway that only occasionally led to some rooms. In this situation, the best that Michelle could do was to keep on going, going as fast as she could manage so that as little bandits as possible would notice her as she went to the barracks and retrieved the equipment that Ether had said would be inside the box she had seen the bandits stag in earlier.
However, as Michelle went down the pathway and it winded in several directions, Michelle could see that the path that she had chosen might not be the best door out from the clearing at all. The corridor she had been in had several turns here and there and Michelle suspected that she was walking even further away from the barracks where she was supposed to go. The stronghold was built very well against intruders, allowing only those who were familiar with the stronghold to be able to find their way around the stronghold.
Michelle hurried once more as the path turned once more leading to a deadend with three doors at the end of the path. As Michelle contemplated whether or not she should try any of the doors or return to the clearing where she had just entered the stronghold from, a group of bandits came out of the door on the right of the deadend.
"Hey there, what is such a beautiful and sweet girl such as you doing in such a brutish stronghold as this?", one of the three who had just come out of the door said, whistling right after he had said that and making Michelle flinch slightly.
Michelle had has a sudden urge then and there to just raise her hand and smack the guy on his face good at what the first bandit had said had a second bandit not gone ahead and helped the first bandit out by saying, "Hey, careful, she might be the boss's girl. Remember what he said as he came back earlier? Sorry, lady."
Michelle smiled and took the chance to walk past them, as well as to ask them, "Where's the barracks? I have to get a sample for the boss, heehee...", playing the part that the bandits had given her. This would make her job much more easier.
The first bandit, still gawking at her pointed at the door that they had just come from, and with a smile and saying, "Close your mouth, sweetie...", left through the door to continue with her job. What a close shave that had been with the bandits.
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Ether Alzen
Wyvern Rider
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There's nothing faster that Vyer! He's the fast thing in the air and I'm the best rider there is.
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Post by Ether Alzen on Jun 27, 2011 21:57:04 GMT -6
Ether woke to a worried looking Vyer staring down at him. The wyvern made a low yelp of joy as his rider had awaken from his slumber and risen up next to him. Ether, feeling a bit disorientated, slowly walked over to where his lance had landed and picked it up. He then looked up to see bandit running his way. No, Ether was dealing with this not anymore he was tired of this he was going to get Michelle and get out of here and kill anyone who got in their way. About four men were coming his way, four men who were about to meet the ends. Ether shook his head to get himself focused and then mounted Vyer. The wyvern was ready for some action though he felt a tad tired.
"Let's go Vyer let's kill them all!" Ether growled now with a serious look on his face. The wyvern then took off at full speed up into the night's sky. While high above the bandits Ether could see Jack as he walked into the fortress moving quickly.
"Well get him in due time buddy now let's get rid of these guys," Ether said as he rubbed Vyer's neck. Ether then gently patted his foot on Vyer's side and the wyvern began to dive straight toward one of the bandits.
As they came closer to them Ether stuck his lance out as far as it could go planning to pierce one of the bandits. As they hovered over the bandits a few feet above the ground Ether had lunged his lance into the neck of one of the bandits. At the same time Vyer was flapping his wings at an extreme rate to blow the bandits back. As Ether pulled his lance out he gently tapped on Vyer again and the wyvern took off but not before grabbing one of the bandits digging his claws into his skin. As the reached a dangerously high altitude for someone to fall Vyer let go of the bandit he had hold of.
"Alright Vyer let's end this," Ether said as he whipped Vyer's reigns and the wyvern then flew straight down toward the bandits again. This time though as Vyer swooped by Ether jumped off and the wyvern picked up another bandit. The bandit then charged at Ether swing his sword like a mad man at the young rider.
"Please," Ether muttered as he just lunged his lance at the bandit and he ran straight into it. What a moron! At the same time Ether saw as his wyvern had dropped yet another bandit to his death from incredible heights.
"Good job Vyer," Ether said to his wyvern as Vyer landed next to his rider. Ether then mounted Vyer again and the two flew off toward the fortress. Time for a rematch.
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Jack wounded slowly walked into the fotress where he was greeted by his two wyvern riders and some bandits.
"Have you found the girl yet?" Jack asked his voice sounding a bit tired and worried. He didn't want Michelle to find what they had brought in.
"No sir we have yet to find the silver haired female archer!," One of the wyvern riders answered his voice sound nervous. One of the bandits made a look that caught Jack's attention.
"You right there have you seen this girl?!" Jack asked as he came face to face with the bandit. The bandit backed up a bit his body shaking as he saw Jack's oversize wyvern come closer.
"Yeah we saw a silver haired girl but we figured she was the boss' girl," The bandit said nervously. This made Jack furious these fools let her slip right by them as if she fit right in.
"Damnit you fools let that wretched girl go right by you! Treve and Jole go find that girl now before she gets to the cargo and as for you here go fetch me my part of the cargo!" Jack growled ordering the two wyvern riders to find the girl and the bandits to go find some item. Jole went off to sound the alarms while Treve took a search team to find Michelle.
"Now we will end this here before Wedner can come back and shout at me," Jack sighed as he looked up toward the moon as if he was looking for something.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 28, 2011 4:19:49 GMT -6
Michelle continued on yet another wind in the path. At least now, the path she was taking no longer took any splits. Sure, there might be more doors on the sides of the corridor, but they all just led to sleeping quarters. It appeared that there was more to the bandit stronghold than met the eye. Michelle figured that there were probably secret, hidden passageways that only the bandits in the stronghold would know how to use that would probably shorten the time it took one of them to cross each segment of the stronghold much quicker than just walling through each and every segment.
As Michelle continued walking on, she came to another deadend. There was only one door at this deadend though. Deciding that it would be better to just head forwards as sooner or later those bandits earlier would realise that they had made a mistake.
As Michelle opened the door and went in, she could feel the hairs on the back of her neck tingling, warning her against some dangers she would face if she went into the room. Michelle tried hard to ignore the feeling tingling on the back of her neck. She had already known since the beginning when she had accepted the mission that it would be a dangerous one and Michelle had already come to terms with the danger that she might face in her job.
So, why was it that there was a huge and overly large sense of impending doom in the air that Michelle could feel as she placed her hand on the door knob. Michelle only hoped that she would at least be able to complete her first mission successfully.
Taking one last deep breath, Michelle turned the door knob and walked straight through into the pathway that was behind the door. There, Michelle could see the main entrance to the stronghold directly to her left and there was another room, which was probably the barracks she was looking for directly in front of her, with some mean looking weapons hanging on the wall or placed on some shelves or boxes. In front of that door, however were two men.
Michelle decided to play on with the role that the bandits earlier had given her. With the entrance to the stronghold so close to her, Michelle could easily make a quick getaway through the entrance, if needed, and hope that the knight would be able to get to her in time.
"Hey, I'm the boss's girl here to get his set of the new cargo. Point out which box it is that contains the cargo please!", Michelle spoke, using a slightly more rough and gruff voice than she had used in her entire life.
To her question, the two bandits she had seen just pointed over to a large box, the same one that she had seen being carried into the stronghold earlier on. Michelle being too eager to get her job and mission done, just stepped forwards without realising that this was probably too easy. Michelle only realised that there was something fishy going on in that room just before she felt a sharp pain on the back of her neck and blanked out.
OoC: I had imagined the stronghold to have a lot of secret passageways to connect the start of each particular segment of the stronghold to each other. Also, because of how the stronghold's pathways are winding around, the start of the next segment would end up being right next to the start of the previous one. This allows the bandits to navigate quickly through the segments without having to pass by all of the rooms in the segment, like what Michelle has done, if they did not have any business in that particular segment at all. Also, the front part of the stronghd is the largest as it contains all of the storage areas as well as the sleeping quarters of the bandits.
Also, Michelle will be carried over the courtyard in the middle of the stronghold to Jack's room so that will be where Ether has to go to rescue Michelle.
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