Aerious
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Post by Aerious on Oct 27, 2007 14:39:14 GMT -6
The trio entered Ilia from the Sacae plains. Walking over the frozen grounds the snow crunched under their feat. Aerious looked at the majestic mountains, with the sun setting behind them they had the color of blood, he hoped it wasn't a bad omen. If Barigan was here, as Roland was in Lycia, then soon enough blood would soak the frozen ground...
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Post by Matthias on Oct 28, 2007 15:48:22 GMT -6
Matthias shivered from the chill of Ilia. Last time he'd been here, he'd been looking for the lost Flyssa... "Three against one... this should be fun," he grinned and looked at Matis, then Aerious. "Any idea where he is?"
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Post by Aerious on Oct 28, 2007 16:00:54 GMT -6
Aerious didn't feel cold at all, but he pretended that he was.
"No idea..maybe we should check with the leaders that Matis spoke to, how far are they from here?" He asked to Matis.
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Post by Matis on Oct 28, 2007 17:04:47 GMT -6
"If we move fast, we can get to Arphen in about 3 days." he said, calculating how much the trip would take with his new partners.
"Hopefully" he said, looking at Matthias' new weapon, "we'll find Barigan sometime before leaving Ilia. If not, we could always go on the hunt."
The walk would be long, but Matthias was far more skilled, and even agile, than Zeiss and Ralph, and Aerious didn't seem that bad either. Hopefully, they would be able to take some of the harsher(though shorter) paths he had seen on his way back.
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Post by Matthias on Oct 29, 2007 11:28:26 GMT -6
"We're probaly gonna move fast..." Matthias agreed. He'd been to Ilia before, and knew from that experience and his own home how to travel in this sort of weather. He didn't look forward to hunting Barigan, but it looked unavoidable at this point... "Well, let's get a move on," he grumbled, and began stomping deeper into the chilly country.
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Post by Aerious on Oct 29, 2007 11:53:55 GMT -6
"...Right" Aerious mumbled. The three made slow progress over the frozen land, but it was steady. Eventually the sun set on them, and the temperature dropped even further then normal.
"Matthias! If we don't find a place to make camp soon we're gonna get frozen solid!" Aerious shouted ahead to Matthias.
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Post by Matthias on Oct 29, 2007 11:58:18 GMT -6
Matthias's clomping forward pulled to a stop, and he stared at the sun. "Is it that low already? Alright, but we're gonna need some shelter," he looked over at the other two, then looked around. "There's some trees over that way, definitely be wood for a fire..."
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Post by Matis on Oct 29, 2007 12:21:03 GMT -6
"That'll do" he said, running to the woods. He still wore the warm and fuzzy clothes he had taken to Ilia, but he knew Matthias and Aerious wouldn't survive that long without something. Having gotten there first, he cut some wood and set up a fire.
As soon as Matthias and Aerious made it as well, Matis offered to give them the fur coat, mittens and scarf. He could close his trench coat, and that would still be warmer than what any of the other two were wearing at the moment.
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Post by Matthias on Oct 29, 2007 12:26:17 GMT -6
Matthias followed the Sacean into the forest, thankful to be out of the wind. When Matis offered the clothing, he shook his head. "I might take the scarf, at most. This cloak's thicker than it looks... but I could use somein' for my head," he decided to take the scarf anyway, and wrapped it around his neck and head. "Thankfully I'm dressed for Etruria. It ain't like I jus' came outta Nabata or somethin'."
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Post by Aerious on Oct 29, 2007 17:55:46 GMT -6
Aerious snickered a little bit, dressed for Nabata eh? Being a dragon of fire he hated the cold, but he was willing to endure. He accepted the coat from Matis with thanks.
"I never did like the cold, thanks."
He decided he may as well get to know these two as well as he could.
"So, Matthias told me he was the regent of Ostia, where do you come from Matis?"
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Post by Matis on Oct 29, 2007 19:55:37 GMT -6
"I am, or rather, was..." he stopped for a brief moment, sighed, and went on, "a member of the Wind Tiger tribe, in Sacae. Our village got raided by bandits one night, and my cousin, Kenshin, and I were the only survivors. Ever since then, we have formed an army of sorts, helping countries around the world, trying to deal with bandits everywhere. We've had some serious success so far, but I don't know how long we'll be able to hold. More now, that Hargus, leader of the Ruinz Bandits has resurrected the heroes, using them as his puppets of mass destruction."
He rested his back against a tree near the fire. "How about you, Aerious?" he asked, turning his head towards the newest member of the team.
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Post by Aerious on Oct 29, 2007 19:59:53 GMT -6
"Uhh." Aerious was caught a little off guard, but he had to say something. "I lived quietly in Ostia for a bit, it was a rather quiet life, all things considered, until he came..."
He winced for a moment, remembering very old, and unwanted memories.
"My family was all killed by Roland...which is why I want to see all of these monsters dead..."
Yes, I was robbed of revenge once, not again.
"If you two are going to kill these fiends, then I will help any way I can."
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Post by Matis on Oct 29, 2007 20:07:46 GMT -6
"I see..."
He hesitated to answer...why?
"Quite the luck to get out of there unscathed" Matis said, moving his hands closer to the fire. "And it's nice to have someone else willing to help" he added, smiling. Something struck him then. "Matthias!" he almost shouted, "Any notice of Sain? Last I saw him, he was very depressed after his mother's death. He took his sisters to live with him quietly in Ostia. Do you know what happened to him?"
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Post by Matthias on Oct 30, 2007 10:20:41 GMT -6
"Yeah," Matthias answered, staring into the fire a while before continuing. "He kinda lost his mind, Matis... It was sad. He's got this kid brother though... named Cymon. Kinda reminds me of what Sain used ta be... Looks like I'm gonna be regent until that kid grows up... The sisters are all fine by the way." He had remembered that Matis had met the sisters originally. "I still don't wanna run Ostia. Dammit, I'm not even Ostia," Matthias let his mouth sink into the scarf. "Right now I wanna go back to Nabata..."
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Aerious
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Post by Aerious on Oct 30, 2007 17:15:06 GMT -6
"You've lived in Nabata?" Aerious asked surprised. "I would think that most of that place is too inhospitable for people..."
OOC: I am assuming that Aerious had NOT heard of Arcadia, as weird as that sounds.
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