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Post by marco on Feb 8, 2007 17:16:04 GMT -6
After the event with the empty building, I started traveling blindly. After about two days after leaving the building, Elfire and I reached a forest of many lush green tall trees. I felt as if someone had been stalking me since leaving that suspicious building, so I decided to enter the forest thinking I would lose anyone following me. I slid off Elfire's back and we both started through the forest. "Those two days of travel sure have depleted our food and water. Sorry Elfire, we'll stop rationing soon. Somehow." We continued through the forest till night fell, cautious as being attacked would be dangerous especially in an enclosed forest. Though, I could not help but think, that we were being followed. I lead Elfire to a tree and settled him down to sleeping after a quick meal. I laid my head on Elfire's saddle, listening for anything out of the ordinary.
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Post by marco on Feb 12, 2007 20:56:25 GMT -6
I wake up in the morning and I check my belongings for anything missing or damaged. I wake up Elfire and we begin to walk deeper into the forest again. No one seemed to be following, but I couldn't be to sure. We both eat some rations on the way and continue on. In a few hours and around noon, we finally reach a village. It seemed not to overcrowded or not to empty and I see numerous people walking around the village. No one seems to care about me being here so I continue into the village looking for a place with food or a place where I could raise some money. I go into a few stores, but I couldn't find any food or water that I could afford. After about 2 hours of looking around, I decide to look for an Inn, which I might somehow afford a room in. I find one, but the price was more than I had. So we traveled back into the forest to find a place to rest at when night falls. I tether Elfire to a tree with a rope and head back into the village looking for somewhere to be hired. I find an ill elder man who wants me to look after his store for a reasonable price. "Well what do you know, this was the store that I got kicked out of as I had not much money." Well, handling it doesn't seem to hard once I see it where my new job will start tomorrow. Since no one was in the store at the time, I grabbed a bag of Cheeko nuts, put it in my sack, and closed the store down. I headed back to the spot in the forest where I tethered Elfire and prepared to rest for the night. We ate the last bit of the rations left and ate all the Cheeko nuts, which fell into my sack.
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Post by marco on Feb 13, 2007 19:54:37 GMT -6
Once morning arose I left Elfire asleep and tethered by a rope to a tree. I opened up the store and walked into the store. My job was to watch over the store, but no one came in during the first two hours, so I took my break. I took my pay for the day and bought some food for Elfire. I closed down the store and went back to Elfire to feed him. I fed him for about 10 minutes and returned to the store. I opened up the store and went back to my position. A few kids came in to the store, but they only bought some candy. I looked back down at my pay and noticed it was more than I was expecting.
"Hmmm, enough to rent a hotel room and food for about 5 days." After a long day I bought some water and food and started to close down the store. Right after I finished closing the door, I heard a scream not to far away. Strangely I was carrying around my heal staff so I checked around for who screamed. It came from a teenage girl who was surrounded by some bandit-looking goons. Since I couldn't attack at all I needed much help.
I heard a human footstep from right behind me who yelled "Leave her alone!" I felt shocked, but that feeling subsided after someone smacked me with a bow.
"You with them boy!?" I looked behind me and saw a teenage girl the same age as the one surrounded by the bandits. She carried a wooden short bow and quiver full of bronze arrows.
"Course not! I was trying to help!" I yelled as I placed my hands around the spot where she hit me in the head.
"Well, you look weak and seem not to be able any damage at all except heal" She grabbed an arrow from her quiver and set up her arrow to shoot. She shoot the arrow which almost immediately fell to the ground."
"I'm useless! You can't even use your weapon at all!" I yelled in anger.
"You shut up!" She argued. Right after she said that a bandit ran towards her with a knife. She obviously couldn't handle him so I tried to help by tripping him with my staff. He fell and I felt almost sorry by his such great clumsiness. The other bandits ran away for some weird reason and the one I tripped past out. Some of the weakest bandits I've ever seen.
"What the heck was that for! I could of taken him!" She yelled ungratefully.
"You couldn't of taken anything with your skills!" I argued.
"What are you talking about! What are you going to do, heal them with your fancy smancy staff of stupidness!"
We argued for a while until someone interrupted.
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Marzius
The "Before" years
mysterious mage[M:0]
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Post by Marzius on Mar 20, 2007 19:19:07 GMT -6
mumbling to himself, marzius entered the forest, stepping carefully around various vegetation. he wasn't built for this sort of thing. he could handle it, and he remembered the reason he'd started in the first place. huffing, he continued moving through the woods, heading further south.
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Marzius
The "Before" years
mysterious mage[M:0]
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Post by Marzius on Mar 21, 2007 19:13:36 GMT -6
the forest was a pleasant place, really, not the sort of thing you'd expect. there were fluffy bunnies, beautiful trees, the occasional squirrel, more trees, some undergrowth, still more trees, bugs, way too many trees. it was the sort of place a person could get lost in. thankfully, marzius had an impeccable sense of direction. and a compass, which always helps in these situations. "okay, so the needle's pointing that way," he muttered, pointing one direction, obviously north. "and i need to go... that way." he snapped the compass closed, and headed "that way."
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