"Assassin and Refugee" | Tovian, Matchless
Commando Chipmunk04/08/2019
A girl wearing a hood runs up road towards Tovian. She pauses, staring at him. She clears her throat. "...Master, sir? I..." She pulls out map, looking at it uncertainly. "I...where are we?"
Anonymous User04/08/2019 "Here." Points to the middle of a nearly barren land to an unlabeled town. "Where are you traveling to? People don't just wander into Torria for nothing."
Commando Chipmunk04/08/2019 Blinks, looks away. "I believe then that I must be the first to wander into Torria for nothing. I seek Donindor."
Anonymous User04/08/2019 "Ah, I will be traveling to the land of Donindor myself shortly, but I am afraid it is a months’ journey east on horseback from here." "What is your name?" Peers down at her. "Although this country is poor, I could find you a horse to shorten your journey and assist you on you on your way."
Commando Chipmunk04/08/2019 Eyes go huge. “A month? Did you say a month?” Looks like she's about to fall over and kind of spaces out. Blinks at what he says next. “You are...good. My name is Matchless.” Pulls hood lower. “I...I would like a horse. Do you have a name?”
Anonymous User04/08/2019 "I am Tovian Argentum. Yes, it is nearly a month, but I can get you there faster if necessary. However, I will not help a stranger, so if you want my help I will need to know your business in Donindor and the reason for your haste. "
Commando Chipmunk04/09/2019 She stares for a moment, thinking, then says offhandedly. "May you be cleansed, Tovian Argentum, and may your soul never fall irredeemable.” Hesitates again, looks down, uncomfortable. “I am a great and seasoned warrior and adventurer and Donindor might be able to use me--" Coughs. (Btw, she does not look like much of a warrior) Lowers voice a little. "Master Tovian...would you say that horses are very..." Cringes. "Filthy?"
Anonymous User04/09/2019 He also wears a hood, but the hair that you can see is slightly curly, short and black. He looks at her with slight confusion. Frowns at her. "And if you are the warrior you say, what would Donindor need you for?" "You seem ungrateful for my offer of a horse, what other transportation would you prefer?"
Commando Chipmunk04/09/2019 Her eyes widen a little in fear, unconvincingly. "The fleshly eye deceives the owner. I am a warrior." Turns around. "I should walk on my own. Walking gives time for examination. Speed is for fools..." Falters, staring at open road. Sighs. Looks down at map. "...I came here by ship. I fail to know the way by road. Point me the direction, and I will discern."
Anonymous User04/09/2019 "If you do not seek my company then take this." Holds out an elaborate silver coin with a dragon stamp in the center. "Show this to the farrier at The Peaceful River and he will take you nearly a hundred miles to the end of the lake. Then find a livestock owner and he will lend you a horse to get you to Donindor. "I don't help strangers and especially not ones that keep secrets, but you will not get far without help and I will expect you to send the horse back to Torria."
Commando Chipmunk04/10/2019 Eyes huge, listening. Takes coin carefully, covering hands with sleeve. Looks down at it. "I am grateful. I will remember." Pauses. "You have secrets as well, I perceive." Looks at road again, still looking rather daunted. "Perhaps...I will consent to go with you until we find the farrier." Sighs in defeat. "If I tell you a small part of my truth, will you tell me yours? I too cannot travel with strangers alone, but I think it may be worse to travel alone truly. You would not give this if you wanted my hurt, I believe." Still fingering coin in sleeve.
Anonymous User04/10/2019 "Many people know my story and I have few secrets." Thinks. "But I will come to the farrier and farther if you wish." "Come." Gestures down the road.
Commando Chipmunk04/10/2019 Follows a little cautiously. "I...I do not know your story..." Feeling strangely safe, despite caution.
Anonymous User04/10/2019 "You shouldn't be afraid of me." Smirks. "I am one of fourteen vigilante assassins that vanquished the rule of an evil warlord and restored peace to this country.”
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 O.O Starry eyed. "That...that is astonishing." Pauses. "Then you have murdered?"
Anonymous User04/11/2019 Sighs. "Yes I have, but at the time I has not aware of my actions." Hesitates. "I used to be a murderer, but nearly sixty years ago I turned against Salos my master in hopes that I could restore Torria."
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 Thinking quietly, kind of in shock. "I...I heard there were murderers above ground...but I did not think I would meet one with such haste. You do not seem ... evil. Though I do not know you well." Still walking, and thinking. "Have you...heard of the Healing Waters?"
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "I've heard rumors, nothing more. Do you know anything about them?" Stops for a second. "Are you an Underearther?"
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 Blinks. "No...I mean...I once lived under the earth, in the Sanctuary--but I'm leaving now. And it was never a dirty earth place...I believe I do not comprehend this word."
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "And will you still not tell me why you seek Donindor?"
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 She sighs. "I hear he is old and wise and he may know the answer to ancient secrets...and also I do need to find a new life and I hear he pays well. It seemed like a good idea at the time, only the ship captain must have been confused. He was supposed to drop me off close by...and you? Why do you seek Donindor?"
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "I am nearing the end of my duty." Looks around him at the town and the bustle of people working "I have restored Torria and it is now strong enough to fend for itself . I seek something new. Others I can help." "Here is the farrier's place." Walks up the steps and opens the door.
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 She still watches. "Thank you for assisting me...I will go from here...If you could please tell no one you met me for safety reasons. The Hood will come to retrieve me and punish me for leaving."
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "I will tell no one." Gestures to the a man repairing metal boat part. "Get this girl as far east-west as you can by boat and then lend her something to ride the rest of the way to Middlemarch." Farrier: Squints at her, to Tovian, then back to Matchless. "Well, by boat or by submarine?"
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 She hesitates. "Which is faster?"
Anonymous User04/11/2019 Rarrier: "The submarine can go undetected under other's countries and can therefore get you farther with less trouble, so most likely the sub unless we spring a leak." Gives a quirky smile.
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 She smiles a little. "Yes. That would be best. I am grateful." She turns to Tovian. "I am grateful to you as well. May you find peace and--may you be cleansed and may your soul never fall irredeemable. May you find the new place you are meant to be."
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "Ah, well Middlemarch isn't a large country, I may see you again." Turns and exits the farrier's house. Farrier: Yells out the door. "Prepare the Pathfinder and send message to sub docks 1 and 5 that we will be refueling there in two and four days time."
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 Smiles, goes to board the submarine.
Anonymous User04/08/2019 "Here." Points to the middle of a nearly barren land to an unlabeled town. "Where are you traveling to? People don't just wander into Torria for nothing."
Commando Chipmunk04/08/2019 Blinks, looks away. "I believe then that I must be the first to wander into Torria for nothing. I seek Donindor."
Anonymous User04/08/2019 "Ah, I will be traveling to the land of Donindor myself shortly, but I am afraid it is a months’ journey east on horseback from here." "What is your name?" Peers down at her. "Although this country is poor, I could find you a horse to shorten your journey and assist you on you on your way."
Commando Chipmunk04/08/2019 Eyes go huge. “A month? Did you say a month?” Looks like she's about to fall over and kind of spaces out. Blinks at what he says next. “You are...good. My name is Matchless.” Pulls hood lower. “I...I would like a horse. Do you have a name?”
Anonymous User04/08/2019 "I am Tovian Argentum. Yes, it is nearly a month, but I can get you there faster if necessary. However, I will not help a stranger, so if you want my help I will need to know your business in Donindor and the reason for your haste. "
Commando Chipmunk04/09/2019 She stares for a moment, thinking, then says offhandedly. "May you be cleansed, Tovian Argentum, and may your soul never fall irredeemable.” Hesitates again, looks down, uncomfortable. “I am a great and seasoned warrior and adventurer and Donindor might be able to use me--" Coughs. (Btw, she does not look like much of a warrior) Lowers voice a little. "Master Tovian...would you say that horses are very..." Cringes. "Filthy?"
Anonymous User04/09/2019 He also wears a hood, but the hair that you can see is slightly curly, short and black. He looks at her with slight confusion. Frowns at her. "And if you are the warrior you say, what would Donindor need you for?" "You seem ungrateful for my offer of a horse, what other transportation would you prefer?"
Commando Chipmunk04/09/2019 Her eyes widen a little in fear, unconvincingly. "The fleshly eye deceives the owner. I am a warrior." Turns around. "I should walk on my own. Walking gives time for examination. Speed is for fools..." Falters, staring at open road. Sighs. Looks down at map. "...I came here by ship. I fail to know the way by road. Point me the direction, and I will discern."
Anonymous User04/09/2019 "If you do not seek my company then take this." Holds out an elaborate silver coin with a dragon stamp in the center. "Show this to the farrier at The Peaceful River and he will take you nearly a hundred miles to the end of the lake. Then find a livestock owner and he will lend you a horse to get you to Donindor. "I don't help strangers and especially not ones that keep secrets, but you will not get far without help and I will expect you to send the horse back to Torria."
Commando Chipmunk04/10/2019 Eyes huge, listening. Takes coin carefully, covering hands with sleeve. Looks down at it. "I am grateful. I will remember." Pauses. "You have secrets as well, I perceive." Looks at road again, still looking rather daunted. "Perhaps...I will consent to go with you until we find the farrier." Sighs in defeat. "If I tell you a small part of my truth, will you tell me yours? I too cannot travel with strangers alone, but I think it may be worse to travel alone truly. You would not give this if you wanted my hurt, I believe." Still fingering coin in sleeve.
Anonymous User04/10/2019 "Many people know my story and I have few secrets." Thinks. "But I will come to the farrier and farther if you wish." "Come." Gestures down the road.
Commando Chipmunk04/10/2019 Follows a little cautiously. "I...I do not know your story..." Feeling strangely safe, despite caution.
Anonymous User04/10/2019 "You shouldn't be afraid of me." Smirks. "I am one of fourteen vigilante assassins that vanquished the rule of an evil warlord and restored peace to this country.”
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 O.O Starry eyed. "That...that is astonishing." Pauses. "Then you have murdered?"
Anonymous User04/11/2019 Sighs. "Yes I have, but at the time I has not aware of my actions." Hesitates. "I used to be a murderer, but nearly sixty years ago I turned against Salos my master in hopes that I could restore Torria."
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 Thinking quietly, kind of in shock. "I...I heard there were murderers above ground...but I did not think I would meet one with such haste. You do not seem ... evil. Though I do not know you well." Still walking, and thinking. "Have you...heard of the Healing Waters?"
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "I've heard rumors, nothing more. Do you know anything about them?" Stops for a second. "Are you an Underearther?"
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 Blinks. "No...I mean...I once lived under the earth, in the Sanctuary--but I'm leaving now. And it was never a dirty earth place...I believe I do not comprehend this word."
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "And will you still not tell me why you seek Donindor?"
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 She sighs. "I hear he is old and wise and he may know the answer to ancient secrets...and also I do need to find a new life and I hear he pays well. It seemed like a good idea at the time, only the ship captain must have been confused. He was supposed to drop me off close by...and you? Why do you seek Donindor?"
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "I am nearing the end of my duty." Looks around him at the town and the bustle of people working "I have restored Torria and it is now strong enough to fend for itself . I seek something new. Others I can help." "Here is the farrier's place." Walks up the steps and opens the door.
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 She still watches. "Thank you for assisting me...I will go from here...If you could please tell no one you met me for safety reasons. The Hood will come to retrieve me and punish me for leaving."
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "I will tell no one." Gestures to the a man repairing metal boat part. "Get this girl as far east-west as you can by boat and then lend her something to ride the rest of the way to Middlemarch." Farrier: Squints at her, to Tovian, then back to Matchless. "Well, by boat or by submarine?"
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 She hesitates. "Which is faster?"
Anonymous User04/11/2019 Rarrier: "The submarine can go undetected under other's countries and can therefore get you farther with less trouble, so most likely the sub unless we spring a leak." Gives a quirky smile.
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 She smiles a little. "Yes. That would be best. I am grateful." She turns to Tovian. "I am grateful to you as well. May you find peace and--may you be cleansed and may your soul never fall irredeemable. May you find the new place you are meant to be."
Anonymous User04/11/2019 "Ah, well Middlemarch isn't a large country, I may see you again." Turns and exits the farrier's house. Farrier: Yells out the door. "Prepare the Pathfinder and send message to sub docks 1 and 5 that we will be refueling there in two and four days time."
Commando Chipmunk04/11/2019 Smiles, goes to board the submarine.
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