Rann

Rann walked past Serene and Issac, getting a bit restless at the fact that they were standing around talking while Satyana was in danger. He couldn't believe that Issac didn't feel the same.

"When these two godly drinks wear off, I'll be less than useless so we should probably move a bit faster." he said without losing a step.

Rahvin

Rahvin was disappointed that his efforts at peace-making weren't working, but didn't show it. He fell in line behind Brianna as she walked past, thinking it best to keep moving. Cheydinhal's ruins weren't exactly ideal for cheerful spirits, and the looming Valus Mountains didn't look much better.

"Bree, if you know something to make this a bit easier," he said, bringing up the earlier topic, "It'd be great if you'd share."

Serene

She looked at Rann as he pased her and nodded

"Of course Rann....let´s move it" " but I do have some refill you know"

She then tried to catch up with her grandson....

"C´mon Issac, faster!"


Brianna

"I´m sorry Rahvin, I´ll try to restraint myself from now on. But strange memories keep coming back to me, that´s why I sometimes get really frustrated!"

"What I know is...vague, but I do sense the presence of ...magic, my mother´s magic that is. She´s not that far away...then about getting past Valus Mountains....I know of a passageway, nothing fancy but it could be a kind of shortcut, we might be able to save some time anyway...Then I wonder...

I wonder if we should try to get in contact with....the other people who obviously are not far from us, where my mother is...


OOC: I know nothing about those Mountains, but we can assume there is a secret passageway, right?

Flogir

Flogir hesitated for a moment. "You mean that the Silhouette has no sway over you!?" he asked with an hint of incredulous in it.

If that's true, I hate the bottom feeder even more. This man is simply taking advantage of those whose lives are ruined by this threat! he thought angrily. Still, the fact that he could simply buy the information they sought would be much better and simpler than beating the information out. He still have 1000 septims left of the Countess' reward money on his person for helping out during Karn's attack.

"Well, how would 250 septims be for incentive to have a chat with us? We'll add in you're friend's freedom afterwards if we're happy with your answers."

Merethicus

"Two-hundred-and-fifty. Eh, it's more than that...thing ever gave me. Ask what you want to know, I may even answer." Merethicus lowers his sword as a sign of goodwill, and takes off his helmet, revealing a youthful but calculating face.

Flint Ironwood, acting stupid.

Flint suddenly began to laugh. He bent over and tried to catch his breath.
,,Sorry.....it's just........after all that trouble, we could've simply bought the information? Man, I feel stupid." He wiped clean his eyes and lowered his sword as well.

,,Ok, first one. Do you know the Silhouette's real plan? No offense, but for someone who supposedly leads you around, he does seem to be doing a good job at ignoring his army. I think that you and everyone else around here is just a decoy."

Merethicus

"You have a point. Have you seen his army? It's...well, rabble, with a few exceptions like me. There are barely any organized units to speak of. Commanders are just randomly given troops, sorted by type, and all missions are purely destructive. He doesn't mean to gain power. He doesn't mean to carve out a kingdom for his own. For that, he'd need organized troops, with better discipline. He'd need an administration. No, our friend's out for destruction, pure and simple. He does not intend to hold anything...and the simple-minded fools he has gathered to him will do this without thought, thinking only of the occasional shiny trinket looted and pockmarked peasant woman raped."

Merethicus smirks, and in his mind, he adds: Of course, anyone with an analytical mind and first-hand experience could've told you that...

Ian, distancing himself

He suddenly stopped, and turned to Soldin. "We should camp here for now and rest; I'll get some food.

Ian blurred and dissappeared. He left the small clearing they'd been standing in. *I have to feed soon, and neither Satyana nor Soldin are options*

PS: my internet connection isn't working so I'm using a hand-held. Hopefully my connection will work again later......

Flogir

Flogir lowered his sword realizing that the stranger was going to cooperate. His response was frightening. This was some radical movement if the only motive of the enemy was pure destruction. Perhaps Mehrunes was influencing this massive assult upon Cyrodiil. Maybe this "Silhouette" was purely a contruct of the Lord of Destruction; a way of vengeance for foiling him in the Oblivion Crisis.

"Do you know the next course of action for the Silhouette's army? Do you know where they'll strike next?" Flogir decided to ask the mercenary.

Soldin

"Uh, ok," Soldin acknowledged just as Ian disappeared. He liad Satyana down gently on her back and collapsed next to her. His muscles ached and his back hurt from carrying someone while hiking. Sweat dripped down his face to the cool ground as he lied there, breathing heavily.

He thought for a moment about what happened, the events that caused this chance meeting and where it would take him. He felt a sudden spine chilling ping, an incromprehensible voice, speaking in nothingness predicted his death with these people. His head jerked to look at Satyana as if checking for the same look of disbelief that he himself gave; checking to see if she heard this 'voice' too.

Seeing her calmed him, though. He felt a veil of serenity as he gazed at her; a feeling he could not recognize nor describe...

Merethicus

"No clue. Anywhere that isn't burnt to the ground yet." Merethicus says simply. "Anything else, mm?"

Dalrus, Hero Hill


"Sodsa, I saw the flash again. I think it might be the creature who makes copies of himself," she said looking at him. "Okay, I think you should trip them while I shoot them with lightning, work for you?" she said after fireing a blast towards one of the shapes. She fired three others all around one of the flashing shapes.


The Silhouette, Approaching Argonia-Cyrodiil border


The army continued to march on, with a seemingly endless supply of endurance. THe Silhouette looked back at the army and then looked east, towards where akavar was. His soldiers suddenly stopped, obviously by some inaudible command from the Silhouette.


OOC: Sorry for the short post, I'm doing this between cleaning my family room

Sodsa Hekal - Hero Hill

Sodsa looked at Dalrus, "You want me to trip them? As in 'stick a leg out so they fall over' trip them?"

Sodsa shot an arrow at a goblin that was coming up from behind Dalrus, knocking it over. "I doubt i could get over there without the guy noticing." Sodsa's thumb started tapping the lower limb on his bow at a quickened pace.

"I dunno how many there are, but i know one is at the top of that ledge over there." Sodsa pointed and started to sneak off to the figure's general area. He turned back and put on a weak smile, "Wish me luck."

Ian, feeding

The deer was still there, still munching on a shrub obvious to its stalker.

The vampiric instincts were taking over. Mephala take me, I can hear that thing's heartbeat
Ian let himself fall head first into the feral thing inside his head.......

He flashed past it; the animal scrambled through the brush in a panic at the sudden movement, and the vampire enjoyed appearing before it and frightening the creature.

Finally he landed beside it, grabbed it by the antlers, and snapped its neck.
The hunter sunk its fangs into the deer's neck and he drank deeply of its spoils.

As Ian finished he realized that neither of his companions could eat this creature's bloodless meat.

Issac, with Rann and Serene

Breaking his long silence, Issac stopped. There was noise coming from the wilderness.

"Do you two hear that?". He asked.

Karn

His copies were neant to confuse any who could detect them, but when a salvo of lightning bolts knocked one out of the air and provoked the others to attack, he hung back.

Karn pulled away from the edge and cast invisibility upon himself. When he looked back at the scene, he noticed that the brutes of the army were almost knipping at the intruder's heels.

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Rann

"Yeah, I hear it." he replied, slowly drawing his katana as he crept into the woods to investigate, not waiting on either of his companions. He came upon a small clearing to see a figure, back turned, holding a deer with his mouth to the poor creature's neck.

"Who the hell are you and what the hamster are you doing?" he asked, revulsion obvious in his tone.

Ian, the chase

He froze when he heard the familiar voice behind him. Rann, if he's here then..... Ian detected Issac and that woman from Leyawiin as well. I can't reveal myself now, but Satyana and Soldin could use the company.

Without hesitation he cast invisibility on himself and charged into the brush. All right, just follow me like a normal head-strong assassin.......

Issac, with Rann

Just clearing the shrubs in his way by the time Rann had addressed the figure, and the said person vanished, Issac paused to ivaluate the dear. There wasn't a lot of blood, and the neck was bent at an odd angle so to a practioced eye it appeared the creature's neck had been rung.

Quick, bloodless...... but the two punture wounds in its neck caught his attention. Bloodsucker, vampire by the looks of it!
"We'd better follow, can't risk it attacking us later." Issac advised, gesturing to the trail of footprints.

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Flint Ironwood, a quickie.

Flint shrugged and winced as he moved his broken arm.
,,Dunno. Maybe Flogir knows something. Me, I'm more interested in getting up through that hole right now. I bet that those kids are in big trouble."

Flogir

Flogir frowned, he had forgotten about the youngsters and the possible problem that awaited for them on the outside of the mountain. He just had one more question though.

"Why do you serve the Silhouette when you can simply leave? As you said, you aren't paid well, so why bother?"

Rann

Rann nodded. "This better not take long. I'm more worried about Satyana than any damned vampire. He seems alright, anyway, feeding on deer instead of men or mer."

He didn't continue his musings, or allow for a response as he did run after the mysterious vampire.

Issac, the chase

I'm in full agreement, but we can't get careless. He charged down the trail after Rann. Why do I feel like that guy is familiar?

Ian

He knew that they were pursuing him, but they were supposed to. Good chase me right to her, he thought to himself. Ian moved with bursts of blurred speed, faster than a normal eye could track effectively. Only becoming a blur when he stopped or paused to change direction; he left deep gouges in the trees he passed to make his trail more obvious.

Finally he reached the clearing and swung to lose all his speed, recasting his invisibility. Now, you can all reunite.......

PS: do you guys refresh often? you won't see a new post unless you do.

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Rann

Rann caught short glimpses of the shadowy vampire, and he cursed his luck every time he got out of sight again.

Why can't I gain any ground here? he thought to himself. He was too busy running to think about magic or the enhanced abilities of a vampire.

He caught yet another glimpse of the vampire before he found himself in a clearing with his intended prey nowhere to be found. He looked around one more time, just to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Satyana?"