The Color of Blood

OoC: Ok, this is a quest for up to five people. Gogyou in sig. We will be travelling from Point A to Point B. A is a small village inn, and B is a demonic portal that we must close. Upon closing the portal the village will be saved from a demonic invasion...yeah. To get there we first must cross a huge open field, then swim across a gigantic lake (unless there is an alternative). After that we must cross a mountainous region and finally we emerge into a ruined town, completely burned to the ground, demons running amok (think of Kvatch in Oblivion). Have your character meet Gogyou and such. I don't care what point you join at, so long as the quest isn't already over >_>

BiC: Gogyou stared at the ceiling of his room. He expected the innkeeper to tell any able-bodied men or women, but preferrably men, to report to his room.

OoC: That's it, don't worry...my other posts will be far longer. Go crazy. I'll wait for one other person besides avyuir to join, then I'll post again and we'll go. Any other people may join if they wish.

Ooc: Ohhh, I'm in. Using Emir. Link in teh siggers. (once I fix it!)Weapons, Duel blades and Bow. Armor: Dark Crystal of course!!

BiC: Emir walked into a small little inn, in a small town. A man ran up to her.

"Are you an able bodied woman for travel??"

What is he an idiot!

"Of course I am, how do you think I got here you idiot!!"

"Please come with me then!!"

Whatever! She followed the man to a room.

"A man named, Gogyou has asked me to ask any men or women to report to his room for a quest. Please, go in."

Emir stepped in the room and saw a man with silver hair, starring at the ceiling.

((OOC: Well, I'll be tossing my only BA character into the mix. >.> Hope this turns out good!))

Wow, Alamis thought, this place reminds me of my home. The town he beheld was quite small, and not the best off from the looks of it. No potential for money here. He'd just have to move on to the next town. Alamis sighed at the thought, he hated travelling.

But he decided that he'd first treat himself to a good drink before moving on. He stepped into the dusty inn, looking around. Not crowded, full of mostly quiet types, no bards playing tunes. This is my kind of place.

"Shot, please." Alamis said as he knocked on the counter. The innkeeper glanced at him, and seemed to size him up. Ahh... that's weird.

"Of what?"

"Whatever." Soon afterward the thief's throat burned from the strong liqour, and the innkeeper was telling him there was someone upstairs who'd be interested in his services. Hmm, looks like my lucky day. Alamis thought as he opened the door where his supposed employer would be. Oh bugger! On the bed lay a slim young man in silver armour with hair to match, and there was also a well-armed blonde woman who could be celestial. They were probably going to go on some holy quest to kill a dragon or something, he could tell just by looking at them.

He stood there blankly, prefering not to be the first to speak.

I hope they pay good.

OoC:I will be using Witer, link in sig

As Witer entered the inn, shoving the door open, the warm fire greeted him. Thatdogwasmean!

Witer thought as he shut the door. He looked forward to see a man who looked like a commoner, except for his shifty eyes. he looked behind him, then went up the wooden stairs.

Hehehe! maybesomthinginteresting! Witer thought as he ran to catch up with the man. Keeping his distance, Witer followed the man up the stairs and saw him walk into a room. Witer opened the door and they all looked down at him. The man he had followed stared at him like how could this get any stanger! and then there was a man on the bed with sliver hair that reminded Witer of a polished wrench. Then last there was a human, Witer couldn't tell, they all looked the same, and it wore a dark metal armor, Witer would find out if he could use it to make something or not later.

"So...whatwedoinghere?" Witer said speedily. They all just stared at him and he smiled, his yellow eyes darting from one then to another

Hmm, this will be interesting, 2 humans, an elemantalist, and a goblin. 1 more person and we can start!!!

OoC: RESERVED! I will edit this tommorow tis much to late, but I will reply. Using Tantin link in sig, I needed something fun to do with Tantin.

BiC:
“What is it this time?” Tantin asked with growing ire, he was getting tired of the stupid tasks the master of time insisted on sending him on. He just wanted to let it all be over so he could be at peace at last.

“I see your anger is growing, be calm this is your last mission,”

“About time,”

“But it will also be the most difficult especially for you,”

“What is that supposed to mean,”

“You will see, but we cannot spend time chatting you must head off immediately,” The body less voice spoke,” Go to the first inn you see the rest will unfold for you,” The scarred man opened his mouth to speak, but his voice was lost within the portal through time he was sent through.

The time traveler groaned as he awoke still on his feet as was normal. “I never could get used to this stuff,” He muttered to himself as his feet moved him towards the small town in the distance. It wasn’t a long walk by any means, but for the time walker it took forever his mind was caught up in what his new mission could be. He suspected some sort of battle with an all-new foe with powerful abilities, but in a sense he was actually hoping for that he loved the thrill of a high paced battle.

He burst open the door to the small inn, the few who sat drinking there fill turned to watch him. He Proceeded over too the counter where a fat bartender looked at him. Sitting down on the stool he ordered his drink waiting for whatever thing he had to do to come, “I/O shot please,” The bartender fiddled with his cups before finally pouring the disgusting drink. Tantin took it, and gulped it down the liquid burning his throat as it washed down his neck.

“Hey guy,” The bartender spoke in a low voice.

“What?” The silver haired man replied harshly.

“Nice weapons you’ve got there,” He said pointing towards Tantin’s duel blades, “You looking for an adventure,”

“Possible, what’s it to you,”

“Oh nothing it’s just I have word that up stairs is a couple of guys, and girls waiting for one last warrior to join there ranks, something about a demonic portal,”

“Hmm interesting,” Tantin spoke half to himself half to the bartender, No doubt this is what the master of time sent me on, in that case I suppose if I wish to leave this time period I better do as he says,”Fine" Tantin near spat as he stormed up the stairs. He opened the door to find men, and women, and a goblin standing around not a word being said.

“And now we are complete, we must hurry we haven’t much time,”

YEA we have 5 people. The battle will start tomorrow!!!! Hope ya have fun with it!!!!!!!!!!!!

BiC: Gogyou didn't take his eyes off the ceiling, yet was aware of everyone in the room.

"Right, well, now that everyone is here, I will explain the journey we're going on. First though I will guarantee great riches from this journey. The portals' rims themselves are solid gold. Oh, right, the portals. We will travel north of here to the village of An Durahd to stop a demonic invasion. The demons are arriving through large portals that lead to pockets of hell. To close them, we must destroy the wizards channeling each portal. To get An Durahd we must travel across a large sunny meadow. That will lead us to a hilly yet still green region with a humongous lake. Then we swim across the lake, unless there's an alternative way...Maybe I could freeze it..Right, well, then that leads us to the foot of a snowy mountain. We walk up it, down it, and then we're in eyesight of any of the four portals. Any questions?"

OoC: Start the post after they left and walking out of town if you can Avyuir >_>

Sweetness!!!!!!!!!!!! This should be fun and intersting!!

First Post - Avuir
Second Post - Puck
Third Post - Popcorn
Fourth Post - Specter
Fifth Post - Moonlight

OoC: hehe, first time startin . . . . =^-^= and before I for get, weapons, bow and duel blades, armour: Dark crystal!!

BiC: They all nodded. This journey was to be an intersting one.

"One thing though, we will need supplies. I have enough stocked for 2 people for 2 weeks. But not enough for all 5 of us. I'll head into town and buy the supplies while the rest of you wait at the town's entrance."

"The warlord is right. We will need supplies for this quest." said the man with the silver hair.

They 5 headed out of the room. Emir went straight for the door and down the road to buy the supplies at the nearest potions shop. Let's see, enough food to last us for a while atleast. Water, lets see, we have more than enough. Potions, antidotes, warding items, check.

"That will be 500 gold pieces please."

"500 hundred gold pieces?!?!?!?"

Emir twitched with annoyance, she hated buying supplies when she was so used to only buying enough for her. She paid the due and walked out of the potions shop. Emir sighed, she was nearly broke now. She walked briskly to the entrance. There as she suspected were her 4 companions for this quest.

"I bought enough to split evenly. We'll take our share."

She handed to each person there share. Hopefully, these guys now about how crucial it will be to ration things. She flung her bow and quivver across her back. And from here, they started, a quest to destroy the demon's from hell.


OoC; ugh, sooooooooo short

“ I would expect you guys know how to ration your food,” The warlord spoke while handing out the meager supplies to her comrades.

“Child, I have lived two months without a bite to eat a few days walk wont even make me thirsty,” The Silver haired man spoke coldly.

“Fine I was just making sure,” She said rolling her eyes.

“Well don’t,” Tantin snapped back he wasn’t in the best of moods, “Lets just get this over with,” He sighed trotting of into a brisk walk out of the village several men in arms behind him. They walked through a small, but dense forest with a relative ease no one saying a word. The talkative goblin walked beside the time traveler fighting to keep up. “Heywhatisthat?coolweapon” Witer spoke almost as fast as the time traveler could run. His slimy hand reached for the hilt of the unknown weapon before he found cold steel on his neck.

“Don’t touch,” Tantin spoke sharply before removing the blade, “Lay a finger on my weapon, and I will strangle your neck, am I making my self clear.”

“Yessirnotagain,” he spoke before running off to talk to Alamis muttering under his breath, “ThatguyisreallymeanIdon’tthinkIlikehim”

Tantin still led the pack of warriors as Emir walked up along side him. “You really need to work on your social skills,”

“He’ll get over it,” Tantin waved his hand nonchalantly,” Who are you to tell me anyways,”

“My name is Emir, the warlord,”

“How about I drop ‘the warlord’ part,” Tantin mocked sarcastically rolling his eyes.

“And who might you be,”

“Doesn’t matter,”

“Well I though…” Emir started to say before the silver haired Tantin interrupted her.

“Well your thought wrong! I am not here to make friends I am here to do a job, and get it over with,”

“Well with that attitude no wonder you don’t like making friends,”

“What did you just sa…” Tantin anger was growing as he was talked over.

“I said if you keep pushing people away like that I’m not surprised you don’t have any friends,”

“You know nothing about me,” Tantin was near yelling at this point, but he took caution and lowered his voice, “Don’t talk to me about things you couldn’t possible understand. You want to know my name so badly then fine its Tantin you happy now?”

“Yes actually,” Emir chirped happily before trotting back with the rest of the group. Tantin held his head between his thumb, and I finger as he walked along slightly slower then before. He knew he was going to have a hard time with this final test the master of time put him in. He let out a long sigh before he looked up to see their first destination a large open field, perfect for an ambush.


ooC:avyuir you did fine, its about quality not quantity so stop depressing yourself if it isint as long as mine.

((OOC: Sorry this first post is kinda scant. I've never been good with beginnings, I suppose.))

“ThatguyisreallymeanIdon’tthinkIlikehim”
Alamis grinned, leaning down and patting the goblin on the back, whispering, “Yeah, he’s kind of an arse. Just stay out of his way... I know the type.” He then stood back up straight, and added as an afterthought. “I’m Alexander Loche, by the way.” The goblin’s head nodded rapidly as he replied.

“I’mWiter!Imakeallsortsofreally—“

“Yeah, I’m sure. Eyes on the road, mate.” Alamis cut in, wondering how much of this run-together speech he could stand.

“You know nothing about me!” exclaimed Tantin suddenly to another member of the party, and Alamis grinned inwardly. With a firebrand like that, I could steal the drawers right off of everyone and they probably wouldn’t notice. They kept on walking for a little while, at least until they got to the edge of some wide-open plains, where they collectively stopped.

True, it was perfect for an ambush, but Alamis couldn’t see anything for awhile...

“What’re we all just standing here for? Let’s get a move—“

“Shut UP!” growled Tantin.

“Well, since you asked so nicely...” there was a pause after this, and suddenly an arrow flew out from behind a rock, landing right next to Alamis’ foot. The entire group drew their weapons so quickly it was almost comical. Several kobolds hopped out from behind various rocks and charged the group.

There were the brief sounds of clashing metal, spell casting, and kobold death gurgles, and the battle was over before it started.

Alamis kicked a kobold off the end of his rapier, looking around. Bodies of the little monsters lay all around, in various states of mutilation.

“That was anticlimactic,” commented Emir dryly. Alamis quickly scooped a few good-looking gems off the bodies, and moved to catch up with the rest of the group. Tantin was once again in front, and Alamis was sorely tempted to ask him who’d put him in charge, but he wasn’t stupid. Instead, he walked up beside the silver-clad man.

“Well... I think it’s time I know who I’m working for.” Alamis said amiably.

“Gogyou,” the man answered simply.

“Ah, honoured to meet you. I’m Alexander Loche,” he paused, “So... how much is this ‘great wealth’ you spoke of earlier?” he asked as nonchalantly as he could.

OoC: Puck, just a little fact, Witer does not have slimy hands.

BiC: Gogyou looked at Alamis for a second before answering. "You have to wait and see, 'alex' " Gogyou said and then focused on the trail ahead. Alamis shrugged and then continued on the trail through the boulder spotted field. Ahead, Tantin kept a furious pace, obviously not happy with how his day was going and Witer was having the time of his life. bees flew around and Witer tried to swat them as they passed, and he began to chase a large bee. Witer scrambled up a large rock and saw his prey, hovering just out of reach. He drew his blade slowly and raised it above his head, and then he lept off the large rock, screaming as he did so.

"DIEMR.BUGGYBEEHAHAHA!". The others watched him leap and then laugh as Witer missed his target completely and crashed to the ground. Witer stood up, laughing uncontrolably and the others just shook their heads and continued. Witer ran to catch up, but stopped as he heard somthing in the tall grass behind him. He turned, and saw nothing but the grass swaying slightly and so he continued back to the group, his pace steadily increasing. He glimsped back and saw a flash of red and broke into a full run, screaming at the others.

"MONSTERBEHINDWITERHEBEANIMALFOOD!" Tantin looked back but continued walking and the others followed suit, excpet for Alamis, who saw somthing closing in on the goblin. Alamis drew a rapier from seemingly nowhere and he ran and grabbed Witer and raised his rapier as a large claw flew up from the tall grass.

"Run!" Alamis yelled. Ah bugger could i be so stupid? Alamis thought as he looked around to see rustling behind them also. Witer wiggled and slipped out of Alamis's grip and climbed onto his shoulders.

"CMONLITTLEPUTTYCATS!!1!!" He screamed, waving his blade. Emir drew an arrow and fired it behind her only to fly too high. One of the beasts lept up at Gogyou, and when it seemed the beast would kill him, it was torn to the side by some unkwon force, shredding it's side. Seeing the beasts clearly for the first time made them run faster. It looked like a large cat, like a cheetah, but was red instead of yellow and its body rested an inch above the ground, held up by large, flat limbs with large paws. As they ran, a continous thunder became audible. Up ahead lay the large lake, a water fall, coming out of a large cliff face, feeding the large cyrstal clear lake. They reached the edge of the plains, only to be greeted by a 30 foot drop. they turned and faced the charging beasts, Witer hopped off Alamis and he looked up at the mercenary.

"GotplansMr.alexloche?"

OoC: MM WALLET SKIN

BiC: Gogyou began to shape the illusion of there being about two yards of land behind him, and levitated off the cliff, level with the illusion's ground. One cat leaped at him, huge claws raking the air as they soared towards Gogyou. He ducked and subsided the illusion at the same time, and the cat went soaring off the cliff into the rocky abyss below.

Alamis fastened a blowgun between his ring and middle finger and shot one of the not-so-lethal arrows at one of the cats. It struck home, and the cat fainted. More emerged and charged forth as each was picked off.

"Everyone jump." Gogyou called out to his allies. Everyone did jump, except for Witer who was hanging on Alamis's shoulder. Gogyou first made a current strong enough to hold them in the air then slammed one hand into the ground, the other holding his staff; this caused an immediate rock slide. A major one. The whole cliff side pretty much broke off. Gogyou caught himself with a gust of wind, swinging him and his allies onto the shore of the lake.

"Nicemove!!!" Witer said to Gogyou as the cliffside smashed into the rock bottom of the raging waterfalls. Alamis looked about unsurely.

"This...is the lake we're to cross?" Alamis said, turning to Gogyou. When Gogyou nodded, his eyebrow raised.

"Why?" Gogyou asked.

"I can't even see across to the other shore," Alamis sighed out. This adventure had better be worth its weight in cash. Witer slid off of Alamis's shoulder. Emir sat down on a nearby rock, and Tantis began pacing.

"Might as well start swimming," Gogyou said. "Can anyone not swim?"

Ooc: kewl, my turn!!

BiC: "Might as well start swimming," Gogyou said. "Can anyone not swim?"

"My guess, would be than Witer can't. He's a goblin, and most can't swim. I've seen a few but it's very rare to find one. But, rather than swimming, lets fly!"

Emirgot up and whisled very loudly, to the point where it hurt everyone's ears. A blood red dragon with 4 wings apperead. It landed and Emir walked over to the dragon.

"This, my dear companions, is Valakas. He is my dragon and I would rather fly than swim."

Everyone was in awe of the red dragon. It was quite big. And, it looked very fierce.

"So this dragon, is supposed to take us?" questioned Tantin.

"Yes he is. He'll be able to do it. But first, getting on him may be a problem. He usually only likes me and Witer, be warned around Valakas. Your just his size for a nice meal!"

"okaythan. Iwill, justkeepthatthingawayfromme!"

"Valakas, take us to the shore on the other side of this lake. And do it quickly."

Emir motioned the others to come near Valakas. He growled, a typical reaction for a dragon that had never met these people.

"Blow into his nostils so he gets used to your scent. Like this."

Emir brought Valakas's head down and blew softly into his nostrils. They flared as he took in her scent.

"See, easy!!"

BUMP, went off the page...Puck's turn ><

OoC: Bumping is forbbiden at ZU just so ya know. And I have been busy. Also sorry about the slimy hand thing i thought all goblins had slimy hands my mistake.

BiC:

“So we are to blow into the nose of that foul smelling beast to gain access the other side of this lake?” The time warrior scoffed.

“Yeah basically, but you shoulden…” Emir started.

“You know what I am positive I can find a better way across,”

“And how do you plan to do that,”

“You’ll see,” Tantin said rolling his eyes as he approached the edge of the lake, he would need a running start. He backed up a few feet as the others took turns breathing into the nose of the beast. All was fine until it came Witer’s turn. “noIdon’twanttoitwilleatme,” he cried out backing up, “Iwouldrathergowithmeaniethenyouguys,” he pointed to Tantin who was getting into a starting position.

“Witer come here,” Tantin said kneeling down. The goblin obliged, and when he got close enough the silver haired warrior scooped the reluctant goblin on his back. “Meet you on the other side,” Tantin said as he slowed down time, and ran full speed at the water. As he figured he was moving so fast he didn’t sink, but instead ran on top of the water like a holy man. He reached the other side in less then a minute Witer seemed impressed by this feat. The silver haired time traveler took a few steps then collapsed to a sitting position on the green hill.

It was about ten minutes before the others arrived by that time the sky glowed bright vibrant colors as it departed the world that they stood on. “What took you guys so long,” Tantin laughed getting to his feet the others said nothing back.

“We should get going,” Gogyou persisted.

“Why, if we try to climb the mountain we will get lost, fall of, or freeze.” Tantin explained, “We should wait for tonight, surly the morning would be a much better time to hike over that thing,” The time travelers scarred finger pointing towards the tall mountain range in their way.

“I think we should go up tonight staying here will only waste time,”

“Weshouldstaydon’twantcreepycrawliessneakinguponme ,” The goblin shivered at the thought.

“Well that makes it two to two, Emir what do you think,”

She had to think about it. She stared into the dying sun as it glared onto her black armor. “We should stay, it won’t waste that much time, and it with lessen the chance of any of us dying on this mission.

“I guess it is settled then, we set up camp here for tonight, and tomorrow we begin the next length of our journey.” Gogyou said with confidence.

Alamis pitched his tent a little further away from the rest of the group, preferring isolation. By the way things were going today, he was beginning to feel that nothing would ever surprise him anymore. He’d breathed into the nose of the dragon, and subsequently ridden it across a large lake. At the same time, that arrogant cad Tantin had simply run across the surface of the lake without a problem in a few moments.

Perhaps more surprisingly, Alamis found he'd taken somewhat of a liking to Witer. The goblin was an amusing little fellow, and certainly not a stuck-up hero-type like the others. As a bonus, he was an engineer; Alamis was fascinated by technology. I wonder if he can fashion me a revolver.

He recalled vividly the first time he’d seen a “six-shooter” in action. A gnome had been demonstrating its use at a trade show. He loaded the gun, armed it, and fired at the target, which was decimated by the blast. And to think the gun still had five more shells in store! He only had to pull a lever with his thumb to arm it again.

Later that very week, the same gnome lay dead at Alamis’ hands, but he couldn't track down the revolver.

He slipped into his tent and lay down, staring at the top of his shelter. I should’ve just gone on to the next town. he mused.

--

After a disturbing dream involving all the cities he’d ever visited being frozen over by a massive dragon, Alamis awoke early the next morning. Very early. He slipped out of his tent to find that the sun was only just starting to rise, and the rest of the group was still sleeping.

He crept over to Witer’s tent, and searched it for a few moments before locating his quarry; the goblin’s pack. He opened it carefully and glanced at the contents; several sheets of parchment with various diagrams, a few half-finished doodads, and something that looked a bit like a metallic chicken.

Alamis scrutinized the mechanized fowl. He can probably make a revolver with his eyes closed. He quickly put the chicken back and closed Witer’s pack, making a mental note to talk to the goblin about it later as he wandered over to the rest of the tents. Alright, let’s see what sort of loot—

But his plotting was interrupted as he heard Witer yawn and emerge from his tent groggily.

“You’reupearlyAlex.” The goblin noted.

“I like to be early,” Alamis responded flatly, “besides, I need to pack my stuff for our little nature hike today.”

As the camp slowly awoke, Witer threw his tent into his pack and pulled out his mechanical chicken, a few bolts and a wrench and connected all of the limbs. With the snap of his metallic fingers, a spark shot out and the chicken came to life. looking around with it's red eyes, the metallic bird walked over to the feet of a sleepy eyed Tantin, who had just come out of his tent.

"Wha the" Tantin said, seeing the small contraption and kicking it away. It fell over and slid in the dirt, its legs still moving before the eyes went out and it lay still. Witer, jumping with glee, ran over and picked up the chicken. Alamis and Emir laughed slightly at the goblin, and Gogyou shouldered his pack.

Large red mountains stood before the four of them, and a rising sun blinded them as it rose above the red rock. As they began walking along the trail, red dust soon tinted their boots a orange, and large trees started popping up everywhere. Alamis matched pace with Witer and looked down at him.

"So Witer, what can you make exactly?" Witer glanced up and then started listing them.

"IMAKEEVERYTHINGMRALEXLOCHE!imakeengineimakemetalc hicken,imakeexplosives,imake" He continued on, and Alamis cut him short.

"Well, i've seen some gnomes make some pretty advanced things too" He said, waiting for the goblin's reaction. Witer's eyes narrowed and he glared at Alamis.

"Yousayingnomesbetterthangoblins?" Witer said, a hand on his hilt. Alamis knew his plan had worked.

"No, not at all, its just they make fascinating revolvers and i didn't hear you mention those" Alamis said casually.

"Hmmm,yousayrevolverdoyou?ithinkican,ifyouhelpwite r" he said, trying to sound like alamis.

"Youhelpprotectmefrommonstersandsingthegnomesongan dimakerevolver" Alamis grimaced, I need a revolver, but I didn't want to look out for the green shrimp. And what is this "gnome song" he talked about.

"gnomesonggolikethis!"

Gnomes cant wield a wrench,
and their queen, is a wench.
Gnomes are stupid,ugly too,
and they smell, just like poo!

The goblin cackled at the poorly made song and Alamis rolled his eyes.

"This better be worth is or will turn you into poo" Alamis sung and he started to sing.