Ooc: Alllllllright! This is indeed my very very first attempt at starting my own rpg thingy. Two more people would be quite nice, though I must warn all that attempt to read-this first part is very long. If you don't feel like reading all of it, just go to the last part-it should be enough to get you started. My only request is that you post often; I would be so truly deeply sad if this story died!
Oh, and while I'm at it, you probably should read my character's bio before you start because you'll understand much better what's going on. My link is
here. Now, without further ado...
Bic:
At first, I wasn’t really sure of what it was that I was doing. Whether it was running from a hopeless past, leaving the village I was banished from, or perhaps even journeying for the purpose of enlightenment— I couldn’t decide. My purpose was too vague, my past too confusing. All I knew was that I was walking, taking countless steps towards somewhere or something I knew nothing of. There was no path that I followed, no progress that I tracked, I merely wandered through the seemingly endless woods.
At the very least, my journey was peaceful. I came across no strangers or hostile creatures, though I was met with an occasional bird flying among the trees or a squirrel climbing up a stump. The wind playing with the leaves in the trees and on the ground was the sole sound of the woods, only interrupted by the chirp of a bird or the song of a grasshopper.
As I walked, I smiled placidly at the sky, admiring the dark green of the leaves against the clear blue sky. The tree trunks were numerous, but small and easy to walk through, and the only underbrush was dead leaves mixed with the fertile soil. Though the shade of the trees rendered much of the land dim, I always had enough light to walk with, whether it was from the sun or the moon.
Though I knew not how much time had passed, it was plain to me that many days had come and gone. I was surprised when the woods suddenly halted, interrupted by a large stone wall covered in ivy. Having no desire to walk all the way around it to see what was on the other side (it did stretch endlessly in both directions), I climbed to the top of it, using the small holes between the rocks as footholds.
What I beheld upon reaching the top caused me to stare, for I had never seen another human dwelling other than the village I had lived in. Instead of seeing familiar wooden homes, each grafted together with the branches of trees, I saw an endless stretch of stone buildings. Many of them were a reddish hue, most likely made from the clay they were built on, while others, the truly large ones, appeared to be made out of gray rock. Most of the clay buildings had thatched rooftops, while the large grey houses had shingles on the top.
“Oi!” An unpleasantly nasal voice called at me from below. When I looked at the source, I found a young man staring up at me, his clothes covered in dirt. “What are ya doing up there?”
I hesitated before responding, unsure of how to act. It had been so long since I had talked to any person at all, and I didn’t want to scare them off. “I…I’m getting a better view, that’s all.”
The man stared up at me incredulously. “Better view—are you insane?! The goblins are going to catch you if you don’t run!”
“Goblins? Why would creatures like them be a village such as this?”
“You’ve got to be the most oblivious person in town if you haven’t got wind of their attack! The soldiers have been rushing everyone away from the mess on the other side of town. Can’t you see the smoke streaming from there?”
I took my gaze from the man to see what he spoke of. Sure enough, large billows of black smoke were creeping up from the eastern part of the city, tounges of flame seething beneath them. “The soldiers there…they are in danger?”
The man glared back at me, as if it was the stupidest question he’d ever heard. “If ya can’t see as much already, I reckon there’s just no hope for you. Everyone knows that our militia is too small to even keep order in a town like this, and sure enough, once they get pushed back far enough, we’re gonna have to help drive those monsters out.”
“Wouldn’t it be best to help them now, while the most soldiers remain?”
The man merely shrugged. “You’re the one sittin’ on a wall. If you really want to make yourself useful at all, why don’t you go; though I doubt someone like you’ll last even a second against those goblins.”
I cocked my head, his suggestion strangely appealing. Though I did not know the people of the town, they reminded me so much of the people of my village. Blatantly rude, but still innocent…that was what I had come to see them as. I felt an instinctive need to help these people, though deep inside of me, I cringed with fear. By fighting, I risked bringing upon these people the same pain I had brought on my own village, but this time, something was different…This time, I was in control.
I smiled mildly at the smoke in the distance, not intimidated by the rising flames in the least. What was there to lose but my own life? “You’re right, Sir. I will go. Please get to safety.” I quickly climbed down the wall, dropping onto the ground before I even finished.
“You…you’re crazy! Are you serious?”
I shrugged and turned to run to the immanent fight. “Heed what I said…and don’t be afraid.”
The man shook his head, still glaring at me. “I’ll be safer than you alright, but you’d be insane not to be afraid!”
Without another word, I ran from the man to seek out the attackers. I didn’t get far before I ran into one of the creatures he had mentioned. I saw it running up the same street I was on, waving a crusty dagger and a crude torch in the air. It looked something like a man, though its body was grotesque, twisted from what a normal person should look like. In the light of the day, its skin appeared to be a greenish gray, as if it was made from the ground itself. The hideous thing wore few clothes as well, everything on it covered in filth.
I charged for the monster, my staff held high. “Stop! You go no farther!”
06-14-2009, 08:08 AM
