* @Amryth floats to the ground next to Moe, and a oviously bruised and miss treated [Alex]. "Well we're here, the largest city in the region, a city of intrege, and if the gods hadnt descided to drop us off in the middle of nowhere we'd be here alot sooner...probably..."
<@Amryth> 12 The Guards who are wearing what looks like armor made from bug carpases, and a helmets made from a creatures head, that resembled a mix between cephelpod and insect..."what is your business in the Capital of the House Amidranel?" askes one.
* @Moe sighs, shrugging, slinging her ringblade on her back, after making sure Alex isnt still on her, glances at the guards, going pale at the sight of them, runns to the nearest bush to throw up
[18:20] * @[Alex] rests on the ground where Moe left him @_@
* @Amryth blinks "dont mind her, she's never seen chitin armor, or celephod helms before....House Amidranel, while i am impressed, i thought Lord Ammidranel belonged to House Indaren?" 12 the guard bends down and looks at Amryth "where have you been, we've not been House Indaren for atleast 200 years...though we do keep some of the old traditions..."
* @Moe gags violently, the sight of bugs reminding her of her plave in poverty on earth, shuddering, slowly maknig her way back to Alex, keeping her eyes averted from the guards, glares at her guide to hurry this up and get them to where they are headed..
* @[Alex] shakes out of his daze, springing onto his feet, he notices the guards, blinking 'that a new type of monster or something?'
* @Amryth frowns, "i've been out of country for a while," then shakes his head, "such as wearing, chiton armor, and wearing squid skulls on your heads...well i suppose its better then actually wearing crab skulls....he shakes his head, then looks at [Alex] "no they're just Guards of House Ammidranel.."
<@Amryth> 12 the guards smirk, and each in turn pulls off his helmet revealing a young Aesir man and woman. the woman speaks up, "now if we may ask what is your business in Aquaria, fine if strangely dressed sirs, and my lady...."
* @Moe gasps, eyes going wide, hears the creepy stuff Amryth is talking about, makes mad dash for the bushes again, not seeing the guards reveal themselves
* @[Alex] shrugs 'ive seen weirder things
* @Amryth glares at [Alex] "i am sure you have, and i am sure we will..." he walks into the bushs to retreave Moe, "its ok, my lady the guards took off the wierd bug things, you can come out now i promise...."
[18:48] * @Moe growls weakly pushing Amryth out of her way, going back to Alex ' what are we doing here again?'
<@[Alex]> starting the main quest i would imagine
* @Amryth smirks, "well for one, selling all that crap we got from the problems up north..." He turns and bows to the guards, "yes we have business with the various traders in the town, and perhaps a nights rest at one of the local establishments...."
* @Moe sighs ' why do i get the feeling, hes enjoying this way too much.. hmm you think we're in a book?'
* @[Alex] blinks, poking his chin 'i guess that's also possible..'
* @Amryth turns and smirks "yes we are, but i am not getting into that in such a public forum..." 12 the guards look at us oddly then wave us through, "you may enter the city of Aquaria, Keep out of trouble and you will have none from the House Arms."
* @Moe smirks/grins 'trouble us.. wouldnt hear of it..' nudges Amryth to go through first, then taking Alex's hand, taking us in the city
* @[Alex] follows Moe
* @Amryth walks through the large stone gateway, entering a long broad road leading up the side of the mesa, and enters the cities central square, at the edges of which are people selling wares of all sorts, though these ones have very little money. Around us is the sounds of building, Amryth asks a young street urchin, directions to the nearest smith and heads there "Arnaud's Fine Smithery" He enters the building which is down a side street.
<@Amryth> 12 A large burly man who stands several inches taller then even the guard standing in a corner...(of course wearing the helmet and armor)...and about twice as wide, and all muscle looks down at us, "what can i do yah for gentlemen and young lady....tis rare these day to see such noble and fine folks as yee..."
* @Moe nudges Amryth to do what he does best.. carefully keeping eyes on a spot in the far distance so she doesnt puke again
* @[Alex] figures out little besides that he is now in an armory, taking out the sword he got from the goblin boss 'hey, can i trade this in for one that actually does something??'
* @Amryth frowns...to [Alex]'s comment .."um....e...a...yes we have things to sell, and he wants full price for that, not just something worth half it....I'll let [Alex] go first..."
<@Amryth> 12 the smith, Arnaud turns and is about to pull down a copper looking short sword, with a greenish tint to it, until he hears Amryth's words, then grumbles pulling out a dagger of simular make to [Alex]'s sword from beneath the shelves with a silvery glow to it, then pulls out a couple of silvery shimmering armbands to go with it..."here yee be boy..."
* @Moe holds up the sheild.. of sheilding to the guy ' what can you give me for this.. and for sake.. id wouldnt try cheating me..'
* @[Alex] takes the items, looking them over, wondering what they do
* @Amryth blinks..."not a bad trade, Mythral bracers, and an shock based Ion Dagger...." he turns to Arnaud, pulling out two large chunks of red black material, "what is the price of Ichor nowdays, since the Nacturn Empire no longer rules...i assume theres no moritorium on it's sale..."
* @Moe growls, handing the man the acusred shield, her nager making the man give her 1500 for it, she snarls a bit more ' can we get out of here already....
<@Amryth> 12 Arnaud looks at the sheild, "i'll give yee 900 gold for the shield, and only becouse i am nice..." Amryth frowns, and looks at Moe, shaking his head 12 and for the Ichor pieces boy, "the price set by the Royal commission is 600 gold, but i'll give you 400 each at best..."
* @[Alex] swiftly pops a knife into his hand, pointing it to the smith's neck, electrifying it 'you wouldnt be tryin to cheat my friends, here, would ya pops?'
* @Amryth frowns, putting his hand on [Alex]'s arm "careful...No less then 500 for each of those sir, and no less then 1100, for the shield since it's only worth 1200."
<@Amryth> 12 The cephepod helmeted guard pulls out his steel sword, "put the knife away son, unless you wish to spend a little time in jail..." 12 Arnaud glares at [Alex]'s for a moment his hand on a hammer, "its called haggling you punk of a larva." he then turns his head slightly looking at Amryth..."Done, only becouse i want those two out of this store, you son are on the other hand welcome any time..."
* @Moe snarls, dark energy surrounding her, daring the man to cheat her, taking the 1100 for the damn sheild, storming angerly out of the place, seething with rage
* @[Alex] spins his kunai, dispelling the electricity enchant, tucking it back in his pocket, tucking hands in pants pockets 'if that's what you wanna call it, jumbo.. i am a punk, thanks for noticing' as he leaves, he spares the guard a dark smirk 'if you think you can put me away, mr mall cop, youre welcome to try...'
* @Amryth whispers, shaking his head, "in Hludana, were one "cop' is many more will come...it'll be a massacre....of us...i pray that doesnt happen more..." 12 the jumbo smith, smiles without humor, and yells as we leave the building, "you three have a nice day now." Amryth looks at Moe, "the inns never have guards...probably becouse...a fight in them is expected and ignored...unless of course that too has changed....since i was last here..."
* @Moe snarls ' lets just get to a good inn, no flee ridden bed, or maggoty food..
* @[Alex] folds arms behind his head 'a grunt is a grunt, dime-a-dozen footsoldiers with no special abilities besides brute force, id be shocked if they could even tag me in this body'
* @Amryth frowns, "you've slept in one of those...and eaten maggoty food too....luckily for you, there are no flies or maggots or flees on Hludana....the Divine Six made sure of that a long time ago....i am pretty sure it was a personal pieve of theirs when they were younger..." He looks at [Alex] "i'd just hate to find out is all..." He turns and asks a street urchin where the best inns are at, who directs him to the palace square, and he marchs down the street
* @Moe warily follows Amryth, eyes darting back and forth, fingering her blade
* @[Alex] just shrugs
* @Amryth walks into a large circle courtyard, surrouned by buildings in the center is a portal step stone with guards stationed at it, at one of the white faced side buildings is a large sign that says "the Shining Scamper" Amryth heads for it and enteres the building, inside which is a large number of tables, surounding a bar, and in the corner is a staircase leading to the second floor, the inn is only relatively light, and there is much talk and laughter from the tables, at the bar is an elderly Vanir woman in a blue-green gown, who looks up at us when we enter...
* @Moe saunters up to the bar, nods a greeting to the woman, glancing around as she does..' nice place, you got any rooms open for the night?'
* @[Alex] follows Moe quietly
* @Amryth follows Moe to the bar, and looks at the elderly woman as if he's seen her someplace before 12 the Elderly woman looks at Amryth smiles sadly and turns to Moe, "Thank you my dear, I am Atma, and yes we have rooms available, and food, i dare say the finest in town, but then you already knew that, or yeed not be here would you...two rooms are currently available...50 gold per night."
* @Moe nods, handing the woman 300 gold ' we also require a great deal of food..' then walking to to settle at a table near the wall, sitting in a chair that lets her view the commings and going ons around her
* @[Alex] follows Moe quietly
* @Amryth smiles and nods, following Moe to a table, 12 the elderly woman calls a young man from the kitchen telling him to have the cook make large meals for the three of us, including the house special...
<@Amryth> in the corner three men in black trenchcoat like light armor are discussing soemething adimatly, and one occasionally looks our way, two tables down a drunk is drinking heavily and making lood comments to the serving girls and boys...alike...from the door a young man looking very much like Amryth slowly walks in, smiling at Atma, who nods then points at us.
* @Moe watches silently, drumming her fingertips on the table as she waits for the food
* @[Alex] sits quietly
* @Amryth just looks at his look alike. 12 the young man walks calmly up to us, "when i heard from my 'sources' that i had a look alike in town, i didnt think it would be you Amryth, or maybe i should have....considering..." He looks at Moe, "mind if i sit with you?" A serving boy rushs up to us bringing us a large platter with a silver six legged creature cooked and steaming hot, around it are small eggs the size of Ostrich eggs each broken open to reveal steaming liquid...on a whole the thing smells dilicous, though looks odd...
<@Amryth> 12Ostrich eggs each broken open to reveal steaming liquid...on a whole the thing smells dilicous, though looks odd...
* @Moe shrugs uncaringly, digging her chopsticks from her pack, and starts digging in, quickly devouring anything edible in a matter of a few moments, then snapping her fingers for the boy to bring more food for them
* @[Alex] shoots out his tongue, snagging a leg, eating it bones and all
* @Amryth smiles, "baby squidel, with squidel eggs on the side...interesting" cracks open the shell and eats some of the tender meat of the baby squidel 12 another serving boy brings bowls of suip, made with large pieces of some kind of root, with large pieces of meat. 7 The look alike smiles, "being as you are here, i do beleave Atma has a problem that could use your help....little brother..."
* @Moe devours most of the second offering of food, glaring coldly at Amryth ' do not tell me what i eat, if you care to remain alive..' glancing at the Amryth look alike ' so what do you want..'
* @[Alex] snags meat out of the soup with his tongue
* @Amryth looks at the look alike, "i'll look into it," then mummbles something about trama root, and Kajaka meat being spicy in combination as blows on the soup before eating a little bit...12 Amryth's 'brother' smirks, "You'll see soon enough, i have a job for you, but you'll have help Atma first...a very interesting one...i think.." he stands then and turns slightly, "watch out for the men in the corner...the Ebon hand Rises again..." then he leaves us to walk out of the inn...
* @Moe shoots Amryth a seething glare ' tell me.. guide.. did we get brought here to solve this planets issues.. cuz id really like to know what the fucking point is..'
* @[Alex] snags meat out of the soup with his tongue
* @Amryth looks at Moe, then mumbles, "yep, the overtalking deamoth was right...Artera hasnt changed..." He frowns "i really wouldnt know, i am a mortal, and am not privy to the gods wishes for you or anyone else, including myself....though knowing them as i do, i can make specilations...if you want..."
* @Moe growls ' so what are we supposed to do, walk around aimlessly like chumps waiting for a merc job to do so we can survive without starving to death!!!'
* @[Alex] belches up a purple cloud of ..something...
* @Amryth sighs then whispers harshly, "then you dont get it, that "brother" of mine, indeed was my brother, but oh sooo much more, he is the leader of House Ammidranel, and he is the god Larkin....the gods do not, and have never...well Baltesk has but lets not go there...Held humans hands, they nudge they touch you to go one way or another, but they DO NOT and have not directly intervened in the affairs of mortals unless it was an emergency.." Amryth turns green and sees stars...
<@Amryth> 12 We hear a feminine voice laugh melodically, "and so the people shall see stars, and probably grow fur in odd places..."
* @Moe hisses at Amryth ' well forgive me for not wanting to die now that ive gotten a second chance at life and ill be damned it i ask or wish for ANYONE to hold my damn hand, and dont you dare ever mention such notions in my presence again'
* @[Alex] sits quietly
* @Amryth smiles, "none of us want to die, i certainly dont...If i would dare a guess, Artera wants you to become her lover, Luminati wants to use him for her amusement...which is what she's doing now...Larkin brought me here...well becouse i am essentially a part of him...i am a shard of his soul...Have we not been rewarded for these tasks these things we've helped people with, you currenly have more money then most people in this town...and the potential to get more...the ichor you didnt sell..."
* @Moe grins darkly ' i want to be a god.. can money acheive THAT goal Amryth... i want money and i want power, ultimate power..'
* @[Alex] sits quietly
* @Amryth sits back..then smiles.."you want to be a god....there
are very few ways of achieving that goal...and some of them have bad consquences...i do beleave though if you actually manage to become Artera's lover, you may become a god...especially if your good in bed....i wouldnt know never slept with my...er Larkin's sister...but such a lofty goal is achieveable in Hludana."
<@Moe> 0.0
<@[Alex]> ooooohh lesbians
* @Amryth laughs, "Artera is and always has been a very sexual creature, and it has gotten all of the gods in trouble in the past..." He smiles then, but "by any means you will have to earn this godhood, and it will be difficult to obtain...very...but with enough work you can become a goddess...and not the typical work mortals usually do...and the work we're doing may eventually lead to it...along with very powerful artifacts..."
* @Moe blinks, shocked.. dazed, looking at Alex.'' wanna watch?' looking at Amryth 'well if it leads to godhood, bring it on..'
