[9:11 PM] Lawls: The two wander around for a little bit before looking to some of the mountains in the distance
"...I think I might of gotten us a little bit lost Nero."
The male said as he looked at the forests around him
"Huh... Sorry bout this."
Valentinus says with a slight smile on his face, knowing he's genuinely not very good with directions
[9:15 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Hm. Well, I do not remember the mountains being so close. Perhaps we should have stopped and turned around a few minutes back? Nero seems quite fatigued by this point, stumbling about haphazardly as he walks behind Valentinus. Your apology is accepted. I would have produced similar results, had I been the one in charge of directions.
[9:16 PM] Kwakado: "Teki wa ikuman aritotemo /
subete ugoh no sei naruzo."
From within the woods, a deep, rolling voice practices a song, reverberating through the trees. Though it is in a tongue foreign to Valenheim, something about it stirs the soul of even the Wyvern.
"Ugoh no sei ni arazu tomo,
mikata ni tadashiki dohri ari!"(edited)
[9:18 PM] Lawls: "...Woah... What is... That?"
The male looks deeper into the woods and walks towards the sound, looking back to his wyvern
"...Let's check it out... It sounds quite... How would you describe that Nero?"(edited)
[9:19 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Well, I would describe it as soul-stirring. Nero nods subtly, a gesture simple enough to not require much effort in his state. If you wish to investigate, then investigate we shall.
[9:26 PM] Kwakado: Ja wa sore sei ni kachi gataku,
choku wa kyoku ni zo kachiguri no....
The voice seems to encourage and inspire them in their efforts to investigate, boiling the hesitation from their hearts. It felt almost like a trap, in how correct their choice seemed...(edited)
[9:30 PM] Lawls: The naive rider did not see this and continued to head in willingly
"It's so pretty... His voice is just- Well... I think it's a he."
Val said with a chuckle and a smile, further going towards the voice with his wyvern pal
[9:33 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: How encouraging and inspiring this voice is. It boils the hesitation from my heart. A deep rumble. It is almost suspicious in how soothing it is.
[9:39 PM] Lawls: "...You think so?"
The male seemed to lose some of his stride and looked to his wyvern, thinking about what they were doing. They were following a song of a person they don't even know... This reminded Val of a monster from a book he has read... But he cannot place his finger on it
[9:48 PM] Kwakado: But what they saw was surprisingly mundane: A stout man, somewhere around 5 and a half feet, with bushy brown sideburns draping a prominent forehead. The rest of his hair was in an elegant topknot, and his eyes were closed almost into slits as he sang.
kataki kokoro no ittetsu wa
ishi ni ya no tatsu tameshi ari.
His clothing was clearly Khlinese - a well-maintained, viridescent samurai uniform, with a sheathed katana at the hip - as was his song, most likely. As they got closer, the song's imbued confidence shifted into glorious fervor, and a taste for the thrills of war.
[9:49 PM] Kwakado: Perhaps the most peculiar thing about him, however, was his pointed, oily nose, which shined like a still stream in the summer sun. Was this, too, a part of his power?(edited)
[9:55 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Nero stops short, the illusion lifting with alarm that surprises him even in his drowsy state. His nostrils flare, and he drops his head, neck snaking back and forth gradually. ...Valentinus. We have... company. A human.
[9:56 PM] Lawls: "Let's not interupt him... He's obviously singing to himself, It would be rude to interupt him now."
The male said while he kept his eyes on the male, entranced with the lovely music.
[9:56 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: ...Of course. Leave him be. A sound idea.
[10:01 PM] Kwakado: Nadote osoruru koto ya aru!
Nadote yayutoh koto ya aruuuuuuuu!
Belting out the final boasting note, the samurai's eyes widen up - just enough to spot the large beast and its rider observing him.
"Why...hello there." He greets them with a deep, relaxed voice, almost like a song of its own.
[10:02 PM] Lawls: "Uh... Hello."
The male said in a quite awkward manner, staying close to his beast as he offered a slight smile
"Beautiful song."
[10:05 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: ...I shall let you do the speaking. This one confuses me, with its songs. Nero's aggressive stance melts in his fatigue, and he simply takes a seat in the forest grass.
[10:07 PM] Kwakado: "..Isn't it?" The samurai walks nonchalantly up to the rider. "I was, simply, practicing for the big day." He crosses his arms. "Big crowd, too."
[10:09 PM] Lawls: "The... Big day?"
The male tilts his head and places his hand on his wyvern, for mainly his own comfort
[10:12 PM] Kwakado: "My, my~" The samurai shakes his head. "You're from....Valenheim, I take it?"
[10:13 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Nero nudges Valentinus in a show of support. This one is quite perceptive.
[10:15 PM] Lawls: Surprised with the nudge, he looks down to his wyvern.
"Yeah..."
The surprise turned to happiness as he looks to the samurai again, smiling softly
"Yeah I am... What gave it away?"
Val said with a chuckle looking at his quite basic clothing
[10:17 PM] Kwakado: "You see...I don't visit these woods, very often..." He points a forearm toward Nero. "...but a creature like that...isn't native."
[10:19 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Nero is silent for a moment. ...Creature. How pleasant. I will have it know I am not native, however, if it wishes to address me.
[10:20 PM] Lawls: "O-Oh... Yeah, Nero is not native."
He states looking down to his wyvern, this gets him thinking
Huh so he thinks Nero is from Valenheim...
[10:22 PM] Kwakado: "But...looks like a rare breed...isn't it? Nero..." Sabato bows before the Wyvern-like entity, then the rider. "I am Sabato the Slicknose...the "voice", of the rebellion, they say."
[10:23 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: An apt name. Perhaps he should cleanse his... Slicknose.
[10:25 PM] Lawls: Chuckling from Nero comment
"Maybe, he should..."
Val shakes out his head and looks to the male with a smile
"It's a pleasure to meet you Slicknose."
The male gives a shotty bow and a toothy grin
"My name is Valentinus and this is my friend Nero."
[10:36 PM] Kwakado: "...So." Sabato casually walks even closer to them. "How is it, a rebel like me...can help, a spy..like...you?" He grins at Valentinus.
[10:41 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Nero growls in warning, eyes fixed on Sabato. Keep your distance. A spy? How dare it make such accusations.
[10:43 PM] Lawls: Looking to his friend he speaks quietly
"He's probably just wary of us..."
Clearing his throat he speaks clearly, somewhat annoyed at the excusation
"A... Spy? I'm not a spy Sabato."
[10:46 PM] Kwakado: "Oh? Wonderful." He sidesteps from the Wyvern. "Thought you might be, gathering material....for a grand new opera."
[10:51 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: It expects us to remember a song we cannot understand? Nero tilts his head. Hm.
[10:52 PM] Lawls: "Oh, no not at all... Truth be told I cannot even understand it."
Valentinus said with a slight smile, looking towards the male
[10:55 PM] Kwakado: "Hmmm. Tourists? No..." He throws his hands up gently, surrendering to some battle nobody ever agreed on.
"I give up, I give up. What brings you to our little land?"
[10:57 PM] Lawls: "Me and Nero are apart of Queen Lunas group."
The male said with a smile, not knowing that the rebellion would be with them
[10:59 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Do we really wish to hand out such information freely? We do not even know this man.
[11:05 PM] Kwakado: "That so?" Sabato stands back a bit. "I'm afraid...we haven't heard from her. Know where she went?"
[11:07 PM] Lawls: Looking apologetic towards his wyvern he looks back the male looks to the samurai
"I don't sorry."
The male stated plainly and truthful ly as he continued to look towards the samurai
[11:09 PM] Kwakado: "Such a shame. Well...Princess Ellis is here, so she can..probably...do everything the Queen could."
[11:10 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Except speak in a civil manner. Nero is unable to resist a quick jab.
[11:11 PM] Lawls: A slight laugh came from Val as he looked to his wyvern with a smile
"I wouldn't know, I haven't met the queen."
Val looked back with a smile as he looked at the samurai
[11:14 PM] Kwakado: "New recruits? Great timing...In just two days, we pave the way, for a harmonious society."
Sabato's words take on a deep resonance, hinging on reverence. "We will destroy, the nobility that have stolen so much from our people."
[11:17 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: ...The nobility. Nero's attention is gathered by this statement. Valentinus. I would like to hear this rebellion's story. I want to know what it is they have... stolen, from these people.
[11:20 PM] Lawls: A simple nod comes from Val
"Alright..."
The rider looks back up to the rebel and soft eyes
"...What has the nobility stolen from your people Sabato?"
[11:27 PM] Kwakado: Sabato's eyes narrow, and his nose glints with passion. Yet even as he addresses them, his shouting voice remains smooth and round.
"Our lives..."
His hand curls into a fist.
"Our freedom..."
It flies to his heart.
"No, our dignity as men! They've taken it all...just to satisfy, their infinite greed. We cannot bear it any longer."(edited)
[10:15 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Their lives. Freedom. Dignity.
Nero snorts, eyes fixed on his companion.
I see a lot of parallels here, Valentinus. Not only will these humans exercise dominion over other races, but they cannot even manage peace and equality amongst themselves.
...For what it is worth, however, I suppose this rebellion has my support, if you may call it that.
[4:54 AM] Lawls: "We're a... weird race... Aren't we."
Valentinus looks to the wyverns eyes before looking back to Sabato, he offers a gentle look as the rider feels for him
"Well, you have mine and Neros support Sabato."
The male offers with a cheerful smile, looking towards the shiny nosed samurai
[3:50 PM] Kwakado: "Deeelightful! I'm...truly grateful, that you get to see...the day, this country returns, to its people."
Sabato gives a wide, gentle grin.
"It's taken almost.....thirty years, you know."
[4:17 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: This human seems exceedingly confident in this rebellion. Is victory assured, or is it simply bravado?
[4:21 PM] Lawls: "Wow... Thirty years. So you think this rebellion will... Work?"
As awkward as it sounded, the rider tried to sew the question that Nero had into his own sentance. He looked down to his wyvern with eyes that said
'That was the best I could do. Hopefully he doesn't take it the wrong way'
[4:36 PM] Kwakado: "We've got, two things - going for us." He holds his middle and index fingers out in a "V" between them, then lets one finger curl in.
"They've lost Lord Bluefang...Head of Khlin's temples..and one of the Four Ministers. Family's busy infighting...their soldiers, scattered. Defenses, open."
The second finger falls.
"And we...didn't lose the Mastermind. Leader of the rebellion. Word is, he mastered ancient magics, that penetrate any defense. Genius, too. With him....victory is near."(edited)
[7:49 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: The Four Ministers? ...I am afraid I am not familiar with the political workings of this place. I imagine if his death is so troublesome for the nobility, he was of grave importance to them. Nero's gaze turns to Valentinus once more. And... the Mastermind? Leader of the rebellion? Master of ancient, powerful magics? This does indeed sound like an influential human. Does he not have a name, or is the Mastermind all he answers to?
[7:51 PM] Lawls: Looking to his wyvern he offers a friendly smile to the shinynosed samurai
"This mastermind seems like someone you would want around."
Giving a friendly chuckle the male looks at the samurai once more
"Uh... If you wouldn't mind me asking... What is his name?"(edited)
[7:54 PM] Kwakado: "Hmmmm....He is, a secretive man, you know. Many of us are....but it will be in the songs all across Amia, soon enough."
Sabato takes on a reverant posture, his low, rolling voice becoming sharp as steel.
"He is...Sebastian, the Great."
[7:59 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: I see. In twodays, this rebellion of his strikes. If this... Lord Bluefang is so important to them, I imagine the remaining three are targets as well.
[8:01 PM] Lawls: "Mmm."
The male nods towards his mount and places his hand on the kurongs head shuffling it slightly
"He sounds pretty great, I know how hard it is to even cast a spell."
The male actions to his side where his tome is kept as he chuckles and scratches his head
[9:12 PM] Kwakado: "Well...." Sabato fans the air with his hand. "... No shortage of teachers, in Valenheim, they say. Don't you give up!"
[9:16 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: For something so difficult, you display a fair amount of skill in the magical arts. The slick-nosed is right.
[9:32 PM] Lawls: "Heh... You could say that again Sabato."
The male said with smile as he looked to his wyvern.
"...You think?"
Val looked back to his tome and picked it up, reading through it and looking to his mount
[9:37 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Well, your magical experiments on yours truly have produced some rather... spectacular results. Nero stretches his wings idly. Or at least, spectacular is one way to put it.
[9:45 PM] Lawls: "...Remember when you turned blue."
This causes the male to giggle as he looks to his wyvern as he talks quietly(edited)
[9:48 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Fond memories indeed. Nero snorts.
[9:50 PM] Kwakado: Sabato lifts an eyebrow at the rider's supposed monologue, slowly starting to understand the pauses that had filled this conversation.
"You two...sure got something special, huh?"
[9:54 PM] Lawls: Surprised by the samurai he smiles and side hugs his wyvern
"Well yeah... He's my best bud!"
The rider said with a goofy smile on his face.
"We've been through thick and thin together..."
If you can call Awes 'thick'
[9:56 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Nero is pressed to Valentinus' side. He doesn't offer any resistance. I believe he was referring to our back-and-forth chatter.
[9:57 PM] Lawls: "...Oh."
This makes the Rider laugh heartily and smiles to the samurai
[10:04 PM] Kwakado: "Wa--ha-ha-ha-ha..." Sabato shakes his head in amusement. "Nothing, quite like a mount and rider, huh?" He claps his hands together. "Well....I've a meeting, to attend. Freedom doesn't come....from waiting, as they say....."
[10:06 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Hm. A farewell from me, then. May he and his people find peace in the wake of this rebellion.
[10:08 PM] Lawls: "Alright. It was a pleasure to meet you Sabato."
The male stated with a smile as he stood back up, unhugging his wyvern friend
"Me and Nero wish you find peace from this rebellion."
The rider said in a more sophisticated manner as he looks to the Samurai
[10:10 PM] Kwakado: "Sayonara!" He proclaims it theatrically as he departs, throwing his voice through the woods. Once more, the pair felt that strange surge of confidence in their hearts, even as the source of the sound was nearly out of sight.
[10:12 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: ...His voice is quite mesmerising. A strange talent, but one I can appreciate.
[10:14 PM] Lawls: The male waves as he looks to his wyvern
"It is... I wonder if it was some sort of magic... Damn I shoulda asked about it... What was up with his nose as well?"
Val looks his mount witth a questioning look
[10:16 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: At first, I believed it to be the work of a neglect of bathing, but with how it glimmered in the sun, I am no longer sure.
[10:22 PM] Lawls: "Hmm... What could it be..."
The male thought up to the sky, a familiar look to Nero.
[10:25 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Hmhmhm. Do not get lost in thought just yet. We are still lost in the geographical sense. Nero seems revitalised by the brief rest, and his mood lifted by the wondrous voice of Sabato. Shall we trek onwards?
[10:31 PM] Lawls: Valentinus smiles, also revitalised
"We shall. Still wanna walk it or you wanna fly?"
[10:33 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: ...I believe a wyvern's-eye-view may be in order. For all we know, we could be in a completely different forest by this point.
[10:37 PM] Lawls: "...Ah yeah true... The forest looks kinda the same though..."
The male said as he looked to the trees
"...Kinda."(edited)
[10:46 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: I used to live in a forest, and I can tell you now I have no idea where we are. Flight is the best option. Nero lowers his body to the ground, awaiting Valentinus. If we are lucky. I may even have it left in me to travel the entire way back via air.
[10:51 PM] Lawls: Valentinus hurried to get on as he smiled
"Well it's always fun to get back in the sky... So I won't complain."
He said as he carefully got himself centred on his mount
[1:02 AM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: Then we fly.
Nero returns to his usual posture, Valentinus mounted on his back.
Prepared?
[3:45 AM] Lawls: "Always. Whenever you're ready Nero."
Val said as he smiled, getting ready to fly the clear skies
[3:41 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: I was born ready, Valentinus.
The wyvern's initially awkward, shuffling jog soon becomes an all-out sprint. With a few flaps of his broad wings, he is airborne, and Valentinus with him.
Keep an eye out for the prison, will you?
[4:13 PM] Lawls: This makes Valentinus chuckle and laugh as he places his arms out. Feeling the wind in between his hand. Nero bringing himself back to reality he nods
"Will do."
He says as he smiles and holds onto his wyvern(edited)
[4:17 PM] Plummeting Ursa | Romp: ===END RP===
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