"Night Nicenzia. I'll see you soon I'm sure. I can't wait to talk to you more." Tush finishes up the left over food, and gathers her things ready to head out to her rooms in an inn down the road. On the way out she stops by the dwarf and the goblin.
"I don't think we had a chance to be introduced. I'm Tush. Fashion designer extraordinaire, and new member of the Silver Shields."
Tush finishes up the left over food, and gathers her things ready to head out to her rooms in an inn down the road. On the way out she stops by the dwarf and the goblin.
"I don't think we had a chance to be introduced. I'm Tush. Fashion designer extraordinaire, and new member of the Silver Shields."
The dwarf removed his pipe and remarked, "Well met lass. I be called Grimlak and one of these little green creatures is called Dirtbag and the other little green creature is called Tindertwig or some such nonsense."
With a last pull on his pipe the dwarf nods at his companions and takes his leave, " It be getting late and I'll be turnin in." After three steps he turns around and winks at the toad, Take that you little green demon. Feeling better he begins humming as he heads back to his quarters.
Pleased that things have calmed down and that there will be no fighting Aurelian allows himself one more mug of Kumis. the rosters will be posted by moving and 4 or 5 or these find adventurer will become his teammates. He looks forward to getting to know them.
Looks about and retires for the night, the big cat Untari following. After seeing the potential hunting partners, she nods to her companion. There is not one I would not work with, but some I would prefer.
"Night Mr. Grimlak. Nice to meet you. You too Dirtbag and Tindertwig." She waves goodbye to the dwarf and smiles at the goblin.
"I guess I'd better be getting to my rooms. Assignments coming in soon I hear."
loud snoring
Sleep... sleep was difficult with the butterflies in your stomachs and the nerves of the coming morning. At the first crack of dawn the crowing of a rooster nearby brought sleepy folk to wakefulness in the small walled keep. You could hear movement near you in your 'room'. A small space in a large hall with thick heavy curtains blocking off your bed and personal chest from everyone else's, after all you were still just junior (albeit full) members.
Downstairs in the main hall, the smells of breakfast cooking wafted through the air and a few servants hurried back and forth with early morning chores... no one really noticed them of course, what was noticed was the large board at the entrance to the great hall with three large pieces of parchment listing the names of those being formed into teams...
Team Black: Braendar StoneShield
Hanz
Kelisa
Maxim
Throg
Inil
Visrub
Team White: Colewin Binderbook
Liam,
Grimlak
Zardu Zuul
Nizvit
Ryenalt
Tindertwig
Team Grey: Allura
Nicenzia
Aurelain
Tush
Swen Xuo
Amed
Ramona Blackhawk
Briefings after the Morning Bell....a peice of paper read beside the postings.
Waking just before dawn due to his early night and nerves, Inil makes his was down to the main hall were deciding to grab some breakfast while he waits for everyone to wake up, Outta the corner of his eye, Inil notices the have been some new posts made on the Assignment board, his curiosity piped, he wanders over to see what they are.
Apon Arriving at the board he realises these are the team assignments,
looking for his name he realises he is on team black which is under the command of someone called Braendar StoneShield, taking note of the rest of his team name's he decide theirs not much he can do till morning bell apart from go with his original plan of a early breakfast, and as such wanders back over to order.
After her morning rutine Nicenzia moves sleepyly down to the main hall mumbling as she comes up to the assignment board. "Why it has to be sooo bright already... Let's see where we go." She looks over the post and finds herself "Ow team grey with Swen and Tush, that's perfect I wanted to speak more with those two anyway." She moves over to an empty table and orders some breakfast, waiting for the others to wake up.
After a restless nights sleep Grimlak's morning rushed by him in a blur. Hungry he followed his nose toward the smell of food and almost walked by the bulletin board. He stopped and made his way through the throng surrounding the board.
He quickly found his name under team white and sees that the goblin and his demon frog are on his team. Grimlak hung his head and muttered, "I be cursed." Stoically, he raised his head and thought, could be worse at least I got Liam and his dog Duke to watch me back.
Best start lookin for this Colewin and the rest of me team, The dwarf moved over to an empty table and announced, "Colewin, team white we should have breakfast together." As he sees his team members he waves them over to this table.
Awakening early, Ramona runs through a series of stretches designed to keep herself limber, before taking out her gun kit and running through her daily routine of cleaning and checking her weapon. Once finished, she dresses, donning her black studded leather armor over a white linen shirt and black breeches, braiding her long black hair and tying it behind her with a strand of ribbon, and pulling on a slightly battered leather tricorne hat.
Making her way downstairs, she enters the main hall, her signature walk, part saunter part prowl, taking her past long tables to view the postings on the large board.
'Hmm...this should be interesting'
We're not putting everyone in this thread are we? I played a game where there was 10 people and it did not work out. This one has almost double that. Also this is the discussion thread. Where do we discuss out of character stuff now?
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Sleep came uneasily for Swen, and her nerves had her up well before dawn. She strolled the grounds in the quiet hours before sunrise, trying to find piece of mind.
What am I doing here? Do they trust me? Can I trust them?
When the rooster crows, Swen watches as a few people shuffle over into the mess hall. She waits a little and then soon follows suit. As she enters, pausing a moment so that the aroma of food doesnt overwhelm her, she notices the boards. She finds her name under team 'Grey' along with Nicenzia and Tush and a few others she doesn't recognize. A faint smile appears on her lips as she spots Nicenzia already seated. She walks over, Looks like we'll be working together, mind if I join you for breakfast?
Nicenzia smiles as Swen approaches "Of course not take a seat. I was hoping we would end on the same team, I wanted to speak more with you."
Grins widely, as she sees Hanz name. He will make Untari happy for sure. Maybe lazy bones will finally have some fun. THe cat looks at her with a cross expression, before she thinks further. Stoneshield... That name sounded familiar to her, but she couldnt place it. Maybe he was one of her combat instructors? She had not paid close attention to the close combat ones.
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Swen sits across from Nicenzia and orders her breakfast, toast and tea.
How did you sleep last night?, she asks with a smirk, perhaps projecting her own anxiety onto the dhampir. Before Nicenzia can answer, Swen leans in across the table and asks, her voice a little more quiet, a little more anxious, Do you recognize anyone else on the list, besides Tush?
Nicenzia pulls in a big yawn before answering Swen. "I think Aurelain was that half orc growling at everyone, but there were so many names I can't remember whos who while this sleepy... Danm beightness! Anyway you had a good rest?
Tindertwig jumps awake, bumping his head on the table.
Rippit. Rippit., comes a laughter-choked croak from Dirtbag.
The little goblin frowns at the toad, before peering out from under a table in the common room.
Hey dere. Yous ways too much loudness!, declares the irrate goblin; addressing all those crowding around...something?
Hanz's bed creaked ominously as he rolled over to get out but did not break. That was good. Far too much of his stipend from the Silver Shields went to repairing his accidents. The bed was cramped for someone his size but that was usual and not as uncomfortable as it used to be. He tended to curl up anyway.
He walked into the main hall and looked curiously at the gathering formed around a bulletin board. He starred at the crowd for a moment and then at the board. His height meant he didn't need to jostle around to see it either. Which was good because his jostling might break a bone. He still had trouble with words, names especially, but his own was easy to pick out. "Black." he muttered. Team Black under StoneShield. He couldn't remember StoneShield, so he looked at the other names, slowly making his way through them.
He learned a few names yesterday, but unfortunately, his memory for such knowledge was terrible. He starred blankly at the names until finally caving. He walked up to people asking if their names where one of the ones on the black team, taking extra care to get the name right and periodically looking back at the bulletin board to see if he was right.
"Are you Kelisa or Maxim or Throg or Inil or Visrub?"
Zardu checked out the notice before heading over to the table with Grimlak. He nodded at the dwarf as he approached. "I am Zardu, Priest of Saranrae. Pleased to meet you." He took a seat eager to match names with faces.
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Swen thinks back to the previous night, half-orc... half-orc... oh yeah, the golden one, strange color for a half-orc.
She looks around the room to see if she can spot this Aurelain, but he doesn't seem to be there yet.
Swen shakes her head to Nicenzia, No, couldn't sleep. I'm a night person, you know? Plus, strange bed, strange roof, strange people. She smiles briefly and sighs.
She spots Hanz towering over the small crowd, looking lost and confused. She felt something for the gentle giant, a protective notion, and a sort of sadness he was not in their same group.
I hope nothing happens to him, should be able to take care of himself though.
Tush wakes up takes a terribly long time to pick out her purple and black outfit. "The black with purple hat or the purple with black hat or the one with the purple and black stripes? Her small sleeping area looks like an explosion of cloth as she digs through everything trying to find what she's looking for.
Finally dressed she makes her way to the common room for breakfast. She immediately notices the notices on the board and wiggles up through the crowd to read them. Grey Team. Yay I'm working with Swen and Nicenzia. This should be fun. She makes her way over to where she sees the two sitting. On the way she notices Hanz looking for his team, and stops.
Tugging on his trousers to get attention she motions for him to bend down.
"Hanz, Kelisa is the lady with the cat. You remember her? She's on your team. I bet if you find her the rest of the team will find you. Good luck on your team." she whispers.
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Seeming both well rested and well groomed, Aurelian comes down from his room as curious as everyone else. His tusks all but gleam in the morning light filtering through the window. After consulting the consulting the postings he looks about and spots some of Team Grey at a table.
Good morning ladies. Might I join you? he asks politely to Nicenzia, Swen Xuo, and Tush. Has anyone seen Amid or Ramona yet? Oh, there is Ramona over there. He motions to the gunfighter to come over.
Grins and waves to Hanz, sitting at a table already. " Our names appear together. We shall bring down many prey together. Come, we shall sit and wait on fellow pack members." She shows Hanz to a were Untari had already flopped down at, eating what looked like an enormous bone. She had ordered a spread of food, as she always awoke starved. That and it had these thin strips of meat that she had heard some call bacon, and it was wonderful, as shown by her full plate of it. She had nothing else but bacon on her plate, but the options on the table included fresh fruits and breadstuff, and assorted meats.
"I get you Swen, I also perfer the nighttime less daylight to deal with. And there's just a certain allure about the darkness and those people who perfer it." she says smiling.
She spots Tush and waves her over, Aurelain escaped her notice du to all the people starting to pour into the messhall. "Please take a seat and a plate of food, we gonna need the energy." she says yawning a bit.
Seeing Hanz one of the few members from his team that he knows by name at least arrive down in the main-hall, Inil makes his was over to greet him and his curious friend.
"Hello, its Hanz if I am correct, We will be working together in the immediate future." turns to stare at the curious elf and overly large cat.
"And who might you friends be?"
The dining hall begins to fill with others, some you know some you dont, Silver armbands prominent on most. The was a quiet stirring in the room, followed by a silence when a dimunitive form came down a set of stairs from the upper floors where there were private rooms. The fellow dressed in silver embroidered dark finery stretched at the top of the stairs...Colewin Binderbook was making his way to breakfast. Within a few moments some of the other senior members of the shields found their way to his table. Their was a discussion and finally near the end of the meal A loud chiming was heard coming from the tall bell/watchtower that lifted high about the keep.
Several servants hurried to clear the tables as the halfling nodded to the others.
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Morning, Tush. Aurelain is it? I'm Swen, you know Nicenzia? Swen greets them with what air of welcome and diplomacy she can find. She looks over at the mysterious stranger that Aurelain motioned towards to see if she's joining their table, before returning to her tea.
She cups the warm mug with both hands and breaths in the aroma. If there was one scent in this ultrasensory world that Swen enjoyed, it was hot tea. You should try some tea, Nicenzia, might wake you up a bit.
She takes a sip and starts to relax. This crew is starting to shape up.
Swen watches carefully as The Master Binderbook enter into the hall in an almost processional fashion. She herself feels no reverence, but the man sure does command respect, at least from these people.
The bell chimes and Swen has her attention on her new boss.
Hearing the bell, Inil only just realize's that Master Binderbook has entered the main hall room, in preparation for the briefing Inil stands at attention.
The halfling stood up onto his seat clearing his throat.
"Since the war two years ago with those foolish Ishgarians ended, jobs have been popping up faster than we can keep up with. That just means lots of coin to be made. Ive screened some jobs that will be right up to you junior members. "
"Team Black, Report to Master Stoneshield in the armory."
He began nodding to the large dwarf. He nodded back and ran his hand through his reddish beard that just started having flecks of whitish in it.
"Gather your grub iffn you aint finished it, no sense being pekish while ye listen."
He began heading for the side door leading to the yard outside. The armory was on the north wall.
With the table cleared The halfing strode atop it.
"Team grey report to Allura in the library."
He began the matronly woman rose from her seat and gave a shallow half bow to the paladin on the table.
"Come along then."
She began leading the way towards the library in the back of the keep.
"Team white with me, we will meet up in my office. Someone bring some biscuits."
He began hopping down off the table, and grabbing a mug heading for the stairwell.
"I've traied that before Swen it doesn't really work, part of my blood belongs to a creature of the night so the mix makes it harder to awake and fall asleep to fit around the normal humans. Part of the reason I was valuable as a slave was that I could work easily at night when others were to tired." She responds before Colewin adresses the groups.
After the announcement she finishes her coffee and get's up stretching a few times "Let's head to the library I always feel better once the work starts." Nicenzia says gestures for Swen to join her along with the others.
Having already finished his breakfast while ago, Inil nods to Hanz and the curious elf before heading of after Master Stoneshield.
Mouth full of biscuits, the little goblin looks up curiously...
Maxim had been slow to rise that morning. Of course, that was perhaps because he had also been slow to go to sleep, having not laid down until the wee dawn hours. And not in his bed, but that was nothing new. He had but given quarters with other servants in his early days, then with the recruits later on. But he never slept in them. No, he typically could be found curled up against the cold stone floor of the guard tower, seemingly unphased by the chill of night. Ah, but time. Time, it was such a strange concept to Maxim. Everyone fretted over it so much, but truly there were only two true times - now, and the end. The past was a memory of now, and the future had yet to come, and so was irrelevant. And the end, well that would come to them all... but not yet. At least not for Maxim.
Wandering into the festhall, Maxim looks like his typical near-dead self. He casually grabs several items as he passes amidst the other new members, all rushing off to their assignments. He starts to line his pockets with biscuits, bacon, sausage, and a few pieces of fruit for whenever hunger shows its face, but then pauses and smiles. He notes the pile of small oblong loaves off to the side. Picking one up, he bit into the baked treat. His taste buds found the bacon, egg, and cheese all neatly packed within. He chuckled amid the excitement.
Suddenly realizing that all the other new members were exiting the hall, he wandered over to the board and stuck his finger into the sheet where his name was listed.
"Born of the dark and so black I'm bound,
Now off to the forge where the others be found!"
With a chuckle, Maxim nods to Colewin then hurries down the hall, seeking out the adventure that lies ahead.
Grimlack grabbed an armload of biscuits and made his way to Colewin's office.
Having seen the others of her group assembling and the big blond half orc waving her over, Ramona pulls up a chair, nodding politely to her table mates, and ordering breakfast, listening to the conversation as she eats. When the commander points out each groups direct Commanding officer she rises with the others mating her way to the library.
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Bacon and a big kitty? Kelisa was swiftly becoming Hanz's favoritest person, second only to Paw. He loaded up a plate with more than just bacon though, Paw said he needed more than meat though. Like a house needed stone, wood, and mortar, his body needed, bread, meat, vegetables, and fruit. He called it a balanced diet but Hanz didn't know what that meant. He just grab a bunch of stuff and hoped it was enough. He was still big and strong so he must be doing something right.
He gives a rumbling "Hello," to each new person that wandered over to join the team. Inil, a red man with horns, Maxim, the rhymy little person. That still left two more if his finger math was right.
Hanz gathers up several plates of food, even carrying some in his mouth, to go join StoneShield in the armory. He wasn't really hungry anymore but the others might want some.
Tush grabs her things and heads to the library.
Stifling a yawn, a bleary-eyed tiefling walks in just as Colewin starts assigning teams.
"Wotcher!
And then strolls casually to the armoury.