Azril's expression shifts uncomfortably. "Oh. Umm. . . he died last year. Sorry," he mumbles, finding his shoes suddenly quite fascinating to stare at.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Hithrol says somberly. "He was a good man. Saved my life, you know. Go on now, son. We'll talk a little more later."
Azril gives a small, uncertain nod, then turns and leaves the room, with Robin following close behind. He begins heading toward the practice field.
Azril gives a small, uncertain nod, then turns and leaves the room, with Robin following close behind. He begins heading toward the practice field.
As he exits the tower, he sees the girl from eariler - Maicyn, Hithrol's Daughter - leaning against the wall. "What do you want?"
Robin's ears prick forward and he wags his tail with interest. Beside him, Azril stops, recognizing Maicyn. He responds tentatively, "Uh-- I'm heading to the practice field. Your father said that you're welcome to join."
As he exits the tower, he sees the girl from eariler - Maicyn, Hithrol's Daughter - leaning against the wall. "What do you want?"
Robin's ears prick forward and he wags his tail with interest. Beside him, Azril stops, recognizing Maicyn. He responds tentatively, "Uh-- I'm heading to the practice field. Your father said that you're welcome to join."
Maicyn scowls at Azril. "He said that, did he? Fine." She begins walking quickly away, presumably in the direction of Practice Field A.
22Dynamite: Assuming you're still interested, let's get you into the RP!
Hearing tales in surrounding towns of the Riders, Lucresia and Sage have headed in search of this group. It's early morning when they first spot buildings in the distance, and as they draw closer they can make out a collection of small houses, with other buildings scattered throughout. In the center is a tall tower. All the buildings have white walls and black roofs. They fly closer, and have almost reach the outermost buildings when they see movement below. On the ground are several people - two human men, a human woman, a strange scaly man, and a woman with white skin - as well as four strange creatures. Three are large and reptilian, with webbed wings and sharp spikes along their bodies. One has sandy-colored scales, another pale blue, and the third a dark midnight blue. There is also a large, black, cat-like creature with wings.
The white-skinned woman waves up at Lucresia and Sage.
As they prepare for their duels, the new Riders see something approaching in the sky. When it gets close, they are able to make out a long, sinuous silhouette, winged and with brown and gray feathers. On the creature's back is a woman.
"That's a drake!" exclaims Dernis. "Zariana, do you know who these people are?"
The Vampyre shakes her head. "Looks like we have some more new arrivals." She waves up at the strangers.
OOC: Whatever you want. You can use your character's normal weapons, or you can take something from the weapons rack (nothing special there, but it will have any standard weapon used by the Riders).
OOC: Got it, thanks. Guess I'll wait on Neko to reply for another day or two.
OoC: Sorry, I've been meaning to reply but I've been really busy the last couple weeks.
OOC: Since we haven't heard from Winn in a while, I'm going to go ahead and advance the story.
IC: Dernis, Aretgarlja, Basa, Heren, Giddy, Finn, Azar, and Callusthe arrive at Practice Field A, where Zariana is waiting for them. She is a short woman, rather slight of build but muscular, with chalk white skin and red eyes. Her hair has almost as much silver as it does black, and there are fine wrinkles around her eyes and mouth and on her forehead. For all that she does not appear formidable, however, Dernis, Basa, Giddy, and Azar all know that she could take any of them in a fight, even without the use of her Vampyre abilities. "Listen up, Riders!" she shouts, her voice clear and sharp, "We're going to start today with some duels, one-on-one. Dernis, you're with Basa, Giddy, you're with Azar. Aretgarlja, Heren, Finn, the three of you can rotate, Heren and Finn first. Begin!"
Giddy practically prances up to Azar. "Heyo, we get to fight? Neat, right? Anyways, I'm not much good, so this'll mainly be a warm-up for you, but hey, I'll give it my best!"
"Yeah," Azar replies. She shrugs in response to the rest, "I can't say I'm that good myself, having never received proper training." The girl drew her sword, "Do we just practice with our normal weapons then?"
22Dynamite : Assuming you're still interested, let's get you into the RP!
Hearing tales in surrounding towns of the Riders, Lucresia and Sage have headed in search of this group. It's early morning when they first spot buildings in the distance, and as they draw closer they can make out a collection of small houses, with other buildings scattered throughout. In the center is a tall tower. All the buildings have white walls and black roofs. They fly closer, and have almost reach the outermost buildings when they see movement below. On the ground are several people - two human men, a human woman, a strange scaly man, and a woman with white skin - as well as four strange creatures. Three are large and reptilian, with webbed wings and sharp spikes along their bodies. One has sandy-colored scales, another pale blue, and the third a dark midnight blue. There is also a large, black, cat-like creature with wings.
The white-skinned woman waves up at Lucresia and Sage.
As they prepare for their duels, the new Riders see something approaching in the sky. When it gets close, they are able to make out a long, sinuous silhouette, winged and with brown and gray feathers. On the creature's back is a woman.
"That's a drake!" exclaims Dernis. "Zariana, do you know who these people are?"
The Vampyre shakes her head. "Looks like we have some more new arrivals." She waves up at the strangers.
“Oh my god, Sage, I told you not to stare!” Cadmar whispered loudly at her best friend. The drake uttered a small roar, lifting the base of her wings as if she was shrugging. The white-skinned woman neared her, and Cadmar’s mind drew a blank. She wanted to make a good impression, though she didn’t want her to be spotted that fast. ”Hello, ma’am, just hoping to spy on your training!”. ‘Yes, excellent introduction, Cadmar!’ Sage roared somewhat embarassedly and hid her face in her wings.
Robin's ears prick forward and he wags his tail with interest. Beside him, Azril stops, recognizing Maicyn. He responds tentatively, "Uh-- I'm heading to the practice field. Your father said that you're welcome to join."
Maicyn scowls at Azril. "He said that, did he? Fine." She begins walking quickly away, presumably in the direction of Practice Field A.
Picking up the pace, Azril and Robin follow Maicyn to the practice field.
22Dynamite : Assuming you're still interested, let's get you into the RP!
Hearing tales in surrounding towns of the Riders, Lucresia and Sage have headed in search of this group. It's early morning when they first spot buildings in the distance, and as they draw closer they can make out a collection of small houses, with other buildings scattered throughout. In the center is a tall tower. All the buildings have white walls and black roofs. They fly closer, and have almost reach the outermost buildings when they see movement below. On the ground are several people - two human men, a human woman, a strange scaly man, and a woman with white skin - as well as four strange creatures. Three are large and reptilian, with webbed wings and sharp spikes along their bodies. One has sandy-colored scales, another pale blue, and the third a dark midnight blue. There is also a large, black, cat-like creature with wings.
The white-skinned woman waves up at Lucresia and Sage.
As they prepare for their duels, the new Riders see something approaching in the sky. When it gets close, they are able to make out a long, sinuous silhouette, winged and with brown and gray feathers. On the creature's back is a woman.
"That's a drake!" exclaims Dernis. "Zariana, do you know who these people are?"
The Vampyre shakes her head. "Looks like we have some more new arrivals." She waves up at the strangers.
“Oh my god, Sage, I told you not to stare!” Cadmar whispered loudly at her best friend. The drake uttered a small roar, lifting the base of her wings as if she was shrugging. The white-skinned woman neared her, and Cadmar’s mind drew a blank. She wanted to make a good impression, though she didn’t want her to be spotted that fast. ”Hello, ma’am, just hoping to spy on your training!”. ‘Yes, excellent introduction, Cadmar!’ Sage roared somewhat embarassedly and hid her face in her wings.
Oh dang, I meant Cadmar neared the woman, not the other say around. Ignore that
22Dynamite : Assuming you're still interested, let's get you into the RP!
Hearing tales in surrounding towns of the Riders, Lucresia and Sage have headed in search of this group. It's early morning when they first spot buildings in the distance, and as they draw closer they can make out a collection of small houses, with other buildings scattered throughout. In the center is a tall tower. All the buildings have white walls and black roofs. They fly closer, and have almost reach the outermost buildings when they see movement below. On the ground are several people - two human men, a human woman, a strange scaly man, and a woman with white skin - as well as four strange creatures. Three are large and reptilian, with webbed wings and sharp spikes along their bodies. One has sandy-colored scales, another pale blue, and the third a dark midnight blue. There is also a large, black, cat-like creature with wings.
The white-skinned woman waves up at Lucresia and Sage.
As they prepare for their duels, the new Riders see something approaching in the sky. When it gets close, they are able to make out a long, sinuous silhouette, winged and with brown and gray feathers. On the creature's back is a woman.
"That's a drake!" exclaims Dernis. "Zariana, do you know who these people are?"
The Vampyre shakes her head. "Looks like we have some more new arrivals." She waves up at the strangers.
“Oh my god, Sage, I told you not to stare!” Cadmar whispered loudly at her best friend. The drake uttered a small roar, lifting the base of her wings as if she was shrugging. The white-skinned woman neared her, and Cadmar’s mind drew a blank. She wanted to make a good impression, though she didn’t want her to be spotted that fast. ”Hello, ma’am, just hoping to spy on your training!”. ‘Yes, excellent introduction, Cadmar!’ Sage roared somewhat embarassedly and hid her face in her wings.
The woman watches this, looking unimpressed. She turns to one of the humans, a dark-haired young man. "Take Aretgarlja and go tell your father we have an arrival." The man nods, then motions to the dark blue-scaled creature. The two of them run off.
As they do, two more humans, a boy and a girl, approach from the direction they are headed. A dog follows the boy. The dark-haired man says something to the girl and she scowls at him. The white-skinned woman watches this and sighs, calling out to the newcomers. "Maicyn, come over here! Let's talk." The girl scowls at her, but reluctantly begins walking over. The boy tries to follow, but is dissuaded with a glance from the girl.
To Cadmar and Sage, the white-skinned woman says, "I'll be a minute. Talk to the others." She points at the rest of the group, now consisting of the other human man, the human woman, the scaly man, the remaining three creatures, and now the boy and his dog. The girl, Maicyn, reaches them, and the white-skinned woman steps aside to talk to her.
OOC: Okay, here's the deal. I'm going to be gone from this coming Sunday to the one after and I won't be able to post during that time. While I'm gone, you can continue with the RP by interacting with the other RPers. The human man and sandy scaled creature (a dragon) are Winn the Great, who seems to be inactive right now. The scaly man and the pale blue dragon are TheGreatCon. The human woman and the flying cat are Neko. The boy and the dog are LordTigress. I'll still be able to post tomorrow, to help move things along if need be.
Maicyn scowls at Azril. "He said that, did he? Fine." She begins walking quickly away, presumably in the direction of Practice Field A.
Picking up the pace, Azril and Robin follow Maicyn to the practice field.
As they approach the field, Azril sees a white-skinned woman talking to a woman on a feathery flying serpent. Nearby are a human man, a human woman, a scaly man, two dragons, and a giant winged cat. Most of them seem to be paired up as if to duel. A dark haired man runs by Azril and Maicyn, another dragon at his side. To Maicyn, he says, "What are you doing here?" She scowls at him in place of a reply, and he passes them without another word.
The white-skinned woman catches sight of them now and calls out, "Maicyn, come over here! Let's talk."
Scowling again, Maicyn complies. Before Azril can join her, she holds up her hand. "Not you. Go talk to the others." She points at the group of Riders to their left and continues onward towards the woman.
OOC: So, I'll be out of town from the coming Sunday to the Sunday after, and won't be able to post, as I have said. You can interact with the other players during that time to keep something happening. The human man and sand-colored dragon are Winn the Great, who seems to be inactive right now. The scaly man and pale blue dragon are TheGreatCon. The human woman and flying cat are Neko. The other woman and flying serpent (a Drake) are 22Dynamite. I'll still be able to post tomorrow, to help move things along if need be.
Giddy practically prances up to Azar. "Heyo, we get to fight? Neat, right? Anyways, I'm not much good, so this'll mainly be a warm-up for you, but hey, I'll give it my best!"
"Yeah," Azar replies. She shrugs in response to the rest, "I can't say I'm that good myself, having never received proper training." The girl drew her sword, "Do we just practice with our normal weapons then?"
OoC: Sorry for taking so long, Con.
As you prepare to duel, Zariana is talking to the newcomers*. She sends off Dernis and Aretgarlja to inform Hithrol. While they are leaving, Maicyn arrives, with a boy, about her age, who you don't recognize, and a dog. Zariana calls Maicyn over to talk to her and all three newcomers (the Drake, the woman on the Drake, and the boy) are sent over to interact with the Riders.
*OOC: See posts above. I'm going to be gone from this coming Sunday to the Sunday after and won't be able to post, so I'd like you to interact with each other a little bit while I'm gone. The woman and the Drake are 22Dynamite and the boy is LordTigress. I'll still be able to post tomorrow, to help move things along if need be.
Giddy practically prances up to Azar. "Heyo, we get to fight? Neat, right? Anyways, I'm not much good, so this'll mainly be a warm-up for you, but hey, I'll give it my best!"
"Yeah," Azar replies. She shrugs in response to the rest, "I can't say I'm that good myself, having never received proper training." The girl drew her sword, "Do we just practice with our normal weapons then?"
OoC: Sorry for taking so long, Con.
"Sounds good!" Giddy heads for the rack of weapons, though. "I don't think my knives will be any good against your sword, though. No worries, I'll try a blade! Always wanted to swing one of these around!"
