Post by DM Dan/Bi'rel/Sheila on May 8, 2015 19:35:01 GMT
This event takes place about 2AM, 6 days after returning to Rangio, after the loss of Grok.
Late at night, though they are in different rooms, each Johan and Palins are awoken to an extremely loud knock on each of their doors, as they both open there eyes they see a sealed envelope slide under the door.
Johan bends to pick up his envelope and opens it. The first thing he notices is a symbol on the wax seal that is the sign of his guild master, so he immediately opens the envelope and begins to read,
"I hope all is well!" -Sam
Johan unlocks his scroll case and places the note inside and locks it again. He begins to dress and prepare himself for the meeting, he suits up and decides to just wear his concealed daggers. Johan leaves his room out the window silent as actual death, dodging from trees to bush he moves along, dodging guards and on-lookers until he reaches the garden, knowing he is early, he decides to wait in the bushes. As the hour approaches he is silent at the end of the garden, during that time he has only seen one patrolling guard near the garden but has seen no one else, so he begins to move stealthy into the gardens center.
Palins was disrupted in a deep sexual dream, brushes eyes and grabs the envelope, she sees the wax seal is the mark of her guild.She reads the letter, she begins slowly and begrudgingly to suit up and sneaks out towards the garden. Hiding out of sight of any entrance, wondering why she has been summoned at such an early time, she vaguely recalls the hand-writing from a note she received earlier that week. As the hour approaches, she moves with stealth to the center of the garden.
Once at the center of the garden, both Johan and Palins see a wide open space with a giant statue of Akhena in the middle of the garden, They spot each other from across the garden but with no other person to be seen they both emerge from the shadows and walk toward each other. As Johan reaches Palins, right in front of the statue, he extends his left hand in silent greeting. Palin raises her right hand and waves like royalty to a crowd.
Johan and Palins are startled as a figure seems to come out of no where and says, "What's the point of all that training if you're not going to use it?" As they look they see Umbra standing there as if he had been there the whole time. Johan turns to Umbra and bows deeply, pausing at the deepest part of his bow...."Master". Palins waves at Umbra, as the time they adventured together pours through her mind, than like a flash, remembers that he is now The Master, bows deeply, again also pausing at the deepest part of the bow and whispers, "Master."
That telltale grin of Umbras comes through as he shakes his head, "Listen you two, and this is not going to be an order, just a very strong suggestion." He says, "Damakos is to be treated as a trusted ally, no matter what it seems. I also will tell you this, be careful as well, sometimes it seems that he is two different people."
Palins is the first to speak, "I am not sure if I can trust Damakos...remember the nightmare tower? We had tried to do our service to try and save a fallen friend and had found that we may not be able to get her back. on our way back, Damakos had put us under a spell to try and take us back to the tower. Seeing as how we were clearly heading in the opposite direction, not only do I think he knows more about us than we are led on to believe, we have seen more than one side of him...I am not sure if I can trust him as far as I can throw him, I can tell you that is not very far."
Johan than speaks up, "Master, I have already decided to trust Damakos. I am attempting to persuade my new found friends to do the same. I believe Leza is with me on that count. I will, however, remain cautious. I am unsure of his personal motivations in this matter." Johan turns to Palins, "Because we cannot trust him is the exact reason I believe we should go with him. I do not entirely trust him, however I think it wise to see what he wants for himself from this venture".
Palins replies, "What venture? I have not agreed to anything just yet. I would like more information on this Damakos figure before I can confidently follow up."
Johan replies to Palins, "This venture being the trip to the tower, be it ours, or his alone."
The Master, shaking his head slightly interrupts by saying, "Whatever his motivation," Umbra waves at a bush and a man comes out clad in a dark blue cloak and hands him a piece of parchment, hands it to Johan, "You now have a reason to go back. Because I can't tell you to trust him, but the Tomes he is hunting is for your Master,"
Johan reads the parchment and hands it to Palins, who looks shocked at reading it.
Johan says, "Then I shall retrieve this tome, master."
Umbra looks at Johan and says,"No, you will let Damakos gather the Tomes, but you will also make sure that he finds it." He turns to Palins and pulls down the shirt exposing his left shoulder, showing a huge scar, "This is only a scar and not my death because many years ago Damakos saved my life. From time to time I would help him find things in exchange he gave me information." Umbra lets go of the shirt, "I trust him as a friend but even I make sure that I keep an eye on him, like I said, he is sometimes two different people."
Palin replies, "There is more to this than what is led on to be, but reading this, I must not break from our Master and close friends." Palin looks at umbra and stands more prominent than every before to give her assertion that she will not let The Master down.
Johan says, "It will be as you command, Master."
Palin says, "I will help, but it will be with the utmost caution"
Umbra begins to walk away, turns to Palins and says," I know you're new, but the modes of recognition we have is for a reason, a good disguise and they look and move like anyone." Right than the cloaked figure grabs Umbras shoulder and they disappear into thin air.
Johan turns to the statue of Athena, raises two fingers on his right hand to his lips, and presses them to the left foot of the statue of Akhena. "Balance preserve you, Master."
Johan turns to Palins and says, "Perhaps, in the name of the King, the others may join us."
Palin still looking overwhelmed, looks back to Johan and says, "Johan, I would think that we should have no issues with 'trying' to convince the other to come along seeing as where, more so who, this note has come from" At that moment Palins notices that the parchment has vanished as well.
Right at that time, a guard walks by and sees Johan and Palins standing close to each other and talking. He looks like he is going to say something, changes his mind and only says, "I remember meeting here when my wife and I were courting, carry on." And walks away.
Before he leaves, Johan says to Palins..."it will most certainly be difficult to mention the King without proof now. However, if we both voice out intent, maybe the two of us together can make some headway."
Palin stops while walking away, turns and says, "Some of us know the king personally, we have fought side-by-side with the king. It won't be hard for conviction" and than she disappears into the night.
Late at night, though they are in different rooms, each Johan and Palins are awoken to an extremely loud knock on each of their doors, as they both open there eyes they see a sealed envelope slide under the door.
Johan bends to pick up his envelope and opens it. The first thing he notices is a symbol on the wax seal that is the sign of his guild master, so he immediately opens the envelope and begins to read,
"I hope all is well!" -Sam
Johan unlocks his scroll case and places the note inside and locks it again. He begins to dress and prepare himself for the meeting, he suits up and decides to just wear his concealed daggers. Johan leaves his room out the window silent as actual death, dodging from trees to bush he moves along, dodging guards and on-lookers until he reaches the garden, knowing he is early, he decides to wait in the bushes. As the hour approaches he is silent at the end of the garden, during that time he has only seen one patrolling guard near the garden but has seen no one else, so he begins to move stealthy into the gardens center.
Palins was disrupted in a deep sexual dream, brushes eyes and grabs the envelope, she sees the wax seal is the mark of her guild.She reads the letter, she begins slowly and begrudgingly to suit up and sneaks out towards the garden. Hiding out of sight of any entrance, wondering why she has been summoned at such an early time, she vaguely recalls the hand-writing from a note she received earlier that week. As the hour approaches, she moves with stealth to the center of the garden.
Once at the center of the garden, both Johan and Palins see a wide open space with a giant statue of Akhena in the middle of the garden, They spot each other from across the garden but with no other person to be seen they both emerge from the shadows and walk toward each other. As Johan reaches Palins, right in front of the statue, he extends his left hand in silent greeting. Palin raises her right hand and waves like royalty to a crowd.
Johan and Palins are startled as a figure seems to come out of no where and says, "What's the point of all that training if you're not going to use it?" As they look they see Umbra standing there as if he had been there the whole time. Johan turns to Umbra and bows deeply, pausing at the deepest part of his bow...."Master". Palins waves at Umbra, as the time they adventured together pours through her mind, than like a flash, remembers that he is now The Master, bows deeply, again also pausing at the deepest part of the bow and whispers, "Master."
That telltale grin of Umbras comes through as he shakes his head, "Listen you two, and this is not going to be an order, just a very strong suggestion." He says, "Damakos is to be treated as a trusted ally, no matter what it seems. I also will tell you this, be careful as well, sometimes it seems that he is two different people."
Palins is the first to speak, "I am not sure if I can trust Damakos...remember the nightmare tower? We had tried to do our service to try and save a fallen friend and had found that we may not be able to get her back. on our way back, Damakos had put us under a spell to try and take us back to the tower. Seeing as how we were clearly heading in the opposite direction, not only do I think he knows more about us than we are led on to believe, we have seen more than one side of him...I am not sure if I can trust him as far as I can throw him, I can tell you that is not very far."
Johan than speaks up, "Master, I have already decided to trust Damakos. I am attempting to persuade my new found friends to do the same. I believe Leza is with me on that count. I will, however, remain cautious. I am unsure of his personal motivations in this matter." Johan turns to Palins, "Because we cannot trust him is the exact reason I believe we should go with him. I do not entirely trust him, however I think it wise to see what he wants for himself from this venture".
Palins replies, "What venture? I have not agreed to anything just yet. I would like more information on this Damakos figure before I can confidently follow up."
Johan replies to Palins, "This venture being the trip to the tower, be it ours, or his alone."
The Master, shaking his head slightly interrupts by saying, "Whatever his motivation," Umbra waves at a bush and a man comes out clad in a dark blue cloak and hands him a piece of parchment, hands it to Johan, "You now have a reason to go back. Because I can't tell you to trust him, but the Tomes he is hunting is for your Master,"
Johan reads the parchment and hands it to Palins, who looks shocked at reading it.
Johan says, "Then I shall retrieve this tome, master."
Umbra looks at Johan and says,"No, you will let Damakos gather the Tomes, but you will also make sure that he finds it." He turns to Palins and pulls down the shirt exposing his left shoulder, showing a huge scar, "This is only a scar and not my death because many years ago Damakos saved my life. From time to time I would help him find things in exchange he gave me information." Umbra lets go of the shirt, "I trust him as a friend but even I make sure that I keep an eye on him, like I said, he is sometimes two different people."
Palin replies, "There is more to this than what is led on to be, but reading this, I must not break from our Master and close friends." Palin looks at umbra and stands more prominent than every before to give her assertion that she will not let The Master down.
Johan says, "It will be as you command, Master."
Palin says, "I will help, but it will be with the utmost caution"
Umbra begins to walk away, turns to Palins and says," I know you're new, but the modes of recognition we have is for a reason, a good disguise and they look and move like anyone." Right than the cloaked figure grabs Umbras shoulder and they disappear into thin air.
Johan turns to the statue of Athena, raises two fingers on his right hand to his lips, and presses them to the left foot of the statue of Akhena. "Balance preserve you, Master."
Johan turns to Palins and says, "Perhaps, in the name of the King, the others may join us."
Palin still looking overwhelmed, looks back to Johan and says, "Johan, I would think that we should have no issues with 'trying' to convince the other to come along seeing as where, more so who, this note has come from" At that moment Palins notices that the parchment has vanished as well.
Right at that time, a guard walks by and sees Johan and Palins standing close to each other and talking. He looks like he is going to say something, changes his mind and only says, "I remember meeting here when my wife and I were courting, carry on." And walks away.
Before he leaves, Johan says to Palins..."it will most certainly be difficult to mention the King without proof now. However, if we both voice out intent, maybe the two of us together can make some headway."
Palin stops while walking away, turns and says, "Some of us know the king personally, we have fought side-by-side with the king. It won't be hard for conviction" and than she disappears into the night.