by The Kingpin » Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:01 pm
"I believe the Temple would be a good place to start" rumbled Septimus with a smile...
"Sorry, friend. But i have no use for an Orochi head that's been fossilised. a freshly killed one, perhaps. but not that one. By arcane I mean objects or sources of knowledge of a magical or alchemical nature" explained the disciple...
"How could he have just bloody disappeared?! we were moving together!" exclaimed one of the 5 remaining guards, David Fisher. "Calm down David! Panicking won't solve our problems. at the very least, Samuel knows how to defend himself. If he's lost track of us he'll probably head back to the village. that's the logical thing to do" responded Bairn. "Now, let's keep moving. We're here to find the five missing people. We can't stop because of one of our own. The village is depending on us" he said finally, before continuing onwards, tracking what little traces of tracks he could find along the natural barrier. he soon found an opening, a gap between two large rocks where the ground rose steeply. signs of a frantic climbing attempt could be seen here. and by the looks of it, it happened when the ground was wet....meaning possibly when it rained 4 days prior. this was John's trail. Bairn climbed up, using jagged edges of the rocks on either side to maintain a foothold where the ground was too unstable, getting onto the ridge. glancing around and making sure the coast is clear, he called to the others to climb up with him. before long, Rupert and David had climbed up, along with Daniel Trype and Joseph Reede. but then there was silence. "Andrew! get up here will you? we can't wait all day!" called Daniel. there was no response. "How'd he? Where'd he go?" said David, his fear beginning to show. with a crunch, a few of the smaller rocks fell loose, and an arm was visible on the edge of the ridge a short distance away, Andrew climbing up. "I couldn't get a foothold. Had to move further along" he explained as he approached. "And you couldn't do that and answer us at the same time?" asked David, the most jumpy of the group. "Didn't hear you....Must've been too concentrated on getting up so I wouldn't be left behind" he explained. David fell silent. "Alright. Just try and pay attention to us in the future. There's something off here. I'm starting to doubt we're really dealing with bears or wolves" said Bairn. the others nodded, Bairn continuing to track John's trail...
"Ah yes, organised chaos. the sign of a clever but ever-busy mind. To the perpetrator, a carefully woven web of belongings and intrigue, but to the bystander? Madness!"
–William Beckett, Lore of Leyuna RPG