On The Shores of Despair Pt. 2

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One of the guards thought for a long moment about the drow's words; then he replied "Be one among ye're ranks that not be drow?"

Veraka nearly lost his nerve with the man as he bellowed "I AM!"

The guard jumped back, even at the distance they were at, the shiny armored one's voice boomed with power. Regaining his nerve, and wits, he retorted "Be ye able to attest to the sincerity of those drow you travel with, those that Pyoro mentioned?"

The aasimar looked a little confused, but decided to the Hells with it, if they were here to help out, then by Bahamut himself, they were not gonna be denied.

"As a paladin, and storm warrior of the Platinum Dragon, I swear to you that my companions are the ones that Pyoro sent word about."

"But ye're not on that list yerself, and that half-drow of ye equal size behind ye; what bout 'im?"

"I came upon this group as they were making their way to your outpost, and have joined up to assist on their endevour and to find my lost companion up here in these lands. My friend behind me is of the same situation, though he is merely assisting with our quest, and has been of assistance to us," the aasimar barked back.

"Now then, you obviously you've heard of our arrival; will you stick to the stereotypical prejudices that I see on the surface, or will you actually accept my word and that of Pyoro for what it is?"

The guard seemed taken aback by the aasimar's words, but knew that the paladin had a point; and a paladin of Bahamut. That spoke volumes by itself.
"Alright; ye've proven ye point. To the entrance and prepare yerselves for inspection for hidden weapons and contraband."

Veraka turned to Adian and nodded, sensing that the guard was sincere in his words.
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Biot looked kind of concerned about them looking for concealed weapons. The double-chained blades, the Blades of Athena, that his father gave him was magically bounded to his arms. You couldn't take it of even if he wanted to. He just hoped that that wont by a problem.
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They entered the gates and were brought to a inspection chamber and were asked to put all there weapons on a long wooden table.

With great hesitation Cinder did so including her amethyst in crusted daggers as did the others

Biot had some what of a difficult time but as he explained they became nervous and unsure what to do so they called for their captain.

The captain was a pleasant man " I have received Pyoro letter, my uncle lives not far from Teardrop Lake your help will be greatly welcomed and i will assist you in any way I can. You will take dinner with me as my guests, I have rooms prepared there is one for the ladies here and one for the men there is nothing fancy about them they are clean dry and warm. My guards here will escort you. I look forward to your company " The Capain nodded his head and left.

Cinder looked at Pwdn with a sigh of releif " He was pleasant enough, it seems we won't have any trouble here at least "
They were brought to there rooms they were clean and plain as he said. A warm basin of water sat on a side table with a towel folded neatly beside it. Cinder dropped her bag on the floor and flung herself on the small cot. " Well now this will do nicely I think i will have a nap before dinner. "
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"Don't be too sure of that," Adian cautioned. "There may still be a zealot or two among these men...and all it would take would be one. Just be careful and avoid being alone if you can."

He had tried to make his disarming of bow and sword to be of no real issue, but he did not like being unarmed on the surface. Despite the welcome by the captain, the rank and file were not likely to be as charitable.
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As Veraka handed his weapons over to the troops, he overheard Cinder's statement, followed by Adian voicing his concern; the storm warrior walked over to his fellow paladin and set a firm hand on his shoulder.
"Adian, you forget these troops have a very good reason not to harass any of you;" he emphasized both Biot and himself. "Should they decide to see beyond reason, well there's more than one way to settle disputes; and don't forget my friend, all of us are not without our own magical talents. No my fellow paladin, I believe these men well leave us alone for our stay," he said to the unsure drow.

He then added, in very meaningful tone, "And should they not, I'll [b:2zdb9i4o]personally[/b:2zdb9i4o] give them a reason to." Veraka took his friendships very seriously, and anyone, be they another friend or an unfortunate foe, who did anything to his friends, be them drow, elf, dwarf, even a fey'ri or other person, usually ended up with a good reason not to try again.[/i]
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Adian gave the big man a grin and a relieved sigh.

"There are great advantages to size, I see," he said. "Very well. Then perhaps we can change their ideas about drow...if only a little."

Meanwhile the sinister colors Cinder had spotted around the young elf continued to gather.
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They all sat at the captains table his servant pour wine into the goblets in front of them.

He was a civil man he seemed to have some knowledge of the incidents at Tear drop lakeand had a few story's to tell.

She sat across from Adain watching the beautiful violet lights over his shoulder as the captain told his stories, he seemed blissfully unaware. She knew the violet color lights were rare and a sign of a unique inner power, she tried not to appear to stare. Verake was beside her " how will we get to the woods the snowy owl will be there before to long if we can make an excuse for being there." she scratched her temple and sipped her wine giggling. " i guess i didn't think this throw very well have any idea's Verake " she wispered.
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[i:1pgs54zd]The captain appears to be starved for company,[/i:1pgs54zd] Adian thought.

Unfortunately his stories didn't seem to add much to what they already knew about the disappearances at the lake...they were more tales about some of the people who had vanished--and were presumed dead.

"Perhaps you might be able to tell us about a cave to the north of the lake," Adian said. "That is our current destination."

"Lots of rumors," was the reply. "The more fanciful say it was a tomb for kings...but it's just a hole in a hill. Bear's den more likely."

"You've been there?"

"I've been [i:1pgs54zd]by[/i:1pgs54zd] there," the captain said. "Unfriendly forest out there...a little unnerving. The kind of place where no man feels welcome. But never anything stranger than that. I'm afraid you might be disappointed when you get there."

"We'll have to take that chance," Adian said, glancing around at the others.
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Biot seemed on edge while wolfing down the food placed in front of him and then asking if he might have some more.

"You seem to be a bit nervous Biot" The captain said. "Is something wrong?"

Biot quickly sat up rite looking at the captain think to himself if its that obvious... "Nothings wrong captain, thank you. It just that its been a while since I've been around such a lot of people." Biot looked down and continued eating on the second plate of food they put in front of him. Biot knew that what he had just said wasn't the truth. His hunger for killing was growing by the minute and he ate like a beast just to suppress that feeling. He has never gone so long without killing in recent years. But he was trying to change and was determined to break the cycle.

After finishing his 5th plate of food Biot looked up and saw everybody looking at him and then they started to laugh. Cracking a few jokes at his expense.

After a while Biot got up and asked Veraka and Adian to wake him the next morning and then he said goodnight.
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-Cinder and Verake found there way out side the gates and into the woods
finding the snowy owl waiting on a branch of a old dead tree.
Cinder reached up and handed her the piece of cloth opening her mind to the owl.-

" She says that there is a snow wolf with a healer that lives deep in the woods she found him wounded " she said turning to Verake.

" She will bring the cloth to her and find out if it is your companion "
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