Caelyn knew that the cream that Veragwen had applied to her was working a little, but this was ridiculous. It was as if had an instantaneous effect. She realized her folly after noticing the glowing dragoon stone. And was that another one?. . . As if on queue to snap her back to reality the newly brought in injured girl swung out at Veragwen. "Hey! Don' be layin' a hand on her!" Caelyn lunged up from her bed, or would have had her injuries still not been severe. She was healing but not that fast. So Caelyn did the only other thing she could do in her state and simply mean mugged this new person.
"Mara! I am glad you are ok, the last I saw you.... you were.... anyways I am sorry that I was no' very much help! I promise to be stronger next time." She added with fierce determination. "I am already feelin' a lo' better. Soon I'll be back to normal! And um... did anyone ever get my dagger?"

Wounds and cuts were still open, and her head was throbbing intensely. The shivers became worse, as Veragwen told her off, and she sank down to the floor clutching her side.
"I-I'm sorry..." She was wheezing as she spoke. She closed her eyes rested her head against the edge of the bed, desperately trying to gather her thoughts. What had happened to put her in this shape? Who were these other people? She could still feel as if she had cuts and bruises over her, and she still had bloodied clothes. Am I bleeding..?
"I.. I had just.. What happened?" She grimaced as she opened her eyes and tried to focus on each and everyone in the room, her head tipping to the side as if it was too heavy for her to support.
"My hammer.." Her focus shifted. She was exhausted, cold, and in bad shape constantly snapping back and forth between a confused state and a concentrated one. "How did.. I'm bleeding..?" She said and looked at Veragwen. "Was it you..? How did you.." She paused.

Just a minute ago she had know who this woman was.. She knew she was a healer. But her name..? Her face felt so familiar. "Who are you...ugrh.. I dont.. I dont feel too well." She removed her hand from her side and looked at it. It was crimson colored, sticky and didn't look like a part of her. She frowned.
Who am I? Why am I forgetting? Nayash though battled her mind as the shivering started to subside and instead she started to feel warm once more.

The man helps Blitz take a seat. "Your wounds need time to heal master", The man says. He begins to heal Blitz's wounds, as best he can. "You will need to rest for a time. Then we can make our way to Basil Master." He sits back, looking at his master. He then turns to the fire, grabbing the rabbit that is just finishing cooking. "You can eat this. You need the strength master."

Xiga said
Wounds and cuts were still open, and her head was throbbing intensely. The shivers became worse, as Veragwen told her off, and she sank down to the floor clutching her side. "I-I'm sorry..." She was wheezing as she spoke. She closed her eyes rested her head against the edge of the bed, desperately trying to gather her thoughts. What had happened to put her in this shape? Who were these other people? She could still feel as if she had cuts and bruises over her, and she still had bloodied clothes. Am I bleeding..? "I.. I had just.. What happened?" She grimaced as she opened her eyes and tried to focus on each and everyone in the room, her head tipping to the side as if it was too heavy for her to support. "My hammer.." Her focus shifted. She was exhausted, cold, and in bad shape constantly snapping back and forth between a confused state and a concentrated one. "How did.. I'm bleeding..?" She said and looked at Veragwen. "Was it you..? How did you.." She paused.Just a minute ago she had know who this woman was.. She knew she was a healer. But her name..? Her face felt so familiar. "Who are you...ugrh.. I dont.. I dont feel too well." She removed her hand from her side and looked at it. It was crimson colored, sticky and didn't look like a part of her. She frowned. Who am I? Why am I forgetting? Nayash though battled her mind as the shivering started to subside and instead she started to feel warm once more.

After unleashing the girl's hammer from her person, Raena slouched down onto the floor and scooted along caterpillar style. Once she was close enough, she poked the girls feet with the end of the hammer gently but repeatedly. "No wonder that guy with the baboon powers kicked your ass. You're all weird and spacey and weird."

After fists were thrown, Marmalade figured it was a good idea to put the stones away. She looked at Nayash surprised. Veragwen had known her easily, the concussion must have induced amnesia or something. Just as she finished stowing the spirits, she heard Caelyn start moving around. Marmalade looked back and steadied her.
"Easy now, friend. It looks like the spirit helps but don't move around too mu--" Marmalade stopped talking and watched Raena scoot across the floor. It was the strangest thing she had ever seen. Her mouth hung open as she watched the young woman. She was visibly shocked.

After Mara put the stones away, Veragwen went to work on dressing the wounds they all still had. She glanced at Nayash, "It's ok. I'm tougher than I look....plus it's healed already. We met not too long ago, it seems you've hit your head pretty bad and forgot though. My name is Veragwen and your name is Nayash. This is Mara, Caelyn, and Raena." she said gesturing to each one. You're at the Inn in Seles. We were fighting a strange scorpion and you ran off and got yourself beat by a Dragoon. A Dragon Knight...."

She looked at Mara, leaned in and whispered to her, "But we have them all....could the one we have be a fake? Wait, you have one too, didn't you? Does that mean there's two fakes among the ones we found?"

Blitz looked at the rabbit he was handed, using his normal sword to split the thing in half, handing one half to his follower. "Do not be foolish, you need your strength as well, eat up and we shall go." he said, already starting to dig into the cooked meat. It wasn't long until they finished their meal, gathering their things, then slowly heading through the forest to where the cave was. They had to stop several times along the way, so Blitz could rest when needed, though they eventually made it to the cave's opening. Looking up at it, Blitz smirked, "We finally made it, despite my injury. Come, let's make our way through it, there is something I want to prepare deep inside." he told his companion. The cave's inhabitants could sense the evil aura coming from Blitz, and thus kept their distance from him. This, in turn, allowed the two to proceed through the cave unhindered. After resting several times, they finally reached a small area where light poured in from the exit, the exact place Blitz had been looking for. "We've arrived...it looks like the guardian isn't alive anymore. No matter, that makes no difference with my powers." he said, slowly crouching. He placed a hand on the ground, the immediate area turning black before them, "I see...scattered everywhere. This should be interesting, Roland." he said to the man. His hand turned black, "Return, ancient guardian, from your slumber. Become more than what you were in the past, destroy those who dare to hinder me." he chanted. The black glow shot from his hand and spread out in all directions, the area now returning back to normal as he stood back up slowly. "It is done, those fools will never know what hit them." he told Roland, chuckling evilly. He turned his head to him, "I want you to remain here, hidden from view. I want you to watch the group that comes here, observe their fighting styles, then report back to me if they survive." he instructed him, leaning on his regular sword again as he made his way to the exit.

Caelyn had seen enough. After the introductions of everyone and being very cordial back, she said "I'm thinkin' we should all be leavin' in the mornin'. Maybe see to all the dead tonight and help get them buried. There is nothin' left for us in this town, but I'm meanin' to be chasin' after that man in the robe. What he did to these people canno' be forgiven! I am goin' to be gettin' some sleep and I'll be expectin' one of you to help me tomorrow!" she said with a fierce grin. "Seems like we are all itchin' for some kind of revenge in some way and I know I'm no' goin' to be missin' it this time!"
"Mara, I'm glad you are ok. Vera you have been sent from the gods, and Raena you always make me smile when I don' know how I can be. You all have my thanks, but I need to get some rest and let these bones heal." Caelyn bowed her head slightly and let the exhaustion from overdoing it carry her to sleep.

Ezmeralda said
After Mara put the stones away, Veragwen went to work on dressing the wounds they all still had. She glanced at Nayash, "It's ok. I'm tougher than I look....plus it's healed already. We met not too long ago, it seems you've hit your head pretty bad and forgot though. My name is Veragwen and your name is Nayash. This is Mara, Caelyn, and Raena." she said gesturing to each one. You're at the Inn in Seles. We were fighting a strange scorpion and you ran off and got yourself beat by a Dragoon. A Dragon Knight...."She looked at Mara, leaned in and whispered to her, "But we have them all....could the one we have be a fake? Wait, you have one too, didn't you? Does that mean there's two fakes among the ones we found?"

Poke.

Poke.

Po-"Dragoon? ... Awww.." Reana rolled over onto her back, completely forgetting about the hammer. "I thought he had balloon powers! Now how will I get my balloon puppy..." The girl made a little pout and flailed her arms in defeat. "Balloons are WAY cooler than dragons..." Raena took a moment while laying there to wrap her hair up in a bun, or as close to that as possible for that large amount of hair.

...

Shifting her weight so that her feet swung over her head as if in a reverse somersault, she paused halfway, pushing her body up onto her hands and walked on her hands over to the passed out Caelyn, looking at her and whispering. "I bet SHE dreams about balloon snakes too. Balloon snakes are the best..."

And with that she proceeded to waltz around the room on her hands, with more grace than she probably had on her own two feet, her skirt falling and the bow behind it trailing along behind her. Thank god for shorts.

Marmalade continued to stare at Raena. What in the world is she doing..? She didn't respond to anything until the girl exited the room. She then looked at Veragwen, searching for some explanation. Shaking off the strangeness, Marmalade looked at the other two women. Caelyn was now fast asleep and Nayash seemed to be still struggling with her concussion. She wondered if the amnesia would last for a long time. Finally, it sunk in what was said while Marmalade was focused on Raena.
"I don't know if there is anyone to bury. They turned to dust once they breathed in that black vapor from the scorpion." Again, she looked at Veragwen for insight as she had been unconscious most of the night.

Veragwen nodded slowly, a sad look creeping into her lovely features, "Aye, all are dust except us. We could gather the ashes, but there's a lot of it and it's hard to tell whose is whose and what is what....I think it best we just get some rest and take our leave." she said, wiping a tear from her cheek. "We need to get to Basil right away and inform them of all these happenings."

Before totally slipping into unconsciousness, Caelyn heard someone mention that all the dead were turned to ash. With that last thought before slumber slipped her mind. Blackness everywhere, ash and contagion so thick that if you inhaled it, you would choke and die. Every building was on fire, only seeking reprieve from an occasional wave crashing a bit high. Steam would add to the fire and only add to the thickness of the black mess engulfing this poor town. She couldn't recognize where she was. The flames were to high, and the smoke too thick. Just as she said it, she saw the man in the robes with red glowing eyes staring back at her. He let out a scream and his face melted off exposing... a dragon? What does this mean.... the dragons' wings started beating to clear out the smoke revealing to her the location she was at... Rogue. Her home town, destroyed completely by the dragon man.
A hissing sound from behind her revealed a person walking towards her. It was Kyden but he was ashen, and trying to say something to her. "Huuuurrrrrryyy, a tret is comin." he pushed through charred lips. Suddenly a dragon-head scooped down and bit off Kyden's head and Caelyn screamed. She awoke in a sweat letting out a blood curdling scream "KYDENN!!!! "

"Sshhh~ You'll wake everyone" Raena whispered down (rather loudly) to the screaming Caelyn. When the others had nodded off she had found her way up into the rafters and was now draped over one, arms and legs dangling on either side. She looked down at the female, her cheek smooshed up against the wood. "Who's Kyden? That's no one here. There's only the girl who fought the person with the balloon powers, the healer-lady, and the girl whose hair reminds me of toast." She blinked for a moment. "Oh. And you."

... Nevermind the fact that she didn't include herself.

Nayash didn't protest or make a sound when Veragwen wrapped her wounds with bandages. She silently watched and felt an uneasy tiredness creeping over her once more, and ignored the fact that the woman called Raena poked her with her weapons. She assumed that she was safe because she was being treated, but she still couldnt remember why she was there or how she had become injured. Soon, sitting on the floor, leaning against the side of the bed she dozed off. However the rest was short lived as she woke up only what seemed to be moments later by Caelyn's scream.

Immediately Nayash's eyes shot open and her whole body tensed, which sent a shock of pain through her side, causing her to wince.
"What the-!?" Nayash said and looked around to find the souce of the scream, and saw Raena looking at Caelyn and her. It didn't take long for her to realize that it had most likely just been someones bad dream, as the rest of the room was seemingly calm.
"Bad dream..?" She mumbled and looked at Caelyn. She then closed her eyes and clasped her side once more, as she pulled herself up to a half standing position and up onto the bed side, where she slumped down, her hands on her forehead, and elbows on her knees. "Ughhr.. What time is it...?"

"Umm... Kyden? How do you no' that name?" Caelyn said while blushing. Then it hit her, she had just screamed it out loud. "He is an old friend o' mine. He um.. he died when we were attacked by a Serpent back in me home of Rogue." she started misting up. This had been the first time she had said those words aloud. Then the next question that was asked was like a small savior.

"Oh it's dawn, and I'm feelin' lo's and lo's better. I am goin' to be packin' up so that we can head to Basil. Marmalade saved me, and I am in debt to her and I repay mah debts. I dunno how much help I'll be, but you ladies make me want to try." she said replacing her tears with determination.

Her mind drifted back to her dream and she was debating on whether or not to tell the others about it. She didn't know if it was a sign or not. Caelyn had been given a few gifts of insight in extreme situations of duress, like flashes of the future. They weren't always true, and she liked to think her actions were what had influenced the change. It always left her a bit satisfied afterwards. She just wish it would have helped her with Kyden. . . She shook her head getting those thoughts out.

"Miss Mara, Miss Vera, might we be headin' out. I think we should leave this town and these souls to rest might say a few kind words before we go?"

Veragwen hadn't slept much. How could you after losing everyone you ever knew and loved? She knew she needed to get some sleep and she was tired, but sleep just wouldn't come. Whenever she closed her eyes all she could see was all the people in the town turning to dust again. She sighed and realized the others were waking up, mostly due to Caelyn's scream. She rolled over to listen to them talk. She pulled the White-Silver stone out of her pack, and studied it as she listened to the others.

"What is there to say?" Veragwen said, sighing, and putting the stone back in it's place in her back, "'Sorry I failed you, I'm leaving now.'? No, it's probably best to just go as soon as we're ready. I'm worried about our progress, though. Nayash and Caelyn are both in bad shape even after using the stone. Progress will be slow, plus we'll probably have to stop every now and then to put on fresh bandages. And if we run into trouble half our fighters won't be able to fight..."

Rolling over on her rafter, she fell off and somehow managed to land in a crouch on her feet at the base of Caelyn's bed while listening to the others talk. At the mention of progress she perked up, "I can fight too y'know!" She had just decided to tag along without even being invited because Yay Adventure!

Astharoth

Astharoth decided to head back to the inn since it was getting late and he could not find the woman he was trying to find, he had walked around Seles for a while now but found nothing he figured she must have gone somewhere outside of town and if that was the case then he certainly wasn't going to be able to find her, so instead he went back to the inn again the sun was going down as hues of orange, gold, red and a slight tint of violet with some pink illuminated the sky, it was a very pretty sunset, considering the current situation in which the village was in, once inside the inn he spotted the woman he was looking for, before him was Marmalade, he had no idea where she had gone but she was back and in the inn no less, he figured he could ask her about the beast now, so he walked up to her. "You.. Are you the one who slew the beast that was plaguing this village?.. If so may I have a moment of your time?.. I am a noble from Basil sent by the king himself to retrieve the one in whom slays the beast plaguing Seles.. I am Lord Armond I was informed to take the one who slays the beast to the capital to receive their reward for disposing of it.." Astharoth smiled at her as he spoke in a calm smooth gentle tone so as to not bother anyone else who may have been busy with something else or may have had something on their minds at the time, he was instructed to only bring the one responsible for taking out the beast. "It was you was it not?.. The one who took out the scorpion like beast and saved the rest of Seles?" Astharoth looked at Marmalade waiting for her response he could sense she didn't very much have much respect for him, it be be since he was a noble, only in disguise though.

Marmalade was jolted awake by a scream. She reached for her scythe, only to realize it was across the room. She hadn't meant to fall asleep, meaning to use the stones again. Once Veragwen had taken the White-Silver one, however, it seemed like they were going to have to wait until later today.
With a fluid motion, Marmalade swung her legs from the bed to the floor. Caelyn had suggested speaking some words for the departed and listened to Veragwen, her brows furrowed.
"You shouldn't think like that, Veragwen. Its not your fault they died." she said, struggling to not walk over and slap her, "All we can do is look forward and try to avenge them. We all know this wasn't an accident. We should focus on the enemy for the moment."
Marmalade huffed and sauntered across the room to her scythe. She was about to grab it, but figured supporting Caelyn or Nayash would be more Important. So Marmalade walked back and spoke to Caelyn.
"Can you stand?"

"I can stand." Caelyn added with a reaffirmed nod. "As for the words it may no' seem much to you, but I no' when I am gone, I'd like to someone to put me to rest. Who else is there to be doin' it? If you want to be movin' on that is fine. But I am goin' to do my best to send these souls, their bodies may be gone but their souls need guidance." Caelyn felt the words empower her a bit, and forced herself out of bed. It took some effort but she was up, and then tucked her feet under her and pushed herself to a standing position.

She stood there with a smile and fought back the sharp pain running through her ribs. It was a bit more than she anticipated and winced slightly. "Their is still pain, but nothin' I canno' handle. I promise I won't be slowin' you down. You all have my thanks and Vera this is no' your failure so stop beating yourself up. Make your life be for them now. Fight for those you love, and keep their memories alive. Now let's get you up too."