[IC] Fall of Vedrus

[jaybreezy]

Alexander nodded slowly. "Uh huh...well. I think I'll turn in for the night." Alexander said as he lay on the ground.

[RangerOfTheRit]

Leo awoke the next morning and quietly detangled himself from Crim. He stepped out of his tent and breathed in the cool air of the forest. The fire was still smoldering so he set himself to bringing it back to life.

[SaikaAnge]

Crim awoke slowly but stayed laying down. She couldn't stop hearing the sounds of those men screaming and the words Rosaline had said. She just laid there staring at the wall of the tent. She knew Leo was gone, but she could break herself from her gaze. "Dragon priestess," she finally muttered thinking about the title. There weren't many of those left and they were highly valued in cultist camps.

[SaikaAnge]

Crim managed to force herself out of bed and out of the tent. Feeling the cool air, she wrapped herself in a blanket. "Morning, love." she kissed Leo's cheek. "Are the other two awake?" Crim asked quietly, if they were asleep she didn't want to wake them just yet. "We should start riding after we all eat. Can't ride on an empty stomach." she hugged his arm and interlaced their finger together.

[RangerOfTheRit]

Leo hugged Crim and kissed the top of her head, "No they arent up yet, but maybe the smell of food will coerce them otherwise?" he said with a raised eyebrow and a smile.

[SaikaAnge]

Crim smiled and nodded. Food sounded very good right now. "That sounds good." she said as her stomach growled a bit. She kissed his cheek and started to head back to the stream they had found that night and get some fresh water. "I'll go fetch some water. And maybe a fish or two." Crim smiled as she grabbed her bow and put her quiver over her shoulder.

[RangerOfTheRit]

Leo nodded and smiled, "Maybe i'll come with you?" he said, grabbing his own bow and quiver and walking beside Crim.

[SaikaAnge]

"I don't think I could ever refuse your company," Crim smiled. It reminded her of the first time they met. With the herd and the stream. It made her smile more as she watched where she placed her feet. "You lost?" she whispered to him then looked at him with a smile.

[RangerOfTheRit]

"Do you know how long it'll take us to track a herd?" he asked playfully.

[SaikaAnge]

Crim walked in front of him, walking backwards. "You were tacking one for three days?" she asked trying to remember. She quickly turned around then stopped dead in her tracks. They stumbled back onto the bodies. Crim stood as still as stone and looked at them, the ones she couldn't bare to take a peak at before.

[RangerOfTheRit]

"Close your eyes." Leo whispered.

[SaikaAnge]

Crim hesitated for a moment then closed her eyes and held out her hand to her side. Even after her eyes were closed, she could see the mens remains as clear as day."Leo, please get me away from here..." she said softly back, almost in a whisper.

[SaikaAnge]

Nikolai woke up and took down his tent as quietly as he could. "She left the dragon, I can just catch it then I have those beautiful scales." he said to himself as he closed his eyes imagining a scale cloak or scale embroidered boots. "Oh how that would be lovely."

Nikolai grabbed up his pack and snuck over to their camp. "Where ae you, you scaly little creature?" He looked around the tents then finally decided to check inside them. The first one he peaked into there was a sleeping woman. Carefully and quietly he checked the next one without waking her and found the dragon sleeping on the floor next to the blankets. Nikolai quietly grabbed a blanket and wrapped the dragon up in it quickly.

Seralth growled and clawed at the blanket and tried to get out. Nikolai took her and ran out of the tent. "Alright, now let's get you out of here." he said to himself.

[RangerOfTheRit]

Leo and Crim had returned to camp after a successful hunt. Leo, however, felt filthy so he decided to take a bath in the creek. He had just finished when he heard the familiar growls of Seralth, the sound she made when fighting. Not even bothering to put on his tunic, Leo ran back to camp, the cool air stinging his bare chest. He showed up in time to see a blonde stranger heading away from him. Leo ran to his gear bundle and drew Ritterstihl before running after the thief, using his elven agility and jumping on a tree trunk, pushing himself off, hitting the ground and rolling to his feet in front of the stranger. He lifted his blade, the runes glowing bright red-orange. "Going somewhere?" he asked.

[SaikaAnge]

Nikolai stopped as the other elf, the one he had seen with the she-elf, got in his way. "Actually I am..." he began to say then realized the man standing in front of him had no tunic. His figure was more than enough to intrigue Nikolai. "Excuse me handsome, can you tell the sweet little she-elf that I need to borrow her pet. It has a few thing I want. Well, bsides what I'm looking at." Nikolai winked at Leo then stepped around him, carrying on with his kidnapping. "I may come back for you. Too handsome to only see once." he let out a slight chuckle then blew him a kiss and kept walking, holding the blanket entangling Seralth over his shoulder.

[RangerOfTheRit]

Leo grabbed the stranger by the collar and slammed him to the ground, holding his blade over his throat. He picked up Seralth and let her fly back to the tent. "Crim! We have a visitor!" he called, not taking his eyes from the stranger.

[SaikaAnge]

"Easy handsome," Nikolai coughed out, holding his hands up. "I'm not here to cause trouble. Just want its scales. Beautiful dragon scales." he smiled at Leo. "A guy like you, wouldn't you want to decorate yourself with such beautiful rarities? But, can I get off the ground? It's a bit dirty down here." Nikolai winked at him as he asked.

Crim came running over with her bow and quiver. Seralth was perched on her shoulder hissing and growling at the man. "Who is this?" Crim growled herself. She wasn't happy he tried to steal her companion. When she walked over she realized who it was. "Nikolai? What are you doing?! You can't go around stealing dragons!" She began to raise her voice and drew back her bowstring. "Why?" she shouted, something like fire in her eyes. "Leo take his weapons. He wont need them where he's going." Crim added in a growl as Searlth flew over to Leo, whimpering at her master's rage. "No one steals Serath!"

[N3vr3ndinBordom]

Elora followed the stench of the werewolf jumping from treetop to treetop, her dire wolf lurking below. Her sense intensified as she got closer and her horns grew longer as her wings ended in a sharp point. When she reached the origin she stopped in the tree closest. Seeing the man she called her wolf.

The wolf dove out of the bushes and pounced on him, growling and dripping saliva onto him. Elora took the moment of surprised to jump down next to the wolf, aiming her own bow at the elf girl. "Lower the bow." Elora said in a dark cold voice. "I can always give him the word. You aren't safe anyways traveling with a wolf man like him." she added causing Crim to look at her in disbelief. "Yes, I know what he is. So lower the bow, girl." Elora's patience was wearing thin with this one. She knew Crim didn't really know what to do and the dragon that was flying around was terrified of the wolf, hiding behind a nearby tree, whimpering.

The dire wolf stared at Leo, still salivating over him as Elora kept her bow trained on Crim. She was alert, so if any other people were to come into the area she would know. As they stood there, in their standoff, she stayed vampire form to keep up the appearance of a threat and to cause fear. "What's it gonna be?" Elora asked quietly and menacingly.

[RangerOfTheRit]

The moment Leo hit the ground, he shifted into wolf form, tearing his clothes. He lurched up and pinned the direwolf, before getting kicked off. He stared at the wolf as the circled each other. Leo wasnt going to wait to be attacked again though. He jumped and rolled over the wolf's back, landing with the beast behind him. Without turning around, Leo kicked his back leg out, knocking the wolf into a tree and knocking it unconscious. He turned and looked at the vampire aiming her bow at Crim. He growled and then stood on his two back legs, raising to over 8 feet and roared with all his might.

[SaikaAnge]

Crim stood there shocked and frightened. Slowly she lowered her boa and watched as the wolves had their confrontation. "Easy now. He is safe when you don't attack him." she said softly setting her bow on the ground and raising her hands. "I won't cause any trouble."