[IC] The Light In The Darkness

[JessieTargaryen]

"I guess I will be forced to live oppressed. However, they seem so confident in the fact that they can stand up to the demons. They seem to fail to realize that the demons will attack after they cripple the templars with the darkness. With these oppressed ways I must live, I will stand by and watch the templars die. They will not see my assistance in the war. Nor with giving them intelliegence to survive. The crown and the innocents will see my support and full fledged intelligence to survive. That I promise. And as for the food, you don't need to waste any extra energy on me princess. I really appreciate the offer but I don't want you getting in trouble for me. What I could use from you is simple, I could always use a friend." The half-demon says with a small smile on his lips. He found it ironic how he was asking somebody to be his friend. Didn't friendships usually just kind of happen?

[Cartwright]

Ansen kept quiet for a few minutes to let the handshake break and the demon walk out. The beastman's attention shifted back to Anders and the one he'd help watch Jason with as he cleared his throat and spoke up again. "Circumstances say Jason will have to come with us into the lost lands. Just a heads up... Hope to see you all at the castle! The little kitsune is itching to get going." He said, bowing slightly to the two and looking over at the princess's friend who was still in the courthouse while speaking to Sakura and Anders "I'll go see about finding Jason. Let getting to the castle be your worries. May I have his sword? I am very uncomfortable about giving him his weapon after his newly found grudge but.. " The Cianid took a deep breath before continuing. "He is free of his charges and we have a major threat that will hunt for us down as soon as our mission is out in the open."

Feress nodded with a smile until food was brought up to the conversation. The kitsune stared at the dried fruit, his nose twitching a few times as he sniffed it. Eventually his warm smile crept back up and took over as he took a small piece and put it in his mouth, slowly chewing it until he swallowed it. "Thank you miss Elaine." He said, nodding to the young one while he kept speaking. "Hey I bet you could grab a bite tonight when we are all together.. Ansen suggested we stay here and come together before we go out into the unknown."

[SnowAngel]

Arya looked at him and smiled. "Thanks Jason, very much." She laughed. "Of course we are friends." She said while smiling. "Then lets start over again." She took his hand an shook it. "My name is Arya Soryn. Can't have you calling me princess al the time right? And about the food, I'm just doing you a favor. And I am a huntress after all, so it's no problem."

Lyari stil was at the court and had his hands in his hair. What was Arya doing. She almost caused a civil war because she wanted to protect demon, and now she was off looking for him. Things were not going wel... He heard the beastman say something about finding that demon. Lyari stood up and walked towards them. He bowed lightly and looked at them. " The name is Lyari Talandren, I'll help you find that demon... and I apologize in the name of the princess. She's quite reckless when it comes to making decisions."

[JessieTargaryen]

Jason smiled and shook her hand. "Jason Verdunt. Though I am'probably changing that name to Diabolus, so I won't immdiatley br identified as the son of lucifer." He says with a decent sized smile. "Pleased to make your acquantince." He added

[Nytem4re]

Anders nodded. "I already had one of the apprentices go fetch it for us." The said squire showed up next to Anders, and Anders took Jason's sword from him. "Luckily I had gotten to the demon's equipment first. The Templars would have simply of thrown it into Mount Pius, or have it sealed along with the other unholy artifacts we have acquired over the years." Anders then bowed out of respect. "I hope you are successful in your new task. I will head to the meeting grounds of the circle, and await you there."

[deadpixel101]

Elaine smiled at the word 'we', "That sounds good to me Mr.Far-ess, though i'm not...too hungry" Elaine said, despite still throwing many more than one dried apricot into her mouth at once. "Um...just for future reference, will money be necessary? I don't have...as much as I could" she didn't stop chewing as she spoke, "b-but I'm sure I could find some..." she added in quickly before swallowing back the fruit. "I...could..." she started to trail off, "Money won't be necessary will it?" she asked with a small crooked smile, it seemed Elaine wasn't the kind do or say things in the most proper of orders, she sort of threw out what she thought might work in whatever order seemed best. Which was usually, not the best.

[Cartwright]

Ansen nodded in agreement to Anders statement, taking the sword whenever (Or if it was ever) it was offered to him and returning a bow to the general. "You know as well as I do that politics can be as deadly as a battle field, regardless of race or kingdom." The Cianid said, nodding once again before he turned and walked out the door to go where Jason claimed he would be.

The dirt path he walked on was quiet, and this sword in the guardian's hands did have a vibe to it that he hadn't experienced before. It is a sword belonging to a half demon indeed. He thought, impressed by it's edges and the power he could simply see coming off of the blade itself. The path was quiet and the trip was a safe one, he even saw the two talking into eachother when it had hit him, another one of those pains from his curse kicking in. The Cianid froze when he felt the stinging pain rise from his chest and consume him for a split second then staggered for a moment until he found the chance to lean against a tree, panting softly as he held Jason's sword by his side and tried to recover from the curse's brief assault on him. This damned darkness will kill me before it takes me..

Feress stared wide eyed again when Elaine drifted off with the "I could" part, assuming something worse than what was probably being suggested. (and probably nasty) "N-no! No no I think we will be financially okay! Lets not get hasty with such ideas now!" The Kitsune frantically said, throwing on a nervous smile as he raise his hands up in a negotiating stance, the pawish palms facing the young girl. She's soo young for crying out loud!!! He was obviously shocked with his assumption, but it did bring out another issue that needed to be addressed: the money issue. "Say.. I am waiting here for the others. P-perhaps you wish to go into the main hall or do you wish to stay here?"

[deadpixel101]

Elaine stared somewhat flustered at the small outburst from the small scholar, she nodded lightly as he continued to speak, "Uhm...of course...we can go if you like...your the boss" she smiled at the end of her statement, something about how this man talked reminded her of someone she knew. "So...I don't know much about the Circle...how many people are...in it?" this was something Elaine had been genuinely curious about the entire time she was traveling here, she wasn't...shy, maybe? A little bad with words...so meeting new people, especially a large amount of them, in a row, might take some time for her..."Have you met them all yet?" She had at first assumed that all the members would be very agreeable, smart and powerful people, but then she realized, there is not a single group of people on the planet like that, none at all.

[JessieTargaryen]

Jason's head snapped to Ansen at the sound of the panting. "You're infected. That version of the curse is painful, but takes a long time to kill. I'd know, I was infected with it for 3 years on end before it came close to'killing me and lucifer cured me." He said, Jason (like any demon) Could see if somebody was infected with the darkness or what areas had the darkness around, it exuded a purpleish hue. The one around Ansen wasn't very bright or potent so he wasn't too infected yet. Then Jason noticed his sword. "Anima extremo ad dominum tuum," (Translation: Soul Edge, Return to your master!) No sooner had the ancient launguage left his lips then the sword appeared in its scabbard on his hip. With it a suit of armor made of dark energy formed around him, (Heretic Armor), without his helmet piece appearing, as the boy had control over which parts of the armor appeared or not. It would work like any normal armor, okay it could take a little bit more damage than normal armor (only like up to a force equal to a knight charging on a horse and swinging his sword. Which would cut through or damage most armor that existed during the medival times irl) , but was vurnerable to holy or blessed weaponry. It was good to be back'in his armor. The boy liked it more

[SnowAngel]

Arya looked over to the beastman and ran towards him "Are you okay?" she supported him. "You're infected too?" She looked at Ansen. "You should get some rest sir"

[Cartwright]

Ansen raised a hand at Arya in order to discourage her from doing anything else other than just approach him, flashing a weak smile at the two but only after giving a look of defeat when Jason poured out the fact he was cursed by darkness. "I've had it since I traveled to the human kingdom." Ansen replied, finally straightening himself with the help of Ayra supporting him. "I've been through worse. No need to worry about it now." It was only when he caught up with his demands of oxygen could he start standing on his own, the pain no longer restraining him from doing even the most simple things such as standing. "Besides, what would it look like if one of the old circle members were to concede to the demands of such a dull pain? Oh and miss I think your brother was behind me... Not quite too sure he kept up with me."

Feress nodded and thought for a moment before he turned towards the main hall and proceeded that way, motioning the girl to follow by his side. "I know of the veterans, they've been protecting me an my research ever since I was apart of the circle even though this kitsune can sure take care of himself." As he said that he held his paw out infront of him and closed his eyes shut until a ball of flame appeared in his hands, seeming close enough to emit heat that she could feel but it was under enough control for him to hold it until he needed to use it for whatever he needed from it. The kitsune smiled at the girl when his eyes opened back up as seconds later he let the flame die down to nothingness, about the time where they stopped at a huge door. "There are a lot of new people, people I do not know of.. I am afraid because of their young nature they might get themselves into some sort of trouble during our journey... They're kids after all.. N-no offense though!" His final words seem to have blurted out and he stared at her for a minute in hopes to receive her mercy before he would open the door and enter the main hall.

Inside there was a large table, one with an assortment of meals for the coming travelers as well as some chairs and benches. There were some servants and some guards tending to their own business in this dim, big room, but other than that they were alone. "We will all meet here, then settle down for a moment. The royal staff was kind enough to give rooms that can fit three people so we can rest up as well.. I believe beds will be a bit rare on this journey until we start coming across taverns and inns.

[JessieTargaryen]

"So. What now?" Jason askes, letting his armor disappear as he waited to find out what would happen to him in the near future. Hopefully something along the lines of actually getting to do something to help out the others that need his help. Something more than having virtually no rights

[Cartwright]

Ansen looked over at Jason with a smile, adjusting his hat before he spoke. "You will come with me Jason. I am sorry but that's the only condition where as you will be free if the Erolyte is unavailable. We will be going to the castle, to the circle." He paused for a moment and spoke in a less serious and hearty tone. "Please tell no one about my curse. They'll find out in their own time."

[JessieTargaryen]

"I give you my word." Jason said quickly to the beastman. He turned to Arya. "Prince- I mean Arya. What will you be doing? Are you going to the meeting as well?" He looks at the girl in front of him, waiting for get response. As he waited, Jason free hits sword and admitted the blade after having it taken from his possession. He wanted to make sure that the humans hadn't brought any harm to his blade. A reminder of why he had to fight. It was a magic sword (aside from the usual demon magic that the demon swords usually had.) It was a gift from his mother, a sword that grew with him and the armor that would only appear when he had the sword.

[deadpixel101]

Elaine stared into the ball of flame with entranced eyes until it was suddenly whisked away, she blinked a few times and looked at the large doors she had walked to. Rubbing her eyes now to help them adjust with the light, "None taken sir..." she replied to Feress' comment, when the doors opened she stumbled along behind the Kitsune, "I can't wait to meet them..." Elaine semi lied as she finally got used to the lack of light, the fires afterimage still following her eyes around wherever they looked. "I'm actually used to sleeping without a bed" she stopped and realized that her comment could easily be taken the wrong way, "I mean...I do usually sleep in a bed, I just mean that...I have gone without before..." she had been taken for an orphan a few times along the way here and she didn't really appreciate it, she had a proper home now and she wanted people to realize and respect that. "So..." Elaine was going to continue or try to recover her mangled reply but her eyes were drawn to the food, and once again, she was entranced. "So...uh, should we just sit and wait for now?" the girl had not moved her eyes to speak.

Dusk had finished up loitering around his horse, and had moved on to wandering the castle, he had walked the building quite a bit the days he had been here. The building has some history, and some with him especially...he sighed as he recollected on the past, this place brought about so much nostalgia to him, but that's all in the past, he shook his head, or the wispy form if what he called a head, and started to walk with new purpose. Arrive at the meeting spot, meet the others, get the journey started, he placed his hand on the hilt of his right sword, and almost along with anticipation. An adventure...how he missed them.

[SnowAngel]

"I promise to not tell anyone." Arya said as she let him stand back on his own. "My brother? Oh, you must mean Lyari, he's not my real brother, but I do treat him that way. We did grew up together." She smiled and then faced Jason. "I'll be going to the meeting. We need to stop the darkness." Her smile fell as she looked up at him. She wanted to ask him this question ever since she met hem. “Do you know? … How to stop that curse?” A cold breese blew through her hair making her shiver. She pulled her coath closer over her. “I need to protect my people. They count on the royals to take care of them. Their moral is low and they are scared.”

An elfman moved through the woods, he had been following the beastman on his heels ever since the court, knowing that he would lead him to Arya and that demon. He needed to protect her from him. Arya was too kindhearted for her own good. The demon could use that to his own advantage. Lyari stopped when he saw the beastman, Arya and the demon talking on a cliff. He tried to listened to their conversation but wasn't succesfull.He drew his bow and aimed for the demon, ready to shoot him for every wrong move he would make towards his best friend.

[JessieTargaryen]

Jason noticed Arya pulling her coat closer around her. He took off his own jacket, and handed it to her. "Take it you need it more than I." He says as he looks over at the girl that was in front of him. He wasn't about to let her be freezing around him. Not if he could help. Besides, she was a friend and she was rather attractive.

[Cartwright]

Ansen crossed his arms and stepped back to watch the two, smiling and chuckling before he returned to his more friendly image. "Well that's why the circle was formed... You three ready to move on or are you two jacket lovers going to kiss?" He took note of Arya's inquiries about the curse he and many other people had, but that might be answered tonight when the circle finally unites at the castle. The Cianid glanced over at the man with the bow and arrow at the ready and gave him a noticeable nudge before motioning the three to follow. "Come along! The sooner we get back the sooner I can relax."

Feress glanced over with his nervous smile when she started sewing her words together in a pattern that would stir a sense of worry in every heart. The uncomfortable feeling died down though and his smile became more confident and warm as he looked over at the food the young one was already taking in with her eyes. "Feel free to sit Ms Elaine! I might sneak me a bite to grab before everyone arrives..." The kitsune said, walking over to the table and looking over his shoulder at the girl from the corner of his eye, his cloak shifting around from some movement underneath near his backside... Perhaps the tail was getting a bit excited over the food. "Yah still hungry?"

[SnowAngel]

Arya looked at Jason and took his jacket, smiling at him. "Thanks, but won't you be cold now?" She looked rather concerned. Then she heard Ansen huckle behind them. She looked at him to listen to what he had to say. Her eyes widen. "W-what? No!" The girl avoided his gaze as her face was slowly turning red. "We're not like that." She looked down. Then it hit her. "You three?"

Lyari was just about to let the string of his bow go when the beastman glaced at him. The elf sighed and stepped towards the others putting his bow on his shoulder.

"Lyari. What are you doing here?" The princess exclaimed looking towards him.

Lyari didn't answer question, instead he looked at the jacket she was wearing and then towards the demon shooting him an angry glare. "Lets just go." He turned around and walked away.

[JessieTargaryen]

Jason's face heated up as well. "I... We... But.... We.... Aren't. I'll shut up now" Jason says and looks away. He didn't know why the girl or the thought of somebody thinking that they were lovers just embarrassed him so much. He saw that Arya's friend didn't like him. The elf was just another ignorant person in this kingdom. Jason turned and began walking towards the direction that Ansen was telling them to go.