DizzyRenegade

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Henry’s face was very pale and some of Gwen’s anxiety returned. He saw something that really upset him, but Gwen didn’t comment on it. The warrior gave her a weak smile before his eye twitched. Gwen withdrew her hand like she was burned. It appeared to her that Henry flinched away from her and that hurt more than she thought. But when he spoke there was a slight stammer…. Henry did not stammer. Something was terribly wrong. But he made a weak excuse and all but ran from her.

He didn’t even notice as she trailed behind. She too had to speak with the Queen, but when she saw Henry slip into the stables. Gwen chose not to follow. It was difficult for men to show weakness let alone to women. Gwen bowed to her Queen and to the Heglend prince.

“As you know my speciality is not with combat or healing, so with your permission I would like to take stock of our supplies and redistribute necessary items. There is no one here besides the headmaster that knows what we have here and I would like to do my share to help.” Gwen spoke with the confidence that seemed to have been bred into the nobility.

“Yes, you may.” The Queen replied and had someone fetch the headmaster. Gwen bowed again before taking her leave.

In a few moments Gwen and Trystan, the headmaster’s name which she finally remembered, began ordering servants and other able bodied nobles to certain tasks. Those who were seriously wounded were quickly transported to the healing wing and those who have died were gathered. That was a trickier issue. Should they burn or bury the bodies? The Academy was built for peace and to forge stronger bonds between nations, no noble would send their children just to be slaughtered after only a few days. Taking stock of the situation, the number of casualties in this… skirmish was far less than expected. There were more wounded. A teacher volunteered to write down the names of the deceased. Identifying the dead and notifying their families was a higher priority at the moment.

Tents were set up behind the barriers for first aid. Anything beyond first aid or a few stitches were transported to the healing wing.

After this task, the two discussed other things that needed to be done immediately and decided to split up the work. Trystan being more experienced in the battle field would take handle any clean up of the grounds and securing the breach in the wall, while Gwen would organize the household staff.

Dahlia quickly rejoined Gwen when they bumped into each other again. Gwen was finally updated with all that had happened during her kidnapping. Although Dahlia was curious The two had the cooking staff preparing small light meals for the injured and something more substantial for everyone else. That was when Gwen’s stomach growled. Dahlia laughed and handed Gwen a bowl of stew and shooed her away. She hadn’t eaten for a day and even the simple fare of stew and bread was much appreciated. It was then that Lady McArthur called her over. "Would you mind keeping my daughter company? I have some things I need to do, and I don't want her getting up and hurting herself again."

“Of course, Lady McArthur.” Gwen took a seat beside Caroline and another girl.

“Hello, I’m Gwendolyn Ashburn of Elianst,” She greeted the girl. “I hope you are well.” She directed the statement to both of them.

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If that's the case, Chukk and Ludonear, feel free to have you characters interact. You can just put down Gwen as stopping by for a quick hello before going off to help with the evacuation of the Academy. What'll probably happen in my post is for Gwen to announce to the able bodied nobles to bring whatever personal possessions they can carry and for the servants to start securing necessary supplies and probably organize other things like how to transport the wounded and in what order to travel. You can start doing any of those things cuz Gwen would probably personally tell Caroline this and then go. If you can wait, I'll have my post up either on Wednesday or Thursday.

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Will there be an evacuation of the city surrounding the Academy too?

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Jinx, so we're now abandoning the Academy? Would this only be students/teachers leaving the Academy or would this be the entire area including the surrounding town? If that's true, Gwen would probably supervise collecting materials for the journey and the evacuation. She's most familiar with the supplies that the Academy has besides the headmaster.

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Sure. Feel free to to just bump into Gwen and strike up a conversation. I'll respond accordingly. I'm swamped with work at the moment and probably can't post until late Wednesday.

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Bam! And its posted. There wasn't much for Gwen to do so.... advancing the romance plot it is!

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She did as Henry asked. Fenrir had no trouble keeping up with the horse riders and reached the barricade in no time. The moment she stepped down from the wolf she felt arms wrap around her. It was Dahlia.

“I looked everywhere for you! No one would tell me anything.” Dahlia spoke in a hurry. “You’re hurt. What happened?” She gingerly touched the wound on Gwen’s head.

“We’ll talk later. We need to survive this now.” Gwen stepped back with a faint smile. And she felt a tingle run along her spine. It was a strange feeling. The blonde didn’t know why but she dropped to the ground and pulled Dahlia down too as Fenrir positioned himself between the girls and the barricade.

There was a bang and screams erupted. Some fell down clutching at wounds while others tried to help them before another bang echoed across the yard. What happened next was fast. Those sounds stopped as war cries rang. Was it theirs or the enemies? Gwen took a peek and saw what she thought was their allies break up the enemies ranks. It seemed like they were retreating.

Gwen approached Henry when things were settling down and she saw a strange expression on his face. It didn’t suit him. Hesitantly she place a hang on his cheek, breaking Henry out of his daze.

“Are you ok?”

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Feel free to post. I probably won't get a chance to post until Friday.

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Well I could always have Gwen run into you as she's going to the barricade and that can be your entrance. I really don't have much to write about otherwise. :P

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Just so I have it right, the gate is being defended by Caroline while Revaz and Henry are leading the enemy to the forest. So Gwen should head to the barricade which is more to the center of the academy? And the Queen is at the barricade too?