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The race continues!
"Guards!" came the cry over Saur's shoulder as he took Thornharp's hand. The two were away faster than a skittering scarab as they dart around a corner into an alley. Noticing a stack of hay, Saur leads them into it head first, which flops and fluffs around them. The large pile's width bridges two streets, and Saur pushes through to the other side. Emerging, he notices an alcove where he and Thornharp huddle and wait to listen for signs of the guards. The sound of the trumpet peels a second time, and Saur can see from his hiding spot as a group of guards poke and prod the hay bale with their halberds. After a moment, the three guards move on, down an alley and out of sight... Just in the nick of time, Haibram appears, having taken his own alley adventure. Thornharp points him out to Saur as the one they're following to Alandri's as he jogs past their alcove.
Saur and Thornharp leave the cover of their hiding spot to tail Haibram, who waves at the pair, then presses onward hurriedly. Hanging a quick left, all three of them see Alandri's home at the end of the road, bordering a canal. However, before Haibram, Saur, or Thornharp can close the distance, a rancher moves his team of hogs across the road blocking the path! The throng of hogs is nigh impassible, and Haibram hesitates as he thinks of a way to get through the tight grouping of herding pigs.
OOC: @digizel @apheline You can make a roll to try to get past the pigs, or perhaps to interact with the pigs to get them out of your way and make it across before Haibram!To the elf at hand...
Mr. Gerard Kittyborough agreed to Fleur's request to read his fortune as he led her through the city streets at a leisurely pace. "I'm a Lionhart sign, if you can believe it. The wandering star was near the thirteenth axis when I was born, too." His old eyes dart up the city streets as he relays the information, only partially interested in Fleur's reading. He's lived his life, you see, and it would take a lot to shock him for the future. He paused at a fork in the road, looking expectantly at Fleur. "Not far now."
OOC:@patientbean Make another roll when you're finished telling Mr. Kittyborough's future!Jenk
didn't start the fire...
As Jenk moved to the front of the boat and produced his flint and steel, Ms. Pi's eyes grew wide. "Oh no!-" she rasped before the spark struck! The flames rose quickly to nip at Jenk's eyebrows and ballooned out to cover about a foot above the surface, but the width of the fire rode past their blockage and up the canal. The flames licked the outer edge of their boat and, after a few seconds, Jenk was relieved to see that the blockage that had risen to the top roiled over, freeing the water taxi. "You did it!" Ms. Pi shouted as she pushed hard against the wall to start the taxi moving forward through the flames.
As the pair rode the passage to the end, the flames began to dissipate. The taxi-riding-rabble-rousers rode out onto the outer circle of main canals that surrounded Nantambu.
As Ms. Pi navigates the boat, she looks up at the sky to check the dawn. Jenk notices that a coin purse sits loosely knotted on the bench at his side.
OOC: @rush99999 To capitalize, or not to capitalize?End Scene
Storyteller's Aside
This is the last check for the race, so we'll slow things down a bit as the gang all meets up in the next post.
Member
Skyline,
Vixere,
Guardian Angel Haruki,
Fetzen,
wintersoldier,
JJ Doe,
hanzo,
Pen Name,
Tally Dor,
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