Into The Unknown (OPEN)

by **Nestriel** on July 24th, 2012, 7:25 pm

Nestriel started stepping backwards trying to get away. Suddenly somebody grabbed her and was in her face. She could smell the vile alcohol on his breath as he spoke, only an inch or two away. "Whats a pretty girl like yourself doing here?" He asked, clearly drunk as he stumbled over his words. Nestriel's eyes went wide and she didn't know what to do. This man, drunk as he was, was a lot stronger than her.

Out of nowhere, somebody hit the man on the head while somebody else grabbed her. She looked over to Rie'Meak, terrified, but he was busy fighting somebody else. She closed her eyes and tried to focus. She smelled alcohol everywhere, and she could feel hands all over her. It was loud; banging and shouting was all that could be heard.

Nessy opened her eyes and looked frantically around for a way out. Someone was still restraining her from going anywhere, but her feet were free. She kicked a few of the people in front of her, but it didn't do much. They were probably too drunk to even notice.

by **Rie'Meak** on July 24th, 2012, 9:24 pm

Rie'Meak threw his mace to the wall. It stuck between the boards and Rie'Meak raised his fists. "You never get what you want for free. You want the girl? Beat me!" The drunks followed him through the bar all the way to the exit. They didn't even notice that he was just luring them. One or two of them stayed and grabbed the girls arms. Rie'Meak would have helped but he had the majority of the fight headed towards a barrel of pitchforks. Why someone would put them there is a mystery to him. But he is lucky they did.

He only knew a limited amount of alchemy and magic but he had just enough to use some good old fashioned levitation. The weapons on the wall clattered all around the drunks. Using up more energy than should have been possible with the lack of food, he threw the weapons at the drunks. Them being new to the concept of levitation, were flabbergasted! They stood around not knowing what to do, until, it hit them! Literally. The weapons flew onto their heads. most were left dead. The ones that weren't, had ran out as fast as they could.

The ones holding the girls arms had ran just as quickly. The fight was over as quickly as it had began. The bartender began to dispose of the bodies in a lake. Rie'Meak fell to his hands and knees breathing in short rasps. A spell of that magnitude was a bit much. He turned over and lie on his back to catch his breath.

by **Nestriel** on July 26th, 2012, 3:20 pm

Nestriel slowly walked over to him and then knelt down on her knees by his side. She touched his face gently. "Thankyou..For, you know..saving me like that." She said. "Are you allright?" She looked down at him with wide inocent eyes, slightly resembling a scared kitten. She was still freaking out a bit on the inside from what just happened, but pretending to be calm.

Nessy never imagined her people to be like that. She told herself they were just the drunks and there must be good ones, too. But, so far, she only had bad thoughts about the Symenestra.

by **Rie'Meak** on July 26th, 2012, 3:52 pm

Rie'Meak closed his eyes tightly, and opened them to her face. He grunted as he stood up. "I'm... fine thanks for asking." He walked away to retrieve his mace from the wall. As he pulled it out the wall cracked slightly. His throw had left a large indentation in the wall. He had thought nothing of it and walked up to the man in charge. "Do you have an open room? We need a place to sleep." The large man turned around to greet his face. He finished with the food he's been munching on and pointed Rie'Meak out to the rocky hallways. "Ya see that one the left? That would be the one ya take. There three rooms down, is two open rooms. The one on the right, yours for ten mizas!" Rie'Meak opened a satchel he had hidden in his armor and handed the man ten gold mizas. As he walked back to Nestriel he uttered "Quite a price to pay for a room like that." He looked up back up at her, "Lets take a rest, I've got quite a day ahead of me tomorrow, i'm not sure about you." He looked her over just to make sure she was fine.

by **Nestriel** on July 26th, 2012, 7:57 pm

Nestriel just nodded slightly, not making eye contact. She decided she would have to slip him some money later without him noticiong. She shouldn't have let him pay for it when she had more than enough gold mizas in her backpack.

by **Rie'Meak** on July 26th, 2012, 8:11 pm

When they arrived at the room Rie'Meak noticed the warm air, it was a bit humid but nothing they couldn't handle. Two small beds, not amazing or anything, more like a matress and a blanket. It's not bad for their predicement. "Now that no one can hear us, I need to ask you about someone. Have you heard of a 'Lucia' around here? The reason isn't important. Your answer means a lot right now. Don't lie to me. Have you seen her?"

by **Nestriel** on July 26th, 2012, 8:25 pm

"I've never met a Lucia before...and especially not around here....I just arrived today and it's my first time here. Maybe I can help you find her? I do owe you..for saving me like that." Nessy thought back to what happened just minutes before and how terrifying it had been. She hated crowds..wheather it was because she was so frigile and delicate or because of her mistrust of people, she didn't know. She just hated crowds. And people being too close to her. And drunks. And pretty much everything else..
While Nestriel waited for him to give her an answer she placed her backpack on the bed and sat down on it. It creaked as she sat, even though she was so light. Dissatisfied with the lack of comfort, she made a face. She definately wasn't looking forward to sleeping on that mattress tonight.

by **Rie'Meak** on July 26th, 2012, 8:46 pm

Rie'Meak noticed the crack of the matress under Nestriel's weight. He though to himself, 'She must weigh nothing. This armor would surely rip through it...' He took off his armor starting with the shoulder down. Under his armor wearing only black messy clothes. A few drops of dry blood stand out on the right pant leg. Probably escaped the armor and made its way dow there. Rie'Meak looked over himself to check for any wounds he may not have noticed. When it was apparent there was nothing wrong, he slowly sat on the bed. It was uncomfortable and it creaked very lowdely. He finally answered Nestriel. "That would be great. If you wanna ask me anything ask now, I'm so tired that i could fall asleep even on this uncomfortable thing!" He muttered the last part half drunkenley, in the tired state that he was in.

by **Nestriel** on July 27th, 2012, 1:52 pm

"Honestly, I have nothing else to do here. I came to find my parents....but now..I'm not sure I want to." She layed down on the bed and pulled a shabby blanket overtop of her. Nessy still shivered underneith it. "So why are you looking for this 'Lucia?' " she asked him quietly, closing her eyes.

by **Rie'Meak** on July 27th, 2012, 4:36 pm

That last line had brought up his full attention. About to doze off his eyes shot wide open. Still staring at the ceiling . "D-does that matter? Is it something you need to know?" He sighed and closed his eyes. Relaxing back on the mattress, He opened his eyes again and stare at her. "Do you really want to know? It would drop your trust level towards me even lower than 'Stranger'." Rie'Meak rolled over on his side facing Nestriel.