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2 years 10 months ago #309 by a Guest
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The doors to the Weeping Rose Tavern swing violently open and Draconian soldiers quickly file in, maintaining a tight formation that creates a clear path from the bar to the door. Tables and chairs are haphazardly shoved, flipped, and tossed out of the way as the weapon-brandishing soldiers yell commands over one another, "Back! Get back! We will use lethal force! Back! Noble Protection, back off 10 feet, NOW!"

The soldiers are similar to the normal roving soldiers of Volaire Town Proper in race only. Every other detail about them is, in a word, intimating. Their armour is polished to mirror-like perfection. Their weapons are edged with gold and silver and seem to hum with magical energy. Instead of favors hanging from their belts to denote rank and affiliation, these soldiers each have a full tabard with rank insignias adorning their breastplates. Even the build and muscle mass of these creatures seems somehow superior to the average Draconian Soldier. Each of their faces are expressionless, emotionless... their eyes betray nothing of what lies beneath.

The most decorated of the soldiers approaches Nymera, stops, and performs a full sweeping bow before her as his gruff voice, almost a growl in timbre, forms a single word, "Milady."
With that, relieves her of the tray she was carrying and shoves it into the arms of the closest patron at the bar. Then he picks her up into his arms in a single motion, turns, and walks with a brisk pace out the door. The other soldiers fall in behind him, closing their formation so as to prevent anyone from following, their weapons continuing to shimmer and gleam in the otherwise dim lighting of the tavern.

As the last Draconian passes through the door, a loud resounding *POP* followed by a rush of air can be heard from just outside the tavern.

Anyone who follows the group outside the tavern quickly sees that they have all vanished from sight.

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2 years 10 months ago - 2 years 10 months ago #310 by Abby
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Mari snaps her attention away from Blodwulf to the soldiers filing in and very quickly moves out of their way. "Oh shit!"

She keeps as many of them as she can in her view, but takes extra care to stay out of the way. Once they've scooped up the target and filed out, she follows at a safe distance, wincing at the popping sound. "That... that was a little. uh, much." She turns back to look at Blodwulf. "So, goblins or wanna go tell one of your nobles what just happened?"
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2 years 10 months ago #311 by Blodwulf
Still trying to absorb what just happened. "I don't know, to be honest. What just happened? Besides an obvious kidnapping?" Thinking quickly, he directs the tavern keeper " lock these doors and barricade them. I think I am going to report to my sponsor and see what he thinks, I'm still an initiate." He explains to Mari. "Stay here and make sure these folks stay safe as he hands her the same little crossbow. "Fire this into the air and ill come running."

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2 years 10 months ago #312 by Abby
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She raises an eyebrow "I mean, those were kingdom dudes... I think. And that whole noble protection thing." She shrugs. "Whatever. However. I am not going to stay here and protect these people as I have my own nobles requiring reports, and goblins to chat with, and I'm not a body guard. That's not me. I don't do the fighting, and I'm sure as shit not gonna fight any of them if they come back. Their arms were as big as my ass! I ain't dumb."

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2 years 10 months ago #315 by Abby
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Mari watches Blodwulf run off and shrugs again. "Good luck." She starts heading in the direction of the goblins and their troll, but stops for a moment and seems to be really interested in some bugs in the dirt. Picking them and almost communicating with them. After a few seconds, she smiles and sets the bugs back on the ground, watches them burrow into the dirt, then continues on her way.

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2 years 10 months ago #329 by Blodwulf
*Walking back into the tavern mumbling to himself about mages*

"Ridiuclous to ask about the sky when someone was kidnapped. All they care about is their books and tomes and doing parlor tricks"

*touching the pommels of his swords* "This is the only thing that has ever solved anything"

*answering himself* "You're right, you've never had to use magic to solve anything, just cold steel"

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