Then knock came, and Darious could not help but wonder if, well if it were Linda for some reason. The longing glances she had offered him were words in their own fashion, and the woman practically thrummed with an interest she fought hard to suppress.
He wrapped himself in a robe and slid the door open and much to his dismay, it was the page boy. Damn it why couldn't Linda have come herself, or one of the sisters at least/ After a few moments the buzz of the tavern crept its way upstairs to the rooms and that was enough for the mercenary to gather at how busy the girls were. The page shifted nervously as Darious appraised the buzz of the people. "Sorry to disturb you sir, but there's a gentleman downstairs asking after you. He doesn't look quite right but requested an audience."
An audience? Darious was no nobleman or any such thing but he figured more or less the young page was being polite.
"OK, Let me get dressed and I'll be there shortly. In the mean time, send him a mug of ale."the boy nodded and with that, Darious tossed him a coin before slipping back inside his room. How could people know he was even staying there. He slung his sword to his waist and moved down to the man that was waiting for him.
His contact, looked for lack of a better word, Haggard and almost ill when he drew up beside the restless captain. "Ahh, It's you after all!" he exclaimed as he ran his gaze over the man. "You look like shit captain" the words came out before he even realized it and all the mercenary could do was offer an apologetic smile. He knew this kind of man, addicts, and most of them were the same, short tempered on their way down from their highs.
"I've got your order in my room" he offered after a brief silence "But something tells me you're here on other business as well." Darious gestured to the stairway leading to the rooms and quickly stood motioning the captain to follow him. Some things were better handled in privacy.
The two men sat opposite each other at a small table in Darious' room. He had laid out the items in front of the captain who more than quickly snatched each ingredient up, inspected them then set them in his own sack. Payment was received and after an awkward silence, Captain Vern informed Darious of the assassination. At first he was reluctant to agree to the new contract, but after some thought, he decided it would be worth the hassle. They would leave in mere hours and as soon as it was all settled, the Mercenary of the Wind slipped out into the night to inform the Bloated Weasel of the change in plans. They would have to renegotiate their agreement of course, but at least, Captain Vern was there to provide the additional coin.
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I enjoy a good story! Even more so if it's intriguing enough to suck me right into it, as though I were there alongside the characters. I've been through a wide range of characters over the years and often if I am joining a story I'll ask around as to what the others feel they are missing in the story character wise and develop one to fill in any gaps.
OOC chatter is good too if people aren't in the mood to be in character, right? Writing is based off a lot of things and how people are feeling at a particular time can impact their IC writing drastically. Some people prefer planning certain things out OOC and I'm ok with that also.
I guess I'd say I'm very opened minded. Always encouraging newer writers to just start writing. Details or the etiquette of their writing doesn't really matter much to me! only that they are getting it out.
I'm open to writing for a wide range of genres, but I will specify this though! I live in reality, so I do not enjoy writing about it. Mostly fantasy and anything that does not feel too real.
I'm a fantasy writer at heart though, and I enjoy planning out worlds to base novels and stories in ahead of time, so that when I am ready, I can just focus on the story writing while not having to worry about how anything in particular will fit into the world or worlds the story is set in. Probably one of the downsides to this preference is that world building can take a long time!
OOC chatter is good too if people aren't in the mood to be in character, right? Writing is based off a lot of things and how people are feeling at a particular time can impact their IC writing drastically. Some people prefer planning certain things out OOC and I'm ok with that also.
I guess I'd say I'm very opened minded. Always encouraging newer writers to just start writing. Details or the etiquette of their writing doesn't really matter much to me! only that they are getting it out.
I'm open to writing for a wide range of genres, but I will specify this though! I live in reality, so I do not enjoy writing about it. Mostly fantasy and anything that does not feel too real.
I'm a fantasy writer at heart though, and I enjoy planning out worlds to base novels and stories in ahead of time, so that when I am ready, I can just focus on the story writing while not having to worry about how anything in particular will fit into the world or worlds the story is set in. Probably one of the downsides to this preference is that world building can take a long time!
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Just letting you all know, you haven't scared me off yet, just got a crazy schedule this week until around Thursday. then I'll have some time. I'm still going to make a CS if that's alright with your Boss
If it's too long, I forget half the stuff that I specified in it. then I have to read over it once again. It's' a vicious cycle.
Awesome sauce. I can take something to work tonight and bang out another post!
I was lurking, and thinking about making a CS, but I'm not sure if it will end up being a wall of a CS though, I need to know... Is that Alright?.. Long CS's make my eyes bleed.
I was lurking, and thinking about making a CS, but I'm not sure if it will end up being a wall of a CS though, I need to know... Is that Alright?.. Long CS's make my eyes bleed
Gisk said
Okay, we're leaving the mountain for now. New plan: Darious get's a message that the ship has returned, and goes to meet his contact in the dark of night. Darious will be the first to hear of the assassination, right from the horse's mouth. Let's say his contact is actually Captain Vern. He has a little affinity for whatever drug it is Darious was collecting the things to make. Is that a reasonable retcon to make?Darious, finding out about it early, goes back to Vidal and tells him they're setting sail early, and with a new destination, as he tries to be the first to find Yllicus. Thoughts?
all good to me, let's see what the others think.
Are you posting again Gisk? if so, I'll wait until after that before I work on another post
I dunno, I'm easy, just tell me the plan. there are however certain locations a unique mercenary might know about in the mountains...in those hard to reach places.. where skystone veins might be?
well, Darious can get a message from his contact delivered to him at the inn.
What happened was when I first wrote my initial posts, I thought Darious needed to get into the mountains because I thought that was where all the characters were going to meet. I'm not sure what happened next, so I think I overlooked the fact that the army was already back in Lan. So the whole mountain plan was mine, to meet up with Yevin's character and to find the rest of the characters.
Sorry.
What happened was when I first wrote my initial posts, I thought Darious needed to get into the mountains because I thought that was where all the characters were going to meet. I'm not sure what happened next, so I think I overlooked the fact that the army was already back in Lan. So the whole mountain plan was mine, to meet up with Yevin's character and to find the rest of the characters.
Sorry.
I think you've got an awesome concept going on here, we just need a few more characters to add to the flavor
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