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Hello! This is Buzzingbee! I used to be on here as BuzzBee but I had some trouble. I had issues in real life that made me go off for a while and then when I was going to come back on, passwords, emails, etc were forgotten and lost. xD But I'm back and ready to jump into where I left off!

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Ok! I'll just see how it goes cx

Sounds good!

Nice xD What was the name you guys decided on? lol
Welp Penelope's stressing

Also I was curious about what you think should happen with the barons and the whole spare the villagers thing. I'm good with Penelope either being able to convince them or failing cx
I also figure we could include maybe the other idea of Layth and Crow kinda facing of in the next battle, regardless of which direction we go with the other thing. I figure if we go with them making it a rule then maybe in the next battle they're losing and Layth, trying to make it Penelope's fault, tries to show it's because the knights are holding back so he goes all out and that's when him and Crow could potentially clash. And of course if they don't make it a rule, Layth will just be Layth xD
As the battle met its end, Penelope looked around at her comrades, watching as the healers moved in to tend to the badly wounded and those that had smaller injuries stepped aside to tend to themselves. She kept her gaze from lingering too long on the bodies, enemy and comrade alike, as she stepped over to where Gavin was. The male knight was cleaning up a few cuts he had received, one being on his side and the other on his leg, with his friend Alan. The two turned their heads to look over at her as she approached.

"Hey Penelope." Alan greeted with a small nod to her.

"Have you wrapped up your arm yet? Looks like it's still bleeding." Gavin said with a small frown.

Penelope glanced down at the cut her had received on her arm. She had nearly forgotten about as her mind was buzzing after coming face to face with Crow and seeing the brutalness of war. Suddenly more aware of it, she began to feel it sting slightly. "I haven't yet." She admitted and Gavin immediately moved in to help her wrap it. She mumbled a thanks to him then lifted her gaze to see Mia riding towards them.

"Penelope," Mia began as she looked down at her lieutenant with narrowed eyes. "I've been hearing a lot of talk among some of the knights about an order that I didn't give... Care to explain?"

The female lieutenant looked up at her baroness. Though Penelope wasn't a strict enforcer of the law after returning back to her old life, she often tried to keep a low profile and not cause too much trouble. She was tempted to just apologize and hope for Mia's forgiveness. However, frustration began to boil in the female knight as she thought about how reckless some of the Brerratic knights had been. If this was how war was, she wanted to change it.

"Sure." Penelope said with a fiery look of defiance in her green eyes. "My comrades were hurting innocent people. Ones that were just trying to defend themselves and their home. I wasn't just going to stand back and watch them help demolish this village so I did something about it."

Gavin looked a little nervous at how brazenly Penelope spoke to the baroness and shuffled his feet. "We... We really shouldn't be killing our own people.. I mean no disrespect ma'am, I just think Penelope had good intentions.." He said, trying to support the female knight in his own respectful way.

Mia's hardened expression suddenly vanished as an amused grin broke out over her face. "Wow! Never thought I'd see the day when you'd act so boldly, Penelope!" She chuckled. Her amusement melted into a more sympathetic look. "I think you did the right thing though, so you can relax lieutenant. That being said though, I'm not sure Bennet and Edward will completely agree. Casualties are a part of war and to them, the numbers don't matter too much when you're trying to win a battle."

Though she was a little annoyed at Mia's initial reaction, she was glad that the baroness approved of her actions. As she went on to speak of the other two barons, Penelope looked a little confused at why she brought them up. Mia smirked noticing her confusion and went on to add, "If possible, I think we should try to lessen the damage of the villages out here. We're directly damaging our own kingdom and surely that will eventually have a negative effect on us as the war goes on. So we should lessen the damage. But to do that properly, we're going to need all of the barons on board with this. I intend to bring it up in the next meeting with them. Penelope, you'll have my support, but you'll need to find a way to convince them."

Penelope stared up at Mia in surprise. She hadn't been expecting the baroness to go so far as to bring it up with the others to make it an actual rule. The female knight nodded her head. "I will. Thank you, Mia." She told her with a grateful smile.

"Of course. Now then, let's get ready to return back to camp. I'll round up everyone else and ride at the back. You and Tomas take the front." Mia commanded before turning her horse to ride off.

Penelope nodded her head and then turned to look over at Gavin and Alan, feeling rather satisfied at the outcome. Gavin smiled at her, seeming to share similar feelings over this new development. "This is nice and all but what about those thieves that were attacking us." Alan grumbled. "I saw a few of our comrades getting killed by them." Penelope felt her stomach twist at the topic.

"I did too." Gavin admitted, losing his smile as he snuck a glance at her. He focused back on Alan. "I also saw them attacking the Younisian knights as well though."

"So what are they just here to kill for kicks?" Alan snorted with disgust.

An image of Crow after he had killed the enemy knight flashed through her mind. Now that things had calmed down, she thought over it a bit more clearly. "I don't think so." She told Alan. "I think they were trying to protect the villagers.. From brerratic or Younisian knight alike." It made sense to her. Crow had always tried to protect the villagers, even if before it wasn't through fighting. The war must have driven him to.. that. She thought, feeling a pang of sympathy for the thief. After seeing that today, I can understand why...

"Or maybe they just wanted to kill knights." Alan muttered rather darkly.

Penelope looked uneasily at Alan's next words. She was rather sure Crow was just trying to protect his home and it's people but then she considered the other thieves he was now with. They had spoke rather viciously when she had warned him about the trap and she doubted it was just all talk. It was the reason she had chosen to work as their informant. Now she couldn't help but wonder if Crow wasn't much different from them. She still believed he was trying to protect the villagers but perhaps another part of him also got a cruel satisfaction from killing the knights.

"Maybe." Penelope mumbled with a distant expression. "I better go find Tomas so we can get moving." She added abruptly before heading off to find the other lieutenant. Her head was clouded with thoughts of Crow, of who had been, and who had become.

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As night fell, Penelope stepped out of her tent, once again wearing the peasant dress and cloak. She slipped the hood over head head and glanced around the camp to make sure no one spotted her leaving. The knights had returned to camp earlier that day and most were quick to either sleep or celebrate. Penelope had chosen to sleep, knowing that she'd have to go meet up with Crow once nightfell. She was rather anxious about meeting him, as she was intending to ask him about his new fighting abilities. The knight found herself a bit scared as well. She was worried Crow had turned into a cruel person. And if he had, she wasn't sure how she'd deal with it.

He said he wanted to avoid fights. So surely he's still merciful.. She tried to assure herself as she made her way towards Myrefall. She couldn't look down on him just because he was fighting and killing, it'd make her a hypocrite. He had seen her at her cruelest when she had bashed the first mercenary's head with a rock. She hadn't taken pride in it though and it was merely due to being faced with no other options. The knight just hoped he didn't take pride in his kills either.

Penelope eventually reached the tavern and stepped inside. She swept her gaze over the inside, looking for Crow. However, she realized that this time she had been the one to arrive first. Her uneasiness about his new skills were replaced by worry about his well-being. She had lost track of him in the fight, so it was possible that the thief had gotten hurt. Stepping over to sit down at an empty table, she assured herself it was likely just because of how quickly she had gotten there, fueled by new, unanswered questions.
she's a little shocked right now but she'll come to her senses soon xD

I managed to get a post in on my lunch cx
Penelope clenched her jaw as she fought with the Younisian knights alongside Gavin. He was locked in a fight with one of the enemies, unintentionally leaving her to have to deal with the other two. Out numbered, the female knight felt one of their attacks make contact with her arm. She winced and used her sword to block another oncoming attack.

However the swords never met as the Younisian knight suddenly crumbled as someone else attacked from behind. Penelope froze for a moment as she came to face Crow. Her gaze traced over him, subtly eying the bloody daggers in his hand. A lot could change in two years and she was beginning to realize just how much. She felt a little uneasy as she watched him leave to move onto the next fight, leaving her to wonder just how much of the man she once knew was still left.

"Hey you ok?" Gavin asked her as he finished off the remaining knight and faced Penelope.

Penelope, snapping out of her original shock, turned to look over at Gavin. "I'm fine." She assured him quietly realizing that he was asking about the wound on her arm and not her run in with Crow.

The two knights moved on to aid a couple more villagers from beingg attacked by Younisian knights. It was at that time Penelope realized that the second force of Brerratic knights had arrived and were beginning to drive the Younisians back to the border. She moved to follow the other knights as they gained the upper hand in the battle yet again. As they moved away from the village, she glanced over her shoulder, looking back on the state of the village as well as scanning for any last sight of Crow,whom she had lost track of after her ran back into battle.

"That was Crow.. Wasn't it?" Gavin asked her in a hush whisper.

Penelope blinked and looked over at him. "I'm not sure..." she lied. "I only saw him for a second.." Wanting to get away from the topic at hand, she looked back ahead and watched as the battle began to die down as the Younisians retreated. "Thank the gods that's over" she breathed quietly to Gavin.
She's definitely going to grill him about it xD

Penelope's abusing her authority cx also her and Gavin are a pretty good team

Ok! I have work from 9:30-6 then I work at 5am on thursday again so I probably won't be on much tomorrow either
Penelope clashed with the man for a moment longer. With his focus on her, Gavin was quick to swoop in and drive his blade into the enemy knight's leg. The man crumbled to the ground and the two Brerratic knights shifted closer to each other as they took in the sight of the battle around them. Penelope panted as she watched Younisian knights fighting both enemy knights and villagers while some her comrades tore through the village without a care about the people that lived there.

"What the hell are they doing.." Gavin breathed with a hint of horror. She glanced over at him, feeling a similar shock at the cruelty that was being displayed by both sides. "They should be protecting the villagers!"

"Come on. We won't do much by-" Her words fell short as her gaze caught sight of an all too familiar figure amongst the fighting. Her green eyes tracked his movement, stunned into a silence as she watched Crow fighting from a distance. He shouldn't be here.. Why is he here!? A new sense of horror and surprise filled her as she watched him cut down one of her comrades. The thief didn't even flinch at the blood or hesitate to fight. It shocked her. This wasn't the man she remembered.

"Penelope!" Gavin snapped as he gave her a small shove to get her out of the pathway of an enemy knight that was charging towards them. The male knight defended her and quickly wounded the Younisian knight before he could strike again. Coming back to her senses a little, she turned her gaze back to Gavin, who was looking rather concerned about her.

"Let's focus on helping the villagers. Stay close and let's try to get some of our comrades to be a bit more rational." Penelope told him as she snapped back on the task at hand. While she did want Gavin to help her with this new development, she also wanted to make sure she could keep him from running into either Crow or one of the other thieves, of whom she assumed where likely fighting there as well.

As she charged forward, she silently tried to keep tabs on Crow's location, not letting him completely out of her sight. It probably would have been wiser for her to just lose track of him rather than keep an eye on him to make sure he made it out of this battle ok. Penelope used her sword to block one of their comrades from carelessly hitting a villager nearby. "Watch it Byron." She growled at the older Brerratic knight while Gavin handled the Younisian that was attacking. "Mia wants to keep our people alive."

Penelope continued to try and lessen the damage caused by her comrades, often claiming it was an order from Mia, who was farther back from the village. Some seemed to listen to her but others continued to disregard her words. Gavin stuck close, helping to fend off any enemy knights while she dealt with comrades.

Looking back ahead she spotted a small group of villagers who were trying desperately to defend themselves against three Younisian knights. "Gavin, ahead." She said getting his attention. He followed her gaze and nodded. Penelope pushed herself forward and shoved her way in between the villagers and the enemy knights with Gavin following her lead. Metal crashed together as she blocked the Younisian knights attack on the villagers.
Penelope and Gavin are going to be in for a real shock xD
The battle begun and the sound of blades clashing filled her ears as the two enemy forces clashed. Penelope found herself quickly locked in battle with a Younisian knight. She was vaguely aware of Gavin fighting nearby her and Olivia off in the distance among the chaos. She swiped at him with her blade and he blocked it with his own. The enemy knight attempted to slip past her sword and took a stab at her side but Penelope dodged rather gracefully. Over the two years, she had been heavily focused on her job as a knight and her skills had improved all around, making her an even more dangerous enemy than before.

However, the one problem was that she struggled to focus on her own fight. Her gaze was often scanning the chaotic crowd around her, trying to keep tabs on Gavin, Olivia, Tomas and her other friends. It was a bit overwhelming as she wanted to try and protect them if she could but also had to deal with the enemy attacking her.

You can look for them after you beat this guy.. She told herself, meeting the enemy knight's gaze with a flare of determination. She lunged at him with her weapon, moving to slip past him as he blocked her sword with his. This time she danced around him and delivered a slice to his side on the weaker part of his armor. The knight grunted with pain and charged at Penelope again. She narrowly missed his attack, coming close to having the sword driven into her. Penelope slipped past his defense and delivered a finishing slice to the man's throat, making his body crumble to the ground.

She stood back. The female knight looked around the battlefield, noticing how most of her comrades were locked in close battles and that some had already been decided. She flinched as she watched another Brerratic knight collapse to the ground. Trying not to focus on the death, she turned and moved on to face another Younisian knight that was charging towards her.

As the battle rolled on, Mia had commanded everyone to fall back a little, clearly trying to get them ready for when the other force of troops arrived. However, as Penelope fought, she noticed they were getting awfully close to the village that was nearby. "Penelope!" She left another enemy wounded on the ground when she heard someone shout her name. The female knight turned her head to see Gavin, his normally stoic expression now held a look of panic as he gestured to a group of Younisians that had managed to push past the Brerratic knights and were getting dangerously close to the town.

"Let's go." Penelope said as she hurried to his side, dodging past swords and fights along the way to get to him. She fell back with Gavin towards the village, attempting to cut off the Younisian knights. She glanced over her shoulder to see a few other of their comrades had joined them. Feeling a bit more confident with more than just Gavin and herself, Penelope sprinted forward to engage in another fight with one of the Younisian knights, who turned around just in time to block her attack.
I'm good with combining them if you want XD
Layth could be part of the reinforcements and come in a little later and cause more trouble cx Idk. I'll just go with the first one for now and that way we can still add in the other one if we decide to lol
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