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🦄 Deeper Than The Sands - Merged With T.S.

Haakon J. Elvsgaard

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Location:Grand Continetal Hotel

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Haakon was aware that Josephine was not just an ordinary damsel-in-distress, but one with an actual spine and guts. Her pulling out a gun herself - seemingly wielding it like it was as normal as taking a cigarette - was not something he had expected. And for a split second he was afraid that she'd might shoot him, but he quickly dispersed such ridiculos fears. For of all the people he'd met today, Josephine was still the person he trusted most.

"Good thinking, a little digging by us are better than the police. Less punching...unless the savage doesn't speak English." Haakon let Josephine go on before him, while he took one last look at the strangled body behind him. He was afraid that this would be only the first of many bodies left in the wake of whatever the heck was happening to them. Gun firmly gripped in his hand, he went inside.

Their arrival at the kitchen raised little, if not any attention by those personel who worked there. That was good, for then they could stay hidden from their suspect. Speaking of which, Haakin could see someone he swore was the same man they had seen just outside, now at the other side of the room. Giving Josephine a knowing look, he walked slowly through the crowded kitchen, gun partly hidden in his palm and behind his satchel. Instinct and experience told him that going around with a loaded gun usually meant trouble. "If he's after her, why of all places search here? He surely can't know that we've met her, right?"

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Guthrie

Location: The Tavern
Interacting with: Sala & Vala

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"If you're talking about the Dragon Tails that the miners disturbed, then it's not a problem anymore. Though I have a feeling you two are talking of something else?" Guthrie said to the twins, a inquisitive look upon his face as he tried to picture what it was that they feared coming. What could be so dangerous that everyone was in danger? Well Guthrie could think of a few candidates, but the twins didn't look like frigthened farmers, so something was off.

His questioning look changed quickly to a puzzled one, as they in unions stated that they could pay him with themselves; their bodies. Guthrie didn't utter a word for a few moments, trying to see if he had misheard, though their serious looks said otherwise. He straightened himself up a little, his eyes flickering from one twin to another. "You mean...No, no that won't be necessary, you two. I don't accept...someone as payment, not anymore at least. But..."

Quickly changing the subject of which he wished not to speak of, he clapped the edge of their table, and seconds after a large was resting its front paws on the table, watching the three of them with a curious look to its face. Guthrie smiled, patting the dog on its head and looking at the twins again. "...you might be able to help my friend here. Poor Theo hasn't been quite alright the past week. I'm afraid he might have gotten an internal infection, but I haven't been able to help him. Can you?"

Guthrie looked hopefull towards the twins, Theo looking back and fourth from his master over to the two ladies, happily panting, albit heavily. "And for the record, I'm Guthrie. Guthrie Jean Harlanson. And you?"

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

@gohKamikaze Sorry to bug you, but still chipping away at the post? It would be nive to know how far you've gotten, if you are are in any need of assistance?

🦄 Deeper Than The Sands - Merged With T.S.

@FantasyChicHopefully long enough to tell the tale!

🦄 Deeper Than The Sands - Merged With T.S.

Haakon J. Elvsgaard

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Location:Grand Continetal Hotel

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"...Å gud..."

Haakon had been about to answer Josephine's clear question with something along the lines of except the obvious, something of value she'd have. Yes, such things that Josephine insinuated were true enough, though Haakon would have suggested less intimate motives for this case. He kept his mout shut, however, as he too heard the glass break from down in an alley. It was dark there, and not the most well-smelling place Haakon had been conduction journalism, but he followed Josephine's lead.

His eyes were fixed on their suspect, now sporting a servant's outfit and heading into the hotel again from the back. He would have followed him straight to the door to peak at him, but something caught his attention more; Josephine stifling a yelp just a few feet in front of him. "Poor man, of all places to die..."

Josephine was quite right, the man was dead. Shards of glass, a broken bottle and the almost blue face of the dead man lying there in the alley. The excitement Haakon had felt just a few moments earlier, flushed away alongside the colour of his skin, now paler than before. Haakon placed a hand on Josephine's shoulder. This wasn't just a story. This was murder.

"No time for that, one of us has to follow him now or else risk losing him. Who knows who else he'll kill to get here. No, one of us has to follow him now, and another warn the authorities. And, sorry to say this Jo, but not letting you get close to that mad-man..." Haakon said quickly to her, looking her sternly into her eyes. Who knew what else the man was able and ready to do? With his other hand, he fumbled through his satchel, still hanging over his shoulder before pulling out something. "...unless you can defend yourself. You know how to use this, Jo?"

Haakon held a revolver in hand, his eyes darting from it to Josephine, to the door and the body, and back to her. "Either I go after him, or we both do. We can't afford to lose him."

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

@RBYDarkI tell you, you are bonkers. EVERYONE ARE BONKERS! And I'm a tea pot, would you like a raven with that wrench?

Endless Darkness [Open 1-2 spots]

Between drafting my bachelor about "What role did the Nationalist Party (of South Africa) play in the abolition of Apartheid" and DnD, pretty well ^^ Just got a tad too drunk xD

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Guthrie

Location: The Tavern
Interacting with: Sala & Vala

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"Here." Guthrie handed over the 15 copper pieces he owed the innkeeper for the food and drink, having taken it as he sat down with the twin sister. But the idle chattering of the tavern about - surprisingly - himself made him turn his head in their general direction, while shouting at them; "Mind your own business, I don't like being gossiped about. Understand?" And then he once again turned back to the twin sisters, and his meal of course.

"The church and union you say?" Guthrie raised a brow at those words, giving a brief, puzzled look at them. He wasn't a man of faith, especially not with a bunch of crazies who worshipped simple stones for a living. Yes, Guthrie knew how precious the sun stones really were and that the Church was powerful enough, but did they have any proof of their power? Well, except the usual death and punishment they dealt. And if the twins were getting as far away as possible from the church, Guthrie wouldn't dream of hindering them. "I make maps. But better than that, I know these tunnels like the back of my hand. At least better than anyone in Shezze. And that leads me to my question for you two. What can you pay me?"

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Guthrie

Location: The store --> The Tavern
Interacting with: Sala & Vala

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"10 silver pieces?"

Guthrie wasn't given a lot of time to greet the man now leaving the store, only managing to throw in a curtious nod and a friendly look at him as he made his way past Guthrie and outside. Not that he had much business to attend with the man - who for the record smelled of sulphur, one of the many smells Guthrie remembered from his days in the mine. One he did not miss -, though he would have asked him for a counter-offer regarding the snake.

The snake was worth more than 10 silver pieces, that was a fact. Guthrie had dealt with a similar snake back home in Bori, and he remembered getting payed 20 silver pieces. He was about to object to the storekeeper and tell him to raise the price, when he remembered what the village had looked like; poor. Dirty and poor. And for place like this, 10 silver seemed like a small fortune.

"...Deal. Be careful when you skin it, the venom runs deep in its kind. I suggest hanging it from its tail for a day, let the blood and toxins seep out first."

One Dragon Tail snake's body lighter and 10 silver pieces richer, Guthrie stepped outside the store to once again find himself in the square. It was just as deserted as before, except a younger looking girl sitting on a bench, reading. The sulphur-smelling man seemed to be talking to her, before the two of them left. But Guthrie felt no need to poke his nose in their business. Mostly because it wasn't his style. But also because the nagging hunger that was starting to fill his stomach. And feeling like for once not making his own food, he scouted the square in search of somewhere to eat.

Guthrie opened the door, stepping inside a tavern that looked awfully like...well, a tavern. Nothing special, which suited Guthrie all the better. He was about to get the keeper of the tavern's attention, when he heard a soft voice from his side and turned towards whoever said it. Someone needed a map. He chuckled, looking at the two ladies looking at each other before looking briefly at the tavern keeper. "Something to eat, and a large mug of water, if you have."

"Now..."Walking over to the table where the two ladies - who now were starting to look more and more like sisters, even twins to Guthrie - were sitting, grabbing a chair from a nearby table and sitting down with them. "...you two were in need of a map? I might be able to help you two with that.

🦄 Deeper Than The Sands - Merged With T.S.

Haakon J. Elvsgaard

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Location:Grand Continetal Hotel

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Well, Haakon wouldn't be able to complain that Josephine take the initiative in cases like this. Before Haakon knew it, she had emptied her glass and left him alone at the bar. For a few seconds he sat completely still, still holding his glass and looking after Jo leaving, before downing the remaining liquor himself and getting up. And for a moment, he contemplated whether or not to pay for the drinks; first of all he would be coming back either way, and secondly he was a little short of cash it were. But his common sense won in the end, forcing him to leave whatever scraps of money he had onto the counter, before running to Jo.

Josephine was easy to find, the suspecious man not so much. But somewhere down the street, he saw him. The way he walked, the state of his clothes, and that fez; Haakon's instincts kicked in again. "Remind me to question the clerk when we get back. Now, after him, but be careful. He musn't notice he's being followed." Haakon said in a hushed voice to Josephine, following right behind her as they continued to follow the man. And even for the circumstances of all this, Haakon couldn't help but smile. "Now this fits me more, following people to discover whatever they're hiding. Intruiging, and highly needed. Why do you reckon he's after this Aziza lady, Jo?"