Long overdue app for imperial_saga

[rydiaofmist]

#1

[Obligatory tavern post! Maybe you're passing through, or maybe you live in the town that her traveling party is visiting. Regardless, there is a little girl in front of the quest board standing on her toes so that she can see properly. She appears to be alone.]



#2

[Someone from the party has left for whatever reason, a friend of yours from the past.]

What do you think you're doing?! Aren't you going to go after him?! He could get hurt, you know!



#3

[The worst has happened. A party member has died. Rydia seemed to have been holding up all right, although she was fairly quiet the day. As the night falls and you settle into sleep, you feel something against your back, and a little whimper.

Seems like someone isn't taking it quite as well as you might have thought...]




#4

[It's been a while since you've seen the pint-sized summoner. Maybe you've even started to wonder just what she's been up to.]

Hey!

[A somewhat familiar-looking woman waves toward you, jogging toward you just a bit. She beams.]

Wow, you really don't look any different, do you? Long time no see! How have you been?

Comments

[rydiaofmist]

Neglected and orphaned, in fact! Have fun with that, Shen. "That's right. It's really important that I get to the capital."

[nomen_est_numen]

He's beginning to suspect as much.

"What d'you need in the capitol?"

[rydiaofmist]

Her face grows a bit grave. "I need to warn everyone. There's a terrible man on the loose, and he needs to be stopped at all costs!"

[nomen_est_numen]

This is actually a bit entertaining for Shen. He's curious, now.

"Oh, yes, what has he done?"

[rydiaofmist]

"He killed my Mom and destroyed my entire village. And he's probably done much worse. He's an evil man and he needs to be punished!"

[nomen_est_numen]

Blinkblink. He has to shake the sense of deja vu before answering.

"Who... who is he?" He is so preoccupied with that sensation that he may not hear the answer.

[rydiaofmist]

She shook her head slowly. "I don't know what his name is. Just that he acts like a quiet old knight but he isn't. That he's actually a black mage of some kind. He burned my whole village to the ground and would have killed me if I hadn't ran away."

[nomen_est_numen]

"I see. And you must get to the Capitol to warn them of him. Well, I wish you luck." He turns to leave. He doesn't do escort missions. No, not even for orphans. No, not even for orphans whose entire village has been burned down. Just. No.

[rydiaofmist]

Except she may not give you a choice, Shen. She possesses a little thing called the cutes, and lord knows how hard that is to resist. "Hey Mister, wait. Are you going anywhere? Do you know how to get to the Capitol?"

[nomen_est_numen]

Shen is immune to cute. Immune! He's a ruthless, vicious warlord who kicks bunnies in his spare time! He looks down at the little creature who just might be a bit too close to his train for comfort.

"I haven't decided where I'm going yet, if I'm going anywhere at all," he answers loftily, though he just can't seem to put his usual asperity into his tone. Going soft in his old age? BAH.

[rydiaofmist]

"Oh." She looks down a bit, thinking intently. "Could you at least tell me where I need to go? You've been there before, right? I've never really been this far from home, and well..."

She frowned again, looking up. "I could pay you if you want. I need to get there and warn them. Please, can you tell me where I need to go?"

[nomen_est_numen]

This child is truly pathetic! He seriously ponders just turning and leaving, with a nice, solid tail-flick for good measure (and when said tail is longer than he is tall, it is a VERY solid tail-flick). He ponders picking this small human up by its scruff and tossing it out the door. He ponders a lot of things, all of them varying degrees of unpleasant, but what he actually does is take a breath to speak, then let it out in a long-suffering sigh, wilting slightly.

I must be ill, he thinks before he turning to look at Rydia again.

"It's east of here," he answers. "Three days' journey."