RP with silver_mathiu, spirit_arrow, and a random kidnapper.
Apple has been kidnapped, and this is how Mathiu and Aila find out about it.
Aila: *stares out over the quiet waters of the lake, her fishing line unusually silent....she sighs and then turns towards Mash* You know, we've been out here for two hours and not a single bite!
Mathiu: *smiles at her and takes another drink from his flask* I know, it's frustrating. I'm almost too drunk to fish.
Aila; *tilts her head, a little shocked to know he was drinking [again]...*...I thought you stopped drinking...?
Mathiu: A few sips now and then doesn't constitute drinking, Aila.
Aila: Um...okaaaay. *watches her line, still motionless in the water* I'm happy that you're not drinking so much - you look a lot happier for it.
Mathiu: *nods to Aila* Yes...I guess I am.
Man: *rows up to the dock* Is this Budehuc Castle?
Aila: There's plenty to be happy about anyway. *smile*
Mathiu: *shrugs to Aila and then answers the man* Yes...let me guess...you're also from Falena?
Aila: *looks at the man and wonders why he's just in a rowboat when everyone else has come in on big huge ships*
Man: Falena? I ain't from there. I'm looking for the guy in charge.
Mathiu: Try the house.
Aila: Yeah, he should be still there. Are you coming here to live?
Man: House? *gets out of the boat* You mean that one over there? *points at the completely wrong place*
Aila: Um...I think those are the stables. *squints, looking*
Mathiu: *jiggles his line, ignoring the new arrival*
Man: You want to maybe take this letter to him for me? *holds out a letter* It's gotta make it to the castle master so nothing happens to the woman.
Aila: *reaches for the letter but then blinks once, then twice* Wait. Nothing happens to what woman?
Man: I'm not to say. Its all in the letter.
Mathiu: *raises a brow as he sizes up the man*
Aila: Should we look at this now?
Mathiu: Yes.
Man: You gonna take it to the castle master?
Mathiu: The castle master struggles with his reading. It would be best for us to see it first so we can explain it to him.
Man: I don't read so good either. *nods sympathetically*
Aila: It's okay. I don't either. Hey, Mathiu, what does it say?
Mathiu: *takes the letter and read it*
Letter: We have the woman who claims to no longer be Sheena Lepant's wife. If you want her to live, it'll cost one million potch. Come alone to the Laughing Jackal with the money. *attached to the letter is a lock of Apple's hair*
Mathiu: *nearly drops the letter after he finishes reading* Apple...
Aila: *focusing on the wrong part* Who's Sheena Lepant?
Man: He's a very powerful man.
Mathiu: *answers blankly* Her former husband...
Man: You'll tell the castle master then?
Aila: *leans in close to look at the letter, then looks at Mathiu*
Mathiu: *grabs at the man's arm* You can explain it to him!
Man: *moves out of the way of Mathiu* I am just to deliver the letter! You explain it to him.
Mathiu: *attempts to grab the man again, his temper breaking* Where are they holding her?!?!
Aila: *drops her fishing pole and grabs hold of a small dagger strapped to her side ready to pounce on the man*
Man: *jumps back into his rowboat, water splashing up everywhere* Go to the Laughing Jackal. He'll tell you there.
Mathiu: *throws his fishing pole towards the man in the boat*
Man: *is hit in head* OW! What did you do that for? *starts rowing away faster*
Aila: *does the same* I WASN'T HAVING ANY LUCK ANYWAY!
Mathiu: GET BACK HERE!
Man: *dodges out of the way* Would you come back if you were me? I don't think so! *rows away even faster*
Aila: *turns towards Mathiu* So now what are we going to do?
Mathiu: Tell the others of the situation. I'll go pack a bag and head to the Laughing Jackal...I'm pretty sure that's in Zexay.
Aila: You shouldn't go by [yourself]! I should get someone to go with you!
Mathiu: *nods* I'll definitely need help...
Aila: Do you want me to go with?
Mathiu: *nervously* Yes, yes....maybe we should bring some others, too.
Aila: I'll see if I can get Jacques to come with us.
Mathiu: Poor Apple...
Aila: *tugs Mathiu's sleeve* Come on, come on, let's go we're burning daylight!
Mathiu: *leaves his flask on the ground and nods to Aila, heading towards his clinic*
Aila: *stares out over the quiet waters of the lake, her fishing line unusually silent....she sighs and then turns towards Mash* You know, we've been out here for two hours and not a single bite!
Mathiu: *smiles at her and takes another drink from his flask* I know, it's frustrating. I'm almost too drunk to fish.
Aila; *tilts her head, a little shocked to know he was drinking [again]...*...I thought you stopped drinking...?
Mathiu: A few sips now and then doesn't constitute drinking, Aila.
Aila: Um...okaaaay. *watches her line, still motionless in the water* I'm happy that you're not drinking so much - you look a lot happier for it.
Mathiu: *nods to Aila* Yes...I guess I am.
Man: *rows up to the dock* Is this Budehuc Castle?
Aila: There's plenty to be happy about anyway. *smile*
Mathiu: *shrugs to Aila and then answers the man* Yes...let me guess...you're also from Falena?
Aila: *looks at the man and wonders why he's just in a rowboat when everyone else has come in on big huge ships*
Man: Falena? I ain't from there. I'm looking for the guy in charge.
Mathiu: Try the house.
Aila: Yeah, he should be still there. Are you coming here to live?
Man: House? *gets out of the boat* You mean that one over there? *points at the completely wrong place*
Aila: Um...I think those are the stables. *squints, looking*
Mathiu: *jiggles his line, ignoring the new arrival*
Man: You want to maybe take this letter to him for me? *holds out a letter* It's gotta make it to the castle master so nothing happens to the woman.
Aila: *reaches for the letter but then blinks once, then twice* Wait. Nothing happens to what woman?
Man: I'm not to say. Its all in the letter.
Mathiu: *raises a brow as he sizes up the man*
Aila: Should we look at this now?
Mathiu: Yes.
Man: You gonna take it to the castle master?
Mathiu: The castle master struggles with his reading. It would be best for us to see it first so we can explain it to him.
Man: I don't read so good either. *nods sympathetically*
Aila: It's okay. I don't either. Hey, Mathiu, what does it say?
Mathiu: *takes the letter and read it*
Letter: We have the woman who claims to no longer be Sheena Lepant's wife. If you want her to live, it'll cost one million potch. Come alone to the Laughing Jackal with the money. *attached to the letter is a lock of Apple's hair*
Mathiu: *nearly drops the letter after he finishes reading* Apple...
Aila: *focusing on the wrong part* Who's Sheena Lepant?
Man: He's a very powerful man.
Mathiu: *answers blankly* Her former husband...
Man: You'll tell the castle master then?
Aila: *leans in close to look at the letter, then looks at Mathiu*
Mathiu: *grabs at the man's arm* You can explain it to him!
Man: *moves out of the way of Mathiu* I am just to deliver the letter! You explain it to him.
Mathiu: *attempts to grab the man again, his temper breaking* Where are they holding her?!?!
Aila: *drops her fishing pole and grabs hold of a small dagger strapped to her side ready to pounce on the man*
Man: *jumps back into his rowboat, water splashing up everywhere* Go to the Laughing Jackal. He'll tell you there.
Mathiu: *throws his fishing pole towards the man in the boat*
Man: *is hit in head* OW! What did you do that for? *starts rowing away faster*
Aila: *does the same* I WASN'T HAVING ANY LUCK ANYWAY!
Mathiu: GET BACK HERE!
Man: *dodges out of the way* Would you come back if you were me? I don't think so! *rows away even faster*
Aila: *turns towards Mathiu* So now what are we going to do?
Mathiu: Tell the others of the situation. I'll go pack a bag and head to the Laughing Jackal...I'm pretty sure that's in Zexay.
Aila: You shouldn't go by [yourself]! I should get someone to go with you!
Mathiu: *nods* I'll definitely need help...
Aila: Do you want me to go with?
Mathiu: *nervously* Yes, yes....maybe we should bring some others, too.
Aila: I'll see if I can get Jacques to come with us.
Mathiu: Poor Apple...
Aila: *tugs Mathiu's sleeve* Come on, come on, let's go we're burning daylight!
Mathiu: *leaves his flask on the ground and nods to Aila, heading towards his clinic*