Black Zenith [Adventure / RPG / Chapter Three: Forgotten Whispers]

[BlazerC]

For the beginning of Nos' little speech, Bohw remains rather disinterested and continues to grasp her head, at least until Nos mentions a revenge story, where she lets her hand fall to her side and begins to stare at him. As his explanation goes on, Bohw grabs tightly onto her shirt growing more stress and worried, she feels the humming growing louder as puts together all the pieces together, slowly realizing what happened. Finally Nos finishes his lecture, the humming so loud, admist all the noise she hears something, she hears a whisper.

She lurches forward and cries out.

"Daril!!"

Mayor's eyes light up suddenly, stirring from his rest upon hearing someone cry, immediately he begins to look around for Bohw.

Bohw chokes and begins to breathe heavily, she makes her way over to anything she can grab and rests aside it and clutching her chest with a pained expression. She exhales sharply and says nothing for a lengthy period of time, lost in thought until finally she gets a hold of herself and turns back to Nos, attempting to regain her posture and not doing too well at it.
"I see now... Tha... Thank you Nos, that answered all my questions... but if it's not too much to ask, could you, lead me... to Daril...?"

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SO MUCH WORDS WHY DO I DO THIS AAAAAAA

[MasterBlade]

The gentleman has since meandered himself next to Ziras and has stationed himself there.

"My name is Sir Watson Arty Gawser and I believe that there's a place we should make familiar to ourselves before anything else. Have any of you heard of 'the ruins'?. I hear they're not very far off either. We may even make it in time to have a few scuffles with the one you call 'Kraine'... quite a charlatan to have gotten you into this mess.

"Kraine is dead. Or not, I'm not sure. He didn't exactly leave himself a corpse. But what of these ruins? Are they the ones Mael and his party had explored before arriving here?"

[ICan'tGiveCredit]

"Kraine is dead. Or not, I'm not sure. He didn't exactly leave himself a corpse. But what of these ruins? Are they the ones Mael and his party had explored before arriving here?"

Mr. Watson smiles.

"You don't seem certain of Kraine's death. Of the ruins? They probably hold all the answers. Maybe not the answer to why there's a robot here. But I guarantee that venturing there will most definitely yield fruit. Mael? Not many survive the ruins so his party may have... well how do I put this lightly? They may have been eradicated. If not, trapped with but nothing except their skins. However, I am in good spirits with you fellows. We will make a fine team."

[MasterBlade]

Mr. Watson smiles.

"You don't seem certain of Kraine's death. Of the ruins? They probably hold all the answers. Maybe not the answer to why there's a robot here. But I guarantee that venturing there will most definitely yield fruit. Mael? Not many survive the ruins so his party may have... well how do I put this lightly? They may have been eradicated. If not, trapped with but nothing except their skins. However, I am in good spirits with you fellows. We will make a fine team."

"Mael is outside the tent. You passed by him to get in here. His party WAS eradicated inside those ruins."

"Ziras ser, is there no other soldier that can escort us there?"

[ICan'tGiveCredit]

"Mael is outside the tent. You passed by him to get in here. His party WAS eradicated inside those ruins."

"Ziras ser, is there no other soldier that can escort us there?"

"That was Mael? Well he looked worn out but I had no idea it was indeed him! I had only heard of him. And if he were to have ventured inside those ruins and survived... well then maybe we have an even better shot at this than I had expected!"

[chimericWilder]

"Sir Watson is hardly one of my soldiers, Thunderpaw. However, the existence of these ruins is relatively common knowledge, both to any resident of this city and to a number of magicians, since it has been known for a while that the place emanates an unidentified magical aura. I should like to study whatever produces that, if this had been more peaceful times and the danger had not been too great, but at the moment i fail to see the relevance of those ruins."

[Dais]

Nos's eyebrows shoot up in an amused fashion in response to Bohw's request. "Heehee, you want to see him still, do you? Heheh, if you wish." Treating the situation with absolutely none of the subtlety it deserves, Nos starts with a cartwheel and takes off towards wherever Daril was laid down.

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Seriously I have no idea. That makes the second time Nos is leading Bohw somewhere he has no business leading her, I think.

[MasterBlade]

"...hardly one of my soldiers... common knowledge... fail to see the relevance of those ruins."

"..."

"Then what is this madman doing in this tent!?"

Decorum is KO'd. This conversation about saving the world has been essentially derailed.

[ICan'tGiveCredit]

"..."

"Then what is this madman doing in this tent!?"

Decorum is KO'd. This conversation about saving the world has been essentially derailed.

"I say! Who said I was a soldier in the first place? I was but simply giving you information in exchange for joining you. I have but nothing to do with the army, even though Ziras has the best soldiers and is highly respected. And you'll see in battle that I'm quite useful when it comes to exterminating huge hordes of enemies as well as in any other situation of that sort as well as others. The information I've gotten is quite recent and he had but already said that he hadn't even laid a finger upon the place, that being the reason Ziras hadn't seen the relevance in them. Yet."


The conversation still has to do with saving the world, after all, we don't know yet if the ruins contain the answers to your questions.

[Supernerd]

I'm thinking I should just walk out of the room at this point. I'll now go and look up the prices of stuff such as wood, iron, copper, fabric etc and get an estimate on how much a new airship would cost.

(All this plot stuff is preventing me from actually doing anything. I've waited far too long to get an estimate on airship prices.)

[chimericWilder]

"... Could you elaborate, Watson?"

I'm thinking I should just walk out of the room at this point. I'll now go and look up the prices of stuff such as wood, iron, copper, fabric etc and get an estimate on how much a new airship would cost.

Selphy has left the building!

Walking around the town, it soon becomes obvious that the day-to-day market is mostly closed down, save for a fellow who seems to be trying to interest the soldiers in various refreshments, such as fresh apples and treats, and the like. Asking around, though, you are directed to the guy in charge of the city's exports and imports. Well, to his house/office, more like it. A corpolent man, he sits outside with a weary expression as he watches the soldiers. As you approach, he mumbles something along the lines of "Oh, hello there, kid." before he seems to forget that you're there.

[Supernerd]

I'll ask him who I should talk to about purchasing wood and iron in bulk with a completely straight face. I'll also make a point of getting my airship blueprints ready in case he doesn't take me seriously.

[chimericWilder]

"Uh, yes, that'd be me. Say, i havnt seen you around before, kid, so who sent you?"

[Supernerd]

"um... Nobody sent me. I'm here to check the prices of materials so that I can design the blueprints for my next creation without going over budget" (guile check?)

[ICan'tGiveCredit]

"... Could you elaborate, Watson?"

"Well... let's just ride the chances that I obtained all of this wonderful news from an outside source. He's very reliable. And this will be a great opportunity for you to receive more information about the ruins and help us."

[chimericWilder]

The man looks at the blueprints, then scratches his head. Then he rummages in his coatpocket, withdrawing a pair of glasses, proceeding to take a closer look at the blueprints. He scratches his head some more. He hands back the blueprints.

"Uhm... Alright, whatever, i guess..."

He mutters something about 'thats an awful lot of materials...' then stands up and walks into his house, coming back out again with a thick ledger.



Now, how is your future airship constructed? Is it build for speed? Defense? Maneuvrebility? Something else?

Mind that i am only asking about the general hull construction and such, you'll get to add other special stuff later if you would like.

[Supernerd]

I'm thinking it should actually be a bit smaller than the prototype. I'm thinking speed and durability for the most part, I'd like to actually outpace some flying enemies for a change.

[chimericWilder]

Airships are not generally meant for speed, but you think your design will be a serious improvement on that point. As thus, your design uses a quality lightweight wood to construct the hull, and a smaller quantity of iron to reinforce wherever necessary, aswell as for the various mechanics you will need to construct.

The man mutters to himself for a little under a minute, counting the numbers and cross-checking his ledger at regular intervals. Finally, he looks up, giving you a stern look. "Yeh, we got this in storage, a total price of a hundred and fourty gold, see - aint easy to come by wood of that quality, you see, but i doubt you could afford even the regular wooden planks."

[Supernerd]

"Thank you for your assistance. I'll talk to you later. Bye."

Lets see here... I probably shouldn't interrupt Ziras right now, I'm thinking I should look around town a bit to see if anyone needs any help with anything. I should also make a point of messing around with Daril's guns which he presumably has despite not being listed in his inventory, as that seems like a thing I can do.

[chimericWilder]

"Well... let's just ride the chances that I obtained all of this wonderful news from an outside source. He's very reliable. And this will be a great opportunity for you to receive more information about the ruins and help us."

Ziras sighs. "Very well, i shall consider reviewing this information at another time, but i must finish here, first. Leave us for now."

[BlazerC]

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This is probably the last lengthy post of mine for a bit, lets get the mourning out of the way so we can stop reading my painfully bad RP continue on with the damn game because I am barely active on the forums ;-;

After Nos leads Bohw to the rather nondescript location of Daril's body, which is to be assumed below deck because where else, yep I am one stupid stupid person- AHEM.

Nos leads Bohw below deck, behind some crates and out of view, she sees a slumped over man against the hull of the airship, Bohw's heart drops into her stomach. Somewhat terrified, she slowly makes her way to his side and kneels beside him, his body looks so fresh as if he was meerly resting, but yet when she places her hand upon his shoulder the cold feeling of death runs through her fingers. Mustering all she can to not to break into tears, she gazes at the floor with regret and talks to no-one in particular with a certain pain in her voice.

"I am so sorry... I was a fool, a stupid, little girl who thinks she can go on an adventure... thinking everything will be okay. I should of been more grown up, but I didn't and... look what happened... why would I think that anything would be different, it's just the same as last time..."

Bohw leans forward, and murmurs to him.
"I'm sorry. Goodbye, Daril."

Then, she notices Daril's guns lying aside him, she thinks to herself, she could definitely use these but, it wouldn't be the most respectful to the dead to just take them. At this point however, the clinking of metal and the loud stomping of a certain advancing golem can be heard, so without a second thought Bohw pockets the guns before Mayor enters the scene. Just as expected, the Golem walks into view, it becomes a bit clear that he isn't happy with what he sees, but he doesn't act on it further than a glare at Nos as Bohw stands up, wiping her eye with her hand and begins to walk off, the only acknowledgement she gives to the two is a few words.

"Come on, times-a-wasting."

Bohw and Mayor head outside, find a guard and ask just what exactly is going on over here.

[ICan'tGiveCredit]

"Very well then.", he says, with an air of accomplishment. He did all that he could to get here and it feels good knowing he doesn't have to go back.

"I'll just be outside" as he walks out the doorway, "if you need to ask me anything more."

He finds a bunch of people. He knows Bohw and Mayor as they seem like common knowledge but who are the others? And why are they so stressed about the questions they're asking? Oh well. It doesn't matter to Watson. He has to go to town anyway to find Selphy as her airship seemed to be a fine work and wishes to help her if she may be building another. Perhaps she needs an opinion on what to add? Watson contemplates all this as he stands against the wall. But he can't leave just yet.

E: I edited my last level-up special ability's name.

E x2: Because Selphy is apparently female.

[chimericWilder]

Selphy is female

[ICan'tGiveCredit]

Selphy is female

OFCOURSE.

[Supernerd]

Yeah. Plenty of time for gender bending shenanigans in the future though. On another note: Chimmy, go update.