The King's Guardsmen [Ranger, Spirit, and Scoin]

[Spiritstar3]

"Hmm... let me check." Tyde smiled lightly as he pretended to search his memory. "Oh, I know. We've each got a room for tonight here in the castle. Second floor, right next to each other. I'm going to head up in about ten or so more minuets, but if you wish to go now I can give you your key." If she chose to wait for him then he could show her to the room without having to give specific directions.

Brian thanked the King for his time, wishing they could stay longer but knowing other nobles were probably waiting patiently. Or impatiently, you never know. As he and his sister left the hall Brian was beginning to remember the layout of the building. Yet the best way was to explore and memorize once again. "Hey sis, I'm going to go off for a bit. Do you want to come with me? I'm going to see if I can find out who else has arrived yet." He still acted like he was just the King's nephew, not bothering with the restrictions placed upon the King's heir.

Jessika hummed and smiled as she nodded at her Mentor and glanced round. She sighed as she wondered what Gabriel was doing and, for the sake of Silence, how Trip was. She nodded as she looked at Tyde and said "Cool. I think I will wait here for you."

Lorraine hummed and smiled as she left the room she had bbeen assigned after seeing it, smiling at her Jessa as she gave the red and white canine a kiss on the nose. She hummed as she began to walk the halls...

[Ranger 9]

Tychus leaned back in his chair and placed his booted feet up on the table top, staring right at Kooper as he did so.
The Warden swallowed nervously and averted his gaze. "H-Here, sir." He dropped a fistful of iron coins into the expectant hand. The cash had been the change left over from the purchase of new javelins, something the small band of mercenaries needed ever since an accident in the training grounds left all their practice equipment damaged.
Tychus didn't bother counting it out but instead slipped the coins into one of his pockets. "Thanks Kooper." He yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Has Codex come back yet?" The second-in-command mumbled wearily. He had been up most of the night before and hadn't slept since two yesterday morning. Now it was close to midnight, if the clock was to be believed. But he didn't trust the clock.
"No. Though if he had he'd tell you to get your feet off the desk before the boss catches you again." Kooper rolled his eyes but glanced around. Running into the boss was not on the top of his wishlist right now.
His companion didn't seem to care. "Whatever. He's gone out of town for the night. The boss, that is. I doubt he'll be back any time soon." Tychus was confident enough to keep his feet up.
A sigh from the Warden. "Geez man, do you have a death wish or something?" He shook his head slowly. "Nevermind - don't answer that. I know you do. Anyways, I wanted to ask you about something." Now that the threat of the boss was gone the man looked like he was considerably more comfortable. "We're running out of space in the cell blocks. Are we moving captives or are we going to store them somewhere else? How many more are we looking to take?"
The second-in-command sighed heavily and dropped his chair back down onto all four legs with a thump as he removed his feet from the tabletop. "I dunno Kooper. My guess is that the employers want as many captives as they can handle - the more the merrier." A shrug and a humorless grin. "After all, you need to have quite a few hostages to convince a King to listen to ya."

[Spiritstar3]

Sorry loves
Internet was out, and Im experiencing wb}}

[Ranger 9]

[That's fine - I'm probably just gonna keep posting for the kidnappers until Scoinwolf gets better anyways. I can leave openings for ya to jump in, if ya want me to? Like, as a townsperson or "forest spirit"]

Kooper stretched his arms above his head. "Okay. But hey, if the boss is out for tonight, do you mind if I go out to town? With Codex that is, if I'm able to find him." The Warden was always looking for a way out of the base. He didn't care if it was freezing outside or if the weather was poor in general, anything was better than being holed up in the mountainside.
Tychus dismissed him with a flick of his wrist. "I don't care. Just be back by mid-morning, alright?" He'd be throwing a firedrill around then just because he thought it was hilarious to see how terrible everyone did. It was one of the few things that kept him amused in the boringness that was his job. At least the pay was good.
That sounded fine to the Warden so Kooper left. He usually took his time going through the hallways but now he was in a hurry with his deadline. It was roughly midnight so he only had about nine hours to spend out of this place. Codex better be there or he'd be left behind.
"Whoa, where's the fire?" The sarcastic drawl from up ahead confirmed that Codex was back with the packages. The blacksmith set down a crate full of spare parts, the metal clinking in protest as it was dropped. He straightened up and ran a hand through his dark hair, bright eyes trained on the Warden.
A laugh. "You're just in time. Let Johnson take care of the rest of that stuff, we've got leave to go to town." Kooper explained with a grin.
Codex matched the expression. "Awesome." He rumbled. "Do you plan on meeting anyone down at the tavern?"
Kooper shrugged. "Maybe. It depends who's there. Maybe that villager we hung out with last time." The two went under the guise of mercenaries up for hire when they went for town. In reality their contracts had already been taken up, but the townsfolk didn't know that.

[Spiritstar3]

XD
Sure!
I can edit post while I post townsfolk/ forest spirit))

[Scoinwolf]

- snip-
Birch hesitated. "I guess you're right. It's just, he's been sending me these real odd looks every now any then. You too, though noticeably less." The man shifted his weight from one foot to the other and back again. "I don't think he knows the extent of our involvement with anything, little it may be, but he certainly has his opinion." The man mumbled. "Now laugh, like I told a joke." Roman would probably laugh because he had the mindset that Birch could never tell a good joke, but Birch was counting on that being true. The laugh would be real that way.

Teal rolled his eyes. "Oh please. Birch and Roman are totally conspirators, just not in the way y'all are thinkin'. I bet they're cooking up some plan to get even with Samuel for that incident two years ago. They're masters of revenge, I tell ya." Teal wasn't quite sure what the incident had been about but he had heard enough to gather it was some sort of prank gone wrong.
Sam was more hesitant, staring at Kingston oddly. "Whatever." He muttered in response to Teal. But still he cast a nervous glance over at the two standing off to the side. He knew what Teal had referenced and preferred it to be left forgotten and/or vague.
-snip-

Brian thanked the King for his time, wishing they could stay longer but knowing other nobles were probably waiting patiently. Or impatiently, you never know. As he and his sister left the hall Brian was beginning to remember the layout of the building. Yet the best way was to explore and memorize once again. "Hey sis, I'm going to go off for a bit. Do you want to come with me? I'm going to see if I can find out who else has arrived yet." He still acted like he was just the King's nephew, not bothering with the restrictions placed upon the King's heir.
-snip-

Roman did indeed find that funny and he laughed, punching Birch's shoulder lightly. "As if you could make a joke." He snickered. "But hey, how 'bout you head down to town for a little bit? I'd go myself, I need some more food for the dogs, but I lost my coat and its started to rain. I can show Sandy to her room for you so she'll be alright." The man added, knowing that Birch would be thinking about his apprentice.

"Well, I'm heading up." Tanner yawned and rubbed his left eye. "See y'all in the morning."
Kingston nodded. "I'll head up as well. 'Night guys."

"Sure." Kaylie shrugged and smiled at her brother.

Sandy hummed and looked up as she heard a voice. She tipped her ehad to the side as she looked at Julie and said "What? Oh, hey..."

Geana hummed and sighed as she said "You were saying something about a pup?"

-snip-

"So you must be excited, huh? I hear you're going to be getting a pup soon." Julie offered a conversation starter.

"Right, right. So we're staying the night here and traveling with Roman and Birch to the farm tomorrow morning. Sandy and ya are getting a chance to find a pup that suits you two." Jamie replied, not remembering if he had already said that or not. With his luck he was just repeating himself.

Gabriel waved back at Ryan and asked the group in general "So where are we going to search?" Trip, who had picked up on the fact that something exciting was happening, was walking around Gabriel's legs with her tongue lolling out and tail wagging.

"Well, I think Kine and Gil'ain wanted to take the plains while Paul and Tyde typically favor the mountains. So we can head through the forested sections of the land." Ryan suggested. "If y'all don't have a problem with that?"

[corrosive_limes]

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Gabriel nodded and replied, "I'd be fine with that."

[Scoinwolf]

Nice :)
Oh, speaking of references - I drew Trevor a while back]

"Awesome." Ryan smiled and glanced at the other two to see what they thought.

[Spiritstar3]

Sandy hummed and looked up as she heard a voice. She tipped her ehad to the side as she looked at Julie and said "What? Oh, hey..."

Geana hummed and sighed as she said "You were saying something about a pup?"

-snip-

"So you must be excited, huh? I hear you're going to be getting a pup soon." Julie offered a conversation starter.

"Right, right. So we're staying the night here and traveling with Roman and Birch to the farm tomorrow morning. Sandy and ya are getting a chance to find a pup that suits you two." Jamie replied, not remembering if he had already said that or not. With his luck he was just repeating himself.

Sandy hummed and smiled as she nodded at the other woman. She softly said "Yup, I will be."

Can Dean and Cas go talk to Roman about getting their new dogs?}}

Geana hummed and giggled as she looked at Jamie and softly said "I already know I am getting my chance at finding my partner. But that is cool for Sandy!"

Daniel and Peter hummed and smiled as they said "Fine by us!" Whiskey and Timber barked and wagged.

Edited!))

[Scoinwolf]

"Great, then that's settled!" Ryan grinned. "Now we just need to figure out a cover story for when we go undercover, so everyone is clear on what it's going to be and we wont end up giving contradicting stories. Any suggestions?"

"Cool." Jamie yawned and looked at her out of the corner of his eye. "So, how are you holding up? Are ya tired at all?" He wondered. He was tired, that was for sure, and would head up to sleep soon. But if Geana wasn't tired she could stay down here with the others and he'd just giver her her key.

[Yeah, sure ~ ]