Sir Hex's Manor
It is a well known fact that most people spend most of their time being very, very lazy, and that the threat of sudden death can often cause them to briefly overcome that perpetual torpor. The threat of sudden death by mouse, even moreso.
This is why Sir Hex, a man of the strong conviction that a gentleman's feet should stay planted on the ground and therefor not particularly given to leaping about like some sort of infernal bipedal rabbit, somehow finds it within him to vault over the desk-fort, hit the ground running in what can only be described as a hellbent sprint, leap over the bound Hatteress as she attempts to interpose the armchair she's tied to between him and his escape, and slam the door shut with a well-placed kick as he practically dives out if the room.
The kangaroo court peers curiously at the fort, waiting to see if the mouse will emerge.
Riv's Fortress
"Good to see there's at least a few brain cells rattling around in your skull. Take her away, an try not to damage her." This last is directed to Icarus, who goes to pick up the unconscious girl, sling her over his shoulder in a fireman's hold and carry her out of the room.
"Now, to business. Business never seems to end around here. Grabbing a chair, Riv takes a seat, scowling as he flips open his notepad and scribbles something down. "Now, in case you were uninformed, there is a town about so far away from this miserable mountain. I won't tell you the name cause yer smart in the way stupid people can find it in em to be very clever when said wit is for the purpose of perpetrating more stupidity, that is, I don't want you tracking me. Said town is under assault, with lots of innocent boys and girls getting cut up into lots of little bits, this ugly **** being the perpetrator." Riv holds up the notebook so Rael can see, displaying a crude drawing of Javert. And by crude, I mean third-grade level art. Riv isn't exactly an artist.:smalltongue:
"Now, I want whatever you can tell me bout him, be honest now, starting with whether or not he's one of your assassin buddies."