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    Noftur

    Noftur takes a quick assessment of the situation and mutters 'To the hells with it,' hopping out of the wagon in the direction of the conductor and his escort. Exaggerating his injury, he calls out to the group, 'You'll never believe it! I stopped against this here wagon because of the grievous injury I incurred when I tripped getting out of ours, and we found a hostage being held by a bunch of nasty stinking goblins!' He waves his arms about and gestures wildly as he says this, then appears to half-collapse on the wagon from the pain. Whispering out of the side of his mouth to the others, he says, 'The game's up. Got to get rid of ugly here anyway.'

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    Gana

    Straightening and throwing back her shoulders in a "they're welcome to try knocking me out" manner, Gana looks over at Thanos. She is clearly puzzled.

    "But...we didn't do anything wrong. We helped Mister Berrian here. Maybe the conductor would worry because he let this happen on his wagon, but that's his problem."

    Crazy dwarves.

    She looks around the wagon, but sees neither the opportunity nor need to dispose of the goblin-troll, and so simply waits for the conductor to arrive.
    Last edited by Toliudar; 2009-01-30 at 10:23 AM.
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    Nevan

    Nevan starts shaking his head, and then realizes that he's just mimicking Gana. He looks up and offers her a conspiratorial smile. Orcs are savage and brutish, but they're not as stupid as humans sometimes -- especially when it comes to dealing with other people. They tell it like it is.
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    Daen

    Watching Noftur in awe, Daen thinks that the charade he's making is both inadequate and out of place. Deciding to take the matters to his own hand, Daen grabs the goblin from the neck and storms out of the wagon to meet the guards. Using his free hand, he flashes a quick salutation.

    "Daen Achea, from the Church of Eyr, at your service. Me and my companions have chanced upon a kidnapping situation, here in this very wagon, and neutralized them before the caravan took off. The hostage is secure if you want to question, however, take note that he is a bit shaken from the event.

    There were four of them, three goblin and some other creature. We could only capture this one, sadly."
    He dumps the goblin near one of the guards.

    "So if one of you could help us removing the bodies, we would be doing the conductor a favor, right?"

    Lastly, he nods to the healer and points at the dwarf.

    "He got a deep gash from the creature's sword, but there's no one else injured, I believe. Though you might want to check the hostage anyway.

    If you need anything else, we are here to comply."
    He looks to each of them expectantly, with a "What are you still waiting for?" expression.
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    Gana

    Ah. Someone whose words I understand.

    Nodding in support of Daen's suggestions, Gana helps shift the last of the dead goblins out of the wagon. She glances quizzically at Noftur, and over at the healer.

    "Maybe check his head for bumps, too."
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    Nevan

    Nevan looks at Berrian, raises his eyebrows, and jerks his head toward the cart's door. Hopping out quickly, he offers a hand to the priest as he climbs down.

    "They had captured this man," Nevan says when he and Berrian reach the conductor and guards, and Daen finishes talking.
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    The guards seem to come to alert when they see Noftur and his injury, not to mention the fact of the bound goblin. They approach the group cautiously.

    The conductor's face is filled with anguish. "I thought he just tripped! Oh my, this is much worse, much much worse."

    The guard's seem to ease their tension after listening to Daen speak, and the guard on the right even has a small, proud, smile come to his face.

    Berrian thanks Nevan as he assists him down from the cart. "My good man, these brave individuals saved me from a cruel fate, I am sure."

    After listening the group, conferring with Berrian, and speaking with the conductor, the guards seem to have a firm grasp on the situation.

    "Thank you for preventing this crime. We and the entire city are in your debt. We will take this scoundrel to the Imperial Prison, where he will be brought up on charges. Father Berrian, if you'd be so kind to follow us we will escort you to the capital and make sure your stay is comforting."

    Berrian smiles and nods. He turns to the group. "Thank you once again. If there should come a time when I can repay this favor you have done me, seek me out in one of Gregarin's churches."

    The medic busily tends to Noftur's wounds, removing the makeshift bandages, applying a cooling salve from a green jar, and then wrapping the wound in a clean bandage. "Take it easy and you should be on your feet in no time" she says.

    The conductor once again apologizes to everyone. "If there is nothing else I can do for you all, the storad is starting to get ancy. we really should be going." He eyes the group expectantly.

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    Adtasi dusts his hands together, despite having done none of the actual work, although it wasn't really any fault of his. "Problem solved. Let's get back to our wagon then, shall we?"
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    Gana

    Cleaning off the last of the goblin-troll-ish blood from her polearm onto the ground, Gana nods. She had stood with downcast eyes during Berrian's thanks, fidgeting and smiling, but it is time to come back down to earth. Waving good-bye to the man they had saved from an uncertain and probably brutish fate, Gana heads back to the wagon they had previously occupied, and hopped on.

    Once all were back in the wagon, and the storad underway, Gana settled in, tucking her swordspear into a spot where it wouldn't roll around and hurt someone. She smiled at the others.

    "You know, that was the first time since the mountains that I could actually let go in a fight. I am glad to have you beside me on this job."
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    Thanos

    Thanos walks to the cart, nodding at the train conductor. He slips his bow back into place next to his quiver. He sits down on the train in their wagon, and rests his head against the back of his seat.

    "You fought brilliantly, Gana," Thanos compliments the orc female with his eyes closed, unpatronizingly. "We all did."
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    "When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

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    Nevan

    "Er, sorry," Nevan says, quite aware that he's about to ask the conductor an uncomfortable question. "How would a band of armed goblins with a bound prisoner get in to one of the carriages?"
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    The conductor nods towards Nevan. "I... I don't know. But trust me when I say I will find out. I will get to the bottom of this."

    As the group all settles into their wagon, the trip begins. There is a slight jerking feeling, rocking everyone forward, when the train first takes off. As the journey goes on, the trip is rather jumpy, the entire wagon seeming to jump half a foot or so as the wheels hit rough terrain.

    Eventually, after what must be half a day, the train comes to a stop. Exiting the train, the group finds themselves in very mountainous terrain. There appears to be a path through the hills and mountains that stretches to the north and south.

    Forty feet from the stopped train is a loading dock, complete with several would-be passengers, a conductor, a few armed guards, all dwarves. One dwarf in particular, a rather rotund young dwarf, smiles and approaches the group.

    "Greetings, greetings! Are you those sent by Councilor Ironside?" The dwarf's smile masks an otherwise weary face. He looks hopeful.

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    Nevan

    "We are," Nevan says, stepping down from the cart and buckling on his weapons. He offers his hand to the dwarf.

    "Nevan Alibo. You are?"
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    Adtasi wordlessly walks up beside Nevan, letting the others take care of the talking. He'd wait until he was needed.
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    Noftur

    Noftur seems to draw into himself the further north the party travels. When the train finally stops, he pulls a cloak from among his things and pulls up the hood as everyone steps outside.

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    Gana

    Despite the noise and jolting, Gana had wedged herself into a kind of fetal position in the wagon, and had slept most of the trip. Now, at their destination, she rises and un-wedges her swordspear. Glancing around the car as the others leave, she makes sure that everyone has their various belongings.

    She uses the butt of the swordspear as a brace as she steps stiffly down from the wagon and looks around at the mountains. Surrounded by all the dwarves, she feels even more stupidly obvious. Her shoulders hunch in.

    Gana stays close to Daen as he disembarks, saying nothing but listening intently to the proceedings.
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    Daen

    Finally getting off the train, Daen tries to relieve his limbs from some of their stiffness by exercising them very briefly. Like the rest, he leaves the talking to the elf, as he has opened the conversation.

    He notices Gana at his side a moment later, and turns to her.

    "You don't like storad trains much, do you?" Sighing, he continues. "Being in mercy of forces larger than yourself is a bit unsettling to most people," he quotes directly from his late sire, wondering if those were the exact words.

    "But you get used to it over time."
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    Gana

    Gana glances down as she mulls over Daen's words.

    "I know all about being at the mercy of bigger things. And yeah. Got used to it for a long time. A long time."

    She glances up to connect with Daen.

    Thanks, anyways. It is good to be back on the ground, though. I'm guessing you liked the trip?"
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    Daen

    Returning the look, Daen shrugs.

    "I'm glad that it's over too, I guess. Though it was the inaction that was getting on my nerves."

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    Adtasi has had some time to think on the journey, and something had clearly been bothering him in it's last legs. His face looks slightly worried, even under his hood. He remains silent as Nevan speaks to the Dwarf, however.
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    Noftur

    Noftur continues to hang back, and the necklace that normally dangles at his chest is hidden from view along with his face.

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