[Nexus] Bronze Keep-Muh Freedoms

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Standing far from Inside, on the border between the verdant, rolling hills of the Meadowgreen and the beautiful but dangerous forests of Wode is a small hill. Atop this hill grows a massive, ancient oak tree with branches as thick as the trunks of any normal tree and roots like boulders. The bark is gnarled and cracked and thick with the sap of aeons passed by since it first sprouted, and stands tall, challenging nature's decree that all things must pass in time. It is, funnily enough, the only oak in the area. The other trees are all maple, juniper, spruce, or apple.

Built around the oak is a castle, its overly tall and thick walls crafted from some strange, bronze plated bricks that have grown greenish and mossy with age. The branches of the tree hang out over the walls and wrap around the five cone-roofed towers and the gatehouse chimney, and the entrance is blocked by a spiked iron portcullis and gate that lack any apparent mechanism to open them. Near the gate, a single brick has a strange rune carved into it.

/Π\

This is the Bronze Keep, Haven to those who would seek it, Sanctuary to those who would need it.

Spoiler: Locations

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More detail will be added when I have a computer, but just know that there's the castle, the tunnels beneath the castle and the forests growing in them, the scary forest, the fields, and the village of Meadowgreen down the road.

Spoiler: Characters

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To be filled out when I have a computer

Spoiler: OOC Rules

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The general rules of FFRP and Nexus apply here as well, but there are a few extra guidelines.

Please run any attacks/huge refugee surges/whatever major event by me, first. I'd rather not wake one morning to find eight pages about how Lord Edgy the Superevil tortured everyone to death because nobody could stop his megapowers.

Let me know if you want a character added to the registry here, or possibly even a location.

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Keep

Riley's in such a state that he doesn't even close the door all the way, slipping through a makeshift curtain, from which soon emanate a soft thud and the sound of snoring.

Agape will close the door for him and head back to her room.

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Riley's Tower

And Riley finally manages to get some sleep!

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Gate

Keith arrives, Thalia and Bellethille in tow. He doesn't travel slow and easy for the sake of others like Riley does, not even considering the girls' conditions, but he'll make sure they don't fall behind.

"Boss! Open opp!" he shouts, kicking at the gate.

Riley looks over the wall, scowling at first, then sees Thalia and pales.

"****!"

The gates open when Riley kicks the right stone the right way, and he shimmies down a drain point to rush over to Thalia.

"What the hell happened?!"

[Earl of Purple]

Gate

"Harribald happened. He saw her in a bar and had her drugged and taken home. Don't worry- he's dead now. These guys came and shot him in the head." Bellithele is likely in better condition physically than Thalia, but the elf's unwillingness to let anyone touch her suggests that she does bear her own scars. Since I don't think they've stopped to change, she's still wearing a translucent orange dress that makes it clear that she's wearing nothing else.

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Gate

"Harribald happened. He saw her in a bar and had her drugged and taken home. Don't worry- he's dead now. These guys came and shot him in the head." Bellithele is likely in better condition physically than Thalia, but the elf's unwillingness to let anyone touch her suggests that she does bear her own scars. Since I don't think they've stopped to change, she's still wearing a translucent orange dress that makes it clear that she's wearing nothing else.

Thalia instinctively backs away slightly, arms raised slightly.
She is dressed in a similar dress, if memory serves correctly.

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Gate

Riley stops dead in his tracks when Thalia recoils from him.

That's something he'd do.

"No," he shakes his head, "No, this isn't, this...Come on. Inside. You're safe here. We've got clothes somewhere."

He leads them inside, grabbing Keith and having a quick, quietly hissed argument with the hobgoblin. Riley doesn't need slavers and bounty hunters coming here.

[Earl of Purple]

Gate

Bellithele will follow gratefully, though keeps a few steps away from everyone else, recoiling and looking scared if anyone approaches within that range- Keith is an exception, as hobgoblins don't look very human.

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Gate

Bellithele will follow gratefully, though keeps a few steps away from everyone else, recoiling and looking scared if anyone approaches within that range- Keith is an exception, as hobgoblins don't look very human.

Thalia follows as well at a distance, despondent.
Keith is an exception here as well

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Riley notices the distance kept from himself and is honestly really saddened by it. He leads them to one of the dressing rooms, one that still has clothes in it, and stays far out of their way. Even though he didn't do anything wrong, just the fact they're reacting like this makes him feel downright criminal.

"Do you need a doctor?"

[Earl of Purple]

Changing Room

"I... I don't know." It's clear, even through her dress, that Bellithele is mostly unhurt- there's a few bruises on her ribs from where Harribald awoke her every morning, but he never kicked hard enough to break a rib.

Bellithele doesn't care who's looking as she pulls the dress off and replaces it with a t-shirt and a pair of loose trousers; the dress didn't hide anything, and she's turned around so her back's to them.

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thalia shakes her head,
she,s in similar condition.
Thalia changes into jeans, a sweater, and some boots and gloves. her back turned, one of the two men may notice the antimagic tattoo

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Riley stays out of the dressing room. He doesn't like to wear short sleeves, much less be seen naked, and affords others the same respect. Keith stays out of the room in respect for their privacy.

"We have a doctor-in-training and a paladin here, if you need them," Riley's despair is apparent in his voice.

While they change, they may hear a whispered argument.

"Fighting slavers, Keith? Are you insane?!"

"Do you haff enny idea what they d-"

"Yes, yes I do! First hand, in fact!"

There's a moment of silence.

"I...I can't have everyone die for one person."

"So what, I should've left her?!"

"I-I...I..."

[Earl of Purple]

Dressing Room

"Are either of them female?" She might surprise Riley or Keith with how fast she got dressed. She's gotten used to having to put clothes on or off quickly or be punished, though sometimes she had to do it slowly or be punished.

[Arkhosia]

Dressing Room

"Are either of them female?" She might surprise Riley or Keith with how fast she got dressed. She's gotten used to having to put clothes on or off quickly or be punished, though sometimes she had to do it slowly or be punished.

Thalia nods.
I think... I think it may be best for me to find a psychiatrist.
She tells them.

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Dressing Room

Riley freezes up when they exit, hoping Thalia didn't hear anything.

"They're both girls. Keith and I are the only guys here."

He'll try to talk to Thalia off to the side.

"I...I thought you were mad at me about the drow and took off...I'm sorry..."

[Earl of Purple]

Dressing Room

"I'd like to see the paladin, please." It's the 'in-training' bit that's making her nervous.

Plus, I dislike characters of mine interacting directly with each other- most of the time, at least.

[Arkhosia]

Dressing Room

Riley freezes up when they exit, hoping Thalia didn't hear anything.

"They're both girls. Keith and I are the only guys here."

He'll try to talk to Thalia off to the side.

"I...I thought you were mad at me about the drow and took off...I'm sorry..."

It's okay.
Talia replies softly.

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Dressing Room

Riley nods and blinks, gnawing on his dry lower lip. It's not okay. He doesn't say that, though.

"A-alright. Keith, you're the hero, you g-"

"Not happening. You want this place defended, Boss? Hy gotta refill my stash. You kin take, 'em to whatever paladin you found."

Riley glares at Keith, his heart not really in being angry right now. He doesn't feel comfortable being around the girls with how obviously uncomfortable they are around him.

"Fine. Come on."

He'll lead the way to Weiss's grotto, hoping the paladin is there.

[Earl of Purple]

Dressing Room

"If she is there, would you mind terribly if you weren't?" Bellithele sounds nervous about asking this of her host, but she's going to be nervous and jumpy for quite a while- already she feels as though she's outnumbered, and Keith's only just left.

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Dressing Room

Riley nods and blinks, gnawing on his dry lower lip. It's not okay. He doesn't say that, though.

"A-alright. Keith, you're the hero, you g-"

"Not happening. You want this place defended, Boss? Hy gotta refill my stash. You kin take, 'em to whatever paladin you found."

Riley glares at Keith, his heart not really in being angry right now. He doesn't feel comfortable being around the girls with how obviously uncomfortable they are around him.

"Fine. Come on."

He'll lead the way to Weiss's grotto, hoping the paladin is there.

Thalia nods.
I'm going to head to GLoG. They may have a psychiatrist there.

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Grotto

"That's fine...I'll...I'll leave. Thalia,I won't stop you, but...be safe?"

He starts walking away to let Weiss handle things with Belle, turning around to say one last thing.

"You're safe here. I promise."

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Grotto

"That's fine...I'll...I'll leave. Thalia,I won't stop you, but...be safe?"

He starts walking away to let Weiss handle things with Belle, turning around to say one last thing.

"You're safe here. I promise."

Thalia nods before leaving.

The two will see Weiss, a raven-haired beauty with maroon eyes and pale skin, in shining steel armor, sleeping while leaning against the inside of the cave entrance, hands on her sword hilt, which is stabbing the earth below.

[Earl of Purple]

Grotto

Bellithele waits, cautiously, for Weiss to wake up. She's had bad experiences waking people up in the past.

[Arkhosia]

Grotto

Bellithele waits, cautiously, for Weiss to wake up. She's had bad experiences waking people up in the past.

The holy knight stirs.
Hello, miss. I am Weiss Solis, paladin of Avandra. How may I help you?
She asks politely, her eyes still closed

[Earl of Purple]

Grotto

"I'm Bellithele. Are you capable of assessing and healing injuries?" Bellithele stays a distance back, not wanting to get too close.

Is Thalia still here, or has she gone elsewhere?

[Arkhosia]

Grotto

"I'm Bellithele. Are you capable of assessing and healing injuries?" Bellithele stays a distance back, not wanting to get too close.

Is Thalia still here, or has she gone elsewhere?

Elsewhere!

I can heal injuries, yes. Do not fear, Bellithele, this grotto is under the blessing of Avandra, goddess of Freedom. You are safe here
Weiss informs her in a calm tone, noticing the discomfort.

[Earl of Purple]

Grotto

"I think it's just bruising, but could you check? Without touching me?" The last bit is quite important.

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Grotto

"I think it's just bruising, but could you check? Without touching me?" The last bit is quite important.

Weiss nods.
show me.
She offers entry as well.

[Earl of Purple]

[B]Grotto[/B

After she enters the grotto's aura of freedom, she isn't quite as nervous as she pulls up her shirt to show the bruising on the right side of her rib cage. It is bruising, with no other injuries- at least, not there. But Weiss might want to do a full check up, I don't know.