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Post by Sprow on May 20, 2013 1:33:47 GMT -5
Damien Stark stepped out into Cornelia. Before he dared to set foot in here, he had been careful to conceal the mark on his left shoulder guard. He didn't need people to think he was the enemy. Granted, he had been once upon a time but that had been before he learned of what he had really been like to others. If only things had been different! Damien had blamed himself for being foolish enough to be brainwashed into what Ivan wanted him to be. Still, it wasn't like he could have known any better. When Ivan had gotten a hold of him, Damien had been only a mere child that knew nothing yet of what was right and what was wrong. All Damien knew of was of heroes and villains. He didn't know true morals and true wrongs. Just there were heroes and there were villains. Ivan had fooled the child into thinking that his adoptive father was a hero and that Damien, by extension, was a hero. A natural born hero, even, since Ivan had fooled him into thinking that he had been of Darius Quentin's bloodline. Boy, had he ever been played for a fool.
Aiden had come out of the portal next, looking around in wonder. "Huh, now this is one heck of a huge place!" he said to Orion and Damien as they stood there, surveying the scene before them. It truly was a remarkable place here. The castle loomed in the distance and all around was quite a setting. It looked like it was separated in sections and each of them were very wide. It looked like it could take hours just to walk from one section to the next.
"Hmph, forget this!" Damien opened up a portal again and then beckoned them forth. They had started out on a hill looking at the world's capital. No way was Damien going to walk all of that distance when there was no need for it. "Call me lazy but I'm not spending hours walking in the wrong section!" Damien stated. With that, he had stepped through it and into what appeared to be like that of one of the busier parts of the city. Aiden gave Oriona a chuckle.
"I don't know about you but I have to agree with Damien on this one. I don't think walking all that way will do us any good. Besides, the doctor we're looking for...Schmiggles or whatever is probably in the more busier parts of the city. Let's go and find that cure!" Optimistic as ever, Aiden Wilder had followed Damien through the second portal. The other one had already closed up the minute Orion had stepped out of it. As soon as he would step through the second one, it would do the same as the first once he exited it.
Now that they were in what appeared to be a busier part of the city, Damien looked around. "Well, I've brought you here. I won't leave until I'm sure you've located this doctor you're looking for. Don't worry, I won't be leaving you here permanently, I just have matters I need to take care of is all but only once I'm certain you've found that doctor because I don't want to be nagged to death here by Aiden." Damien, underneath it all, had wanted to remove the mark on his shoulder guard's plate and make up for the things he had done. Considering what had happened recently, Damien no longer considered himself as a part of that organization. All he wanted now was to kill Ivan and then after that, he wasn't sure except try to make amends. He knew there were things he couldn't take back but he would do his best to turn over a new leaf for now. It's all he could do since an apology for things would not simply cut it for all the terrible things he had done under Ivan's orders. So, he was starting it by at least showing Orion that he could change. He hadn't forgotten Orion's drunken rant nor the fact that Orion had seemed to hate him. Damien didn't blame him for it either but Damien had still been right in the fact that he had believed that Orion would have betrayed The Order. He didn't hold it against Orion though since after the way he had been treated by Ivan, Damien had also betrayed it when he fought his adoptive father.
"That's right! You leave us here and the next time I see you,I'll nag you until you can't hear anymore!" Aiden stated simply. A slight smirk had appeared on Damien's face for a split second as he turned his head to look over at something unimportant to hide it.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 10:33:25 GMT -5
Orion stepped out of the portal and into the world of Cornelia. The portal that they had stepped through had brought them to a hill that overlooked the large capital. This being the first time Orion had ever seen Cornelia. He had been taught that it was the largest world in existence, but nothing had prepared him for the actual vastness of the large capital. Spotting the different large sections that made up the city, Orion couldn't help but feel awe. To imagine how long it must have taken to build such a city like this. Heck, just one of the sections of the city could have easily been the size of the entirety of Twilight Town!
Hearing Aiden comment next to him, Orion couldn't help but nod in agreement. Huge seemed to small of a word to accurately describe this place. "The World of Cornelia is more then just the large city. It is also made up of several different forests, mountain ranges, islands, and even the ancient elvan city of Elfenhiem. Words cannot describe the vastness of the world. One day you will travel there and see just for yourself." Orion recalled the words of his master. He had been right. There was no way he could have ever accurately imagined this!
Hearing Damien pipe in, Orion nodded. That's right... He didn't have time to waste here. "Your dying every second and you are sitting here gawking like some sort of idiot!" He thought to himself. Part of Orion still couldn't believe that he was going to die. A small part of him was angry at the world. But the feeling that he struggled against constantly was the feeling of defeat. Every second it required continuous effort. It was a tiring struggle against something that Orion did not know how to defeat.
Following Damien and Aiden through the portal that Damien created, they stepped into a busier section of the city. Orion had no clue as to what section they were specifically in, but at least they didn't have to spend time walking through a gate and through other sections of the city. Hearing Damien and Aiden exchange words, Orion chose to remain silent. His long white hair and long beard received a couple of different looks from people passing by.
Listening to Damien explain that he would help them find the doctor and then would retreat to do some personal business, Orion nodded. "Alright." Was all he said. Even if Damien didn't return, Orion wouldn't blame him.
"How do you suppose we'll find the doctor?" Orion asked, glancing around. "The doctor from the Land of Dragons said that he'd be in Immigrants Town. Wonder if this is the place?" Now that he glanced around at the different people he realized that there were a lot of different types of individuals here. There were people with various sorts of different styles of clothing, different skin complexions, and different features. Perhaps that was why they had glanced at Orion. He did look much different from Damien and Aiden.
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Post by Sprow on May 20, 2013 14:40:10 GMT -5
Damien was mystified about how large this world was compared to those he had seen before. If he had thought Land of Dragons was large, this one was even larger! They didn't have time to gape at the scenery though and Damien had been sure to pull them all back to their mission. The sooner Orion found that doctor, the sooner he could find a possible cure. As soon as they got into the busy section he had portaled them to, Damine glanced around in wonder. Immigrant's Town, according to Orion, was where the doctor claimed the one they were searching for was said to be in.
"Well, considering how people look we're either right smack dab in the right spot...or completely out of the way and don't even know it yet!" Damien claimed. Aiden glanced around curiously. People were definitely different in appearance. He could see the way people were looking at them and then Orion. A lot seemed to be giving Orion a long stare as if they were shocked by his appearance or something.
"Sheesh, you'd think they have never seen a man with an unshaven face and long hair before!"
Damien rolled his eyes and shook his head at that before walking over to someone. "No use standing here, let's ask around and see what we can find." As Damien walked up to someone, they seemed to have shrunk back a bit. He was somewhat taller than they were and the look on Damien's face seemed to intimidate them for reasons Damien couldn't understand. He was used to not smiling at all. Having been accustomed to always wearing a serious expression, the muscles in his face were used to keeping a frown or grim expression on his face. No one would ever believe that naturally, his face was able to form a smile by itself if he didn't keep the muscles so fixed on frowning or anything that wasn't a smile. No one would even know his eyes were naturally wide as well since he usually kept his brow firmly set. Asking them about the doctor, Damien merited nothing so far.
"Ask around, there's bound to be someone that knows where he is." Aiden nodded in agreement and started to ask people as well. Things were much easier with three people working on finding someone rather than just one single person.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 18:53:19 GMT -5
Where did one find a doctor in a city like this? Well Damien was right about one thing, the best thing to do was ask around. However Orion was having more trouble than the other two. Everytime Orion approached someone, they quickly lowered their heads and turned away. It was something that baffled him. Was it the hair and the beard? Was he that hideous or something?
"Um... excuse me." He tried once again, trying to get the attention of a middle aged man. The man quickly lowered his head and quickened his step.
"Just what is with these people?!" Here he was wasting what precious time he had left, and people wouldn't even bother to look at him. It made him angry. As he tried to get the attention of a passing woman he called out again. "Hey can..." He began, but the woman quickly lowered her head as well. Having just about enough, Orion grabbed the woman by the shoulder.
He didn't even pause to think before he made such an action, instead just grabbing her out of frustration. "Look will you just stop for a second!" He shouted. The people immediately all around him grew very quiet, as their eyes looked on at Orion as if he were some sort of mad men. The woman, who now was forced to look up, had a look of what Orion could only describe as pure terror.
"P...Please sir! Don't hurt me." Orion saw complete terror on her face, and all of it from him. Orion didn't understand it. Why was she so scared?
"Mister nobleman sir. Please just let her go. She meant no disrespect, no matter what she did. I have money, I can pay you." One of the watchers came forward and said to Orion.
He a nobleman? Well techniquely that was true... But he looked nothing like a nobleman. Orion was clearly surprised by this sudden mistake. "Look..." Orion began. He wanted to explain himself.
"You nobleman are all the same!" A voice interrupted him. From the crowd a young woman broke through the gathered crowd. Dressed in black jeans, a black tanktop that showed the naval, and a black lace, longs sleeved sleeved see through blazer, Orion's eyes fixed on her pale skin and long midnight colored black hair. Light blue frost colored eyes glared at Orion.
"P...pardon?" Orion began to ask. The young woman, who stood at only five feet and a half, marched right up to Orion. She placed a finger on his chest, poking him, as she continued.
"Well we've had enough of it! You nobleman come to our side of town and harass us just because you were here longer then we were! What makes you so much better than us? What gives you the right to come here and harass this woman! I wont just sit by any longer! You want to harass someone, than try me on for size." The young woman fell back and entered into a hand to hand combat stance.
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Post by Sprow on May 20, 2013 23:21:08 GMT -5
No one treated Damien or Aiden any differently. The two of them didn't have Orion's appearance. The two remained in the given area though as they questioned people passing by. The faster they gathered information, the faster they could find this elusive doctor. Damien, due to his usual demeanor, seemed to scare information out of people. Information that Damien didn't care for. For some strange reason, people seemed to think he was a guard or something. Either that or he was just so intimidating that people believed he was someone they should speak the truth to or risk getting hurt over it.
Aiden, on the other hand, seemed to be having more luck. The issue on his end though was that he couldn't say the doctor's name right. He kept saying variances of the name to the point where people had no idea what this random teenager was even talking about. A lot of people either left after a few exchanges with him in a huff claiming he was just wasting their time or just left shaking their heads, confused.
None seem making much progress. Before long, Aiden had decided to reunite with one of the others. Surely, Orion or Damien knew the right name! He couldn't, for the life of him, remember or even say the name right. As he headed back, he caught sight of what seemed to be some sort of commotion. There was a lady in a fighting stance for hand-to-hand combat facing off a man with long, whitish blond hair and bear.
"Wait...hang on.that's Orion!" Aiden exclaimed. Just what in the world was going on? As he happened upon the scene, he heard something about noblemen and that if he wanted to harass them then he could try her on for size. Confusedly, Aiden made his way over to the crowd closest to the commotion and looked between Orion and the woman. She didn't look very pleasant and if Aiden didn't say something she might just as well pop Orion in the face or something.
"Orion! What's that girl taking about?" Aiden called out to his friend. It wasn't hard to miss a blue haired teenager in a crowd, especially if he was directing a question at you and as persistent as Aiden.
In the meantime, Damien had wandered off a little, asking questions. All the while, he kept getting frightened responses. One person even claimed that they would give him anything so long as he didn't hurt them. Damien had told them that he didn't need anything except information about the doctor. They had seemed mightily confused but finally, told him where to find this doctor. Well, at least a general direction in this town. With information, Damien turned back towards where the others would most likely be. He would be just happening upon the scene moments after Aiden happened upon it as well.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2013 9:27:25 GMT -5
"Look lady! I don't want to fight you, I'm not even a nobleman!" He explained, raising his hands to show that he was unarmed.
The woman though seemed to be having none of it. She shook her head. "Oh no you don't! I'm not letting you just walk away! Your kind has troubled the people here for too long!"
It was at about that time that Aiden suddenly showed up. Orion was alerted to his presence by his sudden question. The kid had a knack of making his way through crowds, whether or not they wanted him to. It was undoubtedly just a natural part of the young teen. Hearing his question, Orion had no answer.
"I have no flippin clue! Look lady, I'm not a nobleman! Heck I just got here!" The woman glanced from Aiden to Orion and then back to Aiden again.
Her eyes drew closer together in suspicion. Instead of addressing Orion, she turned to Aiden. "He speaking the truth kid? He didn't threaten to beat you up or something? You don't have to be afraid, I can protect you."
Rolling his eyes, Orion just folded his arms. "Look lady! I'm not some nobleman! I'm just trying to find a doctor." And he needed to find that doctor quickly. He was wasting what little time that he had.
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A mountain of paperwork. That was what sat before the First Commander. "Seriously... I need to get an assistant or something." Back when she had first taken the job, Sicily would have never guessed that the majority of her time as First Commander would be spent sitting behind a desk.
Running a military force was not easy work. There were constant bills to be looked at, decisive actions to take, meetings to attend, and finally paperwork to fill out. The other parts of the job weren't as bad as the darn paperwork! Sighing, Sicily rested her elbows on top of the desk and slowly began to rub the temples of her frontal lobe.
"I need a vacation."[/color] How long had it been since she took a day just for herself. It felt like ages had past since she went on a vacation. She couldn't just leave though. The whole organization would fall apart the moment she did! It would take her weeks of preparation to take one vacation.
"Mam." A voice called out from her doorway. Glancing up, The First Commander laid her tired eyes on the secretary. She was a young thing, only in her young twenties. When she had been in her twenties, Sicily had been leading a patrol. How easy life had been then!
"How can I help you Marge?" She asked.
"Your meeting with his majesty mam. It's in fifteen minutes."
Swearing, Sicily leaped out of her seat. She had forgotten all about that meeting! She was going to have to sprint all the way there to make it on time. Being late for an appointment with the king was not something one wanted to do. Sicily practically flew through the room, almost knocking down poor Marge as she brushed past her. "Thanks Marge! Lock my room!" She told her. That mountain of paperwork would have to wait. She had a meeting with the King.
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Post by Sprow on May 21, 2013 20:38:29 GMT -5
Aiden looked very puzzled to see Orion being confronted by a woman here. Just what was going on and why was she calling him a nobleman? Raising and eyebrow, Aiden watched as Orion tried to explain that he meant no harm. When he had spoken up, Aiden could see what looked to be suspicion written all over the woman's face. The young Wilder hadn't hesitated in taking in the woman's appearance either as she looked back at him as if she suspected some sort of foul play. All she would detect from Aiden was simply innocent confusion and curiosity.
Orion had finally stated that he hadn't a clue to Aiden. Bringing his gaze back onto the woman as Orion tried to convince the woman he wasn't a nobleman, the woman had focused on Aiden. The young Wilder rose an eyebrow as she directed her words to him. What she had called him though had annoyed him. Bringing his arms up, Aiden folded them in a disgruntled manner. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just call me a kid!" Leave it to Aiden to have cheek during a time like this! Well, at least he was distracting the woman from pulverizing Orion for now in case help arrived. Even now, if it was needed, Damien would be arriving soon. He had wandered off a bit of a ways and was just coming back from where he had gone to locate the rest.
"As for your question about my friend, Orion, here he is telling the truth. He's not a nobleman." Of course, not anymore from what Orion had kept telling Aiden. "Heh! You think a Wilder is going to need saving? No disrespect meant but you don't have to worry about me. I can take care of myself!" Aiden possessed an arrogance that came from four hundred years before him. "Thank you though." Aiden had walked over to Orion and stood next to him, looking around at the others. Now that they had the attention of the people here, Aiden hoped someone in the crowd might be able to help them. Just as he was about to, he saw a familiar face in the crowd. Damien had arrived, looking over at them now with a confused expression upon his face.
Aiden, disregarding who was there for the moment, waved merrily over at Damien as if nothing seemed to bother him. "Hey, Damien!" Aiden greeted before remembering what they were here for. Gasping, as if he had forgotten something really important (which it was to Orion and him), Aiden spoke. "OH! Does anyone here know where to find a doctor that works around here? His name's I think....Schmidt or Schmiggles or...well, it's something like that! Can you tell us where he is? My friend, Orion, needs one. Please? Pretty please?" Aiden asked the crowd around them. He didn't seem to be even phased in the slightest about what happened or the fact that people were looking at him strangely. Aiden really was a carefree kid.
Damien didn't dare go near Orion and Aiden. He had seen Aiden wave over at him, greeting him. Instinctively, Damien made sure the emblem on his left guard was concealed. It looked like things were simmering down, whatever they were. For now, Damien remained in the crowd amongst people. Some had turned to look at him but he paid them no mind. He wasn't quite sure what was going on here, actually.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2013 17:47:05 GMT -5
That was what Orion had been trying to explain the entire time! He wasn't a nobleman! "At least not anymore anyway." He silently said to himself. All of this was just like a big slap in the face. It reminded him of all the things that had occurred since he last left home. What must his father think of him now? And his mother? "She must be so saddened by my decisions."
Well at least he wasn't going to be alive much longer it seemed. Hearing Aiden announce himself as a Wilder, the woman fell out of her combat stance and into a more relaxing posture. She crossed her arms though and raised an eyebrow at Aiden. "A Wilder huh?"
Seeing that Orion wasn't a danger, the majority of people began moving on. New passerbys still gave Orion a cold shoulder whenever he looked at them. As Aiden went on to explain to almost anyone that passed by that he was in need of help, Orion rubbed his arm uncomfortably. Why'd Aiden have to go and announce to the world that he needed help? Orion didn't need that kind of attention.
The woman who had confronted Orion had yet to move on though. "Your looking for a doctor? I don't know any doctors of that name, but there's really only one doctor in Immigrants Town."
Orion glanced over at the woman. He didn't want her help either. "I know I need to find the doctor, but why do we have to keep drawing more people into it. This is my problem. Not there's."
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Post by Sprow on May 22, 2013 23:17:53 GMT -5
Aiden's attention had drifted away from Damien almost instantly now that he was focused on the doctor issue. He watched as the woman from earlier had dropped her battle stance. She seemed to either be curious of Aiden or simply believing what Aiden had told her. The boy wasn't lying to her either. Aiden truly was a Wilder and he was proud of it despite his relationship with his brother and mother. When the girl had replied to what he had said about being a Wilder, Aiden had nodded in response.
"Yes, I am a Wilder! All true Wilders have blue hair and were trained since we could walk and talk on how to fight." Aiden was such a brag but it was clear that he was proud of his heritage. He could go on about his family heritage if this girl permitted but he had managed to bring his train of thought back onto the topic of finding that doctor.
Honestly, Aiden didn't mean to drag others into Orion's problem. The only thing Aiden had really cared about was getting Orion help. He didn't want for Orion to die even if it seemed inevitable. Aiden liked Orion as a friend and would do anything to help him. Since he was young though, Aiden didn't stop to think on half the things he did. He was just sixteen but there were still plenty of things that he had yet to learn. The youth's face fell a bit when asking the crowd turned up nothing from others and the woman started off stating that she didn't know any doctor by any of those names. When she said there was only one doctor in this town though, Aiden lit up again. Maybe they were making a breakthrough?
"Oh! Do you know where we can find him?"
All the while, Damien remained put and listened from afar. He had no intention of directing any attention to himself for the time being. Considering how that woman had acted earlier Damien wouldn't be surprised if he, too, was turned on for no reason. Whatever got the people here so jumpy, Damien couldn't be sure but he didn't want to cause problems if it meant the others figuring out where the doctor would be.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2013 14:02:03 GMT -5
Orion had begun to wonder just what had happened to Damien. Was he still asking around? Glancing around and simply not spotting him, Orion figured he must be. He did not know that Damen was near enough to listen and watch them. Perhaps he too was being target just like Orion was. "What's so different about us?" He asked himself.
Listening to the conversation between Aiden and the woman, Orion was slow to pick up on the fact that the woman might be able to lead them right to where the doctor was. "Sure do. Though I don't know if I'd call him a doctor exactly. But I can lead you two to him if that is what you wish. Just think of it as my way of saying sorry for um... mistaking you for a nobleman." That last sentence was aimed at Orion.
The young man just rolled his eyes. No offense to the woman, but Orion really didn't want her help. The only reason he would let her help them was because he had no other choice.
"And I assume your a Wilder as well. Your lucky your son here was to explain things otherwise I'd have kicked your ass." She started to tell him.
Orion couldn't help but choke on the very air at hearing of that. "My what?!" Did he just hear that correctly?!
"That's your dad right?" The woman asked Aiden. Orion just wanted to hide under a rock.
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Post by Sprow on May 23, 2013 21:30:29 GMT -5
Damien could see Orion glancing around. Maybe he was searching for him in the crowd? Regardless, Damien remained put. He would remain out of sight for now in case the woman mistook him for a threat of some kind. It really had looked as if she were about to attack just moment's before. The woman only simmered down enough to no longer present herself as an enemy. Whatever was being said, he could hear. The woman knew where the doctor was and could lead them there. Well, there was a breakthrough after all. Much better than the vague answer he had received earlier.
Aiden lit up as the woman claimed that she knew the doctor and that she could show them where he was. "Oh wow, thank you! Could you, please? We've been trying to find him since getting here."
What the lady said next though had made Aiden and Orion look as if a tidal wave had hit them. Damien, whom had heard from afar, blinked with confusion. How could she think that Orion was Aiden's father? Aiden gave the lady a very confused look as she had turned her attention back onto him then. How could she think that Orion was his father? Blinking, Aiden glanced back over at Orion and then realized why. Orion looked older because of his bear and long, disheveled hair. Aiden tried hard to not snicker then when he realized why as Orion reacted to what the lady had said in surprise.
Aiden brought his gaze back over to the woman, doing his best to not laugh then. "A-Actually, he's my friend. He just looks old because of the beard and the hair!" Aiden said, an obvious note of amusement in his voice. Oh boy, Orion might just smack Aiden over the head for that remark about his hair and beard. Damien, looking at Orion, realized too what the others had thought.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 19:13:02 GMT -5
Orion was ready to smack Aiden across the head, indeed! The woman found the entire thing hilarious probably too, smiling at Aiden. "Whoops! My mistake! I just thought you were older. I meant no offense." She seemed to mean those words, at least Orion thought so. Still he was just about ready to call this whole thing quits. It was like everyone was having fun at his expense. And he was just sitting here dying.
"Can we get a move on now?" Orion asked.
The woman nodded. "Right... Follow me then." Slightly forgetting about Damien, since he was doing his best to remain unnoticed by the woman, Orion was to busy worrying about everything else to think about their missing party member. He would have to follow them through the crowd.
Their party headed away from the busy section of Immagrant's Town, the woman leading them along the streets and past vendors and shops. The getup was very similar to the Market Place in the Enchanted Domain. "That's what this place reminds me of!' Orion came to the sudden realization.
Being in a large place like this reminded Orion of home. The thought of home was accompanied by many mixed feelings of regret, anger, and disappointment. "I wonder what mother is doing now?" He must have broken her heart. Orion's mother had always done her best to protect Orion. "And I've failed her."
Orion was brought out of his thoughts when they came to a sudden halt. They stood before a tall square two story building made of solid brick with closed and covered windows and an iron door with the words "Doctor Shutter" etched into the top of the door.
"This is it!" The woman announced.
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Post by Sprow on May 24, 2013 20:24:20 GMT -5
Aiden didn't realize he had basically insulted Orion. It wasn't really something the kid could help since he lacked tact. Still, if Orion hated it he should have shaved the beard and cut his hair by now. Then again, not like Orion could help it after getting hit by quite a torrential wave of bad news. People coped in their own way. Orion might have thought they were making jokes at his expense but it was only out of fun. Where there may be a serious situation, it was always good to have some bit of fun in one's life even if it had the chance or turning out to be short lived. It would not be unjust though if Orion had actually smacked Aiden on the back of his head though.
As the woman apologized, Aiden gave a nod in response. "Well, he is older just not that old!" Aiden said with a chuckle. Hey, if Orion was going to poke at him by calling him a kid, Aiden didn't mind calling Orion older now and then. Of course, in good fun. Never to actually mean Orion any real insult. Orion seemed to have had enough though as he asked if they could all get a move on it. Aiden gave a nod as the woman nodded too, telling them to follow her. Neither of them seemed to have remembered Damien as they followed the woman through the busy street with him tagging along behind. No one, at a glance, would know Damien was with them anyway at the distance in which he walked but yet kept them all still in his line of view.
As they walked, Aiden looked at his surroundings with some interest. He hadn't been to another world before in his life so this was new to him. People here though didn't really look all that different. Even Damien and Orion hadn't looked any different to Aiden. Of course, there were some beings that did make Aiden look in wonder but not a lot. If the woman hadn't announced they had made it to where they were going, Aiden would have collided with her back before stopping abruptly to look at the structure before them. Aiden rose a brow as he read what was on the building.
"Huh, he was rightfully named! Look at the place! It's all shut up as if it's an actual shutter!"
Damien, bringing up the rear from a distance, looked upon the building in silence. Careful to not direct attention to himself, he would wait for Orion and Aiden to enter before he would take his leave of them to remove the emblem on his left shoulder guard. 'So this is the place...' Already, Damien was making a mental picture of it in his mind. Once he had visited a place in a world, it was easier for him to travel via portals to get there.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 21:17:13 GMT -5
Orion glanced up at the place. "Seems run down to me..." Orion commented. The woman next to him chuckled.
"You got that right. I don't know what you want with Doctor Shutter, but I wish you all the luck. Well I better get going... Sorry again about causing you trouble. I really didn't mean it."
Orion nodded in response but he wondered why the woman seemed so eager to run off. "It's alright." He told her. At least she had brought him to the doctor. Perhaps here he might find a cure.
The woman turned to Aiden and gave him a smile. "My name's Barcio but everyone just calls me Bo. Good luck Mr. Wilder and..." Turning to Orion she waited for Orion to introduce himself. He realized then that he hadn't given her his name.
"Orion. My name's Orion."
Bo nodded in understanding and stretched out a hand for Orion to shake. Taking it, she continued. "Nice to meet you two. If you ever need anything else while your here you can find me at the Loki Family Dojo. We're in the northern part of Immagrant's Town. See you guys around. Good luck with the doctor." Without wasting too much time, Bo turned about and headed back the way she came.
Orion found her exist slightly mysterious. "Was it just me, or did she seem eager to leave?"
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Post by Sprow on May 24, 2013 21:46:52 GMT -5
Aiden gave a nod at what Orion said about the building. It did look run down, now that Orion had pointed that one out. It looked sort of creepy in a way. Most doctor's offices, at least any that Aiden knew of, were usually very well kept. This, it looked as though the doctor that owned the place didn't care about outside appearances. Maybe it was just because he was too busy and figured people would come to him because he was that good or the only doctor here anyway? Really, Aiden could only wonder about that.
It was the woman's turn to talk. Glancing back over at her, Aiden heard her saying that she didn't know what they had to do with him but she wished them the best of luck. Where her demeanor was friendly, Aiden had to wonder about her wanting to leave. Maybe she had an errand to tend to? He didn't know if it was linked to Doctor Shutter though.
"Thank you!" Aiden had thanked the woman as she had turned to him. "Nice to meet you, Bo! You can just call me, Aiden!" Despite Rowen having tried to fix the story a little to his descendants, the Wilders still believed Red Loki was an orc or something. Lance's best efforts couldn't fix what had been wrought and it still stuck today. So when Barcio revealed that she was a Loki, it didn't dawn on Aiden that she might be a descendant of Red Loki by some means or even Artemis Loki because the Wilder family still thought the Red Loki was a Gred Loki and a family of orcs or what not. Poor Red must have had one hell of a time on the other side with Rowen for that one even though Jean and Rowen had honored Red by naming one of their children after him. Still, Aiden did look at her curious then when she had mentioned the Loki dojo. "Loki" really did sound familiar to him.
"Thank you again, Bo! See you again sometime!" Aiden bade her farewell and watched her go. As she had, Damien was careful to not be in her path as she went. Now that it was just down to Orion and Aiden, Damien finally walked over to where they were quietly. He almost gave Aiden a heart attack as a result though when he suddenly spoke in response to Orion's question.
"That she did. There must be a reason behind it but why waste time wondering? If you insist, I will head inside with the both of you but if you feel you should be fine without me from here, I will attend to what things need to be done and return." Of course, Orion might probably look at Damien suspiciously at this point but there wouldn't be a need for it. Damien had no intention of doing anything wrong except removing the mark on his shoulder guard. Once that was taken care of he might learn a bit more about this world. Damien had a bit of a liking for knowledge but nothing like his ancestor two hundred years ago.
"I think we'd be fine! And don't you dare do that again! I almost had a heart attack!" Aiden quipped over at Damien, whom looked back at him with a confused expression before the two of them looked over at Orion. "Right, Orion?" Aiden had asked him.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2013 18:15:53 GMT -5
Orion was ready to punch Damien in response to his sudden appearance behind them! Just where had he come from? Listening to what the young teen had to say, Orion couldn't help but get the feeling that Damien had other things that he wanted to do. The way he spoke about the woman that just led them here revealed that Damien had at least gotten wind of what was going on between them.
"I wonder why he hadn't said anything or joined us in the conversation?" Orion asked himself. Thinking about the subject matter a bit further, Orion came to the conclusion that perhaps Damien didn't really want to stick around. It would make sense given everything that had happened.
Why should he care if Damien stayed around or not? Damien owed Orion nothing. Orion hadn't asked for his help, he was simply going along with Damien because of his abilities to teleport them here. "Yes... We'll be fine." Orion answered. At least they had managed to find the doctor's office. From here if Damien wanted to leave it would be just fine with Orion.
"I don't need anyone anyway..."
Waiting to see Damien leave, Orion wondered if he had anything else to say before he did. If not than Orion had every intention of knocking on this door and seeing just what this doctor could do. The ex-prince did not have high hopes for finding a cure, but he felt the need to try. Part of Orion might be hung up and depressed about his current life, but a part of him still wanted to live and find a cure.
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Post by Sprow on May 26, 2013 21:38:57 GMT -5
Damien hadn't said anything or joined in because he had his reasons. He didn't want to cause any trouble with a woman that clearly put on a display of aggression earlier. It would have only wasted more time in the long run. Now that they were here, Damien decided that now would be a great time to get the emblem on his shoulder guard removed. It's not like it would take him all that long. It was understandable that the others would think he was leaving them permanently but he did say that he would be coming back.
Once Orion said that they would be fine, Aiden looked silently between them as Damien gave a nod. "Where are you going, Damien?" Aiden asked him. Damien looked over at Aiden.
"I've things I need to take care of. I'll be back later." Without saying anything else, giving them a nod, Damien turned and left. His ragged cape flowing with the motion of his stride as he walked. Aiden cast one last look at Damien before looking up at Orion.
"Guess this means we head in then." Aiden would walk with Orion up to the building. While Orion would be probably ringing the doorbell, Aiden would be scrutinizing the appearance of the building up close. It really did look run down and it looked as if the doctor or whomever didn't like to have visitors or people seeing what lay within. It didn't make Aiden feel uneasy though. He was his usual, happy go lucky self.
Having parted with Orion and Aiden, Damien walked into the depths of the town. It didn't take long for him to locate a shopping area. Being sure to keep the emblem covered, Damien walked casually down the street to look for anyone that did armor of any sort or someone that did some kind of paint job that could cover the emblem.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2013 23:07:33 GMT -5
Approaching the door Orion found himself feeling slightly nervous. "Here goes nothing." Not exactly trusting the outer appearance of the place, Orion rung the doorbell. There was no sound of a doorbell ringing from the inside, however Orion was startled by a thump from the other side of the door.
Taking a step back in his surprise, Orion was greeted to a pair of starring blue eyes from a small opening that had appeared in the door. Orion hadn't seen the person on the other side pulling the handle on the other side of the door that opened the square peephole.
Light blue eyes blinked at the two of them from the other side of the door. "And just who are you?!" A crackling voice said from inside. It was a definite male voice, but it carried a hint of abruptness through quick speaking.
"Well I um..." Orion began but became flustered.
"Well out with it sonny! I'm a busy man, and I'm expecting three individuals. You are only two, so what is it that brings you to my doorstep." If there was a time for Aiden to pitch in, now would be the time to do it.
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The First Commander strolled through Immigrant's Town pretty much oblivious to all that occurred around her. Having just finished her meeting with His Majesty, she had decided to take a more scenic route back to the barracks. She needed time to think about what had just happened.
Anyone watching her would not easily recognize her. She did not wear the standard armor and emblem that soldiers in the army were required to wear. Instead she wore an officer's uniform consisting of black pants, brown boots,and a navy green long sleeves shirt that would have shown the emblem of a flying hawk crest of the King of Cornelia had it not been for the sleevless vest like coat she wore over her shirt. The coat was mustard in color with the design of a black and gold dragon etched onto the front of it. The coat hugged her waist through a white sash tied in a knot. The sash normally held her weapons, but today she walked without the sabre she was accustom to wearing on her right hip.
Her short cut brown hair could have easily been mistaken for a boys if it wasn't for the red lipstick and black eyeliner on her face. As her mind continued to mull over things, she missed the variety of stares she received. She was clearly not a foreigner, and the hard expression she usually carried while deep in thought was on full display to the people around.
The King's words had troubled her greatly. It had been more than a month now without word from Captain Lara and her gang. His Majesties spy network had brought back even more troubling news. The Prince of Ravens had been spotted in the Enchanted Domain trying to save a necromancer from execution. In the Land of Dragons the organization known as the Church of the Destroyer is continuously reeking havoc in the main city. The latest report revealed that there had been a direct attack on the Wilder Family just yesterday. But that wasn't even the worst of the news. The worst came from Twilight Town.
"The Prime Minister has disappeared." The First Commander recalled His Majesties words. No one could find the man. His Highness didn't have a clue as to who was currently running the world. But somebody was continuing things, and from the reports of hostility from the police there things weren't looking good.
The King was scared. In all honesty the First Commander couldn't blame him for feeling so. The news was very troubling. And here in Cornelia thing's were going alright, but everyday there were new reports of attacks from the Church of the Destroyer. Also the fact that there was still no word from Lara deeply troubled her as well. The King was considering sending another team to the lands there. The problem with that though was time. It would take weeks to reach the forests. Also who could they trust with such vital information?
"Such hard decisions to make! And the king wants me to make them!" She thought to herself. It was at about this time that while she was deep in thought she ran right into Damien's back. Having not been paying attention to the people in front of her, the First Commander found herself falling forward.
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Post by Sprow on May 27, 2013 2:10:09 GMT -5
Aiden waited with Orion in anticipation. He furrowed his brows when he heard no doorbell ring even though Aiden was certain that the older male had pushed the button for it. "...Maybe it was broken?" Aiden suggested. He would have knocked next if it weren't for the sudden appearance of eyes after a thud. Alerted to the sound, Aiden looked up at what appeared to be blue eyes gazing out at them both. For the most part, Aiden was quiet until he had recovered enough to speak.
"Oh! U-Um...w-we were told to come see you, sir. My friend here is sick and we were told that only you might be able to help him with his sickness. It's...no ordinary illness."
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Damien had been in the middle of examining a shop's wares that looked close to what he was searching for. He had noticed the military figure coming up from behind but he hadn't thought anything of it. After all, he had his emblem covered and therefore, it was concealed from view. Well, it was until the figure that he had assumed would have passed him had actually bumped into his back from behind! Upon impact, Damien felt himself falling forward. Immediately, he reacted by having his legs stagger forward to steady his balance.
As he turned, the cape had slid enough for the emblem to be seen if anyone were to look at him closely enough and not focus on the fact he was just about catching the person who had been falling forward. If he hadn't turned on the spot or even caught his own balance there would have been one or two people on the ground looking disgruntled.
Damien wasn't sure really how to react. It wasn't often he found himself in this kind of situation. From what he could tell, by the face alone, this was a woman and she was dressed like she were of someone of importance. Not realizing his emblem had been revealed, Damien helped the lady back to her normal balance and onto her feet. "Um...you...alright?" Damien questioned her. His normal reaction would have been "why don't you watch where you're going" but that had left him the second he took notice of her attire and overall appearance. Something told him that this wasn't someone you wanted to get on the bad side of.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2013 20:16:37 GMT -5
It was a good thing that Aiden had the tenacity to speak up because if he hadn't the man on the other side of the door might have told them to back off and go away. Orion was to flabbergasted to respond in time.
The person on the other side of the door responded almost immediately after Aiden finished speaking. "Oh so you are two of the three. But I was told there would be three! Well no matter, I can work with two out of three so long as one of the two is the one of the three."
Having trouble following those words, Orion just blinked as the small opening in the door was closed. What followed next could only be the sound of many locks being clicked open. And as the door swung open, Orion and Aiden were both hit by a blast of cold air from within. It was so sudden and shocking that it made Orion hold his breath in the suddenness.
Coming from the side, a very short old man stood in the doorway. He was easily over seventy years old with a balding grey head, wrinkled arms, legs, and face, and a grey mustache. He was dressed in a hawaian short sleeved dress shirt and khaki shorts. Orion could have had many guesses to the owner of the voice on the other side of the door, and never in a million years would he have guessed the man that stood before them.
"Well hurry up now! Your letting all my cold air out and the nasty warm heat in! IN! IN! IN!" The man shouted, grabbing both Orion and Aiden by their clothes and with a shockingly strong grip, he aimed to pull them inside.
Orion hadn't even been able to say a single word before the old man closed the door behind him! Just what had they gotten themselves into?
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It was lucky for Damien that the First Commander was too busy falling to notice his revealed emblem. The moment one started to fall every other thought they were currently having tends to flow right out the window. She actually did not benefit from falling into Damien. The First Commander could have easily righted her balance if she had been falling towards the ground.
Knocking into Damien from behind, and she lost all control she could have mustered. It took Damien's actions of catching her after he prevented his own self from falling to gain her control back. Even still, the First Commander's face was blushed bright red in embarrassment. How could she have fallen like that?! "I swear, I need to spend more time watching where I'm going!"
Feeling arms around her still, the First Commander looked up to her rescuer. She could only blink at the young man who had caught her. His dark colored hair, blue cape, and strange outfit placed him as a person who rightly fitted in Immagrant's Town. He surely wasn't a nobleman that was for sure. Yet there was something about him that seemed slightly familiar to her.
"I'm so sorry!" She began to explain herself, "I didn't mean to run into you! Thank you so much for catching me Mister um..."
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