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Post by Eldrin/Vai on Jun 23, 2012 14:56:54 GMT -6
Apparently unaware of Kadina's choking (or perhaps deliberately ignoring her in revenge for earlier), Eldrin gathered up several bangles and a set of earrings. "Just for detail," he said, slipping the bangles onto Thell's wrists. He examined her earlobes for a moment. They had been pierced at one point, but they were rather closed up by now. Eldrin stabbed the earrings into the holes regardless, reopening them rather roughly. He wiped away the little blood that came out, just to be clean about it. After that was taken care of, Eldrin proceeded to handcuff himself (without using his mouth), then handed the key, along with a key ring full of several others, to Thell. "Attach it to your sash-belt thing," he told her, watching Kadina's face change colors.
When he finally felt that she had suffered enough, Eldrin walked over to his longtime partner in crime. With a single blow that was probably far harder than it needed to be, Eldrin forced Kadina to spit the key back up. "You really need to learn to chew your food, Kadina..."
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Post by Rii/Thell on Jun 24, 2012 14:13:01 GMT -6
Thell was now dressed in the guard's uniform and was about to insist for the spear again when Eldrin came at her with jewelry. Suddenly bangles were on her wrists and her once pierced ears were being reminded of what it felt like to jab yourself with a needle. But it was an earring, and technically she used to put them in her ears all the time, but that didn't stop her from glaring at Eldrin all the same as he wiped away the blood. She didn't like being told what to do, but she took the key ring and attached it to her sash with a 'humph'. "Mister High and Mighty Prisoner," she said with a roll of her eye, though he likely wasn't paying attention since he was getting Kadina to spit up her key. She caught the key and slid it onto the key ring before realizing that now that everyone was cuffed, she had free claim to the weapons. A scratch-free spear for appearances, a dagger from a guard for just in case, and a satchel of Deku nuts. Taste your own medicine, Thell thought bitterly.
Then with a clap of her hands she turned around to face her prisoners. "Two things. How do you plan to cover up my scar, and for what purpose am I walking around with prisoners out of the prison?" She was eying Kadina's scarf like clothing that she couldn't put a name too. It served the same purpose as Thell's scarf, but Kadina's looked more suited for the dessert.
Vandir was thinking the same thing, already making his way over to the gypsy to investigate and see if it would work.
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Post by Faro/Blade on Jun 24, 2012 14:38:50 GMT -6
Blade put his cuffed hands and spit the key into them.
"That depends, what does your aunt do here?." Blade asked. He knew they couldn't afford to stand around talking while Gerudo guards sat in their own cells, but without a cover story they were better off locking themselves back up. "If she holds a position with enough power, you can take us straight to her."
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Kadina
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Post by Kadina on Jun 28, 2012 0:19:04 GMT -6
Kadina wanted to thank Eldrin and strangle him at the same time, but instead she offered an idea. "You could tell them we're on our way to get our Gerudo membership cards... Or that we have information pertaining to the rebels." She allowed them to take her scarf and use it however they pleased. "Just some suggestions. Hopefully, you won't be questioned though..."
Kadina didn't like what was happening beneath her metal cuffs. The charge from her body was starting to draw towards them and the more the iron bracelets jingled around her wrists, the more the two reacted. Her hair was beginning to rise with static. Goddesses help the soul who laid a hand on her now. Her entire body tickled with electricity.
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Post by Eldrin/Vai on Jun 28, 2012 1:04:08 GMT -6
Eldrin bit his lip as Kadina's cuffs jingled with electricity. He hated being useless like this, he couldn't even comfort her without shocking himself half to death.
"Or you could claim that Nadeana has requested to see old friends," he suggested in addition to Kadina's. Of course, old friends was probably stretching it. Last time he had seen Nadeana she was throwing kitchen supplies at him. Kadina, on the other hand, really was an old friend of the Gerudo princess. Maybe she could get away with it.
Eldrin shrugged his own thoughts away and listened for Thell's response to Blade's inquiry. He was actually quite interested to hear what their new friend's aunt did around here.
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Post by Rii/Thell on Jun 28, 2012 8:16:41 GMT -6
Thell nodded at the suggestions. It made sense. Now she would answer Blade's question, but not before approached Kadina. "Do you mind if I use this, prisoner?" she asked with a smile, pulling away the tagelmust. She began to wrap it around her face like she'd seen Gerudos do before in her younger days. "As for my aunt, she's a weapons master who trains the guards. Well, she got picked to. She's a... captain, I think? I don't really care. Either way, she knows how to make weapons, she's good with all of them, and she consistently beats all the other captains and officials, so that's how she got her second job. I guess we could get by with me having information for her from you guys if I'm under her."
"If she trains the guards won't she have... an office or something here?"
Thell shook her head at Vandir. "She had a separate building where she and my mom made weapons all the time. All her training... goes on there," Thell answered, voice slowing down and growing softer as she realized it didn't matter if her aunt had moved or had changed posts. She would never get rid of that building. "I know where I'm taking you guys. But we gotta go claim a cart or something. No idiot would send one guard with three prisoners wandering through the streets." And with that she gestured for them to go down the hall, though hopefully someone else would take the lead. She wasn't sure where to find a cart for their purposes.
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Post by Kadina on Jun 29, 2012 0:54:47 GMT -6
Kadina gladly lead the way. She knew the layout of the fortress like the back of her hand. However, were they to be seen, it would look a tad peculiar with the prisoners leading the guard.
Realizing this, the bandit almost grabbed Thell to drag her to the front, but withdrew her hands quickly afraid of the shock. "You get in front, I'll tell you where to go. Also, chin up. And poke out your chest. They do that a lot. And you need like a bitchy, doped up, there's-sand-in-my-eye look on your face. Sadly, we don't have any makeup to cake on your eyeballs, but I think with those few pointers you'll capture the essence of the prostitutes... er.. I mean gerudo women just fine" She smiled at Thell supportively and withdrew her hands yet again from patting Thell on the shoulders. Obviously, Kadina didn't care much for the race of desert women. Then again, her opinion was primarily based off of the ones who had thrown her behind bars.
"Now... if we want a cart, I suggest we head to the stables. Just watch out for the thieves who spotted us by the cliffs. I think they were heading out for treasure and if they've made it back then we're in a dangerous spot there next to the unloading station. You'll be fine though. I have faith in you." Kadina gave a thumbs up. "Now head down this hallway and take a left."
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Post by Rii/Thell on Jun 29, 2012 13:26:38 GMT -6
Thell's aunt didn't walk the way Kadina was describing, but al the Gerudo Thell never liked did, so she knew exactly what Kadina was referencing. She'd just have to go back to the days of before her scar when she thought she had reason to be angry at everyone and she was prideful in the most obnoxious way. That would do it just fine with a little adjusting.
"Stables. Got it," Thell said. Then a thought occurred. They were all handcuffed, but there were three of them. She looked around the belt that she had stolen from the Gerudo. Knife, knife, satchel, extra handcuffs, keys... bingo. Very fine and tightly braided rope. She picked up the coil and threaded it through the handcuffs of each of her "prisoners", knotting them together. She had plenty of excess, but she just put it back on her belt, holding onto it though to make it look like this was her way of 'supervising' the prisoners that were walking behind her. Then she kept walking, chin held higher as she remembered the days where she took confidence in her beauty, taking Kadina's directions. So far so good.
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Post by Kadina on Jul 5, 2012 22:08:22 GMT -6
"Great! You're doing a wonderful job. Now turn right up here. We're getting close to the dinning hall, but don't panic. Just keep up the good work and they'll never suspect a thing."
The chain gang followed submissively behind Thell as she dragged them along. Thunder rolled again in the distance and the storm was bringing in gusts of cool air through any possible vent or opening. Still, it wasn't enough to keep the nervous beads of sweat off of Kadina's forehead. She narrowed her eyes and proceeded as they encountered the dinning hall. "Just walk on past. Don't look in..." She crossed her fingers and tried to look as pathetic as possible once they stepped into view of the giant doorway.
Rows of gerudo women sat chattering. Their high pitched voices filled the air. Some of the women were out of uniform barely wearing anything but undergarments and their harems. They feasted on a plethora of fruit and poultry, no doubt from desert vultures and coo coos. Some were throwing darts at one of the far walls and some were pulling hair and rolling around on the floor over goddesses know what. Gerudo women were known for being greedy, territorial, and possessive, so it could have been for a vast number of reasons.
Kadina shifted her eyes back to the ground as they passed when suddenly a Gerudo from inside the dinning hall angrily shouted, "HEY!" The chattering stopped. Kadina's eyes widened and she froze causing the rest of the gang to bump into her. She slowly turned her head to see that the Gerudo wasn't addressing her, Thell, or the others but instead was addressing the brawling women in the corner. "That's neither of your necklace!! I took that from the Zora King myself!" She launched herself from the table top and dove into the fight, her fists swinging like a madman...err... women. Kadina exhaled in relief and the gang was on the move again.
"That was close..." She whispered behind Thell.
As the chattering died down the further they went, new voices occupied the air.
"8 casualties?! AAARGH!!" A loud pound resonated through the chamber. A fist on table top. "We've hardly the time for this shit! If we haven't subdued their disobedient endeavors before the fifth moon, we all answer to Lord Ganondorf... Rally a battalion of our best, even if that means reinforcements from the coast. Send Layna and Zadep to Aveil. Tell them we need their demolition squad and their best swordsmen. I want every archer in this establishment up in the cliffs by noon tomorrow. The storm is sweeping in soon. Atleast I can rely on it to hold off those rebellious fools." A bird squawked from inside the room.
"Nadeana... We can't go this way... Come on" Kadina jerked the rope and veered off down a different hallway quickly.
"Two days, Zahrah..." and the rest was inaudible. They were too far gone.
"Sounds like this civil war is getting ugly... but I wonder why the rush." She pondered a moment. "The stable is just ahead. Hopefully, you remember the way from there, right?"
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Post by Rii/Thell on Jul 5, 2012 22:42:57 GMT -6
Thell reached the stable with no problem.
A quick glance around made it possible for her to locate a simple cart that she could easily attach to a rather tame looking set of horses side by side in two stalls. The cart was mostly wooden, but a large metal cage had been built into the back. The door hung open, ready for prisoners to be pushed in and locked up, carted away to some discreet location to be interrogated and tortured or simply placed elsewhere. "Take a seat and fast, before someone sees you moving," Thell instructed as she hooked up the horses and Vandir locked them inside.
With all that done, Thell leapt into the front seat of the cart, grabbing the reins. "Now we just sit?" Vandir asked, appearing besides her.
"Actually, do you think you could find our stuff and meet us there?" Thell suggested.
"Wow, you came up with a good idea," Vandir remarked with a stiff laugh as he leapt off the cart. Thell sent him a pointed glare and then immaturely stuck her tongue out before snapping the reins gently.
The ride was fine, and they pulled up to a stone building two stories high. A low wall encased the building, giving it a yard in back and front. The back yard was a training paradisel .The front was far smaller and was only home to a small wooden sign that read 'KURNAN' with an axe and a sword painted on it. She parked the cart unlocking the cage and yanking out her prisoners for the show she was putting on for passerby. With that she hauled them to the front door, noting the windows on either side of the door that allowed one to see straight into the entire floor, which was just a large training room.
The Gerudo who opened the door had steely gray eyes, unlike Thell, but besides being slightly leaner she was the spitting image of Thell from her face structure to her hair color as well as her skin and height. Malya instantly recognized Thell. She gave a formal jerk of her head as Thell bowed slightly to the captain. With that Thell pulled her three living cargo into the building."Alright, guard. Let's take 'em up."
And then they were upstairs where there weren't any windows. Malya closed the door from the lower floor to the upper. The entire upper floor was a house, and they were currently in the living room. "Alright, you can let them loose. I want to see you all out of this place the instant you get your belongings and I finish up with Thellaris. I can get your stuff once I know where it is, and then you all need to be out quickly and quietly," Malya ordered, voice steely like her eyes as Thell cut the rope and freed Kadina before giving her the key to get Blade and Eldrin. "Hello, niece! What do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" Malya then asked in a warmer voice, throwing herself onto a couch with a friendly smile. "And I hope you explain that while you're at it." At the word 'that' Malya frowned and gestured to Thell's face where the tagelmust was now falling, revealing Thell's lack of a right eye.
"Someone's after me. He tried to burn me alive after he got my father, and I wondered if he'd come here looking for me or information," Thell began.
"Do I get a description?" Malya asked
"He smelled like rotting flesh and smoke," Thell informed her aunt. "I'd give you a physical description, but I can't be sure if he's changed forms with magic."
Malya stiffened. "Long brown hair? Dark green eyes?" she asked. Thell nodded, eyes narrowed. "He's not changing forms. I do remember him. He somehow got behind our defenses and held an older guard and friend of mine at knife point and asked her things. He left before we could catch him, but he had killed her." Malya by now was standing and pulling out a sheet of paper. It was a sketch of what the man had looked like, and Thell stiffened at the sight of him. Malya retracted the paper and looked back at it herself. She frowned. "I feel like I've seen him before that, though..." She suddenly took her thumbs and placed it over part of the man's hair, making it appear shorter. Her face lit up. "That's right! He was the man who commissioned your mother to use her fire magic and burn down a select group of trees near Kokiri forest to protect his village, Nolna, if I remember right. He'd said it was cursed or something. But your mother never got the chance, because she'd said she would do it after she had you..." And Thell and Malya knew her mother never took another breath after having Thell.
"Where is Nolna?" Thell asked.
"It's a village, and who knows if it's around anymore? None of my shitty captain maps have it. You're going to need a map around 20 years old that's detailed enough to have village names near Kokiri forest. Someone here wouldn't happen to have stolen one of those recently... right? Or know where to find one?"
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Post by Faro/Blade on Jul 6, 2012 11:59:45 GMT -6
As Blade was freed from the cuffs, he listened intently to the exchange between Thell and her aunt. When Nolna came up, he spit out the key he'd been carrying in his mouth so he could speak. It landed with a bang after glancing off one of his teeth on the way out. He took a moment to favor it before speaking.
"I know someone who doesn't need a map find Nolna." He announced. "I usually smell my way there from just outside the Kokiri village."
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Post by Eldrin/Vai on Jul 8, 2012 21:43:19 GMT -6
Eldrin was massaging his wrists and wondering about Zahrah's new assignment when Malya directed a question at them. Blade answered before he could even think of a sarcastic remark... "Wonder if Nolna was..." he furrowed his brow in thought for a moment, then changed his mind. "Well, that's good. We'll just follow Blade's nose. And we even have a faster way to travel now that we stole that cart."
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Post by Rii/Thell on Jul 9, 2012 12:21:59 GMT -6
Malya's eyes seemed to flash as her head snapped to look at Eldrin. Then just as fast her gaze locked on Thell once more. "You stole a cart?" she hissed.
"Well I clearly stole a guard uniform, too, but you make no remark on that," Thell shot back.
Malya pressed her hands against a dresser, hanging her head as she thought things through. Then she straightened. "We need to find out where your things are. You need to leave and not come back until after the circumstances here change. I'll write you and you can visit without getting thrown in a cell," Malya instructed, and Thell didn't look too happy about being bossed around. But it was her aunt, her very skilled aunt, so she let it be.
That was when Vandir crawled in through the windows. "Hey, your stuff is being held in storage chamber 4," he informed them before realizing Malya was there. "Greetings, Malya. I'm sorry I haven't been able to meet you until now."
Malya's nostrils flared at the magical wooden creature. "Blast your father and his wood," she hissed once she realized it was Thell's. "I'll go retrieve it and write you an order to have these prisoners turned in for a prize at Hyrule before we meet up at the entrance and send you on your way. I assume at least one of you has a price on your head," Malya observed sharply, eyes falling on Eldrin. "You reek of thievery. And I have sharp hearing. What were you going to say about Nolna? Don't be shy now."
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Post by Kadina on Jul 9, 2012 16:55:29 GMT -6
Kadina had been flipping through the key ring trying different ones on her cuffs when a tiny box on a table nearby caught her eye. Just another unnecessary distraction she couldn't resist. She quietly stepped towards it as Malya and Thell spoke and was about to lift the top when Malya snapped at her niece for stealing the cart. Kadina shot up straight and hid behind Blade. The keys jingled. Maybe she had better leave that alone. After all, Malya didn't seem like someone Kadina wanted to mess with.
After getting half way through the key ring, Vandir entered the room. Malya seemed to scold his existence. How the gerudo trainer could make such a remark towards quite possibly the most fascinating thing Kadina had ever seen was beyond her comprehension. Yet another clue this wasn't a gerudo she wanted to piss off. Besides, the odds weren't in her favor being cuffed and all. She decided it would be best to keep her lips sealed while visiting Thell's harsh aunt.
Right now, I just need to focus, find the right key, get my things, and is that an original urn by Kitari Yan?! Oh! Marvelous! I wannit... She tilted her head, frowned, and gazed with pure longing from behind Blade.
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Post by Faro/Blade on Jul 10, 2012 11:37:51 GMT -6
"Well, she's got you pegged, Eldrin." Blade said with a grin as he felt Kadina brush against his back, picking through the key ring. Blade pointed out a key that was the same as the one he'd been carrying in his cheek like an acorn. "Try this one," He said before bringing Kadina's ear close to his mouth in an attempt to defeat Mayla's hearing. "And don't steal anything you can't carry." He said it in a joking manner, but he also meant it sincerely. Kadina and Eldrin would likely be leaving with more than what they had coming in, and he didn't have a problem with that. A original Kitari, however, took up too much cart space, and would be difficult to smuggle out. He hoped he wouldn't have to tell Eldrin, but decided to keep an eye on him anyway.
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