Dragonsbane: I thought it had gates. I was aware that the Avariel live in big floating disks. I meant that I landed on the disk and walked up the the palace "gates. Here, I will try again.

Laine Novienta slowly lowered himself onto the great metal disk that was the foundation of the Lord Gwaethir's palace. He began walking towared the two massive doors of that fronted the palace. A guard stepped out to block his path.
"Halt, knave! State your name and your business!"
Laine answered, "I have come to offer my services to his Lordship Gwaethir."

OOC: BLARG! He isn't covered in MUD (yet) he just has some dust on him.

IC: Alec snorted. "Well, excuse me. I was under the assumption we were going bandit killing soon. Forgive me for liking the state of being ALIVE."

He sighed, and scratched the inside of his leg. Under his breath, he muttered something about, "The god-damn rich."

OOC: For everyone present, I tried to keep track of everyone talking there currently and I think its Alec, Sarin, Jechir, Jerrick, Judas, Gabriel and Gug. I could be wrong though.

Lithril looks a little confused. Turning to Alec, a fellow human - if a grubby one, he says, "But wait, do they even know where the orcs have taken her? How will we be able to even get lcose if they're holding her hostage? This feels bad to me, very bad..."

"We can do all of those through a combination of wit, intelligence, and martial prowess. And a healthy spattering of LUCK above all else."

He looked back at the people present, "So, WHEN are we going to be going after them?"

OOC: Arha, you forgot Hakar and Metrius. Also, just assume Dain is in that room with everyone else, I haven't felt like posting recently.

Hakar laughed, "true....I hope! There's more to questing than just killing things." he grinned, "Orcs probably wouldn't have access to Winged Cloaks, ((OOC: the cloaks that turn into wings)) so they probably came here in a small airship.....we'll have to search the area beneath the disk, as well as the land around here, to find it. The kidnapper probably abandoned it, so that he wouldn't have to dodge flying Avariel patrols, and hide under the tree cover. Does anyone here have any magic that could make this task easier?"

"Hmm...if this girl had any Elemental power, and she left something that was always near her, I might be able to concoct a device that would track her magical signature, permitted I had access to some metal in the armory. Otherwise, I say we see if dirt boy can find them. An airship would leave quite an impact, and orcs, especially ones on the run, wouldn't bother to cover their tracks well." Gug said in his thinking voice.

Jechir managed to not laugh at the sight of the goblin calling Alec 'Dirt Boy.' He shrugged a little bit. "I'm sorry, but I may not be of much use until we actually find the girl. I never was very good at tracking, and my magic doesn't work like that. However, if you need a distraction in order to get in there to rescue her once she's found, I'm your man."

He waited to see what everyone would do.

After what seemed like an eternity of waiting, an Avariel entered the room.
"I'm sorry, young one, but it seems that Jericho has already left for the southern empire. Come with me, and I will give you the details."
They made me wait for hours just to be told that he's already left?!?! Metrius thought to himself. [I[Oh well. At least i'm finally able to get out of this stuffy room.[/I]
As Metrius was being led down the hall to the main room, the Avariel filled him in on what had happened the previous night, as well as the 'test' that awaited him and the others.
"So, when do I meet these 'others,' and when do we leave?"
"They are in this room right here in front of you, and you will leave when the desicion is passed down by the Windlord."
With that, Metrius entered the room.

Alec glared at the goblin, then said, "Well, I'm a ranger. Odds are I can probably track them, and while I'm at it I can ask the trees if they saw anything."

There was an odd silence.

"Yes, I can talk to trees."