Perditions Tale, Chapter 2: "Day of Inquisition"
 

(OOC: yeah I know I suck at names for my chapters. So sue me)

The group sat solemnly in the small room that they had turned into their temperary headquarters. In a small room down the hall, the bandit leader was tied up, as ordered by Cid, and is waiting to be interrogated. Some were anxious to get moving again, but due to their "captain's" orders, they were planning to at least spend the night there. Especially since a few of them were still slightly wounded, even after being healed and some still needed to rest.

(OOC: Keep in mind that there may still be a few stray bandits around the town, so if your character goes outside, it's possable they could get attacked.)

Tamakatari was pacing angrily across the room. He was limping a little, and his hand still hurt. He had refused to let Dawn heal him, and his injuries had been healing fast, but he wasn't going to be winning any marathons anytime soon.

"I don't see why we're staying here. Who gives a damn about why that thief trapped us! We're going to save the princess. If he's on the wizard's payroll, then that's enough of an excuse to trap us. Let's kill the guy, toss his body outside, and get going!"

"It's late, we resting and healing. And the princess is fine, stop worrying." Lynx was lying on someone's lap(If no one takes that offer, the ground), trying to sleep.

"Well excuse me, mouse-breath. Excuse me for wanting to get our mission over with."

Tamakatari was getting anxious. He was actually getting...scared. That was new for him. He was scared about something. He wanted the fear to go away. And that would only happen when the princess was safe.

Vace was leaning against a wall, feeling better since his knife wound was healed, listening to Tamakatari rant. He waited for a pause, then put in, "It is more important then just if he is on the wizards payroll. If he is of any value to the wizard, he probably went to his fortress and can tell us some things about how to get there and what to expect when we are there. I would think that you would appreciate anything that would make the task of rescuing the princess faster and easier."

"You know what would make it faster and easier? Getting there! Then, we storm in, and kill people. Not that frickin' hard! All this waiting around and 'talking' is pointless! Besides, if an evil black wizard was controlling you, how willing would you be to cross him over? Especially since he could kill you for it later."

"Not if we kill the dark wizard and spare his thieveing neck. If there is anything bandits and thieves like more than money or taking advantage of the weak, it's continuing to live." Vace replied, then continued, "And how well would our rescue attempt go if we take one step in the front door, forget some magic doodad this bandit may have, and are all instantly incinerated? That would slow down our rescue attempt more than a little..."

Tamakatari pulled a stick out of his cloak, and it changed into a sword. He then lunged, and the point stopped just before touching Vace's neck.

"You know. You're REALLY starting to annoy me."

Kalimare quietly leaned against a wall and rested himself. He was getting irritated by the constant whining that Tamakatari was doing. But he did see the reasoning behind it. Kalimare sighed.

"I think Tamakatari is right. After all, if you life was threatened in order for you to do something for someone, I think you would do it. But, then again, the bandid leader does have two ways to go. Both having probability of death sooner rather than later. He can tell us all we need to know and only have a limited risk of dying at the hands of the wizard, or he can refuse to talk and die immediately. I am getting hungry after all, and haven't tried bandit flesh in quite a while."

Kalimare chuckled as he continued resting against the wall.

Dawn just leaned against the wall now, not even caring to try and intervene between the arguing this time. She had used nearly all her energy trying to heal everyone that needed it, perhaps overexerting herself just a bit. She'd just never had to do so much work in a short amount of time.

But she did at least manage to cure all those injured... well, with the exception of Tamakatari, though even as she had insisted despite being near the point of complete exhaustion, had refused her help. She was quite glad that Cid had told them they'd be staying the night. She most definately needed to time to rest before trying to go anywhere else.

Dawn shut her eyes and attempted to go to sleep, but with all the bickering back and forth, it was still hard for sleep to come to her. And it wasn't as though she could just go out and find a quieter place to rest, since they were still in this bandit town.