"Well as long as those are your criteria, we should get through this fight free," Vace said, rolling his eyes behind Tama's back. When they walked in the bar, Vace said, "Whew, I was hoping for a bit more alcohol smell and a bit less vomit smell..."

Meanwhile....

Cid stood on the parapet of the palace. A crowd had gathered at the gates of the palace The news of the king's assassination spreading quickly. rumors of other assassinations abounded.

"Today is a tragic day," Cid began his coronation speech. "my fellow citizens, a day when our enemies would hope to rob us of our heart and soul. Our king lies dead, murdered by an Alban assassin, and his heir dead at the hands of foul magic. We must not let these demoralizing loses defeat us. We can not let the weak and cowardly actions of our foes prevail. It is with a heavy heart that I, the captain of the royal armies, take up the crown. I will give our kingdom the justice it deserves. Even now vile traitors and spies attempt to poison the heart of this kingdom, our kingdom. Like the Phoenix we must rise from the ashes of tragedy. We will consume those inferior cowards in the fires of our rebirth. We will prove to the world that we are the greatest society, and deliver our wisdom onto those ignorant fools who seek to destroy us. We will not let these terrorist acts go by idly. We will not allow ourselves to be manipulated by these weak infidels. Arise patriots and spread the word! A new power is arising. It's victory and justice are soon at hand!"

The former king's chamerlain placed the crown on Cid's head. Cid stood and took in the quiet joy of a cheering crowd. He silenced the crowd.

"My first act as king is to hunt down the radical insurgents responsible. Only when the those who plotted this treason are brought to justice will our motherland be secure. I encourage you all to assisst the militias and the military in rooting out these domestic terrorists. Only with your help will we be able to take back our kingdom."

OOC: you know....Cid's plan is suspiciously similar to Prince Humperdink's plan from Princess Bride. Or at least, what it would have been had it, you know, worked and stuff. Can I assume that we are now classified as radical insurgents?

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I love that movie... >_>though the only difference here would be that Cid isn't marrying the princess to kill her on the wedding night..
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"You know Lynx..." Dawn started as she looked away. "Do you ever wander if all of this was even necessary? I mean, we've risked our lives, and yet everything still seems to go wrong somehow."

Sighing lightly, she pulled her arms out from under herself, letting herself plop backwards onto the ground. "Part of me wishes I had just stayed back at the castle with Reena... I wonder if she is okay... I mean.. sure Cid is a day or so ahead of us.. but he wouldn't have gotten there by now. And even so, he wouldn't hurt her, you think?" She asked, though she knew the most probable answer.

If anyone was to get in Cid's way, they'd be dead.

Meanwhile at the castle...

I don't understand how this could be happening.

Reena Burness held her arms over her chest, an ill look on her face as she stood in the back while Cid gave his speech. And what had really been bothering her since the king's death was why hadn't she been called in to help. She could have at least offered some help, yet she hadn't learned of the assassination of the king until much later.

Something is not right here...

She turned and began to walk off as he finished, not particularly in a mood to have to speak with the new king. As she made her way to her chambers, she noticed a strange man standing at the door. Turning around to go a different way, she found herself bumping into another man who promptly grabbed her, covering her mouth as he pulled her off into one of the darker hallways.

To which Cid added, "Hail Zeek Zion!" and the crowd responded "Zion! Zion! Zion!"

Anyways, back to the rp. I'm going to fast forward it slightly so it's after the boots are removed.

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Thid felt light as a feather when he stood up after the boots had been removed. "This is great! I can move again!" *Does a dance, then falls on his ass* "Whoops, I guess I have to get used to moving again with out all that weight holding me down....hey blacksmith, how much money will you give me for those boots? You could melt them down 'n stuff."

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Once the lead boots were off, he split up with the others in order to purchase a few items. Thid used the money gained from selling them to get a new pair of light leather boots. Then he tracked down a weapons shop and purchased a sturdy bow with a quiver of arrows, and one special arrow with a silver tip. Gazing at the silver tipped arrow Thid thought, this one's for you Cid, I’ll teach you ya can't get away with putting me through all this....

Thid then went to meet up with the others, who had gathered at the bar.

ooc: Actually it would be more like "ZIEG HIEL!" a changed some of the details, like instead of the reichstag fire, i made it a royal assassination, but most of the other details are about right.

OOC: Actually, I think it would be spelt, "Heil". (unless you're saying the other word that is spelt Hiel, which I doubt you are) 'Cause it's German and when you pair together E and I, the second letter of the pair is the one that is pronounced. ^_^ (I would add something important to the RP, but I have about 3 minutes before I have to be off, so I decided just to make a useless RP post.

Jude, not being a drinker and not being braindead enough to find shoe removing exciting, had stayed behind, and was now leaning against a tree thinking about a lot of current situations.

A big chunk of the thought had been concerning the group, and wether or not he should stick around with it. The two leading factors in staying around this long ha been getting with Dawn, and getting back at Cid. Dawn however seemed to be really oblivious or uninterested, and Cid wasn't really that much higher since Jude had lived through the whatever and not really suffered, plus he had a hard time holding grudges.

Another chunk was about his father, and his roots. He had always wanted to go to wherever the hell the Avion's were and train to be a formal Dragoon, not just jumping high and stealing spears for practice, which is where he was currently. If all hell broke loose as Cid had proclaimed he planned, Jude felt confident that he'd be able to just saunter off to the secret Avion city and wait it out...if he could ever find the Avion city, but thinking too far ahead can be a little stupid sometimes.

For now though, he walked over to Dawn and Lynx and peered at the runes before getting bored and looking for the pub.

((OOC: i'm just gonna make a quick post of my character at the blacksmith. I guess the next post I will get to make will be in the next chapter))

Kalimare stood waiting, the blacksmith was a bit afraid of him for his appearance. After all, it WAS an orc that was in his smithy. Kalimare walked over to him, and the blacksmith stepped back, still afraid.

"Don't worry, I wouldn't hurt someone that I want to make a new weapon for me. I need a broad sword, about 5 feet long and six inches wide. If you can, make with this."

Kalimare pulled out a bag with a strange powder in it. This was something that he had gathered from a secret place. It wasn't magical, but it made a weapon nearly indestructable.

"Can you do this?"

"Y-y-yes."

The blacksmith went to work while Kalimare waited just outside, his back leaned against the side of the smithy.

As Jude made his rounds, Dawn sat back up slightly, now watching as he made his way back towards the pub.

"I'll be back in a couple of minutes." She rose to her feet, straighting out her robes as she followed after the Dragoon. "Hey Jude..." (erm... no pun intended there... I think >.>) She started as she came up behind him, her arms held behind her back. "I just... wanted to say thanks...for sticking around and all. You've really helped... us.. a lot. I mean, you killed that monster for us... and you didn't have to stay to help...but you did." She pawed at the ground a bit with her foot as she stared at the ground and tried to make it sound as much like gratitude from the group in whole rather than just herself.

Well, theres at least one thing to keep me around I guess. Jude thought as he said it was no big problem, just wandering by, and all the other stuff that heroes say to the girls who their trying to woo.

"So... will you be going back to what you were doing before you ran into us Sir Jude?" She asked, an hinge of disappointment clinging onto her voice. She wouldn't be the first to admit it, but she found him to be..well, attractive. Strong, brave, caring... like any girl's dream guy, though she felt completely unworthy of even knowing such a man.

Lynx had finished making a small rune handle neat the middle of the staff, when he noticed Dawn was gone. He was going to ask her if the rune was right, since he was working completely off memory.

Getting up, he sniffed around (He kept the senses) and followed her scent, finding her and Jude, but ignoring him for now he tapped Dawn on the shoulder and held out the staff. "Is this right? It's supposed to draw the magic from the user itself, making it easier to cast spell."

Dawn jumped a bit as Lynx suddenly came from behind and tapped her on the shoulder. Flustered, she turned around, her face slowly turning a faint red. "I.. er.. uhm..."

She stopped, grinning sheepishly as she calmed herself down, looking closely at the rune that had been carved in the staff. "That looks really good Lynx" She smiled. "Better than I could have ever done."

(OOC: It never fails. Two characters are having a touching moment, and IHMN decides to step in. Every...single...time.)

Tama, Vace, and Ark walked into the bar and sat at stools near the bartender. He laid his mace down by his side, and flipped up three fingers. The bartender nodded, and sent three mugs of liquid sliding down the bar towards the three of them. Almost through an impulse, the three of them grabbed their mugs simultaneously, and drank deeply. The sound of all three of them slamming their empty mugs down on the table at the same time shot through the bar. They then burped. Tama made a smirk.

"If you guys don't watch out, I might end up liking you two.

OOC: What? They are doing cliche, touchy feeling moment thing, so I jumped in as the cliche guy who ruins that moment.

Tama ordered some more drinks. They came sliding down, and the three men grabbed them again. But this time, Tama was bumped quite hard from the back, causing his drink to spill. He heard a laugh from behind him.

"Excuse me, sir. But you made me bump into you. I think you owe me an apology." The man pushed on Tama's back. Tama's face never changed it's expression. He simply raised his hand again, and a mug came sliding down. When Tama went to reach for it, it was grabbed by the man behind him.

"I'll just take THIS as my apology." The man guzzled down Tama's drink. Tama frowned at the man. When he finished the drink, the man burped in Tama's face. Tama turned around.

"I don't know what I did to you, but I'd recommend leaving me alone. I'm not in much of a mood to kill anyone right now." The man's face turned angry when Tama said that. He grabbed Tama's shoulder hard, and spun him around.

"You have something to say, little man! You say it to my face." Tama's hand clenched a little, but then relaxed, and smiled.

"I would, but I don't like to speak to people with such a lower intelligence than mine. Allow me to introduce you to someone with your same IQ." And with that, Tama reached up quickly, grabbed the man's hair, and slammed his face down on the bar.

Ark was the first one to move. He kicked Tama's opponent away, then stuck Tama into a hold, and started dragging him away, despite his extreme struggling.

"Nothing to see here folks, just an angry easily pissed off drunk."

Tama continued to struggle against Ark.

"Let me at him! I told you, anybody who bumped into me, I would kill! You can't really blame me for it, with the way he treated me! I gave him a chance to walk away."

The man got up from the bar, and his nose was bleeding. A few of his friends huddled around him.

"God damn. He brok my node! He brok my node! I'm gonna fuggin gill him!"

The man and his friends started to charge at Tamakatari.

Lynx heard Tama screaming, which wasn't hard since the pub was just around the corner. "Ugh... What is that idiot doing..." Lynx quickly left Dawn and Jude, and went behind a nearby building. The pub was behind that building, and Lynx was Ark carrying a screaming Tama out of the building. "Ugh... Baby is having a temper tantrum..."

Ark swore, and let Tama go, spinning him aside, and drew his sword.

"You have 2 options here. Either we all just suck it up and walk away, or we fight and the majority of us don't go home tonight. Especially not in one peice. Your choice."

Tama started to move.

"Don't even think it."

Finally finished at the blacksmith's, Cesia and Thid made it back to the pub. As Cesia walked up, she saw Tamakatari and some of the others starting to cause a scene. Cesia raised an eyebrow, "I don't know if I should just leave now before I get caught up in any trouble that they might be causing or stay and see what's going on." Cesia laughed quietly, and watched a bit before she rounded everyone together to get the horses and head out. She looked around, "Is everyone here?" She wondered out loud.

OOC: Aww, I missed the chance at a good bar brawl, oh well.

Vace helped Ark calm down the enraged Tama, after getting one last drink at the bar, and brought him back to the others who were assembled to go. After seeing Tama's armed friends, the bar thugs decided to go find something else to do. Vace thought, <There goes my chance for any info on the beast> but when he got back to the others he said, "It appears our good buddy Tama can't hold his alcohol as well as some of us."

"New rule. No alchohol for Tama."

"Alright, keep Tamakatari away from the drinks, right?" She laughed, then got down to business, "Alright, let's head to the stables and get some horses and get going." She said as she led the group to the stables.

(OOC: alright, a new chapter soon. I'm gonna skip ahead to after they get the horses, so if you have anything you want to say, do it really quick now. It might take a sec to get the chapter up, 'cause I'm doing a few things at once, 'cause teachers must think it's funny to give huge amounts of homework a week before Christmas... >_<;; )