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VENTURES INTO THE REMOTE (RP)

Iver fell to the ground once the ropes finally allowed him to. "Orome, I've been to Melkor's dungeons but spending thr last day with you is worse" he said, very close to crying.
 
The Trickster shrugged, "I apologize if I'm not as good company as my brother," He was about to walk off with the lady before he stopped, turned back to Iver and snapped his fingers. Iver's wounds healed instantly and his back straightened. His nose also cracked back into place, no longer crooked.

"Both of you follow us."

"I am the Son of Tulkas, Heir to the Warrior Guild, Lord of Strength, I do not take orders from you-"

"Ziiiiip." The Trickster silenced him with a wave of his hand. "If you ever want your precious friend, Dimitri back. Then you're going to take my orders and you're going to put up with him," he pointed to Iver, "Because I know where he is and that's the only way for you to rescue him."

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"Who?" Galador asked.

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"We have not yet attempted such an ordeal as none of our men have the intelligence to do so," Belzagar said, "Whoever was unlucky enough to meet such a fate is still tied down outside, covered by a tarp. Unless you have some sort of method for returning them, the individual must be euthanized lest it escapes and tramples over the city."

"All of the men I lost to the Screamer died. Whether this was due to the fact they were brutally massacred by the Guardian and Glorfindel or died off by other measures, I am uncertain."

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The fountain guards remained silent and watchful as Cardiloc ran past them screaming like a lunatic in the peaceful afternoon day.

Only the citadel guards reacted.

"Escaped? How? How do you know such a thing-" One of the men questioned Cardiloc whilst another rushed off.

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"I don't believe that's necessary," Even reflected as Glorfindel kicked the first guard's weapon out of hand and disabled him with a chop to the neck then flipped him over onto the second guard, sending both men sprawling to the floor. The elf then proceeded up the steps with ease.

"Let's go," Evenis said but leaned in to whisper to Mirecy. "What should we do about him?" Tamara overheard this due to her proximity to them.

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"Never mind, then," he said, sighing. "Anyhow, what are the plans for today? Can I just return to my bed and let this headache die down?"
 
Tamara looked at Glorfindel in awe. "So he realy is dangerous after all..." she'd think, looking at him, taking out the guards by himself. She would then proceed and move on towards the stairs, waiting there with a simple "You mind helping me with him?" as she still drags Endo along, but up the stairs she could need some help anyway.
 
"Yeah. We've got no orders so far. I believe they're re-organizing the ranger divisions. Just take it slow for now, I suppose." Galador told Daugo. "Oh, and you should sing more often."

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Evenis came in and supported Tamara, taking half the weight on as they ascended the staircase with Endo.

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"Thanks" she would say quietly, going up the stairs. "These were no ordinary prisoners, they could've killed her, yet why didn't they do so? And how did she get so powered up all of a sudden after she was quite hungry and sleepy? It seemed like this day wasn't ordinary at all. Either way she would be happy to see the streets of minas again. "Even the sewers are better than this cave" she'd mumble, following the elf.
 
That's what he had thought of the Giants, though he did have a behind the scenes fear that once the men were transformed that there bodies would be gone. Luckily, that wasn't entirely the case. “I do think there might be a way it could be done… but we'd have to regain our strength. We're at too low of an energy level to attempt anything…” He says, silently adding to himself, “as this evidently showed.”

“And that is certainly a tragedy, one that shows we need some changes to avoid friendly fire casualties. Hopefully those works by the brilliant minds you spoke of from the science department will benefit this greatly, as I expect they will based on what I've seen so far. But there needs to be more knowledge for soldiers to stay away from us during a fight and to only join in when it becomes dire.”
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Shoot. How would he explain this? Or he could just not… “There's no time for explaining,
they're escaping!” Cardiloc then ran off in a random direction, looking for a good place to teleport without suspicion.
 
"N-no" Iver said as he was lying on the floor. "I can't keep up with your shit. I didn't sleep for over 2 weeks and I am so fucking tired of you and how you change your mind every fucking second. You said that we are going to find Eru and he will fix everything. I'm sure he can rescue Dimitri without even snapping his finger" he said before adding "I can't keep up with you, I need to rest and a good bed can help me forget how much of a cunt you are"
 
Ugh, fine. As per usual, I have to do EVERYTHING by myself," The Trickster clapped his hands together and Iver found himself on a fluffy bed with loose sheets, tight bedding and fur cushioned pillows. A tray of figs, dates, starfruit, bananas, and grapes along with a cup of water, a bottle of wine and some strange smoked fish. Candles lit the room and the shutters were drawn. In the corner, he saw a wardrobe and in the other was a table cluttered with books. Some fluffy bunny rabbit slippers lay next to the bed.

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"You'll see soon enough. There shall also be certain changes and transfers regarding the nature of our organization. Since I've been put in command, I'm going to see to it that these inefficiencies, as well as all the incompetent men within the rangers and capital, are dealt with. You'll be briefed on further details when these issues are sorted. For now, you'll remain at the fifth level barracks as befits men of your status." Belzagar told them both. "Any last queries? Any takers?"

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"What?!" The citadel guard exclaimed as Cardiloc began to sprint off in another direction. "You! Halt!" The man chased after him.

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"Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one..."

Shin could hear Mateus muttering as he did his morning push-ups. On the other side of the training courtyard, he saw Keratos and Furdin dueling one another with the greatswords. It still puzzled him how both men could wield the blades and move so quickly. Then again, it puzzled them how he was able to target multiple enemies with his crossbow.

It was quite a piece of craftsmanship. Likely the only successful one that Gondor obtained. He had bought it off a traveling merchant, or so he liked to tell those who asked. In reality, he had just killed the Easterling and found it in his caravan when he looted it. The crossbow had three barrels for bolts. The primary and two secondaries. The primary aimed directly forward whilst the secondaries could be adjusted to aim at a ninety-degree angle, to aim forward by connecting to the primary or to aim horizontally from the primary. In this way, he was able to target three foes, though, this rarely occurred. The additional barrels were mostly for bringing down enemies quicker or acting as a deterrent to charging foes.

The sun brightly hit his face from above and he heard the sounds of the city around him. He loved the noise. It reminded him that he was alive.

"Forty-four, foorttttyyyyy-fii-" Mateus collapsed. Wow. He had actually beat his prime record of forty-three. Though, not by much.

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Rambo awoke to some slight rumblings. His bed shook a bit.

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Glorfindel continued to ascend the staircase. Ahead of him, he saw the jailer reach some hatch and haul himself up. He caught a glimpse of the man's terrified face just before he shut it. "Sigh,"

"Do you know this place?" Even asked Tamara as they carried Endo's body up. "We need to leave. They will be searching for us. Do you know a way out?"

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Cardiloc stopped, then turned to the men. “From the prison I mean, the protogiants are escaping from where they were held. I’ll need you to come with me, get the people out pf the way and the guard on the level the prison is on roused. It’s going to be messy.” He outstretched his hand.
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What the fuck!!? Rambo got up quickly, and went to fetch the maiar blade, he’d lost his old blade anyway. He quickly got dressed into his armour and ran outside the barracks.
 
Ha'zi flashed a bright, genuine smile. “Nothing more on my part, General. Thank you for considering our recommendations and accommodating for us, sir.”
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Shin couldn't tell why any of this mattered to him, though he suspected that his thoughts were wandering, trying to connect to anything related to battle now that they were taking a break. He hated it. He wanted to go back out there, and make whatever, or whoever, foolish enough to be in his line of sight be punctured and peppered, squealing like a sow. The feeling of enlightenment that rushed forward was all the reward he needed, along with the stupid looks coming from those who he hit as they shriveled and twitched. It was truly beautiful work to him. He was a painter of death- with his crossbow as his brush, their blood as his paint, and pain as his muse.

For now, he could only dream and reminisce over that, replaying various kills and conquests in his head... which he had been doing before noticing this lump doing exercise. Watching Mateus struggle brought forth a tiny bit of that experience he so basked in. Plus, it enjoyed him to see the buffoon like this anyways.

He sneered once the soldier was finally done, slow clapping. “Well done, Mateus. You got to foorttttyyyyy-fii-, though I'm not sure that accounts for anything really. Better luck next time. Maybe you'll get up to fiiiiiiiiiiifffffftttttyyyyy then.”
 
Ah yes, brutally massacred by the Guardian. Sigeric thought. Convenient how they ignored how many of those transfigured soldiers had been slain in Ha'zi's fit of rage. Besides, it was them or us. In the heat of battle, they had not had the time to judge whether or not those men could be saved. Still, he wished that it hadn't come to that. "We shall see what we can do about that poor soul on the morrow." Sigeric said, too exhausted to smile. "I have no more specific concerns. I thank you for your time, General."
 
"Oh, fuck off," he said, chuckling, before turning towards his quarters. On his way there, he realized how thirsty he was, and doubled back. "Anywhere I can get a glass of water?" he grunted.
 
Dimitri continued to stare out across the distance, not reacting to his master for minutes. "Master-Lord, it feels-feels like every time-time I eat-consume, I lose-lose something. It makes me uneasy-unwell." he quietly said. It was just a dull throbbing in his head, and then a distant whisper in a strange, familiar tongue.
 
Mirecyla trailed behind the girl,mEndo, Evenis, and the slayer. She still didn't know what to do with him, or if she could even take him on at this point. The truth was, deep down she was scared shitless by him, and her wanting to go home only empowered thus fear, but she kept it masked and hidden. "Guys let me get up there in front of you for the transformation."
 
Iver, for once in nearly a year, did not dream of those orange eyes. Instead, he found himself wandering back to Ilmare, to Thule, to that one Rohirric girl who could really ride...a horse, to many of his past loves and finally his mind circled back to a single individual.

Aranel.

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"What do you wish to consume, my child?" Manwe asked Dimitri as he stared down at the Forochelrim.

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Sigeric and Ha'zi were escorted out without further discourse. They alongside Vardamir were redirected to the fifth level barracks, however, unseen renovations led them to be moved down to the third level which had space whilst the fourth was occupied by the majority of rangers. Vardamir bid them farewell without further conversation and saw them off. The captain seemed unshaken by the events of the day but that was expected. He was after all, one of the least talkative people they knew. A man of few words. Yet his actions spoke enough. And with a frown he departed, leaving them to their devices as the night settled.

What would the next hold for them? Perhaps some rest.

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"Sure, just down the hall." Galador indicated with a swing of his head. "You'll find the kitchen. Sorry, I'm just a bit drowsy." The ground shook slightly though, Daugo was too out of it to really be certain whether it was the ground shaking or his head spinning.

The door directly in front of him exploded open as an armoured tank rushed out into the hallway clutching, in what caused Daugo some unexpected post-traumatic stress, was a Maiar-blade.

Rambo saw a few people in the hallway. The hobbit, the Behemoth Shifter was nearby, he had nearly smacked him with the door and further down the hall was Galador dozing off on a chair.

Ha'zi and Sigeric both awoke instantly as rumbling shook their beds. Their minds connected in a way that had not yet to occur and each could sense the other, physically and mentally through some sort of astral plane. They were both sore and quite weak, however, had replenished enough strength to sense something was off.

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"Haha," Mateus sarcastically laughed, "How long did you spend coming up with that one? Three days? Maybe next time it'll take you two." He walked it off and made his way out of the courtyard, back to the barracks.

Meanwhile, Shin heard the clash of steel on steel as Keratos and Furdin dueled. Both men were equally matched but Furdin was definitely the larger. However, Keratos was the wiser and more seasoned as well as swifter. Keratos was dodging Furdin's lunges, yet, a sudden shaking of the earth, caused the larger man to trip and he fell before Keratos. Their captain placed his blade to his opponent and spoke, "Yield."

The rumbling increased and Shin's crossbow tilted, threatening to fall.

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Glorfindel kicked the hatch open and leaped through the hole. There was some screaming followed by two thuds.

Even waited at the bottom of the hole. He listened to the noise from above and after a minute of silence, he began to ascend with Endo using Tamara's aid.

Finally, they escaped those dreaded dungeons. They were in the empty house and two guards were left in a pile on the floor, one bleeding and the other fine, both alive. The elf was missing and the door left slightly open. Even truned to the two females.

"Firstly, we're not transforming out there. That's the easiest way to bring attention to ourselves. Secondly, we need to get out of here before they swarm the place looking for us. Thirdly, we have no way of making it out of the city if the guards spot us. So, we need to plan this out." He turned to Tamara, "Do you know a way out of this shithole?"

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"What are you doing?" The citadel guard backed up as Cardiloc reached out to him.

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It had been a week since he left Arandil at that village of protogiants. He missed the Gondorian already, though, he dared not admit that to him. He was also quite pissed that Iver had up and vanished, ditching them. But, then again, it was Iver. Still he needed to figure out what happened to his best friend. But more importantly, he needed to alert Erebor and his King of the quest delivered to him by the brother of Mahal.

The river Celduin swept by slowly as he fought it with his powers on the makeshift dingy he scraped together using wood, hardened clay and some shitty carpentry skills he remembered from his youth in the Iron Hills.
 
"Uh-uhm trasnform? What do you- well I don't want to know." Tamara would mumble, looking at them, slowly sneaking towards the door, trying to look if there were any guards infront. "I might have an idea, but I think you won't like it." she'd say, turning towards them. I know the sewers like they were my home. If we can find a entrance to it I could lead you down and atleast down to the first level." she'd say. "Why were you here in the first place?" she'd ask them curious about what this transform thing and their imprisoning as a whole ment.

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"Aye, I think it realy was the right decision to leave, as he said... I can't wait any longer. Yet I don't have an idea of how to get all of this done." Thoruk would say to himself, quite calm for the big task he had infront of him now. "Find Eonwe, get a stone, bring it to someone I've never met before... And the other voice? It almost sounded like my ancestors, combined with Mahal himself spoke to me as if I should not do this. Yet who should I realy trust in this world. If this first voice can bring back my father, then so be it. Yet again..." he would keep the discussion with himself go hour for hour, yet there came no conclussion to this problem. What might his answer be to all of this? What would be right and what wrong?
 
"Taking you to the level the prison was on, it is in my power as a Karoltai to do so. Now, stop delaying, come with me." He kept his hand held out.
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"No." Mirecyla would say, walking over to the guards laying on the floor, hovering above them she'd crouch down "I don't know if it's because you were stupid, thought it'd actually work, or to lazy to convince Tytus not to come here as a diplomat, but whatever reason landed you in jail, Tarras who knows where, and this shitty breakout attempt." Mirecyla ranted, running her clawed hands along the jaw bones and throats of the guards tears of anger and happiness started to roll down her cheeks and onto the bodies of the guards. She was finally free! "Don't get me wrong I'm thankful for you guys for trying to break me out, but the time of diplomacy ended when I was kidnapped from our home. You came into Minas Tirith following Tytus, you'll leave following my lead." Mirecyla would growl, claws once more near the throats.

Mirecyla looked out the doors, she silently cursed herself for allowing the Slayer to leave without any type of remark, yet she would make one now. Thinking to herself she'd project her voice to the slayer, knowing fully well that he wouldn't be able to hear her "Today I'll grant you the right to leave without a fight for your aiding in the break out, but if I or anyone one else from my familiy sees you near our home, I'll personally rip your throat out. For this I vow, and this I'll stand by." She said to herself, before once more looking at the group. "My giant and powers are best suited for this mission, my powers stop everyone normal in there tracks and my giant itself can handle a few attacks. By the time we tried to escape with Endo we'd get caught, his weight slowing us down. So, if you want to scout around be my guess, but I'm getting us out of the city and as far away as possible before I collapse from exhaustion, I'll leave it up to you if you want to transform and finish the journey or if you wish to set up camp. Understood? Good." Mirecyla would say, not allowing him to fire back immidietly as she dug her claws into the guards throats to kill them.
 
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