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originally posted in:The New Dojo
1/8/2018 5:11:57 PM
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"Maybe so, but it is a better ending than we had originally hoped for, correct?" [i]The Witcher shot Darius a quick glance, actually looking a bit worried. [/i]
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"It is. You can't please everyone, but.. it's a start, you know?" [i]Timeskip..[/i] [i]Alric was welcomed to the encampment with mixed responses. Cheers and boos, smiles of approval and grimaces of distaste. But the most disdainful of all was Elina, as she rested in her bed.[/i] "Peace. With the enemy. I don't think you understand these men and women."
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"I do not." [i]Alric admitted it almost immediately, staring at Elina with his cat like eyes. As if lost in thought. [/i] "But what I do know is that we face a much more immediate threat in these Savage Sand Warriors. I took what actions I found necessary to ensure our survival. Even if I must resort to fighting shoulder to shoulder with the enemy."
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[i]Elina would fall silent, before sighing.[/i] "Look, I.. I respect you, for who you are. Maybe this peace'll be good. But then, it's back to killing each other: and who's gonna have a harder time with drawing swords against the past ally? Us.. or them?"
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"Our forces will remember who their true enemies are." [i]Alric sounded confident in the ability of their troops. Perhaps too confident. [/i]
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"...I hope. There's been word, of a possible location of one of these.. encampments. Of the sand warriors. If we can organize a functional assault.. we'd wipe through them." [i]Elina murmured, as she would pace back and forth with her broken arm.[/i] "Could you convince the Tribune, to help?"
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"They have already agreed to be our allies in the fight against these sand warriors. I'm sure something can be arranged." [i]Alric nodded his head, clasping his hands behind his back. [/i] "It might take some time to mobilize all our forces together, however."
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"At least, our fighting forces. We could take them, interrogate them, uncover information.." [i]Elina murmured, scratching her head.[/i] "What about the man you met? Was he.. well.. friendly?"
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"As friendly as one could be. Xander was... Well he was what we might expect from one of our enemies. Though, clearly he's striving more for peace. Darius?" [i]Alric glanced at the man who had gone with him. Clearly wanting him to intervene. [/i]
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"...Xavier is trustworthy, for a time. He wants peace between us, which is highly beneficial." [i]Darius spoke up, finally.[/i] "Xander? Xander the Slayer?" [i]Elina looked up, at Darius's confused demeanor, before clearing her throat.[/i] "Sorry. But he's one of the only big names that pop up in the Tribune, other than a "Rue" and "Knight-Commander" and "Revel". Xander's a little bit of a legend - highly offensive leader, he lead a charge against the Zyrians in the last war.. he knows us better than we know him. Why he left us.. I'll never know." "Didn't know all of that-" "Because you didn't serve." [i]Elina murmured, interrupting Darius.[/i]
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"He was a Trayvern once?" [i]Alric asked with the same confused demeanor, rubbing at his eyes with his hands. He seemed oddly tired, as he yawned immediately afterwards and returned his hands to their clasped position behind his back. [/i] "That could explain why he wished to create a temporary alliance between our two forces. He has faith in us, perhaps."
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"I hope.. Alric, I.. I can handle the negotiating, if you're tired." [i]Elina piped in, looking at Alric in an almost worryingly fashion, as if she did care for the man. And even if she had disapproved.. well, she seemed to care for him enough.[/i] "Rest. If you need to."
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"No, no. There will be no need for that. I am simply... Tired with the world. If only things could be more simple." [i]Alric shook his head, a smile forming at his lips. [/i] "I must apologize. Perhaps I should have spoken to you on the subject of an alliance with people that were our enemies... But I saw the opportunity. I took it."
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[spoiler]•[b]Elina[/b] slightly approved of that.[/spoiler] [i]Elina had fallen silent at that, before only nodding her head as her eyes fluttered shut, as if she was bowing towards Alric. When her head raised, she would smile a little.[/i] "Of course, I.. I understand. We can handle the temporary alliance, or at least try to. So.. when should we announce our plan of attack? Tomorrow, maybe?"
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"Tomorrow... Yes..." [i]Alric would nod his head, throwing the thought around in his head as if considering. [/i] "Double the guard for tonight. Send some scouts out into the desert, have them report back if they see any Sand Warriors approaching. Lastly..." [i]Alric paused for a moment, as if dramatizing this last bit. [/i] "We'll develop a plan of attack to use against our allies. Just in case."
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"Well.. I'm not one for strategic advances, of course, but we could use all the strategies and advantages that we can get. I don't see Xander betraying us unless we instigated such violence.." [i]Elina murmured, sighing.[/i]
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"I do not believe they will take action against us either, Elina. But perhaps it would suit us better to be prepared. Both for the best, and worst case of what may yet happen." [i]Alric retorted, looking over at her for the first time in the conversation. [/i]
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"It would definitely help us. It would prepare us for anything that the Tribune committed to.. it would benefit us rather greatly." [i]Elina smiled, nodding towards Alric.[/i] "I'll double the guards, most certainly. We need all the defense that we can manage."
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"Now that that is settled... I believe we are done." [i]Alric sighed in relief, looking up at the ceiling and stretching. [/i] "Once you settle the guards, you are dismissed. Thank you for your assistance." [i]He looked back down at Elina, giving a small smile. [/i]
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[i]Elina would only nod at that, as she would soon leave the tent, alongside a silent Darius.[/i] -------------------------------- [i]Ih the morning, a quiet Elina waited outside of Alric's own tent, as the soldiers and servants of the Trayven cause walked throughout the now cleared, orderly dirt roads, completing their duties and patrols. She seemed to have a message.[/i]
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[i]She stood there for a few minutes before Alric actual exited the tent to speak with Elina. He rubbed at his eyes with his hands, before crossing them across his chest and yawning.[/i] "Apologies, Elina. I am still not very used to mornings unfortunately..." [i]He gave a smile, eyeing his second in command. [/i]
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"I've got no qualms with that. I'm usually not.. well, until a scout came up to me with this. Sealed message, haven't opened it." [i]Elina would hand a letter out to Alric. The still parchment was bound together by an ivory white seal, completed with a rising fist in the center.[/i] "Our Tribune friends have.. messages, already."
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"How quaint of them." [i]Alric accepted the letter from Elina and broke the seal in the middle. Opening it, he began reading the content of the message. [/i]
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[u]For the lady Elina Caramont, or sir Alric of Takakai[/u] [b]Acknowledging the treaty between our aligning forces, against the common threat of these warriors of the sand - it is more than imperative that we take action now. Not sooner, nor later - [i]now[/i]. Only last night, two-hundred and forty-eight individuals aligned with the Tribune - men, women, and children alike - were slaughtered, captured, or remained undiscovered after a siege upon our head establishment upon this land. Fort Argentum.[/b] "Argentum, huh.." [i]Elina sighed, shaking her head.[/i] "Uh.. sorry. Argentum was a garrison back in Zyria. Trayvens held it for a while, specifically Arthur Trayven. He held that damn thing for years against those monsters over there. Argentum being "silver" in Latin.. weird." [b]As well as those casualties, our own troops and scouts recorded that three of your own encampments were attacked by these warriors. No recognition nor repayment is necessary for our assistance in driving them back.[/b] "Can't tell if that's some diсkish "you owe us" or.. if they're actually serious. Hmm." [b]I would ask that both you and lady Elina meet me and sir Xander at Argentum.[/b] [b]Sincerly - the Knight-Commander, general of the Tribune's armed forces[/b] [i]Elina would fall silent, shaking her head.[/i] "...Bullshit. Yes, they hit our camps, but they're so damn buddy-buddy now? No, that's.. that's a trap waiting to happen, Alric."
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"Perhaps it is..." [i]Alric mumbled something about "honesty" before shaking his head. [/i] "But risks are risks. What sort of allies would be prove ourselves to be if we doubted their intentions?" [i]This particular part wasn't aimed at Elina, rather it sounded as though he was merely ranting. [/i] "And if they attacked us? Left our forces in the charge of our second in commands? It would demoralize the troops.. They would waste their lives in an attempt for revenge." "No. We must go." [i]Alric looked up from the letter, staring at Elina now. [/i] "We do what we must. Gather a host of 40 men, I will do the same. We leave in an hours time."
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"Forty men.. got it." [i]In an hour, Elina would return with several horses and forty of "the men and women that she trusted most" - Alric would recognize them as some of the older of the soldiers there. Those whom had served in past wars.[/i]
