Northern Sacae Plains

[Feneroe]

Connecting to Ilia, the northern plains are the favored place for nomads to live. Entering the northern plains without a good stock of food and water is a bad idea since it sometimes takes days to travel.

[Zet]

*Having gotten his most recent supply run, he figured it was about time to finally give this a shot. He always wondered what it would be like to head off to the place filled with mercenaries like himself. Well, not quite like himself. If anything the men were the ones left behind and the women were the ones earning the keep for everyone. Zet smiled, this would be a good as place as any then...once he made the trek anyway.*

"No sense in complaining though."

[Miracles]

Stepping out from across the plains, was a quartet of rather rough looking men. They held in one hand axes placed on their shoulder as they came towards Zet from some distance away. A grin crossed the man's face as he saw the mercenary. Standing up straight he points his axe at the man while his followers take their positions. "A good warm up is just what I needed, and then we'll get some loot of this too. Tear him to pieces, boys!" The man shouts as he takes some steps back to allow the fight to commence.

Skirmish - Bandits on Northern Sacae Plains.

[Ark]

Wandering the Plains, Ark blinked as he saw the situation. Seemed like a group of bandits was trying to steal from someone. Well... the person looked capable of taking care of himself. Although... Giving a sigh, Ark draw his sword, as the tomes he held glowed with power. No other thing to do then. He rushes forward, hoping to give the swordsman some back up.

[Entering Skirmish]

[Miracles]

Melody entered the plains humming a tune with new companions at her side. At least she wasn't lonely, eh? They had walked quite some ways with no stop yet the girl was still ready to go further. Good thing too, since at that point she saw the battle ahead and stopped. "Oh hey, it's that guy...and a bunch more. Oh...that's...looks like they're in trouble, eh? Come on then, Tresc, Let's help!" She says whilst pulling out her sword and running into the fray.

Entering Skirmish.

[Chaos]

Tresc looked at the battle and nodded. He glanced to Rei and she turned from green to orange, ready to "fight." Tresc gripped his blade and crouched down, rushing into the fight.

Entering Skirmish

[Zet]

*That...had been troublesome. Turning his blade in hand as he flicked the blood from it, placing it back on the leather strap on his back. Glad that was over and done with, looking about to all of the people gathered there...and the horde of bodies piled everywhere. Clean up was always such a pain when people attacked you and you actually paid them respect after cutting them down.*

"Thanks for helping out there! I have a pretty fair idea how that would've gone if I was by myself."

[Chaos]

Tresc slowly stood up and sheathed his blade. He rubbed his head as he noticed blood running down his arm. He was a good attacker...but his defense was rather pathetic when he can't evade something. The fairy flew down towards him and shook.

"Tresc! Are you ok? I thought for sure you'd be dead!"

Tresc sighed and got fully to his feet and stumbled a bit before recovering.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence Rei...you're always such a great help..."

[Ark]

Ark dropped down from a nearby tree, having rested up there amongst the branches, giving a yawn and a stretch as he walked over. His wounds had new bandages covering them, and for the most part, the swordsman seemed to be unaffected by his injuries. "Hm. Can't say I gave that much help."[/color] he says, slightly ashamed of the fact that he had actually been injured so badly.

"Mostly everyone alright??"[/color] he asks.

[Elaine]

The man had gotten away....and left a relatively heavy weapon behind. Though the axe felt rather odd, it'd be better to take it with than leaving it here for someone else to pick up again. Of course she wouldn't be waving it around anytime soon either given the weight of the thing, sheathing her own sword before wrapping it up in some cloth she had on her. She'd have to see if anyone knew anything about it, or better yet, a place to dispose of the weapon where it wouldn't do anymore harm.

"No harm here. I think we all made it out generally alright."

[Feneroe]

The battle was over. Marcus had escaped and one or two others, but it was still over. There were no serious injuries on their side, at least none Niamh could not take care of, so that was good. There was also the fact that there was no reason for Vivi to stay as she was now. The girl stood up and tapped Niamh, who responded by looking at her.

"Imgonnagocleanupnow!"

Vivienne ran off to the town as fast as she could and Niamh shook her head while watching the child leave for town. There was no use trying to stop her; Vivi was both fast and stubborn when she wanted to be. Instead, she turned her attention to the small group that had temporarily assembled for the fight.

"Your help was appreciated for the fight, though I regret so many children had to get involved. Still, I doubt we could have managed it otherwise."

She was probably right, too. Without them jumping in, she doubted that the young mercenary, her, or Vivi would have gotten away with so few injuries, if they were even that lucky. Sure, she and the girl butted into the fight, too, but they had a reason for it: Marcus was one of the few bandits their group went out of their way to take out without behind hired to do so. The pain he had caused to those on the plains was too much. Marcus and his band of ruffians had sent many good people to their final rest before their time, destroyed many small villages, and constantly harassed merchants and nomads. His deeds warranted death, but no one had managed to bring judgment to him so far. Vivi, upon hearing that he had been spotted in the region, decided to try to find him to teach him a lesson. A foolish thing to think she could do alone, but common sense never stopped the girl before. The girl had given chase when she spotted him moving earlier and Niamh had to follow to keep her from getting herself killed.

Niamh walked over to the swordsman who had been taken out of the battle with one arrow. She was not sure what made him collapse like that, but at least he was alive. He was also lucky, in a way, that the arrow had passed clean through him instead of getting caught in muscle or by bone. She pressed the staff to the injury caused by the arrow, just like she did to heal every wound, and released the power from the staff to cause it to heal up. He probably could have went without being healed, but better safe than sorry. There was more than one fighter in the world who lost a limb from an infected wound.

"There... No permanent damage done. You know... None of us have been properly introduced, have we?"

[Miracles]

Melody spun her sword once and replaced it at her side amongst her other weapons. A smile came to her face as it seemed everyone as alive and well, with one even dashing off with the energy her youth offered. Shrugging the girl made her way to the others and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Well, since there's no more fighting to be had it would be a proper time to introduce ourselves at least. Call me Melody, and glad I could assist."

[Zet]

*Zet couldn't complain about the children comment. He was 50/50 on it anyway in that regard. Being a kid meant he still had plenty of aging and growing up to do, along with more sights to see and a lot more to learn. Though being a kid he often got looked down on, underestimated, or sometimes out of a job. It had its pluses and minuses he supposed was the best way to look at it. Besides, he had lasted the best out of everyone when it came to taking on the enemies, while the guy who looked the oldest got taken out just from being shot through the arm. Guess he didn't take to pain very well....or something? He'd forget thinking about that as his mind went to having not introduced himself. He blamed being attacked and not having much room for chatting it out because of it.*

"I'm Zet. Just a guy roaming about to improve himself....though I actually haven't been to that many places."

[Chaos]

Tresc smiled at Niamh and nodded towards her, feeling the residual pain from the arrow vanish. He smirked at her comment about children and smirked.

"If it helps...the "children" were more help here than I was, as sad as that is..."

The swordsman shifted his eyes to the ground. He hated how quickly he had fallen from a single arrow. Rei hovered above him and sighed. Even she knew when to shut up.

[Feneroe]

""It does not matter if they were or not. There is already too much bloodshed happening in the world to have children become involved, too."

Niamh sighed and looked over to the swordsman who called himself 'Zet'. An odd name to be sure, but there were many such names out there. It did make her wonder if it was an alias or not. She was not going to ask, of course. Questioning someone about their name without even knowing them just seemed too rude to do. She would instead spend time learning more about him if possible while waiting for Vivienne to come back from wherever she slipped to in town.

"Well, every journey has to start before it ends. Visiting a few places simply means your journey has not been that long yet. What about you are you trying to improve, though? My name is Niamh, not Niva as you probably hear Vivi shouting. Her way of saying it is similar, but not correct."

[Elaine]

It was rare to see people who actually cared about children being dragged into the fighting. She supposed that going by her age, she was in that group too actually. Only Niamh and the swordsman who was downed before she arrived were actually past that age group, though Vivi looked like she took the cake in their grouping.

"I'm just glad I could help. My name is Elaine Veilvalse."

She herself was less on a journey and more just roaming about in her free time. It helped since sometimes she ran into situations like she had now. A journey of self-improvement didn't sound that bad though. Though there was something else that was on her mind too, looking to the floating light and the swordsman it was next to.

"I've been meaning to ask this, but what exactly is that floating ball of light there?"

[Zet]

*How Niamh put it, it made him feel kind of bad going around and fighting like this. It helped when it came to helping others or bettering his sword arm, but still made him think about it for a bit. He did wonder why he kept hearing her shout Niva, but he couldn't tell whether it was a way of shortening it, which wasn't really needed, or if she just said it that way. He had never been asked before what he wanted to improve of himself. It wasn't just his swordsmanship, but he didn't quite know 'how' to answer it really. He became absorbed enough in the question to almost tune out reality.*

"Hm....I suppose if anything right now just....myself? I never actually thought of how to describe it before."

[Chaos]

Tresc looked to Elaine and shrugged. He'd like to call the fairy what he thought of her, but that wouldn't be much help. He glanced at Rei.

"This is Rei...she's a fairy...and a down right pain in [Censored]...

Rei began glowing a dark red and bounced off Tresc's head repeatedly.

"I heard that ya stinkin' swordsman! Did you think I was deaf or something?!"

Tresc's eye twitched as he looked to Rei when she finally stopped.

"Then perhaps you could stop getting us kicked out of every Inn we go to."

[Ark]

"I suppose it all depends on what you see as a child."[/color] The Spell Sword comments offhandedly. With a shrug, he continues on. "In any case, the name's Ark. I'm merely exploring; no actual purpose in mind."[/color] He blinks, taking notice of two of the people in the group. In particular, it seemed like the fairy and her companion was every bit as eccentric as they had been the first time Ark had met them.

"Weren't you guys at Bulgar?"[/color] The swordsman gives a fake gasp, feigning worry. "Don't tell me you all are stalkers now."[/color] he says, addressing Melody, Tresc and Rei.

[Miracles]

"Now now, you're handsome but not that handsome." Melody replied to Ark's words with a wink. A smile crossed her face and she let a hand fall to rest on the wind cutting blade at her side, mostly out of comfort. "Anyways, I was at Bulgar heading out in the first place, so our paths simply crossed again. I'm heading out to Etruria on a few leads to the whereabouts of my father, and if I have to fight to get to him then I will. However, I hope that won't be the case." The girl explained now as it seemed everyone else was giving their reasons of travel. It seemed she was probably the one with the most purpose at this rate.