To escape a lord

[gartogirl]

Javrena

"Thought I wasn't going to make it. I had to sneak in through a kitchen window in the lower levels." Javrena muttered to Tash. "The dragon riders aren't here yet though, so I'll get into position. In case it doesn't work out right, Yadsa's being held by Morgan and Alyric right now. If needed, tell Gem to get through the kitchens then just walk to the little kids holding the horse."

Then Javrena disappeared again, knowing Tash would start the chain when the riders were in the proper positions.

The blond-haired girl wandered through the corridors, her feet light and swift on the smooth tile floors. Hunter to the core, her bow and arrows were in their quiver, ready for use beneath her cloak.

Javrena made her way down to the dungeon, moving quietly as a cat.

"Well hello little miss. Lost your way?" said a voice behind her, a sword at her throat.

"Uh... Isn't the hall this way?" she asked, turning slowly, her hands up. "I could've sworn it was..."

"No, it's not you little brat!" said the man, grabbing her hands and pulling her back up, quickly roping her hands together as he went. "I've been searching everywhere for you! This time, Lord Dinma can take care of you with the riders! You've caused far too much trouble for us little jerk, and so's your friend."

Javrena gulped a bit, walking quickly to keep from being tread upon by her captor. Denying the fact that she had very nearly burned his house to the ground was pointless, since he was one of the people who had seen her and Jebidiah at it... "Aw, come on! That wasn't my fault! I can't be held accountable for the fact that your house was made of wood!" she said feebly, getting shoved into the hall again. Jeb was being held in one corner by another of the soldiers, looking thoroughly annoyed with his captor.

"Hi Jeb," the green-eyes girl said as she was pushed into a position beside him. "Lovely day for this, isn't it?"

[Narimya]

Laura looked up as she saw a few of the younger teenagers being pushed around a little roughly. “What's going on here?” She looked over at the two youths. A girl and a boy, though she knew there was something about them that had most of the people in here a little surprised to see this.

She strode over, glaring at the guards. “Let them go!” If they said no... well they would find out that was the wrong answer at the moment. If it was one thing you did not do, it was to disobey the most powerful of the Dragon Riders.

Her eyes narrowed at the guard.

[gartogirl]

Javrena

She looked over at Jeb, a grin on her face. Well, this was unexpected, but not unwelcome.

The guard however, looked thunderstruck. "Uh... These two are disturbers of the peace, thieves, and general troublemakers." he said in a low voice.

Jeb

"Oh yes ma'am, we're terribly vicious young criminals." he said, laughing a bit. "Alright, we're troublemakers. Yes, we happened to accidentally set fire to your house, and admittedly, I did steal the pie. I don't deny it... Usually. However, taking off my hand and burning my friend isn't the best way to gain justice." said the boy, looking scared.

Javrena

She looked over at Jeb, knowing that he was improvising. "Jeb!" she practically yelled at him, making the two guards jump. That was her chance. She slammed her bound hands up into her captor's face then whirled as Jeb held up his kitchen knife, cutting her bonds. Out came her bow and an arrow from her cloak, knocked and pointed straight at the guard. "Easy does it Jeb." said she, winking as the boy held his knife to his own guard's throat. "Not going to add murder to the charges... Maye assaulting officers about ten thousand times, but no murder." she lowered her bow, unknocking the arrow, though she made a point to keep both in hand as she glared at the guards.

Jeb

The brown-haired boy shrugged and placed his kitchen knife back in his sleeve. "Suit yourself then Jav'. Hello Miss Rider ma'am. Thanks for the help." he said, bowing with a flourish to her, a mischievous grin on his face.

Javrena

"Yes, thanks very much. Now if you'll excuse me, I have places to be, and a few people to punch." and then she was gone again, headed straight towards the dungeon, leaping through the crowded corridors.

She slammed into the dungeon door and practically tumbled, head over heels down into it. "'Ello there!" she said to the mercenaries, holding up her bow, taking aim again, an arrow in place, the string pulled back. "Care to get out of my way, or will I have to make you?"

[Narimya]

"wait a moment... I heard one of you mentioning someone's name which caught my attention in the first place," Laura replied. Bizandra growled from outside. there would be nothing going wrong here.

Though the young girl had darted out of the room, it did not take Laura long to find her again. It was only too easy to track someone if your dragon could see through walls and things and tell you where they were even if you could not see them yourself.

"You mentioned a girl named Gem. Where is she?" Laura asked, pulling the girl out of the gaurd's sight.

[dawny]

Aug 28, 2010 18:24:55 GMT -5 Narimya said:

GEM

[in response to Rasei!]
“I suppose we are, yes. I noticed that already, though I think I'm older than you in that respect. You won't have any trouble hiding unlike me.” The girl sighed, knowing things were bad here, but Rasei would have no idea about that.
“As for how I got her....”
She thought for a moment, trying to decide how best to tackle that question. “Well I certainly did not break any rules, if you must know. I'm the niece of the elven Queen Ava, and at the moment her heir, until she has a daughter of her own. Her brother Sudryl is my mother Laura's father. You've likely heard of my mother before, she is the Head Rider. I was stolen from her and my father... ten years ago when I was a lot younger from my home in Ciarbera. My father is the Lord Zelphar, leader of Ciarbera.”

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"How interesting," Rasei drawled. She was in the presence of royalty. Somehow, she din't feel the urge to bow and scrape about. She leaned against the wall and then with a grimace stood back up. The stone was ragged, rough and dripping with moisture. She'd rather be in a tent. Or a stable. With lots of horses.

"How did they capture without causing a war?" She asked, "And as for my elven heritage, I have no idea how it came to be. I was raised in a human village."

[gartogirl]

Javrena

"Well, thanks for ruining the bit of shock and such! I was going to use that miss rider!" Javrena said, before the woman's words registered. "Oh, Gem? She's down there probably. Hence me going in there in the first place. Jeb's about to wreak mayhem so everyone locked up down there can get up into the hall, or out the door as the case may be, and then a few of our friends are going to probably set fire to the kitchens, though they might still be debating on that part of the plan."

Javrena released the tension on her bow string and stuck out her hand. "I'm Javrena by the way, Daughter of None. I'm more often called Jav', or 'That Little...', but I prefer Jav', if you don't mind." the green-eyed girl grinned a bit, then sighed. "Too bad I can't touch the eggs, but wreaking havoc like what's going to happen is one of the next best things." she shrugged, then laughed as a bang sounded from above. "There's goes phase two of the plan..."

Jeb

"AHA!" he yelled, slipping out from under the guard's arms as the man tried to choke him. "And... GO!" the brown-haired boy yelled to the room at large. Suddenly, each of his friends, his siblings, were holding some form of chaos wreaking device. In the hands of Gertrude was an angry cat, who had been stuffed into her hood. She threw the creature at one of the guards, and the tabby lost it, clawing at the man's helmet.

Darris whistled a few notes and his hawk shot from his shoulder, flapping in people's faces, screeching.

Brendan began yelling at random people, occasionally flapping his arms about and running around. Hardas began toppling over anything within reach, as well as singing off-key. Jennifer held small vials she had bought and began throwing them at different areas of the room, causing various colored smoke, scents, and a few flames to build up. Siena, always crafty, had brought along thread and wound it between people's legs, running through the hall bent over, a ball of black thread in her hands.

Others were sneaking in, joining the mayhem. Verinthor, Tiren, Bethany and Nerais jumped through various windows and pummeled anyone in sight, be they friend or not.

Finally, Zade looked over to Jeb, and as one, they pulled out pies. "PIE FIGHT!" they screamed, and threw the four pies at any guard within throwing distance, before darting to a cake that stood on one of the food tables, dropping it on two of the men who came to try and stop them. Most of the other boys and girls joined in, grabbing food off the tables and splattering anything within sight with the stuff.

"Chaos, lovely chaos," muttered Jeb under his breathe as he and Zade worked in concert to overturn one of the tables bearing drinks, spilling the liquids all over the floor, causing people to slip and trip into their sister's threads.

"We. are. so. BRILLIANT." Zade said with a smile. "Let's hope Jav' gets her part done though too, or we're so doomed..."

[Narimya]

Gem
“No one knows how that happened. Someone was very clever, and I was asleep at the time.” most of the things I was taught to do by the others I had forgotten though when it came to being one of the nobles. Then I heard the voice outside in the corridor. “It can't be!” I yelped. That was my mothers voice out there in the hallway. She could not have come this way... how would she have known I was down here?

Laura smiled grimly. “Yes well, I don't really approve of all the violence it would take for you get them out. Thats why I came. None of those mercenaries would dare to attack when there is a powerful rider like me hanging about near them.” She sighed, then smiled. “I may as well help out a bit.”
Then she gasped hearing the female voice somewhere nearly. “She is nearby. I heard her!”

[dawny]

Rasei

"Well that's interesting," Rasei said in a voice that hinted she thought the opposite. She yanked open the door and eyed the Rider. She could see the resemblance.

"Your...Headness?" She closed her mouth, realizing she was still holding her sword, which probably looked quite...bad...

Fighting Riders was not high on Rasei's to-do list. Whoops.

[gartogirl]

Javrena

She shrugged. "My way didn't involve violence. If they wouldn't lower their weapons I was going to use one of my smoke bombs and then get at the locks. I'm a master at getting things done with chaos and minimal fighting."Javrena said, stopping as the door opened, a mercenary with a sword standing beyond it.

"Hello there. Mind if I come through? I happen to have a friend down there who's needed by Dinma in the hall. She's apparently been sentenced to execution. Something about demonstrations, blah blah blah... I was sent to fetch her. No idea why, but I don't want to have to follow her in line so..." Javrena said to the mercenary, looking completely serious and slightly confused, as if she didn't know why she, of all people, was being sent to do the task. "The head rider came with me, curious about the slave. So if you'll please move, I'll get her and a few others who are wanted to entertain, and then be gone."

[Narimya]

Gem sighed as Rasei left again, and she knew why. There was a rider in the hallway outside. For just a moment she thought that she would be safe before all of a sudden, a green jet of light shot past the open door to her cell. She gasped hearing her mother whirl around quickly.

“You dare attack me, Rider Collin?” Laura asked, glaring at the Rider who was little older than a boy.
“Lord Dinma sent me down here to check on things. Good thing I did, Head Rider. What are you doing here?” Clearly he had not heard what Javrena had said, a good thing, because there was no doubt that it was not the truth.
Laura seemed to laugh. “My business here is not of your concern, boy. Leave. Now.”

Gem knew though from where she was that there was no point in arguing when there was a Rider here. Not to mention her mother was one of them. She moved out quickly from where she had been hidden and Laura smiled at her, a thing that most would not have expected to see.
Then the younger Rider sent a spell at Gem herself but Laura blocked it, easily creating what seemed a wall of flames which evaporated the watery spell sent at her daughter. “You will not my daughter!” she commanded. “get out!”

[gartogirl]

Javrena

"Oh, she came down to help me out, I'm having to run errands for Lord Dinma too. It's a bit annoying really, since I'm not one of his servants even, but ah well. That's life for ya." she said, inching past Rasei as she spoke, seemingly unconcerned with the fight that had already started between the two riders. "I'm supposed to get a few of the slaves, see, for one reason and another. She followed me though." Javrena's hand was inside her cloak, and suddenly she tossed a small pouch in between them, causing foul-smelling, greenish-grey smoke to cloud the area.

She darted into the dungeon, and quickly pulled her arrow of the bow string, using its tip to pick the locks on three of the cells, including Gem's. "Away! Away, brave hearts!" she yelled, leading the other slaves in a charge back out the dungeon door. One she tossed an arrow to, and the young boy began working on other locks with surprising skill.

"Told you my way involves less violence!" Javrena said loudly to Laura, laughing through the smoke screen.

[Narimya]

Laura hissed as the other rider tried to attack one of the others, again blocking him from the boy this time. “Return to where you are meant to be!”
The rider seemed to pause for a moment and backed away seeming to realise she was not going to be beaten by one human boy at all. “I'll get you for this!” He left.
Laura smiled, turning to look at the terrified others in the hallway. “Time for you all to get out of here, I should think.” Last though her eyes reached her daughter. “I cannot help at the moment. I have to make sure he leaves before he thinks to disobey me again.” With that she rushed after the younger rider.

Gem sighed. “I suppose that is my mother. She always looks out for those who cannot protect themselves.” We were not going to get out of this mess easily. These other slaves knew nothing about fighting with others.

[gartogirl]

Javrena

"Okay fellows! Listen up, I want you to get to the kitchens, and then out the door! There, you will find two boys holding a mare named Yadsa. They will direct you to their madhouse of a home, and then onwards! Those of you willing and able to fight, go to the kitchen and grab knives, as well as maybe a few pies. Then head up to the hall, and try to hide among the others. Chaos is running rampant right now, so it shouldn't be too difficult." she said, grinning like there was no end to her madness.

The freed slaves dispersed quickly, leaving the green-eyed girl with Gem. "Okay now Gem! Up we go. Get to the eggs as quick as you can, and be careful not to slip in whatever Jeb might've poured onto the floors. Also, watch out for string, a hawk, a cat, and flying food."

Then Javrena began running along the corridors, back the way she had come, to the hall, were chaos was indeed, thriving. Pies and other things were flying through the air at random, people were slipping the drinks, tables were overturned, an angry cat was attacking people, and a hawk was busy hitting people with its wings.

"Ahh," sighed the girl, laughing. Then suddenly, Jeb was there, and the boy pulled her behind a table that he and Zade had capsized.

[Narimya]

I sighed knowing that there was next to no chance of me escaping without warning at the moment. I'd try and slip away of course, but it was not going to happen all that easily. At least I knew the way the Dragon Riders would be working at the moment. Some of them, the ones formerly from Adurna would be happy to see their former Lord having trouble calming things down.

My mother and the other elves among the riders though were finding it very hard not to stop all the pandemonium in the hall they had come here for a reason and they would have to deal with the after effects of this later on. “Fin uruloki orb alto lex kiko nina.”
“Acko, sen tarn sen neno posk gia taren mepalo endgla nime gia linoth,” a younger elf much closer to my age himself replied.
“Lye mayax alto stotis,” the third rider in the group added.
They were the only ones not getting splattered by things seeing as they had cast spells of their own to deflect things from hitting them.
Then my mother seemed to look up, and spot me. “Now we can,” she replied in the human language. “Look who just entered.”
The elves all turned as one to look over at me. They all smiled and Dinma I saw was frowning. He had seen me and that meant that one of his gaurds would be coming my way. I dodged quickly as someone came up behind me, and heard several of the elves moving in this direction to deal with the bastard.

OOC:
Fin uruloki orb alto lex kiko nina - The Dragon eggs should be hatched here
Acko, sen tarn sen neno posk gia taren mepalo endgla nime gia linoth - Yes, but there is no chance of this pandemonium stopping any time soon
Lye mayax alto stotis- We really should intervene

[gartogirl]

Jeb

The brown-haired boy whispered something to Javrena, who nodded at him. "OI!" Jeb shouted above the din. When there was no response, he placed his fingers in his mouth and whistled, causing those nearest to him to clap their hands over their ears.

"Shut up, now! Line up, everyone. Jenny, Gertude, get the girls lined up. You guys had better pay attention or I'll pound your skulls in. I don't care if you're girls, so don't pull it on me. You older boys get these tables back up properly. I ask that the parents and other adults here start cleaning up some of this. Those who're going to touch the eggs, line up. Stay sharp! Give the dragon riders a good impression, eh? Though don't mistake it for respect that is shown to Dinma dung-head there."

There was almost complete silence following the teen's words. Then people began moving to do as he said. They had listened to him thus far, partially because they liked the erring, incredibly human young one, and partially because he had promised not to touch their food for a month if the helped him.

"The still wet floor is yours, Ms. Dragon Rider Ma'am." Jeb said with a lopsided grin as he, Zade, and Javrena moved into line. Javrena's head was lowered some, though if she had looked up, her grin might have rivaled Jeb's.

~*~*~*~*~*

Javrena

The girl was a bit worried. She had spoken a bit freely with Laura, and the woman knew she wasn't of the proper age to touch the eggs. Nor were almost half the other people jockeying for a position in the ragtag line that was slowly forming at one wall.

Only when she was in line between Jeb and Zade did she look up, hope, worry, and trepidation in her forest green eyes...