Tipsy Minotaur Tavern Virnon ~~~~~~~ < @Wata @GobMaw_HellSmasha @BuriasDempsey @Maleth @TuskatheDaemonKilla @The_Raven > The tavernkeep had sighed in relief when Wizbang put down his gun, and then looked at the Dune fey and the silver drake that came up to see him. He nodded and put down the mug he had been cleaning before looking between them. "Her name is Anya, and from what we have been able to find out, they live in an old mine just east of the village." he nodded with a small smile at someone being willing to help. "It's inside that mound you can see from the village, but we don't know how many who are there" he explained - and indeed it would be easy to see because they were in the plains area. "Thank you and we will be awaiting your return." he bowed his head to them all. "A round of ale is up for grabs when you return."
"Anya will be brought back, I promise" Rorak stated sincerely as he armed himself with his mace and began to walk out the door of the tavern. "Any of you lot done licking your wounds can join me if you so desire. If not...well...might as well just wait here. I'll bash the bandit's skulls in and be back with those they captured before sun down." And with that last comment Rorak exited the bar, and true to his word started heading in the relative direction he was informed about the mine. The old Dune Fey didn't bother looking back to check if anyone else was coming with him, it didn't really matter to him honestly. Only thing that mattered was getting the job done, and bashing the brains out of those that deserved it.
Sui watched the little guy go and puff his excitement and valor. It made the drake chuckle and smile. He flexed his wings and went after the dune fey. "Call yourselves mercs? Ass in gear, people!" Sui said with playful smile at everyone while walking out of the tavern, jogging after the fey to crack some bandits in half.
Wizbang slowly got up as the other mercenaries started leaving, He was a bit slow do to his age(or was at least pretending to be) and lagged behind a bit. Using his staff as a walking stick as he walked along looking a head. His pipe was still in his mouth, smoke escaping from his nose as he walked. His expression was unreadable, simply looking ahead with his grey eyes.
With the job decided thanks to the barkeep's worthy task of recovering his missing child from bandits, Arthoran followed everyone else, picking up her gear before calmly walking out the tavern to catch up with the rest of the group, ready to go and bring back Anya and slay a few bandits. Suffice to say, a dilemma on the Snow Fey's mind was about what she was going to take part in this mission, be it using her magic for support, her longbow and Kuani for striking at key targets from afar, or her swords for something approaching a more conventional approach to the task at hand, or a beguiling mixture of all of them.
Valla stood up, hefting her maul up over her shoulder, and headed out with the rest of them with a jog, knowing they probably weren't going to slow down for the others to catch up. "Ah hell." Smoke said under his breath as Valla ran off with the other two daredevils, giving the old bearded man with the guns one last glance of suspicion, then shouldering his pack and making sure everything was packed before getting off Seline's lap to go and let her up too. @The_Raven "Come on, we got bandits to kill and shit to loot." He said to her with a flash of a smile before heading out the door.
@BuriasDempsey Seline jumps up and eagerly follows the little kobold. "oh my god look at his little waddly feetsies!" Her tail is up and wiggling excitedly, and she has a massive grin on her face.
Cave outside Helmast Virnon ~~~~~~~ < @Wata @GobMaw_HellSmasha @BuriasDempsey @Maleth @TuskatheDaemonKilla @The_Raven > The walk would be less than an hour, the sun beginning to set in the distance while the mercenaries all made their way to the mine that had been told to them by the innkeeper. And indeed it seemed that there were men of a dangerous bend inside, as five men stood guard. Though one was more heavily armored than the other four, and they all seemed to be conversing. Perhaps it was a changing of the guard, and waiting would lead to an easier time. However, they couldn't know if it was, or even if - how long it would take. What would they do, how would they risk? Would they plan, would they just attack? Time would tell...
Sui was leaning on a tree, his wings flexed and tail swayed about languidly. "Well, looks like we got a surprise attack in any case." He brushed his snout and clicked his knuckles. "We need a company name too, what about Scar Company?" He crossed his arms over his chest and looked up while in thought. "Dudes and Dragons? Golden Swords? Bunch of Assholes?" He glanced at the others. "Thoughts? On anything?"
"We can't just assume this is all they have as a force" Rorak whispered to the incredibly talkative dragon man, "and if you keep on yapping like that we won't have much of a surprise attack" Rorak may have been one willing to put his life on the line-and may be a little to willing to die in some cases- but he wasn't gonna just get himself killed unceremoniously by yet another stupidly incompetent decision. "Do you see the girl, or any of their other captives? Don't you think they'd leave at least one of them to guard their captives? That's more of their number we are unaccounted for. We could possibly be running into a trap. Think with your brain, dragonman."
