Hey hey! It's chapter four, how is everyone doing? Very well I hope.
No action in this chapter as such, but loads of describing. Hope you enjoy
So our story continues...
"Well, I suggest we start tracking down the Mage Hunters in the morning" said Rei, pulling his boots off to relax his feet a little bit.
"Sounds like a plan" smiled Julia. "I think we do need a well earned rest. But don't you think we should have a disguise around here Rei? I mean, there are still many King Kai heretical followers around. So our clothes would definately be a strike against us"
"Smart girl" shouted Tala as the opened the door to the inn they were staying at for the night. The others noticed he was carrying a very large sack over his shoulder. "Good thing I brought some money along with me too" he added, throwing the bag onto the table in the middle of the room. Unlike many other tables in the world of Valen, this table was of a strange shape to be associated with tables. It was triangular shaped!. The bag rattled a little upon impact with the table. Tala then ran his hand through the bag, muttering something about being more organized, until he found the right bag and threw it to Salima, who caught it.
"What's this for Captain Tala?" she asked, putting the bag on her bed.
"It's your disguise, Salima. I know now that Kai may have put bounties on our heads, so until the battle for Ceril begins, we must wear these to make sure we don't attract unwanted attention" Tala replied before adding. "Go try it on, but not here, you don't want Max staring at you right?"
Salima then dissapeared from the room and returned a few minutes later, she was now wearing the disguise Tala bought her. She was now wearing black fingerless gloves, which were mainly used in these regions of Valen for travelling. Her shoes were now replaced by pure white boots that stopped short of her knees, with black laces on them. She also wore dark tights that looked so black and less transparant that one would think she was wearing leggings. She wore a dress too, but this was a sort of mage-like dress. The skirt part stopped short of the bottom of her thighs, making sure the tights were still shown, and the sleeves were quite wide on her and they almost draped over the top of her gloves. In the waist area she has a kimono-like sash that went around her waist, but not going into the skirt-like area. The buttons were somewhat strange as well, as they went up to the neck in a zig-zag shape.
"How do I look?" she asked in a shy way.
"Almost complete" said Tala, observing her attire. He then walked up to her, took out her ponytail band and started ruffling her hair at a rapid pace until her left eye was no longer visible under her hair. The back of her hair reached all the down to her waist. "Now your finished... Okay Rei, your next" he said as he threw Rei a bag, who noticed that his one was quite heavy.
He came back in almost quicker time than Salima did. His whole attire had gone, he now wore thigh length leather greaves. He had plain white trousers on that could only be seen slightly, as he wore a white cloth shirt the stopped a little gap away from the greaves. The cloth shirt had black leather armour attached to it, to protect Rei from harm. He also wore grey forearm length fingerless gloves, with black (and white trimmed) vambraces. Rei had turned his headband inside out to the cover up the Kon crest that lay on the right side of it. He also removed his ponytail band, letting his hair at the back flow freely.
He was quickly followed by Julia, who had the same usual attire on, except the colour was dark green, not red. Her gloves were also replaced by steel gauntlets. She also gained a sea blue cloak the stopped just a coulple of inches from the ground.
Max was the last one get his new attire, he wore a full black mage robe, which had a white trim running across it, and a white trenchcoat over the top, which in turn had a black trim on it. He was actually wearing the standard mage recruits attire (Trenchcoat not a part of the attire)
"What about mine then?" asked Mariam, sitting on her bed, looking out of the window.
"Don't worry" smiled Tala "No one in Ceril has even seen you remember? You havent met King Kai or his subjects, so they wont know who you are" Mariam had to crack a smile, knowing that Kai did not know what she looked like was a blessing!
"Whats the plan then?" asked Rei, before Tala could answer, Julia interrupted.
"You, me and Tala will go looking for the Mage Hunters. Salima, Max and Mariam will look for information on King Kai. He has hidden documents in this city, it's vital that we find them"
"Lets get some rest guys" chirped Max. "We've got documents to find and asses to kick!"
8:12 AM
"Morning Mariam" smiled Max, looking out the window.
"Your sure up early aren't you Max" groaned Mariam as she got up from bed.
"Wait a sec" said Max all of a sudden. "Where the hell is Salima?" Mariam looked around their room and sure enough, no Salima!
"I bet she's gone to follow Rei most likely, but we should worry about the task at hand" said Mariam as she got dressed.
Who's the Mage Hunter leader? Will Rei and the others find Goki and Jim alive? Will Max and Mariam find the documents? Where has Salima gone?
All these will be answered in the next chapter...