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Chapter Nineteen
Picard looked up to see that he was tied up, and that there were many ugly beasts sitting by a campfire. One monster walked awkwardly over to him and tied him to a tree. He returned to his friends and grunted something in their language. The others began arguing with him, and soon they were punching and kicking each other. One of them finally stood up and stuck a stick into the fire. Within a couple of seconds, the stick lit on fire and he threw it at Picard. It missed narrowly, and began to burn the ropes. Picard screamed in agony, and as soon as the ropes were burnt, he cast frigid blast to put out the flames. The monsters looked at him in surprise, expecting that he would be burnt to a crisp, but he seemed fairly unhurt. Picard drew his sword and began to slaughter the band of monsters. He then turned to the exit of the forest, and walked out.
For what seemed like forever, Picard wandered around in the dark. Gradually, it became lighter and lighter until he could see clearly. Several hours later, he stumbled into the town of Kolima. He wandered to the inn, and paid for a room. Then, he went to his room and slept for a few hours.
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Alex was wearing out. He knew he couldn't hold on forever, and he had already held on for atleast a day. The little peice of wood was being worn down by water, and still he saw no sign of land. The wood slipped out of his hands... he knew he was sinking... he was going to die.
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Ivan watched as Gust slammed into the tree, knocking it to the ground. He wished that he was a fire adept, as it would make this job much easier. He grabbed the tree with a whirlwind, and carried it to his pile. Ivan sat down on a log to rest, and within a few moments Sheba returned with a log of her own. Ivan sighed, and stood back up, disappearing back into the forest. He found another good tree, and cast plasma on it's trunk. It creaked a bit, but stayed standing. Gust appeared and slammed into the tree, as they had been doing all day long. After hitting the tree several times, it fell down and Ivan carried it back to the pile. It was tiring work, but necessary if he ever wanted to see any of his friends again.
Within several hours, enough trees had been collect and cut to size, and Ivan and Sheba were collecting thick vines to hold them together. Ivan sighed, and said, "This would be much faster with Isaac around. He could just cause vines to wrap up the logs, and it would be much more secure that way." Gust agreed, and turned back to pulling a vine off of a tree.
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Garet had become good friends with Justin, but he missed his other friends, even Ivan. He decided to leave Xian and search for his friends, and when he told Justin goodbye, he decided to come with him. Justin said, "Oh, my uncle won't mind. He likes me a lot but he knows that I am strong, and if I tell him that I want to go, I'm sure he'll let me." Garet started to say that it might be too dangerous, but Justin cut him off. "I'm not that week!" he said in a disgusted voice. Garet shrugged, and Justin ran off to find his uncle.
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Isaac listened closely to the conversation inside the room. The woman was saying that she was going to kill Jenna and Felix if they were unable to kill Isaac and his friends again, and the man kept saying, "Menardi, isn't that a bit harsh?" after every few sentences. Isaac figured that the angry woman must be named Menardi, but the name didn't mean anything to him. Menardi said, "Saturos, I know what I'm doing. You and I both know that I am stronger than you, and that I know best." The man snorted, and replied, "I do not know that you are stronger, and nor do I know that you know best." Isaac then concluded that Saturos was the man. Menardi suddenly said, "Fheizi. This boy. If you see him again, capture him and bring him to us." Isaac heard no reply, but footsteps walking towards the door. He was frightened badly, and had trouble getting away in time. As he touched the first step, he slipped and flew to the ground. Fheizi walked up to him and whacked him in the stomach with her staff. Isaac fell onconcious.
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Picard awoke later that day, and decided to get some food. He planned to leave in search of his friends soon. After eating, he decided to go to Imil, so he teleported. After a thorough search of the city, he found no traces of any of his friends. Next, he searched Vale, but had similar luck. By this time, it was getting fairly late, so he decided to only try Vault, and then get an inn for the night.
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Ivan tightly tied the last vine into place, and stood back to admire his work. It was getting late, so Ivan decided to go to bed. Sheba had gone to bed a while back, but he had stayed up to finish the base of the raft. Ivan raised his staff, and sent water raining down on the fire. He then headed for bed.
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Justin suggested that they search in Altin, which was not more than a three hour walk. Garet agreed, so they headed for Altin. After walking several minutes, the monsters became more abundant. They were frightened of the big cities, but in the middle of nowhere, there wasn't likely to be a large amount of people, so they would stay there, and wait for little groups of people to come to them. Suddenly, eleven rats appeared out of bushes at the same time, and Garet moaned. Justin drew his sword and immediately stabbed it through one of the rats. It groaned and fell down, dead. Justin stood, looking at the dead rat, and then to his blood covered sword, a look of shock on his face. Garet asked, "What's wrong?" Justin replied, "I've never actually killed anything before. I've trained with people, but never killed anything. It's a strange fealing." The conversation was broken off when the rats jumped on them. Garet swung his sword wildly, quickly taking out four rats. Justin aimed carefully and eliminated another three. Only three more to go. They are charged at Garet, who sent a heat wave at each of them individually. Leaving the fried rats, they continued onwards towards Altin.
After several more encounters with rats, and other week monsters, the two friends made it to a big city. It was very stretched out, with many small cliffs. Garet immediately went to look for new clothes, as his had gotten quite torn over the last years, while Justin went to the inn. Garet entered the shop and looked around. There were no shopkeepers around, but he heard noises from a back room. Garet approached the room, and saw a short old man sewing clothes. "Hello?" Garet asked. The man appeared to have not heard him. "HELLO? DO YOU HAVE ANY MANNERS? I said HELLO!" shouted Garet, overreacting. The old man turned around and glared, but sold to Garet anyway. When he saw the size of his money bag, he immediately treated him quite nicely.
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Isaac looked up. He couldn't move his arms or legs, but he wasn't sure if he was tied, or if he had broken them, or what. He couldn't see anything; it was extremely dark. When he tried to talk, it came out as a hoarse, "Hello?" A moment later, some light came from beside him, and a muscular blue arm reached in and pulled him out. He realized that he had been under a bed, and that he was indeed tied. The man standing above him said, "Hello, my name is Saturos. I am a leader in the Lunpan army. I'm trying to recruit the best warriors for my army. As I have heard from Felix, you are an excellent warrior, and I would be honored if you would join my army." Isaac moaned. "What are my other choices?" asked Isaac. Saturos smiled and replied, "Death." Isaac hesitated for a few seconds, and Saturos drew his huge sword. Isaac said, "I'll join you! Just please spare my friends."
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Alex heard voices. They sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place them. He only knew that he wasn't dead, but he didn't know why not. He was freezing cold, as he had been in the water for several days. The voices were getting louder. A boy's voice said, "We should leave soon." Now, Alex recognized the voice. It was Ivan! Alex tried to make himself seen. "Ivan!" he whispered, "Over here..." Ivan stopped for a moment, but didn't seem to see him. Alex tried again. "Ivan! It's me, Alex!" he whispered hoarsely. This time, Ivan looked over and saw Alex. He said, "It's Alex!" At this, Sheba came over to see what Ivan was talking about. Ivan quickly grabbed Alex and dragged him into his house, and put him in his own bed.
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Picard entered the city and looked around. He didn't see any of his friends, but he went farther into the city. "Isaac? Ivan? Anybody here?" Little did he know that he was being watched. After thoroughly searching the city, he found nothing, but he had a feeling that one of them was close, so he looked a little bit longer. He still found nobody, and he finally decided to continue on from Tolbi.
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Chapter Nineteen
Picard looked up to see that he was tied up, and that there were many ugly beasts sitting by a campfire. One monster walked awkwardly over to him and tied him to a tree. He returned to his friends and grunted something in their language. The others began arguing with him, and soon they were punching and kicking each other. One of them finally stood up and stuck a stick into the fire. Within a couple of seconds, the stick lit on fire and he threw it at Picard. It missed narrowly, and began to burn the ropes. Picard screamed in agony, and as soon as the ropes were burnt, he cast frigid blast to put out the flames. The monsters looked at him in surprise, expecting that he would be burnt to a crisp, but he seemed fairly unhurt. Picard drew his sword and began to slaughter the band of monsters. He then turned to the exit of the forest, and walked out.
For what seemed like forever, Picard wandered around in the dark. Gradually, it became lighter and lighter until he could see clearly. Several hours later, he stumbled into the town of Kolima. He wandered to the inn, and paid for a room. Then, he went to his room and slept for a few hours.
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Alex was wearing out. He knew he couldn't hold on forever, and he had already held on for atleast a day. The little peice of wood was being worn down by water, and still he saw no sign of land. The wood slipped out of his hands... he knew he was sinking... he was going to die.
_*_*_*_*_*_*_
Ivan watched as Gust slammed into the tree, knocking it to the ground. He wished that he was a fire adept, as it would make this job much easier. He grabbed the tree with a whirlwind, and carried it to his pile. Ivan sat down on a log to rest, and within a few moments Sheba returned with a log of her own. Ivan sighed, and stood back up, disappearing back into the forest. He found another good tree, and cast plasma on it's trunk. It creaked a bit, but stayed standing. Gust appeared and slammed into the tree, as they had been doing all day long. After hitting the tree several times, it fell down and Ivan carried it back to the pile. It was tiring work, but necessary if he ever wanted to see any of his friends again.
Within several hours, enough trees had been collect and cut to size, and Ivan and Sheba were collecting thick vines to hold them together. Ivan sighed, and said, "This would be much faster with Isaac around. He could just cause vines to wrap up the logs, and it would be much more secure that way." Gust agreed, and turned back to pulling a vine off of a tree.
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Garet had become good friends with Justin, but he missed his other friends, even Ivan. He decided to leave Xian and search for his friends, and when he told Justin goodbye, he decided to come with him. Justin said, "Oh, my uncle won't mind. He likes me a lot but he knows that I am strong, and if I tell him that I want to go, I'm sure he'll let me." Garet started to say that it might be too dangerous, but Justin cut him off. "I'm not that week!" he said in a disgusted voice. Garet shrugged, and Justin ran off to find his uncle.
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Isaac listened closely to the conversation inside the room. The woman was saying that she was going to kill Jenna and Felix if they were unable to kill Isaac and his friends again, and the man kept saying, "Menardi, isn't that a bit harsh?" after every few sentences. Isaac figured that the angry woman must be named Menardi, but the name didn't mean anything to him. Menardi said, "Saturos, I know what I'm doing. You and I both know that I am stronger than you, and that I know best." The man snorted, and replied, "I do not know that you are stronger, and nor do I know that you know best." Isaac then concluded that Saturos was the man. Menardi suddenly said, "Fheizi. This boy. If you see him again, capture him and bring him to us." Isaac heard no reply, but footsteps walking towards the door. He was frightened badly, and had trouble getting away in time. As he touched the first step, he slipped and flew to the ground. Fheizi walked up to him and whacked him in the stomach with her staff. Isaac fell onconcious.
_*_*_*_*_*_*_
Picard awoke later that day, and decided to get some food. He planned to leave in search of his friends soon. After eating, he decided to go to Imil, so he teleported. After a thorough search of the city, he found no traces of any of his friends. Next, he searched Vale, but had similar luck. By this time, it was getting fairly late, so he decided to only try Vault, and then get an inn for the night.
_*_*_*_*_*_*_
Ivan tightly tied the last vine into place, and stood back to admire his work. It was getting late, so Ivan decided to go to bed. Sheba had gone to bed a while back, but he had stayed up to finish the base of the raft. Ivan raised his staff, and sent water raining down on the fire. He then headed for bed.
_*_*_*_*_*_*_
Justin suggested that they search in Altin, which was not more than a three hour walk. Garet agreed, so they headed for Altin. After walking several minutes, the monsters became more abundant. They were frightened of the big cities, but in the middle of nowhere, there wasn't likely to be a large amount of people, so they would stay there, and wait for little groups of people to come to them. Suddenly, eleven rats appeared out of bushes at the same time, and Garet moaned. Justin drew his sword and immediately stabbed it through one of the rats. It groaned and fell down, dead. Justin stood, looking at the dead rat, and then to his blood covered sword, a look of shock on his face. Garet asked, "What's wrong?" Justin replied, "I've never actually killed anything before. I've trained with people, but never killed anything. It's a strange fealing." The conversation was broken off when the rats jumped on them. Garet swung his sword wildly, quickly taking out four rats. Justin aimed carefully and eliminated another three. Only three more to go. They are charged at Garet, who sent a heat wave at each of them individually. Leaving the fried rats, they continued onwards towards Altin.
After several more encounters with rats, and other week monsters, the two friends made it to a big city. It was very stretched out, with many small cliffs. Garet immediately went to look for new clothes, as his had gotten quite torn over the last years, while Justin went to the inn. Garet entered the shop and looked around. There were no shopkeepers around, but he heard noises from a back room. Garet approached the room, and saw a short old man sewing clothes. "Hello?" Garet asked. The man appeared to have not heard him. "HELLO? DO YOU HAVE ANY MANNERS? I said HELLO!" shouted Garet, overreacting. The old man turned around and glared, but sold to Garet anyway. When he saw the size of his money bag, he immediately treated him quite nicely.
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Isaac looked up. He couldn't move his arms or legs, but he wasn't sure if he was tied, or if he had broken them, or what. He couldn't see anything; it was extremely dark. When he tried to talk, it came out as a hoarse, "Hello?" A moment later, some light came from beside him, and a muscular blue arm reached in and pulled him out. He realized that he had been under a bed, and that he was indeed tied. The man standing above him said, "Hello, my name is Saturos. I am a leader in the Lunpan army. I'm trying to recruit the best warriors for my army. As I have heard from Felix, you are an excellent warrior, and I would be honored if you would join my army." Isaac moaned. "What are my other choices?" asked Isaac. Saturos smiled and replied, "Death." Isaac hesitated for a few seconds, and Saturos drew his huge sword. Isaac said, "I'll join you! Just please spare my friends."
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Alex heard voices. They sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place them. He only knew that he wasn't dead, but he didn't know why not. He was freezing cold, as he had been in the water for several days. The voices were getting louder. A boy's voice said, "We should leave soon." Now, Alex recognized the voice. It was Ivan! Alex tried to make himself seen. "Ivan!" he whispered, "Over here..." Ivan stopped for a moment, but didn't seem to see him. Alex tried again. "Ivan! It's me, Alex!" he whispered hoarsely. This time, Ivan looked over and saw Alex. He said, "It's Alex!" At this, Sheba came over to see what Ivan was talking about. Ivan quickly grabbed Alex and dragged him into his house, and put him in his own bed.
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Picard entered the city and looked around. He didn't see any of his friends, but he went farther into the city. "Isaac? Ivan? Anybody here?" Little did he know that he was being watched. After thoroughly searching the city, he found nothing, but he had a feeling that one of them was close, so he looked a little bit longer. He still found nobody, and he finally decided to continue on from Tolbi.
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