They all walked into the bar at nightfall. "'EY! A ROUND OF BEER, BAR WENCH!" Jacquelin yelled out, causing everyone to jump, and one of the women cast a scornful look at her, and her face lit up with happyness. Slamming the axe into the table this particular unlucky soul was sitting at. "Ello, mate! Have you got sumthin to say to me?" She said, and they cleared from the large table. "Well, we've got ourselves a table for us, now that we cleared them fags from the table." She said, peppering her sentences with profanity. Everyone had sat themselves, at one table or another. The largest table consisted of Kyren, Lysalia, August, Michael, Hannah, Faith and Jacquelin. Sin sat at another table, with Terra, but got up and walked around, popping in on other conversations. Kitch and Keith made fast friends, and Hiyo decided to sit himself with the two children, deciding to take these two under his wing. "I'm just being a nice guy!" he said, when the two accused him of being a child molester.
Glen, though, stood smack dab in the middle of the group, not moving. Sin walked by with a mug of beer in hand, and tapped the side of his helm with it. "Hello...? You in there? Why don't you sit down...?" He said, and he put his face against the visor, trying to see if he was breathing. "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK, HIT THE DECK!" Glen roared, from his stupor, nearing toppling over Sin with his loud voice. "What the hell?" He said, as Glen started snoring again. Jacquelin laughed, her mouth full of ham she was ripping off the bone. "Ah, he's just a lost and confused ex-commander. He's been fighting out of country for a year about, but came back at Kyren's loving Daddy's request." She said, and she got up and tipped him over, and he slammed to the ground, still snoring.
"Aye, he's like a cow. And it's just as fun tipping him over as it is watching him try to get up." She said, sitting back down. Sin laughed, and drained his mug, and walked back over to Terra, and sat himself down. "So... I have a question... what's the real reason you left your cushy position at home?" He asked, and she frowned. "I told you already. I wanted my own recognition." He sipped his drink, his dull eyes boring into hers. "I know people a lot better than you, I've stal- watched them probably more than you have." He said, choosing his words carefully. "...At any rate, I know when you're lying. You're just like this other girl I once knew... when you get angry, your mouth twitches riiiight there..." He said, poking the left corner of her mouth, making her twitch just as much as he said. "...And when you lie, it twitches exactly the same." Sin said, and She covered her mouth.
"Fuck!" She said, and then she thought. "Hey... wait... were you that person I saw following me around the courtyard in the shadows for a few years...?" She asked, and his eyes dilated. "Uh, no." And he walked away. "I'm gonna get some fresh air." He said, leaving the company of his fellow soldiers.
Kitch and Keith were talking, with Hiyo sitting there, looking back and forth to them. Keith kept glancing nervously over to Hiyo, who smiled pleasantly. Keith leaned over to Kitch. "He makes me feel REALLY uncomfortable... like... an unwanted uncle who's overinvolved in a nephew who doesn't like him." He said, and Hiyo coughed. "Um, I could hear that." He said, green eyes sharpening. Keith looked at him, panic spreading through him at Hiyo's cold expression, which instantly softened. "Not a problem at all, though, little one, I'll teach you all there is to know about the dark powers of your soul." He said with a pleasant smile that made Keith cringe, and Kitch inched away from the two, creeped out. "K-kitch... don't leave me alone with him... I don't want him 'teaching' me anything... Hannah!" He said, standing up, and running to his older sister.
Hannah was chatting pleasantly with Jacquelin along with Lysalia, and Faith. Michael had his arm around Faith, who didn't take too much notice of it, and kept slowly shrugging it off. "You have such amazing hair, Faith..." He said, simply, running a hand along her white hair. She almost blushed, and moved his hand away. "Unless I let you go on a date with me, I'd suggest you don't hit on me, unles you want me to feather you." She said, and Michael grinned. "Is feather some sort of dirty word?" He asked almost cutely. She smiled pleasantly. "No, it means I will lodge an arrow in your chest." She said. Michael frowned. "Damn... well, I'll have to take you out sometime." And Faith shrugged. "Maybe." She said, standing up, walking away, towards the bar, and Michael looked at her walk away.
"Attractive one, she is." He said, getting up and following her, and at that moment, Keith ran to Hannah. "Hannahhhhh, the other shaman is trying to seduce me..." And Hiyo looked appalled. "I am not! I'm just trying to teach him how to harness his own potential!" And a hefty steel sword was pointed at his face. "Touch him, and you die." She said harshly, a strand of azure hair falling into her eyes. Hiyo gulped. "When you're ready to learn more about your craft, Keith, just ask me." He said, walking away to a lonely table, sighing and shaking his head. Kyren eventually, got bored of being around the others, and took Lysalia by the hand and walked towards the bar, and seemingly bought a room, and went upstairs.
August had watched Sin walk out, and had looked over his pulled back short sand-like hair, and stared into his silver eyes, her brown eyes meeting his, and she felt her face turn red, and she looked away quickly. Maybe... she could have what Lysalia and Kyren had together with him. That's why she joined... to find someone, and to do what she's loved her entire life; to help others. But a hole in her heart kept her distant from everyone, and she desired to fill it.
Sin stopped before reaching the door. "Uhm... hello?" He asked Autumn, his placid eyes boring into hers. His eyes had that trait; like they could see through anything. She realized she hadn't looked away, and now she had turned more red than before. "S-s-sorry..." She said, stuttering, and everyone in the troop was looking at the two, because Sin had leaned in, and lifted her face with a single finger beneath his chin. "Sure?" He said, with a faint smile, at playing havoc with this overly timid girl. She turned even redder, to a shade thought impossible.
"Well, when you're ready to talk to me, I'll be waiting." he said, as if he knew what she was thinking, and making everyone else curious. To be honest, he had no idea what she was thinking. He was just completely fishing for reactions, and he got the one he had hoped for. Then he stepped out, and Terra followed behind, with now, more than one question to ask him. Sin stood outside, to the right of where the door opened.
"So you've been the person that has been following me around my house! I told my parents I wasn't crazy!" She said, and Sin shrugged. "That's not of any importance, that I used to follow you around. I just realized you were her today. It was just a HUGE coincedence... but what I want to know, is why you left your family." He said, and she frowned. "I'd rather not say." She said, and Sin shrugged, not looking at her, but into the darkness of night. "That's fine... but I know you're not telling the truth, I used to watch you constantly, I actually know you better than you do. I've actually had quite a few questions I've been wanting to ask you, that I just thought about today." He said, and she twitched. "You were in my room, too, that one night, huh?" And he grinned sheepishly.
"Yeah. I got bored one night. Insomnia does funny things to you." He said, with a laugh, but then stopped abruptly. "Wait..." He said, in a muted tone, and then he pushed Terra out of the way. A flaming arrow whizzed by, almost hitting Terra, and arrows of fire rained down on the city, four or five lodging themselves into the roof. "SHIT!" He said, as he ran inside. "EVERYONE, WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" Sin said, panicked. "Where's Kyren! The bar is burning!" He said, and Jacquelin swore loudly. "He's upstairs, doing things that aren't quite the call of duty." She said, and she ran upstairs. "KYREN, THE CITY IS UNDER ATTACK BY THE EREANS!" She roared from upstairs, and Kyren's voice was picked up.
"WHAT? WE HAD A TRUCE!" He yelled, and there was the sound of heavy thumps, and a few obseceneties were thrown around. He ran downstairs, half dressed, latching on his plate armor. "Those lying deceiving bastards... all over a stupid blood fued..." He said, and he hefted his heavy blade onto his belt. At those words, Terra looked worried. Sin frowned. "For the less-informed of us, would you mind informing us?" He asked, and Kyren grimmaced. "Pretty much, Bolstar, and Erean are sister countries. They have the same founders, but fell apart when the last male never married and never had children. The families broke apart, and rumor has it, that man with no family, left Erean, which was the actual place where the two once co-existed, and settled out here, starting Bolstar. They say one of the many noble families bear his lineage. Thats why Erea always stirs up conflict, starting up accusations, and pointing fingers, threatening with war. We made a truce so the poor innocents of Bolstar could live in peace, but Erea is filled with hot-blooded lords, and they easily influence the goverment. We have been afraid of war for a while, hence the training." He said, and Sin nodded.
"My question... why do they want the true heir to the point where they'd sack a country?" He asked. Kyren frowned. "Because they hate how that man left their homeland, lefet the place to fall into ruin without his guidance, and how he 'betrayed' them, and left and founded a new country, and lied about new children, and stupid petty things." He said, and they all looked confused. "To be blunt, they're all being sore losers, and pansies. They can't lead themselves, so they cry about their leader leaving them, and founding some new place." Jacquelin said, and everyone stood up and left the burning building, and readied themselves for war...