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[Furtuka]

"Derick, you have traveled with them for far longer than I, before we ever met.  You do have a personal stake in this matter, do you not?  Shall you be thusly traveling with them on this final charge?"

"Yes, of course. I have to. She's caused so many problems for nearly all of us, and has to be stopped. Whatever it is she's planning, it's going to be big, and probably won't be good for anybody. It's been made pretty clear that nothing good will come out of leaving her alone, and I doubt she's just going to ignore us afterwards if she wins. We all have to do this for us and the future too."

"Besides, I can't just leave my friends to face this on their own. We have to stick together when it comes down to events like this. For me to turn my back and abandon them would just be low. And even if it is futile, at least we'll be dying chasing a noble cause."

"I'm sorry about this, if you really want to leave. I guess that if you do then..."

"...after this is over, if we make it out of there then I promise I'll find and meet back up with you again. Okay?"

[Culise]

Raquel smiled, albeit slightly sadly, in response, hearing him confirm what she had already suspected.

"There shan't be a need for that.  If your choice is to embark on this final errand, I shall follow as well.  I won't abandon you here, even if it is death we face."

[Haspen]

@Gregor:

Danya glared at Gregor while Mannan remained silent for a moment.

"Very well. What would those favors be?"

[Sirus]

Gregor easily ignored Danya's glare and focused on Mannan.

: "I'm sure they'd be easy enough for a man of the cloth such as yourself. First, and I'm sure you're doing this already, but I want your word that you and this Magister Tiron will do everything in your power to ensure we can make it out once the witch lies dead. I don't care if it comes down to Captain Danya's pegasus riders carrying us out one by one - have a plan. Have several plans, even."

"Second: lately we've been running into a number of magic users who have the ability to put us to sleep, or turn us to stone, or turn us against one another. They nearly ruined our recent escape attempt, and I'm guessing Prixima will have more than a few sages with similar abilities running around. Therefore, the second request is for some sort of staff that can cure these afflictions, something that can Restore us to fighting fit if you will. Either that or enough funds to purchase such a thing."

[Haspen]

@Gregor:

"The first one... we can think of something. I will talk with Magister Tiron. As for the second, I cannot give you such staff but I can definitely afford one. Here, take this." Mannan stopped Danya from talking with his hand, and then pulled out a small satchel, putting it down on the table near Gregor - the ciming sounds of many coins could be heard.

"That's the emergency money with which I was going to hire mercenaries. Now that you're with us, I think you should use that for your own supplies. I'm not sure how much coinage is in there, but it should be more than two thousand."

Gregor gets 2305 Gold!

[freeformschooler]

: "That's only two requests! I never went to school and even I am not that bad at math, Gregor."

[Sirus]

: "Well, the last request depends on what happens next." He removed a small parcel from his pack, opening it to reveal the necklace he had bought back in Mannan's village weeks ago. He fell to one knee and presented it to Charlotte.

: "It's not a ring, and these weren't exactly the circumstances I had hoped to ask this, but...Charlotte Braxis, will you marry me?"

[freeformschooler]

: "Oh, Gregor, I..."

Charlotte paused for a moment, taking in the sight of her knight in shining armor bent below.

: "...know you're only doing this now because you're afraid of what's next. Still, the promise of spending the rest of our lives the same way we have the past several months: together?"

She leaned over and embraced Gregor.

: "Of course! Of course I'll marry you, Gregor! I solemnly vow to snipe the butts off anyone who messes with you. Now let's make the rest."

With that, she turned to Mannan, wondering if the whole thing made him a little uncomfortable.

[Sirus]

: "Of course I'm afraid. This promises to be the most difficult battle we've ever faced, and if the worst were to happen..."

He couldn't finish that thought. It was too horrible to contemplate.

: "Still, I refuse to dwell on that anymore. Now we have a whole future to plan for and I intend to start it off on a positive outlook!" With that, he embraced Charlotte and stood up in order to drape the necklace over her shoulders. Finally, he turned to face Mannan as well.

: "Which brings me to my final request. Lord Mannan, I would be honored if you would officiate at our wedding - whenever it actually is. You're kinda the only clergy we know that isn't making marriage plans of her own."

[Praefectus Screptum]

"Looks like just a few will be getting the Plague Dragon's blessing after all this chaos."

[SeriousConcentrate]

"Speaking of, I have a serious question to ask you."

Chris put a hand on Tantallos's shoulder and drew him aside from the group.

"The kind of person I used to be... it was the kind of person you would sacrifice to the Plague Dragon. I mean 'you' in the generic sense. I would as well if I encountered someone like who I used to be."

"I guess what I want to ask is... Now that I follow him, is there a way to redeem myself in his eyes? To... to deserve everything I want to have after we send Prixima to him?"

Gregor had accepted him on his return, and so had Ami. But he wasn't sure he could accept himself until he had heard from the other two people he trusted most, Tantallos and Olison. Nothing against the rest of the group - he liked them all and enjoyed their company - but Ami was his lover, Gregor his friend, Olison his brother in arms, and Tantallos was his future lord. Their opinions of him mattered the most. If his life didn't have merit in their eyes, then he would have to figure out how to change that. Speaking of, he needed to talk to Olison before the night was over, as well, to ask him the same.

[Praefectus Screptum]

Tantallos took a deep breath and crossed his arms behind of his back.

"You are right about that. I probably would, or any from my family."

"...But differently of them, you decided to take another path, my friend. You wanted to change, and frankly, you are already on your way to be redeemed by him. I asked you to follow us because I knew you would do great on our family."

"You changed. And that is what matters. No matter what people think about our religion, it gives people more opportunities than others think, and by choosing another path and cleaning your name by risking yourself to reach a important objective, you proved to be worth being a Forsaken, my friend. And as you might know, the Plague Dragon takes sacrifices, and during all those fights, we did kill a lot of people. And some of them were not different from the monsters we kill on those rotten forests, in matters of being a real "human". As some did acts that left some of us speechless."

"Bringing Prixima to him will just be another way to prove how loyal you are to our cause, to him. And for now, I am at least sure about one thing, you already have my blessing, Christopher."

[SeriousConcentrate]

Chris smiled, then stepped forward and hugged Tantallos.

"Thank you, Tantallos. Your counsel means a lot to me."

He stepped away after a few moments.

"I'll be proud to call you my lord as well as my friend. I consider these robes an honor, and I'll do my best every day to live up to what they represent."

[Praefectus Screptum]

"You are welcome. And I should be thanking you too. You were one of them first that proved that you did not mind my.. different behavior, or the religion I follow. And now you are with the Forsakens as well."
Tantallos gave a nod and moved a hand forward, placing it over Chris' shoulder for a moment.

"I am sure you will. You are already proving it to me on this quest to take down some crazy witch. Then hopefully we will be able to return to the castle, if possible, with this group, even if it is just for a while, to celebrate after a long and difficult journey."

[SeriousConcentrate]

"It'll be a regular festival!"

He glanced over at Ami, then back at Tantallos.

"I think I'll have quite a bit to celebrate, myself."

A thought occurred to him.

"You know, I didn't start feeling or acting human until about the time I officially became a Forsaken. I wonder if maybe the Plague Dragon didn't have something to do with it...?"