The Slaver

[Asa]

Asa yawned and got out of bed...just to collapse back down onto the floor. He groaned and supported himself on a nearby table. His stomach ached and groaned, begging for medical attention. He rubbed his face to find three long scratches-they were going to leave a pretty bad scar-and headed off. He limped down to the the kitchen to find Vedisca sitting in there. "Morning" He yawned, "Have a good sleep? Argh, I'm aching all over. We should get to the local doctors. Let's have breakfast and head off out," He hobbled over to the table and prepared an early morning feast; Bu'pa eggs and hoydon beans, all fresh. He enriched it with spices and took the two plates to the table. He wolfed it down. He'd forgotten about how hungry he was. "Delicious!" He remarked, "But now we'd better get to the hospital. I feel like I'm dying here!" With that he cleared away the plates and set off down the street, supporting himself with a long stick. They didn't look too out of place. There were plenty of war veterans or explorers covered in scars, but he bet non of them had acquired their scars as they had- at the hands of demons!

When they reached the doctors Asa knocked hard on the door. An elderly man opened the door and welcomed them inside. "So, what is it? Illness? Injuries?" The doctor asked,
"Injuries" Asa replied, "Bad ones, too,"
"Okay," Said the elderly doctor, "I'll look at you first," He pointed at Asa, "What's your name?"
"Asa"
"Okay, just lie on this table here" It was more a sacrificial stone than a table, but he lay on it anyway. Asa undid his armour, revealing his hole-ridden stomach. "Oh my lord!" The doctor cried, "How on earth did you do that?"
"It's a long story. Just treat me,"
"Okay," He replied, "Let's see what I can do..."
***
Asa hopped off the cold stone table and walked round the room. He was feeling much better. The doctor may have been old, but he certainly wasn't senile. "Your turn," He smiled at Vedisca, "I'll meet you at the Hadrogyn Hope,"

He sat at the table, waiting for Vedisca, looking round nervously. He could see Grolt staring at him, his eyes baring deeper than the demons unholy claws. But Asa just sat there, sipped his beer, and tried to ignore him. Come on Vedisca...

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica hopped onto the table- well, slid painfully was more accurate-and lay down. He un-wrapped the bandage around his broken arm, and the doctor shook his head.

"Whatever happened to you two, you got pretty beat up..." He trailed off. "Where on earth did the rest of these scars come from?" He asked uncertainly, poking at a few of them. For a moment, Vedsica didn't answer.

"That's not what you're treating me for," He answered finally. "Just set the arm."

The doctor obeyed, setting the arm painfilly. He did something Vedsica couldn't see and splinted it, then spread something over the gash on his arm.

"Go easy for a few days, now," the doctor warned, and he nodded, slipping out to find Asa.

He weaved through the streets, wishing he had more than shorts. His arm seemed better than it should given that it was broken. He could even move it. Finally he found the tavern and entered, taking his seat next to Asa.
"Geez, that doctor is good," He said idly as he was brought a drink. "I can move my arm, and it doesn't feel like it's broken." He sipped from the mug.

"So, now what do we do?" He asked idly. They couldn't very well run from the thing in the cavern. But they couldn't really go fight it either.

[Asa]

"We'll discuss that outside," He said when he finished his beer, "Come on, lets go," Asa stood up and went out into the street. "I think we should go and get you some better weapons and maybe even a boat. Let's head for the docks"

When they arrived, they looked around. "I think you should get something iron for now, and a small rowboat. What do you think?"

((Sorry for the short post, not much to say I just thought now would be a good time to upgrade your weapons and boat since you've got over 15 posts))

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica downed the rest of his glass before standing.

"Sure, that would be nice. My sword is getting old. Heck, it's already aincent." He laughed. "Iron would be nice." At the second part, he hesitated.

"A boat?" he said uncertainly. "why would I need a boat? I can just pay someone to give me a boost." In all honesty, he didn't much care for the ocean, and being out in the middle of it left to the water's mercy didn't sound like his cup of tea.

"Actually, before I do anything...." He walked up to a street vendor and purchased a cheap grey cloak with a coin he'd found on the ground before returning a moment later.

"Better," He said, letting it fall over his shoulders. "Now, where is this place that I can get beter weapons?"

[Asa]

"Follow me," Asa replied and lead him around the water front to a small weapons stall. "Hey, I'm looking for some iron weapons. What've you got?"
"Well, we've got Iron longswords, Iron short swords, Iron battleaxes,Iron scimitars, Iron katanas, Iron cutlass', Iron rapiers, Iron spiked whips, Iron battlehammers, Iron shamshirs, Iron flamberges. You name it. And for a small side-arm I got Iron wakizashis, Iron shurikens, Iron daggers and Iron dirks. What do you want?" The stallsman replied.

((Oh, and check out 'Defender of Trolg' on graphics and tell me what you think of it ))

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica gaped at the variety of weapons for sale. It was ridiculous, some he'd never even heard of. A few he'd never seen. He was curious about the spiked whip. He'd used one once and ended up nearly taking off his brother's head, however, and decided to stick with what was farmiliar.

"I'll stick with a longsword and daggers..."He said. "But I haven't got money. We should come back later, when I do. I'm looking for a job at the moment."
He was looking, but with the issue under Asa's kitchen and costantly being on the lookout for anyone who might know him, it was hard.

((sorry for the short post ))

[Asa]

"Looking for a job, eh?" Asa said, "With all that's been going on? Well, I'm not desperate to get back down to that death-hole, so you might aswelll--but remember, I'm counting on you to be ready should I be in peril, or should I feel the need to go back down. Come on, I'll take you to the job shop," It wasn't really called the job shop, but it was a place where people advertised their jobs to get employees. When they arrived there, it was crowded with people either looking for jobs, or making themselves adverts for jobs. "Well, take a look around. I'm sure you'll find something,"

[wolfenchantress]

He grinned.
"Of course I'll be ready. I'm ready whenever you are. I figured that once we're both in top health, we can go check it out again. At least then we won't have need of dodging traps and arrows and slime-demons..." He stopped, taking a moment to contemplate.

"Whatever that healer did really worked-so it should only take a few days." They arrived at the 'job shop,' as it was deemed, and looked around. There must have been every job on the island available there. He blinked, searching for one that seemed suitable. He wandered for a bit until finally turning to Asa.

"Anything that would keep me away from the city?" He asked. "I love the country." Which was only half the reason he wanted to avoid the city. "I've never really been to a big city before, so you might know more about jobs than I do."

[Asa]

"Wait here" Asa said and rushed off to find the job book. He looked through the files until he found the 'country' section. He grabbed a piece of paper and a quill and jotted down a few of the best jobs. He returned to Vedisca and handed him the piece of paper. It said:

Bulb-Wheat Farmer- 4 gold coins per day

Animal Recorder- requires knowledge of local animals- 6 gold coins per day

Honey-ant Farmer- 5 gold coins per day

Forester- 4 gold coins per day

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica studied the list.

"Well, animal redorder is off the list," He said. "I have no knowledge of the local animals." He sudied it a moment longer.

"Wha does a forester do?"

His uncle was a forester, but he'd never gotten around to asking what he did. He'd always just figured they cut trees and stuff, but he knew any job had to be harder than that. Either way, he wouldn't keep it for too long. Staying and doind only one thing got to be boring, so when he actually stayed somewhere long enough to get a job he moved around a lot.

"I think I'll go with that one." He began searching the huge area for anyone with a sign of being a forester. "What do you do for a living?" He asked curiously. "Or, since you just got here, what did you do?"

[Asa]

"Well, before I came here, I worked for my Dad as a builder. I would build big houses and stuff. My Dad was head of the company and made a lot of money. I just helped with the practical stuff," He told Vedisca, "But anyway, a forester is a person who practices forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. They cut down the trees, and plant new ones. Woodcutters and lumberjacks only cut down trees. Foresters do more. Still like the idea? I can get you set up if you want,"

((I've put up some more pics in the 'unrelated' section of graphics))

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica shrugges.
"Sure, why not?" It was in the country and he probably wouldn't be near a large vicinity of people.

"I can cut trees. I can plant them. I can probably manage them, how bad can it be?" He rotated his arm, testing it and cringes a bit. It hurt still, but it wasn't as bad as before, and he could still use it. The whatever-it-was defending Trolg still loomed n his mind.

"Do you think we can actully just continue on with everyday life with that...those..things hiding around under your kitchen?" He asked in a lower tone as to not be overheard. "I mean, what if they decide to come for you, instead of waiting for us to come to them?"

[Asa]

"I have been thinking about that, so I've decided that I'm going to stay at the Hadrogyn Hope for a while before getting a new house. I'm definitely not going back in my house, after all that. But, I'm going to try and live normal. I don't know if I can, but I'm going to the pub. I've seen your forester job man. He's over there," He pointed to a man in the middle of the hustle and bustle, "Anyway, I'll see you later at the pub. I'll sign you in at the inn for the same room as me. Hope you get your job," He smiled and set off.

When he arrived at the pub, he looked around. There was no sign of Grolt, which pleased him. He looked for an empty table, but there seemed to be none, so he took a seat next to a girl probably a year younger than himself. "Hiya, hope you don't mind me taking a seat next to you," Asa asked politely.
"Not at all," The girl said quietly and smiled.
"Do you think that there's any rooms left?"
"Yeah, I think so," The girl replied, still quiet.
"By the way, I was just wondering what you're name was? Mine's Asa," He asked as he stood up.
"It's Amber," Amber replied.
"Thanks," Asa said, and went to find a room.

He went upstairs to get himself a room. There was a man stood there and was taking in appointments. "Excuse me," Asa asked, "But do you have any spare rooms?"
"Yeah, 1 with 2 beds. Single beds," He replied brusquely,
"Perfect I'll take that one. Here's the money for myself, and my friend who's getting here later," The man took the gold coins and handed him the room key without saying a word. He's polite Asa thought sarcastically. He unlocked his door and relaxed on his bed, waiting for Vedisca. He eventually dropped off to sleep, a deep, dreamless sleep.

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica nodded.
"Good idea," He said. "I'll meet you there in a few hours." He went off to find the forester's table.

"Lookin' fer a job?" Asked the burly man sitting behind it once he arrived. Vedsica nodded, and the man looked him over. "Ye do look the type to be out in the forest. It aint' work for no small man." And with that, the man stood, holding out a hand. "Call me Krod," He said.

"I'm Vedsica," He replied, shaking the offered hand.

From there he was lead into the forest and given a general overview of what his job would be. Right now, the main job was to cut down trees so they could use the lumber, and clear away brush. After that they'd make the area of forest floor level so they could build on it.

"Ye with me so far?" Asked Krod, and Vedsica nodded.

"Sounds simple enough," He said. "Easy and tough. MY kind of job." Krod clapped him on the back enthusiastically.

"That's the spirit! Now, work's done fer today, but come back early tomorrow morning to this spot and we'll talk." Vedsica nodded, and was lead back to the city.

He found his way to the meeting place and entered, scanning the area for Asa. Not seeing him, he walked upstairs.
"Excuse me," He said to the man standing in the hall. "Friend came in a while ago to get a room." He was going to add more, but the man nodded and motioned to a door. Shrugging, Vedsica opened it a crack to make sure it was the right one before entering.

"Asa," He said, then cut himself off when he realized he was asleep. He sat on the other bed and tried to fall asleep, but didn't succeed, so he contented himself with staring out the window at the slowly darkening sky.

[Asa]

Asa yawned and looked around the room. It was fairly dark and Vedisca was sat by the window, staring out. "Hey, I'm awake," He said to him, "How'd you're job thingy do? I met a girl downstairs. She seemed nice. I'm going downstairs to see if she's still there. Here's the spare key," He tossed it across the room to Vedisca and left the room.

When he got downstairs into the warmth of the pub, he looked around. He saw Amber with her short blonde hair sat at a table. He went and took a seat next to her. "Hi, I'm back and and I've got a room. I'm here with a friend. You here with anyone?" He asked.
"No, I'm by myself," She replied, a little louder than before,
"Got any relatives here?"
"No, none,"
"Huh, same here. I come from the lands afar. Say, I'm just wondering, but do you believe in magic?"
"Magic? Well, I believe it still exists but with all the advances in technology, it seems to be wearing out. I don't think that many people can still use it, though. What about you?" She was seeming a little more outgoing now,
"Yes, I think it's still here and that most people can use it, except there's just less places of magic. Hey, have you got any stories to tell?"
"Not really, if you mean about me, but I know some folk tales from where I come from. Want to hear it?"
"Sure," Asa replied. She told him a story of magic and demons. When she had finished, he asked, "Demons? Interesting. I've heard of demons on this very island. In fact, my house has a lot of backstory. I've heard it's above a dungeon filled with demons and a small lake filled with souls of the dead. I'm sure it's not true, but I have looked, all to no avail. Want me to buy you a beer?" He asked,
"Yes, thank-you," Amber said. Asa called for 2 beers, and they came quick. He liked Amber.

((Keep an eye on graphics, I'll probably be uploading a lot. I've put up a pic of Asa))

[wolfenchantress]

"It went okay," He replied. "I pretty much gotta do chopping. Then leveling land. Then building. Work that required brawn, not brains, which is my kind of work." He caught the spare key as Asa went downstairs.

After a few moments, he hauled himself to his feet and followed, sitting at a different table. He watched Asa for a moment before getting his own drink delivered by a different person. Taking the mug, he slipped out onto the back porch, thinking about the past few days. So much had happened. And, as of yet, no one was hunting for him that he knew of.

As if on cue, a voice behind him said, "You new in town?"
Vedsica whirled on him, only to find that it was a she. "So what if I am?" He growled.
"Because this was posted on the island just south of here." She held up a poster with his face on it, offering a bounty for his capture. scowling, he snatched it from her and tore it to shreds.
"So what? A girl like you couldn't do anything to hold me." She was small, frail even. She shook her head.
"No,no. Thats not it. I won't try to get you arrested. Just...Be careful. There's been some pretty suspicious people around."
Vedsica nodded as politely as he could manage and quickly disappeared back inside. Asa seemed to be faring okay, so he climbed the stairs and retired to his room. From there, he slid open the window and hauled himself out, pulling himself onto the roof. He carefully crawled to the top and lay on his back, staring up at the stars.

It was there that the haunting thoughts flooded his mind. If the Defender of Trolg nearly killed them, how were they supposed to defeat Trolg himself? And even if they did...What then? Asa couldn't just leave the dead demon under his house. And there was still his Defender to deal with. Who knows, maybe it healed itself. How were they supposed to kill it? He sighed in frustration, idly tracing the stars with his good eye and listening to his mind go in circles with it's thoughts.

[Asa]

As Asa drank, he noticed Vedisca talking to him. He seemed very angry at her as he tore a piece of paper to shreds. What's that about? he thought. "You staying upstairs?" Asa asked Amber,
"No, I've got a small house that I share with a friend of mine," She replied. Suddenly, a thought struck him.
"I'll see you later," He said to Amber and he walked off, leaving his beer mug half empty.

He went into his room and looked around. No sign of Vedisca. He noticed the window was open, so he looked out. Up on the roof, he saw Vedisca, gazing up into the starry sky. "Nice night," he commented, taking his place beside Vedisca, "Hey, I've been thinking. You know the demons? Well, I try to act normal, but I can't stop thinking about them. It's annoying me," He started, "Well, I want to go back down there, but I know we can't kill them," A pause, "With normal weapons. But magic can. I know I can use it, but just not control it. What if we went down into one of the rooms, not too deep in, and practice using magic? I'm going to get a little rest, and in the morning I'm going back down. You might want to go to work, but I'll be fine. I won't go further than the room that we found the dagger. When does you're work end?" Asa asked and jumped into his bed.

[wolfenchantress]

At the sound of someone approaching, Vedsica jerked upright, swiveling in defense before realizing it was Asa. He relaxed and settled back down, though remained seated instead of lying down.

"Yeah, it is." He listened to Asa's idea about practicing magic in the cave with curiosity. He still didn't know whether or not to believe in magic, but it was an explanation as to how Asa had gotten the demon off of him. And, he thought much to his own surprise, he rather trusted Asa, so if he said he could wield magic, he didn't doubt the claim.

"I get off about midday, since I'm the newbie. Everyone else works until late. But I'll be home after only a few hours, so if you want to , I can meet you in the dagger-room," He said, for lack of a proper name for it.

"Just don't go farther than that. And if tht thing does come back..Well, run, I guess." If it caught Asa while he was practicing, he'd be dead. He layed back down again. "So, was the girl that you were talking to the one you mentioned earlier?" He asked, remembering Asa's comment about meeting someone downstairs.

[Asa]

"Yeah, that was her," Said Asa before settling down to sleep. In the morning when he awoke he quickly got up and dressed before heading off downstairs, out of the pub and to his house. When he arrived there, it seemed rather cold. Asa lit a torch and kicked the wall to open it. As he climbed down the ladder, he felt something wake back up that had been asleep since he last came in here. When he reached the bottom, he looked around at the mossy, green room. In the middle was the sloppy remains of the gelatinous monster that had first fought. Asa walked around it and into the next room. Once inside, he put his torch into the wall and prepared to learn magic!

He called upon his inner magic, tried to get it to respond somehow. Nothing happended. When he told it that he wanted to use it to defeat the demon Trolg, however, it burst into life and a bright white ball shot out from his stomach, exploding into the wall. Asa covered his eyes and stood up. The force of the explosion had knocked him onto the floor, and even knocked a few chunks out of the wall! "Whoa," Asa gasped, "Not that powerful yet"
"You're going to need a lot more power than that to defeat Trolg" the magic spoke to him.
"You can...speak?!" He exclaimed,
"Of course! I am a seperate part of you. And I am going to help you kill some demons!"
"Great! So teach me how to use you," And so the teaching began.

Asa had spent about an hour learning how to control his powers. It was quite hard to explain how it worked. Words were not used, just your mind. It had become a sixth sense to Asa. First, he had learned to create lights. Then, he learned simple offensive moves. Some were fire balls, others simply energy balls. Then he learned to multi-task- light and fight at the same time! Now, he had learned most things. The main rule was: Use your imagination. You didn't need to be taught individual things- you just needed to learn how to use the magic in general. And finally, he had learnt to deflect magic. He had shot energy balls that would turn round at come at him. He had to be quick to knock it away or put it out. A few times he had been hit and knocked to the floor, but he had pretty much mastered magic! "Dont get too cocky," his magic told him, "Fighting demons that use magic is a lot harder,"
Asa took a break and waited for Vedisca.

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica ended up falling asleep on the roof, safe from harm and under the stars. In the morning he woke and went off to work.

It was fairly easy, but repetitive. Chop, remove fallen tree. Chop, remove fallen tree. And repeat. They'd only gotten a few dozen yards cleared when it was time to go. Shrugging, he put away the axe and sauntered back to Asa's house.

As he expected, once he climbed the ladder down, Asa was there. There was rubble all over, and Asa seemed to be taking a break.

"Hey," He said. "How's it going with the magic thing?"

[Asa]

"See for yourself," Asa said and stood up. He ran up to a wall, did a flip off it, span round and blasted a shot of energy into the wall. It was a quite powerful blow on a bit of weak wall, so loads of shards of rock flew out, threatening to slice into them. Asa simply waved a hand and they stopped in their tracks before turning to dust. "So, I've got the hang of it. Now it's just time for you to learn," He said, "I can't teach you, you have to awaken your magic. I don't know how I did it, but when I came down, it sprang to life, and it talked to me," With that, he sat down and started creating small flames by clicking his fingers.

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica gaped as the magic fair exploded the wall.
"My god, you weren't kidding. Not that I thought you were, but this..." He shook his head. "I don't think I could ever do this. I'll try, but don't get your hopes up."

With that, he sat on the ground cross-legged style (away from the dead gooey monster) and shut his eyes, calming himself and emptying his mind of everything. That done, he searched himself.

Magic? He thought. If I was magic, where would I be hiding... He found nothing. For at least an hour he sat there, meditative, until he grew frusterated.

What was it that awke Asa's magic? He asked himself, before the flashbck came. It was the demon. The threat of death. As if on cue, as he thought about the fight, he felt something stir inside of him, something strnge, and yet very farmilliar, as if he knew it'd been there the whoile tie, even if he hadn't. He tried to grasp it, but it sank away. Angry, he tried again, with the same results. Finally, he jumped to his feet, completely exasperated.

"Asa. I have a favor to ask you," He said. "Your magic awoke when that thing was going to kill you, when you were in danger." He stopped, hesitating, before forging on. "This had to happen, it has to be real." He paused again.

"Plese-I need you to try and kill me."

[Asa]

"Kill you?!" Asa exclaimed, "But...I can't...what if I go too far?" He thought about it for a few seconds. "Okay, but it's going to have to be quite real, otherwise it might not work. I'll attack you with my hands. This might hurt," He tried to get himself angry at Vedisca, but it was hard. Then, he thought of a way. "Magic," He asked, "I need you to create anger in me-not too much, just a bit and so I can remember not to kill him,"
"Okay, you're going to feel a bit weird now..." the magic warned him, and it was right. Images started flashing in his mind. His Father...dead, murdered by this man standing in front of him, at his mercy. His Mother, raped. Asa's nostrils flared and he let out a scream. He swung a punch at Vedisca, knocking him to the ground. He pounced on top of him and started to beat his face, until a blast of cold hit him, freezing him to the core. Asa fell back off him and started shivering. He felt his hands raise into the air and...what were they doing? Wait, they were sending out currents of electricity...at Vedisca! "Rrragh!" Asa screamed and pulled his hand away, "Bad magic!" He scolded it, "Don't kill him! He's my friend!"
"He used magic on you, I used it back. It was self defense," His magic answered calmly. Asa shook his head and ran over to check if Vedisca was alright. Shit he was thinking to himself over and over again.

[wolfenchantress]

Vedsica watched in curiosity as the magic made Asa angry. Very angry. The pack swung at him and he let it hit, throwing him to the ground, where he was pounced upon and hit repeatedly.

There, He thought to himself. The weird feeling was back. It was faint, but desperately he grabbed for it and, with a shout, released it as a icy blast of air that pushed Asa back from him. As he stood, he suddenly stopped, held in place by the massive jolts of electricity that hit him like a brick wall. As the current stopped, he fell again.

After a moment, he pushed himself to his knees, wiping the blood that dripped from his nose. He slowly stood to his feet and grinned shakily.

"Thank you," He said with a slight laugh. "Apparently, it worked." After a moment of intense focus, he picked up a small stone and as he touched it it turned to a block of ice. With another moment, the ice melted and it became hot. Too hot. He dropped it with a yelp.

"Well, I can't get it quite right yet, but it's something." He knew he'd have to practice before doing anything major. "And thank you for not actually killing me." He laughed again.

[Asa]

Asa smiled with relief, "Woah, I actually wanted to kill you then! I was this close to going insane on you! What shall we do now then?" He asked, "Do you want to go in further or go back up? I think I'm going to go up again, take a break, then come back down. I think I want some time alone," Asa left the dagger room, through the slime room and up the ladder. He climbed up and got himself a large mug of water, downed it, then walked out into the steets. He headed down to the docks and admired the view of the ocean.

[Jotun]

The streets were peacefull untill suddenly a young woman came running past, with great fear in her eyes. An iron collar seemed to be around her neck with a ring attached to it. On the small ring was the remains of a chain. Quickly the girl dashed towards the docks.

Right behind her was a group of slavers with swinging chains. "Stop that woman! A slave is escaping!". Ymira looked behind her and saw the slavers. Quickly she attempted to run faster but a chain was towards her that wrapped around her left arm. That managed to slow her down and gave the oppurtinity to the other slavers to attach more chains on Ymira.

The woman looked around with great panic in her eyes. "Please! Someone help me!" All other people backed away. Quickly her arms were tied on her back and was about to be dragged away. "Dammit!" She thought to herself. "I can't free myself because I can't get my arms free."

[Asa]

Asa looked up when the tranquility was broken by a young girl rushing past, chains dragging out behind her. There were slavers racing after her, shouting "Stop that girl," and "A slave has broken free!" Asa felt he had to save the poor slave girl. He rushed after the slavers and soon caught up with them. "Leave that girl alone!! He shouted at them.
"Hey, she's our property! We own her!" He replied. That did it. Asa absolutely hated people saying that other people were their property! He roared and swung a fist at the man, knocking him to the ground. He pounced on top and started pummeling his face. Others came to help the slaver. They threw chains at Asa, wrapping up his arms. The man below Asa sat up at started beating Asa back, and he could do nothing to resist it, since his hands were wrapped up. Suddenly, his magic burst into life, snapping the chains and making the slavers burst into flames. They screamed in pain and suprise. Whilst they ran about, jumping into the water, Asa fled. "Nice timing," He said to his magic.
"No, this is bad! I shouldn't have been able to be used outside your underground demon-hole, but I can. This can only mean that the demons are making their move! Soon, hoards will be pouring into our world. We have to stop it now before it's to late. But first, the girl. I sensed something within her. Run, and get her," The magic replied. Asa gasped and used his magic to zoom through the street to find the girl. He found her running, so he came to a halt in front of her.

She landed into him, as it would have appeared as if he had appeared there because of his speed. "Don't panic," he said to her, "I need you to save the world. You need to come with me now and I'll explain later. The slavers are dealt with," And when he said that, the chains turned to dust, "So, are you coming or not?"

((Also, Jotun, check out my drawings in the graphics section))

[Jotun]

A savior appeared from nowhere and Ymira took her chance and fled. She felt sorry about the young man that saved her but now her own survival was crucial. Still she stopped and looked at the battle behind a corridor and saw that the young man that saved her had some similar powers.

When the salvers were defeated she still wanted to flee but her path was cut off by the same man. Although Ymira was told not to panic she still felt like panicking. A stranger, though he saved her life, said he needed her to save the world? For the first few moments she stunned. "Are you serious?" Ymira spoke. Still she followed him. Afterall he saved her life. First she stopped and took her flameberge back that the slavers dropped. Altough the weapon was quite large Ymira could easily hold it in one hand. Then she followed her rescuer. "What is your name?" She asked him. "Mine is Ymira."

[Asa]

"I'm Asa," He said, "Now you have to come with me," And he dragged her off. He finally reached his house and took her inside. "This is my house," he said and waved his arm around, "Now, down here," He kicked the wall, revealing the ladder down, "Is a place of demons, magic and traps. Down here, is the lair of a demon master named Trolg. My magic has just talked to me, and told me that hordes of demons would pour through if we don't act fast. Come on, let's go down," He started to climb the ladder down, wondering if Vedisca was still there.

[Jotun]

Being completely dazled by the introduction of Asa, and the fact she was dragged down his house, Ymira didn't know how to react. Before the woman knew it she was standing in the kitchen of a large mansion. When Asa spoke of demons, magics and traps Ymira was starting to wonder if she wasn't better of with the slavers instead of this madman. Still she followed him down to the stairs.