randomplaces | dtc. Dragon Tavern and Shattered Highlands. Finding lost treasure.

Heartstone: *hasn't come back to the tavern, even though she said she was going to because she wanted to spar with Chagrin*

Chagrin: *wondering where she could be*

Anna: *working behind the bar. The little wyvern is in a basket on the bar*

Chagrin: *goes over to the bar.*

Randomly: *over there, cooing over the cute wittle wyvern while Honeyfuggle is out adventuring*

Anna: *pauses and looks up from her rush gathering* You guys want something?

Chagrin: Perhaps a drink.

Randomly: *cooo*

Anna: *sticks rushes in a big basket and dusts off her hands, then comes over* What will you have. HEY, Kriti! Leave him alone!

Kriti: *skitters away, razzing Anna as she goes*

Chagrin: Eh...Horsetail Cider.

Anna: *grabs the nearest clean drinking vessel, which is a large wooden stein*

Chagrin: *small smile, then looks to the door, to see if a Heartstone may be coming in*

Eruiste: *kissing her husband stupid right in the doorway*

Young Lumen: *doesn't seem to notice anyone else, is being kissed stupid(er)! YEY!*

Chagrin: *facepalm at that*

Randomly: *laugh at that*

Anna: *plunks down the stein of cider, then checks on the wyvern*

Chagrin: Thanks *pays for it*

Anna: Welcome. You looking for the kid?

Chagrin: Yah, we were gonna train today.

Anna: *frowns and checks her clock, then goes and looks at the little light for Heartstone* Slag. She's in trouble.

Chagrin: Huh? Where?

Anna: Didn't she tell you where she was going today? This thing only tells me she's hurt, not where she is. *coming back from the back room and frowning at him*

Chargin: *frowns and tries to remember if she did tell him.*

Randomly: Think she was going where you've been going lately.

Chagrin: Shattered Highlands?

Randomly: Yah. Though she didn't say that. She said the place with shorter mountains and all the big dumb ugly guys.

Honeyfuggle: *stumbles in* ...every place has big dumb ugly guys...

Anna: She did pay for a drink with an ogre armband.

Chagrin: *frowns*

Honeyfuggle: *made it to his chair. Gonna rest before trying to find his stuff.*

Anna: *leans on the bar and pokes Chagrin* The light's getting darker.

Chagrin: *is poked, and glances up. Then slides off his stool and heads outside. He's gonna get his horse.*

Randomly: >.> *drinks his drink*

Ratchet: *passed out in the sun on some forage bales over to one side of the yard. He looks worn out*

Ironhide: *is that laughter and baby talk you hear from the loft. She's playing with Sludge*

Chromia: *chasing Quickstrike around for dumping the contents of the n00b bucket on her while she was sleeping*

Chagrin: *saddling up his horse*

Thrrpt: *looks over a stall partition a little ways away* Thrrpt?

Chagrin: Heartstone's in trouble.

Thrrpt: *frowns, and looks down at the part of her bounder frame she was working on. Heaves a frustrated sigh that she can't come help*

Chagrin: *nods lightly. Has his horse ready. Mounts and sets off*

day: *is a warm evening, with no cold in the air. Birds are grabbing grass and twigs for nests. And so is that elf up in that tree that Chagrin rides past*

Chagrin: *ride-ride-looking for Heartstone*

up a rocky, narrow road with a sharp drop to one side: *comes a whinny. A horse is calling for someone*

Chagrin's horse: *perk*

Chagrin: What is it?

Horse: *head in that direction*

dapple mare: *walking back and forth at the edge of the drop, stopping every once in awhile to put her front hooves slightly down the mountain side and then draw back with a frightened snort* *whinnies again, looking down*

Chagrin: *recognizes that mare. Dismounts and heads toward the edge*

Heartstone: *is that rumpled shape down by the river. Someone took an oopsie down the mountain*

Chagrin: ...slag. *gonna climb down there now*

Heartstone: *curled up, so the fall didn't knock her out. But she's out now. There's still a rock sitting on one leg. ...And seeming to look rather smug about it*

Chagrin: *will work his way down. Of course, he's not thinking how the slag he's gonna get back up, with Heartstone* Hold on...

Heartstone: *slight start at his voice. Then she groans without fully waking*

Chagrin: *over there now*

Heartstone: *face is pale under the dirt, scrapes and bruises, but at least her new helmet stayed on*

dapple mare: *whinny!*

Chagrin: *frowning*

dark-haired guy: *walks around the corner and stops short with surprise at sight of the Deathknight*

Chagrin: *frown deepens. He's in the wilds, he'll trust no one he's not met before*

dark-haired guy: *tightens his grip on the pick in his hand and starts sidling back the way he came*

Chagrin: *calms somewhat. They didn't attack...*

dark-haired guy: *watching from cover now. Has nooo intention of attacking. He'd get his aft kicked for it*

Chagrin: *back to checking on Heartstone, seeing how hurt she is, and realizing that getting back up is going to be...very tricky*

Heartstone: *leg is badly bruised, and the knee's somewhat swollen. If he peeks under her eyelids he'll see she's got a bit of a concussion going*

Chagrin: *deep frown*

Heartstone: *groans again when he peeks, then weakly tries pushing his hand away* What...? Where?

Chagrin: You fell over a cliff.

Heartstone: *blinks in confusion, her mind searching for the meaning of 'cliff'. But then a whinny from above makes her look up* Oh... up there?

Chagrin: Yes. *looks up there as well*

Chagrin's Horse: *looking down* *snort*

Heartstone: *frowns and slowly looks around* Is there another way to go where we need to go?

Chagrin: I...haven't thought that far ahead yet. >.<;;

Heartstone: *tries to sit up... and winds up being sick*

Chagrin: Whoa, whoa..

Heartstone: Ewwww.... *wipes her mouth on the back of her hand*

Chagrin: *suddenly has an idea* *whistle*

Chagrin's Horse: *perk*

Chagrin: Get Stoic. Bring him!

Chagrin's horse: *gallops off*

dark-haired guy: *rustles around behind the rock he's using to hide*

Chagrin: *wondering why that guy's still there. Trying to clean off Heartstone. Lucky there's a river there, yes?*

Heartstone: *lucky, yes!* May I have a drink? *wincing a bit at the cold water, but feeling it wake her the rest*

Chagrin: *digs around, finds a goblet he hasn't sold yet* Of course. *fills the goblet and puts it to Heartstone's lips*

Heartstone: *drinks thirstily, despite the cold of the mountain fed river. Then shuts her eyes and shivers* Thank you.

Chagrin: Don't worry, we'll get you back safe to the Tavern. *waits for his horse to return*

Heartstone: *leans against him, feeling sleep reach to capture her again* Really... did a dumb.

Chagrin: *tries to keep her awake* What happened?

Heartstone: *frowns* I... don't remember. Was riding home.... And then I woke up here. *looks up, vaguely wondering why the mare's not calling anymore*

rope: *comes snaking down from above... but is too short by about twenty foot*

dark-haired guy: *looks down* ...Slag.

Chagrin: o.O

dark-haired guy: Nice horse. Good horse. Try standing a little closer to the edge.... No? Slag.

Chagrin's Horse: *coming back. With a Stoic on his back. Who's rather o.o...horses, fine. Riding them, not so fine.*

Stoic's skeletons: *right behind them. Or, mostly right behind them.*

dark-haired guy: *yeeps and bolts*

Stoic's Skeletons: *down the cliff they go, one after the other, making a bone ladder...or a reasonable resemblance of one*

Heartstone: *falling asleep again, her forehead leaned against Chagrin's shoulder*

Chagrin: Gah...*picks her up, and heads for the Skele-ladder*

Heartstone: *startled, her brown eyes wide and looking up at his face to see what's going on*

Chagrin: We're getting out of here. *holds with one arm, onto ladder with the other*

Skeletons: *pulling themselves up now*

Heartstone: *blinks, looks down. Squeaks and looks like she's going to be sick again*

Chagrin: Look at me, not down.

Skeletons: *slowly going up.*

Stoic: You do realize you have rope for a reason, Chagrin.

Chagrin: *makes a face at his brother*

Heartstone: *hiding her face on Chagrin now*

Chagrin: *finally at the top of the cliff*

Heartstone's mare: *whinny! But she can't move! Because there's a rope tied to her saddle!*

Chagrin: *looks unsure. He's sure there wasn't a rope tied to that horse's saddle earlier...*

rope: *is the one the dark-haired guy tossed down that was too short*

Chagrin: *gonna try and figure out how to get Heartstone back to the Tavern..and untie the horse*

mare: *will put her nose on master when they get near, and make little whickers*

Heartstone: *reaching for the saddle, ready to pull herself up into it*

Chagrin: *lets her...to see if she can. Will make it easier to lead her mare back with them*

Stoic: You still need me?

Chagrin: I think we're good.

Heartstone: *crying with pain by the time she gets her wounded knee over the saddle, but her other foot is jammed firmly into the stirrup, and she's got the reins in her hands*

Chagrin: *making sure Heartsong is steady before going to his horse*

Stoic: *already heading back. He needs a headstart.*

Heartstone: *not steady, but determined as she turns the mare toward home*

Chagrin: *mounts and follows close, keeping and eye on Heartstone*

Heartstone: *they're halfway back before she shifts both reins to one hand and grips the mare's mane*

Chagrin: *looks over to make sure she's okay*

Heartstone: *pale as death, and her expression is set. But she's staying in the saddle.*

Chagrin: *makes sure she does as he leads his horse home*

Heartstone: *murmuring to herself as she ties the reins together and lets them fall on the mare's neck, and as she wraps her other hand in the snowy mane*

Chagrin: *slows his pace to make sure he doesn't lose track of Heartstone*

mare: *making encouraging sounds and trying to walk carefully. She can feel that her master is riding mostly by balance right now, and it worries her*

Chagrin: *keeping an eye on Heartstone*

Horse: *keeping an eye on the road*

Heartstone: *and then several yards later she's leaning forward over the mare's neck and shifting her grip on its mane as she feels her vision go black around the edges*

Chagrin: Heartstone! *He can tell something's wrong*

Heartstone: *starts slightly at his voice, though she doesn't remember that the name he used is hers right now* Tired.

Chagrin: Don't worry, we'll get you home. You must stay awake until then...

Heartstone: Stay... awake. *forces herself to sit up, her hands still clenched in the mare's mane. She stays upright, though swaying slightly, till they finally reach the tavern*

Chagrin: We're here..

Stoic and Randomly: *waiting. Will take care of the horses..at least until Chagrin returns*

Heartstone: *manages to dismount, though she then has to cling to the saddle because her injured knee won't hold her weight and makes her feel urky*

Chagrin: *at Heartstone's side* Lean on me

Heartstone: *small nod, and then transfers her grip from the saddle to his shoulders* Sorry....

Chagrin: Don't be. We'll get you well.

Heartstone: Yes. Thank you. *leans her face against his shoulder again*

Ratchet: *coming out and frowning at the injured Cavalier* Here, do you want to carry her?

Chagrin: *nods, and carefully lifts her again*

Ratchet: *making sure nobody's in their way as he steers the young Deathknight toward the hearth* Set her down on the pallet while I check the poultice. *goes to a pot bubbling over the fire and stirs it*

Heartstone: *has snuggled her face against Chagrin and is hugging him*

Chargin: *does so, gently, then will try to..well, dislodge the hugging* Um..you need to let go. For a little bit...

Heartstone: Hmmm? *blink blink. Hold on tighter for a moment, but then realize what he said and let go*

Chagrin: *going to try and remove her armor now, without hurting her. Good luck...*

Heartstone: *winces a couple times as she tries to help him*

Ratchet: *comes over and offers a hand as well*

Chagrin: Thanks. *soon has armor off*

Ratchet: *laying Heartstone back on the thin felt padded mattress after they get the armor off, and then quickly wrapping her injured knee in the warm poultice to take down the swelling* I think it's safe for her to sleep. But someone needs to keep an eye on her.

Heartstone: *shivering slightly and turning her face toward the fire*

Chagrin: I will.

Randomly: *has come in* We'll take turns! That way everyone rests. Oh, nooo clue about your horses and saddles and all that stuff. *pokity-poke-poke*

Anna: *looks out at the darkening light* The stable keeper will get them.

Chagrin: *thankful for that*

Randomly: Oh! *goes to let Stoic know*

Anna: *offers Chagrin a mug of warm tea* If Thrrpt doesn't. She's been hanging out out there since she got back from her day's work.

Chagrin: *nods, and thanks Anna as he takes the tea. Gonna give some to Heartstone if she'll take it, or isn't already asleep*

Heartstone: *sits up shakily to drink, but winds up leaning against him again with a little snuggling motion as she sips* Thank you.

Chagrin: *just smiles and helps her drink*

Randomly: ...*telling Stoic that Chagrin's got it baaaaaad*

Stoic: ...*smirk*

Anna: *smiles at the two young knights as she turns and goes back to the bar*

Heartstone: *sleeping even as she finishes the last sips of tea*

Chagrin: *lays her back down, and settles down to watch her for the night*

Randomly and Stoic: *will join them*

((Co-written with

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