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'I'll do it.' you nod. 'Good.' Basnet says, patting heavily on your shoulder. 'Tel, go to the door, I'll be up in a moment as well.' Basnet leads you and Rozo out of the buildings past the bodies and back around to the wall under the window of the station captain's room. It's a rather well built and flat wall, considering; but it still has enough imperfections on the laying of the stones to make climbing it possible. 'Give me that spear.' Rozo says very quietly, not to be heard upstairs. 'I'll throw it up, if you need it.' He lays the spear onto the side of the wall. 'We can give you a little help getting up high, but I'll need to be by t

Though you know there is little good that can come of it, you nod to Rozo, and tell him to lead the way to the guard station. He heads off east, further towards the part of town the raiders sacked while heading to the town hall. Two streets past, most houses have broken windows and even doors, but everything seems to be oddly quiet. It occurs to you that this must be because both the guard patrols and the raiders are gathering up, probably getting ready for some sort of confrontation. With that thought on your mind, you're even less sure about your decision to come here. Though Rozo is very cautious, you don't seem to even come near anyone,

Something - whether instinct or fear - tells you that it's for the best to not tempt fate, getting closer to that pirate than necessary, so you turn to Rozo: 'I'd rather we avoided him completely.' Rozo nods, then after waiting for the pirate to once again disappear - searching under a rowboat -, he signals you to follow him as he heads up north the nearest road, between the Fat Net tavern and the Maaks family storehouse. You follow Rozo nervously for about the first ten minutes, but your anxiousness fades as you realize how peaceful everything is. By now, the odd yells you've heard from the direction of the town centre are completely gone

'Yes, it's possible that they have found him, but what is certain, is that he needs help.' Rozo retaliates. 'Regardless, I'm not going to give promises that can endanger my men's life, to find a single man, and which same promises most likely goes against the orders I've yet to receive from the Captain!' Rozo is just about to say something, but you interrupt, words appearing in your mind mere moments before you speak them: 'Excuse me, I know it's not my place to speak, but whoever that man be, he could be someone's father, or someone's brother!' you exclaim. 'I understand that you want to defend your men, that you want to give them a better

Something - whether instinct or fear - tells you that it's for the best to not tempt fate, getting closer to that pirate than necessary, so you turn to Rozo: 'I'd rather we avoided him completely.' Rozo nods, then after waiting for the pirate to once again disappear - searching under a rowboat -, he signals you to follow him as he heads up north the nearest road, between the Fat Net tavern and the Maaks family storehouse. You follow Rozo nervously for about the first ten minutes, but your anxiousness fades as you realize how peaceful everything is. By now, the odd yells you've heard from the direction of the town centre are completely gone

You nod. 'You're right.' As before, Rozo leads the way, but you stay closer behind this time, though carrying the thankfully still silent mage on your back is not easier in the least. Luckily - if it can be called fortunate in any way - the attack came during the middle of the day, so there are crates both empty and filled placed by the road running past the harbour, crates waiting to be loaded on ships, or for fish from the perhaps indeed fortunate few who were too far out to sea, working, to even notice what befell the town. You hope they'll have the good sense to stay away once they spot the ships with the red sails. You feel your heartb

'Wait!' you shout. There is no other option but to give up the mage. If you don't, it's not like you can take on this pirate, and you'd be lucky if you can get away without carrying the mage on your back, so he's going to get his hands on him anyway. You raise your arms out and slowly bend behind the cover, reaching for the mage's legs. You grab him, and pull him out of cover, and leave him there. 'Is this a joke?' the pirate yells, madly. 'What? No-no, the arrows were in him!' you start to defend yourself. 'But he's alive! He's okay.' 'What kind of a moron do you think I am? There isn't anybody there!' the pirate shouts, and lets go of

You nod. 'You're right.' As before, Rozo leads the way, but you stay closer behind this time, though carrying the thankfully still silent mage on your back is not easier in the least. Luckily - if it can be called fortunate in any way - the attack came during the middle of the day, so there are crates both empty and filled placed by the road running past the harbour, crates waiting to be loaded on ships, or for fish from the perhaps indeed fortunate few who were too far out to sea, working, to even notice what befell the town. You hope they'll have the good sense to stay away once they spot the ships with the red sails. You feel your heartb

'I think it'd be for the best if we just got rid of him.' you say. Rozo doesn't answer for a short while, his right thumb, tapping on the end of his sword's hilt, then he finally nods. 'We'll use the crates to get as close as we can, then I'll charge at him.' he starts, whispering. 'I want you to stay back, with the mage. If anything goes wrong, you'll need to run for it.' 'So I'll stay here?' you ask. 'No, you should come with me as close as we can get, that way you'll be closer to the fort anyway.' he pauses. 'If things go south, and they might, just drop him. He's half dead anyway, just get away.' You nod heavily, and Rozo turns aroun

'I think it'd be for the best if we just got rid of him.' you say. Rozo doesn't answer for a short while, his right thumb, tapping on the end of his sword's hilt, then he finally nods. 'We'll use the crates to get as close as we can, then charge at him.' he starts, whispering. 'Or rather, I'll charge. I want you to stay back, and throw your spear at him. That should give me a good opening.' 'What if I miss?' you ask, aware of your lack of training in any kind of combat. 'I'll just need him distracted. As long as he sees the spear flying in his general direction, that's good enough, I'll take care of the rest.' You nod, and Rozo turns aro