Dogura spotted Tayro, and smiled. "Ah, Tayro. There you are. I can sense your growing hatred toward the Royal Family, and it's puppets. You've found the right group." He stepped out of the shadows, but only for a brief second to shake Tayro's hand. "At this very moment, our friend Alpha is inside that meeting atop that tower." He pointed a finger to the king's balcony. "However..." He continued with a sly grin.

"He's not in there to aid the king, or the royal family. He's gathering information on their plans! You could say Alpha is a sly guy." Dogura smiled wider. "It wont be long now. I'm out gathering up people like you. People who want to protect Hyrule on the account of the people, rather than the king, who is too lazy to get up off of his fat butt and do something." The guard who was patrolling must have heard the comment, for he snapped his head in their direction, and turned around non chalantly, walking toward the palace.

Dogura noticed this, and closed his eyes. He seemed to dissapear right into the shadows. The guard rounded the corner only to come face to face with the smaurai. "And just where are you going?" Dogura hissed. The man tried to smirk to show that he was confident, but the fact was that he wasnt. He stood up straight. "Im off to tell the king about you and your friends! You'll find yourself in the dungeon before you can say oops!!" Dogura glared at the man. "Is that right...."

Silence.

Dogura seemed to pop out at the adventurers. "Ive kicked this thing into high gear. Rose, give Tayro the up down, while i go hide up this evidence." A body lies limp in the grass. Dogura dissapeared with the body.

OOC: Im sick of explaining it! XD HNS tell him whats going on. This will also give me the confidence that you have an idea of whats going on.

OOC: Yes, I have an idea of what's going on.

IC:
"It's what Dogura said," Rose explains to the teen. "Basically, we're just going to formulate our own plans to to fight the Exiles that won't harm innocent civilians. Quite unlike what the king is doing. Alpha's in the castle right now finding out what the king is up so we can plan around that."

Rose eyes Dogura as he leaves with the body. "I hope he didn't kill him," she mutters.

A cold wind was brewing in the east. Blank could feel it. Perhaps it was just his imagination; maybe he was just feeling chilled by all of the signs of war appearing about Hyrule. He was unsure; Blank was never too fond of metaphors. If someone had told him that a "cold wind" was brewing" in the east, he would not think of Exile mobilation, but rather an odd change in climate. Eaither way, Blank left his half full (or empty) stein of low quality ale at his quaint table in the Crescent Moon Tavern and wandered away from Parapa. Whatever the "cold wind" notion could symbolize, an Exile army would be just as dangerous as a cold desert.

Hyrule Castle was becoming less and less friendly with every visit. Not long ago, he had passed by when, much to his surprise, he found the bridge raised and the gate shut. This had baffled him, and had forced him to seek refuge elsewhere. The nomad had been caught in a rainstorm on his voyage further to Ruto Town that day, and this did not strike him as fortunate. And so he had chosen his previous tavern of refuge far east at Parapa Village. Keeping away from North Castle was at the top of his list.

• 1. Boycott North Castle Town
  2. Create Nationwide Peace
  3. Destroy Nationwide Peace
  4. Find The Thief Who Took My Boot
  5. Engage in debate with that rock; hopefully win this time

...It went on like this. Now, Blank had only been passing by when he saw the lowered drawbridge at North Castle, and he realized that he had nowhere important to be. So, stepping through the gate and into the Courtyard, he was amazed by the sight of one so majestic as King Harkinian. Although Blank respected the man and his prestige, he hated the fact that the kingdom was up in arms to defend one monarch. He then noticed a few familiar faces. Noticing Tayro, Rose, Alex and Dogura above all else, he proceeded to approach his allies. He had a great deal of burning questions, but just one of them could be used to summarize the variety of the buggers.

He would have asked "What's going on?" in his casual way, but he had unwittingly caught wind of the secret happenings through Rose's explanation. "Hey! That sounds perfect!" he chimed in as if from nowhere, a wide grin on his face and his eyes alight with glee that he wasn't the only adventurer opposed to both sides all at once, while maintaining at least some goodwill towards the kingdom.

"Ahem! Blank Fireside, reporting for duty." he said jokingly, never faltering in his kindly expressions. Finally, he thought, more people are beginning to relate to positive neutrality.

Dogura appeared, his hands covered in blood. He didnt want to frighten anyone, or bring attention to them, so he wiped his hands on the nearest tree, and placed them behind his back. Advancing out of the shadows again, he greeted Blank by extending a hand, and then quickly hiding it behind his back again. He glanced around, and focuced back on Blank. With a simple nod, he stated, "Glad you could make it Blank! I trust someone explained what was going on."

OOC: Cool, so far we've got Rose, Alex, Tayro, and Blank! And let's not forget Alpha and I! I'll be back later.

'The more the merrier' thought Alex as he watched both of their new allies.
"Whatever we're going to do, I hope it really makes a difference in the tides of this war" as he said this, he got the strong feeling that he had a giant eye looking at him from above, something that was reading every word that came out of his lips...
"Now we have to wait for Alpha to tell us what is the King planning to do with the lives of his people, and then make sure to balance things, but I'm still not sure of how are we going to pull it off, any ideas" the Ranger looked around, glancing at the eyes of his comrades.
OOC: -_-' I really, really, REALLY want to include an NPC here, but I dare not until Alpha's approval

"I don't have any ideas," Rose says. "And I probably won't until Alpha gets back and gives us his report." She looks up to the balcony. "I wonder what's taking him so long." She looks back down and see Dogura with his hands behind his back. "Have anything?" she asks, unaware of what he is hiding.

OOC: Was it really necessary to kill the guard?

OOC: If the king finds out about any of this, the whole thing is screwed.
Ill edit this when i get home from school.

IC: Dogura nodded, and glanced at the shadows position. "Damnit, where's Alpha? How long is that meeting anyways?"

OOC: There's your cue.

"Apparently, just long enough for you to become impatient." The voice comes from behind Dogura and the others, and it is obvious that it belongs to Alpha. The caped Sheikah walks quickly towards the group, and it is difficult to make out the smile hiding within the shadows of his raised hood. But it is there, and it is because of the nice little gathering that Dogura has managed to create, consisting of all of the people whom Alpha had hoped would join in this endeavor, as well as Rose.

"You'll have to forgive me; the meeting took longer than expected. And then there was an additional five minutes when I was considering throwing up at the sound of what their 'plan' is." The Sheikah noticably shivers at the thought. "I'd love to discuss it with you all, but..." He glances around, motioning with his head towards several of the guards that are approaching their position. He breathes a sigh of relief moments later when they merely pass the group by.

"This is not the place to speak of such things. I suggest we all go our separate ways for now, and meet in the Ornery Cucco in about 15 minutes." He then turns and walks away, heading directly for that part of town.

"I...see."- Tayro speaks, his previously cheerful voice turned into a darker one, one with a gloomy air on it, as if the lad was having a great weight upon his shoulders. War was his least favourite subject of talking, as it could be easily noticed due to the Hylian's past interventions. People killing each other for power and domain... that just didn't make sense. How could people reason like that? Although he had never experienced war itself, just by the burden of everyone's lives and looks it could be understood. Innocent blood being spilt... no. He just couldn't take it. He would make a stand in this war, so that no-one with no sins would be extinguished, sent to another realm - the one of death. He just kept listening, storing all the information Dogura and Rose just poured into his mind, analysing it, and wondering if he would, as well as his friends participate in this endeavor. It was no small task the one the boy had set up to do, and with them, it would be a lighter task, besides being together with his friends - for life... or death.

"I'll do it."- he tells them, his voice containing a huge determination. This wasn't something he just could selfishly ignore, like the boy wanted to believe. No... this was much more. This was serious, one of those games that you just can't reset, turn back time and correct the mistakes. What he chose now, he had to cope with it, and his previous sentence, although small, had shown where his heart was. What was the decision. He would go to war, protecting the lives of those he cared for, and he would do it with all his might. This is it. No turning back now.
"I'll do it." -he repeated himself.

The mage apprentice barely acknowledged Blank's arrival, only welcoming him with a gloomy face. Happiness wasn't know very present in him, but, like any other teenager his age, mood swings are quite common, and it wouldn't take long until his usual cheerfulness took over him once again. he just stood by and listened his group's talk, choosing not to participate and simply stay by a corner 'digesting' all that information he had acquired. Soon, he spotted Alpha, and greeted him with a simple "Hello Alpha." No.. this was quite not the usual Tayro, and that disliked him. Well, sure that it was normal for one to be shaken like that because of war, but he had to cheer up the team, not make them eveen sadder. Blank, for an example, was doing the same. The boy then proceeded in swallowing the darkness, locking it up in a closet inside him, shaking it away. ALthough still feeling the effects of the darkness, he corrected his previous sayings: "Hi Blank! Hi Alpha!"

He finishes hearing what the Sheikah was saying and, nodding, also left the area, going exactly the opposite way the mage went... that way, he hoped not to attract much suspicion towards him. See you all in fifteen minutes... hey! I wonder if the ice-cream shop is open? - he thought, remembering the original reason he had come to North Castle. He dashed through the almost empty streets, only deparing with a not-so-nice sight - the shop had closed just now - the man was now closing it all up. "Aw man! Too late!"- he mumbled, angry at the fact he had just barely missed having that delicious strawberry-flavored ice-cream. Having nothing else to do now, he just started heading towards the Ornery Cucco Tavern, with a bit of sorrow for not having eaten that delicacy.