It is quite late at night, as you come across this place, a small light can be seen, it comes from a man holding a staff, we is garbed in a white tunic and white cloak. He talks to a tall man next to him, they seem to be talking, the man in white starts to yell.
"He wasn't there!? How could this happen, we planed it out! Why has he abandoned me? He left during our fight, then broke our meeting what has happend to him?"
The other man looks your way.
"Denning, quite down, I feel as if we are being watched."

Upon hearing Denning's name, Alpha drops all pretenses of being a casual passer-by and walks into the light. "Hello, Denning." He nods to the other man, who he can't quite recognize. "It's probably none of my business, but just who is this 'he' you're talking about?"

Another figure steps out of the shadows. One who cannot be confused with another. The short Deku's black robe hides him long enough; until he finally wants to reveal himself.

"Denning, how've you been?"

He asks with barely a response to the other, unrecognized man. He adds another hello to Alpha, as he walks closer to the meeting place.

Startled, the men look at the new arivals.
"Oh, um, Alpha, good to see you, and you too Grenda. Well, the he is Marin. I havnet seen him and well, since my little , its not safe for me to venture into the town, I was supposed to meet him today, so Joryen went in my stay, Marin didnt show up. His disaperence is of some matter to the, um, orginazation I belong to. Well, ive said too much, if you see him please tell me"

Denning sits down on a stump, after a few seconds, an odd look is upon his face.

"J, J, Joryen...wh, wheres that dagger we put Deoxolups in?"

"That, I left it in the cave...Oh no..."

Alpha nods as hears the first part of Denning's reply. "I'll keep an eye out for him then." He turns to walk away.

Denning sits down on a stump. After a few seconds, an odd look comes upon his face.

"J, J, Joryen...wh, where's that dagger we put Deoxolips in?"

"That? I left it in the cave...Oh no..."

Alpha slowly turns back, fear gripping his heart. He's willing to bet that he knows what's happening, but hopes he's wrong. "Tell me that Marin didn't have it."

Grenada gets a confused look on his face as he turns to Alpha.

"Is that bad?"

He wonders what "organization" Denning could have been talking about, but decides now is not the time. Especially since he doesn't know the situation. So he waits...

"Well I dont know for sure if Marin has the dagger, but he might, he never did belive me that it was not Daret his brother...I sure hope Deoxolips didnt get to him. If so, this is very bad.

Denning turns quickley to face Joryen, you can see that on the back of his tunic is a picture of seven different colored crystals, as he stops moving his cloack covers the image.

"Joryen, get together some people from our group and search the cave, we dont know what has happened, I will go north and search for any sign of him, and alert members there."

Joryen salutes Denning and turns tword the castle and starts walking. Denning sits on a stump, it appears that he is thinking about something.

Even from far away, Victor could see the small group converging in the distance. He chuckled slightly to himself; it was as though he had developed a sixth sense for finding crowds. With nothing else better to do, he began to sprint in the direction of the group.

As he drew ever nearer, the bard watched one figure join the group, then another. Now itching to find out what was going on, Victor's sprint turned into a dash, then a full-on run. His cloak whipped behind him in the wind, and his feet thudded against the soft grass, almost in harmony with his deep breaths. But he had misjudged the distance, and soon found himself tired out. Bending down with his hands on his knees, Victor caught a quick breather before jogging the rest of the way.

By the time he reached the group, Joryen had already left. Still panting, Victor looked longingly at the stump Denning was sitting on, but said nothing. Instead, he smiled and spoke:

"Hey Alpha, Denning, Grenada. What's going on here?"

You could ask me the same.

Azador appeared out of the darkness of the thickets
with a ominous smile on his face.

so whats going on guys?

Denning sees the new arrivals.
"Well, a great man has gone missing, along with an evil, and very powerful spirit. But what else is new...If you guys see Marin, do not approch him...he may have been in contact with the evil one.

kasei approaches the group, knowing that members of that cult are here, appon hearing abouit the missing dagger, he curses to himself and run s off into the darkness...