A beautiful day with almost no clouds in the sky. The sun's up high, pratically in the center of the sky - meaning it's around midday. A slight breeze is settled, though nothing particularly incomodating. It's kind of funny to observe the occasional cloud, to try and discern its shape, and the only one sightable from North Forest at the moment had the shape of one of the Brume Angels Tayro and his friends had dought the day before - not a good memory. Still, it's only a cloud, and after a while its shape changes to something undecipherable. Such is the curiosity of the sky. The North Forest was particularly calm, with a few deers graciously running through the massive trees of the forest... although not as massive as Deku Woods'. In the area was a particularly beautiful flower pad with many different types of flora. Butterflies were happily floating from a flower to another, and they came in different types of colours - blue, yellow, red, orange, purple, blue, white, black... too many distinct to count. Above them, lies a slightly bright silver-coloured orb with very distinct wings, floating calmly, undisturbed by the breeze. RIght beneath her, in the middle of the flowers, lies an ancient book - the one Tayro had found yesterday.

This calm seemed to be slightly disturbed as a being from out of the forest came running towards this particular area. Man, knowing Elenina, she's probably already waiting for me. - Tayro thought as he dashed through various trees of different shapes and sizes. His feet made a hustling noise as they camein contact with the grassy floor, and sometimes the sound of branches beaking were also heard when the teenager accidentally stepped on one. Sighting his companion on the flower bed ahead, the boy started waving even at the distance. "Good morning!" - he shouted at her. The Hylian ran faster, until he discovered that, in contrary of his belief, he was not the last one to arrive - in fact, none of his friends had gotten here yet. "Good morning? It's more like good afternoon!" - the fairy cheerfully corrects him. "Ah, well... in any case, guess like I'm the first to arrive." - he replies. Elenina floats up and down as a way to nod. Well, now was just a matter of time until they waited for the others to arrive.

Alpha quickly rushes forward from up north, where Ruto Town lies. He had spent all night conversing with Cezera in a (finally!) successful attempt to set up a meeting with a contact who may have information about the Hakiems Tribe. As it is, judging by the positioning of the sun, it's roughly noon, and that means Alpha has little more than an hour to spend with his allies before meeting the contact at the Crossroads. Hopefully this won't take that long, or else that it will get the important stuff out of the way first.

Finally spotting Tayro and his fairy friend sitting in a relatively clear area of the woods. "Good afternoon, you two!" he calls out as he swiftly dashes towards them, slowing to a walk as he nears the pair. "I have an appointment in about an hour, so I hope we can get this over with a bit quicker than yesterday's battle . . ." he adds knowingly. He glances around in an instant, wondering where everyone else is.

"A good sleep!" Dogura exclaimed, hopping off of the branch where he spent the night. Darkin walked out the door of Dogura's stronghold, and glanced up. Darkin had his mouth full of cereal, but he was never one of manners. "Hey! Donth you hath somwre to be Dogura?" Dogura glanced at the sun's position, and his eyes widened. "You idiot!! Why didnt you wake me?" Darkin, pounded his chest, making it clear he was choking on his cereal. "Last time I woke you up, I got a close shave from that blade of yours!! I learned my lesson man! And besides, you're fast enough!" Dogura's expression turned calm.

"No matter how many times I say I'm sorry, you refuse to wake me up. I guess it cant be helped." Dogura dissapeared inside the house, and returned in his armor, and his hair in a ponytail. "Dont you even shower?" Darkin called after Dogura, as the samurai dissapeared into the trees. Darkin stuck his spoon in his beak once more. "Thath jutht nathty" Dogura, running full speed, knew exactly where to go. Darkin had never seen him bathe, however, Dogura knew of a faries spring so pure, only a dip would soothe any wounds, and cleanse the body.

Running at full speed, he dove into the water, swimming at an extreme speed, blowing past the fishes and fairies. He exploded out of the water, landing a good 20 feet from it, clean as his sword. Hitting the groud running (litterally) he took took a sharp turn. The meeting place was close to his home, thank din, and he heard familiar voices. With a 'tak' he landed on a brach, overlooking the adventurers. "Good morning!" Dogura exclaimed, then noticing that he woke up late. "Erm, Good Afternoon! What did I miss?" He questioned, leaping off the branch, and landing next to Elenina.

Pyralin walked down the forested path north of the castle. He had spent a long day walking west from Rauru town. While he usually had a pressing appoinment, or was going about a job, he found it strange to have some free time, and thus didn't quite know what to do with himself. As a result, he found himself meandering through the quiet north forest.

As he walked, he looked up at the sky. It looked to be nearly midday. He decided that he would never get anything accomplished if he didn't find some goal to move towards. He chose distant Ruto town as his destination. Something was always going on there. The mountains were an interesting place. The hylian started to pick up his pace, running through the woodlands.

Then, the sound of voices broke through the tranquility of the day. He skidded to a halt, and slowly moved off the road into the shadows of the trees. Pyre walked towards the talking carefully. The voices didn't sound like the gutteral speech of moblins, or another evil race, but one could never be to wary on the road. When he came to the edge of the glade, he found the small gathering. He looked over the faces there, and was suprised to find that some were familiar. He remembered the shiekah. He was the one connected to the Hakiems. He took a step forward, out of the protection of the trees. "Alpha?..." It seemed as if he was intruding on the meeting. He knew that it wasn't his business, but his curiosity got the better of him. That hadn't always helped him in the past, but he couldn't help himself, mabye something good could come out of this chance meeting.

It had been awhile since he had let the soft shadows of the overhanging trees relax his stride. As Blank stepped into the Forest he felt the cool breeze rustling through the foliage and bypassing him altogether. Occasionally the sun would break free from the stranglehold of the thick layers of branches and leaves to shine down in all its glory upon the grassy woodland ground. As he stepped through these scattered segments, Blank could feel the warmth of the sun upon his body, only to be stricken by the cool shadows not half a second later.

Normally, the recollection of such a wondrous place would cause Blank to slow his quick walk, but he was here for a reason. He had slept in at the cheap inn at the Town Square (he would later blame the poor wake-up service that he payed for), and was now running late. Who could know how long the others had been waiting. Minutes? Hours? Days? Blank's face grew bright red as he wondered just how long the employees of the inn had let him sleep in.

He was able to calm himself down as he stumbled into the clearing, catching sight of Tayro, Alpha, Dogura and Pyre, as well as Tayro's fairy friend Elenina. His eyes dart inquisitively at the book, but he disregards it for the most part. Instead, he walks over to Tayro and smiles. "Any more nightmares, Tayro?" he asks innocently, while rubbing sleepies from his eyes.

kasei is walking alone on the path when he sees the others in a clearing. not wanting any trouble, he cautiously walks up to them and pats dogura on the back, assuming dogura doesn't notice him. hey, uh, dogura, blank, alpha and tayro, and whoever that girl is...um, whats up?

the shiekah then notices the book, but makes no mention of it, his thoughts were his own...the mercenary then goes over to a tree and sits under it, waiting for an answer...

OOC: wow, so many long posts, I feel left out...

OOC: There is but 1 solution to that, Kasei .

IC: Nogare was one of the next to come. He had been out hunting (Yes, even as it is not his duty... or prehaps there was more to it than hunting...), taking his opprotunity to get out of that packed and crowded castle, and heard voices. He knew instantly who they were... but he was rather suprised to here them...

Dogura? Alpha? Tayro? Blank? Kasei?!

He pushed through the brush until he came into the clearing. "Well, well, well!" He chuckled loudly. "Now how is it that I seem to find you guys every few weeks? Are you following me? Or am I following you with instinct? Weither way, something must bond our souls, because we all end up being at the same place! Heheh! Well, this is definately a pleasant suprise!" He planted his spear, Belegcam, into the ground. "So! How are we? Why are we all gathered here today? Something going on?" Somehow, you could sense a bit of casual-acting when he said that last sentence...

Kasei wrote:klasei is walking alone on the path when he sees the others in a clearing. not wanting any trouble, he cautiously walks u to them and pats dogura on the back, assuming dogura doesn't notice him.

Dogura wheeled around preparing to strike whatever had snuck up on him with full force. His fist stopped inches away from kasei's face. "Kasei! My apologies. Please, dont sneak up on me like that... for some reason, numberous enemies have been on the prowl for me..." After greeting Kasei, another adventurer broke through the woods.

Nogare, son of Greyblade wrote:He pushed through the brush until he came into the clearing. "Well, well, well!" He chuckled loudly. "Now how is it that I seem to find you guys every few weeks? Are you following me? Or am I following you with instinct? Weither way, something must bond our souls, because we all end up being at the same place! Heheh! Well, this is definately a pleasant suprise!" He planted his spear, Belegcam, into the ground. "So! How are we? Why are we all gathered here today? Something going on?"

Dogura chuckled. More and more people by the second pushed through the thicket. "It seems as though this is a popular meeting area!" Dogura exclaimed, running his fingers through the strands of hair that were hanging over his face.

"Well, yes, but..." Nogare didn't want to go on. He had not thought of this place very popular. Why did he want to go deeper and deeper into this wood, when he knew very well that the forest disliked people aside from Deku... the Gorons came here often... how much more would they take it?

But instead of keeping the silence, he looked around, finding something he had least expected to see outside of a prison or cage; a fairy!

"Hello! Didn't see you there for a second! Who are you?" He knew it would be unwise to ask either how she escaped or where her kin was. Very Unwise...

James crept through the thicket and up behind Nogare and patted him on the shoulder hopeing he hadn't noticed him already and said"Hows it going?" He then turned to the others and said "hi guy's, what'd I miss?"

Alpha glances around as more and more people pour out of the forest. 'Good nightmare, how exactly do people find these 'secret' meetings?' Sure, Alpha, Blank, and Dogura had been there with Tayro fighting Setze and his minions the previous day, so it was expected for them to come. But here came Pyralin, Kasei, Nogare, and James as well!

And how many more people would arrive on the scene? This was, as always, potentially a dangerous situation, and having more and more people get involved wasn't necessarily a good thing. But, oh well, what's done is done. Maybe these people would be able to help against whatever maniacal force was after them this time. With an eyebrow rising, the Sheikah can't help but contemplate that thought. 'This time . . . good grief, Hyrule has had way too many maniacal individuals lately . . .'

Holding up a hand in greeting to all those present, he specially calls out to Pyralin, who already addressed him. "Hello there, Pyre. Good to see you . . . what brings you to this area?"

OOC: Just so you all know, I've been talking with Tayro via AIM, and he has promised me a reply here by Wednesday. And now that you all know of his promise as well, he is REALLY obligated to do so! (Sorry Tayro)

OoC: Well, that was a nice and LONG delay, wasn't it? -_- Sorry for such a long period of wait - it shall (hopefully) not happen again. And Alpha, guess I made it out one day earlier

IC: Tayro happily greets everyone who appears at the clearing. First, he sets his eyes upon the Sheikah Mage appearing from between the tree and grins mischievously. "Afternoon, Alpha! So, any more Hakiem activity?" - the boy asked, his usual cheerful demeanor emaning from within him. Upon hearing the Sheikah's comment, he replied a 'Here's hoping!', whilst Elenina continued to flutter about rather impaciently and s disregarding Alpha's arrival and words until that moment. "What I have to say won't take long, so if your other companions don't take too long, you should be off just fine." - she replies rather coldly, paying the Mage few attention as she prefers to examine the book. Someone must've woken up from the wrong side of the bed today.

The group must've agreed on the hours to come to the forest. What else could be the plausible explanation for everyone to start arriving after that moment? Hearing a voice from above, the teenager looked up towards the branches, to find sitting on one his companion Dogura. His flashy entrance was not disregarded, and while the boy waved at him, Elenina was busy flying away from Dogura's landspot. After the samurai landed firmly on the ground, the fairy was boiling with anger. "What on Hyrule were you thinking?! You could've landed on top of me!" - she yelled at the samurai, a certain hiss present in her tone of voice. She was staring coldly at him, with not so clean desires. Tayro shrugged. "Elenina, why're you being so insipid today? What's wrong?" - the mage apprentice asked, tilting his head slightly sideways. The gray orb of light turned towards him, and excused herself. "Terribly sorry, Master Tayro. I... am not feeling that well today." - she spoke. there was a certain halt in her second sentence, yet Tayro seemed to not have noticed such a thing. "Okay, no problem then." - the Hylian replied. He sighed inwardly. No matter how much he insisted on her, Elenina just wouldn't stop calling him 'Master'... something that irked him off a bit. It was she, in fact, who broke the silence. "Nothing has been discussed yet, samurai. We are still awaiting the rest of Master Tayro's companions."

The Fairy seemed to be quite more silent from that moment on. Next came a boy around Tayro's own age, whom the mage apprentice had seen previously while adventuing alongside Alpha. Recalling that he actually hadn't been acquainted with the Ranger before, the teenager walks towards him with a smile. He extends his hands in Pyralin's direction, suggesting a shake. True, he didn't know the other person at all, yet his trust for people was one of his attributes, and most surely his downfall. And still, 'a friend of a friend is a friend indeed'. "I know I had seen you before, but we never had the pleasure of an introduction. I'm Tayro Wind. Nice to meet you." - he cheerfully speaks to the other one of his kin.

Introductions out of the place, the Hylian saw another known face approaching the area; the person that, counting with the ones present, was the one earliest with him in an attempt to discover more things about the teenager's own past. "Fortunately not, Blank. Good to see you." - the boy told the Nomad. It really wasn't hard to notice Blank's drowziness, and Tayro quickly deducted that someone (besides him, that is) had overslept today. He really couldn't manage to picture the cheerful Grunt having troubles sleeping. And since he didn't seem to have any apparent wound or injury on him, the thought of having battled all night also didn't match. The only option left was that one.

The next person appearing was one who managed to surprise him. The boy didn't ever expect for Mars (OoC: Kasei is Japanese for Mars: 'Ka' means fire, while 'sei' means planet (not too sure on this one, yet all planets have the -sei suffix). So that leads to 'Planet of Fire'. Did my homework ) to ever appear in their encounter. Sure, Pyre also didn't know about the event, but Kasei being here was a totally different matter, seeing almost everytime he appeared something bad happened. The Hylian wasn't very trustworthy of the Mercenary, but well, if he wanted to be here, well... everyone deserved a second chance. "Hey Kasei. We're just holding a meeting here." - the mage apprentice replied. Elenina at the mention of 'just a meeting' opened her mouth... but didn't speak up anything. She eventually just closed it a few moments later.

Next in line seemed to be Nogare Blade, a knight Tayro hadn't seen in some while. Probably because the man was dedicated to the (abominable) Royal Family in North Castle while the boy didn't want any contact at all with that people. Not after what they had done... Still, Nogare was one serving justice and the ones in need (so unlike the Royal Family), and it was quite preposterous for the young teenager how such a man could be so blind in that aspect, but that's probably something he'd never know. "Hi Nogare. I seem to be fine, had a nice night of sleep." - he replied to the Vassal, reminding the pleasant night at the Inn. No nasty nightmares (Setze and his minions must have gone to sleep too), no hazy dreams... all normal. "We're here for... um, I guess you could call it a gathering." After that seeming perpetuous silence from the part of Elenina, she finally cuts her silence to answer the Orderly Grunt. "I'm Elenina, Master Tayro's friend. And you are?" - she inquired, behaving quite similarily to one of the Castle's soldiers.

Posterior to that, the boy could also see arriving James, a person he had temporarily sided with some time ago. He recalled him saying he was hunting for a moblin tribe that had killed his parents, yet that was all he knew about him. Tayro was already starting to dounbt this place as a good location to host a meeting like this, but he prefered keeping is mouth shut. If Elenina was in such a foul mood today, he'd be better off without saying anything that could be interpreted as offensive. "Not much, apart from horrible nightmares, and a battle against weird creatures, that is." - he told him with a mishievous grin.

After a while of waiting, Elenina finally takes her voice to public. "Well, I guess we should get started with this meeting then. I really wasn't expecting so many people," - she started, glancing at everyone present, and ending up with her eyes set on the mage apprentice - "but if Master Tayro trusts you all, then I guess I shall go forward." Tayro nodded with his head as a confirmation, and thus, she continued. "You must comprehend that what I'm about to tell you if of topmost secrecy, and I do have doubts if even the Great Library of Calatia has access tp such information. You must all promise me that what shall be said here shall not go out of this clearing. Understood?" - she spoke, solemnly as one who was starting a long speech. Tayro nodded afirmatively once again, and the two of them looked to the others gathered there, awaiting response.

OoC: And now, before I continue, everyone who has already posted must post again until Saturday-Sunday. At least the majority must post until that date, else it shall be extended. To those who haven't joined, you have until that date in order to do so. After that, no-one else may enter.

"So uh, what's the plan, eh? What is this group of adventurers and knights gonna do next?"

Kasei then glances at nogare with disgust, he hated than man's guts, he hated him so much that he'd kill himself if he knew nogare would also die. But his feelings coud not get in the way of his latest mission...he was ordered by armageddon himself to come, and trail these men wherever they went. I will not let my master down, I will kill these men, if I have to, and If nogare gets on my nerves this time around, I'll kill him! kasei walks up to dogura, and pats him on the back again..." yo, dogura! wher've ya been lately?"


OOC: there ya have it, kasei mission is to follow and possibly assassinate you all...

The vagabond returned Elenina's glare with a glare of his own. Dogura's glares were feared... elsewhere... and anyone unfortunate enough to be on the recieving end would definately be haunted by it, at least for the next few weeks. Dogura knew of this, and didnt wish such nightmares on the fairy. he followed up his piercing stare, with a forced grin. "Sorry about that ma'am." He said through his clenched teeth, as he more people arrived. He noticed Pyralin arrive on the scene, and smiled, remembering the man's valor in the desert cave. (this takes place after TotD2) "Good Afternoon Pyre." He said with a content smile. He hadnt familiarized himself with James. He could place the face with the name, however, he still knew little of the man.

After all appear, the meeting begins...

Dogura was asked to swear an oath of secrecy, along with many of his comrades. The samurai was exelent at keeping secrets, and there was no doubt in his mind that he would have trouble keeping one. Dogura placed a hand over his heart, and raised the other into the air. "Nothing taken in by these ears, will emerge from these lips." The samurai solemnly swore, and awaited further instrusctions. He was a curious man, and did indeed gratly anticipate the words that would soon follow.

The hylian shook Tayro's hand, and smiled. It was nice to meet someone his own age once and a while. "Its good to meet you." Then he saw Dogura, and the smile once again lit his face. He remembered the samurai, and had adventured with him before. The familiar face had him thinking about the person who first told Pyre about the samurai. Someone named Doctor Enici... or something like that... It seemed that a lot of the people the doctor had told him about were showing up.

When the fairy raised her voice, the hylian looked over at her. He nodded slowly to her words. If most people know little of it, there is probably a reason. I'm not about to tell anyone. Once again, Pyre looked around at the others, wondering how they would react to what the fairy was going to tell them. It wouldn't surprise him if they already knew something about it. After a moment though, he turned back to listen intently.