Two figures stepped into the now dark streets of North Castle Town.
They drifted across the wide square, glancing down alley-ways and into
shop windows. Few people wandered the streets, for a storm seemed to be
approaching. Howling gales of wind blew across the land, rattling
windows and blowing fabrics in every which way. Shadowed storm
clouds swiftly swept across the sky and hovered above the castle, as if
the goddesses had directed them to that spot, just for this night.
The figures were clearly moving too fast to be walking, so they were
clearly aware of the storm that would soon drench their already
weather-worn clothing. They ducked silently beneath a rooftop that
extended far over the building below it, making suitable cover for the
two. Suddenly, the mood under that little building seemed to change.
The awkwardness of the coming storm was blown away by the sudden fit
of laughter that the strangers exchanged. They were enjoying with
themselves some unspoken joke, and their faces bestowed smiles upon
the night. One of the figures glanced around, and their bright red
eyes flashed.

"Sister, why is no one out tonight, the storm can't drive
them all inside can it?"

"You know, I wouldn't think so brother. Actually I'm quite looking
forward to the rain, it is most refreshing."

Her brother nodded, and she nodded twice back in assurance. Now two
pairs of flame-colored eyes were illuminated in the moonlight as the
siblings looked out into the North Castle Courtyard, still wondering
why they presently spotted no people. A light drizzle began to fall,
as if the goddesses had begun to silently weep. The girl gently slipped
one pale hand into her brothers and lifted her other into the air
in a gesture of excitement.

"Look brother, not too hard, not too soft," The girl declared happily.

"It's the perfect rain." Her brother finished, grinning.

Slowly, the rain began to fall a bit harder and the air began
to chill. Both people shivered.

"It does get quite chilly here doesn't it." The girl said, her mood
had seemed to sink a bit.

"Yes, quite cold." Her brother agreed. "Should we find a place
to stay for the night?" He watched his sister nod slowly. "Okay."
He shivered again, looking around. "As soon as we spot someone we'll
ask if they know of a place where we can stay. Until then, we should
try to fall asleep here." He patted the hard stone ground. "In
case we can't get any information."

His sister stood up, running into the rain and glancing around. Her
brother was soon by her side. They looked carefully to see if anyone
was nearby.

OOC: Welcome to HA2.

IC: Orpheous loved the night, especially the heart of it. However, a storm was brewing, which ruined the high that darkness can give you. Orpheous was in town to check out the circumstances. He had heard rumors of strange events occuring over here, such as a creature who looked like a wolf, but walked and reasoned like a man. However, there was no sign of this wolf-man, but he decided to stay at the Traveler's Hostel, simply because he had a good night to waste.

Following him were some other people. One was a woman in her early twenties, she was talking to Orpheous. She had ruffled medium length black hair, and silver irises. She wore a gray tunic, shorts woven from the hide of a green bokoblin, and sandals. Her face looked happy to be talking to Orpheous. She would occasionally point out a shop, or a stand that had closed a few hours ago, perhaps she was bashing the goods they sold there.

One was a male teenager, who was following Orpheous like a loyal dog. He had well kept medium length light brown hair, and black irises. He wore a brown tunic, cotton shorts, and sandals. He looked as though he was trying to find the right words to say to Orpheous, but he couldn't find them. He would occasionally glance behind him to see if any of the others had fallen behind.

One was a male in his early twenties, who stayed in the back of the group. He had untidy neck length black hair as well, along with light brown irises. He wore a black jerkin, shorts made from a dodogo's hide, and sandals. His attention was focussed on the man directly in front of him, wanting to here what he had to say.

Which leads me to the man who was in front of the man I just talked about. He was in his early thirties. He had medium length untidy black hair with silver(no, not gray. SILVER) streaks in it. He had silver irises as well. He was wearing a hooded cloak and nothing could be seen under it except for his feet, which were clad in sandals. He was talking to a female to the left of him.

This female was about 27 years old. She had sandy brown hair that, when tide into a ponytail such as now, went down to her mid back. She wore black robes and sandals. She had hazel irises. She was clearly in love with the man she was talking too, and he loved her back.

Orpheous stopped for a second to see his own reflection in a puddle from a few days ago. A charming face, jet black medium length hair, hooded cloak, Terminian watch, and sandals. He saw the brown irises gaze back at himself as well.

OOC: I know, there is probably huge contradictions between my character descriptions in my profile, and what I wrote right here, but don't bug me. I might eventually fix it, but I feel extremely lazy right now, and I just got back from a week long church camp, thus, I need to re-bond with my characters. You know, get to know them again.

IC: He gazed at the group. The female he was talking to was Silna. His apprentice, who was following him like a loyal dog, was Simon. The other hooded man was Bou, and the woman he was talking to was Bingo. Finally, they had Matt all the way in the back.
Orpheous then noticed something, other than the fact that it had began raining.

She saw a girl in the middle of the rain, standing there, looking around. She instructed his group to stay behind, and to not come closer unless he signaled them closer(after all, a lot of people are intimidated by groups). She walked over two her, removed his hood from over his face, and stated/asked "Hey, I am Orpheous. What is your name?" He was hoping she would at least respond.

OOC(by the way, OOC means out of character, and IC means in character): If somebody else replies, feel free to answer our posts, I would like to make a post after you make your second, but before you make your third(you see where I am going?).

Tatsu wanders aimlessly in the rain looking for a sight of shelter from the rain when he spots two groups of people one was orpheouse and the other he had never seen in his life. Tatsu was curiose about the two in the rain so he headed towards them in a bit of curiosity of who they where." You two are new around heare arent you." Tatsu said as he walked over to the two ." Hi orpheouse." Tatsu said with a quick glance at orpheous and then turned to the girl and her brother. " Hi my names tatsu hitsugi." Tatsu said as he stood there whating for the two to raply.

The siblings rapidly turned their heads. They had not thought that what they were searching for would come so quickly to them. The girl smiled, flashing two rows of white teeth. The bolt of lightning streaked across the sky and the long black hair
that hung around her oddly pale face was quickly visible, and than blended in with the night once more.

"Hello," She said simply. "Yes, we are new here. You can call me Dazani, and my brother," He nodded, "Ruin."

Ruin smiled also, "Greetings Orpheous, Tatsu. It is a pleasure to meet with you both."

"As my brother said, it is indeed a pleasure." Agreed Dazani.

Once more a flash of bright lightning streaked across the sky and the courtyard echoed with the resounding thunder. Ruin lightly laughed, the sound was almost inaudible. He found great fun in storms, every sound was different from the last, and the next would always differ.

" Hi where are you two from? Also you two dont have a place to stay do you." Tatsu said as he looked at dazani more than her brother.

OOC: why do your characters act so evil no offence.

IC: " Just so you know you two can stop by any time you want but before you do I want to test your skills in battle." Tatsu said as he waited for another responce from the two. " Oh and you will have to fight my friend chaos to lets call it a team battle." Tatsu said as his companion appered out of the ground. " So thes are the people whos aura have been calling me for so long. They don't look to dangerous." Chaos said as he walked towards ruin.

OOC: Just so you know chaos can sence peoples aura from far distances. Oh and aura is bacikally your souls strength.

The drizzle of rain softly pattered on the rooftop, and soothed the samurai's soul. Dogura stood on a rooftop, allowing the rain to caress his face, and soak his clothing. He stared into the moon, which was cloaked by the clouds that washed over it like a thick murky blanket. Dogura smiled, and closed his eyes, letting the refreshing droplets of rain court his senses into a relaxed state of ecstasy. A good storm... That will surely calm these shot nerves of mine. Dogura let the noises take him away- that is until another noise, or rather two, broke the soothing sound of the oncoming rain.

Laughter.

Dogura carefully made is way to the edge of the rooftop, and sank into one of the many shadows in the North Castle streets. The samurai couldn't safely walk the streets of North Castle town, as he was a wanted man in these parts. Rising up out of shadow, or rather sinking from atop of one, Dogura appeared upside down from the roof just above the two cackling forms. A boy and a girl, both under the roof avoiding the large storm that crept ever closer to it's victim: North Castle. The storm must have been striking fear into the hearts of even the Hyrule Guards, as they were not in their usual patrol area.

Smiling, the ranger dropped out of the nothingness, and landed with a tak on the walk way that sat just beneath the edge of the roof. Now that the guards were M.I.A., Dogura could roam Castle Town at ease. The samurai stood from his crouched landing position, and eyed the two forms. "If you seek shelter, there's a hotel in Town Square called the Hylian Haven Inn. I'll lend you the rupees for a one night stay if you're short handed in the monetary dept." Dogura's eyes didn't change with the many noises that the night fired off. "I won't ask for your names, as I wouldn't offer mine to a complete stranger."

OOC: Welcome to HA2! You're posts are nice! I spiced mine up for this post.

As the rain pored down tatsu stood there in amazment that dogura was there." Don't tell them that I could of had a nice battle." Chaos said as he pointed his sword towards dogura." Now now chaos if they want to fight they will but if they don't then they don't. But it would of been prety nice to battle someone with such powerful aura in them." Tatsu said as he shoved chaoses blade down." I'm sorry dogura chaos just dosen't know when to stop." Tatsu stated with his dirty blond hare being rinced of all the sand." The storm is getting prety strong you should go to the hotel. my house is to far from here anyway so I was going to go there in the first place after meating you two." Tatsu said as the storm started to porout flashes of lightning and rain. "Just in case you want to find me I'll be in the dessert after the storm is over." Tatsu said as he whent under the roof.

Saber's wrecked body was screaming in pain, and the fact that said body was being pelted with rather large liquid meteors from miles above him didn't help the matter any. Throw in the hard wooden bench he was laying down on in one of the dark and damp alleyways, and you've got yourself a nice little bunch of soreness.

He had been training resisitance with Burlo--something he had been doing all too often since he lost to Alpha in the tournament--and being pelted with spell after spell took it's toll on his body. He hadn't fought many mages, and that had lead to his ultimate downfall against the most powerful mage in Hyrule, costing him the tournament in the first round. Saber groaned as he turned onto his front and opened his eyes meekly. I won't let that happen again...He shook his head to remove his bangs from his eyes, his vision blurred by the virtual looking glass which had been formed by the raindrops cascading off his damp hair. I've focused on nothing but physical warfare...but I can't do that. Many in Hyrule focus on the magical arts...I may be unable to undertstand them well myself, but I can at least prepare myself against those who do.

He sighed as his eyes closed once again, and his hand fiddled with the hilt of his saber, which was leaning up against the end of the bench. If only I hadn't trained so late, all the rooms are full already...oh well, I've roughed it before, I'm sure I'll survive. Then he heard a sound coming from somewhere nearby. His right eye snapped open as he grasped the hilt of his saber out of instinct, prepared for any thieves that may be roaming the courtyard late at night. Laughing...they didn't get somebody, did they? Crap...

He swung his legs over the bench slowly, making sure not to smash his already banged-up legs on anything else. When he was finally standing. He leaned on the wall a bit, to let the blood flow back into him after laying down. Once his vision was back and he was able to move without acheing too badly, he drew his saber and snuck towards the noise. Rounding the corner, he sighted a few figures. He strained his eyes and crept forward, trying to make them out through the rain. He realized a mass of people that seemed familiar in structure, with the head of the group standing out the most....Orpheous, that was it! If Orpheous and his party are talking with them, they must be okay.The mercenary concluded, lowering the saber, though still clenching it loosely, just in case.

As he sloshed towards the group, he messed with his red sleeveless tunic, trying to make it sit more comfortable on his sinewy torso. He always despised damp clothing, it would sit so strangely on the body...so uncomfortable...He was so focused in adjusting his apparel that he hardly noticed Dogura on the rooftop, and he nearly made his pants all the wetter when the lethal-looking warrior dropped out of nowhere. He sighed in relief as he saw it was his good friend who rose among the group, and walked all the more hastily towards the gathering. He arrived just as the samurai delivered his greeting, and spoke from behind them, hoping not to frighten them--he just had no chance to get around into their site, as the crowd of Orpheous' followers were blocking him out of the roof, so he ended up having to stand in the rain even longer.

"I would like to offer my help as well," He said, then cleared his throat as he waited for them to notice him. "Although, unlike my samurai friend over there, I have no problem with telling you my name. You see, it's good for business." He continued, making sure not to accidentally let slip Dogura's name without permission. "I'm Sabertache of the Tantari Mercenary services, at your, erm, service... So then, do you need assistance?" He ended, kicking himself mentally for the reduntant phrase.

OOC: Tatsu, his characters can act however he wants. Maybe they are evil. With names like that, I wouldn't doubt it. It's not a bad thing, though, having evil characters can be fun, it certainly adds more dimension and variety to the game.

Anyhoo, welcome to HA2, your posts are already amazing me, and it's great to have you! Unlike ZV, however, I didn't work extra hard on this post, I'm always just this good! Just joking, ZV, I spiced this one up too. Look at the detail on the wet clothing! Spicy.

Sovelis strode through the rain, hood up, and staff in hand. He didn't care much for being cooped up while it was storming outside, afterall, Tempest meant 'a powerfull storm'. It was a safe place for Sovelis. He could walk out into a thunderstorm and be safer than he would be inside. He saw a small crowd of people talking . He couldn't tell who their where for the rain and the darkness, so Sovelis aproched and lowered his hood. The rain began to soak the Tempest's long hair. Good thing I tied it back...he thougt as he aproched the two he relized were newcomers to the Castle Town."Hello...I am Sovelis. Who are you two, and why are we all in the rain?" He asked te siblings as he began to shiver slightly.

"Pleasure to meet you as well, Dazani. Same goes for you as well, Ruin," stated Orpheous. Who was soaking wet. "Nice to see you to, Tatsu," he said, turning to the Shiekah. He addressed all three of them as he spoke, and introduced his friends(I won't take the time to re-post it, just look at my first post). As he finished, others began to show up. First there was Dogura, then Saber, followed by Sovelis. "Hey guys," Orpheous greeted them once they had all showed up.

" So why don't we all just head to the inn and rest a bit and make sure that saber gets some medical etention ok." Tatsu said as the rain came crashing down and cleaned his hair of the dust. A streake of lightning came crashing down and chaos grew a little agrivated with every one deniing him of a fight.

OOC: chaos is the tipe of person that loves a grate battle or something or someone with a great aura.

OOC: Well, they alignment is chaos... so it wouldn't be all that wierd for them to be evil. And don't think that I wasn't being creative with the names, it goes along with their story line. Their father didn't exactly have high hopes for them, or like the fact that they were being born. As you can tell Disaster doesn't like her name either.

IC: Ruin turned to the newcomers, which would have taken a lot of turns if he did not look at Orpheous's followers as one. "The Hylian Haven Inn you say? Sounds pleasant, what do you think Dazani?'' She smiled and Ruin assumed that that meant 'yes'.

Dazani looked over to Chaos, who clearly seemed agitated at Tatsu's offer of heading to the Inn. "You know Chaos," She said to him. "Your talk of aura intrigues me, and my brother and I would consider it a pleasure to battle with you sometime. But I don't believe that tonight we are ready. We have traveled for a long time and possibly after we rest we will take up the offer that Tatsu and yourself have presented us." She tapped the top of her foot lightly on the ground behind her, making a small splash.

Ruin turned to focus on Saber and Dogura, "I do not believe that we are in any more need of assistance Sabertache, but if we ever do need the help of a mercenary I'm sure we would come straight to you." He looked at Dogura, "You are very clever, I was wondering why everyone was so keen to introduce themselves. I'm assuming that you're just about the smartist person in this small crowd."

Dazani bobbed her head in agreement and grinned again, "Yes, and thank you much for your offer to pay for our night's stay, but I believe we do have enough to pay for a night. If I'm not assuming that one night's stay is too cheap." She looked at Sovelis, maintaining her pleasant grin. "Hello Sovelis." She said calmly. "I am Dazani and this is my brother Ruin. And I don't believe that we are going to be in the rain much longer. The Hylian Haven Inn seems to be our next destination."

"However nice this storm is." Declared Ruin, looking into the sky. The rain washed against his face and he squinted his eyes to see the flash of lightning that shot across the sky above them.

OOC: Wow, so many people have replied in such a short time. It was very confusing for me to answer all of the questions in one post.

" So we'll be on our way now." Tatsu said as he headed for the inn for some shelter.
" I'll be back later to fight you but as the master said it's time to go." chaos said as he trained after tatsu."Do you think they are the chaos ?" chaos wisperd to tatsu with one last glimse back.

OOC: You see there are two people in chaos'es religions prophecythat would be a thret to him becaus they are the only ones that could defeate him without his fathers axe. And with as i said your charactersw aura yousr two might forfill the religions prophecy.

Dogura's expression didn't change. "While I am smart, I try not to let it go to my head. Overconfidence is a strong man's worst enemy." The samurai turned and stepped into the rain, which was now beginning to come down a bit harder. "Good luck on your travels in Hyrule." The samurai added with a swift motion. He was gone with the rain...

OOC: Yeah, newbies get crowded real fast here Once again, Welcome, and be sure to ask one of us if you ever have a question. I'd personally be happy to help. Travel around Hyrule, meet new characters, and have fun.

"I'll show you two the way to the Inn, if you need any guidence." Sovelis said, smiling in the rain and darkness of night.These two may cause us some trouble in the future...they have much power, and even more potential. I say we kill them and let me devour their souls...They look like they taste good. Hehehehehe...The demon Sovel said into Sovelis's mind from within his seal on the Tempest's shoulder. Sovelis shook slightly as the demon spoke to him. So these two had power. He would have to keep a close eye on these two, for Hyrule's sake, and for his own. "I myself, am not from Hyrule, so I had this exact same problem. Don't worry, most of us here will help you if you are ever in need." Sovelis said as he offered his right hand out to the siblings. Rain was driping off of the skin, and maid his hand slick. He kept his Left hand on his staff, so as not to prompt any questions from the newcomers. The metal of it shone with the light from the storm as the sky was filled with lightning. "I think this storm may only get worse as the night continues...Shall we head to the Inn?"