Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5583506-20160228221959/@comment-5583506-20160302162419

(Name one military faction in which being drunk and disorderly while in training or on duty has been tolerated. Not only do they pose a danger to themselves, but to others as well. The Beast Slayers are not gonna sway for poor excuses such as "It makes my aim more precise". xD)

Has-Many-Teeth shrugged and held after a while up some sort of gooey lump. "Sload soap", she said. "When boiled it provides a very fluid substance that latches onto skin and tissue, almost impossible to get rid off, not to mention it spreads. When mixed in with the other ingredients it will create this corrosive liquid which will stick to the skin of the Beasts. If they try to rub it off, it will latch onto their paws and do as much damage there. When these little cylinders come out to play, you better warn your fellow Beast Slayers, so that they do not traverse the area in which this has been stuck to."

She put the soap to the table along with the other ingredients. "Now, you can start by cooking this piece of sload lump over here until it boils. The moon sugar crystals needs to be crushed and pulverized into a powder as fine as flour. Pick the petals of the deathbell and tear them up into tiny little pieces, just remember to wash your hands in that trough over there when you are done. It might begin to itch. As for the nightshade, same goes there. While relatively harmless in small doses, you should nevertheless don't lick on your fingers after handling it. I want you to press the plant in this flower press over here and collect the sap in a vial. One drop will numb your senses, two drops will make you tired, three drops will grant you a pleasant night's sleep, but inhale or drink more than four and..."

She got a grim look on her face. "Let's just say that we might not need the Beasts after all to get ourselves killed."

Once the training on the archery range had been ongoing for an hour or two, Falana approached the newcomers.

"Nice shooting there. You are fast learners and I am looking forward to see more of this in the days to come. However, now the time has come for you to test some... methods that are up close and personal."

She motioned for them to follow her. "This way."

"I was a City-Dweller myself", shrugged Reman. "Came all the way from Dragontail. My family are apparently of some sort of noble heritage, dating back to the time before the war. We even had a residence in the Imperial City."

He looked thoughtful for a moment. "Wonder if it's still standing? I have been hoping that one of my diplomatic assignments would one day take me back there, but that day has not come yet." He looked at Nyx. "If your travels ever take you there, do be so kind and look it up for me, will you?"

"I trust some of our own have been sent to intercept those two Bear Beasts in the Jerall Mountains?" asked Trymir and sorted some paper to the side, looking at Ran'Jinro.

"They have", replied the Khajiit. "They will reach them within a day or two."

The old Nord sighed and rubbed his eyebrows. "It's as if the whole world has gone mad. Where are all these critters coming from? It's as someone was squeezing out monsters on a factory line. Now I have reports of even more Beast activity in the Valus Mountains, immigrating into Cyrodiil. It's a bloody mass-scale invasion. Not to mention that all of these have according to the scout reports..." Trymir pulled up a document and held it up close for his old eyes to see. "... 'portrayed unusual and eccentric behaviour, should be intercepted and exterminated with utmost haste'."

Ran'Jinro felt a cold grip around his heart. He had been right then. Something was definitely up with the Beasts. But it didn't appear to occur globally. They were all coming from somewhere. They were coming from the east...

''What's there to find in the east? ''he reflected. ''There is Morrowind... Black Marsh... and...''

"Ran?" said Trymir in an asking tone and put the papers down. His expression seemed to be express anxiety. "I don't like this more than you do. When Beasts starts to learn of the locations of supposedly safe communities, when they start to learn of a town's strengths and weaknesses, and when they systematically attack cities but do not kill everything that stands in their path; then you know that there is something desperately wrong with this world."

"Yes, sir."

"I want this to end. I hate losing. I hate losing to mindless monsters. And now it looks like I am losing to monsters we thought were mindless but for some reason have become true intellectuals." The old man rose up on his prosthetic legs and walked over to the window. "There is so much we don't know about them yet. And our numbers are growing thinner with each passing month. We need a revelation of some sorts. We need to find out what we are dealing with. Yet I don't have enough men to spare. I would gladly send a hundred men to their deaths if it meant just to know of these monsters weaknesses. That way their sacrifices wouldn't have been for nothing and we would know how to finally eradicate this menace once and for all."

"Then send me, sir. Give me a couple of Beast Slayers and I will travel to the Valus Mountains. To investigate this occurrence."

"I would if I could, Ran. But I don't have enough men as it is. They are all out on assignments to keep these lands safe. Myrdana Lammus won't return from Dragontail for the next two months and..." Trymir's expression changed. "What about those students of yours?"

"The newcomers?!" exclaimed Ran'Jinro, louder than he had expected of himself.

"Yes, it might be some good training for them."

"With all due respect, sir. They barely know what we are fighting against, not to mention they are at their first day of training."

Trymir chuckled. "Don't take me for a fool, Ran. I did not mean to send them out there this very instant. But how soon do you think it will take before they are ready?"

"I don't know", said Ran'Jinro. "It varies from person to person, but I suppose I could observe them during time to come."

"Good", said Trymir with a nod. "When you think that they are ready, come and find me. An observation expedition to the Valus Mountains will ensue."

Ran'Jinro gave the leader a nod back and exited the room, his heart clapping nervously. I truly felt as if things were about to change. But for better or for worse, he couldn't say. Growing Beast activity with the monsters becoming more intelligent with each passing day were bad enough signs as they were...