Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29461586-20150309093937/@comment-5583506-20150310151018

Rikki had gathered the assassins for a meeting. It was a hard decision for her to make, but it had to be done.

She sat down in her wheelchair and looked out into the great nothing and spoke, rather melancholy: "You are all aware of our situation here. We are running short on supplies. The Inquisition will sooner or later find our hideout. And we are unable to carry out contracts."

"What is it that you are saying, Listener?" asked Olfmund.

"Rikki is saying that we must leave Dawnstar Sanctuary."

The assassins exclaimed their astonishment in unison as they began to talk amidst themselves.

"Believe Rikki", she said. "She doesn't want this anymore than you do, but do we have any choice? By staying here we are risking alot, including our own lives."

"The Listener is right!" said Cicero and clapped his hands together. "If the Sweet Mother's children are all killed off and rotting in the ground, then who... WHO will carry out her desires?! No one!" he cried. "NO OOONE!"

"Yes... uhrm... thanks, Cicero."

"But, Listener", said Belgarath. "What about Xad?"

Rikki remained silent for a moment. "He is not coming back", she said somberly. "If he has taken this long it is clear that he has forgotten about poor Rikki. She does not blame him. Hers was never intended to be a life of happiness, and what sort of happiness would it bring her if Xad was here but she is unable to see him and treasure him each day?"

Belgarath said nothing more, but sympathized with the young woman.

"We are leaving", continued Rikki. "This one has heard that there are sanctuaries found in Cheydinhal, Mournhold and Senchal."

"The one in Cheydinhal was destroyed during the Great War", said Kyreeve the Argonian. "And most of the tunnel sections under Mournhold collapsed when the Red Mountain erupted."

"So, Senchal?" asked Babette.

"That's in Elsweyr!" chirped Belgarath. "Maybe Rikki will see Xad again, right?"

Rikki showed no sign of being cheered up. "This one doesn't expect to do so." She started to roll her wheelchair out of the chamber. "Rikki is tired of expecting..."

"And we don't want to go east