Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20160311230436/@comment-3293219-20160316122200

Talin began to pick up the pace as he jogged towards the last known location of his comrades, by now the smoke from the fires was creating a mist-like effect, really limiting his visibility.

As he stepped further away from his tent, he began to see something move in the distance, a silhouetted figure that slowly marched towards him. It could've been anyone, crimson, scire maybe?

However, the figure didn't 'slowly march' for long as he quickly drew his sword, prompting Talin to do the same. It was then that Kanis Oakvale quickly leapt out of the fog with his rapier and struck out at his Imperial foe. Talin was prepared, however, and quickly raised his sword, locking the two weapons together.

"It's over Imperial!" The Bosmer snarled before stepping back.

"I have won!"

Talin couldn't help but scoff at that remark, if he thought that this was them done? Then he was definitely fucking with the wrong people.

Talin didn't event dignify him with a response and instead, he quickly swung his shield upwards and smashed it into the Bosmer's ribs, forcing him to stumble back with a pained gasp, leaving himself open to Talin's lunge attack as he quickly threw himself forward with a verticle strike. - Kane slowly wandered through the hallways of his mansion, he felt a little tired as he had been up since sunrise and he'd had a lot of work to do, in regards to the shipping. In all honesty, he could do a hard day's work without breaking sweat but somehow his elocution lessons that he's been receiving were tiring him out.

He only did it for the other members of his family and to impress Tharn and other nobles, otherwise he wouldn't care. It took a lot of him, having to suppress everything that he was all of the time, like constantly acting in a play.

The Bosmer marched up to his bed chambers, passing by Elis' room as he went. He noticed that Agatha was leaving, shutting the door behind her as she did so. He decided to remain silent about Agatha's friend in his study, for obvious reasons.

"Tira?" He called, getting the Breton's attention immediately.

"Yes, sir?" She asked, somewhat quizzically. It was rare that he ever addressed her, incredibly rare, both him and Celia liked to pretend that she didn't exist and Celia was the one that usually addressed him.

"Elis alright?" He asked, rather casually.

Agatha simply nodded, wondering what made him ask but keeping her curiosity to herself.

"Perfectly fine, sir. She's just a little concerned about your campaign." She explained, trying to get some information out of him as subtly as possible.

"Campaign?" Kane asked, wondering what she knew. Did Elis know about Naomi? Or the escaped Dunmer? From what Kane understood, both of them had some connection to Agatha.

"Th-That's what she assumed, m'lord. We saw the soldiers, marching out of your courtyard."

"Soldiers?" Kane asked, seeming just as, if not even more confused.

"What are you talking about?"

Agatha paused, seeming genuinely confused by his confusion as she gently scratched her head.

"A load of guards left the manor? About an hour or so ago..."

Kane's eyes widened a little, it was obviously news to him... His confusion quickly turned to anger as he put two and two together.

"That little shit..." The Bosmer grumbled, clenching his fist and glancing away, quickly turning back.

"Get back in that room and make sure that Elis is well protected!" He ordered before running off, down the corridor, hoping to get what was left of his army together and follow the foolish boy out before he royally fucked them all.

Agatha seemed incredibly put out by this but she nodded and quickly ran inside Elis' room, where the young Bosmer lay, fully awake in her bed, staring up at her.

"Something wrong?" She asked, quickly swivelling her legs out of bed as she hopped onto her feet.

"Your brother's on the war path, your dad's going ape shit out there." Agatha explained, quickly shutting and locking the door.

"With Nissa's group?" Elis asked, seeming even more shocked and surprised as she quickly hopped up onto her feet.

"Yes and, no offense, but he's probably going to end up dead. Talin's a guardsman with years of experience, Nissa, Jude and Zaydate are insane and Scire and Hawke could assassinate the Emperor if they wanted to."

Elis blinked frantically, looking from side to side.

"Okay... We need to do something..." She insisted, quickly kneeling down and taking the box from under her bed.

"I'm going out, after them."

"Are you insane!? It was risky enough sneaking out tomorrow, running into a warzone? If my people don't kill you or your father's, then your father himself will." Agatha pointed out, stepping around the Bosmer as she quickly threw her clothes off, not giving a shit if Agatha was watching.

"Yes and if we don't, both sides could end up dead! We need to do Something Agatha."

-

Talin swiftly blocked one of Kanis’ strikes with his sword before ducking down and swinging upwards with it. Though the Bosmer was sure that he’d be able to deflect it, with his rapier, he was sorely mistaken and so, as a result the blade was nearly knocked out of his hand, sending a shockwave up his arm that pretty much numbed it for a few moments. He quickly stumbled back before receiving a shield to the side of the head, sending him spinning to the ground. Talin quickly marched over to the young Oakvale, blade at the ready as he proceeded to finish him off, quickly raising his boot and leaving his left knee open to an almighty stomp from the feigned fencer. Talin cried out as he stumbled back and the boy leapt up onto his feet, quickly dashing forward flicking his sword vertically at him, several times, scratching his chest up pretty badly as he stumbled back.

Kanis pulled his sword back and quickly lunged forward, desperate to pierce Talin through his gut and finish him off, however, the Imperial made a swift recovery and managed to deflect the blade with his shield before slashing forward, slicing the tip of the blade through Kanis’ shoulder and forcing him to stumble back.

Talin was swift, point his blade at the young man’s throat, without any hesitation.

“Call off your men, ‘’’now!’’’” He ordered, sternly as he glared into Kanis’ eyes, practically piercing through them as he began to break.

“Y-You’re going to kill me anyway, r-right?” He asked, glancing down at Talin’s sword.

“I didn’t ask for this, all that we wanted was Agatha… Nobody has to die.” The Imperial explained, sternly as Kanis thought on it.

“I…” He uttered, slowly drawing a horn from his belt before blowing into it, sending the order into the sky, to retreat. Every Oakvale soldier in the area quickly turned their heads and immediately abandoned their position. Not exactly fleeing but simply moving away as they made their way back to the manor house.

Kanis’ horn blew for several moments before the Bosmer eventually pulled his mouth away, cutting the sound out and sighing heavily as he felt a number of negative emotions, fear, anger, regret… shame. He placed the horn in his belt and sighed, glancing down.

“There…” He said, slowly stepping off to his left and walking straight into the edge of Talin’s sword, which now lay level with his throat, stopping him from walking away.

“I didn’t say that you could leave…” He said, his eyes fixed on the boy’s as he stared straight through him.

“Kneel…”

The Bosmer looked to him horrified, his lip trembled as he tried to find the words to protest but his vocal chords had abandoned him. Talin, tired of this boy’s shit hit him across the face with his shield and helped him down to the ground.

Kanis stumbled to his right and landed with a thud on the ground, face first in the mud as his opponent slowly marched over towards him, wrapping his fingers around the hilt of his sword as he tightened his grip on it.

“we’re going to need some leverage, if we’re getting our friend back… Considering I’m not killing you outright? I think it’s only fair that you help us.”

Kanis pulled his face out of the dirt, spitting mud across the threshold before Talin grabbed hold of his head and forced it back down again as he swiftly drew some rope bindings, normally he’d use something better but he didn’t have anything on hand. Rope was better than nothing.

As Talin snatched at Kanis’ wrists, he noticed that the boy was crying in the dirt. He was doing his best not to show it, in some ways it was almost tragic. Talin wasn’t very good at comparing human and elf years but this boy wasn’t old enough to be leading an army of any kind, that much was certain. Well, maybe maturity was a bigger issue than age. If Agatha’s life wasn’t on the line, he’d let him go but desperate times called for desperate measures.

“Please… M-My Father, he’ll kill you!” He spluttered as he felt the restraints tighten around his hands.

“Better men have tried…” Talin uttered as he pulled the knot, quickly snatching Kanis’ arm and pulling him up to his feet.

“C’mon… I need to get back to my people…” The Imperial uttered, swiftly turning to his left and walking straight into an almost bear-like fist, that flew straight into his face. The Imperial stumbled back, his nose had been split open by the force as he felt it go straight into his face. Before he even knew what was going on, he got another punch to the face, sending him straight down to the ground.

Kane stood before him, slightly bloody hand clenched into a fist as he panted heavily, not even looking at the undignified grin of his pathetic excuse of a son.

“Father, you…” Sadly, Kanis was interrupted, on account of him being number two on Kane’s shit list today and his praise was cut short by the old man’s backhand as it was dragged across his face. His collar was then grabbed and he was pulled forward, so that their faces were inches apart.

“Stupid, ignorant little shit! Do you realise how much you’ve fucked things up!? You lost us a quarter of army and nearly got yourself killed for fucking nothing!” He snarled, shoving Kanis to the floor, not even bothering to undo his restraints.

“Get back to the house…” He sighed, seeming more irritated than angry as if the anger had been expelled by that short breath before he quickly snapped his gaze towards the young Bosmer.

“Now!”

Kanis nodded and swiftly fled the scene, leaving his Father and Talin to work out their issues together as Kane’s men swiftly gathered around him.

“This Imperial will make a good hostage, take him back to the Manor as well.” The Bosmer instructed, getting an affirmative nod as they gathered around Talin and picked him up, leaving the old man to stare into the fog and enjoy the long lost feel of battle whilst he waited, staring out into the mist…

They were gone by the time it cleared…