Docked

[Ardocc & Mani]

He gently pulled his old boat up to the dock. Not the nice merchant dock, but the dock at the far end, meant for those who had no political influence in the city. Leaned over and tied his old rope to the dock post and walked onto the old grimy planks.

He searched around for a dock house to pay for his use in the harbor. He found an old run down shack with a fallen in roof. Fallen from decay, from years of use around the docks. As he thought about it, he figured no one would be likely to even check out this far for a illegally docked ship, so he locked the gate to the hull, and started heading into the city.

He has never been to Tierm, but heard his neighbors and other sailors talking about it countless times. He was feeling excited and apprehensive. He knew it was a great city, but filled with many crimes. He wasn't one for trouble, but he brought his sword concealed under his long coat. He didn't like trouble but could hold his own. He knew it would be big, he could already see its buildings through the mists. He just wanted to get a drink and rest. So he continued his long walk up the creaky dock.

[Torin]

Torin walked down the busy Teirm street. He knew how to fit in, for he had been here before. He spotted a man, that stuck out like a sore thumb, because he didn't know how to fit in. He saw the man docking a boat far out in an abandoned dock just a few moments ago. Feeling sorry for the man, he walked over to him, and whispered something in his ear.

"Come with me"

Torin walked off, with a plan forming in his mind.

(Thank you, I have 2 other RPS, but nobody's posted to either. WOOT I finally have someone to RP with)

[Ardocc & Mani]

As Ardocc shuffled down the unfamiliar streets he saw a man coming towards him, he looked like he knew his way around. He felt a little jealous.

How could I be such a child when I have to be the adult around here? He thought.

Just then as the man drew closer he leaned over and whispered, "Come with me" in his ear.

"Uhh, ok well I......." He started saying but the man walked off before he could respond.

Ardocc had heard many stories about the thieves and criminals in all the big cities, but figured that this invitation was more of an order than a question, so he obeyed and started following. Keeping a wary eye out for any mischief.

As he caught up he asked the man, "Who are you, and where are we going?"

((No problem )

[Torin]

As Torin walked off, he noticed that the man behind him was about 4 years older then him. He laughed to himself. The man was following him like a dog and he was older than him! Then the man asked the question Torin expected.

"Who are you, and where are we going?"

Torin responded gracefully.

"Well sir, My name is Torin, but you can call me Reed. And as to where we are going, to a job. You are know asking yourself, What kind of Job? Well to answer your predictable question, we are going to go steal something." Torin smirked to himself.

The man looked appalled. Torin couldn't help laughing, so he did.

"Now who are you?"

[Ardocc & Mani]

"..to steal something." He heard this and he felt a strange sensation of apprehension and excitement. He never had stolen anything but Ardocc felt he was sneaky enough to, hopefully.

"Uhh, I'm Ardocc, Ardocc Iroqal. From Arroughs in the south of here." Then he fell silent, not wanting to attract attention in the dark city to his whole history.

Trying to keep his composure he asked, " What kind of thing are we taking, and will it be any profit to me?" Hoping he could gain some money off of this unexpected plan.

As they walked he felt it was odd to be so silent so he asked. " Are we going to need weapons, or anything?"

[Zark]

Zark was looking at the pair from across the street but decided they were not important enough to converse with. So he went back to his buisness. His sword hanged at his side as he turned away, the gems sparkling as his used the Gift and read the thoughts of those around him, trying to find something interesting. Then his probing mind came to the two that were talking with eachother.

[Torin]

"Well to answer your first question, Maybe, I'm not quite sure what it is, only that it can help me and whoever helps me somehow. And to answer your second question, It wouldn't hurt to bring weapons, but knives only."

The man looked very interested by now, and then Torin noticed two things. The first one was that this man was a master of keeping his life secret, and the second was that someone was probing his mind. Torin stopped walking and looked around. Then he saw him, a man focused on Torin and Ardocc.

"Now before you talk, don't look to your left, there is a man trying to probe into my mind, since I can't block mine that well, could you attack him with yours, but do it as we walk."

Torin started to walk with Ardocc hopefully behind him.

[Ardocc & Mani]

"Won't hurt to bring knives? Good" He opened the front of his long leather coat to reveal a brace of about 7 different daggers and knives hanging from his shoulder. But before he could take pride in his assortment of weaponry he felt and odd sensation in his head, like his eyes were rolling in and he had to close them. The speech of Torin sounded distant and echoed. Ardocc shook his head, but to no avail. Then he realized as he barely heard Torin's far away voice say mind probing. He remembered his grandfather talking about having to guard his mind when working for the Varden, and they tried to practice. So he slowly relived the lesson his grandfather taught him so long ago and shielded his mind. Slowly the city around him came back into focus and he started following again.

"I know how to block, I don't think I am that great at attacking, I never really learned." He said, kind of embarrassed that he was unable.

[Torin]

"Never really learned"

Torin was in overdrive now.

Great this sucks, OK think Torin.

Then he thought of it. His mind raced as the memories overtook him for a moment.

It was when his father was still alive, his mother had died 3 years ago, and Torin was 11.

His father, Thorvin, looked at Torin.

"OK son. We will now practice attacking other peoples minds. This is totally different then blocking your mind, and since you proven that you can't do that, maybe you can attack minds instead. Now focus on my mind and in your mind hit it with your dagger."

Torin concentrated hard on his father's mind and successfully attacked it.

"Good, now I am going to probe your mind and I want you to attack mine, OK? Now start"

Torin felt the sensation of his father probing his mind, and reacted fast. But he couldn't attack his father's mind successfully. This lesson repeated over the course of another 5 years until his father died.

Torin was back in control of his body. He knew that this was his only shot at doing it successfully, and he focused his mind on the man probing his. It worked, and the man staggered back in pain.

"Whew, that worked. By the way, nice weapons"

He then showed Ardocc 5 of the 30 knives and daggers that he had. They were just the ones that were concealed on his chest and waist. He didn't want to show off by showing the other ones hidden throughout his body.

"Now before the man gets up, follow me"

Torin ran off with Ardocc behind him. Torin and Ardocc arrived at the library.

[Ardocc & Mani]

Ardocc saw Torin go through many different expressions during a fast period of time, and was ready to do something if the chance was needed. He saw him go through deep concentration and the man he pointed out earlier recoiled, and regained himself. Then he looked back to Torin, "Good job."

"Nice weapons yourself" He said, seeing many assortments of knives and daggers.

They ran until they reached a tall building, which Torin pointed out was the library.

"What are we stealing from a library?" He asked very confused.

He thought, Isn't the whole point of the library to be able to read books for free that you wouldn't have to buy?

[Torin]

Torin laughed at what Ardocc said.

"Exactly, you don't steal anything from the library. Now since you know absolutely nothing of me, I can see why me coming to a library would seem strange, since you just came into my life about 15-20 minutes ago. To a skilled thief, knowledge is power, and what better way to get knowledge then to go to the library. We must find out all we can about the item we are stealing. Since the only thing I know about the item is the owner, we will find out anything suspicious about him. His name is John Difolio, or better known as the Duke of Teirm. Report back to me about what you find, and keep a lookout for the man from earlier."


(ugh, it takes so much energy out of me right now to type. me and my brother are very sick, and he threw up in McDonald's yesterday. I slept from 9 pm last night to 11 am this morning. I fell like crap. I want to throw up right now just so my stomach will stop churning)

[Ardocc & Mani]

"Alright so I'll see what I can find. But can you at least let me know what item it is?" He stood in front of the library with only one thing one thing on his mind...

What the hell am I doing?


((That sucks, but what exactly is the item, so that I can 'find' an appropriate book))

[Torin]

"If I could I would. OK see you in a little bit."

Torin walked off and spotted a book on precious statues. He skimmed through it and spotted a name that he recognized, John Difolio. He read the passage with his name in it. The passage was about a set of three statues. One made of jade, the other of sapphire, and the last of pure white diamond. The one made of jade was a statue of the first dragon rider, Eragon, riding on his dragon. He recognized this one for he had stolen it for a client about 3 weeks ago. The one of sapphire was a sea serpent, with a fish person riding on it. The last one, the one of diamond, was crafted into a giant polar bear with a huge beast riding on it. He had heard of this beast, a tauren it was called, and they lived up north above Alagaesia, in a place called Drachman. The part with John Difolio said that he had bought the sea serpent statue from a mysterious merchant who said he was from the west. The last part of the page was ripped out, unfortunately. Torin, overwhelmed with the thought of the item, ran to Ardocc and told him everything he had read.

(Sorry, I didn't really know what the item was, so I couldn't tell you. Read my Sample Rpg in my Character profile in the Character section of the forum to read about the Statue with eragon on it.)

[Ardocc & Mani]

After listening and reading for himself the passage on all this, he sat back and asked what he had been waiting to ask the whole time.

"Why and what for do you need to steal this statue? Who really wants these and what do they need them for, I'm all in if you need me. It sounds as though people with wealth are drawn to these, and as much money as I can make off of this is the better. And If we can, I can get us to any port on my boat, we could go from there if need be." Then after this long question, he stopped and waited for a reply. This Torin was someone he knew nothing about and didn't know whether he could trust just yet.

[Torin]

"Look I just know that we need to deliver these things to the Varden, I just can't trust you enough to tell you why. I wish I could though. Listen to me when I say that you can trust me, I hate the Empire as much as you probably do. The empire controlled Urgals killed my entire Gypsy tribe
*not sure if its a tribe or not, but sounds good*
along with my father, the only family I had left. But in order to live I had to be neutral. I would give my life for the Varden, OK. Now listen to me. I know that we need to give these to the Varden or something bad will happen. We need to get the first statue tonight, get back the other one from my previous client, and find the location of the third one. I would very much like you to help me, but if you can't trust me enough, then I completely understand. I could do this myself, but for about 6 months I have been alone since the death of my father, and would very much like a companion I can trust, which I hope is you."

Torin realized what he had said was pretty harsh.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it to be harsh. Please forgive me"

[Ardocc & Mani]

He thought it over, and realized that if his grandfather was a Varden member then he should be too, since he learned everything from him and respected his grandfather.

"I'm in" He said with a slight nod. Then he stood up.

"So you had one already when you said 'get it back'? And if you know where to go then lets go get it now. My boat and I are willing to go wherever it takes."

((It's more like a small ship, or a large boat I guess. The description is in my character thing.))

[Torin]

Torin awaited the answer.

"I'm in"

Torin sighed to himself

"Good"

"So you had one already when you said 'get it back'? And if you know where to go then lets go get it now. My boat and I are willing to go wherever it takes."

"Not yet. We should do that after we take the first one from the Duke of Teirm. We are in Teirm, so that makes the most sense. We will wait for nightfall and then make our move. I suggest you take a look around the city while I rest. I haven't slept in 2 days, trying to get here as fast as my little body would let me."

[Ardocc & Mani]

"Alright, I'll go do what I needed to do, and then meet you at where I am docked when you need me. Then we can make this plan into action." He nodded at Torin and started walking out of the library to the shop. He needed to get a few things.

As he left he thought, And to think, I was just about to go do this before all this started too.

[Torin]

"OK see you later. If I'm not there by the time you get to the docks, Come find me here, I love the library, and I can sleep in it very easily."

Torin waved to Ardocc and searched for a sufficient sleeping spot. He found his special spot behind the history books. A few pillows were back here so people could read, but Torin just used them to sleep. As he drifted off into a slumber, his last thoughts were off his father, and the lesson he had given him 5 years ago, that helped him alot today. He wondered why Ardocc had come here anyway.

[Ardocc & Mani]

After a busy day at the shop, Ardocc took his new purchases and restocked his boat with supplies. When he noticed the sun going down he strapped on his small sword and his brace of knives and daggers, concealed under his long coat and waited. He waited until after sundown about a half hour, but grew anxious and started out for the library.

When he arrived at the library he searched behind different bookshelves until he discovered Torin sleeping behind the one marked History. Ardocc guessed that Torin was not the type of person that you could walk right up and wake without getting a knife in the chest, so he whistled to try and wake him.

((Sorry I was at my friend's house and my laptop died, so I had to wait until now to plug it in. But the time does go with the rp. ))