Entwined Love - IC

Will strode into the tent, looking up to the two ladies. "Sorry missus but I was just looking for my gear. Might I please have it back Miss... Reena if I believe?" He asked, trying to be as much of a gentlemen as possible. He then turned to the other, more serious looking lady. "Miss Aerie..." He said, nodding his head towards her. He then said suddenly. "I suppose you have both heard the plan?"

 

Reena was slightly surprised to see the young man enter her tent, but since she knew that he was now on their side she gave a small smile and picked up his gear she placed in a corner of her tent in a neat pile. "Here you go. And yes, we have heard. But for now we have to worry about my people, trying to seperate the anit-war from the ones who wish the war to ensue. Aerie already knows who out of our mages we can trust and i know a few in our infantry. Now depending on how many we know for sure are trustworthy i thought maybe we could somehow use them as an "escort" for us and the rest of the humans. The rest i can send home ahead of us since they can move much faster than being hindered by escorting just a few captives. With a certain number of people and a good combination of warriors and mages they shouldn't expect anything. What do you two think?"

 

Will grinned sheepishly. "Aye, a good plan miss but there are five humans left that are trustworthy... including Keneth and myself. I am srry but we are short on a few people..." He said, grabbing his swords and strapping them to his back. He then strapped his daggers to his belt and grabbed his bow and arrows. "I suggest we leave soon before the human council becomes to expect something. Maybe tommorow morning if you are prepared?" He asked.

 

Reena nodded at both of their suggestions, also returning Keneth's smile. "Tomorrow we shall depart then. But since there is still enough of the day left, i believe i will go and address my people and send the untrustworthy home. The Sidhe are swift in the forests, so they will arrive long before us at the capital. they will tell the council that the battle was a victory to the Sidhe. And depending on how many mages and warriors are anti-war, some may have to return with the others, because if we have too many for our escort it will look suspicious. But i know many of our warriors that have come here are in favor for the war, so we can't expect many of them to be trustworthy. But there are a couple i know that are true and will support our cause. I will select them for the escort and the remaining will be the mages that Aerie knows are trustworthy." Reena paused for a second, looking to the side in thought. "But i need to explain to the warriors why we are keeping you captive. This is the part where i am having difficulty deciding on what to say to them. Since there are so few of you left they would only say to kill you and we return as a whole. Do any of you have ideas? We will need something that will feel solid enough for them to believe."

After a long pause Reena dicided to throw out her idea she has been thinking about for a while. "Perhaps we can tell the warriors that i plan to take you to the council since you asked for a trial. They must respect that if anyone calls for a trial, even if it may not even be worth it, or they're human, they shall have one. And before then we can go about looking for the anti-war people of my race and perhaps ask them to arrive on the day of the trial. There will be plenty of time between when we arrive at the capital and the day of the trial, thus giving them enough time to arrive. And somehow we will try once again to convince the council to end this war verbally, and if they don't consent, we will have the means of force to turn the council around. The details will be worked out as we meet the anti-war groups and as we travel to the capital. That's about the rough outline of my idea," Reena said with a small shrug.

 

Reena straightened and put a determined look on her face. "I know i am. I should have known from the beginning that i should have done everything i could to stop this war. But i thought if i helped my people that somehow i would inderectly help stop it, but that obviouslyy is not working. But now there is a chance for me to turn this war around and i'm going to take it, even if it turns many of my people against me and perhaps some of my own family. But this is my choice and i plan to stick to it."

 

"My job and mine alone is to protect Reena. Wherever she goes, I must support her cause. I am in." Aerie announced, standing up quickly. "In order to fool the main force of Sidhe that goes ahead, I can make some manacles that "look" magically enchanted. That should be enough to fool the majority of them, in case we need to do so.

 

Will looked at Keneth. "No regrets my friend. No dobts. I am ready to dive into hell." He said. He knew that this would make him face his demons of the past but he was ready. "It is time to face the beast my friend." He said to Keneth, looking down. He was ready to fight his past, to take what was his... but Reena came first now. He would protect her with his life.

 

Reena nodded in agreement, and then looked to Airie, "We should go to the warriors first since they are the biggest group and have the most untrustworthy. I know of two specific and trustworthy warriors that are good fighters. One is a skilled bowman and the other is an expert swordsman, I feel that the other warriors won’t object to my choosing them. The mages we should attend to after the warriors begin to pack and head home. I’m not sure how many mages are trustworthy, but there are probably at least four, which is enough for a good escort, when we are all combined.”