Orb Post // 6th of Rebirth's Height

[for_that_i_run]

I finally made it to one of the small towns near West Haven, well, town might be a bit of a poor description. It is a very small grouping of houses no more than three families live here. But as some of you were very interested in helping the King with West Haven I thought I should tell you what I learned from the people here.
Most were surprised to learn that West Haven was so nearby. They had heard something had happened there but they didn’t seem to know where West Haven actually was. One older gentleman flat out told me there wasn’t any place like that. He seemed very convinced of it even if his granddaughter was not--…

[Suddenly a girlish squeal interrupts what ever Eagle was saying. ]

Did you really run off with the milkmaid!?

Eh? What?

No, he didn’t run off with the milkmaid! It was the Knight who ran off with the milkmaid and broke his heart!

What milkmaid?

[A third voice chimes in with those of the other two girls. ]

Yer both wrong, he left the King’s service to look for his long lost sister…

But, I don’t have a sist…--

…who was kidnapped by river pirates and taken to a land where the sun never shines due to a curse a wizard placed on the land.

[The fantastical rumors of the Schwanheim town bulletin board have made their way here at lightening speed. ]

[OOC: Grey are the townspeople's voices. ]

Comments

[shiromadoushi]

Really? Even back home, you couldn't always find out what had gone on... [[Goodness knows half the things that went on the network sure as anything weren't covered by the papers... and not everything resolved on the network!]]

[for_that_i_run]

You didn't have news reports? I know even they are not always entirely reliable, but they are usually better than rumors and bulletin boards. More easily updated too.

[shiromadoushi]

Un, but they never really covered the important things... [[heck, even the Domino papers never covered the right things!]]

[for_that_i_run]

They didn't? How sad. It must have been difficult to find out what was going on.

[shiromadoushi]

Sometimes, yeah. Never really figured out who to ask to find somethings out.

[for_that_i_run]

Asking everyone until the answers finally present themselves seems to be the only way to do things here too.

[shiromadoushi]

Almost the same way you'd expect to find an RPG, only without the helpful cues of who to ask and what to say.

[for_that_i_run]

An... RPG?

[shiromadoushi]

Aaaa-- Role Playing Game [[looking utterly sheepish there]]

[for_that_i_run]

A game?
[Bakura's sheepishness is something Eagle finds cute. ]

I don't really know that I would compare this to a game. For instance we don't know who the enemy is. In games you are usually able to figure at least that much out.

[shiromadoushi]

Not from the start! Some games you don't even find out you have an enemy until the mid point!

[for_that_i_run]

No? You must have different kinds of games on your world that are popular. In most of the games I can think of there usually is the implication that there is an enemy. Unless it is a party game of some kind.

[shiromadoushi]

Some games just start out with quests, going to get a specific Item from a holy place, finding out what's causing trouble in a near by town, going to get a great treasure, something like that. It's only when you start that first quest that you run into the enemy for the game, or his minions!

[for_that_i_run]

Now I see what you mean. This does seem to be that kind of situation.

No one appears to have any real idea what is going on.
[Loki had mentioned the fight between order and chaos, but that really hadn't explained why things were askew or what had caused them to be that way. ]

It does leave you unsure what you should do.

[shiromadoushi]

Un.. [[he nods, enthusiasm fading]] I guess all we can do it try and find that out, until things are reveled more.

[for_that_i_run]

I will just have to continue what I am doing until a better idea presents itself.

[Eagle has only been here a few days after all, he will be able to sort all of this out. ^^ ]

[shiromadoushi]

[[a nod]] Un, that's probably the best idea.

[for_that_i_run]

Have you decided what you will do about this situation? I think you have been here longer than I have?

[shiromadoushi]

Only a few days more, I think.

And I'm just taking things as they go, I think. Something like this... it's not really anything you can plan for, you know?

[for_that_i_run]

I wasn't sure how long you had been here, but I suppose that is what everyone is trying to do, in their own way.

[shiromadoushi]

[[a nod]] Un. Like anywhere else.