"What if it was just us? Yeah it would be harder but less people would be less materials, not as easy to detect, we could carry what we needed, and we wouldn't have any idiots getting themselves injured other than ourselves." I stare out the entrance flaps of the tent to the camp outside watching the people walk to and fro on their little missions.

"hey, so is this the tent im suppose to be in right?" the rouge said as she flamboyantly burst into the tent. "everyone in this camp is given me snake eyes and wont talk to me, like i'm a bad guy or something." she said as she smirked. "I must say im not really sure what's going on, all i know is there's a crystal in my face, a lot of us are going to have scars and wounds for a while, and something blew up the castle that i am suppose to help stop from doing more damage." she said as she lifted her hood and pointed to the crystal glowed vibrantly from her forehead.

Shuffling footsteps could show that the mage's strength had not yet returned. But he had h i s sights set on not showing weakness, nor abandoning a duty he had apparently been assigned. Amicus disliked this responsibility. He started coughing hard as he pulled out a cloth to cover his mouth. He pushed open the tent flap as he continued to cough. He finally finished, wiped his mouth, and put the cloth away in a pouch he carried at his side. He gave a soft smile to those there. "Greetings. I do hope I haven't missed much?"

"It's unwise to travel anywhere with just a few. We would be cut down before we even reached the first village." He again sighed rubbing his bruised forehead some as he did. What they truly needed was more Enlightened as the people called them, though that seemed too far fetched to ever be reality. Why would the Maker bless more than just a handful? As the rouge entered the tent though he dared to roll his eyes a bit. Could she not see how dangerous this situation was? Who could make jokes now of all times? Yet his comments were snuffed out as the second mage of their team stepped forward. Instantly he felt his cheeks grow flush and he quickly looked away from the other man. Why was he like that? Never before had he felt attracted to anyone based on just their looks alone yet now he couldn't look at the man without growing red faced. It was uncalled for and unprofessional! "N-no you haven't missed much at all, we just started debating the next plan of action."

"ohhh, fun. Another wizard." She said as the next mage walked into the tent. "So we are going on a very probably suicidal mission with nothing but 2 mages a warrior and a rouge? Although we might come across some solo hunters and possibly some expert warriors, we still will not have a good chance against whatever is threatening us and our lands" she said with a questioning and some what defiant look. "if you are both mages, surly one of you can explain the thing lodged in my head." she said as she once again pointed to the crystal.

"It's most likely some sort of side effect from the blast." In fact they all each seemed to have a side effect his own being that now even in the lightest of rooms he say shadowy forms, reaching for him from the darkness. "It's call binding, though this is the first I have seen if with an animate object involved."

"ooo-kkk..." she said with a bit of a confused look on her face. she straightened her expression then said "So as it is my understanding, we will need to visit some monster infested villages in order to save the said villages and perhaps apprehend more troops, correct?" she realized shortly after that she had not introduced herself. she said "Ash, the rouge at your service." she bowed a bit then winced in pain. She put one hand on her side as she leaned back up.

"Mage, actually," the second mage corrected the rogue. "There is a difference." His dark, somewhat watery eyes studied the other mage. His face was rather red. "So what have we planned thus far? Or are we still stuck on introductions or something?" He went and bent over the map on the table as he listened to the rogue speak. He watched the other mage reply as he straightened. "The blessing came in many forms. It wouldn't surprise me if that chunk is yours." He went back to looking at the map.

Ash looked about her, attempting to get a general feel of her new, companions you could say. She didn't really like the looks of them to be honest. The mages made her uncomfortable due to their ability to manipulate magic and she naturally would no trust the warrior due to the fact that warriors were partially responsible to her being in the dungeon during the explosion. Besides this she thought she out to get used to them because it seemed they would be in company of one another for a good bit of time to come. "I personally think it would serve us best to go to the least threatened and or threatening places first in order to give us a bit of experience before we attempt to take on any stronger more able-bodied enemies" she said as she briefly glanced at the map

"So far we have just introductions. I'm Azitaz, but please call me Taz." The mage said with a small smile. "And going without forces is not a wise idea. We need a few warriors to protect us where wards and spells can not."