Abyssal Blade Rebellion

*Hitomi stares at the locked door, a chair propped under the handle.*

"Stupid thief."

*She rolls over and goes back to sleep.*

"Well..." Zephyr walks having caught the end of the conversation. he's shirtless so for the first time the tattoo on his back can be seen as well as the ones on his arms and on his stomach over his naval. "...I'm more inclined to believe that the church doesn't know everything."

OOC: I forgot about the other tats.

Arms:

Stomach:

*Ark is sitting on the floor in his bedroom*

Ark: <(Attacking Al Bhed. Pfft.)>

*He gets up and grabs his dagger, walking out towards the tables*

Ark: <(I'm not helping them.)>

"Put a shirt on."

*Syrona walks into the room, fully armed and ready for the day. She's surprised to see the Knights gone but doesn't address it.*

"So what's the plan then?"

"I guess we eat & then continue on our way. Senthose, do you know if the Abyssal Blades have any of the Highroads blocked off?"

<They have some encampments on Mushroom Rock. The Lieutenant is trying to secure the Moonflow. Other than that, it's smooth sailing until the Djose Temple, where Gilgamesh himself has taken the clergy hostage & holed himself up inside the Temple. Naturally, he is trying to forbid entry. I'm not sure what it's like beyond that.>

"Why is this rebellion even happening?"

<Gilgamesh Ronso is the son of the Ronso Maester. Apparently, during one of his last missions, he found out that his dear old daddy was up to something, & he didn't like it.>

"'Something'?"

<Dunno. Real head-scratcher. Maybe we'll find out when we reach Bevelle, but I doubt it.>

"Sounds like a problem" Zephyr looks at Syrona, "Why? Is my sexy well toned body giving you ideas?" He puts his shirt on anyway and leans against the wall. "In any case I think we should investigate the matter further before we start picking any more fights with the rebels."

*Ark walks in and leans back against a wall, smiling widely*

Ark: <I see they're gone. So, what's up?>

"Senthose got rid of him. He's on his way to Bevelle. Max & Zero were pretty badly wounded, so I think they should stay behind until they get better."

<Well, since we're going the same way, maybe I can lend you some help. As far as Djose, anyway.>

"Really? You mean it?"

<Only on the condition that you help me get an audience with the Maesters. They never are too keen to talk to an Al Bhed. Least of all this one.>

"And my suggestion falls on deaf ears. No worries, I'll go back to my brooding and stoicism" Zephyr puts on a scowl and looks stoic in a mocking and sarcastic manner.

*Syrona pats Zephyr on the head*

"Aw its okay, we're all insignificant when standing next to a Summoner. So we have another body, time to be on our way."

"Somehow I think I was better off without your feigned sympathy" Zephyr sighs.

*Hitomi enters the room rubbing her eyes before putting her glasses on*

"I was unaware stoicism went hand in hand with whining."

"I'm sorry...I just got excited."

<The only way to get any information is to shake down someone close to Gilgamesh. I recommend the Heretic Queen.>

"Heretic Queen?"

<Gilgamesh's Lieutenant, the one trying to seize the Moonflow. She's a Samurai who goes by the name of Lilith. Heretic Queen is just a nickname. Of course, there's no way to avoid being attacked along the way. There's no sort of back road that we can take.>

Zephyr walks over to Luna and pats her on the shoulder, "It's alright. I was only kidding... sort of."

Ark: <So we just gotta go and beat someone up. Doesn't sound very hard.>

*As they continue on, they reach the checkpoint without issue. Beyond that is Mushroom Rock. After walking for a few minutes, they're ambushed by a quartet of mushrooms that reach up to their kneecaps & 2 lizards. Additionally, a rock falls & narrowly misses crushing Luna. Looking up, they see Crusaders with crossed-out Yevon symbols on their armor loosening bolders on the tops of the mushroom rock columns.*

"Ark, lets go handle them what do you say?"

Ark: <These don't seem so hard to climb.>

*He dashes forward, slashing at the lizard*

Ark: <You go first. If you fall, I'll make sure to push Luna out of the way.>

*Hitomi runs to the back of the group.*

[Why wouldn't the Warrior climb the ridge with the Thief?]

*The lizard takes the hit, but bites back at him. Luna stands in front of Hitomi & jabs at one of the mushrooms. It blasts her with fire. Above, one of the Crusaders knocks an arrow & fires at Hitomi.*

*Ark jumps back to evade the bite and slashes back at the lizard, faking a punch to its head so as to try and steal whatever it might be holding*

*Hitomi duck and casts Shell on Luna.*

Zephyr moves forward and slashes at one of the shrooms.

*The lizard is killed, but it had nothing. Luna & Zephyr each kill a mushroom, Luna quickly twirling her spear to prevent another arrow from hitting Hitomi.*

"So, I'm thinking of learning some black magic on the side."

"And this is of concern to me how?"