A Journey to the Castle!

[Carthrat]

Helena blinks.

"Never heard of acrobatic fish before."

[Anastasia]

Alex pauses, quietly speaking to Patiricia. "Hey," he says, while the other two shop away.

[Halbarad]

"Hmm?" Patricia says, glancing up from looking over the shop's rather sad healing potion display. "What's up?"

[Anastasia]

Softly, perhaps by volition or merely by habit, Alex goes on. "You're going to run off with these two and chase after Princess Sara?" His question is to the point and rather blunt.

[Halbarad]

"I..." Patricia stammers for a moment. "Well, I've always dreamed about being a hero - you know, saving the world and all that. Maybe it IS just a crazy dream, but I figure I have to start somewhere, you know?"

[Anastasia]

Alex just shrugs lightly - as lightly as a man his size can - and goes on. "Your life," he admits. "Good luck, though." So saying, he stretches and turns for the door. "This is a touch much for me."

Even if...naw, it's just a coincidence. It's just a shiny piece of glass.

[Halbarad]

"Thanks for your help, Alex," Patricia says to the retreating fighter.

Well, I DID tell him that he didn't have to stay. Shame to see him go though - I kind of liked him.

[Anastasia]

"Yeah," he says, before stopping near the door.

Damn.

She still owes me dinner.

"Actually, why don't you come here a moment," he says suddenly. "I wanted to ask you something else, too."

[Halbarad]

She heads over to the entrance to the store, her prospective purchases bundled in one arm. "Huh? What did you need?"

[Anastasia]

"...Two things," he goes on after a moment, glancing back to make sure that one strange girl and Craig were busy at the moment. "One, you still owe me for the castle," he points out, but goes on after a momentary pause, not enough to let you get in a word edgewise. ODd, considering what his normal demeanor has been so far.

"Oh...and where did you get that orb exactly," he asks. "That glass ball."

[Halbarad]

"The Light Orb?" Patricia says, a bit puzzled. "Father Maxwell gave it to me before I left Vertice. He told me he'd gotten it when he was younger, but it never turned out to be useful to him, so he gave it to me."

Dinner! I forgot about that completely - I'll make sure to tell the others to wait until tomorrow morning before we leave.

"And I'm really sorry, I almost forgot about the dinner. Just let me finish up here first?"

[Anastasia]

Alex simply nods, waiting.

Wonder if that red mage is going to try anything? She's...something.

[Carthrat]

Helena, standing several metres away, isn't really doing all that much.

And then, she opens her mouth!

"Hey, are we leaving today or tomorrow?" she asks, questioningly. "The sooner we leave, the sooner we get back.

Though there's something to be said for a good night's sleep," she adds, musing. "Decisions, decisions.."

[Halbarad]

"It's too late to leave today," Patricia opines. "I mean, the sun's already down - we might as well go ahead and rest up tonight and take off in the morning."

[Carthrat]

"I s'pose," replies Helena, shrugging. "Well, there's free room and food at the inn if anyone wants it! You have my *guarantee!*"

With that, Helena, scoots back to the inn, with certainly no intent to get plastered the day before her great excursion, no sir.