A Bird and A Goon in the desert

[Dexie Oblivion]

Darx steps back from everyone, spreading his wings and grinning wider.

"This is an excellent blade....good balance, well made hilt...I can tell the maker put a lot of love into this."

Darx slowly swings the sword back and forth, whistling again.

"I would love to use this in actual combat..."

[Shukuen]

"So is one of you interested?" Leets prodded, watching Darx test the sword out.

"Obviously, I'll pay for your help."

[Dexie Oblivion]

Darx draws his own sword, continuing in swing the two in an odd looking, yet smooth, blade dance.

"Surely you jest...I couldn't ask for a payment..."

[Dracos]

The blade, indeed, is fine, but feels wrong in Darx's hands, as if it did not BELONG to one such as him.

Dracos

[Dexie Oblivion]

Darx frowns and ends his dance, sheathing his own blade and handing Leets' back the sword.

He mutters. "Odd..."

[Shukuen]

"What's odd?" Leets asked as he took the sword back.

[Dexie Oblivion]

"Mm, nothing.  Just a feeling I had."

[Shukuen]

Leets shrugged and slid the sword back into the bag.

"So how have you two been these last few weeks?" he asked, gesturing for Ryder to get back from his hiding place.

[RyderHakubi]

Suddenly appearing behind Leets with that static noise, Ryder thinks for a moment.

"Up to?  Nothing... and that's pretty damn sad if you ask me.  I mean, sure, I needed to lick my wounds a bit, but overall..."

[Carthrat]

Having reached a fair distance away from the chattering group, Mei-Ling sighs.

How many people had been torn from their worlds, as she had? And why?  The questions burned within her, but no answers presented themselves.

And there was that constant.. foreboding, that had been with her since she left the tower. Shapes of shadow hovered at the sides of her vision, but could never be truly seen. Despite the heat, she shivers slightly.

She doubted she would find her answers in New Brunswick, though. This place seemed.. a travellers first stop. A gateway of sorts, into the unknown beyond.

Resolving to determine a suitable destination by tomorrow, she continues to wander around the shanty of New Brunswick.

[Dexie Oblivion]

Darx blinks and looks around.

"Damn....that girl got away.  Eh, I have a feeling she'll show up again."

He closes his wings and thinks.

"So, now that we're back together, what shall we do?  I still think we need to check out that tower..."

[Shukuen]

"You haven't been there yet?" Leets asked, staring in disbelief. "I'd thought you would have made that your first stop since you seemed so interested in it."

[Dracos]

Mei-Ling approached the ranch where she could see dozens of...cows?  Eh, maybe, they looked a bit discolored, eating yellowish patches of grass as they roamed around the ranch area.

Dracos

[Carthrat]

Mei-Ling grimices somewhat as she views the cows, which look none too healthy, at least to her.

She treks up the side of the ranch, heading towards the larger building, eyeing the grass as she walks, too. Practically the first real plant she's seen since arriving, here.. and it didn't look healthy, either.

[Dracos]

A lone door makes itself evident on the ranch building, the sound of someone cooking inside can be heard.

Dracos