Oops|Maelstrom

[aivea]

Saber accidently teleports the others and himself to the shorter part of Maelstrom's mountain ranges. Looking apologetic, he rubs the back of his neck with his signed palm and glances around.

"Perfect. There is plenty of snow here," Raphael comments dryly.

"I'm sorry, all... I didn't think we'd end up here, wherever 'here' is," Saber says softly.

[Kender Bard]

"It's okay," DT remarks, trying to soothe Saber's feelings. "We can explore this area just as well. It's still an adventure. Besides; it's winter. Snow will keep for another day, right?" She tries to take his hand to pull along. "Come on, let's try and figure out where we are!"

[aivea]

"That sounds fun," agrees Saber, letting himself be pulled along. "And maybe there'll be even more snow another day!"

Raphael shakes his head and follows after asking, more to himself than the others, "Am I the only one bothered by not knowing where this place is?"

The other Mind gives a little shrug in reply.

[Kender Bard]

"Not knowing is half the fun," DT declared optimistically. She let go of Saber and touched her Wind sign, chanting, then raced up into the air to get a better view of the area. "Oooh," she murmured. Cupping her hands around her mouth, she called down, "There's lots of mountains to the north!" She scans the horizon; and then lightning strikes from below and she goes tumbling out of the sky as it disrupts her concentration. Two more bolts strike out, one for each of the Minds.

[aivea]

Saber tries to catch DT but is knocked back by the force of the bolt with a yelp.

Raphael brings up his arms to try to keep the bolt from striking his chest which he feels would likely lead to a heart attack. However, he forgets to close his hand and -by some unlucky chance- the bolt strikes him directly on the Water sign on his right palm. The Mind/Water screams in pain and falls to his knees, twitching a bit and pretty clearly in agony.

[Kender Bard]

DT hits the ground with a sickening crunch. The Storm who comes out of hiding gives an almost sympathetic wince as he slings another bolt at Saber, then goes to tie up DT in ropes and manacles, going to do the same to Raphael.

[aivea]

Saber collapses to the ground and, unwilling to risk teleporting away, he simply glares at the Storm while deciding that once the others are okay he'll help with the escape.

Slowly, Raphael is regaining use of his muscles and the pained daze he's in fades. However, he's bound and shackled before he regains full control and the pain lowers itself to within his tolerence. "I... will make you regret this, mark my words. I'm going to make sure you learn the hard way what my signs work best for," he growls as steadily as the circumstances permit.

[Kender Bard]

"You're now property of Lorraine," the man remarks easily as he goes to bind up Saber as well. "You are no longer permitted to talk. If I see you or hear you talk without permission, I'll beat you witness. If I see you trying to use your signs, I'll cut something off. What exactly is up to my whims and moods."

[aivea]

Raphael winces then snarls but remains silent and doesn't try to use his signs. He'd rather not risk getting anything cut off that he might miss. However, there is no mistaking the defiance in the Mind/Water's eyes and he has no intention of just rolling over just because someone said to. "You'll have to untie me sometime, fool. And when you do, I'll be sure to keep you from tying me back up."

Saber rather numbly lets himself be bound. He's closer to in shock at the moment than anything else.

[Kender Bard]

"Can you two walk?" the slaver asks gruffly. "You have permission to answer that question with a yes or no." He goes over and picks up DT, judging her weight like a sack of grain before carrying her over his shoulder.

[aivea]

"...yeah," Raphael replies and stand up proudly. It seems he's decided that making clear that he felt the slaver to be something to be looked at with contempt or possibly scorn is worth the pain. Even if an ex-mercenary, the man still looks down on those who don't bother to do their own work.

"Y-yes," Saber answers and stands. He takes a different approach: trying to keep himself intact and well until he can find a way out.

[Kender Bard]

"Good," the slaver says simply, and sets out on his march back to Ekaitz. That night, while he warms his own dinner over a campfire - giving just hard, black bread to the new slaves - DT stirs and wakes with a whimper of pain.

"Where... am..I?" she mumbles, looking around in some confusion. "Saber? Raphael?"

[aivea]

Saber shakes his head and whispers to DT, "I don't know. We'll be out of here just as soon as we are untied." To the slaver he risks asking, "Would it be okay for Raphael to heal Divria? I'm concerned about the crunch she made when she hit the ground and I think his healing water would help."

Raphael pokes at the bread with one finger, almost as if expecting a worm to come out. The sight of it was enough to ruin his desire for food.

[Kender Bard]

"No," the slaver growls. He explains to DT that she is now property and the same conditions he gave before.

DT's eyes flare at that. "Do you know who I am? I am Timble...!" She belatedly realizes that having no surname takes a lot out of the threat. So he improvises. "...The finest quick-sword in all the lands."

The slaver growls, "If you don't shut your yap, you'll see how fast I can cut that tongue of yours out!"

DT scowls but drops quiet. Once the slaver falls asleep - after making sure everyone's bindings are secure and tying DT to himself with a length of rope by the ankles - DT scoots closer to the men as far as her rope will allow and whispers, "Where's Divria?"

[aivea]

Saber tilts his head puzzledly and whispers back, "Isn't Divria in the same body as you, Timble? We didn't see anyone else there..."

Leaning in, Raphael whispers, "If she's not here, that's at least one escape that we can note and it might mean he's careless enough to leave a way out. If I could just reach my sign I could teleport us back..."

"We can't leave. Not with Divria missing and we've got to free anyone else caught," the other Mind whispers to Raphael in an annoyed way.