Trial and Error: On the Run (AceOfMana & Brook V)
Trial and Error: On the Run
1x1 with AceOfMana and Brook V
Medieval fantasy setting.
A story about two very different persons and their common goal, to stay alive.
Characters:
Matello and Rhelic
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Well, all things considered it had worked out quite well. It could have been worse. He could have been throw in jail or worse... well he had been on his way. Matello went over what had happened once again. He saw himself as a rather good thief and when his... line of work was asked for a job he had taken it. He had been having his doubts. In hindsight he should have listened to his gut.
Lord whathisname had approached him with a job offer. Sounded easy enough, go to the estate of the lady with yellow eyes and take a family heirloom to lord... something. He had gone there during the last hours before dawn. The estate had been a huge white building. He had climbed up on a nearby roof (it was in the city) and climbed through an window, which he "opened", on the second floor. Everything went according to plan, avoid guards etc., until he came to the chamber where the heirloom was kept. After he had taken the heirloom and was sneaking out a sound startled him. He thought it had been a guard and had rushed out of the room and... right into the wall causing a family shield and sword to fall down. In fact it had been a tiny but loud muse that run away in fear. The sound of his wall-hug had caused guards to come running. Matello ran, forgetting the damn heirloom. He had ran down the stairs and fell 5 steps and landing on his stomach. He laid there for a moment, temporarily stunned. Then one of the guards caught up with him. Matello tried to get out through the door. Of course it was looked and he couldn't open it. The guard was only a few steps away before his brain finally processed the basic way of opening a door. He left.
What happened next was quite understandable. The nobleman was angered, a lot. It was also revealed the man wasn't a lord at all... he was a prince and the family heirloom was a sacred artifact belonging to the royal family. The lady with the yellow eyes was a witch and the head of a group that sought power and maybe even wanted to end the current royal line. The artifact had been stolen by her gang and as Matello failed the witch could now use it for her own means. Most likely gain power by blackmailing the King. Prince Drew Zavak promised Matello was going to pay for this failure. So what do a thief do then? ... flee for his life of course!
Now he was here siting under a tree in a large and dark forest, trying to catch his breath. He then heard the barking of the hounds to near for comfort. 'How'll I get out of this mess?' Mantello thought bitterly his usually good mood leaving him.