2AN: This one was long to make up for the last one. Enjoy.
Transit
Theo:
Theo was up before the sun and on the balcony kneeing in prayer while the sun rose. The prayer was to grant him his spells, which were also decided which spells he would received for the day, and how many. Fenrir was there too, sitting next to the druid, guarding his friend from harm.
'Running running running,' the canine sang to itself, 'Chasing fighting biting, Always we are running, Always we are fighting, Always I will run, Under the sun!'
A knock came at the door, soft as if not wanting to wake up the occupants. Fenrir looked to the druid, and then padded to the door.
'Who is it?' he asked by extending his thoughts, which by the sound of it, scared the knocker out of their skin.
"It's Maia," a voice called. "I was sent with breakfast."
'Come in,' the wolf said flipping the lock with his nose, 'But please be quiet, Theo is in prayer.' the maid opened the door and was again bearing a silver platter. 'By the forest! How many of those things do you have?'
"Only a dozen," the young woman whispered with a chuckle. She walked to the table and set the food down; grabbing the one from dinner as she went. "I'll leave since Master Theo is busy."
'He asked you not to call him that.' Fenrir reminded as he scratched behind his ear. 'And you don't need to leave; he should be coming out of it in a minute or two. He always does this and it always takes the same amount of time.'
"Its fine," Maia replied heading for the door, "I have duties to do."
'Please don't go!' he pleaded stepping in her way, 'You don't know what it's like with him! He's so boring! I need someone young to keep up with me!'
"Theo can't be more then a few months older then I!" she said giving the wolf a look.
'Yes he's only in his seventeenth summer, but he acts so old.' he complained.
"He's only seventeen?" she asked with a mix of shock and curiosity. "I'm nearly twenty and he's only seventeen? Then I really must go."
"And why is that?" Theo asked standing in the entrance to the balcony. The maid looked down in disgrace.
"No reason Mas.." she stopped herself. "Theo. By your leave..."
With nothing more than a nod, Theo dismissed the woman. After the door closed, Fenrir made a lupine frown.
'I had her!' the wolf shouted. He was so engrossed with emotion, he was snarling and his hunches were raised. 'I had her and you blew it!'
"Blew what?" the druid asked in an indifferent tone, "She didn't want to stay once she found out how old I was."
'I would have convinced her!'
"Enough, Fenrir." he said in a calm but commanding tone he rarely used on the wolf. "You will cease this nonsense now. We have a job to do; we can't be worrying about personal lives."
'Fine.'
Olin:
Knock Knock. Knock.
Olin looked outside and saw there was barely any light out.
Knock Knock. Knock.
"GO AWAY!" he yelled, his voice muffled by the pillow. But of course, no one listens to a man who needs his rest.
Knock Knock. Knock.
Reaching under his pillow, the ranger grabbed a dagger. He pulled it out slowly and winded back.
Knock Knock. Thump!
There was silence in the room for maybe a minute. Olin, who'd been watching the door when he hit it, relaxed and fell back onto the pillow. The door opened to reveal Ethan, already in his chain mail.
"To tell you the truth," he said closing the door and grabbing the blade. "I expected you to throw it at the second." he pulled the dagger from the wood with ease.
"It's too early." he said, his eyes still blurry. "I'll get up in another hour or so."
"Well then I guess you'll have to catch up to us later because we're leaving soon." the fighter kicked the bed with a steel-toe boot, "The others are all ready." the ranger groaned but got up.
"Just give me a few minutes to get ready." Ethan nodded and left the room, placing the knife where it had landed in the door before closing it. "This is going to be a fun adventure." he said with sarcasm.
Horus came flying in through the window, a dead animal in its beak. He was always up before the human.
"Morning," Olin grumbled as he climbed into his cloth britches. "You seem chipper as always. Didn't go thieving did you?" the bird turned its head as if to say no.
It took Olin another five minutes to get all his gear together and his armor on. When Horus perched himself on his shoulder, the ranger noticed the bird was holding something in its talons.
"Horus." he held out his hand and the bird dropped something into his palm. He expected it carefully, trying to guess at what it was. "What is this thing? It seems to be a gem."
The stone was blue, black, and white. It was half as thick as a coin and shaped like one but no larger than his thumbnail. It reminded the ranger of the night sky. He didn't know what it was but, for some reason, it made his joints feel like greased hinges.
"A healing stone?" he guessed turning it over in his hands. "Oh well, can't be bad." Pocketing the rock; he left the room.
Dalton:
'About time ranger' Dalton thought to himself as Olin came down the stairs, clasping the last buckle on his armor. Of course he didn't show his annoyance on his face. That would only cause a fight and, ultimately, slow the journey.
"Are you ready?" Theo asked in an irritated tone, apparently, he liked everything to be on time.
"Yes," he responded in a like tone. "Sorry I slept in, old habits you know." Gunthar, who was standing next to Ethan nodded with a smile and said it was fine.
"As to what my adviser has suggested," he began with a small grin, "I have equipped you all with a horse to speed your quest. Each one has several saddlebags for whatever you don't want to carry on your person.
"Also, it has come to my attention that you, Theo, are under equipped when it comes to weaponry. So I called for a list of what your religion allows you to use and got you a scimitar for you to keep." Ethan tossed the weapon to the druid, which was received with ease.
"Uncle has also given us some rations for us to use while we are on our way and back." he said hefting himself onto the beast. "Hopefully you all know how to ride." thankfully, they all did. Theo didn't seem pleased that he was given all these things for free but he held his peace.
"Let us go," Huginn said resting on the saddle horn, "To riches! To Foes! To Glory!" despite the bird's dramatic words, they all just looked at him.
"Shut up Huginn." The sorcerer said in terse voice as they began walking out of the town.
"That is going to get old quick," the druid sighed. Fenrir looked up to Theo and he chuckled a bit.
Ethan:
'Well, it could be worse.' Ethan thought to himself as he took the lead on the road, Olin, Theo, and Dalton following in that order. 'They could be fighting with each other.' No sooner had he said that, he heard raised voices behind him.
"Stop trying to run Fenrir over with your horse!" the druid's voice rose. They hadn't even gotten more than a hundred yards from Rootwall yet!
"Then tell him to hurry up." Dalton replied in a smooth voice. Olin was just riding like nothing was going on.
"I have half a mind to get off this horse and cut out your tongue you…"
"Since you only have half a mind," Dalton interrupted. "I'm surprised you haven't tried it yet."
"Oh, that's it!" the druid drew his new scimitar from its sheath.
"STOP!" the fighter yelled turning his horse around and pulling his sword as well. "If there is going to be a fight, it had better be against a hobgoblin and not each other. You don't want me having to pull you two apart."
"Who do you think you are?" Theo asked turning to him.
"I'm the one who will ultimately decide if you are to be rewarded after this mission is over." he explained glaring at both men. "Theo, you fall back and take Dalton's spot. Dalton, you take Theo's. Warn him if you are going to stop so the wolf doesn't get hurt." Dalton's face showed a shadow of contempt but he did as ordered, as did the druid.
"Good, now, I want this to go as quickly as it can," he began as he moved back to the front. "I know and you know that infighting will not speed his up. Let's go."