So I’ll just sign out for now Minna. Enjoy the EQ story...who ever’s actually reading it.
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08-Oct-01
Title: Sadial The Missing
Author: MSMoon
Warnings: not many.
Feedback: As long as it's nice ;)
Characters: MMC01, MMC05, MMC12, & CC02.
Disclaimers: I do not own EverQuest. I am poor. Suing me wouldn't really profit much. However I do own my own characters from EQ. I however do not own Usagi. She is being loaned to be by her…agent Chibi since I asked so nicely. I would be somewhat upset if someone used my characters without my permission. So if you want to use them please ask.
E-mail: LadyGundam02@aol.com
Rated: PG-PG-13
Chapter 7
::East Freeport::
Shenna and Tenrai wondered around town for a while. Freeport was a pretty big city. Shenna'd never seen one so big. Tenrai, on the other hand, knew Freeport well. They went in and out of shops, not because they were looking for something to buy, but mainly out of Shenna's curiosity.
"Shenna?" Tenrai asked tentatively after they'd come out of the 20th shop that day.
"Hm?"
"Don't you have anyone waiting for you at home?" A strange look passed over Shenna's face, but it faded as quickly as it came.
"Not really" she said solemnly. Because of the way she'd answered the question, Tenrai decided not to ask what had caused her friend's discomfort.
::East Commonlands::
Nadeen jogged down the path. She had heard that her old friend Shenna was in Freeport and was only a few hours away. She couldn't wait to see her old friend and ask her how she'd been. Of course she'd have to ask her about Sadial too. Nadeen always hated bringing the subject up, but it was something that constantly bothered her. The Sadial subject was the only thing that would make Shenna... well...very UN-Shenna. She only hoped the answer she would get wasn't as bad as she thought it would be.
"What are you looking at?" she asked a human female as she walked by.
"N-nothing." The little thing said and kept on its way. Nadeen's face was painted, half of it was light blue with a small line under the eye, and the other side was left alone save for the small blue line under the eye. The face paint made her brown hair and lavender eyes stand out really. But only drunken male barbarians seemed to notice such things.
'Oh well.' She thought as she jogged on.
::Not too far from the Gates of West Freeport::
"Take this you evil Orc!" Usagi shouted whacking the Orc apprentice in front of her. "And this and this and this!" she went on. The Orc finally fell dead.
"You shall have Deathfist legions on your tail for my death." It mumbled in outrage with its last breath.
"Not too likely." Usagi said with a smile. "I'm talking to Orc Corpses now?" she asked herself. She shrugged. Who ever she was talking to, it didn't matter, she decided as she looted the Orc's corpse. When that was done she stood and surveyed the landscape. What else was around that she could whack? Hmmm.
::Near the Gates of West Freeport::
"Shenna?" Shenna turned on hearing her name being called by someone other than Tenrai.
"Deen?" She said gawking at her old friend.
"Finally!" Nadeen announced walking up. The two clasped hands. "It's been far too long."
"Indeed...why did you come?"
"Well, aside from being experienced enough and asking for directions here and there, I wanted to see you. See how you were doing."
"I'm fine...I've been rude though. Nadeen this little minks here is my traveling companion, Tenrai. Tenrai this is an old friend of my from back home, Nadeen."
"Pleasure." Tenrai said with a smile.
"Likewise." Nadeen nodded.
"I'm gonna go look around, Shenna." Tenrai said, sensing the need for Shenna to catch up with her old friend. "I'll catch you later?"
"Yeah, of course."
"I think you know what I'm going to ask you." Nadeen said after Tenrai had left. Shenna let out a big sigh.
"Yeah." She said.
"Well?"
"Haven't seen him." Nadeen hung her head.
"I'm sorry."
"No big deal."
"Yes. Yes it is."
::Not too far from the Gates of West Freeport::
Tenrai walked off looking around. Freeport was indeed a big city, with many people in it. Perhaps she'd go out and hunt for a while. With that thought Tenrai walked out and looked around. There were pests all over the place that she could take on. She began singing and the strengthening song worked it's wonderful magic. She walked out and was attacked by a fire beetle. They had the same type of vermin here as in Qeynos really. She began fighting back easily. She could kill a fire beetle, no problem. Just as the beetle turned over dead, another attacked Tenrai. She sighed and began fighting. This caught the attention of another one.
'This...is starting to get out of hand...' she muttered. One fire beetle she could take. Two easy, but when it came to them all starting to charge her...then she started to worry. Especially now that two others were joining in. However those two were diverted to another person.
"Need a hand?" Came the feminine voice.
"I've got two thanks. Could you just help me kill these things." The young woman chuckled and began helping Tenrai make short work of the other fire beetles. "Thank you." Tenrai said after it was all through.
"No problem." It was then that Tenrai noticed that Usagi was a half elf too.
"My name's Tenrai."
"I'm Usagi." From the look of Usagi's armor and style, Tenrai would guess Usagi was far more experienced than she was.
"That's a pretty name." Tenrai said.
"Thank you. Want to rest a bit?"
"Sure."
::West Freeport::
"How long has it been?" Nadeen asked Shenna as they walked. Shenna shrugged
"Weeks...months...Not sure any more."
"You don't know where he went?"
"He could only have gone a few places..."
"Did you tell Tenrai?"
"No, why would I?"
"I thought she was your 'friend'."
"She is. I just haven't gotten around to it yet that's all."
"Isn't that her right there?" Nadeen asked pointing to the little bard.
"It's not polite to point." Shenna joked.
"Since when have I cared..."
"Oh Shenna!" Tenrai said pointing her. "Hey, I met a friend."
"I see that." Shenna said looking Usagi over. The girl was half elf as well. She had what appeared to be a hat that was made of a upside-down turtle shell lined with chain mail. From her waist up she was covered in chain mail as well, and from her waist down she was covered in armor. She also caried a very expensive and painful mace.
"Shenna, this is Usagi. Usagi this is the one I told you about Shenna."
"Pleasure." Usagi smiled. Shenna chuckled.
"Likewise." She got the creepy feeling of déjà vu.
"Oh, what happened to your gloves, Shenna?" Tenrai asked.
"I put them in my pack."
"Nice ring." Usagi said, noticing the ring on Shenna's left hand.
"I never noticed it..." Tenrai murmured. "You always keep your hands covered up so I didn't noticed you had a ring...that looks like..."
"An engagement ring." Usagi finished. Shenna nodded.
"You're engaged?" Tenrai asked.
"Well, that's a long story."
"We've got time don't you think?" Nadeen asked. Both Tenrai and Usagi nodded.
"Fine, but let's go over to Xellia's."
"Do you think she and Sharich will be there?" Tenrai asked.
"Probably not. Sharich and Xellia keep each other so crazy neither one can stay in one place too long."
::Xellia's House::
Shenna had been right. Neither Xellia nor Sharich was there when they came in.
"Sure hope she doesn't mind us staying here for a little while." Tenrai murmured.
"She wouldn't mind as long as we stay long enough to get the supplies we need to be on our way." Shenna said.
"So you're engaged...to whom?" Tenrai asked getting right down to it.
"A human."
"Huh?" Tenrai and Usagi said baffled.
"You got some problems with that?" They both quickly shook their heads. "You forget, the humans came from the Barbarians."
"Well, yeah but the Erudites came from the Humans, but I've never though one would marry a Human or a Barbarian." Usagi said.
"Perhaps not, but I was going to."
"Was going to?"
"Let me tell you all a little story. I'm no Bard but I'm sure it'll be informative."
"One day, on I was sitting at the entrance to Black Burrow. The one that goes through Ever Frost. Anyway, I met a group and the leader asked me to join. I said yes. I'd never really been part of a group before. Anyway, there was a male human monk. A male barbarian shaman, a female barbarian shaman, and of course there was me...and if I remember right there was another barbarian but I'm not sure if she was a warrior or a shaman... and then there was the man who asked me to join."
"Sadial, the human wizard. Not really that much more experienced than I, but quite knowledgeable. He caught me quite by surprise when he started flirting with me." Shenna smiled at the memory. "The hunt though...it went bad and many of us nearly died, after a encounter with a woolly mammoth and a few snow leopards. And those that didn't lost a lot of their equipment. I lost my tunic, literally. Well, Sadial said he'd help me find it... but he'd ported back to Qeynos and it'd take him quite a while to get to Ever Frost again."
"So, there's this guard named Bandl in Ever Frost... we all decided to meet there. Everyone started calling Bandl my boyfriend 'cause I kept saying stuff like, "He doesn't say much but he can kill your average snow or trooper." Or, "Man that Bandl, he can sure show those Ice Goblins what for." As a consequence, Sadial never really liked Bandl very much."
"He helped me find my things and we decided that instead of running around on the Tundra where it wasn't safe, we'd best port back to our home points and meet back at Bandl again. We did and I got to Bandl quickly. So did Ashka. That was the name of the Male Barbarian Shaman, by the way. So the Ash Man and me sat by Bandl waiting for Sadial. And we waited and we waited and we waited. Finally he showed. He was very rude to Bandl. In fact, If memory serves, he was giving Bandl this evil eye, and this Ice Goblin Scout walks up and Bandl takes off after it and Sadial says,
"Yeah, you better recognize."
"All this attention was cracking me up really. Barbarians aren't the type to think about excess beauty. I was just sitting there and Sadial walks up and gives me this ring. Platinum Rose Quarts Engagement ring, mind you. Then he asks me to marry him. I was utterly speech less. I didn't have much on me at the time except this old ring some elf had given me... so I took Sadial's engagement ring... gave him the other ring... and merely replied,
"You know...why the hell not."
"Perhaps it was just a whimsy thing. We met up again after that and discussed things, but I think I only saw him twice after that. He was all hyped up about getting married. He kept going on about finding, "The right Wedding Band that matches your radiance." He was a real sweet talker. Last I heard...he was on his way home...then I never heard from him again." The room was silent.
"And that's the story of Sadial the now missing." Nadeen announced.
"It's one of the reasons I wanted to go to Qeynos so badly."
"Well, you said he wanted to go to Qeynos?" Tenrai asked.
"Yes. He wanted to go to lots of places though. Something about Erud's Crossing and Odus."
"Well, he could be in one of those places..." Usagi surmised.
"Perhaps." Shenna said. Tenrai stood up and slammed her hands down on the table.
"Well I say we get to Qeynos, and head out of the first boat to Erud's crossing and Odus we can find!" Everyone blinked.
"Well... that's all well in theory, Ten, but...what if we search ever inch of Odus and don't find him?" Shenna said.
"Well, that's all a chance you have to take." Tenrai said. "Besides, are you shying away from an adventure, Shenna?"
"N-no...It's just it's my problem. No reason for anyone else to get involved."
"I'm up for it." Tenrai said and looked at the other two at the table.
"I got no place to be." Nadeen said, a little unnerved Tenrai's spunk.
"Uh...I dunno know..."
"It's settled then!" Tenrai said. "Nadeen, Shenna, and I will go to Odus!"
"Alrighty then." Shenna said.
"Hey, Shenna?" Usagi asked.
"Yeah?"
"That's a platinum rose quarts engagement ring right?"
"Yeah."
"Don't those things have a +2 intelligence on them?" Shenna paused.
"I sure hope he's not trying to tell me something!" She said angrily.
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