DAI/VIL:
[Private to DAI; VIL:
VIL lets go of the rope and lands on his feet without bending his knees very much and falls over. He lies on the ground for a moment making sure nothing is broken, and determines he should be alright to continue on without too much trouble at all.

As DAI is climbing down he sees VIL nursing a twisted ankle and a busted face, wondering if he is alright.

Letting go of the rope after the treacherous climb, DAI lands on the stone slab pavement. As he hits the ground, DAI finds out exactly how alright VIL was when he fell the hard way.]
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Vil follows after Dai, trying to keep an eye out for guards, and stuffing the sword through his belt, holding a hand onto the hilt to keep it steady.
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DAI/VIL:
[Private to DAI; VIL:
You tear your way through the gardens, making sure to stay next to hedges and the like as best as you can. You only hear one guard patrol of four guards during the trip, but it is running and doesn't seem to be looking for people trying to hide from them.

It takes you several minutes to get to the gate. Both of you stick your heads underneath a hedge to get a good look at the West gate. One guard appears to be sitting on the ground, his back leaning against the wall. The other cannot be seen.

One of the two massive doors is sitting open. This is extremely odd. Usually the doors are either both open or both closed.]

DAI takes in the surroundings...this seemed...off

"VIL...what's going on? That guy's either asleep or...and what about the other guard? And why is the door open?"

"This isn't good. I'm gonna check on the guard."

Vil creeps up to the sitting guard and examines him.

DAI/VIL:
[Private to DAI; VIL:
VIL crouches close to the ground as he closes the 30' gap between himself and the guard sitting down. DAI stays behind looking around for any more signs of what might be going on.]

[Private to VIL:
He is sitting down, his guisarme looks like it fell out of his hand as he sat down. You hold your coin closer to get a better look, and notice a large, red pool underneath him that's being steadily diluted by rain water.

You look outside of the gate, and can make out the silhouette of the memorial fountain and some of the buildings, but nothing else.]

Vil attempts to check if the guard is still alive and motions Dai towards him.

09:16, Today: VIL rolled 7 using 1d20. Heal skill check.

DAI heads over quickly, seeing VIL's work he attempts to patch up the man as well, or at least bring him to consciousness.

07:18, Today: DAI rolled 4 using 1d20+1. Heal(haha...yeah right).

DAI/VIL:
[Private to DAI; VIL:
DAI, as you creep up, you see the same red pool underneath the guard that VIL noticed.

If the guard wasn't dead before, which is unlikely, he probably is now. After you guys push and prod at him through his armor the red pool underneath him grows more vivid, and then slowly starts to be washed away by the rain again.]

DAI stops touching the guard after the a while...looking over to VIL.

"I think...we should go or...or help or...something, this can't be good for the castle, I mean...what's going on?"

Vil curses underneath his breath once more. So close in getting out... "Dai, what do you want to do? It looks like the castle may be under attack. I think we have to warn someone."

"And Sara's Inside...where's Weston?"

DAI starts running toward the front of the castle, trying to find guards who may be unaware of what's happening.

Vil follows Dai, gripping his Mury's sword hilt tightly.

GM EDIT-
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"As I've been saying...we were invited by the princess this morning."

Zeig's stubbornness falters under the gaze of this man who would not be so enraged over such a simple matter.

"We met her at the memorial fountain thinking that she had planned a reunion party since she had been away for a time...we really didn't know there was anything going on..."

Zeig attempts to tell the truth but as little as possible to pacify Weston (omitting events such as Roland escorting the other three and other serious events if he can get away with it unless he's grilled).

[OOC] I still have some stuff to take care of if you want to play for me, 2 hours or so. [/OOC]
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JACK/ZEIG:
[Private to JACK; ZEIG:
Continue. Start at the point when the five of you entered the palace from the guardens, Weston's anger subsiding only slightly.]

VIL/DAI:
[Private to DAI; VIL:
The two of you leave the body and the open West gate and make your way to the castle's main gate as quickly as you can.

Almost immediately after making the turn south on the garden path you see four palace guards mounted on unarmored chocobos riding towards you. They spur their mounts, and are on top of you before you have much time to react.

OOC: They get within 15-25' of you in one full-round of running. You can dive into the hedge row on your left or simply stay on the path and wait. The path is 15' wide and made of smooth, stone slabs, decently weathered by time. The hedge row is 6' tall and is extremely thick and voluminous. Most of the hedge rows in the garden are 5' wide, and it is a good assumption that this one is, too.]

"W..well, we came in through the West Gate and we proceeded into the castle proper...ah...that is...we made our way to the assembly hall."

Zeig stammers around and mumbles the last part with down cast eyes.

[OOC] AFK a bit [/OOC]
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Vil holds his ground and yells out, "There has been an attack on the West Gate. We found a dead body of the guard and the gate was opened."

JACK/ZEIG:
[Private to JACK; ZEIG:
"I assume you were above us then, yes? Were you there for the whole meeting? Nobody found you? Were you able to hear us?"]

DAI/VIL:
[Private to DAI; VIL:
Two of the mounted guards run straight past you towards the West gate. The force of their passing is enough to make you balance yourselves. One of them holds something up to his mouth and a whistling horn noise can be heard. Describing it as loud would be an understatement. People in the noble's quarter could have possibly been awoken.

The other two halt just next to you, and tell you to walk to the main front gate as quickly as you can. Their guisarmes are readied. They step back to the sides of the path, allowing the two of you to continue to the front gate.]

Vil walks as quickly as he can without running towards the front gate.

DAI follows, holding the box with great care, glad that the ones they stopped were willing to let them pass.

"We didn't hear much."

JACK/ZEIG:
[Private to JACK; ZEIG:
Weston is once again absolutely furious. "Why aren't you answering all of my questions? Are you both still stupid children? I don't know what you've managed to do with Sara, but not cooperating is as good as taking her yourselves."

He turns to the guards in the room, "put these two some place cold. I'm sure the king might want to ask why they're betraying him."

He turns to begin leaving. The two guards unready their weapons and move closer to the cell. Two more guards enter from the exterior.]

"What the HELL are you talking about?  We saw her not 15 minutes ago and were on our way to her room to meet up with her and the others when YOUR guards threw us in jail for being out in the garden!  If you had just let us go to her in the first place this whole mess would be sorted out by now!"

[OOC] Waiting for Jack. [/OOC[
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