Original Coffee Shop discussion

* inside

Teddy glanced at Ian, who seemed far from excited about being paired with him. But he'd have to deal with it.
"Where should we go explore? Ooh what about the dungeon?" Teddy asked Ian.
Ian seemed so mature, so, so strong, But he was holding something back. He had something he was afraid of.

A bowl echoed through the castle. Veronica and Tyler pulled out their bows.

“Come on, let’s go.”
She walks back out.

Penelope hears the yelling and she dashed back in to the room, “Are you crazy? They could hear you!” She looks furious. She looks at both of the boys and pulls her knives out, “Or you will regret it. There
could be anything out there. I’m headed to the towers with Irana, please be careful.”

Another howl echoed. Veronica yelled to Tyler "Lets go!" And they dashed off in the direction of the howl.

Confusion ensued as everyone realized almost simultaneously that this... whatever it was... was inside the castle.
Kilied ran a hand through his hair and glanced at all the people gathered in the castle.
"On second thought, I'm staying right here," he said.
Balorico chuckled from beside him and he glanced down at his dragon.
His Comrade's blue eyes sparkled with amusement, and Kilied rolled his eyes.
What?
"You're so indecisive!
Kilied huffed and ran his hand through his hair again.
You're such a nuisance!
Balorico smirked. "I know," he said, tucking his feet underneath him and laying down.
Kilied knew it was no accident that Balorico's wing had slapped him in the face on the way down.

Veronica ran with Tyler through the castle, trying to trace where the howl had come from. Suddenly she stopped. "Look at this." She showed Tyler some patches of fur that had snagged on the stone wall. "Its a full grown male. That's going to make things even harder." She stood. "It went this way so let's keep moving, bows out." She nocked an arrow.

*Inara comes up behind Penelope and the two boys.

*urgently says * “we need to get out of here!”
*then looks down the hall.*
“ There’s something inside this Castle. I don’t know what it is, but its big! We need to get to the top to see a way out of here!”

* puts down Penelope‘s knife, and drags her away to the stairs.*

Veronica and Tyler quietly sneaked around in the shadows of the castle. There were some lit torches, but most of them were dead. Tyler suddenly motioned for her to stop. He raised one finger to his lips. Something was moving just around the corner. She tightened her grip on her bow and prepared to attack.

Teddy looked at Ryenna, "It's okay, I'll manage."
Then he turned to Ian, "We don't have to go to the dungeons, you lead, I'll follow."
It took a lot for Teddy to say that. He liked to go to dangerous places, he was just like that, but he wanted to start over with Ian.
"Go ahead, lead the way."

((Head's up everyone, if your character's name is not...Kilied, Balorico, Teddy, Ian, Robyn, Ryenna, Inara, Veronica, Bethany, Penelope, or Tyler, then they belong in castle 2.0 not 1.0. XD Okay moving on...))

()Bahhh, someone fill me in on where we're at, I'm lost!!))

((Haha same... But basically Veronica and Tyler just went in search of the werewolf, Penelope and Inara are doing... something and everyone else is still in the room I think))

Denali wrote: "((Haha same... But basically Veronica and Tyler just went in search of the werewolf, Penelope and Inara are doing... something and everyone else is still in the room I think))"

((Okay, thanks!! Robyn is still in da room then xD))

Denali wrote: "((Head's up everyone, if your character's name is not...Kilied, Balorico, Teddy, Ian, Robyn, Ryenna, Inara, Veronica, Bethany, Penelope, or Tyler, then they belong in castle 2.0 not 1.0. XD Okay mo..."

((okay thanks!))

Robyn looks around the hall where everyone left. "I guess I'll do some exploring by myself while everyone else goes too." She walked down the hallway and admired all the rock. "No doubt that howl was someone playing tricks. Werewolves can't be in here." She chuckled, unknowing the danger.

Teddy and Ian walked through the halls, still trying to find someplace to explore.
"You know, I believe there is a werewolf here. Do you?" Teddy asked Ian.

Pianissimo wrote: "Robyn looks around the hall where everyone left. "I guess I'll do some exploring by myself while everyone else goes too." She walked down the hallway and admired all the rock. "No doubt that howl w..."

"Wait!" Bethany called after Robyn. She ran over to Robyn.
"Do you mind if I come with you? There's no one else I can go with."

Robyn jumped.
"Oh! Uh, sure! What's your name? I'm Robyn."

Bethany caught up to Robyn and stopped running.
"Oops, sorry I scared you. My name is Bethany, I'm Teddy's older sister."

"It's okay. Nice to meet you, Bethany. So, do you believe there's actually a werewolf in here?"
They turned a corner.

"Oh, well in that case, it's basically just a large wolf. More like a man-sized wolf." Teddy looked over at Ian, glad to see him in a better mood. Maybe they would become friends after all.
"So, how old are you?" Teddy asked, trying to start conversation.

Pianissimo wrote: ""It's okay. Nice to meet you, Bethany. So, do you believe there's actually a werewolf in here?"
They turned a corner."

Bethany smiled at Robyn, she thought she seemed nice.
"Nice to meet you too! I'm not really sure if werewolfs even exist, but Teddy seems convinced, I honestly don't know." Bethany glanced at Robyn, "How about you?"

Robin decided Bethany was friendly and sweet.
"I don't think so. Seems silly to me. Who knows though."
They came to decending stairs.
"Want to go down?"

Bethany peered down the staircase, it seemed dark and eerie. But so did many other places that Bethany had been to.
"Sure."
They walked down the winding staircase, stair by stair, step by step, it got darker.

"Woah, this is dark. One would think there would be lights around here."

Veronica peeked around the corner and bit down a gasp. The werewolf had its back to her and was sniffing around and growling. She gestured to Tyler and they pulled back their arrows. They were just about to fire when the werewolf turned! It leaped and grabbed Tyler and started clawing at his chest! Veronica screamed and pulled out her knife, trying to stab at the werewolf. It jumped up again and stared at her. She raised the knife and her hand shook from fear. It's yellow eyes showed malice and evil, it's humanoid body was tall and skinny. She gulped and glanced at Tyler. The Werewolf leaped at her and she stabbed blindly. Her knife found some skin and the monster howled in pain. It landed and ran away through the corridors. Veronica looked at Tyler and screamed. He was covered in blood and morning in pain. She sat down next to him and tried to wipe away the blood. She needed help. Tears prickled in her eyes as she thought about the people she had already lost. "Help!" She cried.

Veronica was crying now. The blood was coming fast and thick and there was no way for her to stop it. Tyler was starting to black out. "Veronica, if I don't make it, kill that werewolf for me. Please." Veronica continued to cry. "Your not going to die, I won't let you. Please don't leave me here alone."

Teddy and Ian rushed towards the crying voice. With every step the cry grew louder. This must've been the werewolf Teddy thought as they were running.
They turned the corner to find Tyler lying on the ground and Veronica crying.
"What happened? What do we need to do?" asked Teddy in an urgent tone. He usually wasn't this serious, but when it came to things like this, humor was the last thing on his mind.

Penelope rushed up the stairs leading to the tower with Inara. Her knives were out and she was looking around the corners, she barely heard the help, but looked around, “Is that important?”

Veronica tried to talk through her tears. "We were tracking the werewolf and it found us. It jumped on Tyler and clawed up his chest. Then I stabbed, but not enough to kill it and it got away."

*looks at Penelope*

“I don’t know. I heard running, so maybe they were going to see what happened.”

*looks around. Pulls out her bow, and knocks it with an arrow!*

“I think we should keep going. We need to find a way out of this place.”

* continuously goes down the hall. looking for the stairs up.*

Veronica tried to cover the wounds with her hands, but the blood sl upped through them. She looked up at Teddy and Ian. "Please help him, I can't lose him too."

“I agree,” Penelope says. She twirls her knives and searches also.

* slipped

Book wrote: "Veronica tried to cover the wounds with her hands, but the blood sl upped through them. She looked up at Teddy and Ian. "Please help him, I can't lose him too.""

Teddy looked at Tyler, who was fighting the pain he felt to be strong for Veronica. He looked at Ian, "Come on, let's go find this werewolf."

Veronica stood. "There is no way you are fighting that thing without me." She wiped away her tears. "But first we have to help Tyler."

Teddy looked at Veronica, blood dripping from her wound. "You're in no condition to fight." he said gravely.

((Veronica isn't the one who's wounded, Tyler is))

Veronica looked down. "This is Tyler's blood, not mine/"

Kilied groaned.
This was getting out of hand.
Balorico glanced at him, and he read concern in his Comrade's eyes.
"Fine. Let's go check it out."
Kilied ran with a hand to the hilt of his sword, Balorico right beside him.
When they reached the gathering of other people, Kilied's heart leapt into his throat.
Taylor or Thyler or whatever in the Dimensions his name was was lying in a pool of blood. There was a terrifying wound in his chest.
Bile rose in Kilied's throat and he turned away, fighting the flashback.
No. Now's not the time,
Balorico glanced at him, saw what was happening, and turned away. He would act as guard if Kilied couldn't control it.
But somehow, pulling from strength he didn't know ran in his veins, Kilied pulled himself out of the flashback.
He could still see the picture of the blood in his mind, but it had lost it's tugging, panicky edge.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" he asked quietly.

Veronica looked up at the newcomer. "Is there anyway you can deal the wounds on his chest? He's losing blood so fast." She gently wiped off the slashes with a handkerchief she'd found in her pocket.

*heal

The girl looked up at Kilied, her eyes painfully hopeful. "Is there anyway you can heal the wounds on his chest? He's losing blood so fast."
Kilied sighed. Why did everyone think elves had such supernatural powers?
"No," he replied quietly.
The girl's face fell.
"But," he added, "I can probably help him lose less blood. It's a stretch because I can't make a real force-field, but I think I can hold some of his blood in. Do you want me to try?"

Veronica nodded. "Please try."

"Please try," the girl said desperately.
Kilied sighed.
I'll need your help, Balorico.
His Comrade appeared beside him as he knelt beside the man, and he focused on the air patterns around him.
If he could completely still the air around the Taylor's chest, he might be able to make it harden into a sort of shell.
He'd never successfully done it, but he'd seen an Elder accomplish it in the town square after a tear in the Fringe hurt a whole lot of people.
As Kilied felt the airflow in the room, he was able to pick up on the tangible little movements.
He stilled all those movements over Thayler's chest and the air froze.
Balorico breathed softly on it, and Kilied held it still, hoping that he could accomplish a water elf task with his wind powers.
For a second nothing happened, and hope died in Kilied's chest, but then a thin layer of ice appeared on Thyler's chest.
Kilied breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'll have to stay right here, and he can't move at all if it's going to stay, but it should freeze the wound enough to stop the blood flow. By the way, what's his name? I'd rather not call him 'Thaylor' when he wakes up," Kilied said.

Veronica wiped away excess tears. "His name is Tyler. Thank you so much for helping him." She pulled out her pistol and checked the bullets. "I'm going to see if I can find anything in this castle to use as bandages. And if that werewolf happens to cross my path, so much the better." She looked back at Kilied. "If you see the abominable creature, please, let me know."

The girl wiped her face, and Kilied winced inwardly. He hated seeing strong people broken like this, specifically because it reminded him of himself. He didn't like that.
"His name is Tyler. Thank you so much for helping him." the girl said as she pulled out some sort of weapon Kilied had never seen and checked inside it. "I'm going to see if I can find anything in this castle to use as bandages. And if that werewolf happens to cross my path, so much the better." She stopped her movements and looked at Kilied. "If you see the abominable creature, please, let me know."
Kilied nodded once. He would do a right bit more than let her know. He'd kill it. Why make the woman do all the work when he had a perfectly good sword?

"By the way, it can only be killed through the use of a weapon made of silver. So unless your sword is pure silver, your going to need me. I've trained for this since I was ten, I know what I'm doing." She peered around the hall. "I'll be back as soon as I can." She slipped into the shadows and down the hall.