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I stamped on his foot and he yelped out in pain, dropping his sword hand.

"You can't learn Lesson Number Two until you know Lesson Number One," I said, and I couldn't help but smile.

"Okay," he said. "Expect the unexpected."

I slowly lowered my sword. "I'll leave you to think on that," I said, turning to walk away.

With a shout he jumped on my back and tried to pull me to the floor. I shook him off and put a foot at his neck.

"I was expecting that," I said.

"Right," he said grudgingly. "I get it. I'll work on it."

I offered him my hand. "Don't worry. Some people just aren't natural fighters," I said. "I just am."

*LOst. What is happening so far?*

*We're all supposed to be meeting up before we leave on the first mission. Sandy Lathe and Chandra are all around the fountain. Just turn up there.*

Maki-

The girl stood up. It had been days since her last black out, but she still knew where to go. The fountain. Picking up her syth Maki ran towards the fountain. Imaged of death and destruction still filled her head. The vision from all the black outs still did not make any sense.

My character sort of disappeared, and this is moving a bit too fast for me especially with exams, so I'm going to have to step out. Sorry! Have fun!

-May

(umm can i point out that Lathe is not a terrible sword fighter? he wouldn't be in the Guild if he was... )

[Lathe]

Lathe nodded and then turned suddenly as another girl ran up. He seemed to recall her name was Maki. He gave her a friendly nod and sat down on the fountain again.

He closed his eyes and massaged his temples with his index fingers, tired of waiting, "When do we leave?"

Maki-

She sighed. Maki hated waiting for the message to arrive. Staying still was never one of the things she usually did- mostly training and fighting.

Karana

Finally, Gin and I turned up at the fountain. The others seemed to be waiting for us...

Finally, we get this thing started.

And we all looked ready.

*sorry, I know he's not terrible . Chandra just thinks so because she thinks everyone is terrible *

"Finally," I said, grabbing my pack. "Can we please just leave now? We're all here."

**haha thats ok:D**
[Lathe]

"Yeah," Lathe nodded, "Let's go."

**how are we going to track the carriage?**

**fine, ill try to get it going then**

[Lathe]

"We're going to have to walk to the next village, there's a road between that one and the next that we think they are using to transport the goods. It shouldn't be long, maybe a day's walk. Then we'll have to watch the road and storm the lord's carriage," Gin said, "Let's go."

"Okay," Lathe nodded, cracking his back in an effort to prepare for the long day's walk.

"We'll follow the road out of here, then stay mostly in the forest so we're not too conspicuous," Gin instructed, starting out.

Lathe followed, noticing the others start out of the side of his eye. He readjusted his backpack, trying not to kick up the dust on the road as he walked.

**that's all i could think of as far as how to get there, so tell me if you have a better idea**

Chandra-

I shouldered my pack and started out down the road, staying apart from the group.

There were a few, like me, who had a quiet step. You could tell that they were the assassins. The others were the fighters, who never felt the need to be quiet. They might be good fighters, but I could see why we needed to get off the road. This way, we were far too noticeable.

I jumped up onto the bank. The trees lay a little distance off. I looked down at the others.

"You coming or not?" I asked.

Maki-

She was following behind the rest- with a filled backpack of supplies.

((((((Whats going on?????? Where is my girl?????)))))))))

**with everybody else, on their way to intercept the carriage**