Lament of Innocence

Talen:

The queen strode into her meeting room, she donned a new fur jacket today.

"Council... we have heard news of the escapees whereabouts, as well as my sons." The whole council was sympathetic. "They are the middle of the forest that surrounds half our kingdom, the north side. I would like to send 10 archers out as soon as possible just to be sure. I want to bring them all back alive, but if need be, shoot to kill. To reinforce you, 10 of my militia men will be following you as well as 5 knights. Get the job down, cleanly, quietly and carefully." With that she exited.

She went up to a tower. It was solitary and well hidden. She entered the small door and took the elevator up at least65 meters.

"Hello Thaylea." Talen said. Her sister sat in the tower wandering around aimlessly. Talen half suspected she had lost her mind. Her sister didn't acknowledge her at all, she just kept pacing around the small room.

"Well Thaylea, I brought you some more thread to weave. I know you like doing that." Talen turned and saw the weaver covered with dust. "I was just checking up on you... I'll see you later honey." Talen left satisfied. The woman in this tower was supposedly a witch, since humans couldn't kill a witch, they locked her up with thousands of guards, steel walls, pits, traps and more.

Talen walked away and glanced up at the wolf head hanging from the castle wall. She wished Selene was here to see it, the little bitch.

TARRION

I blinked. Tigger was an odd duck, I'll give him that. I still didn't get how we were friends. One plus one equals three...how exactly? I lurched, but no blood came. That was a good sign....right?

I kept thinking. "What the heck is he talking about?" I muttered to myself.


Selene came back with a small pitcher of water. She held it to my lips and I took a few sips. It hurt to drink, but I needed the water. "You need to stop with the bravado act Tar," she told me.

I just stared at her. It was only half an act. I would do anything to protect her and she knew it. She sighed and sat down beside me. I wondered what she was thinking right now. She probably thought I was a slimely loach by the sounds of things.

"Selene, I can't figure you out," I whispered. She glanced at me. "Do you hate me or do you love me?" She stared at me for a moment.

I can't wait for Selene to reply!

Aris

I looked at the doctor, Kale's Father. Obviously the two had some relationship problems to deal with. But that wasn't important. Tarrion was bleeding to death and I was busy trying to convince a 'friggin doctor that he needed to come.
"Okay, so Tarrion, our friend, escaped from the Queen. And he's like, really hurt, so you kind of need to come. Now. Because he's all whipped and bloody because he wouldn't give away our whereabouts. And he kind of needs help, like, a lot. Or else he's going to die, so are you coming or what?!" I finished, pausing to breathe for a moment.
"I really can't... with all of the attention focused on town square, I really-" the man began. Well, that was too much for me. I exploded into a shout.
"Okay, listen, guy." Wow. Great word choice. "Kale, your son, was saved by Tarrion! Are you really that terrible of a father?!" Kale winced. Oh, great, I hadn't meant to be mean to him. I had meant to get his father into action. I grabbed Kale's hand. As an act of friendship, yeah, but his father immediately stiffened. I quickly let go.
"I'll come," he said stiffly. "Let me hook up my horse and cart." He left through a back door which, by the way, would have been useful to use BEFORE we walked through the town square.
"So, why don't you and your dad talk anymore?" I asked. Having lost my dad when I was 6, I couldn't understand why anyone would avoid their parents.
"It's complicated," he muttered.
"I've got time," I said, shrugging.
"He left me with my mom when we were young, and recently got me back when I turned 13." so four years ago. "He never really cared, but when my mom died I was underage and I had to go somewhere. He tried to teach me to be a doctor. I ran away when I was 16. And when you can't eat..." he sighed. "You do things you aren't really proud of. And so I was jailed." he was quiet.
"I don't blame you, then," I whispered quietly, grabbing his hand again. Poor Kale. I really did think of him as a good friend... and I understood his bitterness about his father.
"Come on, hurry!" came his father's voice from the field. It was time to go help Tarrion.

Wow Selene we're all counting on you- how will you answer Tarrion?

Kale

Why had I spewed out my life story like that?! I hated it when people felt sorry for me because of my father. Who I was sitting behind in a cart being pulled by an old horse. Father snapped on the reigns, and turned to Aris. "You can call me Kayne," he said before turning back around.
"Okay," Aris said uncertainly. "Maybe Kale should drive. He knows where we're going."
I shook my head vigorously. "Just go along that path there," I said in an emotionless voice. "We left some pretty distinct tracks to follow back on.
The cart made the journey back faster, but still agonizingly slow. Time with my father was always annoyingly slow.
"It's alright," Aris said. "We'll be there soon."
"Not soon enough," I said back, clenching my teeth.
"See, the clearings just up there." Aris said this loud enough so that my Father could hear.
"Give me an assesment of the wounds so that I know what to look for," my father said rapidly.
Aris spoke, her voice slightly choked. "He has whip marks... all over his back and arms... and..." she couldn't speak anymore. Tarrion was such a jerk. Leaving Aris for Selene, couldn't he see how much this hurt?! I told my father the rest. I didn't like talking to him, but it was saving Aris the pain of remembering.

Here's my profile Sun:

Name: K.C Bandit
gender:male
age:18
Appearance: I'll insert a pic later
Personality: Usually keeps to himself and sort of of a loner because he's not use to people, but he'll open up once he get comfortable around them and show how funny and enthusiastic he really is.
Skill: a professional trained parkour/free runner and thief, handy with a bow and arrow.
weakness: close range combat.
history: His parents died when he was really young so he as taken into the care of his misfit uncle, a renowned burglar, thought him the trade. One night during their usual run he got captured in a burglar trap and his uncle left him there to for the police then he was taken to the prison.
other: He has a charm he wears that his mother gave to him before her death, even when he's trying not to pick pocket people he does so subconsciously, he hates blood shed so he never tries to harm the people he steal from and lastly he never really talked to a girl, because he and his uncle always had to keep a low profile.

So there you go, so could someone bring me in. Please and thank you.

Kale
We ran in. I saw that he was fine for now. We quickly unpacked. I saw K.C.
"Hey, come help out," I called.

Thanks for bumping into me.

K.C
"Hey come help out," Kale called.
I looked up,"Um.....sure," I shrugged my shoulders and headed over to give them a hand. Quickly helping to unloaded stuff for Tarrion, who had been seriously injured.

Aris
I could tell that Tarrion was in a situation with Selene. "Let's set up some clean, sterile surface to place him on," Kale's dad said immediately. I was glad. I didn't want to have to see what they were discussing.
We went to a flat, clean stone and put a blanket over it that his dad, Kayne, had brought. I put all the materials by it and his dad sat there. Was he preparing or something? He was putting on gloves. There wasn't any time for this. But, then again, why interrupt Tarrion and Selene? They were having a fine time. My throat got choked up and Kale looked at me anxiously. I shrugged away his worried look, I was fine.

TARRION

Selene wasn't answering. I could hear the others. They had returned, had they?

"Tigger!" I called out. He appeared from who knows where.

"Hmm?" he asked, chucking at Selene's shocked expression.

"Do me a favour and tell the others to give me a Selene a few minutes."

He rolled his eyes and smirked, muttering something else about one of his uninteligable sayings. He went, just the same.

I turned my attention back to Selene. "Please, answer me," I whispered. She must have thought I was a loach. A slimy, rotten, no-good loach. Of course I prayed that I was wrong. "If you hate me, just tell me and I'll back off."

Name: Thaylea

Gender: Female

Age: Eighteen

Appearance: A tall girl with sharp features and long brunette hair.
Personality: Has an air of authority, but she does not come across as bossy. She is kind, but is a natural leader and does not like to have people who rank above her.

Skills: Incredible sense of military skill, and an uncanny use of making weapons from virtually nothing. Very fit; can take down any man in hand-to-hand combat.

Weaknesses: Nearsighted; cannot see thing from a distance very well.

History: Once raised as the princess to the Rayleon throne, Thaylea lived a good, sheltered life until the day Talen attacked with her evil army of rebels. Thaylea's family was slaughtered, including her elder brother, who was to reign the kingdom upon his coming of age and to whom Thaylea was very close. Thaylea's life was spared, for Queen Taylen imprisoned her in order to show the rest of the kingdom that even the royal family's final member could not overthrow her. Thaylea has been raised in, what was once her family's castle dungeon, under the careful eye of the Queen and her guards.

Other: Thaylea is very insecure about her past and lashes out at anyone who tries to bring it up, whether or not their intentions are good.



-- And for your enjoyment, here is a dancing pink elephant:

Can I join as... Talen's daughter?

Cause there's only one bad guy atm >.<

EDIT: Shouldn't Talen be older? She's only 27 yet has a teenage son...? Why not about 35? That's still pretty young for a queen...

Also, I thought Thaylea was meant to be older than Talen as she otherwise she wouldn't be the rightful queen.

Yeah you can.

And Thaylea's supposed to be Talens twin sister, older by 10 minutes. Talen's parents were killed while travelling to a neighbouring kingdom and Talen took over from there locking Thaylea in a tower. You can read the profile I made for her.

Yeah good point, I'll make Talen 35

Tigger:

I watched silently as Tarrion begged Boomerang. It looked really pathetic on his part. I walked over slowly and put a hand on his shoulder. Aris and Kale were setting up a nice recovery place for him.
"Tarrion," he looked up at me, "you don't need the stress." I looked at the still silent Selene. "Her silence is the obvious answer to your question. Let it go and go to Aris. She loves you more." Boomerang made a silent squeak. "Now, go recover, there will time for girls later." Tar left and I turned to Selene, she was sitting silently, staring after him.
"It seems I was mistaken," I said to her while sitting down," it turns out that you're the snail."

Guys, Sunstar said this- Thaylea is the true queen, and Talen, who isn't even related to Thaylea, tried to pretend she was when Thaylea was just a baby.

Kale (using Aris's Account)

I saw Tarrion looking defeated. What had happened? Whatever it was, I could tell Tigger had ruined it. As we set up this medical area, Aris sat on a rock, watching them with wide, sad eyes. I could tell she knew that they were going to be together. I went and sat beside her. If my father needed help, that's too bad.

"You alright?" I asked, looking at her worriedly.

"Just thinking," she said quietly, with a sigh, "I always was the one who stood by Tarrion's side. I never led him on or made him think someting that wasn't true. I never would have stood there like Selene, my eyes widening and never replying. I don't see why I can't be the one when I love him," she finished, her eyes filling up with tears.
I put my arm around her shoulders. Tarrion was such a jerk. He had gone for Selene- probably because sheh was pretty and rather helpless. Guys liked girls like that, not girls like Aris, who stood up for what they believed in and were a leader. And if Tarrion couldn't see he belonged with Aris, his loss.

"Listen, Aris," I said quietly. "What happens will happen." I wanted her to get over Tarrion. Obviously he wasn't the one for her. Then who is? he asked himself sarcastically. You? The good-for-nothing kid who's dad didn't even think he was worth sticking around for? Aris gave me a hug, which quickly cut off my thoughts. "Thanks, Kale," she said, smiling. "You're the best."

Yeah, I'm sure. After Tarrion, that is.

Ok, I understand now

Name: Taeryn

Gender: Female

Age: A year younger than Rajun, so probably around 17 [at max.]

Appearance: A strikingly similar appearance to her mother, Taeryn has the same ethereal qualities - very pale and with light blond hair with sharp elegant features. Her eyes are a pale grey.

Personality: Raised in the shadow of her brother, she has always been eager to outshine him and excel in everything she does. She is fairly cunning, but excels more in warfare than diplomacy. Behind her appearance of a cold and merciless princess, she is desperate to please her mother and wil essentially believe anything Talen says. Whilst she longs to be as impartial and levelheaded as her mother in terms of justice, she is far more emotional and will often let her feelings get the better of her.

Skills: Very skilled in fighting and has good tactical skills.

Weaknesses: Quite easily manipulated - it isn't hard to put doubt in her mind. She is not particularly great at diplomacy or persuasion.

History: Taeryn has always been raised in her brother's shadow and strongly resents him for his apparent disregard of Talen's affections towards him. She has striven to become better than him, taking use of whatever opportunities arise to put herself in a better light than him.

Other: ...Not entirely sure if love is appropriate, unless someone really wants to try.