Re: Sun Snake's memory: Murder in Illion
Sun Snake again felt the chill. At the look, and the fact the man had not drank. Had the innkeeper not done as requested? Or had the man simply ignored it?
It felt wrong. Sun Snake stood up uncertainly, playing upon his own nerves, while having to ensure they did not come out so much he accidentally revealed the sword at his hip or his features under his cloak.
He gave a broad nod to the man at the table, then made a show of embarrassment and quickly moved to the door.
The moment Sun Snake left the inn, he turned his nerves into energy. He moved swiftly on the wings of his discplines towards the stable boy and his horse, as quick and quietly as if they were his prey.
"You can ride a horse, yes?" asked Sun Snake, dropping his accent as he grabbed his shield from the horse's back. He took the two gold crowns he had set aside, and pulled out an extra one, tossing all three to the lad.
"One more crown for you if you use my horse and ride as fast as you can back down this road. You'll encounter a troop of mounted knights within half an hour, I hope. Tell them the Kai Lord has found the murderer of the prince, and they need to get back as fast as they can. The King may well reward you for your part in this if you get to them in time. You may even find your name spoken in the stories of this day!"
Sun Snake again moved back to the door on the swift wings of his disciplines. He parted his cloak and eased the fine blade from its scabbard, shield in the other hand. He took up position where the door would swing around, hoping to take his foe by surprise. The Kai Lord felt the weight of his shield in his off hand, and the balance of the jewelled sword in his good hand. He murmered a quiet prayer to Kai to guide both, and the mind behind them.
Sun Snake found a comfort in the lack of thought that now came. Thinking meant he had to imagine the consequences of drawing a blade on a powerful foe to apprehend him, with back-up - even urged on - still too far away to matter.
Instead Sun Snake concentrated on the coming moment as if waiting for a rabbit, trusted to his reflexes honed under Hunting classes to strike true, and stretched forth his Sixth Sense to detect the man's prescence. Perhaps one sure blow would make the man consider his mortality. Perhaps one sure blow would lead the man to surrender and divulge what he knew.
Sun Snake had to work hard to stop alternate thoughts from forming.
OOC: That's all assuming the lad can ride a horse, of course! Anyway, try to surprise the Helg... man coming out, and if that doesn't work out too well, hopefully an opponent with bloodlust can be made to chase the Kai Lord for an hour until help arrives!