[RP] - The Fall of Crandor

Chipp · **Posted:** August 5th, 2008, 8:22 pm

"Well mates, it sounds like we may be splitting ways" Chipp said to Zemdi, Kratos, and Alex "I think that me and my crew owe it to Sjenas to help him, especially when we have a very capable ship. Unless something else turns up and my help is needed here, I believe that that is my path. You guys are all welcome to join me." He turned to Djanzad, "there is room on my boat for a few of your men as well, if you could spare them, also we have some cargo space if you would like to send some weapons with us." Chipp took a few steps closer to Djanzad, "and we'll say that you sent us, that'll gain a lot of respect from everybody down there."

Znath · **Posted:** August 6th, 2008, 12:12 am

"I was figuring that you would accompany these guys in getting them to the island. Case being that they can't all swim there. Sjenas is meerly asking for a show of force. If the Sylvrians see one of my warships docked at their capital city, they'll think twice about starting a war up. I suppose I wasn't that clear in that aspect. I would never dream of splitting you up. So no Captain, You don't need to head back." Djanzad replies while summoning up the silver lined butler mechanoid. He mutters into its 'ear' the orders to send one of Djanzad's warships as the trade ship and sends it off. "Mark 4 should be able to carry that out fine. Nice guy, he never liked combat so he filled in this role well for me. I should really get started..." Djanzad pulls a toolbox from his collection of things in the corner and lifts it onto the table in the center of the room. "Everything will be fine, I've done this several times already, come now Maria."

Maria nervously climbs onto the edge of the table and waits. Zemdi tugs at Kratos' arm and says. "Maybe we should.. look at the town or something while he does this. Unless you really want to see... To me it just seems disgusting." She finishes and looks away as Djanzad prepares the new body by opening the core chamber in the chest. She walks down stairs to the old courtyard looking into the moat where she fell in long ago. "Anything has got to be better to look at than that. It gives me shivers."

Chipp · **Posted:** August 6th, 2008, 1:45 pm

Chipp mumbled something about his crew growing lazy because of the lack of fighting opportunities and then realized that Djanzad was about to do the operation. Chipp swiftly turned around and left the room. He didn't follow Zemdi towards the moat but instead started wandering aimlessly around the castle. Chipp eventually found the kitchen and rummaged through it until he found some dried meat. He took it and started chewing on it as he resumed his stroll. Chipp had never been in this castle, preferring to stick near the ocean and avoid being sent to the castle, so he took his time looking at the architecture of the place and taking in the beauty of the place.

Kikori · **Posted:** August 9th, 2008, 11:33 pm

Kratos took one last glance at Maria and Djanzad before stepping out where Zemdi was. Despite the most previous run-in where Maria was lethal, Kratos couldn't help but hope she came out of this safe. Normally, through recent events, he wanted to be by Zemdi's side. This time, he didn't mind if he was alone. He walked out of the building and looked around the town, extremely modern looking but with a shape very similar to the former Falador. To his absolute delight, the park was practically unaltered. The only thing fixed was the mole holes, which was bittersweet; less peskiness was traded off for less hunting fun.

Kratos took his seat in a bench facing the pond and stared into the water. Whether by magic or imagination, he could see the water's surface, smooth as glass, showing his memories since metting Zemdi... Besieging the castle, nearly killing Mikelle for his stupidity, the young boy's rage at the demon's siege of Crandor, sailing with the pirates, all the way to the depths of the ruins and back.

Every memory, every vision, included and involved Zemdi. Without realizing it, Kratos started muttering. "What will happen now...? Will Zemdi, Maria, and Djanzad live a life together? Will this war end, or will the people accept Djanzad? And Sjenas...? Was this just one complex love story, or did we do something really important for the people somewhere here?"

Znath · **Posted:** August 10th, 2008, 1:07 am

A heavy rifle clunked down on the ground beside Kratos. One of Djanzad's Generals creaks down against the fence "Now... I may be a hunk of metal, but I can still tell when a fella has a problem... Dun't worry lad it'll pass. Guess the problem there is sometime you pass before your problems Ahaaa!.. Bah that was a good one bein as I was a ghost say a year ago..... Yep... I never even got her name... Then my army deployed... defeated by Zamorak forces... and now I'm here. SUCH IS LIFE or so they say." He says stopping for a while to wipe off his large central eye. "Regrets are only good for when you want to be a ghost long enough to become one of us lad....errr I should probably check on the boys building the barracks, toodles" He says grabbing up his rifle.

As Chipp walked through the castle, various Worker-type mechanical men were riveting steel beams in place at various key points as well as hammering in new bricks in the damaged portions. As he passed they would look back at him and continue working. As he continues on he approaches a balcony that Zemdi had gone to after checking up on Maria.

Zemdi was standing at the rail trying to listen in on Kratos when the General talked over half of what he said. "Urg... Dimitri you always talked too much." She sighs and looks back when hearing Chipp come up. "Taking in the sights Chipp? I'm afraid the battles have really worn on the place now. It's all so industrial now too, whether or not that's a good thing, time will tell." She leans on the rail looking over things. "You're always so good to us, but I can never thank you when you're working... I'm spying, don't tell Kratos though. It's wrong, but I just wonder what he thinks sometime. I think he babies me too much sometime, but I can't tell him that. I wonder if it would be better had I not known, or had I just been pure machine."

Chipp · **Posted:** August 11th, 2008, 6:36 pm

"It's me that should be thanking you, and Kratos, and Djanzad" Chipp said as he looked up at Zemdi "You and Kratos helped me find my crew and Djanzad saved my life. There's no need to thank me, it's the least I could do." Chipp paused and then smiled, thinking of what to say "Do you know that when you spy on friends you usually end up getting hurt in some way. 'Tis the truth, happens on my ship all the time. Don't worry about Kratos, he just needs some time to figure things out, he wasn't babying you so much as protecting you, he said that he would protect you and he's done exactly that from what I can tell. You can't spend time wondering about the what if's and would have's, the wave's are going to keep crashing and you've got to go with them or drown in them. Think about it some more" Chipp said with a wink and then continued his aimless wandering.

Kikori · **Posted:** August 18th, 2008, 10:52 am

Kratos looked up at the sky and followed a random cloud, his mind following the words of the general before he looked down and saw Zemdi. Her gaze was a little too deep for her to have been looking only recently at him. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Chipp departing... Eh. He trusted them both to not talk behind his back, and if he deserved anything, he wouldn't be mad.

Kratos scooted to his side a bit, clearing up another seat on the bench for anyone who wanted to sit. He looked up at Zemdi hopefully... He didn't know about what, but he wanted to talk.

Znath · **Posted:** August 18th, 2008, 1:24 pm

"MMM ZEMDI? LORD DJANZAD YOU..ER WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THE PROCESS IS... MM MM FINISHED" mk-3 says from behind Zemdi. "I WILL INFORM THE REST OF YOUR PARTY AS .. ER AS SOON AS I FIND THEM..."

"That is fine. I will tell Kratos myself, you can tell Chipp, you should have passed him even." Zemdi says to him and leans over the rail. She flips over the side and jumps down to the ground outside the castle. The wet ground collapses under her weight and she slides into the moat. She climbs out and walks over into the garden. "I should have learned from last time that wouldn't work I suppose." She says and splashes sitting down onto the bench. "I wanted to say, Djanzad has finished with the transfer. He had also mentioned my parents lived near that monostary we visited. I can't believe we were so close the whole time. I want to see them but.. he said it might not be best....

It's strange with all my memories coming back I remember visiting the mainland as a child with my parents. And then later on coming with Djanzad to the castle on some of his travels. He said my human body died almost fifteen years ago. You must have been fairly young back then. I suppose that would make me... forty years old hehehe" She says with a laugh.

Kikori · **Posted:** August 22nd, 2008, 8:37 pm

Kratos smiled a little bit and tilted his head to the side, thinking without realizing it how a family would react to their daughter being put in a body like Zemdi's was now... Not a good idea, indeed. Without bothering to think, though, Kratos put an arm around Zemdi's shoulders and gave her a soft squeeze into him. "Forty, four hundred, doesn't matter. You're Zemdi." It was a very simple logic that got him through most of his life with people.

Kratos stood up and turned around. For a doll, Zemdi was the most human kind he'd ever seen. "C'mon. Time to see if Maria came out of it okay... and if she'll take well to being your daughter." Kratos held out his hand for Zemdi to take. A needlessly gentleman-like act, or...? Kratos dropped the thought quickly; there were more important things to think about.

Chipp · **Posted:** August 24th, 2008, 9:25 pm

After receiving the message that Maria's operation was all done, Chipp silently jogged up behind Zemdi and Kratos. Chipp put one arm on Kratos' shoulder, then noticed Kratos' extended hand and shook it. "Did you guys hear that Djanzad is done with the operation? I guess that means that we can go wherever. Djanzad sounded like he wanted you to go see your parents Zemdi. We should see what Maria wants to do, unless you've already made up your mind" Chipp said, then he extended his hand to help Zemdi up. "Let's go" he said with a smile and a wink.

Znath · **Posted:** August 26th, 2008, 12:18 am

Zemdi sat letting Kratos attempt to pull her up and not long after stood up on her own giving him a wink. "Such a strong man you are. Anyway, yes, lets go on. I am curious how it turned out." She says walking along with everyone back to the castle. She opens the door to see Djanzad still making a few last checks on Maria who was wearing her blue kimono and sitting on the table. Her hair is a little darker silver than Zemdi's and her skin is a bit lighter toned and has a slender build.

Maria waved as they came in and said "Look it's wonderful. Everything moves so easy. And I look normal now!... " She stops while looking at the mirror on the wall. "Do you think I really look ok? Is this what I really would have looked like... "

"I had to guess a bit. I based your form off Zemdi partly and her and my family history. I'd bet it's fairly close at least." Djanzad said looking over Maria's old body. "I am also quite impressed at the modifications you made to the old body. Did you make all of this? Much of it seems new even. If you'd like I can teach you more, you have some potential with this I think."

"Yea.. You like it? I just did what I had to just to keep going, it didn't seem special to me." Maria replied. "I would like to work with you also.... I would like to see Zemdi's parents too if that is possible."

Chipp · **Posted:** August 30th, 2008, 7:55 pm

"Sure it's possible" Chipp said, then quickly added "as long as that is what Kratos and Zemdi want to do, and from what the discussions have been centered around, I bet that that is where we will be headed next, don't think my crew will like it that much though, not the greatest memories" Chipp stopped talking, and thought about the sailors that had lost their lives from the shipwreck that had separated him from them and started up this crazy adventure.

Znath · **Posted:** September 3rd, 2008, 8:31 pm

"I am sorry to always be asking you to ferry us around. I just can't make it myself." Zemdi says thinking about the water between the land.

"You could just go nuts again and run headlong into the ocean like you did not long ago hmm?" Maria interrupts. "You said they weren't happy about putting Zemdi in a man-made body, but what about me? I never had a normal life. How is that fair to me... "

"To them it's just the natural course of life. It's something you have to prepare for as best you can if you really want to go through with it... I haven't seen them in years. I imagine in some way they blame me for Zemdi's death. It was a rare enough disease I couldn't diagnose it with my limited knowledge. She just got sicker and sicker until I barely had the time to save her." Djanzad says with a depressing look on his face while he looks down at the table in front of him. "I hope if you do go, that you find what you're looking for. I doubt it'll be pleasant. Particularly since I believe you're buried there at the house's yard. I have no objections to you going, just be careful. If I need to tell you anything, I can just contact you on that radio he's lugging around" He says pointing at David's backpack much to David's surprise. "The usual signal is the low band if I remember correct. My own radio tower should be done shortly, then I can contact the east with ease. Or so I hope."

Kikori · **Posted:** September 4th, 2008, 4:03 pm

Kratos sighed and put his fist under his chin in a thoughtful position. "Despite knowing the reaction will be far less than desired, you still want to meet your parents? If you're about forty, that probably makes them nearly sixty. Their hearts might not be able to take the shock too well if you see them... Is that still your choice?" He picked his head up and stared at Zemdi, wondering if her curiosity and desire would outweigh the concern he knew she had for her parents' health.

Znath · **Posted:** September 4th, 2008, 9:56 pm

"Kratos, that's exactly why I want to see them! I don't know how much longer I would have the chance. I know humans will not live as long as I am. I want to take the chance so that I do not regret it my whole life." Zemdi says to Kratos folding her arms. "I don't want to hurt them... but if I never go, I would never see them again."

"My information IS a year old. Still I believe my scout reports showed your father cutting firewood. I wish I had recent information but when I stepped up production on Crandor, I ran into a lot more... 'dragon slayer' spies from Falador and had to recall my men." Djanzad says leaning forward against his work table.

Chipp · **Posted:** September 8th, 2008, 7:08 pm

"Well, that's that then" Chipp said with a smirk, "we're going back to Crandor! I'll look at the maps we have on the ship and go in a different way then the first time" he said, shuddering with the thought of the last time his ship tried to get close to Crandor. "If you guys got nothing else to do, we can head out anytime. Djanzad, you are welcome to come too." Chipp offered, realizing that Djanzad would probably have to stay here, but offered him the invitation out of courtesy.

Kikori · **Posted:** September 11th, 2008, 7:19 pm

Kratos nodded and stepped closer to Zemdi, looking her in the eyes with a calm one of his own. "You know I'll go with you. Just... I'm concerned that this trip will be too much for you and your parents. I know you want to see them, and I'll help." It had turned into a repeated speech by now, and Kratos turned to Maria after realizing this. "How about you? Are you as interested in meeting your grandparents as Zemdi seems to be...? Or do you think the experiences you've seen so recently would be too much?"

To no-one in specific, he said, "I don't mind either answer, I'm ready for wherever we move. I just want to be sure. If you still say 'yes', then it's back to the boat we go." Who was he kidding? He knew they'd want to go... The thought made him smile a bit as he turned to the door, ready to lead everyone out when the inevitable "yes, we're sure" came.

Znath · **Posted:** September 12th, 2008, 11:18 pm

Maria jumps up and barges out the door and down toward the courtyard. "I think there's your answer. So lets go then." Zemdi says happily heading out the door. They meet back up with Maria at the courtyard and continue out of the city. "You don't have to run, we are all going to the same place. Besides, it's dangerous to just bolt everywhere." She says looking back at the city as the group approaches the port. The castle roof was missing, and in its place was the metal framework for a tower topped with a dome. "An observatory or something I suppose... I imagine from there he could see almost everything for miles."

"Observatory, he has enough support on that thing to hold a whole ship." Maria jumps in. "The bolts are all rather heavy, furthermore the angle of the supports around the tower angle different than something that'd be stationary like a telescope. Looks to me like it could withstand a huge shock from any direction... Living in buildings' rafters you pick these things up I guess." She says continuing forward. "And I know all these things already but... I was wondering. Instead of just learning with Djanzad, I was wondering about maybe attending a human school. I doubt I would learn anything, but I want to meet people. Especially now that I won't scare them off by looking at them... I think I look good at least."

The group came into the rebuilding port and Zemdi groaned and said "I wish we could just walk to Karamja... the thought just makes me sick."

Chipp · **Posted:** September 13th, 2008, 10:40 am

Chipp chuckled and winked at Zemdi "No worries" he said "with the device that's on my ship now, we'll get there very quickly." Chipp approached one of his sailors to check if it had been adequately resupplied, he turned toward his companions "we're good to go. Anyone having any second thoughts?" Chipp didn't wait for an answer, "All hands on deck!" he shouted, climbed up the gangplank and walked over to the machine.

Once everyone was on board, Chipp fumbled around with the levers for a little bit before getting the ship out into the sea from the dock. Chipp called to his first mate "bring me the map of Karamja." His first mate nodded and headed into the captain's cabin and brought the map out to the captain. Chipp studied the map for a little bit, conversing with his second hand man on the best place to drop anchor when they got to Karamja. Chipp pointed out a spot that got them close to the monastery and the first mate nodded. Chipp fiddled with the levers to get the ship on track to the point he had marked. They were on their way to Karamja.

Znath · **Posted:** September 13th, 2008, 3:25 pm

Not long after the ship got to the open water, a large battered ship came around the point with its cannons already drawn out. A smaller ship could also be seen coming from the south towards them quickly. "They are so close! Were they waiting on us?" Zemdi says looking at the two ships.

"They have Asgarnian flags... They're remnants of the white knights I bet." Maria adds looking at the masts of the two ships. "It's strange but I don't see many crew members out, you would expect more on deck. Especially if they were going to attack."

Shortly after, the smaller ship signals with a lamp "by ... order.... of... the ... white... knights... no ... ships... may... enter... these... waters... prepare... to... be .... boarded.... you ... are... out... numbered" The larger ship gradually closed in as the small one came in closer with a third small ship coming around the point behind. the point as well.

"What now Chipp. What do you think they want?" Zemdi says running to the back of the ship.

"The big ship... Shouldn't the gun crews be at the cannons? I can't see any at all through the cannon ports. I'm not an expert on boats but you'd think they would be ready. I can't seem to see more than a few dozen on the whole ship." Maria says staring straight at the large ship and trying to count crew members.

[RP] - The Fall of Crandor

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