Searching for Something(Ycharley)

[alex_xr]

Aira sighed and noticed a symbol  she had seen before, and then saw it in some other places.  She quickly set her bag against  Tyr and grabbed a book.  Aira looked in it and read what looked like some strange language.  "Hmm Your right.. they do mention something about a way. It seems to speak of some path or way,  depending on the translation you use. "  She then jumped on one of the pressure plates after putitng her sack and book back on her back.

It was a relief when nothing happened. " See I was right! " She almost lost her balance and moved to the next one in a hurry as a way to not step on a wrong one.  "See its easy" Aira was just glad it seemed to work out.  She looked for the next one and was a bit embarassed for a few minutes until she found the next plate.  " Well come on! adventure is calling. "

[Ycharley]

"More like death," he mumbled, speaking more to himself then his employer. He followed her n silence, just one step behind her. He started to notice a lot of symbols that looked extremely close to the ones that they stood on. So he started watching were Aira was stepping, double checking her to make sure she wasn't going to step on the wrong thing and end up killing herself, or both of them. He started to him softly to himself, he reached out and grabbed Aira out of instinct.

He saw her foot head to the wrong symbol, "I don't think you want to step there mi'lady," he spoke, his warm and surprisingly gentle hands lingering on her waist for a moment, making sure she still had her balance.

[alex_xr]

This grab didn't catch her by surprise at all, Aira was really glad he was here as she noted that he was right.  " Good catch" She was thankful for his lingering grasp as she caught her balance.  She hated to admit it but he was the only reason she was here.  she would be sitting full of arrows or something right now. "hmm well then " She stepped on the right one and noticed there wasn't many left as she stepped on the stair.   She then smirked and looked to Tyr and then pulled out her book, she was learning.  " Hmm.... It seams, that  the next challenge is really fun " She laughed and looked at the door.  That was the fun part, it had an intricate lock that looked something out of a arcana book.

Aira  wiggled her fingers over parts of the locks and then did something over a symbol.  That was when noises sounded as several layers of gears and magic opened the door slowly,  air full of dust and age filled her senses as she looked in, it was full of tatter books and  strange looking objects most of them probably trapped as she guessed.  " Well I say you lead the way in. "  Truth be told she didn't trust her self to not see a trap or something.

[Ycharley]

Tyr sneezed when the doors opened, shaking his head slightly in an attempt to clear it. He took his time as she looked in the room, letting his eyes slowly run over everything, absorbing the scene very slowly.
Again he squatted down, taking a good look at the floor, figuring that's where the first traps would lie. Most people at this point wouldn't expect traps until they found the item.
"Don't touch anything," he warned simply before taking an extremely causious step I to the room.

[alex_xr]

"We are looking for a couple things, though mainly a book about elven magic." She thought that was obvious but figured he had a point for stating it.  Aira  followed him and saw  some stairs that led to up. They looked mostly stable. The room looked like the lock and traps had kept most if not all out.  "I wonder how many of these books and things have to tell us! I trust you to get us upstairs and into the tower, as that is most likely where anything to do with magic its. I don't understand mages and towers But they seem to go together. 

[Ycharley]

Tyr didn't move, "I'm not moving until I know exactly what I'm looking for and what it looks like, the longer we're in here the more likely it is that you will be killed," He spoke, his words stern and demanding.
"I assure you there are more traps with in this building, so do not think yourself out of the woods yet," He continued, turning slightly to look at her. His face was stern and his eyes piercing, his square jaw line was strong and set. It was clear there was not humor in him, at least not at the moment. He was on a job.

[alex_xr]

Aira sighed " I assumed there were more traps, good sir, and we are looking for two things in paticular, a chest with a symbol like the one we followed on the plates, and a book that should be near by it. With runes, and such over it. Both should radiate magic if you can sense it at all.  " She could tell there were many magical objects near by.  A stupid mage would try to hoard them all.  but Aira knew that if she was going to survive and activate the least of this places defenses then it was best to minimize their targets. 

" I suppose now would be the time to tell you, that some magical guardians may or may not awaken on our exit. "   On that note she waved her hand and said a word she had learned in her research and the the air seemed different, as if she had just dispelled some sort of ward from in front of them. " There we go, Now shall we?"   She took a step forward and twisted last minute to avoid an arrow that would of hit her had she not had the reflexes of an elf. " Hm interesting, they are rather ineffective. "   

[Ycharley]

Tyr shook his head, her arrogance striking his nerve. He was part elf, there for he had magic blood and could sense magic. If she was so unobservative that she didn't notice the tell- tale f ears he had, that just showed how young, naive, and overly self confident she was. He decided he wouldn't say anymore, he wouldn't let her die, but pain from an arrow or a broken leg would do her good.

He followed a few steps behind, taking his time looking, but not touching anything.

[alex_xr]

Aira sighed not liking having to take the lead.  She moved carefully avoiding what she could. She was going to make it without incident, She then noticed something about his ears. She felt stupid,  how did she not notice that he was an elf which meant he was some offshoot of what she was.   Well it was too late about that.

Aira cursed as she fought for her balance as she carefully avoided a magic trap.  She needed to be careful.  It was when she got to the stairs she relaxed a bit.  She took a step on to the first step.

[Ycharley]

Tyr seemed to be right behind her in just a moment, grabbing her around her waist tightly, keeping her from falling to her death. The first three steps were false, a magical hologram. Beneath was certain death. He pulled her back quickly onto the floor, being only slightly rough with her.
"Never over estimate your abilities," he spoke only partly stern.

Tyr took a deep breath, "Are you okay?"

[alex_xr]

Aira screamed and clutched Tyr for life  pressing against him with her body as she realized her mistake and almost death. She clung to him for a bit, before she recovered from her shock.  "Thank you" she managed to get out. Her face red, she couldn't believe she almost died again. Aira only hoped that this was worth it.

Aira jumped up to the 4 step and then began to test her steps, hoping that none of the other ones were false. She found two more half way up and then none others. she looked around and saw the hallway she reckecned was the one.  " I suppose there are some more traps in this hall way." She studied the hall way, noting a couple wires and other traps. She took a deep breath and waved her hand again dissipating another ward with some words. She made it past the wire and began her way down the hall.

[Ycharley]

Tyr shrugged, watching Aira silently. He watched her, leaning against the wall slightly. He wondered what could possibly be worth dying for, definitely couldn't be some stupid book. He adjust his hair and scratched his ear slightly, knowing she would probably be okay. Well until they started to leave. Leaving was always the hardest part, twice the number of traps all coming at you at once.

[alex_xr]

Aira smiled as she saw the end of the hall and  the door.  It was covered in runes and was what she was looking for. The crest of a ancestor of hers as on the door. She smirked that she had found the place and the door. She only hoped it recognized her and didn't set off the surely deadly spells and traps placed on it. 

She held a signet to the door and chanted a few words and waved her other hand. The door began to glow, the wood it self becoming white,  It seemed to shake for a period of time and then it suddenly stopped as soon as it stopped.  It worked  She opened the door carefully and saw what use to be a tower's main chamber. It as full of strange equipment and dust and broken items, and there is a stair to the top chamber of the tower.

[Ycharley]

Tyr waited in the hallway, he was letting her get the objects. He on the other hand was planning how they were going to get out. He examined the lay out, memorizing it. He would be able to run it with his eyes closed, ensuring that he would not only be able to fight, but be able to protect in the space so he could get the girl out.

[alex_xr]

Aira walked carefully through the  room and up the stairs. She was nervous, hoping it was still there.  If so, it was her families heirlooms, a spell book and some other things that helped with her type of magic. She was the first person to show the gift since the one who had lived here.   She saw the crest on the box in the room upstairs and let out a slight squeal of excitement. She held her hand over the chest, and  opened it with the necklace she wore.  It was the chest. 

Aira pulled out an bracelet, a staff, and a book.  Everything else was rusted to disuse or crumbled into dust.   She put the bracelet on,  and put the book away and grabbed the staff before finding in her haste the suit of armor near by had woken up, as had several throughout the complex including in the hall way near tyr.  She screamed as she blocked a sword with her staff, pulling out her longsword with her other hand. This was not going to be fun. 

[Ycharley]

Tyr had already started to fight them, running to Aira, they had to get out now. Tyr grabbed Aira's arm roughly, not worried about leaving a bruise on her, but about getting them out alive. He started practically dragging her out of the tower. swinging his heavy sword with one hand, making it slightly less effective then usually, but still it was getting them out of the magically enchanted place, with the magically enchanted armor soldiers.

"Damn it girl, put that new spell book to use," Tyr yelled, his aggravation elevated by a newly acquired cut on his cheek.  He continued to drag her down the stairs, swinging her towards the door before casting a spell. Blue flames emerged from the ground, the heat was so intense it was nearly unbearable. The flames cut off the path of most of the armor soldiers.

"Okay, lets go," He said turning to her, the white markings on his skin glowing a soft blue light.

[alex_xr]

Aira was startled being pulled away from her foe, who she was ready to fight. While being  dragged away she was able to parry a couple blows before being amazed  by his magic.  Then her mind flowed to the comment.  " Yes because I can instantly know what spells it has. " she said sarcasticly.  She did however launch scorching flames at the things in front of them distracting them enough to run past them. 

The tricky part was now, the stairs. She just loved the stairs, She jumped past the false stairs, and then past the other set.  Where she scanned for the path out and launched another wave of fire out, this time though her new bracelet glowed bright red, and she set off several arrow traps, and the approaching armor became red hot,  and was pushed backwards. Aira was startled, She had never seen her magic been amplified like that. She knew that it supposedly helped one use their magic but she had never guessed it worked like that.

[Ycharley]

"Stop admiring your new jewelry and run girl!" Tyr yelled, pushing her in front of him until they were standing outside of the lock doors and before the tiles. He pulled her behind himself, placing his self in front of her. He took a deep breath and started running, setting off any trap that the wrong tiles had hidden.

He ran full force, but wasn't unscathed. He just hoped that she would be able to run with out having to face any traps, allowing her a quicker escape. If she just made it to him she would be okay, when he ran past the tiles he could feel his self leave a barrier, the barrier that would hold all of the magic with in it. He collapsed on the ground in pain, having several arrows, cuts and burns over his body. He hoped she had some healing abilities, he made a mental note to charge her more, but knew he probably wouldn't.

[alex_xr]

Aira suddenly thought that the man must be mad, as she watched him run straight through the panels.  She shrugged and followed, luckily everything had been set off by him.  She spoke a few words as she left and the doors slammed shut.  The clinging of the guards would last a while as they tried to get to them. She ran towards him and looked at his sorry state. " You yell at me all day and then pull a stunt like that? " she shook her head not beliving the man, that she had hired had pulled it off, and still lived. 

Aira activated the healing spell built into her sword,  and healed the worst of his cuts, and she looked behind them. She didn't see anyone but that didn't mean anything.  But in his state, she doubted he would make it far. So she helped him up and brought him over to a nearby ruin. First checking it for traps, she put a ward around them and  looked at him, with a look that meant disrobe, so I can tend to your wounds or else.

[Ycharley]

"Its my job," Was how he answer Aira's comment, letting her tend to him. When he sat down on the ruin he looked at her, chuckling slightly, then abruptly stopping after it caused him pain. He started to take off his chest plate, then the chainmail, then last a blood stained white cotton shirt. As he revealed his upper body it was clear he was a warrior, his body littered with scars.

"Okay, lets start with getting the arrow out," he stated, looking down at the arrow stuck in his chest. It wasn't stuck in anything major, or at least that he could tell. He was pretty stoic when it came to pain, it was something that he had grown accustomed to.