(OOC: I am so sorry I didn't see this sooner!)

Arinth muttered to himself as he struggled to balance a large stack of papers in his hands. The infantry sergeant did his best to ignore the bag slung over his shoulder that jolted against his hip with every step. It was bad enough that he had to handle so much paperwork on a regular basis but now it couldn't even be brought to him. He was tempted to accidently "drop it" into the nearest, puddle, or fire, or heap of rubbish. His long dark hair fell in his face. He couldn't brush it back without losing the papers.

He kicked a rock grumpily and cursed as his stack of papers shifted precariously. He managed to save the papers from tumbling down, but just barely. He resolved to halt his rock kicking until his papers were safely on his desk. He frowned. Where exactly were they suppose to go on his desk? There were stacks of unfinished paperwork but there were also stacks of finished paper work that had not yet been retrieved. Was he suppose to carry that paper work around too now? He felt his blood pressure rise. Burn him, but it wasn't bloody like that he was going to do that too.

He saw a young man standing, watching everyone around him. Man? It looked like a boy, or maybe a woman dressed as a man. He shook his head. It was a boy. Just because there had been an incident with a girl dressing as a boy before, he couldn't go around assuming every girl was doing that now.

"You." He said, more harshly than he intended. The boy turned towards him. "Take some of these goat kissing papers and come with me." Before the boy could reply he thrust the papers into his arms. He took the top half back so that they were each holding half of the pile. It was much more manageable. Why had he been so stubborn in trying to carry all the papers at once? Ah yes, two trips. He had made the right decision.

Arinth turned to head towards his tent but the boy hesitated. "Well come on now, its not like you were getting any important training done anyways standing there gawking at everyone. Come with me and you can join me in my next training class, which I am already late for. Whats your name?"

Darkness spun around him. Arinth stopped running and struggled to return his heavy breathing to normal. He leaned forward and rested his hands on his knees. He closed his eyes and the world spun faster around him. He realized that he was drunker that he had thought, or meant to be. He heard footsteps and opened his eyes.

Arkin had followed him out of the tavern. His friend was looking at him curiously. Arinth grinned at him. He couldn't explain it, but he felt good. He felt like he could jump off the roof. He felt like he could stand on his head. He felt like he could write a song and sing about everything that had happened. He snorted at his own thought. He was starting to get himself mixed up with Arkin. He was one the one that could sing. The only time Arinth should sing was to torture an enemy into talking.

He stood, still breathing heavily. "Arkin. I've been in the darkness so long I didn't even recognize it any more. I embraced it. I thought I had to, to honor them. But its not that way, is it? There are other ways to remember them. They wouldn't have wanted it to be like this."

His mind raced. How could he honor them? He looked up at Arkin and grinned. He had the answer that he needed. "A tattoo Arkin. We are going to get tattoos!"

Arinth grinned at his friend's words. Arkin was right of course. Expecting an easy day was a sure invitation for things to go completely wrong. Somehow he just couldn't believe that was going to be the case though. The fresh air gave him a boost of energy. He made a note that he would have to get out of the citadel more often.

He followed Arkin as they went and introduced themselves to the other leaders in the alliance. He suppressed a shiver at the men in black. The fact that they could kill him without a second thought was not pleasant, especially when they could go mad at any moment. They were on his side though. They were on his side. He repeated the thought a third time and then forced himself to dismiss the thought.

He blinked at the sudden appearance of the wolf. The woman might have warned the group of its approach but Arinth had a bad habit of losing his focus and not listening to everything other people said. He felt the wolf's eyes fixed on him and he meet its gaze. Something stirred deep inside him. This was something more than a dog. He felt in the wolf a wisdom that he would never attain and a threat of violence that he knew all too well. He respected the wolf.

The group seemed to have mixed reactions to the news of the Stedding. Arinth himself, felt a sense of relief, but he did his best to hid it and keep his face stern. The previous sense of helplessness was gone. He rolled his broad shoulders and glanced over at Arkin. His friend was also keeping his face free of expression. He was sure that his friend was curious to see just what the stedding was like, assuming that he had not seen a Stedding before. Arkin had a way of surprising him. For all he knew, even after all the time they had been together, Arkin had visited one before.

"My friend, I know there is little chance of you or I creating trouble..." he could be barely keep a straight face at the statement but continued on,  "We need to be on our toes to make sure nobody else causes trouble either. Sometimes people get nervous around new friends." He chuckled as he said it. He wasn't really concerned, but it was better to be safe than sorry. Yet in spite of that, he couldn't shake the feeling that this was going to be a good day.

I know I am kinda late but is this something you are still interested in or have already started? I have a pretty inexperienced Tower Guard Trainee named Grey that could join you.

I'm here too. Thanks for poking me BB

I am still here too.

Hello hello Arath. I remember seeing you around. Welcome back!

Id love to do prompts from the books, count me in

Id still like to do this. Sorry, I kinda got thrown off when the boards were down. Let me see if I can find Key

Welcome welcome

*offers mug of ale*

I would love to finish this, and anyone who wants to is welcome to join

Well damn, I feel like I remember you too but I was hoping you'd be able to tell me how.

Thank you Lavinya, did we get a chance to RP together? My memory is a little hazy at times.

) Your Handle:

2) Your Character's full name: Grey Drinalt

3) Your Character's Type and Level (New or Returning: Trainee/Warder; Novice/Accepted/Aes Sedai - Traditional or Salidar): Returning Tower Guard Trainee

4) Do you have see/have access to post on the RP IC boards? Yes

5) Do you see/have access to post on the Tar Valon OOC sub boards? Yes

Mostly like a circus. Acrobats, fireworks, strong man. Keyholder's character is a lion tamer too so some exotic animals.

Tay and/or Kynwric

I believe my intro RP was to boost my WS from 0 to 3. Are we counting that as a boost to 3 and the other RPs as each having a +1 WS bringing Grey's WS up to 6 overall?

Arinth blinked in the morning sun. His eye brows raised slightly in surprise as he realized that the light did not cause stabbing pain. He turned his head and listened to the mumble and chatter of the men around him. He heard each voice clearly. Everything was not muffled like it normally was. He did not feel miserable. He had drunk the night before. He had gotten drunk the night before. Was it possible that he had stopped before he drank himself into a hangover? He scratched his beard. It seemed unlikely but then what other explanation was there.

He shrugged his shoulders and looked around again, this time searching for Arkin. It had been from the scout that he had heard about this little excursion. He had been buried under a stack of paperwork his Lieutenant had said needed a second signature. Arinth had been half way through them before he realized that the first signature hadn’t even been his Lieutenant’s. His outpouring of curses and oaths however, proved fruitless. It was at that moment he realized that Arkin was talking. He had almost forgotten his friend had come to visit. He tried to put his mind in reverse and recall what Arkin had just said that had caught his attention. Day Trip. Manual Labor. There was a time when that would have sounded absolutely terrible to him but as he looked at the daunting stack of work he still had left he realized that that time was long past. What Arkin was describing sounded almost like a vacation, at least from thinking. There were worse things than getting a little dirty.

Arinth spotted his friend slip through the gateway ahead. The scout probably hadn’t expected him to really come. He couldn’t blame him. He walked through the gateway. It was still a disorienting experience to be in one place one moment and a completely different another. He found Arkin close by. He was staring up at the tree line. Arinth was tempted to rush up and grab him from behind but decided against it. It probably wouldn’t be good for either of them to get in trouble right away or give the Kin and and Black Tower the wrong impression about the Band. They were, in a way, ambassadors and were representing the Band.

So instead he settled for stepping up beside his friend with his hands on his hips. “It looks like its going to be an easy day I think.”

Hello everyone,

So Keyholder and I have a pair of freelanders that own a menagerie (BB has a freelander character too if she wants to bring her back)

We were thinking we could bring our menagerie around to your neck of the woods. Would anyone be interested in that?

Hello hello,

New or Returning: Returning

Character Name (if bio written): Viktor Remein

Freelander Guild: Freebooter

Ill try to post tonight. Arinth is good for grunt work though he might not like it

Is this the RP you mentioned in the other thread Tay? I may be able to make an appearance. It will be good to meet some people outside the band.

BB shhh we still call that "training" ;-)

And I think it was your turn to post on getting tattoos :-p

I think those multiple crash tackles gave me a concussion. I couldn't find my way out of here if I tried. 

Keyholder21 nudged me into coming back in too. I also originally was from around 2005/2006 and off and on over the years since.

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