Maybe I'm On My Knees (Open to 4)

[Slaughter]

Slaughter sighed heavily, and decided to ignore all their quips and jibes. They could believe whatever it is that they wanted. She was still alive and kicking, that was the only testament to her strength that she needed.

"Well, if those people are thieves or robbers, then there's really no point in them coming here," Slaughter said with another brief exhale. Her nose began to scrunch up slightly as she scanned the surrounding area; she swore she could smell the chemical tang of decomposing excrement somewhere nearby. "I don't have anything worth stealing, really, and by the looks of it neither do any of you! Err, no offense," she added with a shrug.

It would appear that their little group was beginning to become slightly polarized, with herself and the boy on one side and the fox and the man who apparently knew his way around on the other. At least she wasn't being completely ganged up on.

"I don't mean any harm," she muttered to the boy who she was in close proximity with now. "I promise." She then turned her attention back to the other male. "I'm assuming you will want something in exchange for helping us out of this place? I'm afraid I don't have anything to offer."

[Kinsley]

Kinsley could try to lead the young man and lady out of the forest, but she thought that the Deku, who probably lived here, might lead them out better than she could. She still, however, didn't trust this Deku. She can tell he was up to something. So, she decided to play along.

"Alright, lead the way." she said, politely to the Deku. "And I don't have anything of value as well, I don't even have pockets." From her distance, she could hear the young lady muttering over to the young man. She had the sudden urge to taunt the girl. "I'm pretty sure a little girl like you can't do any harm, outside of deafening the people around you."

[Erik]

Dekethorn pouted. Not only was this group annoying and almost boring, they were poor. Just great. At this rate, he'd go nuts with them. Well, at least he could have a little fun with them.

"Payment? Eh, I'll think of something girlie. He then heard the fox's little taunt and laughed. She was something else, that one. She was the one that made this party tolerable. Although there was always something about foxes, especially the foxy ones.

"I doubt they're after us. Faron province doesn't hold much value, if bandits are around, they'll pass us and head to Ordona. The village and the Minish Forest are both there." Leave it to someone evil to know where bandits are going.

[Jin Reno]

Jin just stood silently as they went about saying that they each didn't have much to steal from them. He, on the other hand, had himself a magical buckler that he was sure people would be quite interested in pilfering. Rubbing the back of his head with a slightly nervous laugh, he looked at the fox and deku and then spoke as well. "Right. Just a poor desert traveler." Jin said, not sure if he was all that convincing in his speech.

When the girl said she wouldn't hurt him, he did feel almost a weight off of his shoulders, glad that he wouldn't have to be blocking her blade any time soon. As thin as it looked, the weapon had a wicked blade and a wrong move would probably had hurt. "That's a relief. " He said back to her.

However, it was what the deku said that got to Jin more then the rest. "Wait wait wait! Heading toward Ordona? We can't just let the village and Minish deal with bandits on their own! What if there is more then they can handle?"

[Slaughter]

Slaughter couldn't help but smile when the boy got so worked up over what the other man had postulated. He seemed genuinely worried about people that he most likely didn't even know. It seemed to Slaughter like a foolish choice of action, but endearing none-the-less.

"I'm not planning on heading to Ordona, I wanted to get to the City in the Sky. Is there a way to get to it from here?"
And so it seemed she had made her decision as soon as the words escaped her barely parted lips. She was going to that place after all; she would decide what to do when she got there. As for the male, she didn't need him to lead her out of the forest if he decided to chase after those bandits, simple directions would suffice.

"And you!" she snapped, glaring at the little fox. "I've had just about enough of you!" With that, Slaughter outstretched her free hand, clamped down on the fox's bushy tail with a vice grip surprising for such a small girl, and yanked her up into the air. "You know, Mister," she drawled, apparently directing her comment at the deku. "I bet a nice fox fur coat would be pretty valuable around these parts! Especially a pretty silver one like this!"

[Kinsley]

Kinsley didn't care if bandits attacked either village. She was one herself, but a bit different than some. She would steal valuables those protection would provide a challenge for her abilities. She found it to be fun, and it makes the reward worth more than before.

"Are you sure you want to try fighting bandits? They might do more than just steal from you."

She attempted to scare the group with her words, and awaited to see their reactions. She liked to see how people would react to the things she said; Positive or negative, she didn't care, as long as they entertained her. Oh! It appears she's about to get one from the young girl she taunted.

The vixen watches the girl run up to her. It's looked like she was going to do something. She could easily avoid the hands that came after her tail, but out of curiosity, she stayed there and allowed herself to be picked by her tail. The grip on her tail hurt, but she endured it. The girl's threat didn't work in the way she would think.

"Oh my, thank you for such kind words." she said, sounding a bit humble with her thanks.

"Maybe I should get rid of this fur coat, just so those bandits won't steal it." With those words, the fox began her transformation process. Within mere seconds, the vixen was now a full grown woman. The features one would noticed most on her, would be her cavalier hat. It had no feather, but instead had a shiny necklace attached to the folded part of the rim of the hat. The upper half of her face is covered with a silver masquerade mask. And finally, she had a cloak covering her torso and arms. Everything she wore, but the silver mask, and the white linen shirt she had underneath, was pitch black, from he fancy hat to her knee high boots.

She looks down at the girl who is still holding onto her tail, the only thing marks her identity as a minish. She smiled softly to the girl while staring at her with the calm, yet fierce eyes. "People really shouldn't try cornering a fox, no one knows for sure what they might do in that position." She leans in real close to the girl as she spoke, still smiling. Then, with her gloved hand, grabs her tail and yanks it from the girl, with enough force to make her spin around.

[Erik]

Dekethorn cackled as the girls began their little catfight. Foxfight. Chicken vs fox fight. Whatever.

"Actually, I'm sure she could pay up nicely." He examined her threads, and that necklace looked pretty nice. He also smiled evilly, since he got a message.

"Well, now that we've got that out of the way, I can lead the group out of the forest. Follow me." He pointed out toward what appeared to be a random point of the forest. In fact, it led them straight out of the forest, and into a trap.

[Jin Reno]

"Ah... well.. as long as we can get out of this forest, I can go and head over to Ordona and help them out. So it'd be better to get out of here first then." Jin said, rubbing his head, looking at the two. However, when the woman mentioned something about heading up to the City of the Sky. That got his attention now, it made his eyes open wide with pure interest. Looked upon the woman and spoke, "There is a City in the Sky? REALLY?" Jin asked loudly, purely interested now.

However, her actions toward the fox minish wasn't exactly something all too kind too do to someone, even though the fox was pushing her buttons. However, when the minish changed into its human form, Jin couldn't help but to be surprised by its appearance. Her appearance was now of some fancy looking person, and Jin wondered why she looked like that.

Now though, it seemed as if the freedom of the group was now within arms reached as the deku spoke about being able to get them out of the forest. "If we are going to go into the sky then we need to get out first right? Right?"

[Slaughter]

Slaughter's cheeks turned a bright tinge of pink as the minish's tail suddenly slipped out of her grasp and morphed into the end of a seemingly human looking body part. The sudden transition left the bitter taste of bile in the back of her throat. She felt at a loss for words in response to her remarks, and instead tried to focus on what the others were saying.

This man, the one offering to lead them out of the forest, there was something off about his lackluster irises, and his smile, about the way his grin seemed to be crooked to one side. Slaughter knew, despite her newly green entrance into a world by herself, that these were trying times filled with thieves and murderers and people with malicious intent.
And if the people who claimed to love you didn't hesitate to hurt you, what made anybody think that a complete stranger would be any different?

"I don't think that is the correct way," Slaughter said with clocklike finality, gazing apprehensively at the male. "If I remember correctly, I came from this way," she said, pointing a dainty index finger in the direction of the Castle Town. "Yes, this is where I first encountered Foxy. Which would mean that Ordona is the opposite way!" Slaughter shifted her weight onto her left heel, and made a delicate about face, now pointing in the opposite direction.
"S-so we should probably go this way, sir."

Slaughter began to bite nervously on her lower lip. She wasn't exactly going into this with the intention of saving anybody, all she wanted was to get to the town of the angels; however, she had to find someway to outwit this fellow.

[Jin Reno]

Jin watched as the girl did her little direction figuring, and when she was done, he couldn't help but wonder if she actually knew what was going on. However, she hadn't done anything to him that would really cause him to mistrust her, so with a smile, Jin moved over toward Slaughter and stood by her side. "I am all set to go if you think that this is the way to go!"

((Uuuugh short. ))

[Erik]

Dekethorn knew these forests as well as anyone. He knew she was leading them towards Ordona province, and he didn't have any problem with that. Ordon Village was usually tranquil enough to steal from, although they didn't have much.

Dekethorn had to think of a way to get something out of these people. Judging by his pirate band, he was alone on this one. Maybe today was just scouting people and he'd go back with little. It made little difference, he had made a good deal earlier, and was able to miss a few days.

"Well, what are we waiting for then? Get a move on girly!" He fired a nut at Slaughter's right foot, trying to get her to take a step forward. He took a look at that necklace dangling off of Kinsley's hat. So much for a trap, but he may be able to take that necklace if given the opportunity.