Andia: The Revolution

[King Acunasti]

Valentin threw the second Shard's overcoat on. "Damn, these are warm." he said to himself.

He put the ICA's soldier's boots on as well. They were uncomfortable, but he would rather be wearing them instead of having his foot removed from the freezing cold of the atmosphere outside.

It wasn't long after when he found a set of keys for the jeep. "Found 'em!" he whispered, hopping into the driver's seat. He slid the key into the ignition and lightly pressed on the gas. The vehicle began moving forward. "Quick! Hop on, you lazy elf!"

[Eltee]

Aarys jumped smoothly into the back of the jeep. She muttered something. Valentin couldn't make out all the words, but he could make out "Damn... Human... Brute..." Aarys cocked the MG42 machinegun mounted in the back of the jeep. "Do you know what direction to go?"

[JVElEven]

Spoiler:

Arrivederci! See you tomorrow.

[King Acunasti]

"I sure do, sweetheart!" Valentin replied, pressing all the way down on the gas. The jeep was flying forward. "Away from here! I have no clue where the camp is! But the middle of the wilderness is sure as sh*t more safe than this place!"

Spoiler:

God, I've been looking through my posts. So many damn typos.

[Eltee]

"Great." Aarys concurred. She nervously swept the machine gun around, wary for hostiles.

[King Acunasti]

Valentin drove about 10 miles away from the caves before stopping the car. "Let's leave this car behind." he said. "The Shards will probably follow the tracks."

[Eltee]

"Yeah, you're right." Aarys jumped out of the jeep, and fumbled through the Shard's coat pockets, eventually pulling out a pack of matches. She disappeared around the truck, out of Valentin's line of vision. The distinctive sound of a match striking and lighting reached Valentin's ears. Suddenly she came sprinting towards Valentin. "Run! Get the hell away!" She dove behind a snowbank.

[King Acunasti]

Valentin dove behind Aarys. "Why, what the hell did you do?" he asked.

[Eltee]

The Jeep exploded in a massive fireball, accompanied by the staccato snap-crackle-pop of the MG42's 7.92 ammunition exploding. "That." Aarys replied, grinning impishly. "Now, we should probably get going."

[King Acunasti]

Valentin suddenly let out a loud laugh. "When did you get so badass!?" he said.

[Eltee]

Spoiler:

'Twas the sword, Valentin. It's always the sword....

"I dunno what you're talking about, but we should really get going, before the shards get here. " Aarys said impatiently, tapping the tip of her sword on her boot.

[King Acunasti]

"Alright, let's go."

Valentin quickly began heading into the wilderness away from the ruins of the jeep. "But seriously, let's review all the things that you just did over the past few hours. You threw a sword into a soldier's throat, split another's head open, and blew up car with a little grin on your face. Sh*t!"

[Eltee]

"Hey, you broke that Shard's neck like a damp stick." Aarys said defensively. "That was pretty cool."

[King Acunasti]

"You threw a sword into one of their necks." Valentin laughed. "I promised you we'd get out of there."

[Eltee]

"Yeah, you did." Aarys said. She threw her arms around him. "Thank you. Really. I have never been more scared in my life than I was in the cave. Except..." She shook her head. "Thank you. Really."

[King Acunasti]

"Except for what?" Valentin asked curiously.

[Eltee]

"Nothing. Nevermind. Irrelevant. C'mon, let's go." Aarys said evasively, then turned and plunged into the forest at a fast walking pace.

[King Acunasti]

"Why can't you tell me?" Valentin asked, struggling to keep up with Aarys' pace.

[Eltee]

"Not now, okay?" Aarys said. "We'll talk when we get back to camp."

[King Acunasti]

"Yeah, after we bathe and change our clothes. Do you have any idea on how we can find our way back?"

[Eltee]

"Ummm..." Aarys thought for a moment. "I think that the Shard outpost is between us and the camp so..." She stooped down and drew in the snow with her sword. "If we go south... Then west... Then north, we should be in the right vicinity."

[King Acunasti]

"Alright, you beautiful badass." Valentin said with a chuckle. "You lead the way. I'm glad I got lost in the woods with a Woodland Elf."

[Eltee]

Aarys rolled her eyes, smiling. She slid the sword into her belt, briefly touched the frost-covered moss on the side of a tree, and headed off south. After an hour or so, they found a game trail, fortunately heading in a vaguely north-westish direction.

[King Acunasti]

"Why didn't you ever tell me you were claustrophobic?" Valentin asked.

[Eltee]

"I guess it never really came up before. We were in a spacious mansion, then a camp in the big wide forest."