The Giant, The Gypsy, and The Rose

(Ges POV/Time: 8:25 pm)

  It took me awhile, but I finally made it to the Iria continent and now I'm on my way to Vales the land of giants. Of course I'd have to pass through Elven territory to get there. I just hope it doesn't cause too much trouble, since as of now giants and elves or in a shaky relationship. Well at least we aren't in the midst of war and an agreement was forged.

"Hello sir, come over here and let me check your cargo before you unload the goods." Says the security guard. Before leaving I filled up a cart full of goods to make some profit off it hopefully.

"Sure thing!" I say heartily dragging the cart down from the boat I was on to him for inspection.

"What is this...sir?" He asked me suspiciously...are gloves really that hard to-

"What the fuck how'd a pony get in here?!"

"I don't know you tell me or your trading license may be revoked." he says grinning like a Cheshire Cat...oh you've got to be kidding me this elf is trying to put me in jail already!

"I-I b-b-but what?!" I mumble out afraid for what's going to happen, for there is no way for me to stop it.

"You never got a license for handling live cargo sir." He says back to me smiling as he puts me in cuffs and starts taking all my belongs. Then the pony wakes up and starts staring at me...wait that's not a pony.

"Son of a bitch." I mumble out as I stare at the magical creature. It's a unicorn...a unicorn is a near extinct species...a near extinct magical species was in my cargo...well then I'm going to be in a cell the rest of my life.

"Mister are you okay?" Said the nice little unicorn...it just talked...so illegally handling a sentient near extinct species over seas, and it's a baby at that...could this get any worse?

"Oh it'll be alright I'm just going to take this bad person away...forever...and for a Milletian that's a really long time don't you think?" When the unicorn heard the phrase Milletian her eyes locked onto mine.

"You're lying." she said almost emotionlessly.

"That preposterous little one." He says laughing lightly. Then her horn started glowing and blasted him away...what the fuck?

"Are you my daddy?" She asked me...what am I supposed to say to that? Of course I'm not, but why does she assume that?

"No, no I'm not, but I'll help you find a way home to your real daddy, okay." She just nodded at that dumbly as she stared at my alchemy cylinders. One was a basic water type cylinder and the other was a guard cylinder. I then grabbed my bags along with my Vales great-sword with the shield and headed out.

"My name is Celestia what's yours?" She said trying for small talk as I quickly fled from the scene with my cart in hand.

"Ges." I replied quickly. Though my full title would be Ges Who Experienced Death. It's a VERY rare title for young Milletians. I got it when I tried to fight the Lich King with the guild...it didn't end that well for me honestly.

"You are very big." She casually stated...I didn't really pay attention till now, but she is like 2-3 feet tall while I'm 8-9 feet tall, they don't call giants, GIANTS for nothing.

"I wasn't always this big."

"Really?!" This seemed to make her eyes sparkle quite literally. I then tried to remember what it was like when I first entered the world of Erinn. I decided I'd tell it like a fairytale to indulge her curiosity.

"Once upon a time-"

(Rosen POV/Time: 3:30)

I managed to earn about 8,000 gold after me and the gypsy played together, though I have feeling he earned more than just six thousand. This time I made it to sidhe snectha prepared with winter clothing on.

"Hello Rosen what do you want." Said Tarlach with an exasperated sigh as soon as he saw me.

"Hey no need to be rude about it!" I yelled back at him only for him to give that look that said 'really?'.

"A lot of people have been visiting me as of late and half of them come during the day where I'm a bear and can only growl at them."

"Oh, uh...soooo,"

"Out with it please before I throw you through the moongate like a certain someone did before." He responds back quickly.

"Right sorry...so where's Ges did he tell you anything about going anywhere I can't seem to find him at the moment?" I asked nicely for a change without blowing my top, then again venting frustration at Tarlach was the worst possible move ever.

"He's heading to Vales for some sort of Ceremony, he's also probably doing Commerce, but I could be wrong." He then looks at the person behind me, "hello there Nav wanna talk about the bullshit of politics?"

"Count me in!" he says while pulling out puppets of assorted people.

"Huh...well I'll be going then." I say before heading to the gate putting in coordinates for port Cobh. I then walked through the gate and appeared in the bustling town of port cobh.

I then began to walk through the market place to get to the shipyard and waited for the only ship to arrive so I can board to head to Iria. Not sure why there is only one ship it seems like it'd be better to get multiple. Then again this is a relatively small town.

"Why hello there Rose." I hear a voice say, which was quite obviously the gypsy.

"What are doing up this late Gypsy." I asked a bit perturbed by his presence.

"I'm doing a job at the pub playing 'Peach Lady' to the wonderful people there." He says to me.

"Who sang the lyrics?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out." He says cheekily.

"It was Cecilia." Says a passing worker.

"Really?! Isn't she a bit young to be at a bar this late at night?" Cecilia was only 17 when I met her, though I'm not sure how old she is as of now.

"Oh don't worry your pretty little head she's fine...mostly."

"Have you no shame?!" I say in mock surprise.

"Nope, want to stripe in public." With this statement my face flushed red.

"No thank you." I say rather quickly imagining what it'd be like...no bad thoughts get rid of them!

"Anyways you should pitch a tent or something and get some sleep." He says giving me a nonchalant wave as he leaves, "besides it'll be a long day tomorrow for us."

"Alright then...goodnight." I called back to him waving him off. Well then I guess I better start setting up. I'll do it by the blacksmiths shop since it's always so warm there by the fire.

(????? POV/Time: 5:00 am)

I look out the window to see Rosen resting by the Blacksmith's shop. I don't blame her for resting there since it get's quite hot around there often. I then decide to check in on Dai at the camp near Emain Macha I set up. I pulled out a wing of the goddess to teleport me there quickly before the rest of the members woke up.

"Sup dude, aren't you cutting it a bit close now?" said Dai at my sudden arrival.

"I sure am, but I just had to met up with some friends and I managed to get some good coin in my pouch." I said in reply while pulling out a bottle of whisky.

"Well then I guess it was worth it!" he then began laughing quietly before he grabbed out some cups for me to pour the drink in.

"So what you got?" I ask him as I hand him his cup back.

"Well the rest of the group have been a bit strict on the schedule as of late recently...normally this should be a commendable thing, but with me and you in this parade this is quite suspicious." I nod slowly starting to understand where he's getting at.

"So one of the Alban knights are now probably using recruits for information on operations."

"Exactly what I was thinking! But the thing is recently there was a huge fluctuation of Mana recently in the middle of the ocean."

"This informant must have sensed it too if they were an Alban knight, but the person that's getting the information wouldn't need this informant if they we're closer to the water, or if they were an Alban knight themselves."

"That's where this get's interesting, who would know we exist yet require to bribe a novice knight for information on developments?"

"I don't know anyone who'd require this...Ges knows of the Alban knights and was once asked to be recruited, but he soon leaved after a few developments. Though he was never one for bribery, and he wouldn't require information from a knight."

"But that's where my theory comes into play, what if the ruler of Udlah, the Queen herself, was behind this?" he said in reply causing me to spit out a bit of the drink in shock.

"Are you certain?! How would she know of us? We never told her of our existence, nor did Ges, we made sure of that didn't we."

"The only option would be the Queen since an informant for the rulers of the other nations wouldn't be able to communicate well over seas. However the Queen isn't the only one that could require an inside informant...if you know what I mean."

"Alright I'll make preparations to make sure the Queen isn't involved in this mess, but considering the alternative of what this could mean I actually hope it is the Queen." I said as I finished off the whisky.

"So what'll you do now?"

"For the moment I'll do things myself and hope that we're good...I'd tell you more, but remember the saying, to fool your enemies you must first fool your allies. See you later Dai, and be sure to not investigate this matter too much I don't want the informant thinking we're onto him, then he'll know our relationship which can put us all in great danger."

"Got it boss!" he replied smiling, as he went back to his camouflaged tent to sleep again.

"Who could it be, if it isn't the Queen or those so called Prophets." I muse to myself before activating another Wing Of The Goddess. I then look around the room I got from the barkeep here just to make sure I didn't activate the wrong wing. With my mind at ease I blow out the candle to finally get a bit of sleep after a hard day at work...well at least Ges doesn't know I'm a knight.

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