Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24678303-20141129153046/@comment-24487330-20150507181901

Lan followed along with the three ladies until they reached the clearing that Lia had pointed out. He hopped down a slight drop into the clearing and approached what appeared to be a decrepit circular shrine. As previously noted, several small stone pedestals formed a ring around the center of the shrine, and chess pieces of black and gold sat atop each of them. The porcupine Faunus nodded in agreement when Lia declared that they had likely reached their destination, and he walked up to one of the pedestals to examine the "relics".

"Just like Ozpin said," Lan informed Rima, "every pair's gotta take one 'n' get back ta Beacon. I just hope they don't make us *play* a game with 'em. Dunno 'bout the rest o' ya, but I've never played chess before, so-...Whoa whoa whoa, take it easy there!"

Lan was interrupted from his spiel as Nickle readied her weapon to strike down at one of the chess pieces: a gold bishop piece. Knowing that he wouldn't be able to stop her in time, he lunged for the relic instead, hoping to grab it out of harm's way before she had a chance to swing at it. Even if she didn't actually follow through, he'd have something to say about it...

"Whaddaya doin'," Lan would ask incredulously. "Ya can't just destroy these, there needs ta be enough ta go around fer all the applicants!" If his point earned him the right to speak further, he'd add, "I mean, what'd happen if someone came back with a piece they couldn't match? They could get put on hold, or even chucked out!"

((Just an F.Y.I.: As I've done in previous RPs, please note that any lines in my posts written in future tense are meant to be supposition and are not set in stone. If things happen differently that these postulations suggest, we'll just ignore the supposition and I can arrange a more fitting response in my next post.))