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Once Dorian enters, Ellie looks up with surprise at how angry he looks. Not too long after, her face contorts into one of anger as well. "Really, Dorian?!" she says with an obviously pissed off look, watching as her patient gets thrown to the ground. Her easily tempered mind flares out of control. She doesn't even spare a glance at the food next to her as she stood up, fuming as she threw what was left of her medical supplies on the ground.

"Do you have any idea how long it took me to gather these supplies - and after using most of them for Matt, you just decide to freakin' throw him around like it's no problem? At this rate, it's probably best if we just let him die!" she says, her tone very close to the point of yelling. She turns around and haphazardly kicks the jar of honey before heading out into the forest, in an attempt to calm herself down.

Dorian stops himself when he hears Seluné's voice in his head "Calm down, it'll all be ok." Suddenly he's 12 years old again and Seluné has a hand on his shoulder as he holds a bloody rock in his hand. His master a bloody mess at his feet.
He snaps back to reality and sees Matt at his feet and puts his swords away and starts giving medical aide to Matt, fixing the new damage he's caused and finishing what Ellie started. "We still need you..." Is all Dorian says the entire time. Once finished he starts the fire again and starts cooking the meat and pours the honey that isn't ruined onto the bread. Once the meat is cooked he sets it off to the side on a spit and heads of in the direction of the opal palace. "They're better off without me" Dorian says to himself as he leaves the camp behind.

As Tyler walks back to the camp he watches as Ellie storms into the forest. I was gone for like ten minutes. What the hell happened? Tyler lays the stick down and watched Ellie from a distance, allowing her room before deciding what he should do. Tyler runs his hand through his hair and ponders why she seems angry. "Ellie?" Tyler asks, walking toward her, "You, um, okay? What happened?" It sounded rediculous after everything they had been through, but it was the first thing Tyler thought to ask. She seems upset and Tyler wonders whether or not he should hug her to try and comfort her, but quickly, probably out of fear, decides not to, instead standing awkwardly next to her.

"Huh?" Ellie turns her head to face Tyler, and her tightened stressed of face softens. "Oh. Hi, Tyler." she says, her voice stiff and quiet as she spoke. She sighs and stares at the greenery of the forest, her back to the sight where everything has gone wrong. She knew that Matt somewhere, confused and frightened. She also knew how Dorian left after she practically yelled at him. And now her last companion is probably scared of her now that he saw her act like this.

Could this day get any worse? "I, um..,unleashed my anger out at Dorian after he beat up Matt a little, while I was tending to him." she says, almost embarrassed about it. "It was stupid, and now he's gone." she mumbles a curse under her breath, realizing that Dorian's gone and may never come back.

Dorian continues walking in the direction Matt said the opal palace is. He doesn't see anyone along the way, no animals, not even birds chirping. "Must be heading the right direction" Dorian mumbles under his breath and continues walking hands on his swords.

Tyler listens in silence to Ellie. Not used to cheering people up, Tyler falls back on the common line: "It's gonna be alright," Tyler says, trying to be as calm sounding as possible. Knowing that line wouldn't help, Tyler steps forward and wraps his arms around Ellie. It had felt like forever since he had hugged someone and the very feeling of almost seems foreign to Tyler. Tyler steps back and coughs into his arm, "S-sorry," he says, immediately after.

Quickly changing the topic, Tyler brings up the matter at hand, "Dorian is probably headed off to the Opal Palace," he says, "He only knows the vague location of it, so he'll probably stick to the trail, right? If he doesn't come back, we can probably catch up with him before..." Tyler pauses, "something happens. I still think going to the fort is a good idea...it probably has all the supplies we need. Food, water, hell, there's probably more supplies than we can even use," Tyler says, his voice almost excited like a child.

Ellie's mouth opens to say something else, knowing all too well that things probably wouldn't get better after this and stress builds up in her mind. But then something drastic and all too sudden happens: she receives a hug. The warmth is unusual and frankly uncomfortable, and she feels like a little kid again - when times were good and carefree. She blinks in confusion, her arms twitching slightly as she hesitates whether or not to hug him back. Then his arms leave hers, and she feels cold again. Her cheeks have tinted a bright red and she nods quietly, mumbling out an "It's okay" after his apology.

She feels relieved once he brings up another topic. "Yeah, we'll head over there right after we eat some food." she says, her voice quiet. "How's your headache doing? I know that Matt is definitely fine." She turns around to face their camp, frowning as she sees Matt completely bandaged up, with the pile of food across from him.

Dorian reaches a quarry that has an army of soldiers with the same armor as the ones who attacked the village. He stays out of sight and watches the movement of the soldiers finding out where the leaders are, where the armory is, etc. He has what resembles the beginning of a plan in his head. He decides to wait till night fall, kill the leaders and sabotage the armory. He starts heading back the way he came so that he can find something to eat so his stomach doesn't start growling while he's sneaking through the camp.

"My heads fine, whatever Dorian have me worked," Tyler says, he turns and looks at Matt, then back at Ellie, "sounds like a good plan, food sounds great right now," Tyler smiles and clutches his stomach. Hopefully Dorian doesn't do anything to insane... Tyler thinks to himself, almost completely sure that Dorian is headed straight for the palace. He picks up the branch and starts walking back to camp.

Ellie walks back over to the camp and sets the food aside, after pulling Matt in a more comfortable position against a tree. Trees seem to be very useful around here. "Let's dig in." she announces, twisting open the jar of honey and tearing off a piece of bread, before lathering it with honey and handing it over to Matt. The starved teen gobbles it down greedily, before Ellie eats a slice herself and prepares some for Tyler.

Dorian eventually sees some wildlife and pulls his throwing knives from his cloak, he winds up with two squirrels, a rabbit and some wild potatoes. He starts a small fire and starts cooking his food, he eats it quickly so he can go back to scouting. He picks a vantage point that allows him to see the entire encampment. He leaves the skinned rabbit on a propped up stick to mark he was there. He pulls his cowl low and pulls his black leather gloves from his cloak and puts them on before starting to scale the wall of the quarry, so slow that if any sentrys see him they would think of him as nothing but a shadow cast by moonlight. He drops the last 10 feet behind a large tent occupied by one of the leaders of the Army. He draws a dagger and cuts a line across the base of the tent and slips inside and waits for the occupant to return. When he does Dorian jumps out from the shadows and quickly slits his throat and watches as the light leaves his eyes so he is sure the man is dead. Dorian starts searching his body for information and looking over a map on a table. Dorian lays the body on the bed inside the tent before slipping back out the way he entered.

"Thanks," Tyler says quietly to Ellie, taking the bread as she hands it to him. "So, today's gonna be a long day, isn't it?" Tyler asks her. He breaks the branch in half and tosses them to Matt.

"What's this?" He asks Tyler, a very confused expression spreading across his face.

"A crutch, I'm sure it'll still be a bitch to walk on, despite the aid," Tyler explains, his tone calm and relaxed.

Tyler chows down the bread, "That's good honey," Tyler says, licking what's left of it off his fingers. "Whenever you're ready," he says to Ellie.

Ellie chuckles as she chews on a piece of her bread thoughtfully. "No kidding." she mutters, her body aching for another nap that could possibly lead to a fourteen hour rest, no matter how harsh the conditions may be. Her mouth melts at the taste of the sweet honey mixed with the soft texture of the bread. She watches thoughtfully as Matt gets thrown half of a branch, a chuckle escaping her as he stares at the wooden twig in what seems like confusion.

"We'll help you out, don't worry." Though her words didn't sound as comforting as she intended them to be, she hoped the message had gotten through to Matt's teenage mind. "I'm ready." she announces, packing the rest of her food in her bag, and carrying some in her arms.

Dorian winds up killing two more people with they're own tents and five guards before making his way back to the spot where he posted the rabbit fur and watches the camp and it's reaction, unsure how he should progress "This might take a while..." Dorian mumbles to himself never being one for strategy.

"Alright, let's go," Tyler says, watching as Matt slowly gets up and onto his crutches. Matt's face appears to show a front of relief, but the only thought in his head is obvious: Are they going to kill me?

"Let's make this quick. Matt...take the lead," Tyler says, watching Matt as he hobbles into the forest.


[OOC: SO SORRY! I got bioshock and couldn't stop playing it! My bad ;a;]

(I have to apologize as well haha, sorry for the delay!)

Ellie wandered behind Matt as he lead the way, her hand resting on the hilt of her sword as she looked around for anything that might cause harm. After looking around, she settled her gaze on how Matt limped his way to their destination. She cleared her throat and looked to Tyler, attempting to make up some small talk for the journey. "So, uh...how are you?"

From his vantage point Dorian notes some frantic movement in the camp. "They found the body's... I think it's time to introduce myself." Dorian says to himself heading straight for the camp making no attempt to hide himself. When confronted by a guard he smiles "I will only speak to the one in charge of you." Dorian says. The guard reaches for Dorian and promptly loses that hand before Dorian burys his sword into the guards face, he looks at the second closest guard while retracting and cleaning his sword. "Like I said I will only speak to the one in charge, and see to your friend he was a brave man. Foolish.. but brave." Dorian says before sitting down on the ground.

Tyler smiles at her question, "I'm pretty okay," He says, thinking of a better way to expand on his answer, "Taking a log to the head definitely takes its toll, but, um, on the bright side, I got to taste human flesh," Tyler says, quickly realizing how weird that must've sounded, "you know, new experiences and stuff." Tyler almost chokes on his tongue when the memory of biting the mans neck came back to him. "The dreams haven't been helping either..." Tyler murmurs. "How you holding up?" He asks Ellie.

Amusement clouds over Ellie's usually stoic and serious expression at hearing Tyler's enthusiastic answer. "Well, uh...good to know, I guess?" she said. "If I was going through some of the things that you were going through, I probably would be complaining all day about it." It was true, she was rather stubborn and harsh at times. "Oh, I'm doing alright..." Even she couldn't believe her own answers. "It's been a while since I've been on such a hectic journey as this, and, well...I've never really have been bitten by a dog-like creature before, so that's another new experience.."

Dorian sits in his chosen spot for an hour before he sees a man at the head of a unit supposedly guarding him before he stands "So you are in charge of these pansies?" Dorian asks with amusement which makes the man angry which only makes Dorian laugh "I am the general yes. Who are you and why shouldn't I kill you now?" Dorian looks him square in the eye and simply states "I an here because I want a job. I want to be on your masters elite guard, and you won't kill me because you can't. Now let me speak to your master or point me in his direction and get out of my way or I'll take your head as proof that I have earned a spot on his guard." Dorian says in an unnerving tone. The general shudders and squeaks out "follow me. Don't worry, they won't attack" Dorian follows the general to a large tent that he didn't see because it is away from the camp "The entry to the masters palace only opens on certain days, you shall reside here till the gates open." Dorian sits on a barrel and takes in his new surroundings looking for a way out of need be.