Fight against fantasy - IC

Uncle Boar's House - Kitchen - 9:10 AM

When Sidna listened to what uncle Boar had to say she couldn't quite believe it."I still don't understand tough. Ice magic, like most other magic normally only have a rawness amount of 5-10%. How did you make emotion influence it like it influences void magic. Void magic normally have a rawness of over 50 %. That's two entirely different worlds. I've heard about a few tricks to temporarily make your magic rawer, but nothing like this. I guess that might be one of the reasons they don't want you as a teacher. You discovered something people didn't know about magic and they don't want to accept it."

Once Sidna was done eating she walked over to the trap door again after grabbing all of their stuff. "Alright. I suppose we should go back the way we came, or is there any other way to get back?"

Uncle Boar thought. "Hmm... Well, myrkur has two exits, east and west, and we're a good few meters north of the center, so unless you want to make a long ass trip, nope."

Then, he began thinking. "... Amateur. One day you'll see that it ain't about calculations. That no matter how much 'raw power' a magic has, you're the only one that can set it off. One would assume that in that standard, the more raw power an ability has, the more it takes emotional control, not that that's the case either... She's good. Just needs the right teacher... And the right adventure to learn the best. Maybe she'll be like... Bah, who the hell am I kiddin'? If bet 'he'd' fry her... But she may be able to put up a good fight. All I have to do is wait and see."

Then, he just went back into meditation.

Uncle Boar's House - Outside - 9:12 AM

After hearing what he had to say she went outside together with the others. "I suppose we should just head back then. There nothing other we can do here really and time is ticking." She then went into tunnels again from where they had come. While walk Sidna continued to think about the possibility to use magic that requires a person to have a much higher rawness. ("Maybe Galdura know. Magic is bound to memories and she apparently have memory magic. She have changed her magic type on multiple occasions so maybe it's possible to change ones rawness too?")

When they arrived back at the other side of the hole everything looked just like it had before. Everything except the house they had been staying in. It was burnt down and the people living there couldn't be seen. "Alright we're back. Should we just ask her or should we delay the transport first to be sure she doesn't have a reason to not accept? It feels kind of dirty, but I think we may have to play dirty at least for now."

Frank thought for a minute. "... Though it is dirty, you do have a point. But the real question is... Where is the transport hand-off?"

He looked around. The snow finally stopped. What little adjoint of kids there were were playing in the snow, throwing it at eachother or practicing their I've magic, those who had it.

"... It's a wondrous scene. But that's why we must protect it. Why does SYSTEM do what they do? It's... In any case, what do you think we should do, Sidna?"

Myrkur - 10:47 AM

Frank did have a point. They needed to know where it was headed before the could act. Sidna tried to recall what towns was the nearest in the area, however to be sure she found a map in one of the backpacks. It was a pretty crude map and only showed territories that SYSTEM fully considered theirs and that they felt was worth to put in.
Skógur wasn't shown on the map for example. She thought it was kind of sad, but at the same time she was happy about.

"Let's see. To the west we have Blómlegt Forest. People normally don't like traveling trough there and I doubt that you would fit a transport trough there. I guess the nearest town is Sjávar. That means that they are probably going to be traveling by boat from there so we have to act fast. We have to stop them as soon as possible. I guess we should act pretty much now. We need to try to not get recognized tough. We need some kind of disguise. I guess a change of clothing would do. We need something a bit more normal. Something that blends in a bit more. Know of something? A place we might find something?"

Sidna simply smiled at Frank while saying her last words. He had been able to help them out pretty good so far so she trusted that he had something in mind now too.

Frank gave a weak smile. "Yea... See... Remember how the house was burnt? The only group of clothing I have is the night lurker uniform..."

But the he snapped up. "Ah, that's right! I used to run a brewery, and one of the regulars is married to an outfit designer. But because the people here are poor as compared to the worth of the outfits, she usually arranges to export them to bigger cities. Though it's not too popular, her brand is well known in some circles. Ever heard of the brand 'Silk Clad Armor?' She owns it herself. To make up fit the time it takes fit her to make the outfits, her outfits are rather exquisite. I'll check if the regular is there."

Frank lead the group to the brewery. There, the customers either cheered the arrival of Frank, wolf-whistled Sidna, or complained about how the rum is not like that which Frank serves. "Settle down, I have an announcement to make. I'm leaving on vacation, but I'll be back as soon as possible."

The customers either cheered on Frank's well deserved vacation or complained about missing the taste of Frank's special additive. Frank turned to Sidna. "Look for a large man with a large red beard. I'll search the east."

Myrkur - Pub 10:53 AM

Sidna was a little bit skeptical about the idea. They couldn't wait for too long. They needed the disguise right now. They didn't have any money to pay with either. And ontop of that it was the question if they even had something that could be used as a disguise. She decided it was worth a try tough and began looking for the person Frank had mentioned.

After looking for some time she found the man in a corner of the pub. She sat down beside him while trying not to frighten him or anything like that. "Ehm excuse me. Me and my friends kind of need a few disguises so people don't recognize us and we blend better in with people in the village and we were wondering if you had any you could lend us. The reason I'm asking you is because I heard that your wife makes outfit and I tough you might have something leftover."

The man stared at Sidna.

"... Ja. So? If ju expect to get outfits free just for knowing knowing her, ju've got anozer zing coming."

Frank stepped up. "Don't worry, she's with me."

The red-bearded man stood up, revealing to be at least a foot taller than Frank. The two stare eachother down intensely. Then, the large man blinked and Frank smiled. "Gotcha."

The big man gave a hearty laugh to be mistaken for that of a Viking. "Frankalin, jour eyes are rocks!"

"Glad to meet you too, Augustus. How's the wife?"

"She's doing quite fine for her age, she iz."

"Great. But listen, I really need to by some outfits. We're going under the radar for a bit."

"No need to vorry, vriend. Come, I'll take you to her."

The group headed to a house, and inside was a vast array of clothing, ranging from ball gowns to medieval dresses to tailcoats.

"Sylvia,.I'm home, and the Frankalin boy as vell!"

Out came a gorgeous woman in a dress. "Why, hello there! How can we help you today?"

"We just need some clothing to hide our identities. Something came up, and we need to hurry. I suppose this can cover it all."

Then Frank pulled out a small bag... Filled with gold coins. Sylvia was surprised.

"W-wow, a-are you sure? I mean, this is simply too much!"

"Please, I insist. I have more, after all."

Sylvia took the bag. "Thank you. Please, take whatever you like."

Frank turned to Sidna. "Let's Hurry. We don't have much time."

Myrkur - Outfit store 11:06 AM

When pulled out the bag of money Sidna was quite surprised. And supposedly he had even more. The only thing she was a little bit worried about was that he might have given a little bit to much. There could be that there came times in the future when they would need something like that too. She guesed the money had to come from the small pub he had. If people got to drink they would pay regardless of the prices. As long as SYSTEM didn't do anything she guessed it would be safe.

When they got their outfits they immediately put them on. They couldn't waste any more time. Things were dangerous enough as they were. "Alright. Now we just need to stop that transport. I'm guessing they'll be using horses at least part of the way on the way there. Do you have any idea? Personally I haven't really dealt with horses for most of my life. Horses aren't to much use in a forest if you know what I mean"

As he was choosing his outfit, Sylvia came around with a peculiar bag in hand.

"Hey, I know something that would really suit you. A guy like you, you would look perfect for the outfit I recently made."

"Oh, really? What is it?"

All of a sudden, out of the bag, she pulled a near exact replica of the Night Lurker uniform. "In honor of our vigilante, I even have the cute little mask he has!" She said as she pulled out the comedy mask representing the Night Lurker. Frank tried to keep calm, but inside he was flustered.

"Thank you, but it wouldn't suit me. After all, I don't really like fighting. However, I do like this tail coat."

"Yes, it is one of my best work along with the outfit your friend got. As a matter of fact, some famous composers wear that same one. Now then, you have to hurry, no?"

Frank took the tail coat. "Thank you. Hopefully, our leave will not take long."

"Please, come back any time."

Frank walked out the door. He heard Sidna's statement and agreed that it was a predicament indeed. "That's a tough one... well, Uncle Boar has taught me a lot of things about horses. I had my own named Night Steed. I don't know too much about their nature though, but they do tend to freak out when approached by an obstruction or loud noises. Perhaps if we could just create a scene without attracting attention towards ourselves. However, we must also close off any exits, or else we will lose the horse. Here's my plan. Try to obstruct the horse's path and I'll use my ice magic to create ice spikes to drive it to a path of our own. There, we can lead it to a cape on the lake where the horse will have nowhere to go. There, we can fight off SYSTEM and rescue the woman. The bonus is that we'll already be by the lake. What do you think?"