The Sacrifice Camp (RP)

In a bit of an awkward spot, Albert follows behind Lady at a distance. He suspects that she won't have any trouble getting to where she is wanting to go. That might make it easier for Norbert to get to him. Then he notices what's going on when Roald shouts. As he walks, he does a quick prayer in his head.

Raynor, please don't let this turn into a place of bloodshed. Keep Roald on the path of light. He doesn't want to openly call for Roald to stop, as that might encourage the women to take action. Then again.. If Roald hurts her, it might be too late to do anything about it.

The trembling in her voice convinces Roald she is telling the truth.

'' walk with me'' Roald says in a soft voice while nudging the woman in the right direction.
'' Here's what's going to happen if you behave: we're going to walk to that cage over there where I will lock you in. If everyone stays calm and they don't come after us, no one will get hurt and you'll never hear from us again. If you stop sacrificing humans, that is. Once we are out of sight you can call on your followers to set you free. Now tell them to stay calm. I don't like hurting people, but I'll damn well will if I have to.
''

Norbert uses the attention Roald gets to get the girl closer to Albert. "I'll get you out of here." he whispers in the girls ear.

If someone gets in his way he will push himself past or through the 'obstacle'. He keeps his eyes focussed on Albert. He is ready to speed up and dodge the naked women.

Norbert stops for a second. Scans the woman, looks at her ... face. 'Oh' he thinks, seeing the lump on her forehead and recognises the woman from their first meeting, earlier this morning. She doesn't seem threatening and is going in the right direction. So let's start a little procession.

'This girl is getting heavy. Should I throw her in my neck like a sheep? No ... no she woulden't like that. I'll just have to hang in there.'

Norbert pulls her a little bit closer to his body upon wich she huggs herself even closer to him. "Almost there." Norbert says to her as much as himself.

Albert rushes to Norbert when he springs forth from between the naked women. "Is she alright? Best bring her to Theo. Or you can give her to Lady." He looks from Lady to Norbert and gives him a wink. "She has seen Raynor's light. We can trust her."

"I will stay with Roald and ... uhm ... Limpy." He says to the girl. "Stay with these people, they will take care of you and keep you safe." To Albert he says: "I get to you as soon as possible."

He turns around, takes his axe in hand and heads back to Roald without looking back. Looking back would probably have made his knees buckle. 'What is her name?'

Then he focuses his look on Albert and tries not to make eye-contact with any of the women around him. He grips his axe tight and moves back into the circle.

Albert asks Lady "Please, get her to Theo and keep an eye on them. If anything goes wrong, come get me." He then heads after Norbert to join the others in their attempt to stop this ritual.

Getting closer, he spots what exactly is going on with Roald and the women. From a few meters away, he says "Roald, she is safe. You can put the sword down. We're not here to spill blood, but to prevent it, aren't we?" The look in Roald's eyes is worrying him. To the women he says "We don't mean any of you harm, but we will fight if you make us. We can all leave in peace as long as we get to take our friends with us." Trying very hard not to look at their naughty parts.

Roald has had his eye on Albert since he came closer. Good thing he did, because else he would not have heard him over the shouting of the woman.

I don't want this

He assesses the situation as if he has left his own body. He sees himself standing, threatening an unarmed woman in the middle of an angry mob.

Then Albert gets through to him ''...safe...''

'' Alright woman, I'm going to let you go and we will retreat. Consider this a final warning: stop doing these rituals or we will be back.''
With that he releases the woman while pushing her in the direction of the others. He looks for the best way out, with the least opponents, sticks his sword in the air and starts running.

''WHAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!'' A deafening roar escapes his lips to scare away those in his path.

As soon as the women scatter and the immediate danger seems to have passed Norbert turns to go after Lady. He looks forward to seeing the dog and Theo. If no-one mentions Phil to him, Nobert will be ready to leave. He forgot about him ...

Albert is a bit surprised, but happy that they seem to have resolved this without injuring anyone. As Roald nears, he ask "where is Phil?"
In the corner of his eyes he sees the pagan altar not far away. Something about it rubs him the wrong way. Or is it pulling at him? A strange feeling none the less. Is it Raynor calling out to him to maybe destroy it? Or is he being influenced by another spiritual being? Does he have time to find out? These things go through his mind in a flash.

"Oh No." Norbert mumbles while he stands back up. He was so surprised he actually stumbled, but he tries to play it off as if he just looks at something on the floor. Nobody will fall for that.

He whistles short and shrill. A few minutes later the dog comes pounding through the underbrush.

"Are you sure, Roald? Who else could know where Phill is. She is responsible for him." Norbert suddenly seems very tense and has a weird look in his eyes. Even when addressing Roald he does't really make eye-contact with him.

"That's not good." Albert replies to Roald. "Let's go talk to Theo first, then. Maybe he knows something." With his eyes lingering on the strange altar, he turns to head back to Theo.

"Should we let her go, just like that." Norbert ask indicating the 'witch'. "Maybe we no to talk to her later. And it will be dificult to find her afterwards." and more as a afterthougt he whispers "What if she curses us."

"Under Raynor's protection, I don't think we need to fear that, Norbert" Albert reminds him. "Besides, from what I gather, all of those women live nearby. I'm sure they won't be disappearing into thin air. They have families here."