((I know... Aerandir and Raven don't seem to be posting...))

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(Because I've got writer's block right now..)

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((Oh... Oi do I ever hate it when that happens...))

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((Are the coast guard people coming aboard? Can we have them do something interesting like be suspicious of one of us? Thyiri's got a pretty suspicious tattoo and she's not exactly normal-looking, if it comes to that...))

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((Hmmm... sounds like a good plan... Tynel dosn't exactly look like an exile either. I think we should come up with a basic plot for the coast gaurd thing, and then get someone to execute it. Well, part of it anyway. I personally am more than happy to, I just need a comformation on a basic plot. ))

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((Should we just have them come aboard and see what happens? i'm all in favor of playing it by ear ))

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(( Ok, I'll just go for it then. ))

Tynel looked at the bow of the ship beside them as both of the ships grew closer and closer until their were the coast guards boarded their ship, and emedietly stared at the small crew, as if in awe that they had penetrated their borders without a scratch on their boat. Tynel kept his head high, showing that he had nothing to hide. Dalen seemed quite calm, leaning agaist the wheel, Raven seemed to be taking the same idea as Tynel. But Thyiri looked nervous and secretive, and Tynel started to have his own doubts as the captain of the coast gaurd ship walked up to Thyiri with a raised eyebrow. This couldn't be good...

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Thyiri looked defiantly at the tall man as he walked up to her, trying desperately to seem as though she had nothing at all to hide. "Yes?" she managed after a moment, in a voice that wobbled only slightly and did a rather good job of sounding carelessly surprised. Her hands were behind her, grasping the railing. If the man could have seen them, he would perhaps have wondered at the force with which she was clutching the wooden support - her knuckles were white with it.

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"Maidia ti zhimen!"* the captain shouted to the others that were boarding the ship, before turning his piercing gaze on Thyiri. "Wim dei tiy limka vlir tiy eira vrimdi somatil?"** he asked sharply.

(*Search the ship! **Why do you look like you are hiding something?)

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Tynel looked dumbfounded at the captain, who spoke in a laguage so different from what he had heard, that Ty had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing. He soon regained his composure with some surpise as the crew started to turn everything upside-down, searching the ship. After a moment of chaos, Ty spotted one crew member, coming above deck, carrying his weapons and pack in his hand.

"Hey! Those arn't toys, give them back!" Tynel, as many men, was very fond of and protective of his things, and quickly snatched his precious weapons away from the crew member, dusting it off, oblivious to the odd looks he was recieveing...

((I have to go, but I'll be back! *strikes heroic pose* Yes, I. Shall. Return. *Walks off in long strides* ))

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(No comments about the language..I swear, it took me like two minutes, tops, to come up with the words. Blame short notice for their oddness. )

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Lol, sorry, guys. I wasn't posting because I was gone for the weekend.

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Dalen sighed as the Coast Guard Captain ordered the search. Walking away from the wheel, he strode up to stand by the official. "Captain, if I may have a moment of your time?" When the captain turned to him, looking irritated, Dalen continued. "I was a crewman on the Indefinable (I think that's a pretty funny name for a ship) until recently. I was shipwrecked off the Usurper coast around three or four days ago, and found my way to a port of theirs, where several of these others," here he made a sweeping gesture to include the other 'crewmembers,'"were trying to take a ship, and burn the rest. The rest were in flames when we escaped, and since then I've been captaining the ship, for lack of a better sailor. If you wish to check my position, the Commander of the third fleet section knows me. As for the others, I do not know much about them myself, but they have all worked hard to get here, and I would not have them treated unfairly." He finished, and stepped away from the captain, waiting for his reply.

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As Dalen stepped back, the captain scanned him over. He then called for one of his crew members, and asked him if he knew the man. The crew member then looked him over, and then his eyes grew wide and his eyebrows were lifted.

"Dalen?! What in the world are you doing here? I havn't seen you in-" He was then cut off by the captain, who was waiting for an explaination. He then explained to his captain that he knew Dalen from working on the 'Indefinable' and that he was an honest and trustworthy man. He also exlained that he and many of the crewmembers of the ship were found missing in recent days. The captain nodded. He then turned to Dalen and nodded slightly,

"I am terribly sorry, Dalen." With that, he went off and headed off towards Tynel. Oh great. He walked right up to him, and asked him who he was and where his allegience lied. Tynel looked a little surprised, but calm.

"My name is Tynel. My allegience lies with the exiles and their queen." The captain looked at him like he was crazy. "I am an exile." The captain mantained his look, but with a quirked eyebrow. Tynel sighed. "Look, I am very sorry, I don't know who my parents are-were, and all I know is that they were brought to the ursurper territory where I was born. They were murdered and I was raised by the ursurpers, they wiped my memory at least twice. I am trying to get to the capital to find out who in all of the world I am." Tynel looked slightly out of breath. The captain looked at him with some understanding, and some reconition. He nodded and walked away.

Well that wasn't so bad... Ty thought to himself as the captain left. He then lost the smirk that had settled on his face as he saw the captain heading back towards Thyiri and Raven. Tynel closed his eyes. Oh no.

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Thyiri had avoided the captain's earlier question, but it looked as if evasion would get her nowhere now. Her dark skin and white-blonde hair stood out a mile among the others' relatively normal appearances. She swallowed her panic and stood up straight, willing herself to remain calm. She shot a sidelong glance at Raven, who also looked a little anxious.

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The captain walked up to Thyiri and put his hands behind his back, standing proudly infront of her.

"Who are you and where does you allegience lie. He scanned her over and he brow knit as his eyes passed over her wrist. He stopped waiting for an answer and reached down and yanked up her sleeve to reveal her strange tatoo. His eyes blazed in anger.

"WHO ARE YOU?!" He took out his dagger and held it tighly at his side, his free hand circled around her upper arm...

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Thyiri cursed inwardly and wrenched her wrist out of his grasp, though she was unable to loose his hold on her arm. "My name's Thyiri," she snapped, violet eyes fixed on his face. Even that was incriminating, as her name was quite obviously not an Exile one. Thyiri was coiled to spring the moment he loosed his hold, and as the dagger he held wavered dangerously, the knife she had produced earlier again flashed in her hand. "I had hoped," she hissed, "that you Exiles might perhaps be welcoming to one who belongs no longer with the Usurpers, but I can see it is not so - and I see no reason to tell you anything more, as it is plain you have no intention of believing me!"

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