Evacuations (Private)

[Soldier]

The soldiers were sent off, Vel with a Human named Larzo. As the Giant called, people exited their homes, the women and children headed north, the men heading to the Veldar compound. They were doing fine until the Human cursed. A pair of children were running into an alley off to the side. It was packed with crates and barrels, the refuse littering it filling the Giant's nose with a stench. Larzo blinked as he peeked inside. The alley was just big enough to accomodate Vel's large size.

[Veleraen]

It was Veleraen's job to evacuate the citizens of Zerdargia and make sure all the women and children were safely escorted to the war wagons at the north gate, and that was what he was going to do. The giant scoured the streets with his human partner, Larzo, asking citizens to depart because of the impending danger.

As they hurried down the streets, Larzo cursed, bringing Veleraen's attention to him, only to see two children run off into an alleyway nearby. "Children...Only they would be foolish enough to run off at a time like this..." Veleraen sighed and patted Larzo on the shoulder to follow him as they went into the alleyway. Crates and barrels of waste and refuse littered the alleyways, their pungent smells entering the nostrils of the giant. Veleraen was taken back a little bit by the nasty smelling crates and such, but it would not deter him from doing his job. "I have smelt worse before..."

Veleraen entered the alleyway, just big enough for his stature, the giant strode in, looking for the children that had run into the alleyway. "Hello!? I am Private Veleraen of the Veldar Elite, we saw you run in here little ones, we need you to return to us. It is not safe here, you need to return to your parents at the war wagons. This alleyway will not protect you from the impending danger. Please...Come out." Veleraen shouted out down the alleyway, keeping a close eye on the ground below him, making sure the children didn't try to sneak by him and Larzo.

"Of all the things, I'm searching for children in a dirty alleyway in the middle of an evacuation. But if I don't return these children, Setik will have my hide..." "Larzo, keep a sharp eye out, children can be sneaky..."

[Soldier]

There was no sound from inside the alley as Larzo pulled a torch from his pack and struck flint to it, lighting the dark passage considerably. The two children huddled together near the brick back of the alley, a boy and a girl, each watching the two soldiers with terrified eyes. Each was dressed in rags, filthy and neither was more than six years old. The boy pushed the girl behind him as he covered her with his body, closing his eyes and waiting for something. "Kill me if you want, but leave my sister alone!" he cried out in a quavering voice.

Larzo merely blinked at this. "Why would we want to kill you?" he asked quietly, his torch clearly showing the two faces filled with fright. "We only wish to move you out of the city. You'll be safe with us, I promise." He unclipped his sword and handed it to Vel, then walked slowly to the pair. As he knelt next to the two, the boy scooped up his sister and fled, heading straight for Vel, and ran for the space between his legs, just big enough for a child to run under.

[Veleraen]

Walking down the alleyway, Veleraen looked down to see Larzo light a torch, illuminating their way much more effectively than it was before. Shadows were cast about everywhere, but it was clear as to where the children had run, to the back of the alley. Crouching and quivering in fear, the two soldiers approached, Veleraen probably more intimidating than anything else out there at the moment.

"We will not hurt you little ones. Please come with us..We have to get you to safety.." Veleraen said to them calmly as Larzo approached the two after handing the giant his sword. Veleraen set the sword down on a crate beside him just as Larzo knelt down to the children to help. The young boy scooped up his sister and went to break for the space between the giant's legs. "Not this brightening young ones.."

Veleraen saw the young boy run towards him and stepped back, kneeling with one knee and put his hands out in a wide spread to try and capture the young boy and his sister within his grasp, gently as could be. The giant literally filled up the space in the alley way now, as he knelt down to capture the children to take back to their parents and into the war wagons. As the children fled at him, Veleraen smiled warmly for a giant, and hoped that the children would not injure themselves, as they looked in pretty bad shape already. "Please do not run, we come only to help. I am Veleraen, and this is Larzo, my partner in arms. We are helping everyone out of the city, you must come with us if you wish to be safe. Is that okay?"

The giant didn't have much of a comforting voice or body language considering the big lug was so monstrous he would probably frighten any six year old child, no matter who it was. But if there was one thing that Veleraen had going for him was his determination to succeed, and that's what drove him to strive for the best and only that. An undead army was at their doorsteps and this was the last thing on Veleraen's list to do.

[Soldier]

As the boy tried to run past, Vel brought his hand down to stop him, which in turn caused the boy to swerve, his head connecting solidly with the stooping Giant's groin. There was a solid "thunk", Vel's eyes crossed and his lungs emptied with a "whoosh". The boy went sprawling, landing on top of the wounded Giant, his face covered with a dazed look. Larzo burst out laughing as he scooped the girl up and settled her comfortably on his arm. He then walked to Vel's head and grinned widely as he looked down at him. "You'll be OK, right? Or do you need a medic?" he scooped up his sword and re-clipped it to his belt as he stooped to help up the boy. He pulled a long piece of candy from his pocket, broke it in two and gave one piece to the boy, and the second to the girl. As she sucked and licked on it, her head settled on his shoulder. Larzo always did have a way with the kids.

[Veleraen]

The giant thought he had it all covered. Reach down, capture the kids, voila...but no. It wasn't going to be that easy to catch a pair of 6 year old kids in an alleyway, especially for a giant...

Reaching down, Veleraen knelt on one knee and decided to catch them softly in his hands only to find the boy to swerve and well, what came next was not only painful but embarassing. The little boy ran right into his crotch, not only catching him off guard, but making a large thunk sound as Veleraen's face turned from a face of passion to a face of pain and anguish as he clutched his loins, falling backwards onto his back in the alleyway, consequently knocking over some crates and barrels as he fell.

"Ughhhnnnnnnnn.....For the love of...Aslan...Why....?" The giant stammered under his breath, going slightly cross eyed, the wind slightly taken out of him from the awkward collision. Writhing in pain on the ground, Veleraen took a couple of deep breaths and just laid there for a few moments. Larzo walked up and looked down at his face and asked him if he was alright, only to respond with a slight nod and an affirming closing of the eyes and a biting of his bottom lip.

After a few seconds, Veleraen sat up slowly and then got to one knee, still clutching his crotch in a throbbing feeling now. "That young man has a hard head....I'll have to remember to request a crotch protector at Veldar Supply next time...I don't feel like going through that again.." Veleraen let out a whisper of pain through his clenched teeth and bore the pain. It would eventually go away, but for now it stung so much. "Bloody kids.." Veleraen muttered under his breath as he exited the alleyway to follow Larzo down the street.

[Norin Beldwhig]

Norin had been running up and down the east end of town along with another dwarf when Setik had ordered him to help Veleraen in the northern part of town. Norin quickly reported to Veleraen but had a hard time finding him. He grunted in the chaos and was frustrated that Veleraen was nowhere to be found. Although it did take long to find such a large humanoid, Norin did find him and was glad when he saw the giant. "Private Veleraen, I've been assigned to be your partner. Private Larzo, you are to report back to sergeant Setik for your new assignment. Private Veleraen, what is the current situation?"

Norin was confused but knew his orders and hoped that Veleraen knew what he was doing. Therefore he trusted everything to the giant expected no hesitation in the answer and hoping that the rest of the evacuation wouldn't be as chaotic.

[Veleraen]

Still aching from the previous headbutt into the groin incident, Veleraen stumbled out of the alleyway and followed Larzo down the street, only to bump into Norin who looked like he had been searching for the big lug for quite a while. After a moment of recovery, Veleraen shook his head and looked at the dwarf who asked of the current situation.

"Ahh, Norin, well the situation is as follows. We are to make sure each woman and child are to be evacuated and put on the war wagons towards Primus Gaudeo. I just got out of an alleyway after chasing down some children. So i am about to continue on my rounds down through the streets to make sure no one is left behind."

Veleraen nodded as he finished his sentence and stood there, halberd in hand, waiting for Norin to respond. The streets were still quite chaotic as people rushed by them, guards following in suit. Veleraen looked around and kept patrolling the streets, making sure everyone was out and to safety. Looking and keeping his ears alert for any sounds of trouble or distress, Veleraen did what all the other Veldar were doing, trying to do their job with pride and confidence.