Lost - (Open)

Sitting on the side of his small vessel, feet placed next to the fire, hopefully it would keep anything away from his small shelter. A small spring was to his right, bubbling gently. His Two large swords were placed to his right, and Kama's unattached from his waist. He heard a noise from a distance. He got up and turned around, but there was nothing there, Suddenly a Dart hit him in the neck. "Ooh." He moaned, Sleeping Darts Shit! He thought as his muscles slowly stopped and he fell the ground, just in time to get a glimpse of a few sets of feet rummaging around.

Finally awaking, his small Dune Rider was gone, luckily they had left his weapons. But everything else he had on him was gone with the dune Rider. He grimaced, pulling the dart out from his neck, even the burnt wood he had used for the fire was gone. "Damn Shiners.." He said aloud, sliding his swords into their shealths and placing his Kama's back into their holdsters. He sighed as he filled his canteen, from the small spring. And looked around, not a thing in sight.

Alex shot across the dunes on his custom Dune runner. The large fan blaring loudly as he went, kicking up a dust cloud behind him. As he was travelling, he came across something unexpected. A lone man travelling in the hot sun on foot. He didn't have much on him other than several weapons. Knowing someone in that situation wouldn't last long, he turns and heads towards the figure.

As he approached, he could tell the man was severely pissed and was following some tracks in the sand. He pulls up and kills the engine so he could speak normally. He lifts his goggles as he skids to a stop a few feet away from the man. "Hey, what are you doing all the way out here on your own?" He asks.

Aoiro was riding on his dune rider through Europe. He heard in a small town that there might be something here that can restore the planet. As he was riding another dune rider passed by and it stopped. Aoiro stopped and turned around to say "Hey". "Give ius your dune rider," One of the men on the rider said. "No thanks. I like my dune rider," Arashi said with a grin. The men on the dune rider pulled out knives and a sword and jumped off. Aoiro quickly drew his bow and shot 1 arrow at one's heart, 1 at one's throat, and 1 in one's stomach. All 3 arrows hit their mark and killed the ones that got hit in the neck or throat. Aoiro got off his dune rider and walked over to the last men who was on the ground with a arrow through his stomach and asked "So who did you guys steal from?". "Some guy a mile back," the man said. Aoiro loaded his dune rider on the bigger dune rider and took off towards where the shiners came from. After 30 minutes of riding Aoiro came to a spot with 2 men sitting there. "Is this tuff your?" he asked.

Neraid, was walking when he heard the patter of a fan powered Dune Rider coming up behind him. He turned around and began walking backwards. He hopped onto the Rider before the man could say anything. "This is mine Now." He stated clearly, when yet another man rode up beside him, "Never mind." He said grinning, Jumping to the other one, "Off with you." He said, pushing the smaller craft onto the sand, "Now then, He said, stopping the dune Rider. "What ye'll Doin' out here? Neither of ya's Look like Shiners," He stated, glancing each of them over, "Ah..." He stated glancing the one who had come up first, he nodded, then looked over at the other guy, "Thanks so Much, you got a name For yourselves? Names Neraid Olmai." he said, with a quick salute, "Either of ya's Need water theres a spring back there. Its getting dark, so i Thought i'd make Camp there, Feel free to join me." He said, opening the sail back up and preparing to turn around. A toothy Grin on his face as he gave it a quick push, knowing they would follow at the words water.

Alex was unsure if he wanted to follow a man who just attempted to hijack him and leave him in the desert to rot. He looked down at his supplies, he still had a near full canteen of water. Still suspicious of the man, but knowing his crew was nearby and would be checking up on him if he was too late, he revs his engine to life and begins to slowly follow behind Neraid. His hand at the ready to grab his Gungnir if needed.

Aoiro flipped over his dune rider and unfolded the sail. Good thing I had the sail down. it would of been broken if i left it up Aoiro thought as he hopped in his dune rider. Aoiro took off behind Neraid and Alex while looking at the dessert around him. Once they reached the spring Aoiro hopped out of his dune rider and ran over to it with 6 water bottles in hand. He filled up the water bottles and then dunked his face under the water water to get the dirt off.

Neraid grinned, doing the smart thing, he tied his dune rider to his leg, sure not to loose it this time. He brushed his pants off and his jacket, and looked over at the two. "Either of you got any wood, it gets awful cold in the night." He said, the wood he had intended to use gone. Walking up into his Dune Rider he pulled out a couple of cans, And tossed them to Alex and Aoiro. "For Helping me out." he said, grabbing a can for himself. The label was torn off so he was unsure of what would be inside, hopefully it would still be good. He smiled at the two and jumped down from his Rider, glancing at each of the other riders. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a cigarette and a match, Then held the box open to either of the other two, "So, you got Names?" He asked.

Still suspicious of the man, Alex turns and kills the engine. His Dune Runners were different from the sail operated Riders, he doubted that they would be able to get it started fast enough to get away before he would be able to stop them. He hops off and looks to Neraid. "My name is Alex Rowe" He says as he reaches down and picks up the can, shaking it against his ear. "Beans" He says as he moves over to a rock, placing the edge of the top of the can against it, lifting his foot then kicking down hard. Cleaving the top clean off without spilling a bit of the contents. A little trick he had learned in the mines. "And no, I don't have anything flammable on my Runner. Sorry".

"Aoiro Unabara," Aoiro said as hestarted stabbing the can's top with a knife. Once the can's lid was completly off Aoiro looked inside and saw pineaplle. "I havent had fruit in such a long time," Aoiro said as he ate a pineapple cube. "So whatcha all doing in the dessert?" Aoiro asked as he swallowed the piece of pineapple. Aoiro's bow was by his side with a arrow laying on top of it just in case.

Neraid scoffed, hearing that neither had burnable objects. And Stuffed the Pack of Cigs. Back into his pocket. Taking a deep breath, he blew out smoke. "Well, Nice to meet you Alex, Aoiro." He said, pulling a small knife from inside his coat and opening up his can of creamed corn. He hesitated before he began dumping the stuff into his mouth. He smiled at Aoiro, "Rainmaker Business, yourself?" He said, before taking another long swallow of the Corn. He sat, he was usually a pretty talkative guy, then pulled a sword off his back and held it forward, the front poking Aoiro's Neck, "Mind if i ask what you were doing with My Rider?" He asked, "Reach for your bow and your head comes off," He stated clearly.

Alex sat and watched as these events unfolded. He had placed his can down and had his derenger at the ready underneath his cloak, as well as his knife prepared to throw if needed. He chose not to interfere and merely observe, only moving if he deemed himslef in danger.

Aoiro sighed as he ate another pineapple cube. He could feel the cold metal pressed againds his neck and knew this guy was serious about it. "Well i was riding towards Europe because I heard a rumor of something that could change the planet back to normal was hidden somewhere. I came across the Shiners and they tried to steal my dune rider so i killed 2 of them and asked the 3rd were they just stopped. He answered and I started riding on your dune rider cuz i couldnt fit all your stuff in mine towards the direction that happened to be where you were. And that is the summary of it all," Aoiro said as he ate the last pineapple cube.

(NPC ing)

Gonguro was aggrivated. "You guys are such dumbasses! All I asked for was one vehicle and they get killed?!" His pudgy face turned as red as his tactical outfit. The shiner who was thought dead but sactually wasn't frantically wqalked back to the base where the other shiners took residence. "Screw this!!! I'll handle it on my own!" She took a group of nine shiners and began to travell to where the homing signal of one of the dead shiners came. The nine arrived on sand skidders and had machetes ready. "Give us your gear!!!" Yelled Gonguro

Neraid spun the blade around, and slid it back into his shealth, then held his hand out to Aoiro, "Thanks." he said, biting down on his Cigarette. He glanced over at Alex, but said nothing then his eyes opened wider and nodded to Alex, signaling that there were people behind him. He acted like he hadn't noticed the group, then reached back looking as if he was going to scratch the back of his head, as one of the group members shouted to "Give Us Your Gear" He grabbed the Boomerang that was resting there and chucked it at the one who had shouted it flying by Alex's Ear with a whizzing noise. "Get Em!" Neraid Shouted as he stood up drawing both of his Buster Swords.

The boomerang flies past Alex's head, taking the cue that something was up. He turns around quickly to see several men on dune riders poised to attack. He grabs his halberd Gungnir which was lying beside him and chooses his target, the man on the far left of the group. He then begins running up the wall of the cave, using the exposed ledges as footing, jumping over the first man and slashing down at the man in the back.