Catherine
The crisp air and morning breeze of these woods where all too mystical, the herbs that grew here where of perfect condition, better than anything that could be cultivated, the waters where clean, the trees towering over the landscape like giants, the grass softer than wolves fur

And so it rested, in this quiet woodland, a cart rests in a field, and a white horse lays next to it as a man with a map walks parallel to it

"I could have sworn I was still on the road, don't tell me there is no road, or worse, they are besieged! There is no more road!" 

The man swiftly walks inside the cart, and looks at a bird that sat in a cage 

"MONITOR! I thought I told you to tell me if I went off the road!"

The bird, in response, squawked, and none too brightly, the man looks at the map again, and squints

"It says I'm on the road! I can tell by the... The trees! Gah, I should have paid more attention when I was with that one mercenary band!"

He ponders greatly as he throws the map at the wall of the cart, then stepping outside and sitting next to his horse

"Oh Marley... We have to get to town... I DONT THINK I CAN HANDLE ANY MORE MISFORTUNE!"

He sighs, and shakes his head

"Oh well... At least we have enough to eat this month..."
Keith
*The eerie silence of the dark forest was suddenly shattered by the echoing sound of clacking footsteps made by an unseen creature, growing louder and louder with each passing second. A dark figure emerges from the bushes, cloaked in a coal-black armor that shimmered in the faint sunlight trying to pass the thick layer of old trees. Behind it, a dim grad with a faint orange colour fur cape has some green leaves sticking on it, while its eyes are shining with a otherworldly glow. Then, the Dark Knight tries to approach the weary traveler closer and closer, as if it is trying to do something. Its movements are smooth yet unnatural, as if it is a creature from another world.*

*It looks around carefully and staring its glowing eyes at the living objects in front of it. The horse could possibly be terrified by its presence, as a non-human and deadly scent is surrounding the Dark Knight. After that, it looks straight in the eyes of the human figure with the ghostly glowing carmine eyes.*

"I have heard your voice from afar. As I expected, you are... A living human." *The Dark Knight says to the man in a low voice of an grown adult. However, the sound itself is still unnatural as it was just able to live again.*

"You must be living here, and know a lot of things." *It continues to say calmly, ignoring the man's current emotion or any words of him if he tried to speak.* "I don't know what is this place. The earth, sceneries and everything are different..."

*It then moves its sight to the frightened horse.* "But some of the living things are... More peaceful than those of in my blurry memory." *It sighs, but does it actually did sigh, or just air flowing through the holes on its helmet?..* "Since you don't look likr a threat to me, maybe you can offer me some help." 

*Once again, it looks at the man.* "In return, I heard that you are lost in this forest. I can protect you as well as find the way out of here. As long as you tell me more about this land."
Catherine
"Oh good! A city guard perhaps, oh or maybe- oh..." 

Gideon sighs in disappointment, then stands up and begins making a bit of a ruckus 

"Help you? Yes, rely on the good old doctor to help you when he can't even help HIMSELF!"

He looks at the figure, it looked quite emasculate with all the armor but he wasn't one to judge, well.. Not a whole lot anyways

"Whaddya need! I don't even know why you ask for my help!"

He tosses a rock at the armor, but not in any offensive demeanor, it appeared as if he where testing something, and something he found out

"Yes, you don't need a doctor, you aren't even alive! That and the stench of somewhat decayed flesh is nothing new to me, however..."

He forces the helmet off the figure, and grabs their face, doing what appears to be some sort of inspection

"You are quite pristine for an undead but it does not matter, you cant get sick, hell you can't even regenerate, not naturally anyways"

He shoves the helmet back onto the figure, though a little crookedly

"And now, this undead asks for MY HELP! I AM LOST! MY QUOTA IS ANOTHER TWELVE COINS AWAY! AND I PAY IT TOMORROW"

He falls to his knees in defeat, and then rolls around on the ground

"Last month I missed a tribute, my body was immolated for a month, I can't imagine what horrible prank this curse will bring upon me again!!!"

He gives out what sounds like a defeated and stressed yell, however all things considered, it was very... VERY... Funny

"But wait... Undead creature walking the woods offering me a... A JOB!"

He instantly stands and gives a mock salute 

"Doc Gideon reporting... But I'll have you know this will cost you, I still have quota to meet and I REFUSE TO LET THE CURSE OF WHATEVER DAMNED ENTITY HAUNT ME THIS MONTH!"

Without any more delay, he grabs his Billhook, and an emergency medical satchel, if an undead greeted him, he was sure this mission wasn't the doctorly type

"And so? Lead on, lest I charge double for wasting literal precious seconds!"
Keith
*The rock strikes a part of the dark figure's part of armour with a clattering sound, causing it to reverberate like a bell. In fact, the whole abdomen of the Dark Knight is just hollow. Moreover, the armour and its undead body had fused together, making it unable to normally remove any part of the armour to reveal the skin inside nor detach the two parts of the armour from each other.*

*The Dark Knight stood silently, his attention focused on the doctor's words. Suddenly, the doc grabs hold of the helmet and attempted to remove it. However, the helmet appeared to be one solid, indivisible piece with the head, and could not be removed without causing harm. Even though after that, he did not fix it back properly, the dark figures does not mind at all as the helmet fixed per se. The Dark Knight continued to stand still, his eyes fixed on the traveller with an almost unnerving intensity while the doctor inspecting the flesh inside. *

*The undead, while slightly amused by the doctor's antics, remains quiet and still, seemingly evaluating the doctor's response. After a moment of silence, it speaks again, its voice still calm and steady, carefully considering the doctor's response.*

"Very well, doctor! If you agree to share more about this world, then let's get out of this forest." *The undead's words flow smoothly and calmly, as if it were completely aware of what it was doing.*

*It did not actually comprehend everything that the doctor really wanted or was saying previously, but it was, in fact, eager to learn more about the world and was willing to help the doctor in any way it could.*

"You seem to be in a huge trouble, aren't you?" *It asks while they are moving slowly on in the path lies in the woods.*
Catherine
"If by trouble you mean I probably angered some god and now I have to pay the price? Then yes, I am in a lot of trouble, however I do not know what I even did to deserve this!"

He points at the figure and then swiftly looks back at his cart, making sure all is secure and tied down

"But you appear to be in worse shape, lemme guess, this wasn't the immortality you where hoping for, a necromancer trying to bring back a dead lover perhaps? Or maybe you where born an undead, and you're death in life began your... Undeath in the present hm?"

All great theories by the doctor, however he really didn't seem to care that the figure was a zombie of sorts at all

"Do not think you are so special, I've seen a bit of undead, some go to doctors hoping for a cure only to find the only cure is a final rest, most of them loose their minds so you are quite lucky to be around this long"

The doctor begins to use his polearm like a walking stick, sighing as he grabs at the tribute bag he keeps with him

"Soon... I won't have to worry about it... Oh if only I didn't have to"

However this brought some attention to Gideon as he leered at the undead

"You... You do have money yes? Or at least anything of value?"
Keith
*It seems to think about something when the doctor says that he probably angered some god, but it does not mind about that anyways as it looks at him securing his cart.*

*Even it may be true that its current shape is the consequence of a heretical session, the doc's words make the knight thinks about itself for a while.*

"Perhaps, being in current situation is really my fate, just like you're a human. As long as I know that I have been on this land, it's truly the beginning of everything."

*There are more like Severus out there? It wonders if they do held some sort of life energy that allows them to keep living. If they do then... It thinks about something that an ordinary folk will never think about.*

"Losing their mind... If there is possibly a cure, must it more likely to be some purification rather than 'a cure' I believe."

*It turns it head to look into the deep wood.*

"Money? I don't think I have heard about such a thing. If it is a valuable thing, do they use it to barter?"

*It then searches itself to see there is any really thing that it could be use for trading in emergency. The only thing it has currently are its weapon and artifact, which should not be sold.*

"I have Life Energy, it is something like your soul here... However, I don't remember if I could possibly extract it and give to you."

*Thinking more about what it could offer now, there is nothing left it could do. Severus really is really annoyed as it does not know anything about this world, not even the very basic knowledge. Thanksfully, it can still communicate.*

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*It then withdraw [The Filthy Darkness], a long sword that has been with it all the time. The sword has a black handle and the cross-guard shine as it was made of gold. However, the blade is not really shining as if it was covered in dust for a long time. Its withdrawing sound was clear as crystal and can sastify any warrior who loves weapons. In fact, it just appears from thin air like it has been there all the time. Meanwhile the scabbard appears and lies on Severus's hip peacefully. Severus then points the tip of the sword to is palm and pins a stab mercilessly into it. It grunts because of the pain, but nothing really happened after that...*

"As I expected, I cannot extract my life to give it to you..." *It then puts the sword back to the scabbard.*
Catherine
"Of course there is a cure, there's a cure for everything, however unfortunately, once you cure an undead, you have a human with a half decayed body, they die on the spot more often than not, it's icky I tell you!"

He flaunts his knowledge a bit, however none too boastingly, as he eyes the ornate sword the figure drew from their hip, his mouth practically watered at the sight of it

"Hey now... Anything can be used as payment..." He says, reaching towards the sword before swatting his own hand away with his other hand

"No! No it's ruuude, I'd hate to stoop to the level of idiocy of monitor, damn you monitor, if I hadn't listened to you we'd probably be in town by now!"

So it was that the doctor was just a tad bit crazy, though supposedly, living with a curse as random as his would effect the psyche in mysterious ways

"Gah! You never even told me what I'm doing anyways! An undead needing a doctors help... HA! Next I'll expect to get a visit from the dwarven king and his court jester, or perchance a devil would fall madly in love with me though it's IMPOSSIBLE!"

The doctor looked down, his face still in defeat, and quite anxious to obtain payment as soon as he possibly could

"All I need is 12 tiny coins..."

He once again gives a cry of defeat, this doctor was quite odd, he spoke to himself quite a bit as well, but he then looks at the figure

"So?! Get on with it, what am I following you out here for?!"
Keith
*Severes has heard the doc saying 'monitor' repeatedly, and had no idea what he was talking about. Perhaps, it is about the curse the the physician currently having, but that is not the problem currently.*

"You cannot have this one, no matter what." *It stares at the crazy doc and speaks calmly, while resting its left hand on the scabbard.*

"That's unfortunate of you for suffering such a pitiful thing and I don't know who the 'monitor' is, and..."

*It approaches the metally ill man and forcefully grabs his collar, before looking straight at him in the eyes. These two otherworldly carmine eyes of the undead are just like staring straught into his poor mentally unstable soul.*

"Nor do I know what these coins mean, your pitiful soul may need some help, and I will strive to do something at least. If these coins are vital to you, then I will find ways to find them!" 

*Do an undead really sympathise with the man as it is currently living in a cursed life? Or is that just its way to reserve the humanity that was left in this deadly body?.. But Severus is currently in a serious tone, and he grabs the collar even firmer.* 

"I feel like helping you out, so let's find the money first when we get out of this wood! 12 tiny coins? 20 coins? Or even more! Give me more information! Everything you know about this holy strange land! And I will help you, to even find all the money, the cure to your stupid curse!" *It speaks, just like eloquently and confidently as if nothing could stop it from archiving what it wants.*

*After saying so, it releases then man' collar and backwardly takes a few step away from him while still locking its eyes on him.* "Hah hah! What are you waiting for? We should move now!" *It laughs evilly and points at the cart.*

"Get that thing ready!"
Catherine
While being lifted by the collar, he still swung his legs in a walking motion, not familiar with these kinds of confrontation, however seemingly not caring by having worse fears on his mind 

"So not only am I stuck with an undead, I'm stuck with an undead who doesn't understand basic economics"

He rubbed his hand against his chin, still making the walking motion whilst suspended, and upon making contact with the ground once again, begun his strides as if they where uninterrupted

"Fine... Fine... MARLEY!!"

He calls to the horse, and in response it stands up, and even somewhat puts itself in the harness, it was quite smart for a horse

Gideon then secured the horses harness, tightening it and giving it a pat, and as he swung open the doors to the cart, a bird squawked in response, as Gideon picked up a hammer, and swung it gently in the air, and said in what could only be described as the calmest bout of anger ever seen

"I'm gonna- I'm gonna break you monitor, I swear!"

The bird had not a single thought in its mind, as it simply squawked again into Gideon's face

"Okay okay... I won't... But if you steer me wrong again I'll pluck you!"

He then grabbed at a bunny that was on the ground, and placed it on the small bed in the corner, presumably where Gideon slept

"Oh, Gertrude my sweet innocent creature..."
Keith
*In Severus's blurry memory, it can still remember that it used to ride a horse. However, that horse had never been towing a cart.*

*While waiting for the mad doc to deal with his pets, Severus decides to check the unfamiliar area. It squints and turns around to inspect anything possible, and yet, this is just a normal forest with nothing really extraordinary. The path here is likely to be an abandoned trail as leaves and mud have covered the most of it. Perhaps, if there is a path, there must be a destination.*

"If you keep doing silly things with those creatures, the sun will soon leave the sky. We should quickly depart now."

*It looks at the doctor again and the direction that he came from.*

"Let's go straight forward, I reckon that this trail should still lead us to the right place even though no one has ever used it for a long time."

*It is really eager to go right now, lest going to fast while the silly physician is still not paying attention will seperate them. Being in such a situation annoys Severus a lot as it frowns, but could anyone see that expression? Still, it needs to know more about the world, as soon as possible. It crosses its hands, stands still and waits patiently for the man. Patience is the core of everything after all... When it sees the doc is really prepared to go, it will start to move straight away beside the cart...*

"I heard that you mentioned about monsters. Are usually appear in the wilderness? And how possibly strong they are? I don't expect facing them right now, but at least, I can know what I will have to deal with in this land. And also, if they are hazardous, then will anyone rewards you for defeating the monsters?" *It calmly asks.*
Catherine
"Sun leaving the sky? What I'm the devil are you-" 

He stops, and looks up at the now setting sun as he hops on the front seat of the carriage, and takes out a whip

"Ah, yes, well hop in and point in a direction, because I don't know where in the devil I'm going"

He readies the whip, and draws it back before letting loose a crack that pierced the evening glimmer 

"HYAH MARLEY!" 

He cries as the horse whines before beginning a dash, then slowing down to a slow running pace

"Now hurry up, tell me where to go!"
Keith
"Let's go straight ahead. It may... Lead to a destination."

*While saying so, it points at the direction that they should go, opposite to where the doc just came from. It then slowly walks beside the cart...*