<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=136439.msg6298283#msg6298283">Quote from: Sabre on 19-05-2012, 00:28:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Maribelle</strong><br/>The girl looked down solemnly when Maribelle asked after her parents.  But then she spied a holy light descend and strike what appeared to be Lady Miranda.  Were these people graced by the goddess, like in her father's stories?  The thought suddenly knocked her out of silence and she began to beg Maribelle clutching her hand and shaking it.<br/><br/>"Father... they have our father at their base!  If- if your friends are that strong maybe you can also help him!  They took him with them, he made them promise to leave us alone if he left willingly.  I... I don't know what they want from him but please save him!  He's all we have left when mom died long ago!"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Maribelle, having been facing away from the door at the time, missed out on Miranda's encounter with a glowy light from the heavens.  She'd probably notice the change in outfit and weapon of choice later on, of course, but for the moment, she had something more important to take care of...<br/><br/>"I can't make any promises...  But I'll do what I can."  She told the girl, trying to sound as reassuring as she could.  She had a feeling the others weren't all that likely to be interested in running off after some bandits, especially not with the Alaquant army such a short distance away, but maybe...  "First, though, I need to check and make sure everyone in the houses around here are all okay.  It'll probably be a bit lonely, just waiting around here, so...  Would you two like to come with me?"<br/><br/>...Well, maybe if the rest of the group had to actually look these two in the eyes and tell them that no, they wouldn't ever be seeing their father again, maybe then they'd change their minds about going after the bandits?