Bakos Family/Kurohyou/Mischief within Toren/Aethelmaer Captured

Kurohyou

As Kuro's men continue to march further into the woods, Kurohyou sits within a bush, trying to figure out where this troublemaker is. And in the process, he begins to go through his mind trying to figure out the whole story behind this, while also consulting with his conscience about this whole thing.

(Alright...first things first, would there be any reason that this wouldn't be Aethelmaer?)

~Of course not! Who else in this realm knows you well enough to pull this off?~

(True, everyone else is in the tavern drinking away, awaiting the next battle, and Karibash is helping me out too. So it must be Aethelmaer.)

~Alright then...how do you expect to catch him when your sitting on your arse in a bush?~

(Because he would be expecting me to follow my men, so I am trying to see if he will expose himself.)

~I see, then could you explain to me why you are setting up a string into the ground?~

(That is one thing you will need to find out yourself)

Kurohyou had continued to construct this contraption while also keeping an eye on the treeline, having a feeling that Aethelmaer would try and strike from above.

Then as it looked like the coast was clear, Kuro had quietly made his way to other random spots within the area, continuing to make contraptions.

~Oh! I see what your doing now...your setting up a trap so then you could have Aethelmaer come to you and you can easily trap him.~

(Ummm...yeah, something along those lines.)

Then as Kuro was finishing up, he then made himself a little campout spot, and he patiently waited for Aethelmaer...

Aethelmaer

Aethelmaer figured that Kurohyou would figure he was waiting by the camp, so he decided he was going to do just that and stay nearby. He poised himself up in a tree, but t'was a horrible spot since he couldn't see anything. Aethelmaer heard some rustling about, seeming to circle the tree, and then it was quiet. He was probably waiting for him to just drop down, and spring some sort of trap, which he figured should be a fun thing to do, but not with himself. He took out his knife and cut off a branch as silently as he could, then dropped it down. He heard a snap, as it hit the ground. A snap that he was happy he didn't feel for himself.

"Nice try there buddy!"

He shouted out, then jumping from one tree to another, he landed and slipped. Falling down, he landed hard against a branch, jutting right into his abdomen. Then, sliding off it, his feet were caught by another branch and was hung out of the tree, his head about three feet from the ground.

"Oh darn... Not again."

Aethelmaer exclaimed as he saw Kurohyou coming out of the fray.

Kurohyou

"Tsk, tsk, tsk...Aethelmaer, you were supposed to make this more fun for me. Now you end up caught on a branch, I must say this isn't right. But unfortunately, I must do away with you for causing disruption in my campsite plus impailing Kyoku in the head with a rock."

Kurohyou then took out a piece of cloth and placed it to Aethelmaer's face. Aethelmaer tried to resist getting it placed on him, but to no avail. He passed out shortly after having the cloth on his face and just stayed there on the branch, until Kuro cut the branch and caught Aethelmaer before hitting the ground.

"Okay, what to do with you now, my friend?"

As Kuro had thrown the lifeless body over his shoulders, he began walking out of the forest, then an idea just sprung into his head.

"Oh...now I remember this similar situation! Hehehehe...Aethelmaer once again you leave me no choice but to have fun with the current situation. Now the question is where to do this?"

Kuro took a moment to see where he can give his "welcome back" gift to Aethelmaer. He looked around, and couldn't see any stables, so that was out of the question. For about five minutes or so, he stood there, trying to decide how to properly go about this...