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The man flushes with anger at the accusation that his gods aren't real, the air temperature lowers further. But at Oroka's question he poses dramatically, pointing towards him.
"I am the rising star of the New Genzukyu paladin Academy!"
He poses again, his sword and shield in front of him.
"A disciple of the forgotten Lunesta!"
He poses one last time. You would take a moment to consider you've never heard of a Lunesta, and certainly not one that paladins worship.
"I am Gai Jin and in the name of the Moon, I will bring you to Justice!"
He gets into a proper fighting stance now. He seems intent on fighting all of you.

PALADIN GAI JIN: WON'T GO BACK ON HIS WORD!

That worry is punctuated by the twig not being there and Sarari looking up in realization. Whatever he was going to say is drowned out by the world going dark and a loud yelling as Freya is impacted by a man in blue. He lands in a crouch as the unlucky woman is propelled towards the edge of the forest. The man stands up and points his sword at the group.
"Stop! By order of the gods you are all under arrest! Come quietly and I promise no harm shall befall you."
... None of you are really sure who this guy is or even if he is a paladin. I mean, he's got the holy book and the sword and shield but... he looks like he's wearing a cross between robes and a jumpsuit. Also, the air feels a bit colder around him. Not really paladiny you know?

With the subsequent counter ambush, the paladins are quickly cut down, many moaning in pain on the floor as their armor does both a subpar and adequate job at protecting them. Sarari lets out a breath and begins moving on.
"As I was going to say, there's a local sect of paladins that's been going after whatever they see as corrupt... religiously. Unlike those poor schmucks they're not going to be very surprised by whatever you have in store since you'll probably have set it up already. Now then, should they have found the part we're looking for already they're likely making plans to move on it, which means that you guys need to move quickly on it. If not... well, it's probably best to go with the speedy plan..."
As the guide scratches his chin in thought, there's a rustling from the bushes about ten feet ahead.

"I don't suppose there's a clause here about exiting the contract via fiddle duel?"
Kyle jokes as he signs the papers.

An extremely feminine person finishes tying their hair back before asking "What should we expect once we get there?" They then give the girl in the back a look of annoyance but say nothing.

Sarariman thinks for a moment.
"Well, if I remember correctly Wrath is around here. Obviously that means most animals and things around going to be more hostile, so we don't want to rile them up if we can help it... As for people, there's the typical mobs that can be put down easy enough, maybe wandering paladins... Hm, what else..."
He pulls out a map and looks at it for a minute before nodding.
"Oh, yep, yep, that's a problem."

Scene theme: Those fuckin' holy knights be keeping us down man!

You know, despite the whole of the land being controled by overzealous knights that execute people with any taint to them at all, and despite the fact you're fairly certain that at least one of your companions is willing to rip your entrails out and hang you with them, this whole caravan ride is rather peaceful. Maybe it's because of the driver's jolly aditude. Maybe it's the fact that he's paying everyone on the caravan not to kill each other just yet. And of course, there's always the possiblity that people are just scared of the many ton lizard that shoots lazers from it's eyes propelling the craft. In unison you all watch as it fries and eats a bird in it's path.
...
"So! We're going to be getting close to finding the rumored resting place of one of the sins. I'm not worried that we'll have any trouble on the way there but perhaps you want to ask some questions about the area and likely threats before I set up shop?"
Ah yes, his shop. He pays okay for any items you find on the journey that you wish to part with, and of course, sells them off to dumb tourists, rich bored people, and you guys at cut throat prices. It's very standard of businesses really, so don't blame him if you accidentally sell your buster sword and can't get it back because it's too expensive.
You slowly start to wonder how he gets any buisness since he tends to hide in the woods but you feel like it's better to keep it a mystery.

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"Well, it was what we in Arc call "a dick move" and I would like it if you did not do it again."
Jaune huffs.

Kyle looks confused before taking a bite of the proffered doughnut.