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Post by Javal Zarrias on May 20, 2023 1:00:07 GMT -5
Javal was preparing himself to start sprinting ahead of the group to find the hiding fiend until suddenly he was pulled back by his hand. He almost falls to the floor but is brought back up and dragged hard by a now-running Kamille. He was about to question Kamille’s sudden quick and harsh action but before he said a word he started to hear the hushed noises above them. Kamille quickly dragged him by the hand as the Black Quills and Nadia rushed alongside them.
“What’s going on? Shouldn’t we stay behind and find out what’s going on? Let me at them I’m sure I can take them out, especially with all of our forces”, Javal says not worried about the loudness of his tone.
Soon the group smashed through a door straight ahead with the hushed noises getting louder.
Javal continued to get dragged by Kamille and tried to be less of a burden as he increased his speed so Kamille didn’t have to drag him as much anymore
Soon they finally stop to face three armed men.
Javal quickly lets go of Kamille’s hand and turns to face the men, “Are you wicked fiends ready to face the strength of justice”, he then unsheathes his katana and gets into a fighting stance.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Jun 3, 2023 20:11:52 GMT -5
It was rare for her to have a plan before diving into places, so despite the general chaos and panicked looks, Kamille was very much in her element. Improvisation. Yes. she could do that.
Everything happened quickly, and it could've been seconds or minutes until they were stopped by the three men. Kamille flashed a few looks around, clearly trying to whip up a plan on the go. Javal was... a surprise, to say the least. She didn't know what to expect of him, and despite his jovial and loud disposition, she had a feeling there was more to the young man than his lack of stealth.
"Can you handle them, Mr. Zarrias? We need to find a way out...."
And she might have a way to do that, but she would be vulnerable for a hot minute.
"I need one of them still alive. Do you think you can do that?"
Edgar nodded, as he already knew where this was going. Still, the three man charged forward, promptly targeting the first one on the line of sight: Javal. One of them, the one to Javal's left, was promptly received by Edgar, who blocked his sword with a pair of smaller blades, promptly kicking him in the stomach as he closed in the distance with a large step.
While they fought the man that greeted them from the front, Kamille turned her back to them as she heard commotion from behind them. There wasn't a moment to spare, as fire started to crack at her fingertips. When another set of defenders came in to surprise them by their backs, they were immediately greeted by a huge ball of fire that the Witch hurled at them [1]. A wave of heat hit the group as fire spreaded through the corridor, in a massive spike of mana centered around the woman, as the whole tunnel shook. That was bound to bring attention to them, if nothing else did.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jun 8, 2023 15:53:40 GMT -5
“I got this Lady Kamille”, Javal says as he readies his katana and resumes a fighting stance, and charges at one of the nearby goons. He jumps over him and delivers a “Javal Style: Single Slash”, at his back dropping him to the ground screaming in pain.
He then turns to face Lady Kamille, “I’ll do you one better how about everyone stays alive just really really beaten up” he is barely able to yell that last part before another goon comes rushing at him with a quarterstaff swipe to his head which he easily sidesteps to the left to doge. He then kicks him in the back and hits him in the back of the head with the bottom of his katana knocking one of them out.
The other the that Javal slashed in the back earlier scrambles from the floor and attacks Javal with his short sword, “I’ll get you for that Imp”, and slashes at Javal only to find himself slipping as Javal touched the floor icing it over causing the goon to fall face first to the icy floor.
“Lady Kamille I’ve taken two of these goons done”, he then turns to face Edgar to see how he fared against the third foe.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Jun 17, 2023 19:40:17 GMT -5
Edgar, at this point, had already gotten used to his boss' line of work. While he would usually prefer to be direct and as deadly as possible, her request of keeping people alive wasn’t uncommon.
While Javal went for two of the goons - or maybe the other way around? - Edgar lunged for the third... except Edgar was gone [1,2]. The man looked confused for a minute, and was about to turn to Javal when he received the attack from behind. There was no time to react when Edgar buried both of his daggers on the man's shoulders, making him imediately loose the strength to bear weapons. Not long after, Kamille turned her attention to the man, raising her hand, and with it, the earth answered. Stirring and shaking, the earth rose to envelop the wounded man in a stone coccoon [3].
Edgar quickly pulled his daggers off, rushing to cover their backs if someone else came to aid their colleagues.
"How do we get out of here?"
Kamille asked, but didn’t wait for the answer. She knew it would inevitably pop in his head, though, so she approached and touched his face [4], hoping that the man would give her something useful for their escape. While the Witch searched the other man's mind, however, they would need to keep their guards up and protect her for a minute or so. Edgar seemed aware of that, his stance saying he was ready to defend his boss.
[1]Invisibility [2]Silent step [3]Earth bind [4]Reveal truth
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 4, 2023 19:14:01 GMT -5
Javal was impressed by Sir Edgar’s extreme skills although they were slightly against Javal’s code of honor; he could respect the assassin's ability nonetheless. He listened to Edgar’s question towards Kamille but when she simply closed her eyes and began probing into one of the goon’s minds he quickly picked up what the plan was, at least what he thought it was.
They had to protect her at all costs until she had the entire layout of this place more importantly an exit for the group to escape from.
Javal and Nadia took their positions surrounding Kamille making sure nothing would come after her while she did her work. This position was nothing unlike the security missions the group had already done, protecting people was Drakon’s bread and butter.
Soon after they took up their positions another wave of goons were upon them the trio were surrounded by five goons one with a hammer, one with a lance, one with a sword, and two unarmed fellows.
Javal yells over to the nearby Edgar and Nadia, “Nadia take the unarmed goons, Edgar take down the sword-wielding fellow, I’ll take hammer guy and lance goon, go”.
Javal rushed at the lancer and hammer guy while Nadia jumped onto the two goons. The battle to keep Lady Kamille safe had begun; all they had to do was hold on until Kamille was done.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Jul 19, 2023 10:11:15 GMT -5
At first, it was hard to determine whether Edgar was going to follow Javal's orders, as he had just... vanished [1]. But soon it became clear that, as much as Javal didn’t like his approach to battle, his main tactic relied heavily on stealth and a good amount of less-than-honorable backstabbing.
With only Javal and Nadia on sight on the front line, all of the attackers quickly hurled themselves at the defenders. Three of them aimed at Javal; but the swordsman suddenly came to a halt as Edgar appeared behind him, trying to stick his daggers between his ribs. Despite the sheer strength of the Black Quill, it was clear he found some kind of resistance, perhaps even a chainmail beneath the swordsman's tunic. This, at least, made the swordsman turn to try and face the assassin, where he was met with some dificulties: Edgar was quicker, and between the few blows exchanged between them, he tended to close the distance between them both, at which point the swordsman couldn’t properly swing his sword. Their blows became faster and stronger by the minute, fueled by the apparent rage both warriors had found for each other.
"I got it! I know where we need to go! This way!"
Kamille seemed ready to abandon the man wrapped in his earthly embrace, but only then seemed to notice the fight that broke out in front of her. She raised her hand again, and from her extended palm a ball of fire shot out [2]. Rather than actually hitting anyone, the fireball forced the swordman to avoid it, opening his guard to Edgar's blows. The assassin was finally able to stick his blades at the man's neck, and with a quick, scissors-like move, nearly decapitate the opponent.
"Javal! Nadia! This way!"
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 19, 2023 15:10:22 GMT -5
Javal drives his sword into the lance guy's leg and twists it causing him to fall to the floor holding his leg and screaming in pain. Javal then pulls out the blade and kicks the goon in the head, his friend the hammer-wielding guy charges and swings his hammer as Javal swings his sword causing both of them to clash trying to overpower the other in a contest of strength.
Nadia has no trouble with her assigned unarmed goons; she smashes her bow down onto the goon’s heads, knocking them out quickly and efficiently.
Nadia then quietly sneaks behind behind the hammer guy and as Javal is pushing him back Nadia swings the brunt of her bow straight across the man's head knocking him down. Javal then hits him with the bottom of his blade knocking him out cold he then chuckles, “Huzzah foul fiends crime shall never pay”
Javal then turns to face Edgar seeing his win with the help of Kamille, He then commends Edgar on his excellent abilities. He then runs after Kamille chasing him down through a hallway confident in their escape led by Kamille.
As they passed through following Kamille’s lead Javal could hear the entire area scrambling and yelling for the intruders.
He chuckles, “Boy did we give them the slip now let’s find the authorities and report this to them so we can shut down this scorched one's den and make it into a cool not bad guy den.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Aug 16, 2023 6:53:22 GMT -5
Kamille looked pleasantly surprised at the display of skill and strength by Javal and his companion. For someone who looked so jovial, it was good to see he fought so well and was able to easily stand against such foes. Perhaps she should keep in touch with the fellblood after this whole ordeal. Seeing as the assemble of their team was so seemingly random, she wouldn’t deny it felt like a stroke of Fate.
But these thoughts would be better for later. Now, Kamille focused on guiding them through the tunnels, to where she had seen they could exit. She agreed that they had to warn the authorities on that, but she wouldn’t let the Scorched Ones out so easily either. Along the way, they found a few surprised guards, still trying to assemble themselves against the invaders, but they were quickly dispatched by the combined force they held.
Then, Kamille suddenly stopped at a small hand ladder that could easily go unoticed, carved out of the bare stone of the tunnels.
"Go ahead. This will go into a tavern, if I'm not mistaken. I need to do something first."
The Witch would allow everyone to go up the ladder first, as she felt the stone that surrounded them [1]. She felt the steps running towards them, as well as the main pillars that held the structure in place. One such strong pillar was very close to them, and was the target of her wrath to come.
She looked back to make sure the group would be up the ladder by the time she pulled her stunt, as she wanted to minimize the chances of them getting hurt. But as she felt the guards approaching, she didn’t have much time: stretching out both of her hands, small spheres of fire started to grow, sparks dancing between her fingers. The moment she clasped her hands together and the spheres coalesced, a giant fireball took shape and promptly jumped forward [2].
BOOOOOOOM!
With a loud explosion, a cloud of fire and dust assaulted them, and the whole tunnel started to quake. Kamille hurriedly turned to the ladder to start climbing, as it was evident the tunnel was starting to collapse.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Aug 19, 2023 1:12:46 GMT -5
Javal stayed on guard as they passed through the tunnels led by Kamille confused about just how these scorched one fellows must do so much he then pondered out loud, “How were they able to do all this? I was expecting maybe some troublesome punk causing our initial issue but these scorched fellows seem to have a lot of numbers and resources to be able to do something like this. What or who could be funding all of this?”.
Javal was about to protest leaving Kamille to protect their escape but his retainer quickly pushed him forward, understanding that the witch would easily trounce any foes that made their way behind them. After Javal and the rest went up Nadia climbed up not before looking down at Kamille and giving her a nod and making her way upwards.
The group made their way up the ladder and into the middle of a cellular line of boxes of alcohol coated on the walls.
Nadia says observing the label on one, “My liege it appears Lady Kamille was correct this seems to be the cellar basement of the Bronze Scimitar Tavern”.
Javal nods and says, “Let’s wait here for Kamille to come up before we do anything else”, and sits down on a crate of sake.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Sept 6, 2023 13:31:23 GMT -5
Perhaps she had underestimated the power of her attack - or maybe the tunnels were not as stable as she thought at first. But as she climbed back the stairs to the tavern, hoping the information to be correct, she felt the earth rippling around her and the rocks suddenly felt as unstable as a river. A wave of dust and wind proppeled her forward while the ground faltered before her feet. When she hurriedly reached the tavern, Kamille didn’t stop or hesitate for a second, grabbing Javal's hand and pulling him out, using the momentum to rush everyone that's still inside.
"EVERYONE OUT! NOW!"
As they exited the basement of the tavern into the main hall in a rush, they imediately faced a very surprised and angry tavern keeper, who seemed ready to yell at them. He opened his mouth, and then felt the earth shake. The walls started to crack, and it didn’t take a genius to realize what was happening.
"OUT! NOW!"
There was no time to explain, and they were clearly lucky that the tavern had very few patrons at that time of day. Most people inside quickly took a hint and ran outside on account of the Witch's urgency, and only a drunk mess of a man had to be dragged by the scruff by Edgar.
People shouted and screamed as the structure of the tavern collapsed, along with a part of the street, shaping a huge crater at the heart of the city.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 7, 2023 0:48:06 GMT -5
As Javal continued to sit down on the crate of sake he twiddled his thumbs in anticipation and worried as he didn’t see Kamille arrive he got up and said, “I have to go down there and check up on her who knows what might’ve happened”.
Nadia began protesting as Javal walked over to the ladder only to be surprised as Kamille quickly grabbed Javal’s hand and dragged him from the basement cellar to the tavern floor.
“Woah slow down Kamille what’s going on? Are those Scorched Ones coming up we have to make a stand and stop them”, he protests as they rush through the doors.
Nadia stayed quiet and looked back quickly before sprinting outside alongside Kamille her liege and Edgar they rushed to the other side of the street opposite where the tavern stood.
Javal turned his head curiously at Kamille, “Hey Kamille what’s going on?” before turning suddenly to face the tavern and the street crumbled and collapsed under its weight creating a giant sinkhole crater where the tavern used to be.
The small and angry dwarf tavern keeper hopped over to see his destroyed establishment screaming dwarvish obscenities pointing, yelling, screaming, crying then yelling again as he ran around in a circle pointing at the people nearby to see if they were also seeing what he was seeing. He then came up to Kamille and Javal with a hurry and an angry tone, “What in god's name is going on? What the hell happened to my tavern? Why did you two come from the cellular?”, he said, pointing at the two in suspicion.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Sept 13, 2023 5:14:53 GMT -5
Kamille was once an elegant lady, now covered in dust, disheveled and tired, huffing sharply. As they watched the tavern tumble to the ground and the owner running around in pure frustration and rage, Kamille lets out a relieved sigh.
"Are you hurt, Javal? Is any of you hurt?"
It didn't take long for the owner to turn his attention to them, and Kamille promptly stepped forward before anyone could say anything.
"Your tavern sat on the end of a series of tunnels the Scorched Ones used to their own ends. The exit was on your cellar. They collapsed the tunnel to try to escape, so you can put your damages on their tab and go whine to the Sultan about it."
As proof, Kamille showed the rag that Javal had collected early on the day. The only part of her rant that was not true was that the Scorched ones were the ones to collapse the tunnel, but no big deal, right? She crossed her arms, as the dwarf seemed ready to retort, with his face getting redder and redder by the moment.
"I do hope you have nothing to do with them... Like trying to cover them up, you know? I'll send the Black Quills to investigate it."
The Witch didn't truly think the tavern owner had anything to do with it, but at least that slight threat would keep him from being too loud and complaining of their antics. She turned to Javal. She looked tired, but otherwise satisfied.
"We did it! Looks like our job here is done!"
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 13, 2023 22:09:09 GMT -5
Javal shrugs and smiles as Kamille frets over him, “I’m doing alright Kamille, a little tired and hungry is all, I’m more worried about you. Are you okay?”, he says looking over Kamille’s Javal’s disheveled appearance with a worried look.
Javal was about to bow his head and apologize a hundred times over to the dwarf tavern owner before he stopped as Kamille stepped to him and explained the situation to the irritated fellow. Javal quickly took out the rag from his wet pocket and handed it to Kamille in a hurry to prove her point.
The fellow turned his face curiously at the mention of the scorched ones, “You mean those bloody cultists did this and made a freaking entrance to my tavern. Why I outta, the nerve of those greedy robesman why I’ll find them and show them not to mess with me again. I shall speak to the sultan about this as you suggested”, he then leaves in a huff in the direction of the Sultan’s Palace.
He smiles at Kamille and says, “Looks like it, my friend, we should let the proper authorities know about this. So I suppose this is where we part ways my friend I wish you luck and hope we see each other again perhaps next time we can get some food or drink instead of beating up cultists unless you’d like to do that again”, he chuckles as he waits for Kamille’s reply and walks away.
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Post by Lady Kamille Verlithax on Oct 7, 2023 10:52:53 GMT -5
"I'm okay Javal, don't worry."
If only a bit disheveled and her fine clothing and silks covered in dust, but otherwise fine and unhurt.
It was a bit easier than she thought to convince the tavern owner that the collapsing tunnels was of the Scorched One's doing, and not her own. She assumed their known reputations - both her own and the Scorched One's - did the heavy lifting on that regard.
"They are not exactly a secret society, I'd hope you would have no trouble proving your point."
Turning once again to Javal, she offered him a warm smile on the prospect of having a better encounter next time they met, with food and drink to go with it. She gave him a curtsy.
"I'd expect so! Either way, it was great to adventure down there with you, Mr. Zarrias. I hope we can repeat the experience once again, either by adventuring together or just enjoying some ale at a tavern. Wish you well on your next endeavours. I'm always excited to meet handsome fellbloods on my journeys as well, so... See you soon."
Not without some playfulness, the Witch winked at the fellblood, as they both set to follow on their own paths, never wondering the magnitude of their next adventuring together.
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