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Creative Arts and Media => Roleplay => Serious RP => Topic started by: Thaddeus Q. Wolfe on April 03, 2008, 08:50:26 PM
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i don't know if this is legal by copyright laws, but how about this campaign for you guys?
large kingdom slightly like gondor in lord of the rings, you know, the white city style thing...
a kingdom is under durress, the peoples of it are dividing themselves. THe royal familyhas been murdered, along with multi race families. your guyses job is to locate the murderous clan and put an end to their reign of terror.
rules are more or less like d&d, except for the dice thing and initiative.
so, here you go!
(pm me if you have any questions and for me to except your characters)
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Ah! Another fellow player! well met!
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so will you jooin in the quest?
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This could be fun, kick it off
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good, serious Rpers are hard to come by. Let us embark
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okay then, lets get some vitals from you guys
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Haza! D&D I shall join as well
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right then..... you are all requested by the new junta to report to the citadel for a job opportunaty with much profit for all of you
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So um do we need to create stats for us are no? ???
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Tezztor - Raptor/lizard
Class - Rogue
Skills of Note - backstab, stealth, Disarm trap and Lockpicking
Tezztor walked up the stairs of the citidel, a grand building of exotic architecture beyond any he had seen before. A feeling of awe came over him as he walked down its glistening halls, his talons clacking on the floor, echoing through its corridors. He came to a big door with 2 guards on each side. They stood firm and would not let him past.
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Damian - Fennec (desert Fox)
Class - Archer
Skills of note - Double Shot, Power Shot, Magic Shot, Minor Heal
Damian stood at the gates of the city, Quiver and Double re-curve composite Yumi slung across his shoulder. He grabbed for his canteen, forgetting it was empty. After the guards let him through, he walked slowly and easily to the citadel, roughly in the middle of the town
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The general of the new junta sat alone in his throne room. A foggy globe resting in his hand. A face began to appear on its surface.
"Are they all here?" he asked the face on the globe, its reply was almost instant.
"There is a raptor and some sort of mixed creature here, should I let them in?"
"Arrest the mixed breed, put him in the dungeons with the rest of them, let the raptor enter"
The two gaurds outside the thrown room opened the heavy stone doors wife, letting Tezztor enter. A pair of different gaurds placed manacles on Damians wrists, forcing him deeper into the citadel.
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After witnessing the guard haul the other one away, Tezztor cautiously walked into the throne room. He was almost taken by the granduer of it all, never had he laid eyes upon such arrays of encrusted jewels, precious metals and stone. It was such a work of art. When he reached a few feet before the throne he stopped, looking over its ruler curiously before asking, "You ssummoned me?" It was a dull witted question, designed to hide his disdain for such a unusual appearance. He couldn't help but notice the globe in the ruler's hand.
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"So, are you interested in doing something for me?" The large dragon resting in the throne twisted his wrist, hiding the globe from the lizards view. "I see you enjoy my hoard.... if you take this quest you can choose any part of it you wish..." Its face twisted into a sinister smile, lulling Tezztor into a false sense of trust.
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Shade: black cat
Class: ninja(taking it we just start with basic ones lol)
skills: ghost step, stealth, double strike
Shade walks into the palace a moment later looking around a bit taken back but not of the fact of the appearance of the place for as a ninja he had seen many exotic places. "Strange I thought others would be here by now, especially for such an important matter"
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Tezztor gave an uneasy look at the dragon. "That dependss on what you want me to do." He was a bit uneasy around dragons, their ranks often filled with those of sinister nature. Though not all were bad he had delt with the darker half on a few occasions on some mislead dungeon raids. He stepped back when the dragon smiled, it sent a cold chill down his spine, a smarter reptile would've gotten away but He didn't get as good as he was by running.
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Samantha -- Wolf
Class-- Archer
Skills-- minor herb healing, double shot, triple shot, monir swordplay
Samantha walked up to the citadel, flicking her tail slowly. Her ears were at halfset, half up and half down. She didn't like the feel of her fur; it felt like someone was watching her, assessing her...
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"I want you to assasinate some one..."  His smile grew wider.  "A terrorist."
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Tezztor shrugged "Iss that all? By the summons I'd of sworn it was ssomethhing more dangerous" Something didn't settle with him, surely a dragon could handle a terrorist. There must of been something else. Regardless some rewards would be helpful at the moment. "Give me a name and I'll give you blood." he exclaimed in a cocky tone.
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Shade sees the female wolf with a quill across her back, causing him to think her as possibly an archer, and guessing from her dress she did not seem to be part of this area. "Were you summoned here as well?" he asked walking over to the wolf his black cat tail swishing here and there.
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She made it to the doors of the citadel and she glances at the guards, tapping one on the shoulder with a claw gently. "Ahem. Excuse me?" Hearing another voice, she turned slowly, "Oh. Yes. Where are you from?"
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"No where special just a small village village along the snow covered peaks. I am surprised no one else is here besides us, after all such matters as mentioned in the summoning usually a group of people are summoned."
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He looks deep into the lizards eyes, his voice filling tezztors mind, the his lips did not move.
"I want you to kill a fox, his name is not important, only that he is dead. He has been leading a resistance against me now for some time, and i am tired of him segregating my kingdom!"
The dragons voice filled Tezztors skull, a bone rattling roar had it been voiced physically. His voice spoke again, much calmer.
"You will be escorted from the citadel, bring me back his head."
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She adjusted her quill nervously, looking about. "I smell someone coming. A reptile." She glanced at the door they were in front of and leaped back, shivering.
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Tezztor winced at the voice inside his mind, it bothered him deeply. He almost regretted comming but he needed the reward so he decided to take the job. "Jusst a fox? Is there a description or do you want me to kill every fox I come across?" he said a bit aggrivated as the citidel guards came to ascort him out.
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There was a small rustling behind the two conversing people. A rather shabby looking fox attempted to reihde himself. His garments seemed to have once been quite royal, but dissuse and the elements had ruined them.
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Judging from the expression on the wolf she seemed rather serious about what she just said and so with out saying a word he slipped among the shadows of one of the large pillars in the hall way, keeping out of sight until he knew he was safe.
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"What's up with you?" She asked softly, watching the shabby-clothed fox out of the corner of her eye. "You looking for someone or you runnin?"
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The fox was bumped into, he turned quickly expecting a fight, but it was only a person following.
"Are you going to hurt me?"
His voice seemed ruined, as if his mind had beeen cracked by long years of solitude, but it still carried a large amount of charisma. Maybe he actually once was some sort of royalty.
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Tezztor was taken out of the throne room before he could answer. "I guess I'll just kill them all" he thought to himself with some satisfaction. He made his way back down the the corridors torward the entrance, it wasn't long before he picked up the scent of fox. "That wass easy" he said in spite of himself
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She looked the poor creature up and down. "No, honey." Her eyes fell on its tattered clothes and her heart ached. "Let me help you. Where do you live?" She sniffed the air and her fur bristled. The fur from earlier was gone and the reptile was getting closer. "I'll take you home." She picked up the fox and disappeared in the direction she'd seen the cat go earlier.
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Tezztor snuck out the front of the gate, and sniffed the air trying to get a fix on the fox's position. He loosened up when he realized the scent was gone. "Perhapss not as easy as I thought" he walked over to the dirt filled street in front of the citidel and kneeled before some tracks. "I see he iss not alone, I will add more to my bounty" he said to himself as he looked in the direction the tracks led. "Time for a hunt"
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When they reached her home he looked at her and spoke.
"I need you people to help me, the dragon who called for you is evil. He is trying to force you all to devide the city. He already convinced them all that i killed my family, and that it was i who ordered the arrests of all mixed breed families."
The ruined fox shuddered as he said this. He turned his head and looked the window of the home he rested in.
"We should take better cover..... I can still be found here."
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Catching up to Shade, she started running. The fur on her back was as puffed as it could get and her tail straightened out, lashing this way and that invluntarily. "Some's grace!" She swore, sniffing the air again. The reptile was outside somewhere. She could smell his excitement. "I've got a place we can go." She called out, making sure the cat heard her.
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The fox spoke up.
"It is best we flee to the sewers. The scent will cover ours, but unfortunately we won't be able to smell ithe reptile if ot follows us."
His logic made sense, and by the appearance of his garb, that is were he had been hiding for a long time.
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Tezztor crept up slowly, hiding behind a bush on the outskirts of a little village. He heard a shout, and he sniffed the air. "Wolf" he whispered to himself. "Not the target but sstill may now where he is. He snuck around every house, looking for the source of the noise, making sure not to break his cover.
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She shook her head, setting him down on the couch as she bustled about. Packing things in a small bag, she hummed queitly; taking a sniff of the air every so often to stay aware of everything around her. "No, we're going somewhere no one can find." Her soft voice echoed pleasantly throughout the near empty house.
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"Trust me, the best course of action would not be to go out, but down, I can smell that reptile out there..."
All this was said in a hushed voice, barely above a whisper.
"This will sound odd, but do you have an attached outhouse?"
The ex-royalty fox lead the way into the sewer, a vast webwork of tunnels that spread from under the citadel to the small village they entered from.
"Careful not to kill any rats, the rest of the hoard will attack back."
(don't do much for 9 hours on here, i know it's alot to ask, but that's the next time i will be able to moderate your guys posts and to keep thing in line like a good dm would. thank you.)
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Tezztor crept near one house, smelling the scent of a fox. "Found you" he thought as he jumped up and slashed the throat of the fox. When he went to examine his kill he shook his fist in disappointment. "Just a peassant, not the right one" Nearby another villager took notice and screamed and before he knew it villagers were running around all over the place in a panic. He shook his head, disappointed at his own carelessness.
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t the sound of the screams, she began crying. All those creatures were in a panic and some would die because of their blood. She snorted in disgust, following the fox. "I will return the rightful person to the throne if I die doing it." She vowed vehemently.
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Shade watched the raptor exit from the room, staying where he was for now. Glancing back to where the wolf was he now noticed a rather hagard looking fox. Shade thought it best to remain where was until he knew he was in no danger.
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both fox and wolf dissapeared into the hole where the toilet was once sated, climbing domn into the sewer. The smell was over powering, but at least the air was breathable. A shallow stream ran along the center of the tunnel, at it's deepest it rose just over their ankles.
"If you follow me, we might be able to escape that reptile, but only if your friend doesn't lead him to us by not covering our entrance as he enters."
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She nodded, glancing back at the cat. "Well come on then! Cover the rear!" Her nose wrinkled at the smell but she found if she sniffed a certain way, she could smell other scents beneath the scum.
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(not that it matters 'cause the story is to far away, but fennecs aren't mixed)
Damian grasped the bars of his prison cell, unsure of what crime he could possibly have committed having just entered the city. he sighed and stepped back looking out the barred window to the sun.
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"Don't worry I am an expert at covering my tracks good sir" with that he made sure not to only close the entrance to the sewer, but also to make sure none of them left not even a hair to be tracked by and entered the sewer. "Out of curiousity how do we plan on stopping that man from continuing to track us? For he may not be able to find our scent down here, but I doubt that will be enough to stop him completely."((gtg for now))
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She stopped and looked around, wondering the same thing. (see ya knight.)
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((may i join pwease))
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( If you want I wouldn't see why not )
He made his room into a small house, sniffing the air as he entered, ever caustious. "The fox has been here" he thought to himself recognizing a small scent off the air. Room to room he searched, turning up stuff looking for clues. He checked the restroom and saw some extra scrapes on the floor and some water. He went to turn away, convinced it was nothing till he heard a squeek echo, comming from the toilet. His eyes slanted as he looked at it curiously. He noticed a small light comming from the bottom edge of the seat and quickly pulled the toilet out of the way. A stench swarmed him and his shielded his nose with his left claw
"Clever" He thought seeing the sewers and a bunch of rats scurrying about.
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Foxxy: blue fox
Class: karate,self defense
skills:telekinesis,has wings,super speed
wonders around the place for abit, then decides to do some rolly pollys. but ends up smacking into someones legs,2oops sorry2shesaid giddilyand tried to holdher head still
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"How we gonna survive if that stupid scalie is chasing us?" She asked quietly.
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"I am not sure, but we need to think of some way for it to stop following us first."
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Brooke- meerkat
Class- sorcerer
Skills- heal, move silently, tumble and use magic device
Moving silently, feet hardly even padding on the soil, she walked along the wall of the citadel. The dungeon windows at her feet were bare, many half breed prisoners already taken away to places where she could not help her. However, hoping for a single gleam of hope in her otherwise pointless self-apointed quest, Brooke leaned down to each and peered inside. For the most part, there was nothing. Dust floating in the stream of sunlight pouring into the room, and then nothing. Bare.
Losing faith in what she was doing Brooke picked herself up and walked to the next window, sighing and crossing her arms in distress. Maybe she had been too late to save anyone. Maybe she was wasting her time. Brooke leaned down to the next window and stared into the glinting eyes of a Fennec.
Surprised, she jumped back a step or two before realising something wrong with this picture. Brooke leaned down a little and peered into the cell. "Oi... Fennec. Why are you in here? Fennecs are not half breeds. What crime did you commit?"
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Damian started at the sound at the window, he had been begining to loose hope of being saved.
"I don't know, I was called to the citadel upon arriving here, but the guards threw me in this place!"
he walked towards the window to see the owner of the voice better
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"I have an idea but we'll have to bathe four times or more to get the smell and the feeling out..." She closed her eyes to concentrate and stopped, listening to the scrabble of rat feet. "There you are, my little dears." She smiled, opening one eye a little to look at Shade. "What's your name?"
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((um I thought you character was a fox prince ??? ))
"My name is Shade" he told the fox plainly, he did not ask for the fox's name for at this point Shade did not really care.
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Tezztor jumped down into the sewers, landing on the walkway beside the sewage path. A disgusted look was on his face. He shielded his nose trying to block out the overwhelming stench. "Thiss is horrible. Somebody is gonna pay for making me come down here" He began to walk down the path, searching for some clues. "This stench is overwhelming my sense of ssmell. I won't be able to track them as easily through this"
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Standing up straight, Brooke unhooked the long staff (nearly twice her size) attached to her back and set it down on the Earth next to her, holding onto a crease in the wood where, it appeared, a hand was meant to go. She examined the Fennec a moment and then shrugged the feeling off. There had been a large gathering of spiritual potential around the citadel earlier in the morn, though she'd been too late to sense any stray energy around. Though the Fennec sent a cold shiver down her neck.
"The guards here are easily confused," she replied to him, not looking back down. Instead, she began to consentrate on a spell to work on the bars. "Care to be free and walk amongst the furries again..." She smirked down at him a moment, remembering men with egos larger than their bodies from her past. "Or are you too manly to be rescued by aa undead female meerkat?"
:ded:
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watchs as a femalefur breaking into the cell she came out from her hiding spot and wondered up t he"hay need any help"she asked while looking out for any one
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"We should probably continue towards the center of the city, these sewers open into the citadels dungeons" The three companions heard a far off splash. The fox looks wearilly at Shade. "If we do not hurry I think we will be facing a loosing fight"
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The dark grey wolf snorted to herself. "The rats are following us. Maybe if we swim thorugh the sewers, he won't be able to catch us. You are good at swimming, right?" She raised a brow at Shade. "I'm Samantha."
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Damian let out a hearty laugh, despite the current situation. He looked up at her with a grin. "Many a-time have I been saved by fellow female rangers. I have not a problem with my ego, as indeed, many of them are far better a shot." He stood back with his arms crossed, waiting for the spell to take it's effect
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she waited for his reply whilst smiling st the young man who was behind the bars"and why are you there anyway"she smirked
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"and my name is Simel, the sludge isn't that deep, but if we move fast enough maybe we can out run him"
The fox took off down the dark tunnel, beckoning his companions to follow.
"Come, i know the way!"
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"oh, what already done,ok well then lets go i guess"stars to run after himmaking sure not to trip
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"if we follow this tunnel we should be able to reach the lower dungeons of the citadel in a few hours"
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((lol got character's mixed up lol))
Shade simply nods at the female wolf as she tells him her name, and nothing more to that regard. "Just depends how far we will have to swim."
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"You may opt to walk, I prefer to swim. Saves effort later. Lead on." She called quietly, sliding under the shallow water. Swimming after him, she brushed against a few rats and had to hold back a choking scream. She popped her head above the surface next to Shade and spluttered. "Darn rats..." She cursed under her breath, breathing softly on the backs of the cat's legs.
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"As I said, we should walk...."
Simel leads the two farther down the tunnel, making sure to be quiet as they are being followed.
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Shade just gave the wolf a some what of a and your point is expression as her head bobbed back up to the surface. Seeing no reason to be swimming, especially while the one leading the two was walking as well Shade decided to continue walking as well, especially since swimming in fact waisted more energy than merely walking did.
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Simel continues to lead his companions deeper under the city, mean while citadel gaurds were having trouble with several prisoners escaping from the high dungeons.
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She pulled under, grabbing a rat. 'This ought to be fun...' She thought, popping up again. "Hey, I found this little squeaker following us. I have a mind to kill it and pose if for that reptile." She grinned, standing up and walking now. The water was getting cold and there was too much waste for her to swim any further.
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"Whatever you do, don't kill that rat....."
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Tezztor made it to a small room and stopped. He knelt to observe a claw track then looked about the room seeing other disturbances. "Hmm they have been here definately." he said as he looked at the only two exits from the room in which he didn't come from. "Where are they planning to go?" Many thoguhts crossed his mind." Maybe it iss better I try to understand this place for a clue. A sewer of this magnitude wouldn't be built for a simple forest village. It would be built for... " He paused for a moment, "of Course! the citidel. They are heading for the citidel. But why?" He had no time to think he tore off down the path that led to the citidel.
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She pulled her ears back and threw the rat behind her, annoyed. 'That #$^% reptile is going to get my butt killed. Then I'll have to get him back.' She thought, speeding up as she was falling behind. "Where do you think we're going?" She whispered in Shade's ear, keeping her voice low so Simel couldn't hear.
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"It has not occurred to you yet? Surely someone with your intellect should know, but seeing as not I'll tell you he said he was a banished prince right? We are in a massive sewer a good distance from the village, so put one and one together and it should be apparent we are under the citidel." Shade told the wolf all of this in a mere whisper to not too loud, and give away their position.
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Aiming the staff at the small window, she smirked at the Fennec's remark and then finished the spell. Magic focused and directed at the bars, the metal melted in place, providing a hole to climb through. Brooke leaned down and beckoned for the Fennec to climb out. "Best to make haste. I wouldn't put it past the people here to notice that spell, regardless of how naive they may be..."
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"Thought of that. Where we going after is what I want to know." Sghe replied crossly, flicking her tail in irritation.
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"We should hurry before anyone finds us, the lowest dungeon is not to far away..."
Simel picked up his already brisk pace a slight bit more to nearly a run, his torn robes flying out behind him.
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She sighed and caught up with Simel. "How are we going to get you back where you belong? I can take out the guards and be lookout but you;re on your own...." She trailed off, realizing she was mumbling.
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"What was that?"
Simel had a quizical look on his hagard features, he chanced a glance behind and saw his second companion to keep up.
"What I am going to do is free the prisoners. Then we escape."
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She looked around the sewer as they continued on, shivering involuntarily. ''Now isn't the time, Sam. Wait....Wait...wait.'' She ordered herself, rubbing her arms to make the hairs lay flat again.
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There are shouts from up a head, almost like sounds of a battle, or some sort os struggle. There is a general sound of sorrow. The current of the shallow stream picks up slightly, and the tunnel opens into a deep decending tower of cages. The metal tower is full of families, children, old people. All of mixed origin.
"We are goin to have to work fast, the gaurds are going to be here soon"
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"Holy...." She looked around then back to Simel, raising a brow. "All of em?"
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Damian crawled through the small space of the window,. Standing up, he brushed the dirt of his pants. "Of course, but ah, well, they took my bow, and dagger, so as of now, or at least until the next town, I can only really heal, or fight unarmed..."
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"Great a bloody rescue mission" Shade mumbled underneath the black mask that covered his mouth. Not waisting any time he pulled out his lock pick set and quickly began to work on the lock. "Exactly how do you plan on getting all of them out of here?" he asked the fox as he pulled the lock free.
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Tezztor raced down the tunnel in the direction of the citidel, confident that he was getting close to them. He stopped dead in his tracks when he heard a voice echo through the tunnels. A evil grin swept across his muzzle as he vanished from sight, stealthing.
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"We'll free as many as we can."
Simel heard a splash from behind, turning to see a flash of light glinting off of a rptillian skin.
"We've got trouble...."
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turns to him"what do you mean tr.."she broke of"oh,oh dear"muttered"ell now or never"she sighed and started forward waiting for the others
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"I'll serve as a distraction you two get the others out of here while I do my best to buy you some time."
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She nodded, racing to as many cages as she could. Using a foreclaw on each lock, she succeeded in setting a few of the free. Then her luck ran out. "come on!" She urged the rusty lock, swearing under her breath.
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"here let me help"she swung her blade down on it and heard the satisying runch as it fell to the loor"Wow nearly done"
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She fell backwards in surprise then recovered, moving on to the last few cages on her side. "%^&# you..." She swore, unlocking the last one with a lot of cursing and other noises. "Now all of you get the #$^% out of here before I get an idea to deal with you..." She wmiled evilly, flashing her teeth. "I AM rather hungry.."
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"Wow, now thats the fatest ive ever seen anything move"she smiled slyly then looked around"welli guess we gotta go help the others unles..."she trailed of whispering
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"I don't think there's anything left to be done. I'll take a nice little....nap..." She mumbled, slumping to the dirty floor in a coma.
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Tezztor crept up to the holding cells, gleaming with pride when he saw his quarry. He wouldn't simply just kill him, he'd make his last moments a nightmare he'd never forget. At the rear of the gathering of free'd prisoners he snuck and unsheathed his mystical dagger. Quick as lightning a prisoner cried out, blood gushed from his chest, dripping down over a invisbile blade. The prisoner fell to the ground as Tezztor slunk around the now panic'd crowd, killing and maiming and getting clser with each.
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A snarl ripped from her mouth as she snapped awake. "This is the last time I have somebody wake me up cause they're screamin'. Start movin'!" She growled, pushing Simel roughly towards the opening at the other side. "I'll take care of this annoying, furless pain in the tail." She jumped up, claws out, aiming for the reptile.
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Tezztor dodged her first attack ten casually walked a circle around here grinning, his sharp rows of teeth gleaming against the limited light sources. He took out a second dagger and twirled them both as he unstealthed. "No sneaking, jusst a good one on one battle." he laughed as he tossed both daggers aside "Ya know mutt, you might live through this yet!" he said as he swung haphazardly at her, not intending to hit but close enough to get a reaction
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She knew how to fight, living on the streets of her hometown taught her that life was only as prescious as you thought it was. You cared fo it, you'd better've been able to keep yourself protected. "Might, I doubt we'll finish before I have to kill you, assassin." She replied with a sneer, leaning back from the daggers and pulling out her bow. "I'll snap your neck like a toothpick, furless wimp!" She goaded, trying to push him into attacking first. It was always how she played.
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Tezztor smiled. "Good then theres fight in you after all. With all that running I didn't figure you for the combat type" he danced back and forth doging her first arrow shot with relative ease. He dodges past the next, ducks then spins around backslashing and tearing the string on her bow while tripping her with his tail. "Tsk tsk no weaponss" He didnt follow up on his attack he just walked back to where he started his attack and waited, smugly.
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She looked up at him innocently. "You really are a wimp." She said, getting to her feet slowly, brushing the dirt form her coat. She took out another string and proceeded to restring her bow. "Oh poo, I'm all out of arrows, what a shame.."
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Tezztor smiled. "Guess your sstuck fighting wimpy old me" he said as a panicing prisoner, also a wolf tried to run past him. He grabed the prisoner by the hair and held her close, he could feel her shivering in fear. He yanked back hard on her hair pulling her head back, snapping her neck and watched her fall face first to the ground, still alive but paralyzed. "What iss it that makes you try to free these pathetic, and frankly disgusting furs. Their lives only sserve as entertainment" he said grimly as he stuck his killer claw into its back and through its heart, killing it. "I only sseek to end their misery. Let me have the fox and you won't have to worry either"
(Whats a villain without some over the top evil doings? :P)
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(He is nothing.)
She laughed at him, lunging harmlessly. "Why? Because I used to bel ike them. I'm a mixed breed myself. At least I don't fear what tormented me all my life. I can still see your kind, the demons of my youth torturing us innocents just cause we were different. Why would you attack a harmless captive for the sake of hearing them scream? It makes my blood boil..." She lunged again, swinging her bow in a low arc. "But enough talk."
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Tezztor stood there and let the attack hit him, striking him across the thigh. "Do you really think you are that different? You joined combat all the same, with the same intention as I" he said waiting for her forward momentum from the attack to carry her just past him, then swinging around and kicking her in the back, keeping his killer claws withdrawn. He stood up and turned torward her, waiting for her to regain he composure and held his arms out. "You could kill me right now, and ssave that fox. I don't even know his name. Or I could simply just usse my stealth skills and kill him anyways this fight sserves me no good.'
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She stayed on the ground, exhausted. "Then why fight? I have the intention of hurting you, not killing you. I cannot bring myself to kill someone outright. I'll only beat them within an inch of their life to get my point across." She sighed, it'd gotten harder to do what she'd been doing for years recently. Her bow snapped in half and she roared angrily. "%&*$ty bow." She growled, throwing it into the sewer, along with her quill. "It's no use broken.."
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Simel turned prisoners were running pell mell through the tunnel. His shabby looks made him blend in with the crowd. Flashes of blue scales and screems of pain, sounds of battle told him where to go. He forced himself through the crowd, running towards the fight. By the time he reached the scene it seemed to be a loosing battle for his friend. He cried out as he charged, just as the reptile brought down his claws.
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She rose, grabbing hold of Simel as he flew past. "Leave, now." She growled, putting him behind her. "I will stay behind to keep you safe. Whoever his master is ain't payin him enough for anything." She murmured, giving him a slight push.
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he falls back as he is pushed, landing hard in the sewage. As freed prisoners force passed him he is hit hard from behind, knocking him unconcious. The world for him turns black as he slumps low into the water, floating back towards the edge of the pit.
Meanwhile in higher places of the citadel, the dragon king sits impatiently in his throne room. He glances down at the crystal ball in his scaled palm. What he sees angers him so that he flings the object across the throne room, letting it shatter against the wall.
"GAAUURRD!!!!!"
Several other scaled lizards enter the throneroom on his angered command, Standing in an ordered line.
"Go down to the dungeon, bring as many gaurds as you can, and STOP THOSE PRISONERS FROM ESCAPING!!!!!!!!!!"
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Teztor stood at ease. "Very well" he said sighing "Your determination is admirable, I can kill you, but I cannot beat you. Thesse others, they are beaten before my blade ever touches them. I concede defeat to you." he said bowing before her, then goes to pick up his daggers and sheaths one of them. "We will meet again, the prize of your victory, you will need it to defeat the power that lies within." he threw the blade at her feet, landing blade first with a "Clink". It was a powerful dagger won nearly at the cost of his own life. It was etched in draconic runes. In a flash of light Tezztor disappeared and the clacking of talons could be heard fading into the distance
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"That was waaay too easy. And I'm not sure I like all those prisoners running that way..." She turned to the entrance, picking Simel up as she cut the remaining escapees off. "RUN THE OPPOSITE WAY YOU IDIOTS!!! GET GOIN' ALREADY!!" She thundered, ignoring the queasiness from the smell of the sewers. "Simel, I'm carrying you. Point the way we need to go and we'll get out of here. Shade, let's go!" She shouted, ripping the dagger out of the ground as she ran past.
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Not knowing what was happening, simel pointed vaguely down a small tunnel off shooting from the main sewer. He held his hand there for several seconds before his arms and head slumped down, his world going black.
Gaurds were rushing down the stairwell to the dungeons. freed prisoners forced passed them, knocking them down and forcing through towards their freedom.
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"Great... dead weight." She sighed, blowing her hair out of her face and strapped the dagger and snapped bow to her back, careful of Simel. "Shade! LET'S GO!!" She snapped, running to escape the sound of the guards footsteps.
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Luckily the group was able to duck away before the gaurds caught sight of them. Unfortunately, several prisoners had not been to quick to escape, and were recaptured and put back into cages.
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What little prisoners actually followed them seemed to be terrified of Sam, which suited her just fine. "You dolts! Keep up this pace and we'll all be meals for those &^*$ scalies!" She snarled, in a bad mood from the assassin's behavior. She'd never met anyone who backed down without her having to seriously injure them before. It confused her to no end, which made her temper that much shorter.
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Tezztor climbed up the ladder into the citidel from the sewers as guards ran by, the whole place was in a uproar. "Foolss" he thought. "The prisoners are only a distraction from your true threat." In truth he had no intention of letting any of them live, but he had a plan and they were playing right into it. "The wolf, shes defiant and gives no resspect even with the gift of life. She will make a mosst entertaining quarry." the though made him smile. He would tend to them later but first he had other things to attend. He made his way to the throne room.
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She adjusted Simel, toting him like a baby.
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Peering around the corner of the citadel, Brooke bit her thumbnail in annoyance. Guards at the entrance, guards in the dungeons, guards bloody everywhere! Though she knew the Fennec needed weapons, especially with what has happening lately, there didn't seem to be a way for them to get inside to take them back, and she didn't have a dagger or a bow to spare(nor did she knew any spells to make one out of nothing).
Then, out of the blue, another guard came out of the citadel, spoke to the two guarding the entrance and then they all hurried inside! Completely unexpected! Brooke smiled at their luck. It was a definate change from past days. "You must me lucky," she said, pulling the Fennec along to the entrance. "By, the way, what's your name?" she asked as she peered into the main hall, seeing guards retreat further into the citadel.
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Shade though was no where in sight for in fact he had left sewers along time ago when the commotion began, and he noticed guards coming down to the dungeons. Instead now he was in the thrown room, and kept to the shadows until all the guards had left. "I was wondering who the puppeteer was of this little show" he said appearing in front of the dragon.
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she raced as fast as she could but couldnt find the otheres so she hid behind a huge oillaer waiting to get her breath back.she watched as sonme prisoners were caught again, sh tried so hard not to lunge out but she too she would save them soon. keeping her breath down lo she forced herself out to see iif she what her first move should be.
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Damian, walked beside the small magic user beside hi, glad that luck seemed to always favour him. He grinned and scratched the side of his nose. "I'm Damian, and you are?" He cast his eyes around, weary of the sudden lax in security
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"Brooke. Pleasure to meet you." A quick look inside revealed nothing. No one. Quietly the two slipped in through the entrance, past the gates and down the corridors, searching for where one might keep confiscated weapons. There was the foul stench of malice putrefying in the air, wafting into each nook and cranny. It was quite noticeable.
A moment's silence before they heard 'I was wondering who the puppeteer was of this little show' coming from within the next room. A space guarded by grand pillars and wondrous ruins carved into the old stone walls, ceiling and floors. The malevolent aura was strongest there. And within that room, peering inside, Brooke and Damien could see the owner of such a wicked aura-- a dragon, pleasantly seated upon a throne-- and a much-smaller-than-him furry, who opposed.
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Tezztor stormed through the throne room door. "My lor...." He stopped dead in his track when he saw somebody in there opposing the dragon and drew his blade. "You sshould not of come here! If you assk if my lord I'll kill this one for free"
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Shade stood where he was unaffected by the lizard's appearance. "Please do not make me laugh, if I wanted to you would have been dead already, lucky for you I had higher priorities. Also why don't you tell your master how such a splendid job you have been doing performing the task assigned to you. If anything I think it would be wiser for him to dismiss you of your duties and have a real professional like myself deal with duty, seeing as you are incapable of doing it that is."
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Tezztor laughed. "You poor fool, you jusst don't see it do you? I left the fox alive for a reason. I wouldn't expect any small time "professional" to understand such trappingss. Why do you think he saught me out? I won't tell you my plan naturally but suffice to say your fox friend is in capable handss. Hands capable of leading him right too me, as well as any furson willing to take up arms againsst my lord, killing all opposition in one deft move."
He spun the blade on a claw, bored. He looked up at the dragon. "You can choose me, and be sure the job is done. Or you can choose him, one I found with the rebel fox and company. Either way I get to kill ssomebody" he said arrogantly.
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"You boast rather loudly too bad your head is not as big as your mouth is. Face it you coming here has caused you to lose complete track of your target, after all everything lead up to know was just shear luck and nothing more. It is luck you arrived here first and was given the assignment before me, and two it was luck you were able to track us so far. Face it you are a pathetic disgrace, I was surprised you weren't dragged when you killed that man cause he was a fox. In fact I bet if this dragon here was dressed up n a fox suit you would try to kill him."
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Tezztor smirked, listening to the cat run his mouth. "You sseem sure that I'm nothing more then a third rate rogue, stumbling through life with mere more then a trace of luck. Why don't you prove it because as you say, I'm not smart enough to undersstand it." He laughed right in the cat's face, not completely convinved the cat could even last a minute in combat. Meanwhile, his target and company were following the path that he had predicted thanks to his tracking device that the wolf foolishly clings to.
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Her fur stood on end and she stopped. "Take off your clothes, Simel. Do it now." She whispered, making sure the others went ahead of her. "I don't like this...." She growled, dropping the sword the reptile'd given her.
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Brooke looked back and forth from one to the next. She eyed the dragon, the cat, the lizard... Unsure of who to help or if she even should help someone, beads of sweat ran down her face. She looked back at the Fennec, hoping he ahd some insight on the situation. Though she didn't say anything her face showed what she thought like a quill on paper, writing in purple ink. Brooke didn't know what to do and she was worried that someone who wasn't supposed to, would get hurt.
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The fox blushed.
"like I'd run around in the nude."
He looked around.
"I klnow i may not be the best dressed, but we are in a sewer for godesses sake!"
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"Just do it. You can wear this." She set him down, pulling out a cloak. "And don't annoy me. I'll help you take your clothes off in the most painful way." She snapped, bending to remove her own clothes. "You've got fur, right? That's good enough." After removing the last peice, she shook out her fur, left the blade where it fell and adjusted her bow and quill.
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omg "Your naked. Why must this always happen after I black out."
Simel turns arond and sheds his tattered ceremonial robe. He took the cloak from her, draping it over his shoulders. He then pulled it closed around his front.
"Its not that I'm embarassed or anything its just shocking to wake up by a naked person whos telling you 'take off your clothes!'"
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She chuckled. "I understand. But we have work to do so let's go. Are you up to walking or would you like me to carry you for awhile?"
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"Yeah.. just don't ask me to get naked again, at least not here."
Simel smiled as he walked briskly down the tunnel.
"Come on you bumms, I'll take you all back to your homes as long as you don't kill any of my rats. They're trained to fight back."
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Raising a brow, she followed. "Trained?" Her eyes narrowed at the ever-present squeaks of the rats.
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Simel turned to face her, with a crooked grin.
"I lived down here since the dragon murdered my family. THe only reason i haven't ben found and caught yet is rthat i trained the rats to fight back and swarm any one who harms one."
His smile seemed one of an insane man.
"It really works, good."
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"Ah, I see." She murmured, walking briskly. Her ears flattened against her skull and she swung her tail in annoyance. "You're going to leave it there?" She asked, picking the robe up and draping it over her arm.
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Damian held onto Brooke's shoulders.He pulled her close, whispering into her ear, but "It would not be wise to get involved here, it is not our fight..." the unsaid conclusion of yet hung heavy in the air. He silently beckoned her to follow him, stepping into the shadows, and walking briskly down a side corridor
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her eyes flicked from one to the other. unsure of what to do, she sat doown and waited for a response hoping nothing disasytourus was about to happen.
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"I would be glad to prove my point to you, but that is unless our mighty Lord here has another idea, after all I would not want to do anything to anger our King."
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Maybe I can make you a new one... She thought, folding it casually as she continued to follow the cute little fox prince.
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"We should makew for the surface, to return these people to their homes."
Simel turned and faced Sam, his faced returned to a calm and knolegable one of royalty.
"And then gather an army. Only so much can be done with a small group."
He waved an arm for the liberated captives to follow them.
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She nodded, perfectly sensible. Her eyes narrowed in anger at herself but she ignored the thoughts swirling in her head as she picked up a mixed-blood child. This one seemed to be a cross between a tiger and a coyote. It was a pale brown with dark red stripes all over except for its gray belly and paws. She snuggled him to her chest, cooing gently as she draped Simel's robe over him to keep him warm.
He looked up at her with intelligent sea blue eyes and smiled. "Mommy?"
She laughed softly, tickling his stomach. "No, sweetheart, I'm not your mommy." Samantha put her big paw against his little one, tears trickling down her face. "Wish I could be honey but I'm not."
The cub turned over to look at Simel, smiling wider. "Papa!"
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Simels ears picked up, he turned to see the small child in his tattered robes. With a huge smile he ran over to sam, pulling the child from her arms and holding him close.
"I never thought I'd see you again, Tommy."
The child sobbed as his father held him close, neither thought they would ever be reunited.
"I thought he killed you papa... They were so mean to you and mommy."
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She just stared at him, stopping. "Uh Simel, he called me his mother. Enlighten me, please?" She looked at the two, happy somebody had somewhere to go. Picking up another child that hid between her legs, she cuddles it to her, cooing as softly as she'd done with Simel's boy. "Hello. What's your name?"
The panther cub looked at her, frowning. "Mommie?" She asked, putting out her paws.
Samantha put her own paw out and smiled at the cub. "No, Samantha."
"Mommie!" She cried, stubbornly hugging Sam around the neck. Her silvery eyes glistened with tears. "I thought I lost you, mommie.."
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"I guess tommy here just thought you looked like she did... right boyo?"
Simel readjusted the little kit in his arms.
"She's not mommy?"
THe young boy seemed so confused. Either he couldn't remember what happened that night, or was forcing himself not to.
"Unfortunately, lots of children are going to be lookig for a new mommy, I guess they like you."
Tommy hugged himself closer to his father.
"Daddy, if she isn't mommy than where is she?"
Simel held a tear back, he felt so terrible. He had abandoned his family when he saw the citadel being invaded. He faught to keep from letting his child know this, he did not want to seem like a bad person.
"Mommy ran away, they caught her, but she got away. We'll see her soon, we'll get together soon."
Simel felt errible. That was the first time he haad ever lied to his son or anyone, a terrible saddness welled up inside of him, he faught back the tears.
"Come on," He said with a sob. "We should all get moving."
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"Wait a minute...You're not Simel, the prince in the bedtime stories my mother used to tell my little sister before I ran away, are you?" She looked him up an down and put her paw to her mouth. "Ohmygawd... You are, aren't you?" She adjusted the panther cub and tickled her absently. "Shh, it's okay now. I'm here...Now can you let go of my neck?"
The cub giggled, nodding. "Okay. But you won't go anywhere, or put me down, will you mommie?"
"No, honey, I won't. I promise."
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The fox nodded solemly, jis young son held close in his arms.
"THe protector. Though i haven't done a good job of it lately, letting my parents get killed and my kingdom over throne, its people wrongfully imprisoned. At least i am finally reunited with my son."
Tommy looked up at his father and smiled.
"At least you saved me."
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She took a step closer and reached out to wipe a tear from his eye. "Don't worry. I'll get you back where you belong. Along with your son. I promise." She nodded back, shifting the kit to hold her on one hip. "May I see Tommy for a second?"
"I'm Serous!" The kit squealed, giggling happily.
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(which kit, specify)
Simel looked down at his child.
"Alright if Sammy holds you?"
"Okay, but don' go no where, daddy."
Tommy giggled as Samm held him again, he liked her. She really reminded him of his mother, but was unsure if she was his mom or someone else.
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"Hi Tommy. Want me to be your mommy for now? I can help your daddy take care of you. Would you like that?" She asked, balancing Serous and Tommy on each hip. They looked like they belonged there as a rare smile split across her face, making her eyes shine beautifully. "You two are so precious." she cooed, kissing each kit on the forehead.
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Simel enjoyed the look of his chiold as Sam held him, he had not seen the kit that happy in a long time.
Sure, he was glad to see his father again, overjoyous even, but the child seemed content with life as he was held by her.
"Shall we continue on, people? We don't want the gaurds to catch up."
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Kehthall, but he prefers Shadow - Some kind of cat
Class - Mage
Skills of note - Fireball, Freezing touch, Consumption
He walks through the pleasently dim corridors, seeming rather calm amid the confusion. Taking a turn down a corridor less crowded by fleeing bodies and adjusting a somewhat loose robe, his eyes fall upon an ever so familiar fox. He laughs, his amusement clear if nothing else. "Simel!" he calls, his good eye fixed on the fox and his kit. "I thought you dead for sure! Ah, and you have Thomas with you!"
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Simel turns, a familiar face stood out of the crowd.
"That you Shadow? I thought I recognised your voice. How've the tunnels been treating you?"
He reached out a paw in warm familiarity to him, gripping his paw warmly.
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"Sure. I hope you don't mind me holding him too much. I love kits though I've never been around them before..." She looked up at the feline, still smiling at the kits she felts on some level were hers. "Hi. Nice to see you're not here to assassinate him." She joked, moving Serous to hold in the same arm as Tommy. "Simel, how many furs do you know here so I don't mistakenly injure them?"
Tommy and Serous poked each other, giggling. They seemed to be getting along really well for being of different species.
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not many
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He nods, taking his paw and giving a mildly menacing smile as his broken fang was revealed. "Ah, you know, the condensation never seems to agree with my fur." He reaches out and ruffles Tommys hair, only now seeming to take note of the others. "Assassinate? Hardly. Simel and I are far to close. I could never bring myself to harm him! At least for less than ten-thousand gold." He smiles to her, again with the slight menace. Unfortunately, that was just the way he came off.
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She bristled slightly when he touched Tommy then relaxed. "Ah, i see. Nice to meet you. I'm Samantha, an assassin here to help keep his Highness alive." She smiled at him, ignoring the malice he threw off, offering her paw politely. She curled her right arm to accommodate the two kits and flattened her fur, hoping he hadn't noticed the bristling.
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His smile widens as he takes her paw, showing his broken fang again. "No need to worry, I know how I seem." His paws are unfortunately cold, though just enough to be noticeable. "An unfortunate effect of my craft. Spend your life studying the darker aspects of the supernatural, and this is what happens. Blind in one eye, and looking like a madman."
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She shook his paw firmly, no fear in her at all. "I've met far worse. I am sorry you look like a madman. but it's rather flattering on you." She smiled warmly in reply, releasing his paw. "May I?" She reached toward his face, stopping six inches from his hair.
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He nods, not pulling back though his smile fades. "Certainly, as long as you promise not to do whatever you're thinking about doing too hard..." His good eye is trained on her hand, the other looking just as glassy as ever.
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(Have you posted in Unforgiven yet?)
She reaches the rest of the way, pushing his hair out of his face and, closing her eyes, she traces his features with her fingers. "Soft features weathered by time and hardship, things eyes cannot see the fingers reveal, nein?" She pulled her hand back, opened her eyes and pushed her own hair out of her face. "I have a tendency to frighten people when I suddenly reach out to 'see' their face."
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(Not yet, but I will)
He nods. "Ah, of course. Not a skill I share, but you certainly know what you are doing. That, and your hands are much warmer than my own." A slightly menacing smile and a laugh. "You have earned Simels trust, and so you have mine. Though I should warn you, I can be a bit sensitive about my personal space at times."
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Quietly trying to keep up to him, Brooke followed Damien down the corridors of the citadel. The fennec was in the lead now as she kept looking back until they rounded a corner and she could no longer see the entrance to the throne room. She couldn't pull her head up any higher and stared at the back of Damien's heels as she followed suit.
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She laughed softly. "I respect personal space and i only do that every once in a while when I met new people or see old friends. I'll ask before I do anything though." She adjusted Serous and Tommy, smiling motherly. "Sorry I bristled. A part of me doesn't like you touching these angels. But I'll adjust in a bit."
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((waiting on the dragon or the raptor guy to post))
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So how long have you been comrades with Simel?"
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Damian ran quickly and quietly down the seemingly endless maze of corridors, not hesitating as he turned at what seemed like random points. Eventually, he came upon a wooden door at the end of a corridor. Pulling out a small silver key, hey slowly unlocked the door and pulled Brooke inside. "we should be safe in here... hang on..." He walked to a small door in the corner of the room, and opening it, revealed a small walk-in closet. "We may be on suspicion for a while, so we need new clothes..." He beckoned her in with a smile. "Ladies first"
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(in the throne room)
The dragon lord sat perched on the fox kings throne, th two befor him seemed worthy for his cause, though the raptor seemed too eager to kill, not intent on finding and eliminating his mark. This other one though, he seemed a better assasin and fighter. He then looked up at the door. The small vibrations his mind was able to percieve gave him fair warning of what was going to happen.
"Prepare yourselves for a fight, we have an enemy about to enter."
A vicious grin spread across his scaled features.
"Two, in fact."
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"Or friends." She looked down at Serous, who was snuggling closer to her. "Hey, what's wrong?" She put Tommy on her other hip and pulled the little kit up to nestle under her chin. "You got to tell me what's wrong so I can help. Why're you crying, Sweetheart?"
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Simel bends down and looks at the kit.
"You ok little guy?"
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Serous shook her head, burying it deeper into Samantha's neck. "Mommie..." She murmured, wrapping her tail around Sam's wrist. "Um, I think she wants me to take her in...Jeez, as if I don't have enough on my mind. Could you step in and be the dad for a little while until I figure out who will suit her better?" She asked Simel, blushing slightly. She wanted to ask the other one but was unsure how he'd react. "Or he could. I just need someone to help out here since I've suddenly become a mother."
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"I think you'd make a great mom, Sam. You seem good enough with children."
THe group reaches a ladder, and they exit the sewer into a large gatherin space near the market in the lowest ring of the citadel. As it is night, there is almost no one but for a few homeless persons who see them emerge.
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She grinned. "Is that an invitation or a command?" She teased, tickling Tommy absently as she stroked Serous' back soothingly. "You need some food or what?" She whispered, lowering her voice even though there weren't many people on the streets. "You know you're mostly naked, right?" She asked, giggling at Simel.
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"As long as i keep this cloak closed i can keepmy dignity."
Simel said proudly as a wind blew apart the front part of it. He rushed to close, a deep red blush burning at his face.
"Sorry you had to see that..."
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Shadow, off in his own little world for the most part, almost falls over laughing. "Ahaha! You always did have the worst sense of timing! Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't... Shouldn't be..." He takes a deep breath and sighs it out. "As I was saying, I shouldn't be laughing now, but it's been a while since I had a reason. Now let's hurry, we've got an escape to make."
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Snickering, Sam fell into step with Shadow. "He's quite a character, isn't he?"
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He nods, smiling in that slightly malignant way. "Yes, he keeps things interesting at the very least." He sighs, keeping his eyes, or eye at least, forward. "Is it just Simel and Thomas?" He keeps his voice down, trying to keep the conversation from the kits, and from the reynard most of all. "No... no one else?"
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Tezztor glares around impatiently. "Enough of thiss, I got a fox to hunt." he said angrily stepping out of the throne room, a bit disappointed in the lack of faith in him. Once out in the courtyard he grabbed his dagger and focused his mind on it before opening his eyes a second later. "Hmm ssoo she has discarded the dagger, good move. Sstill, those sections of the sewer only lead to the lower marketss" He swings the dagger around playfully before heading down to the markets
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"No, not that I gather. And I was all alone before these kits." She purred, listening to their breathing slow as they fell asleep nestled comfortably in her arms. "Do you have any family?" She didn't mean to pry, she was just a bit curious.
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Tezztor enters the markets through a side entrance, sneaking into the shadows past a few homeless furs who don't seem to pay him any attention. He moves along the wall way and stop into a dark alley. The scent of fox can be found in the air. "Good, the fox iss here." he slinks around until one of the homeless notices him, he quickly and quietly snaps its neck and drags it out of view. He was determined to have his prey.
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"No pack or anything?"
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The felins shrugs and shakes his head. "Simel's as close as I've come to a family, though I did have a pack for about two weeks once. It's actually quite a funny story, if you'd like to hear it." He smiles again, still outwardly threatening, but one could tell he meant well.
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She smiled wider, nodding. "Sure. Why don't I go let Simel know I'm still watchin' him and that I smell reptiles around here somewhere...Dunno for sure though. This place reeks of old fish with a little bit of..." She trailed off, glancing around quickly. "What do you smell here?"
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He shrugs. "Headcold. They keep those dungeons far too humid... It's not really the sneezing or any of that, but I can not smell a thing right now." He sniffs a bit. "But you're right. They are close." From there, he branches off into a story about losing quite a bit of money playing cards and having to work with a wolf pack to repay his debts, his accent causing rolled r's and making 'they' into 'dey'.
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well smelling could be a promblem "she smiled appearing from the shadows"im glad i found you all again, i thought i ws losty, hen u all ran away from me"she frowned
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She laughed to herself. "You get into some tight fixes, don't you?" She teased with a smile. "I don't like how the homeless are avoiding us..." She looked up and pushed the kits into Shadow's arms, leaping to knock Simel over. "Don't move. I smell traitor blood...." She whispered, dragging him towards a darker alley. "Come on!" She hissed, beckoning to Shadow.
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Tezztor stopped his search, he had found them amongst the rats and the rabble. He drew his blade, letting it flash against the light so it shone right into the wolf's eye. All that was visable of him was his blade and his reflective neon green eyes. He didn't care that she knew he was playing mind games.
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"Of all the days I can try to relax..." She growled, setting Simel down behind a trash can. "&*^% reptile-raptor piece of living junk..." She cursed, watching for shadow to move out of the way with the kits. "god, please don't let us all die here..." Drawing her short dagger, she pulled Max in as she walked past, clamping a hand over her mouth. "Shhh....Don't make a sound. That thing's been after us since I met the fox. Keep an eye on him.." She whispered, jerking her head back at Simel.
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she nooded sounlessly and prepared herself for the worst
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Watching the flash of eyes and sword, she removed her hand. "I'll take care of this." She muttered, walking casually out of the alley, hiding her dagger. "What do you want?"
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Tezztor smiled before vanishing into the darkness, a second later appearing behind the wolf, slashing at her tail cutting the tip off then vanishing back into the darkness. "You dropped my gift to you, that wassnt nice" In truth he didn't care it served its purpose he'll retrieve it later. He appeared from the darkness in front of her, his blade touching the tip of hers. "Did you miss me my dear?" he asked slyly before slashing at her, but she parried and got him across the upper arm. He made another attack lunging visciously forward, the wolf side stepping getting him across the leg. As her attack cut him he grabbed her arm, twisting it so she spun around and he slashed her across the back. He stood back grinning. "You fight good"
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"I hadn't noticed." She hissed, clenching her teeth in the wave of pain washing over her. "Whatcha going to do now, Raptor scum?" She turned her head to look at him, eyes glinting maliciously. Her eyes strayed to Shadow who was still in the street. "Move!"
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Shadow hands the kit to Serous as he steps between her and the lizard. "Go! I can hold this one!" He generates a ball of fire in one hand and plunges the other into the murky water of the sewer. As one hand cools the water to near freezing, the other evaporates it into a blinding cloud of steam. "Run, and take the kits to safety!"
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Tezztor eyed her, then the others trying to escape. "Can't escape your inevitable fate" he said playfully tossing the dagger back and forth between hands. He lunged at her again, knocking the wizard aside with blade side downward, catching her blade midair creating sparks. In a act unexpected to him she spun her blade around and stabbed it into his leg. He fell to one knee while she continued to press it downward. At last the sheepish grin fell from his scaley mug and he clutched her hand, his claws digging deep. For a second they struggled before he managed to pull the blade back out. At once he snapped his wrist to the side, turning hers the wrong way and snapped it, making her drop the dagger. He grabbed it then rolled backwards, his killer claw hitting and killing a rat. "Playtime iss over, time to die!" he said as he prepared to lunge forward again. But a weird noise came from the direction of the sewer entrance and he turned his head to see what is was...
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"Finally they jump inot good use.." She whispered, cradling her wrist and the two kits. Samantha looked to see rats pouring out of the sewer like water. "I'll need your help carying Simel and there's another with us..." Her wrist started to puff up. "^&*%!!"
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Hurls a ball of fire at the lizard, partly to slow him down, partly because he was mad. "Here, give one of them to me." He puts one hand out to her, the other pointed toward the lizard. "Quickly, he will only be occupied for so long." At the very least, the lizard would be susceptible to his elemental spells thanks to his cold-blooded nature. He was unsure of specific effects of heat and cold on reptiles, but he doubted they were particularly pleasant.
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Tezztor glanced back at the rats as a fireball hit him. Draconic runes lit up on scales where the fireball hit, the dragons magical resistance finally comming to some use. He glared at them angrily before leaping up onto a balcony, stumbling a bit on the landing. He held his leg and cringed before yelling down to them. "Next time, there will only be your death" He jumped onto another building, then to the ground before limping out of the exit.
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she knew they needed help so now she closed her eyes and felt the rush of power take her she closed her eyes and rose a bit then opened her eyes suddenly and snarled "go back you filthy scum"she spun her hands infront of her and a whole wall of sewer water come up potbtialy hiding them then she let th water twirl him arounf in a water knd of tube and made it go stronger"move"sge screamed over th howl of the wind. she prepped her hands forward frcin the ewater to go thrashing against the wall,with the monster inside.she grimaced as she felt the energy leaving her, but anything for her friends.
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Growling, she nuzzled the kits and lurched into Shadow's arms. "Support..me...I can't stand right..." Her eyes dilated and her tail fell to stay between her legs as she shook violently. "Poison..." Samantha growled, rage twisting her features as she struggled to keep Serous and Tommy from falling out of her arms.
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"Rather impatient is he not my lord? No matter your wish is my command" with that Shade stayed in the throne room, and prepared himself for the two.
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Shadow puts an arm around her, steadying her and leading her away from the sewer, making a note of his fire spells ineffectiveness. Without that, he would have to get uncomfortably close to be any sort of threat to their serpentine pursuer. "Come now, let's get somewhere safer. Somewhere you can rest."
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She nodded, sighing in frustration. "Curse my slowness. I should have been faster...and paid attention better..."
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Tezztor limped into a small passageway and knelt down on his good leg. He grasped the wound with both claws, it was still bleeding badly. He grabbed a torch from a nearby wall and sat his blade in the flame. He then breathed in preperation two times before placing the scorching hot blade across the wound closing it. He roared loudly in pain. Fustration was a understatement, a violent temper swarming him like a army of ants that he could feel in every bit of his body.
He got up slowly, making sure not to aggrivate the wound. A homeless person came up asking for change and he stabbed him with his dagger and tossed him aside. The dragon could keep his bounty he wanted revenge now. "One way or the other they will enter the palace, itss going to be a bloody battle but should they make any mistake, it will be their blood I claim as wel as any other who triess to get in my way." he said as he stormed through the town leaving a bloodied mess in his wake.
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she turned her head again"great,OH just GREAT forget me AGAIN"she shouted out in frustratin "well at least i showed him "she smiled and looked at the wall of water that was hsimming upwards,ti would certainly keep him away...for now that is.she shivered then went in search of the other too
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She looked over his shoulder and motioned weakly for Max to come to her other side. "I'll need both of you to keep me up, I'm not losing these two or Simel to that scum." She hissed, pain ripping through her sides.
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Shadow leads the group to a shady spot in a mostly collapsed building. "Well killing yourself isn't going to do them any good. Sit, rest. You need it." He sits the kits down on either side of her. "I'll keep watch, and let you know if anything is coming."
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After the blinding effect wore off, she struggled to sit up, frustrated with her weakened body. "I'm fine, I promise." She muttered through clenched teeth.
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He laughs humorlessly. "Yes, and I am lord of Gilead. You are resting even if I have to force you to." He stands in the doorway, clearly there but for whatever reason taking on a somewhat etherial quality. "Rest. You need it. Gods know how rough things have been, and how rough they are going to be."
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Her eyes narrowed, she huffed. "fine. As soon as I'm up, we move. I don't like being oblivious to what's going on. It makes me nervous. Wake me if anything goes wrong, or carry me. I doubt I'd be able to stand." She muttered, hoping he could hear her as she leaned back to lay down. Adjusting the kits to lay beside her for warmth, she closed her eyes and fell into a shallow sleep, breathing fast and irregular.
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she came and stood by Dave and sighed with exhaustion the relaxed abit she piked up the the little boy and asked if he was ok ((are kits kids or kits))
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Simel lay back against a grimy stone wall, an audible sigh escaping his muzzle.
"Why must there be such pain? I am supposed to be the protector, but every one is getting wounded."
Tears welled in his green eyes, he forced back his sobbs as he hung his head low against his chest. His son, Tommy, crawled near him and held him as he wept in the back alley, his companions tending eachothers wounds.
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At his words, she woke. Turning to him, she shook her head. "no, it's not your fault. It's mine for being blindsided. I was not paying attention when I should have." She struggled to her feet and walked over, gritting her teeth. When she reached him, she sat down with a thump and put her arms around him, including Tommy as Serous hugged them as well.
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"No, it is my duty to protect those in need, whenever possible."
He looks down, tears dripping from his eyes.
"It's that God-for-saken curse! It makes me freeze when people are being harmed."
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She shook her head again, pulling him closer. "Hush now, no its not. Don't think that way. We'll pull through this, I just need somebody's help patching my wrist up and draining the blood. We'll be fine, trust me?" She murmured, wiping the tears away. "Now stop crying." She smiled at him, licknig his cheek affectionately.
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"Blood letting is no cure, it only causes more suffering and further weakness, we need to find Serouses father, soon. He knows all the anti-toxins."
Simels tears soon halted, he looked up as he spoke, determined to save his dear friend before it was too late.
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He stands in the doorway, a thin smile on his muzzle. If there was anything that could pull that fox out of it, it was someone in trouble. He laughed softly, his good eye trained on the alley outside, ears perked to the faintest noise.
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He stood and walked near the door.
"Can you hear anything?"
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Serous looked up at her name, licked Simel's and Sam's cheeks, and purred. "Papa loves me. He'll know what to do, won't he Mama?"
Sam nodded, nudging her motherly. "Of course sweetie. But now we need to help Simel, right?" She looked at Simel and smiled. "The only way to drain the poison is to bleed it out. It'll only take a minute or so."
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Through the pitch black a light shone from above, the moon could be seen through the circular opening. Suddenly a face looking down into it before a figure jumped down through it. Tezztor landed into the sewers with a thump. His leg was badly injured but at least functional. Through the underground passageways he walked casually, finally stopping when he found his dagger amongst a bunch of clothes. "There you are old friend." he said picking it up with a smile. He looked at the blade for a moment, alnmost regretful of the night's events. "Remember the old dayss? What have we been reduced to? I faught proudly through the dragon's keep to sslay it and claim you. Not many could've done that. I was once a great warrior." he sighed. "Now petty civilians cut you." He sheathed the dagger and made his way back topside
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Simel turned and scratched the top of his sons head.
"You might not want to do that sam, for all you know it could amke the infection worse."
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Shadow shakes his head, not bothering to answer. Aside from the shuffle of the peasant folk, the city around them was dead. Utterly silent. And even the peasants made little noise. A cough here, a crying kit there. It was erie, and he planned to look into it later, but for now irrelevant.
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"Usually the town is more lively, something isn't right, more not right than it was before..."
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"Infection? Who says its infected? It's a defensive mechanism that happens every time something foreign breaks my skin. I blood let to keep it from actually harming me." She explained, using her teeth to cut her wrist an inch below where the raptor's claw had entered. As the blood flowed out, she felt lighter, like she was weightless. "Oh...no..." She murmured weakly, giggling. The lightheaded feeling was going away, she could see again and the swelling had gone down considerably. "Ouch..." She winced as the last of the poison drained away and slumped into a half sitting position. "We should move...He could come back..."
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Tezztor found himself back in the markets. People were still running about tending to the wounded, and crying and mourning the dead. A few of them gathered around him, weilding mundane weapons, such as rusty knives and blunt objects. "Killer! Murderer!" they shouted at him. They closed in around him. He simply smiled and drew his blades. "I no longer have the will to murder any of you, sstep aside and let me to my business or I will" he said simply. He had a debt to pay and no manner or citizens would stop him. Only a few backed off, the rest lunged at him. Through the mass screams could be heard, blood flew and moral dropped. Once again the place was in a uproar. He broke free and made his way out of sight to hunt again. "After thiss," he thought "I'm gonna find a quiet place, find a mate and settle down"
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His ears perk at the screams, and he ducks inside. "This cannot be good. Come, we need to find somewhere more sheltered. Move into the shadows at the least." He grabs Sam, careful of her wrist, and drags her into a shaded corner obscured by some rubble. "This should suffice. Keep the kits in there with you. I will stay on watch. Simel, do as you will."
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Her ears flattened and she growled low in her throat, "He's back..." She managed through her clenched jaw. The pain was subsiding a bit.
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suddenly stands up and stands towards the noise"ill hold them of dont worry, you get going ill catch you up...its about time he learned a lesson"she sneered and started to run towards thr predator
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The kits huddled beside her, nudging her gently. They could tell she wasn't feeling well.
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she swung round to see if they were moving"come on you have to go"she shouted slightly
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She lay there, slipping in and out of conscienceness. Serous lay beside her head, mewing quietly. Tommy seemed to be staring off into nothing, ignoring all of them.
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Tezztor walked into the markets where he had last seen the wolf. Peasants where running about in panic, throwing the place into a uproar. He walked around from building to building searching. He sniffed the air and caught their scent amongst the putrid bile that was this foul community. He did not smile this time, he wanted revenge and he planned on getting it.
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she decided it was safe no longer and went about picking up broken, she knew the kits wuld follow she would try to, no she would protct them as much as she could
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Simel aided her, lifting the poisoned female by her shoulders.
"I told her not to make a larger cut, the poisons spread too far, we need to find Serous's father before she dies."
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She woke with a grunt. "Pfft. I'm tired is all." She growled at Simel. "You worry too much foxy." She smirked, laying her head against Max. "I haven't slept since last month. I just need sleep and I'm a zombie. Let me sleep?"
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He wandered closer to where the scent eminated from. "Where oh where are you hiding" he said cheekishly. He scraped his claws along a building, circling it till he came across its entrance. He slowly slunk to the side of the door and along the wall till he came across a window and peered inside. Quickly he ducked again. "Gotcha" he said slinking back to the door. He raised his daggers, waiting for just the right moment.
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she perked her ears up at a sudden sound "god darn hes already here"she whispered through griited teeth"right you ll have to tke her, ill see about the kids in a minute, just let me see what i can do here" she turned and closed her eyes letting the power flow through her bodys o she glowed then sh thrww out her wings and jumped out the window ready for action. she turned quickly through the glass, hoping to catch him of gaurd and threw all the shattered glass towards him.
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As she slumped against Simel in exhaustion, the kits clambered up his legs to cuddle in her limp arms, shivering in fear.
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He glances around, he needed to find a way to escape, he wouldn't have much time and the older female was ignorant to her current situation. He sees a door towards the back of the room. not even knowing where it heads he pulls them through, hiding them from the danger.
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Serous stands up in Sam's arms and jumps down, whispering and gesturing frantically from Simel to Tommy then to Sam, muttering in a strange tongue. "Gala elk machfrien. Frenk faor grata. Moi Faira Sinclair. Tre esth iom herc vail haila." Noting the look of utter confusion on the other kits face, she changed speed. "She is dying. We need some herbs. Get Fara. She will collect them for me." She glanced at Samantha and sighed in annoyance, flicking her tail. "Delair oin frema. Grot ahl scair."
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Simel had to act fast, it would not be too much longer before his curse would cause him to black out and freeze. Sam needed help and Fara could give it to her.
"FAyyherr....."
His call turned to a moan as he slipped into unconciousness, unable to react to any thing around him. Scared for his father, Tommy jumped onto him, trying to wake him.
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Growling on frustration, Serous threw her hands in the air and ran out of the room. "FAIRA! SINC OIY MOY FREIA!!!" She shouted, flicking her tail back and forth as an old jaguar sidled up next to her.
"What is it, Serous Singer?"
"Ma freeir ishd jukkal." She replied, anger brightening her eyes.
"I see. Let's go then. Gret hial forma."
They got back to the house and the graying jaguar stood over Sam's body, muttering. "Jakkil moi bakks, noni pluis ijk. Serous, hel maa jakkial. Moi benigh?"
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Tommy was afraid, the small kitt could smell death was close at hand, he did not know if it was Miss Sams, or his fathers, or both.
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"None, greta noi juk. Noi benigh hel." The kit replied, pointing to Tommy and Simel. "Coi maa ver?"
"Noi, jik no frin, miw ghel. Moirre ghetal, kild frink, ke?"
"Lukka. Cestr trail? Mio gron negami?"
"Crest Hill. Noi maa tooa."
"Lukka. Nie har youto kie geri."
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Tommy starts to cry, he cannot get his fathers attention. The older fox was unable to move, his mind was screaming at his limbs for them to work, but his concious's shouting came to no avail.
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"Non mai ju. Fi hal hooy." The old jaguar replied, patting her head as she leaned over to instruct her. She glanced at Tommy and Simel, nodding briskly. "Bri hei wone getz." Noticing the look on the kits face, she sighed. "Serous, trahuney foi mah."
Serous bobbed her head. "She says bring him over here. She will help."
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"I don't, i don't thik i can move him.." The kitt sobbed, tigging at his fathers shoulders. He only managed to make him slump. simel wanted to cry out in anguish at his inability to help, and felt himself fall face first onto the stone floor.
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Faira stepped over, gently securing him in her arms and continued sitting Samantha up while Serous hauled Simel to hang from her shoulders. "Too much walk?" Faira asked, shaking her head. "Crest Hill caa wair. Kaal Raptor. He find food and water, gret, ya?"
The small jaguar-wolf bobbed her head again, adjusting Simel then walking to the door. "Shouldn't I take him with me?" She spoke in universal tongue for Tommy's sake.
"Nei. He can be taught. I... youi him."
She bobbed her head a third time and slipped out the door at a trot, keeping to the shadows.
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Simel could feel himself being dragged outside, he would really rather be walking or helping his dying friend, but if something wouldn't be done soon, the curse would lift itself, as her danger will have past, as well as her life.
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Tezztor heard a commotion inside and peeked in but quickly pulled himself back as he noticed the wizard keeping watch. "Hmm I'll need another entrance" he thought as he looked around, his keen raptor eyes surveying the cityscape. He jumped up into a blackflip onto the roof, stumbling a bit on the landing because of his leg. the roof itself wasn't particularly strong, he could break through and tag the fox before anybody had a chance to react.
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Simel could see a large blue scaled creature on the roof of the building, it;'s back turned to him. His paralysis kept him from making any warning to those inside, or those around him had had paid no notice.
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Serous wrapped her tail around her waist, securing Simel's legs, and glanced back. "Oye, sae us."
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"can i elp"she asked
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"Sure, we're looking for a short lizard who calls himself raptor. Let me know if you see him. He's got black scales and a neon blue tail." She glanced back again, sighing in frustration. "Papa, why'd you have to go away? Why didn't you stay here....Momma needs you..."
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Shadow catches a shimmer of light out of the corner of his eye, moving from the street to the roof. He clenches one fist, the air around it dropping to around freezing, then farther. Of course this spell was of a very limited range, and anything not physically touching him would likely not notice. But other than that, he did nothing.
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"i do know, but as in...its not as in i havent benn with or....Oh For get it...here let meh help u up, or would u like meh to tke the kids..im usually good with them
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Tezztor grinned, before kicking in the straw covered roof and dropping in, right behind the fox. He kicked the fox to the floor before saying "I've hunted you long enough, time to die." As he raised his dagger to strike he noticed something was amiss and looked around. The fox didnt make any attempt to get up, and the wolf he attacked was sitting there looking like death was upon her, kits huddling near her. "Well issn't that sweet." he remarked as he walked over to her, shoving the kits to the side. He lifted her up off the ground by the neck. "Caussed me quite some trouble wolf, but don't worry I'll kill the fox first I wouldn't want you to miss it." he said sadistically as he dropped her turning only to see the wizard. "And who might you be? Came to join thiss merry band of misfits? Do not get in my way"
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Since she had hidden when the raptor dropped through the roof, she slid behind him, sliding her dagger to his throat and whispering in her native tongue. "Wae gaal un I sli thy neck."
Serous growled to herself as a blue tail flicked just beyond her sight. "Raptor, Eba time ro Gama."
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(Hmm... Maybe I read everything completely wrong but I'm not sure how what I said translated into what you said. Let me re read a bit back to make sure we are on the same page.)
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(There's a jaguar in there with her then tommy. Simel is with Serous who's looking for her mother's friend Raptor, a black gecko.)
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Tezztor's face went emotionless. "Go ahead, cut it." he said simply. He was happy to die, he deserved it for being caught offguard he was careless and cocky. "Cmon send me onto the halls of my fathers" he said without a ounce of fear.
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She loosened her grip and snorted. "Nai, you ta cocky. Need more training is all." She replied, pushing him away. "Go find serous, bring Raptor back, nai?"
Cold claws danced across her neck as her face split into a smile. "Loe. Nis ta see you Raptro."
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Tezztor grinned as she pushed him away. He swung back around, tripping her with his tail. He quickly threw the wolf's blade, pinning her arm with the blade against the floor. He punced on her intending to ram the other dagger into her maw. His left foot landed on the pinned arm, ensuring it will be on no use. She grabbed the dagger trying to prevent the attack, but he grabbed her arm, and slowly forced the blade downward. "It.. iss not training I needed, just pity" he smiled baring his sharp teeth.
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Samantha groaned, opening her eyes. "Oh, hell no!" She snarled, leaping on Tezztor. "You piece of worthless scales! You NEVER attack Faira. You want the wrath of a thousand ticked off demons sicked on you?" She demanded, forcing him to move the dagger as the old jaguar used her powerful hind legs to push him off.
"Poi." She cursed, moving her hands in a complicated design quickly. "Nagai mori ma gei. Tasua nogie meh hol."
The claws stopped dancing and a pair of strong arms surrounded the kit. Serous smiled from ear to ear. Nuzzling him, she purred. "We go see momma now?" "Sure, show me where."
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Tezztor unsheathed the second dagger, keeping at the ready. "What kinda foul magic you trying to conjure up witch" he said wearily. He eyes moved back and forth from the wolf to the panther. "Ssurely you don't need magic to take me down." he said bluffing. Magic always made him nervous, he was as good as anybody in physical combat but against magical appirations, his claws could not cleave.
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"Mema, ghosa tal ferra." She replied, patting the jaguar on the arm.
Faira nodded, finishing the pattern and mumbled a few more words; "Peir ve inka nuw. Vavar por?"
"Lucca. Hela non fraibd pael neam." She swung her head to look Tezztor up and down. "Ferral. Ghosa gao rees." Her mouth twisted into a wicked smirk. "You don't know who you just ticked off, do you?"
The gecko busted the door open and sat Simel and Serous on the floor gently. "Floro por vavar? He beng Serous aki?"
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Tezztor pointed the blade at her. "Certainly not you, who'd be dead if it weren't for your friend. I welcome any challenge" he said, spinning his blades around. He was afraid of nobody, if he died in combat against a superior fighter then it would be a honorable death. You don't hold back when you got nothing to loose.
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The smirk widened as her eyes narrowed to tiny purple slits. "Maybe you have. I wouldn't worry about me, monamie. I would be more concerned with this tyke." She pulled out a sleek black rope, still smiling nightmarishly.
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Tezztor gave her a curious look. "Tyke? Your gonna have the kitss fight me now? I have standards too you know." He said shrugging it off. The thought of fighting a kid was obscene even to him. Never the less it was probably a trick and he didn't let his guard down.
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The smile got more frightening. "No, this." She snapped, throwing the rope at him where it immediately morphed into a snake and twined around his neck, squeezing mercilessly. "Now, Mema. Heri nul pora va herel."
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Tezztor gasped for breath, clawing at the snake frantically. He fell to his knees stabbing it repeatedly with the dagger but the magical serpent would not release. He reached into his pack hurridly and pulled out a third, vicious and mystical looking dagger and stabbed the snake with it. The magical snake dissipated and he sat there choking, struggling to get his bearings back. He finally spoke again, "Iss that the game we want to play. Fine I will play." he said as he threw both of his regular daggers to the ground and wielded the Demon's Bane. He looked over at the semi paralyzed fox. "All I gotta do iss kill him and I win. But where iss the fun in that" he said, still coughing a little
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She pulled a second rope, this one black with red accents. The nightmare smile increased in fright and size. "See if you can best this one, mi suer."
Faira growled under her breath, throwing a piece of metal at him, transforming into a metallic serpent that worked with the rope, twining around the raptor's neck and squeezing mercilessly.
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Tezztor struggled a bit, chopping at the metallic snake without luck. He suddenly just dropped his arms and gave up and sank to one knee. He simply just looked over at them with a smile and stuck the blade into the floor blade first before falling forward face first onto the floor. He twitched a few times before becomming completely still.
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After a few more seconds, the two snakes dissipated and Faira bent over him to confirm he was knocked out. "Good. Toio ele ce's." She growled.
"Lukka." Samantha replied, laying down on the table once more. Serous brought Simel over with Raptor in tow. "We help Simel too?" Sam nodded. "Yea. Raptor, sie iche olg."
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she sat down and sighed "im confuzed"
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Shadow leans back against the wall, shaking the frost off his paw. "Hmm... Well that was interesting..."
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After a few herbs were applied to her wound, she fell into a fitful sleep.
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she watced her in her sleep, an siled seein her so happy ws great and she loed sopeacefulit nearly scare her
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Serous and Faira bustled about, fixing things that had been broken before they'd entered. Their fingers were nimble and quick as they mended rips in Samantha's clothing. Raptor worked quickly to set Simel in a good position for when he awoke as he took a bucket of water to throw on him. "Wake up, sleepyhead. No sleepin' on the job, man!"
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she laughed ightly at his face of suprise than anoyance and lokked away so he couldnt see her smiling
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Being out for an hour or so, she was disoriented when she woke up. "Wha...? Where am I?"
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Simel woke quickly upon the cold splash of water upno his face, Samanthas trouble had passed, so the effects of his curse wore off.
"Why'd you do that!? I wasn't asleep!"
A little peeved, the royal fox looked quickly around to gather his current situation.
"Where's Tommy?"
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At Simel's voice, Samantha groaned. "Welcome back to the world of the living. Glad to see you again." She smiled weakly, moving to wrap her arms around him and lift him to cuddle in her arms. Nuzzling him, she purred in content. Serous clambered up her leg and set Tommy on her right shoulder, sitting on her left. "Here we are!!" Samantha looked down at Simel, a slight blush forming on her cheeks.
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"Ok, good, every one is in good health."
a heavy weight seems to have been lifted off his shoulders at this.
"Shall we find a way to escape now, or have we already done that well i was paralyzed?"
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Samantha grinned, nuzzling him affectionately. "Eh, let me ask Raptor." She turned slowly to the blue-tailed, black-scaled lizard. "Wozai groi qeu?" The lizard nodded. "Lukka, wazoi foor?" Samantha rolled her eyes. "Esca. Are you coming with?" She asked softly, her breath tickling Simels' fur gently. "If not, qeu hil yuo goe?" The lizard shrugged his broad shoulders. "Nai, olkas promised to take..care of me. You leavb wif dem?" She nodded slowly, a sad expression on her face. "Wiltr coam wif?"
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he looks down at serous, an utterly confused look on his face.
"What're they saying?"
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Shadow walks up behind Simel, shrugging softly and seemingly oblivious to the lizard. "Still living with that, eh? I doubt you'll let me, not after last time, but I could always take another stab at lifting it."
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pondes for a moment
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"I still doubt you'll be able to lift it, Shadow. The magic is too strong."
He stands and walks to the doorway., looking out it's cracked and rotted panel he begins to speak:
"I beleive it is time we gathered an army to combat the dragon and his hoard"
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"oki" nods randomly
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"so we are all agreed on uniting against the wrong doer?"
(is no one else on line?)
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you shouls see it when your on your own huggles you
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I know what it's like to be alone on a web site meant for talking with people, it is lonely.
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sure is nods vigorously
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Simel exits the small dilapidated building in search of followers.
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follows him secretly
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Serous shrugged. "Mama was asking if he wanted to come with. He said he had some things to do and you two needed to be alone. He wants your friend to watch us and take another route while you guys talk. He won't say what about though." She wrinkled her nose in frustration and nuzzled him.
Samantha glanced at Raptor then Serous, then Simel and the blush on her cheeks darkened. "Nai." Her eyes slid to simel once more and stayed there, an odd expression on her face. "Tu surra he is de one?"
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Looks around the outside of the building, seeing no immediate threats he leaves complete cover and heads down the street, knocking on closed doors, telling the residents who answered to follow. Many recognized him and jooined his growing mob with out question.
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Tezztor lies there dead on the floor, a mere foot from his mystical dagger demon's bane. Countless evil souls have been trapped within the dagger. Now that a vacant vessel lies near, the dagger glows a dark purple. The soul escapes and slithers along the ground like a fine mist gently caressing the wooden floor. At last it seeps into Tezztor's body which immediatey reanimates, standing up as if nothing had happened. The new beings eyes glowed a feirce black, a gentle but ominous smoke rose from them. The body shook violently but did not falter its stance. Bloodied bone shard erupted along its spine and its claws grew longer. A pair of demonic wings sprouted from the reptiles now torn back. Flames spread across the body scorching the flesh from the bone leaving a charred skeleton in which new magical armor covered.
It surveyed the room, its demonic aura corrupting and destroying the very ground it stood on. Though its jaw did not move words eminated from it, a anchient tongue causing a flaming sword to take form in front of it which it grasped in its creaky claws. This demon was once a overlord, and lead the attack on the raptor people long ago. It had no name but was powerful beyond measure to withstand the blade's consuming power. In order to fully claim its new form it had to accomplish the task set to the one before it. It merely muttered "Fox." The very sound of its voice caused the building to shuttered and crumble around it. It set out the door looking for its prey.
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"Great, now he's gone and set those Terras after him. Good Lord above!" She cursed, picking Serous and Tommy up and racing out the door so fast, she made the glass on the walls spin. "SIMEL!!! GET BACK HERE!!" She thundered, running into a jaguar and landing on her butt with a painful thump. She winced, rubbing it.
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Some in the back of the mob hear her cries, one runs up to Simel and tugs on his arm. "Lord, there is a woman calling for you, you must hurry"
The fox turned and sprintd back into the building, meeting a large demon animated from Tezztors body. His friends were cowering in a corner, and with the strength in numbers he now had on his side, his curse would not effect him.
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The demon shifted as it saw a fox charge into the door. A twisted feeling delight came over it, its prey had come to him. "So glad you could come and save me the trouble of finding you myself" its voice caused painful echoes in the ears of all who heard it. Its jaw did not move at all while speaking, but its voice seemed slow and anchient and utterly evil in its tone. Its glowing purple orbs that seemingly floated detached in mid air amongst the boney sockets, fixed solely upon the fox. "Know that your destruction heralds the doom of this entire world, it should be an honor that your worthless life means something at last." it echoed as it raised its fiery blade in the air preparing to strike.
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Samantha lowered her head in shame, moving farther from the beast. It was bigger than the raptor and she could tell it would be hard to destroy. "HIT THY OWN HEAE!!" She screamed, tossing a steel bar at it, knowing how useless the move was.
Upon impact, the bar morphed into a steel tiger with two whispers stretching from its maw with glittering balls of electricity at the ends. Its tail was tipped in a spear-like patch of fur. Snarling a challenge, it landed on the skeleton and raked its blood-red talons across its' eye sockets. The coeul growled in anger, slashing at it again as it dodged. "I shall destroy thee!" It roared, voice full of centuries of pain and anguish felt by more than one soul. "Demon of Fear, thee is banished!"
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The demon turned away from the fox torward the tiger. "Foolish steel creature" it said its voice causing a vibration through the steel tiger's frame. A sudden bubbled explosion of force sent the steel tiger reeling backward. It quickly reached out its boney talons and sent forth streams of white hot fire, hot enough to melt even the strongest of metals. "Do not resist" it spoke as if everything it encountered was a sentient being. Obviously the demon hadn't gained all its ability to think for itself, its curse still bound to the mission. Still the demon was nearly indestructible except for one fatal weakness.
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The tiger rose again, flinching away from the fire. "Thy powers are weakened by thy cursed body, Daemon. Thou art still believing thyself to be all-fearsome? Thy beliefs are lies!" It snarled, leaping at it again.
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The demon stood there emotionless at the tiger talked to him and as the it lept it swung its mighty fiery blade forward but the tiger, despite its steel frame retained its speed and agility, leaped into the large abomination and knocked it back. The demon roared in fustration, causing the ceiling of straw to cave in. "Enough games" it said plainly as it once again cast a force explosion sending the tiger and the demon's bane dagger at its feet flying. The walls of the building fell outward and the citizens having caught sight of the terrible thing ran about demoralized from the fox's rally. The skeletal demon ignited into flame and charged the still dazed metal tiger and grabbed it, igniting it as well melting it down in its claws. "Not a worthy adversary" it said before suddenly stopping and noticing the blade stuck in the ground near it. " The.... dagger" it said as if it had some fear. Suddenly it flew off.
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As the daemon disappeared, Samantha struggled to her feet and picked up the claws of the tiger, restoring them to the steel bar. It was only half its size now. "Hela, you'll fight again soon..."
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Simel panicked, he could see his friends where in more trouble than he originally thought. His doubt growing as the demopn swung at him. THe curse was fed on his doubt, he could feel it gnawing at him, putting his limbs to sleep. but samanthas quick thinking and steel tiger saved him. the curse lifyed iteself enough for him to launch his body at the demon. He dug his claws into its rotten flesh, tearing at it with brute force of a parent protecting its young.
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The scent of melting flesh assaulted her nose for a moment before it cleared and she could smell everything that one scent hid. The smell of fear from the kits, the smell of fierce need to protect from Simel, and a foreign one coming from herself; the smell of hay lay under everything else. She sniffed again, taking in the scents of all the furs around her.
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"Samantha?" Simel lookked worried. "What's it you smell?"
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She shrugged, sniffing once more. "Something strange...It's coming from me..." She mumbled, swiveling her ears frantically as a short tapping rhythm began. She glanced at Faira and shivered. "I'm scared Simel...I don't know this smell...It's coming from you for Tommy...I think it's from me for you but I'm confused....I've never smelt this before...."
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"I don't smell anything out of the ordinary... must be some sort of magic..." Looks around frantically for Tommy. "Where? Where'd he go?"
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She felt a tugging on her leg and looked down, pulling the kit up into her lap. "Faira says its called love...I never heard of such a smell or emotion before..."
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"love? Suc things can..." Feels a heavy weight on his tail and yelps. Looks back to see tommy swinging on it. Winces and returns to speaking. "Never *ow* mind, But, I can *ahhh* understand how *ng* love can have a strange smell for those who haven't *Ahh!* Jesus tommy let go of my tail!"
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"Love? Ha! And don't get me started on Jesus..." Despite what he says, Shadow launches into a rant on Mr. Christs 'card-tricks' and 'misguided foolishness', though he seems mostly to be talking to himself, and hardly sounds serious.
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"Wait, that card trick was you, not Jesus..." Gets agrivated and pulls his son from off his tail. "Dave, d'you think you can conjour up a swing for Tommy?"
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She reached over, plucking him off Simels' tail and tickled him. "Leave pop alone and play with me, ok? I'll let you swing from my tail if you like? You too Serous." She murmured, flicking her tail softly against their legs playfully as she reached over to pull Simel to her. She felt the feeling get worse and the smell almost drowning her.
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"Conjure a swing? Well, I'm much better with making things explode, but I can try." Shadow shakes his sleeves, flicks his wrists, and... nothing. "Ah well, worth a shot."
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"Hmm, well.. Maybe we should all go before that demon comes back."
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As the children swing from her tail, she reaches towards Simel, hesitant.
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"What?" Looks her in the eyes....
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She pulled back, looking at the ground as she blushed. "N-n-nothing." She replied, twidling her fingers nervously.
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((Wred knows the stats and the rest off the stuff))
From the shadows in the distance two eyes peered at the creatures, not filled with fear or ignorance, but knowing all too well what was going on. The creature that where in the distance off him had fought fierce, but they could use the help if it would come to them, and he felt the urge to aid them by his own free will. Silently he came forward, slowly stepping towards the people, his form resembling that off a fox child about 5 years old, he was three feet tall, give or take a little, and about 36 lbs heavy. He looked up towards the others, his eyes seeking out those off the creatures, yet his mind already mulling about what would happen. "He... hello there"
((Gamewise: Free action to think, full defense, move forward thirty feet, free action to look (no spot), free action to speak.))
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(What does that mean?)
Samantha noticed the kit and a graceful smile slid across her face as Tommy and Serous swung happily from her dark tail. "What's your name?" She asked softly, trying not to frighten him. She wasn't sure where he'd come from.
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((Game mechanics: one gets x free actions in a turn, 1 standard action, 1 move action, and 1 swift action. x is DM's fiat by the way, so I limit it to about three myself. I'll mostly be tagging those OOC's in brackets to make sure that I don't go 'illegal' ruleswise. Ohh, 1 full round is six seconds btw))
The 'child' looked up and smiled at the female for a moment and spoke softly, his voice quiet and high in pitch. "I...I'm Angel..." The name he stated was not his own, but it was the one that he had used within this area for some time now, and it was sufficient to tell the female for now. He knew that he might be telling his true name to the creature in time, but not yet, she was still to new to him at the moment. He stayed at the ready to avoid her, if she might grasp at him suddenly or try to strike him with her limbs....
((Mechanics: Free action to speak, free action to think, total defense action, no move action used.))
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(I've never RP ed like that....Could you teach me through MSN?)
She got down to his eye level and kept her tail high so the two kits could still play freely. "I'm Samantha. You seem to be hiding something, I can smell it my dear." She looked him straight in the eye, completely open to him.
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she lookd over at the new arrival "hey there "she smiled poping up behind samantha as she id so. then gave him a wink and waited for a rely
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((Meh, it requires a little bit off knowledge from the actual game, So I doubt that it's effective to try'n teach you. I will stop telling the thoughts part though, since thinking is always a free action.))
For a moment the creature's eyes averted themselves from the female, his mind wandering to how she could have found out. His guise was perfect, real and tangible, not unlike some magics did, but still... his scent he could not hide... "Wha I'mma hidin' then?" His words where chosen specifically to hide his true intellect, for he knew that if he would talk like he normally did that he would be giving away his true identity quickly, and he wanted to keep this longer then just this day. He stepped forwards a bit, his own nose wrinkling softly as he sniffed up the female's scent off his own. He was ever wary though throughout his actions, still expecting the female to grasp for him.
((Mechanics: free action to speak, 5 foot step forward (designated a no action, can be done only once each turn, move action to sniff, and standard action to remain in total defense.)
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The demon landed in front of the palace, cursing in a language long forgotten. "Blasted demon's bane, you may of gotten me once but never again!" It made its way up to the palace door, easily dispatching the two guards posted there. "Paltry scum, not worth the life wasted upon their meager flesh." The two massive palace doors flew open without so much as a physcial touch from anybody. The demon's powerful mind made short work of the reinforced door. He made his way into the throne room, sensing the dragon nearby. "Come out dragon, your death will free me of this curse.
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"You're hiding..." Pausing, she sniffed again, leaning closer to him. "That you're somehow different than you seem. Believe me, I've been down that road. Nothing is worth hiding when you're among peaceful creatures. Which, I assure you, we are." She murmured, snorting as a foul odor drifted into her nostrils.
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He averted his eyes once more, his sight not crossing with that off the female. He had a feeling that he could trust her, but something appeared amiss, and his current form was to his liking anyways, so he had no use to shift just yet. He looked up to her once more, peering deep in her eyes and smiling slightly. "I'm not hiding 'nything... pwomise."
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Since she could understand why he would possibly hide, she nodded. Reaching out slowly to touch him, she stopped halfway and raised a brow, asking permission first. "Alright, I know nothing. What is your purpose?"
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"Huh... wha ya meanin'... me live down the block from here." The words where an obvious lie to himself, but maybe the female would fall for it, and leave her suspicion alone. He didn't want to lie all this much, but at some points there just was no chance off avoiding it... "Why ya thinkin' me hiding 'nything?"
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"Because you are a creature that lives and breathes this air. You would have to lie to keep yourself alive. You live far from here, and are not as young as you look. I know this by how you act. Don't try pulling it off, Jalaxian." She replied, reaching her hand out more.
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she sighed looking down at the little one "looks like youve got an admierer"
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((So wrong, he's a tibbit actually, but let's not get into semantics here.))
For a moment the creature's left eyebrow twitched, his anger flaring up within his soul and body, he wanted to speak up a retort, but at the same time he wanted to keep the facade up.... one would have to give way. His maw opened as if to speak, and soon the words came from his mouth, clear and true. "Yes, you are right that I am not whom I speak to be... yet you have to accept the fact that the form is sufficient to pass for one. Now, you know that I am not who I am, yet I do not know what this 'jalaxian' is you speak off, but I will assume that it is one off your inferior kind... paah, not even being able to shift your shapes, forever stuck in that mortal shell."
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"hay tiger, i said that you liked her not like, liked her"she giggled softly and jumped ont the spot, bored
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"Please refrain from being all giddy like that, even though I might appear small in comparison to you, I am still stronger then you might guess my dear, and most likely older then you." The creature looked up to the one that spoke, her giggling causing his ears to flick slightly.
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"riiight" she smiled lightly and raised an eyebrow"hey, i wasnt demeaning you, i was jsut trying to be friendly.she scratched her head gingerly
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"Well, I can appreciate being kind and all, but that was just bluntly antagonizing me. Well, let's get properly introduced now, since you passed through the guise that I had created specifically for you. I'm known as Angel here, pleased to meet you milady." The small creature slowly bowed for the female, his eyes though never left her, always watching her and keeping track off her movements, memorizing every little flaw that she made so he could recall it later.
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she felt a little bit of danger emit from him, he didnt seem as whole as he said, but neverthe less she stayed up beat pretending to appear as a fool with a kind heart."nice to meet you to" she said with a smile"nd sorry i didnt catch your name" although hed already said it she kne it was false
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"My name is Angel, and it is odd that you did not hear me with those ears that you sport, even though I shall not ask further about it." The fox kit smiled at the female, for a moment genuinely believing that she was the fool that she portrait to be, but he did not mind for now. His eyes passed over her body now, taking in the details about her clothing and estimating their value. His own garb was that off a monk at the moment, though small and distorted since it was not truly meant to be worn by creatures his size, or apparent age for that matter. Not that it was baggy or anything like it, it fitted him like a glove, but it just looked slightly comical...
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she didnt like the wayy he was taking everything in so keenly and hid her necklace a liitle bit more, "SO"she shouted slightly"what brings you here" she said whilst walking behind mortem
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A sparkle appeared in the kit's right eye as he spotted the necklace, a soft smile soon creeping over his face. He stepped forward just a little, standing a mere five feet before the female that had spoken now. He looked up to her, and to a lesser extend to her cleavage, before he spoke, his voice soft and distant, almost a whisper compared to his previous talking. "I am here... to aid you."
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she scowled and sniffed slightly, this pup wasnt fooling her anytime soon, shed have to watch herself, and warn the others. "well i really need to be getting to the others now, i have lost all interest in this non-conversation, and wil be over there" she smiled pathticaly and ran over to the others
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Simel steps up and places one of his paws on angels shoulders.
"If you can't tell, we are a pretty light hearted group..." Pauses, choosing his words carefully. "So try to not be so serious. It can get in the way of the problems at hand, mainly taking down the dragon lord who killed my parents and usurped my throne."
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"im sure, the little ANGEL will be able to help" she smiled wrly
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Grins and nods. "You will help, won't you." Looks down at the apparentley young one. "Because that dragon has done unspeakable things. Murdering women and children... segregating the citadel" A tear comes to his eye. "He had entire families killed for no other reason than that they were of mixed breeds."
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For a moment the kit's eyes sparked with hatred and malice, yet soon those thoughts subsided from his mind as he thought about it. So much had happened to himself too... so much had been in his past, he just could not truly care anymore for the past off others then he could for his own, and his own past had mostly been suppressed. He turned to face the person that touched him, his right paw grasping the creature's paw and flinging it off of his own shoulder. "Refrain from touching me, you don't look all that clean." His words had no malicious undertone, only a serious demeanor behind them, showing that he was not angry or resentful off the creatures, but at the same time that he did not truly see them as friends either.
His gaze turned towards the female, who seemed to be mocking him at this time, and a scowl spread over his face as he sneered. "You... shut up already, or one off us two will get hurt, and I doubt that it is me that shall be left bleeding."
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"miaaaaow"she giggled raisning an eyebrow"you sure know how to make friends dont you" she sighed and walked towards the tree for a bit of peace of mind
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Simel takes the small one in his arms. "If you don't wish to be held by a clean spirit, than how can we trust that you're not an enemy spy?"
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Before the two could start at each other's throats, Samantha leaned forward, pulling the kit from wred and setting him down easily on the ground a few feet from them. "I apologize for Simel's actions but I am curious, what are you to us? An enemy or comrade?" She asked, keeping her paws to herself after removing him from Simel's grasp and dusting his beautiful fur off.
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she couldnt contain her laughter at that and went away giggiling...and wondering why he was here in the first place.Oh it just didnt make sense..but then, when did it ever......and its better to make friends then enemys. she sighes loking down at the floor and wished for this to be all over
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(umm... that wasn't in anger or violence, just a bear hug)
"If we can all band together, tihgter than we already are, there is no doubt in my mind that this will soon be over and are live, all of our lives" Waves a hand at all in the room. "will return to normal."
He looks at the kitt and asks once more. "So are you an enemy or friend?"
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her eyes flickered over to the kit again,wondering if he would mke the right choice or hurt the peoples hearts...she knew she wouldnt let it go that far
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Gets bored of waiting for the childs reply and goes to a small outcropping of stone.
"That dragon is planning something. Something worse than what he has already accomplished."
He sighs and looks down at his muddy foot paws.
"And I can't help but think that he's using that demon some how."
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(Rahvans' character already warned you if you touched him, he'd spill your blood so Sam was trying to avoid it. Sorry I didn't specify.)
She sniffed the air once more, shuddering. "Some thing's wrong....There's no more of those strangers scents I caught earlier in the air....I can't smell," She paused, struggling to find the words; "smell anything... There's no scent anywhere.." She murmured, looking scared as she whipped her head this way and that.
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Raises an eyebrow confused at what Samantha mentioned, then sniffs the air himself.
"Odd, I can't either..."
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not wanting feel odd she mumbles something about not smelling something though she could smeel blood...
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She sniffed once more, confusion crossing her face. "Why?" She wondered aloud, scratching her chest fur as she thought.
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she looked briefly at the surrounding others then around the area checking it out
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As she thought more about it, she realized why exactly she couldn't smell. The smell of carrion was the only thing left and she'd blocked it out. "Wait..." She sniffed again, nose twitching as if on cafiene or with a mind of its own.
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she hooped the dragon wasnt anywere near by, she didnt want to fight again, last time had left its mark. she looked around once more
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The 'kit' sneered slightly at the question that was placed before him, his voice cold and distant as he spoke. "Your spirit might be clean and pure, but your body, that infernal cask which you live in, is not. And I am your ally for now, but don't get anything in your pretty little heads, because I won't hesitate to go my own way when you lot get too tiresome to travel with." For now he ignored the fact that he had just been placed somewhere else by one off the creatures, lifted up and placed away as if he where some child, since he had no true wish to harm them. Okay, his own gain was important, but if he would fry every person that touched him, then it would get way out off hand. Plus there was a certain measure off respect towards them, for they had seen though his guise, which was not the easiest thing to do at all.
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She looked at him, cocking her head and smirked. "You're welcome, runt." She teased lightheartedly, wondering if they would get anywhere. Turning to Simel, she sniffed again. "How are we going to move with this smaller being around?" It took a lot of control not to call Angel a midget. Standing cautiously, she sniffed the kit, snorting at his unfamiliar scent. "Woah...." She snorted again, shaking her head to clear the scent away. "You don't smell anything like the rest of us, what ARE you?" She demanded, leaning back, away from him.
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"You don't know my kind? Well, what do you expect from you uneducated lot... I'm a tibbit, and yes, we are always this small, our tallest ones reach four feet at max or something like it, while our smallest ones are somewhere near the two feet." He smirked slightly as he looked up to the female, knowing all too well that his species wasn't the only small race within the world. The halflings, Gnomes, and several others where as short, or shorter then him, and some like the Petals where much smaller as him. But he did not assume that these creatures knew as much as that, so he tried to force thoughts off mild amusement unto his own mind, trying to stave off insanity for as long as he was with them.
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"You're one weird kit, you know that Angel?" She teased, reaching over to tickle him. Her eyes were widened a little as she glanced across the street.
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The 'kit' as he was referred to looked up to the female, smirking slightly as he did so. "Then I am sure that I will fit right in with the pack, ne?" His words where stated in a semi-cheery tone, trying to sound amused at it, but at the same time knowing that he would have a hell off a time trying to stave off insanity.
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"We try our best." She replied, tickling him gently. "Of course you could always be the only sane one of us all." She teased back, scratching his ears as she picked him up and placed him in her lap.
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"We'll see, in time." A small giggle escaped the creature as he felt the female's paw tickling him, it was pleasant to an extend, but somewhere he knew that he should reply in spite. For now he shoved those thoughts aside, allowing himself to be picked up without making any fuss, and snuggling close to the female for a moment.
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At the giggle, she pulled her up at her and hugged him tightly, purring softly. When he snuggled closer, she snuggled back, nuzzling him gently. Her mind cleared and she could see him as a child but on another level, she knew he could be just as old as her, maybe older.
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Still trying to suppress the thoughts that he was having Angel held close to the female, releasing a rather feline-like purr from his currently fox-like body. He did not care if it would sound odd, for he knew that his form was just seconds away from changing at his will. At times he had wondered what it would have been like, where his parents not below the surface now, where they still alive, instead off into the realm of spirits. He knew that there where spells and powers to return them to life, yet only the most powerful of mages could have cast it, and those had not been near, so they had remained dead.
Slowly on his eyes misted over, and now his priority shifted, from suppressing his thoughts about the people he was with, to suppressing the thoughts off his past. For a moment he succeeded, but as seconds passed he started to allow the thoughts into his mind, feeling tears coming to his eyes, and slowly the first trickled down his right cheek.....
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She caught his tear and wiped his cheek motherly. "Don't cry dear. You'll be ok, I promise." She whispered, holding him closer, tightening her hold on him as her feminine side kicked in. Her face softened and she began to hum a lullaby.
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The kit's eyes closed now, the tears flowing slowly and moistening his cheeks. He knew that the female that held him was not related to him at all, but for now she sufficed. He held her with both off his paws, snuggling close to her and trying to remain his steadfast resolve... which utterly failed.
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Her heart ached. She wanted to just kiss him on the cheek and make all his hurts go away. Using one of her free paws, she wiped the tears away. "Awe, are you ok?"
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"Yes... I am fine... just, memories catching up." He hugged her back half-heartedly, his emotions had been so rigid before, and would soon return to that way, but for now he wanted to be held by someone, someone warm and with a caring heart. The female fitted that description more then adequate at the moment,
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"Awe, I'm sorry you had a rough childhood." She murmured, pulling him even closer and holding him tightly. He reminded her so much of her younger brother she almost was fooled that he'd returned. She shook her head rapidly to dispel the image and kissed the top of the kitten's head.
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The kit purred weakly, his fox-like appearance being different from the sounds that he produced. He as a tibbit had the natural ability to shift his form to that off a feline, even though he lost much off his strength when in that form, and his most natural sound to make when he was happy was a purr. "Let's not get into the past.... not now..."
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She nodded, ruffling his fur playfully as she lay back on the ground. Her tail swished back and forth, displaying her content while she struggled to hide it. It'd been a while since she could be so free with her actions, it felt good. But she knew soon enough she'd have to suppress her more peaceful side and fight for her family. This was one of those things she hated about herself. Shaking her head again, she brushed her hair away from her face and concentrated on the moment in front of her, not herself.
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The kit's tail flicked slightly as he held on to the female, his mind forgetting the other two people that where near them for the moment, his small body content to be held by the larger female for now. His eyes where closed and his face pressed against the female's chest, his paws holding themselves steady on her sides. His ears where perked up, still trying to hear all that happened around him, even though he knew that he would most likely ignore almost everything that would happen. It felt so odd to be held like a child once more, for it seemed so long ago that he was actually held with care. "Thank you..."
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Smiling, she wiped her own tears away before nuzzling him roughly, motherly side being subdued once more. "You're welcome. I hope I helped some.." She whispered back, smiling from the inside out.
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The slightly rougher treatment brought the creature's mind back to his senses again, causing his rational mind to take a hold again, and his cheeks to almost instantly turn pink. "Yeah... I think this is enough for now, let's stop it right here."
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The nudge served its purpose and she chuckled, gently poking his cheeks. "Are you blushing?" She teased, laughing lightly.
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"Let's not discuss my bodily functions shall we.... for I have no need to explain myself to you. Now, would you please unhand me." His paws, instead off holding the female, now went to work to mildly push her away from himself, even though he knew that it could be hard to get her off of himself if she did not agree.
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Giggling, she did as he asked, setting him down.
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"Thank you.... now, shall we continue with wherever we were going." Angel smiled softly, looking at the others around him, waiting for a reply from them, and hoping that they would not comment on what had just happened. "Well...?"
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She cocked her head and sniffed, falling onto all fours and raced out of sight, howling. The Hunt was upon her and she could faintly hear the others but this creature was at the front of her mind. Sniffing again, she howled in triumph, pouncing the creature. Snorting in surprise, she struggled to remove the quill from her snout. "Arf?" She whined, pawing the quill.
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The kit looked after the female, until she went out off his sight. He wondered what she was doing at the moment, and why she showed so much animalistic traits... it was so odd, was she some kind off savage, someone who was so in tune with the nature around her that she acted like the feral creature she resembled. He did not know... and it confused him for now, for it was not often that he had such troubles seeing through someone's soul and mind...
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She howled again, whimpering as the wuill went deeper into her muzzle. It hurt. "Oww..."
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"Sam, come here..." Simel spoke softly, slowly she pawed over to him and he plucked the quill from her snout.
"That should be better, and yes, Angel... We should get going. I fear our entrance through the sewer last time will be guarded heavily." He looked off in the dirction of the large citadel. "Our numbers should help us overwhelm the gate, the cramped tunnels would only kill our first waves."
(remember all the people we freed and the ones i gathered in the street?)
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She snorted, twitching her nose. When she did a couple times, she pawed it again, howling in pain. "What the heck got caught now?" She demanded, annoyed. She padded back over to the creature and pushed it over, grabbing it up and bringing it to Simel. "Spy." She spat, keeping its soft side up. "Talk or I get to devour you and your soul."
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"It will only corrupt your soul, Sam... just kill it." Looks closer at the animal in her hands, just as she squishes it in her paws he realizes to late that it was one of his rats from the sewer.
"Sam, angel, everyone... we should run, now."
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She looked from Simel to the porcupine and back. "Uh, why? It was a porcupine..." She rolled her eyes and sat down, tail swishing back and forth.
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"Well, it would be so kind if you would tell me where I should run then, instead off letting that be to my own judgement." The kit rolled his eyes and groaned softly, waiting for a new reply from the creatures instead off being told to run, and not being told where to run to.
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her flickered from one to the other unsure of how to react but content to watch and listen, and take in. untill she heard the word run she had nearly dozed of in the summers heat. she shook her head and looked over closely at what was happening
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"That wasn't a porcupine.. that wasd one of my war rats i ghad trained in the sewer...." a chirping noise echoed from below. THe gfround bubbled and a swarm of spike backed rodents spewed forth. "We should run, NOW!" Simel grabs Samanthas paw and puills her into a run, also beckoning for the others to follow.
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'Angel' Ran after the others, his speed matching that off the larger creatures with the same ease as any normal sized creature would do. He knew that he had always been faster as his kin, but he also knew that he was not as tough as them, suffering in pain more easily then that at most times. He ran and ran, his small body, moving oddly akin to a feline, instead off a canine as he appeared to be, but he never strayed more then ten feet from the others, only slightly behind them, and doubting if he should remain and eradicate the vermin in one fiery blast...
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She nipped his paw, growling. "Don't let me slow you down.." She hissed, digging her feet into the ground and wheeling to face the rats. "Hello children, have you come to play?" Her delusionary state had her seeing things yet again.
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"Milady, with all due respect for your delirium, GET MOVING!" Angel growled slightly as he spoke the words, his own running not breaking though, and his mind telling him to keep moving instead off caring for what happened to this creature whom he had just met today. He could not however just let her die.... or could he? It was confusing to him, he wanted to help her, but at the same time he wanted to get away.
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The hungry squeals of the rats seemed to semi-wake her up. She yelped and raced past them, tail between her legs. "WHAT THE ^%#@@!!!
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she struck out her wings with viovous force and was immeadietly up in the air.
"theres a tall cliff up ahead, i can pick two of you up at a time." and whilst she said that sshe picked up mortem and angel and raced for the cliff.
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"Take the children FIRST!!! They're more important!!!!" Simel shouts to Maxi, turning and facing his swarm of rats, not knowing if he can turn them back or not.
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She flipped, scratching desperately to be released. As she slashed Max's left foot open, Samantha ran to Serous, pulling her close and reaching for Tommy. Her moments of delirium and animal ism were gone, buried under a calmer side. She stood up, wrapping the children's arms around her neck to keep them secure as she walked over to be beside Simel. "They will be safe as long as I am breathing." She replied, pulling out her dagger.
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Angel likewise fought against himself being lifted up, forcing his way out off the female's grasp and landing back on the floor with a thud. The crash harmed him, but only slightly, since the height had been less then 20 feet up. He ran up to the others now, standing beside them as he summoned what power he was due, his mind searing as it called upon the power that lay within, and slowly on his eyes shimmered with yellow energy....
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Simel did not want to hurt his rats, it had taken to long to capture and trin them all, but his friends and family needed to be protected. The effects of his curse were tickling the edges of his brain, he doubted any of their weapons effectiveness to the sea of vermin before them, and knew what would happen if a single rat alone got into an open wound. But size was on his side, and he through forth a paw, releasing a blt of pure energy into the sea of rodents.
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she bit her lip, mainly hurt at being pushed away and not wanted, she knew that the kits were more helpful but nobody had even asked...she thought she had been doing the right thing, but obviously not. she could feel her eyes sting with tears but pusshed away angrily. if they didnt want help fine, but she would still help in any way she could, even if she felt utterly stupid and worthless, she knew were here priorites lied
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A meter wide patch of war rats exploded fromSimels blast, but more just swarmed and took their place. "Get the children out of HERE!"
He shouted as he threw another bolt of energy into the rats swarm.
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shaking her head sadly she wingged towards the children and carefully, comfortably flew them up to safety, making sure they were happy and not crying or sad
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"Thank you!" he shouts, grateful that his child and Serous were now safe, so he could concentrate on the task at hand. Simel grew quickly tired of blasting small holes into the sea of vermin. He took a deep breath, drawing his arms back, a ball of light growing between his palms. With a shout he threw the ball forward towards the center of the mass. There was a blinding flash of white light, a tremendous shock wave rippled through the surrounding area. As the light faded and dust vleared, the destructive force of his full power could be seen. A crater was dug into the landscape, charred earth surrounding it. Simel still stood at its edge, his friends aroud him had collapsed into the dust, but where otherwise unhurt. His energy depleated, he collapsed uncocious to the ground.
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"Ugh, Simel, you always overtax yourself... Up you go." He lifted the fox easily enough and dragged him to the edge of the crater, sitting down beside him. "You just have to show off, don't you? And look at you now. You're out cold. Well I'll tell you right now I won't be the one to carry you."
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Simel opens his bleary eyes and speaks softly. "Did I get them all...? Is everyone all right....?"
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Shadow nods. "We're fine. You, on the other hand are resting. I know how much that takes out of you, and if you don't fall asleep now you will later. You did great, by the way. Now sleep."
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Simel reelaxed in his arms, the world turned slowly dark. in his dreams, he was again with his family, his father, mother, lovong wife and two children. It was just a normal dinner, every one was happy.... but then everything changed. A drahon came baging into the throne room, a bolt of flame shot towards the table, instantly incinerating his father. The creature beat its tremendous wings, sending his mother flyiing against a wall, she did not get up. The most terrible thing is what he did to his wife ************************************************************************************************************ and she fell bleeding to the floor. Tommy was crying, but he reached up to hush him. GAtther and son hid under the heavy stone table, his youngest, a newborn girl had no chance, and it would ave been suicide to save her. As thr drafon sat down to enjoy his meal, he turned his back to the table. It was then simel jumped up, his son held tighhlty in his arms. he bolted for the door, his claws makong loud noises on the stone tiles. Her heard the imense dragon turn, and heard an ancient tongue spoken. A terrible dragging cold sunk into his limbs, but still he ran. He ran crying until a safe distance away from the citadel, where he collapsed paralyzed to the earthen street. Unable to do anything, he watched as Tommy tried to wake him, finding no sucess, the child stumbled into the night. THe wolrd onxe again turned black for simel, and he woke screaming in a bed, Shadow, Tommy, Sam, Serous, and several of his closest comanions sat around him, worried looks on their faces.
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she twitched her ear again, thinking she had heard the sound of dragons wings outside, but kept her face titlted towards simel, what was wrong, he sounded as though he had just seen death. she crawled over to the edge of the cave and looked out, wondering if they had finnaly found the dragon, or had he found them
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Simel looked around. THe bed was made of loam and hay, a small fire was burning where Shadow was making breakfast with Angel. Wind blew outside, the odd geology of the cave making the sound come in odd beating chuffs.
"That's not the dragon, he'll never leave the citadel. It's his minions and that demon we must worry about."
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Shadow had breakfast ready quickly, mostly thanks to his fire spells. "The best omelet I ever summoned," he said, passing around some very fancy china plates. "Hurry up, before your dishes fade out of existence. I made the food permanent, but the plates I kind of skimped on. The drinks will be ready in about five minutes, so just sit tight and relax."
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she smiled a thanks and eat all she could then walked outside quietly and watched the sun rise, feeling its beauty almost made her feel as though it was emmiting power and then she caught sight of a fire in the citadels direction
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The kit groaned at the food and took out a small box off his own, opening it and feeding upon the rations that where within them, likewise he took an empty mug from his equipment and drank from it, oddly enough the mug producing a clear liquid much akin to water. The nourishment that he needed was simple, and less then most larger creatures, but he liked it none the less.
For a moment he gazed back at Simel, Shrugging and lifting his shoulders for a moment. "You did wel.... very well to say the least, but next time before you go all nova on us again, warn us please, it will give us time to make way." The light that shone within the cave passed over him, and for a moment a slow purr rose from him, but soon he got up and stepped back into the shadows, shrouding his body from the rays off light that warmed his heart.
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she started singing a song under her breath...ana ancient lullaby that she heard..and for some reason remered at this certain time. she swished her tail a bit and let the sun warm her up
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Shadow had the drinks ready sooner than he had promised, and this time he had not skimped on conjuring the glasses. He handed them out silently and then played around with a fireball, tossing and catching it as one might a childs toy, though hopefully one less flamable.
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she could hear everyone inside but decided to leave them for abit, instead she closed her eyes and faced the sun, smiling and breathing in deeply
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Simel finished his food, and drained the cup that Shadow handed to him. Content with his meal and glad to see the children playing with out worry, goading Angel to join them (much to his dislike), he stepped out of the cave mouth to find a beautiful sunrise over the citadel, which was charred black from the dragons rageing fire. "It used to be a wonderful, glimmering white marble structure, but his evil has corrupted it. I don't think his wretched stench will ever be clensed from its halls."
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she jumpes, caught of gaurd "sorry what did you...oh yes....it is beautiful isnt it...i wonder..if well ever get there" she mumbles dalf to herself
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Shadow shrugs, tossing his fireball at it. "I never really liked it all that much, personally. Just the architectural styles. Ahh, but nothing cleanses quite like fire. Perhaps we will have it back. Some day..."
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she sighed lightly deeply wondering about the events tht were to un fold
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Angel still stood within the shadows, his sight not leaving simel's back though. He had found someone here, someone who was powerful enough... someone who could actually be off aid to what he was planning. He knew that there was so much that he did not know about the creature, but sometime he would unveil those mysteries, expose them to himself and learn off them, but that time was not now, not yet.
"There is a way that you can have your precious halls back... a simple way Simel. Raze the buildings and destroy the foundations, and then, when the land is barren again, rebuild your capital... rebuild it and reinforce it as it had never been before. Conscript the people and bend them to your own will... learn the ways that you can use to control their minds, to bind them to your own... to use them for your own ways. Learn child, and you will see what happens when you succeed." His words rang through the cavern for a while, until they died out, vanished into the winds that passed through the cavern. His face was now graced with a smile, though not one off glee or fun, one off malice and sadistic enjoyment. Even to himself he would never say that he liked this position, to be able to tell this to someone else and know that he was right, but he did... he loved every moment off it at this time, and he knew that Simel could see the same. Sure.. the creature could deny it and say it wasn't true, but in time even he would come to see that there was indeed truth behind the words he had spoken now.
He turned away from Simel and the others, striding over to what few items he had with him, and took out a small item from between them. The item was a small crystal, iridescent purple and seemingly with jagged edges. "It seems that we are alone my friend.... that we are the only ones that truly know what is going on."
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her mind flickered for a second and random thoughts from over peoplpe started barging inro her head, she didnt want to hear peoples thoughts it was bad enough, so she raced down the hill and held her head tring to push them away.
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"Are you suggesting I destroy a castle that has withheld a thousand generations of war and peace!? My entire lineage is entombed in that citadel!" He cast a cold stare to thr small being. "And do you know how many lives would be wiped out by the spell itwoud take to demolish that building1? How many lives would be squashed beneath its giant foot print? There are still hundreds emprisoned in the dungeons below it!" Simel turned back around and collapsed onto the ground, resting his chin into the cradle of his palm. "I'm sorry, but I am a protector of life, not a taker."
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"well why dont we help you..." she said to her herslf. then looked around o see if anyone had heard her. "damn thoughts" she said to herself and went to the river to see if she could drown out the thoughts
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"Do you mean another raid to free prisoners?" He looks over at her. "I don't want to risk the children, or any of you..."
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Shadow steps forward out of the shadows. "Let me go. You stay here with the kits, and I'll free as many of the prisoners as I can get to. I'll have the easiest time infiltrating the Citadel, and if things get bad I have the best chance of escaping. We both know it."
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"I can't let you go alone, there is so much risk in that," Simel looked down, then away, his gaze returning to the scorchedwalls of the towering citadel. "But... I know how stealthy you can be, or at least were."
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The feline nods, feigning a smile. "Don't worry, I don't plan to do anything too dengerous." He closes his eyes, putting his hands together and chanting softly. "And I'm not too out of practice."
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(Nice of you guys to wait or even ask me if I was going to reply, sheesh! What a load of reading I had to do. I won't be around much...)
Samantha looked around, exhausted. She turned to Angel and snarled deep from her chest. "There is no way in Hell or Heaven or anywhere else I'm going to let that stupid citadel fall. I'd hate to see anyone else get hurt, much less rebuild the entire thing. Have you any idea how long that would take? My god! Are you out of your balucas?!"
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"Samantha, calm yourself, he is just a little over ambitious." He looks over at Shadow who was medatating, reciting a chant he himself had heard and memorized many years ago. "Besides, we've already established that Shadow here was going to free as many captives as he can. And I'm going to help him, I know those tunnels and all the entrances into the citadel."
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Hearing this, Shadow ceased his chanting. "I can't allow that, Simel. If you get into any trouble, and are captured or... or worse... then who will be left to take the throne? Certainly not the boy, he is far too young. In a years time perhaps, but it would still be dubious. It is much safer if I go alone. They may very well have defenses that would render my concealment spells useless, and though I may be able to get by without them, I will not let you take such a risk."
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"I was able to escape with Tommy once, return and escape with a hundred free captives... Both times with out any aid in magic... If it's just the two of us under concealment spells, we stand a better chance at freeing everyone still imprisoned." Simel looks out at the noon sun. "Besides, the dragons gaurds are reptilion and there's no heat in those dungeons, any fights would be in our favor."
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"If you won't... then someone else will... maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow... but some day, maybe next year, or the next century.... who knows." Angel turned back to face the creatures, this time the small crystal resting on his shoulder, his gaze determined and aimed at Simel. "Yet you have not even the slightest knowledge off whom I truly am, do you?"
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"Who are you than, an assasin?"
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she walked slowly back up the road, feeling slightly nauseous. she satheavily by the fie and looke from one to the other, wondering what was up.
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"There will be no secrets in this troupe, Angel. Reveal who you truely are."
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The cloaked feline takes a stance to one side of Angel, a ball of flame glowing in his right palm. "There are two ways we can find your true nature, and one of them ends with you still breathing. The choice is up to you, my friend."
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Simel uses an old trick, directing his thoughts to Shadow, a trick they learned together long ago, "If he's here to kill us, then we won't let him live, if not..." Simel gave Angel a cold look and returned his eyes to Shadows. "You can have your way with him. I've done taken too many lives today. The war rats weren't supposed to attack me..."
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Shadow nods. He may be a mage, but above all he is a cat, and cats are notorious for their treatment of prey. The felines good eye narrows to a slit, his claws extending. "Believe me, if he means us harm he will regret ever having come to this place..."
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she squinted at angel and tried to peer secretly into his thoughts...just to check him out, she wasnt doing any damage after all and it would be a difference to the dragon shouting things in her head.
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"We should leave him, Shadow; and bring the girls and children with us." Simel loooked at the small creature. "Your heart is black with evil, isn't it? No doubt that is why you feigned away from our caring paws." Simel took Tomy and Serous into his arms and turned away, walking out of the cave.
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Angel smiled ever so sweet, his own feline-like teeth shimmering in the dim off light. "My heart belongs only to the cat lord, he that protects out race, he that protects all of our kind and guides us to the beastlands. He is the one to whom I swore loyalty at the shrines, he is the one to whom I pray."
The creature's eyes shimmered as his mind grasped out, reaching for the power that was his own. The light around Simel and Shadow began to dim, until it was none-existend, only the pureness of the night shrouded them now, the entire mouth off the cave also hidden from sight. The trick was so simple, yet so effective to those that did not possess the ability to peer through the murky darkness, and it barely scraped his interest to even manifest it, but for now it should have to do, because he could manifest something far more lethal, far more hurting.... but that was not his will for now.
To the creature that sought through his mind he could not help but grin, allowing her to read his thoughts as he wished to speak to her. "You are well to read my minds, was I not accustomed to having them read, and using them to retort when one trespasses to deep... I warn you, leave now or you will suffer...."
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Very much used to the dark arts, Shadow simply hurled a fireball at where the feline had stood before and hoped for the best. He could see nothing out of the eye that had not been blinded, and so there was little he could do for the time being. "Hold, Simel. It is a simple trick, but easy to fall deeper into. We shall not take this ones bait."
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"Did you not here what he said my friend? Can you not remember what your master tried to pour down your throat as achild about the 'cat lord'!?" Simel opened his palm, a bright light shining forth obliterating angels spell of darkness. "Light will always prevail."
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((True :P Light spells counteract those of darkness, and since mine is a first level manifestation that should well be possible.))
As the darkness dispersed and the light shone again the boy still stood there, his hair scorched, but seemingly none the worse for it. He smiled softly as his eyes flickered again, a suft chime in the air as he manifested another off his powers. However, no effect was to be seen from it, only the flickering and chime gave away that he had done anything. "I warn you Shadow... do so again, and I will retort with something that will hurt... very much so.... I have no wish to harm you, or else I would have done so during the night, when all was quiet, at that time I could have easily killed you.... yet I have not done so, why do you think that I have not done that if you are so assured that I would want you hurt or dead."
Angel gently reached out towards the crystal on his shoulder, petting it softly and rubbing the blackness of the burn from it befores setting it back "Aww... you actually hurt my psicrystal it appears.... well, I will mend him in time... but next attempt I shall not be so benevolent to allow you to still stand there.
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(this kid's a better villain than tezztor ever was)
Simel heard the chimming in the background, he knew what those small bells meant, he had heard them before several times in his life. Most recently the morning before protecting everyone form the war rats. Angel was readying himself to release the destructive power of a thousand aries, all aimed at Shadow. He could not let his good, and old friend be killed in such a cowardly way. He sent his thought s directly to the felines mind and cast a spell of concelment upon him. Casting an arm out and behind him the invisible form of the feline mage was flung froom the cavern, dangerous yes, but neccesary for his protection.
"I am the protector," He said, now circling the chanting Angel. "If you have a fight, it is with me and not my troupe. Sam, get every one out of here."
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she stood up defensively not thinking properly and set a barrier around everyones minds except for Angels, if she should even call him that, she had learnt alot more than he mut of expected and she intended to figure it all out whist staying alive. she crept around the side infront of the kits made sure he had no vantage point of hitting them
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"get them to safety, i don't know how pwerful his magic is going to be," Simel gathered all of his mental strength. He did not wish to fail, victory was at the top of his mind, but fear was ever present, gnawing at the edges of his sanity, stiffening his joints and freezing his muscles. "Make the first mov, 'Angel'"
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Shadow knew the fox was up to something, feeling it easily. "Simel what are you-" And then he was lying in the dirt outside the cave. "Oh you poor, brave idiot." He knew it was likely for the best, but he hated when Simel used that sort of power. If it failed, and though the odds were against this the possibility existed, he would likely be too exhausted to defend himself. Knowing this Shadow assumes a meditative stance at the mouth of the cave, channeling his energy.
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(waiting for Rahvan to reply)
Simel circles his chanting opponent, and suddenly feels a warm energy begin to fill his body. Shadow, always there when Simel was most in need was sending possitive nrgy towards his one time mate.The connection they once had was still there and would remain even after their deaths and nto their eternal life in the spirit world. The energy doubled, a female voice filled his mind. "You will need my power, Simel. to protect Tommy" His dead wife, reaching out to him from the spirit world added to Shadows power.
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looking around slighty confused she held the kit to her and carmed them down, telling them that everything was going to be alright and wrapped her wings slightly round them like a warm fluffy blanket, then went on with channeling some of her energy as well as seeing angels next move
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((Actually that was a manifestation of Vigor.... but whatever... I like bonus HP... they keep me alive.))
Angel did not do anything except gaze at the others, smiling softly as he did so. He knew that they feared him, that much was clear from their actions, he also knew that he had no intention to harm them, but this was... amusing to say that least. He grinned softly as he called forth the energies off the plane around him, the energy off the storms that raged so far away. The crackling off electricity could be heard as small arcs appeared between his fingers, the precious power that he wasted with this display would have been better spend elsewhere, but he needed to show the other something for their troubles off seeing danger within him "Are you sure that you wish to get me mad Simel.... even now that I have stated so often that I do not mean you guys harm, that I have not yet laid a finger on your or your progeny, even though the night would have been so perfect to murder you without problems."
A thin smile crept over his face, looking up towards the others as he pressed his paws together, and soon took them from each other again, the crackling of the lightning that arced between them increasing in intensity as it needed to cross longer distances. "Well... do you wish to anger me... child?"
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"Child? You think I am but a kit alone in its den awaiting slaughter from a follower of an evil deity?" The fur on the back of the royals neck stood on end. "It was your god that started the seeds of deceipt in my kingdom, your church whitch tore apart my bonds with Shadow when we were children. My moves have so far been only defensive, you are the one preparing an electrical attack on me, are you not?"
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"Then what where the flames that singed my hair, the flames that hurt my precious crystal... if those where defensive, then killing you would merely be unfortunate for your family. Please think before you speak child, for you do not know with whom, or what, you are speaking here. And yes, the Cat Lord is my deity, since he is the protector off all the felines upon the plane, and he will grant us access to the beastlands when we finally do pass away from the mortal realm. He has never wrought harm to you or your own, not to my knowledge at least. If you so firmly believe that it is he that is to blame though, then you are a misguided fool, not worth to thread with his loyal followers." Angel's words where cold and distant, he did not wish to harm them indeed, and yet they had attacked him already. His own power was prepared to be manifested, the power that he had funneled into it the greatest amount that he could muster. He knew that if it would come to a fight, that either he, or the others, would die. That knowledge made him wary already, for he did not want more bloodshed, but if there was np choice.... then he would fight. "And you Shadow.... emisary off nerull... yes, I know the mark that you bear in this life, it is all too clearly known... the stench that lingers around you, the vile taste that the air takes when you are near... stop your castings or I will attack, this is, I'm sorry to say, my final warning on that matter... I cannot risk you completing whatever you wish to cast upon me."
((the cat lord is neutral, maybe chaotic neutral, just look it up.))
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she hugged the kits a little harder untill they fell asleep into her arms but she kept thm hiden behind he fluff wings incase Angel came out on a rampage, though there was certanly a lot of intersting facts on that cat leader of his, but she kept in hiiden in her head.
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(interesting, he knew the name of the god i was cursed by.)
"I only bare his mark from the curse he laid upon me," Simel, backed up a slight bit. "If you know any magic that can lift it, I shall back down. but I highly doubt the magic taught by your church can wrench his evil from my soul, removing the stain of his being from mine."
(for a little tidbit of info on simel, he worships only those gods who protect life of the good and the lives of the just, he was also cursed by the dragon, who also killed his parents, wife, and youngest daughter, leaving only he and tommy survivng from the royal family)
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she jumped slighy; as she felt anger and surprise suddedly seem to whelm from inside him, she looked at the kits asleep and wondered if she should go and hide
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((blunt guess... and I was actually referring to Arke's character, not yours.... but aww well, who cares for now =3 ))
"I have naught to do to thou, for you art merely an acquaintance off mine, naught a true friend, naught a true ally. I shalt not lie to thou child.... you art naught to me, yet still I wish thou no harm, for you are as much a child off this plane as I am." Angel smiled softly, the crackling off lightning subsiding slightly as he brought his hands closer to each other, the trajectory of the arcs decreasing and lessening, he did not however stop his spell, for he could hold it indefinitely, for as long as he willed it. "Now.... what shall thou do Child off the Aether.... speak swift."
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she sighed heavily, although their lives were in danger of getting bored to death she felt like helping but was unsure whether to stay with the kits who were mumbiling and shifting in her arms. she looked down at them and decided to kep them close
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In the brief instant this so-called 'Angel' spoke of him Shadows meditation ceased, his claws extending surrounded in a murky green aura that bears a startling resemblance to fire in its form. When he spoke, it was in the tongue of mages and demons. "I know not what you are, some fallen cherub or a demon in disguise, but from what you have said I can tell you know NOTHING of me! To even THINK me a servant of that fiend is a blasphemy unto itself! I bear a mark in this life, but not of the dark god that has brought nothing but suffering to Simel and myself! You are powerful, oh darkness cloaked in light, but not as powerful as you think!" His anger ebbing, Shadows claws lose their aura.
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Simel and the rest of those were throne backwards by the force of the magic aura shredding. simel landed hard,his skull cracking against the stone floor. As shadow and Angel began to battle his eyes got a little hazey and then the cold of unconcious sleep set in around him.
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((Tongue off demons... that would be abyssal if I am correct))
Angel smiled softly, then spoke off his own, his words though not that was common to the others yet darker, more ominous. His tongue was Infernal, language off the devils and those that followed law and order on the evil side of alignments. He knew that he had learned this language so long ago, together with the other which he spoke as fluently as common. "You tempt me child, so scorch the flesh from your bones, to burn your corpse upon the pyre's that will spring near the town. Even though you are powerful in your own right, you do not know with what you are dealing here. You insist on calling me a mage... you insist on thinking that I use those pitiful spells off yours. You are wrong however."
He stopped speaking for a moment, taking a breath before speaking again, this time his voice calmer and more serene as he started to speak celestial, the language off the angels. "I am not what you think, no mage, no wizard, no sorcerer, I am a psion, with the power off the mind at my side, yet you do not possess this power to my knowledge, for I have not sensed the mental vibrations which each creature sends. I hear them as clearly as my own thoughts, and I even call out to them, when I am in need of a servant. You have been foolish to forsake your heritage, for each child is born with the power off the mind, yet as most you have turned away from it, forsaken to utilize it, and now you stand before me, weak and feeble...."
He smiled softly, his voice soon after turning darker again, more as ground by gravel, he knew that this was the tongue the other person spoke, and that he would surely hear this. "But I warn you, step aside and let me leave, so we might meet another time. Think off your transgressions and atone for them, come back to me when you have found a cleric or healer able to cure that ill mind off yours. I truly hope that you suffer greatly during those trials, for you have harmed my crystal, and through that you have harmed me. This is the last warning that I extend to you, for if you do not move, I will kill you where you stand...."
He smirked softly, lowered his head slightly, his sapphire eyes gleaming in the darkness off the cavern, his mind calling out towards his servant, the creature that had been bound to him by his mind and spirit, the one that heard his call. He called upon the sorcerer that soon rose aver the mountain tops in the distance, his hands already ablaze with the flame off spells.
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((I'm not so good with D&D... Although I'm fluent in Mech.))
Shadows response was in the common tongue, resuming his meditative stance. "Then be gone. We have no want of you, and you no need of us." He moves forward and kneels over Simel, lifting him slightly and taking his head in one paw. "If you are gone before I turn around I promise I will do no further damage to that crystal you seem to value so much, although a part of me would love nothing more than to see what happens when such a thing is shattered." His specialty was destructive spells but he could heal minor bodily wounds to a very limited extent, which was exactly what he tried with the fox. The mention of the diety that had aflicted Simel had sparked his temper, and he had unfortunately chosen to draw upon his most... unpleasant spell. Discharging such a curse was in itself powerful, and dangerous to those nearby if they are not prepared. Simel should have seen this coming...
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(dip-shiz gang bangers are shooting eachother across the street, it's going to be a loud night fo me)
"Shadow?..."Simel reaches up a black furred paw, reaching for his old friends face.
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she yelped slightly as the pressure f air whipped her backwards near the edge of the cliff. she held onto the kits then stood up when she felt it was safe to. she gave the kts to mortem then stood on the edge of the cliff, she could tell something bad was coming, it itched at her mind like sandpaper. she closed her eyes and concentrated on the power that was flying towards them, she breathed evenly then broke into his mind, she was unsure if he was safe or unsafe so she just made him drop into the lake. Looking into the cave she shifted slightly, wondering if she should help th other two or inspect the fallen soldier...
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The feline takes his friends paw in one of his own. "I'm here, Simel." He turns back to the girl, his face blank. "You, girl. Fetch some water... and a rag, grab a rag as well. Quickly." He turns his attention back to the wounded fox, gripping his paw tightly. "I should not have lost my temper like that..."
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"My head hurts...." Simel groned and winced a little in pain. Just a self reminder to why he chose to be a protector of the weak, pain is just so .... agggravating.
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Angel quietly stepped forwards, towards Simel, his eyes only cast upon the form off the fox. He paid no mind to this 'Shadow' for he had no quarrel with the fox, at least.... not yet. "Here... let me help you" A soft chime rose from Angel as he placed his paw upon the fox' brow, smiling softly as he took the wounds off the creature upon himself, restoring illnesses and poisons, and taking the hurt that had been accumulated. upon the fox. His own form suffered by doing so, but he knew that he had chosen for this path, he healed others, though in return he felt their pain, he felt the toxin that flowed through their veins, and he took upon himself the diseases that they had befallen.
After the action he smiled and rose from the floor, moving towards the exit and stepping into the open. "May we meet again.... child off Nerull." A soft chuckle rose from him as he turned away, leaving the area and soon leaving sight....
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Simel still leaned against Shadow, confused at what just occure. A follower of the Cat Lord had just showed an act of selfless kindness. It was something he had never seen before. Simel could still feel the congealng scab on the back of his head, but felt no pain. Suddenly he jumped to his foot paws. "Tommy!?"
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((i have a name!.....))
she rose and ran out side to fech the pail of water, then grabbed a rag
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((Yes. Yes you do.))
Shadow follows quickly after Simel, casting the other feline one last distrustful glance. "Simel, are you sure you feel alright? You took quite a fall back there... Rest, let me look for the boy."
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"Feel the back of my head," Simel said, turning so he faced away from Shadow. "He healed, much to my surprise. Now where's my son?"
(remind us of what is is then, maxi)
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((im sure i said....oh well its Tilly))
she walked ut side the cabe and came back with Tommy asleep in her arms. she blushed lightly
"sorry, they fell asleep when i was outside wth them" she smiled lightly an wondered if she should pass him to Simel
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In the distance the Psion threaded away, close behind him the creature who had first heard his telepathic call. He no longer had any use to be near the others, for they had made it clear that they did not want him close to them. "Fine then Simel.... the choice is yours if you wish that I would leave. Have it your way I would say, even though I hope that Lolth will send her guardians towards thou." His words where bitter, even though he spoke off the person he had healed so short ago. His voice cold and distant, his spirit enraged off what had happened. He wanted to harm the caster, the creature who had hurt him and his crystal, but for now that had to wait, for he had other matters to attend to first..... matters that would prefer not to reach the light off day.
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OOC: (Tilly?! I would've chosen something a bit better than that, especially after having read Richard Wrights "Black Boy")
"Oh thank Gods hes all right." Simel rushed to Tilly's side, gently taking his son from her. Tommy and Shadow where the only two people from Simels life before the dragons take over, and he would do anything at all to protect them.
From a chamber high above the city, a room set high in the citadel, a dragon lord looked out upon the city. In his mind he felt a disturbance in the psionic fields near the caves. "Ahhh, good. It seems an old friend of miine has returned from the realm of the cat lord." The dragon laughed quietly to himself, leaning back into one of the royal families three thrones. Only the kings was larfe enough to fit his thirteen foot tall frame.
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((FINE!...you choose one....))
she froze up instantly, hearing the dragons thoughts bounce around her head, she mumbled something and rushed outside to see if she coul sit somewhere quietly before the real thoughts began...
((by the way am i able to think up some of the dragons thoughts or is that all yours?...just wondering))
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((umm, that was just a shout out to Rhavan to have him head towards the citadel, but okay, you can hear some of what he thinks) how doesShizuko sound?)
Simel sat crosslegged on the floor of the cave, holding Tommy against his chest. "Daddy's not going to leave you, Tommy. I promise."
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((oooOOh howz about BLUE!))
she held her head in her hands and struggled not to scream out loud. the things he was thinking..was about to do horrified her to the bone..of course she would have to tell someone soon ...or did she. luckily nonone knew much about her so she bit her lip and yelped slightly... she hoped she wasnt goping to pass out and see him instead...it freaked people out when she did that. and then he was laughing and laughing...she screamed
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Simels ears laid back against his head as Blue screamed, the high pitched wail was enough to give him a splitting headache. Tommy woke up, scared of the scream that came from her mouth. Simel ran outside to her side, kneeling down next to her he sat Tommy down and put his paws on her shoulder.
"Blue. Blue, what's wrong?"
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she sat shaking, lost in the view of the dragon, he was sitting right in front of her and he was talking to Angel...she knew it he was against them...she looked about and heard them talking quietly about there next plan, they nodded in quiet aggreement and then an orb of three of them suddenly appeared, TOmmy, Shadow and Simel but she was no were to be seen in it. The dragon thumped his large skaly hand down furiously and she blocked her ears as he barked an order for some of his men to look for them, "anf if you faiiil me like the lassst lot then you will be wissshing you were dead" she saw the man intantly crumple next to him as he screamed in agony and was pulled away"ssssomeone hasss talked" he hissed and then she was falling into the darkness again.
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( :-[ wow, better evil than how i portrayed him, how come every one does better evil than i do?)
"Blue! ... " Simel shook her, trying to wake her. The unconcious female had stopped screaming, but she looked very much as if in a troubled sleep.
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she sniffled but didnt wake((and tank you..thought that wasnt good enough))
she was cold and wanted to just sleep, no matter how much that anoyying someone was trying to wake her up
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Simel held her as Tommy looked on. Tommy was scared that she might be dead like mommy, but Daddy still held her...
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she sighed and fell asleep, her head sliding down to the side. she knew when she woke she would be confused and abit sick but she would pull through....as long as she woke
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Simel loked from the sleeping female to his son. "Go goet some blankets and a pillow, Tommy." He whispered so as to not wake her.
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she was having a flas back of her young time again. sh could see her mum and then her twin sister..she was looking for he..she hoped she would see her again
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Simel gently laid her back on the blanket, having Tommy set the pillow under her head. Father and son then relaxeed against the cave wall, waiting for Shadow to say something. Hopefully he knew what was going on with Blue.
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((For the record, the reason Shadow called you 'girl' is because he[Shadow] does not care about you all that much... and maybe I was a little lazy... but the point is Shadow really only knows you[max] as 'girl'.))
Shadow shrugs, his anger at the other feline almost palpable in the air around him. His good eye had narrowed to a slit, and that eye was fixed firmly in the direction the creature, which was neither as young nor as innocent as its appearances would make it seem, had left. The sadist in him showed Shadow exactly what he would do to this 'Angel' given the chance. It was not pretty. The fact that it was he who had inflicted that would upon the fox, quite possibly the only one of his small pantheon of friends who was still breathing, was ever present in his mind, but he blamed his own actions on the mention of Nerull. He cursed the diety to the full extent of his ability, uttering low curses in every language he knew.
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"You know Shadow, even though you only uttered those words, I heard every one, and not through thought speak." Simel sat crossleged in the cavern floor, his black furred paws covering young Tommy's ears. "We are in the company of females and children."
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((so true...sorry....))
she was kind of clad that they werent to know anyof what was happening to hr , the last time would hopefully stay the last. she mumbeled something as she dfritesd further away from her sister
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Though his fur hid it well enough his cheeks were red as he strode away from the group to cool down. Until the other feline had arrived his temper had been in check, but now he could hardly manage to cool off! He needed some fresh air to cool off...
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she felt the unforgetful tug at her stomach and moaned tiredly wihle twisting in her blanket, she looked about through tired eyes and tried to resist the urge to throw up, she could feel someone near her, but was to tired to even look up. she shakily raised herself onto her elbows, breathing out heavily as the world spun sickeningly
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Saber is crouching down with her paw on a near by tree, panting heavily as she has been running for ever since she escaped from the Dragon. She listen carefully as she heard the shouting of Dragons guards who have been chasing her for a while, she perked her ears at a sound of a cracking twig, she looked around frantically before climbing up into a tree and sitting there looking down, sitting the guards run past after a while she let out a sigh of relief before deciding it would be safer to try and get around using the trees to move around. Saber made sure the cost was definitely clear before leaping from branch to branch, she soon hung down by a tree to look around, her eyes narrowed as she saw other furs, wiping some of the blood from her cheek she made her away through the trees to the furs she saw. Soon she was in a tree right behind them, she saw what looked like a father and a son, also a female fur who looked as if she was trying to get up.
((Hope that is a good enough first post))
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"A walk will do him good," Simel said to himself. He noted that Blus seemed to be stirring, and as she got to her hands and knees she made a heaving sound. Simel jumped to her side and held her hair back, just in case she was going to throw up.
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blinked a few times fast, before creeping a little closer to a bush and dropping down into it, making a thud sound. Peering through the bushes she kepts her eyes on the three furs, but as she crept along she stepped on something sharp and let out a slight yelp of surprise as she didnt expect it.
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she jumped and twisted around on the floor to see what the mysterious sound was, there was a sound of suprise n pain coming from the bush. she shuffled closer to wred so she could lean on him, trying not to let the world spin sickeningly
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crouched in the bush she crawled out closer to the others a little, but staying close to the bush she looked at her hind paw to find a small sharp thorn poking out of her paw pad.
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she fell back onto her back and closed her eyes, summining the strength to try and stand again, when suddenly she heard the angry shouts og gaurds coming from the east of te cave
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A sudden gasp came from Saber as she pulled the thorn out and her ears perked as she heard the guards
"Darn...I thought I lost them"
gets up quickly and readies her crossbow, still sat on the floor in front of the three furs, she aimed her crossbow at where she heard the voices coming from
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Simel spun and stood, first facing towards the yelp of pain, but then towards the angry reptilian voices that were advancing from the east. Just as he tossed a fire ball towards the voices a crossbow bolt whizzed past his head, narrowly missing his ear.
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(( http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Cat_Lord
Read it, then get back to me on who would be the cat lord's allies..... instead of speculating.))
Angel walked slowly throughout the land, his only companions a raven, a crystal, and a bald human. He knew each off them ever so well. His and his crystal where as one, the crystal being a fragment off his own shattered mind. The human and the raven where likewise connected, though by another bond, the bond off caster and companion. They where to him his only friends, his only family, his only companions in his life's travels. The human though would perish long before himself, and with him his raven would leave. Even the thoughts off those deaths made him sad, mournful, wishing that they could be granted life eternal.
He knew though that those thoughts where to be banished, he was a healer after all, he had to tend to their healths, instead off worrying about them dying off old age. Yet for now target was something else, something which lay in the very distance..... the capital off this once proud land, which was now defiled by the blackest off presence..
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she opened her eyes at the sound a crossbow being unloaded. she looked over at simel with a questioning glance
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still has yet to fire her crossbow, she is still waiting until she has a clear sight of one of the reptilian guards. When she gets a clear sight of one just standing still she aim and fire her crossbow, the bolt flow through the air and pierced through the reptilians armer straight into his chest just inches away from his heart.
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Sime ducked, grabbing Blue in one arm and Tommy in the other he ran them into the relative protection of the cave. "Blue, you're in no condition to fight, keep Tommy safe." The older fox stood, turned and stepped out of the cave with a fire ball burning in each hand.
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she looked at Tommy, Tommy looked at her. she smiled briefly and tried pulling him into a hug. she shook gently and tried carming him down. standing up clumsily she tried to sliver to wards the entrance of the cave. she groaned anf layed dwn on the floor where she had stooped. Tommy snuggled under her wing and she hid him from view, she could feel him hugging close to her anf it made her feel a bit better, but she was worried for Simel, especialy after what the Dragon had done let alone said. she knew they were being surrounded but she didnt have the voice to say, she couldn only mumble and think some energy up
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Starts to hear voices so she focuses carefully on them, she perked her ears quickly before running up to the fox she had seen earlier, she sheathed her crossbow before speaking
"I can hear some females voice saying that the dragon has this place surrounded...What are going to do?"
she once again wiped the blood from her blood from her cheek and looked at him again.
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"Huh?" Simel turned to see a female that looked just like Blue. He turned back to look at the female who was holding his child, then back to the new comer. She had a crossbow strapped to her back and a cut on her cheek. "Umm... I think we should go find Shadow and... I', sorry, but I am just confused here. You two look exactly the same. Are you sisters?"
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tilts her head
"Well My name Is, Saber Nanako Sinclair, Saber for short or Fang for a nickname. I do have a twin sister but I haven't seen her for over 10 years."
The only thing different about her and her twin sister was that Saber had a different collar on.
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If the few escapees at the cave were particularly observant they would have heard a handfull of exclamations, a lull, and then shreiks of some variety. Mere moments later Shadow returned to the cave, hurling what looked like a notably sharp icicle behind him. "Simel, we..." His good eye falls on the new female and he hisses, ears pulling back as he exposed his teeth in the usual feline fashion. He then turns back to the fox as if nothing had happened. "It appears we have been found. Should we try our luck with finding an exit within the cave, do you think?"
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Simels eyes dart from Shadow, to blue, to his sonTommy and then to Saber. "I think we should, we're out numbered by those reptiles."
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hisses back at the fur who hissed at her, also her ears flattened revealing that she only has on sharp feline like tooth left after one got yanked out when she was in the grasp of the dragon
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her head felt like it was about to explode, she could hear mutterings outside but they were to distant to her. The dragon was alling her, and he was very angry...deadly angry. She mumbles something to Tommy so he would talk and stay safe with SImel and shadow. she curled up as the dragons shouts started over again
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sniffed the air and smelled a familiar scent she looked around and started to follow it around although to her he scent was weak because he hasnt smelt it in ages.
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"Saber, every one. If we want to mke it out of here alive than I suggest we start looking for an alternate exit to this cave." Simel turned, taking saber and Shadow in his arms he led them down the water eroded corridor, Leaving Blue to follow with Tommy.
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manages to wriggle out of his arms
"I'm not leaving...I'm not just going to give up...I'm going to stay here and try to fight..."
she checked her rifle was loaded, made sure she had plenty of ammunition, and made sure none of her poison bottles leaked cause she needed the bottles for her arrows
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Simel turned, on a paw, his arm releasing Shadow. "You intend to fight? If we dissapear into the cave, they won't follow, they would not be able to stand the cold. It is much safer to run and hide, than to fight a losing battle. Chose your fights, that's the true essance of the fabian strategy. Now, if yo plan to stay, I'm sorry but this is were we part ways. Good luck."
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gives a slight nod before turning her back on all the others, take a deep breath running and leaping off of a rock into a tree and starts to make her way closer to the reptilian group, so she can attack them by surprise, which she hopes that way she can get a few before jumping down
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she mumbled and realised suddenly that everyone had dissapeared. Tommy was pulling on her arm and crawled towards the place that he was pulling, she stopped when she saw a twig snap and then a girl fly from rock to rock. she stared in awe, it cuouldnt be, she shook her head and tried to crawl along with Tommy, but she could already hear them outside and this time, they werent going to stop for anything, they wanted their prize, at any cost. she wrapped a wing around Tommy just incase a arrow happened to fly by.
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after killing a few of the reptilian guards near the cave she started to run back covered in the guards and her own blood, she burst out through the bushes and came to, looked around and raised a brow seeming she couldn't remember what way the other had set of because she was back where she first met the other furs
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Angel threaded closer to the capital, the walls looming far over him, but they could not keep him from his target at this time. He knew this place but all too well, the corridors, the streets, the homes and the people that once lived here. He had come here many times before, and always he went under the same name, his name.... Angel. He knew that the name was not truly his, but he had learned it from an orphan just a few hundred meters from his current location, and from that time on he had started using it as his own.
Scaling the wall was no problem with his companions aid, passing down the streets unseen was neither a difficult task, but always he felt as if something was amiss, something about this dark place made him uneasy... and that something now inhabited the palace. "My lord... why have you brought this to me, why the town that I finally started to call home... I am sure that you have your reasons to test your servant, yet please.... show me what you expect from me.... I beg off you to do that for me, appear and speak... Rexfelis."
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Simel no longer heard the footsteps of Blue and Tommy behind him. he looked to Shadow and then turned to see no one behind. "Shadow, we need to go back and find them!"
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she was clawing her way slowly towards simel and shadow with her winf folded protectively over Tommy.
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She hears a rustle in the bushes, so she turns round quickly to see two reptilian guards coming out, she grabbed her rifle, aimed and fire, only to find out her gun wasnt loaded. She started toload her gun quickly but it was to late, she let put a loud cry of pain as she got a crossbow bolt got straigth through her sholder she looked down to see a blooded bolt tip poking through the other side of her sholder and the back of the bolt at the other side. She the remebered what the male fox had told her about the cold, so she ran into the cave and kept going. When she was deep enough in she flopped against the wall and slide down, holding over the bolt so no one could see the bolt tip only the blood that trickled down
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she felt a deep headache coming on but new she had to keep going, lookinh behindher she saw darkness and then a figure slump down the side of the wall. she mentaly growled but kept going, she stood up a bit to wobbily for her liking and then shuffled towards the figure.TOmmy held he hand as she took him closer to the girl
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She perked her ears and looked up quickly, letting out a small growl and she couldnt really see much, her eyes give of a slight glow as they relfect what light is in the cave, she narrowed her eyes so to get a closer look at the furs coming towards her. It was the female fur from before the one who was ill and a little boy, she got up standing shkily because of all the wounds she gained from fighting the few guards off, and she stumbled forward a little bit at a time, just so the furs didnt have to go to close to the enterance, but unfortunately she couldn't go very fast due to her ankle being one of two things 1) Broken or 2) sprained.
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she held on to the girl as she saw her stumbiling and asked what was wrong, she looked down to see that she was bleeding and immeadielty set her down on the floor. when she heard some grunts utside she turned to late to see the gaurds aiming at the others. crashing her wings out protectively she heard the sudden twng as the arrows were realeaed, and then the fiery pain as it ambedded itself in either of her wings, she was clad she had protected the othres but no they really had to move. she picked Tommy up and slid the other girls arm over her back, still kepping her wings out she sttarted walking towards the deeper part of the cave, in search of the others
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Growled deeply seeing what the Reptiles had done, she got off of the females shoulders, clenched a fist and a small blade slide out from the under her sleeve on the under side on her paw, the blade was attached to her wrist with a leather buckled strap. She did the same to her other paw so she had two blades, before bounding outside and sticking one of the blade straight into ones chest as she pounced it, she glared into its eyes scowling and watching it die before yelping in mild pain she the other one kicked her off , causing her to roll off on to her back, she got up by sort of backwards rolling into a stand , her left arm now to numb to use because of the bolt shot, her and the last reptile near started to circle the others body, also most as if they where competing for it, The only sound heard were the quick feline hisses and the long reptilian snarls
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she stumbled as the girl left her and looked down at Tommy, she whispered in his ear nad watched him run out towards the other two. she braced her wings slightly and started for the entrance of the cave, hoping the girl wsa ok
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She went to go pounce the other one before getting yet another bolt through the same should but slightly over, she let out a slight yelp and pounced the reptile doing the same thing she did to the one before, only this time slowly pulling the blade down as she pushed it in deeper.
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closing her eyes, she held the wall and concntrated on the surroundin forest, with a huge groan the surrounding trees broke dwon to the ground crushing the last of the reptiles and alowng space for the girl to come follow. she opened her eys and saw the world swim again. dar* she thought to herself and blinked a couple of times
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looked away before slightly wobbling and shaking her head, she looked around the forest and sniffed the air before climbing up in to a tree so she could get a higher look about the place
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she looked up at the girl "what the flock are you doing" she asked sleepishy. she stumbled and sat at hte bottom of the tree looking up while gently folding her wings back, she would pull it out later
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"Nothing..."
she looked around still, climbing higher and higher so that she could get more of a look around the place, now and again she would shake her head as she started to get dizzier and dizzier because of blood lose
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"you better get down before gravity makes you come down" she smiled slightly and thought that the girl looked slightly ...well liked she had seen her before. feeluing uncomfortable she unfolded her left wing and tapped the arrow, blood spilled over her crimson wings
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Hisses slightly before sitting down on the top branch, tapping at both bolts in her arm, and she couldnt bring herself to pull them out with her clothing on still, so she would have to wait till later when the others weren't with her , she just sat at the top of the tree sighing and watching her blood make a bigger blotch on her shirt
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Simel and Shadow exited the cave entrance to find the scene of a massaxre. Dead reptillian bodies littered the ground, and Blue was helping Saber to the ground. As Simel approached he noated that there was a growing crimson stain on Sabers shoulder, as well as a pair of crossbow bolts growing from her flesh. He ran to the bottom of the tree and reached p to take her in his arms, just in case she fell.
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Looks down from the tree and blinks, her vision get slightly fuzzy 'cause of dizziness she she steadies herself on a branch before jumping down using lower branches till she gets to the floor. She shook her head placed a paw over her bolt wounds as if she was trying to hide them from the others, her eyes wondered between the furs seeming she knew none of them, Saber gave a slight twinge as she pushed slightly on her wounds still gazing at the furs.
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"I can see plainly that you're hurt, and can smell the blood as well." Simel stepped close to her, his voice dropping, almost crooning her to lowering her paw. "Now let me look and make it better, I can stop the pain."
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she looked from wred to the girl hoping she would co-operate. she pawed at the arrow untill it came out and did the same with the other. she then threw the arrows into the bushs and fanned her wings slightly, concentratiing on the scene ahead instead of the pain
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her ears flattened, she didnt lower her paw she just kept it were it was
"I dont need help...I can cope...Honest"
her left arm still numb and slightly shakey
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"You're sure you don't ant to be healed?" (this chicks braver than any of us, I think) He projected to Shadow through thought speak.
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She moved her paw to reveal the two bolt shots sticking out of her shoulder and looked at them
"I only really need help pulling these out...But I'm going to do that later when I'm alone. Just so I can get a better look at them"
she looked back up at the other furs and tilted her head left a bit
"Can I ask your names? mines Saber if I haven't said before"
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"Mine name is Simel, and my son here... is Tommy. We are proud to be of your acquaintance." Simel reached out a paw to her in friendship. "If I may?"
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"and im...Blue"she mumbled slightly as she patted her torn wings.
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((Greetings! Mind if I hop in? I'm kinda new to the forum but an experinced rper, anyways just let me know))
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She shook Simel's and smiled weakly, her own paw shaky due to dizziness and a little because of blood lose "Its nice to meet you all" she turned her attention to Blue and gave her a slight confused look
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she stood up and mumbled something about going to the lake. she stumbled down the hill and started to wash her wings and see what type of damage there was
((And im sure you can join...but the person you hve to message is simel which is Wred, but im sure you cn join.))
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started to think deeply and shook her head before starting to get wobblier
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she winced slightly as the coolness done its job, wiping away the best of t she started rooting around for somebracken and grass to patch it up
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Seeing Sabers stance falter, Simel quickly stepped to her side and braced her, careful not to put pressure n the areas surrounding her wounds. "You should just let me heal you... It would be so much easier than the pain."
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Name: Tidus Walker
Species: Fox
Profession: Assassin
Skills: Stealth, double strikes, first-aid
The fox quickly strided through the field the citadel to his back, his cloak flowing gently in the wind. He paused and looked up at the looming mountains in the distance, "I hope i'm going the right way this time, it seems like it would be a good place to hide." He sniffed the air trying to get a scent before continuing his trip. I'll find you Simel..Soon.. ((hope this is alright for a first post))
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(very good.)
"Now just hold your breath,, bite down on my hand f you need to," Simel held one hand up to Sabers muzzle, just in case, and with the other he pulled at the feathered end of one of the two bolts through her shoulder. "You're lucky these are bullit tipped and not broad headed."
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she looked into the pool as it swirled crimson...maybe she maybe get some more n=badage on it she thought dreamily. she shook her head and looked out towards citadel, she could sense someone coming, but they didnt seem dangerous. she sighed and looked back to her bandaged wings..."now how am i gunna fly" she muttered annoyed
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Whimpers as he touched one of the bolts and moves away, covering the bolts up with her paw "I would rather pull them out myself. So I can do something with out running the risk of pulling some of my shirt into the wound...And One of the two bolts in a broad headed one" she keeps the bolts covered up slightly whimpering as she accidentally put pressure onto both of the bolts in her sholder
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stumbles back to the others and tries not to throw up
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Slides to a stop the smell of fresh blood heavy in the air. "I must be close." he takes off at full sprint towards the scent, his ears perked up as he got closer, he could hear voices. he quickly ducked down and made his way to a tree, he slowly and carefully made his way up the branches as he neared the top he could see two females, one who was covering a wound the other looked rather sick, he decided to get a better look and took hold of te next branch, as he pulled himself up it brok with a loud snap and sent him falling several feet in the tree until he could catch himself....."Hope that wasn't as loud as it was in my head.." he whispered to himself
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she perked her ears and grabbed a hold of her rifle and aimed at where she heard a loud snap still covering her wounds, her eyes wondered, scanning the area, when she saw no threat she lowered her rifle and sniffed the air to see if she could catch a scent, and she did. One she had never smelt before, so she decided to keep her guard up as she went over to where she had heard the sound
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Hearing someone coming closer he adjusted himself and quietly drew his katana just in case, he sat on the low branch waiting to see if the fur was hostile
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when she go to when she heard the sound she looked around keeping her guard up and her ears perked encase of any sounds
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Noticing the fur was practically right below him, he figured he would try and take the advantage early, he didn't want to be on the recieving end of that rifle, he leapt off the branch over her and landed behind her as quietly as possible, though he was unable to land without making some noise.
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her ears perked, she spun round and whipped her rifle out of its holster, but whimpers in pain as she used the arm that had been shot with two crossbow bolts, but she keeps aiming her rifle, and her arm shaking in pain
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he dropped back into a guard as he faced off with her, he noticed her injuries and figured he could probably get the advantage but he didn't know how many were in the group or even if Simel was there, so he stood there waiting for her to make the first move
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sees that the fur doesn't attack her she lowers her rifle and puts it back in its holster, she made eye contact with the fur and her expression was a kind of friendly but in pain type of look as she returned her paw back to covering the bolts in her shoulder.
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He sighs with relief and sheaths his katana, "Sorry to startle you." he gives her a grin then looks to her shoulder, "Those look pretty bad, may I take a look at them?"
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she removed her paw from covering her wounds once more "You kinda of forget their there unless you touch them, so its not that bad, and sure but please don't try and pull them out" she give a small but weak smile, as she saw that he put his katana away
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he nods and walks over to her inspecting the wounds without touching them. "I'll see what I can do without removing them, but you will want them removed soon or it'll get infected." he reaches into his pack and pulls out some herbs and a bandage, "The substance these leaves produce will make your shoulder numb." he squeezed the leaves letting the liquid flow around the wound. He then handed her the bandage, "I'll let you put this on yourself, I doubt you trust me enough to let me," he gave her a smile. "My name's Tidus, by the way, whats yours?"
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she gave more of a smile as she took the bandage and started to put it on "Nice to meet you. I'm Saber" after putting the bandage on she gave another smile still weak though
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((K, I don't like how blue shows up so i'm changing my color, it's not a second character)) "The pleasure is all myne." he takes a small bottle out of his pack and squeezes the rest of the leaves into it. "I've been looking for someone named Simel, I don't suppose you've seen him nearby, he's a small fox.."
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"He's in the small group I found when I was running from some guards. He's some where over by the cave still I think" she points the direction of the cave then looked back at Tidus "I'm heading back there myself. You can follow along if you want" she flicked her tail behind her slightly
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He nods to Saber "Very well, lead the way." he gives her a smile and follows her
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heads back to the others with tidus following, as she walks along she keep looking around keeping her ears perked
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Followed a couple paces behind her, noting that she had her ears perked, he wasn't sure if it was because she expected danger or if she still didn't trust him, but he continued to follow perkng his ears aswell making sure he didn't miss a sound
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finally get to the others she had met " Simel? someone wants to talk to you I think" she looked around a little, her ears gone back to there normal way as she felt her arm go slightly numb, she turned to Tidus "Simel should be around here somewhere, you could wait or go look for him"
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"Well, I don't really want to get lost, i'm sure he'll be back soon so I guess i'll wait here until he does." he takes a seat and puts the hood down on his cloak. He reaches into his pack and pulls out a couple peices of bread and offers one to Saber
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smiles and take the piece he offered and starts to pick pieces of to eat them "That probably a good idea, and thanks"
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"Your welcome" he took a small bite of the bread, "So, how did you come across this little group? I had plenty of trouble finding it and I was looking."
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She swallow the bit of bread she was eating and looked at Tidus "I managed to escape from the Dragons keep and I just kept running and eventual found them"
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Looked casually around as he chewed patiently waiting for Simel to return. he swallowed the bite and looked back to her. "A dragon? That's quite a feat to escape one alive, that must have been an ordeal"
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"Not really, The dragons been out and busy, but I must have done something to raise alarm before I escaped and got chased about for ages" she took another little bite out of the bread and looked back at him
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Small paw falls echoed upfrom the dark recesses of the deeper parts of the cave. Simel appeared from the shadows, his once shambled robes clean, without a tear. his fur no longer matted and muddy, but clean, groomed, and glistening. "It was no easy feat to escape any dragon, for any one who has, they usually bear some mark from doing it." Simel walked up to the new arrival, he noted that he had foreign weapons and clothing. "I dobt that I will need to adress myself."
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Tidus turned his head in the direction of the voice and seeing Simel he quickly stood. "Ah, it's good to finally see you again, I was beginning to think i'd never find you." he grinned at him as he slipped his bread back into his pack
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(i'm gonna pull this one way out of nowhere.)
"And I the same, Brother." Simel lloked on to Tidus with a air of happiness and releif, but also with great sadness. "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but Mom, Dad, and our sister are dead."
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((that's fine actually, I was shooting for a similar thing))
"I know...I returned to the citadel a few days ago to discover that dragon in power and you gone, I feared for the worst...." he reached out and gave his brother a hug "It's good to see you again brother"
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Simel squeezed his brother. What had it been, ten, fifteen years since he had left for the orient? He hasd missed so much, Simel secretly wished that Tidus had not returned, and that he had returned sooner.
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Continued the embrace for a few more seconds before slowly breaking it off, "Unfortunatly my return wasn't exactly celebrated back at the citadel..there are lots of soldiers tracking me, and i'm sure they'll pick up my trail again soon.." he casually looked over the group before looking back to his brother. "I heard from mum that you had a son. Did he make it?"
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"Ues, fortunately Tomy made it, but Clara and my daughter, Camille, ..." A tear welled up in his eye, his adams apple bobbed and his knees buckled."She was only a week old... her eyes hadn't even opened...."
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Tidus closed his eyes, he didn't even know he had a daughter and he just opened a fresh wound, he sighed ashamed and knelt next to Simel and put his arm around him comforting him. "I'm so sorry brother..."
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she watched the new comer, Tidus alittle wary. she stood by a tree and watched as simel opened up to some o his painful past, she hated it when her friends where hurt and she didnt have an easy way of helping them. instead she looked about for Tommy, and noticed that Saber already had, had some assitance.
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She let out a little cry of pain quiet enough that it was hard to hear and clenched her left paw as a sharp pain shot through her arm, her vision blurred once more and the great dizziness swept over her quickly, she stood up shakily and looked at the others "Excuse me for a second. I have to go somewhere" she held her rifle just encase she came across any guards, then walked away from the others
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Tidus makes eye contact with her as she leaves and gives her a slight nod, he continues to comfort Simel but turns his ears in Sabers direction listening in case she ran across any trouble.
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finds an abandoned building, she creaks open the door and peer round it "Hello?" she took a few steps in and and saw nothing was there so she went in more, only to turn round quickly to the sound of a slamming door and the sigh on darkness all around her ~Great...Now I cant see..~ she thought as she looked around the darkness
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As time had passed and no answer had come to Angel he sighed, entering the place that he called his home. The building was desolate, no life near it, for none would live in this neighborhood anymore. The door had started to rot during the last months, the windowsills had started to decay, cracks could be seen in the glass that kept out the wind that raged outside, and dust laid thick upon the floor. He liked this place though, for it was his, and his alone, none had entered since he had obtained it, which suited him more then well. "If you so wish my lord.... if you wish that I find it myself, then so shall it be."
A twisted smile crept over his face as he shifted, his body changing, turning smaller, more fuzzy, and more like that off a true feline. Soon he stood there, ears flicking about, a tail swishing behind him, and his feline eyes seeking through the room. He as a Tibbit had been gifted with this power, he could transform in a feline at will, but only that form he could shift to. His psionic nature had given him more then that, the ability to shift his true form, or his feline form, and change it to his will. Colors, and appearances where nothing to him since that day on, for he had learned that even the most adamant off forms would change in time.
Slowly he threaded from the building, staring out through the street, and for a moment he held still, bit soon went on again, on towards the place that he assumed the answers would await.... the palace in the distance. Mere minutes had passed as he reached it, his tiny form gazing out towards the entrance, seeking a place where he could enter. The door would pose him no trouble, for he knew that he could make it vanish at will. The guards would fall before they knew it, their minds too feeble to resist his own. He however did not relish the thought off killing them, and preferred a more.... peaceful solution to the problem at paw.
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He heard the sound of a door open then slam in the distance, he had a bad feeling about it but decided to keep listening instead of head over, for if he did head over and it was nothing he would be caught spying on her and that wouldn't put favor in him being trusted. he slowly took one hand off his brother and onto the hilt of his sword ready to charge in if he sensed any distress. He figured the citadel soldiers had picked up his trail by now, it was only a matter of time before they found this spot and he had to get them moving before they did....
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she found a small bit of light which she sat in, her eyes seemed to glow as they reflected the light making it slightly easier for her to look around, she saw no one was there so she was going to do what she had planed to do, she slipped off her over shirt so she was left in a light white vest and dark green cargo type trousers, she unwrapped her bandages, placing them side her as she sat down, taking a deep breath and holding it as she grabbed a hold of one of the metal bolts in her shoulder
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Shadow simply appeared near the mouth of the cave, his robes lost to reveal the vest and trousers he wore underneath. Both were the same midnight black as his fur, though even these were torn in places, and one sleeve looked as if it had been burned near the shoulder. With a soft sigh he strides into the cave, sitting on a rock not quite with the others.
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"Tidus, I think I should probably reintroduce you to Shadow. He's changed a lot since you first met him all those years ago." Simel sat up, taking a deep breath he tried his best tocompose himself.
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Nods and stands taking in the familiar figure of Shadow, he held out a paw to shake. "It's good to meet you again." he kept and eye on Simel making sure he was calming down before looking back up to Shadow and giving him a small grin
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she decded to go and wwander around...or look for Saber After all it looked lke a close meeting and she was sating t feel uncomfortable she moved quetly away an looked about to see where she might have gone. there was a bullding near by and shhe deicded o lok there first
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Samantha stared from Tidus to Simel then Shadow and back, confused. "Where did he come from?" She questioned, utterly lost. Her tail fell limply behind her.
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"He cme from my mother, er, our mother.. We're brothers you see." Simel paused. "I think introductions are in order, Samantha, Tidus. Tidus, Samantha."
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The feline looks up, smiling when his good eye falls on Tidus. "Ahh, it has certainly been a while, hasn't it?" He extends a paw of his own, though it is his left. "You'll excuse me if I use my offhand, I had some trouble making my way back here. Ah well, that's the Serpent Guard for you."
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A wide grin crossed her face and she relaxed a little. "Then I trust we can have faith in him? Unless he is the jealous type, no?"
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He nods in understanding and switches hands before giving him the paw shake. He then turned towards Samantha, "It's a pleasure to meet you aswell, and no, I never have been the jelous type."
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The grin widened and she gave him a welcoming hug. "Then let me formally introduce myself. Samantha at your service, archer and protector of those with no means to protect themselves."
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Tidus grinned and returned the hug, "Hugs, that's a formal greeting I could get used to. My name is Tidus, and it is an honor to meet you."
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"It is my job to be more of a close encounter person in order to gage a person's merit without their knowledge. Likewise." She flicked her tail, completely trusting him as she disarmed herself quickly and efficiently. "This day and age we must be careful of family especially." She murmured, sighing sadly.
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"Yes we do, which is a pity isn't it." he looked back to his brother and gave him a smile, it had been so many years since he had last seen him, it was good to have his family with him again.
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she takes a deep breath and looks at her pure white vest before looking to the side, gripping the metal bolt tighter taking yet another deep breath, and with out a second thought she rips the bolt but was stupid enough to grab the pointed end, which meant she made the wound bigger by pulling it through, She let out a loud yelp, before grabbing her wound which was pouring crimson blood onto her once clean vest ~Just one bolt left....thats it..~ she through the blood covered bolt on the floor and looked at the paw she used to cover her wound and splatting the blood on it onto the floor then goes back to covering her wound and tears fill her eyes slightly
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She nodded, wishing she still had what she called a family. "At least some can have theirs without pain. How long has it been since you two last saw one another?"
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"I would say it would be at least a decade since he had left for the orient." Simel reached back into his memory, how much it had changed since then. At that point in time he was only a teenager, no older than 17. Shadow still had his fang, and clear green eyes. Simels family was still all alive, but he hand no children yet.
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Nods and thinks back to the day he left. It was a sad day to leave but he had felt that he needed to find a purpose besides his "royal duties" he had always expected to return home the same way it was before he left. He was starting to regret ever leaving his family and that he should've stayed behind to help defend his home.
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decided to leave the other bolt in, she picked up the bolt and her shirt and starts to head back to the others with blooded paws, shirt, some on the tips of her hair on the left and vest. She got back to the others and sat her self down looking at the bolt she had pulled out
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"Oh gods... Saber, you have to let us heal you before that gets infected."
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His daze is broken by the smell of blood, he turns his head to see Saber bleeding and holding one of the bolts. He heads over to her and nods to Simel. "You'd better let us have a look at it, your bleeding a lot for just a shoulder wound, you might have nicked an artery pulling out the bolt"
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She looked up at Simel, her ears flattened and her eyes sad looking, she stood up still holding her wound
"Poison Bolts...Luckily I only have a small amount from each bolt, And as for the healing thing..May I pull the other out first, So then both can get better?...also as long as magic isn't used should be okay" the reason she hated magic was because of the fact that magic was used to hide her wings and she didn't really feel like un-hiding them because t was easier to move around without them
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Simel turned around, reaching into one 0f the packs, he withdrew a roll of cotton gauze, as well as a vial of clear liquid. "Having lived in the sewers for those last few months, I learned a lot about cleaning wounds.... " He stepped over to Saber. "Now let me see."
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"Just one second..." she grabbed a hold of the last bolt after putting the other bolt in her mouth so she could bite down on it, she tugged it slightly and bit down, so she gripped it tighter and just yanked it out, letting out a pain filled whine. She removed the bolt from her mouth and held both bolts in her paw, her eyes filled with tears of pain and more blood running down her once pure white vest top, she also started to feel faint and dizzy so she slightly wobbled
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Simel quickly caught her as she swooned. "Tsk tsk... You should have just let me do it in the first place..." He gently laid her down on the ground, taking the gaze he dabbed at the wounds, cleaning up some of the blood.
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Moved in a kept her steady letting Simel work, he wanted to get involved but Simel seemed to be doing wonderfully, "Need anything Simel?" he prepared to get any supplies simel needed while keeping Saber steady so she didn't get hurt worse
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she closed her eyes so she couldn't see the blood, seeming to much makes her feel sick and she tilted her head away from the wound, she also started to feel slightly sleep so she relaxed a little to see if she could take a quick nap whilst she was being helped out
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"stay awake, I need you to tell me if anything feels wrong..." Simel pressed the blood stained swab against her shoulder. He then looked back at his brother, yes, I'll need some thread and a needle, the broad head did some damage when she pulled it out."
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Forced her eyes open, buts she struggles to keep them open although she manages " I think I got more of the poison from one of them then I thought...I feel even weaker then before"
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Nods and sets his pack on the ground rummaging through his pack. He locates some thread but while looking for the needle he pokes himself. "Owch.." he mumbles before taking the needle out and offering it to him. "Here you are, see if you can cut off the circulation to the wound, it will slow the spread of the poison."
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She blink fast and still struggled to keep her eyes open, but she felt to dizzy to and was forced to close them again, and because she has lost quiet a bit of blood she sort of slipped in to a day dream faint, where she would actually move a little and make little groan noises because of things she could see
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Seeing that she's about to pass out he slowly guides her to the ground "Relax Saber, don't get too stressed out. You're going to be just fine." He looks up to Simel. "There should be some herbs nearby that can stop this poison, at least until we find something better, i'll go look for some." he leaves his pack next to Simel in case he needs something in it and heads off into the trees
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"We don't have to worry about any poisons... I have this." Simel held up the corked vial of clear liquid. He uncorked, the liquid inside had no smell whatsoever. "Now, thi may sting a little, and it will bubble and burn, but that can be easily healed." Simel held the vial tilted over Sabers wounds. "Ready?"
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she rushed in"is there nthying you would like me to do"she asked...her mind was wondering again and she was readingthings that scared her very much
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Shadow sets one of the bolts in his lap, tapping a claw against the poisoned tip. The bolt head briefly burned a cold green fire, and the felines good eye fixed itself on the bolthead, examining it. "Clever..."
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By now had fainted from seeing to much blood and was pretty much off in her own little world, not knowing what was going on in the real world, although in her nightmarish dream she saw the real world a lot different
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"No, this isnoot good, not good at all. Shadow!" Simel looked up, the anti venom Simel poured over her wounds was not taking effect, and Saber was slipping quickly into a dark world. "Shadow!? I need you help!"
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Not hearing that Simel had an anti-venom he continued to search through the foliage in search of the plant he needed, he heard the yelling from Simel and began to quicken his search running through the trees as fast as he could and still look, time was running out and he still couldn't find them
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"No, no, Stay With me!!!" Simel kept one paw on her shouder, the still flowing blood was growing thinner and thinner, flowing more rapidly. "Saber you gotta stay here, Don't give in to Death."
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makes a slight groaning noise as in her nightmare she was having to fight this off as she ran through some type of thick fog, she dodge past trees and jumped over rock but couldn't seem to escape the strange things following her, she also began to think that the poison in her body was more of a hallucination type one
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Shadow tosses the arrow aside, walking to Simel and the wounded girl. "That's because it's no poison. It's a curse." Wincing slightly he places his right paw on the girls shoulder. "Your potions will abate it, but reversing its effects will be difficult." Shadow, knowing a version of the same curse himself, knew just how difficult. He closed his eyes and extended his claws, digging them into the girls shoulder. "There was poison, though it was not very potent. So they cursed it."
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Snapped out of her dream state as she had claws dig in to her shoulder, goes to sway at the fur who did it but her arm was to weak so she more or less just lifted an inch of the floor then flopped in back on the floor, she found it slightly hard to breath due to blood lose
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"Curses. Will those reptiles get any more cowarly than they already are?" Simel stood and yurned away, allowing several curses to slip out of his mouth. "Poisons, curses, ... Vile creatures they are."
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she nodded he head and loked towards the dying sun, they better get moving soon or taske up shelter becaue tonght looked as though there could be a raging storm, tucking in her broken wings she stumbled beside Saber and sat down next to her, wondering what to say or do
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((I appologize in advance for the wall of text. Sorry ^_^V))
"Probably getting into my library. I'm going to personally sanitize each tome when this is over." He smiles, his eyes still shut. The claws dug deeper into the flesh around Sabers wound, his claws burning the same cold green fire as the arrow had. "This should get her lucid at least, and stave off the effects until we can prepare a proper way to lift her affliction. I won't be much use though, my ability to reverse this sort of thing is limited. That, and I will probably need to rest once I am finished with this. Whatever Tidus brings back, set it aflame at her feet. No magical fire though, light it the old fashioned way. Then cast whatever healing magic you have on the arrow, and throw it into the fire. Whatever affliction she has will be purely physical now. Your anti-venom will work." He seemed to enter a state of intense concentration, and the fire around his claws turned a turquoise blue. And then he fell backwards.
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Tidus knealt at the bank of a creek and plucked a strange blue and orange flower out of the ground. "Finally, I was beginning to think I wouldn't find one." he carefully tucked it into his robe and took off sprinting as fast as he could torwards the camp. "Hold on a little while longer Saber, i'll be there soon."
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Simel watched as Shadow collapsed, he knelt next to them, and waited furvently a match in paw for Tidus to return
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Continued his sprint through the forest, receiving several cuts across his muzzle and chest from the branches. He slowed down as he neared the group and jogged into their veiw. He knelt down next to saber and produced the flower. "Here, this should weaken the poison enough that her body can fight it off." he then looked to the collapsed shadow. "What happened? Is he ok?"
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Shadow manages to raise a paw and motion once to Simel and once to Saber before passing out entirely, his paw losing the last of its aura as it fell back to the stone floor. A good cat-nap, that was all he would need.
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Simel snatched the flower from his slack jawed brothers paw. Setting the stem at Sabers feet, he struck the sulfur tipped match and lit the delicate flower. Within an instant the clear liquid Simel poured over Sabers wounds lit up in white foam, the flower burned the same blue that Shadows auro had. "I's working,"
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Snaps back into reality after the flower is taken from his hand. "Sorry brother, glad your so on top of things. If there's nothing else you need i'm going to get some water for the next few days, I noticed a creek nearby." He stands up again and takes off his cloak and sets it on the ground next to Simel. "Cover Saber up when your done, it might get cold tonight and I don't want her getting sick aswell." he then turned to head out pausing long enough for Simel to reply to his question.
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"I think we have every thing covered, Brother."
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Nods and heads out taking a stroll back to the creek he found. He looked up to the sky and saw a few dark clouds approaching, he reached the creek and knelt taking out his flask and filling it with water. As he looked up he saw what looked like movement off in the distance but dismissed it and turned to head back.
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Samantha looked on silently, wondering how everything had gone from organized to chaos in less than a day. She shrugged and took a walk, ignoring the furs who tried to stop her. "Touch me, and I'll rip you to pieces." She snarled, increasing her pace to a trot until she bumped right into Tidus. A huge blush colored her cheeks and she muttered a quick apology while she struggled to get her flaming face under control.
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He is caught by suprise and is knocked into the small creek, he quickly rolls and springs to his feet putting a hand on his katana. "Where did you come from? Are part of the squad sent to kill me?" he stares at her not hearing her quiet apology with all his splashing. He merely stands ready waiting for her to respond.
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he opens her eyes once more, there we're still slightly drooped, and her vision was still also blurred she stared up into the trees and tried hard to focus on something until she regained the ability to see clearly again
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The bubbling of the anti venom died down, her wounded flesh no longer an angry red. "Saber, how do you feel?"
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She directed her vision to simel and blink "I feel sleepy and cold, but in less pain the before" she sat up and stretched slightly whimpering, before stretching and yawning
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"You don't feel weak?" Simel, sat near her, a cloth in his and he dabbed at her wound, cleaning it in prepartion to bandaging it.
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"Only a little" she still had blurred vision so she was pretty much staring at when he was dabbing
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"Then it should have worked. " Simel set the dirtied guze aside and took out a thick peice of cotton cloth. "You're sure you'd rather have the scar from these instead of none?"
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"No I wouldn't really want a scar, but if I have magic used to heal me it could affect the magic I'm currently using to do something and being a Hunter, what magic is hiding are a pain in the tail when it come to running and sneaking" she said all of that as she rubbed her eye in hope that would restore her vision
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She bent at the waist and clutched her sides, laughing helplessly. "Good grace! You look so comical like that!" She said between giggle fits. "Come on out and I'll dry you off, silly fur." She struggled to get her giggles under control at the sight of a wet Tidus clutching his katana.
"You sure do know how to defend yourself." She teased, the giggles reduced to snickers.
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looks down his face turning a deep red. He slowly walks out of the creek and sits at the bank. He opened his mouth to respond to her laughter but instead his teeth chattered. The creek was colder than he thought it was. He shook violently shaking most of the water off but he was still cold. He just sat there emberassed waiting for her to calm down.
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Looks at simel "I'm going to go for a walk to stretch my legs, I'll bandage my wounds later on if thats okay?" she got up shakily before staring to walk off into a wooded area leaving her bow, arrows, bolts and crossbow behind, luckily she still had her two wrist blades on
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"It's okay as long as you keep those wounds clean." Simel sat back, wondering what to do now that the camp was empty, every one else was around patrolling the area. Even Tommy and Serous had gone with Blue on little hike.
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she looked up and around the forest, not really caring where she went. she wanted to be alone because she could feel her thoughts connecting with the dragons again, the girl also worried her because she reminded her of her twin when she was young. jumpind down the sttep hill she came across an embnkment, she curled up by the waters egde and wallowed in her thoughts for awhile, she stretched her wings gently ignoring the tiny spark of pain and waited for the first thoughts to begin
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she keeps wondering through the forest area looking around, she passed the old abandoned house again and decided to go in, she sniffed around a bit and tried her best to see in the darkness as she looked through old boxes that she had found
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When his teeth chattereed, she sobered and set her pack on the ground, pulling out a thick towel. Wrapping it around both of them, she sat next to him and pulled him closer. "Don't move around too much, kid. You'll get hypothermia if you haven't already. I've got some kind of fiery drink if you want it, it might help warm you up."
Noticing that he was blushing, she trailed a finger along the blush, curious. "What is this?"
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Simel looked around, with nothing else to do he made a small cooking fire. "I might as well have lunch ready for every one when they get back..."
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His slowly warmed up, he nodded in thanks when offered the drink. "Sure, it s-sounds good, thanks.." as he sat there listening to the creek his blush slowly faded until she ran her finger across it and asked about it. "It's nothing.."
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she kept searching through the boxes and wondering around until she heard footsteps, they sound heavy as if what ever was making the sounds was running "H-hello?" she crawled towards the noise as she was already sat on the floor looking though boxes
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Shadow awakes in the now empty cave, yawning and streching a bit. His right arm was a little stiff, but he felt rested, thankfully. "Oh, for the love of... Where did they go now?" He makes his way out of the cave to the camp area where Simel sat. "So, I assume she has made a full recovery." His smirk carried just a bit of pride, but he was confident things had panned out in their favor. With one paw, his left, he made faint gestures which matched the patterns of the fire Simel was cooking in, throwing in small splashes of color occasionally.
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Simel smiled, amused by the simple trick his dear friend used. "Nearly, she will have scars, though." Simel let out a tired sigh and relaxed into a slump. "You know how long it has been since you and I were alone like this? It was back before I was married."
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sniffs a scent and giggles as she picked out a small mouse from some old sacks, she placed it in her paw and stroked it softly "hehe your scared me little fellah" as she stood stroking the mouse she hear a bow string twang and the she saw the arrow past her eye, she put the mouse down and spun round to see a reptilian guard jump down from the ledge above "You ssshouldn't be hear" the guard hissed at her as he came closer to her "Don't you things Ever give up?" she slid out her wrist blades ready to attack
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Shadow gives a pleasant sigh, closing his eyes although he continues to use his magic on the fire. "Ahh, those were the days... The afternoons in the orchard, nights meandering the hallways, my ravishing youthful appearance..." He laughed at this last part, his tail flicking behind him. In the fire, figures began to dance a slow two-step. The cat hummed a waltz. "You never let that get between us... And I know I was such a mess afterward. Gods, it seemed like he honestly wanted to kill me that day in the library..." The nostalgia brought a faint tear track to his muzzle. Contrasting emotions fought to assert themselves. His voice fell to a whisper. "But you are royalty... and I... I was just an apprentice..."
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"You were a beter mage than your teacher deserved to master. I'm just glad he let you leave the order with your life after he caught us sneaking off that day." Simel laughed at the memoty, it was after another one of those gods-awful gatherings of officials. "Those were the days indeed."
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she heard a bow twang and crawled up towards where the sound was. she peered around the corner of the door and look inside to see one of thoose gaurds and saber staning with her blades, she thouhgt hard and decided to wait until the proper moment to see what would happen first
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She was able to sneak behind the guard as the room was so dark but then she saw light shine into the room from the opening door, lighting up the reptilian guards face, he have a huge scar across his left eye and the eye also seemed to be missing, She looked over at the door snarling, before getting through against the wall by the guard, she got up off of the floor and went over to the door, pushing the fur outside and slamming the door shut and blocking it shut, so once more there was no more light because the windows had be boarded up, she started to sneak around the guard again and it was these types of things that made her love the fact she could see in the dark
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In a brief lapse of restraint, Shadow finds himself taking his old friend in an embrace the likes of which the two had not known together for quite a few years. "Thank you, my friend..." He pulls back and straightens his vest out, paying careful attention to his right shoulder. He smiled, and beneath his fur his cheeks felt hot. "...But you are far too flattering. He may have been a wolf-shaped block of ice with a hot-headed nature, but he was a powerful mage... Or at least he seemed so. I bet those cursed lizards had quite a time dealing with him."
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she fumed quietly,"what the flock...." she looked into the buildings and decided rather stupidly to unravel her wings and fly clumsily to the top of the ruined house. she breathed in loudly and thrust herself towrads the window, there was a great smash and she bumped into someone else..or something else. a gun clicked but the room was to dark far anyone to see anything in so she crept under the bed untill her eyes adjusted to the darkness.
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"No. He put up the least fight, in fact I believe he's still the dragons pet." Simel bowed his head and cursed the name of Shadows former master. "He sold us all out to the dragon and his horde, told him just how to get past all the defences. I never trusted him. My father should have just had him expelled from the citadel the day that he had broken your fang, before all the spells and enchantments were recast to his specifications."
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She smirked. "Ok, sure it is." Samantha handed him the drink and watched a pair of cardinals chase each other. "Seems Amor is back.." She murmured, sighing.
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she smiled as they tried to scurry arouns and looke for her in the end she focused on the guns and applied pressure to them, the gaurds roared with anger and they turned red hot and then with almight bang they imploded. the gaurds that werew lucky were blown out the window, the others lay strewn on the floor. getting out from under the bed she dusted herself of and stepped on the gaurds to the door "whoops...sorry" she said carelessly while heading for the stairs
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In the instant Shadows face changed from a sort of passive anger to outright horror the fire erupted into a pillar of flame easily ten feet high. The following tirade was hardly fit for anyones ears, let alone the kits, so it was good that it was just Simel and himself. At the times when his anger was entirely untamable he would lapse into another language and hurl a ball of fire or an ice spike at random. Or almost random, since something spared Simel the fate of the surrounding trees.
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"Shadow!!" Simel jumped up and wrapped himself around the raging feline. "Calm yourself, Calm yourself! There was nothing any of could have done."
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Shadow fell to his knees, either regaining his senses or having tired himself out. An unthrown fireball burnt itself out in his paw. "I could have challenged him... when I came of age... Taken his place, thrown him into exile... But I didn't... I could have spared us all of this..." He turns and holds the fox tight against him. "We'll see him brought down before this is over... I promise you that much..."
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"We will take them down together, all of us." Simel held Shadow close, rubbing him softly between the ears. "We will right their wrongs together."
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Shadow sighs, pulling back a little to look Simel in the eyes. "We will take the dragon down together... But his magician is mine alone, my friend. His death shall be at my hands or mine at his, but either way we must settle our scores alone..." A few seconds pause, then almost pained laughter. "Gods, that sounded so trite..."
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She slipped her wrist blade out from its metal holster which was bound to her wrist with dark leather straps, she then stabbed her blade into the back of the reptilian guards neck, a twisted smile then spread across her muzzle as she heard the lizards neck bone crack, she then released the guard and letting his limp body fall to the floor "Now all you guy need to do is learn to stay down" she said as she stepped over the body and creped to the door, trying to open it but failing, she released a heavy sigh as she thought about something
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"Maybe so, but i know that you always stick to your word." Simel smiled, his bright eyes sparkling. After a short while he let go of his companion and sat back. "I wonder what's taking every one so long."
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Starts to kick at the door in hope it will open seeming the lock jammed, and she is stuck in a dark house, by herself
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Shadow stands, looking out over one smoldering tree into the woods. "Perhaps we should go look for them... At the very least, I could use a walk."
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"Yes, walk will do us good." Simel stands and follows Shadow away from the cave, leaving the fire smouldering behind them.
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Gives up trying to kick the door in, seeming that she is clearly not strong enough to do so, so she just sits on he floor stabbing the door with her wrist blades boredly
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Listening to the sound of the creek he slowly lets his mind wander to the time before he left for the orient, he slowly took a sip of the drink his body warming up. "Maybe I should head back, they're probably starting to worry."
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Simel and Shadow walk together to the stream, seeing Tidus standing next to Samantha. "Where's every one else now?"
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sighs and looks around the darkness of the house she is in, trying once more to kick the door down, but still failing, so then she let out a deep angry growl
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"Everyone else? I thought I was the only one who left, well, they didn't come past here anyways." he slowly takes off the towel and hands the drink to the female sitting next to him. "Thanks again for the drink and drying me off." he then falls in behind Simel to frind the others.
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She looked up and saw a hole in the ceiling, with this she sighs heavily and looks at the necklace she is wearing and though ~Guess this is my only opinion left~ she grabbed a hold of the necklace and ripped it off, and once the chain broke the magic used to hide her wings was broken also causing her wings to appear, she spread her wings to their full length before pushing off of the floor, and with one hard flap she managed to reach the hole and get out. She then sat on the roof of the house, wings folded and the broken necklace in her paw, as she adjusted her eyes to the brighter light
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Simel was at point, and as he pusshed some breush aside an old house came into view. "There's a house up there!"
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Shadow extinguishes the ball of fire he had been idly tossing back and forth and looks at the house ahead. "Looks cozy... I don't like it." He extends his claws and takes the lead, looking to rid himself of the last of his anger on whatever may be stupid enough to challenge him.
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she stays sat on top of the house seeming she cant remember the way the others where,
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Simel looks at the old little cottage. "Hey, saber's on the roof!"
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Shadow turns back to Simel. "What is she doing up there?" He looks to the roof of the house, seeing Saber. "What are you doing up there?"
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perks her ears and looks down at the other two, she got up and jumped down using her wings to help, she landed in front on the other to and folded her wings again "Mostly just getting my eyes used to bright lights again and waiting to see if I could find anyone else"
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"Well sam and tidus were behind us," Simel turns to see his brother and friend. "Um, Shadow, where'd they go?"
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"Oh for the love of... I'll go find them, just stay here until I come back, alright?" He heads along the faint dirt path back in the direction they had come.
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watches shadow walk away, before stroking her wings to remove any lose feathers from them
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Feeling like he was being watched, he slowly drifted to the back of the group as they walked towards the house, as they headed to saber he turned off heading deeper into the woods to investigate. He slowly crept deeper into the foliage his hand on his katana, he stopped near a clearing about to head back when he heard the sound of a bow string being pulled back..
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Shadow rounded a bend, his mind absent as he looked for Sam and the kits. "Thomas! Thomas, hurry up, your father is waiting for-" Shadow did not hear the whisper of the bowstring releasing, but he felt the arrow. "Gyaah!" He fell to one knee, only now aware of the lizards in the treeline. "Learn to aim, you incompetent vermin!" The warmth of blood running down his thigh was soon lost in the circle of fire he created around himself. "Come on, you can take a wounded cat, can't you?" Another sharp pain, then darkness.
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An arrow lands next to his foot, frowning he quickly draws his katana his blade singing as it exits the sheath. Several more arrows landed nearby one striking his arm. Noticing one in a tree he sprints at it leaping up the branches and cutting him down. Another arrow hits him in the chest causing him to fall off the tree. He slowly stands his head spinning blood running down his chest and arm. Two of them come out of the brush armed with swords and Tidus goes into a defensive stance ready to take them on.
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sighs heavily and looks around "Where the freak could every one else have gotten too?"
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Simel saw the commotion too late, Shadow fell, Tidus drew back his bow string and the lizard archer fell from the trees. "Shadow!!"
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Firing another shot from the looted bow a second archer falls from a tree. The two with swords advance on him and he exchanges his bow for his sword. "Bring it on." as one charges he quickly sidestepps and cuts him down. Another arrow lands in his back and he falls to his knees and looks to Simel. "Get out of here while you still can!" he yells to him before a soldier hits him in the back of the head and he falls to the ground.
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Simel quickly runs up and grabs Shadow in his arms and quickly retreats behind the house. "Shadow, don't leave us."
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As the lizards who had attacked Shadow turned on Tidus, one sets its eyes on Simel and the wounded feline. "Hand over that ratty thing sssir prinssse... The Cassster needsss to sssee him..." The raptor raises his club, looking more like a blunt mace which he had struck Shadow with only moments before.
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Simel let out a shout, throwing his arms sideways towards the lizzard. An invisible force struck the creature in the jaw, sending it careening backwards.
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Shadow lets out a faint groan, and opens his eyes. "Sim... Simel? What..." He sees the lizard flying through the air, along with the others attacking Tidus, and jumps to his feet only to fall onto his injured knee. The pain helped him focus. He threw a handful of ice spikes, and although they were not particularly accurate most of them hit something.
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"Shadow, stay here and try to stay out of trouble, I have to go help my brother." Simel planted a small kiss on the injured felines brow and ran back to his brothers side and tore at the lizzards.
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A lizard raises his sword ready to kill Tidus when he is thrown backwards by some invisable force. Managing to get to a knee he sees an ice spike embedded in his sheath and Simel running to him. "I thought I told ya to get out of here." he says with a weak voice a grin on his face.
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Perks her ears quickly and ran toward the noise, seeing everyone fighting she decided to join in and help out, the thing is she only had wrist blades which weren't very long
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"Family is blood, and I don't want any more of it being spilled." Simel landed atop one of the lizards and clenched its scaled throat in paw. "Who sent you1?"
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Shadow continues throwing ice at the lizards, his accuracy slowly improving as his mind becomes less clouded. His other hand quickly burned through the arrow in his leg, making its extraction much easier. With a slight limp he joined the main fray.
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Looks around his vision beginning to blur due to blood loss. A lizard rushes him and he barely gets his sword up in tim to block it. The lazard begins to push his blade slowly getting closer to Tidus' throat. "Time to die.." he hisses.
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She was just behind the other, crouching behind a guard slowly creeping up on him, the guard was facing the others readying its bow, she pounced him and sunk her teeth into his neck, and being a half vamp who hasn't had food in awhile she thought this would be a good time to feed, before going to the others
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she burst out in the fray and saw Tidus in trouble. sighing she flew her hand out and watched as the sword flew from the lizards grasp then spun and wrenched itself into its eye. she smiled and moved of to another one "Wow..your not going to be hungry after this saber" she flew into the air to get abirds eye view and slamed a foot into the back of some lizards head, she laughed and flipped with so she could punch him in the face as she flippped round
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Making sure the others were out of the way he cast a wave of fire on a small group of lizards, then brought down a tree on top of them with an ice spike. He winced each time he put weight on his injured leg, but he did not stop.
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She remove her clamp on the reptilians neck and stood up, blood running from the corner of her mouth and a twisted satisfied grin on her mouth also she has blood dripping on to her chest and she ran towards the others to actually help them out
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she laughs as two or three lizards came towards her and she thrust her arm out and watched them fly back into another load and dissapear into the dense growth.
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(OOC: i dont suppose i could slip into the fight and stuff could i?)
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((im sure go right ahed...:)))
she flapped her wings harder as some of them grabbed her aankle. she flapped harder under the strain then kicked out to try and get them to loosen gheir her hold on her
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(OOC: thanks:
Name: Alessio
Race: Half-vampire
Class: Rogue/Assassin
Weapons: A pair of combat knives, and an array of throwing knives.
Can sumone please correct me if i posted wrong =D)
A throwing knife flew out of the darkness, and caught a lizzard in the throat. It stumbled, and grasped for the blade, when a man leaped out of the darkness plunging a pair of knives into the creatures chest. He bore the body to the floor, and jumped off it, slashing out at the creature garbbing the girls ankle.
"Oi!" he shouted. "Pick on some one your own size!" His blades flashed and one fell, the others truning to face him. He fell back into a combat stance, daring them to approach.
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she thanked the man and descended beside him, she quickly re read his thought s just to see if he was for or aginst us, it turned out he was good. she twisted around and performed a roundhouse kick and then a full fruntal punch to a lizard behind her, she jumped on his back and kicked the others in the face "Woah this is too easy"
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Alessio's knives tore through two of the cretures, before he was leaped upon by a third. It landed on him, and he roared, as he butted it in the face. It reared backwards, grabbing its face, and he stabbed it in the stomach, before climbing to his feet, and leaping over to help out some of the other members of the group.
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laughing she watched as he head butted one out the way, shaking her head she picked a few up by flying in fast on the ground and went to drop them into the lake
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Pouncing on one of the creatures from behind, he slid his knife into its spine, and killed it instantly. He threw his head back, and laughed for a moment, wrenching his hood off, beforing dropping his head to sink his fangs into the creatures neck. Rising again, he pulled a chunk of the creatures skin off, spitting it away, shaking his long dreadlocks free, and grinning, blood dripping from his mouth. One of the cretures regarded him with horror, and tried to run. A single thrown knife cut off his retreat. Alessio laughed at his own mental pun, and leapt into combat once again.
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she kicked one lizard in the groin and then ran to anear by tree to sort out the sniper that was hidden in it
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Was hiding up a tree, she sees a lizard sneaking up on the new fur, so she got her blades at the ready she jumped down and sneaked up behind the reptilian and held a blade to its neck and it let out a hiss, as it jabbed a small dagger into her Stomach, she whimpered and dug her teeth into it neck and draining it dry before releasing her grip and then stepping back, letting the body drop to the ground
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shw yelped slightly as a sudden pain ripped through her ankle, looking down she saw a dagger sticking out, she laughed slighty and brought it out, fligning it back at the reptilian with the sniper and and then dropped butt down onto the ones below
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Alessio stabbed another reptile in the back, and saw one of his kin join the fight. He leapt over to her, and greated her happily.
"Good fight?" he queried, stabbing an over confident reptile in the head.
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She wrapped her fingers round the dagger and tugged it, whimpering more, before directing her gaze up to the fur who came over to her, she stood up straight and gave a weak smile "I guess you could say that heh heh" she whimpered more as laughing hurt her because f the dagger in her stomach
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she laughed as she felt her ankle give under her when she tried to stand so instead she flapped into the air and cracked her wings into two of the lizards "whao sorry"
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Alessio looked down, and shock crossed his face.
"Oh god" he snarled, moving closer and grasping the dagger. He looked up a tender look upon his face. "This may hurt a little, I'm going to count to three, then pull, okay?" He took a breath, and looked down.
"1!" he pulled the blade out, and and pressing a bandage onto the wound, and pressing hard, to stop the blood flow.
"Keep pressure here" he said, pressing her hand onto the bandage. "I'm going to get you some food." He dashed up and returned to the fray.
A few seconds later, he returned with one of the lizzards, bound tightly.
"Sorry about the taste, but it was the best i could find."
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whimpered loud and grabbed where the dagger was, taking a deep breath to think, and decided not to do it, seeming he seemed friendly "Ow..and I'll warn you because to seem nice, If I have something stuck in me be warned when trying to take them out, I do bite, and Drain dry" she opened her mouth to reveal her vampy teeth and tapped one with her tongue
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Alessio barred his own teeath, revealing his canines
"Dont worry" he assured. "I'm used to it." He lowered the struggling creture to her, and cracked it over the head for good measure, rending it unconcious. "All yours m'lady."
He grinned once, the jumped back into the fight.
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she limped to the ther two ducking letting a lizard role over her "sooo what happened here..hay..you look familiar" she looked at saber slightly mysterioulsy
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Alessio stabbed another lizzard, and leaped into another group. God he was having fun!
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Looked at maxi , her pupils dilated as she got the taste for blood "Course I do..." starts to think that maxi has gone weird
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"whoa...erm i better be going this way" she smiled nervously then flapped towards the northe side so she could beside Tidus
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raises a brow before shaking her head and releasing pressure on her wound letting it bleed as she went to go help out in the fight
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He was fading fast, he jumped to the side and hacked another lizard down before his legs gave out from underneath him. He had lost too much of his blood and he'd be in trouble if he kept having to fight. A lizard leaped towards him slashing down. He brought his sword up in time but the guard caught him in the muzzle and he fell backwards out cold.
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Alessio jumped to Tidus's side, and slashed open one of the lizzards, instantly getting their attention.
"Hang in the bro" he said, parrying another blow. "Reinforements are coming." He slashed low, cutting the creatures legs out from underneath him, then fell back, to defend Tidus, standin over the prone fighter.
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"Tidus! Take Simel and get out of here!" There were too many serpents here for this to be a random encounter. This was an all-out attack. But how could anyone have found them out here, and so quickly? His shards of ice once more struck with their usual lethal accuracy.
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"He's a bit busy dude!" shouted Alessio, parrying another blow. "And he could use some help!" Stabbing out, he killed another lizzard, hoping for someone to arrive and take over guard duty, so he could attack.
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she swung around hearing his thoughts, she limped ove to him "i`ll do it!" she said happily
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*helps Tidus seeming he's inured and she has pretty much forgotten about her stomach wound
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she swung a fist around and smiled when she heard the satyisfying crunch of its jaw, though she was tiring she wondered how many more ther were
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Alessio roared in bestial pleasure, and leapt forward, slashing and stabbing at the creatures, leaving a trail of dead and dying in hiw wake. He advanced several dozen metres through the horde, slashing all the while. The frontline of the horde turned to face him, and he foun dhimnself beset on all sides, by screaming foes. He laughed as he killed, flipping, dodging, stabbing, and slashing, completly cut, off but not seeming to notice. A hooked spear grazed his leg, and he seemed to wake up from his blood frnezy, and realised he was in trouble. The horde kept coming, and he beagn to tire, but still kept fighting, knowing his death wound buy the others some time. With this knowledge in mind, he resolved to sel his life dearly.
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still wonders how many Lizards are left near them and still helps fight
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"argh...how many more" she shouted as her foot cam in contact painfully with a lizards jaw
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Another spear caught Alessio, this one tearing into his midsection, barely scraping his stomach. He screamed in agony, and stabbed out, killing the serpant, but knowing he would be dead soon. Cutting a path through the cretures, he made his way to a low rock, and mjumped upon it, determined to make his last stand.
"Run!" he screamed to the others, as a blade scythed past his face.
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she looked into his face and saw that he was i pain. she ran over and placed her hand over the wound wil;ling it to heal for the monemnt. she kickes another away and punched one in the eye. grabbing him unaround the waist she jumped into the air and looked so that evryone could see her and would follow the path she would make to get to the nearest cave
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((We really ought to wait for Simel, or Paul, or Wred, or whatever his name is now))
Shadow flips backward to evade a lizard and falls to his wounded knee on his landing. "Go, all of you!" Two fistfulls of ice shards flew like shuriken, driving the lizards back. A fireball narrowly missed the newcomer to the fight, striking his assailant. "That means you too, human!"
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((thats what i was beginning to think...and why are we still fighting)) she called out again
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Alessio fought like a demon, killing many lizzards, but their numbers were too great, and eventually, he was dragged from the rock, striking out in all directions. His head hit the floor, and he fell into darkness, feeling the lizzards carrying him away.
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she felt something large crack aginst her head as she fumbled to grab the man foot but the darkness spread too quicklty
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Samantha picked herself off the dirt floor in the woods and packed her bag once more, wondering why everyone was all of a sudden all over. Things were moving quicker than she'd expected. She hoped secretly Simel ascended the throne soon.
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(I'm stil Simel on this one.)
Simel let out an angered yell. "Get behind me Every one!" Simel closed his eyes, pulling his hands together and close to his chest as if he was praying, he muttered a quick series of words and pushed his arms out. For only the second time in his life, he released this disastorous spell. A bright light shone, smoke filled the air. He collapsed at the edge of the crater that was filled with the stumps of the forest and decimated bodies of the lizardine foes.
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Alessio was blasted from the shoulders of his captors, and landed heavily on the ground, breaking one of his ribs. He screamed in pain as he bounced in the air, and rolled over, pushing the broken ribs into his lung, but thankfully not penetrating. After a few moments shallow panting, he pushed himself up onto his elbows, and rolled over, slumping down as the action drained his energy. After a few more moments, he pushed himself up, and took a few steps towards the group, stepping over burned bones, and charred flesh. He saw the group members, and smiled.
"Nice to see you guys" he said, as his head began to swim. His last concious action, was to drop to his knees, to lessen the blow when he hit the floor.
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Shadow casts a protection spell around himself, though such things were hardly his strongsuit, and rushes to Simels side, grabbing him as he falls to his knees again. "Simel!" He hated it when the prince did such things, knowing they left him so drained.
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At the sudden jolt under her feet, Samantha was thrown to the ground and she grunted in pain. "What in the hell?" She growled, slowly lifting her head and staring at Shadow, Simel, Tidus, and Alessio. "What just happened?" She demanded, utterly clueless.
Her tail pushed against the ground to make her get to her knees. She then stood shakily on her back legs, rubbing her nose where blood was gushing out. She pushed her hair out of her face with one hand, annoyed. Now that her nose was broken, she blinked tears from her eyes, shivering with goosebumps.
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comes prowling back sneakily to the others, trying hard not making a sound although her panthery growl didnt help keep her quieted
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Hearing the growl, she fell backwards; bruising her rear end. "Great!" She hissed, wincing painfully.
The blood started to slow and she could smell another fur close by. "Who's there? Show yourself!"
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Drops down from a tree, her pupils are diluted as she can smell blood, but she tries holding herself back from biting but for her this was kinda hard
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Shivering and covered in a cold sweat, Tidus was slowly bleeding out, the two arrows in his front had slowed but the arrow in his back had broken and bent when he fell shoving the arrowhead further in. In his unconcious state he was watching his life flash before his eyes, from when he was a kid playing with his brother in the crowded streets to when he left for the orient in his teens, his love that he found there, and his eventual return home. ~I can't die now..not yet~
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When the fur dropped down, Sam jumped three feet in the air. "Ok, now that you're here, who's injured? I smell more than my own blood."
Glancing back at Tidus, Samantha rushed over in a blur of black fur and knelt beside him, terrified. "Tidus, you idiot. Leave it to you to be the dunce who falls on the arrow in his back." She tsked, shaking her head as she tried to bend it back and pull it out. "Iy's going to hurt, I know. Worse than my nose and arse do now..." She mumbled, aware that he wasn't awake.
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glances over to the other two "Need any help?" trying to forget about the blood and everything that is making her want to bite, she held her breath for awhile so she couldnt sleep the blood
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Alessio rolled over, his head sore from where he had hit the ground. Rising to his knees, he saw the group huddled around the downed fighter he had tried to protect, and he gowled with frustration seeing he had failed. On his hands and knees he crawled over, close enough to talk, and then sat down, his cloths smeaerd with mud, grime, and blood, some of it his.
"Can i help in anyway?" he asked, pulling a slightly dirtied rag from inside his robe, hoping it would serve as a bandage. He offered it out, at arms lenght, not wanting to get to clsoe, lest he scared them off. "Here, take this."
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Exhales and then inhales deeply getting the smell of blood again, letting out a long panthery growl, before getting a look of worry and confusion, so she decided to go for a walk, holding her breath again until she was father enough away from the group to exhale her breath once more
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"Injured. Thst's just great." Simel sat near Sam, addressing a few of her wounds. Looking up he remembered something important. "Where are the kids?"
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Alessio felt a cut on his lower back open up, and a blood patch began to appear on his robes. He stood up quickly, and took a few shaky steps backwards.
"I'm...I'm going to go see the other vampire." he said, before scampering away, leaving a fresh trail of blood on the ground. He caught up with her quickly, and called out for her to stop.
"Hey!" he shouted, slowing as he neared. "Wanna go get a bite to eat?" He laughed at his own terrible joke, then calmed and looked at the girl. "Hello again."
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looked at the guy who just ran up to her, growling a little as she smelt blood, the very thing she was trying to get away from by going on the walk "by the way, you can call me saber"
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"Alessio" he offerd, with an attempted bow, but an arrowhead grated in his stomach. He striaghtened quicly, covering his wince with another sentence. "So, where you off? You're not going to leave your comrades are you?"
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she shakes her head "No I'm not leaving, I'm just trying to get away from blood before I go on a feeding frenzy...which is never good" she inhaled deeply to see if she was far enough away from the others, but she smelt blood and covered her nose making a small whimper as she has been trying to get away from it for ages
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Shadow curses and starts looking for anything that could have possibly survived Simels attack, setting fire to the remains of those that had not. He gives up on that task quickly and instead returns to the house in the hopes that he could find a new robe.
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Samantha quickly bandages Tidus up and carries him off, taking him to her Inn.
"Mai, he needs to rest. Don't let him move until I get back. I'm to find Shadow and Simel. Stay." She ordered, slipping as silently out of the door as a shadow into the night.
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His breathing slowly becomes more regular the red patches on the bandages drying as the bleeding stops. In his head he was trying to force himself awake, to help Simel and the others.
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As she walked along, she smelled shadow. Following the scent, Sam came upon a cute little house. She knocked on the dorr gently, clearing her throat.
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Shadow turns to leave the house, finding nothing but a single dead lizard, only to see Sam. "Ah, Samantha, good to see you made it back to us. I trust Simel was glad to see young Thomas returned safely."
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"Yea, I guess. Listen, Tidus got himself beat up. I was wondering if you had extra room for us to stay until I can sneak back home and grab my mums' medical stuff?" She asked, tail tip twitching with embarrassment. She normally made it her priority to keep others far enough to be safe.
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carries on walking through the forest until she's a safe distances away from the other lot, finding lizards footprints and a few broken arrows, but she didn't think much of them and just carried on walking
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"Huh? Oh, no this isn't my house. And besides, I doubt this is the safest place to..." He thinks it over and shrugs. "Well, I guess our options are fairly limited... bring him in here." He limps out the door and looks at the house from the outside. "Yes, I suppose this will do.
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Sam nodded, disappearing again to carry Tidus out of the Inn and into the house. "THanks..."
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sigh heavily and climbs up a tree, she climbs as high as she can and just sit on a branch sharpening her wrist blades which one of the stones she had in her pocket
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"I wish that this had never even happened." Simel sat down next to his injured brother. He looked up to Shadow, a tear in his eye.
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Shadow sits beside Simel, hugging the fox. "I know... But it is happening, so we need to make the best of this..."
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He slowly grabbed Simel's paw half opening an eye. "Glad to see your ok bro..." he said weakly doing all he could to cling to conciousness.
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"Shadow, we need to do something to save him."
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throws the stone away once she had finished with it, nearly falling out the tree as a bird flew out of the tree just above her making her jump, she jumped down from the tree and looked around, wondering where the other lot had gotten to
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Shadow nods, kneeling over Tidus. "I'll do what I can, but this is really more of Samanthas area of expertice." He places both paws on Tidus' chest, a faint blue aura covering his paws. "There, that is all I can manage. Now what about you, are you hurt?"
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"woah" she woke up and looked around, rubbing the back of her head she looked up dizzyingly at a broken branch that was hanging limpy by some strands."da** stick, good for nothing piece of wood" she looked about on the floor for abit before grabbing the stick nd hauling her self up."now...where are they...wait wheres that guy got to" she looked around nervously and then up as a startled bird fle out a tree somewhere to the left of her."left it is then..."she murmured quietly
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"I'm not hurt, that magic you tought me still works wonders."
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Shadow smiles, sitting back down beside Simel. "Well, at least we can be thankful for that..."
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"We should be thankful we got out with our lives."
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keeps wondering round the forest aimlessly and wondering where everyone else got to, seeming she hasn't seen them since the fight
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Watching, Samantha used two seconds to assess his predictament and then she had the answer. "Shadow, I need some mint leaves and cherry pits. Clear, cold water as well. THink you can get them for me quickly?" She asked, sitting in front of Tidus' head, placing it in her lap.
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"I can go find some." Simel stood and bowed, exiting the room and leaving Shadow with Sam.
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sighs heavily and sits down on a rock near a lake, so she could wash out her wounds she had gotten from fighting, after cleaning her wounds she dives into the water to was her fur
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Breathes heavily his eye closing again, he fought to stay concious but he was losing that fight. He felt his body slowly draining and he slowly drifted back to a deep sleep...
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She smiled a thank you at Simel and began to remove Tidus' shirt to see his chest better. "Oh boy..." She thought, tying her hair back easily as she leaned over his body, careful to keep his head up.
Her tail was under Tidus' head as well, balancing him on the plush end to ensure he didn't crack his head open on the steel tabletop. Swiftly, almost invisibly, she pulled some fragments of tree and rock out and cut a long piece of skin away, pulling out her thread and needle. She gulped in silent dread and threaded the needle, waiting for Simel to return with the few supplies she needed.
"Shadow, do we have anyone who's good at calming the body? The cherry pits and mint leaves are to help clean out the wound. Maybe you could....no, wait.. I got it."
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After washing her fur in the lake she gets out and sits down on a rock, picking splinters out of her hind paw pads seeming she doesnt wear shoes, she also picks little bits of stone out from the fur between her paw pads
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Shadow shrugs. "I would have to say you are our best option for calming the body... Although Simel could probably help you with this when he gets back. Until then..." In one paw he creates an icicle, in the other a fireball. Using the two together, he had Samanthas water. "This should be about as pure as water gets. Just show me where you need it."
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"Thank you, Alice." She murmured, pointing to the now bloodied wound as the blood dried for Arke. "Trickle water slowly onto it."
The bag beside her started to vibrate and Samantha jumped slightly, startled. When it intesified til the bag was bouncing around in circles, she opened it and let the thief out that had stowed away inside.
"Jeez... You scared me little one." She said, chuckling.
THe mouse qpueaked then climbed onto Tidus' chest, looking around at them all as it sniffed the air. When it caught some kind of scent, it laid down on his chest and began licking the wound gently. Its tail was tucked neatly under its stomach as it worked.
"Would you look at that! You little bugger!" Sam exclaimed as she laughed. She'd forgotten that a mouse had gotten into her bag before their encounter with the raptor and she'd never gotten rid of it.
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Simel was gone no more than two minutes when he returned with a handfull of cherries and a second handfull of mint leaves. "Here," He said, handing the mint leaves to Samantha, then he pitted the cherries and handed them to her.
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gets bored quickly of looking for the other, getting the impression that she's not actually wanted in the group any more. She stands up and stretches before, jumping down from the rocks she was sat on and going to get her cross bow, Long bow, arrows, bolts, her 4 little pouches of medic supplies and her bag of poisons to tip her bolts and arrows with
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she shook gently then huddled up next to a tree, she could feel a sort of poison or infection. she rubbed at her ankle and her wing, suddenly forgetting about it. her body felt suddenly sluggish and she feel back her head tilted slightly against the tree, she had hoped to see the castle renwed into good power but it looked as though she wasn`t going to last that long. shuddering slightly from the cool nights air she closed her eyes and thought about her lost twin and the others
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Alessio vaulted down from a tree, and wandered up to the group.
"Hey guys" he said, halting nearby and sitting onnthe ground. "Whats happening?"
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Picks up all her stuff and once again sigh heavily, wondering if it was only her that had lost the group, or if some other had too
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she was lost in a dark dream..she could a someone talking but couldn`t picture the person......ice cream....laughing...fighting all was lost in a blur
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Shadow turned to face the stranger, flexing his claws. "Hmm, a stranger... What to do, what to do..." He places a paw on the humans shoulder, his good eye fixed on his face. "It seems you come with no ill will, but one can't be too careful these days..."
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"Truer words were never spoken" replied Alessio with agrin, revealing his fangs.
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sniffs the air and growls deeply as she cant find a scent of the others, she keeps sniffing round in hope of find a scent that she could track the others down by
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"Gentle men, if you please, some of our party members are missing."
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"Of course, Simel." He sets out into the woods again, looking for those who had become seperated.
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Sits down in a tree her long tail hanging down as she started carving a little wooden wolf in a big chunk of wooden she picked up
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((awww that sounds so cool...heh))
she hiccuped and mumbled about choc chip cherries. she could hear the dragon connecting to her thoughts again, she had no energy to stop him so she allowed his mind to wander into hers. unless it was something about the others she barred him, but her position and whereabouts where found out, but for once she didn`t care.
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ooc: (hey guys, I think we should just retire this, it seems to have lost its way.)
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((awww...but everyone was enjoying themselves.....how about we just .....dissapear o.O))
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(that's it, i'm usinng my powers as creator of the thread)
Every one has regathered and formulated a plan to go on the offensive against the giant evil dragon.
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((erm...huh...sorry..im confuzzled))
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ooc: (forget about every thing up to now, every one is regrouped and sitting outside the city wall, about to go in and raise sum hewell for the dragon and his army)
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((WOO your a saviour...are..we alive..sorry stupid question)) she leaned back against the wall, breathing out heavily "i cant believe where about to do this...and plans" she asked while scratching her ear
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((Chapter II it is, then))
Shadow places a paw on a stone in the wall, carving a symbol into the rock with a little magical assistance. "This ought to get us inside, but that will be the easy part."
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"I'm not sure what sort of spells you're former master put on the walls, but that's the seventh rune you've tried." Simel paces back and forth. "The sewers might still be open, but they'd probably be more heavily gaurded than even the outer walls now."
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"Well we both know the other alternatives won't be anywhere near as simple." Shadow gave up, moving on to another rune. "Besides, my former... instructor... was always a bit arrogant. His methods have likely not changed, and one of these runes will work..."
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"Hopefully they will, love." Simel stopped pacing and looked up, amaized that he had just said what he had. "I'm sorry, Shadow, I'm just getting thrownback to our childhood."
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Shadow taps a rune with his unoccupied paw. It was heart shaped, and two S's had been etched into it. "You aren't the only one." Finishing his rune he smirks as several stones in the wall fall away. "I think we're in."
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Looking up from his sitting position he watched the walls fall away with a grin. "That's pretty good, you've learned a lot since I last saw ya." he slowly unwrapped his bandages discarding them on the grass. "Just give me a sec and i'll be ready, can't fight at all with these bandages."
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Simel looks up to the wall, it seems to now be showing its age instead of the once impossing, almost new appearance. The morar was cracked and several stones were missing. "I would think so, can you blast through it?"
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"Of course, but that should hardly be necessary." He applies pressure to the wall, and several more stones fall away. "I think a small hole should suffice. Besides, if I blast we both know subtlety will be out of the question." Shadow idly conjures a fireball, then snuffs it out.
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((EEP...!))
she looked from one to the other, a smile twitched on her lip but she stepped gently inside and took alook arouns "looks...safe enough"
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"Tunnel, maybe?" Simel looks to each of his companions for agreement. "It could work."
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Shadow shrugs. "Well we already have the hole in the wall. Maybe for our way out. We could always take one of the secret passages in the sewers, if you still have that old map."
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"I'm afraid that it got wet and is now quite unreadable. I do have the web of the tunnels memorized though."
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"hurray"s he smiled and looked around " so do you know where we are at this moment of time"
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(ciy gates)
"Well, are we going to enter or just stand here to be targets for the gaurds?" Simel stepps into the entry way that Shadow made.
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Shadow follows close behind, flexing his claws idly. "Keep an eye out for archers, I would hate to get pinned down."
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"You aren't the only one, concealment spells?"
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"None that Renard cannot counter. At least nothing that would suffice." He peeks through an alley into a street, noting that the buildings seemed somehow darker, and less... less... less something.
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"Where are all the people?" Simel loks around in shock, normally, even at night the streets would be busy, but no, they were deserted as if a great plague had wiped out the population, or the dragon lord had.
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"A good question..." Not even guards seemed to be out, and it seemed as if no torches had been lit at all. "...And perhaps one best left unanswered..."
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Tidus takes up the rear gripping his katanas hilt, he slowly scans the area an uneasy feeling coming over him. "I don't like this...maybe we should find another way in.."
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"It is too late for that, little brother." Simel mutters several words and holds up a smal orb of light. "If they are out there, they already know we're here. It is best we just make it back to the palace and rid this fine city of its curse once and for all."
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Shadow smiles, examining a wall near a guard tower. "These towers are linked to the palace dungeons, are they not?" He began etching the rune that had gotten him through the outer walls, a simple spell to dissolve the mortar.
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"Yes, but it would be easier to just go straight to the throne room and defeat him before risking ourselves against the gaurds." Simel looks to the lomming pyrimidal structure with is many towers and terraces, atempting to mask the emotion welling in his body at the sight of its pure white marble stained black by the dragons fire. "If they see his head, they will flee. We take out the draon first."
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"You're right, but I may be able to conceal us from the guards. Partially, at least. In the shadows we would be all but invisible, and otherwise they would need to look straight at us. Renard would see us for sure, and so would the dragon, but the guards should fall for it."
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"If there were gaurds they would've captured us by now. I fear it is naught but the dragon and Renard left."
High above the streets, the dragon lord looked from the tower to the small group huddled near a hole in his wall.
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Shadow stood and walked out into the street in front of him, gazing at the empty buildings and streets. "Men of the False King, I stand to oppose you! Come now, that I may confront you in as honest a duel as you are capable of!" The silents held for what seemed an eternity before Shadow turned to Tidus and Simel. "It seems you are correct."
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The dragon smiled to himself as a small lithe feline caled out to his army, called him a false king. These mortals will fall, ge thought. They will lose, they will die. He dove from the pier with a shriek, spreading his wings he sped towards them, spitting fire.
In the street Simel looked up, seeing the orange streak diving at them he dove forward and tackled Shadow, pinning him to the ground.
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Shadow caught sight of the flame with just enough time to say "Oh bloody hell" before Simel tackled him. Once the dragon had passed he ran elbow first into the guard tower wall, the one he had carved the runes onto, unaware he had taken Simel by the paw after he shook free of his grasp. "Alright... that was not one of my better moves..."
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Simel looks to Shadow then to the group still pinned down by the circling dragon ovrhead. "Shadow, Tidus is still out there, I have to go help him."
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she looked about, after diving for cover into the ditch
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Simel kissed Shadow with out realizing it and ran to his brother.
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Shadow stood in the hole in the wall, watching Simel run to Tidus, absolutely stunned. Then, before he could stop himself he was running back into the street, hurling ice into the sky at the dragon. "And so the false king shows his true nature, a beast and nothing more!" He turns to Tidus and Simel as he sprints to another nearby building. "I'll draw him away, and we can regroup in the castle!" He hurls more ice, seeing the shards shatter on the dragons scales. Probably not life-threatening to him, but they must hurt him.
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Simel grabs his briother and ushers \him towards blue "Stay hidden, this is my fight."
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Drawing his katana he nods to Simel, "Very well brother, i will search for any traps or guards nearby and make the fight as even as possible for you." he gives him a hug before heading into the shadows seeking out his prey.
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"Thank you." Simel claps his brothers shoulder and jumps out of the ditch, darting bolts of flame from the circling dragon.
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Shadow was well on his way to casting one of his nastier spells at the dragon when he simply disappeared in a cloud of smoke. "I thought I had you banished. Oh well, you always were a slow learner."
"Hello again, Renard..."
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Simelo saw shadow dissapear in a cloud and momentarily stopped, he knew what happened and could do nothing to stop it, Shadow was facing his former master. A claw fell ffrom the sky and snatched him up, the dragons scaled face was so close to his, it reeked of sulfer and rot. "I remember you little fox, you and your family. Your daughter was quite the meal." It gave him a wicked smile, Simel big into his scales, tearing through the thin spot in its claw, he fell.
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"Brother!" he broke from his hiding spot and ran after his falling brother. Before he could reach him several large talons swept across his face knocking him several yards away and cutting open his face. "No..." he spat out
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"It's good to see that I still have the honor of killing you." The two circled one another, a dark feline on one side and a white wolf on the other, his icy blue eyes set on his former apprentice. "Likewise." Two steps later Shadow stopped and hurled an icicle at the wolf. He ducked, but too slow. The shard tore through his shirt, leaving a red stripe on his side. But his laughter left Shadow dumbstruck, even as he revealed the amulet. "Recognize this? Our last king commissioned it for that little boyfriend of yours. An amulet of healing, very rare. I thought I could put it to better use."
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Simel puts out a hand and forces his eyes shut, willing himself to stop from falling, he had forgotten many of the tricks that Shadow had taught him in years past, but luckily his memory came through. THe dragon swept back around and swept him up once more, but Simel was ready with a spell waiting.
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"Then again, I suppose this would be useful to a puny little kit fighting a big bad dragon." Renard smirked, walking to the library's main window. It looked down on the battle below, and the wolfs tail showed that he was enjoying the view. "Oh, very useful." Renard turned, and Shadow just had time to create an ice wall in front of him before the wolf sent a bolt of lightning at him.
"Clever, grounding the lightning... Maybe you weren't a complete failure as an apprentcie..." At that Shadow rushed the wolf, throwing fireballs to keep his former master in place. He lunged for the amulet, but Renard knocked him aside with ease. The feline landed on a desk near the window, rolled off, and got to his feet. "Then again, I could be wrong..." "You were wrong to cross me... You were wrong to banish me..." He rushed again, zig-zagging and once more hurling fire. Renard was about to knock him away when Shadow conjured a fireball between his former master and himself, and in the second the wolf pulled away he raked his claws across the wolfs chest. The wolf cried out and sent a bolt of lightning through Shadow, blasting him against a bookshelf. "You insolent whelp! I'm through toying with you! I hope you've-Aaahhhh!" Renard fell to a knee, clutching at where Shadow had scratched him. The wound was healed, but three streaks of green fire showed where the wounds had been. The same fire burned on Shadows claws, though it was slowly fading as he lay limp on the floor. "What!? What have you done, you-Gahh! I-I can't die! Not... Not like this..." The wolf fell to one side, his eyes fixed on where his former apprentice lay.
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The dragon snapped at him, Sime; did his best to dodge, what woud have been a decapitating snap f the jaw lost him an ear. He screamed in pain and slammed a fist towards the ragons skull, its thick scales and thicker bone absorbd the blow. Silmel let hs concentration slip and fell once more, quickly grabbing onto the dragon before plumeting to his death. "You'll pay for what you did to my family!" He shouted over the rushing wind. The dragon looked at him and smiled.
"And you sshall pay for your fatherss crimesss againssst nature." It hissed in return,moving to shut its jaws around simels body oonce morw, the fox let go and let loos a concusive blast which tore apart one of the dragons wings. Both creatures plumeted to the earth below...
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Shadow staggered to the window, pressing a palm to the glass. In his other hand he held the amulet Renard had worn. It had been created for Simel and enchanted by Renard, so he knew already it would not help him, but his heart sank when he saw the dragon plummeting to the earth with an orange speck on its back. Without thinking, Shadow cast one of Renards teleportation spells he had never quite perfected. Suddenly he was back in the square, near a shop of some sort. As he watched the final stretch of the dragons descent the world started to spin. He clutched the amulet and leaned against the wall of the shop, sliding down into a sitting position with the enchanted gem in his paws.
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THe dragon landed with a ground shudderung thud, Simel screamed just before he hit the ground, realizing too late that he couldn't cast anything to save himself.
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Shadow saw only one option. In a quick raise of one paw he created an ice spire on the squares paved ground. At its angle, it would replace Simels rapid decent and hopefully send him toward where Shadow lay.
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Simel lay sprawled on the paving stones, his bofy broken. It hurt to breath, it hurt to see, everything was cold, so cold... He hears a voice, familiar, soft, a voice he loved as a youth, "Simel, hang on."
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Shadow quickly locked the amulet around Simels neck, placing the foxes head in his lap. "Simel, hang on..." He looks to where the dragon had fallen, trying to summon whatever strength he had left if the beast was still alive. He had maybe a fireball or two at best, or a wall of ice to hold off the fire for a few moments. There was even a chance he could send Simel to Renards library, though that would likely kill him in his current condition. "Just hang on..."
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"Shadow..?" Simel groaned, feeling a heavy metal amulet strung about his neck. He screamed and arched his back, feeling a sharp spike of pain from where the amulet rested on his chest, a crimson stain seeped into his clothes, spreading from the amulet.
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Shadow clutched the amulet, but did not remove it. Renard may have cursed it, but he was hardly the kind to plan his vengance to extend post mortem. Despite being a powerful mage, or perhaps because he was so powerful, the wolf had grown arrogant. Of late, all his plans ended with Shadow dead and the dragon locked in some sort of magic crystal, or something. There was no way he could have cursed it... Right?
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"Shadow..." Simel croaked, "What did you do to me,,.?" A crimson pool was spreading from the fox, even through his fur any could see that his skin was turning the grey of a dead man.
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Shadow ripped off the amulet and cursed, not watching the jewel bounce on the pavement. He moves both paws above Simels chest and hods them there, using one of the few healing spells he knew. "Leave him out of this Renard..."
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Simels breath was shallow, Shadows spells were having no effect, "Shadow....?" Simel was straining to stay allive. "Save me..."
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Shadow was out of options, his eyes clouding at Simels words. "Just... Just hang on, Simel... Please hang on..."
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"Brother!" tidus rose to his feet and sprinted towards his fallen comrade. He slid to a knee upon reaching him and held him in his arms. "You'll be fine..." he looked up to see the dragon slowly rising to his feet. Tidus draws his katana and stands between them. "I know this is your fight but I won't let him kill you while your on the ground."
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"Tidus?" Simels eyes were clowdy, he had no feeling except for weakness. He was scared, more so than he had ever been before.
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Shadow stands, wavering slightly, and clutches the hole in his cloak left from his fight with Renard. "Tidus, I can buy you time enough to get Simel somewhere safe... I can't help with his injuries, so at least let me give him some time..."
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Simel stands, awkward at first. He staggers to Shadow. "Shadow..?" He collapses against the fleline. He raises a bleeding paw up and traces his face. "I love ou so much." The foxes shocked face twists into an evil grin as his paw grips the felines throat."THanks for releasing me." He cackles, his voice, so different, not at all soft and soothing as it once was, grating, deep, gravely. He throws shadow to the side and smirks. "Now bring me my servant, Renard, I want to thank him for tricking you into releasing me."
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"Wh... What? Simel, what's wrong with you!?" Shadow gets to his feet, rubbing his neck and coughing. "What are you-" The feline cried out and went sprawling, with Renard standing behind him. Sparks still lingered on the wolfs fingertips. "I had forgotten those claws of his. Nonetheless, it seems thing have worked out." Renard smirked, looking at where the feline had landed.
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"I'm surprised that you could be trusted with me, Renard. But why? I ask, did you put me in such a vulnerable body? Hmm?" The possesed fox prince lashed out, engulfing Shadows mentor in an acient and arcane fire spell. Renard fell, screaming in agony.
"I did not mean to! I didn't mean t!"The old mage finnaly died, his enchantments upon the city walls failed, the ancient walls showed there age, crumbling lime and marble. Simels eyes were black, blood drained from his eyes and nose, constatly dripping from his face and any old injuries he once had.
"Now to yu, feline." H spat at Shadow. "Bring me the one called Tezztor, the raptor. I have much to speak to him about."
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Shadow tries to get to his feet, fails, and makes it to one knee. "Who... What are you?" He makes it to his feet, staggers, and gains his balance. "I do not know where that raptor of yours has gone... Tell me your name, demon..."
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"My name is insignificant. Bring me the blood traitor, or I shall end your excuse for a life." The demon stepped closer to Shadow, his breath reaking of rot and blood, Simels body was being ruined by this tormentor from another world. "Hiding in shadows, beaten, bloody, bruised. You can barely see the ground before you." THe demon was as close as he could get to Shadow without touching him. "Now bring me that traitor, Tezztor, who imprisoned me in the first place."
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Tezztor dug around the various piles of junk, looking for something but unsure as to what. He could feel it sure as day but exactly what is was was anybody's guess, all he knew is it reeked of power. He had been gone for a while, sore after his battles before with the wolven warrior and failing to assassinate his fox quarry. "What is this?" he said with a bit of suprise as his claws hit something amongst the rubble. It was a jewel, a pendant of sorts that flared magically when in close contact to his own magical blade. "Must have some sort of energy to it similar to my demon's bane dagger" he thought examining the jewel. On the air he caught a familiar scent, as he turned to find it he noticed a cat making way torwards him. "Hey i reckognize him, it's that cat from a while back. He's a fool to think he will take me alive" no sooner then he said that then he spun his blade around preparing for whatever was in store.
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Tidus turns to Simel a look of shock on his face. "Brother..what are you doing?" He looks at his brothers face seeing little of what he used to be... "What happened to you?"
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Shadow approached Tezztor expecting entirely to be killed. His stagger was obvious, and it was a struggle to remain conscious. "You, raptor... Come with me..." He turns and simply walks away, falling once and trying to cover the holes burnt through his robe. The world spun, and his eye could not seem to focus on anything.
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"Why should I follow you?" the assassin asked bluntly. He didn't know this fur too well but he decided maybe there was profit in it for him. After his loss of finding the fox, he could definately use something. The one before him was mangled and torn, as if he had gone through a great battle, this didn't settle with Tezztor too well. Who knows what might await him if he were to follow.
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"Why should you follow?" Shadow stopped and, although the raptor could not see, smiled. "You would be wise to stay here... But you will not, for this is your fight now, not mine." The feline walks on, thinking Tidus should have gone for the raptor. He did not deserve to see Simel like this...
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"Brother?" The demon faced Tidus and laughed. "You think I am your brother?The idea is laughable." THe demon cast an arvane spell, lifing Tidus high into the air and sending crackling bolts of lightning through his body. "I doubt your brother knew this." He said, tormenting the innocent. It lowered Tidus to the ground, more dropping him. Tidus landed with a thud, in pain but unhrt other than bruises. "Your feable ideas and weak bodies disgust me."
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((O.O major work...im sorry should i carry on..or not...SORRY))
she stole a look around, her shinninh eyes caught on the raptor in the corner looking over...rubble and he was...a jewel. that was when a fight broke out. sticking to the the shadows she climbed around unsure of how to go about it and then finnaly she let her mind travel over to him and she gently looked in, she wasn`t being rude, just wanting to know if he was friend or foe?
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The raptor sighed unsure, "Very well I will follow, what will I expect to see when we get there?" he asked. He wasn't sure of the situation and by the other's looks something bad was going on and he wasn't too keen on going in without some knowledge of what was going on. "Just tell me who to kill"
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The demon stands proud in a ruined street waiting for the slinking feline to bring him back Tezztor. Inside his mind Simel watched terrified as a demon had taken over his body, tormenting his brother, his once love, all around him he cared so much for. At least the children were safely with Blue outside the city, no don't think of them, if i do he'll go after them as soon as he's finished with tezztor. I know what you're thinking, Simel. You're thinking of your child and his friend, and, ...Blue. Yes. I will have fun with them, make them suffer. And you'll have to watch. I think that every one you think of will become my slaves, yes. The demon cackled inside of simels mind, tormenting him. The son of the virtuous king, driven insane after the death of his family became the most terrible king in the history of time. No!!! simel cried, huddling in a corner of his mind. I won't let you hurt them! He ran at the figmint in his mind, a dark cackling shadow smelling of death and blood. As soon as he moved so did the shadow, jumping to one side. You can't touch me! it tormented. Simel screamed and charged.
The demon stood waiting, patient, it's eyes cold as it stared down the street at the approaching feline with raptor in tow.
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Shadow returned, assuming the raptor was behind him, and stared into Simels eyes. "I'm sorry..." The feline fell to his knees and lost consciousness next to the remains of his former master.
Renard. The wolf who had been so confident when he had seen his apprentice and the others enter the city. He had made sure Shadow gave the fox the amulet, and only after he had been badly injured. The demon was powerful, but in such a frail body he was sure it would take little effort to kill him. Even Tidus would have been a good fallback. No, any of the three but Shadow. The cat was an exceptional conduit for magical power, although Renard would never admit it out loud, and would have allowed the Demon to harness far more of its power than it had even now. But now he was dead.
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"On your feet, feline." the demon snarled, hoking his chin and pulling him to his feet. "I can hear your thoughts." The demon stared into Shadows eyes. "Do you want to hear mine, your.... lovers?" it spat the word as if it were some vile swear.
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Tezztor looked onward full of confusion as the one leading him fell forward, not knowing if he was dead or merely unconscious. It wasn't long before he saw the demon before him, dark energy flowing from him like a river. "Vile monstrocity, what brings you to this place" he yelled at the demon whilst unsheathing his mystical dagger the demon's bane. While demons were usually straightforward he could sense something, something within the demon itself but he couldn't be sure. "What secrets do you hide? Let them be known because the dead have no use for them"
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"Ahh... Tezztor. It has been quite the many seasons since I escapes from your imprisonment." The demon took a step back from the raptor, seeing the dagger, it was a holy item, it could easily kill him with the slightest nick on the skin. The demon hissed and dove at him "Prepare to die!"
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Tezztor growled at the demon as it charged him, he tore off torwards the demon as well fury filling his veins. "Back to the stygian pit for you demon, and all that brings life to you" he roared. The closer he got the more he noticed that jewel he found began to glow, he realized that like his dagger it must have some connection to the demon. Grasping it firmly in his hand he lept through the air and stabbed at the demon, his momentum carrying him past into a forward roll on the ground. He stood up quickly and turned to see if the demon still stood.
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The demon glared at Tezztor, a gash across its chest. The flayed flesh exposed writhing ciols of snakes where its lungs and muscles should be. The stench of decomposing flesh that belcged forth from it was gagging. "Is that all you can do?" The demons smiled as one of the writhing snakes rose from his chest and then dove back into his flesh, creating another bleeding hle. "Or have you gotten weak after a hundred years?"
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Tezztor gave the demon a sly look. "Obviously you have no idea what this dagger does. It saps its victim of magical energy." he said as he formed a fang filled smile. "Its particularly potent against demonic power. Right now your gonna have to result to using only what you physically have to fight. So have at it you monstrocity, lets see if your worth the space you inhabit" the raptor called out preparing himself for an attack.
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The demon growled at Tezztor. "No One Traps Lord Loss!" He shouted, flying at Tezztor with his sharp claws glistening with his own spilling blood. In his mind Simel cowered, watching as the tormented evil soul ruined his body. "Tzztor! " he cried, tryin to siphon some of the demons weakwning magic, he wanted to tell the raptor not to ruin his body, but all hope seems lost.
His love thinks he's some evil spirit, if this demon, "lord loss" kills tezztor than the last of his family will be killed. blue, keep them safe.
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Shadow made it to his knees again, only to see what had become of Simels body. "No... NO!" He dives at the demon, the thought of its powers utterly irrelevant in his mind. The feline pins the demon, looking into the eyes of the fox and seeing only the faintest hint of him. The only thing keeping him from slashing the things throat was the fact that Simel was still in there, somewhere. Why couldn't it have been me? Why did it have to be Simel? He doesn't deserve this!
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The feigntest whisper of a voice entered Shadows ind, tormented and ruined. "Shadow, save me."
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The feline almost cried at the sound of that voice in his head, his grip on the demon faltering. "Oh Gods..." He closed his eyes, tears running from his good eye. "Simel, I... I don't... I can't exercise a demon... Not unless..." Shadow turned back, taking a paw from Simels body and raising it. "Raptor, throw me the amulet!"
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"You cannot stop me!" The demon roared, throwing a palm into Shadows Chest. It wasn't enough to throw him off, the demon was becoming desperate. The foxes body was broken, his agic was fading. He knew that it would be so easy for them to excersize him now. He held tight to Simels mind. "I'm not leaving."
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Shadow coughed and clutched his chest. The strike was not particularly, but it had struck the where one of Renards lightning attacks had hit. Not only that, but Shadow was pushing his own body. "I'll see you dead, demon!"
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The demon sceethed and howled as Shadows paws gripped its throat. Simel could hear the demons voice in his minid. "If i die, we both die." It cackled and did not fight against Shadow.
"No!" Simel cried, amplifying the last of the demons magic, releasing its ability to stay in his body.
"No!" he croaked, broken and damaged and at the brink of death, being strangled by his love.
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The feline looked down and pulled his paws away from the demons throat, from Simels throat. The area under his left eye was obviously wet, a tear track running down his muzzle. "Simel... I..."
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The raptor casually walked up, enjoying the turmoil before him. He pushed shadow off the demon infested creature that lay there and put his taloned foot upon his throat. "I was paid to kill this one" he said bluntly, a heavy tint of coldness in his voice. "Been looking for you a long time, did you forget about me?" he said smiling. He hesitated for a moment, unsure if he should go through with it.
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Shadow shouted and hurled a fistful of ice shards at the raptor, almost jumping to his feet. "If you so much as THINK of killing the fox, your last moments will be the most excruciating pain you can possibly imagine!" His claws glowed in that whispy green fire that had nearly killed Renard earlier, and although another such attack would likely kill him, so be it.
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Tezztor puffed and snarled at Shadow, dismissing his threats. "If I had thought to kill him, he'd already be dead. Only reason staying my talons is that my quarry cannot fight back. No sport in it." he said as he threw the jewel to Shadow. "Go ahead banish the demon and restore your friend, know that their is always a price for salvation"
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"Speak to someone else of salvation..." He placed the jewel on Simels chest and recited a brief incantation, all the while praying to every pagan diety he could remember. Please let this work...
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Simel felt an extreme heat flare through his body, repacing the cold. He felt every splinter of bone in his bdy fly to where they belonged. His skin burned where it healed and all through it his eyes never left Shadows. He gasped for breath through a still sore throat and groaned in pain. "shadow, help me to my chamber." He breathed before his world turned black.
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Fifteen years to the day after both dragon and demon had been banished. The bounty hunter Tezztor was taken in as Top knight to King Simel. His son, young Prince Thomas was growing closer and closer to his childhood friend Serous. The head mage Shadow never left the king side. The kingdom was once again happy. Wealth was experienced by all for the first time in twenty years almost.
(chapter three, invading armies, anyone?)
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(Nice ending. Go for it perhaps you should lay down some pre story for it)
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(it'll take a few days, but i think i'll post a pole and the intro before chap' 3 gets started.)
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((GREAT ending! Hmm, fifteen years... Maybe Shadow should take on an apprentice?))