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<br> <br>The tiger doesn't stop till he is all packed up and long long gone. However, outside comes a sound "She's coming back! The Sage! She returns!" cry many voices over and over again.<br> <br>Arimia makes her way out of the house, idly tossing the skull in the air and catching it. Once outside the house she stares at the thing then with a sneer swings it against the side of the house, cracking, if not outright shattering the old bone. That done she drops it on the doorstep, leaving it in plain view for whoever comes home, and starts to walk away, tugging her cloak about her. "Let's go see who this sage is."<br> <br>Ictus looks to Dio and shakes his head as he makes a soft shushing noise, he keeps quiet as he motions for those inside to follow him out the back and keeps walking a ways before looking around at the shadows to make sure no one is around before he speaks, "This is bad, I think we just walked into an assassin's house." he frowns heavily as he he starts heading for where the cries are coming from<br> <br>"Right then," Dio nods towards Arimia, hearing the call himself. "I'll catch up with you lads in a secon'." The lion moves closer towards the grizzly scene, placing his hands upon the bed and shaking his head before looking at Ictus and shaking his head. Something was pulling him to investigate just a tiny bit more. Perhaps something about the poor child resonated with the lion. Mentally, he goes over a small prayer his band would use for innocents lost in the field before heading out and following behind Ictus.<br> <br>Issi instictively conjours as much wind as she can, dashing away from the house and toward the start of the town. Once there she halts, needing to take a breather from the strain on her host, perhaps next time it would be wiser to accustom her host to magics more.<br> <br>Angel watches carefully, some try to be sneeky, the fools, then he sees her.. that 'coon... she, NO! Anger burns in his muzzle, in his eyes, but, only a newbie lets emotion cloud professionalism, he can wait. He moves back carefully and slowly... he can wait. | <br> <br>The tiger doesn't stop till he is all packed up and long long gone. However, outside comes a sound "She's coming back! The Sage! She returns!" cry many voices over and over again.<br> <br>Arimia makes her way out of the house, idly tossing the skull in the air and catching it. Once outside the house she stares at the thing then with a sneer swings it against the side of the house, cracking, if not outright shattering the old bone. That done she drops it on the doorstep, leaving it in plain view for whoever comes home, and starts to walk away, tugging her cloak about her. "Let's go see who this sage is."<br> <br>Ictus looks to Dio and shakes his head as he makes a soft shushing noise, he keeps quiet as he motions for those inside to follow him out the back and keeps walking a ways before looking around at the shadows to make sure no one is around before he speaks, "This is bad, I think we just walked into an assassin's house." he frowns heavily as he he starts heading for where the cries are coming from<br> <br>"Right then," Dio nods towards Arimia, hearing the call himself. "I'll catch up with you lads in a secon'." The lion moves closer towards the grizzly scene, placing his hands upon the bed and shaking his head before looking at Ictus and shaking his head. Something was pulling him to investigate just a tiny bit more. Perhaps something about the poor child resonated with the lion. Mentally, he goes over a small prayer his band would use for innocents lost in the field before heading out and following behind Ictus.<br> <br>Issi instictively conjours as much wind as she can, dashing away from the house and toward the start of the town. Once there she halts, needing to take a breather from the strain on her host, perhaps next time it would be wiser to accustom her host to magics more.<br> <br>Angel watches carefully, some try to be sneeky, the fools, then he sees her.. that 'coon... she, NO! Anger burns in his muzzle, in his eyes, but, only a newbie lets emotion cloud professionalism, he can wait. He moves back carefully and slowly... he can wait. | ||
| − | All the streets are quickly crowded as she walks through, a doberman. She reaches around and pats on people as she goes, "Goodness it is so wonderful to see you all, how good to see you. Why, this is such a spectacular time, you are all doing so great in His name. keep it up." she says and the crowds cheer for her!<br> <br>Arimia pauses just inside the door, something having caught her eye. She turns back and looks at a bottle of something on a high shelf. "Someone get that," she says, before turning and heading back out into Shanty Town. She spots the doberman and makes her way toward the woman, purposefully placing herself in the canine's path. "So you'd be the sage."<br> <br>Provided he isn't stopped by anyone and before the yare fully out of the house, Ictus grabs the vial he spotted and pockets it. Then he feels the presence and growls to himself suddenly, "Great... Well that figures." he looks over to where he feels the presence and shakes his head as he calms himself, he then approaches the sage with Arimia, "You again..." he frowns a bit and nudges Arimia as he whispers to her<br> <br>Before heading out, Dio notices a particularly interesting vial upon a shelf. He was about to go grab it himself, but soon noticed Ictus coming back to take it and simply heads for the growing group along with Ictus and Arimia, taking special note of the doberman. "So this is the master the tiger was talkin' about," Dio questions, looking towards Ictus. "Seems like you know 'em from somewhere."<br> <br>Issi stands up, still a little winded, noticing what looks to be the entire town flooding towards the people left around the house. She tries to get a good look at the scene from afar before everyone floods the street.<br> <br>The Sage carefully walks down the street, that is till Arimia stops her, "Oh, hello there, tell me, why do you stop me?" she asks, but nods, "Yes, I'm the sage that braught His words here. And look, don't they look much happier." She says, and the towns folk do look much happier, though also much weaker and hungrier. "With His words, I will help this place become a pure, clean town again. We will get all the flith gone, a pure, lovely city again!" And with these words the crowds give shouts of glee, a few more falling over.....<br> <br>Arimia flicks her ear as Ictus whispers to her and sighs. "And if they were doing all this of their own free will I might allow that. But they ain't are they?" She reaches up and rubs at her muzzle before continuing to speak. "I would have thought killin' the last Old One who tried this would have been enough. I'd have thought us tearin' apart it's cult, Wulf shootin' the damn thing, an' Zev shovin' it back through it's own damn rift would have been enough warnin'. An' I would have thought Betty would have stopped somethin' like this happenin' again anyway. Guess I was wrong. Shanty Town is under my protection. Tell your master to leave these people be, and to remove whatever damned influce he's placed them under."<br> <br>Ictus glances over at the beings fall over and shakes his head, he winces as Arimia reveals that and sighs before looking to the Sage "His word... And who is He exactly?" he looks to the beings and shakes his head "Yes, they are happy. But they are also dying." he motions to the fallen beings and frowns, "What are you doing to them? It isn't right."<br> <br>"Happier?" Dio listens to the sage's words and looks around in response. Everything did seem to be in order, at least from the surface. Something wasn't exactly right. "Yer right lass," he says, nodding and agreeing with Arimia. "Ya don't just turn around a town like this so easily without some sorta brain washin'." He digs into his coat pocket, pulling out the book once more. "Indeed, who is this 'He'? And if yer tryin' to clean things up as you imply, why is there a feared killer just walkin' the streets as they please?"<br> <br>Issi walks up to one of the fallen beings, scribbling down various notes and other things, while keeping an eye on the center of town, and this 'sage'.<br> <br>The sage regards Arimia, "Oh, please, don't speak of Them like that, They only want to help you, have you never known their power? I could show you." She says, "And good tod, you have not accended yet yourself, or you would know His name, and none should know it before accention." But Dio gets her attention. She draws close to him, "You know of this kill, Angel Longstout? He is the only one I can think of that won't join me, join my new town." She says, tail swishing toward Arimia, "So tell me." And she looks deep into Dio's eyes, that instant imprinting him with her suggestion, nothing more powerful then a use of simple dark math, but much more intencly focused, "Where is he darling, what do you know of him, where can I find him, I only want him to join our family." she says softly to him. | + | All the streets are quickly crowded as she walks through, a doberman. She reaches around and pats on people as she goes, "Goodness it is so wonderful to see you all, how good to see you. Why, this is such a spectacular time, you are all doing so great in His name. keep it up." she says and the crowds cheer for her!<br> <br>Arimia pauses just inside the door, something having caught her eye. She turns back and looks at a bottle of something on a high shelf. "Someone get that," she says, before turning and heading back out into Shanty Town. She spots the doberman and makes her way toward the woman, purposefully placing herself in the canine's path. "So you'd be the sage."<br> <br>Provided he isn't stopped by anyone and before the yare fully out of the house, Ictus grabs the vial he spotted and pockets it. Then he feels the presence and growls to himself suddenly, "Great... Well that figures." he looks over to where he feels the presence and shakes his head as he calms himself, he then approaches the sage with Arimia, "You again..." he frowns a bit and nudges Arimia as he whispers to her<br> <br>Before heading out, Dio notices a particularly interesting vial upon a shelf. He was about to go grab it himself, but soon noticed Ictus coming back to take it and simply heads for the growing group along with Ictus and Arimia, taking special note of the doberman. "So this is the master the tiger was talkin' about," Dio questions, looking towards Ictus. "Seems like you know 'em from somewhere."<br> <br>Issi stands up, still a little winded, noticing what looks to be the entire town flooding towards the people left around the house. She tries to get a good look at the scene from afar before everyone floods the street.<br> <br>The Sage carefully walks down the street, that is till Arimia stops her, "Oh, hello there, tell me, why do you stop me?" she asks, but nods, "Yes, I'm the sage that braught His words here. And look, don't they look much happier." She says, and the towns folk do look much happier, though also much weaker and hungrier. "With His words, I will help this place become a pure, clean town again. We will get all the flith gone, a pure, lovely city again!" And with these words the crowds give shouts of glee, a few more falling over.....<br> <br>Arimia flicks her ear as Ictus whispers to her and sighs. "And if they were doing all this of their own free will I might allow that. But they ain't are they?" She reaches up and rubs at her muzzle before continuing to speak. "I would have thought killin' the last Old One who tried this would have been enough. I'd have thought us tearin' apart it's cult, Wulf shootin' the damn thing, an' Zev shovin' it back through it's own damn rift would have been enough warnin'. An' I would have thought Betty would have stopped somethin' like this happenin' again anyway. Guess I was wrong. Shanty Town is under my protection. Tell your master to leave these people be, and to remove whatever damned influce he's placed them under."<br> <br>Ictus glances over at the beings fall over and shakes his head, he winces as Arimia reveals that and sighs before looking to the Sage "His word... And who is He exactly?" he looks to the beings and shakes his head "Yes, they are happy. But they are also dying." he motions to the fallen beings and frowns, "What are you doing to them? It isn't right."<br> <br>"Happier?" Dio listens to the sage's words and looks around in response. Everything did seem to be in order, at least from the surface. Something wasn't exactly right. "Yer right lass," he says, nodding and agreeing with Arimia. "Ya don't just turn around a town like this so easily without some sorta brain washin'." He digs into his coat pocket, pulling out the book once more. "Indeed, who is this 'He'? And if yer tryin' to clean things up as you imply, why is there a feared killer just walkin' the streets as they please?"<br> <br>Issi walks up to one of the fallen beings, scribbling down various notes and other things, while keeping an eye on the center of town, and this 'sage'.<br> <br>The sage regards Arimia, "Oh, please, don't speak of Them like that, They only want to help you, have you never known their power? I could show you." She says, "And good tod, you have not accended yet yourself, or you would know His name, and none should know it before accention." But Dio gets her attention. She draws close to him, "You know of this kill, Angel Longstout? He is the only one I can think of that won't join me, join my new town." She says, tail swishing toward Arimia, "So tell me." And she looks deep into Dio's eyes, that instant imprinting him with her suggestion, nothing more powerful then a use of simple dark math, but much more intencly focused, "Where is he darling, what do you know of him, where can I find him, I only want him to join our family." she says softly to him.<br> <br>Arimia scowls as she feels dark magic being woven and attempts to muddle with the spell. Not trying to break it, so much as twist the math back onto the doberman. She growls as she works the math, no outward signs of it beyond a clenching of her fists. But after a couple seconds pass her scowl turns to a grin. A not at all nice grin. "Tell me, Sage. Tell me of your master. Tell me what he intends for the people of MY town. Then tell me how to release them. Then tell me the most painful way I can break your connection with your master, so I can let the folk show you just how Shanty Town handles outsiders."<br> <br>Ictus winces as he feels the touch of dark math in Dio and blinks at Arimia with a shake of his head, "Wait, don't say his name!" he counters before looking at Arimia, "It won't be good for anybody if he is here." he looks to Dio and frowns before looking back to Arimia, "Free him if she doesn't." before he firmly clasps a hand over the lion's muzzle<br> <br>"Them?" Dio tilts his head to the side, trying to understand just what was being discussed. "This lass over here mentioned the Old Ones, though I'm afraid I don't know too much 'bout that." As the doberman assaults him with various questions about the previously mentioned killer, he shakes his head and grows a small scowl upon his expression. "I don't have to tell ya... tell ya..." A strange compulsion filled his mind, telling him to divulge the information requested from the sage as he looks into her gaze. "Angel is mmmfmfmfmm." A hand stops Dio's ability to speak temporarily as he wobbles about slightly in a small daze, still speaking in muffled words about Angel's location.<br> <br>Issi keeps making notes on what she can see and possibly hear. She doesn't make any efforts to get any closer to the center, the last thing she needed was to be picked out of the crowd.<br> <br>The sage feels... oddly, her connection muddled by Arimia's manipulations of darkness, and, for a moment, it is like Arimia is a follower of her master herself! She turns to the pink 'coon. "But, of course, Master is a great, and wonderful spirit, he sent me to be his voice, to spread his word as far and wide as I could, oh great Master Olg'ish!" She calls out, Ictus not the person who has the charm upon her. And as she speaks his name, a darkness seems to appear from no where off to her left, and from it comes a goat-creator creature, roughly the same sizes as a Tall Heavy folk, speaking directly into people's minds ~You called for me my voice? Oh, what do we have here? Have you spread my word to this whole town? You do your Master proud.~ Then he looks her over, ~My voice, what is wrong~ then he notices fast enough, snapping his fingers and the compultion over her ends, "What? Where? Oh master, please forgive me, I had taken this town for you, but I seem to have run into.. interlopers.." she says gesturing to the party. Olg'ish looks everyone over, but his eyes focus on Ictus! His voice ringing loudly in everyone's head ~YOU~<br> <br>Arimia scowls as the goat thing appears. "Olg'ish? Sounds like you're tryin' to keep from hurlin'. Leave my town alone." She looks back at Ictus after a couple seconds and says, "You free him. I don' take orders, and I don' give a crap about some clan folk I've never met."<br> <br>Ictus stares as the name is uttered and curses harshly as the goat appears, "Not good..." he shakes his head and calls out to his patron, "Kendrac! I could use some help here!" he winces as he calls out, getting the feeling that this won't end well as he backs up from the Old One and pulls out his daggers as he gets in a defensive stance<br> <br>Dio continues to wobble about slightly in place with a bit of a glazed look in his eyes. The dark magic still clouds the lion's mind as he stands and looks upon the scene without much to do now that his suggested orders were fulfilled. With the summoning of Kendrac, his mind snaps back to reality as he shakes his mane filled head about rapidly. "What happ- Oh my," he murmurs, looking upon the crazy scene with an astonished expression.<br> <br>Issi breaks off toward the town exit in a flat out run, formerly black scales gone almost stark white as she tries to flee through the crowd in utter terror. She doesn't stop untill she can't see anything having to do with the center or the crowd, the image of the Old One burnt into her mind.<br> <br>The old one looks to Ictus as he calls out Kendrac's name! ~Fool...~ he says to all, and soon, Kendrac himself appears next to Ictus. ~You called for me my warrior?~ But soon he has his answer eyeing Olg'ish. ~What have you done here, what power have you wrought. I will end this!~ and with a wave of his staff, the compultions around are cut, at least for now. Olg'ish quickly retorts ~We may not battle on the mortal realms, but there is a way to end this~ Kendrac responding ~We do, My warrior, end this blight, cast down his follower and purge this town of the evil filling it!~ Everyone else seems to be ignored by the pair, even Arimia with her old one chakras.<br> <br>Arimia frowns as the fight starts, watching carefully. Thinking she sees an opening she slips a dagger out of her cloak, then sends it spinning through the air, toward the Sage. Though the dagger never connects. She snarls at seeing that and turns to storm a short distance away, banded tail lashing angrily under her cloak. <br> <br>Ictus nods to Kendrac and looks a bit relieved that they won't be fighting directly, he growls as he strikes blow after swift blow and pants lightly once he defeats her. He growls as he takes his gift from his patron, a baton that looks like it was once part of a staff and has a wicked black steel end, before plunging it into the sage where her heart is, "You will bew clensed." he states simply<br> <br>Dio rubs his face a few times, still removing the post dark magic haze he was experiencing. As the battle begins, he reaches into his coat and pulls out a knife, ready to assist with withe battle. However, any attempts he made were simply repulsed and repelled. He growls in frustration, but soon lowers his weapon as the battle concludes.<br> <br>Issi hides herself in a small nook, waiting for her heart to stop racing and hands to stop shaking. She can't do much else untill the battle is over and the Old One is hopefully gone.<br> <br>The sage is defeated! And... purged? As the purification rips through them though, then turn into a pile of dust! ~You have done well my warrior, now, your champion is defeated, be gone with you!~ Calls out Kendrac and Olg'ish screetches as he departs back from where he came. With the sage defeated, the compulsions are gone entirely, the town people looking to each other with astonishment for a while before... well... a small riot breaks out. Seems everything is back to normal. His task completed, Kendrac departs as well.<br> <br>Arimia walks over to the pile of dust and kicks it, watching as it is stirred up by the breeze. She turns around then and stares at the house they'd been in, eyes narrowed slightly before saying, "You all should leave now. The mood here is going to get worse before it gets better. They need to vent frustration after what's happened, and clanned folk like you would make a pretty target for their ire. And if you were to hurt any of 'em defendin' yourself, I'd have to kill you." She straightens her cloak then and starts to walk away, slipping into and through the rioting crowd. <br> <br>Ictus looks to Kendrac as the Old One retreats and nods with a smile before he looks to Arimia with a blink at the threat, he shrugs and nods as he looks to Dio, "Let's get going before Angel decides to take advantage of the situation." he looks around at the riot quietly as he shrugs, "Back to normal it seems."<br> <br>Dio watches as Arimia kicks the final remains of the sage, thinking back at all the rather strange and recent encounters he's come across as of late. "Seems we've restored order... Or at least, Shanty Town's version of order I'm guessin'." Heading the racoon's warning, Dio lets out a nervous chuckle and straightens out his coat. "Yes, clanned folk. Of course." The lion turns around and begins to make his way out of town, but takes a moment to pause and look over his shoulder at Ictus. "Ya got that vial, lad? Make sure ya get someone to look at it. Could be important. As fer me, I need a nap." With a wave, he sets forth and makes his way out of town.<br> <br>Issi vanishes off toward the city, not looking back, not stopping, not looking back. Her only thought now was to get back to the inn for a good nights rest, and maybe a stiff drink or 20.[[Category:RPLogs]] |
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Calm, nothing but calmness. Almost erry. Everywhere there are people being.... pleasent. No trash fires, no bodies. Just people walking around, most looking starved, a few falling over from it, only to be picked up and taken away by their fellows. Others work on reinforcing the buildings. The streets are even being swept! The sun shines as it sets in the distance, only slightly cloudy.
Kendra wanders into the town. this being her first time here it doesnt seem like anythings out of the ordinary. she looks about for a while admiring what seems like a nice place
Arimia stalks through the streets of Shanty Town, a scowl on her features. She has her cloak tugged close about her, and something about her seems muted or dull. She casts her odd eyes about, scowl deepening at what she sees. "Somebody has been messing with my Shanty Town..." She slips down an alley, doing her best to disappear from sight, planning to investigate things from the shadows.
Ictus ponders as he looks around Shanty Town and shakes his head at the residents, "Odd..." he looks over at Kendra and shakes his head, "Be on guard, something isn't right here." he frowns a bit
Not too far behind the others, a tall looking lion dressed in a rather expensive looking coat walks into the town. "So the rumors were true," Dio observes, looking upon the scene with a curious glance and a cocked head. "Seems more or less like an ordinary town, just as they said. We should probably start askin' around and flaggin' down the guard captain if ya could find 'em." The lion looks around for someone to speak to and makes his way towards them with a smile. "Hello there, may I 'ave a moment of yer time for some small questions?"
Issi returns from a small trip into the wilderness, taking a detour through Shanty Town. Or is it Shanty town? She takes a few sniffs of the air, making her way to the small cluster of people seemingly gathering, whom seem just as confused as she is. She tries making contact by making a few inquisitory gestures to see who understands her.
The people give friendly waves to Kendra, Ictus, Dio and Issi as they walk along, doing thier business, no one tries to lift a purse, stab a back, nothing. "Howdy good beings! We have sales on some of the trinkets we managed to scrounge together, I'll grant they aren't much." says a tiger in tartered clothes as the group passes by. Arimia continues undetected for the time being, her movements unnoticed. NO one seems to return the gestures to Issi.
Kendra looks ictus over and nods a bit, "er.. on gaurd... right. always am anyways." she shrugs and just stands there waiting for somebody to take lead while she watches Issi make random hand gestures. she leans over to ictus and mummbles, "i think shes cursing at me..."
Arimia lingers in a narrow gap between buildings, too large for most beings. She watches the others as they wander the streets of Shanty town, the lack of any attempt to try and appropriate items or coin from them causing her scowl to return. She'll watch them a bit longer, then she's off to a local bar to see what she can find out.
"That's not really what I asked..." Dio rubs a hand through his mane, still trying to register the rather strange scene he's in. However, something in the tiger's words manage to catch his interest. "Trinkets ya say," Dio asks, moving closer to the tiger. "Could ya tell me a bit more about those if ya don't mind? Do they have any special qualities? Also, would ya mind tellin' me where you got 'em?"
Ictus looks to Dio and nods in agreement, he blinks at Issi and shakes his head, "Sorry, I don't know sign..." he looks to Kendra and shakes his head with a shrug, "I wouldn't know." he looks to the merchant then and nods to Dio, "Yes, I'm curious about them as well..."
The tiger smiles to Dio, "Well, some banged up pots and pans, a few lengths of rope, still good I think, oh! And how could I forget the master's new book! I'll sell that one to you lot for a permium, just... fifty crown, does that sound reasonable?" he asks, then he nods to Ictus as well. Behind Arimia, some children can be heard playing, "Tag, your it!
Issi is not cursing, however if continuous failures to communicate occur, then she very well might. For now she just shakes her head and decides to try again later, maybe with a solid writing surface. She keeps her tounge on the scents or lack there of in the air. She decides to investigate elsewhere, this is a radical departure from the town she saw before.
Kendra frowns a bit looking at the tiger and still talking under her breath to ictus, "er.. who would they be calling master do you think?" she doesnt seem to know anything about the customs here
Dio listens to the tiger, crossing his arms and tapping his foot on the ground as he watches the rest of the group move about and investigate. "Did you say 'Master'," the lion asks, twisting his head back towards the tiger. "Please, tell me more about the Master if you will. I'll take a book too, if ya don't mind." Digging through his coat pockets, he pulls out the required amount of crowns and holds it in front of the tiger.
Dio spends 50 Crown for RP reasons.
Ictus looks over at Issi and frowns before looking back to the tiger, "Err, sounds perfectly reasonable." he looks confused though as he pulls out fifty crown then hands it to the tiger, he looks to Kendra and shrugs as he whispers back
Ictus spends 50 Crown to: Book perchase!
The tiger takes the crown, and he doesn't check if it is real or not, just slides it into his pocket. He picks up a leather bound book and passes it to Dio, "A pleasure! See anything else you'd like?" He looks to Ictus and smiles a bit wider, "Thank you, here, lets see... Yep, my last one, we don't have too many of them now." He says giving the book to Ictus. "Well, how about you Sir, see anything?" he asks. The children behind Arimia seem to switch to hide and seek....
Arimia slips out of the alleyway, pushing her hood back to leave her pink fur on display. She stalks over to the tiger and looks up at him, simply staring for a couple of moments before saying, "That was your last? Where can more be found?"
Kendra looks around and sighs looking up at the sun, "alright well. bye~ cant really stay i have a appointment elsewhere." she waves and wanders off out of town
Ictus tilts his head curiously as the coin is not checked and nods, "No, but thank you for the book..." he looks the book over for a name before he starts opening it to read a little
"Thank ya, sir. Pleasure doin' business with ya." Dio hands the money over and takes the book within his hand, rubbing the leather binding in his padded palms. "While I'm readin' up on this book, mind tellin' me more about yer master if you don't mind?" Using a claw-tipped finger, Dio opens up the book and begins scanning the pages, looking for something that could help explain the curious situation, particularly anything about the supposed master and any clues about recent events or magical business.
Issi moves about quickly, wuth a grimmace. Where is that smell coming from? The town itself? She keeps trying to get closer to the source of the smell.
The tiger nods to Arimia, "Yes, my last one, but someone else might have it on sale, well, it wasn't my last one, I should say it is my last spare copy, I'll never part with my last." He says then over to Dio, "Just read my friend, it will tell you all you need, the are the words of one of the sages who came here a few days ago, they have scribes working as best they can with what we have to make more copies, everyone must hear her words and follow him." he says. The smell comes from the streets themselves, but it isn't so overwhelming as to gag someone anymore.
Arimia frowns and shrugs at the tiger's words and starts to walk away, only to apparently stumble on the street, reaching out to grab the tiger to steady herself. Once she seems to have regained her balance she says, "Sorry about that. Some days I'm terribly clumsy." That said she starts to walk down the street, slipping a book out from under her cloak and starting to skim through it.
Ictus hmms at the book and ponders, "Well, this is a nice change..." he still thinks it odd as he looks over to Arimia as she stumbles and starts over to her, "Hey Arimia... You can use my copy..." he frowns as he sees the book she has and sighs, "Or not..." he shakes his head as he looks around and hmms, "So who is 'he'?" he looks to the merchant as he says this
Dio continues to scan though the book, flipping pages and occasionally muttering various things to himself. "Hmmm, love, acceptance, etc," he murmurs, finally closing the book with a loud snap and holding it under his arm. "I think I'm startin' to get the picture." Arimia's fumble catches the lion's interest, but he simply shrugs and passes it off as a minor accident. "This 'ere's an interestin' philosohpy you've got here," he smiles, giving the book a firm pat. "I'd love to meet the master 'n' learn even more from the source itself! Do ya happen to know where he resides?"
Issi getting nowhere with the smell she perks up at the tiger's words. She makes her way back to the group, trying to get a peek at the odd books the others are holding, not easy since she's shorter than everyone else.
The Tiger looks over the to Ictus "He... he is.. no, we can't say his name, we haven't accended yet, we can't speak his name, not yet." And the tiger looks very concerned for a while, starting to pat at some of his pockets, "Wait.. I know I put it in one of these." he says, then addresses Dio "Where he is? Oh you can't meet him, where in the bugger did I put it, hold on." he says as he checks under the makeshift table. As Arimia walks by though, she would notice one house that has been taken care of for longer then a few days.... the sign on it even ledgeable.... Angel and Rebecca Longstout.
Arimia scowls down at the book and idly tosses it over her shoulder once she's finishes skimming through it. When she reaches that well taken care of house she stops, staring at it. Not bothering to knock she reaches out to try and turn the door handle.
Ictus nods to the tiger and hmms, "Well, thanks." as he looks to Dio and ponders, "I'm going to go see what Arimia is up to." he frowns a bit as he looks for the pink 'coon and pads over to her if she is in sight
"Can't meet 'em? Suppose I understand, bein' the master and all." The lion tosses the book in his hands a few times, wondering just how he'd get the information out the tiger. "Oh no, did ya lose yer sacred book, lad? I'm real sorry to here that." Dio looks over at Ictus and gives him a firm nod and a wave. "Good luck, lad! As fer you..." He turns his muzzle around, back to smiling at the tiger and gesturing towards the book. "I'll give ya my book fer free if ya tell me where the master is or where I may meet 'em."
Issi follows after Arimia and Ictus, noting the book Arimia tossed away and moves to get it. She keeps on her toes though, she's starting to get a very bad feeling about this yet she can't place her finger on it.
The tiger looks to Dio, "But no one can meet him, not till they have accended! And even then, few ever do... please, do you want your crown back? Or maybe..." he continues to look around, "Could I give you some fine rope in exchange?" He asks.
The door opens easy enough, unlocked, and inside is.... prestine. No dirt, no dust, nothing. The bed is made, but... there seems to be someone in it, the covers completely drawn up over them. The windows are unbroken, this could be a house that sits just outside the market square and fit in perfectly.
Arimia slips into the house and starts to look around, ignoring the being under the covers for the moment. Nor does she try to hide her presence from that being, making no attempts to try and be quiet as she looks through the things in the home.
Ictus raises an eyebrow at Arimia as she enters the home and shakes his head as he calls out, "Find anything?" he looks to Issi and hmms, "What do you think?" he hands her the book since it appears she needs something to write on, "I know it's not much, but you can write on that if you need to."
"Hmmmm..." Dio taps his foot on the ground as he listens to the tiger's offer, still tossing the book up and down in his hands. After a few moments of thinking it over, the lion shrugs and places the book within one of his coat pockets. "The sacred book of the master means more to me than some simple material goods. I suppose ya didn't want yer book that badly." With a wave, he turns around and begins a small walk towards the path the others had taken earlier. "I'll find someone else! I wish ya luck, lad," he shouts over his shoulder before continuing on.
Issi hods up the book Arimia dropped, taking a pen and paper out of her cloak and starts writing down on the cover (Please tell me somone else feels that. Something here feels... wrong. This book is full of things that this town should find laughable. Nothing in here would convert anyone. At best it would be destroyed and defiled, not praised and worshiped. Who or what gave them this book?)
The Tiger turns to Dio, "Please! I'll by it back at double.. no triple.. what you paid, please, sell me back one of those.... oh by the creators... What are you doing! Don't go in that.." too late, he cringes, "Not.. Angel's house..." he quickly starts packing up his things.
Rummaging through the things doesn't show much... till the bed is uncovered. There is a woman, laying face up, or, what could only be assumed to have once beena woman, now nothing but bones. Her hands were places up near her chest, hair long, but, carefully, carefully tended to by someone. As if that wasn't bad enough resting where her belly would have been, the bones of a much tinier form....
Arimia stares at the bones for a couple moments before looking around at the others. "This is why this house was safe in those bombings. The bomber cares for these bones. Probably a wife and unborn child, judging from the names on the door." She reaches out and grabs the larger skull and hair, pulling them off the bed with apparent lack of concern. "Let's poke the hornet's nest."
Ictus nods to Issi after he reads what she wrote and sighs, "That's obvious, but yes... I feel it too." he shakes his head and frowns as he looks into the house again, he blinks at Arimia and hmms, "You think the two are related? I heard the reports... But I wasn't there myself." he frowns a bit as he spots the corpse and looks to the sign, he blinks a bit at the name and frowns in thought "Where have I..." he looks around and frowns, "Crap..." as he starts looking into the shadows intently
Dio continues along the path, shrugging at the merchant and patting the pocket where the book resides. "Like I said, I don't want material goods. You kn- Hmm? Hey, where are ya goin lad?" He sticks out his hand in an attempt to stop the merchant, but the tiger was already too far gone. "Angel's house?" He looks towards the house in question and begins to move towards it. "Hello? Anyone there," he asks, peering through the door frame. "Ah! There you guys ar- Oh wow..." His smile turns to a frown as he observes the scene, slowly stepping into the room. "That's awful," he murmurs, shaking his head. "We should probably look for traps or somethin'," he says, starting to look around the room.
Issi quickly writes (There has to be a connection somewhere.) She sighs silently, looking up at the house and the scene contained within and the corpse. (Oh. I'm assuming that is what you ment. Who-) She cuts herself off, getting the feeling from Ictus that here is not a good place to be right now.
Angel sees the door to his house open, and keeps to the shadows, no way he was going to show himself now, slinking back, but he makes sure to take a note of the people who will walk out. Never forget a mark, and only HE sees her now, no one else, only HE walks in his house. Everyone here knew that, no one ever came within 10 feet, but these were strangers. They'd know soon enough though.
The tiger doesn't stop till he is all packed up and long long gone. However, outside comes a sound "She's coming back! The Sage! She returns!" cry many voices over and over again.
Arimia makes her way out of the house, idly tossing the skull in the air and catching it. Once outside the house she stares at the thing then with a sneer swings it against the side of the house, cracking, if not outright shattering the old bone. That done she drops it on the doorstep, leaving it in plain view for whoever comes home, and starts to walk away, tugging her cloak about her. "Let's go see who this sage is."
Ictus looks to Dio and shakes his head as he makes a soft shushing noise, he keeps quiet as he motions for those inside to follow him out the back and keeps walking a ways before looking around at the shadows to make sure no one is around before he speaks, "This is bad, I think we just walked into an assassin's house." he frowns heavily as he he starts heading for where the cries are coming from
"Right then," Dio nods towards Arimia, hearing the call himself. "I'll catch up with you lads in a secon'." The lion moves closer towards the grizzly scene, placing his hands upon the bed and shaking his head before looking at Ictus and shaking his head. Something was pulling him to investigate just a tiny bit more. Perhaps something about the poor child resonated with the lion. Mentally, he goes over a small prayer his band would use for innocents lost in the field before heading out and following behind Ictus.
Issi instictively conjours as much wind as she can, dashing away from the house and toward the start of the town. Once there she halts, needing to take a breather from the strain on her host, perhaps next time it would be wiser to accustom her host to magics more.
Angel watches carefully, some try to be sneeky, the fools, then he sees her.. that 'coon... she, NO! Anger burns in his muzzle, in his eyes, but, only a newbie lets emotion cloud professionalism, he can wait. He moves back carefully and slowly... he can wait.
All the streets are quickly crowded as she walks through, a doberman. She reaches around and pats on people as she goes, "Goodness it is so wonderful to see you all, how good to see you. Why, this is such a spectacular time, you are all doing so great in His name. keep it up." she says and the crowds cheer for her!
Arimia pauses just inside the door, something having caught her eye. She turns back and looks at a bottle of something on a high shelf. "Someone get that," she says, before turning and heading back out into Shanty Town. She spots the doberman and makes her way toward the woman, purposefully placing herself in the canine's path. "So you'd be the sage."
Provided he isn't stopped by anyone and before the yare fully out of the house, Ictus grabs the vial he spotted and pockets it. Then he feels the presence and growls to himself suddenly, "Great... Well that figures." he looks over to where he feels the presence and shakes his head as he calms himself, he then approaches the sage with Arimia, "You again..." he frowns a bit and nudges Arimia as he whispers to her
Before heading out, Dio notices a particularly interesting vial upon a shelf. He was about to go grab it himself, but soon noticed Ictus coming back to take it and simply heads for the growing group along with Ictus and Arimia, taking special note of the doberman. "So this is the master the tiger was talkin' about," Dio questions, looking towards Ictus. "Seems like you know 'em from somewhere."
Issi stands up, still a little winded, noticing what looks to be the entire town flooding towards the people left around the house. She tries to get a good look at the scene from afar before everyone floods the street.
The Sage carefully walks down the street, that is till Arimia stops her, "Oh, hello there, tell me, why do you stop me?" she asks, but nods, "Yes, I'm the sage that braught His words here. And look, don't they look much happier." She says, and the towns folk do look much happier, though also much weaker and hungrier. "With His words, I will help this place become a pure, clean town again. We will get all the flith gone, a pure, lovely city again!" And with these words the crowds give shouts of glee, a few more falling over.....
Arimia flicks her ear as Ictus whispers to her and sighs. "And if they were doing all this of their own free will I might allow that. But they ain't are they?" She reaches up and rubs at her muzzle before continuing to speak. "I would have thought killin' the last Old One who tried this would have been enough. I'd have thought us tearin' apart it's cult, Wulf shootin' the damn thing, an' Zev shovin' it back through it's own damn rift would have been enough warnin'. An' I would have thought Betty would have stopped somethin' like this happenin' again anyway. Guess I was wrong. Shanty Town is under my protection. Tell your master to leave these people be, and to remove whatever damned influce he's placed them under."
Ictus glances over at the beings fall over and shakes his head, he winces as Arimia reveals that and sighs before looking to the Sage "His word... And who is He exactly?" he looks to the beings and shakes his head "Yes, they are happy. But they are also dying." he motions to the fallen beings and frowns, "What are you doing to them? It isn't right."
"Happier?" Dio listens to the sage's words and looks around in response. Everything did seem to be in order, at least from the surface. Something wasn't exactly right. "Yer right lass," he says, nodding and agreeing with Arimia. "Ya don't just turn around a town like this so easily without some sorta brain washin'." He digs into his coat pocket, pulling out the book once more. "Indeed, who is this 'He'? And if yer tryin' to clean things up as you imply, why is there a feared killer just walkin' the streets as they please?"
Issi walks up to one of the fallen beings, scribbling down various notes and other things, while keeping an eye on the center of town, and this 'sage'.
The sage regards Arimia, "Oh, please, don't speak of Them like that, They only want to help you, have you never known their power? I could show you." She says, "And good tod, you have not accended yet yourself, or you would know His name, and none should know it before accention." But Dio gets her attention. She draws close to him, "You know of this kill, Angel Longstout? He is the only one I can think of that won't join me, join my new town." She says, tail swishing toward Arimia, "So tell me." And she looks deep into Dio's eyes, that instant imprinting him with her suggestion, nothing more powerful then a use of simple dark math, but much more intencly focused, "Where is he darling, what do you know of him, where can I find him, I only want him to join our family." she says softly to him.
Arimia scowls as she feels dark magic being woven and attempts to muddle with the spell. Not trying to break it, so much as twist the math back onto the doberman. She growls as she works the math, no outward signs of it beyond a clenching of her fists. But after a couple seconds pass her scowl turns to a grin. A not at all nice grin. "Tell me, Sage. Tell me of your master. Tell me what he intends for the people of MY town. Then tell me how to release them. Then tell me the most painful way I can break your connection with your master, so I can let the folk show you just how Shanty Town handles outsiders."
Ictus winces as he feels the touch of dark math in Dio and blinks at Arimia with a shake of his head, "Wait, don't say his name!" he counters before looking at Arimia, "It won't be good for anybody if he is here." he looks to Dio and frowns before looking back to Arimia, "Free him if she doesn't." before he firmly clasps a hand over the lion's muzzle
"Them?" Dio tilts his head to the side, trying to understand just what was being discussed. "This lass over here mentioned the Old Ones, though I'm afraid I don't know too much 'bout that." As the doberman assaults him with various questions about the previously mentioned killer, he shakes his head and grows a small scowl upon his expression. "I don't have to tell ya... tell ya..." A strange compulsion filled his mind, telling him to divulge the information requested from the sage as he looks into her gaze. "Angel is mmmfmfmfmm." A hand stops Dio's ability to speak temporarily as he wobbles about slightly in a small daze, still speaking in muffled words about Angel's location.
Issi keeps making notes on what she can see and possibly hear. She doesn't make any efforts to get any closer to the center, the last thing she needed was to be picked out of the crowd.
The sage feels... oddly, her connection muddled by Arimia's manipulations of darkness, and, for a moment, it is like Arimia is a follower of her master herself! She turns to the pink 'coon. "But, of course, Master is a great, and wonderful spirit, he sent me to be his voice, to spread his word as far and wide as I could, oh great Master Olg'ish!" She calls out, Ictus not the person who has the charm upon her. And as she speaks his name, a darkness seems to appear from no where off to her left, and from it comes a goat-creator creature, roughly the same sizes as a Tall Heavy folk, speaking directly into people's minds ~You called for me my voice? Oh, what do we have here? Have you spread my word to this whole town? You do your Master proud.~ Then he looks her over, ~My voice, what is wrong~ then he notices fast enough, snapping his fingers and the compultion over her ends, "What? Where? Oh master, please forgive me, I had taken this town for you, but I seem to have run into.. interlopers.." she says gesturing to the party. Olg'ish looks everyone over, but his eyes focus on Ictus! His voice ringing loudly in everyone's head ~YOU~
Arimia scowls as the goat thing appears. "Olg'ish? Sounds like you're tryin' to keep from hurlin'. Leave my town alone." She looks back at Ictus after a couple seconds and says, "You free him. I don' take orders, and I don' give a crap about some clan folk I've never met."
Ictus stares as the name is uttered and curses harshly as the goat appears, "Not good..." he shakes his head and calls out to his patron, "Kendrac! I could use some help here!" he winces as he calls out, getting the feeling that this won't end well as he backs up from the Old One and pulls out his daggers as he gets in a defensive stance
Dio continues to wobble about slightly in place with a bit of a glazed look in his eyes. The dark magic still clouds the lion's mind as he stands and looks upon the scene without much to do now that his suggested orders were fulfilled. With the summoning of Kendrac, his mind snaps back to reality as he shakes his mane filled head about rapidly. "What happ- Oh my," he murmurs, looking upon the crazy scene with an astonished expression.
Issi breaks off toward the town exit in a flat out run, formerly black scales gone almost stark white as she tries to flee through the crowd in utter terror. She doesn't stop untill she can't see anything having to do with the center or the crowd, the image of the Old One burnt into her mind.
The old one looks to Ictus as he calls out Kendrac's name! ~Fool...~ he says to all, and soon, Kendrac himself appears next to Ictus. ~You called for me my warrior?~ But soon he has his answer eyeing Olg'ish. ~What have you done here, what power have you wrought. I will end this!~ and with a wave of his staff, the compultions around are cut, at least for now. Olg'ish quickly retorts ~We may not battle on the mortal realms, but there is a way to end this~ Kendrac responding ~We do, My warrior, end this blight, cast down his follower and purge this town of the evil filling it!~ Everyone else seems to be ignored by the pair, even Arimia with her old one chakras.
Arimia frowns as the fight starts, watching carefully. Thinking she sees an opening she slips a dagger out of her cloak, then sends it spinning through the air, toward the Sage. Though the dagger never connects. She snarls at seeing that and turns to storm a short distance away, banded tail lashing angrily under her cloak.
Ictus nods to Kendrac and looks a bit relieved that they won't be fighting directly, he growls as he strikes blow after swift blow and pants lightly once he defeats her. He growls as he takes his gift from his patron, a baton that looks like it was once part of a staff and has a wicked black steel end, before plunging it into the sage where her heart is, "You will bew clensed." he states simply
Dio rubs his face a few times, still removing the post dark magic haze he was experiencing. As the battle begins, he reaches into his coat and pulls out a knife, ready to assist with withe battle. However, any attempts he made were simply repulsed and repelled. He growls in frustration, but soon lowers his weapon as the battle concludes.
Issi hides herself in a small nook, waiting for her heart to stop racing and hands to stop shaking. She can't do much else untill the battle is over and the Old One is hopefully gone.
The sage is defeated! And... purged? As the purification rips through them though, then turn into a pile of dust! ~You have done well my warrior, now, your champion is defeated, be gone with you!~ Calls out Kendrac and Olg'ish screetches as he departs back from where he came. With the sage defeated, the compulsions are gone entirely, the town people looking to each other with astonishment for a while before... well... a small riot breaks out. Seems everything is back to normal. His task completed, Kendrac departs as well.
Arimia walks over to the pile of dust and kicks it, watching as it is stirred up by the breeze. She turns around then and stares at the house they'd been in, eyes narrowed slightly before saying, "You all should leave now. The mood here is going to get worse before it gets better. They need to vent frustration after what's happened, and clanned folk like you would make a pretty target for their ire. And if you were to hurt any of 'em defendin' yourself, I'd have to kill you." She straightens her cloak then and starts to walk away, slipping into and through the rioting crowd.
Ictus looks to Kendrac as the Old One retreats and nods with a smile before he looks to Arimia with a blink at the threat, he shrugs and nods as he looks to Dio, "Let's get going before Angel decides to take advantage of the situation." he looks around at the riot quietly as he shrugs, "Back to normal it seems."
Dio watches as Arimia kicks the final remains of the sage, thinking back at all the rather strange and recent encounters he's come across as of late. "Seems we've restored order... Or at least, Shanty Town's version of order I'm guessin'." Heading the racoon's warning, Dio lets out a nervous chuckle and straightens out his coat. "Yes, clanned folk. Of course." The lion turns around and begins to make his way out of town, but takes a moment to pause and look over his shoulder at Ictus. "Ya got that vial, lad? Make sure ya get someone to look at it. Could be important. As fer me, I need a nap." With a wave, he sets forth and makes his way out of town.
Issi vanishes off toward the city, not looking back, not stopping, not looking back. Her only thought now was to get back to the inn for a good nights rest, and maybe a stiff drink or 20.
