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<blockquote data-quote="Nephtys" data-source="post: 3732224" data-attributes="member: 31780"><p>Aeryk Voss</p><p></p><p>You know you must have shaken off their pursuit by now, or they would already have caught you. A slit throat here, a poisoned arrow there, a bit of sneaksmanship and a lot of legwork and they must have decided you were not worth the cost. Being on the other side of the world couldn't hurt either. You know little about this place, but you know enough. Trust noone, that's a good enough rule wherever you go in this world. The ruins that dot the urban landscape, the grand and beautiful shattered elven towers are a good enough reminder of the price of complacency and trust. </p><p>Still, survival is not enough. Not when survival must eventually end. The only way to find some safety is to get ahead in the world, but getting ahead only makes you more enemies. The Lords themselves are hardly safe. In twenty years half of them have been killed, their souls devoured and their memories already fading. </p><p>You are interrupted in your thoughts by a sudden intuitive sense of danger. In the corner of your eye you get a glimpse of something, someone you have seen before. And there another one. Black clad figures shadowing you on paralell streets, doubtless with more of them behind you. Without letting them see that you're aware of them you walk on, looking for a way out. Invisibility won't help you, and your disguise isn't worth much, you know enough about their capabilities to know that. Maybe you could fight them, but not here in the open. </p><p>The sight of the Vrock, laughing sadistically by a doorway to the right, phases you for a moment before you realise it is petrified. You spot a movement to your left and know your reaction must have told them that they were discovered. Cursing you duck for cover and crash in trough the door of the Laughing Vrock. Surprised heads turn to look at you before the hands begin to go for their weapons.</p><p><span style="color: White">"I've payed my taxes, boy."</span> speaks the man who must be the bartender, <span style="color: White">"Start any trouble and I'll get the demons here faster than you can blink."</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mystic</p><p></p><p>You find your old friend Jorin still behind the same old counter, a little the worse for wear just like the bar but his grin when he sees your face is just like old times. <span style="color: White">"Damn kid, looks like you've done well for yourself. I haven't seen that much magic on a human since the quiet guy over there."</span> he nods his head towards the fellow further down the bar. <span style="color: White">"But before that it was a long time ago. Say, what have you been up to? But perhaps we're all better off if you dont. A man has to make a living, let's leave it at that."</span></p><p><span style="color: White">"So, what can I get you? You still got that thing about alcohol? I've got an opium draught straight from Shalang that will get you as close to heaven as any of us are likely to get, and an antidote to keep the stuff from getting too addictive. Pure. Half the eastern world swears by the stuff."</span> He smiles, a little too brightly. And then the door slams open and a nondescript man tumbles in, cursing to himself.</p><p>Jorin's manner changes abruptly, his eyes harden like flint and he pulls a vicious looking axe out from under the counter. <span style="color: White">"I've payed my taxes, boy. Start any trouble and I'll get the demons here faster than you can blink."</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Windwalker</p><p></p><p>ooc: You've heard little of the barkeeper's conversation with the top-hat but can tell he is lying about being able to get the demons here that fast or possibly at all. (sense motive) You know that most of the people in the bar are evil, including the barkeeper and the gate-crasher (but not the man in the top hat), but not to a demonic degree.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Initiative: (If it comes to fighting)</p><p></p><p>Aeryk: +15</p><p>Canthan: +12</p><p>Barkeep: +11</p><p>Random patrons (6): +7</p><p>Windwalker: +6</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys ?-?: +?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nephtys, post: 3732224, member: 31780"] Aeryk Voss You know you must have shaken off their pursuit by now, or they would already have caught you. A slit throat here, a poisoned arrow there, a bit of sneaksmanship and a lot of legwork and they must have decided you were not worth the cost. Being on the other side of the world couldn't hurt either. You know little about this place, but you know enough. Trust noone, that's a good enough rule wherever you go in this world. The ruins that dot the urban landscape, the grand and beautiful shattered elven towers are a good enough reminder of the price of complacency and trust. Still, survival is not enough. Not when survival must eventually end. The only way to find some safety is to get ahead in the world, but getting ahead only makes you more enemies. The Lords themselves are hardly safe. In twenty years half of them have been killed, their souls devoured and their memories already fading. You are interrupted in your thoughts by a sudden intuitive sense of danger. In the corner of your eye you get a glimpse of something, someone you have seen before. And there another one. Black clad figures shadowing you on paralell streets, doubtless with more of them behind you. Without letting them see that you're aware of them you walk on, looking for a way out. Invisibility won't help you, and your disguise isn't worth much, you know enough about their capabilities to know that. Maybe you could fight them, but not here in the open. The sight of the Vrock, laughing sadistically by a doorway to the right, phases you for a moment before you realise it is petrified. You spot a movement to your left and know your reaction must have told them that they were discovered. Cursing you duck for cover and crash in trough the door of the Laughing Vrock. Surprised heads turn to look at you before the hands begin to go for their weapons. [COLOR=White]"I've payed my taxes, boy."[/COLOR] speaks the man who must be the bartender, [COLOR=White]"Start any trouble and I'll get the demons here faster than you can blink."[/COLOR] Mystic You find your old friend Jorin still behind the same old counter, a little the worse for wear just like the bar but his grin when he sees your face is just like old times. [COLOR=White]"Damn kid, looks like you've done well for yourself. I haven't seen that much magic on a human since the quiet guy over there."[/COLOR] he nods his head towards the fellow further down the bar. [COLOR=White]"But before that it was a long time ago. Say, what have you been up to? But perhaps we're all better off if you dont. A man has to make a living, let's leave it at that." "So, what can I get you? You still got that thing about alcohol? I've got an opium draught straight from Shalang that will get you as close to heaven as any of us are likely to get, and an antidote to keep the stuff from getting too addictive. Pure. Half the eastern world swears by the stuff."[/COLOR] He smiles, a little too brightly. And then the door slams open and a nondescript man tumbles in, cursing to himself. Jorin's manner changes abruptly, his eyes harden like flint and he pulls a vicious looking axe out from under the counter. [COLOR=White]"I've payed my taxes, boy. Start any trouble and I'll get the demons here faster than you can blink."[/COLOR] Windwalker ooc: You've heard little of the barkeeper's conversation with the top-hat but can tell he is lying about being able to get the demons here that fast or possibly at all. (sense motive) You know that most of the people in the bar are evil, including the barkeeper and the gate-crasher (but not the man in the top hat), but not to a demonic degree. Initiative: (If it comes to fighting) Aeryk: +15 Canthan: +12 Barkeep: +11 Random patrons (6): +7 Windwalker: +6 Bad Guys ?-?: +? [/QUOTE]
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