Equivalent Exchange--Episode 2: Blood is Thicker

[Festy_Dog]

Selim looked at Laura, but gave no indication of his thoughts.

"If neither of you want to continue then I will not argue with leaving," he said, albeit reluctantly.

Letting the suspect get away for the moment wasn't too great a problem.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Okey dokey--Laura actually seems to be okay now, and you two weren't doing too badly with that whole tag team strategy in the end. Let me know, though, what you decide)

 

[Raylis]

"But if we leave he'll just kill someone else; let's finish this."

 

[stonegod]

Foolishness. Humans refuse to give up even when they should. It is their folly.

The sultry woman looks down at herself a moment.

Then why are you helping?

No answer.

Laura looks up. "I can remove this barrier. You better be ready."

She begins the transmutation circle, waiting for the word.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Laura takes about thirty seconds to carefully draw the circle--though the wall is thick, she could probably blast through with less time if she just does the first step of the transmutation and breaks the wall down, but the blast from that could cause a collapse or other problems, so she makes sure that she'll transmute a stable pathway for them, when they give her the signal.*

 

[Raylis]

Elysia draws a dagger, "Ready"

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: I don't know if Laura intends to act on the first cue or to wait for both to call ready, so I'll let stonegod post)

 

[stonegod]

Laura presses her hands against the circle. Now or never.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*There is a flash of light as the solid stone separates and rearranges starting from the circle and ramifying outwards, rebuilding a solid and stable passage into the next room. The effects were sudden but obvious, and the soulmeld and chimera appear to have noticed it already. The chimera and the doll are back in their spots in the huge transmutation circle, with the soulmeld presiding, but he turns his headless body towards them and calls in surprised reaction.*

"Gaarg! You again! You...you meddling ruiners, I'll kill you! I'll kill you all!"

*The chimera turns to gaze at the soulmeld and makes a soft low sound.*

"What you don't want to kill them!? But they hurt you! Look what they've done!"

*The chimera keeps looking at him.*

"But they're vicious thugs! You won't be safe!"

*The chimera won't relent.*

"Okay fine!" he turns to the three, "You three imbeciles--stand down for a minute and you won't be killed, and then after that you can do whatever you want, I don't care anymore...Or you could try to fight and I'd be forced to kill you--please, oh please, be stupid! After what you did, I crave your filthy blood! Choose now!"

*The group has only a split-second to decide whether to attack.*

 

[Raylis]

Elyisa hesitates a moment, the dagger poised to throw, to stop whatever this thing killed all those girls to do. But what it knows....