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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 7377693" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><strong>Into the arena</strong></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the fights start with some emaciated prisoners being chased and torn apart by a pack of wolves and some bulls. When almost all of the prisoners drop down dead, the arena's guards drag in another prisoner who turns out to be none else but Mr. Mapple who's seemingly unconscious. Elanor Janette gets on her feet and proclaims that this man made her life a living hell over the last days and has harassed both her and Isobel on multiple occasions. So she'll take pleasure in seeing him punished according to his crimes. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, Mapple is still the same as he had been when he fought against the bandits, so he is back on his feet in no time. He easily wrestles down the pack of wolves and takes on a wild dire bear as well (<span style="color: #008000">Now if Wolmi Heffanita could have seen this...</span>). After he finishes off all bestial enemies, he takes a gigantic leap towards the balcony where Elanor, Amira and the rest are standing, but he isn't able to get any hold and is pushed back by the arena's guards. </p><p></p><p>Elanor is impressed by all this raw strength and it seems like she almost regrets her next move: She offers Kulp, the arena master, a sack of gold to let Mapple fight the fabled fire tiger. But before the beast is released, she demands to know the name of the defiant combatant. Mapple proudly presents himself in front of the crowd and exclaims that his name is Andrei von Recklinghausen. He calls Elanor a bitch who's walking around destroying lives wherever she goes. Andrei then vows that he will put an end to her misdeeds and make sure that she'll never ever harm anyone again. He also proclaims that “the nice Eladrin woman” is his friend, so he will use all of his power to free her from the bitch's clutches.</p><p></p><p>(<span style="color: #008000">I was literally cheering for Mapple at that moment, as I didn't expect <em>him</em> to be in the arena. The moment he appeared I had this big grin on my face and knew that Elanor was sooo screwed, especially given the premise that Hector/Carlyle might eventually form a tag team with our hero. </span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">For Auryn... she knew of Mapple's regenerating powers, so her initial fear turned into a burning will to fight, reclaim her freedom and punish those who wronged her. She also put her trust in the fact that Carlyle would find a way to discern her location, no matter what, as she knew he wouldn't act as headless as Zahir had</span>)</p><p></p><p>So much bravery and selflessness incites Auryn's own will to fight and she at least manages to reduce the drug's effectiveness which lets her push back the creepy guy's greedy hands. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Hector is grabbed by his neck by a pretty stupid ogre servant who drags him to one of the arena's gates. To his surprise, there is another gladiator, a minotaur who's waiting for his turn to fight. The two men share a friendly chat where the minotaur reveals that he is originally from Ber as well as he muses that where he comes from only bears fight each other in such arenas. </p><p></p><p>“Don't really know how to fight though” he says “I'm only a merchant”</p><p>“Same. I'm an author. But they got my wife and try to blame it on me, so I'll definitely give them the hell of a fight.” </p><p>“Then die with honor, friend. And let's hope she remembers you as the hero you surely are.”</p><p></p><p>Then Hector is pushed into the arena where he lands on all fours. As he's about to obviously “search the sand for weapons dropped by his predecessors” (he already got his kukris from the Vekeshi), he sees Andrei just being impaled by the flaming tiger's metal claw. He senses that something isn't right with our hero and realizes that his regenerative powers seem to be suppressed by fire. So he charges right to the beast to get its attention to a still moving prey. </p><p></p><p>The move seems to be successful as the tiger withdraws its claw and starts chasing Hector. This gives Andrei enough time to regenerate and the two men team up to show the tiger who the true masters of the arena are. As the beast is still hungry, it tries to get his claws on Hector who manages to barely escape the tiger's paws. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Carlyle/Hector tries to keep up his “beran author” appearance by fighting far more mundanely than he's used to. Once he and Andrei wear the flaming tiger down enough that it doesn't pose too much of a threat to Andrei, Hector asks him to propel him high enough so he might reach the balcony and help Amira. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, Andrei's super strength and Hector's athleticism add up well and so he lands right at the balcony, next to Amira's feet. He pulls out the injector with the antidote he got from the Vekeshi and applies it to his wife. He then hands her her weapon while grinning grimly at Elanor and the three men. Amira instantly recovers, gets on her feet and stares down the remaining four people with a deadly glare. </p><p></p><p>“No matter what this woman told you, I am not Isobel Traverse. I am Amiranya Fernandez, daughter of Bosca and proud wife of Hector Ignacio Fernandez, this very same man who Elanor Janette wanted to see torn apart in the arena by wild beasts. To bring me here, to sell me, to try to buy me, was the last mistake you repulsive creeps will ever make in your miserable lives. From this day on, all of Nalaam will know what it means to earn the wrath of a free daughter of Ber!”</p><p></p><p>The mages, Elanor and father Balthasar seem pretty intimidated by “Isobel's” sudden personality shift and they prepare to unleash their magic at Hector. Auryn takes this as a welcome distraction as she uses a quick circling dance to protect herself, Hector and Andrei from fire, turns her back to the audience and forms a small ball of fire in her hands. Her eyes flash in a vivid lilac as she unleashes the fireball on the balcony, right in front of her. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">(Needless to say that the fireball did no harm to Auryn or Carlyle but pretty much roasted Balthasar and Jamie. All while the audience thought that someone of the trio was actually mad enough to use a fireball in such a close space.)</span></p><p></p><p>“That's why I love her!” Hector exclaims and both he and Amira cut down Jamie who tries to flee the scene. Balthasar is next as he is felled by a double kukri slash when he tries to make a beeline for the exit door. Nikola the necromancer tries to magically link Amira's life force with his own, but she manages to shake off the spell. Hector makes sure to take care of the necromancer next. This leaves Elanor for Amira who grabs the severely burnt woman by the throat and strangles her while dragging her toward the balcony's railing. </p><p></p><p>“This is the inevitable fate of anyone who tries to get their greedy hands upon my people” she hisses. Before she finally throws her over the railing to give the flaming tiger its well-deserved dinner, Hector closes up to his wife, puts a gold piece in Elanor's pocket, returns to his grim smile and says “Well, you know what? I'll just take her back.”. Then he takes the rest of the lecherous trio's bodies and throws them down as well. </p><p></p><p>“Enough of this facade! 'twas a fascinating spectacle, but this ends now!” Kulp shouts and summons an (illusionary) meteor swarm which seemingly ignites the whole balcony. He then summons a magical hand which grabs Andrei and pulls him through the arena's surface. Then we feel the space around us shifting and suddenly we're all in an empty gladiator waiting room underneath the arena. And thankfully none of us got harmed by Kulp's sudden display of power. </p><p></p><p>We first thank Andrei who tried to help Amira despite the seemingly insurmountable odds. He replies that he considers Amira to be his friend and he also didn't want to let this nasty bitch get away after everything she'd done to both Isobel and Amira. Needless to say that Amira/Auryn is deeply moved by so much selfless generosity, so she gives Andrei von Recklinghausen a long, honest embrace. She says that she has never seen anyone as kindhearted as him and asks him to always keep his gentle, big and loving heart. </p><p></p><p>“There she goes again...” Carlyle mumbles, even if he keeps his eyerolls to a minimum this time. Before Amira can take her turn on him, Kulp joins us, this time without his full Vekeshi garb. He explains that he had to put up a small show for the rest of the audience as it would be in our best interest if not all of Nalaam knew what exactly happened on this balcony. He'll also make sure to keep the political impact minimal. </p><p></p><p>We then go on to carefully get to know more about each other as we don't wish to tell Kulp too much about the fact that we are RHC agents. We hint that we all might share a mutual connection and devotion to Srasama and we also explain the whole Isobel Traverse story to the master of the arena. We add that Andrei von Recklinghausen played a major part in getting her to safety which is why we consider him to be a friend of the eladrin people as well. </p><p></p><p>Hector adds that Amira just seemed to be the next best eladrin woman after Elanor Janette lost her grip on Isobel and she didn't care that Amira was in fact a free woman from Ber. He frowns and grows quite angry while sharing the story of Elanor's misdeeds and then adds that he's always acting quite ungallantly when it comes to incidents like this. Amira adds that hopefully everyone will know to keep their fingers off her kin after what happened tonight.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, Kulp doesn't know anything about the Traverses, so we hand him all the information we got so he might spread the word on them among his Vekeshi community. Maybe someone will know more about the family name and act accordingly...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 7377693, member: 6816692"] [b]Into the arena[/b] Meanwhile, the fights start with some emaciated prisoners being chased and torn apart by a pack of wolves and some bulls. When almost all of the prisoners drop down dead, the arena's guards drag in another prisoner who turns out to be none else but Mr. Mapple who's seemingly unconscious. Elanor Janette gets on her feet and proclaims that this man made her life a living hell over the last days and has harassed both her and Isobel on multiple occasions. So she'll take pleasure in seeing him punished according to his crimes. Fortunately, Mapple is still the same as he had been when he fought against the bandits, so he is back on his feet in no time. He easily wrestles down the pack of wolves and takes on a wild dire bear as well ([COLOR="#008000"]Now if Wolmi Heffanita could have seen this...[/COLOR]). After he finishes off all bestial enemies, he takes a gigantic leap towards the balcony where Elanor, Amira and the rest are standing, but he isn't able to get any hold and is pushed back by the arena's guards. Elanor is impressed by all this raw strength and it seems like she almost regrets her next move: She offers Kulp, the arena master, a sack of gold to let Mapple fight the fabled fire tiger. But before the beast is released, she demands to know the name of the defiant combatant. Mapple proudly presents himself in front of the crowd and exclaims that his name is Andrei von Recklinghausen. He calls Elanor a bitch who's walking around destroying lives wherever she goes. Andrei then vows that he will put an end to her misdeeds and make sure that she'll never ever harm anyone again. He also proclaims that “the nice Eladrin woman” is his friend, so he will use all of his power to free her from the bitch's clutches. ([COLOR="#008000"]I was literally cheering for Mapple at that moment, as I didn't expect [I]him[/I] to be in the arena. The moment he appeared I had this big grin on my face and knew that Elanor was sooo screwed, especially given the premise that Hector/Carlyle might eventually form a tag team with our hero. For Auryn... she knew of Mapple's regenerating powers, so her initial fear turned into a burning will to fight, reclaim her freedom and punish those who wronged her. She also put her trust in the fact that Carlyle would find a way to discern her location, no matter what, as she knew he wouldn't act as headless as Zahir had[/COLOR]) So much bravery and selflessness incites Auryn's own will to fight and she at least manages to reduce the drug's effectiveness which lets her push back the creepy guy's greedy hands. Meanwhile, Hector is grabbed by his neck by a pretty stupid ogre servant who drags him to one of the arena's gates. To his surprise, there is another gladiator, a minotaur who's waiting for his turn to fight. The two men share a friendly chat where the minotaur reveals that he is originally from Ber as well as he muses that where he comes from only bears fight each other in such arenas. “Don't really know how to fight though” he says “I'm only a merchant” “Same. I'm an author. But they got my wife and try to blame it on me, so I'll definitely give them the hell of a fight.” “Then die with honor, friend. And let's hope she remembers you as the hero you surely are.” Then Hector is pushed into the arena where he lands on all fours. As he's about to obviously “search the sand for weapons dropped by his predecessors” (he already got his kukris from the Vekeshi), he sees Andrei just being impaled by the flaming tiger's metal claw. He senses that something isn't right with our hero and realizes that his regenerative powers seem to be suppressed by fire. So he charges right to the beast to get its attention to a still moving prey. The move seems to be successful as the tiger withdraws its claw and starts chasing Hector. This gives Andrei enough time to regenerate and the two men team up to show the tiger who the true masters of the arena are. As the beast is still hungry, it tries to get his claws on Hector who manages to barely escape the tiger's paws. Meanwhile, Carlyle/Hector tries to keep up his “beran author” appearance by fighting far more mundanely than he's used to. Once he and Andrei wear the flaming tiger down enough that it doesn't pose too much of a threat to Andrei, Hector asks him to propel him high enough so he might reach the balcony and help Amira. Fortunately, Andrei's super strength and Hector's athleticism add up well and so he lands right at the balcony, next to Amira's feet. He pulls out the injector with the antidote he got from the Vekeshi and applies it to his wife. He then hands her her weapon while grinning grimly at Elanor and the three men. Amira instantly recovers, gets on her feet and stares down the remaining four people with a deadly glare. “No matter what this woman told you, I am not Isobel Traverse. I am Amiranya Fernandez, daughter of Bosca and proud wife of Hector Ignacio Fernandez, this very same man who Elanor Janette wanted to see torn apart in the arena by wild beasts. To bring me here, to sell me, to try to buy me, was the last mistake you repulsive creeps will ever make in your miserable lives. From this day on, all of Nalaam will know what it means to earn the wrath of a free daughter of Ber!” The mages, Elanor and father Balthasar seem pretty intimidated by “Isobel's” sudden personality shift and they prepare to unleash their magic at Hector. Auryn takes this as a welcome distraction as she uses a quick circling dance to protect herself, Hector and Andrei from fire, turns her back to the audience and forms a small ball of fire in her hands. Her eyes flash in a vivid lilac as she unleashes the fireball on the balcony, right in front of her. [COLOR="#008000"](Needless to say that the fireball did no harm to Auryn or Carlyle but pretty much roasted Balthasar and Jamie. All while the audience thought that someone of the trio was actually mad enough to use a fireball in such a close space.)[/COLOR] “That's why I love her!” Hector exclaims and both he and Amira cut down Jamie who tries to flee the scene. Balthasar is next as he is felled by a double kukri slash when he tries to make a beeline for the exit door. Nikola the necromancer tries to magically link Amira's life force with his own, but she manages to shake off the spell. Hector makes sure to take care of the necromancer next. This leaves Elanor for Amira who grabs the severely burnt woman by the throat and strangles her while dragging her toward the balcony's railing. “This is the inevitable fate of anyone who tries to get their greedy hands upon my people” she hisses. Before she finally throws her over the railing to give the flaming tiger its well-deserved dinner, Hector closes up to his wife, puts a gold piece in Elanor's pocket, returns to his grim smile and says “Well, you know what? I'll just take her back.”. Then he takes the rest of the lecherous trio's bodies and throws them down as well. “Enough of this facade! 'twas a fascinating spectacle, but this ends now!” Kulp shouts and summons an (illusionary) meteor swarm which seemingly ignites the whole balcony. He then summons a magical hand which grabs Andrei and pulls him through the arena's surface. Then we feel the space around us shifting and suddenly we're all in an empty gladiator waiting room underneath the arena. And thankfully none of us got harmed by Kulp's sudden display of power. We first thank Andrei who tried to help Amira despite the seemingly insurmountable odds. He replies that he considers Amira to be his friend and he also didn't want to let this nasty bitch get away after everything she'd done to both Isobel and Amira. Needless to say that Amira/Auryn is deeply moved by so much selfless generosity, so she gives Andrei von Recklinghausen a long, honest embrace. She says that she has never seen anyone as kindhearted as him and asks him to always keep his gentle, big and loving heart. “There she goes again...” Carlyle mumbles, even if he keeps his eyerolls to a minimum this time. Before Amira can take her turn on him, Kulp joins us, this time without his full Vekeshi garb. He explains that he had to put up a small show for the rest of the audience as it would be in our best interest if not all of Nalaam knew what exactly happened on this balcony. He'll also make sure to keep the political impact minimal. We then go on to carefully get to know more about each other as we don't wish to tell Kulp too much about the fact that we are RHC agents. We hint that we all might share a mutual connection and devotion to Srasama and we also explain the whole Isobel Traverse story to the master of the arena. We add that Andrei von Recklinghausen played a major part in getting her to safety which is why we consider him to be a friend of the eladrin people as well. Hector adds that Amira just seemed to be the next best eladrin woman after Elanor Janette lost her grip on Isobel and she didn't care that Amira was in fact a free woman from Ber. He frowns and grows quite angry while sharing the story of Elanor's misdeeds and then adds that he's always acting quite ungallantly when it comes to incidents like this. Amira adds that hopefully everyone will know to keep their fingers off her kin after what happened tonight. Unfortunately, Kulp doesn't know anything about the Traverses, so we hand him all the information we got so he might spread the word on them among his Vekeshi community. Maybe someone will know more about the family name and act accordingly... [/QUOTE]
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