Darkness Looms [Nastasya]
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Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:49 am
Fri Dec 09, 2016 11:28 am
"Would you overly disappointed if I said no?"
As the two continued down the path, they eventually saw exactly what it was that had roared at them. In front of them was a slime, just like the others with one minor difference: this one was huge, larger than Lucifer by almost double, and in a large chamber, almost like the guardian of the catacombs. Strange guardian certainly, but it had yet to notice them, mostly due to the fact that it was currently still putting out a fire that had started over its body, burn marks evident all over its giant form. Looking past it, Lucifer spotted a ladder, and light oozing down from above: the way out. Staying low, so as not to attract the monster's attention, the demon whispered to his partner.
"Our exit is just on the other side. What do you think: try to sneak past and leave it or just take it out? It's gonna take more of a beating than those other slimes, but the only way out seems to be on the other side of it."
Fri Dec 09, 2016 11:39 am
Lucifer asked her for a plan and she agreed that it would be nice to just go past and don't have to fight. Especially because she felt gross and she was done with being down here that she just wanted to leave. "Let's just try to sneak past. I mean I have a way of distracting it." She looked down at her heels and her shadow saluted and left, it went up to the roof of the tunnel so it would be hidden in darkness. To stand on the other side of the tunnel and trying to get the monsters attention, to take it away. It couldn't get too far but this was the best idea she had.
Sat Dec 10, 2016 5:16 am
It seemed they were going to try and not fight this gaint slime, instead opting for Nastasya's plan to distract the creature for them both to sneak through. As much as Lucifer preferred a straight up battle, he wasn't stupid enough to fight an enemy he wasn't sure he could defeat, although he still really wanted to fight it, even if it would take more than he could do at the time to take it out. But he had allowed his partner to make the call, and she had decided to sneak, so he had to honor that decision. Watching her shadow cross the room, the beast became distracted by the strange form it saw on the wall across, giving Lucifer -having now changed back into Odin- and Nastasya time to move around the room, as the shadow walked one way and the two Grimoire mage walked the other, until they had swapped places: the shadow being at the entrance and the two dark mages being at the exit. Odin nodded at Nastasya, it had been a good plan and it had worked well, now it was time to leave, before the slime decided to turn around.
Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:58 pm
They had to wait for her shadow to destract the huge slime enough before she made her way to the ladder. Still tiptoeing to not make a noise and all was going well. It might be a problem to open the hatch from down here but she started to climb and made her way up to the top. She tried to softly open the door, but the wheel that was needed to be turned was rusted so it took some time but the exit was so close that she didn't want to give up nor give the job to Odin. "Oh come on! This is just mean." But it started to move, with a loud creaking and squeaking sort of noise. She quickly stopped to look at the blob.
Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:38 am
Clearly not remembering that she was wearing a skirt, or simply not caring, Nastasya was the first to start climbing the ladder, with Odin following below, amused only because he felt it was funny since he didn't care about his partner's clothing options or his adventageous climbing position, and yet so many others would, what a strange place Fiore was. They reached the top, and the door couldn't budge without some force, force that Shadow was able to produce without issue but the door made a very loud creaking sound as it was worked against the rust. Odin didn't even bother to turn around, and just started descending.
"Well, guess sneaking is out the window."
Reaching the floor and turning, Odin locked eyes with the great slime creature and unleashed the demon once more.
"Really, was there any point in even reverting back in the first place Odin? We both saw this coming anyway."
Sun Dec 11, 2016 5:34 am
So the blob came towards them and she simply went to turn the wheel on the door further and ignored the squaking, she had to be sure that they could leave through this door later, she didn't feel the need to find another dor. Besides it might be smart to check if there were Rune Knights outside. "Less talking more punching!" she yelled down stairs to Lucifer when the Blob was looking also at her. This thing was big enough to cover the whole tunnel and she didn't feel like becoming a fly in his world. She clenched her legs around the ladder as good as she could and was finally at the last turn, the door could be opened.
Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:26 am
The slime hated fire, that was what seemed to be one of its main weaknesses, if only, and here it was fighting against a demon of fire. The ball was in Lucifer's court, and he was going to use it. As a test, he placed his hand out in front of him and send a fireball in the shape of his palm towards the creature, hitting it and setting it alight, but defusing and being smothered by the sheer volume of the slime. It was going to take a lot to do this properly, and now the thing was angry, coming straight for Lucifer.
This is going to be great fun.
Sun Dec 11, 2016 8:12 am
Sun Dec 11, 2016 8:51 am
Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:26 pm
A bit wobbly she managed to stand on the ladder with her heels and her hands on the wheel of the door and push it up with the strenght of her upperbody. It was quite difficult but when she opened the door, she first had to let her eyes get adjusted to the sunlight, or actually her one eye. She had no idea why the door had been so heavy, but it was probably because of the fact that there was grass on it and around her now so she must be outside the city, maybe somewhere on the hill. She was listening to hear if she could hear the noises from the Rune Knights. She wasn't so sure at what to do, maybe they had to continue a little further down here at the catacombs, but she didn't feel like meeting more slime. She could see the river from this point and she only wished to wash her legs there but instead she closed the door again and turned back to Lucifer. "I don't hear anything, so we can go out of here once you are done."
Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:12 am
First, he would draw the creature's attack, which he did without issue, stopping in one place and allowing the slime monster to fire the acidic spit at him once more. This time though, the demon was ready, and fired out a fireball from his palm straight at the jet stream, igniting it as it it were oil and sending flames all the way through the slime creature, down it's throat and into it's innards, it if had such things. It mattered little though, as the liquid acidic stream was burning much faster than the slime could smother it out, eventually lighting the entire creature up like a bonfire, leaving only charred slime remaining after a few more seconds. Turning around to the ladders, having once more reverted back to his former self, Odin climbed the ladder to reach the top where Nastasya was.
"Right, let's go get that drink."
Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:15 am
Which would be interesting, seeing them run around town while they were just sitting at a cafe. She had to take care of her big mouth to not spill words like that again. She wondered if the others had made such mistakes before, but she didn't feel the need to talk about it. "Your fire magic by the way, it looks really cool." she didn't comment on the Take-over, she was not sure if that was alright. Even though she was really curious. One step at the time was fine.
Mon Dec 12, 2016 2:00 pm
"Odin. That is my true name. Now let's go get that drink." Turning to face where the town was located, Odin began to walk over, curious as to whether the Rune Knights had ever entered the church. Perhaps they had, and perhaps they too had journeyed down into the catacombs, picking a different path and being attacked by more slimes, or possibly worse. Odin would never know, but he didn't really care at this point. he had evaded their pursuit, and so he deserved a little reward for it, as did his partner, who he now needed to buy a drink for.
Tue Dec 13, 2016 5:13 am
If Odin agreed to take this bar, she would take a table at the window that was still available and looked shortly at the menu, but she didn't want anything to eat, although it might be smart and she picked up the menu again. After a while a waiter came over to their table and she ordered a club soda and a little bit of bread and butter because she was famished because of using magic. "Don't worry. I can pay for myself." she said, it was just nice to have a drink after their escape.
Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:35 am
[colo=#cc0000]"This one will do nicely."[/color] As they sat down, Odin took a moment to look over at the Rune Knights still gathered outside the church, curiously it seemed as though the same number were gathered outside as had been previously, and they hadn't attempted to breach the church, something that did not make sense to the dark mage, given how the Rune Knights had operated so far in his brief encounters with them. They waited outside for a response, then charged in, magical guns blazing.
A waiter came over to the table to take their orders, as Nastasya was looking at the menu and Odin was checking out the church outside the window at which their table sat. Nastasya ordered first, asking for soda and some bread and butter, before stating that she had no issue paying for herself. If Odin had been a man of his word, he would've stopped her there and persuaded the waiter that it was all on him. But as a dark mage, the olive haired young man was just happy he didn't have to spend as much, so he just shrugged, before ordering himself.
"Yeah, I'll take a cheese burger and a diet cola thanks. Also, any idea what's happening over by the church? Seems like a lot of hubbub."
The waiter nodded, writing down the order before replying. "Yes sir, it seems that the Rune Knights were called to deal with some... unsavory characters, you understand I'm sure. But currently, it seems that they've been outside the church for a while, having sent some of their soldiers into the catacombs about an hour ago, but it seems they've yet to return."
Odin took this all in, silently laughing to himself behind the mask of worry as he played the part of the civilian, worried for his own safety in case the 'unsavory characters' came near him.
Wed Dec 14, 2016 1:33 pm
She turned to look at the waiter with curiousity in her eye. "Unsavory characters? My my and here I thought this was a quiet town." she did on purpose sound like she was a bit afraid, so the waiter glanced at her and simply tried to smile a little encouraging. "It's alright miss. It doesn't happen often actually it never happened before." she knew he was lying and turned to look at Odin. She was still looking like she was a bit shocked but inside she was laughing out loud. Wondering how many slimes were blocking the way and if they would find the exit just as they had done. Their team work was probably better.
She watched the waiter leave and turned to look at the window smiling. "I like today."
Thu Dec 15, 2016 4:51 am
As the man walked away, Odin's partner looked out the window, towards the church and couldn't help but say she was enjoying how today had gone. Surprisingly, Odin was of a similar opinion. He had fought a battle and defeated an impressive opponent, evaded the Rune Knights as they had tried to pursue him, and felt stronger than ever. It had indeed been a good day, and the young Grimoire mage just nodded, "It certainly has been interesting."
Within ten minutes, the food had arrived, Odin receiving his burger and cola, and Nastasya receiving her much smaller meal of bread, butter and her soda. Thanking the waiter, who in turn thanked them both, Odin took a sip out of his cola before taking a large bite of his burger, immaculately munching on his meal and making no mess whatsoever, cleaning his mouth after he had finished with the provided napkin.
Thu Dec 15, 2016 5:10 am
It was interesting to see the people of Oak Town go around. They didn't look as paniced as she would expected them, but that was probably because of the Guild that was here. Wasn't that a dark guild too? These people might be used to something, especially since the waiter was lying. She hummed along with the tune that was on the radio while she remained to look outside, she shortly had turned back to Odin to smile because he had found it interesting too. She hadn't expect this to happen. "Next time. I'll be careful with words." she muttered, even though Yumi had said things about killing too and no one had showed up. They probably all thought an old woman like her wouldn't be a thread and meant it in a figure of speech. Pff.
The food arrived after that and she might have wanted to have a burger herself. But she also wasn't that hungry and the bread was fine. She ate slowly but first took a big sip of her drink. Fighting and the catacombs have made her hungry. "Do you have plans after this?" she asked curiously.
Thu Dec 15, 2016 6:33 am
"Next time, it may end up with you in jail, captured by the Rune Knights and tortured until you're executed in front of a crowd of knights."
Taking a deep breath, Odin calmed himself and patted his mouth, removing any crumbs and leftover sauce from his lips. He had barely heard it as Nastasya had simply muttered it under her breath, but still the guild mate had caught her voice, after having spent so much time with it, he knew how her words sounded, but he didn't mind too much. After all, mistakes happened to everyone, it was just more dangerous in the line of work with which the two dark mages often found themselves in.
After finishing their meal, Shadow asked Lucifer if he had any plans for the remainder of the day. It was starting to get dark, but Odin was still full of energy and not ready to sleep yet. He could stay up for longer if he wanted to.
"I'm thinking I might go for a drink a little stronger than this. I know a pub nearby that does great beer. You're welcome to join me if you wish?"
Part of Odin hated himself right now. He was not a social person, in fact he hated social interactions and having friends. Normally, he would've never asked someone to accompany him somewhere, especially not someone he actually knew and, worse, someone that actually knew him. But everyone was watching the olive haired man with a white streak in his hair and the girl with the eye-patch due to their odd appearances, he had to pretend he was interested in spending more time with Nastasya, despite how he truly felt.
Thu Dec 15, 2016 6:51 am
She was a bit surprised that Odin invited her to go drinking. She thought about it shortly and felt that she could either take a bath or go drinking and she wasn't good with alcohol but that didn't mean that she didn't like it. She nodded, "I would love to. But I might first want to change clothing. Is it alright to meet you there in like half an hour." She was getting uncomfortable in the skirt and she thought about maybe bringing it back to the store, which was probably a no go but she could be persuasive enough. "Ah it doesn't matter. Let's go." She went to search for money in her pockets and found enough, which she placed on the table. It was a nice offer of Odin to buy her a drink but it was her own fault that they had to enter the catacombs. It was not necessary.
She stood up not much later when the waiter came with the bill to leave the building together with Odin.
Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:12 am
-Exit-
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