She read it, smiled at the page and said she would come along. She shut the door and turned to the bathroom to fix her hair, she let it lose but clipped the first looks with a clip on the back of her head and changed into the uniform she had gotten for free in Magnolia. The office in Orchidia asked her to come for a matter with creatures biting in people's legs, and it was poisonous, so people need to do something. This was for exterminators not for Knights.
Anklebiters
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Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:53 am
She read it, smiled at the page and said she would come along. She shut the door and turned to the bathroom to fix her hair, she let it lose but clipped the first looks with a clip on the back of her head and changed into the uniform she had gotten for free in Magnolia. The office in Orchidia asked her to come for a matter with creatures biting in people's legs, and it was poisonous, so people need to do something. This was for exterminators not for Knights.
Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:21 am
“A letter for Miss Vanderbilt,” she heard someone behind her. A butler had arrived, handing over a letter. “This was dropped off by a Rune Knight page addressed to you, madam,” he said and stalked away, his back straight and chin up. She opened the letter with a sigh. If it had come from a Rune Knight, it was most likely to be some other official duty. And, she was right. They were actually asking her to take care of some creates biting at people’s ankles and spreading some kind of poison. Why on earth was she even wanted for something like that? Was this even part of a Rune Knight’s job? She groaned but got up to get ready.
Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:26 am
She was glad to hear that she wasn't going to be alone on this ridiculous job but that someone was joining her. Evangeline apparently was also in Orchidia. She had not seen her during her travel but it really surprised her. She would sit down in the office and wait for Eva to appear before the Lieutenant here would explain some more. Maybe at some point she could have his job, she stared at him, he didn't seem to like her or there might be something else bothering him. She took a sip of her coffee and heard him complain about this not being a job for Knights and that probably two females weren't well either, weren't they afraid of insects and all. She wasn't afraid of insects, she found them disgusting and apart from that, she agreed on the part that Knights needed to do this.
She stood up as she saw Eva and smiled, "Well well, look who we have here." but she said it in a happy tone, and she smiled at her friend. She didn't mind working together at all.
Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:50 am
She had to inform Hanase san about going out. He, when Eva went into her room, was already up sitting on his table and going through a list of job offers for Eva that she got a small glimpse of. Not only was there a mountain of jobs listed on there, she also caught sight of other odd jobs written in there. She had to raise an eyebrow at her manager. Was he trying to overwork her now?
A few minutes after that, Eva managed to find the Rune Knights office in Orchidia. Nodding at all the pages that greeted her, Eva hurried into the office of the lieutenant there, pleasantly surprised when she caught an orange haired neko already there. Eva felt a smile creep up. “Alice! How come we keep running into each other these days,” she chuckled, going up and offering her a friendly fist bump. It was all too new for Eva to genuinely feel so pleased just by having someone’s presence there. On the other hand, the lieutenant didn’t look all that happy for their mini party, his scowl deepening. He mumbled something under his breath. “I need both of you to take care of this now!”
Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:27 am
"There are what we call Anklebiters in the city. They are coming from the desolated part of the town, the district called ...," He pointed at the map to show the two women which part of town it was and handed the map after that to either of them so they wouldn't get lost. Apparently he really thought women couldn't do anything. She took a deep breath to not sigh out loud and just let it go in little bits. "Be careful, their bites are poisonous. Just make sure they either leave the whole town or they are no longer among us."
Alice checked the map once more after they left the office. It was at the edge of the town on the outskirts of the forest and she didn't like the looks of it considering it was a darker green on the map than the rest of the city. It took a few steps into the district before she spotted the first 'anklebiter'. It looked like a small yellow and red goblin with huge bulging green eyes on top of it, sharp yellow teeth and small red hands with long nails. "It looks like a hobbling glob of snot." she muttered softly but yet loud enough for Eva to hear. Thank god the Knights made sure that most of them had left the city to annoy innocent citizens.
Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:07 am
Once they got their explanation and a not so hidden scoff, they walked out the office towards the place that was marked in the map. She was looking away off to somewhere when the first one appeared but just as she did see it, Eva’s face scrunched up and she was sure her facial expression dimmed with disgust. “What on earth is that? I didn’t think goblins looked that bad,” she mentioned, her hands just itching to use her magic and take it down at that instant.
Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:22 am
She had hunched a little, bended forward to inspect the creature with her cat like eyes but now her eyes spotted more and her ears were flat on her back. She summoned her spear and turned to Eva. "I think moving isn't smart. We are surrounded."
Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:02 am
When they got surrounded by the anklebiters, Eva moved closer to Alice, turning around so that they had their backs to each other. At least they have now got each others back. “This is not a situation that I woke up to experience. What are we going to do now?” she asked Alice, having no idea what such a situation can lead to.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:51 am
Eva asked what they should do but she had been right that a fire mage would have been smarter, she could not pierce them down with her spear too many times, "Maybe," she started as she looked over her shoulder, "We should fight our way out to get a fire mage." she only knew LeeAnn, but she wasn't here. She noticed an anklebiter jumping up and she quickly slammed her spear against him like he was some sort of ball she hit away, and the second came and the third and one jumped up to bite in her arm, "I thought they only went for ankles!" she swore out loud of the pain and the purple fluid that dripped of her arm.. Now what? She already started to feel dizzy but that was way too fast.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:02 am
Once the anklebiters did start jumping up on them, Eva tried to use her own magic, creating a wind blade to knock most of them away. Thankfully, she had not gotten bit but Alice, on the hand, wasn’t so lucky. Eva caught Alice the moment she felt that Alice was feeling dizzy and supported her as she tried to think of some spell from the top of her head that could help them. There was one but it couldn’t be used on two at once.
“Alice! Whatever you do, do not close your eyes or give in! Stay awake. We will make it through somehow,” she told her, looking around at the anklebiters that looked just about ready to snap up at them. She was about to flinch and look away when she noticed that for some reason, the small goblin like creatures where running away. “Wew, those aren’t things you two can take on your own,” came a voice from behind them. A man with his arms casting…fire magic?
Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:40 am
She turned to look at what was happening, "Whose that?" she said trying to straighten up, if she was a candidate for being a lieutenant she shouldn't show weakness. But the anklebiters were running away, "We can't let them go. They are probably going to their home. We should follow them." she took a step away from Evangeline and gave a reassuring smile, she would be fine. "Let's hurry." the man seemed to agree and she let the others follow her but she had to focus on walking.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:54 am
She sighed again when the fire mage agreed as well. Apparently he had came there willingly to help in eradicating these pests. He hurried after Alice, following the goblin creatures to what seemed like their village or home or whatever it could be called. “I do not support this idea fully but I’ll come along,” she said, following Alice and the fire mage. She wanted to go back and get some more resources and maybe some more information. It was stupid to fight an enemy you don’t know anything about but yet again, she understood Alice’s intentions. From what she saw earlier, these things were quite scared of fire and they had someone covering that.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:00 am
The path of the forest went through the trees, it was surprising there was even a path and that it swayed from left to right. It went up a hill and on the top the older fire mage stopped and stared downstairs, she was sure he must have seen something and when she reached that spot she gasped. Had they thought that the anklebiters were a handfull of annoying creatures, they were nothing compared with the size of this town and it seemed that there was more than just the anklebiters. She couldn't see so far, most other creatures were hidden in the shadow but it seemed as if they were the lowest of low. Her ears went flat on the back of her head as she thought she felt a lingering pressence staring at them but she couldn't see anything, even with her cat like eyes.
She held on tightly to her right forearm with her left hand and turned around but stared at a huge anklebiter, it was at least two and a half meter tall and instead of looking yellow and red, it was green and brown and could have been mistaken for a tree or fallen branch in case and it had just wacked the fire mage on the back of his head, she held her breath and that's when she heard them talk. It was a bit creaking and difficult to hear but it was definitely human tongue, "Don't mind the red one. That one goes down in a second. Mind the other one." and she wanted to say something to Eva, when she felt that she simply couldn't turn and that the aching was too much, the lines around her eyes turned black and before she knew it, she was down.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:11 am
Eva saw what happened to the fire mage as well and almost groaned in distress. Their only way to escape was now gone. As they talked, Eva’s eyes lingered on Alice and just as she went down, Eva rushed forward and caught her, not even bothering to activate her magic. She wasn’t strong enough to take these on by herself.
They must have noticed her lack of fighting spirit as well because one of them grabbed Eva by her arm and another one took Alice. She struggled, wanting to get out of the tight grip around her arm but soon felt a hard weight on the back of her neck. The rest was blank.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:15 am
She woke up a little later at first, hanging over someone his shoulder or its shoulder was a better word and she tried to look more around but lost conscience again and the second time she woke up she was in a bed, or well it would be best described as a bed as it was just a huge tree trunk. There were some leaves on her arm that apparently had changed the poison because she felt rather clear in her head. She immediately set up straight as she realized what must had happened and noticed that her foot was wrapped by some liana and couldn't get out of it no matter how hard she pulled, "EVA?" she called out because thanks to her stupid idea they were in this mess. Were they in the same room? She narrowed her eyes and scanned the dark room before her eyes noticed something.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:26 am
It was probably Alice’s screaming of her name that truly woke Eva up. She looked around the room, the darkness of it still making it difficult for her to detach herself from the weird dream. “Alice, is that you?” she tried to move but still felt a bit sluggish. “Are we inside one of their homes? Or is this some kind of prison? Where are we right now?” she sighed, still trying to keep calm in the situation.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:30 am
She stared at it and lifted one of the leaves to see an ugly red skin with two puncture wounds. it was gross to see. "Did you hear those creatures speak or was that the poison making me imagine things?" she asked out because there was not much else that she could do but talk, and where was the fire magic, and what was his name again?
Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:41 am
When Alice spoke, Eva tried to find her own voice, licking her lips with her tongue as if to moisturize it enough. “This place is weird. I’m not tied down but my body is in pain and I can’t get up. It is a good thing that they treated your wounds, though,” she told her. Eva turned her head in the dark towards the direction that she thought Alice was in. “You weren’t imagining things, Alice. They really did speak. I don’t know what they did with the fire mage but he isn’t here…,”she trailed off, her thoughts still jumbled and all over the place.
“We need to figure a way out of here,” she told her, her voice hushed in a whisper that only Alice could probably hear. “Can you still feel your magic?”
Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:45 am
Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:00 am
“I’m ready too, Alice. I can feel my magic again” she told the orange haired neko. But at the back of her head, Eva already knew that something was wrong. She couldn’t contact any of the wind spirits and she couldn’t get any link to Anemoi. It never happened before. Evan the magic she now had seemed to be some sort of loan that would pass away soon enough. What was happening with her powers?
Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:05 am
She moved a door open and her eyes had to adjust to the light, everywhere there were plants and she had the feeling that the plants were following them, "Let's go right first." so she hurried to that side but kept Evangeline close to her, she would have to be careful and she held her ears perched up to catch any sound towards them.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:20 am
‘Dammit, Eva, snap out of it. You can worry for your magic later,’ she kept telling herself in her head. Eva got up and followed Alice up the door. “What kind place is this even?” she wondered. Where they seriously inside some giant tree or something? Eva had to thank Alice that she was thinking a lot more sensible than she was at that point. Eva was still tipping between the scales of reverie and reality thanks to her magic and the strange dreams.
Eva followed Alice to the right, keeping herself behind Alice and not even bothering to think of doing anything independently. Even Eva knew that she was not thinking straight at that moment. “I’m sorry I can’t help much, Alice”.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:28 am
She lifted up her right leg and kicked it hard against the door handle and made it open, she had no other way to get this open, thank god there was no one behind it but a stairway down, she was rather curious but she had made that mistake before. "Should we check?" because she had no idea where they were, maybe they needed to descend the tree to get at normal ground level. She hadn't seen a window and the substance of the wall felt like a treebark.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:36 am
“Yes, I think we should go down. It should be much better than staying up here with no idea of which way to go. We will have to find that fire mage too. As long as we took him with us, his life is also our responsibility,” she nodded, giving Alice the affirmative to descend the stairs. She was quite curious as to what could happen as well. Luckily, they would figure out exactly where in their village they are.
Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:41 am
The stairs seemed to go on and on but ended in a big open arena, she couldn't see the arena itself, they seemed to be on the balcony and she stopped in the doorway and pushed herself against the wall, she ushered Evangeline to wait and she checked if the arena, the seats were all empty, and they were. She was rather curious what this arena was for.
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