Rinni gingerly descended the stairs to the basement. Winter followed close behind, whining nervously. It wasn't until a nasty smell reached their nose and a light splash followed by dampness to their feet/paws revealed to them the source of the infestation. The sewer water had partially flooded the basement. The odor prompted Rinni to cover her nose, the nasty smelling and more than likely polluted water caused the Snow Vulpix to quickly jump into the girl's arms and wrap herself across her shoulders. Rinni lightly scratched between Winter's ears with her free hand as she looked around at the disgusting scene surrounding them.
"No wonder this place is abandoned." Rinni observed.
"What was that old man thinking, buying a place like this?" Despite that, she had a mission to do. Her mission wasn't to question why, nor complain about the smell it was simply to locate and eliminate the rodent problem. It was such a wreck down here, she wasn't entirely sure how they were going to locate the rodents, much less kill/chase them away. She wasn't even sure how many rats were down here, nor their size.
Suddenly Winter bared her fangs, ears drawn back as she uttered a low, threatening growl.
"What's wrong, Winter, do you see something?" Her question was answered by high pitch squeaking as a rat revealed itself atop a partially submerged box. The water wasn't deep (yet) but it did reach Rinni's ankles, which made her uncomfortable and made it difficult to move quickly and quietly. Rinni readied her Arcing Bow, a mana arrow materializing as she drew back the bowstring. She held it for a moment, and released. She didn't feel the need to exert too much energy into killing rats. This mission should be relatively easy.
As the arrow struck the rat dead, a thousand rats poured out of the debris. Rinni's eyes widened at the horror unfolding in front of her. There were so many, where did they all come from? She fired her bow repeatedly at several rats, but it barely detented the numbers.
"Damn it. We're going to have to lure out the leader, and block the entrance they came through!" Rinni looked at the six tailed fox-like creature who was perched on her shoulders. "Winter, can you freeze the water?"
Winter nodded and stood up, leaping off Rinni's shoulder. Her mouth opened, releasing a rush of cold air that, while normally creating a sheet of ice across the ground, managed to freeze the already existing 3 inches of water. Several rats were trapped in the frozen ice, the rest slipping and sliding in the surface. Winter easily walked along the icy surface thanks to the special padding on her pale blue paws. Her ears twitched, and she cocked her head as if hearing a new sound.
From a large pile of debris, a huge rat emerged. This one was bigger than the rest. Winter's big blue eyes widened in surprise as she turned and jumped into Rinni's arms. Rinni comforted her companion, allowing the Snow Vulpix to climb back onto her shoulders. She then readied her bow once more, as the rat glared at her with round, red, menacing eyes. The rat hissed as Rinni's bow produced another mana arrow.
[WC 938/1,500]
- Spells/Skills:
Name: Arrow Shot
Rank: D
Mana Cost: 25
Requirements: Arcing Bow
Type: Offensive
Element: Lightning
Range: 10 Meters
Cooldown: 1 Post (Instant, Sharp Shooter)
Duration: Instant
Effect: The user holds the bow steady with one hand and begins to pulls the string with their other hand. As the string is being pulled back, a 30 centimeter arrow of mana begins to materialize. The user then releases the string and shoots the magic arrow at the aimed target.
Name: Frost
Rank: D
Mana Cost: 25
Requirements: Vulpix Magic
Type: Supplementary
Element: Frost
Range: 5 Meters
Cooldown: 1 Posts
Duration: Instant
Effect: The user opens their mouth releasing a rush of cold air in front of it. The cold air creates a layer of ice over the ground, 2m wide, to cause a slipping hazard making anyone who walks on it potentially slip and fall.
Rinni's Mana: 1,125/1,150
Winter's Mana: 175/200