This time around, he'd be the one waiting for Keita to show up so he could take him to meet the priest that would be giving them their assignment today. He already knew what it was in a nutshell which is to clean up their religious mess and experiments they keep underneath the church. Every so often, they need some sort of trusted 'cleaner' that is able to clean up the horrors that lie underneath without saying a word. Bringing the mug to his lips, he'd take a sip of his drink, placing it back on the counter top as he waited for his cousin.
What lies beneath [NQ/Keita]
Thu May 27, 2021 10:54 pm
This time around, he'd be the one waiting for Keita to show up so he could take him to meet the priest that would be giving them their assignment today. He already knew what it was in a nutshell which is to clean up their religious mess and experiments they keep underneath the church. Every so often, they need some sort of trusted 'cleaner' that is able to clean up the horrors that lie underneath without saying a word. Bringing the mug to his lips, he'd take a sip of his drink, placing it back on the counter top as he waited for his cousin.
Thu May 27, 2021 11:02 pm
Apparently there was something going wrong with a church, and the priest suspected that a dark guild had something to do with it. After a bit of evidence to say that a dark guild was most likely involved, it was a fairly simple task to get one of the Rune Knights there, and now there would be two of them. Keita walked through the door of the bar clutching a windbreaker to him, as the wind was still cold, and although he did not have a drop of water on him from the outside, he was still happy to be in the heated room.
Thu May 27, 2021 11:10 pm
"Hey Keita, glad you could make it, take a seat for a bit, we still have some time before we go and meet up with our client. Remember, the stories of how undead like to roam around and escape from their confinement and attack people wandering at night? Luckily, this isn't that sort of request but I'm sure it will be just as bad. Tonight, we'll be meeting with a priest in order to get the briefing. I was wondering if you're still up for the job ahead of us," Shichiro had asked, a bit concerned.
Fri May 28, 2021 12:33 am
Keita then listened to the explanation of the mission that they were going to be on, and his face sunk a bit. He did not really like the idea of fighting undead, he knew of the implications of fighting them considered he studied a bit on them because of his affinity for Dark magic. "Alright, well this seems dangerous. Guess I won't have that drink then. When do we leave?" Keita was a bit nervous about this, but that was something that came with the first real hint of danger that he had since joining the Rune Knights.
Fri May 28, 2021 12:58 am
"I do recommend a drink or two before we leave though, it relaxes the nerves, at least for me. Just don't have too many so the priest doesn't see you're intoxicated and we'll be fine. After I finish what's left in my mug, we can head out to the church and meet with the contact." Shichiro informed Keita and advised him to do something that would help him relax throughout the night. It was going to be a tall order, he could feel it.
Fri May 28, 2021 2:28 pm
"Alright yeah, a single drink sounds fine. Excuse me bar keep, a lager for me please." Keita said, before fishing some jewels out of his pocket and sitting on the stool next to the bar. He would wait a few moments before a dark beer was placed in front of him in the classic wooden mug. "So, do we know how the church is laid out, or is it pretty standard fare?" Keita would ask, trying to glean a bit more information before hand. He did not think that normal churches had a large enough basement for undead to be pouring out of it, so he wondered if the church was hiding something, but they were simply here to stop the undead, not to do much else.
Fri May 28, 2021 3:01 pm
"Well, while the church has a basement, that's not where we're going exactly. The last partner I had informed me the reason there's so many undead walking around and why the church had so much material is because of where this town is situated. This used to be a massive burial ground from an obscure war that happened a millennium ago. Seems there's a large catacomb under there that is large enough to be it's own city. Well, a city of undead anyway. I call it 'Blight Town' sometimes," Shichiro had said.
Fri May 28, 2021 3:14 pm
Well, a large city hopefully gave Keita places to run and dodge being swarmed, but there were other concerns like the amount of undead that were down there. "So, do we know how many undead are down there? Also, do we have to get rid of them all?" Keita asked his concerns in between drinks of his beer, as he was fairly worried still. He did not have the skill, but he was definitely relying on his cousin, as he had some faith in his abilities.
Fri May 28, 2021 3:32 pm
"No, I'm unsure of how many we have to take out at the moment since we have to go and meet with our contact directly. The church is secretive about this sort of thing and they would prefer to deal with the mages that are working for them directly. They're too cautious to pass messages between third parties. From what I've gathered from previous excursions, mages normally don't exterminate all of them due to the sheer amount of them. As I've stated, it's big enough to be it's own city and more keep popping up. They most of the time only request the more dangerous ones that come to the surface to be dealt with so I assume it'll be the same here."
Fri May 28, 2021 3:39 pm
He finally finished off his drink before paying the bar keep and pushing the now empty mug to the man, and then turning back to his cousin. "Alright, I'm ready, shall we go?" Keita would ask, wondering if he was ready. He might have been drinking a bit slowly even though they were a bit constrained as he was unsure how he would do. This would be dangerous and although he had a bunch of training from experienced fighters, it still did not put his heart at ease completely.
Fri May 28, 2021 3:57 pm
Placing his hands into his pockets, Shichiro made his way to the exit of the bar, heading into the direction of Oakland's church. This wasn't too long of a walk as the church was just a few ways down the road. They first come across the church's courtyard before entering the church itself. No matter how many times Shichiro walked through this place, it was always quite eerie. Pushing the double doors in front of him, he'd reveal the interior of the church once again.
Fri May 28, 2021 4:09 pm
They made their way to the courtyard of the church after walking down the road a few streets, before looking at an outside courtyard. The décor and the ambience made it seem like the undead were already here in a sense, although they were nowhere to be found. Soon, they would need to find the priest, who was hopefully waiting for them to tell them where they needed to go and potentially be a guide, depending on how lively and dangerous the priest wanted to be. They then walked into the church through the large double doors.
Fri May 28, 2021 4:23 pm
Shichiro didn't spot him before but he could definitely smell another presence, that didn't belong to his cousin who he assumed had been following him this whole time. The elderly, priest smiled once more as he and Shichiro had been acquainted as client and mercenary a few times now. Giving a small sigh, Shichiro asked rudely, "Alright, what did you religious nutjobs want taken care of so that Oak doesn't suffer for your sins when dusk hits." Though he was paid handsomely, Shichiro wasn't fond of messing with the undead as he's not exactly an exorcist.
Fri May 28, 2021 4:50 pm
Keita was startled for a moment, because he was almost sure that the old man had suddenly appeared, and maybe it was some sort of short range blink magic and he did it to scare people, but he got over the fear fairly quickly before paying attention, as Shichiro suddenly called him a nut job and was asking what they needed to do. "Shichiro, that's a bit.. uh." Keita could not really finish the sentence, as he was questioning his cousin the priest spoke up. "Head down to the lower level and clear the undead. We've closed off the entrance from the catacombs for now." The priest said, fairly monotone.
Fri May 28, 2021 5:21 pm
Stooping down, Shichiro began to pull open the trap door that led down a long set of spiral stairs in order to proceed to their destination. It was quite dark with a torch seldom placed along the stairwell. It wasn't a probably the last few times he was down here since at the time he was a werewolf but now, he could see how this would be very annoying without his night vision. With that, Shichiro began to descend down the dark stairwell, grabbing one of the lit torches he could find along the way.
Fri May 28, 2021 6:01 pm
"Man, this place is creepy." Keita would say as he too took a lit torch off of the walls as they were heading down into the catacombs. He noticed his voice echoing off of the stairs and down into the chamber, and so he would quiet his voice for speaking from then on so it would not echo. He wasn't sure how deep the stairs went. "So, are we going to sneak in and ambush them? Can we even ambush undead?" Keita would ask in a hushed tone as they got further down the stairs.
Fri May 28, 2021 6:31 pm
"We're going to walk in, make a lot of noise and draw an army of them to us of course! Heh, heh. No I kid, I kid. The lower ranking somebodies can be snuck up on, sure. Basic walkers and even the ones that remembered how to use weapons still seem to have retained some form of their human sense and can't do supernatural things. The more floaty types that are transparent and fly, not so much. They normally have the ability to sense the presence of the living somehow. Probably with some strange, supernatural arcane spell or something."
Fri May 28, 2021 6:55 pm
"Well, I'll leave the ethereal spirit like ones to you, as although my wisps can do something against them, they most likely have a natural deterrence to the dark element of magic I use. The walkers, as you called them, are better for me to deal with, as at least I can disable them with attacks, or even hitting them in the head with this torch." Keita would say, the wisps giving off an eerie purple light as they walked deeper into the catacombs
Fri May 28, 2021 7:08 pm
Well, this job is like a maintenance so Shichiro just walk in and started to cast an unknown fire spell he had been given by his teacher. He wasn't very good at it so he doesn't use it on more serious opponents but for a horde like this, it was enough. He made sure to aim it at the specters floating around as they weren't particularly strong against fire but immune to physical attacks. After all was said and done, the two of them had cleared out the room, went back up the stairwell and received payment for the first part of the job.
[Exit.]
Fri May 28, 2021 7:45 pm
He took his torch and followed Shichiro into the depths of the catacombs, and saw that a large number of undead were instantly burned down to ashes by his friend, which was the first time he had seen him actually use a powerful magic that he had. It was actually quite good, but it definitely harmed Keita's eyes a bit, before he himself started killing the undead. Most of it was through his fists twisting their necks before his wisps finished them off.
[EXIT]
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