He figured he'd periodically call out for them to check and see whether they came or not but overall, he just wanted to finish the basement and get out of there as quickly as possible. Accompanied by his companion, Lily Panther, Shichiro had entered the building, walked down a corridor and eventually found the staircase he had used the day prior in order to descend to basement floor number three. Of course, like before, his companion Lily Panther, had jumped off of the shoulder of Shichiro and began to descend to basement floor number four in order to clear out the rats that may or may not roam there.
Pest Control [Keita/Seika/NQ]
Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:09 pm
He figured he'd periodically call out for them to check and see whether they came or not but overall, he just wanted to finish the basement and get out of there as quickly as possible. Accompanied by his companion, Lily Panther, Shichiro had entered the building, walked down a corridor and eventually found the staircase he had used the day prior in order to descend to basement floor number three. Of course, like before, his companion Lily Panther, had jumped off of the shoulder of Shichiro and began to descend to basement floor number four in order to clear out the rats that may or may not roam there.
Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:41 pm
Keita found himself in the building that they were in before, and he had gotten the information from his cousin earlier that he did not need to wait for him and just go in and start clearing out the rats, and so the monstrous rats would be cleared out. Last time, he had cleared out the second floor, and so this time he was going to simply keep climbing until he found a floor with rats on it and start destroying them. He was much more confident, as his wisp magic was now gone, and replaced with a much mightier version of dragon slayer magic, and so the rats would not know what hit them.
Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:43 pm
His heated thoughts lasted him all the way through the confusing and almost entirely obscured alleys. The damn things were essentially hidden through a combination of the height of the city, the constant and never ending filth and the various construction projects that had allowed the citizens to turn the alleys into tunnels. As such, Seika had been forced to carry a pilot flame with him the whole time and yet he was still worried about pots of sometimes boiling water landing on him from up above. Truly this was a Sol-less land. These heathens needed to be burned away for their own good.
Arriving at the front door, he couldn't tell if he had arrived early or late based on the fact that both Keith and Shichiro were not in the front. Shrugging at this, he'd go ahead and head inside so he could get started. He could take this time to burn off some frustration on some of the rodents.
Tue Jun 22, 2021 3:19 pm
He was on the look for either treasure or for giant creatures. At first he had no such luck with either of those objectives but then he stumbled across an old, gold looking lockbox. He would have normally passed over it but seemed to be decorated rather nicely for something that would be left behind or abandoned. He wondered what could be in it if the box itself seems to have a decent value on it's own. The lockbox was trapped under some rubble and it looks like he would be spending some time clearing up some rubble in order to get to it.
Tue Jun 22, 2021 3:28 pm
There were a few other rats around this floor, and it seemed that this floor was some sort of indoor botanical garden or hydroponics bay, as there were hanging plants and basins filled with dirt everywhere, and it seemed that most of the basins had been tipped over, the plants overgrowing everywhere else. Seemed like a good place for these scavengers to be, and so the amount of rats in this room was a lot higher than the others he had been in so far, but that did not bother him much.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:56 am
It would take him a few more seconds to confirm that there had been nothing of value left in the room and so he had allowed himself to vacate the premises before turning around and holding out a palm towards the enclosure. His hand began to glow suddenly as heat lines wafted off the appendage, a spell circle would appear just above the skin of his hand just before a bright light and a flash encompassed everything that had been left in the room. Within a literal moment, the room had been reduced to ash, leaving nothing behind. As the dust and smoky remains floated down from the air, the man would turn away from his handiwork and walk over towards the next room on his list. He still had a job to do, and he was going to try and get through it as fast as possible.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 12:47 pm
Letting out a huff, Lily panther drew his sword which drew the attention of the giant rats causing two of them to lunge directly towards him. Unknown to most, Lily Panther was an expert when it came to not only swordsmanship but hand-to-hand combat as well. Hopping towards the giant rats to meet them, Lily simultaneously delivered two kicks, both his left and his right to each rat that he was facing off against. He wasn't sure if it was enough to incapacitate them but at least he wouldn't have to worry about being injured at the moment. Watching the events that unfolded, the other rats were hesitant to attack Lily Panther.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:09 pm
As he ran through the floor, he noticed a corridor, and so he ran down it and immediately turned around. This time, two magic circles, one on the floor and a more subtle one on the sealing, opened up. The one on the floor was closer to Keita than it was to the rats, while the one on the ceiling was directly above the rats while they entered the corridor. The rats seemed to notice the magic circle on the floor and stopped, having noticed that the first two rats died to it, and so Keita confirmed that they were somewhat intelligent.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:52 pm
Eyes cutting over to the next room, he could see the hunched bodies of the rodents inside and sighed. Looking at his hands, he knew that if he waded inside and attempted to put them away one by one it would definitely take the load off his anger, but he also knew that in such a large group, the rodents actually posed quite a bit of a threat to him. One of them, sure. But a whole swarm? Even he wouldn't hedge his bets on actually making it out without missing a few fingers and toes and some chunks of flesh out of his arms and legs. Instead he would conjure up yet another ball of fire, the majestic orb floating demurely just over the palm of his hand. The sight of it would always calm him down the best. Sol Bless.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:00 pm
Now that's dispatched one, the rest of the rats came to their senses, realizing this a life or death situation. Even though they were fighting amongst each other, they quickly regrouped and banned together to face this new threat that invaded their home. Once again, two more rats had decided to attack Panther lily but instead of both coming at him at once, one decided to take the lead and circle to the left side of Lily while the other circled to the right side of him. Not only that, another one decided to jump up towards the air, aiming for a spot where PantherLily would be in case he jumped towards the sky. It seems these rats had some kind of pack tactics but he already knew what to do in order to escape this assault.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:11 pm
Eventually he would be able to think quicker on his feet with this magic, and train some spells that would al;low him to dispatch his enemies in a much more humane way, but for now, this was what he could do at the moment. He was done with these enemies, the only five he had seen, but he still needed to walk through the floor some more, and he decided to turn around and continue in the direction of this corridor.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:26 pm
The ball of fire in his hand began to glow brighter just before it condensed itself into a spinning ball of plasma. The fluid like state of matter bubbled and roiled about as it expanded wildly to the size of a beach ball finally spooking the rodents into action as they tried to scurry away from the big light that was also very hot. Those closest to the suddenly expanding ball of plasma were the most unfortunate as they instantly caught aflame with no time to even understand how it happened. The sudden expansion of heat and size had caused a small heatwave to blast out from the ball of plasma incinerating those nearest to him. It was fascinating to watch them squirm about on fire.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:27 pm
Now Panther Lily had a lot more room to work with as he was in the middle of the floor which was seemingly a large underground lobby of some sort. Maybe not a lobby but something close to a meeting room for certain individuals. brushing his thoughts of the structure of the basement, Panther Lily readied his sword once more in hopes of being able to put one or two more of these rats down for good. As they all began to rush him, Lily began to dart around the room with his speed. The rats were just as fast as he was, if not faster, but it was better than being a still target for them to leisurely gang up on.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:03 pm
Leaning around the corner slightly, he took a glance into the room beyond, and in this room he could see two more of the rat creatures walking around, looking for things to chew on. Agin, like the first room, this room had a lot of the furniture that was once inside of it chewed on and destroyed, but nothing that could not be salvaged or replaced. In fact, he saw a plant that seemed to be a large purple lotus, still perched in some sort of water basin, and he knew that this could be used to make a consumable that would give someone a much better chance at resisting the effects of a disease, and it was highly sought after. This was probably one of the treasures that Shichiro was talking about them claiming for their work in this building.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:03 pm
Finally after a few more torturous moments, the young man would finally release the glowering ball in the direction of the huddling pile of rodents. The beasts had occasionally caught aflame amidst the roiling heat, causing some of them to inadvertently cook their compatriots. As thus, the remainder were left to screech horribly before fading to ash as the ball approached them from the far corner, the incessant horrific noises disappearing into nothing as the ball crossed the room. It hadn't even needed to impact the rodents for it to burn them all to ash. Such was the Forbidden Sun.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:14 pm
Of course, Shichiro didn't have access to either of those in order to get the box to open. Weighing his options, he had to think about what he could do to successfully open it. Opening it normally was out of the question as he didn't have access to a key or the passcode to the box itself. He was also aware that if he damaged the lock in any way, shape or form. The contents were trapped inside of there for good and lastly, if he tried to just brute force open the box with any other means, he might accidentally destroy whatever valuable contents were in it, or at least, he assumed they were valuable if somebody was going through the trouble of putting stuff in here.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:38 pm
As he walked closer, he noticed that the two rats had their back turned to him and were scratching at the floor, nibbling on any bits and pieces of edible plant life they could get their teeth on, and soon Keita was close enough to where he simply started casting his magic. With a sweep of his hand, a magic circle appeared on the floor in between the two rats, and then suddenly a sphere of thorns appeared, stabbing into the two rats, killing them instantly.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:09 pm
Thoughts of the small child he had an interest in left him with a chuckle in his throat. He actually wondered where she was, probably killing some infidels back out in that civil war that he had assisted in awhile ago.
Returning back to the present day, he'd peer through the smoke and see the rather large hole that now existed in the side of the building that allowed him to catch sight of the Orchid skyline. Frowning at the sight, he knew he was going to get chewed out. There was no such thing as shutting the door and pretending it didn't happen. "Fuck..." was all he could mutter before turning around. He'll deal with it later.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:21 pm
He wasn't having too much luck considering the state of the floor, even the entire building itself most likely. Even though it was highly unlikely he'd find the key and box in the same area, he figured it wouldn't hurt to give it a shot and so he looked around. Not only did he look around that initial area where he found the box, eventually his search expanded to the entirety of the floor he was on. He didn't have much luck so he figured he'd have to go with his initial plan of just carrying the box with him at all times and having a locksmith open it for him, hoping it was something that would be worth more than the money he paid and the effort he put in. He had heard a loud boom but he blinked, ignored it and figured he would get to the bottom of that a bit later.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:29 pm
Keita started walking over to the second room from the third, and this was when a large explosion seemed to go off, and it triggered a miniature earthquake, knocking him from his feet for a moment, before subsiding and returning to the usual calm. Keita was somewhere ese on the floor plan, so there was really nothing he could do, and he wondered if that was Seika or Shichiro, before heading over to grab the plant.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:35 pm
He would slide the door to his last room with a sigh, eyes barely cresting over the furry forms of the rodents, the pack animals already in a ruckus over the shaking and sound that had just come from the room right down the hallway. They hadn't even known it was him to cause it, but they knew that anything coming from that direction was bad news bears. As such the room was a flurry of activity as plump furry bodies skittered this way and that to find some place to hide before whatever had caused that shaky boom noise to come across their senses.
It was the entrance of Seika that had pushed their instincts into overdrive. The smell of burnt flesh and ash wafting off his body and into their sharp nostrils. They instinctually knew it was him. He had burned the hive. He had burned the dark. He was the one. He was the enemy.
Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:39 pm
In a corner, he found his companion panting heavily, trying to catch his breath. He picked up the fatigued Panther Lily, placing him on his shoulder and walked back to the stairwell in order to make it back to the lobby where he would attempt to call for both Seika and Keita. Once they had all met back up, Shichiro inquired about hearing a kind of explosion and asked both of them if they knew the source of it. Regardless of their answer, Shichiro would just chuckle a bit and keep it out of mind before guiding them all to the neutral guild in order to collect their payment for the day. As for the gold lockbox, he took it to a locksmith to have it pried open discovering old valuables that he shared with his knights.
[Exit.]
Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:47 pm
After that, he kicked the ground a bit, and then even made another golem so that the golem could walk down the stairs, as they weighed more than Keita. This seemed fine, and he made his way down the stairs to meet up with the rest and leave with them. “Heya guys, did you get anything worthwhile?” Keita would ask, the large purple flower carried by his golem in full view. After chatting with them about what happened, he would exit with them.
EXIT
Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:19 pm
Their bodies inching closer as they had felt out the threat level of the being in front of them. Their prey was weak. Their prey had wasted too much time, too much energy before he had reached them. Their prey was alone. They could overwhelm him. They could overpower him. They could-
Hot. Hot. Hot. It was hot. There was too much heat. There was too much light. It was far too loud. They were screaming, yet they could not hear themselves any longer. Escape. They needed to escape. They needed to find a hole and escape. They had to. They had to escape now. They had-
And then it was over. Shaking out his hand, the tall man stared at the scene of the roasted rodents all laying where they were immolated. Lips pursing at the sight, he'd turn and head towards the front. He'd search the area tomorrow, for now he had to link back up with his superior and partner for a debriefing.
[Exit]
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