Pest Control #5 [Keita]

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:12 pm

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Shichiro had heard there was an outbreak of rats in the apartments of the horizon district. He was dispatched alongside Keita in order to quell the infestation. They were quite large, large enough to be mistaken for house cats and even dogs with the ferocity of them. Being accompanied by his companion Panther Lily, he figured this wouldn't take as much time as that large building he was consistently going to. Leaving his temporary lodgings for the time being, he made his way towards the apartment complex in order to see if he could gather any information on the rats, how they entered the building and what might have caused this outbreak. Looking at the apartment, he could see a lot of the residents had been panicking and screeching in the streets, running around. Some were even actively being chased by said rats which made Shichiro pause to chuckle. Panther Lily however rolled his eyes and attempted to help the fleeing citizens, drawing his musica blade and running after them. When he was done chuckling at the near comedic scene, Shichiro decided it was time for him to go and help out as well. It seems there were some other adventurers and mages helping out as well as the scene was truly chaotic.

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Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:24 pm

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Keita was abruptly awoken from a fairly strenuous training session he was having in his small apartment from the sound of screams coming from below his apartment in the streets. Keita quickly ran over to his window to see what was going on with the crazy sounds, and quickly saw large rat like creatures going around and attacking the civilians among the area. This was a large apartment complex, and so Keita had to quickly think of a way to get down there without actually taking the stairs of the apartment, as they were going to be far too slow with Keita's current level of fitness. He had a plan, and luckily concrete was earth, and he was onbly hoping that the owners of the building would forgive him for modifying it without the proper permits, as he really needed to get down there and save people. He simply hopped out of his window and immediately a large brown magic circle popped out beneath his feet, and then the concrete of the building started to morph, turning into a slide beneath him that carried him all the way to the ground. As soon as he slid onto the asphalt of the streets that ran through his apartment complex, the rats were upon him. He wondered if the rats had grown in intelligence since he had last fought them, as it seemed that they went after him as soon as they figured out that he could use magic. It was good news overall, as it seemed that they cared more for him thajn the other civilians.

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:41 pm

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While Panther Lily dealt with the rats pursuing individual citizens of Orchida, Shichiro decided he would try and go question some of the people that Panther Lily had already saved. Calming them down, he began to ask a series of questions of when the outbreak had started or anything strange going on. Most of the responses had been 'I don't know' or 'They hadn't seen anything strange' and eventually Shichiro gave up on that venture. He'd have to blindly search the area in order to figure out the source of the commotion as the rats had never been this organized before when attacking residents, save for the magical sentient that actually shot guns and crossbows as well. Giving a shrug, he unsheathed his axe and began to blindly chase after every rat he saw in sight, in order to dispatch as many of them as he could alongside his companion, Panther Lily. He had killed a few of them but after a while, he realized this wasn't getting him anywhere as they kept pouring out of the cracks and the crevices of the apartment complex buildings. This was quite frustrating but without a lead to go on, he was left in the dark here.

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:53 pm

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As Keita finished sliding down his makeshift slide that was made out of the concrete of the building, the rats attacked him, leaving the normal civilians free from the rats for the time being, as least the couple of them that he could see in the near vicinity. Keita quickly moved into action, and so he summoned a couple of terracotta soldiers that immediately sprung up from the magic circle that formed in front of Keita. The two soldiers immediately popped out of the ground with the sound of cracking earth, one with a spear, and another with a sabre. They both then immediately started swinging and thrusting their respective weapons, each killing a single rat creature that seemed to be surprised at the sudden creature appearing out of the ground. Keita was still under attack by another one of the rat creatures that slipped passed the soldiers, and so he summoned a small buckler that formed itself onto his forearm as the rat creature lunged at him. He was able to block the rat creature with the buckler, before the soldiers got to his side and slashed the creature and stabbed it, causing it to die almost instantly. Keita was free of the rat creatures for now, and a couple walked over to him to thank him before running off to a building that looked safe and ran inside. It seemed that the rat creatures were avoiding going into the buildings, which seemed strange considering the abundance of humans there.

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:26 pm

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Instead of remaining around others here, he figured it was best to enter the buildings one by one and see if he could find the source of the problem himself. There must be some reason the rats were this agitated to the point where they would straight up attack the residents at once in such a coordinated manner. Wielding his axe, Shichiro continued to mow down rats who he crossed paths with as they were quite vicious. Eventually, he got to the entrance of one of the buildings he wanted to get inside of. Walking down a narrow corridor, he could spot three more rats up ahead gnawing on some poor person's leg. The man was wailing more in terror than in pain but Shichiro had to do his job nonetheless. With a few horizontal swings on the rats, he had dispatched them quickly before asking the man if he was alright and if he could move. The man had thanked Shichiro, assuring him he could get out of the building on his own. Thanking him once again, the man had mentioned going into the basement and seeing an odd sight of some kind. A device he didn't see before that was drawing in rats.

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:31 pm

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With the knowledge that the rat like creatures were staying away from actually entering the buildings where the majority of the humans were retreating to, it seemed that the rescue and evacuation of civilians was not going to be very hard, but there was still something to worry about, and that was time. Keita assumed similar attacks were going on around the city and that this was not an isolated incident, especially considering he had yet to see another person here that could use magic for the time he was running around. That was, other than his cousin Shichiro, as he could be spotted out of the corner of his eye from time to time, until he was simply gone, it seemed that the man moved on to another part of the area or something, Keita was unsure, but would continue rescuing whoever he could for the time being. As he was wandering through the streets with his couple of summons, he was fairly protected, and would have his summons go out and kill the rats while he distracted them, as it seemed that they wanted to kill him because he was a mage far more than the normal civilians;. He had yet to see a rat like creature that had some form of intelligence like they had seen in the sewer with the rats that could talk and even fire weird poisonous crossbow, which was a relief but also a worry, as he wondered if the smarter rats were planning something bad for that day.

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:46 pm

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According to the man he had rescued, a device was drawing the attention of rats and the longer they stayed near it, the more aggressive they got towards other creatures that weren't their own kind. It was like some kind of airborne virus although it wasn't a disease. It was just giving out a high pitch noise that only seems to bother rats to the point where they become more violent than normal. Normally, they'd try to run from anything that threatened their existence or presence but the device was making them attack anything on sight that wasn't another rat affected by the machine. Shichiro thanked the man for the information as he now had a clear goal on how to disperse the waves of rats. Walking further into the building of the apartment complex he found out his only at the lobby before he remembered something important. He forgot to ask the man what the device looks like or even how to get access into the basement himself. Doubling back, he went to go and see if the man was still near the entrance of the building but to his surprise, he wasn't. He didn't think somebody with an injured leg could move that fast but when a person's life is in danger, they'll find some superhuman ability.

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:52 pm

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Keita was wandering around, but it seemed he had gotten to a spot that more and more rats were congregating from, and so he looked and it was the mouth of a sewer, or at least what used to be the entrance to the sewers. It seemed through shear force, the amount of rats that were coming through and based on how strong they were, the sewer entrance was torn through, as if by some sort of bulldozer. The large hole that used to be a proper entrance into the sewers for refuse and rain water was now a large tunnel, threatening to let the rats overwhelm this part of the apartment complexes. This part of the city would be next, and Keita thought that he might as well smooth over this portion of the earth so that people would not have to deal with the rats coming from this location. He was not sure what was causing them to come to the surface and attack everyone as he lacked the information that his cousin was currently getting, but he would lessen the load by any means necessary, and so he wanted to stay pretty low to the ground and help out the basic civilians. He would leave the heavy lifting and the actual stopping of the invasion to his cousin, who he had faith in to finish this. Meanwhile, Keita would start preparing a big spell as his summons were protecting him from the small tide of rats, so that he could simply close this particular tunnel.

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:15 pm

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Well with no choice now, he'd head back into the building in order to figure out what he was searching for. Something about a device that is drawing in rats and making them aggressive. First, he'd have to locate where the basement is. Looking around for a map, Shichiro eventually found one on a wall somewhere that showed all of the entrances and exits to the building. It had also shown a diagram of the pathways and stairwells of the building itself. Eventually, he found two ways to get into the basement, one of which was locked from the inside and can only be used to get out and another that leads both in and out of the basement. With that, he figured it was time for him to make his way there. He had hoped his animal companion, Panther Lily was doing okay, as well as his cousin Keita. He didn't directly meet up with him today but he was sure he had received the call of duty for this kind of thing. It was hard to ignore such a massive crisis like this. Well, that was enough worrying about other people, keeping his axe at the ready, he'd make his way to the stairwell that leads to the basement.

Guest · Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:24 pm

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As Keita was readying the large scale magic that he was about to do, the other rats were hell bent on attacking him, and it seemed that he was going to be interrupted soon, as the two soldiers that he had summoned were simply not enough to do the job of protecting him, so they were getting overwhelmed by sheer numbers. He felt like he could not stop the casting just so that he could summon yet another summon to defend himself, as by that time this place would have been completely overrun and he would be out of range for his magic, so he pushed on, hoping that he could buy himself a couple of precious seconds as to finish the casting of his magic. Just as a rat creature was finally able to jump over his terracotta soldier and came towards him, and he thought he would have to pull his arm up to shield himself, thus stopping his spell from being cast, an arrow hit the rat like creature right in the head, killing it. Keita did not dare to slack with this new revelation that he could complete his spell, so he did not even cast a glance at who had helped him and simply completed it. The earth seemed to split and form jaws, as a large portion of it opened up before snapping shut together, making it so that the tunnel was no more, and the rats would have to try and burrow through twenty or so feet of compacted earth to get back to the surface.

Guest · Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:12 pm

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Arriving at the entrance to the stairwell of the basement, Shichiro attempted to push it open but to no avail. He wondered what was wrong with it as he continued to push against the door. Resting his axe down, he tried the doorknob which normally wasn't required as they could just push against a bar that releases the lock. It wasn't working for some reason or the other. Its not like it wasn't turning or anything of the sort. The knob turned like it was open but something was preventing the door from opening on the other side. There was a strip of window he could look through the door to see what was going on. After taking a quick glance, he noticed there was some kind of obstacle under the doorknob that was preventing him from pushing the door open properly. Well, he had no choice now but to break it open. Backing up a few feet, Shichiro lifted his right leg and slammed his foot into the door. It didn't budge at first, even with his great strength. Lifting his leg again, he kicked the door again once more this time, he had made some progress. The thing that was holding the door in place budged a bit.

Guest · Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:29 pm

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Once the tunnel was sealed, Keita could finally turn and get a good look at the person that had helped him finish the casting of the spell that buried all of the rats, and it appeared to be a grizzled old man. He looked strange, as if his clothing was hastily put on. He looked as if he had not had much time to prepare and head out, but he looked at least a bit spry, judging by how he could still accurately put an arrow into the eye of a rat creature that was currently lunging at someone. "Hail friend. Thanks a lot for helping me back there, I'm Keita, a mage from the Rune Knights." Keita would say, before showing the man his badge, which he would now put on. He did not have the time earlier to do so, and so now when there was a lull in the rat creature activity over here, he took full advantage of it. The old man was still busy catching his breath, it seemed that his old age had stunted his cardio a bit, but the man still had the piercing eyes of a hawk. Soon, when he was not so winded, the old man spoke to Keita. "The name's Griff, an old adventurer from the Fairy Tail guild. Glad I could help, but you better hurry on to the neighborhood over, I'll just help out here." After finishing his piece, Keita nodded and then headed towards the east, making sure to remember the old man's name.

Guest · Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:07 pm

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While he was kicking in the door, Panther Lily was off on his own adventure. He was still out in the streets of the Horizon apartment complex, slaying rats he came across and saving women and children. There were some people he couldn't save which was a tragedy but he wasn't a miracle worker or god. All he could do was what he can and that was what he'll do. Continuing with his mission, Shichiro was almost through the door in order to gain entry to the basement. He could have easily done this a lot quicker if he wasn't worried about blowing up the building and its foundation. He also didn't want to cause too much damage as it would reflect poorly on the Rune Knights as a whole, even if they were in a crisis. Eventually, he had gotten it open with minimal damage. Now that he got it open, Shichiro reached for his axe that he had briefly put down and began to head down the stairs to the basement. The staircase felt long and as he descended, it grew darker and darker. Luckily for him, Shichiro had undergone a 'metamorphosis' of some kind and now he was a Dwarf.

Guest · Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:26 pm

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After departing with the old man, Keita immediately started heading over to the nearby main street so that he could make his way around this neighborhood to see if there were any more of these tunnels that were in a good spot so that he could close them. That was essentially the only plan he had at the moment, so he started to wander off towards another pert of the area. He was still going to stay around the apartment complex that they were in so that other survivors could use this as a shelter if they needed to. He and his cousin seemed to be the main ones combating the rats in this area of the city, so if either of them left there would be nothing stopping the rats from essentially reclaiming the territory. This was also true if they did nothing about the entrances to the sewers and the mounds of earth that seeemed to go down into their tunnels and were letting them spew out of the underground. If he could close them while his cousin went and attacked whatever was causing the creaatures to be attracted to the city in the first place, he felt that people could regroup and this would allow the other mages around to go and kill their way into the city. Keita headed east until he found a small ground of people being encircled by the creatures. It seemed that they were holding them at bay, but could not advance, so Keita thought he would go and help.

Guest · Sat Oct 23, 2021 12:24 am

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With his new night vision, Shichiro was able to see in pitch black darkness as if it was dim light. Holding onto his axe, he'd brace himself to swing at anything he deemed dangerous. Making it to the bottom, he found it was quite damp and a bit cold. Still, he was here for a reason and that was to find the location of the strange machine that was drawing the rats. Walking through the damp, slightly cold basement. He had spotted a red light in the corner at the end of the room and figured that was the thing he was looking for. Walking closer towards the red light, he eventually came across a device, surrounded by rats. The rats were looking at it for a minute before turning violent. It seems he was wrong about something as the rats became violent towards each other. He assumed they wouldn't attack each other but they were doing so since there was nothing else around for them to brutalize. Watching silently, he'd see the small troop of rats there, killing each other until he decided he could take them at a manageable number. Waiting for a little while, he watched as they thinned themselves out until it was his time.

Guest · Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:01 pm

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Keita watched as the small group of people that had banded together were fighting off a small wave of rat like creatures that came from somewhere nearby. Keita not only wanted to save them because it was the right thing to do, but also because he wanted to ask them which direction the rat like creatures had come from so that he could find the sewer entrance that they were pouring out from and destroy it. Keita quickly started preparing a spell as he ran towards them down the street, his two terracotta soldiers in tow. As Keita got within fifteen meters of them, a couple of the rat creatures seemed to peel away from the group[ and turn towards Keita himself, and this was somewhat unexpected, but the couple that peeled off and came towards him were swiftly dealt with by the summons he had, and then Keita managed to successfully cast the spell he was preparing. Soon, the street that the people were fighting on turned slightly muddy and liquidy, and soon the rat creatures all found themselves struggling to get out of the newly created muck and mud, fruitlessly trying to rip their limbs out of it. Soon, they were completely immobilized, not being able to move their limbs, and the group along with his summons made short work of them. Keita walked down towards them with a smile and a wave, introducing himself to them. They did the same in return, before Keita asked where the rat creatures came from, heading off in that direction immediately after getting the information.

Guest · Sat Oct 23, 2021 4:39 pm

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Waiting a minute or so, he finally felt confident he could dispatch the rest of the rats with relative ease now. Revealing himself, it was as if the rats all banded together under a hive mind to immediately stop what they were doing and turn towards him. Holding his axe, Shichiro had looked at the charging rats coming towards him. There were only four of them left and two of them were already badly injured. He only had to worry about two healthy, lightly bruised ones. With a swing of his axe, he had immediately killed the two injured ones that were running towards him in a line with the two more healthy ones. The healthy, more fit ones dodged it of course, but the other two were too slow for it. With that, he'd swing his axe a few more times at the other two, making sure the other two rats didn't have the time to counterattack recklessly. Eventually after a little skirmish, he had defeated the other two with a decisive block to the neck and back. Eventually, he turned his attention back towards the glowing, red device that was radiating some kind of magical energy and saw what can be done about it.

Guest · Sat Oct 23, 2021 5:37 pm

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Getting the information was quick and easy, and Keita was glad that he was in the presence of people that seemed to be professionals. They reacted quickly, simply telling him the information he wanted to know so that he could go on about his business and save people much quicker. As Keita was running down the street, he thought back about how annoying it was when people would stammer on or ask to thnk him for saving them, or something else when he really needed to be as fast and efficient as possible when it came to saving lives. Keita simply gave them a wave when he was just about out of eye sight, turning a corner to find another large group of the rat like creatures. This time it seemed like a small writhing ocean, the creatures there bobbing up and down, almost falling over each other to get out of the cul de sac they were essentially trapped in. Keita was trying to conserve his mana up to this point so that he could deal with anything that had some his way, but there was no way that he could handle all of these rat creatures by conserving his mana. The only thing he could worry about right now was wiping out these creatures and making sure that the large tunnel that they were coming through was sealed permanently. Keita then immediately started casting magic, a smaller series of magic circles appearing, in which more soldiers appeared. With them all forming a shield wall, Keita started preparing a much bigger magic circle.

Guest · Sat Oct 23, 2021 8:08 pm

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Crouching down next to the weird device, he had to admit it was a little small, even for his current size. How could such a small device cause such massive chaos in the apartments of horizon. Well, that was his job to figure out. Well, it was but not right at this moment as he was a member of the intelligence agency. Even then there were still sub-branches in each department itself to where they reverse engineer devices and figure out how they can get it to work for the greater good of the Fiorian government. Either way, his job currently was to disable this device without using too much force so there was something to take back to study. With a mighty swing of his axe, he broke it. Well, at least no more rats could fall under its influence. He took the remains of the device and turned to start heading back to the lobby of the apartment. Arriving there, he'd make his exit and looking around for his companion, Panther Lily. he found him still clearing out what was left of the rats. Shichiro decided this was a good time to join until the area was mostly controlled and can be left up to whoever else remained, leaving the area.

[Exit.]

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Guest · Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:00 pm

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Keita watched on as a tide of the rat like creatures rushed towards his phalanx of terracotta soldiers, running headlong into their spears in an attempt to overwhelm them. His soldiers remained strong at first, beating back the rats with their spears. The spears were able to skewer multiple rat creatures at the same time, and this also allowed the soldiers to push back a bit, using the bodies of the dead rat creatures as a makeshift barricade that the other rats would have to crawl over and around before they had a chance to get towards the bodies of the soldiers or Keita himself. It was becoming a problem, however, as the rat creatures had surrounded them on all sides as he was preparing the magic circle, but the soldiers were holding strong. As the rat creatures were getting killed, Keita knew that he had done it, and he completed his spell, and unleashed it immediately, causing a large wave of earth, much like a tsunami from the ocean, roil outwards from his location and towards the open tunnel that the rats were using to enter the area and attack the people on the streets. As the roiling quake went outwards, all of the rat creatures were hurled into the air around thirty feet, before coming crashing down on the pavement that was now settled. The tunnel they were coming out from collapsed completely with the roil. The rats were then swiftly cleaned up by the soldiers, before Keita headed off in a different direction, the rats seemingly done invading, at least for now.
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