She looked to the man before her, a man whom had failed to pay his debts to Phantom Lord, bound and gagged, secured tightly to a seat, chains bounding him utterly and absolutely. He trembled in panic, having seen Astrid just absorb the life force of the man that was once beside him. Yet, as he looked, terrified that he would be next, she simply looked at her hand, wondering why it failed to work.
Death Tarot [Topic: Astrid]
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:48 pm
She looked to the man before her, a man whom had failed to pay his debts to Phantom Lord, bound and gagged, secured tightly to a seat, chains bounding him utterly and absolutely. He trembled in panic, having seen Astrid just absorb the life force of the man that was once beside him. Yet, as he looked, terrified that he would be next, she simply looked at her hand, wondering why it failed to work.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:48 pm
It wasn’t enough that they were to die. Anyone could kill a person. But there were few that were able to send a message after the fact. Everyone who would stumble upon these bodies would know that it was Phantom Lord who did it. She wanted them to realize just what that meant though.
And yet, it was seeming that only two of them would suffer the fate she desired of them.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:48 pm
After this for a short time, she released her grip and pulled away, screaming out in frustration as the man coughed, struggling as the gag remained securely fastened. It had been looser, but the cries had gotten on Astrid’s nerves. Securing it was a better solution, and though it certainly made the man’s circumstances less than ideal, Astrid wasn’t too terribly concerned.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:48 pm
At first, Astrid was elated at the chance of dealing with these people, these fools who thought that they could interfere with Phantom Lord and just have nothing happen. No, that was a key mistake on their part. Iblis may have been gone, but people seemed to have mistaken his departure with the idea that there was nobody in charge of the Guild. She sought to make sure that they understood that, and two corpses certainly was a telling message. But she wanted three. It was a perfect number in this case, and the message would be all the more clear too.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:48 pm
It was far more than her simply being tired. She was exhausted. How she would have loved a chance to rest, to have some water to drink. Anything. But now at this point, it was no longer even about killing this man. His death was certain.
No, the bigger challenge was that she still could not steal his vitality, something that she had to figure out before anything.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:48 pm
And for her, she simply sat there against the wall of the underground dungeon, her eyes struggling to stay awake as she looked out, her focus shifting at times between not only the man bound and her hand, her mind still struggling to understand. It made no sense. None of this did. And yet she had no reason to explain why it was not working.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:49 pm
She would sooner seek out the aid of a necromancer and force the man back to life if only to deny him such a pleasure. That was something that she was absolute towards, but it would not matter because this man was going to die.
Getting to her feet, she winced as the exhaustion began to take hold of her, her body as much wanting to shut down and rest, being unable to, unwilling to allow herself a chance to rest. It took a moment, but she proceeded towards the man, noticing that fortunately he was still alive.
Just barely, but he was still alive.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:49 pm
As long as he was alive, that was all that mattered. But as time went, the more she tried to coax a reaction, the more she tried to drain the vitality from the man, there was nothing that happened, other than time further passing. After a while, which could have been a few hours or a few minutes from what she could tell, she stopped again. She tried to get a response, only to notice nothing coming from the man. No reaction, no movement. Any efforts to have him hold his body upright utterly failed.
For a moment, she was worried. Worried that death had finally claimed him.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:49 pm
Her footing gave way, exhaustion nearly taking her herself as she slumped down to the ground, adrenaline and hatred driving her and being the only things that seemed to keep her upright. Death would not claim her. Not yet. But exhaustion was certainly trying and it had nearly succeeded. It would not be long before death made its appearance too if she were not careful. But within the dungeon, she seemed to have been alone.
Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:50 pm
However, it was a worrisome thing, and she feared that even though she wanted to know more as to why it took place, she doubted she would be able to accurately figure out why. At least for now.
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