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 Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 2:20 pm
He didn't dare. If Sariza hadn't acted then Faisal was about to. The swordsman's fingers tightened around the hilt of his blade and he would be lying if there wasn't a bit of satisfaction at seeing Zyn's reaction to his wife's spear digging through his thigh. Whatever goal that b*****d had in mind by goading them was forfeit because Faisal refused to be distracted, even though rage was boiling at the back of his mind at the very thought of anyone touching his sons. Focus. He had been raised to keep his composure and so keep it he would.
"It's a start." Replied Faisal as he lowered to a crouch to stare at their captive. "Give me a name and a description and we'll provide adequate housing until this whole situation is resolved." He gestured for Taiso and a couple of his men to get closer, chains in their hands similar to the bola that Valek had gifted them. "I have a great vacation spot in mind for you, Zyn." While it would be so satisfying to just finish the assassin off, especially considering the lives lost tonight, Faisal knew that it wouldn't solve the true problem. Zyn was not the one who had started this. He was just an assassin earning his coin at the request of another and it was that specific b*****d that Faisal would hunt down and make suffer.
"Take him." Faisal gave the order before standing, his gaze fixated on Zyn just in case the assassin somehow pulled any tricks. "We'll discuss the terms of your contract with my family later." He promised the assassin quietly as he watched his men prepare to take him away in chains. While he had never found use for all of his family's various locations scattered about Oba there was a nice one located towards Jatine that his grandfather had used often whenever he was doing work during the Oban war. It was a perfect holding place for someone like Zyn and would give his men and Faisal plenty of tools to work with if the assassin decided to not accept the offer of coin or dared to lie to them.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:05 pm
"The name she told me was Ethearra Torrahel." With Sariza's spear head still in his leg there wasn't much Zyn could do to get comfortable, but she wasn't about it remove it. He wasn't at risk of leaving so much as he was of passing out from blood loss and she wasn't about to risk the moment for something like that.
"Shorter than her-" He nodded to Sariza, "-and Oban. Light skinned, bright red hair, darker eyes. Crystal above her lip like a mole." As descriptive as it was Sariza was drawing blanks. If the woman was a noble then she wasn't one for public appearances, or at the very least, hadn't been since Sariza's engagement.
When she was sure there were enough people around to staunch his bleeding and make sure Zyn didn't pass before they were done with him, Sariza managed to step back.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:13 pm
Faisal frowned as Zyn gave them a name and description. "Ethearra Torrahel." He repeated with a nod before gesturing for his men to resume chaining and taking the assassin away. "We'll discuss this more later once you've settled into your new place." He promised as he watched the group disappearing. Once they were completely out of sight, Faisal finally took a step back as everything caught up to him. His racing heart was finally calming down, the pain in his arm was screaming at him, but even so the hybrid found himself glancing over towards Sariza.
"I'll investigate this Oban, but it doesn't sound like a noble. Probably someone acting on another's behalf. Are you alright?" He held out a hand towards Sariza, to check on her now that they were finally alone and the fight resolved. There would be reports to file in the morning, that much Faisal was certain of but at least they had succeeded in capturing the target.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:58 pm
Sariza's adrenaline was so high she was teetering between leveling the place and losing the contents of her stomach. She needed to go down and retrieve the body of her fallen soldier, check in on Marko, on the others who had fought against Zyn...but somehow she couldn't seem to move.
On instinct she flinched away from his hand. When Sariza realized it was Faisal who was reaching out she sighed and shook her head. "Not like it matters, right?" She murmured. Lifting her spear, the Oban took a deep breath and looked over her husband. "Come on, you need to at least be patched up before we get back to the estate." Her own injuries would be fine for a while, but if he bled much more they would have bigger worries.
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:55 pm
"Let's just head home." He murmured as he held onto Sariza, her earlier flinch nearly making him recoil. This whole night had been a nightmare but at least they had succeeded in trapping the assassin. Faisal just hoped to On'os that it would bring them whatever they needed to figure out this mystery. Right now his head was pounding and exhaustion was making his steps drag as he continued forward.
"We have to leave the city before anyone realizes this wasn't your average scuffle. There's a healer at home, one who will thoroughly chastise me for this but she will take care of us." Faisal promised with a slight wince as he pushed forward, determined to get home as to not get in the way of Taiso and the others as they cleaned up the mess the fight had created in the streets.
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