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 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:35 pm
poke had to jump back as to avoid being smacked in the face by the door. As soon as yuki told everyone they were going, poke merly shrugged her shoulders. Pulling on some shoes she declared herself ready and waited on the bed for them all to get moving. Some more crashes and yells followed, and poke had to fight the urge to go outside and kick down the guards herself. She wanted to get in some punches!
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:51 pm
The noise outside was difficult to ignore in full, but Yuki didn't show it. He stood at the door as the girls prepared to leave, and it wasn't long before Hitsu and Poke were finished and waiting to go.
He soon grew impatient, and moved from his spot to the washroom door. He rapped on it lightly, "Riyo? We need to hurry."
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:12 am
"Blade. Go open a window. Quickly." Atticus said in a low voice and looked at him with seriousness in his eyes. Obviously the half-naked man had a plan.
There was silence in the washroom for 10 seconds after Yuki called. Then a loud screech. "SPIDERRRRRRRRRR!" Riyo screamed as she busted out of the room, practically running Yuki over, and out the room door. At least she was fully dressed.
There sat the large spider in all his glory. A leg pointed up at the girl as she ran out screaming. Then, as quickly as he showed, he crawled into one of the many cracks and left.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:25 am
After several seconds had passed, he was going to open the door. Unfortunately, he hadn't even reached the handle before the door flew open and Yuki narrowly jerked out of Riyo's path in time. Eyes wide, he watched her flee toward the door. That was, until she got to it and decided to keep going.
"No! NO!" He shouted after her, though this clearly went unheard. "Damn it all..." He grumbled, moving to follow and motioning Poke and Hitsu to follow. "Apparently, now is the time to leave!"
He reached the hallway with Hitsu close behind, pausing just long enough to pound the door to the room next door. "MOVE IT!" He shouted, aiming to be heard loud and clear. "Riyo's already halfway down the stairs!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:54 am
"woah, WAIT UP RIYO!" Poke yelled and was soon to jump up and follow riyo out the door and down the hallway. She jumped over the fallen guards and then started down the stairs, passing by yuki while he tried to get neko and mitsu out
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:40 am
Neko had tried in vein for the last few minutes to get Mitsu out of the bathroom but to no avail. The only thing he had managed to make out was that she wanted to see Hitsu.
"Well, if you come out of the room you can see her. We're leaving," Neko assured her.
"I want to see Hitsu," Was all he got back in response before he heard her get sick again on the other side of the door. Worried he tried to force his way in but apparently Mitsu had found out how to lock the door. "Dammit Mitsu come on!" That's when Yuki knocked on the door. "s**t."
Moving away from the bathroom Neko edged the door open and reached to grab Yuki and bring him inside, him and him only. He didn't want Hitsu, Poke, and Riyo to know. At least not yet. Closing the door swiftly behind Yuki he locked it from the inside just encase.
"We have a problem. She won't open the door and she's...she's still sick," He said sheepishly. Though he wasn't along side Yuki in placing this sickness with pregnancy, his thoughts were more on the line of a bad hangover. Which was probably more true than not and he would be to blame for her ability to have gotten alcohol in the first place.
"I want to see Hitsu," Came Mitsu's quivery voice again from the other side of the door.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:10 am
Blade didn't really like the way things were going when Atticus suggested a window do to be opened. If this involved jumping out, he wasn't going to be so thrilled and willing to do it. But with little other options right now, he started for the window at the end of the hallway. After opening it, he heard a scream for behind.
Turning around, he saw Riyo bounding out from her room apparently in fear. Along with that, he heard some shouting from within the room she had just come from. Frowning a bit, he wasn't really sure if anyone heading to the first floor was the greatest idea at the moment. The others might be fine, but some guards may know Riyo's face. And he was certain they would know Neko's... considering what he did and all.
"Riyo!" he called while running over towards her, glancing towards the one he had spoke with the night before as well, "There's some trouble downstairs so if you're headed out be careful... why is your group rushing so much anyway?"
Come to think of it, their apparent leader that was shouting at everyone seemed to be in a real big hurry.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:04 am
The highly displeased expression that Neko received from Yuki suggested that he did not appreciate being tugged back inside. "You're asking for a freshly bleeding nose, aren't you?" He spat, "Of course she's still sick. She's probably scared out of her wits right now because of you." Yuki shoved Neko toward the door with one hand as he passed. "I'll try to help her, you go out with the girls and make sure nothing happens to them." He demanded, "I really don't want something else to go wrong before we get the ******** out of here."
Once he'd finished speaking with Neko, Yuki went to the door that hid Mitsu. First, he'd reached for the handle, only to find it locked. He frowned, but didn't voice his irritation. He forced himself to remain calm when he spoke to her. After all, she had perfect reason to be acting this way. He just wanted her to find a way to postpone it, despite how ridiculous a request that would be. "Mitsu? Everyone is going to leave without us if we don't hurry." Of course they wouldn't, but maybe it would get her to open the door. "Can you unlock the door, please?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:17 pm
As Atticus heard the window open, he gave a loud whistle. Most people would've thought he was just crazy, since after 5 seconds nothing happened. But outside, there seemed to be a small black cloud slowly heading towards the inn.
"Get ready..." He mumbled just as Blade past him at the screams. His eyes followed him to the girl. "G-goddamnit." He spat and ran into his room for a moment to grab his clothing. She was panicking. And that was no good.
Riyo didn't hear Blade. Plain and simple. She was too caught up in getting out of this place.
Which is why she happened to run into said trouble. Right into a familiar face, you could say.
"Hey! Watch where you're..." The guard started, turning around to look down at the culprit. "... You." That's right. It was the pervy guard from the tower. He was conscious. And he didn't look happy to see her. "I dunno what the ******** happened, but I'm damn sure you did it." Before Riyo could begin her fleeing again, he grabbed her by the collar. "Oh no no no. You owe me more now than you ever did before."
Riyo stared into his eyes, mouth opening to scream... But she didn't. It promptly closed. And her eyes changed.
"Owe you?" She asked, a questioning smile. "Well. I guess I can give you something for your trouble." She held up her hands on either side as if to do a gesture. That same black liquid from the tower began oozing out of her fingertips.
His eyebrow raised at her sudden change. And when the liquid engulfed her hands, he gasped in horror and tossed her down to the floor. Ohh, but Riyo was more clever than that. She caught herself and landed on her feet, crouched down and staring up at him. "What the ******** are you?"
By this time, there were two large puddles laying at the guards feet. They began to raise up... And just like at the tower, they formed some strange cat-like beasts. Only this time, they were bigger.
"What am I?" The grin grew wider as she repeated his sentence without the curse word. "I believe the cliche line is, I'm your worst nightmare."
As the line was spoken, the two figures attacked. It was indeed like some nightmare. Rip and tear. Rip and tear. Obviously, Riyo was the kind who finished the job. She gave a laugh as she watched with that creepy grin, red eyes blazing with delight. The screams were like music to her ears.
This of course, directed more unwanted attention towards her. Not that she cared. The more the merrier, she thought.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:44 pm
When Riyo just kept on running, Blade felt it might not be a good idea to let her rush on down by herself. Not noticing that Atticus had retreated for the time being... or that there seemed to be a swarm of something headed towards the inn, he bolted down the stairs to give help if it was needed.
Just as he entered, he heard some screams which were definitely not Riyos. He supposed that was a good sign, but he didn't really expect that at all. But he soon found out that it really was not that great of a thing at all as he saw the strange substance creatures once again. Along with that, he saw a familiar guard as a bloody lump of flesh now.
His own red eyes widened as he saw all of this. The last time he had seen those cat things Riyo was in her really creepy and not so innocent personality mode. Chances were that this was the same sort of situation, so he wasn't so sure if it'd be a good idea to approach much more.
In horror, the one guard's comrades watched him being shredded by those... monsters! Quickly, all three of the newcomers rushed the girl who had caused all of this.
Well whether or not going in was a good idea, the thief felt like he shouldn't let Riyo take on the guards alone... for the sake of both parties there. Quickly, he switched sword hands so that he could hurl an explosive fireball at one of the guards's backside with his left hand. However, trying to get a fireball to explode didn't always work for him.. which is exactly what happened this time around.
As a result, he only managed to scorch the metal plating of the guard instead of doing any actual damage. But it had at least pulled the attention of the one from Riyo for now.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:57 pm
Neko practically scoffed as Yuki pushed him toward the door. Not saying another word he exited looking to the girls and then to Riyo retreating down the hall. "Riyo! Where is she going?" Neko looked to Hitsu and Poke for an answer.
When she had been caught, however, he wasted little time to move toward her leaving the other two girls back where it was safe. He had appeared to have been too late though as the situation took a grave turn. Riyo had changed, and from the looks of it this new murderous personality was becoming more and more permanent. "Riyo!"
There was nothing stopping her now, the creatures that she had already summoned had finished their awful deed leaving the guard from last night in scraps on the floor. Cautiously he moved toward her reaching for an arm. "Riyo snap out of it!"
As Mitsu heard Neko converse with someone in the room she was surprised to hear Yuki at the door again. Maybe he had brought Hitsu? From the sounds of it, Mitsu quickly deducted that he had not. However, at the mention that they would be left behind Mitsu jumped to her feet and ran toward the door. Apparently this tactic worked better than Yuki had planned for Mitsu threw the door open and looked up at him with wide fearful eyes. "Don't...don't leave."
She looked ill to say the least. Her pale face was stained pink along her cheeks as her fever rose. Her eyes were not as bright and alert as usual, instead they were dull and half-lidded. She had cleaned up well enough that she did not smell like alcohol or vomit but her hair had been left down and in a complete mess.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:55 pm
She was hot on riyo's trail when the guard had caught up to her. poke stoped and stared. She thought riyo was in trouble but...apparently she wasn't. This was the first time she had actually seen riyo transform complety. Before it may have been little bits of speech improve ment, but this....
She could only watch the guard screaming be ignored, and riyo laugh like a maniac.
was this what they call...a demon? She asked herself. Neko tried to get riyo to stop, as more guards came to join the party. She noted blade was helping out riyo, so he wasn't all bad. Although after this was riyo bad? she'd think about it later.
Jumping into the frey, poke rushed forward at one of the incoming guards. She didn't like the look of that armour that decked their chests, but usuly the face was a good option in these cases. She raised her left arm in a full out punch at the guards face, hoping to at least, not break her arm in the process
(I'm not quite sure what the armour looks like blade ^^; so I'm going to assume that they're not wearing helmets, or hopefully there would be enough space between their eyes and nose for her to punch if they are))
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:23 pm
Riyo was about to defend herself from the next attack when who should appear but the man she recognized from the tower. Blade? Yes, that was his name. She was about to plan her next attack, against who was a mystery, when she felt someone grab her arms, she snapped around like clockwork and burned into the eyes of whomever had touched her with those blazing red eyes.
"There is nothing to snap out of. You can hide it if you like, but this is who I am. I've told you this."
She then turned around fully, her attention all on him now. Her 'minions' also glared up at him. Her smile disappeared. A look of distaste was now obvious. "You never did come back."
Atticus, who was holding his head, practically inching in pain, stood at the top of the staircase. And that was when a flock of about a dozen ravens blasted in through the open window. Down the stairs they flew and towards the guards. Possibly the most perfect distraction.
Riyo's eyes widened as she looked past Neko and towards the man atop the staircase. "Ugh!" She shouted, grabbing her head and falling to the ground. "Atticus!!" She yelled and, for a brief moment, stopped moving altogether.
Then the familiar face of the all-too-innocent Riyo looked up, eyes oblivious to whatever had just transpired. She almost jumped as she remembered what was happening. Where was the guard?! What had he done!? Her eyes slowly turned to look at the barely recognizable corpse. The cat creatures returned into a puddle state once more and retracted back to where they'd come from. Riyo let out a painful gasp as the liquid crawled into her veins. Had she really done something this terrible?
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:33 pm
The guard Poke had targeted was too occupied rushing Riyo to quite notice her approach. As a result he took the hit full on, breaking his nose in the process.
Switching the sword back to his left hand, Blade grumbled a bit at having to fight with one arm, and his weaker one at that. As he began to approach, he noted Riyo and Neko speaking to one another. He didn't like it so much, but he couldn't help but recall Atticus's words the night before. Was the murderous Riyo the true one after all?
But before he could do anything else in this fight, the doctor had rushed down with a flock of ravens. All the ones that were standing were distracted for the time being, swatting at the large black birds, as well as swinging their swords at them.
Shaking his head at the birds, he rushed over towards Riyo and Neko, being careful to not slip on the blood and guts on the ground.
"Better get out of here now," he said quietly while attempting to help Riyo up, "These guards won't only be after me now."
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:42 pm
Poke felt quite proud at her attack. She brought a guard down, by herself! but there was no time for victory as now a team of birds had joined the fray. Instead of fighting them, poke ducked and kept to the floor. She noticed the corpse again and tried not to think about how bad it looked.
Following blades leade she crept towards them, being careful of the birds from above. "I second blades motion, we need to move" with that thought she started running towards the exit, thinking that blade and neko would help riyo out.
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