[Center][h1]Nicolai[/H1][/center]

Nicolai nods to the fledgling necromancer, and collects his modest fee. After saying their farewells he leaves and begins to wander the streets of London with a vague idea that he is supposed to be somewhere, but just cant think of where it was. He paused to get his barrings, as he looked around he noticed a pair of glowing eyes in the shadows of an alley. Nicolai sighed as the creature moved into the light, it was a drooling and grotesque ghoul. 

[indent][color=#C9AE5D]"Ahriman, will you knock it off..."[/color][/indent]

[indent][color=#FF0000]"Come on Nic, this will be fun. can you reach the party before the Ghoul catches you?"[/color][/indent]

Nicolai watches the Ghoul as it begins to slowly approach him. It is an illusion, it couldn't do him any actual harm but it would seem to hurt him until Ahriman was satisfied. Nicolai could force the illusion away but Ahriman would push back, he wouldn't give up on this cruel game. Nicolai begins to walk quickly down the street hoping that it was in the right direction. While he walked a [url=https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6229/6208934769_3892d6b0ed_b.jpg]Figure[/url] appeared walking next to him clad in red. Ahriman wasn't actually there either, simply an illusion cast from within Nicolai's mind. Out of frustration Nicolai begins reciting an elaborate conjuration ritual, he put nothing behind it so that he wouldn't summon a lesser deity into the streets of London. He was certainly not going to make that mistake again.


[indent][color=#FF0000]"Nicolai, Nicolai, Nicolai... you realize you are going the wrong way don't you?... No, well then. Ill give you a hand, Its not any fun if my Ghoul catches you without a fighting chance... alright, three blocks south and four east from here."[/color][/indent]

Nicolai listened, and glanced behind him. The Ghoul was closer, matching his pace and then some so that his there was a time limit on the game. He didn't have long but he should make it to this shindig before the game was up. Once he was about a block away he realized where he was actually supposed to be, some apartment for a gathering of mages. As rounded a corner and noticed the door to the apartment close, he hurried up towards the apartment hearing the ghoul only a few steps behind him. The moment he reached the door the sound of the ghoul vanished abruptly. 

[indent][color=#FF0000]"Well done, you should probably knock it would be impolite to just wait outside."[/color][/indent]

Nicolai hesitated but knocked anyway, as his knuckles hit the door Ahriman vanished and Nicolai stood on the doorstep alone.