[center][h2]The Journey Begins[/h2][/center]

[center][h3]~ Unknown Location ~[/h3][/center]

[center][i]Interacted with:[/i] [@ERode], [@Pyromania99],[@Guy0fV4lor][/center]

At first, Nick was glad to be out of that courtyard. It was weird heading back down to the dungeon-prison-whatever but they were in danger up there so down they went. Unfortunately, the demon pup led them to a group of three of those wretched experiment monsters. One of them was armed too! A poor sword like the one from earlier, but still armed! Yeah, they really should've seen this coming.

But then Nick witnessed something extraordinary, [u]Augusta[/u] put her palm out and a small blue orb formed in front of it. She could do magic?! The blue ball of magic then shot out, hitting the creature with the blade right in the chest. "[color=skyblue]Wha?! How the hell did you do that?![/color]" It was one thing to be able to manipulate the weird stone's unseen energies but now she can cast actual magic? Why can't he do any of that, Nick lamented.

The creature was dazed and that allowed [u]Isidore[/u] and the demon dog, now named 'Octavia', to do their work. The former sliced the wretched creature's limb to disarm it from its weapon. He slid it right to Nick, presumably so he could use it to join the fight. Nick reflexively picked it up, but was he really going to have at it? He has not been in a fight before, much less against strange creatures that did not exist back home. Sure they were weak according to [u]Augusta[/u], but how weak was 'weak'?

Octavia dealt with the second creature, evading claw swipes with awesome agility. The demon canine was also intelligent, it bit onto the wretched experiment's leg first to force it down before going for the throat. A predator in the making, Octavia was. That left only one more wretched experiment, and that one was about to lunge at [u]Isidore[/u] who had no time to react.

Suddenly, a stranger appeared. A middle-aged man with a shield charged forth and crashed into the wretched experiment, pinning it against the wall. [u]Isidore[/u] was quick to dispatch the creature with a single ram of his blade into its neck.

The fight was over and Nick let out a sigh of relief. Octavia had ran off deeper into the complex but they had an ally present that required attention.

After [u]Isidore[/u] introduced himself and some other words before following the demon dog, Nick was the next to approach the stranger. "[color=skyblue]Nick. Thanks for stopping by. You come here often?[/color]" He introduced himself with a joke. "[color=skyblue]Listen, the guy's right. Wherever we're heading, it's pretty dangerous. Nice shield, by the way. How come everyone here gets cool powers while I get anxiety attacks?[/color]"