Mercinus3

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The assassin, alert as always, was aware that the two deo’iel were tense at the idea of Blue’s death and the Fixer’s involvement in that. For such high-ranked members of the organization that he did inspire himself to be a part of until his contract with the Grand Master was signed, this did make him feel uneasy. He questioned himself about whether he should have spoken about what had happened earlier to them, doubting bringing up the subject altogether. He was startled when the demonspawn looked at each other in unison before they shifted their gaze towards him. Whether it was their mirror-like eyes or not, he knew that both of them were staring at him. A shiver ran up his spine, his inner being in turmoil as a result of the uneasiness.

The expression on the blue-haired demonspawn puzzled him a fair bit, the mixture of both fear and a sense of awe about the words he had said a moment ago. However, when they spoke to him again, their voices were lowered. He noticed the tremble in the revealed deo’iel as she asked him… She wants to speak to us in private? he thought, finding it weird that they suggested something like that. However, when both of them spoke directly towards him, such an offer was understandable. The masked deo’iel’s words had an impact on him. That’s why there are not a lot of people that know or speak of his name… He figured that men that have signed a contract were to be left untouched, so the other two? That reason was still shaky to him, though he will ponder on those thoughts over the course of the next few days. But for now, he would certainly take up that offer. For everyone in the tavern’s sake.

The penin looked at him and spoke about getting a drink. Now is not the time to get some luxuries before we talk to the members of the deo’iel! he thought, annoyed at the penin’s such requests. The smile took the edge off his annoyance, but only just. It was then that he made a decision to a question that has probably been on their minds: he will be in charge of this rag-tag group. He would rather be working alone, but he felt that their paths were now intertwined towards a destiny that he does not know of. At least, that’s what he thinks. “Fine,” he commented, acknowledging that he heard I’on. He then turned to the deo’iel, “… but once you get your drink, we’ll talk in private.”

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So I take it the posting order is Yoshua-me-Rhae for the reason that Yoshua wanted to post prior to Jack posting. Unless you want me to post next, @yoshua171?

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Ixion’s question had been answered by the blue-haired deo’iel. While he knows that the soul is fairly common in all beings, even demonspawn having it, the conclusion was that the monster in question could possibly hide the soul as well. However, the next statement that was said about the being the monster in question took this ability from was confusing. So the deceased demonspawn was able to hide her identity as a demonspawn but was still capable of using magic, a Favoured one as well. The conclusion of disguising the soul seemed a bit off when all things had been considered. Still, the possibility of a sniffer seeking out this demonspawn might be a suitable option as he was about to point out. “Whether it is a guess or not, I can suggest getting a sniffer to help out on the hunt.” He stated that for another reason. He thought back to the vampire that was next to him. While coincidence might have been the reason why he was in the vicinity when he and Blue confronted each other, but he thought that there was another reason for it and the statement could shed some light on what role his companion had.

While he thought about his companion, the assassin did notice the sudden interest that he had from the deo’iel pair when he talked about his fight with Blue and, later, the Fixer. The blue-haired one spoke first, "I... I don't even know what's stranger about what you just said; the fact that you know who the Fixer is and still feel comfortable mentioning him so casually, or that a guardsman was hunting him. Why would he think you were the Fixer? No, more importantly: how did you convince him you weren't?"

Ixion had to choose his words carefully. The sudden interest in the Grand Master’s right hand man could get him in a spot of bother if he revealed that he too had signed one of the Infernal Emperor’s contracts. “The one thing that I can think of is that the guardsman, the Blue Tool, was tracking the Fixer and he was in the area that I was in. Guess you can say that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. And she figured out that I wasn’t him when one of his weapons pierced her. We were escorted here after he attacked us, me taking the brunt of the attack.”

He then turned to the cloaked deo’iel, who wondered about the piercing light spell that injured him. “As for the light spell, it did hurt. Probably would have felt it more if I wasn’t in the middle of a fight with the Blue Tool.”

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*thumbs up*

@yoshua171

Oh there was another page in the OoC ^^' I'll get on with that in the next couple of days.

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Who's next on the Zerul-side?

@Shienvien

If no one objects, I can post next for those Zerul-side.

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The assassin saw the disappointment on the demonspawn's face. He judged the disappointment to the fact that his information is more outdated than their sources. When she said that both of them sensed him until a couple of days ago, he stroked his chin again, thinking about any off chance conversations the he might have heard during his time in the city, but nothing came up. Perhaps the guards had heard or seen something? Probably not as the deo'iel would have spoken to them about anything unusual. Any of the nobles of the high courts of the city would probably keep things quiet as much as possible. When they talked about leaving and reporting to their organization, he suddenly had a thought and a question. “I have a question: When you say disguise his presence, do you mean his presence as a demonspawn or mask his magical presence?” Would a sniffer be able to detect him, was his initial thought on the situation with the renegade demonspawn. He has heard a lot of the prowess of sniffers, so that asset would be helpful if the demonspawn could only mask his demonic powers.

As he noted I'on getting a drink from the bar, the shrouded deo'iel asked him a question. He was a little surprised that she brought up the wound on his shoulder. He thought briefly about his answer while looking at the wound. “I was mistaken by one of city's elite guard as the right hand of the Grand Master, the Fixer. She cast a spell which concentrated light into a piercing beam. I was just unlucky to avoid the attack altogether.”

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I'm alive, I swear. Just work and things. I'll post after I habe finished the brief history of FDRR (since it is not long and I have 3/4 of it from last ... Thursday, I believe?). ASTA had some RL stuff and is stll cell-only, Legion technically posted when I did last and doesn't really have anything to post atm, Merc has work but is otherwise next on Zerul-side, Rhae said he'd only be posting filler if he posted now, Yoshua is similar to last but also busy, Ashgan claimed to still be here a while back ... I'll see whether I can poke Nessa a bit once home since she has barely been on site recently? Veridis has exams and will presumably post after those... And I think this sums up people who could post.

@Shienvien

^QFT. However, I do have a free day today so I can get a post up on the Zerul-side of the RP :)

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Rhae, do you fancy the next post or can I write a response to the question aimed at Ixion?

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I've now posted. Correct me on anything that doesn't go well with Gaath's movements if something is off with them, Jack, and I'll edit them in.

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Ixion listened to the blue haired deo'iel as she recanted the origin of the demonspawn's name, Gaath. He initially dismissed the words that were said as being useless information, possibly not answering the question altogether. However, when she said the victims were often melted, the assassin's eyes widened, instantly recognizing the method of execution. While he partially listened to the demonspawn carrying on with describing his abilities, he looked back in his mind for the various information that he heard for the past 4 months – the amount of time he heard of these rumours – into a neat package for the deo'iel to hopefully use to track down and kill this menace. When he heard that the prey in question had the ability of hiding their aura to other demonspawn, he assumed that his information would be more beneficial.

Before he had a chance to say his piece of information, the vampire spoke up. While the assassin wasn't able to read him through facial expressions, giving him an idea on what he was thinking, he was taken aback by the vampire's lack of knowledge of the deo'iel, visibly showing this by turning his head to the vampire. It also caught the demonspawn off guard, the blue-haired woman stopped yanking her hair. As both the demonspawn spoke about the order and the details of the naming of the demonspawn by Himyth, Ixion also spoke to him. “The people who are a part of the deo'iel have a whole range of backgrounds. Penin, Tarken, a lot of the common races seen in cities are a part of the organization. I think that even former criminals and people who have signed an infernal contract are also a part of the organization, though you'll have to correct me on that. Their goal is to keep innocent people safe from beings that would injure or kill them. But to refer to your question about seeing Gaath...”

Ixion crossed his arms, his right hand reaching up to scratch his chin in thought. “While I haven't seen any being that is capable of doing that, I had heard rumours of such a monster that was capable of melting the faces of villagers and travelers. I had first heard of such rumours 4 months ago, when a woman not far from Borstown in Nemhim was found with such markings. Since then, a few more stories had been spoken in the places where I am often working or picking up jobs. While I had dismissed these rumours, I had witnessed the results of a murder where I thought that it was an acid splash attack in a village in the southwest of Gilmah about a month ago. The one thing that stuck oddly to me was the fact that the person's face and throat had a hand imprint to it, but I initially dismissed such a print due to the randomness of a liquid on a surface. Now… I haven't seen or heard of such an attack during my time to get to this city and being in here, but if you have heard of such a being heading this way, the best direction to investigate anyone who had been in Gilmah in the past month.”