Tobias entered the room triumphantly. The rooms air was alot staler than the previous and made it even harder to use scent to track down/be aware of creatures nearby. His gun was fully loaded and he realised that it was time to put some Demons to rest. He approached what looked like to be a table of some sort, most likely for operating. It was stained with blood, swiping a gloved finger across the surface Tobias collected some of the blood on the index finger and sniffed.
Definatly Slig-like
He thought as he rubbed his index finger and thumb together, rubbing the stuff off. He looked around some more, his eyes steadily adjusting to the darkness that enveloped him.
*Creak*
Another door from the other part of the room made him jump and he immediatly pointed his gun in that direction, licking his dry lips with his even dryer tongue.

Tobias: "Who's there?"

The words were more growled than asked. He was sick and tired of being polite and he decided it was time to start taking natural action. The character that was entering seemed to halt in the door frame. Tobias could see the sillouette now and was aiming the gun directly for the mid-center.

Tobias: "Either reply...or i'll shoot."

Suddenly a light flickered on, and there stood, in all her glory, Dementa. Tobias eyes narrowed as did hers.

Dementa: "Well, well, well...we meet again."

Tobias: "Quite, again in less friendly circumstances."

Dementa growled as she spoke.
"So you are after the same one I am..." she said, lowering her head in a threaten posture, "but for a different reason then me..." she added, noting the gun in Tobia's hand.
"I don't care what you do to him...but I need to get info from him first. So back off!"
"Not likely..." Tobias sneered as he readied to shoot.

Meanwhile, Spider was watching from behind the shelf. He had never seen Dementa before...but he had a feeling she was someone he needed to know. He recognized what Tobias was immediately.
Damn Orkids! He thought, Still after my hide!
For a moment there was a staring contest, but then Tobias cocked his gun and he knew he was going to shoot her (of course...not knowing Dementa...).
Gotta do something! he thought, then he noted how convently close Tobias was to the shelf...so mustering all his strength...he sent it falling ontop of him....

(OOC: OooooooK...not the response i was expecting...very surprising...well done!! lol.)

A low bark burst from Tobias' lips. His gun dropped out of his hand, rolling just out of reach and he was firmly wedged underneathe the shelf.

Tobias: "Dementa!! Dementa...!! Help!! Please."

Strangely enough Tobias meant this and was not doing it as a kind of trick. He smelt evil on Dementa, maybe it was the decomposing smell that she was emitting or maybe she was truly evil. He had duely noted that Spider had forced the shelf on him and that caused him to want revenge even more. One of his arms was trapped underneathe the shelfing and made it hard for him to get the shelf off of him, his other arm was free and waved around, sometimes for the gun, sometimes out stretching for Dementa, his gloved fingers grasping and un-grasping thin air. He would have shouted for the Slig guards but he knew full well that if he did that then they would have found the gun and possibly be suspicious.

Tobias: "Dementa...Help me, your just like me...LISTEN TO ME!!"

Dementa stared at him and snorted.

Spider: "Why should she help yer, yer was going to kill 'er."

Tobias, although very brutal would not waste a bullet on something he was very curious about. He tried to protest but something had knocked him unconcious. Blackness had not just enveloped Tobias...but truely swallowed him...whole.

(ooc: thankie muchie for the complaiment! :D)

"Jerk...you don't know me..." Dementa growled as she raised the metal pipe that she had used to knock Tobias out. She looked over at Spider and realized it must of have taken all of his strength to push that shelf over. He was in bad shape, all bandaged up and leaning on the tipped shelf breathing heavily: not really in the best of shape to be running about.
"Orkhids...I hate 'em..." Spider panted, trying to gather his strength back.
"Orkhids?" Dementa said, cocking her head, "Is that what this jerk is?"
"Yeah...some of them attacked Pyke before a ways back, but I fended them off. I was startin' ta wonder when they would try again..."
Dementa watched as Spider slowly and painfully made his way back to the bed, kicking Tobias gun far away from where Tobias now lay unconscious. She wasn't sure what she was feeling right now; before she hated him, but now that she meet him face to face, she could see that he was feeling similar pains as she was. They were both lost souls, looking for a place of acceptence and trying to find happiness.
"Well..." Dementa started, somewhat timidly, "Thank you...for saving my life..." she added softly, "not that it would have mattered..."
"Why wouldn't it have mattered?" Spider asked as he settled himself back on the bed.
"Because I'm...." she stopped herself: she didnt' know if should tell him or not...
"Because what? Immortial or something?"
"In a sense..." Dementa sighed, "Do you know what I am?"
"Well...ya look like you would be a crossbreed like me."
Dementa winced slightly, feeling a little insulted by it.
"No...I am a Drakkic..."
Spider looked up at her in shock and looked up and down her.
"I know...I don't really look like it...you see I was...its a long story..."
What am I doing? She thought, I'm suppost to be getting info from him not the other way around...
"Can ya paraphrase it?" Spider asked, casting a wary glance at Tobias, "Don' know how long he will stay KOed..."
"I'll try..." Dementa said and began her tale...

(ooc: basicaly the same backstory as in her fic...)

By the time she was finished, she was in tears. Recalling the past was always painful to her. Spider wanted to comfort her...but dare not touch her after what she just told him. He figured it was part of the reason she was in so much pain: she can't receive such gestures and signs of affection without causing pain to others. And being the sensitive guy he is...he knew it would drive him nuts real quick if he was in her (metaphorical) shoes.
"Have you tried getting this sorcoress to take this curse of you?" he asked.
"Believe me...I wanted to..." Dementa said with a sniff, "But the b*tch disappeared after she put the curse on me...and I haven't seen her since. Some said...she was really a dark goddess...the one of suffering. Sure fits doesn't it?"
"Yeah..." Spider said with a slow nod, then he remembered something, "Hey...you said you came here to get info from me...what info are you lookin' fer?"
Dementa looked at him bewhildered for a moment, then remembered.
"That." she said, pointing to Spider's tattoo, "I need to know how you got that..."
"This? A Goddess gave this to me about the same time I got rid of the first batch of Orkhids..."
"I gathered that...but why? Why did Thunder Moon give it to you?"
She knows of Thunder Moon? Spider thought mildly surprised.
"Because I am part of a kin to her..." Spider said, "How do you know her anyway?"
That would make sense... Dementa thought, would explain why he had those powers Blue was talking about....
"I know of Thunder Moon because she is one of my peoples gods..." She explained, "she represents the Moon, Night, Wind, and Water. She also serves as the symbol for healing."
"What happened to yer people?" Spider asked, carefully, "Why did the sligs wipe them out?"
Dementa looked at him surprised, wondering how he knew that.
"About 300 years ago a group of high ranking glukkons came to the royal palace...I didn't know what they wanted then...but I believe now they were trying to make a deal with my people. But the Royal Family refused...and the gluks plotted revenage..."
"Sounds typical..." Spider said, "If they can't buy the land...they wipe out the residents using force and then strip mine the place...."
"But that isn't what happened afterward...they didn't touch the forest after my people were all dead..."
"That's weird..." Spider said, "I wonder why not....doesn't sound like them..."

(ooc: gah...I just keep going and going...BTW...don't worry about those Gods Dan! Just mentioning them for historical references!
Anyway...I need someone else to post before I end up writing a fic here!

Spider: it pracitally already is...

hush...)

(OOC: I can't really post either until this mess is sorted out. Sorry.)

(OOC: Edit: Forget it. Me and Rach have sorted out a plan. NOTE: The following post happens AFTER Rach's last post!!!!)

Blue, after searching around the back of Olms hut for a little while, manages to find a footprint in the soft ground outside the back of Olms. Pushing back the dense grass, she manages to find a wheel track, and some more footprints. "Hey. . . Those look like Dementas!" She says as she begins to carefully follow them, and the wheel mark, eventually comming across the same tunnel entrace that Dementa found not so long ago. . .

Not so long later, in the storeroom, Spider and Dementa have just finished up thier conversation. Suddenly, the door to the tunnel opens, and a rather dirty looking Blue comes out. "Jeeze, something tells me that this tunnel hasn't been in use for a while. . . Hey, whats with the strange guy with the shelves ontop of him?"
- DH

"Blue!" Spider said happily, "Boy are you a sight fer sore eyes...Don't tell me you don' remember the Orkhids...the ones that attacked Pyke a bit back. That freak under the shelf is an Orkhid..."
"A jerk if you ask me..." Dementa said with a snort.
"I would rather him dead...but I am not in any condiction to finish him off..."
"Humph...and I don't like to kill unless I have no other option..." Then Dementa got an idea. "Hey Blue..."
"Yes?" Blue said.
Dementa leaned over and whisptered something to her. Blue laughed.
"I like that idea! Let's do it!" she said.
"What? What are you up to?" Spider asked curious.
"Oh...we are just going to hang him out to dry..." Dementa said as she and Blue, took the shelf off of Tobias, picked him up, and dragged him out via the tunnel.

When they were done, Tobias was strung up between two trees in the middle of the forest...with scavengers prowling about him.

"What did you do?" Spider asked, still somewhat puzzled.
After they told him everything he laughed.
"Good one...course he'll be after both of yer now..."
"Who cares...I can kick his ass anyday of the week." Dementa growled, "Now...we need to figure out how to get you out of here..."

(ooc: DH continue on from here...)

(OOC: Hilarious im sure. Not posting with Tobias yet, the Hunter's can have a turn.)

Away deep in the forest and yet not so far away from the village lay the decomposing body of a Bounty Hunter Mudokon and a Scrab who was in mid-feast. The bodies lay maggot and fly ridden. A bullet hole in the Mudokon's knee-cap oozed beetles and worms. The bodies were alive with insects, devouring their entity. The crunching of leaves came from the side of the corpses. Stood, in the hidden depths of the forest, were 2 Hunters.
The creatures were Assassins, silent killers, murderer's. They would hunt and kill anything as long as it wasn't there own race. Hunters were a strange character of creature. They are born naturally blind, yet at a early age are equipped with weaponry. Hockey masks are the main covers that hide their face. But on certain occasions you do get other sort of masks that hide their true features, metal plates armour their bodies. The back of their heads are protected with a sheet of metal that fits perfectly, leaving little holes so their hair can come out. They normally come in a dark green colour and are nearly always covered with scales. The weapons they carry usually include stunning knives which are fired via wrists and carry electrical charges in them. These are mainly used to stun an enemy but can also be used to kill it. Some also carry electric discharging guns that can kill, they carry these in the armour that protects the hips. 3 metal claws are also part of their weaponry, these are in the metal sheet that covers the back of the hands only, so their fingers can feel for pulses, pick things up etc. Although been blind they are partially psychic and can sense when a creature is going to do something before it actually does it, also their hearing, touch and scent senses are extremely accute. Naturally they would be born in a forest, were they would learn to use their surroundings to their advantage. There ability to climb would be useful for getting berry's and hiding from enemies. But as the Glukkons cut down and devoured each and every forest they could, they stumbled across the Hunters. Catching them, they trained and armoured them...put them in Arena's and used them as Gladiators. However, they escaped and all of the Hunters who had been caught escaped...with the equipment. Now, they act as hired killers, equiping their children with weapons and armour at a early age.
Speaking in their own dialect they both decided that they knew who had done such a atrocity. The area surrounding the corpses reeked of Tobias, this was ashame as Hunters usually got along with Orkhid's. But they were being paid to follow orders, and money comes before life.

Hunter #1: "Chack Yáe canech to."

Hunter #2: "Ahgi, jia kjcheck jool."

Sniffing the air they turned in the direction the smell went in. Their clawed paws tensing in pure anticipation.

Blue thinks for a moment, then notices something in the corner: A transportation cart. Seeing as nothing is on it, she moves it to the center of the room and looks at it carefully. "You know what I'm thinking. . ." Blue says. "What?" Asks Dementa. "Well, this cart was used to bring all the medical equipment down here, right?" Blue says. "Yes. . ." Dementa nods. Blue continues. "Well, I think it looks strong enough to take Spiders weight. What do you think, you two? Spider, are you happy about riding this thing in your current state all the way back to my place?"
- DH

(OOC: Mitsur they wernt blaming you. lol. I'll make sum action for u again, ok!?)

Tobias opened his eyes. He was disorientated and had a splitting headache...that and the fact that he was a couple of feet off the ground made him realise that he had been made a joke of. Each of his hands were tied by ropes that were tightly tied around his wrists and then stretched into a tree. Same with his feet. Causing his body to form a sort of 'X' shape a couple of feet off of the ground. He snarled, wild Dogs were circling his body. Some jumping up and snapping at legs.

Tobias: "Shoo...*Growls*...Go away!!"

He tried wiggling his body in a intimidating gesture but that just provoked the Dogs even more and made them more enthusiastic. There were 3 of them...but he smelled more was coming. He was thankful to the Spider and Dementa that they had brought him out here...but he wondered how they could have done. Spider looked rough as anything and Dementa couldn't of tied him up on her own. Also, he smelt a faint whiff of Mudokon on his clothing, however this was a different Mudokon. None that he had actually bumped into in the village. A crunching sound coming from the right of him made him and the Dogs turn in that direction. Another lone Dog came trudging up after smelling Tobias hanging in the tree.

Tobias: "HELLO...? I NEED SOME HELP HERE!! HELLO!?"

A faint smell of something all too familiar crept into his nostrils. The Mudokon that he had bumped into previous and who had cost him an explanation from Dementa. Tobias wasn't really keen on meeting him again, but having no choice and no means of mistake he called to him.

Tobias: "HEY...ERMM...MUDOKON...HELLO, I NEED SOME HELP...!!"

He heard the sound of the Mudokon's footsteps on the dry leaves and his scent grew stronger. Something even the Dogs noticed.

Alex: "Who is th...whoa..."

The Mudokon backed away upon noticing the Dogs who had turned in his direction and were now snarling.

Tobias: "No, no, no...dont show fear to them. Stand your ground...hit them with something!!"

Tobias was squirming franticly...trying to get free. The Dogs in the mean time were moving forwards slowly, drool escaping their lower jaws.

Alex: "Ermmm...cant you distract them!!"

Tobias: "Ohh yeh, distract them from up here!! Look...over there...there's a branch...pick it up and wave it about abit."

Alex side stepped over to a large-ish branch and picked it up, making sure he did so slowly. One of the Dogs then decided to attack and lunged for Alex, its claws out and teeth bared. Alex immediatly brung the branch upwards, connecting it with the Dog and sending it sprawling backwards, whimpering.

Tobias: "Well done...now....try again. This time, make sure to kill it."

Alex was getting the hang of it and was soon swishing the branch around aimlessly, hoping for it to connect. The Dogs were getting desperate and some left to find some easier prey. 2 Dogs were left and were starting to get used to Alex's attacks...they could now dodge each swing Alex attempted.

Tobias: "Come and get me down now...just climb up this tree and let one arm go...then i'll sort them out."

Alex did just that and scrambled up the tree on the left. Quickly un-doing Tobias' hand and then getting in a comfortable position. Tobias stretched down to his left boot and grasped his knife (Which is more like a Machete.) and pulled it out, cutting the rope tied around his foot at the same time, making him swing into the tree on the right. Then he cut the remaining ropes off and attempted to defend himself against the hungry Dogs.

Tobias: "Come on...im here now, on the ground. Lets see how you deal with me, eh?"

One of the Dogs snarled a reply and lunged for Tobias armed hand. Tobias made a swift move and cut the Dogs face, making it drop to the ground yelping. It backed away from him with its front half on the ground and its back half in the air, in a submissive position. The other one just stood there a couple of seconds and then darted off in the opposite direction barking. As did the wounded one after Tobias had gotten out of its way.

Alex: "Whoa...that was cool!!"

Tobias: "You did quite well yourself."

Alex jumped out of the tree landing on his feet.

Alex: "Thanks...you were a good teacher."

Tobias: "Heh, its not th..."

He froze in mid-sentence as he caught a scent of something hostile.

Alex: "What is it?"

Tobias: "Erm, nothing. You wanna help me with something?"

The over enthusiastic Mudokon nodded furiously.

Tobias: "Go to the Mayor's and tell him to get 2 cross bow's to me as soon as he can. Tell him to send them to Arim's. Ok?"

Alex cocked his head.

Alex: "But the Mayor doesn't give any weapons out to non-village types. And any way...he'll want a reason...what shall i tell him?"

Tobias turned to the Mudokon.

Tobias: "Tell him i'll pick them up MYSELF!! That should motivate him."

He smiled coldly as the Mudokon ran to do his bidding. Then he turned in the direction the scent was coming from and sighed.

Tobias: "Shame...the Assassins turn on the Assassin."

He turned and ran towards the village, concealing himself in the Shadows.

(OOC: There ya go Mitsur...oh...and i hope thats ok Drag and DH!!:fuzconf: )

(ooc: I wasn't blaming you directly Mitsar...I know you are still new to this. But it helps if you actualy post how a character got where...less confusion that way.)

"I don' really have any other option to get out of here now do I?" Spider said, "Considerin' how bad a shape I am in."
"Alright then." Blue said as she and Dementa carefully put Spider in the cart. Dementa had put pillows and blankets in it before hand to ensure he wasn't too uncomfortable. They were just about to head out when Spider remembered something.
"Wait!" he said.
"What is it?" Blue asked.
"Olm!" Spider replied, "We should take him with us...if that bastard Orkhid didn't kill him on the way in here..."
"I'll go see if he is alright..." Blue said as she headed up to the main door...

(ooc: DH your go)

As Blue enters the next room, she sees Olm on the floor, knocked out. After a quick check to see if he has any other injures apart from one on the back of his head, she picks him up and carries him into the storeroom. "He's in a bad way, but he'll live. He's not safe here though, so I'll have to take him back to my place. Dementa, you okay pushing the cart on your own?" Blue asks. "No problem, Blue. I am a Drakkic after all." Dementa replies. "Alright, then. You go on ahead and I'll follow you in a second." Blue says. "Okay. . ." And Dementa wheels Spider out of the room and down the tunnel. Blue manages to get Olm onto her back, and to make sure he doesn't slip off, she takes two webbing belts from her pocket which she nabbed of a couple of sligs yonks ago, and uses them to secure Olm to her back, leaving her hands free. Going out of the room and into the tunnel, she shuts the door behind her, which locks automaticly. Knowing that Olms establisment will be safe from anyone else who discovers the secret tunnel, she then begins hurrying after Dementa and Spider. . .
- DH

(ooc: um...not to be a bitch again...but...the plot we are in heavily deals with the mayor....and....we need him ALIVE!!!
Also...mitsar...I know you are new...but it is in the RPG rules that others shouldn't haven't to write your posts for you. Jacob I know you were trying to help him get more involved...but you were basically 'controlling' his character. A no no in the rules.)

(OOC: Lol, ok. Can we just say the Mayor's still alive. But really brutally injured, cos that'd be quite good. Also does Dementa have any weapons?)

Tobias slinked back into Arim's. It had been a long and eventful (Aswell as painful and degrading) night and Tobias just wanted to relax and sleep. He recieved his room key from Arim and proceeded to go upto his room. Entering the room he took his jacket off and flung it across to the bed, grunting in pain as he did so. He was in bad shape and his ribs were most likely broken. He searched for his gun to put it on the desk next to the bed. But to no avail.
[I]My Gun!![I]
He thought. He patted his whole body, trying to see if he had placed it somewhere else for safe keeping. He hadn't, as he slumped down on the bed he remembered dropping it and then being knocked unconcious. He barked and punched the soft matress of the bed. He was now more vulnerable than ever. He still had his machete but that was no match for what was coming for him, he needed projectiles. Thankfully he had the Mayor's co-operation and would be getting some Cross-bows relativly soon. That night he pushed a chair infront of his door and closed the shutters on the windows, locking them and making sure nothing could get in. The Hunter was now, the Hunted.

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The Assassins were watching from afar. After brutally injuring a creature that reeked of Tobias they then realised it wasn't. The blood was different and they mentally built a picture up of a Mudokon. Its voice signified one of high ranking, possibly a leader of some sort.

Hunter #1: "Chak-Chak Tobiás!!"

Hunter #2: "Ickle suan, losc kaa n..."

The creatures knew that Tobias was somewhere in this quaint little area. By the sounds and smells of it, it was a village of some sort. The first Hunters metal claws were stained with blood, most likely from the Mayor.

Hunter #2: "Chiko...? Kload icklo pcil."

The Hunter's laughed before turning and leaping on one of the huts, on all fours they leapt silently through the night...trying to find the next creature that smelt of their target.

(OOC: Please no-one interact with them at the mo. They have just arrived, attacked the Mayor...etc etc...but they are not doing no SERIOUS harm yet and they still need to get their bearings. So no interacting...you can see them...from afar, but not for long:D.)

(im ba-ack! can i join dis RPG? or am i gona screw it up agian?)



Raznet eneterd pike tierd and mangled. "this is awful, i need to find a place to stay" he said. he saw a small tavern/Hotel. "guse this'll have to do" he enterd the Hotel

"hello may i have a room please?"

"sory, all booked out" said the owner

"damn" Raznet said clenching his fist" might as well sleep at jameses house".
so thats what he did, went to the center of town and said hello to his young friend

"hi!" said rag as Raznet opened the door

"oh hello!, its been a long time since i've seen you, um...were is James?" said raznet

"up stairs, in his room. He'll be glad to see you i bet!"raznet when up stiars and opened the door of James room. James sprang up and ran twords Raznet the second he walked in

"Raznet! I can't belive it its been so long, well how are you doing!" said james

"im doing fine, and you?"

"good, so what brings you to pike and my house?"

"well, i'm going north. I need a place to stay, so i said 'why not stay at james house, and drop in on my young firend ' so thats what i did" He said

"well its great to see you, let me show you were your room is"

"Time for dinner James!!" Rag yelled

"OK! well ill show you you're room after dinner, come on were haveing scrab and meep"

they went down stairs and ate, then James showed raznet to his room, then raznet took a nap, but during the nap, he had another flash back:




"bring me those scouples, and that sirenge!" a vikker yelled "and don't take half the day doing it you over payed pee brains!" the vikker scremed. He took a needle and plunged it into Raznets skin "well now we'll see how extream could efects his skin!"

he woke up with a start, then he got out of bed and looked up at the moon, it was going to be a long juorny north.

(Hi guys! sory but i've been gone a while and im gona start my 2 chars up and get my plot going)

"Make way! Let us through, please! This is urgent!" Selten led the stretcher through the crowds that seemed to congregate around the bleeding Mayor. "The Mayor is seriously wounded! Can you get out of the way, PLEASE?!"

The crowds slowed their progress, but they still made it to Olm's house before too long. The guards had managed to stauch the blood flow, but Selten was worried about internal damage. The stomach wound was fairly severe, and looked like it could be fatal.

Something was wrong. The guards weren't at their posts outside. Looking around, Selten saw them lying unconcious. He shook his head, and didn't worry too much about it. He had the mayor to take care of. Motioning the guards to follow him, he pushed the door open and hurried inside.

"Olm? Come here, we need you!"

There was no reply. He began frantically running through the house, looking for the absent doctor. Shit, he must be down in his cellar, he thought, biting his lip, I knew we should have made him give us a key to down there... Glancing at the reinforced steel door in frustration, he noticed that the door was slightly ajar. Claming himself, he tentatively pushed open the door, and began to walk down the stairs. At the bottom, he looked around the room. It was a mess. A shelf had been pulled down, and medical gear littered the floor. There were traces of blood in several places, and signs of a struggle, but nobody was there. Selten almost howled. He ran back up the stairs.

"Get the Mayor to another doctor! Olm's escaped!"

Hearing the guards bustling the stretcher through the door, Selten frowned, and decided to look around this cellar. He'd never been down here, and it looked like something had happened here. He wondered if Olm had escaped voluntarily after all...

Looking around, Selten noticed a faint trail of blood leading through a side-door in the cellar. Glancing back, he saw that the other guards had gone, and looked around for something to use as a weapon. His eyes fell on a silvery object that was unmistakely a gun. He wondered how he'd missed it before. Lifting it, he found that it was heavier than he'd expected, but he was able to hold it in one hand. Turning, he turned his attention back to the door. Walking towards it, he tentatively pushed it open, hopping to one side as it swung back. The room beyond was an empty store room, but the door at the other side was open, revealing a roughly-cut tunnel. Another exit... he thought, and pocketed the gun, following the tunnel...

The claws of one of the Hunters slowly retracted. It was stood on top of quite a high hut, sillouetted by the moonlight. The villagers were kicking up quite a fuss and bustling around like no tomorrow. He/she/it had split up from its partner in hope of finding Tobias more quickly. It carried some kind of recording equipment, the same sort Tobias had destroyed a while back. It turned and leapt from the higher hut to the darkness of the shadows. Creeping around the back it switched the camera and the audio equipment on. A static affected voice broke the night-silence, not that there was much of it.

Voice: "Yes...what is it?"

Hunter: "Clio...Chak Chak, Ukol Tobias, icko vlage."

Voice: "Right...yes...ok then. We'll get that to a translator as soon as we can and we will be right back to you...over and out."

The audio equipment turned off automaticly. The Orkhid on the other end had recorded the message and sent it via recording chip to a bunch of Crates who were fluent in most languages. The Hunter placed the equipment in one of its deposetaries (Sp?) And clutched onto the wall of the building it was sheltered behind. Digging its black claws into the surface it clambered up quickly and efficiantly. Upon getting to the top it scanned the area, listening to the noises and smelling the smells to try and build up a mental picture.

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The 2nd Hunter was scouring the area on the ground. Taking in everything that was going on around it. Only stopping to adjust its perspective. It darted in and out of shadows, seemingly being able to avoid the interaction of others. It built up mental pictures of each and every place, taking in their smells, sounds, what they felt like. Slowly but surely it built up a picture of a quater of the village. What the surfaces were like, who inhabited what and roughly what specie they were. Although it was blind, it had a good mental view...one that was just as good, if not better, than eyes. And then as it approached the next part of the village it came across Arim's Inn. It halted...its senses were working out the scent. Its ears were working out the breathing rate of the creatures inside. It approached the entrance...its metallic claws appearing...

Arim straightened up and surveyed the restaurant. It had taken him the best part of a day, but he'd finally managed (with the help and hindrance of Teb) to straighten the room out and turn it back into a serviceable restaurant. There were still gaping holes in places, where the stolen objects had been, but these were obvious only to him, and he was overall quite proud of his handiwork.

"Teb?"

Teb came downstairs and joined him. "Did you get the restaurant sorted out?"

Arim grinned. "If only you could see it. I gave it a full spring clean while I was at it, and it hasn't been this clean in years... Anyway, I reckon we can reopen tomorrow, so we're gonna need some foodstocks. Here's some cash, could you pop down to the market and get us some decent vegetables and a couple of scrab legs?"

"Okay. Back soon." Teb walked out into the hall, pulled on his shoes, and left the building.

Arim sighed, gave the floor a final once-over with the mop before going to replace it in the broom cupboard. As he rounded the bar, however, he heard the front door creak open, and turned to watch the doorway to the hall.

"Didn't you have enough cash?"

There was no reply.

"Teb? That you?"

The door creaked shut again.

"Look, we're closed, okay?"

There was no sound.

"You there?"

Arim waited, watching the doorway, for several seconds, before frowning, and turning back towards the cupboard. As he turned, however, he thought he caught a glimpse of some slight movement out of the corner of his eye. Spinning, he just had time to register a silvery figure with a featureless white face when he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and the room began to black out...

* * *

The Hunter advanced across the room towards its unconscious victim. It moved purposefully, and without the hesitancy that would be expected from something without sight. It whacked tables aside if they got in its way, but it was very quiet about it, and reached Arim without a sound. It let out a hiss of dialect, before pausing, disturbed, sniffing the air. Bending, it raised Arim’s prostrate body towards its face, sniffing again. It posture changed, and it let out a snarl. Tossing Arim aside, it stalked back into the hallway, and dropped to the floor, agilely. Sniffing the floor, it sprung to its feet and sniffed the air. Turning to face the staircase, it hissed softly, and mounted the stairs without another sound...

(OOC: And the exitement builds!! Sorry bout before, i got booted by MSN and now i cant speak cos it bounces back my messages.)

The creature progressed up the staircase and along the hall way, finally coming to Tobias' room. The mental depiction of the area built up as the creature stood there...taking it all in. The blades of its right metal claw were stained with Arim's blood. And its other set of blades slowly came out of their casing. It rubbed the door gently with the back of the claws, purring ever so slightly.

Tobias knew what it was. He was sat up in bed with a ming vase close to his chest. He was completly naked apart from a set of black boxers which he was wearing. He flung back the sheets rapidly and threw his legs out of the bed, placing them on the ground as quietly as he could. Standing up he edged towards the door, raising the vase above his head.

The Hunter growled. It sensed agression coming from the inside of the room, Hunters were cautious creatures...but also acted on impulse, this one's impulse suggested to it that it act fast. Which it did...the creature pulled back a clawed arm and then hurled it as hard as it could into the door...piercing the soft wood with the titanium metal. It repeated the process again, making small holes in the wood that seemed to grow and grow into bigger ones.

Hunter: "Chacc...CLÍK!! CLÍK!!"

It thrashed at the door, tearing and splintering the wood as if it was paper...

The Orkhid realised he was no match for the heavily armoured, incredibly agile creature. It didn't matter that he had piled chairs up next to the door...the creature was ripping through them like its life depended on it. Tobias backed away towards the window...stretching an arm behind him trying to get a hold of the shutters. But in a attempt to do so he felt a sharp pain...his ribs were killing him. He collapsed to his knees, clutching his chest. The Hunter making its way into the room as every second passed...

Finally it broke half of the door down...it pulled the remainder of the door off, scattering splinters of wood everywhere. Then it started on the chairs...it took less than 10 seconds for it to make its way into the room...the chairs were wrecked and the creature was nearing its target.

Tobias looked up...his eyes completly blood shot.

Tobias: "You bastard...you want me...eh? Come...Come on...take me."

He gasped between words, blood trickled slowly out of his mouth but he did not care. The taste of the blood seemed to motivate him. He stood up slowly, matching the creature in height. Holding his head up high, he hurled the vase at it...it hit...smashing on impact, the vase pieces scattering everywhere, mixing with the wood splinters. The Hunter rubbed its masked head and cocked its head, grunting lowly it kicked Tobias in the stomach, he staggered backwards into the shutters.

Hunter: "Kilik, kilik Tobiás!!"

Tobias: "F*ck you..."

He smiled at the low life hunter as it grabbed him by the throat, lifting him into the air. Tobias was now officially pissed off with the world and gave his killer the finger as it raised its other metal clawed paw in the air. Tobias placed his feet on its chest and laughed.

Tobias: "Not going that easily...and if i am...not by you!"

He pushed back, forcing the creature to stagger backwards but also propelling him out of the window, crashing through the wooden shutters and falling a good floor to the ground. His killer screeched loudly...pushing its chest out and throwing its head back. Tobias looked upwards, watching to see if it was coming. It wasn't...but he heard another screech in response...and that was alot closer. Injured and close to being naked as you can actually get...Tobias picked himself up and limped, slowly away into the darkness...trying to find another place to hide.

Whilst Tobias limped away the previous Hunter who had attacked him poked his head out of the window. It seemed to laugh as it leapt down...and trailed the same route as Tobias...

(OOC: And the exitement builds!! Sorry bout before, i got booted by MSN and now i cant speak cos it bounces back my messages.)

The creature progressed up the staircase and along the hall way, finally coming to Tobias' room. The mental depiction of the area built up as the creature stood there...taking it all in. The blades of its right metal claw were stained with Arim's blood. And its other set of blades slowly came out of their casing. It rubbed the door gently with the back of the claws, purring ever so slightly.

Tobias knew what it was. He was sat up in bed with a ming vase close to his chest. He was completly naked apart from a set of black boxers which he was wearing. He flung back the sheets rapidly and threw his legs out of the bed, placing them on the ground as quietly as he could. Standing up he edged towards the door, raising the vase above his head.

The Hunter growled. It sensed agression coming from the inside of the room, Hunters were cautious creatures...but also acted on impulse, this one's impulse suggested to it that it act fast. Which it did...the creature pulled back a clawed arm and then hurled it as hard as it could into the door...piercing the soft wood with the titanium metal. It repeated the process again, making small holes in the wood that seemed to grow and grow into bigger ones.

Hunter: "Chacc...CLÍK!! CLÍK!!"

It thrashed at the door, tearing and splintering the wood as if it was paper...

The Orkhid realised he was no match for the heavily armoured, incredibly agile creature. It didn't matter that he had piled chairs up next to the door...the creature was ripping through them like its life depended on it. Tobias backed away towards the window...stretching an arm behind him trying to get a hold of the shutters. But in a attempt to do so he felt a sharp pain...his ribs were killing him. He collapsed to his knees, clutching his chest. The Hunter making its way into the room as every second passed...

Finally it broke half of the door down...it pulled the remainder of the door off, scattering splinters of wood everywhere. Then it started on the chairs...it took less than 10 seconds for it to make its way into the room...the chairs were wrecked and the creature was nearing its target.

Tobias looked up...his eyes completly blood shot.

Tobias: "You bastard...you want me...eh? Come...Come on...take me."

He gasped between words, blood trickled slowly out of his mouth but he did not care. The taste of the blood seemed to motivate him. He stood up slowly, matching the creature in height. Holding his head up high, he hurled the vase at it...it hit...smashing on impact, the vase pieces scattering everywhere, mixing with the wood splinters. The Hunter rubbed its masked head and cocked its head, grunting lowly it kicked Tobias in the stomach, he staggered backwards into the shutters.

Hunter: "Kilik, kilik Tobiás!!"

Tobias: "F*ck you..."

He smiled at the low life hunter as it grabbed him by the throat, lifting him into the air. Tobias was now officially pissed off with the world and gave his killer the finger as it raised its other metal clawed paw in the air. Tobias placed his feet on its chest and laughed.

Tobias: "Not going that easily...and if i am...not by you!"

He pushed back, forcing the creature to stagger backwards but also propelling him out of the window, crashing through the wooden shutters and falling a good floor to the ground, landing hard on his shoulder. His killer screeched loudly...pushing its chest out and throwing its head back. Tobias looked upwards, watching to see if it was coming. It wasn't...but he heard another screech in response...and that was alot closer. Injured and close to being naked as you can actually get...Tobias picked himself up and limped, slowly away into the darkness...trying to find another place to hide.

Whilst Tobias limped away the previous Hunter who had attacked him poked his head out of the window. It seemed to laugh as it leapt down...and trailed the same route as Tobias...

Blue runs to catch Dementa up, when she hears a groaning on her back. Slowing down, she looks behind her shoulder at Olm, and watches him wake up. "Uuughhh. . . Where. . . Where am I?" He says. "You're tied to my back, on the way back to my home, where it'll be safe. Make my life easier and hold on. . . We're nearly there." Orders Blue. As Olm somehow manges to hold onto Blue as best he can in his confused state, Blue speeds up her pace. . .
- DH

Dementa halted suddenly when the sound of the Hunters screeches reached her ears.
"What the frag was that?" Spider asked, poking his head up.
"I don't know..." Dementa replied, sniffing the air nerviously, "But I don't like the sound of it at all...lets get you back to Blue's place fast!"
"No arguements here!" Spider said as Dementa resumed pushing the cart, going at a faster pace then before...

(ooc: NEXT!)

Meanwhile, not so far behind, Blue and Olm also hear the screetching. "Jeeze! Did you hear that?!" Blue asks Olm. "What was that?" Olm replies. Blue is now scared. "I dunno, but it sounds f***ing scarey!! And I think I just crapped in my shorts! Lets get outta here!!!" And she begins to run as fast as her legs can carry her. . .
- DH

Alex too,had smelled hunters."Aw s***!I thought I would have fun"(But little did he know,they were better then the wipy ones back home)so he followed the scent.

Tobias was panting, his head was trickling beads of sweat and he was coughing up more and more blood with each 100 paces he took. Panting he turned, leaning up against the hut he hid in the shadow of...they were going to kill him, or at least chase him to death.

Growling the Hunter progressed through the darkness. The mental picture building up, until it came to familiar ground and the forever building mental depiction finally met the previous depiction...causing a mass to blend and giving the creature some sort of eye sight. Now all it needed to do was place Tobias in the equation and it could track him down easier than now. It screeched a signal to its hunting partner as it did. Who was currently residing on the other side of the village, but was closing in rapidly.

Tobias stood up, he turned his head in the direction the first sound came from...it sounded like nails being scratched on a black board. He had rested enough and now had to find help...he staggered out into the open...brushing past innocents as they bimbled along, trying to get back to their homes as the exitement with the Mayor ended. He knocked into a small child, who looked at him with big, round eyes. Tobias snorted...he was paler than ever and his eyes were now sunken. It would take a good week for him to heal efficiantly. He span around aimlessly falling over and landing on his back, the citizens around him mumbled and looked at him.

Citizen: "Give him some space...he looks hurt!!"

Civilians shouted. The innocents were crowding around him thick and fast. Tobias could no long run...his legs were weak and the pain was too much. Rolling onto his stomach he pulled himself through the dirt, panting...he could hardly stay awake...he was rapidly losing blood...internally.

The 2nd Hunter could smell Tobias now, and it leapt a good 12 feet into the air. Landing in the middle of the crowd. Its metallic and natural claws beared as it ripped around...spinning aimlessly and cutting anything. Blood spattered its featureless mask...unfortunatly not Tobias' . The 1st Hunter clambered on a small hut and barked. Short bursts of loud, un-describable noise escaped this beast. It scanned the area...smelling the blood...trying to decifer the codes of genes and co-habitational specie. Finally it came to Tobias...the real Tobias. It jumped down and darted through the crowds, knocking them over and tearing into their pathetic excuses for bodies. Its metal claws shot out, its arm swung forward, blood spattered the ground...the blood of the Mudokon child. An innocent scream erupted from its vocal co-ords as its chest got sliced open, displaying bone and soft, internal tissue. The attacker grunted...Tobias had tricked them...fooled THEM. The noise around them was too loud to detect any breathing. The creatures were rushing around too wildly for it too detect via smell, blood was sprayed everywhere...but not of their prey. In a short calling to its fellow Hunter they both leaped up to a small roof, crouching on the straw roofing, their paws grasping hold of the material they scanned the area once more. Before leaping away...

(OOC: By the by, where is Dementa, Spider and Blue?)

Finally Dementa reached the gate and banged frantically on it.
"Dementa what is it?" Amphora said as he opened the gate for her.
"Got one injured Drakkic needing sactuary and possiblely one doctor on the way along with Blue." Dementa said quickly as she pushed the cart in with Spider. " And what ever is doing the screeching of late I don't like the sound of.."
"I don't either...lets hope it doesn't come this way." Amphora said as he closed the gate behind her.
Why do I get the feeling what ever it is...will? Dementa thought as she hurried to one of the huts...

Blue manages to reach the gate soon after it shuts. "Aw, crap!" She bangs on it. "OI! LET ME IN!!! NOW!!!" Amphora quickley opens the gate and lets her in. Going inside, she shoves her father out of the way and shuts the gate quickley, before locking it tight. She lets Olm off her back, and then uses the webbing belts to further secure the gate, before leaning against it, eyes wide with fright, breathing heavily. . .
- DH

She suddenly hears bagging on the door countiued with "Lemme in!Lemme in!"When Blue opens the door,Alex is there,bleeding."Crap!"Blue says"What the Hell happened""I thought they were weak ones like at home but they kicked my butt!I only made it here"Alex says and goes unconsis.

Not long after, Dementa came running back out of one of the huts.
"Spider is secure." She said, panting slightly, "Blue I would suggest you find some weaponary, Olm you should go with her, I got a bad feeling about this."
Blue nodded and ran off.
"What's going on?" Amphora asked.
"I am not sure...some thing is in the village..." Dementa said sniffing the air again. "Well...from the sounds I think there are at least two of them...what ever they are. Best you help Blue prepare. I'll keep watch."
Before Amphora could say anything, Dementa ran up to and climbed up to the top of Blue's tree house. There she took off her gloves and tucked them into her belt.
Please let this feeling be wrong... Dementa thought as she scanned the area...

(Not to be nagging,but um...ALEX IS KNOKED OUT ON THE FRONT OF BLUE'S HOUSE!!!!!!!!!whew...)

One of the Hunters snarled behind its featureless mask. Its clean, white, perfect cover was stained with blood. It snarled, in a whimpering kind of way. The creature had put up quite a fight...but had been disposed of. Not exactly killed...just severly injured. Its partner put a paw on its shoulder, caringly. They were in the forest now...not deep in the forest, just on the out skirts of the village. Away from prying eyes and fighting attitudes.

Hunter #1: "Visl taki Golls kol..."

The 2nd Hunter rubbed its blood ridden mask and nodded. It was hard...but they seemed to love their job.

Hunter #2: "Jakil? Git molk Jakil?"

A sharp, weezing sound that could be mistaken for a laugh escaped them both. The 1st one held up its arm. Plated armour on its arm shifted and a small, sharp arrow type weapon appeared. Electricity darted around it and on top a red light blinked.

Hunter #1: "Tobiás...Jakil..."

They then disapeared into the night...as quickly as they appeared.

One of the Hunters snarled behind its featureless mask. Its clean, white, perfect cover was stained with blood. It snarled, in a whimpering kind of way. The creature had put up quite a fight...but had been disposed of. Not exactly killed...just severly injured. Its partner put a paw on its shoulder, caringly. They were in the forest now...not deep in the forest, just on the out skirts of the village. Away from prying eyes and fighting attitudes.

Hunter #1: "Visl taki Golls kol..."

The 2nd Hunter rubbed its blood ridden mask and nodded. It was hard...but they seemed to love their job.

Hunter #2: "Jakil? Git molk Jakil?"

A sharp, weezing sound that could be mistaken for a laugh escaped them both. The 1st one held up its arm. Plated armour on its arm shifted and a small, sharp arrow type weapon appeared. Electricity darted around it and on top a red light blinked.

Hunter #1: "Tobiás...Jakil..."

They then disapeared into the night...as quickly as they appeared.

(OOC: Mitsur, the gate to Camp Biros wouldn't be opend to anyone in this current situation, unless they were friends of Blue, her family, or the people staying inside Camp Biros. Alex doesn't fit that discription. Sorry for being mean, but I'll just ignore your post.)

Blue runs into her treehouse with Olm, and takes deep breaths. "Alright, Blue. . ." She says to herself. "Calm down now. . ." She breathes slowly, but deeply until she calms herself down. She quickley empties all of the stuff out of her magic pockets, and a huge pile of various stuff is left on the floor. She pokes and prods amoungst the pile of stuff until she finds a small, damaged, and rusty sword, which she hands to Olm. "Can you use this?" He nods. "I'm sorry, but thats all I have. You might be able to find my mothers old gladiator spear if you go and ask her. . ." Blue says. "Where might I find her?" Olm asks. "She's around somewhere. Most likely in Storage Shack One. Don't be alarmed by her appearance." "Okay." Olm leaves the treehouse. Blue quickley shuts the door behind him, and inspects her shorts. Realising to her relife(SP) that she didn't soil herself after all, she then takes her staff with the dimond-edged blade on the end of it off the top of the pile of stuff. Quickley, she goes outside and joins Dementa up ontop of the treehouse.

Meanwhile, in Amphora's and Withinhoe's shack, Amphora takes out his very large double handed Claymore off his wall, and goes outside.

While all this is going on, Orion and Withinhoe are inside Storage Shack One, looking over Spider and Svag, making sure that they are okay.
- DH

(Okay.Your people will find Alex barley alive and that is when we all meet okay?)

(OOC: Blue: "I wouldn't try asking Darky for help, Mitsur. He values your character less then he values Countrycide Properties. And they're his arch enemy." *gets handed a note* "Oop, I've also been told to stop being so rude and to carry on with the RPG. Bye now.")

(You are basicly gonna let Alex die?)

(OOC: Your own Charrs don't die unless you want them to. :) This is what I like about the RPG.)
- DH

(OOC: Can we just get back on track!! My characters like practicly dieing!!)

Dementa scanned the area from her lofty perch at the top of the tree Blue's house was in (well as far up as her weight would allow). The screeching had stopped and she could have sworn she saw something dart into the forest from one side of the village.
I must be getting paranoid She thought, shaking her head. Then she caught movement out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head toward it and saw a figure coming toward the estate. She shifted herself so she could get a better look.
It was a mudokon, one that had the guard 'uniform' (for lack of a better word) and he looked like he was following a trail.
"Blue!" she said as she climbed down to her level. "One of the guards found our trail...and is heading our way!"

"Hey, I know. . ." Blue climbs down from the treehouse and talks to Amphora. "Dad?" "Yes?" "A mudokon gaurd followed us from Olms and is trying to track us down. If he knocks on the gate, try and bluff him off, okay?" Blue says. "I'll try." Says Amphora, and waits by the gate, Claymore in hand. "And don't kill him either!" Blue tells Amphoroa, and climbs back up to the treehouse. "Dementa, it might be a good idea if you hid inside the treehouse. . ." Blue says.
- DH