10-10-2015, 09:30 PM
"Hey are you deaf?!” shouted one of two Nippur city guards, as they stared down at the emotionless and blank expression worn by that of Demetri Malius. It was a ruse, an ambush, veiled away by sleight of hand; the traits of an exceptional thief.
Irritated, one of the guards stepped forward and spoke, “We said to get the hell out of-“ but never finished; Demtri had already sprang forth from the shadows.
Subdued, the lifeless form of not one, but two city guards hit the ground with a thud, and while Demetri Malius had become less transparent the moment his chains coiled around their prey, his presence went unnoticed to the bustling marketplace; his handiwork however, did not. The moment their bodies hit the sands, a woman of the marketplace screamed with an extended arm and forefinger; roaring and rolling, alarm sirens bellowed shortly after.
The intruders, Daxter and Demetri, then shared in a brief exchange of cautious warnings before they began their advancement on the city. In no time at all they had surprising made their way through the city and arrived just outside the throne room and into the courtyard with little to no confrontation. The odds of this were one in a million, but lady luck seemed to be tagging along for this invasion. It meant nothing though, the sun shines on even a dog’s ass, every once in a while.
"I'll move on your attack,” it was Demtri who spoke, and while he clearly was leading this assault, he had made much more effort to conceal his presence than Daxter, who was just running rampant throughout the city in broad day light without cover of stealth, “go ahead, and be careful, if Victor is in there, he is accompanied by two other primes. In and out, quick as can be."
Erik Vrell excited the throne room with his mind racing at a million miles a minute. Over the course of an hour he had heard one of the most heinous acts of criminal behavior ever to be plaguing the faction he wished to join. This… Baron Deathchew, it seemed, was quite a nasty foe and like anyone else wishing to represent New Babylon, he had been commissioned to end Deathchew’s reign of terror…. But how? He had no idea where to start; it frustrated him.
Seeking refuge in the courtyard, he allowed the tranquility of its beauty to wash over him as he sat amongst the foliage upon a bench. With his eyes closed and a gentle mist gracing his face from the nearby fountains, he hoped an ally would appear or a genius idea would pop into his head. Instead, intruders descended upon him.
Chaos in the form of a tiny rodent charged into the courtyard, stirring up commotion as he hooted and hollered about revenge of some fashion. Erik arched an eyebrow as the intruder came near, reached him and passed him to the throne room. Vrell, alert, jumped to his feet… only to be knocked back down to the bench. Vrell accessed his surroundings, but found nothing. Whatever force had knocked him back to the bench was either gone, or hidden to the naked eye. Vrell didn’t know what was going on, but he knew that if he wanted to join New Babylon, he would have to act, and thus, the psychic sprang to his feet once more and rushed into the throne room after the rodent.
After the assassin finished speaking, Anos leaned closer to the King’s hand in order to discuss something privately. When finished, Sasuke turned from Anos to face Victor again, “This sounds acceptable, you may do so. Oh, and Wolfe, thank you for you kind words.”
It was Eudocia, this time, who stole Sasuke’s ear for a brief moment before the King’s hand addressed Victor once more, “This, too, sounds acceptable. However, Victor, I feel that with your select…. Talents, I must stress this over all else: Ignore subterfuge. We will not give them a quick, unexpected death. They will know our wraith and they will fear its coming. We will descend upon them in the light of day, and they will know, they could do nothing to prevent their destruction. You are to send a message to all those of the nine verses, New Babylon and the people under its protection, are nothing to quarrel with.”
Avid admiration expressed itself upon the assassin’s face, however, before he could speak on it, or respond to the King’s hand, the sounds of the city’s alarms echoed into the throne room.
“We have an intruder?” questioned one of Gilgamesh’s most loyal servants, Anos, while expressing a puzzled look on his face, but, like previously, before anyone could respond, they were interrupted, this time by the doors to the throne room bursting open. Out of the chaos, the tiny wraith of the rodent intruder exploded into the chambers with Demetri Malius in tow and under stealth.
Blood stained Victor’s lower body as the assassin’s visage expressed bewilderment and the rodent began to cheer in glee, then made a mad dash for the exit with Demetri never breaking stealth and still on his heels. However, they only made it as far as the courtyard before Daxter slammed into a wall of purple energy. Daxter hit the ground with a thump and Demetri halted his progression, accessing the new threat: Erik Vrell.
The defensive purple energy dissipated, revealing a smirking expression plastered upon the psychic’s face, “You two sure picked the wrong tree to bark up. You do know they have the champion of Dante’s Abyss running things here, right? Oh and to the asshole who is hiding in the shadows, I know you are here and I don’t appreciate being knocked down.” He barked with anger present in his eyes.
Demetri bore into Vrell, attempting to glean any important information he could us. He had to act fast if the two of them were to get out of here alive. If he could just hatch a perfect strategy with the information he had; he could do this. This is what he did, he was a professional after all. He’d have them out of this jam in a jiffy… or so he thought.
All at once, every entrance to the courtyard became barricaded with the Nippur city guards, shoulder to shoulder and blocking passage.
“No one leaves this courtyard.” It was none other than the king’s hand himself, Sasuke Uchiha who entered the courtyard from the throne room; all of New Babylon’s present members following his lead, Victor Wolfe included. “Not without bloodshed!” Sasuke demanded.
Erik caught Sasuke’s eye and with a look of approval, pride swelled up within the psychic. He decided right then and there, this would be the day he proved himself a worthy asset to New Babylon, so, even if it killed him, he’d take these bastard intruders with him.
Irritated, one of the guards stepped forward and spoke, “We said to get the hell out of-“ but never finished; Demtri had already sprang forth from the shadows.
Subdued, the lifeless form of not one, but two city guards hit the ground with a thud, and while Demetri Malius had become less transparent the moment his chains coiled around their prey, his presence went unnoticed to the bustling marketplace; his handiwork however, did not. The moment their bodies hit the sands, a woman of the marketplace screamed with an extended arm and forefinger; roaring and rolling, alarm sirens bellowed shortly after.
The intruders, Daxter and Demetri, then shared in a brief exchange of cautious warnings before they began their advancement on the city. In no time at all they had surprising made their way through the city and arrived just outside the throne room and into the courtyard with little to no confrontation. The odds of this were one in a million, but lady luck seemed to be tagging along for this invasion. It meant nothing though, the sun shines on even a dog’s ass, every once in a while.
"I'll move on your attack,” it was Demtri who spoke, and while he clearly was leading this assault, he had made much more effort to conceal his presence than Daxter, who was just running rampant throughout the city in broad day light without cover of stealth, “go ahead, and be careful, if Victor is in there, he is accompanied by two other primes. In and out, quick as can be."
***
Erik Vrell excited the throne room with his mind racing at a million miles a minute. Over the course of an hour he had heard one of the most heinous acts of criminal behavior ever to be plaguing the faction he wished to join. This… Baron Deathchew, it seemed, was quite a nasty foe and like anyone else wishing to represent New Babylon, he had been commissioned to end Deathchew’s reign of terror…. But how? He had no idea where to start; it frustrated him.
Seeking refuge in the courtyard, he allowed the tranquility of its beauty to wash over him as he sat amongst the foliage upon a bench. With his eyes closed and a gentle mist gracing his face from the nearby fountains, he hoped an ally would appear or a genius idea would pop into his head. Instead, intruders descended upon him.
Chaos in the form of a tiny rodent charged into the courtyard, stirring up commotion as he hooted and hollered about revenge of some fashion. Erik arched an eyebrow as the intruder came near, reached him and passed him to the throne room. Vrell, alert, jumped to his feet… only to be knocked back down to the bench. Vrell accessed his surroundings, but found nothing. Whatever force had knocked him back to the bench was either gone, or hidden to the naked eye. Vrell didn’t know what was going on, but he knew that if he wanted to join New Babylon, he would have to act, and thus, the psychic sprang to his feet once more and rushed into the throne room after the rodent.
***
Quote:“Hello Sasuke Uchiha first i would like to congratulate you on your success in the Abyss, you did all of New Babylon proud, second of all I have some news that might serve as some consolation to the current situation, I have just returned from a very successful mission against the Empire, we have acquired an empire truck full of supplies weapons and who knows what else. The truck itself could be useful in later plans. The king did promise a reward so I would like to request that this belt i discovered in the back of the truck be my reward, I think it will be really beneficial to me." Victor pointed at the cloaking belt around his waist.
After the assassin finished speaking, Anos leaned closer to the King’s hand in order to discuss something privately. When finished, Sasuke turned from Anos to face Victor again, “This sounds acceptable, you may do so. Oh, and Wolfe, thank you for you kind words.”
Quote:" Now I would like to be involved in this hunt for Baron Deathclaw, his action sicken and anger me more than most things tend to do and I think the best way to release this anger would be to drag my blades through his entrails and put his head on a pike at our gate" Victor quickly regained his composure " Sorry, that was crude of me, I just get angry when people slaughter people that believe they are under our protection , anyway I do not think this is a job the rookies could handle alone without unacceptable losses thus I volunteer to lead the mission to destroy this barbarian" Victor looked at the young shinobi awaiting his response.
It was Eudocia, this time, who stole Sasuke’s ear for a brief moment before the King’s hand addressed Victor once more, “This, too, sounds acceptable. However, Victor, I feel that with your select…. Talents, I must stress this over all else: Ignore subterfuge. We will not give them a quick, unexpected death. They will know our wraith and they will fear its coming. We will descend upon them in the light of day, and they will know, they could do nothing to prevent their destruction. You are to send a message to all those of the nine verses, New Babylon and the people under its protection, are nothing to quarrel with.”
Avid admiration expressed itself upon the assassin’s face, however, before he could speak on it, or respond to the King’s hand, the sounds of the city’s alarms echoed into the throne room.
“We have an intruder?” questioned one of Gilgamesh’s most loyal servants, Anos, while expressing a puzzled look on his face, but, like previously, before anyone could respond, they were interrupted, this time by the doors to the throne room bursting open. Out of the chaos, the tiny wraith of the rodent intruder exploded into the chambers with Demetri Malius in tow and under stealth.
Blood stained Victor’s lower body as the assassin’s visage expressed bewilderment and the rodent began to cheer in glee, then made a mad dash for the exit with Demetri never breaking stealth and still on his heels. However, they only made it as far as the courtyard before Daxter slammed into a wall of purple energy. Daxter hit the ground with a thump and Demetri halted his progression, accessing the new threat: Erik Vrell.
The defensive purple energy dissipated, revealing a smirking expression plastered upon the psychic’s face, “You two sure picked the wrong tree to bark up. You do know they have the champion of Dante’s Abyss running things here, right? Oh and to the asshole who is hiding in the shadows, I know you are here and I don’t appreciate being knocked down.” He barked with anger present in his eyes.
Demetri bore into Vrell, attempting to glean any important information he could us. He had to act fast if the two of them were to get out of here alive. If he could just hatch a perfect strategy with the information he had; he could do this. This is what he did, he was a professional after all. He’d have them out of this jam in a jiffy… or so he thought.
All at once, every entrance to the courtyard became barricaded with the Nippur city guards, shoulder to shoulder and blocking passage.
“No one leaves this courtyard.” It was none other than the king’s hand himself, Sasuke Uchiha who entered the courtyard from the throne room; all of New Babylon’s present members following his lead, Victor Wolfe included. “Not without bloodshed!” Sasuke demanded.
Erik caught Sasuke’s eye and with a look of approval, pride swelled up within the psychic. He decided right then and there, this would be the day he proved himself a worthy asset to New Babylon, so, even if it killed him, he’d take these bastard intruders with him.
Quote:@Daxter&Demetri: You may stand and fight, or chose to flee. If you chose to flee, you will still have to fight in order to do so, as you two are surrounded.
@Victor&Erik: I don't really care who posts first, but a fight is beginning. As New Babylon members you are required to partake in this fight and choosing to avoid it will diminish your position as a member.
@Everyone: I will post in our discussion thread about the fight rules and about who we want to judge this. I am having a blast with this, lets all keep it up!
Dante's Abyss 2015
GRAND CHAMPION
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