06-14-2017, 07:10 PM
Hendy's lips pulled back into a wry smile as the swordsman moved to block his path. Ah. Now here was a situation he was much more familiar with: being threatened. The swordsman, Takezo, that was his name; now he remembered - he was posed like he had all the time in the world, like he didn't really care which way this went.
Which suited the vampire just fine.
"Well now, hold your horses, friend. I'm a fan of games and amusements, but I would think your game is a might more serious than the types I'm used to. And in any case, we're already playin' a game!" He gestured around him at the entirety of the island. "One run by that fancy feller in the purple suit. But I tell ya what..."
The Kindred produced a deck of cards seemingly out of nowhere, and shuffled them in his hands. "Humor me first, and pick a card." He held them out fan style, the pupils of his eyes subtly turning a rich, dark purple.
Takezo smiled like a cat, and reached out with his right hand to pluck one out of the arrangement. "Very well. I will play your little diversion. Ah ha! The-"
Vic shushed him. "Now now, don't tell me! Ain't gonna work if you tell me!" He reshuffled the deck, and concentrated very hard while Takezo played with his card.
And just below the swordsman's ankles, the sand shifted, something silently stirring and stretching upwards through the silt.
"Now...I'm gonna need you to hold the card up, facing you, while I shut my eyes. Then I'll tell you what card it was, you ken?"
Takezo obeyed, if only for the mild amusement it provided him. He knew he had Hendy cornered. Soon, he would split the man in two, watch the jeweled rubies fall upon the beach in a pitter patter.
"Alright, my eyes are closed! Now..."
The vampire smiled.
"It's the Ace of Clubs."
Takezo furrowed his brow and looked at the card. "Ha! You are wrong, fool! It is the 4 of Hea-what?!"
There was a sound behind the demon swordsman's head, a soft -thwip- as if an arrow had been loosed right as him. The suddenness of it made him jerk his head backwards to see his hidden attacker, only gor him to be greeted by placid sky and burbling waves.
What this did not let him see was the three thick, salty ropes bursting from the sand and knotting themselves around both of his legs and his sword hand, fastening his wrist to the hilt he'd perched it upon so arrogantly.
Hendy turned on a dime and beat feet for the dune grass, laughing as he heard the demon's roar of anger and the crackling, scraping noise of his attempts at freedom.
He'd bought himself enough to reach the low dunes and bushes, the beginning of the scrublands leading towards the city on the horizon.
Takezo could only watch as Hendy rounded an especially thick boulder....and was gone from naked sight.
Which suited the vampire just fine.
"Well now, hold your horses, friend. I'm a fan of games and amusements, but I would think your game is a might more serious than the types I'm used to. And in any case, we're already playin' a game!" He gestured around him at the entirety of the island. "One run by that fancy feller in the purple suit. But I tell ya what..."
The Kindred produced a deck of cards seemingly out of nowhere, and shuffled them in his hands. "Humor me first, and pick a card." He held them out fan style, the pupils of his eyes subtly turning a rich, dark purple.
Takezo smiled like a cat, and reached out with his right hand to pluck one out of the arrangement. "Very well. I will play your little diversion. Ah ha! The-"
Vic shushed him. "Now now, don't tell me! Ain't gonna work if you tell me!" He reshuffled the deck, and concentrated very hard while Takezo played with his card.
And just below the swordsman's ankles, the sand shifted, something silently stirring and stretching upwards through the silt.
"Now...I'm gonna need you to hold the card up, facing you, while I shut my eyes. Then I'll tell you what card it was, you ken?"
Takezo obeyed, if only for the mild amusement it provided him. He knew he had Hendy cornered. Soon, he would split the man in two, watch the jeweled rubies fall upon the beach in a pitter patter.
"Alright, my eyes are closed! Now..."
The vampire smiled.
"It's the Ace of Clubs."
Takezo furrowed his brow and looked at the card. "Ha! You are wrong, fool! It is the 4 of Hea-what?!"
There was a sound behind the demon swordsman's head, a soft -thwip- as if an arrow had been loosed right as him. The suddenness of it made him jerk his head backwards to see his hidden attacker, only gor him to be greeted by placid sky and burbling waves.
What this did not let him see was the three thick, salty ropes bursting from the sand and knotting themselves around both of his legs and his sword hand, fastening his wrist to the hilt he'd perched it upon so arrogantly.
Hendy turned on a dime and beat feet for the dune grass, laughing as he heard the demon's roar of anger and the crackling, scraping noise of his attempts at freedom.
He'd bought himself enough to reach the low dunes and bushes, the beginning of the scrublands leading towards the city on the horizon.
Takezo could only watch as Hendy rounded an especially thick boulder....and was gone from naked sight.
Quote:Escape Attempted
Used
Chimerstry (arrow sound)
Chimerstry - Tendrils of Dream
Stealth
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