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He closed his eyes, trying to think of a way out of this blocked-off hallway that didn’t involve firing hexes at anything before him. Instinctively, his mind, overactive already from the fighting, reached out in search of death. He felt it, distantly, along with the hazy nothingness that the vampires around him gave off. It made his headache infinitely worse, and he grimaced, wishing only for it to end.

What in the…?

His eyes snapped open and locked onto the blood-soaked… thing before him. What had that been? That… resonance? The aura emitting from the man was like nothing Vyrl had ever felt before in his life. He was not dead -- he couldn’t be. Was he alive?

Vyrl felt his mouth open slightly, and snapped it shut, eyes locked on the battle now, mind reeling with possibilities. Whatever this man was, he was no ordinary creature, and with his luck, Lia would be slaughtering him any moment now. Was there a way to stop this? To save him, return him to captivity? The thought bordered on treasonous, but Vyrl’s desire to understand his Ancient Foe momentarily outweighed his desire to avoid it.

Working on instinct alone, Vyrl attempted to cast out a shadow of influence towards the figure. He was not sure what he was trying to accomplish -- to take control of it? To communicate? To see if it would respond at all to the gaze of an accomplished necromancer, he supposed.

Can you hear me? he sent out, not having any idea what would become of the idea.

The undead bird of prey began trembling on his shoulder; it could feel the intensity of his gaze, and was understandably uncomfortable. He did not care. He needed to know what was happening before him.

If Lia killed him -- if any of them killed him -- he doubted he would let them live it down for the rest of eternity.

09-Oct-2019 03:17:33

Annie1227
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Annie was able to dodge the Vampire attack by moving to the right as fast as an elf. Then she attacked the vampire by using her magic and shooting arrows into the vampire's body to injury it. She looked over and saw Vyras come into the battle with his drawn dagger attacking the vampire. She felt happy and relief that Vyras joined the battle. That's when she put her bow away and drew her dagger and ran towards the vampire and swung her dagger as fast as an elf at it's legs so to make the vampire unstable and easer for them to kill this vampire at last. -Dances-

09-Oct-2019 04:07:14 - Last edited on 09-Oct-2019 04:27:33 by Annie1227

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A crowd was something Lia hadn’t even thought about, but it made enough sense given that she hadn’t made it out of the interior of the fortress. That wasn’t to say she liked it; any crowd making a spectacle out of her fight brought back memories of being human, back when she was still fighting in a ring for the amusement of others. Making a spectacle wasn’t what she wanted; combat was not for the amusement of those not involved.

She may have preferred Hakkon to Lexius, but that was like saying she preferred being burned to ashes instead of being crushed into paste. His actions may have been kind, at least to an extent, but she knew what he did, and knew what he and Lexius enjoyed, and that was enough to make her never trust the kindness displayed. It was an act, at least to some degree, and with him being a ranking vampire that meant duplicitousness abounded greatly wherever he went.

The other, she only knew by rumor and reputation, but it was enough to let her know that he was dangerous. He was a hulking brute compared to the majority of vampires, and he clearly did not like her either. Neither of those was of particular concern, but the fact that he had been assigned as a retainer, as well as the few things she had heard, made it clear that he wasn’t simply a common vampire.

The anger she was feeling, while heightened by the crowd, was actually dissipating a bit towards her opponent. He appeared legitimately bothered by what she had said, and that made her wonder a few things. What she saw in his features were the same things that had gone through her own head at varying points in her life and unlife. It was the look of someone who had realized they’d lost the important parts of their life while they could do nothing about it.
Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

09-Oct-2019 19:59:47

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That was the reason she made the decision to listen to, and speak with, her opponent. He seemed to know what vampires were, and since he referred to the royal family...well, she could only assume that his mind had been present during the time when she had still been human. Had she thought he was simply a human that had been held in some kind of stasis, she might have remained angry, but she knew by now that he wasn’t human. What he actually was, she wasn’t sure, but his reactions to what had happened were, in a few ways, symptomatic of necromantic creatures that she had fought. He was not one of those; they did not have the sentience that this one did, and neither did they possess whatever magic he seemed to.

Still, it added up, at least in the limited scope of what she knew. It would make sense if he had died and then returned, although why that was or how it was really possible were entirely unknown to her.

It was fortunate for her that this individual seemed to wish for her to answer questions, as the battlefield had grown even more disadvantageous for her. There was even less room to maneuver, and now no way to tactically retreat. She was now fairly sure that, should this turn into a real fight, she would not be the one to walk away. That didn’t mean she stopped acting as though it was, but now that she had no maneuvering space, all of her speed was put into lithe twists and maneuvers that allowed her to deflect the incoming strikes with as little effort as possible. It was good that the rapidity meant her opponent had to give up at least a bit of the power, as that made it a simpler process to keep the death-strikes at bay.

Five.
” was all she said, the word little more than a growl slipping past her lips. Her previous words had been said due to the lack of an audience, but now that there was one, especially with the retainers of her sire there, she didn’t want to say any more than was necessary. She assumed he would understand.
Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

09-Oct-2019 20:00:08

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The 'duel' continued amidst the hungry gaze of onlookers, each of Hadrian's strikes narrowly avoided or deflected by the vampire's deft actions. Steel sang with each clash, sparks flickering through the air as they were shaved from the edge of blades - to those not participating, it certainly appeared as a true fight to the death.

Yet the knight, even with his rapid strikes and impressive strength, knew that there was something more to this fight now. He couldn't place it, not exactly - yet now he had the creeping sensation that this duel had transitioned into a subtle dance of sorts. Still, the simple one-worded answer he received from his opponent left its mark on him - a grimace of restrained emotion. Vampires were deceitful creatures, full of tricks and lies - yet somehow he knew, in the depths of his core, that the girl was not lying to him.

Five . Not five years, as some might have hopefully wished. Five centuries . The great kingdom of Sudovia, his homeland - it had been sufering under this plague of monsters for half a millennium. All Hadrian knew - family, friends, those he had sworn to protect - they were all long dead.

Just... As he had been. Yet now, he was not.

Why?

That was when something unexpected happened, breaking the grieving knight from his sombre thoughts - by invading them.

' Can you hear me? '

It was not a loud voice. It was more akin to a whisper fading in and out of earshot, each word legible yet needing his mind to fill in the faded gaps. The reason Hadrian didn't dismiss it as a thought of his own was simple - it was saturated in a foreign sensation that made it stand out like a beacon next to the dark mess of his own thoughts. It was surprising enough that one of his swings was thrown off, sailing wider than any other he'd made during this close clash. It was a small opening, not necessarily noticeable to the crowd, but certainly one Lia could make use of. If she chose to.

For a moment
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09-Oct-2019 21:36:15

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the knight's eyes flickered away from her, the ominous blue skittering across the crowd as if in search - just for a moment - before they returned to the fight. Hadrian would sharply correct his sword strokes to make up for the slip.

" Then... I failed in my duty, as a knight of Sudovia... " Came his quiet, pain-filled words. It clearly hurt him to admit such a thing, memories of the vows he took flashing through his mind - the smiles of caring parents, the pride of serving his country, the solemn oath taken before the king - all of it felt quashed by a blood-stricken boot. The dance of the duel continued with his body almost acting automatically, fallen into the rhythm - even as he leaned in with his next blow to ask the vampire he was facing with a tone of bitter regret and sadness.

" What became of King Mathias? His queen? Their children...? " Came his questions. Hadrian knew they were fools questions asked quietly of a blood-sucking monster, and yet even if he knew what answers to expect the knight could not hold himself back - not when this one creature had answered him more honestly than he'd experienced from any of her ilk. He just... Needed to know. " Was mercy given to even Princess Lia? She was but a child... "
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09-Oct-2019 21:36:21

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The falter. The wild swing. Vyrl's mouth dropped in shock. The knight had heard him. He had sent out a necromatic projection -- perceptible only to the right and truly dead -- to a sentient, independently-acting creature, and it had responded. What did it mean? What was he? Who was he, and how was he alive and dead at the same time? Not in the same way that vampires lived on after "death," but... something else. But what?

And how was he to discover more? Surrounded by bloodthirsty imbeciles chanting for death, watching the thing face off against a true vampire, it seemed impossible that Vyrl could abscond with the thing, even if it would let him.

But what an opportunity!

He glanced around, and realized the bird was gone. It always had had a knack for detecting when he was thinking about doing something stupid. Fortunately, it was smart enough to not fly far away from him. There was nothing of use nearby. Nothing...

Before he could fully process the move, before thinking through what he was doing, Vyrl placed his hand against the cold stone of the corridor wall. Something about sharing surfaces with the dead had always made communicating with them easier. He noticed a tremble in his fingers as he moved them -- excitement or fear, he could not tell them apart anymore. It did not matter. For the moment, nothing else mattered.

It could not be too long. Could not be too complicated. Intruding in the knight's thoughts again could cost him the duel, and get him killed -- assuming Lia wasn't about to take serious advantage of his momentary weakness anyway. He closed his eyes, and attempted to project once more into the figure's spirit.

I do not wish to see you die. If you fall, I will take you from here.

Easy enough to claim he'd casted a hex and remind the onlookers that they should be defending the keep. Claiming a body was nothing new for Vyrl; they would accept it. They had to. He could not let this opportunity escape him. He needed to save it.

10-Oct-2019 03:00:15

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Perhaps she could have taken advantage of the opening, and perhaps she would have in most other situations. Even here she considered it, thought about trying to simply bring the fight to an end, but came to the conclusion that this wasn’t what she wanted. There was still something unanswered here, something that she wanted to know even if she didn’t know what it was or why she wanted to know it.

Yet she couldn’t simply let it go. It would have made no sense for her to pass up an opening that was clear for anyone that knew about the art of combat and was watching closely enough. She had to make a strike, even if it was not one made to end the duel. It was advantageous to her in that regard, as it was very doubtful anyone here knew that her opponent wasn’t human, and no real reason for any of them to think she thought otherwise.

Taking her right blade, she swiftly jabbed it at the open side of her opponent’s chest before moving back quickly. Against a normal human, this would almost certainly be enough to at least make them stagger, a hit of this kind causing pain and weakening them. Against this foe, she doubted it would do much of anything besides let him know that she had not gone for a fatal strike.

His questions were ones she knew she had already answered, and only one thing made her say anything significant in response to them. He had asked of her own fate, a fate that she had as much disgust for as she had for the vampires in general, and something made her unable to simply say nothing. She didn’t answer the rest, the last one taking all of her attention when she knew he already knew the answer to everything else. Her words punctuated the striking of blades, only a couple at a time as they came together.

Mercy? Of course not. They made certain she wasn’t fit to protect it.


The hatred and disgust was back in her voice as she spoke, and enough of it for him to likely insinuate that this was something personal to her.
Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

10-Oct-2019 21:48:16

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Vyras


The Breaker charged towards Annie with reckless abandon. Not paying attention to the harmless looking old man with a harmless-looking dagger. Until Vyras leaped into Annie’s direction, charged his hand with arcane flame, and pressed his flame engulfed hands into the vampire’s chest, seering through the skin of his armorless chest and leaving the stench of burnt flesh. Grimacing with pain and burning with rage, the breaker turned his attention to Vyras.


Raising its hammer and charging at Vyras now, Vyras raised his right arm and a jet-blue light emitted from and surrounded the old man’s body. When the vampire struck Vyras with his hammer, the hammer did no damage, and the vampire caught on fire The attacks kept coming though. For the vampire had the strength to swing blow after blow with quick succession, dislodging stone and sending a tempest of sparks flying through the air.


Vyras could not keep up his flame shield for long, but he used the sparks the vampire was creating with his hammer blows to create embers, which he threw at the vampire’s direction, singing clothes, burning exposed skin and filling the air with the acrid stench of singed skin, and leather. Then he saw Antonius’ lit torch. Antonius nodded at Vyras. The old man grinned “Fuckin fantastic, Antonius! “Senpai, whatever that is, has noticed you!”


Vyras raised his left hand as he backed up, and the flame levitated off the torch an into Vyras/ hands. Using his mana Vyras intenified it and hurled the fire as a steady stream of arcane fire, burning into armor, and burning the vampire’s body. Amazingly, after all of this the vampire, weakened from the inferno of flame being flung at him by a seemingly simple hunchbacked old man in black robes, was still alive. He was slowing down, and he was out of breath and it was swinging its hammer slower. Vyras, at this point was able to dodge each attack.
Just your friendly neighborhood gay boy! =)

13-Oct-2019 20:30:20 - Last edited on 14-Oct-2019 01:32:30 by Pink 4 Twink

Annie1227
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Annie was shocked to see the old man fight jump in her direction as The Breaker was about to attack her and attacked the vampire with fire into its chest. She yelled to him,”Nice timing.” Then she attacked the vampire by throwing flaming rocks at it to give cover for the others in their group so they can attack the vampire and get the other prisoners free. -Dances-

13-Oct-2019 23:28:48 - Last edited on 13-Oct-2019 23:29:45 by Annie1227

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