Guilds Role-Play

[ATTN: ALL]

[ATTN: Kaimele]
--Terrenia City, Crye Estate; Noon--

Lady Crye looks up as she sees Clementina and smiles, her hands coming up to take hold of Clementina's in an expression of exultation. She gasps from the pleasure of her appearance, her eyes lighting up as she kisses her hands, one at a time.

Lady Crye says, "Ah! Clementina, so happy to see you! Let me tell you, I have had so many guests notice your name on our entertainment list and they are just delighted."

With a big grin, she turns a little, beckoning to a man in a suit that walks up in response. She gives the man a few, short instructions on greeting the guests and apologizing for her, since she cannot greet them herself. After that, she keeps hold of one of Clementina's hands as she tugs her after her.

"Come, milady, you must meet my father." Lady Crye says with joy. "He's just so excited to meet you."

As she pulls her through the room, they are stopped twice, both of which are caused by the dancer in hopes to request a dance with her when she is free. After these brief interruptions are dealt with, they head towards the orchestra where a rather tall man in a suit is speaking with the director.

His dark blue suit has a lovely bow tie, fit and tailored to perfection for his larger-than-normal size. Rather, the man must be at least eight feet tall, with very long legs and big hands. His blonde hair and brown eyes seem to be the only average thing about him and his appearance makes him appear to be quite younger than one should as a father of someone Lady Crye's age range.

"Daddy!" Lady Crye calls out, raising her free arm and waving it into the air, "Guess who I brought!"

The man was waving his arms about in a director's pattern just before he turned from hearing his daughter's voice. His eyes move from that of Lady Crye to Clementina and he smiles pleasantly. He shakes the director's hand with a few quick words as they come closer, stepping down from the stage soon after to meet them.

"Father, please meet Lady Clementina. Clementina, this is Lord Crye." Lady Crye says politely, her inward gloating emanating off of her like a thick cloud. "I told you I could get her here, didn't I?"

Lord Crye chuckles, "That you did, daughter, that you did. Hello, milady, it is a pleasure to meet you."

After he speaks with his big, deep voice, he bows down to kiss her hand in a gentlemanly greeting before standing straight once more and accentuating is rather ridiculous height as he monsters over them. As he was bowed, however, a smaller detail will become more visible--a small tattoo on the right side of his right eye, dark blue musical notes that are touching to make a circle pattern.

"I dare say we will win the party of the year with your performance." Lord Crye says.



[ATTN: Seere]
--UMS Border Territory, Southern Council State; Noon--

"Yeeeaaahh!" Rat cheers, jumping in the air with one arm raised above his head. He beckons for Seere to follow and then leads him towards some nearby stables, where most of the horses actually belong to the Walsh Guild, since it is nearby. Grabbing one of the few horses that does not have a Guild Symbol painted upon it, he saddles it up and gets ready to go.

When all of this is finished, he places his little bag that he always has on the horse and then sits down upon the creature's back. He looks longingly at the Guild horses, but does not take one--he knows better than to steal one of those. Not only did Guilds track them easily if they were stolen, but they were better breeds and war trained, which made them all the more easy to track, since they still stood out if the symbol was washed off. A thief Rat may be, but he's a smart thief that doesn't like to get caught.

"Okay, let's get it on." Rat says with cheer, pushing his yearning away. "I'm ready for some action."



[ATTN: Nadia]
--S'venton; Nothern UMS, Targon State; Noon-–

Xaroff's eyes light up, he signals to Nadia. As she gets closer, he whispers to her. Attica sticks her head in, trying desperately to hear what is said. However, she's too short and must rely on jumping up and down. Sache silently chuckles at the sight and does not intrude on the conversation.

"No one new is in town but us." Xaroff says, "If we're all in the shelter together....I can try to read people."

Try being the key word. When so many people are in close proximity, it gets harder to concentrate and is harder on Xaroff, emotionally and physically. Now, if people are spread out enough, it won't be a problem, but he has no way of knowing how crowded it will be when everyone takes shelter from the storm.

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[ATTN: Xiax, Slymeria, Nymeria]
--Infinity Edge Training field; Perta City, Ventya State - UMS Territory; Noon--

Ilyana takes her leave of the training grounds after a few assuring words to the Guild guests, giving a thumbs up to Gren and Kennot before entering the Guild Hall once more. A few of the Infinity Edge members come out to train with each other, their magic abilities becoming revealed as they start to fight.

Kennot slowly walks up to Xiax and Nymeria with an awkward gaze, a silent pity sent in Sylmeria's direction for having to do nothing but run for some time. He hated running, himself...though that was probably because he was out of shape. He opens his mouth to say something to the two as Gren comes near, but stops suddenly as he turns towards a couple of the training guild members and calls out to them from the distraction.

It would seem that water magic user has completely soaked his opponent...accidentally. Kennot points to him with a scrunched, disappointed expression. "You're not concentrating! You focus on what you do just as much as you focus on what is coming at you!"

Then, he turns back to the two guests once more and smiles a little. "Okay, Gren, who's the first victim?"

Gren points his finger at Nymeria to gain her attention and then beckons for her to approach him. Kennot watches as she approaches, curious. Since the two are both from Blazing Swords, he is probably already familiar with what she can do. He's never seen this girl fight, so he has no idea.

Gren says, "Rook informed me--blood magic, right?"

He holds out his hands, palms faced down with fingers stretched. Looking down at the gauntlets, he speaks one word: "Mimic."

After Nymeria's confirmation of her abilities, he continues. "Cover your arms and legs. We can spar with that."

Kennot looks on interestingly, standing next to Xiax with no words. His eyes look on with intensity and he wonders if this woman can really create...blood gauntlets. That sounds really weird to think about. His eyes dart over to Xiax to see what he thinks, but the man mostly just looks disturbed, possibly even sickened at the idea.

"Welp, this'll be coo'." Kennot says with excitement.



[ATTN: Seere]
--UMS Border Territory, Southern Council State; Noon--

As Seere mounted his Guild horse, Rat looked on with envy. It is at moments like these when the boy did find himself wishing to have magic as quite a few of his friends have turned out to have. They ride on, moving towards the White Cross guild hall, unknowing of what awaits them. As the skies grow darker and the rain threatens to find its way to them, they ride as quickly as they can without tiring the horses.

After about an hour or so, Rat groans from the pain caused from all of the horse riding. He hasn't been on a horse for this long in a while. He stops in a small town to get some water for the horses, allowing them to drink freely from small water troughs as he looks about. The place is abandoned. No doubt to avoid the nearby storm. Still, even knowing why everyone is gone, this does not reduce the level of creepiness that remains in a town when it is so empty and silent.

"Geez, talk about quiet." Rat says, breaching the uncomfortable silence. "After a couple drinks, we can continue. These horses are such good sports."



[ATTN: Kaimele]
--Terrenia City, Crye Estate; Noon--

Lord Crye laughs jovially with his big voice at Clementina's comment, and Lady Crye giggles a little, as well. She moves in and gives the dancer a quick hug of excitement, clearly pleased at the dancer's confidence. Her father bows once more, this time to his daughter, before offering the crook of his elbow for the dancer to take.

Lord Crye says, "I like you. I shall introduce you to the director--he is a good friend and a very skilled musician."

"Come see me if you need anything," Lady Crye says happily, "I shall return to greeting the guests."

She curtsies and makes her way back to the entrance as the very large man escorts the small lady to the stage where the orchestra awaits. Due to his height, Clementina has to raise her hands up a little more than what would be expected, but he is sure to move a little more slowly with his long legs so as not to tug on her or make her uncomfortable--clearly a task at which he is will practiced.

As the director turns to them, he smiles, bowing to Clementina with a gleam in his eyes. "Director Sanoji, this is Clementina, the fabulous dancer--though, I am sure you already knew that. And Clementina, please meet Director Sanoji, the composer of The Lily's Dance and director extraordinaire."

The director kisses Clementina's hand with a quick movement before standing straight once more and then pulling out a bunch of different music sheets almost nervously. "I-I don't suppose you'd sign some of my music?"

Lord Crye laughs once more, clearly amused at the man's sudden nervous speech and behavior. He winks at Clementina before excusing himself politely. "Feel free to work on your entertainment pieces. I shall be nearby, if you need anything, my friends."



[ATTN: Ryla, Sheridan, Jacobi, Lark]
--UMS Border Territory, Ventya State; Train ; 2PM--

Diggle looks confused as the train stops completely. With eyebrows raised, he looks over to Ryla to say something, only to realize that the girl still sleeps through it all, drooling upon his clothing with an almost unconscious eagerness. With a sigh, he shakes the girl to wake her as he speaks to Sheridan and asks him to stay put, in case anything should happen back here. Then, while helping Ryla stand, he speaks somewhat uncertainly.

Diggle says, "I suppose we should investigate. Ryla and Lark, if you would come with me, we can see why we've stopped and--"

Suddenly, the ground shakes and a large explosion can be heard from nearby. Suddenly, passengers begin to freak out, standing and ready to move out and about with fear in their eyes.

Now, he is very worried. "Sheridan, calm the passengers and work with them! Ryla, Lark, let's go!"

With that, he steps up forward into the cars, using as quick a pace as he can as he struggles to get through the panicking civilians. After a bit, they make very little progress, so he steps off the train entirely and moves outside to find the commotion: Two magic users in a battle.

The man closest to the train is wearing the conductor's uniform--that is rare to have...perhaps they requested a magic user with this skill due to the risk of the other train? Jacobi is also stepping outside of the train ahead of him, closer to the two--he probably had difficulty getting through the civilians, as well. Either way, they needed to make sure the passengers moved towards the back of the train and then stayed in it. They didn't need to be near this.

The conductor is standing in a crater in the earth--all of the grass and land clearly damaged from whatever the explosion was. The edge of the crater is just a few inches from the track...that was way to close for comfort. Although he stands in the crater, he looks quite unharmed, electric bolts dancing off of his arms, chest, and legs with a crackling threat. Diggle begins to jog and then moves into a run so as to approach the situation.

The other man, staring on with a blank expression, seems somewhat...disappointed, perhaps? His expression is hard to read. His eyes, which are open, are paled over with white--is he blind? He stands in a position that demonstrates his readiness for battle, but there is no obvious sign of what he can do, nor of what just happened, exactly, to cause the explosion or the crater. The conductor's magic is quite loud and distracting, the lighting moving about with a bright haze.

After a moment, the blind man brings his hands before his chest, forming a triangle with his fingers and thumbs as his mouth opens and he speaks his spell. Diggle realizes instantly that the train could be easily damaged--they are too close. Within that moment, he raises his barrier, wrapping it about the front end of the train as the blast of black energy shoots from the man's magic circle that had appeared before him.

Black energy? What magic is that? And can an electric user defend themselves against whatever it can do? These questions rushed into his mind as he instantly regrets not having placed the barrier over the conductor, instead. As the black energy rushes into him, the man swirls his arms before his body in semi-circles, the electric shield appearing just in time--but the impact causes yet another explosion and the crater is further damaged and deepened from the massive power.

"You won't take this train." The Conductor says, opening up his shirt to reveal his Guild Symbol--the symbol of Rhodes. The move seems to be a threat of its own kind. "I am well trained by Rhodes."

The blind man, who does not see the symbol, snaps his fingers and two people come out from behind some layer of...invisibility. Getting off of their horses, they step forward next to their blind companion and raised their sleeves, revealing the guild tattoos of their own. The mark of Dark Ascension.

The blind man speaks with boredom, "We have those, too."

Diggle's stomach fills with dread.



[ATTN: Nadia]
--S'venton; Nothern UMS, Targon State; Noon-–

After an hour of working for the building reinforcements, Xaroff and Sache go to find Nadia and Attica, to inform them and the Mayor that the preparations are complete and that the building is ready to be filled. As the building has very few rooms and is heavily fortified against the weather, there is no doubt that everyone will be kept safe.

Xaroff ponders more to himself, wondering where the kidnapped woman could be hidden, as well as be kept from the storm...then again, that is only an issue if they are kept alive. If they are murdered, their bodies will be no concern to keep safe, now will they? He feels sad. The building begins to be filled by many of the citizens of the town and he makes his way to the entrance to greet each person as they enter and to ensure them that they are well protected.



[ATTN: Chiron, Ryushi]
--Southern Targon State; Trainwreck, Late Morning--

Nadleeh is speechless about this entire situation. Nervously, she helps all of the passengers, first with unloading, and then confused as they begin to go back into the train. Just what is going on? Is she supposed to help them board again? She is uncertain, so she turns to Ryushi for guidance, only to see him a ways away looking pretty pissed. Paling, she chooses not to approach him.

After all of the yelling and arguing, Nadleeh has no idea what is going on and is frightened to see that the metal eater has turned his attention to the engine, which is looking intent to begin to devour. Ryushi asks for them to follow, and so she does as she is told, but her mind races in fear. What if they have to fight this man? What can they do?

Personally, there isn't a think that she can do. Nadleeha's abilities only work for the undead, demons, and ghosts or spirits. Actual physical fights are okay, due to her defense and gauntlet training, but this man looks much stronger and she doesn't really have much confidence in her skills when it comes to that sort of fight...

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[ATTN: Xiax, Slymeria, Nymeria]
--Infinity Edge Training field; Perta City, Ventya State - UMS Territory; Noon--

Kennot looks over at Xiax and he can tell that the man looks uneasy--which is something that he can understand, of course. What little he has seen of his ability has been somewhat overwhelming for him, so it must be far more overwhelming for Xiax. He looks over at the battle about to begin and then back at Xiax.

Kennot replies, "Sure ya don't wanna see the fight? If not, go ahead, but be sure to come back here when you're done, alright? I wanted to discuss training options with ya."

Gren holds out his hand expectantly and Kennot hands him a knife, his attention now pulled away from Xiax. Gren takes off the cloak and gives it to Kennot, which also does not surprise him. Although he has barely seen Gren fight, he has seen enough to know of the man's skills--both magical and non-magical. Kennot cannot help but highly respect the warrior.

Gren takes his familiar fight pose, "Now, we spar, girl."

Nymeria's face hardened as she watched Gren receiving a knife from Kennot. It was then she knew they were going to spar in armed combat; that explained the armor Nymeria made for herself. Once Gren announced the beginning of their training, Nymeria held up her weapon with the blade pointed upward-her way of keeping her distance.

Nymeria didn't make a move for a solid 30 seconds, using the free time to look for any discerning clues about Gren's style of combat. When Nymeria moved, she stepped forward for a cautious jab, aiming for her spar mate's upper body.

Gren tilted his body back to avoid the blow, then attempted to attack her now exposed arm with his own blade while trying to bring his other hand up to grab her wrist.

Seeing that Gren had dodged her jab rather than parry it, Nymeria instinctively brought her hand back to her body. As her arm recoiled into a defensive position, Gren moved for counterattack. Her arm narrowly avoided the blade, but it drew her attention away from his grasping reach for her free hand.

Gren had successfully grabbed Nymeria's wrist, but she pulled her apprehended wrist back, testing the man's strength. She didn't expect Gren to be a weakling, but she hoped to waste enough time to come up with a plan.

Gren "allows" himself to be pulled, or more accurately, assists the effort to bring himself closer and bring his knife towards her stomach. As he closes, he also attempts to hook her leg and take them both to the ground.



[ATTN: Seere]
--UMS Border Territory, Southern Council State; Early Afternoon--

The clouds have thickened above them, the dark grey threatening to wipe out all light of the sun. The day has become dim and the night appears to fall upon the world far too soon. The storm is coming. Thunder cackles in the sky and Rat jumps from his bones from the horse's saddle. He's tired and needs a break, but they need to make it to the Guild before the storm hits hard...

Rat looks uneasy. "We got one more hour, dude. So let's run a while, okay? See if we can't shorten that time. Sound good?"



[ATTN: Kaimele]
--Terrenia City, Crye Estate; Early Afternoon--

Not one, but two hours pass as more guests come and go to meet the dancer, the director, and a few other entertainers for the evening planning. The party has somewhat begun, but the real entertainment will begin in the late afternoon after most of the guests have already settled in and gotten comfortable.

A few of the servants also offer the Clementina some beverages as she works with the director, as well as offer to escort her up to her room so that she may easily find it later when it is needed. After a few minutes of working on music, the director rests his planning with Clementina to start the orchestra's play, though he needn't direct them, himself, since he has an assistant. He is quick to part from the orchestra in order to continue discussion with the dancer, enthralled by her musical tastes.

It is after the two hours pass that the storm can be heard from outside. Violent thunder rolls, lighting flashes through all of the decorative windows, and rain begins to pour down hard upon the rooftop. The sounds are somewhat drowned out by the orchestra, but this is hardly comforting when the wind can be heard whistling hard against the mansion walls. In the distance, a tree can be heard falling to the ground, if one isn't too close to the orchestra at this time.



[ATTN: Ryla, Sheridan, Jacobi, Lark]
--UMS Border Territory, Ventya State; Train ; 2PM--

Diggle becomes slightly relieved at Jacobi's spoken threat, comforted by the fact that an S Rank will be on their side. He isn't sure whether or not the blind man cares, however, and two more cloaked figures come out of the invisibility field. The one that was causing the field comes out as the field disperses--he can tell the man was the cause of the field, due to the glowing eyes and the spell dispersal. Ryla asks for his defense and he nods his head as Lark begins to play a tune.

He looks on, stressed from keeping the barrier around the train's front end. "Listen, I need you guys to get these people away from the train. They're too close and will cause damage to it at this location. Okay?"

If he can get the threat away from the train, he won't have to concentrate on keeping the barrier up over it to protect it and he's not that great at multi-tasking, so helping Ryla at the same time will be a challenge. He'll give it a shot, though. He must. The conductor speaks calmly, as if reading Diggle's mind.

"I have plenty of Guild members aboard, and so we will fight if we have to. However, I'd rather keep this farther from this train...why don't you fools back off a bit?"

The Blind man smiles, his arms out stretched as he forms a circle with their movement. He whispers words to himself and then says, "No."

Black fog rolls from his body, forming first at his feet and then rising. The black smoke-fog is thick and Diggle instantly realizes that they probably won't be able to see...this is going to be a problem. He pulls up another barrier around Ryla, his hand outstretched in her direction. He won't be able to protect her easily if he can't see her. Dread falls deeper into him, if it's possible.



[ATTN: Nadia]
--S'venton; Nothern UMS, Targon State; Late Afternoon-–

The shelter is now being packed, people rushing in from the rain, thunder, and wind. If you are a child, you cannot walk alone, but must have someone to hold you to prevent the wind from pulling you away from the town. It's terrifying as trees bow down low and threaten to be pulled from their roots that connect them to the earth. Xaroff is honestly scared.

Attica and Sache are a ways behind him, handing out blankets with the Mayor and his wife. They are making sure to write down names of all who enter, as well, so as to make sure that no one is forgotten out in the storm. There will come a time when the storm will be so severe that they will be unable to open the door for anyone...and Xaroff can only hope no one else is out there when the time comes.

All seems normal, albeit scary and hectic, until suddenly people call out in surprise as a line of women and girls all enter the room at the last of the line, looking confused and wondering what day and time it is. The mayor confirms that these are the ladies that have been missing for so long--and yet, here they are, as if nothing had happened. Though all of this chaos, Xaroff wishes to concentrate on what is happening, to look for answers, but his attention is pulled away at someone nearby--someone, although he does not yet know who, is angry. Lust, need, fury all rises up towards each of these women, as well as the feeling of dissatisfaction, frustration, and entitlement.

All of these emotions rush into him full on, enough to make Xaroff angry, enough to make Xaroff upset that these women, these ladies that should have been his were taken from him. These stupid, damn women were supposed to belong to him and yet now they are here again and he has nothing that he deserves.

Xaroff shakes violently, his legs almost giving out from under him as he fights the urge to do things to the girls, images flashing in his mind, desires for dark things to come...the lust and desire comes pulsing into his body, spreading from the prior victims who are now claiming that no harm has been done to them and that they remember nothing and moving onto Attica and Nadia. The black images of horrible acts then flash into his mind, happening to his best friends and guild mates and Xaroff, the big man, begins to shed tears.

Squeezing tight onto Nadia's hand as she is almost pulled away from him, whispers frantically into her hear. "We have a problem."



[ATTN: Chiron, Ryushi]
--Southern Targon State; Trainwreck, Late Morning--

The metal eater looks at Ryushi with disdain before shrugging and moving to the engine and beginning to devour it. Nadleeh looks nervously at her Guild Mater, uncertainty crawling up her spine. If this is permanently damaged, how will they get out of the storm, now? By no means is there any chance that they will be able to stop this guy.

Valentino returns to inform them that there is a magic user near the back of the crowded passengers, but that he refuses to help. Nadleeh sighs, moving away and leaving the small group of people alone with the metal eater.

She says, "I will convince him."

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[ATTN: Kaimele]
--Terrenia City, Crye Estate; Early Afternoon--

As she is just finishing a dance, a polite young servant comes up with a polite bow to inform her that she is soon to be introduced to the stage by the Lady Crye. He kindly escorts her towards the stage and allows her ample time to prepare herself before the Lady is given the clear to do so. It is then that the stage lighting is shifted, with various light hues balanced upon the stage as the orchestra's lighting is dimmed.

Lady Crye steps upon the stage as the party members suddenly become hushed. With a smile, the lady curtsies and speaks with an elevated voice and with a sound of eagerness and excitement. She looks to the side at the dancer, a grin on her face and a look of high expectations.

"I would love to introduce to you Lady Clementine--our main event prepared for you this evening. Please, prepare yourselves for the ultimate entertainment." Lady Crye says. The audience applauds as she steps down from the stage.



[ATTN: Ryla, Jacobi, Lark]
--UMS Border Territory, Ventya State; Train ; 2PM--

Diggle is still trying to decide how to react when Jacobi utters his threats loudly for all to hear. The man is going to get someone killed...he doesn't have much to ponder a proper action, however, when one of the dark figures leap out of the fog as it spreads out. As the fog has not reached Ryla yet, he can see what is going on and his eyes widen as the figure's arms suddenly outstretch below him while he is in the air.

He utters his incantation and from his palms, needles rain down over her head. With a slash through the air with his hand, Diggle mutters his own spell as a small barrier appears above her head just in time. The needles clatter against its surface with plips and plinks as the man moves to land down on top of her. Landing on the barrier with his leg, he uses it as leverage to push himself back into the air before doing a back flip on to the ground and landing between Ryla and Lark.

Diggle is about to say something when thunder erupts from the fog cloud, lighting striking heavily as the fog cloud begins to disperse from a burst of wind. The fog clears just a little as the electric train conductor from Rhodes pushes the darkness user back from the train, placing distance between them and the source of the fog, itself.

One of the dark figures has bent over, his mouth opening up as fire spurts out, rushing with a deep heat towards Jacobi's flesh. The man still has distance between him and Jacobi--so he mustn't be entirely stupid, anyone could suppose. Still, another dark figure lifted up a piece of the ground and has thrown it at the conductor in defense of his leader.



[ATTN: Chiron, Ryushi]
--Southern Targon State; Trainwreck, Late Morning--

With Ryushi's approach, the metal man continues to munch down on the train's engine as he speaks. Then, he laughs in response to Ryushi's words. His head is thrown back with obvious amusement as his shoulders shake from his personal enjoyment. Nadleeh is happy to be further away from the creepy man than the others are, at this point. Hearing his laughter in the distance is somewhat disturbing.

He says, "Welp, I've got to get going. No way my delicate stomach could handle that entire train. I'll just take this for the road, thanks."

Hopping down from the train's engine, the man shrugs his shoulders nonchalantly as he rips off one more metallic piece and lugs it over his shoulder. With that, the man begins to walk off with his small prize, looking satisfied and pleased with himself. After a small distance, he even begins to hum a cheerful tune to himself.



[ATTN: Xiax]
Infinity Edge Guild hall; Perta City, Ventya State - UMS Territory; Late Morning

Ilyana looks up as Xiax walks in, her vibrant eyes surprised for just a few moments before looking back down at the paperwork on her desk once more and folding it up promptly back into a folder and placing it in a desk drawer and closing it. Then, she smiles back up at him and gestures towards one of the chairs before her desk.

"Xiax...what can I do for you?" Ilyana asks politely. She seems curious.



[ATTN: Seere]
--UMS Border Territory, Southern Council State; Mid Afternoon--

They are almost to the Guild Hall when they are brought to a halt by a woman in the road, unconscious and tied up. Looking around, Rat cannot see anything in the trees or bushes nearby--she seemed to be stranded in the middle of nowhere. Did she fall from a cart or horse and in pass out in exhaustion? Rat is uncertain.

However, Rat is no hero. He's a survivalist and helping people is not on his list of priorities. Of course...if the woman paid for his assistance, that would be one thing, but there is no guarantee that the woman will, in fact, pay. Not to mention, they have a destination to get to. With all of this in mind, they can't just run over her, either, and the small ditches on either side would damage the horses if they stepped in the wrong spot...he'll just have to get down and move the woman to the side of the road and then get back to traveling.

However great this kindness is considered to Rat, however, he is uncertain as to what his companion will think of his actions--he's a guildy now, and he can't forget that. A lot of Guildies, though not all, decide that their hearts are made of gold all of a sudden and have to help the helpless and all of that blah and he hasn't seen Seere in so long, so what if he's changed? Due to this thought process, Rat decides on inaction and waits to see what the Guildy does.



[ATTN: Nadia]
--S'venton; Nothern UMS, Targon State; Late Afternoon-–

With a grasp of desperation, he pulls Nadia into him, tugging down on her arm until she is down on her knees, just like he is. Attica, looking concerned in the distance, begins to push through the people with alarm. Sache has yet to notice her straying, nor has he yet seen Xaroff's distress. He is looking about the room silently with a watchful eye, waiting for anything suspicious.

With more tears streaking down his face, he whispers to Nadia, "It's not the person that is taking them that wants to hurt them. The person taking them is saving them...saving them from someone else that wants to hurt them. I--I can't hurt them here, but I really want to and the desire is so strong. I can't believe he would take them from me! I earned them! I worked for that, they want to be owned--"

His voice shifts from a whisper to a normal voice and he begins to shout. Xaroff struggles to turn his ability off, but now he can't. He's gotten too far into the man's emotions and it is all just leaking into him. With a swift movement that is out of his control, Xaroff watches himself push Nadia into the ground, choking her with one hand and preparing to rip her clothes off with the other.

Attica screams as everyone in the shelter begins to panic and Sache comes running to help, but sees someone else, a man, attacking Attica. He looks from Attica to Nadia, confused, his eyes darting from one to the other as a few seconds pass and he is scared. Finally, twisted with panic, he turns to Attica to save her, but is halted as another man appears before the two and punches the man behind her that is holding on to her throat.

The people in the room back away, giving space to the struggles that are now upon the floor as the man that punched the other grabs Attica, disappears, and then reappears in front of Sache and pushes the girl into his arms. He hasn't even had a chance to react yet and the teleporter is already moving back to the attacker with a fierce brawl. Sache is so intently watching what is happening with shock that he has done nothing and he has no idea what is happening with Nadia. Attica is crying.



[ATTN: Nymeria, Sylmeria]
--Infinity Edge Training field; Perta City, Ventya State - UMS Territory; Noon--

To be posted in a collaborative post with @Venom and @Vye-Avis

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