☆ A Tale of Heroes (M)[RP]

[AJ2000]

Galvez Prison
Underground Chambers
Lyssa Buran, Kenna Keyes, Cervantes Reigns, Aaron Sorèl, Henry Woodwick
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Lyssa coughed and covered her mouth and nose with her hand, trying to see through the smoke. "Here's, Reigns!" Suddenly, she heard Reigns give a lame battle shout, and could make out two figures having a little scuffle through the smoke. She looked for a bit, and waited for the smoke to clear up, noticing that the fire user was hit by Reigns' attack, which further angered him. Crap! We need to get out of here quick! She saw Aaron get pelted with a stream of water, and although it didn't seem too strong, he did get some knock back. Aaron retaliated with a few moves of his own, and managed to get into close combat range, exchanging blows. Now's my chance! Lyssa turned around and saw Kenna running towards Henry along with the mother and daughter, to see if they were okay. Suddenly, a ball of flame shot right past them, and exploded against the wall, letting out a wave of smoke and small debris. Lyssa started to cough, and shouted at the others.

"Kenna! Henry! Are you and the others okay?" She shouted, trying to speak over the sound of battle, while walking towards them. The smoke quickly started to clear up once again, and she saw Reigns, nearly half-knocked out, getting off of the wall. He slowly turned to the fire user, signalling another bout. "Wait, Reigns!" Lyssa warned. She realized that fighting was not their best option, but he seemed to think otherwise. She looked to the side, and could make out another group of people near them. Lyssa observed closely, and through the dim light, recognized a few of them from the earlier carriage ride.

"Take this!" The fire user focused on Reigns, and with concentration, gave a strong, forceful blow to his chest with his elbow. "If I die, I'm taking some of you down with me..." He muttered to himself, as he quickly followed up his assault on Reigns by running around him towards the Lyssa, Kenna, Henry and the other two.

"Get out of the way!" Lyssa shouted, as she jumped to the side, avoiding the ball of fire the man shot from out of his mouth, heading straight down the corridor.

Galvez Prison
Underground Chambers
Artus Callum, Halt Drakeson, Alina Nightshade, Remi Olivier, Naida Huang, Shanya Le'murm
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"Hey There!" Artus turned his head, and heard a voice, that he assumed was shouting towards them. Do they need help? Artus turned once more to Shanya and Naida, but was still unsure if they should continue to that passage right ahead.

"Please, just get rid of them...my bosses." The man looked up at Artus. "I'll help you get out, I swear. Just make them leave me alone..." Artus looked into the man's eyes. He wasn't sure if he was lying or not, but if the way he spoke made Artus feel sympathetic. Artus turned to the corridor, where he immediately saw a ball of fire rip right past the group down the dark cave.

"What the!" Artus yelled. He readied himself, and looked ahead, and saw a rather large man, swinging his fists around, trying to hit a group of people. If that fire came from him...then he's somehow able to use magic down here? The man nudged Artus by the arm.

"Quickly! He's coming this way!" The man said. Artus looked forwards again, and saw a girl with red hair sprinting towards them. He quickly put up his fists in an effort to defend himself, until he noticed that the girl ran right past them, but tagging behind her was the viking of a man charging at them. Oh Crap! The man got close to Artus, and swung his fist, with Artus ducking to dodge the blow. As he rose back up, he noticed that the man wasn't very tall, however, it was his weight that was the issue. Artus gave a strong punch to the man on the side of the face, landing a clean hit, staggering him backwards, cussing.

"Go for the legs!" Lyssa shouted at Artus. He turned around behind him to see the red-haired girl giving some advice, until he suddenly felt numb on the side of the face, falling to the ground. Artus lay on the ground in pain, but got up, realizing he was hammered in the face with the man's fist. The man jumped past Artus, and tried to attack Shanya and the others.

 

[Delta Hunter]

Halt Drakeson
Galvez Underground system

Halt snapped himself back into awakeness, from what felt like a little snooze as he stood still. He looked ahead of his small group, to see what they were talking about when Artus pointed out the smoke. Halt snffed the air a little. "It smells like magic..." he thought to himself. He stayed down, but the man with the severed leg seemed a bit more hesitent at the moment. "It's them...my bosses...crap, we're done for." The man said, getting back on the ground, crying. Artus picked grabbed him by the collar of his rag, and pulled him up.

Halt would have agreed with something more harsh than just pulling him up by his rags, but at the moment, it wasn't a need. Halt looked back to the explosion areas, and saw another group around there, fighting the bosses, as Rat told them. Though then again, if the girls didn't make any moves, he wasn't, no skin off of his back. He cracked his neck a bit, and simply watched. That was, until a large man started to run at the group from the other end of the corrider, chasing a red head. Artus tried to fight him, but the girl distracted him further and his got his face into the stone floor. The man then ran past Artus.

Halt merely grinned at the overweight viking. "Why hello there" he said in a condescending and almost playful tone. The viking man reared back his right arm to punch at Halt, but Halt merely gave a short laugh. THe punch connected, and Halt felt his head move back a little, as well as blood filling his mouth from a wound around the right side of his mouth. He slid back a few paces, but managed to move his left arm into a right angle to block the next hook. Halt spat the blood from his tongue into the viking's eyes, and slammed his fist into his stomach. Halt slid back from him, and stayed in a guarded stance. "Come at me, see how stupid you can be" Halt taunted.

 

[Minteh]

Kenna Keyes
Underground chamber, Galvez prison

As Kenna shielded the girl, the fireball collided with the wall above her. A large cloud of smoke and rubble rained down upon the group, spreading further into the cavern. As the smoke began to clear from around her, Kenna opened her eyes. She was still crouched down with the girl huddled against her. She could feel the girl slightly trembling so she slowly removed her arms, allowing the girl to move when she was ready. The girl lifted her head quickly looking around, before standing up. Kenna could see that Henry and the mother were unharmed, just a little dirty from the smoke. Kenna brushed away some of the rubble from her shoulders. "Kenna! Henry! Are you and the others okay?" Lyssa shouted, from somewhere in the now clearing smoke.

Kenna shouted a response back, confirming that they were all okay. Kenna was about to suggest that they move away when I another yell could be heard from Lyssa. This time it was a warning, and due to the slight amber glow that she could make out in the smoke. Making a quick and assertive gesture, Kenna got her small group to move away just in time. Once again, the fireball collided with the wall. Small pieces of rubble could be heard falling to the floor. The smoke from the first fireball cleared pretty quickly, following the second fireball. She could see Lyssa and the fire-magic user sprinting down the passage towards another group of people.

Kenna recognised some of the people from the carriage, which meant that some how they all somehow found each other once again. One of the men from the group, who Kenna recognised from the carriage, got into a slight tussle with the fire-magic user. He put up a good fight, until Lyssa's helpful observation caught him off guard and resulted in him being knocked down with a punch to the face.

"We should help them." the woman stated, moving forward as she did so. Kenna nodded her head in agreement. She let Henry and the girl pass by first, knowing they were safe for the time being as the fire-magic user was having a fight with another man for the other group.

Kenna and the woman followed suit, keeping as close to the wall as possible. The mother, however, upon seeing Artus struggling to stand on his own rushed over to help him. She was too frail to lift him on her own, so Kenna rushed over to help. Draping his left arm over her shoulder she and the woman were able to move him together. "You took quite a blow back there." Kenna observed, a hint of humour in her voice as she tried to ligthen the mood.

 

[Zena]

Alina Nightshade
Galvez Prison, Underground chambers

Alina blinked. Everything happened so fast. The man, rat-bait the explosion. Everything. Alina could have sworn she had almost fainted or had spaced out at some point as she had no real idea what was going on. She shook her head as though to clear it and thought a bit back. The other man with them had woken up and had called himself Remi. It seemed he had woken up just in time to come along. Then the group was walking in the tunnel. Rat-bait came along, asking for help from the Bosses. "Why did they start up gangs here..? For the safety of the pack?" Apparently the guy was sick of being used and wanted to escape the people he had worked for. Wolf-man.. Or rather Halt was told to carry Rat-bait by Shanya. but she had not called him by his name and Halt had given a grumbled retort. This lead to a statement made by Artus.

"Yeah, seriously. Get people's names right."

Alina didn't remember what was said after that, rather she remembered the explosions.

"It's them...my bosses...crap, we're done for." The man, Rat-bait had said then went back to crying.
"What?! How do you know that? And why the hell is the cave exploding?!"

It seemed things went to hell quickly enough after. Alina again shook her head to focus on the present. "It seems like magic.. But how?" She looked at the wall behind her and spoke a few mumbled words as she focused on the shadows. Nothing happened. She couldn't use her own magic and yet the other people who were fighting seemed to be able to. "Well.. That's not good." Alina looked back toward Artus and saw a red-head run past the group being chased by a large man. Artus had hit the man and the two along with Halt started to fight. Although she secretly cheered Halt and Artus on, she had started to panic with fear. Her eyes widened and her skin paled. "What.. Should we do!?" She couldn't help but blurt out in her panic. In these kinds of moments, she wished that she could just faint on will.

 

[Tixen]

Naida Huang
Galvez Prision

The group walked through the darkness, with Naida's sweeping eyes glancing behind them every couple of seconds. Often, people would sneak up behind a group such as this, then either take the whole group by surprise, or pull the one in the back off into the darkness without a sound. She really didn't want that to happen to her, personally. She scanned the darkness for any trace of movement, only to nearly crash into the person in front of her when they stopped suddenly. Blinking in shock, she twisted her body to see past the one in front of her, and recognized the man that had come out of nowhere. He had stolen a warm meal from Shayna once, as Naida had very loudly heard from her. The incident had left her in a bad mood for a fair few days, and she would often grumble when it was brought up again. So that kinda explained her behavior when she noticed him.

"Rat-bait, you gutless urchin. So, so good to see you." she growled, "I haven't forgotten the time you tried to swipe the warmest meal I had in months. I find you coming to crawl for help a little nauseating." She paused, shoving the trembling man up against a wall, "However, you're in luck. The only people in this place I hate more than you are those wannabe goons who run you around. So. If keeping you outta their hands is gonna put the screw on 'em then fine."

Rat-bait was then passed to Halt, who seemed less than impressed at being on pack-horse duty. She almost giggled at his expression, when a loud boom echoed through the chamber. Naida froze on the spot. She could see the flicking light of fire, and couldn't help but wonder if something had exploded. However, there really wasn't much down here that could explode normally, so this was probably the result of somebody messing with something... or it would be if there was any machinery down here. Rat-Bait seemed almost beside himself at hearing the explosion.

"It's them...my bosses...crap, we're done for." He whimpered. Naida frowned, wondering how he could just tell from the flicking lights and the water that she could see seeping down the corridor. Unless...

Naida yelped a little as a fireball hurled through the corridor ahead, flicking out and dying before it hit the group. A man was sprinting their way, and Naida could spot the flames that were licking at his fist, without harming him. He could use magic? But how on earth had he managed to get past the nullifiers? It was something that she'd been trying to do since she'd gotten down her, as she was slightly useless in battle without it. There was a girl running in front of the magic user, and she yelled out at them to get out of the way. Artus was the first to be reached by the man, and managed to land a nice looking blow to the magic user's face. Unfortunately, he was then knocked to the ground by the man's counter attack. Upon seeing his foe hit the floor, he moved back Artus, seeming to want to attack the people in the back of the group.

She watched, still in slight shock, as Halt stood in the way of the magic user, simply smiling as he was punched in the face, and taunting the man, before slamming his fist into his stomach. While this was a fight, she still had a second to appreciate Halt taking a punch to the face and continuing as if it was nothing. Then her body kicked into motion, quickly moving closer to the man. She'd seen his movements and had recognized that she was faster than he was, and as this thing was threatening everyone here, it was only logical for her to try and assist in bringing him down. Naida didn't really want to see the people here killed by this man.

Quickly, she ducked around the man so she was behind him, and leapt onto his back, wrapping her arms tightly around his head, over his eyes, so he couldn't see. She tightened her legs around his torso, and held on for dear life, figuring that this would allow the others, most logically Halt as he was right in front of them, to land a good hit or two onto the man. The longer she held on, the more likely that he would go down. He tore at her legs, trying to rip them off him so he could throw her off, but Naida just clung on tighter. For a moment there, he was still, and she wondered if he'd been hit. But then he moved backwards quickly, and Naida found all the air rushing out of her lungs as something slammed into her back. In the haze of pain shooting through her, she realized that he was probably slamming her body into the wall behind them. She gritted her teeth, and clung on tighter.

"Now would be a really good time to hit him...." She tried to say, but as she'd been winded, the words sounded like nothing more than a rasp, only to be cut off again as she was again slammed into the wall. Naida yelped this time, feeling her teeth go partially through her tongue, and tasting the salty taste of her blood flowing through her mouth. Her grip weakened, but she made herself grip on as tightly as she could, hoping that someone took him down before he crushed her.

 

[Delta Hunter]

Halt Drakeson
Galvez Underground cave system

Halt was so prepared to fight the man, he was on the verge of licking his lips and drooling. At least, he was all revved up and ready before the girl that joined them, Naida he remembered, suddenly ran up and tried to grapple the flame breath dude from behind. He didn't have time to react, beyond a wince as he slammed her into the wall behind them. Halt wasted no time, once he heard her rasp. Damn it, it'll get me killed one day, but I can't hear a lady in pain" Halt grumble thought.

He lunged forward, and seeing the man's arms preoccupied, he targeted the softest spots he could find. Halt curled the ends of his finges into the middle of the fingers, to form what looked like animal paws. He jabbed the man in the right side with his knuckles hard, aiming for the kidney, and danced to the left to do the same. He rapped three more times, using speed to aim for the kidneys, lungs, and the last right hook into the center of the man's throat. THe man coughed, bending a bit, allowing Halt to shift to behind him. "You might want to get off" he suggested, before rapping the back of the man's knees with quick snap kicks. He fell forward, and Halt suddenly grinned. "Get off now, I want to slam him down" he growled like an animal.

 

[The Burnt Shadow]

Cervantes Reigns
Galvez Prison, underground chamber​

The battle seemed over, thanks to the help of this new company. Kenna and Aaron dealt with the water-user quite quickly. The fire one took more effort than Reigns realized. All in all, most of us were seemingly okay. Reigns recognized a few of these faces, but two were a little new. Particularly the two women.

Currently, the fire-user was down, but not unconscious. However, the pale guy who had delivered a few kicks appeared to be looking a bit feral and didn't seem ready to just back down from giving the fire-user another beating. That wasn't good. While a threat, Reigns wanted the fire-user conscious and with a few answers, such as how they're able to use their magic. Rather than using words to calm this uncertain ally, Reigns took him by the back collar and threw him back down.

"Yeah, sorry about that, but I have a few things I'd like to ask the guy," Reigns said, turning over to the fire-user. "Hey, get up."

The fire user didn't respond. He was awake, but didn't say anything. Scratching his head, Reigns took the fire user by the rags and began dragging him up. There was a woman under him, but Reigns didn't pay too much attention to her. As he continued to pull, Reigns accidentally pulled off the entire rag, leaving the man naked. Looking down, Reigns' faced puffed like a balloon.

"Wow, small just like leader's," Reigns said, as he threw the rag back,

 

[Tearen the Absol]

Shanya Le'murm
Galvez Underground

Shanya watched the entire scene unfold with a deadpan grimace on her face. It wasn't really in her style to pull a big damn heroes moment and rescue the dungeon fledglings in need. She backed away with one, pragmatic step as the flamer cruised past and took on Hairy. She wasn't too concerned at first, but next thing she knew, Naida was on top of him, trying to tear him a new one. Shanya was barely able to murmur a "Wait." before she got herself hurt and the furry guy had to put flamer down. She cringed when the heavy man unceremoniously fell on to her as he went down, and let out a weary sigh as things winded down.

With quiet steps, she made her way over to her fallen friend and helped her on to her feet, brushing Naida off and clucking her tongue in half-joking disapproval. "Naida, Naida, Naida...don't you remember what I taught you? If you want to bring a man down, just put your thumbs in his eyes." she chastised. She watched as some weird looking kid went all hard-ball acting like he was gonna interrogate something out of Flamer. Like what? Where the best rat holes were? Well. While everyone was occupied, maybe she would just take a peak to see what the next trial would bring.

Shanya nudged Naida and nodded towards the stone door that led up into the prison basement. Hopefully it was enough to inform the pale girl that they were proceeding regardless of what these bumpkins chose to do next. As she made her way to the door, she handed the torch to Alina, who looked like she was about to have a bit of a breakdown. Maybe some warmth and light would help her. With that out of the way, Shanya sidled up to the stone door and pulled a long pin out of her hair, beginning to fiddle with and pick the lock.

 

[The Burnt Shadow]

Cervantes Reigns
Galvez Prison, underground chamber​

Forgetting about the fire-user, Reigns set his eyes on another character. She was a dark-skinned woman, who appeared to be a friend of the pale one on the ground. Reigns didn't recognize either of them. They were probably residents of the prison. She then told the pale one about how to take a person down by going at the eyes. Nasty and bland. She then began to kneel down and pick a lock. It was probably the door to that safe place the woman and her child were talking about. Good thing too. Walking through the darkness was beginning to be a pain for Reigns. Looking at the others, Reigns clicked his fingers and called their attention.

"The way out is here!" Reigns called.

He then dropped to the floor and sat behind the woman picking the lock. Looking at the others, three of the members were from the carriage, while the other two were new faces. He took a quick glance at the pale woman, then back at the woman picking the lock. Not a very talkative group, were they.

"So... may I know the names of the names of our new compatriots?" Reigns asked. "Or are you among those jokers with the Tell me your name, before i tell you mine principle? Either way, the name's Reigns Cervantes. What about you, lovely ladies?"

 

[Minteh]

Kenna Keyes
Underground chamber, Galvez prison

The battle soon came to a close, with people from the other group beginning to take part. Kenna recognised some of the faces from the carriage. The others she didn't recognise, meaning that they were probably already residents of the prison. With the fire-magic user temporarily disabled, Reigns sharply pulled off his rags. Kenna had never seen a naked man before, despite being aware of what was down there, and fiercly blushed. Reigns pulled the rags back over him and pushed him to the floor.

Reigns brushed past them and made his way towards a woman sat in front of the large stone doors. Reigns called the rest of the group over to where he was with a click of his fingers. Remembering what the woman and child said earlier, Kenna realised that these must've been the doors to safety.

With the help of the woman she helped get the man who had taken a punch to sit on the floor. After he was sat, the woman took a seat beside him and Kenna took a seat beside the woman. Her daughter cam and sat with them, as Reigns began talking. He seemed to be urging the other members of the group to reveal their names. Kenna thought this was a nice gesture, seeing as though it would pass the time until the woman finished picking the lock.

"My name is Kenna Keyes" she responded, after Reigns revealed his name to the other group.

 

[AJ2000]

Galvez Prison
Underground Chambers
Artus Callum, Lyssa Buran & co.​

Artus murmured slightly, as he felt something tying to lift him up. He had his eyes closed for a little while, until he felt hands grab him by the shirt. "You took quite a blow back there." A female voice said. Artus looked and saw a girl, maybe slightly older than Artus, along with an older woman trying to help him get up and walk. Artus puffed his cheeks out of embarrassment and looked away, noticing Halt and Naida going at it with the fire user. Artus face was in pain from taking a direct blow from the man. Although Artus wanted to jump in, he knew that he may get in the way of Naida and Halt. He observed a he saw Naida scratch him and grab him from behind, and Halt finishing him off with several blows from his fist to the body. He saw the man tumble, and lay on the ground, as Reigns dragged his body a little distance. Artus could see that Reigns had accidentally ripped off the man's rag, and threw it back in disgust.

"Let go." Artus said, as pulled his arm away from the woman who nearly stumbled as he pulled his arm away, and then proceeded to get out of Kenna's grip. Artus didn't say thank you, but instead just turned to glance at them for a second before turning around.

"Wow...the least you could say is a thank you to them." Lyssa said, as she approached Kenna, the woman and Artus. Artus just looked at Lyssa and gave 'hmph' look. "Otherwise you'd still be on the ground, but if you want to be a jerk about it, then go ahead." Artus ignored the comment and started to walk towards the man laying on the ground, and Shanya, who had started to fidget around with a large stone door. "Well...we better see what's going on over there." Lyssa said to Kenna and the mother, walking over to Shanya.

As Artus approached the man on the ground, he was beat, exhausted, and looked like he was about to give out. He just looked at him, but Artus came to the conclusion that he was not going to give out any info. Artus turned to the stone door, where it seemed they were giving out introductions.

"So... may I know the names of the names of our new compatriots?" Reigns asked. "Or are you among those jokers with the Tell me your name, before i tell you mine principle? Either way, the name's Reigns Cervantes. What about you, lovely ladies?"

"My name is Kenna Keyes" Kenna responded with her own name, but saying to the group as a whole.

"Well...I'm Artus Callum." Artus simply said. He didn't really think now would be the right time for introductions, but he thought it would release the tension in the air. He walked up behind Shanya, and leaned in a bit to observe what she was doing. "You know...no offense, but this door doesn't look like it's gonna open with a simple pick and lock. The door looks way too heavy, and if it were openable like that, wouldn't that mean prisoners would be able to escape?" Artus said quietly to Shanya, as he rested his hand on the stone door. It was a rather large circular door, with engravings of weird things such as animals and creatures, similar to the ones they had seen before entering the cave outside of the prison.

"My name is Lyssa. Lyssa Buran." She spoke, doing a little curtsy to the group. Artus just turned around to see Lyssa's introduction, before turning his attention back to the door.

 

[Schade]

Aaron Sorèl
The Batcave!

After taking Down the water user, Aaron had to calm himself Down quite a bit. He quickly stepped back, allowing the others to take out the last ruffian. Reigns was still fighting the fire user, and there wasn't really much for Aaron to do other than stand in the back watching. Suddenly, out of nowhere, apparently, another Group of prisoners appeared. Aaron recognized some of them from the Carriage on their way to the prison. Maybe now they can finally get somewhere.

After that, a serie of happenings went Down, way to quick for Aaron to notice, but eventually it appeared that the Fire user was taken Down. Aaron took a deep breath of relief, hoping nobody would judge him for what he did to the Water user, if anyone even noticed.

"So... may I know the names of the names of our new compatriots?" Reigns then asked the newcommers after Things started to settle Down. "Or are you among those jokers with the Tell me your name, before i tell you mine principle? Either way, the name's Reigns Cervantes. What about you, lovely ladies?" he continued With his usual Reigns charm. Aaron rolled With his eyes by the familiar sound of sarcasm.

"My name is Kenna Keyes" Kenna said after reigns introduced himself. Before anything else happened, Aaron said his name With a shy voice. "I'm Aaron...." He did not like newcommers that well now that he had gotten used to the onew he was already With.

"Well...I'm Artus Callum." a guy from the other gruop said. A pretty good looking guy who then walked over to where another girl from his Group was trying to pick open a door. "You know...no offense, but this door doesn't look like it's gonna open with a simple pick and lock. The door looks way too heavy, and if it were openable like that, wouldn't that mean prisoners would be able to escape?" "My name is Lyssa. Lyssa Buran." Lyssa then said, pointing her attention towards the same door. If everyone was going to inspect the door, then there was no need for Aaron to do so.

 

[Tearen the Absol]

Shanya Le'murm
Galvez Underground

Shanya gritted her teeth behind clenched lips as she went about her work, feeling the inner workings of the device through the small metal pin and making an image of it in her head, just like Sis had told her to do all those years ago. After a few tries at the springs, she decided instead to try and work on the latch itself. It was a complicated little bit of gear, but she reckoned she could crack in if given enough time. Her face shifted into a blank, irritated scowl as some kid sidled up behind her, trying to come off all suave, asking for names and whatnot. She'd been expecting someone to put down that flamer by now...it was just good tactics.

"I'm of those jokers who's gonna laugh when Flamer over there gets his second wind and turns your hind end into a roast." she said, not even bothering to turn around and look at the scrub. It was mere seconds before she was interrupted again by Brownie coming in all close and trying to nitpick about her work. She sucked in a sharp breath and snapped her eyes to glare at him.

"Seriously? Wow! I guess you're right, I should just give up!" she said with fake exuberance. She drilled her gaze into Artus' soul for a few more seconds before crouching down again and getting back to work. Getting the lock undone may not be the only part of getting the door open, but it sure as spit factored in somewhere...

 

[The Burnt Shadow]

Cervantes Reigns
Galvez Prison, underground chamber​

Reigns stared blankly for a while at her sentence. He knew she probably meant by what she had just said, but Reigns was never smart with his words. At times like this, it was often best to back off and shut up, or just reply in a kind and careful manner. Unfortunately, this was Reigns. As annoying as a chicken pox and as subtle as a cat in a dog's contest, Reigns got under people's skin, without him even knowing about it. Once again, Reigns opened his mouth and let his ridiculous honesty, or maybe naivety, do its thing.

"Oh, well that makes two of us," Reigns gagged. "Yeah, never did understand why they tried to burn me. Anyway, hey Darky, come here and introduce yourself!"

Reigns grabbed Aaron and pushed him in front of the woman. "The guy's name is Aaron, here's a dark-user apparently. Now that's magic, mind you, not... err... user of people with... you know where I'm going with this."

Climbing on top of Aaron's shoulders, Reigns towered over the woman and faced her, upside down. A large grin appeared on his face. He glared directly into her eyes, trying to do something. But he suddenly remembered that he couldn't use magic. So what did he do? Improvise.

"So, what's a tough piece of chocolate like you, doing down here?" Reigns asked. "You know, besides getting captured by the empire and screwing with the rats?"

 

[Schade]

Aaron Sorèl
Caaaves, maaan..

Before Aaron could really og hide behind the others, Reigns took a fierce grab and pushed Aaron in front of him like a human Shield. "Yeah, never did understand why they tried to burn me. Anyway, hey Darky, come here and introduce yourself!" he said, obviously steering the conversation over in a different topic. Aaron blushed like crazy before facing the woman from the other Group. The woman was downright terrifying. Her skin was dark, and her hair was knit in a frayed bun, highlighting her very intimidating eyes. Her Whole being just screamed criminal, and Aaron felt like there was a reason she was at the prison.

"The guy's name is Aaron, here's a dark-user apparently. Now that's magic, mind you, not... err... user of people with... you know where I'm going with this." Reigns continued, climbign on Aaron like he was a branch of a tree that children just... climbed.

"Whoa.. W..w.. What are you doing?!" Aaron shrieked, feeling his knees was about to burst and collapse. He really missed his Magic by now, and felt very weak without it.

"So, what's a tough piece of chocolate like you, doing down here?" Reigns asked the woman, still clinging on to Aarons shoulders. "You know, besides getting captured by the empire and screwing with the rats?" Aarons eyes widened. in Dark Magic-language, speaking like that was a certain Death. Where was he heading with this? And why is he using me as a human Shield!! though he didn't exactly hate having him so near himself.

"N.. N.. Not that there's anything wrong With.." Aaron stopped, trying to sort out what to say. "Uhm.. I mean.." She was really scary! she could probably cleave Aarons head With her glare! "Hi, I'm Aaron!" He blurted out, holding his hand in a friendly gesture towards the vile woman.

 

[Minteh]

Kenna Keyes
Underground chamber, Galvez prison

It annoyed Kenna slightly how the man, who she later found out was named Artus, didn't thank Kenna or the woman for picking him up. She flashed a gracious smile at Lyssa, when she pointed out that they could've easily left him there. Kenna sighed, not wanting to dwindle on the past. The woman noticed this and gave her a gentle pat on the knee. Her eyes followed Artus as he walked up to the woman picking the lock. He placed a hand on the beautifully carved door. He was an attractive looking man, with a solid build, most likely from labour jobs. "You know...no offense, but this door doesn't look like it's gonna open with a simple pick and lock. The door looks way too heavy, and if it were openable like that, wouldn't that mean prisoners would be able to escape?"

Kenna couldn't help but feel his opinion was a bit brash, especially who he aimed it at. The woman picking the lock, was quite striking appearance wise. She was exotic looking, but her fierce gaze gave Kenna the impression that she was in the prison for a reason. Her snappy response, confirmed Kenna's suspicions. She made a mental note to stay clear of her bad side.

It was at this point that Reigns decided to start messing around with Aaron again. Kenna felt sorry for Aaron, as she genuinely didn't understand why Reigns felt the need to constantly harass him. Firstly, he pulled Aaron in front of him. Doing a brief introduction, before urging Aaron to continue. Kenna watched as he then proceeded to climb on Aaron, much like how children might climb on trees. He stood precariously on his shoulders, continuing to speak with the woman. She wondered what outlandish behaviour Reigns would display next.

 

[Tixen]

Naida Huang
Galvez Prison

Naida hit the ground hard, but was lucky enough not to have been too much in the way of the Fire User, who collapsed in a heap over her legs. She quickly pulled herself out from underneath him as the people around her started talking, ringing filling her ears so exactly what they were saying, she wasn't sure. Although, it seemed that humiliating the man was the idea as one person from the other group ripped the man's robes off, leaving him completely naked. Naida noticed that one of the women blushed furiously, but to her, it wasn't anything she hadn't seen before, and simply looked away in order to preserve the man's modesty. Instead, she focused upon the blood in her mouth, and more specifically, its source. It appeared that she'd bitten her tongue accidentally in the fight, but it would heal. She was also reasonably certain that she would have some very impressive bruises on her back soon, but nothing appeared to be more damaged than that, as far as she could tell.

She allowed herself an inner smile at her success - she'd achieved what she'd wanted to do, and it seemed to have gone quite well in her opinion. She'd blinded the man, and that had allowed Halt to take him down in a manner that was, while probably quite painful, would not have left him in such a state that he would not be able to speak to them. This was important in her opinion, as she desperately wanted to know how on earth these men could use magic down here - she missed her own terribly. And she didn't think that he'd be able to tell them much if he was screaming in pain from having his leg dislocated or something similar. And then Shanya walked up.

"Naida, Naida, Naida...don't you remember what I taught you? If you want to bring a man down, just put your thumbs in his eyes." She tutted, in a tone which could be taken as either a joke, or as an insult. Naida did the latter.

Her eyes narrowed slightly as she bit back a retort, thinking, "At least I did something." But she didn't say it, because well, she could see where Shanya was coming from, she guessed. But the anger lingered, and turned itself back upon Naida. Maybe she should have been more violent. Maybe that would have made the Fire User more likely to talk to them about how he could use their magic, or perhaps it would make him far less likely to be able to get back up again and hurt them in the future. That was definitely a good point, how had she overlooked it? She must be some kind of idiot to have not thought of such a thing in the heat of the moment - how could she have been so stupid?!

Naida lent back against the wall, her hands behind her, and her fingernails digging into the flesh on the opposite hand as she sought to punish herself for her idiocy. She was a fool, the others could have done it so easily without her help, and distracting him probably hadn't changed the outcome. She'd just gotten herself hurt and had had no real effect on the outcome of the battle and, and, an-

She cut the thoughts off, relaxing her hands. She would deal with herself later - for now, she needed to concentrate upon the task at hand. Looking around, she noticed that the man from earlier, who had ripped the Fire User's clothes off, was hanging off the shoulders of what appeared to be a rather unwilling victim. The hanging man - she thought he'd introduced himself as Reigns Cervantes maybe? The other called himself Aaron, seeming flustered under Shanya's most devastatingly powerful attack, capable of reducing anyone she used it against into bumbling idiots - the Death Stare. Artus was also standing there, and looked like he was likely to get shredded soon by her friend's iron tongue and sharp wit.

Naida turned her eyes, and focused on Halt. She should probably thank him for helping out - it would make him less likely to turn on her later perhaps, and was also probably the right thing to do anyway. Walking over, she spoke, "Thanks for helping back there, Halt. Probably wasn't the smartest move on my part, but you made it work."

 

[Tearen the Absol]

Shanya Le'murm
Galvez Underground

When the yappy kid insisted on getting in her face while she was trying to get everyone out of this place, she was tempted to do many things. Different varieties of insults and injuries were the most immediate temptation, but on the other hand, this guy seemed as though that was the exact kind of response he was fishing for. Shanya never really enjoyed playing in to other people's games, so instead of giving Yappy the attention he so desperately craved, she simply responded with a quiet "Mhm."

After this, she gingerly moved the stack of man aside and took another look at the door. Brownie had a point; there was definitely more to it than the lock she'd been fiddling with. She didn't much have the time or smarts to figure it out though. She turned to look for Naida, but the pale girl had taken to chatting with Hairy. Well...no need to pester her just yet. Maybe one of these other women would have an idea.

"I dunno quite what to make of all this..." she called out to Lyssa and Kenna, "What do you all reckon?"

 

[Delta Hunter]

Halt Drakeson
Galvez Underground system

Halt stumbled a little as some guy, probably one from the other group, grabbed him by the back of the poncho collar, and pulled him away from finishing off the man. Halt grunted, but did stay back as the resst of the groups cobverged and starts chatting. He sat down onto the fire man, and pokes his neck a little, finding a certain vertibra. Halt sat crosslegged, letting the rest of them inspect the door. "Like it'd help. Guard have to be around here somewhere, at some point. Just find or track where they come in from, and go through that point" Halt thought, but the door seemed odd. Why all carved like that, with the animals? He pondered the thought, before being intureppted by Naida, the girl from before.

"Thanks for helping back there, Halt. Probably wasn't the smartest move on my part, but you made it work." she said. He turned to her, before turning back to his work on the neck of the fire man. He grabbed the forehead of the man, and in one fuild motion, snapped the head up while slamming his elbow into the neck. It snapped like a twig. Halt stood up, and gave Naida a small smile, with fang of course.

"Would've been better if you tried to crack his knees of neck" he pointed out lazily "But, for what it's worth, better to get him down somehow." he continue, giving her a grin. "Besides, not every day you see someone leap in like that. Call me impressed."

 

[The Burnt Shadow]

OOC: Haven't been an RPG for a long time that's lasted this long.
BIC:

Cervantes Reigns
Galvez Prison, underground chamber​

Reigns rubbed his chin as the woman tried to ignore him. She clearly didn't want to talk to him. Being pushed aside, Reigns hopped off Aaron as they were pushed aside. Aaron fell back, but Reigns landed on his feet. Staring at her for a while, Reigns quickly scanned her body. He scanned her gestures, movement and the way she displayed herself. Thinking back, Reigns remembered seeing several people like her in his former prison. Miserable thieves and urchins who had been brought to help with certain tests. Looking further into his mind, Reigns then remembered seeing people like her from a different perspective.

The dark-skinned girl, whom Reigns had dubbed as Silver for some reason, mainly because it was a sharp contrast to her appearance, was now asking Kenna and Lyssa for advice.

"Leader Lyssa, what's our next move?" Reigns said, as he moved next to her. "You've already led us to an interesting point. Let's see where else you could take us."