It was about mid-day, as a young child-like enkidukai slumped hismelf against a tree near Harnquist's, grumbling to himself. He had spent the last week looking for something, or someone, or even where this something or someone could have been- but with no luck. And it was frustrating him greatly.
He had only been resting for a moment, when a small commotion broke out nearby.
"Shut up! I am not! Shut up! You can also shut up, too, Jekkar!"
The kit, usually called Twerp, had gotten up and stepped over to see what was going on, but before he could even make anything out, a mad enkidukai was stomping away in a hurry. "Can't even say hello to anyone! Jeez.."
Which in turn had a few more people stepping away, leaving Twerp infront of a small group of fenki's.
"Err.." he stood there for a while, dumbstruck, as one of the four fenki fiddled with her cloak. "Now, what would be funny, is to see them with that flu.." the second, dressed in a royal garb, said, as yet a third giggled at the remark. "I bet they are all skin and bones, no muscle, just ponced up fur.." she finished with a grin, and ran a paw through her mane.
Twerp was still standing there, looking as dumb and clueless as ever, when the first one came to speak. "Can we help you sir?" As she said this, the other three laid their eyes on Twerp, curious.
"Erm.. I don't think..? I just came over with the crowd, when.. that happened."
"What happened?" the second fenki asked.
"Err.. that guy just now, and those two over there!" he pointed toward two menki sitting down not too far away, who were apparently teasing the enkidukai that was leaving when he arrived. The first fenki growled jokingly at the two sitting.
"Do not worry yourself about it, dear." the fourth fenki finally spoke, smiling at Twerp, while the second spoke a little less loudly; "Oh, the jester-duo."
The first couldn't help but laugh again.
The kit finally eased a smile, and started to turn away, when he remembered. "Oh! There might be a way you can help me--"
They all looked at him, questioning what that was, when Twerp took a deep breath before speaking.
"I've been looking for something for quite some time, heard about it when I was here months and month ago, before I left.. err.. not sure if it still exists.."
They all questioned again as he took another breath.
"I.. overheard two small kits talking about a place where they could go for protection..? A house, I think it was.. but whenever I ask about it, people don't know or just shake their heads and walk away.. noone's been much of a help."
"What was the name of this 'House'?" the second asked, as a few exchanged winks and smiles.
Twerp looked up in thought, "A.. it was two small kits, one was telling the other about a.. Royal house? I just overheard.."
The dirst nodded slightly, "Oh..."
"I did have someone tell me that the house was no more, but he was strange..." About at this time, the second fenki was adjusting her cloak to show the Royal Crest of Purrty - This was Lolitra Purrty, head of the house that he was speaking about, but Twerp knew nothing of it, and so remained oblivious.
"Any of you heard of anything like that?"
"Only my House.." Lolitra shrugged.
"Your house..?"
Lolitra nodded again as the fourth Enkidukai, known as Kiraki, chuckled.
"Yes, my house."
Twerp didn't know what to say next, or if he did, he didn't know whether to say it now, or wait. "Err, this is completely your house? You.. offer protection to people?" he asked, making sure he had the right house.
The third fenki, named Miaua, stood there looking forward. And just for the record, the first fenki's name was Hassadria.
"Do you need protection?" Lolitra asked, politely.
At this Donothan looked around a bit, then shook his head. "Can I talk to you.. less publicly?"
Lolitra was struggling not to laugh at the two menki sitting in the background, but nodded and started for a bench just in the distance- at which, Twerp followed.
Upon reaching the bench shortly, Lolitra took a seat, and Twerp just stood there, not wanting to sit down.
Lolitra looked at Twerp. "What's the problem?"
Twerp looked around once more, and talks in an almost whisper, afraid of who might hear. "..it's my sister, mostly."
The lady Lolitra had raised a brow with curiosity, and Twerp overly conscious of how he sounded, quickly corrected himself. "Not a problem, I mean- I'm looking for her."
Lolitra continue'd her interest. "Who is she? And more to the point, who are you?" she smiled warmly.
"Erm, my name's Twerp.. my sister's Loreena. I don't want to go into family history or anything, but we've been running for a long time, from a clan of Enkidukai.. and recently, she went missing. First I thought they had taken her, but then, I figured she found a place to stay?" Lolitra blinked. "I overheard the House from my sister, and some scruffy lookin' girl that I think works at the blacksmith now."
Lolitra was in thought over the name as Twerp finished. "Loreena.." she looked up, "Oh?"
Twerp nodded.
"I am sorry, I am unable to help you on this one... I do not know a Loreena.. yet."
"There's noone in your house by that name? Or maybe she might be using a different name..!" he quickly shouted, franticly.
"If there is, I will let them know of your concern, Twerp wasn't it?"
Twerp nodded, almost reluctantly.
"Do you have any way of being contacted?"
"..no, not really- ..Not really stayin' anywere.. been ran out of the tavern several times.. which has been annoying with the recent rains an' all."
"Oh.. do you know who the two fenki's were?" She asked, but Donothan looked a bit confused. "Describe them.."
"The two I overheard about your House?"
Lolitra nodded, and Twerp continue'd. "Well, one was actually my sister, before she went mising. Months ago. The other, I don't know her name, but I'm sure she works at the smithy now."
Lolitra seemed to be looking past Twerp now, at someone behind him. "Who else is interested in this fenki..?" She nodded to behind Twerp, and he turned around, but didn't see anyone, so he continued.
"Only people I know are the bad ones, a clan of Enkidukai from Sarpendil. They want both of us.."
Lolitra gestures towards a pillar next to a large tower just behind them, and says under her breath "He went there, but did not come out.. so he must still be there."
Donothan looked at the tower, and didn't bother to lower his voice. "You sure there's someone there..?"
Lolitra nodded, "Quite sure."
If it were possible, Twerp almost could hear the clinching of teeth, but maybe that was just his own?
"You! If you're behind there, come out!" he shouted out, without thinking. And then he noticed that Lolitra had already walked up, just beside the tower. Twerp didn't have much time to feel stupid, but ran over beside her.
Just as Twerp arrived, an enkidukai ran off, just as Lolitra started to say something.
"If you lean much further into the wal-" she shrugged as the menki left.
"..Did you know him?"
Lolitra looked at Twerp. "No.. do you?"
Twerp just shook his head, looking down. "..great. Must've been one of them!"
They both walked around to the other side of the tower, incase they might be able to catch sight of him far away, but no such luck. They were still looking about for him, as Lolitra's ears caught sound of a dagger being drawn behind them. She turned, and growled, as the now known assassin thrusted a dagger into Twerp's back.
"Gack-!" Twerp jumped forward, grabbing his back, and the assassin pulled another dagger for protection and fled. Twerp quickly hit the ground, the dagger had been laced with a powerful and fast-acting poison- cyanide. Lolitra quickly started casting healing spells, and placed her paws on Twerp. She continue'd to try to heal, as she reached for a potion and handed it to Twerp. "Drink this!"
"What is it?" Twerp asked, he had not thought that he would be dead in a few moments.
"It's good for you! I can only heal you from the outside, that will heal from within. Drink!"
Twerp was feeling very woozy and light-headed, as he popped the cork and began to drink- but it wasn't a second later he hit the ground completely, the rest of the potion spilling onto the floor. Lolitra continue'd to clean the wound and heal, "Bloody assassins." she looked over at a fenki across the way, "Warrior, can you help?" and went back to healing, as Twerp had almost stopped breathing. She looked back at the fenki again, who now was nowhere to be found. "Darn it, is no one caring?" she summoned her pet, and handed it a note, then sent it off.
Lolitra pulls out a few leaves, and pushes them into Twerp's mouth. "Chew. Gods I hope this is the right stuff."
Just then, a tall man showed up, with another potion and handed it down to Lolitra. Lolitra looked up, "Janner! He was stabbed in the back, a poisoned dagger." She opened Twerp's mouth and took out the half-chewed leaves, and began to pour the potion into his mouth, but right at this moment, the assassin returned.
"Die Veniteus!" he threw a dagger aimed at Twerp's neck, which pierced right next to, slicing into not only his leather armor, but into the chain of a necklace he was wearing at the time. From the sudden impact of the dagger, and the potion giving slight life to the body, he opens his eyes one last time, then flops completely lifeless on his back.
"It's him!" Lolitra screamed, as Janner tried to confront the menki. "Hold, sir!" and Lolitra leaped to her feet to join him, brandishing her two swords.
Perched on the assassin's shoulder now was a Carckaras, which glared at Janner just before taking flight towards him. Janner quickly draws his swords to fend it off, while Lolitra attacks the assassin directly- lunging her swords at his side and the back of his head. The assassin was able to dodge only one of the attacks, taking the lesser blow to the side, but it is still quite a blow. He bends down in pain, and tries to say one last thing. "Grah.. m-my work is done.." he says, just as Lolitra delivers a swift kick to his now-lowered head. This sends him falling backwards, his Carckaras joining him after taking a beating from Janner. Lolitra casts a fireball, and the assassin's armor is incenerated, but the assassin seems to not mind this at all.
The assassin sputters out, "Grr... *cough*... its too late... *cough* for your friend... Ha...ha-ha *cough* hehe..." and just after, Lolitra lunges on him one last time- giving him a large slive across his neck before he is able to kick Lolitra off - which she lands gracefully in a flip. The assassin's trained carckaras flies away, as he mutters his last words.. "Y-you.... have lost him...." he releases one last cough, before meeting his demise.
Janner puts his swords away, and wipes the blood trickling down his neck, while Lolitra turns to Twerp. She lays her hand on him, and noticing he's not breathing anymore, she swears. Acting quickly, she starts to give him mouth-to-mouth, while Janner, after healing his own wounds, starts to heal the lifeless kit on the ground.
"Keep casting heal on him..!" she says between her breaths to him, and her pumping his chest. "I will noy let him go.."
Just at the last pump, and necklace fell to the ground from about his neck[
*], and Janner attempted heal on Twerp again, as Lolitra cut a small insition in his wound, and pours antidote over his wound. She pumps his chest one more time before lifting her paw to build a static charge through magic, she delivers two charges, one shortly after the other onto the small kit, to which the kit released a small groan- but he still wasn't breathing.
So she returned to mouth-to-mouth. "Come on, don't give in.." she looked up to Janner, to which Janner nods that he is fine, then Lolitra continue's to frantically revive Twerp.
Twerp's hand slowly moved on it's own accord to reach about his neck, though noone noticed, he was grasping for something, and not finding it. Janner summoned all of his will and power into one last great heal spell, draining all of Janner's energy, he sat down, and finally, Twerp showed a little sign of life - he released a long sigh of breath, and returned to breathing almost normally.
"I think that almost-smelling stuff was Cyanide," says Lolitra, as she gives Donothan the last bit of antidote.
"Yes, I agree my lady."
She looks at Janner, "Are you okay?"
"Just a bit weak, my lady."
Lolitra rubs her stomach. "He had quite a kick, that ruffian."
"It took more blood from me that I thought.." said Janner, to which Lolitra pulled out a healing potion, and tossed it to him. Janner caught the potion, and pulled the stopper to drink. "Thank you, my lady." but Lolitra had already turned her attention back to the kit.
"Can you hear me?" she looked down at Twerp, who wiggles his hand slightly in another grasping motion.
"We must get him to my house. Plantimor has refreshed the wards..." she struggles to lift Twerp, and Janner stood up to help, as though he was fully recovered.
They carried Twerp all the way to the House of Purrty.
[Continue'd in the
House of Purrty thread.]
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* This item was still on the ground. It wasn't an actual item in-game, per-se, but it was to be played as if someone had picked it up. If your character passes it, and decides to pick it up, post here the IC action of it. The description of it is as follows:
A simple silver chain seems to be laying on the ground, broken, it's clasp still hooked onto the other end. The chain has a small charm on it in the shape of a simple dove. It doesn't seem to be worth much value, but it does seem to have a sentimental, almost magical feeling of value about it.
This item has been picked up by Lolitra Purrty.]
