((For those that wish to exit the Tavern to see where the man had come from...))
::Exiting the Tavern you will see rather large drops of blood in the dirt of the road. The amount of blood this man must have lost is astounding and gives insight to the severity of the wound he suffered. The trail of drops leads to the left, towards an alley. A splotch of blood can be see on the corner of the Tavern at the alley's opening, as if the man had used it to hold himself up at some point...::
Dionne looked around, rather angry that someone interupted her evening. She looked around and followed the trail with her eyes, taking her blades out as she done so. Her body felt heavy, and she was tired from drink and her rather pathetic healing attempt.
" Come out if you're still there, it'll make it worse if you make me chase you!" Dionne shouted,replacing her fatigue with anger.
He stops to realize the puddle of blood and the trail that led to the nearby alley. Looks like this town was not as safe as he had thought. With all the Sellswords around, they seemed to do very little to keep crime outside these lands. He took it upon himself to look more into it. Seeing as if the man had gushed so much blood, it was most likely wounds from some type of weapon. It mattered not to him, he ran towards the alley to see if he could find anymore tips as to what had happened or who did this.
GM NOTE:: Redblade is a known felon and escaped criminal. This can and should effect all interactions with certain people that would be aware of his status. Especially the Sentinels.
"I fought the law and then I was broken out... Is that a bad thing?"
"Well nice to meet you too." Dionne muttered under hear breath and followed. It seems a bit silly to throw caution to wind, but she was going to try to save this brute. Maybe use him as bait to see who did that to the man. Making sure she's behind the shady looking guy, letting him take lead, she hoped for a little rest somewhere.
::No response came to Dionne's call for someone to show themselves.
Approaching the opening to the alley, Red and Dionne can see the trail of blood leads further down the alley. One side was the tavern. The opposite side appeared to be storehouses for goods of some kind. All doors stood closed except one about halfway down the alley, where the trail was leading...::
::Neko bolted out the door and paused just long enough to note the trail of blood and the two figures of people she had seen inside standing at the open end of the alley that ran next door. A bit of a shudder ran down her spine as she remembered following this same path in her chase after the Ratman and what had happened along the way.
She shook the thoughts away, as they would do her no good now. The longer they waited, the bigger the chance that whoever had done this would get away. So she ran to the other two people she saw, coming up beside them. Looking up into their faces, she gave them a questioning look.::
Noticing that all doors were closed except the one left halfway opened where the blood trail left, Redblade pointed towards it.
There.
He turns to notice that there were two strangers behind him that seemed like they wanted to help. He had not met them before, nor did he know if he could trust them, but there was little time for introductions and they had to catch who ever had attacked the man at the tavern.
I say we split up. Two of us go through the front door, while one of us goes around the back to see if we can corner him in.
Noticing the ears and tail on the cathian, she may just be the best person to get around the and stop this guy if he tries to sneak out.
Cathian... Do you think you can get to the back and make sure that he or they do not escape?
GM NOTE:: Redblade is a known felon and escaped criminal. This can and should effect all interactions with certain people that would be aware of his status. Especially the Sentinels.
"I fought the law and then I was broken out... Is that a bad thing?"
::Neko glanced between the two people before her. Neither one she knew aside from seeing them in the Tavern, but they seemed united in their goal of trying to track down the person that had commited the crime, and that was enough for her.
The masked man seemed to be taking charge. Had she a voice, she would have pointed out that since they were in an alley the open door they could see probably WAS the back, but she understood his point and was ready to move into action. The woman was curiousity, as she had not said anything. Perhaps she was working some magic or just too caught up in otherwise trying to track the foe to be bothered by distractions.
So she gave a quick nod and salute to show her agreement before slipping across the alley to the warehouse side and slinking along the edge of the buildings to a gap that ran between the open warehouse and the building next to it.
With a quick glance over her shoulder to check that the others were indeed moving to support her, she slipped down the narrow gap towards the street side of the warehouse.::
(Should we wait on Dionne or should I just go ahead and post, since she's been away sick?)
GM NOTE:: Redblade is a known felon and escaped criminal. This can and should effect all interactions with certain people that would be aware of his status. Especially the Sentinels.
"I fought the law and then I was broken out... Is that a bad thing?"
(I am also waiting to see what she does or says before I post)
GM NOTE:: Redblade is a known felon and escaped criminal. This can and should effect all interactions with certain people that would be aware of his status. Especially the Sentinels.
"I fought the law and then I was broken out... Is that a bad thing?"
(Sorry about the wait, First I had to take care of an ill girlfriend, now ill myself and found out about a death in a family so it hasn't been easy for me...)
Oh great, we're lisiting to some shady-looking brawler? Dionne thought to herself as she eyed up Red carefuly. Pointing Kiro at him after the cathian was gone, she spoke, in a low, slow tone;
I don't trust you, but she does so I'm going to listen. Try anything funny, and I'll cut you down. Dionne turned and hurried towards the door, trying to be as quiet, as she could yet her usual stealth failed her. Fatigue was slowly creeping out on her.
Redblade smirked. It must be the mask, he thought to himself. Shrugging it off as she went on before him, he then followed in behind her. Mayde it was a good thing people didn't trust him, but one would think if she didn't trust him, why she didn't follow him instead to keep an eye and not be backed stabbed. This woman seemed like she could handle herself with anybody. He liked that about her. She was confident and proud it seemed. It was starting to feel a bit awkward, the two females were at the front for any encounter and he was just following their lead now instead. Looks like times have changed.
GM NOTE:: Redblade is a known felon and escaped criminal. This can and should effect all interactions with certain people that would be aware of his status. Especially the Sentinels.
"I fought the law and then I was broken out... Is that a bad thing?"
::Redblade and Dionne both reach the open doorway without issue. No voices are heard within. Examining the ground both are able to see signs of a fight in the loose dirt covering the alley floor. Redblade can tell that it appeared two men had come out of the opening and grabbed a third. There was a struggle that moved inside...
Examining the door will show that it was broken into...
Further into the warehouse, filled with crates stacked in various ways will a central open walkway leading from the back door to the front. The tracks lead down this walkway to a dark stain in the dirt. The front door also stands ajar as light comes in the crack. Laying on the ground near the front door is a small dark object.
As the pair get the lay of the room, they glimpse the slight movement of a shadowy figure slipping among the crates at the far end...::
Whispering with a low tone to his "companion" after seeing signs of the fight outside, he says...
Looks like it is not just one person we are after here, but two in reality.
What was so important of this one man, that would make two guys want to rob him, he thought to himself. Was this his building they had broke into.
They had walked down the walkway to find the object on the ground. He leaned down to get a better look when just as he had thought that the thugs had got away, after noticing the front door ajar, he sensed the shadowy figure moving within the darkness inside the building. This brought a bad feeling within him, which only prepared him for an attack. Was it the cathian he had just met, or were the bad guys still in here?
Not knowing the cathians name, he knew not what else to call her but...
Kitty... is that you?
GM NOTE:: Redblade is a known felon and escaped criminal. This can and should effect all interactions with certain people that would be aware of his status. Especially the Sentinels.
"I fought the law and then I was broken out... Is that a bad thing?"