Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
Tauer [M:150:160:][D3v:http://rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=540&page=1#18960][b]While the Light's away, the Shadows will play.[/b]
Tauer heard the footsteps above them and knew time was running out. If he was going to get this ledger it'd have to been soon.
I don't know why they want your ledger. Maybe they want to see what you've been eating to make you grow so tall. All I know is that you are going to hand it over quickly or I'm going to have to resort to forceful means.
To demonstrate his power, the demon prince summoned the shadows to rise from the floor and up the stranger's legs, wrapping themselves around his lower limbs somewhat tightly.
::Orp sees the shadows on the floor writhe and reach for his legs as tendrils snake around him. The footsteps above fade as they exit the house...::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
Tauer [M:150:160:][D3v:http://rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=540&page=1#18960][b]While the Light's away, the Shadows will play.[/b]
Yes, we've established that already, I think! Tauer shouted, barely holding his temper in check. This was getting him nowhere, they were just going round in circles. Look, just let me borrow it. I'll hand it over to Piper and make sure it gets back to you. Sound fair to you?
The demon prince pulled the shadows further up to the stranger's waist.
::The sounds of shouting in the street could be heard above. The front door being closed damped the sound, but it didn't sound close, yet...
The tendrils began to rise up Orp's legs like snakes, but have yet to reach his arms. ::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
Orp tried to think quickly before the tendrils got up to totally debilitate him.
"If this Piper needs so see my ledger and is willing to send someone as skilled as you are to fetch it I will show it to him. But I need to go along. This ledger goes nowhere without me by it's side."
Orp thought that the reverse of that last sentence could also be true.
Tauer [M:150:160:][D3v:http://rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=540&page=1#18960][b]While the Light's away, the Shadows will play.[/b]
Tauer eyed the stranger with suspicion. Was this a trick? And what if it was? The demon didn't seem likely to gain access to the ledger any other way. He released his shadowy grip on the tall guy and nodded in agreement.
Ok, that sounds fair to me. But you better not try anything funny. And your friends upstairs aren't to interfere, agreed?
::As if on queue, there came a loud pounding at the door to Orp's apartment. ::
Open in the name of the Sentinels!
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
Orp gave a sigh of relief. Those Sentinels he could deal with, this hot head on the other hand was a rebel with a strange cause. Orp would rather piss off the guys everybody pissed off than the crazy shadow mage.
Orp motioned to Tauer to hide himself somewhere, messed up his hair with his hand, unbuttoned a few buttons of his shirt and opened the door.
Tauer [M:150:160:][D3v:http://rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=540&page=1#18960][b]While the Light's away, the Shadows will play.[/b]
He was attempting theft right under the noses of the town's guard? Marvelous! Tauer thought, throwing his mental hands up in the air. If I ever see Piper again, i'll...
And now the demon was having to resort to hiding in a stranger's apartment, trusting him not to turn him in to the authorities. Tauer sighed before ducking down behind the largest piece of furniture in the room.
::The hammering on the door continues as Tauer ducks for cover, and the shadows fade.::
"Sir! Sir, are you ok?!
::Then quieter as the person speaks to someone else outside.::
"Get ready to break the door in if he doesn't answer. Dirty Thief may have slit his throat to silence him."
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
Tauer [M:150:160:][D3v:http://rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=540&page=1#18960][b]While the Light's away, the Shadows will play.[/b]
Tauer could feel his heart thumping inside his chest. If the Sentinels decided to let themselves into the apartment he wasn't sure he had the strength to defend against them.
::The Guard at the door was a short, balding, angry looking man who did not seem to appreciate being called upon for anything during his shift, let alone what was now being called a false alarm. He eyed Orp suspiciously and turned to a woman behind him that Orp recognized as the owner of the apartment. ::
"This the...man...that lives here, ma'am?"
"Y-yes, sir. I heard him yelling and that's when I came running for you."
::He turned his attention back to Orp.::
"Mind if I have a look around, just to be sure everything's ok?"
::Without waiting for an answer he started to step forward, as if expecting Orp to agree and move.::