Lost and Found (xivvix/Kathy)

[Tassadar]

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(Dropping stats since these are the wrap up posts.)

The demon nods, and Elea goes into the warehouse a few steps ahead of him. The elven woman immediately takes back her notion that this might be less gory than Matthias previous handiwork as she steps into the single large room, the floor of which is practically covered in blood. Demon corpses of various shapes and sizes liter the area, the dead joined by a sizable number of the people who had been chained to the walls. About half the prisoners are dead, with clean stab wounds in their chests, though all of the dead ones are highly mutated, some of whom look only vaguely like people because of all of the horrific malformations on them. The survivors all stare blankly about, zombie-like, though if it is because of their treatment by the demons, the sight of Matthias attack on their captors, or because of some other reason, Elea cannot be sure. A single key sits on a crate directly in front of her, which Elea fits into each of the locks of the slaves, leading the survivors outside to the mildly less disgusting area, where the group of nude ex-captives stand, still unresponsive.

Meanwhile, as Sable leads her plant progeny toward the demon camp, they describe in somewhat graphic detail all of the things they'd like to do to Elea, which are more or less exactly what she'd expected them to want to do to her. (Lack of creativity and will, sorry ) Perhaps they had some instinct ingrained into them to not mate with their immediate relatives? Regardless, they also said; "Of course you'll be safe! We do not hurt things unless they hurt us!" And then, at the question of their father, they said; "We do not know.... We can sense only others like us, and the ancient ones. They are the only ones with voices for us to here." The odd group arrives at the camp shortly, one of the plant girls having scooped up Eleas gear for her. The plant girls immediately started eying the freed prisoners as Elea and D'Von freed the last of them from the warehouse where they'd been kept.

Moments later, however, the group all noticed a strange red light coming from the gate into hell, which had previously glowed violet. The twilight of oncoming evening was suddenly lightened by a titanic column of flame coming from the gateway and ascending up into the sky, the heat of which the group could feel from where they stood. It lasted for only a few moments, but Elea and Sable both noticed that the orange light hadn't faded completely, suggested that it might have lit some of the already decrepit town on fire.

(Decide on what you'd like to do next. You'll more or less succeed on RP type stuff, rather than me rolling anything.)

 

[xivvix]

Re: Lost and Found (xivvix/Kathy)

When Elea enters the warehouse, she is taken aback by the blood covered floors and remains strewn about. She stares, overwhelmed, until she feels the clawed hand of D'von on her back, urging her forward. Gritting her teeth and getting her amazement under control, the ranger goes about releasing the remaining prisoners as quickly as possible. As each one is freed from their chains, Elea whispers softly to each, "It's alright, wait outside." Though the ex-captives unresponsive state is worrisome, it at least saves the elf the trouble of having to deal with their reaction to D'von.

As the last of the survivors is escorted outside, Elea catches sight of Sable and the plant creatures. She waves to the catwoman, pausing slightly to look a little confused when all of the plant women all turn to regard her intently, then turns to D'von. "Master, our Mistress has arrived," she says, sounding perhaps a bit more relieved than she should, considering her act. Almost as soon as her statement is done, the huge blast of flame rockets into the sky. Shielding her eyes from the brightness, Elea takes a few steps backwards as the spectacle rages. 'Subtle, Matthias. Very subtle."

Once the pillar of fire subsides, Elea stares a moment at the orange glow on the horizon. Forgetting her act for a moment, she calls to Sable, "That came from the portal! I think Matthias is done playing games!" She walks closer to the catwoman, and says, "I think now might a good time to start moving these people out of here." She thinks for a moment, then adds, "Unless you want to check out the portal." Though she doesn't say anything, Elea is of course referring to Sable's plan to look for her lost master on the other side of the demon gate.

 

[Tassadar]

Re: Lost and Found (xivvix/Kathy)

(No more waiting for Kathy then. I should probably let them know, in case they missed the update. This bit takes place before Elea starts talking to Sable.)

The girl in front of her seems to stand transfixed staring at the column of fire for only a moment before she spins around and stares directly at Elea. Then, she says something in a foreign language which Elea has never heard before, though she got the general gist that it was probably something along the lines of; "Who are you?" Or; "What's going on?"

 

[xivvix]

Re: Lost and Found (xivvix/Kathy)

When she first heard the woman's strange sounding words, Elea only stares at her quizzically. It had been immensely helpful to learn the language of the humans who so often raided her people's lands, but this human's words were a mystery. The women is obviously, and understandably, frightened, but the elf is unsure how she can communicate her peaceful intent. She holds her hands out, palms up, towards the woman, hoping she will recognize it as a signal that she is not hostile. Worried the woman might see D'von and react before Elea could try to explain the situation, she steps forward, trying to come between the foreign woman and the demon and motion her towards the door outside.

 

[Kathy]

Re: Lost and Found (xivvix/Kathy)

(Ack sorry, my mistake, I didn't notice posts updated.)

Sable chuckled at her girls and whispered mild encouragement, "Mmh, can I help with that one?" she'd add teasingly at one point, "Oooh... that one sounds fun... I wonder if it's genetics you don't want to do such things with your mommy... because mommy wouldn't mind playing like that with her little girls..."

The conversation led her to finally nod about the others, "Well as long as they understand that impregnating others can harm them... and doing things like what you want to do with Elea, is harmful too, if you don't have permission." She told the girls, trying to insist on them that to be good girls, they had to be nice to others, and consider their emotions and moods too.

"... ancient ones? ... ... nevermind girls, we'll talk about it more later."

The vicious fight erupting from the portal caused even Sable's ears to fold back, hissing softly, she hated the idea her master may have been near that.

Sable showed up just as the conversation between the former prisoner and Elea began, moving closer to the group as she spotted the demon nearby, "D'Von... Remember what I told you... though I am here, you are in charge... For this mission, this body too is your servant. Ladies, that means obey the nice demon too, while we help these people."

Though she said nothing to Elea, if the woman noticed her arrival, she would subtly motion to where the portal was, and hint that she was okay with holding off on her trip to it... at least until they heard back from Matthias.

 

[Tassadar]

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D'Von nodded to Sable at her insistence that he be in command, and was about to speak when something..... Strange.... happened. The girl who had spoken in an unknown language, replied in mildly accented Badarian; "I... Who... are you?" Before she suddenly spotted the demon over the elfs shoulder, just as Elea tried to move her body to block the demon from sight. The girl shouted something in her strange language, and suddenly began to change form! She seemed to change into some kind of half-human, half-dragon, and rushed past the startled Elea toward an equally startled D'Von. The girl-dragon bull rushed the surprised demon, knocking him to the ground, and falling on top of him, clawed hands trying to rend at him. fortunately, whatever had happened to he seemed to drain her rather quickly, and she passed out on top of him before she could cause the demon any harm.

Extracting himself from underneath her, D'Von stood up and stared down at the girl, who still had a number of her draconic features despite being out cold. "We must leave this place. You, plant creatures! Carry those too weak or cowardly to walk on their own. Be careful of this one. I know of a place my kind abandoned not long ago, it will do as a sanctuary until the Destroyer returns from his cataclysm;" The demon said, motioning toward the plant girls surrounding Sable, who quickly moved to pick up some of the former captives who were too traumatized or exhausted to move on their own. Some of them seemed to have started coming to their senses, but didn't say anything as they were herded down the street by the plant-girls.

One of the creatures returned Eleas gear to her, though D'Von was still technically in command, and hadn't told her to put her armor back on yet. They walked for about a half a mile, the plant-girls not complaining despite the fact that they were all carrying someone, until D'Von turned left, going into the large courtyard of a dilapidated mansion. Then, he turned toward Sable, who had remained near the back to keep an eye on things, and said; "This place is as safe as any, my mistress."

 

[Kathy]

Re: Lost and Found (xivvix/Kathy)

The sudden motion of the woman caught Sable offguard, still magically exhausted, she felt her strength slowly returning, but not enough to handle these kinds of issues...

Her rifle was drawn and trained on the woman in a flash, but the struggle was over before she had to take a shot, leaving Sable staring at the woman uncertainly.

The demon seemed to understand what was going on better than she did, having more experience with those of his kind.

The cat-woman gave a firm nod to her children, encouraging them to do as the demon ordered, while briskly moving to the people who had just been rescued, "Do as he says, for now. Trust us, it's for the best. Things are going to get a lot worse otherwise." she'd tell the people of the area while urging them to hurry along.

She could only imagine the strangeness of the sight... a nude elf, a nude catgirl, half a dozen plant-spawned catgirls, all nude too of course, and a demon mage in charge of the group, at least from an outsider's perspective, trying to rescue the lot of them from their recently slain demon captors.


The entire run, Sable encouraged her daughters, reminding them of how proud she was, "I know it may be difficult, but you're saving this poor person's life... just like someday, if you were ever in danger, I hope someone will help you as well..." Still rather tired, she did her best to encourage stragglers and keep the group together, offering a shoulder to anyone who needed a hand, and always ready for a fight if one erupted.


Once they reached the mansion's courtyard, Sable nodded to D'von again, "If this is where we shall ride out the storm, perhaps we should prepare ourselves against further incidents... The most corrupted and easily taken over should be isolated, and those who're less tainted should be armed in case of any final attack..." She moved towards the demon and pressed her lips softly to his, giving him a soft, not too deep kiss of praise, stroking his cheek as she did so, "You've done very well, and proven yourself a valuable ally, D'von. Elea and myself can take over the preparations, if you are ready to hand over leadership." she told him that last part subtly, informing him he could stay in charge if he desired, or return to being given orders.


In her mind, preparations had already begun on the building though. She had quickly assessed both the mansion itself, and the courtyard, taking note of any other side buildings in the area. The group was large and difficult to control properly, making a retreat into the mansion during the fight, a poor idea, though the mansion itself seemed in good enough shape, and might have been a fair holdout.

If D'von indicated he would remain in charge, she would continue to follow the demon mage's suggestions, though at very least, look for easy ways to arm the group, and obvious places that could be trapped to handle fights.

If the girls had leadership returned, she would tell Elea to begin preparing the group to enter the mansion, "Since this is where we're staying, we should get indoors at least. I'll give the place a once over, start getting everyone into the main entryway while I do." before heading inside herself first, gun at the ready, she didn't want any surprises jumping out at her, but knew with the way things were going, anything was possible, as she began to quickly scout out the large building, not taking more than a few seconds to spare on any room as she rushed through it, taking note of the best routes to retreat if they were overrun, and anyplace the group could hide out at...


(Actions: Offer to resume leadership, and smooch D'von.
If D'von stays leader, encourage him and let him lead.
If D'von steps down, scout out the house as quickly as possible.)

 

[xivvix]

Re: Lost and Found (xivvix/Kathy)

Since she had been somewhat expecting a reaction from the foreign woman, the charge didn't surprise Elea. The transformation on the other hand, did, and she could only gape as the now half draconic woman charged past her and on top of D'Von. Only a second passed before the elf was moving forward, reaching to grab the woman and pull her off the demon, but by the time she reached the pair, the woman had already lost consciousnesses. Grunting, Elea rolled the sleeping woman over and away from D'Von, before turning to help him stand. "Are you alright?" she asked, her hatred of demons momentarily replaced by concern for a comrade. After a second, that feeling faded though, and her expression hardened as she added, "Master?"

With the demon already moving the assembled group away from the blood stained courtyard, Elea followed obediently. She eagerly took her returned armor, but after a quick glance between Sable and D'von, merely threw the pack over her shoulder, continuing to walk nude through the streets. Though all of the other members of their strange group were nude as well, the elf still felt self-conscious, doing her best to cover herself with her arms while struggling to keep her gear together. It didn't work very well, as she had to continually pull her arms away to grab at a piece of equipment that suddenly fell away from her. Preoccupied with managing her gear and covering her nudity as well as keeping up with the group, the elf had no time for much else during their walk.

Upon arriving at the mansion's courtyard, Elea finally relaxed, letting her pack fall noisily to the ground while she covered herself. Hearing D'von and Sable speaking, she eagerly moved to join them, but stopped short as she saw the catwoman leaning forwards against the demon, kissing him tenderly. After staring for a moment, the elf cleared her throat and stepped forward to stand alongside the catwoman. "Mistress, Master," she said, looking at each in turn, "This building is a simple residence. Not very defensible, though it looks large enough for our group to take shelter in. I am ready for your orders."

 

[Tassadar]

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D'Von nodded to Sable, and the demon, his fanged mouth smiling slightly, quietly replied; "I am pleased to have served you, mistress. I would await your orders...... I would not know what to do with these..... Mortals. I know only how to keep them from fleeing, not how to protect them. That, I think, would be best in your hands."

Her leadership returned, Sable gave out her orders, including telling Elea to prepare the rest of the group to enter the mansion, and then going into it herself, rifle at the ready. D'Von stood next to Elea after Sable left, looking at her as though she were now the defacto leader, at least until Sable returned, when the nude elfs eyes were turned toward the plant girl who was carrying the woman who'd transformed into a dragon and attacked D'Von. She had spoken, again in her strange, unfamiliar language, and was struggling against the creature holding her. Then, she spoke in the more common human language, though her accent was heavy; "What is happening? Release me!" She struggled more aggressively, the tiny wings that had grown from her arms during her transformation slashing ineffectually at the plant girls tentacles.