Gawfy had been walking for a while. He had been hired to scout a dungeon. Well it wasn't always a dungeon, used to be something else. ,but Gawfy did not care about that. He needed the coin, after Getting his armor fixed and blade sharpened he was plum broke. So he found himself wandering around this Dark and dusty place. As he was day dreaming a scream cut through the halls. The owner did say there where dark creatures living down here, Vampires maybe? Gawfy took his sword and came to a corner where he saw a familiar change of light peer around the hall.
Zen was excited to out and help Gaw Scout out this area, anything is better then staying in Thanatos. Zen took up the role as torch bearer for this adventure, seeing as it was dark. the problem was, Zen tried to ignite the torch head with magic and it has yet to combust. Zen was about to audibly ask Gawfy if they were going the right way when the 'call for adventure' came through the halls. Zen tossed the torch behind them, which NOW combusts into flames, and quickly followed behind, fishing out a sling bullet (essentially a ball of metal), seeming ready to throw it, which in the hands of a reality warper, can be dangerous.
Half of a body came around, wrinkled and gray like all life had ran away from it. A ghoul, Vampire's servants. This one looked like a relatively new one. Its service time to its master was however cut short. A hot lead ball had flew through the space between Gawfy's legs. As the ball hit made contact with the leg the creature had fallen to its knees. It opened its mouth to scream, It did not get the chance to as Gawfy swung his blade a vibrant crash was made as the ghouls head and by extension Gawfy's blade hit the old Brink and cement wall. The body fell to the ground with the top half of the Head gone. Looks like we might be dealing with a vampire, its a shame we don't know its rank. Gawfy said as he eyed the body.
Zen chuckled, looking at the now defeated minion, poking it lightly.
"Well that is good to know; Say, is the sun thing real? like exposed to sunlight they burn? and do we know why? just asking to see if I say, created a mini sun, would you think that would work?"
Zen asked, looking around to make sure this was the only one.
Yeah it works but they never fight out in the open. I find it easier to chop them to bits and take whats ever left out there, But some have a resistance to it. They can stay in sunlight longer Gawfy said as he stepped over the minion.These guys stay dead when you kill them though He said as he Waited for his torch bearer to catch up
"eh, not as Fun. Hopefully the fight will be fun, have a few spells I want to try out."
Zen stated, catching up to Gawfy, patting Gawfy on the back as Zen began to get in front of him,clutching a sling bullet lightly, seeming to be their ready weapon.
"But We are here to clear it out or scout it out? I know some jobs assume Scout means clear out, but if we do need to clear this place out, we may to do some more exploring after the local resident has been dealt with."
Gawfy stopped and pulled the notice written by the town Lord Gawfy began to read it aloud with a pompous accent as to mock the lord. You and your party are to take a look in my family old ritual ground, as i would like to renovate it and move my residence there. Gawfy stopped reading And after that it goes on and on about him and his family, so i guess we might just clear it out, But ill be sure to charge him extra for "hazard Pay" Gawfy said as he started back following zen
"Ah, so this was a ritual ground? let's hope it was nothing too deadly. Oh, question. how strong is your armor? like how much punishment can it take? cause my plan of attack is throwing this ball and get rid of its loss of velocity. Since a basic law of reality is equal and opposite reactions, this thing will begin doubling its speed every time it hits something."
Zen stated as a warning, showing the sling bullet with a smirk before stopping, realizing they had no idea were to go as they approach a fork in the hall.
Ive had Werewolves claw me, Dragons drop me, and vampires stab me. Gawfy said. If nothing else this armor is resilient Gawfy Then put on his helmet. Ill take the visor down when we start fighting. They had now come to a fork. Gawfy pulled out a map. This doesn't seem right. There should be a audience chamber here. Zen increase the pressure on the floor plates Gawfy asked As Zen did so volleys off arrows shot off the walls into the next and a stone door Slammed shut in front of them. Sooo left is out of the question,I guess we go right. Gawfy said as he started walking
Zen blinked a bit as the chain of traps seemed to be triggered, laughing before seeing Gawfy walk the other way.
"You know, if they put such a 'cunning' trap down the left path, must have something to protect."
with a snap of their fingers, zen cast a spell on the stone door which the effects became obvious as the door began to melt and vaporize, which surprised Zen as they back away quickly,covering their mouth with their cloak. the stone door soon became a mix of a slurry on the ground and what can only be described as stone gas hovering a good few inches from the ground.
"You know, did not think removing the solid state of matter would be so gaseous."
Gawfy covered his face when he saw zen raise his hand. He did not know what he was doing, but he had a feeling it wouldn't end the way zen thought it would. Well that's one way of getting it open
Gawfy said as he stepped over the oozing doorway. and continued thought the left path.
"well the only fun way."
Zen joked and began to follow down the left pass, keeping an eye out for any traps. Zen began to wonder why this path was trapped with two layers of traps, seemed a bit much if this was a dead end. perhaps it was treasure that they could split as a 'bonus' . Or a fair madien or prince awaiting rescue, though that would be too cliche'.
Gawfy started walking with zen. he knelt down and picked up an arrow. Broad tips with many Edges. This wouldn'penetratete armor, Which begs the question, Why even use it in a trap? and there was an odd amount fired from the walls. Everyone knows a well placed shot beats 100 Arrows. There where also Worn claw marks on the walls. Gawfy Stood up and drew his sword and kept walking.
Zen turned to face Gawfy, chuckling as he drew his sword, finding it humorous that he was going on the defensive.
"Afraid we may be getting into some trouble? I guess I should get prepared as well."
With that, Zen pulled their hood lower and pulled up a scarf as well as putting on full on cloth gloves, seeming to cover as much possible flesh for some reason. This was Zen preparing his ultimate defense spell he called Mage's Statue. It was a simple spell that made his clothing not accept or transfer forces, an immovable object. can not cut or pierce something that will not yield.
(ooc) I added a picture if you where wondering what the armor looked like
Gawfy and Zen then came to a Left turn. As they Turned They where met with a Low Rumbling. Gawfy hugged the Wall and sure enough a scaly head poked around to investigate the noise the traps made. Acting instinctively Gawfy rammed the Sword into the Top part of the neck. He must have cut the vocal cords because it wasn't shaking and Gawfy could feel a slight vibration on his sword. He Let go of the sword with His right hand. Zen then noticed the sound His Large gauntlet was making. Gawfy aimed his Arm at the wyvern's Head. He could see it was about to do somthing but he did not want to give it the chance. With a Low Kathunk the hallway exploded with noise as a Lead ball left Gawfy's Gauntlet. Hitting the beast in the Head effectively killing it. A Black figure Jumped from behind the wyvern. In the air it was heading towards gawfy.
Zen followed Gawfy's lead as they took cover from the rumbling, getting awe struck when the beast reared its head, but the moment was interrupted as Gawfy leapt in to attack the beast. before Zen could processes what Gawfy just did or was doing, the echo of the gauntlet contraption rang in Zen's ear. As soon as Zen was able to recover from the chaos that happened, Zen was laughing. this entire scene rang humorous to him, what else to expect from a rumored insane chaosmancer.
"First, I love seeing impromptu fights, always just pure instinct and chaos. Second, I can see you grew up in a rough street, attack before it could even let out a snort. Which leads to point three and the important one, What is that and how do you know it was an enemy? need to know if we need to dispose of the body, if we can. Also this gives me an excuse to try and break some laws of nature if we need to~."
Gawfy could hear zen laughing in his left ear. He did not look back as one more ghoul jumped out. He reached out with his right hand to grab the Abomination As luck would have it the Thing jumped at just the right angle for Gawfy's right thumb to line up with its eye. as His thumb went into its eye Gawfy clenched down with all of his might slamming It into the ground. Gawfy let go of his sword still lodged into the beast to jump on top of the vile Cur. Gawfy Then got a good look at it. It was a woman, still young still looking human. She was beautiful with flowing white hair. Gawfy was pulled back as she tried to put a claw into his visor. He pulled his head up quickly. The Claw missing his eye but digging into his face. Gawfy brought His left hand over his head and brought it down on her. Grunting heavily each time he did so. After eleven pummels she took her claw out. But Gawfy did not waiver in his assault. After three more blows she ceased to move. Gawfy Sat up. Breathing heavily he moved against the wall to see a very exited Zen. Gawfy had heard wyverns and ghouls have magical properties, alive or dead. Gawfy watched as zen examined the wyvern and the not so dead ghoul.
"seems like you are a one man army. you always this ready to fight?"
Zen chuckled, seeing Gawfy easily take on enemy after enemy. If Zen's theory holds true, though, this proves that they are getting close to something worth guarding. While Gawfy was having his fun, Zen began to harvest what they could from the Slain Beasts, what They plan on using it for is unknown, but they seem to do this to just pass the time.
Gawfy opened the visor covering his mouth and got some water to drink and cool him. Not always,Just when i'm in the armor. Gawfy said as he stood up. Seeing as how this place was listed as uninhabited id made the assumption they where hostile. The ghoul coming after us right after the wyvern confirmed my theory Gawfy said as he pulled the blade from the neck of the beast. A red waterfall gushed out when he did so. He then opened his gauntlet and added more black powder and shoved a lead ball in. You have the go ahead from me if you wanna do somthing chaotic with that wyvern corpse. He said as he looked back at the ghoul still breathing. Leave her alone though. She isn't dead and all of the broken bones on her face will take time to heal. He pitied her. So young just to be turned into a vampire's plaything. That and he felt a little guilty. She wasn't that strong and He did goudge out an eye and pulled her into unconsciousness. I can wait here. Tell me when you wanna move on Gawfy said as he started to get all of the gooey viscera and blood of off his weapon.
"you have a good point, but the risk reward of trying something new is too volatile, so I think just collecting some samples is Good enough."
Zen stated, chuckling lightly. When Zen looked to the ghoul, Zen shuddered at the sight and sighed, seeming to try and figure out how to save them, pondering a solution.
"Ghouls, is there a cure?"
Gawfy shrugged Dunno, Ive heard that you can kill the vampire that turned them and that would change them back.Gawfy stood up walking around the corner. But That sounds too fairy tail-ish to be true. He said as they came into an open Room. It was Octagonal in shape. With pillars Going to the top where the vertices where. The Top of the room was very high up. and the center was made of glass. There they could see the stars that where out. There where two chairs at the opposite end of the room surrounded by gold. Gawfy gripped His sword with both hands when he felt a chilling breeze behind him.
"stranger things can be true. its a hope for a cure at least and a good way to prove it."
Zen Followed, still covered up, fishing out a sling bullet as they entered this octagonal room. Zen cautiously moved closer to the chairs. it seemed to be like a throne room, though no one was present. Zen was ready for a fight, bracing themselves for a surprise attack.
Gawfy turned and let out a grunt as he swung the blade with force. The sword made contact steel. The Vampire behind them let out a squeal as she blocked with her rapier. The Force of the attack cut through her sword a Clang rang out. Sending her flying into a wall. When she hit the wall it knocked up Decades of dust. She had Also brought some ghouls with her. These seemed better trained as they aimed for the weaker parts of Gawfy's armor. He Then vaulted off of his sword entire body in the air. . Their Weapons hitting his sword now in the ground instead of him. He landed behind them Nine he counted when he was in the air. Now landed he Swung the sword once 180 Degrees in front of him. Completely tearing three apart He took another step A second swing tearing the next Three into pieces. Two others turned and lunged at him. For a single instant they where lined up. And that's all it took as Gawfy brought his sword from over his head down on them. Smashing their armor. And destroying their bones. The one that was left lunged at Zen.
Zen turned to the sound of metal clanging, seeing a fight break out, smiling as this all played out. It looked like gawfy was able to handle this on his own. What ever Zen could do would just disrupt his fighting flow, which is why Zen was manically gleeful when one ghoul tried to attack him.
Rule change; Acceleration is instantaneous and an object will increase in speed as it is air born.
This was the rule Zen added to the sling bullet and he chucked it at the Ghoul. To any and all on lookers, the ball seemed to disappear as the ghouls entire face was instantly covered in sun bright, molten metal, followed by a loud sonic boom. Zen quickly stepped out of the way as the ghoul collapsed on the ground from such a gruesome attack, clutching his ears from the noise.
what had happen was because the ball would gain speed as it was in the air, it would normally build up speed the longer it was in the air, but since the rule of Acceleration was instant, it reach an ungodly speed in literally the instant it was let go. Due to friction front he air, it also instantly heated up, melted, and would have became a gas if the ghoul was father away (Though half of the ball was a gas by the time it hit the ghoul).
Gawfy Heard more footsteps Coming from The hall they where just in. At the same time He heard The woman groaning. She was turning into a vampire lord. Zen! Take care of the party Guests coming from the Hall. Gawfy said as he hoisted his sword to face the vampire lord. Gawfy Threw down a a satchel. Fell free to use those. Zen opened the The satchel. It was full of the explosives Gawfy used when they where in the port. Gawfy took the sword into both hands and waited for the Dust to settle as Zen Skipped away.
Zen looked at the explosives and chuckled, taking a few and 'enchanted' the explosives with two spells. one, potential energy triples when turning into kinetic energy and flipping the type of explosion (Exothermic to Endothermic). Zen ran to the hall and took a handful of the bombs and lit them before throwing them down the hall. a Blast was heard, sounded as if Zen detonated the entire bag and then some, as the hall way became in cased in solid Ice as the heat of the entire hall was sapped away from the area, filling the throne room with a cold fog. Seems as though the ice is growing due to a Paradox that might have been created.
"Good news, Hallway is no longer a problem, Bad news is I do not think the explosives are done stealing all the heat, so this place may begin to freeze over."
Zen stated, Grabbing another bomb, converting it into a Wild bomb by getting rid of all causality from its chemical reaction (The explosion).
Gawfy was wondering about how the Lord might feel about his new ice room but this was no time for talk. As the Vampire lord stepped out of the Dust. She was giggling to her self with her new form intact She was Slightly taller now with more muscle tone. Looking almost like a werewolf. A Quick Jump later at she was At Gawfy Shit He muttered as he held up his blade to block the Fist coming at him. As it made contact it was clear she was much more strong. Gawfy Was sent flying into the chairs Breaking both of them. The Beast Turned and Looked at Zen. Staring at Zen She stood their inching ever so closer to him. Gawfy Had gotten up And moved faster then he ever did. She turned around To throw a punch at Him Gawfy Met It with is Own Punch. Only Centimeters away from each other Zen Heard a Familiar Ka Thunk and a click As his Miniature canon went off. Tearing Her Hand to Bits. She screamed and Held her Now bloody and broken Hand. With a Deep Yell Gawfy Took His sword to his waist with both hands and rammed it into her chest. It got half way though Before she tried to Stop it. Gawfy And The Vampire Mistress Where in A Tug of war with his sword. If zen wanted to do Somthing now would be the time.
"Gaw, Heads up!"
Zen threw the Lit Wild bomb at the Mistress, quickly pulling their hood all the way down and using his Ultimate Defense spell to withstand anything that this Bomb may cause. as the fuse burned down and detonated, there was no explosion,in fact it seemed to collapse within itself as a green mist was being drawn from Zen and Gawfy, creating a growing ball of green mist. this draining effect was taking both of their stamina, strength, and energy but to what end. 3 seconds would have gone by, though the exhaustion of hours would effect the two as the green mist exploded and filled the entire room, restoring some energy and vitality to Zen and Gawfy, but its true intentions were seen. it was a Life bomb as the Vampire mistress would be given a precious gift, Life. No longer a powerful Undead Vampire, but what she was before the embrace, minus a hand, but the bomb seemed to have slowed the now bleeding stump.
Gawfy pulled his sword from her self and watched as the wound closed up. She now looked like any ordinary woman. She Held her Stump as she looked at Gawfy now standing over her with his sword still in his right hand. Just how many people has she killed sustaining her own life? He thought to himself. Or Worse, Turing them into those lifeless Pawns Only to Die for their lords. His Armor Glistened with red While Bathing in the moonlight contemplating what to do.
Zen stood there, completely frozen, seeming to wait for something to happen, when in actuality, their robes and clothing were incapable of moving. Zen was there, thinking, contemplating on what has happened, thinking for a moment before breaking the silence that seem to settle around them.
"Your under arrest? Or better yet, you surrender? I mean you are alive again, somehow, and he has a sword. that false sense of immortality is gone. If you want, we can explain ourselves and you may have second true chance at life now."
Gawfy jumped at Zens words. As much as he wanted to Butcher This Monster turned Human He knew it wasn't right. He also Didn't want to Let Zen See it. Its easy To Carve up a Beast or Some person trying to kill you, Its another thing To kill some one Holding their Hands Up Crying, begging you to stop. Take This and never come back He said to the woman As he tossed a teleportation crystal into her Lap. He reloaded His Gauntlet and Started for the exit. We still got work to do Gawfy said to zen. As he walked past him.
Zen focused to end his Defensive spell, turning around to see the ice bomb's effect expanded past the hallway now, trying to branch out into the throne room, luckily it was just tendrils of frost crawling up the walls.
"Forgot about the hallway problem? we need to find another way out, unless you want to deal with the thing causing Ice to continuously grow. Hopefully it stops."
Zen Stated, stretching a bit as they were a stiff as a statue moments ago.
Oh right, the hallway. Gawfy had forgotten all about that. Well cant you undo what you did? He asked bluntly. I mean we either have to trek through that hallway or find another way.He said as he looked up at the Glass ceiling
"Ha, funny. I am a Chaosmancer, invoker of non reality. I can not reverse this. Be lucky if I can recreate that reliably. But Miss, you must have been here for a while, anyway out of here cause a really do not feel safe with Plan B and destroying gravity."
Zen stated, chuckling as they looked up to the ceiling, hoping there is a secret path in the throne room as destroying gravity in such a large scale may fail.
Gawfy sighed as he bent down to the woman. Just has luck would have it she would Fumble back and dink the crystal she was holding. Sending her to gods know where. Leaving The two alone and information -less.
"Well That was something she could have mentioned. So how shall we try getting out? I can try and make us float out the ceiling, or I can melt the walls. . . more or less. Or We can teleport, though there is a fifty percent chance it is a random location."
Zen admitted, listing the options they had from Zen's skills, seeming to count all the ways out of here.
Well i dont care how we leave. So im just gonna leave this up to you. Gawfy said as he Patted Zen on the shoulder. It can be as crazy as you want. Just as long as we get out of here. And doesn't tear me up too bad. Teleporting always made Gawfy feel sick. He stood back and let zen work his magic.
Zen smiled and went over to hug Gawfy as if he had just given Zen a Gift.
"That is the best thing you have ever told me. we are going to walk around the wall of the building, using a little known Fourth Dimension. if you value your sanity, I suggest covering your eyes."
With that warning Zen Grabbed one of Gawfy's hands and snapped his fingers as the sound of the snapping seemed to halt, not like it was suddenly silenced, but as if its advancement in time seemed suspended. If Gawfy valued his sanity, Zen would lead them for about a minute before the Snapping noise continued were it left off as they appeared somewhere outside the building, with said structure behind them, covered in frost, as if some time has passed since the start of the dimensional side step. Zen was Laughing a bit insanely, even for Zen as his eyes seemed to be glazed over with 'mad scientist' inspiration.
"Haha, aw man, I have never seen that dimension in person before, just pictures and drawings."
(If Gawfy did not value his sanity, the visual experience would be of something indescribable, enlightening, and terrifying)
Gotcha Gawfy covered his eyes and Heard a snap of fingers as zen led him. He Then continued to hear the snapping for what seemed like an eternity and then it stopped and all Gawfy could hear now was Zen laughing. he Felt a little sick but they where back in the hallway. Gawfy's armor now covered in frost. Im not going to ask the hows and whys but thanks for getting us outta there Gawfy said as he walked down The hall. Unknown to them they where being watched
.
"eil a si ytilaer; Who are you? OH Right."
Zen rubbed their eyes, the maddening glaze not leaving as they continued to walk with Gawfy.
"So we beat the baddie, and I think we explored most of this place, why are we still here? you have suspicions we are not done here, yet. I know, I can collapse the space down to a 2 dimensional plane and just observe the layout."
they stated, chuckling, unsure if that was serious or not.
Gawfy stared at Zen with a concerned glance. The problem with vampires Zen is that when you see one there are a lot more you are not seeing. He stated as he started down the next hallway.
I think we can do without that. Besides we already know the layout.
As Gawfy said that A Parchment landed at his feet and a shadow fled.
Gawfy picked up the paper and in very elegant writing it read:
Gawfy And Zenkaku
You are cordiality invited to our Ball
The Location was the Ruins they where In
The starting time Was an hour ago.
Gawfy Handed the paper to zen What do you make of this? He asked