The Fourth Musketeer!(Kihia, Potato, and Naraca)

Mission overview:

Kihia quietly snuck up to the outside wall of the Townsend Residence, He then looked back and motioned for Naraca and Quincy to come forward. They had taken up this urgent international job a few days ago… evidently the family had been taken hostage with a pretty large ransom to release them. Kihia frowned, Despicable people... He then looked up at the wall, It shouldn’t be too difficult to get over without being detected… Kihia nodded, they were told that three Musketeers would meet them just within the grounds from the south wall.

Kihia put his hand on the wall and channeled his magical power into the wall itself. He formed a ladder(5% mp used) on the wall and then said, “Remember we have to remain undetected until we managed to diffuse the situation enough for the family is safe… Use hand signals to communicate inside…” Kihia then nodded and then climbed up the ice ladder he had made. When he got to the top of the wall he glanced over it to make sure that no one was watching from the house. Low security…? That doesn’t sit right with me… Kihia then climbed over the wall and fell back down to the ground. When he saw the coast was clear he knocked on the wall twice.

Kihia waited for a moment studying the area around him, Where are our contacts…? Kihia then heard someone whisper… “Get down!” Kihia looked around for a moment and then felt someone grab his foot and pulled it to make him fall down, “I said get down! I am trusting that you are our Fiore reinforcements?” Kihia nodded, quietly,these must be our Minstrel contacts…

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OOC Report
Mana: 105%(started at 110% due to two + weapons)

Quincy followed Kihia and Naraca through the unknown land. The boat ride here made her extremely sea sick and kind of regret going on this mission. But she made a promise that she was going to help out with this one. She knew that the people had kidnapped someone and she knows how bad it feels for the person kidnapped to be taken away from their home. Though she has no idea what it was like having other people to come out to save her from her predicament.

Unlike her usual self Quincy followed Quietly and hadn't spoken since the ship. All she did was stare off into space not wanting to be there. She bumped into the wall that Kihia had jumped over and copied what he did. "I really don't like this place." She said quietly as someone started to speak. These people didn't seem so much like an enemy so Quinn never really gave them a second thought. Like Kihia said Quietly these were probably the contacts.

Quincy nodded lightly and spoke softly "Yes we are. But why go out of the way to get mages from another country to save a single person? I mean you guys are strong enough to take care of your own right? Or are you just a bunch of cowards who don't want to dirty your own hands. Or maybe you have something else planned for us?" She spoke coldly without any remorse unlike her usual self. For some reason this place just made Quincy feel like she was trapped like she was long ago and her old dark attitude was coming out again.

(OOC: Had the cut the post early hope ya'll can follow up with what I've given)

The day had turned to night over the course of the boat ride, the stars were few and far between due to the lights of the incoming city. The water was calm though, quite soothing in fact. It was black but sparkling with white light from the half-moon in the sky that had only a few dark grey clouds floating.
Naraca could lose himself in the sight, he had a deep appreciation for nature.

The boat ride passed by quickly yet during it Naraca was really able to relax and take stock. This mission, the man had been to this place before, he had been everywhere at least once after all. The city of Minstrel was extravagant to say the least with rich and very bold designs and colors. However he didn't like the people, comprised mostly of a population where the men had never seen a drop of there own blood or felt sweat on there forehead, and the women who weighed an extra 2 pounds in make up and layers upon layers of fancy clothes to attempt the give them the looks of celebrities walking the red carpet. They were a pompous and shallow people, however they knew there around a kitchen alright. Food was almost too good, half the time Naraca felt like it was them giving him food so good that he wouldn't taste the poison within it.

It wasn't long before they docked, once they did, they moved quickly to there goal, they first had to make to the location.
Walking through the city, the black haired beast felt nostalgia coming back here. He was...16? Maybe, when he was last here, yet he remembered it clearly because it was the only time his parents were able to get lucky with disguises and fake I.D's in the city and they were able to play the part of royalty for a couple weeks. It was the only time in his life Naraca had ever experienced luxury in the financial sense.

Eventually they arrived at there destination, it was a massive establishment. A mansion wouldn't do justice to the size of this massive place. It could easily hold a small army, and packed tight, a battalion.
Kihia formed a ladder on a wall they had to climb over, a wall that Quincy bumped into.
The Ice boy reinforced that this was a stealth mission, to which Naraca nodded in reply.

He let the boy and Quincy go up the ladder first. Keeping an eye out to what was behind them. It was quiet, it did become night recently though so it was possible there was a shift change to any guard that should have been outside, However that was the mind of an optimistic man speaking. He didn't like the lack of security as much as Kihia.
With a watchful eye and open ears he climbed up the ladder after Kihia and Quincy. The moment they made it over the wall they quickly closed the distance and moved to one of the walls of the mansion. Supposedly is just took a knock and the contact would open the door. Kihia took the liberty of knocking.
Naraca stayed close to the wall and right beside the door as the boy knocked, he'd be ready to act if something came from the door that wasn't what they intended.

From behind Kiha, three figures suddenly appeared like ninja's revealing themselves, one of them pulling Kihia in with a whisper of "get down" Yet Naraca did take it as friendly. He immediately raised his right hand and ripped his sword out from the sheathe. His feet carried him like a blur and rushed passed Kihia and Quincy. The three figures were quick themselves, attempting to step back while reaching for what looked like swords on there hips. Yet Naraca was much faster, his hand shot forward and grabbed the throat of the figure that grabbed Kihia's leg.
He stood the stranger up high, letting the person's feet dangle off the ground as he pressed the person back against a wall.
One to his right pulled out a sabre type of sword and attempted to close the distance, however Naraca simply raised his massive great sword in front of her, the anchor shaped tip nearly touching the approaching figure, forcing the bladed figure to stop as he held one there comrades hostage.
However, the third figure seemed to have all but dissapeared before he suddenly felt the tip of a sharp sword pressed firmly on the back of his neck.

"Let her go..." A woman's voice ordered firmly from behind him.
Naraca stayed still, yet his grip was still firm on the other figures throat who, when he got a better look, was a woman with brunette hair and wore very fancy and regal musketeer clothing, as did the woman who had the sword pointed in front of her, accept she was a red head. The brunette haired woman held his wrist with both her hands as she tried to keep herself propped up so she could breathe. Naraca grip was just light enough for air to come through, yet just an inch away from breaking her spine.
Brunette, Red...So was the one behind him blonde? He knew those were the descriptions of there contacts. Yet he couldn't be too careful he had no idea if only a moment later they were going to attack. He had to be sure.

"Names..." He replied in a dark tone.
"Atha" The blonde woman replied
"Atma" The red head one followed.
There was a brief pause.
"And she's Portha" The red head added, her head motioning to the woman Naraca held.
The code names...Those were them alright, and these three seemed to have the look down, those clothes and those weapons were exclusive to the musketeer's.

He looked back at Portha before slowly lifted his sword up and sliding it back into his sheathe as he opened his hand and dropped her on the floor. She leaned against the wall and started coughing as she slowly regained her breath.
Once he dropped her, the others sheathed there sabers as well.
"Sorry...Just had to be sure" Naraca explained, hoping she was actually alright. It would set a bad example if it got out that Lamia Scale members had almost choked out one of there contacts.
Portha recovered quickly and asked if they were the Fiore reinforcements.
Quincy answered for them, added the question as to why they were needed at all.
"Sir Townsend is a very close asset, and personal friend to the Musketeers, our higher ups wanted nothing but the best in Fiore and Minstrel, and under these circumstances, we were told a group called Serpant Soul would be perfect for this job" Atha explained to Quincy with a slight french accent.

Kihia shook his head as the scene somewhat escalated very quickly, “Everyone shush! Remember… stealth is important if the Townsend family will make it through this.” Kihia stood up from being pulled over ignoring the irritated looks the contacts were giving him. Kihia waited a moment listening for any changes within the house, when he heard none he nodded, and then quietly said, “We have come to aid in diffusing the situation without harm to the Townsend family… however… we should do this by ourselves…” Atha was quickly taken aback from this comment and said, “What gives you the right to make that call?? We asked you for assistance not-“ Kihia cut her off by holding up his right hand to tell her to be quiet. Kihia then gave her an extremely cold stare for a moment and then finally responded, “First off… try and keep it down… this mission requires us to remain undetected for as long as possible… and that is also the reason why I said that you three need to stay out here until we can make it safer… three people sneaking around is manage able not to be detected… six however… is a different matter…”

Atha looked like she was about to say something and then Atma put her hand on Atha’s shoulder and shook her head. Kihia then nodded and looked at the mansion, “We will make a signal in some form when you three can come in safely…” The three Musketeers nodded in sequence and Kihia then turned his attention back to the mansion. He then spotted a small window at the base of the structure, and a basement access, A basement… probably the best point of entry for us… Kihia then motion for Naraca and Quincy to follow him and quickly crawled along the ground and got to the Basement access. Kihia grimaced when he saw that it appeared to be locked from the inside, Kihia then turned around and quietly said while pointing at the basement window, “Quincy do you think you can sneak in from there and unlock this basement access?”

Quincy crossed her arms after being told what to do. Something about this place gave her a bad feeling like she wasn't supposed to be there at all. She edged her way to the entrance to the basement. She gave a quick look around and then stared right at Kihia. "You know if we send me in there first I am probably going to break everything right? Cause it could and most likely will happen. As we all know I am the smallest yes, but I am the loudest one here." she said with her tone raising subconsciously. Towards the end she caught herself and brought herself back into a whisper.

Even before someone responded she went towards the entrance and wiggled her way through. Inside the basement was dark and damp and gave her bad memories from when she was a kid. None the matter she resisted successfully in breaking everything as she unlocked the door and opened it for the rest of her team. She opened it with a bow expecting a great thanks but knew she wouldn't get one. "Sad, I didn't break anything....yet." She muttered the last bit under her breath so no one could hear her. As soon as Kihia and Naraca made their way inside Quincy followed loosely, basically dancing behind them yet not touching anything. Just their luck if they find something shiny or a couple of potatoes down there while they made their way up to the rest of the estate. Again she was still surprised that she didn't break anything thus far.

Kihia's suggestion on sneaking in as a three man team and not a six man team was indeed a better idea. However Naraca didn't think the musketeer's should be discarded, although the sneaking section of this mission didn't need them, he had a feeling that maybe the extraction of the Townsend family would.
Kihia noted a window above a basement access, he then motioned for Quincy and himself to follow. Naraca was about to follow when he felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned around and saw Portha, the woman he had in the choke just moments ago, holding a ring that had a blue lacrima in the center of it.
"Put this on, when you need us, tap the lacrima three times." She told him, waiting for him to take the ring.
He looked down at her as she spoke, his eye's spotting some incoming bruising on her neck. Hopefully she wouldn't have any worrisome parents or a concerned boyfriend ask about that.

"Thanks" He replied, taking the ring with his two fingers and taking a moment to figure out which finger it would fit.
His hands were like sasquatch paws, it only barely was able to fit his middle knuckle on his pinky.
"Stand by for now, I'll call you when we need you" He added before turning around and catching up with Kihia and Quincy, going prone when necessary.
The musketeer's seemed to vanish once he looked back. Hopefully they made the right choice in leaving the girls as backup.

Kihia and Quincy went towards a basement door which was locked. Kihia asked Quincy to climb into the window. Looking at the window Naraca figured he could probably force it open, yet a broken lock would of course leave a trace so Quincy sneaking in was indeed the better option, although he was worried that she wouldn't be able to contain herself once inside.
It didn't take long for the door to unlock and slowly open up upon Quincy's actions. 'See? I didn't break anything.'
Naraca gave her a little half smile and pat her shoulder.
"Indeed you didn't, good job" He complemented before walking passed her and into the basement.
The basement was dark, yet filled with stacks of boxes and old furniture, he didn't pay special attention to the storage but he did see an old samurai sword with some Japanese words inscribed on the sheathe.
He spotted the upstairs and saw a light coming from the borders of the door.

The power...It was electrical.

The Townsends must have truly been rich to afford electricity rather then run on typical magic. This was useful...Very useful in fact.
Naraca looked around for a moment before spotting what looked like a fuse box. He walked up to it and forced the box open reveling the fuse's inside and the wiring behind them.

"Quincy, you think you can merge with the electricity in this place? I'm thinking we can cut the power, then have you search through the house for the hostages, then we can just go and get them." He explained in an upbeat attitude.

Kihia walked down into the basement after Naraca, nodding to Quincy in the process. He examined the dark room. He saw various storage containers as well as a few Katana’s in a nearby case. He nodded a bit and looked around for the staircase that would have led up stairs. Kihia overheard Naraca’s idea for Quincy to use the house’s electrical network to spy and find out exact details of the enemies. He then whispered, “I agree with this plan, just make sure you try and remain undetected Quincy…” Kihia then quietly walked over to the middle of the basement room.

He listened intently for any noise from the upper level, he wasn’t hearing anything, Either there they aren’t on the first level… or they are good moving extremely quietly… Kihia frowned and looked around a bit and then noticed the staircase to the upper levels. He nodded, “Naraca wait here until Quincy gets back… I am going to go up and double check the connecting hallway…” He then quietly walked over to the staircase and examined it closely, Thankfully… these set of stairs are made out of stone… it won’t make any unnecessary noise… Kihia then slowly walked up the staircase to the door access. He saw the door was slightly ajar and quietly looked through the crack trying to spot something, Nothing?... Not even a single sound on the first floor… He frowned and then quietly walked down the stairs back to his companions. “There are no signs of anyone outside the door… or at least that’s what it appears… but something doesn’t sit right with me…”

Quincy nodded in her orders, even though she really didn't like following them so much. She felt like she was kind of being used to just break in without breaking anything, use her powers to take out the rest of the power. "I think I can do it, though there may be a chance that I may blow up several light bulbs going through the lines to get to the main power. Im not sure about this though so prepare for something that may be fun." She walked towards a light bulb and smirked and whispered to herself "Static Fade." While speaking she rubbed the sides of her body from her head to her hips fading into the light causing it to burst.

As she traveled through the wiring she was easily seen from open wires and certain unlit areas until she made it to the generator room. Luckily enough the hallways were well lit enough to keep her from lighting the place like a torch. She giggled to herself, she only shattered the light bulb she entered through. Getting closer to the generator she let out a laugh. She could do exactly what she was told or she could have humongous amounts of fun. This time she knew what had to be done. She backed away from the generator and started charging at it with her fists raised and then punching the damned thing till it stopped working. She was glad she got that out of her system. But as the power died out the door kicked open.

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OOC Report:
Health=98%
Mana= 90%

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Too quiet was it? Yes such a thought was warranted. Yet whatever these dark guild wizards were doing, they certainly couldn't expect the power to go out. This should get the sounds of footsteps and panicking going.
Quincy melding into the wiring was interesting to watch, like she was turning into raw light and the parts of her going into the wires would narrow and funnel like a cone as she phased into the electricity. He had faith she would reach the generator.

Kihia wanted to look outside, he nodded his head, just so long as the boy didn't go too far he was fine with letting him see if there would be anyone in there immediate path. Kihia went up, Naraca watched him walk up, he was calm, but found his right hand was a little tense, ready to rip out his sword. The quiet didn't sit right with him either. For a dark guild performing a robbery, they patrols certainly weren't quite what you would expect them to be, considering they were withholding a very powerful family in Minstrel.

Naraca kept a level head about it all though, thinking, observing. He would never be one to say he was intelligent, but his experience no doubt gave him a powerful intuition.

Kihia came back downs stairs after peering through the crack in the door to the ground floor

"No sign huh...?" Naraca mumbled to himself as he lifted his left hand up and placed his two fingers on his lips.
"You're right, this isn't good. We'll stay hidden, and try to avoid conflict as much as possible. Once Quincy comes back, we go straight for the Townsends, no fighting if we can help it" He explained quietly to Kihia.

A faint banging resonated through the walls before the light leading the ground floor suddenly shut off.
Naraca buried his face in his palm.
"Damn it Quincy..." He whispered through his teeth.
She didn't shut it off...She sabotaged it. Was it the only thing she could do? Maybe she was unable to simply turn it off? No, generators these days were rare, and the one's that did exist weren't exactly that difficult to figure out. At least not in terms of shutting them off.

For whatever reason it why it was quiet before didn't hold up anymore, as quick footsteps boomed through the ceiling.
"We gotta move!"
He dashed towards the stairs and ran up the steps 4 at a time with jumps. He didn't let his weight cause his footsteps to be loud, but he had to be fast no doubt.

He couldn't make too much noise, yet if Quincy was spotted, or any of them was spotted, the Townsend family could be killed...Or at least one of them would die to assert they were serious.

Getting to the door, Naraca stopped and looked through the crack, he could see anyone, yet he heard foot steps approaching across the way.
Opening the door, he had his back close to the wall as he moved through it, just ahead was a turnoff to another hallway where he heard the foot steps. They belong to...Two men. They were moving in a jog judging from the thud of there weight on the floor. Yet once they passed the wall where Naraca was hiding, there would be only two thuds.

Both of them in front of him, and with them both beside each other, Naraca rushed forward, extend his arm chopping the back of man's neck closest to him. He quickly grabbed the back of the man's shirt to prevent him from hitting the ground. The second man turned with his eye's wide, he opened his mouth and lifted his hand up like he was about to perform a spell. With his free hand he reached forward grabbed the man's throat and squeezed with a powerful grip. Yet the wizard could still use a spell in the seconds he had left. So pulling the wizards head down, Naraca lifted his leg up and rammed knee cap into the man's temple, knocking him out cold. So brutal yet careful. Using just enough for to knock them out and not killing them.

He kept his grip on both of them, and let them fall to the ground silently. The entire action done with out making much of any noise at all.

He turned his head to Kihia.

"We keep Quincy clear, but we'll have to wait for her still, we can't risk looking for the generator and end up getting spotted" He informed Kihia, figuring that they could keep Quincy covered so no one else would come towards her until she got back.
He knew they could always just follow one of the wizards that would go to check the generator, however he had faith in Quincy, despite her destructive behavior. He knew that she knew she still had to find out where the Townsend family was located. So to him, they should just wait for now, yet make sure no one else would come for her till she got back.

Kihia nodded in agreement to Naraca’s plan, and then waited a bit more for his eyes to adjust to the low light of the mansion’s hallways. It would be best not to wander around… but we don’t have a map… although… He nodded, and then quietly said, “Naraca… wait one moment… I am going to attempt to get a read… of the mansions layout…” Kihia slowly walked over to one of the walls and place his left hand on it. He then started to channel his magical power into the building, This will be difficult to pull off accurately… but I should be able to map out the nearby sections of the mansion by doing this…

After a long moment, Kihia had managed to sense the layout of the house itself, however… that didn’t mean he knew what room was which. “I have managed to sense the layout of the nearby sections of the house… but I can’t tell which room is which… except for the few large rooms that are easy to guess…” He had been able to find three rooms that were the main hall, dining hall, and a library, however this information did not yield information on what or who was in these rooms. “There is a library on the second floor… and that is where I am sensing(Character perk not from channeling) the largest source of magical power… but… it seems to be moving quite irregularly…” He stopped for a moment contemplating those words himself… he couldn’t find a reason a magic power source would be moving so irratically…

As soon as the door opened Quincy made a break to hide behind the generator. It was her genius idea that got her into this mess. She peered over to see a pair of men checking out the now broken power source. "So what the hell is wrong with the damned thing now?" "Well looks like someone broke it. I think someone just broke in and broke it. Go get the boss and see what he knows about this and what to do." Quincy quickly thought about it and jumped out from behind the generator and socked one of the wizards in the face and jumped to the one closest to the door and kicked him in the gut.

"You damned girl Im going to kill you!" Called out the one who was punched as he reached for her only to get thrown to the one on the ground wheezing. "Send in your boss and I may just let you live!" The one on the ground laughed and shoved off his unconscious friend and brushed himself off "Yo somebody get this damned girl out of here before she screws something up." After calling out she ran up and stuck her elbow into the mans throat with a smile. After that she placed herself against the generator and made it look like she was knocked out. Her plan was set in motion as the door opened again and a strong man picked her up over his shoulder silently and carried her off into the house somewhere. She was going to find the man she was looking for and maybe find the boss of these dark wizards.

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The darkness did take Naraca's eye's a moment to get used to. There weren't any kind of emergency lights and it was night outside. It must have been either worrying or reassuring for the musketeers outside to see all the lights go out in the mansion.
Kihia's being able to get a general layout of the place was certainly the first he heard of such an ability.
"You can do that?" He asked as he kept his back to the wall of the hall that lead to the intersection of one hallway and towards the basement door they came from.
The ice boy explained how he was able to see all of the biggest rooms of the place. The only one he mentioned was the library, how it had an odd movement of magical power.
A library on the second floor...

"That could be where the Townsends are." He suggested.
Where was Quincy? He thought to himself, did it really take this long to find them? She found the generator in no time at all, how could the family so hard to locate?
He did in fact have faith in her, but they couldn't wait here forever, as it is the fact some of there men were unconscious would raise some suspicion.
"This is taking too long, hold on a sec" He commented before taking his back off the wall and walking down one of the hallways he bet would lead to the main foyer.
He walked down it but then stopped for a moment when he heard some more footsteps and talking.
They were two men talking amongst each other just at the end of the hall. There was a faint echo in there voices, that had to be the main foyer.

Naraca looked back and Kihia, motioning with his hand for the boy to follow him before he proceeded down the hallway to the door at the end that would no doubt open to where the voices were coming from.
He didn't put much thought into it, but one of them sounded labored, like they just finished doing something physically strenuous, or carrying something heavy.
Walking up to the door, Naraca placed his hand on the handle and opened it slowly till it was open about half and inch so he could peak with one eye.

His one eye immediately caught two men walking up the stairs to the second floor, one of which was carrying a certain little girl.
"Damn it, they caught her." He told Kihia who hopefully was close by now.
Apart of him thought they might take her where the hostages might be, but no, that would just stupid. They would either hide her someplace else, or kill her, then kill one of the hostages. They'd have to stop them as well it seemed.
"There's one two men there...It looks like they have zodiac keys" He added as his eye's spotted silver keys with designs similar to Talen's keys that summoned his celestial spirits.
"We'll have to take them out at the same time, I got the one on the left" He told Kihia, the one on the left being the one holding Quincy as he slowly opened the door more.
Once he opened it all the way, he turned his head to Kihia to see if he was ready.
"Lets go"

He walked through the door, quickly looking around to see if anyone was nearby, it didn't appear they were, although it wouldn't be that way for long, they had no idea how the patrols worked in this place so they would have to be quick.
Keeping himself quiet but very quick he stepped towards the stairs, scaling them like a ghost with his cat like foot steps.
It didn't take him long at all the reach the back of the man carrying the little girl over his shoulder. Once he did, he looked down over the man, casting a long, looming shadow over him. The man did in fact see the shadow, but before he had time to react he suddenly felt a strong tug on the girl he was carrying and she was lifted straight up by the back of her shirt with a single hand from Naraca. His other arm quickly snuck underneath the mans neck and choked him with such force that it would take only two seconds for him to be out cold.

He hoped Kihia would take care of the other man if not the man was certainly going to try and stop Naraca who had a little girl dangling from his hand, and the other arm choking out his friend.

Kihia nodded at Naraca, that was a simple process of Kihia simply combining his channeling ability with a mages natural sixth sense. He then continued listening to what Naraca was saying and nodded, Quincy is indeed taking far too long for such a simple task… Kihia watched as Naraca went to the end of the hall to scope out the noise in the next room. When Naraca had stated that Quincy had been captured, he quickly ran up to the doors and leaned himself against the wall. Kihia frowned at what he saw, one of the two men was indeed carrying Quincy, as Naraca pointed out they were bothing carrying Celestial Spirit Keys.

Kihia nodded in agreement to Naraca, and then quickly and silently ran up behind his target getting ready to knock him out. Kihia kicked the man’s right leg out from underneath him and then quickly put him into a sleeper hold before the man could yell out. After a moment the man passed out, Kihia nodded and gently laid him on the floor. Kihia then looked towards Naraca and Quincy, he saw that Naraca had taken care of his target and was now holding Quincy. As Naraca placed Quincy down, Kihia knelt down beside her, and whispered, “Quincy! Wake up Quincy… “ Kihia wasn’t exactly sure on what had happened to Quincy after she had taken out the Generator, but he was hoping it wasn’t anything to serious. Kihia then got a bright idea, The best way to wake someone up… Kihia waited a moment and looked at Naraca, “You may wana make sure she doesn’t yell… I am going to try and help wake her up…” Kihia then picked up one of Quincy’s hands and then formed a thin layer of ice on top of it, The cold is always a great way to wake someone up… however… why do I have the feeling I may get punched for this… if that is the case… I will simply try and catch Quincy’s punch….

At the time of walking through the hallway she kept her eyes closed hoping no one would take a second look and bring her to the target. But what always happened when she had an ingenious scheme, one of her friends comes and saves her from her own damned idea. Though she played it she was still out cold when they grabbed her up and Naraca placed her on the ground. You idiots just leave already! You two are ruining my plan. But then she felt something making her body colder coming from her hand. Her eyes jolted open and she did a spin kick into something hard and then stood up almost yelling "WHAT THE HELL?! I had a plan where these idiots would take me to the target and we could secure them easier than going through the damned house without a damned idea where we are."

She looked away from her comrades with her arms cross like she was refusing to acknowledge either of them. She was kind of glad that her friends were there to rescue her on a moments notice, but sometimes their affection to round eachother up and protect one another gets in the way of some serious planning and espionage. But after her short pout Quincy walked up to the two men and hugged them tightly, release a slight static shock when making contact. She didn't really notice it but the other two most likely did. "Now lets go get us some bad guys!"

(OOC: Following permission from Lord Fredrick, I'm going to auto-roll the boss on this post)

Placing Quincy down on the ground gently, he was intially concerned for her. What happened to her? Was she hurt bad? Maybe they got the jump on her and knocked her out? Was she even breathing. When he placed her down on the ground the first thing he did was check her breathing by placing his ear to her mouth.
Completely unlabored and unstruggled breaths lightly tickled his ear. She didn't appear injured or under the influence of any kinda spell. So, she was basically just sleeping then? Just had to be woken up was all.
Kihia suggested he keep her quiet, he turned his head to the ice boy when he heard that and saw he had coated his hand in ice. Of course he thought, something as cold as that should hopefully do the trick.
Naraca didn't place his hand directly over her mouth but he let it hang above her head in case she would scream or yelp in some fashion.

Now her reaction was far from he had expected.

You see normally, people wake up suddenly by jolting up there upper bodies, pushing there chests forward to a sitting position. Yet Quincy apparently had a natural reaction of getting up with her legs first. Her legs shot up in the air and twirled around like they were caught in a tornado.
"Whoa!" He exclaimed as he quickly put his arms up to cover Kihia and himself. However Quincy's foot still swept by and the bottom of her shoe grazing Naraca's strong chin. Yet he able to block her legs from hitting Kihia or directly hitting himself
"Keep it down" He told her strongly. To which she replied with her "WHAT THE HELL!?" Then went on to explain her plan.
Naraca's reaction was just a irritated frown.
"Damn it Quincy they wouldn't just take you right to the Townsends, they'd of just killed you or put you very far away from the family. These guys aren't stupid." He retorted in a voice that was like yelling through a whispering voice. They did need to be quiet after all.

Quincy's response was simply crossing her arms and turning away for a moment. Yet shortly after she ran up to the both of them to wrap her arms around them.
The thought was touching however a sudden shock surged throughout Naraca's body. He didn't feel pain, but the shock still caused his muscles to flinch and give him an uneasy feeling for a brief moment. Nevertheless he placed his hand on her back as a way to return the gesture. He couldn't exactly wrap an arm around her with his size.
"Alright, alright, come we gotta go" He reasserted gently and quietly.

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"Hmph...What a fine mess this has turned into" The man in black mused. In the darkness of hallway to the intruders left he stared at them with a large grin on his face. His long, black cassock covering most of his body and his big hood letting only his eye's and teeth be somewhat illuminated. Yet they would get a much closer look.
In the blink of an eye, he stood right behind the mountain of a man, and the second man with the white trench coat. It was only the little girl that would see his face.

Spoiler:

She'd call out, they always tried. He should just kill them now, yet after what they did to his men...They deserved a little pain.
Quincy would see him by now, so his arms quickly extended forward and went to grab one of the straps of the large mans sword sheathe, and a fist full of the trench coat. With the grips, he'd pull them back with all of his strength so that if they were caught off guard, they'd fall down the stairs that were right behind all three of them.
Would the girl do something? Maybe, yet if she blinked, he would stand behind her now as well. With his right foot attempting to kick her right with her comrades down the stairs like a bunch of tumbleweeds.

That smile plastered on his face the entire time...

Kihia sighed after Quincy’s reaction, She was faking in an attempt to be taken to the boss… or the Townsends… why was I even worried… Kihia stood up and looked down the hallway, picturing again the layout he had felt when he had used his magic to map out the walls of the building. The Library should be ahea- Kihia stopped mid thought when he felt the same magical presence from before suddenly behind him. He then felt whoever it was grab onto the back of Kihia’s trench coat and pulled back. Kihia was thrown backwards, however quickly reacted by executing a backflip and grabbing onto the railing. How did that man get behind us so easily?? I sensed nothing behind us when I had stood up from waking up Quincy… however… this man appeared like he was a ghost…

Kihia landed on the railing balancing himself to stare at the hooded man who had suddenly appeared in their blind spot. “Quincy Behind you!” Kihia reached into his trench coat and pulled out both of the Geruks, Who ever this man is… he is definitely more powerful than the men we have been taking out so far… which means… this man who ever he is… must be their leader… before a full on fight… we need to see what magic this man uses… Kihia jumped up and over the man and landed on the floor on the opposite side of the man, “Ice Make… Dual SwordBreakers!” Kihia then spun around with the swords Quickly forming the two sword blades on the Geruks. As he spun around he swung the blades upward which would make them slice across the man’s right arm and leg if the attack hit. No matter what happened after this maneuver Kihia will move to get in between Quincy and the man to prevent her from being hurt by him.

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OOC Status Report:
Health: 100%
Mana: 100%(Started at 105% due to have a + weapon)
Active Spells: Ice Make: Dual Swordbreakers two more posts

Quincy froze at seeing that mans face. Her face was of pure surprise and shock at the man. It was one of the men who kept her imprisoned when she was a small child. That smile plastered on his face brought a whole new level of terror to Quincy. After a few moments she screamed for her team to lookout but they were already grabbed before anyone noticed he was their. She blinked her eyes only to open them and he was gone. Kihia ran up behind her to intercept the kick that would have sent her down the rest of the team. Though he didn't make it in time, luckily enough Quincy spun around quickly enough after seeing Kihia make a run for her and cross her arms to attempt to block the attack. Though the kick knocked her back a few feet and spun her around.

Turning around she swung a punch right towards the mans face, only for him to move slightly to the left and dodge it. "IM GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU BASTARD!" She called out while throwing several more punches that the man still just moved slightly to dodge. He was smiling the entire time "YOU COWARD HOLD THE HELL STILL. ALL I WANT TO DO IS BEAT YOUR SKULL INTO THE REST OF YOUR BODY!" With that he kicked her in her gut  and pushed her down the stairs. She lied there actually unconscious from the fall. It wouldn't take much for her to get right back up, but she just unlocked a whole new level of anger in her that would change her life. Even her friends who love and respect her might not even look at her the same frail girl that she always appeared to be. The old Quincy was returning when she woke up.

Quiet...How was it so quiet? And so fast...
Qunicy's warning was heard but everything happened so quickly her voice only came as the surprise took place. The sudden tug on Naraca's back wasn't actually all that strong in hindsight, however from being completely unready he was pulled with enough force to cause him to stagger and fall back. Whoever pulled him, it had no where near enough strength to send him off his feet. So when he was pulled back he shifted his weight so when his back hit the stairs he rolled sideways once, rolling in a full 360 degrees before catching himself and planting both his feet on the stairs, one foot on three stairs higher so his knee was up and the other was lower and centered.
When he looked up he saw the end result of a quick exchange between Qunicy and the attack. Her body flew backwards, however instead of hitting the ground Naraca quickly forward and caught her.
When he was rolling it was difficult to hear her words, however he knew she was screaming in a rage just a moment ago. Where did this come from? Catching her he'd likely have only a moment before she went right after him again. That moment he saw the same look in her eye's one had when they were starving for food. A hunger, a ravenous intent to satisfy an empty feeling within. Did she...Did she want blood? This man's blood?

Kihia went after the man in the dark outfit, two ice made swords in hand.
This was bad...Very bad.
The three of them together were a formidable force and that was a bad thing now. If this man was powerful, this fight would get loud, much louder, and attract the entire dark guild holding up in this mansion. They'd have to try and take this man out fast. He was just quick and quiet right? No, no...How'd he get behind Quincy so fast? There would've had to have been two men but no, it was just one.

"We've gotta make this quick!" Naraca growled as he charged forward. He had the urge to pull out his sword, but his honor called out to him, if he could avoid killing, that's what he'd do. Yet breaking bones didn't bring any hesitation for the big guy.
In addition to Kihia's forward assault, Naraca proceed to quickly rush to the opposite place of where Kihia was so they would both be parallel from each other, Kihia attacking his front, and Naraca on his back.
Once close he'd proceed to rush forward in an attempt to not strike but grab the man. He was wearing a cassock after all, a long cloak like that would make it easy to get a hold of him by taking either a handful of the man's cloak with his hand, or a choke hold with his arm on his approach, all depending on the man's movement. Once he'd get a hold he'd be able to slam him and pin him down in an instant, break some bones on the way.

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It was almost like someone glued his grin on his face. It never faltered, neither did his eye's as they pierce through the darkness that his hood brought over his face.
"Still as much rage as ever..." The man in black sighed as he effortlessly dodged Quincy's attacks.
He'd then follow up with his hard kick, moving her body back and into the arms of the mountain man.
"After you killed Devin, I thought you'd have controlled that anger by now" He taunted her with his grin. He knew the reality of it all, however it was so amusing to watch her like this, it was the same anger and power she used to entertain so many. She was the light show of the fights, Devin was just the useless roadie who blocked and did nothing.

His eye's rolled to Kihia, who came at him with two ice made blades. So he used Ice make magic then.
While the big one came from behind him.
"The Ice wizard looks very cold" He chuckled as he turned his head to the large man, his eye's looking behind the big guy's position before he disappeared from sight only to reappear behind the mountain and jump up into the air.
"Give him a hug!"
Pulling both legs in before shooting them forward he'd drop kick Naraca's back so he'd go forward and hit Kihia, whose swords would no doubt strike him as well.
While in mid-air he'd then look to the bottom of the stairs in the main foyer and teleport to the last stair.
Stepping down the one stair and walking to the center of the foyer he put he'd begin clapping his hands together, the long sleeves of his robe sliding down his arms.

"Bravo jesters, please come and join me in this dance." He invited them, waiting for them to make there way's over to him.
So enjoyable he thought, he knew he had things to do, but watching these three fumble around was a nice break from the tension of holding holding hostages and demanding ransom. He'd end it, and he'd end it soon. However not before showing these three just how doomed they were.

Kihia was taken aback when the man suddenly disappeared from view leaving Kihia on a collision course with Naraca. Using the upward momentum of his swing he started to spin around Naraca preventing him them from crashing into one another and stopped on when he reached the other side of Naraca. “That was close… are you ok Naraca?...” Kihia waited a moment for his response and turned his attention to where the Boss of these vagabonds was now located. Kihia glanced towards Quincy’s direction to see if she was ok or not. She was ok, but absolutely fuming for some reason, he had never seen her so mad. Kihia returned his full attention to the man who had engaged them, He was able to appear without warning behind us… and just now disappeared from right infront of Naraca and myself without stirring up the slightest bit of air… that must mean... he has a teleportation based magic… which will be tricky to get a fix on his patterns…

Kihia dispelled both of his ice swords and put both of his hands together, I know that it won’t be much of a threat to the man… but it will be a fourth entity he has to keep an eye on giving us more chances to find his weaknesses… Kihia nodded and thrust both of his hands out, “Ice Make… Guardian!” The construct quickly formed and went after the man, Kihia nodded, “Ice Make… Twin Shields!” He stood there poised, he sent his contruct at the boss as a feint seeing what he does, if he teleports Kihia will quickly sense where he teleported to and dash to the boss and bash him with the right ice shield.

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OOC Status Report:
Health: 100%
Mana: 87.5%
Active Spells: Ice Make Guardian Three more posts. Ice make twin shields one more post
Cooldowns: Ice Make: Dual Swordbreakers Three posts

Inside Quincies head played the past and exactly what the man said. It was her fault that Devin got killed. It was all her fault....."No." She chimed in from the ground as her eyes opened to revealing a cold crimson death stare straight in front of her. Lightning arced off of her body lifting her into the air while her body remained limp until she was standing completely up. Her legs held still but her upper body limped forwards. She started to laugh and lifted her face up towards the man and she matched his expression perfectly. Her arms lifted to her side and then they collided together while yelling "Closed Circuit." With the same movement her arms swung down smacking her ankles activating her Tesla Hunter spell.

Time felt like it slowed down and everything nearly stopped. She heard everything that was happening, the sounds of heartbeats, the ice cracking with its contact with the warm air. Heck she even heard her muscles tightening. Suddenly her body started to move in this slow motion world. The thunder crackling in her ears as it echoed off of her body. Step after step the world just seamed to get slower and slower as she got closer to the man. Her arm raised to her side and lunged forward dragging her along with it. The fist was aimed directly at the mans head. She closed her eyes three feet away from the man only to feel her arms make contact with something. Opening them with a laugh she realized her arm only went right through a wall. The man completely dodged her attack. She didn't even realize what was happening. All she knew was that the man and her were in a room together and only one of them was going to walk out.

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Health: 76%
Mp: 75%

Active Spells: Closed circuit- 2, Tesla Hunter - 2

The man in black was close at hand and if Naraca had gotten even a fingers grip on him he would have been able to crush the dark wizard where he stood. Indeed Naraca would have gotten a hold of him were it not for the ability that he at first only suspected the man in black had.
The black cloaked figure was within reach before he vanished in a very subtly blink, it wasn't flashy, just a quick emergence of dark blue energy as the man's body would simply just not be there.

Teleportation magic!

This was all the evidence he needed, which was further reinforced by the violent impact on his back. Naraca was forced forward, however he growled under his breath as he quickly placed one of his feet forward and stopped himself.
"I'm fine, just get him" Naraca replied to Kihia
The man in black was not strong, his attacks were like hard shoves from an aggressive teenager, annoying, irritating, not painful. The leader of these dark wizards however could no doubt easily kill them if he wanted to. All it'd take would be teleporting behind one of them and snapping there necks before they could even blink to realize he was not where they last saw him anymore. So why was he doing this? Why play this game?

Kihia mounted an attack, as did Quincy, both of them doing what they could to figure this man out as he teleported down to the main foyer below the stairs. Quincy tried a forward attack, Kihia tried a decoy attack. Naraca ran down the stairs but took a moment to wait for his chance.

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"So rambunctious you kids are" The man in black mused.
Quincy gone into rage mode and the electricity was flying off her, she was so cute. She made a straight forward attack on the man in black which he had to dodge instantly by teleporting a little ways behind her as she'd strike the wall.
The one who used ice seemed to be speaking some nonsense about shields and guardians.
"Hm?"
He turned and saw an ice body coming right for him followed by Kihia forming two big ice shields. Just what was this boy thinking? The actions couldn't help but let an amused chuckle come from The man in black.
His eye's swerved up above Kihia, and just like that he was gone and avoided the Ice guardian.
Where would he be now? Certainly Kihia would be asking such a thing.

"What are you looking at?" He remarked from right above Kihia's head as he'd attempted to stomp his foot right on the top of Kihia's head as The man in black fell down from above the Ice boy.
"Gotcha!" A heavy voice would suddenly yell from The man in blacks side.

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Yes Naraca waited, but he only had to wait for a moment, The man in black used his magic again and teleported. Naraca kept the whole main foyer in his line of vision, The boss did in fact wear black but he should hopefully detect the man's movement. And so he did.

The man in black appeared right above Kihia and that was the moment to act, Naraca, like a rocket that was prepared for take off lunged into the air and after the boss. The man in black turned his head quickly and got a full, all encompassing view of the giant man.
No where to go, not at this moment.
Naraca's attack, and his hands were perfectly placed. He got so close that he was actually able to make impact. His shoulder rammed right into The man in blacks gut and one of his legs was taken by Naraca's big, powerful hand.
Taking him down, he would slam the bastard right on the ground and end this.

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The attack was a surprise for The man in black. He could say or utter nothing but an
"Ohmpf" As the wind was knocked out of him and expelled from his mouth. His vision dulled for a moment, letting the brute take him quite close to the ground. He'd be done for if he hit the ground.
However he was able to look back towards the top of the stairs. Then in a flash, Naraca would find himself smashing into the ground by himself.
The man in black would appear right beside the railed of the stair case, his one hand on the wooden border as he took a few deep breaths.
"Oh wow...Hah, hah...Who boy, that was exciting" He gleefully pointed out underneath his panting.
"But I've had enough of you two for now." He remarked before lifting up his right hand and snapping his fingers.
"Now men!" He shouted.

Every. Single. Door. Flew open simultaneously and dark wizards came bursting out through them like flooding water shoving it way through a door. They all came out with swords in hand and guns drawn on the three invaders and spells instantly ready to be fired. They'd quickly surround the three LS wizards with all matters of pain in just seconds.
The man in black however figured one of them might try something, so he reached in his back pocket, underneath his cassock and revealed in his hands a communication lacrima.
"I have in my hand a lacrima that will signal my men to kill the Townsends that are currently at gun point instantly. If you surrender now I'll consider not killing all of them right here and now." The man in black ordered firmly, a change in his tone from playful to serious. The man in black suspected these boys to not be from here, juding from there magic he figured they had to be guild wizards, likely here to rescue the Townsends.
"What it's gonna be gentlemen?"