An unexpected meeting (Private | Social | Riley Wolfe)

The living suit of armor known only as Nessaj treks on through the ruins only to pause for a moment to see a few adventurers across the way. He quickly darts into a nearby broken down building for cover in fear of being seen. Falling into the wall with a loud crash as the armor begins to crack allowing some of the magical energy inside to leak out. Deciding his current state is to slow and vulnerable to being caught or seen. His armor, merely only physical form he can take, opens up as an orange glowing humanoid of magical energy floats out in it's most unstable and vulnerable form. Nessaj, now a strange deformed creature of energy, flows like a wisp to the buildings entrance to see if the party from before had spotted him. Lucky for him they did not but next time he won't be as lucky. Nessaj turns back and heads deeper into the ruins dragging his armor along with him. Maybe here he can hide away from the rest of the humans. Somewhere where he can no longer hurt them and more importantly, somewhere they cannot hurt him. He comes to a room deep in the ruins with etchings of markings on the floor and walls as someone was trying to preform a ritual there. Off to the side is a small room he drags his armor to hiding it away from the rest of the world. He floats back into the large room however he now hears a voice coming down from one of the many halls leading to the large room, the voice closes in, it nears and he has no escape. Beginning to panic he begins to float down one of the halls out of site to spy on the newcomer.

The intruder was a tall red haired woman. She looked to be about 30. She wore a blood red dress, and had an aura of evil around her. "Soon, soon I will be able to summon Jilaiya*!" She laughed and unrolled a scroll which she had taken from her pocket. She looked it over, and her smile grew. "Each and every one of these poor souls will wish they had never turned against me!" The woman entered the room with the runes, and shut the door, the sound of a lock being turned echoed through the halls.

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Wolfe had heard rumors of a powerful mage who knew blood magic, or something like that. All she really knew was that there would be a ruined castle up ahead and that there had been some odd noises, screams and whines and cackles, coming from it. There hadn't been an official request, but Wolfe wanted to adventure. She of course took Ryuu with her, and together they entered the ruins.

The soft thud of her boots and the swish of her skirt, along with the occasional sound of Midori clinking, were all the noises that the young mage made. She didn't want to alert any enemies, and being quiet seemed to be the best route. Turning down a hallway, Wolfe saw that the door at the end had strange markings along it. After pressing her ear to the door to listen, and checking with Ryuu, she found that there was no one around. She slowly opened the door, and gasped softly.

In the center of the room was a giant magic circle, but it looked as though it was made in blood. There were candles everywhere, and on a nearby table, there were multiple vials and bottles, each containing something different. A fire crackled softly in the fireplace. Wolfe backed out of the room and shut the door. She would explore the castle for a place to lay low, and regroup, then she would go to the town and ask about anything odd that had been happening at the castle, any abnormal people.

She wandered down some more hallways, till she was far from that evil room, and entered a door. Inside this room was a very dusty bed, a dresser, a suit of armor lay discarded on the floor, and there was a window on the wall opposite the door. This room appeared to be a bedroom. Wolfe dragged the dark armor in front of the door, then pulled off the top spread of the bed. It was late into the night, and she wanted to get a head start at the town the next day. She lay down in the bed, glad only the main cover was dusty and not all the sheets. Ryuu slithered out of her hair and curled up just under her chin. Soon both were fast asleep.

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*Jilaiya - A demon from India who flies as a bird at night to suck the blood of people. It can only suck the blood from people whose name it has heard.

Nessaj floats watching the mage carefully from behind waiting for an opening where we can slip by unseen. As wizard has her back turned the disembodied soul of Nessaj floats through the heavy locked door with relative ease. Although he never likes to retreat from a fight, he is in no condition for it. His ethereal form is becoming unstable it cannot last this long outside of the armor. His wisp like form races to the room with his armor phasing though the steel door and into the armor. Taking in his surroundings he notices a young girl curled up on the bed, standing up his armor makes loud chinks as he stands over her. He suddenly grabs by the collar and pins the half asleep Wolfe to the door slamming her with a rather loud bang. "Me'All Bal'Tool Gashtaut" he states firmly conjuring up a Chaos Bolt. The girl is none other then Wolfe Tsukino, "What is it you have seeked me for?" The visor in his helm seems to glare at her as if she is some sort of threat to him. The strain of her little weight being held in his gaunlet seems to be to much as the cracks in the armor begin to grow and run deeper.

Spoiler:

The member 'Nessaj the CK' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Normal Dice' :

Nessaj's Chaos bolt holds it's self stable in his other hand. However not to far away the other mage hear's the commotion from down the hall, her focus on her spell now disrupted she wonders off to investigate, for perhaps this could be another victim for her cruel twisted pleasure. "Hehehe oh goody new prey.~"

Spoiler:

Wolfe awoke to some clanging, and before she could gather her thoughts, she was lifted by her shirt against the door. She saw stars as the back of her head hit the wood. Her eyes opened when the pain lifted a bit to see the suit of armor she had used to prop the door closed, now pinning her to the wall. Wolfe kicked her feet, struggling when she heard it speak in an odd language. Then she heard english. "What is it you have seeked me for?" The words sunk into her, and she realized the armor was asking why she was there. He must think I'm a threat...

Shaking her head, Wolfe looked into the helmet before her. "I haven't sought you out. If you would let me down, I'm sure we can resolve this. I promise you I mean no harm. I'm a mage from the guild Cor Draco." She pointed to her side, where her guild mark was shown. Maybe, if she showed she meant no harm, he would let her go and she wouldn't need to use her magic on him. She did say she meant no harm after all.

She wriggled again, pulling at the metal hand that held her. It was then that she realized Ryuu wasn't on her. Her eyes darted past the armor and around the dilapidated room. Her friend was no where to be seen. She started to freak out, as if everything up to that point was nothing. It was then that she turned to the armor, speaking in a low voice. "What.... did you do.... to my FRIEND!!!" She stared into the eye slits of the helmet, her own eyes turning purple. She would give whoever it was in that armor nightmares to scar them for life for hurting her partner!