rappling trough darkeness (jaffachfiend and chelvairc)

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The river was filled with firefly’s that were flying over the water surface. It was slightly dark already and the first starlight was in the sky. Another long boat trip in there row boats was behind them. Pein touched over his metal arms as they felt rusty from the long rowing. It was kinda weird. It was one of those phantom feelings he has. It felt like his arms were strained from the work while that was impossible as he didn’t had arms anymore. He sighed and walked to the meeting place he should be. This job he was doing was a very delicate job. They didn’t had to beat any mythical beasts or find rich treasures. They had to save a talking raccoon out of the dungeons of a very secure prison in pergrande. It was a very dangerous empire. It was very big and it didn’t allow magic. Anybody found guilty of using or having magic is murdered by them instantly. This make pergrande a rather hard place for a mage to go to.

That’s why pein wasn’t going alone. He was going to need help and there was ofcourse help coming. He heard it was possibility of kiersa heading in this direction before he left the sabretooth guild hall but he was not sure. There was a small hut just a couple of yards away from his landing location. Pein walked to the simple wooden hut with some windows in. it was fairly simple and it looked not that old out for a hut. Somebody probably used this as fishers hut or a hunting shack to stay. But for now it looked empty. Pein pushed the door open and was greeted with three simple wooden chairs around a wooden table. Pein swiped his hand to the left and a blue light lit up the room as his magic worked. A elecktric hand lamp was sitting in the middle of the room. Its elecktric shine breaking the normal candle lit room. Cursing It like it was not supposed to be in this world. Wich maybe be true. Pein sat down on a chair and lit a sigaret as he waited for the rest to arrive.

The blonde nun walked from the Sabertooth Guild hall to her destination, alternating between getting lifts from the locals in between here and there, using the time to consider how to approach this particular job. Perengrade was well known for its distrust and hate for anything of remotely magical in nature... so how were they to sneak into the prison where the Raccoon was held? It was something which she considered long and hard, whilst looking over a map of what was known of Perengrade, trying to sort out a route in and out of the country.

She eventually arrived at the rendevouz location at the border between Iceberg and Perengrade, and saw that Pein had already arrived... and it was then that a plan began to form in her mind on how they were going to get into Perengrade without finding themselves joining their client's friend on the execution block. "Hello Mr Pein." she said, before feeling something poke her from behind. "Move your arse there blondie! Your blocking the door with your fat backside!" The blonde nun blinked, gripping her bottom as she moved out of the way of the rather rude... talking duck dressed in stereotypical wizards garb.

This would make her plan more complicated... or could work in their favour. "So, you two are what I got to work with in order to bust him out of that hell hole?" he grimaced, looking at the two of them. "A nun, and a cyborg cat freak. I may as well just hand myself over to the Perengrade guards with a noose around my neck and on a silver platter." he complained. Kiersa frowned before she spoke. "With all respect sir, I believe I have a plan that will get us into the prison... with Perengrade's blessing no less." she said, looking to Pein. "How well can you hide your cat features?" she asked of her fellow guild member.

Pein looked up as he saw the door opening. The by now well known blond hair and nun outfit was coming in his view. It seemed the ace of sabertooth had arrived. Kiersa who pein now knew from a job and from his examination. Pein smiled to her as he saw her now as a sort of friend. He could still remember the more or less emotional exam he had. Kiersa was a kind of sister or mother to him now. Well not completely yet of course the guy hadn’t seen her that much yet. But somewhere deep inside pein the family connection was being formed.

He wished hikari was here on this job. He was so many miles away from her and it was eating on him on the inside. Missing her touch was worse then being tortured by hot rods being pressed against his naked skin. He quickly took a glance on a picture he had from her before putting his mind to the door again.

“Hai kiersa with you here we just have to wai-”, pein tried to say but kiersa was poked aside as a big large chicken with clothes came inside. Not only this the chicken could talk. He knew the job giver was mentioned as a talking chicken. But he thought it was a practical joke. It seems it was not. Pein felt a blinding rage for blood in the back of his head. He grabbed the table and pinched it as he knew he couldn’t eat the bird. They needed him for the job. A grimace on his face was not realy hiding that he was fighting his hunting instinct deep inside. After a couple of seconds he breathe in and out calm and awnsered kiersa’s question. “I can hide them. If I put then low I can make it seem like hair. My tail around my leg and its gone too. I can kinda think of what your thinking. Oh I am pein by the way”, he said as he looked secretly to the chicken. Yes he could see a plan form in his head. It was probably the plan kiersa had in mind.

"Great, so now I've got to worry about one the mages that agreed to do this insane job, trying to eat me! Either the Perengrade pricks will burn me alive at the stake, or I'll get eaten by a cybernetic cat freak of a mage!" the Duck complained, causing the blonde nun to take in a slow breath. "I can assure you sir that Pein here will do no such thing. Will you Pein?" she asked of him, giving him a pointed stare. "Now then, the plan will be simple..." she began to say, biting her lip as she considered what she was about to suggest.

"Well? Spit it out blondie!" grumbled Davey. Kiersa gave a slight cough to clear her throat before she spoke. "We're going to go in through the front door." she said, the Duck immediately beginning to walk out. "See ya! I'm going to find some mages that aren't brain-dead morons!" he said, the blonde nun wilting under his tirade as a chime sounded. The talking duck backed up as a fox-girl in a blue kimono stood there in front of the door, her arms crossed over her chest. "Now now now Ducky, where'd you think you're going to hmm?" said Vulpecula oh so sweetly. "A-Away from you crazy people! This blonde bimbo-" he said before finding her claws wrapped around his throat.

"My summoner is not a bimbo. Now, why don't you sit down, shut up and listen to the entire plan hmm? Or, I could turn you into a roast right now?" asked the fox-spirit, her free hand igniting into a bright blue fire, casting her face into a sinister light. Davey gulped and did as he was bid. Vulpecula put out her fire and smiled sweetly at Kiersa. "Continue." The blonde nun gave a nervous chuckle before she spoke. "Well... I was... I was going to suggest that... that we could pretend to not be mages, who had captured you and were... were escorting you to the prison... and then... well..." Kiersa said, twisting her hands in her robes, her face contorting as she was becoming a little ill at ease with the amount of deception she was planning on employing for this mission.

The fox-spirit however grinned and hugged her summoner. "Oh I am so proud of you! You are finally coming out of your little shell of innocence! I love it!" giggled Vulpecula before looking at the nun's habit. "We'll need to unstitch the Sabertooth logo from your clothes though." she said, pointing out the massive logo that took up the back of her habit. The fox-spirit tilted her head as she considered the situation. "Or... you carried a spare with you don't you?" she asked, Kiersa blushing a little before nodding. "Wow... eh, it's a step in the right direction at least..." said Vulpecula with a grin.