Sabertooth in: Of Lords and Impostors

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The rattle of bones echoed into the air, clacking and chattering as step by step, the man was carried over Oak Town territory. A red eye and a blue eye glared out from underneath a shell of a skull that once belonged to a fearsome wildcat from Joya. Breath after breath was pinched underneath a breastplate made purely from what looked like even the ribs of the once fearsome wildcat. Moss and strands of willow tree leaves seemingly hung from cracks in the bones and creases where limbs could bend. And each person that passed by this creature veered away from its path or pushed past it as quickly as they could in fear. Each person only was given a quick glance of a blue eye before his attention was brought back to the path forward of him. What was on his mind was none other than the destination of which his job partner was located and the foreseeable future of a finished job.

It wasn't long before Blad appeared shortly after Mashyuu at the temple of Oak Inn, spotting the figure of his job partner ahead. Along side him appeared to be a rather voluptuous and beauteous being that, for a moment, he couldn't keep his eyes off of. However, he tore his dual-toned eyes away from Itsu and back to the armored male that stood next to her. With the duo speaking solemnly and quietly to each other, Blad paused in his tracks just a few feet behind Mashyuu. Without saying anything to the other male, he bent and lowered himself to one knee in what appeared to be almost a bowing fashion. "I have arrived, Master," his rustic and unexpectedly deep voice echoed into the air before he rose fully back to his feet. Easily, it could be told this man stood much taller than the other, though did not hold any ill intent of an aura, just a very powerful and fearful one.

"What is your first task for me today, Master?" he inquired, though almost seemed odd with the way he presented himself to be given off as just a servant.
"Shall we head into the bowels of the temple and eradicate the enemies, so that we may return home to Master Kite?" Perhaps their own guild master was a bit too much on his mind, but with the mindset of the Aztecan guards, it was hard not to. Raised and born as a soldier and protector of the Aztecan god, Texcatlipoca, it was expected of him to have a rather servantesque and even overly protective nature. However, he was also what was considered to be a "super soldier" built with the intensity of immense strength, intelligence, and speed. He was designed to be a fearful beast, something no one really wanted to meet in battle, though. . . didn't exactly turn out like that. His appearance was more illusionary than anything else, the truth of his magic much more futile than what was to be expected.

OOC: Shitty post is shitty. My apologies.

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Blad chuckled in response to Mashyuu's comment, giving a small shrug of his shoulders as a truthful answer toward him. "It does not matter who you are or whether you hold the title of Master or not in reference to being a guild master," the magus responded. "What matters to me is that I am serving under you and I will serve you until the end of this job as I do all job partners and clients." The magus followed after Mashyuu into the depths of the old temple inn, explaining to him what it meant to be in his position. "And my name is not Alfred, that is a rather disgusting name that you came up with for me. . . my name is Blad Dragoon." Momentarily, his eyes would leave Mashyuu's body and glance around the inn's interior, getting a feel of what the place looked like. As he did so, Mashyuu led him down the flight of stairs that led into the catacombs of the temple and into a maze.

"What makes you believe, Master, that we will have to kill everyone? The job did not state we have to kill the dopplegangers," he explained to him. "We simply have to apprehend them, yes? We are legal magi after all, and slaughtering these men would scar our reputations. It is my job, Master, to assure that that does not happen, as Master Kite and I wish only for the best of his people. Unless you find it absolutely necessary, such as you have a no way of getting out or in complete self defense, do not kill them. I do not mean it in a harsh way, but this is a legal magus to another legal magus if you wish to do well as one. Take it as, how do you call it. . . advice, as you grow stronger in your days, so that you may truly make Master Kite proud." However, Itsu's comment interrupted his miniature speech, causing him to growl lowly in response to Itsu.

"I am human, woman," he responded to her in a low growl, "and from what I can tell, you are not human either. You are still a spirit in the realm of the living; however, I have a different story to explain how I am still human." With that being said, the magus pushed forward and entered into the depths of the maze alongside Mashyuu in the darkness. "Yes, I have the ability to perceive and sense souls of others they are glittering spots of silver dotted over the catacombs. Quite many, though I do believe some of them are just the lost souls of the ones that were buried here. Shall we proceed, Master? I do believe the dopplegangers are further within here and will make an appearance soon." Blad did not wait for Mashyuu to confirm whether he wished to proceed or not, but took the lead into going deeper into the tunnels.

The soft cracking of stone could be heard in the depths of the tunnel they were in, clacking across the ground as someone walked. Each shuffle of the foot as they solemnly dragged across the ground, making their way either deeper or farther out of the tunnel. Blad lit up his fingers to allow the flames of his magic to illuminate the darkness, giving them space to see into. "I apologize if the heat becomes unbearable, as they are the flames of Hell, itself, but this is the easiest way to see." It appeared to be getting closer to them the farther they went in, then quickly stopped as if it knew they were coming. "I believe, Master, that there is someone near us; was it that you wish me to do? Eradicate them for you?" He paused in his tracks and turned slightly, so that his dual-toned eyes were able to take a peek at his job partner.

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The magus glanced toward Itsu when she burst out in anger at him, declaring that she was just as human as he was. This caused the magus to snort in reply to her, even roll his eyes a tad bit with what she had said to him. "You may be alive now, but that does not change who you are or your past," he responded in a solemn tone of voice. "What you should also learn is to keep silent and learn to speak only when you are spoken to, little lady. Were you never taught that? In the case that you were not, then I should inform you that it is better to simply see a woman than to hear her speak out of place. Your master should keep better track of you, so that you do not do things out of your place, unless something bad happens." He gave a small shrug of his shoulders afterward, as though what he had said was nothing at all, but a matter of speech.

"I am calm and my name is not Jeeves, I told you, it is Blad Dragoon; I would prefer you call me as such," he answered Mashyuu. His odd eyes shifted to look at his job partner, slightly annoyed with the different names that he was calling him. However, he learned to ignore the jives of the Sabertooth magus and continue trudging down the long tunnel. Their little side conversation wasn't something that had passed by Blad's ears though, every word reaching him easily. He kept his mouth shut for a moment as they meandered down the hall, the light of his "lantern" leading the way. "I do not understand why you do not trust me, Master; has there been something I've done to not gain your trust?" The curiosity was apparent in his eyes as he glanced back toward Mashyuu for a brief moment before looking back ahead.

Blad would go unanswered by Mashyuu and instead be ordered to light up the torches that lined the large room they had entered. Regardless of the feelings he felt toward his job partner, the magus nodded his head and moved away to one of the torches. One by one, the room slowly went from dim to dancing with the light of the flames that now doused the torches. They were able to see what made up the room, which happened to be nothing more than a room full of dust, dirt, and bones. Three hallways were located in front of them, but Mashyuu had sealed off two in order to prevent them from being bombarded. Turning away from the last of the torches he had lit up, Blad rejoined Mashyuu and his pet at the center of the "arena." The rough thudding and clash of armor rang through the air as the knights made their way toward them through the tunnels.

Mashyuu listed off exactly how many were coming their way, what they wielded, and what was to be expected. He told Itsu to lay off a blast of whatever she was capable of wielding, then told him to lay off a blast as well. However, he had no such thing in his arsenal, and would come out to be much of a disappointment to his master. Blad pursed his lips beneath the skull that shrouded his features, thinking over what he could do to be helpful. "Unfortunately, Master, I do not have a spell in my arsenal that allows me to blast out a stream of flames," he responded to him. "But, I do have something that can root them in their place, so that they are not able to come after you all at once." As useful as he had made himself out to be, Blad did not have very many offensive spells compared to defensive and supportive, as well as utility ones.

Once Itsu set off the blast though, Blad did not hesitate in stepping forward and bending down to press his hands into the flooring. A soft rumble in the ground began and rattled the bones that were located on the floor or ingested in the walls. From the ground sprouted a few strands of root that were cast out from where Blad stood toward the hallway Itsu was at. They dove and wove underneath the woman's feet and quickly snatched themselves around the guards inside of the hall. Instead of keeping them inside, Blad used the roots to begin pulling them out one by one into the room's opening. Pinned to the ground, the knights were not able to get any closer than they were or as close as Blad was able to pull them. "I have brought them to be your dummies, Master, do as you will with them; they are merely followers of the dopplegangers."