A Snake in the Pit of Hell

Hydra came upon the building he was searching for at last. The snake demon had been searching for quite some time before he finally found the guild that went by the name of Tartarus. This is it huh? This Tartarus place? his tongue flickered in and out of his lips, Mmmm... it certainly smells of evil, he said in an oddly pleased manner. Just then, he felt something wriggling on his shoulder. Right, he had almost forgot. Well, never mind her, Hydra wanted to get in the guild before he had his fun. He strolled in, an innocent grin on his face. Setting the girl tied in ropes down on a chair he looked around the building he had stepped. "Hello Tartarus! That's what this place is correct, or did I get a wrong address?" he asked chuckling lightly. Jeez Hydra, you're just too good at this fake friendliness thing aren't you? he thought to himself.

"You know, that nice routine won't get you far here." A voice spoke from the shadows. A blue haired girl dressed in a maid outfit with an eyepatch stepped out from the shadows and eyed the male who had come into her guild. He was very tall, and had a snake coming out of his torso. However, this wouldn't scare off Lucille, as she had seen things just as weird as this on a somewhat constant basis now that she had joined Tartarus. Her lone uncovered eye shifted to the girl he had tied in the chair. She was struggling, but the blood mage could care less if she died. She had already seen too much, so she was going to be killed one way or another. Her eye turned its attention back to the tall male, and she spoke with a regal yet calm tone.

"I assume you are here to join? Not many find this place, and those that do usually searched just to join. Or wanted to capture us all." Lucille chuckled, removing her hat from her back and placing it on top of her head, the razor-sharp edge glinting slightly in the light. "You can imagine what happened to them." Lucille's hand curved around the hat before she sighed.

"Speak your intentions now. Otherwise my guild mates won't be as kind to just simply ask."

"Ah sorry if I seem too nice, it's just the way I talk. I assure you I'm anything but soft," he said, still smiling, "On that note," he said walking to the tied up girl and undoing the rope around her mouth with relative ease. She then let out a piercing scream. "Tsk tsk, that's no way to act in front of strangers, didn't your mother ever teach you that?" he asked, scolding the girl who was still screaming. Poor soul, the 20 something had been staying late at a bar in a town that Hydra happened to be passing by. Orochi wasn't feeling particularly hungry, but his disciple knew that wouldn't last for long, so he tied her up and brought her along for later. When he reached Tartarus is when he started noticing that Orochi was hungry again. He had quite the voracious appetite today.

"I apologize you have to see me this way," he said, his smile turning dark, as the presence of his body silenced the girl, "But my friend is quite hungry," and within 10 seconds, the girl was gone, swallowed by the void in Hydra's snake arm, sent as a sacrifice for Orochi. Hydra was sure his master would be satisfied by that girl for now as far as food went. Hydra cleared his throat and put his grin back on, "Sorry about making such a big scene, my friend is very specific about when he wants to be fed, but to answer your question, yes I have come to join Tartarus. I hope I can become a valuable member, and I like your hat," he tacked the last bit on just to see how she would react. Humans can be so interesting to provoke sometimes, although this girl hadn't made anything about herself clear, so Hydra could only guess what would set her off.

"Flattery will get you nowhere." Lucille stated with a deadpan stare. She didn't know what the man was playing at, but she didn't care also. So she just stared at him for a brief moment before shrugging. "And you're friend there could eat an entire town for all I care. Just as long as it doesn't impede on our goals as a guild, you can do whatever you want to whoever you want." Lucille made a point when she pointed towards the opening doors and two men dragged in a bloodied rune knight. It was obvious the man was attempting to find Tartarus, but he ended up getting unlucky with what he found. The two men proceeded to beat the rune knight while Lucille brought the man's attention back to her.

"Well. Welcome to Tartarus comrade." Lucille flicked her hat upwards a bit. "I am the closest thing you will get to a welcoming committee. Name's Lucille, but as long as is isn't an insult, you can call me whatever." Lucille looked around the guild, wanting to see if anyone else had come during the screaming session of both the girl and the rune knight, who was still being beaten. She threw her hat quickly, planting it directly in the skull of the man. Blood squirted out of his head, and he died shortly afterwards. One of the members who were beating the man grabbed Lucille's hat and wiped the blood off, before giving it back to her.

"And your name would be, oh new ally of Tartarus?"

Hydra was a bit disappointed he hadn't got a bigger reaction out of the hat girl. Of course, it was probably best, considering he wasn't interested in upsetting a dark guild as soon as he arrived. When she talked about Orochi Hydra nodded while maintaining his grin, "Glad to hear that we're on the same page then," The demon then watched as a Rune Knight was brought in and beaten to near death by some members of Tartarus. Now that's my style, he thought to himself. The woman he had been talking to threw her hat at the Knight, killing him by splitting open his head. Hydra whistled, "That hat's sharp, note taken." He then looked at her while she asked for his name. "Ah, well, it's a bit complicated, but you can just call me Hydra."