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Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 28, 2015 3:31:15 GMT
Meeting midway as they ran towards each other, Lone still on hold although in a rather precarious position now, Edelweiss grabbed Danny's hand with her own free hand and made a run for it, her own magic flowing for a speed boost. [Speed II used once]
"I'll pull till my cast runs out, when it does you cast it again and take lead and we can switch to last for a while, alright? Got an idea where we can run to. Unless you've got a plan, in which case I'm all ears." She is trained to kill, not to stun. And killing that mob would be more trouble than it was worth, in multiple key different manners. Therefore fleeing sounded like the best option to the redhead lass at the moment, but she's still very open to other ideas if Danny's got any right then.
"Lasair for heavens' sake listen to Danny and put those legs of yours to use!!"
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
Post by Lasair Landevier Lupen on Jul 28, 2015 3:51:55 GMT
Oh. Everyone was gone, running away faster than he could. If he were sober he would have realized it was magic. But he wasn’t sober. He watched them run off, even waving good bye after them.
And then turned around to face the men who had been mean to Danny. He made no move to approach them, still standing at his place a few feet away. No weapon on hand either, just a light smile. “So how much does he owe ya?” Money talked. But if they didn’t listen to money, then yes, he would finally RUN like everyone was telling him to.
Post by Danny Ravensdale on Jul 28, 2015 3:57:13 GMT
Danny snarled as she whipped her hand free of Edel's and rushed back towards Lasair. "Keep runnin'! 'ead ta the Mangy Lady an' I'll meetcha there." Ahriman was whimpering as he dissolved, his time left almost up and Danny surged another cast of magic into it. She popped her fourth cast of Haste and rushed to Lasair. "Le's GO! Tha's an order!" Danny's magic faded once more as she stopped next to Lasair, her breathing coming in harsh gasps. She stepped in front of Lasair and began backing up, pushing him as she moved away. "Get... going. Catch Edel..." Bosk was clambering to his feet from where he had been pinned and shook his head, murder in his eyes.
Post by Lasair Landevier Lupen on Jul 28, 2015 4:11:24 GMT
“But…” he sighed. “Fine.” Don’t let him try to fix things. Be a spoilsport. Whatever.
He turned around now, quickly grabbing Danny by the wrist and bolting. Lasair may not have speed magic, no, but he did have long legs and an excellent running technique. He kind of needed it from all the countless times he was run out of town, an angry father (usually with a shotgun) at his back. Pulling Danny along, he had little trouble escaping the thugs. That is, unless they could somehow keep up with his sudden sprinting.
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 28, 2015 4:20:12 GMT
Wow. Snarling. That one was new too, it seemed Danny was more cat-like than Stephen even. Or Stephen was a domestic grumpy cat and Danny a street one, that also sounded accurate. Edelweiss had been planning on fetching Lasair with Danny too, but... oh well. That tone sounded much like 'I don't need help for making the drunk bun run', so she kept her pace to take Lone as far as possible before her Speed cast ran out. And then she kept running, once in a while glancing back to be sure the other two were still going to catch up (but preferably not the mob chasing them). Where the frak was this 'Mangy Lady' thing? Sounded familiar, but Edelweiss was sure she had never been there before... oh well, Lasair seemed to be running rather fast now so she'd ask once he and Danny catch up to her.
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
Post by Danny Ravensdale on Jul 28, 2015 4:29:52 GMT
Danny skipped along behind Lasair, her balance completely thrown off by being grabbed a second time. The rapidly diminishing figure of Bosk shook its fist and shouted something. Great... next time Danny found him she was dead. Danny kept trying to get her feet under her but just couldn't manage. She was so tired and even she thought her breathing was harsh. Four consecutive bursts of speed like that eat through a person. So instead, Danny just bounced along behind Lasair while just barely managing to keep from planting on her face...
Bad move. Bad. Move. Lone could only watch as her friends got pummeled- and ran. Edel had scooped her up to help her do so. The scary man seemed to be getting up... A cloud of dust from the dry road hit him in the eyes. That was her favorite thing, using her magic to make dust. Lone hoped it would help a little bit, even if her other actions had been more than foolish. Yet the guilt that graced her stomach only seemed to be getting worse...
Post by Lasair Landevier Lupen on Jul 28, 2015 5:19:41 GMT
It wasn’t until they had ran quite a bit that Lasair realized Danny was fighting to keep up. He stopped, putting his weight on his heels, and grabbed the exhausted guild leader. It took only a moment, and after Lasair caught his balance (he wasn’t insta-sober but he was getting there) he continued running, only not as quickly this time. Up ahead he could sort of see red hair. Hopefully that was Edelweiss, and hopefully his balance would beat out the alcohol in his system. As for Danny in his arms, well, he only hoped she wouldn’t scold him for doing so later.
Post by Danny Ravensdale on Jul 28, 2015 5:56:50 GMT
Danny didn't even argue. She was tired, and she was slow, and this was faster all around. Danny relaxed and tried to catch her breath as Ahriman was released. The sword sizzled and then dissolved with a small whimper. Danny managed to bring her breathing under control while praying Lasair wasn't drunk enough to drop her. "Don' get used ta this Lassy. Only 'cause yer drunk self wouldn' ge' movin' like we were tellin' ya to."
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 28, 2015 18:33:45 GMT
"Can either of you tell me where this Mangy Lady place is exactly? Because besides general direction I'm not fully sure where I'm going." Meanwhile there they go, the unlikely group running through the Hovel: a drunk Lassy carrying a sober lass, and a lone assassin carrying Lone.
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
Post by Lasair Landevier Lupen on Jul 30, 2015 2:54:55 GMT
Lasair frowned at the guild leader in his arms. “If you needed money, I could have paid them.” Maybe not if Danny owed thousands, but the red head had money in his pocket; he could have paid something.
When he heard Edel’s question he actually realized where they were. “Oh it’s right over here. Ish. I’ve been there.” He slowed down his running pace a bit, starting to feel a little odd from the physical activity plus alcohol plus no sleep. Would be safer not to run so fast. But Danny was still held firmly in his arms, because who would ever let someone like that go?
Post by Danny Ravensdale on Jul 30, 2015 19:59:17 GMT
Danny rolled her eyes at Lasair. "Ain' no use payin' money ta Bosk. 'e jus' makes up fees an if ya can pay, 'e raises the price next time." She nodded in response to Edel. "Righ'. Take a left up 'ere, then follow it fer two blocks. After tha' take another left, an' keep goin' till ya see a rottin' blue buildin'. There's the Mangy Lady." Danny closed her eyes to rest while the group moved to the Lady.
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 30, 2015 20:07:51 GMT
Alright. Those directions didn't seem too hard to follow. Edelweiss took the first turn to the right, then to the left, and kept going. "Any special reason we're heading there (not counting running from 'Tall-Dark-and-Anything-But-Handsome' back there)?"
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
Post by Lasair Landevier Lupen on Jul 30, 2015 21:01:19 GMT
His eyebrows furrowed upon hearing Danny’s reply. “That’s no way to run a business.” After getting some rest and having processed more of the alcohol, he’d eventually realize how stupid he had been, and how stupid he was continuing to be. But it couldn’t be helped now; at least no one had gotten hurt.
As for Edelweiss, the sleepless drunk simply followed along next to her, wondering how she was managing while carrying Lone. Thankfully Danny wasn’t a heavyweight.
"Sorry..." Lone murmured, her long hair swept veiling the entirety of her face in shadow. "S-sorry" she repeated through her cracking vocal chords. Her feet patted the ground as she hopped from Edel's arms. She would only be more of a bother if she had to be carried. "Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry."
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