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as they made land they leaned near an area that was once a home for a farmer , as they got out they notice that the place was burning and destroyed , Rava looked around and shook her head, " this is bad , i remember this farm used to be an ok place that the bandits said they would not harm, " she looked through the window to see what remained of the family that once lived there where now gone as the snow fell, " this is not like them " she looks around and faces the direction that the fort was " come on follow me, we need to move" as she starts to run. they had to move, and get there fast as they can before they where found by the bandits.
(drawn last year for this , i held onto it till now.)
Axis on the other hand was in a restless state , she had not slept , she had tried to brake the barks but had failed as she had to bead Rava , she head to stop Rava and kill her as these stupid people of pirate who didnt see that she worth more dead then alive , she was angry , but like a caged bird all she could do was struggle , she need to be free , she wanted to make sure justice was severed and her people where safe.
"Oh great... so now even the supposedly safe places are screwed?" asked the thief before she felt her body shivering. "Snow... great... Winter in Lodan all over again..." muttered Ikuze before she followed after Rava, keeping as low to the ground as she could whilst trying to keep up with the one eyed bandit girl. As she ran abreast of her she asked, "Alright, so... what's changed then? If they're going after places that were once non-attack, then I guess the plan changes too... We still grabbing the kid and the daggers?" Ikuze asked, wrapping her hand around the neck of her guitar in case they needed a quick "song".
Post by Caitlin Cockfoster on Jun 29, 2014 22:20:19 GMT
Caitlin walked into the brig with a couple of lackeys. She looked through the bars at the restless Axis and remembered instantly what a headache this child was. "Hey," Caitlin yelled at the girl and she snapped her fingers, making a spark of fire appear at her fingertips. "We're doing this one way. My way. You try to do this YOUR way, and you die in a blaze of hungry fire and I promise you it will be very, very painful. Do you understand?" Cait waited a beat, then smothered the little flame between her fingers. "Now, here is MY way of getting you out of that cell. I'm going to open the door and my boys here will each take one of your arms like a gentlemen. Try to resist their chivalry and they'll take both your arms like brutes. That's it, one way or the other, you're being escorted off this ship. You don't get to take off on your own, you don't interfere with my crew, and you don't get the chance to sabotage this mission. Plain and simple: You go with us nice and quiet to a specific drop point we picked out especially for you, or you are turned into a smoldering pile of ash." She nodded and the guys opened the cell.
She had better things to do than babysit this brainwashed brat. But first things first, getting rid of said brat - before she can get back to her own vendetta with the Green Stag Beetles. Soon as the cell door opened the guys seized Axis arms as planned. "follow me," Cait instructed, leading them out of the brig.
She sat her glass down next to the decanter and leaned back. This was nice... like falling into a vat of marshmallow fluff. Calm, muffled, the rest of the world blocked out by the closed door to his cabin, and here they were safe inside. Safe from reality, safe from their own complicated lives. Safe from duty. Safe from context. Just. Safe. --Caitlin
As soon as she is grabbed Axis stuggled but was dragged off , however they didn't know what kind of magic she has under her control, as soon as was free , she will hunt down Rava ,as she was determined to make sure that what ever happen she would win , she must otherwise her mission will be for nothing and a land left in ruin without justice , so all she could do is struggle as she is dragged away. "i dont know , just one minute they where ok and then the next .. this is not.... wait " she stops to look around and think " there was one person who has command if my bloodline was not of age or was none, the masked man, no one know who he is but he the 2ed leader that take control if there is not a king to control the bandits , i never met the man but i hear he know everything " she turn and continued before ducking behind a fallen tree " down!"she whispered as 2 bandit dressed Green ran passed , one of them stops and looks around to check if anything was happening before dashing away as they run toward an area that looks on fire.
Ikuze went down when she was told to, waiting for the men to pass. She began to count under her breath till she reached ten, and she saw another green garbed bandit running the same direction as the other two. "Always one in the rear... different place and people, same story..." she said quietly as she digested what Rava told her. "So... since you're not here, your kids well, a baby, and I'm gonna guess Dad is dead... then the new boss is more brutal and bloodthirsty..." she surmised. "Great... this explains what the little dungball cross-dresser was on about. Kid probably thinks you're related to this masked guy who's causing this damned mess..." grumbled Ikuze. "And none of you knows who this guy is? drat... put me in mysterious robes and I'll be Queen then." quipped the thief sarcastically as she inwardly vowed to never return to this crazy messed up land in the future.
Rava stopped for a second as she checked around for any more scouts " well you know Axis killed my father. so yeah " to clear that mystery without much to say about it as they head to a river with a bridge and on the other side was a huge fortress of stone with wooden small spike sticking out of the stone walls , from the outside the place echoed so much history of battles and time itself of the bandit king legacy ,the place where it ended his life and started the Bandit monarchy of green. Rava hid behind some trees " Ok this is the place , I only been here a few times in my life but i know 2 ways in other then the gates if you want to climb or swim."
The thief considered the two options, noting the snow and taking stock of the condition of the walls. "Well... I'm going to assume your river entrance leads directly inside or something like that yeah?" asked Ikuze, not answering yet till she got all the facts straight in her head. "How long ago did you last use it? Was there any sort of grill or grate or gate at the other end? Because I know if I was this guy and had a river running into my fortress, I'd want some kind of barricade on such a weak spot." she said.
"Also, I ain't exactly dressed for a winter swim, and if it turns out there is some kind of barrier that needs lock-picking to get past, in this water, that's the mission already busted. Hard to pick locks when you're shivering." surmised Ikuze. "The walls have those natural hand-holds. Of course on the flip side they're a little more exposed than I guess your river entrance would be, which means we'd have to be damned fast to get in before being spotted." she mused.
"So... it comes down to two choices. River, with risk of entrapment, or Walls, with risk of exposure..." said Ikuze, part of her mind also worrying about how she would maneuver her guitar under both conditions. The thief looked around some more before coming to a decision. "Screw it, lets go for a swim."
Rava nodded " the river entrance leads into the deeper area of the fortress's underground parts which all the good stuff is kept in vaults, this way will take us right there , however the only way out is the harbor if we need to quick escape" she said as she lead them down to the water and guide around the fortress's foundation banks to the sea where there looked to be a small underwater cave " well here it is , all we need to do is dive under and come up , there a cave there and a blood door that I can use, follow me" she said as she dived to the water and came up for air "come on the water is warm" she said before diving under again and swimming into the cave.
"Blood door? Great... more weird arse magic..." she grumbled, realising the irony in her making this statement as she followed Rava. She raised an eyebrow at Rava's testament concerning the water. "Warm? The hell? How is it warm in this weather? You pissed in it or something?" asked Ikuze even as she slipped into the water, deciding that diving whilst carrying a guitar would be a bad idea. She removed her blouse and used it to cover up most of her instrument as best she could before submerging, raising a silent eyebrow as the truth came out. It really is warm down here... This place is just plain weird! she thought to herself before following Rava into the cave, staying under the water as she swam. Thankfully after doing so much singing in her life she'd developed large lungs.
as the surface they arrive in a cave with the walls were coated in red with bones of people who tired to use this way in. Rava swam to rock side and climbed out and offered a hand to help Ikuze out the water " you ok? the water is warm due to the weather here is magically influenced on each island , i dont know why just its been happening ever since so long ago so as its summer normally is winter on this island." Rava looked around " looks like they still dont know about this way , other wise they would have caved this part in , there a blood door in the wall that just need a switch pressing to open it." pointing to a hidden rock like door with blood on it that looked like it slides down like any classic hidden door from pirate stories.
Ikuze surfaced and immediately noticed the skeletons and corpses. "Eh, I hope you know where the drat switch is... otherwise this is going to be the shortest burglary in memory." the thief said as she eyed up the remains and the cave walls. "So in summer its snowy but warm water... and I'm gonna guess in winter it gets really hot and sunny but chilling water? Damned crazy..." she muttered.
Rava looked around and went up to one of the wall and reaches into a small hole in the wall " it this one " she then presses something and suddenly a small doorway opens up as the rocks shifts to the side " it not hard to forget stuff like this , come on this path will lead us into the heart if the fortress and just a few halls away from the vault " she said as she takes a touch off the wall and lights it as she begins to lead the way on the path .
The thief nodded as she followed behind Rava down the secret corridor, flinching as the door shut behind them. "Well... guess we're going to need another way out." she grimaced before continuing on her way. As they neared the end of the corridor she took a peek around the place, pulling a face at the sight she saw. "Something stinks here... too damned empty. I'm all for an easy job... but this is ridiculous." frowned Ikuze as she looked out across the near-empty exit point. The only people present were the two burglars themselves. The blue haired girl pulled out a stone from her boot before gently skimming it across the floor before them, to test and see if there were any traps ahead.
Rava only took her eyes off Ikuze and out of nowhere she picked up a rock from who knows and throw it down the closet hall, "Back up!" she said quickly as Spikes came out of the walls the hall way which slam together before resetting back into the walls. Rava Face palmed herself, by now they just let the trap master of the fort know a trap went off in the lowest level which she hoped that they didn't notice. " why did you do that? , we got to move fast before someone comes to check the trap" she said as she pointed to a different route and ran down it knowing the way to the target , the Vault.
Ikuze frowned as Rava scolded her. "I figured there'd be a trap, and I wasn't about to go stepping around a place without knowing where to step. This ain't my first burglary you know." she said as she followed the one eyed bandit. "Besides, for all you knew, they could have changed the route through that trap since you were last down here."
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