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Edge of Destiny {Non-WoW Open RP}
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Post by
Atik
Jadyr Sterkke
Divinity's Reach
Jadyr had hardly made it into the district after the crazed Sylvari when the plant boy raced through the crowed anew.
The Norn stared tiredly. "Why am I doing this?" She wondered, chasing after Owain again.
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Mayfair
Location:
Divinity's Reach, Salma District
Like a trio of twinkling stars in the night's sky Mayfair and his phantasms flashed into the darkened streets towards the inner wheel of the city. He did not break, even as his illusions faded into light, but kept hurrying towards the Commons. Yet he was not alone, for shadows seemed to stalk his steps. They were neither subtle nor blatant, yet they had that unmistakeable doggedness of pursuit, the same faces flashing at him from crowds, each time becoming more obvious, closing about the garish youth like a noose, herding him. One would step from the shadows of a street he had been about to enter, another be waiting at a gate so casually that he might have been merely loitering.
Mesmer tightened his grip upon his bag of coins. Reaching the Low Road in such a way, he suddenly found himself enclosed in a shaded nook of the city. Barred windows and tall walls rose all around him, and there the shadows made themselves known.
There were perhaps six, all dressed in typical city attire. But like Mayfair himself, such skins were mere illusions, dropped by the drawing of tools of the assassin trade.
Mayfair whirled around back and forth. like a trapped animal seeking an escape that might magically appear, and finding none as the five moved with purpose towards him on either side, shadows deep, the mesmers shining robes causing daggers and eyes to glitter in the dark.
One stepped forward foremost. A tall specimen with heavy shoulders and strong if unshaven jaw. His weapon of choice was a rifle slung over his back, the weapons barrel supporting a long bayonet more like an axe's blade. His breastplate was was all the armour he wore, the rest being leathers. A mercenary at first glance, but when he pulled off a glove revealing a white tattoo like a pair of jagged wings, the truth was known.
Mayfair pressed himself against the wall. He held out the hood filled with coins hopefully, metal clinking from his shaking.
"No," the man said in a voice like a tolling knell. "We don't want that."
Post by
morginar
Character
: Valsha
Location
: Divinity's Reach
Moving behind the norn the human commented. "Uhhhhmmmm. I don't know..." Valsha shruged as she ran.
Post by
Aimsyr
Volarr Chokeshot, Vyrr Grimtongue
Kryta, Divinity’s Reach, Salma District
Vyrr halted abruptly at the street corner, quickly assessing the situation.
"Stun grenades, now!"
the charr hissed at his companion, stopping the engineer short with one arm.
Employing the ruthless economy of movement typical of his kind, Volarr snatched two grenades from his belt with one hairy paw and ripped out the pins in virtually the same motion, following through by sending the spherical objects sailing through the air towards their targets.
Plink.
One landed to Mayfair's left, nearer the bandits.
Plink.
The other landed to his right, nearer him. A fleeting, doomed moment of calm.
They exploded in a series of blinding flashes, a thick cloud of choking smoke pouring from the leftover husks that had been their cases.
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Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Mayfair
Location:
Divinity's Reach, Salma District
Mayfair arched, his nerves set alight, and just as quickly dead. He slumped against the wall and slid to the ground, eyes rolling in their sockets with the terror of sudden paralysis. Such a fate was shared by the two of the rogues at that end of the alley, knees buckling and sending them to the hard stone.
As the smoke filled the alley, a shot rang out, tearing through the smoke and towards the two Charr.
Post by
Aimsyr
Volarr Chokeshot, Vyrr Grimtongue
Kryta, Divinity’s Reach, Salma District
Neither charr was able to pay the sylvari any heed, dodging out of the path of the bullet. The shot nicked the necromancer's shoulder, but otherwise left him unscathed.
"Incendiary armour-piercing on my command,"
Vyrr barked at his companion from across the street, having taken shelter on the far side of the entrance, prompting the engineer to load his deceptively-antique firearm.
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Mayfair
Location:
Divinity's Reach, Salma District
Another wild shot spat from the smoke, the sound nearly masking the thump of feet on stone as those inside the cloud moved.
"Grab him! Forget them!" came the command from the smoke.
Mayfair shook, breathing heavily as feet rushed around him, the two rogues trying to find the downed mesmer before the smoke cleared. He could hear the scraping of metal as the leader reloaded his weapon.
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Post by
Aimsyr
Volarr Chokeshot, Vyrr Grimtongue
Kryta, Divinity’s Reach, Salma District
"Cover me," Vyrr commanded, switching to New Krytan to include the sylvari, the charr necromancer rushing forwards into the gradually dissipating smoke. If downed the rogues would theoretically be out cold, but he was not about to count on that when one had been shooting at them only moments earlier.
Volarr raised his rifle, finger on the trigger.
Post by
Atik
Jadyr Sterkke
Divinity's Reach
Jadyr raced through the thicker of the alleys, many proving too thin for her to comfortably fit. She could hear the shots. "Damn, what is going on?" She wondered. She turned further ahead, hoping to cut whoever it was off, rounding the cloud of smoke.
Sucking in her chest, she squeezed through one of the smaller gaps, smashing a box beneath her foot as she did so. She tore free into the main alley, hopefully blocking off the escape of the shouting bandits.
Hand flowed behind her, shortbow drawn and an arrow already notched.
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Mayfair
Location:
Divinity's Reach, Salma District
Whistling through the smoke came a rifle muzzle, the axe blade affixed to the end splitting the smoke and aiming for the charr.
A foot slammed into Mayfair's thigh. "Found him!" Strong arms groped for him and found his own. A second pair did likewise, the two rogues hefting the helpless mesmer between them and charging for the opposite end of the alley, away from where the attacks had come from.
The three broke through the smoke, and skidded to a stop as they found themselves confronted by an amazonian woman with a cocked bow.
Whistling through the air, an arrow pinged off the cobblestones next to the sylvari's foot. A shadow on one of the rooftops cursed and drew another to their bow.
Post by
Aimsyr
Volarr Chokeshot, Vyrr Grimtongue
Kryta, Divinity’s Reach, Salma District
"I don't have time for this," Vyrr growled, parrying the attack with the double-bladed dagger he had procured in his left hand on it travelling up the side of his greatcoat. The charr counterattacked with a sturdy metal scepter wielded in his other hand, the object alight with dark necromantic magic, striking through the clearing haze at one of his opponent's weak points, the knee.
Sighting the rooftop marksman, Volarr lined up his sights and fired.
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Mayfair
Location:
Divinity's Reach, Salma District
A grunt of pain accompanied the scepter's impact with his opponents leg, along with the rifle discharging right next to the charr's ear as the trigger was reflexively pulled
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Post by
Atik
Jadyr
Divinity's Reach
Jadyr raised her bow at the nearest man. "I would drop him, if I was you..." She warned.
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Mayfair
Location:
Divinity's Reach, Salma District
Neither man felt particularly inclined to argue, and did so promptly. Mayfair hit the ground heavily and lay helplessly still, although he could feel the first pinpricks of sensation returning to his limbs, the stun grenade's effects fading.
The Sylvari and Charr fought no footpad. The man twirled his rifle like a shirt stave, knocking away the sylvari's sword and attempting to slam the butt of his weapon into her face.
There was a scream, and from the roof crashed a body, a broken bow beneath him. Perhaps it had been the charr's bullet, or perhaps the knife protruding from his back that had done the deed. But regardless, their assailant from above was now only so many broken bones.
Post by
Atik
Jadyr Sterkke
Divinity's Reach
Jadyr nodded. "Now, one of you want to explain what you're doing?" She asked, keeping her arrow moving, trained on any of them at any given moment.
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Mayfair
Location:
Divinity's Reach, Salma District
One only shrugged with wonder. "We're just the help," he explained.
Post by
Aimsyr
Volarr Chokeshot, Vyrr Grimtongue
Kryta, Divinity’s Reach, Salma District
The necromancer roared, grabbing hold of his temporarily deafened right ear. Although the charr loathed to admit it, the raw force behind the sound of the shot was simply too painful for him to let go, and so, with his scepter hand occupied in that manner, he instead opted to plant a paw on the human's breastplate, aiming to knock the man to the ground while he swung.
With the rooftop assailant dead, the engineer loaded a weighted net into his modified firearm and proceeded to rush up on the apparent leader's flank, attempting an encirclement.
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