Time Stamp: 20th Day of Fall, 510 AV, Dusk Location: The Blood Pits The tall six armed creature made his way through the dark tunnels to the pits as he often did this time of night. He had become somewhat infamous here. Kro knew that he had Krysus to thank for that. If it were not for his morbid hunger to cause pain to everything that lives and breathes, he would have never stepped foot on such a foul place as the blood pits. He worked his way through the dark tunnel, hearing the cheers for blood echo through the darkness. He finally found himself in the midst of the screaming crowd, looking upon the current fight, watching as he saw a six foot man fall to the ground. Kro seemed somewhat surprised when he noticed the man's offender was a pail woman, a foot shorter, but very strong bodied from what Kro could tell. Suddenly he heard the crowd calling out her name, as they had so often screamed Kro's. "Zidel, Zidel, Zidel!" They called out, as they threw their fists into the air. The tall Eypharian could only watch on as he watched this woman move with precision and grace, each strike meeting the opposing mans ribs in the exact same location over and over, until finally causing a shrill crack to erupt within the man. It was clear at that point that the unfortunate man was no longer a competitor in this match. It was only moments later that the man lay dead on the floor. It was then that the woman did an odd thing. She leaned down to the mans body, taking two fingers, closing his eye lids, and whispering something softly to herself, as she closed her own eyes. As she made her way up, she turned to collect her winnings, and then moved quickly through the crowd to the exit. Kro found himself following her, forgetting all about the blood pits, and his plans for the night. He felt compelled to ask her of her strange ritual after the match. He couldn't help but ask himself what he was doing. He had no idea why it was he needed to ask her this, but all he knew was that he did. He krept behind her in the dark alley, stepping down with each step she took, so that she would not hear his movements. He had to get close enough to ask her, and did not wish to alarm her before he could. Suddenly her pace began to quicken, and as it did, so did his. It was only moments later that he found himself chasing after this woman. He found himself running faster and faster with each moment, running harder than he had ever before. He followed her all the way to the bay, and watched as she entered the Drunken Fish. Quickly Kro followed into the building, only to find a strong fist quickly meeting his nose as he did. Before him was the woman he had been following. She then gave a well placed kick to his chest, sending him back out the door, onto the street side. She then moved downwards to the Kro, grabbing ahold of his throat, as she spoke out in a growl, "What business do you have following me? Are you one of Dastana's men? I told that bitch I wasn't interested in working for her The woman's grip was so tight, Kro couldn't even speak. All he could do was shake his head vigorously.She let her grip ease slightly on the neck, and whispered down to hi,. "I want answers and I want them now." Kro gasped out for air, before finally speaking, "After you killed the man.... You did something... It looked like you prayed. Why? I don't understand. It's the blood pits, what sort of place for prayer is that?" he said out in a fast pace slur. She quirked her brow, slowly withdrawing her hand from his throat, allowing him to get back up to his feet. Her hair was a wild mix of black and soft violet tones. Her eyes did not seem to match in color. One was a soft blue, and the other was a vivid forest green. One arm almost looked of steal, and tattoos seemed to decorate her entire body. She had piercing streaming down along both ears, and above her right eyebrow. She was like no creature Kro had ever seen before, and he was intrigued. "I simply need to know more about you? What are you? Who are you? Where are you from?" Question upon question rushed into the Eypharian's head upon further examination of this most interesting woman. He leaned in his eyes meeting hers, as he arose from the ground, dusting the street dirt off from his scale mail armor. Never before had he been put on the ground in such a manor. Especially from a woman. This was both humbling, and interesting to Kro. The woman took a deep breath before speaking in a softer tone, "I am Zidel. I can only answer to you the pieces of my life that I remember. I cannot remember much before the last twenty years of my life. I can tell you that I pray after every victory to my god, Wysar. You see, for ten years I have lived among the Akalak and live as they do, and share their beliefs. I do not know much about my time before then, since my memmory seems to have been whiped almost entirely clean, but I believe my father was Myrian, and my mother was Isur. I don't even know my last name. All I can remember of my old life is that my first name was Zidel, and that something horrible happened before I lost my memmory completely." She took another step back, and cleared her throat before continuing, "I hope to one day travel to a place called the spires. I hear rumor of a strong and wise race that could possibly help me remember what I have forgotten, but I have no horse... I have to fight just to make enough miza to eat, and thanks to Dastana's men constantly tracking me down, taking what Miza I have to try to push me into joining her, it looks like it will be a very long time before I can ever afford one." She walked inward closer to him, her body moving in close to his. She slowly looked up to him, taking his top right hand into her own, as she whispered, "If it was only one or two men she sent, I could handle my own, but no, she sends more and more each time, and I can only fight so hard.... I know who you are... You are Kro, the Eypharian who has killed countless men in the pits over the years. If you help me, I will teach you more of my god, Wysar, and everything he stands for." Kro gave her a half grin, but felt the veins in his hand burn slightly at her words. He did not want to mention his goddess, Krysus, and was not sure if she would stand for him worshipping Wysar. All Kro knew was that he was interested, and for some reason, felt like he needed to help Zidel. He gave a slow nod, and whispered yes, causing a slight smile to come to her face. |