Damsel-in-distress (Naama)

but one is no damsel, and the other is not in distress

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Considered one of the most mysterious cities in Mizahar, Alvadas is called The City of Illusions. It is the home of Ionu and the notorious Inverted. This city sits on one of the main crossroads through The Region of Kalea.

Damsel-in-distress (Naama)

Postby Bob Barton on February 5th, 2012, 10:44 am

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75th day of Winter 511 AV

When Bob finally regained consciousness he could see that it was a place that he did not want to be in. Some badly lit room full of junk lying around, much like a storage room to keep things in. There was no identifying what was inside those big crates but Bob could tell that keeping just things was not the only use of the facility. He could hear it even if his eyes were not well adjusted yet. Cries of defiance, sobs of resignation, not a place he wanted to be in that was for sure. How exactly did he get here? The last thing he remembered was trying to go back with..."Jinsen! Where are you Jinsen?" but then the dog never came. The only response Bob got was from a boy who told him that he was the only one who came and that was not even the best part. The best part was that they were all going to be sold as slaves somewhere away from Alvadas. The glorious allure of child labour.

But Bob was no child. Heck before that he actually thought that the reason he got captured was because he won too much gambling earlier. It was a good story too if he decided to tell this child. Alvads were just so easy to trick given their flippy personality and someone unhappy of being swindled would have been a better boast than being mistaken as a child especially when there were so many people in the table and it was that horrible midget who tried to make himself the most important one there. It was wickedly manipulating everyone from the start. First round on seeing his cards Bob told announced that "I don't want to pay the joining fee?" and tossed his cards back on the table in a faked fit, suggesting that he was about to lose when his cards were actually the best ones of all just to get everyone else to raise their bets and when they did he called them all a bunch of "suckers!" revealing his cards and grabbing all their mizas.

Once they were wise up to his tricks they never again believed what he had to say but then would Bob actually care about that? Just like the rest he also knew what he wanted about them from what he saw throughout the game and the way he used that knowledge was just plain evil. Singling out the one who had the most money among them he told all his habits and methods just as he did them like "why are you hiding your cards again? You should just bail out" or "you know what? I don't like to give you my mizas so I am out for now..." allowing the rest of the table to follow him. No, that day was not to gain much mizas at all. It was just all about the rush of exhilaration with the fact that he was just dominating everyone else despite what he had to give up on. Evil little demons who have to part by admitting that "well, its been a pleasure taking your mizas" really did deserve the fate of being a slave but not getting randomly getting picked off the street as a kid!

Bob could not blame anyone for making that common mistake especially when it was late at night and he was for some reason in that outrageous pirate costume of his. The kidnappers were probably thinking that he was just going home from some Alvadas costume party. He could have kicked their asses with his canesword but he was caught by surprise. He could try it now but he was tied up as well and the weapon was nowhere in sight now. It had better be with that stupid dog wherever it was right now or else. "So can you tell me where are our hosts right now?" he asked the boy who did not know either. "Gives us more time to plan then...can you fight?" What? He was a boy, how can he not be good at fighting! Did Bob have to do everything since he was the adult? "Great, why are kids always so useless?" Bob uttered dissatisfied as he started to think for himself but he soon had to change his views when the smartmouth gave a quip about escaping and was out pf his ropes. "How did you do that?" Bob asked a little bit surprised.

No he did not care about how long and how much work he put into the ropes just as long as the brat could "get me out of here! Please...?" pleading pitifully with promises that "we will be more successful if we work together" and trying to gain authority by exposing that "I am an adult you know?" until he reached the plain stupid "a great pirate if you cannot tell from my clothes." Finally though the kid agreed and Bob told him to "use the dagger inside my coat." Thank the gods that those kidnappers were stupid enough to presume that he had nothing good on him, or maybe they were just waiting until next time but Bob was not going to try asking them because "we need to get out of here!" Quickly he got out from behind the box they were kept at to find a few other children bound the same way they were. "What are you do..." Nevermind. They were obviously kidnapped as well.
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Postby Naama on February 17th, 2012, 3:53 am

oocI guess we could set this up as sort of like, "What the other side is doing." Makes it more interesting, haha!

The hound would not shut up.

It barked and yelped and howled incessantly, to such a point that Naama had half the mind to skewer it with a butter knife. It had followed her all throughout the morning, as she went about her usual, unproductive day perusing items she had no coin to purchase. Even more peculiar was the cane it held in it's mouth, but for every attempt the myrian made to retrieve it, the dog growled vehemently and bounded away.

"Fine, you dirty mutt. Haven't you a bitch to petch or are you just mistaking me for your master?" The dog sat his rump down and wagged his tail enthusiastically, slobber dribbling from the edges of his mouth. Naama grimaced, "I'm more of a cat person, myself, really..."

The canine flattened his ears and whined.

"Oh, don't you pull that on me you filthy mongrel. What do you want, anyhow? I've ale to be drinking soon, go off, shoo! Go back to your master." She turned to walk away, but a sharp tug on her boot halted her. She gave a long, drawn out sigh. "Fine, for Zulrav's sake. Show me what you want."

The shaggy dog turned and bounded off, twisting between leather clad legs and swirling skirts, until it vanished behind a cluster of stacked crates. "Hey wait!" She called, shrugging aside gasping bystanders as she broke into a run. But as the myrian turned the corner she was met with a solid wall, and behind her, the open market was replaced with even more winding alleys, with looming buildings that swallowed the area in perpetual shadows.

Petch. This is just not my season.

The echo of a bark bounced off the crumbling walls, then a brief glimpse of a tail beyond, and Naama was sprinting again, past the hunched beggars in their filthy cloaks and strangers hidden beneath black hoods. She ran until the alley was behind her, and ahead was a tall, dilapidated warehouse with windows boarded and door visibly locked. Over it hung a neglected sign in words barely intelligible.

As she kneeled over to catch her breath, the dog offered her a generous and sloppy lick on the cheek. "Hah... If this is a trap, mongrel, I will use your hide to clean Squirt's arse." Speaking of which.. where is that boy? She glanced up, to the slim windows and cracked panes, then down at the door. The dog gave a bark, as if to usher her on, and with a shrug, she knocked three times.
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Postby Bob Barton on February 18th, 2012, 6:39 am

OOCRight until the climax, hahaha

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That boy was with with Bob right now and making him rather unhappy especially since "I know what I said about being more successful if we worked together but they are children!" Imagine that, using Bob's own logic to get the other useless children out together with them. Including the both of them, "the five of us are going to have it tough because I don't think that you brats can fight." Bob would not be able to fight effectively either since his sword and partner were out there somewhere...that stupid dog. At least it was a lot more cute than this brat. "I only have this dagger" which was nothing more than a trophy he carried around "and this whip. Unless one of you can use them I am not going to take any risks" because Bob Barton just don't roll that way.

Kids would damage his reputation a lot more than the scum he hung out with but kids as they were upon hearing what he said started begging and pleading for Bob to save them, that they could use his weapons. "I doubt that" he told them as he looked at them coldly. The safest way to go about this is "I will call for some help as soon as I escape with...who? Squirt? Give me your real name punk. Fine, whatever. I don't care! Really I don't. Lets just get out of here." Yes, just the both of them because with the wailing children Bob started to think more about leaving the annoyances behind instead of the fact that they will reduce his chances of success. "Oh just shut up and wait for your help later. You will be safer here for now and Squirt? You're with me" he told the boy, grabbing on his collar the same way he would when he takes Jinsen. Bob just could not trust that boy to be left alone with the other children even for a moment.

They went straight to the door. What else was so important besides the crates since their contents whatever they could be would be of no use if Bob was still stuck in the room. And the children...petch them all. They should just sit and keep silent like good little boys and girls until help arrives after Bob was nice and safe. "I don't want to be like our hosts but I will gag you if I have to" with their own dirty underwear if Bob's mood was really fowl. "So kid-Squirt. You think you can work your magic on this lock like you did with the ropes?" Why else would Bob be bringing him around for? Sighing Bob made a mental note that he needed to buy more things besides the useless smoke grenades now. Since the only other useful thing he had on him was his trophy, he decided to try sticking it into the hole and twisting it around. "What do you know? You can't do it if its not a rope can you?"

No one needed to know anything locks to know it was doomed to fail but Bob persisted until his fuse got shorter and he tried to get rid of the whole lock. Problem solved! Pushing the point into the edges he tried to dig the handle and lock open with the children behind him still wailing that they can help. "I don't need your help! he told them while trying to wedge the metal open until his tool flew out over his shoulder and barely missing his ear in failure. Even a soul could do nothing, the useless weapon. As it clattered on the ground, he heard something else. Footsteps coming closer to the door. "Petch someone is coming. Shut up or I won't be the only person you are going to worry about" he told the bound children before telling Squirt to "hide." Maybe if they were lucky the man woud just leave. Following Squirt, Bob quickly reclaimed the only proper weapon he brought with him and hid amongst some of the crates near the door.

It would be too much to wish it was help right? The only one who would know Bob was in trouble would be Jinsen and what could that dog even do? His friends would probably take days to find out his disapearance and by then it would be too late. Like that brutish man who stormed through the door, a large muscle of mass which Bob could clearly see because of the light coming through the door and his sword glinting at his side with a delicious looking piece of chicken in his hand announced, the children were going to be sold off as slaves somewhere...Bob included so the best thing they should do was wait in silence because some of their clients did not mind a few missing limbs. Bob just put his hand on Squirt's shoulder and whispered to him to "wait" while putting his finger to his mouth. The worst they could do now was have a confrontation. The size difference was too great and even with both of them, someone would get hurt hopefully the kidnapper.
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