It started with a drink....

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Then a clink and a stink, for it was a rowdy night in one of the many pubs of the land. In the third district where the beer was bland, there was a line drawn in the sand. When a bum with a twinkle in his eyes had an eye on the sprinkle of a lass whom promptly knocked him on his ass. It was at this point all hope was lost and gone, when a man called him something you would use to fertilize a lawn. So with a fist and a lash there began a clash, fist of right and left going all through the night.

When a third joined in, the real fun would begin as a stool was smashed and a belt was lashed upon a fourth and a fifth. The brawl would began to sprawl, going beyond the walls as the streets began to grow filled with a fight to last all night. More and more would be sidetracked and smacked going around their ways and said that was all they had for the end of these days!

A small riot has broken out in the third district. What started as a bar fight escalated into an encompassing riot that would sprawl into the streets. Before the guards could react, a hundred or so people were involved in this fight and the number still grew. It was later in the evening, around eleven thus the numbers of the on duty were few.

As the fight went about, belongings would be scattered, a purse here, a backpack there. A rat like figure crept in the shadows crawling into a house whilst a table went flying at a group of men brawling.

The eight guards who arrived first were finding themselves overrun trying to contain them and two of them started being mobbed by some of the folk of the third district trying to take vengeance against anyone who worked for they who taxed them.

Without some sort of intervention, this could escalate into death and worse.

[Sai]

Sai has been sitting at the bar enjoying a light drink while gathering some information nothing too much to get her drunk that was until some bum decided to hit on her. She first tried to ignore the for good nothing male when he couldn't take and promptly processed to give him a swift beat down before going back to enjoying her drink. Taking her seat back she smiled at the man promising death if he approved her again as she took some time to make sure that he didn't pick off any of her throwing knives or her dagger from her waist. As it seemed as if a bar fight broke out not that she care one bit since this was normal for these bars.



That was until she notices that the fight seem to have broken out into the streets. Not even bothering to pay she walked away from bar her long hair trailing behind her, it was black that night since she wanted something that blends into the night easier and her clothes. Her height was at 5'8 causing her to be shorter than her normal height, so her hair had to be tied up in a high ponytail even so her hair was only a few inches off the ground. Anyone looking at her would think that she was weak and delicate female which she doesn't mind since it means that she could take someone by surprise. Reaching the door she noticed a figure using the shadows and all the chaos to avoid reminding unseen but not her eyes.



Seeing the guards show up she decided to leave the issue of the fight to the guards while following the questionable thief. Using the shadows and sticking close to the wall she came up to the house that the person crawled into, not even bothering to look behind her she followed suit, leaving the sounds of the fighting behind her as she let her eyes adjust to the new lighting while looking around for the person. Walking around the house being careful not to make any noise since didn't know the person to know they were followed her eyes trained ahead of her wondering where the person could have gotten to.

[Claire]

Claire couldn’t really remember how the fight started- she was supposed to meet a source that never showed, but she realized that he may have been caught in the brawl that had erupted. It hadn’t looked so bad on the other side of the tavern but when a stool smashed into the wall Claire realized with dawning excitement and a trace of fear that the brawl was heading her way.

Even dressed as a man, her chest bound down and covered in layers of shirts and a jerkin and a cloak, her otherness was still apparent in the russet tone of her skin and the darkness of her hair in this sea of pale faces and paler hair. So she had fled, not unwisely, to the roofs that she could reach, watching the brawl escalate below. The throngs of people below grew as she watched with wide-eyed wonder, watching the fight turn from a simple brawl to an attack on the few guards who gathered there.

There was no incentive to stop this. In fact, this was something she needed. Especially now, with the betrayal of one of the King’s Guards hanging over their heads.

Claire dug in her bag for her mask, one of simple black cloth, and tied it to obscure her face. She pulled the hood of her cloak up over her head and slunk into the shadows of the rooftop, waiting for her opportune moment.

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Kail was heading back to the farm house although it seemed that, though that a riot had happend and sighed. He checks over what he had on him and had his crystal bow, his whip, and some of his knives on him. He did not feel like earlier in the day to carry his swords as the loops for both of the sheaths had broke off. So he was not able to put them on his belt, so the blond had went into get some materials to fix them. Kail had gotten what he needed and was heading back, and this happened. He looks at whats going on and sees something and goes to find a way to get on to the rooftops. After finding a way up, Kail finds a good spot and takes his bow out and starts channeling magical energies into it. With the two lightning gems he had equiped into the bracelets. "Well lets see how much magical endurance I have. I just want these morrons stopped so I can get home" he said to himself and then tapped into the other magic stone a celestial gem. The blond pulls back on the bow string and holds it as he gathers energy into the arrow he had. Kail was slightly straining from the energy he was gathering and holding the bow and arrow.

"..........I'm so going to get a lot of agro for this..." Kail said and with the peak of everything. He fires the arrow as it went into a very wide and into one of the deeper parts of the riot. The arrow did not hit a person but it did hit its mark. It unleashed a massive bright flash and booming sound. And right before this, he closed his eyes and covered his ears. Since he knew this was going to be big as this was his first time trying something like this. Kail did not know how sucessful it would be or not. But he had to try something to disrupt the riot there.

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Within the house, a rancid smell would fill Sai's nostrils. The sound of rummaging would be evident, and going into one of the bedrooms, she would happen upon a figure that she may recognize from the sewer expedition scurrying off, the target of said incident. He seems distracted by rummaging through a chest, not hearing the assassin's approach. However there would be a green line of mana at the foot level should Sai be observant enough to catch it.

At the ground level, a brilliant flash of light would radiate and deafen as though thunder had struck. A few of the brawlers scurry off screaming the judgment of the gods was upon them. Those closest to the blast radius would be incapacitated and crawling on the ground level, weakened and stunned by the flash. A trio of men had seen Kail and whispering upon themselves, they begin to run to the house from which Kail had set up his perch and begin climbing up the gutter and shutters. The first up to the top draws a knife and approaches Kail as the other two make their way up and try to surround Kail, the knife man speaking.

"Give up the valuables and I won't cut your tongue through your neck."



At the ground level, the distraction allowed some of the guards to begin to establish control, but as the initial blast wore off those not at the epicenter, the fighting begins to pick up as others try to take advantage of the stunned state of others to rob them of their purses and belongings.

[Sai]

Sai followed the scent it reminded her of the little sewer expedition following the wrinkling her nose at the scent she trust that whoever lived in this house didn't mind the scent too much. Hearing the of something rummaging she followed the sound until she came to one of the bedrooms staying at the door for a few seconds taking in everything from it was the rat man they were chasing down to rescue the kidnap females but he had gotten away, oh she was looking forward to this for sure. She did notice the green line of mana but paid little mind to it just watching her step to avoid stepping on it.



As she started to approach the Rat Man being as quiet as she could possible as she unsheathed her dagger. As soon as she was close enough she wrapped her arm around the Rat Man with her dagger to its throat. "Don't make any sudden movements or I will be having a new fur coat." Her voice low and dangerous. "Now how about you come with me the easy way." If the Rat Man was to turn around he wouldn't recognise her since she was shorter and her hair was darker than when they first met.

[Claire]

Claire’s moment came sooner than she anticipated- the blast of light and the booming sound. She lifted her hand to shield her eyes, the shaking familiarity of this kind of power coming back to her. Kail. It had to be. He had a flair for this sort of dangerous dramatics. Not at all like her dangerous dramatics. As the light faded she turns her gaze to stunned crowd- at ruffians trying to steal from the already poorly off third districters.

No real options there. Not according to her morals.

Claire unbelted her sword, still in it’s sheath, and walked out into the streets. No one needed to die over this, but she could give them a few whacks for good measure. Least she could do to. So she walked into the fray and began to strike the rioters with her sheathed sword, trying to fend off the already poor people caught in the fray from losing everything they had.

Unless they looked rich, of course.

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Kail did his best to deal with the blast and had ducked around a chimney and just covered his ears. There was a minor ringing in his ears and was slowly getting up and shook his head a few times.  Out of the corner of his eye he saw movement and then a thieving morron coming up to try and mug him. Kail rolled his eyes a bit "Look you douchbag, I don't think you know who your messing with. I'm the one that sliced off Helena's wings and I just made that large boom. You think trying to mug me is going to get you a big score? Go suck it you sod" he said and pulled something on his bow and it retracted down and he put it on to his slot where he originally had it. Kail then took out his whip and activated an earth gem while channeling a spell for an Ice Blade. The whip started to get some nasty looking spikes that seemed to get bigger due to the ice spell. Kail menacing looks at the man holding the knife and lashes out at him with a overhead swing. Trying to coil around the man's neck or weapon arm and inflict massive damage. And if his buddies came up, Kail would unleash the ice spike like blades and hurt them as well. Not as bad as the guy holding the knife, but it would at least stun them to some degree.

[Sakai Nagamasa]

Hawkeye shrugged his shoulders as he walked down the street toward the pub he would sometimes visit when he didn't want to spend too much coin....or draw a whole lot of attention. His sword was slung over his shoulder as always, safely in it's sheath. He was on an "extended vacation" after Yuki needed some time to herself, but it was just boredom to him. So he was surprised and somewhat glad when he turned the corner to see a huge brawl had broken out from the tavern, with what seemed like hundreds of people rioting in the streets. He was glad not for the fight itself, but because that meant at least the ones with weapons were free game....and he had not fed his sword in a while. He quickly drew his sword, naked steel glinting in the sunlight as the blade left the sheath with a ring. Several people around him went from startled to terrified as they stopped fighting and give him and his large sword a very wide berth, a black and red aura cloaking the sword...and the crazed looking one eyed wielder of said sword.

It did not take him long to find his first victims, a pair of muggers with drawn weapons circling around what seemed to be some blonde magic user of indeterminable gender. He shrugged the vague recollection of possibly seeing this person before as he raised his sword, calling out the only warning to the two that Kail wasn't directly facing.

"Sayonara, dipshits!"

The sword was swung with a blur of motion, a clean cut as the massive odachi sword bit into the neck of the first victim, cutting through like a hot knife through butter....and did not slow in even the slightest as the supernatural razor sharp demon blade did the same thing to the next victim. Blood sprayed from their gaping neck holes as their heads flew from their shoulders, the arterial spray catching the blade as it seemed to glow...and then vanish into the sword itself, the cursed item literally drinking the blood of it's victims. The samurai got a fair amount of blood on his face and armor as well....and laughed. He laughed as he kept going, his crazed smile getting wider, throwing himself into the crowd.

"Come at me! One at a time, in sets of three.....hell, throw an entire army at me! You draw steel on people who can't fight back, you answer to ME!"

Nagamasa, like Claire, swung his blade at those that seemed intent of hurting or robbing people who did not want to fight back, or those that were drawing weapons in the middle of the melee. Unlike Claire, when he swung, his blade, drawn and ready, severed limbs, and those that were unarmed seemed to give him a wide berth.

[Claire]

Claire’s attention was caught by the screams behind her and she whipped her head in the direction of the noise. Limbs were flying and blood was spraying like this was some kind of warzone and not just a riot. She shoved the robber she was tussling with to the ground and turned, abandoning him to try and woozily steal something else while she ran into the fray. This was out of control.

She skidded into the battle zone, sword still sheathed, as the small man was about to cut down on another barely armed victim. For an instant she was back home, watching an enemy mow down an opponent not even close to his skill level. So without thought she threw herself between the man and the oncoming blade, throwing up her sheathed sword to block the blow.

As Claire pushed the blade back the man she saved crawled out of the way, giving her room to stand up and point her sword still encased in it's metal scabbard at the strange, small man. “I’m only going to tell you this once, friend.” her tone was light and clearly Novian despite the seriousness of the situation, as well as the blood splattering the stone around them, “You should go home before you hurt yourself. You’ve done enough damage here.”

[Sakai Nagamasa]

The red armored samurai was almost caught up in his bloodlust, sword mid swing when his blade was met with an unexpected obstacle, a loud CLANG as his blow was stopped by a metal sheath, his eye opening wide in surprise. He combat training and instincts kicked in and he quickly back pedaled to get some distance and reset the range between him and this new challenger. The figure was dressed in strange clothes that seemed Novian in nature, suited for light travel and movement, and though her face was obscured, he could tell that his "assailant" was a woman. The dark aura surrounding Nagamasa's blade seemed to pulse even more violently then before, an almost black energy swirling around him....and he went back to grinning, staring directly at Claire.

"It's mad at you. It was having a good time and eating VERY well....until you jumped in."

Hawkeye raised his blade again in a stance, but did not assume the attack. The air around him seemed to be howling eerily like an angry, tormented soul, as if the demon blade was expressing it's displeasure at Claire for getting in the way of it's blood feast....and at the samurai wielding it for not trying to strike her down at once. Despite this, Sakai stood firm, not wanting to make the first move....yet.

"You gonna draw, sweet cheeks? I'm not about to kill a person who hasn't drawn their weapon...but I'm also not going to stop killing these scum bags while they blatantly rob people. If you do, I won't hold back...."

[Claire]

Oh, this man was crazy. Obviously crazy. Claire’s eyes ticked to the pulsating sword before her gaze turned back to the man, Maybe this sword had a soul inside it too, that wasn’t so crazy to her now. But this shirt man was clearly not well and already coated in blood.

“You’re funny, aren’t you?” she pulled a perplexed face behind the cloth mask, shifting her stance to stand a little more firmly with the sword still sheathed. “Ah- I don’t really think your priority is saving anyone here. I don’t know if you’ve looked around-” she turns her head a little to see people on the street flee from their impending fight. “But ah- looks like these people are more scared of you than your scum-bags. You’ll have to go through me or go home, so make up your mind quickly.”

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As Kail motioned to switch his weapons and lowered his bow, the thief with the drawn knife lunged but mid step slumps to the floor, his head cleaved off his shoulders and spraying blood fantastically all over Kail. The second associate moves to get away, but meets the same fate. The third realizes shit's going down and books it to get away while Sakai moves on, sliding down the rain drain and moving to get the hell out of dodge.


In the house, the rat man makes a chittering laughing sound and in a moment, the creature shrinks to a small size, scurrying around under Sai's feet and scampering off, setting off the poison trap deliberately as a green flash of light occurs and begins to fill the house with virulent poison. The rat man shifts back to it's humanoid state and begins to climb out the window, a bit less than graceful and taking precious extra seconds to get back into the alley. If uninmpeded, he will run away from the riot into a darker part of the alley.

Whilst Claire knocked out some of the looters, it did little to dissuade it from continuing further. When Sakai begins beheading and dismembering people though, the screams of maniac, killer, and run for your asses rang out among those closest and partially dispersed the less enthused. While Claire and Sakai were circling each other trading jibes, a man goes flying in the middle of them, thrown by a large shipwright as a result of the fighting along the sides.

The disruptions of the flash bang and the weaker spined fleeing from the bloodshed allowed the guards to gain momentum along with reinforcements arriving from other sections. Shieldmen begin to push forward with bludgeons out, knocking out those who lingered or didn't flee with sharp blows to the head. Others begin to tie the unconscious out for due processing as the shield line advanced. A mage begins to spray violent water across the area knocking down others approaching the spot where Claire and Sakai were engaged.

Meanwhile crossbowmen approach with weapons raised, shouting at the armed to drop their weapons and lay on the ground, rapidly approaching Claire and Sakai's location as once again the location where they were was where most of the active disruption was.

[Sai]

Sai wasn't expecting the rat man to shrink in size, turning to following the now rat size rat only to have a flash of light and the scent of poison. Normally this wouldn't have bothered her but it was a poison her body wasn't used to, quickly covering her nose and mouth, coughing into her sleeve as she made her way to the closest window as fast as possible knocking down furniture. Pushing open the window she coughed volicently breathing the fresh air of relief.


"Fucking Rat." Coughing more she pushed herself out onto the window ledge before jumping down. Trying her best to not get caught by the guards she looked around wondering where she was before the poison took much effect on her body it wouldn't look bad for her to collasp on the ground. Using the walls to hold her self up as she did her best to avoid the guards seeing her as she slowly made her way towards the small infirmary that she prayed wasn't too far from her current location.

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Kail had felt a bit of fear after it seemed that he had been a bit slow switching his weapon. And would have been badly injured and mugged by the looters. But it seemed that his luck was greater and was able to defeat one of them and the other got killed by a samurai!? None the less he lived although got splattered with blood. ".......It was do or die...." he said to himself as the blond took no pleasure from killing either man. But he would not lose too much sleep on the matter as they were robbing people. The blond knew that things were going to settle down a bit. Kail used a water gem to clean some of the blood off of his face and glasses. As he did though, there was a flash of light across the street and sees a odd looking man rat getting out of the building and this slightly irked him and as he moved though. Another person seemed to be effected by a poison or something. The blond thought about it and knew that if he was going to catch up with the ratman he would need a lot of speed. "Well.......I needed to train this spell and my body for this....ACCELERATOR" he called out and sparks were coming off of him. Showing that the spell was in effect and then started to dash extremely fast.

With the huge amount of speed he leaped over the street and on to the other building. "Hey you lady, I'm gona help you catch the dirty rat" he said down to the transformed Sai. Then kept running pretty much catching up to the rat man. Seeing a oppertune moment he put more of the lead out to over take the ratman and jumpped landing a bit ahead of him. The blond would smell of blood and plasma, along with the electrical sparks. It would have made Kail look of a demon or something unearthly as the sparks would flash off of his glasses. "Where do you think your going" Kail speaking trying to put over welleming fear and terror. The blond trying to inmatate Batman from fiction although knowing his luck this might have failed.