Champions of the Corrupt IC

[SugarCookie]

Do I have to say it? Kiku absconds and gets the hell out of there. Rule 1 of combat, avoid it where possible, rule 6 of combat, if there is a safe way out, take it!
But then there is rule 4, watch out for traps...
"Ah hell, if there was a trap, I'd be dead either way, there is no point in staying, when running will have a chance at a better outcome" Kiku thinks as she stands up. She looks at the badass boss dude with an almost glare, before running out of the crowd. She almost prays she makes it.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

(Psh. Anti-rapist my ass.)

Claire's eyes widen and she begins to panic. "Um. Sir. Please let me go. I'll give anything you want. Well. Anything except the thing you want. Please sir. I can help you out with any other form of stress relief. Uh, my friends have told me that 'rubbing a man off' works. Also, I've heard 'give him a BJ'. I don't know what either of those things are though. I'm a virgin. Wait. I know! I can take you to my friends. They'll be more than happy to help you out. Please sirs? Please let me go?" she says. She looks around at the men surrounding her. She then looks over at the man who is moving the water. "Um. Sir. With all due respect, may I ask? What are you doing with the water?" Claire asks.

[MiscChaos]

"Ugh. Fabulous." she mutters to herself as the smell first hits her. Still, a little smell isn't enough to force her away from her weapons, so she pushes on. And nearly stops cold when she hears men talking. She sees them and shakes her head just to make sure she's seein' crap right. Shells? For real? As much as she'd love to investigate that, possibly beat their secrets out of them, she's racing against time to get into the Heart District before Elemental Sickness sets in, so she'll have to pass going to them. She'll respond if the come to her though. Violently probably. She keeps herself oriented in the direction of the District and keeps going.

'Maybe when I'm done?' she thinks, still musing on the odd sight.

[AsianP3rsuas10n]

Ty stands still staring at the dead water walker lying on the ground. "Wasn't that one of their own? Bastards! What scum would murder their own kind?" Ty clenches his fists in anger. In his mind he thinks "That man did not deserve to die...Who was that guy? Who gave him the right to just kill like that? This is unacceptable!" Suddenly, he realized that the man was headed for the screaming woman and Ty new that he was going to hurt her like he did with the Water walker. With the memories of that man's eyes Ty almost hesitated but he finally makes his final decision.
"He is not going to hurt anyone else! Time to send this scum to the other world, along with the rest of his people!"
His mind and body now filled with a new found goal, Ty grips his sword. With that, Ty charges electricity to his feet, pulls out his sword, and lauches toward the direction of the woman.

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Sentari: (Back Alley District, your brothel)

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You feel Lex shudder a little as the chill is sent down his spine. As he exhales his breath is visible, your powers chilling the air. "Wow... That's impressive." Lex mutters, watching his breath dissipate.

Lex's hands move their way up your legs, occasionally giving them a small tingly jolt, making the hair on the back of your neck stand up. They stop at the inner thigh however, moving back and forth, teasing you. A cocky smirk returns to Lex's face, and you can notice a bulge begin to form around Lex's crotch.

In the background, you hear some noises outside of your office. Sounds like some raised voices... You can't make out words, and it's probably nothing. Lex makes no indication that he can hear the voices.

Kiku: (Back Alley District)

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As you turn and run, you hear a deep laugh, which you assume came from the BAMF Water Walker. As you continue to run, you hear the screams again... Seems the Fire Walker didn't get away after all.

Rounding a corner, the path ahead of you is blocked... By guards. A mob of Rivian guards have made a line, blocking the road. They're all wearing matching uniforms, white with gold details, Rivian's colours. They hold no weapons, just their shields with gold suns on them. In the center of the advancing line stands a heavily armoured man, wearing different armour than the rest of the group. Same colours and style, but he seems more... Important. He wears a white and gold cape, and his face is blocked by his helm.

"Citizen." He seems to speak through you, like you don't matter, or he doesn't want to be talking to you. "I am Jason Agronma, Paragon of Riviana. I am leading the cause to rid Riviana of the Walker scum that plagues this city. I trust you haven't been corrupted by this dark city?" You notice Jason has a large broadsword attached to his belt, unlike the other guards around him. Jason doesn't seem like the man you want to piss off...

Claire: (Back Alley District)

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The Walker grins, his water tentacles twisting and twirling around his hand. "We don't want your friends, You'll do just fine deary. And this? Well, you'll see soon enough. Trust me, you're gonna love it."

The Walker with the scissors approaches you, two of them grabbing your arms tight. Grabbing your shirt, he begins to cut it off, narrowly missing your flesh. Your shirt ripped and cut, your bra appears to be next. He grabs it and pulls it forwards, and cuts your breasts free. You hear a couple of whistles and cat calls from the Walkers as the admire your chest, and one of them flicks your left nipple.

Sounds like your attempts to stall didn't work... What do you do now?

Hermes: (Heart District Sewers)

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The turtle men walk away, turning a corner down another pipe. You must be hallucinating, Elemental Sickness probably... But then again, you ARE crazy.

Moving along, you notice the amount of filth decrease... Jeeze, even the sewers are clean in the Heart District. At least, you THINK you're under the Heart District. Up ahead you can see a ladder leading out of the sewers, but who knows what you might find up there...

You feel a little uneasy being down there however. You recognize the feeling: definitely Elemental Sickness. Better figure a way out soon...

Ty: (Back Alley District)

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As you fly towards the Walker, he whirls himself around flashing his hands. Your sword connects with... A foot thick wall of ice. The recoil from your strike flows through your body, making your hands and arms throb with pain. Through the ice wall, the man talks to you, distorted. "You. You have no business here. I run this District, and I do what I want. You seem alright. If you were a Water Walker I'd let you join us. But you are an Electric Walker. So leave now, before you make me mad."

Turning around, the man moves swiftly towards the woman and the red clad man. He grabs the girl's wrist, and you can tell he's shouting at her. The red shirt guy seems to be a little too shaken up to do anything, and you think he's bleeding.

Adele: (Market District)

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The Captain turns back to you, a look of bewilderment on his face. Then he realises you're being serious. "Leadership? Around these parts, we three leaders here: The Water Walker Gang, the Fire Walker Gang, and the Earth Walker Gang. We got a Queen in the Heart District, but she don't mean much here." Haiyen turns back around, moving along. He's moving too fast through the crowds for you though, and you quickly lose sight of him in the mass of moving people.

While searching for your escort, a gloved hand firmly grips your shoulder and whirls you around. In front of you is one the the red robed men you noticed earlier. You can't see his face, or any skin at all really. Just red robes, and a gold/red flame pendant on his shoulder. A deep and gravelly voice emanates from under his red hood. "Adelphia Kveyna. Mr. Krenko would like to have a word with you, in private. If you could please come with me, we wouldn't want to make a scene..." Well, who the hell is this guy? His voice tells you he isn't taking no for an answer however. You's taller than you, but you guess he must be a Fire Walker. You have the edge Elemental wise, but who knows what he's got under the robes...

Saeryn: (Housing District)

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You notice the Elemental Sickness symptoms pass, your body being "happy" with your spatial relationships with the world around you. The children listen intently to your recreation of your home land, and one of them reaches up and touches one your your feathers.

You notice a few adults are listening in too. Some stick their heads out of doors and windows, parents mostly likely, checking on their children. Others have stopped whatever it was they were doing, but you wonder if they are listening or just staring at you. A very pale, dark haired little girl in the back of the group speaks up, standing on her tippy toes. She's wearing a blue and white striped dress that has several tears and hole, along with some dirt stains and no shoes.

"Um, Ma'am... Would you kindly tell us why you're here? Are you here to see the Queen? People always come here to see the Queen." The other children nod their heads in agreement. So just why are you here, Saeryn?

[AsianP3rsuas10n]

AH! Ty grunts as a wall of ice suddenly appears in front of him. As his sword is lodged into this thick wall of ice, Ty's eyes widen as a sudden shock of pain flows through his arm. He stares through this wall with fear and pain in eyes, listening to the man. Ty stares deep into the man's eyes again, and a feeling of death rushes through him.
Wha...what is this guy? He has the appearance of a human, but his aura is demon-like.

Ty once again feels the hesitation flow back into his body. But as he sees the poor woman getting screamed at, his mind gets back on track and once again his goal of saving her is the only thought that goes through his head.
Sorry ugly, but I'm not giving up that easily!
Ty grabs his sword and pumps it with an enormous amount of electricity to break through the entire wall. Once again Ty flings himself towards the man. His sword, pointing straight at him. His feet, exerting massive amount of electricity to boost his speed.
It's OVER!!

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire blushes. "Sirs. Please stop. This is embarrassing. And it's cold out here. Please let me go sirs." she says. She begins to shiver. "Please let me go now sirs. I'll do anything. I will pay you any ammount of money you want. I'll get you anything you want. Please sir" she begs.

[Taria]

Sentari gently strokes the bulge against Lex's crotch with her delicate soft fingers. She continues giving him soft kisses as her hand strokes up and down along his back. Slowly reaching up to stroke his belly, she begins to undo his pant whil lifting up her elegant dress.

[SugarCookie]

Fucking dumbass getting himself caught twice, I tried dammit!
Then a bunch of guys in armor appear a she crosses the corner.
"Oh great, an imperial asshole who’s going to get himself killed” She accidently said out loud. Then caught herself and quickly said “Oops, I mean, no? Maybe? Sorta? I just tried rescuing that fire guy over there, but he got caught again, and those water guys are really mean assholes, and and-“

[napsii]

Shock crawled up and down Adele's back, but her practiced body language masked it behind a simple nod. Her sister held a particular loathing for criminals and transgressors of all kind, and although Adele shared the distaste for crime, she was also sympathetic. Many criminals, she thought, were just as much the victims as the people they targeted. Even the ranks of the most hardened groups of criminals were staffed by those who would rather be home, than out on the streets robbing, murdering, and extorting. It was a way of life -- a necessary evil. And of course, as she had been told, crime was rampant in Rivana's every street and alley. Her political sense told her that it was a triumvirate of lax government, an understaffed city guard and explosive growth that had turned Rivana into what it was now -- a hive of growth, but also suffering and misfortune. But it was not easy to digest how much power these gangs really seemed to possess.

Suddenly, she wondered if any agreements made between Kveyni and Rivana would be between its government or just its criminal masterminds.

Just as soon as she began to walk on, though, another wave of people crashed over the street and her guards almost immediately vanished behind a tidal wave of muttering men, women, and street children. She grimaced. In a moment of desperation, she tried to shove through the crowds' ranks to at least keep her escort in sight so that she might catch up, but they were already gone. She paused in bewilderment for a moment, feeling a little foolish; she should have known not to underestimate how chaotic the markets of a city liked Rivana's could be. A hand gripped her arm, and she knew that something about this had been calculated. She looked to the man in red, recognizing him as one of the robed men from before. She suppressed the instinct to stiffen her mind and body, knowing this was becoming a very dangerous situation and she needed to think clearly. Given his coloration and the unnatural warmth of his body, she guessed him a Fire Walker.

The Fire Walker gang. she decided mentally. She had the edge in elements, but criminals like these fancied tricks and techniques to give them the lead, no matter how underhanded or cruel they were. That she had been so quickly targeted revealed much about the gangs' reach. She had tried to keep her arrival here a secret, but already she had been exposed and confronted. Spies in the guards' ranks, perhaps. Her options raced through her mind, but compliance seemed the most logical one. She could reply with violence, but she did not want to risk a battle that would harm the innocents. The street was a poor battlefield, and she knew the cards would be stacked against her, even if she tried to flee. This man almost certainly had backup nearby, ready to intercept her in Rivana's streets... which she was unfamiliar with. Perhaps if she made it to the Heart District, or the guards' barracks, she was safe, but it wasn't worth the risk...

It was wiser to place them somewhere more... controlled, and perhaps open them to negotiation.

"Hmm... very well." she agreed, relaxing her combat stance.

"Lead the way, please." she indicated for the man to walk on.

[MiscChaos]

Hermes begins to quake a little as the effects of Elemental Sickness start to make themselves known.

“I’ve gotta get outta here!” she says half-frantically. She’s unused to dealing with ES, even the dirtiest of fighters in Wind Valley not using against people. If they did, they were despised even in the criminal underworld and it wasn’t uncommon for their body to be found as soon as hours later. “Get a fuckin’ grip on yourself. Lilia would be disappointed to see you like this.” She snaps herself out of it and looks up the ladder in front of her. That would be the easiest way to get rid of ES, but what’s the security like up there? She claims the ladder (lifting) a manhole or something like it if it’s there) and just barely peeks over the opening to case the place, not wanting an alarm to keep her from getting her shit.

[daxtinator396]

Dax ran through the cramped alleys frantically trying to catch up and shouting cries of "wait!" evry few moments until he finally lost the man who had saved him and he realized he had traveled quite away. He saw the market to the left and thought that he might spot the man there with practice,"Hmm..." He said to himself before he spotted the woman walking toward him,"Excuse me Miss? I`m looking for a man that may have come through here?" He asked politely.

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Rayn: (Back Alley District)

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Seeing the jet of water surging towards him, the boy moved onto the defensive. Raising one hand, the clots of dirt circling him collected together in front of him, forming a dirt wall between you two. The water hit the wall, but didn't do any damage to it. Letting down his wall, you notice the boy is now holding a baseball bat in his right hand. "That the best you can do, Rayn? I expected more from the only person who can annoy Brawly so much. Ah well, I gu- Ahhhg!" Before he could finish the thought, the poor boy is practically shot in the back by your ice spikes. Some the size of your forearm have lodged themselves into his back, and he screams out in pain. The force of the blow sends his off of his feet and flying forwards, Landon on his face a few feet in front of you. Pools of dark red have started forming around the shards still in his back.

The boy isn't done fighting yet though. Once he lands, he slams his left fist into the ground, creating a minutes earthquake around you two. You are knocked off your feet, and fall onto your back. Once the world has stopped shaking, you look up to see the boy standing over you, one hand sipping the blood off of his face, the other clutching the bat.

"Give up Rayn." the boy seethes. "Brawly can't be beat. Not by you, not by the Water Gang, not by anyone! So just GIVE UP!" On the last note, he raises the bat high above his head, ready to bring down it's full force, presumambly onto your skull. Better think fast...

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Ty: (Back Alley District)

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As you fly towards your target, everything around you blurs a little. Despite your speed, you notice several things happen very, VERY fast. First, the man whips around to face you, second, he side steps your thrust by bending back, third, he grabs your wrist and twists (you can hear a small cracking sound). Fourth, you feel a spiked metal glove punch you square in the chin (another crack) and finally, you feel the back of your head hit the ground. The world looks a little fuzzy, and you see his blurred helmet looming over you. A metal boot is positioned a foot above your face, and as it comes crashing down on you, the world goes dark.

Much to your surprise, you awake. With a throbbing headache, you hear someone shout far to loudly "Captain! He's waking." The sound of metal armor and boots comes clicking over, and looming above you is a different armored man. He wears heavy gold and white armor, with a orange sun on the front. The symbol is Riviana's, but he's certainly not wearing a guards uniform. The mans face is covered by his helm, and his voice is loud and commanding. Just listening to it makes you want to stand at attention.

"Citizen. I am Jason Agroma, Paragon of Riviana. You were just recently assaulted by a wanted criminal, one we intend to capture and bring to justice. But witnesses also claim you assaulted the man first, and that he acted in self defense. Unless you wish to pay the fine for these charges, I suddgest you cooperate." Although you've never heard of this "Jason Agroma" guy, you are fairly certain that paying the fine doesn't mean a $250 ticket...

[AsianP3rsuas10n]

Ty now lays on the cold ground dazed and confused by his situation. He feels the pain in his wrist, chin, and head.
Uhh... he moans slowly as he tries to get up to his feet but as his head moves, the pain pushes him back down onto the ground.
Now, with the armored man standing over him, Ty tries his best to comprehend his words. As Ty listens to the man's proposition, Ty finds himself up at his feet in no time to defend his rights.
What the hell are you talking about? You're going to fine me for trying to rescue an innocent citizen? That man is a murderer and a criminal yet you are going to charge a person for trying to do the right deeds?!? Before he goes any further, Ty realizes that this situation could end badly if he goes on screaming like a mad man. He calms down a bit and continues once again
What do you mean by cooperate?

Ty now stands face to face with the Paragon of Riviana, staring him down with a calm and fierce look in his eyes. Though on the outside Ty seems like an intrepid warrior, inside, Ty is desperately fighting the urge to fall to his knees and forfeiting to the pain in his body and pride. The memory of how fast his last battle ended, put a shame to Ty's heart.

[berserkerhorn]

Jormag moves closer to the scene pondering what is going on inside. "It's probably nothing more than a skirmish or two between rivals..." Jormag says the the people around him. "It happens all the time back in my village..." Jormag says remembering how he was chased out of his town for his powers. He tries pushing towards the center of the crowd to see what was going on

[Zender_Solarheart]

Shelby stops her walking as a man suddenly asks her about someone he's looking for...apparently one who had just gone past this way. She doesn't recall anyone crossing her path, however...

"Apologies, good sir, but I didn't see anyone else before you." Shelby replies, honestly a tad puzzled by the man's sudden appearance. Considering the Earth Walkers that had "visited" her earlier, this may be bait for a retaliation trap...or maybe not. Either way, she keeps her eyes peeled for anyone around that seems suspicious; even if the man's not bait, she'd rather not have a haphazard approach get them both in trouble...

[daxtinator396]

Dax nods his head in thanks,"Thank you Miss. Where are you heading? I`d really rather not get jumped again. That was why I`m looking for the man. He kinda took out all those goons by himself and left! I wanted him to teach me." He explained. He takes a sweeping glance back towards the market hoping to get a glimpse of him.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Shelby chuckles lightly, then replies: "If you want to tag along, I'm headed to the market, to discuss business with a client. I'm sort of an inventor by trade, you see." Then, she remembers a little mistake she made earlier: she forgot about introductions...whoops.

"Oh, but I'm getting ahead of myself; we haven't been introduced yet. I am Shelby Alkaid, freelance technical designer. And you are?" Her tone of voice is friendly and non-judging, which many would find a blessing in this city...especially with the gangs running amok. Then again, she knows her way with a sword well enough to defend herself, so she has considerably less to worry about.

[daxtinator396]

Dax smiles lightly at the offer,"I`d be delighted to!" He said and then relaized at the same time that they hadn`t introduced themselves to each other,"Nice to meet you Shelby. I`m Dax Sierra, resident odd job specialist." He said with a joking smile. He wasn`t really a professional anything but did what was asked for a bit of spare cash. "So what are you going to the market for?" He asked curiously.