Unguarded Guardians (IC) Part 2

[Sortaix]

Sort began to massage Mexs' back with his hands for a few minutes before he left to go check on the former prisoners, giving her a pat on the butt as he walked away.


(Will remember what you said Taria. Do you or I need to delete my former thread?)

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

As her eyes grew a tad more dull she looked at dax
"an evil plant...seems strange........."
she said quietly

[Icaelus]

"That's nice..
Mex smiled, stretching a little as Sort continued to massage her, his hands graduating to her back..and lastly of course, moved on to pat her ass. She was almost disappointed when the massage was over and Sort walked off to check on the women..but she did feel a whole lot more relaxed now.
"Hnn. That was good..maybe you could give me one too, next time."
Mex gave Kaz a smile before shifting away to reappear next to Sort.
"Hey. So..what are we gonna do with all these people? I could..uh..make it quick?"
She said hopefully and held up a hand, a fireball blazing to life in her palm.
"Or I could always burn this place down now.."

[daxtinator396]

Dax keeps digging and eventually starts to dig upwards hoping to some up inside the temple if hus sense of direction was right and with all this earth around why wouldn`t it be?,"We better stay on our toes becuase I bet that it`s waiting for us inside the temple." He pauses getting ready to break through the thin layer of dirt that remained between them and what lay above,"Alright I`m about to break through. Raise your weapons were going in. Be prepared for anything." He takes a deep breath as his shield is put back on his arm from his back and his two spade gauntlets go back to normal except his right arm which goes back out to blade length. He raises The Innocent`s Rampart and removes the earth between him and the surface and peeks out quietly, his leafy disguise looking like a bush growing up from the floor.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Victor readies Mjolnir, but keeps it held in such a way that it won't cut Nyx or Dax in the process. He then whispers to Dax: "What do you see up there?"

(yeah, didn't have much to post on, so this one's short. )

[napsii]

Kaz poked Mex upside the head, playfully.

"Durrrrrrrrrrr, no. We're gunna like...set 'em free and stuff. BUT I VOTE WE BURN IT DOWN!" she suggested happily. A thought then came to mind that she expressed to Sort:

"And then I'll put out the fire, so everything smells really bad cuz it's all like wet, burnt wood and stuff." she stood akimbo for a moment, like she was deadset on this plan, but then a bumblebee was quick to fly past her nose at that moment.

"Ooo." almost immediately distracted, Kaz was quick to turn her attention away from the somewhat depressing situation, almost entirely ignoring stuff said to her, in order to pursue lazily after the bumblebee which was drifting in the air across the camp, seeming almost afraid of the girl.

[Sortaix]

Sort, Icaelus, Napsiiiiiiii:

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Sort held up a hand to silence Mex and Kaz, as they spoke to him. His only reply was.
"Be silent, you need to hear this."
He then looked back at the woman he was talking to. She was an elven woman, with light colored hair and green eyes. She was the only one of the prisoners that was standing up. She then spoke to the group.
Yes, I shall continue. These goblins are the thralls of some giant monsters. The thing is a giant plant, that uses women to spread its' seed, making us give birth to...monsters."
The woman then began to describe horrid things to the three, about how the goblins would use and abuse any woman they wanted till they were finished with her, then she was taken to a large temple and offered to the plant monster. In detail she described the things the plant would do as it ravaged the woman, and the pains she went through several months later, when she gave birth to the creatures offspring, which no woman had ever survived. As Sort heard these things, his arm subconsciously wrapped around Mex to hold her close to him, his mind fearing for her, as any male would. It was obvious talking about these things were difficult for the elf, as she was still shocked and horrified by the things she saw. Fortunately, she had not been sacrificed because the goblin chief had taken a liking to her. She was his personal prize, and he used her often. She then described the magic staff he wielded that gave him the ability to use every element, but without the staff, he was just a weak goblin under the control of the plant. Sort then dismissed her and let her go back to tend to the women that weren't as strong, helping them cope. Sort looked back at Mex and Kaz, as he spoke.
We can't leave this place standing, but they have no place to go. I say we help them close up the gates to this place and fortify themselves in here, until we find the others. After that, we can decide if we want to attack this plant monster or not."

Daxtinator, Zender, and Alcatraz: (You guys lucked out, this time.)

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As Dax peeked his head up, he noticed he was in a small room. When he poked his head up further, it then collided with a very large barrel. Upon further inspection, he would realize that he had dug his way up into a store room. It appeared the room was empty, at least right now.

[Icaelus]

"Yeah..let's just bur- Ow!"
Mex winced when Kaz poked her head playfully. She spun, a fireball roaring to life in her hand as she shot Kaz an annoyed glare.
"Wanna die so young, Dolphin?"
She growled, then took a deep breath and calmed herself, throwing the fireball to the ground and scorching a flower this time. Beside the burning flower, a patch of innocent young grass with a future quailed at the sight. Mex turned back to Sort as he held his hand up for silence, Mex complying as she walked up to stand next to him. An elf woman addressed them, laying out the events and the atrocities that had been happening around here..the goblins were simple minions, nothing more. Apparently their boss was one big ol' rapey flower that impregnated women and made them birth..monsters.
An arm wrapped around her as they listened to the elf's tale and Mex glanced to her side to see Sort pulling her closer to him. She sighed, then smiled.
"Oh, I'll be fine. After all, you'll be there. But it's not like it can catch me, anyway."
Mex said rather confidently, a self-assured smirk on her face.

[daxtinator396]

Dax answers Victor's question quietly," Were in... a barrel?" He looks about further and realizes that they were in a small store room,"Were in a store room. Everybody up. He crawls up from the hole and helps up the other two. After everyone one was up he moved the barrel back over the hole,"Just in case we have to get out of her quickly you know?" He explains. Dax then walks over to the door of the store room trying to open the door as quietly as possible as he peeked out. He wanted to stay hidden until he found the plant monster and wiped its evil from the land.

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

Nyx walked over to the barrels and began to open them to figure what was in them
"Why all the barrels?"

[daxtinator396]

Dax looks back over his shoulder whispering,"Who knows? Maybe its where they keep all the loot fromthe travelers they waylay? What do you see in them Miss Nyx?" He asks curiously thinking on what they could do with the find. Maybe they could buy bedrolls for everyone,"Or maybe you could just share with Miss Kaz." The little voice in the back of his teases,"Quiet you!" He says back in his head,"We gotta stay focused! I can`t be imagining her like that right now..." He says in his mind once more as a blush spreads across his face showing through his sandy blonde fur.

[napsii]

"Durf." Kaz's chin impacted flat on the dirt as the bee made a sudden loop-de-loop. Conveniently, she landed right at the feet of Sort, Mex and the woman they were talking to.

Although their words kinda flowed in one ear and out the other, save for the very interesting part about...burnin' stuff? Great! Just what she wanted!

No, wait, what Mex wanted. Kaz wanted to uhh...soak stuff? Womp. She forgot.

"So wut are we doin'?" she asked dumbly.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Victor uses small, silent bursts of electromagnetism to vault up and out of the hole, using another small burst to make his landing quiet. He looks around the room, and finds more barrels than Donkey Kong's ever thrown at Jumpman before (note: Mario was known as "Jumpman" in the original DK arcade). Definitely a storage room, but for what? Spoils of raiding, perhaps...or could they be something more sinister?

Dax had mentioned that plant earlier...perhaps these barrels contain some special feeding formula for it? If so, then perhaps they can glean a hint at its weakness, from that which makes it strong. Well, they won't know unless they figure out what's in these barrels, so Victor finds one that can be examined without much noise, and pops it open, hoping that it's simply non-living objects inside the barrel, and not something like saplings of that big plant...

[Sortaix]

Sort, Icaelus, and Napsii:

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Sort gave Mex a kiss on the forehead before he turned to Kaz and spoke to them.
"We are not burning the place down, yet. We are going to let them barricade themselves in here, until we find the others. After we find Dax and the rest, we will decide what to do, but till then this place is fairly defensible with the wall and the gate around it. We leave this place standing, for now. Then we burn the whole damn forest down."
Sort then walked over to the gate and got it ready. The elf woman followed them and wished them luck, before she sealed the gate locking the three outside. Sort then proceeded down the path, at a rapid pace, his weapon at the ready.

Daxtinator, Zender, and Alcatraz:

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Dax was able to successfully open the door without alerting the two goblins standing guard in front of it. He can see them quite clearly, but they are still unaware of his presence. As Nyx opened the barrels, the scent of poorly made ale hit her in the face. It appears the entire room is a storeroom for booze. Victor notices the notch at the bottom of his barrel with a plug in it, making a dead giveaway what is inside.

[daxtinator396]

Dax steps back away from the wall holding a finger to his lips and gesturing towards the door holding up two fingers and mouthing the word,"Gobs." He shortens the blade on his arm making it more dagger like before whispering as quiet as he could,"Silence. Kill. Right Outside. " He stands by the door preparing to rush out and silence the gobs for good. He holds his hand up signaling and counting down, 1... 2... 3... He runs out and slashes at the left hand gob aiming for his throat.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Victor readies his blade as quietly as possible, but then recalls how he's not all that good at stealth...

So, he whispers to Nyx as quietly as he can: "Hey Nyx, would you rather have the gob on the right? I'm not too good at stealthy kills..." He figures that Nyx is better-prepared for this situation, and that her katana's thin and sleek blade is better for silent lethality, as opposed to the weightier design of his bastard sword.

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

She nods and quickly slices the throat of the gob on the right before letting the blood splatter over her blade and face
Her response is Wiping the blood from her cheek and licking it before saying
"....Human blood tastes better...."
She took a quick look around before pulling the corpse into the store room

[daxtinator396]

Dax` blade arm slashes across the gob`s thoat making him give out a what started as shout of alarm but ended quickly in a wet gurgling sound as he choked on his own blood and slumped silently to the floor and he dragged the body in behind Nyx closing the door behind them. He noticed her odd behavior and her words set him off as when he shut the door he pushed her against the wall of the room his short blade near her thoat,"Where is Nyx? What have you done with her?" He growled menacingly.

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

She seemed unfased
"The person you are talking to is Nyx...hrm never tasted cat blood before"
Nyx said with a smirk

[daxtinator396]

Dax narrows his eyes at her,"Don`t play games with me. Why is `Nyx` acting like this? I don`t want to hurt you." His eyes burn with hot fury that either his ally is acting this way or something would take hold of her this way.