So Balthazar was going with them? good, he wasn't as useless as Malkira thought "Good" That was when the man revealed the oracle. What could he ask? What did he desire? Many things, within his hollow form his mind was constantly screaming, against the injustice of the world, against the many crimes of humanity, wanting, desiring, with a passion, all that he'd lost. There was one thing, his cold hands clenched into fists. He had to ask. It may be selfish but he'd lost far too much not to at least try. "Oracle..." he spoke quietly for the first time in a while "...I have lost much. I have lost my body, my friends, my enemies, my soul, my very life" He revealed. For a moment he cared little for his tough facade, as far as he was aware there was nobody else in the room, just him and this granter of knowledge. "I must know, how can I become a living human again?"
Somehow Damian had arrived at the mine. Well this was confusing, who were these people? Why did he have to get dragged into this situation? "We can't use magic... okay... anyone have any ideas?" He was stumped "Why didn't she just kill us? Seems like it would be so much easier, villains are idiots" Damian watched with horror as Silvia almost killed herself to save Samantha "No no no, stupid little girl" Damian was angry, mostly at himself for letting her do this, he rushed over to her side "there are ways of healing that don't involve magic" he said as he applied herbs and medicine to the wounds and did a bunch of other doctory stuff that probably did something "Come on, come on, I WON'T let more people die!" The Hand of Midas eh? Seemed interesting, if he had eyes they would have widened and glittered at the sight of the golden ship. "This hand must be incredibly valuable, infinitely I would say. Which begs the question, how are we going to be rewarded for this? If you're keeping this for yourselves you would become the richest people in existence, no reward you could possibly give us would come anywhere close to the value of the hand, despite the fact we're the ones doing all the work" Malkira loomed over Balthazar "If you're not doing this yourself, it must be dangerous, you don't want to risk your own life"
"Oh" Damian sighed when his revelation was cut off, suddenly Silvia was backing against the wall with paranoia, she did bring up a valid point though "That's true, how do I know you aren't those girls returned?" Damian criticised the newcomers "Oh well we can debate identities later, what's been happening while I was gone?"
Damian didn't know when he'd fallen asleep but he was woken by the door being kicked down. As he groggily sat up Silvia rushed into the room "I'm fine, just been harassed" the Prince was missing from the room "My captors were a couple of shapeshifters, and the prince was here a moment ago... unless... it was never the prince all along!" He gasped at Silvia with wide eyes at this revelation
Malkira was impressed by X, so much so he was almost stunned. However, he carried on with the fight Malkira used Blitz
I do not see my credit, then again, I haven't finished the build yet XD Edit: I'm an idiot, it's right there under the picture : P
Finally! A worthy challenge! Everlue had been a pushover, the whale couldn't possibly stand against them all, but this man... he knew power when he saw it and X was certainly powerful. But perhaps not powerful enough "Submit to Malkira the Cursed!" as Malkira struck with his axe. The odd woman was trying to get herself within X to do more damage from inside, just like the whale fight... brilliant idea! Too bad Malkira was much too large. Malkira used Blitz A Prince! Not just a prince but The Prince! Suddenly he felt self-conscious about how rude he'd been, he straightened up and dusted off his clothes, blushing. "Uh, sorry your majesty, I, I didn't know, your majesty... your majesty, or is it highness? or perhaps princeliness? Nevertheless your princliness... I'm going to be quiet now... your princeliness"
For some reason Malkira had disappeared for ages but he reappeared as there was talk of a fight "A battle! Of course, combat is the best way to solve all disputes. Although I do wonder how wise this is for you, I am Malkira the Cursed! And these people are alright too" Being trapped in a room with a handsome man wasn't as fun as it seemed. He hoped his guildmates would arrive soon so they could get on with the mission, they'd probably already done it by now. What if they didn't save him? "I know why I'm in here, why did they capture you?" he asked Zachary
The man seemed to be even more confused than him. Damian sighed, he couldn't stay angry, it wasn't in his nature, and this man was quite clearly not a shapeshifter. "I don't know where we are either, I was captured on our guild's way to the kingdom, we had some mission to do with a wedding, I'm assuming someone didn't want it to go ahead" he caught himself staring at the man and blushed, he was quite cute in a hapless kind of way. "Shapeshifters" he said "You probably weren't caught by the person you 'trusted'" Damian had noticed the hesitation in the prince's voice, it was clearly more than trust "I had information seduced out of me when they transformed into one of my colleagues, that's why I was so angry a second ago, you look exactly like one of them"
Damian woke up blurry eyed, he'd been moved into a new room, it was... actually rather nice. A lovely carpet, comfortable bed, fireplace and... a man who looked just like Zwei. Alright, it was fun for a bit but now this was getting annoying. "Oh for god's sake, haven't you had enough fun tormenting me by shapeshifting into my colleagues? A new one now huh? Wasn't the last one hot enough?" he blurted angrily, normally he wouldn't get this angry, but normally he didn't get captured and tortured in cruel and perverted ways "What do you mean who am I? I didn't capture you, you captured me! Foul succubus!" he stood up and stomped around. A thought occured to him, this man looked quite harmless, and Damian wasn't chained down... he had a feeling he was making a mistake and in fact this was merely Zwei's long lost identical twin or something. it was too late to go back now "Of course I'm not ok! I've been captured and seduced by a man who was actually a woman! agh! Don't talk to me! I need to think!"
Damian stuttered slightly and squirmed. He couldn't betray his guild. He couldn't betray his guild. He couldn't betray his- "We're here to find out who's controlling the guards and where the gold went!" He blurted "We need to make sure the wedding goes as planned" he winced, he really shouldn't have said that, but she/he had him in her grasp.
Damian was shocked as the shapeshifter kissed him passionately, for a moment he forgot that the Leo in front of him was actually a girl in disguise and responded to the kiss just as fervently. He was pretty sure he'd had a fantasy like this. Damian realised he hadn't been this close to another guy (well, let's call her a guy for now) since the affair that got him kicked out of his home. He needed this. Heck, while it was going on like this why resist? Why let it stop? "I have a duty" he whispered "I can't tell you... yet" Malkira continued to wail on the whale (heh, pun actually not intended, that's quite funny) his battleaxe striking its thick hide over and over. His thunder seemed to be useless and almost electrified everyone so this was probably the best option. Malkira used Blitz
Damian blushed, reason and instinct fought each other in his mind, he couldn't betray the guild, no, he couldn't "I'm sorry" he said quietly "I can't tell you, I can't betray the guild. Do whatever you want to with me I won't betray them", he flinched and got ready for whatever comeback the shapeshifter had.
Malkira was annoyed, not only did this whale have the audacity to attack him but his thunder magic was doing terribly. Very well, he would do this the fun way. With a charge and battlecry Malkira sliced at the whale with his battleaxe Malkira used Blitz on the whale. Well this was certainly a development. The girl could shapeshift, and even though he knew it was really a girl he could not help but notice how attractive Leo was. He blushed "How did you know? Nevermind..." Leo girl leaned in close, it was taking all his willpower not to be seduced by this apparition, but he had to remain resilient, he couldn't fall for those strong arms, and beautiful blue eyes... "What do you want to know?"
Damian shifted uncomfortably, if this girl was trying to seduce him she was doing a terrible job, it would take a LOT of effort for him to be convinced by a female "If I tell you what you want to know, will you let me go?" he asked, he so hoped he wouldn't have to, he didn't want to betray the guild. It was times like this he wished he had some more offensive magic, or a weapon, or hell, any actual muscles
Damian woke up slowly... ugh... chains... ropes... dimly lit cabin... girl standing over him... if he was straight this would be so hot. He struggled slightly and realised he was tied down. "Wait, you're that girl from earlier, what have you done to me? Where am I?" he yelped, the sighed "Okay, I just realised how pointless that was, you're not going to answer me are you? At least tell me why you've brought me here"
Malkira remained in place when the wave hit him. Hmmm. Whales. He'd never fought whales before, he was pretty sure whales were only an actual threat to plankton and krill. Nevertheless, this derpy leviathan was approaching them threateningly. Very well. Lightning and water went together just perfectly. "Even whales shall feel the wrath of Malkira the Cursed!" Malkira used Thunder on Derpy the whale
"AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Damian shrieked in fear as the girls popped up out of nowhere, he sighed and breathed heavily, he was very easily scared "Sorry, sorry, I was just expecting some kind of monster, uh, hello" he waved to them, still in shock. "Uh... who are you? Did you stop the carriage? Because... yeah... we kind of need to get going..." he trailed off uncertainly.
The Carriage had stopped, that was odd. Looking at his colleagues he realised none of them were going to take the action to investigate, sighing he folded "Don't worry I'll give it a look" he assured, he mumbled something about sending the least combat proficient into a potentially dangerous situation but he was certain nothing could go wrong. They were in a darkish forest in the mid afternoon. His heart started thumping nervously, what could possibly have happened? Was it dangerous? He searched around the carriage and found...
"Yeah, I'm a healer, in small villages there are always sick people, and animals. Their smiles when I helped out were all the payment I needed but they were always happy to give me food and rest, in these backwater places they don't get much attention" he said to Sara "I will admit, many nobles and aristocrats care little for the poorer among us, many are intolerant bastards who'd kick someone out of their land for..." his sudden burst of anger stopped suddenly as he realised what he was about to reveal "But nevertheless, they are still humans, and they still deserve mercy and forgiveness, and help in dire times" Damian looked around at his other travelling companions, this guild was so full of women, couldn't he catch a break? There were two other guys with them, Leo and Zwei if he remembered correctly. He might have to talk to them later, it was worth a shot.
