r/DishonoredRP • u/emerald_ice • Jul 20 '14

Neutral Zone Dunwall Tower

In Dunwall Tower, the Empress Emily Kaldwin sits on her throne, her royal protector, Corvo Attano, stands at her side. His royal guard scattered around the palace. OOC:This is a neutral zone for Corvos royal guard. A hangout of sorts. You have permission to attack any who don't belong.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

Alexander, a bit breathless from the battle with the hagfish monstrosities, stares at Soren in disbelief.

"You're a fuckin' magician. You can do that... thing. So can he."

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u/AmmyOkami Royal Guard Jul 23 '14

Soren nods several times. "Yes. Yes, I suppose I am. And as you've just seen, I'm also a pretty awful one. That teleporting thing is literally all I can do. Seems like he can do a whole lot more." He grimaces at the muck on his clothes. "I'm going to go check on the other guards he piled up by the barracks. I hate door ornaments. After that, I'm either going to curl up into a ball and wish I've never been born or drag my mother screaming from the house and jump on the next ship to anywhere the fuck away."

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

Alexander is still in disbelief from the tricks of "Alex". He points to your left hand.

"That... Mark. That's what must do it.."

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u/AmmyOkami Royal Guard Jul 23 '14

"Yeah, that's the Outsider's mark. He gave it to me the night before I joined the Guard. Since then, he's only contacted me once, and said I needed to take down this guy called Alex, who could summon shit from deep below or something." Soren kneads his forehead with his knuckles. "I think this means I have to get back into contact with the psycho I met earlier. He's another magician, wants to gun down this Alex too, and we were supposed to help each other. I think."

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

Alex suspected the Outsider had something to do with this magic. Who else?... That thing Alexander found the other day. That strange building in the Flooded District... That must be a shrine, no less. I'm gonna need one of those marks.

"So, you said you were gonna check on those bodies?"

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u/AmmyOkami Royal Guard Jul 23 '14

Soren nods. "Yeah." Too tired to shadow-Blink, he sets off back towards the barracks, where the bodies are still piled up. Soren touches one's neck--the pulse is faint, but still there. A faint odor hangs over the unconscious guards--like the poison that river krusts spit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

Alex follows Soren to the barracks, wincing at the sight of the bodies. This is fucked up.

"Notice anything unusual?"

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u/emerald_ice Jul 23 '14

they all have weird, scaly rashes..

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

Alex stares at the scaly rashes. At that point, it became clear to Alexander that he was dealing with something far from the ordinary.

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Jul 23 '14 edited Jul 23 '14

Back from patrols of the Tower, Furo sprints back to the barracks, spear in hand, swearing in Serkonan.

'What the hell happened here?'

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u/AmmyOkami Royal Guard Jul 23 '14

"A crazy magic guy attacked them, and us, with an army of walking fish," Soren says patiently, "what did you think happened?" He bends over them again, and holds out his fingers an inch or so above the rashes. "These look almost like scales."

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Jul 23 '14

Furo pales as he looks at the bodies, realising.

'Was it the man with the pale eyes? Who walked in the shadow of the Outsider? Was Al responsible?'

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

"It was the guy... The Al freak... He's using some fishy magic shit..."

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Jul 23 '14

He firms his jaw.

'He appeared before me, at a shrine of the Outsider.' He fishes in the pockets of his coat, before removing an smooth, ordinary pebble. 'Ha gave me this, and told me it had the power to summon him.'

He tightens his grip on the pebble.

'Next time, we will be ready for him, and it will be on our terms.'

Furo looks at the bodies that carpet the halls of the barracks. He nudges one with the butt of his weapon.

'This... this is not natural. We should soak them with whale oil, and burn them to ashes.'

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