Expanse: The City Reboot (Dark Fantasy Epic) Main Thread (Open, Started)

[Evrant-Knight]

The Dean's Mansion (Bedroom) - Tinsdal

Vergil smiled as Vessel spoke, unsure whether or not it was the fire or the comment which made him feel warm inside. He got up from his chair to bring another one closer to the fire, before returning to his once again.

"Thank you Vessel, know that I'll be there for you. Now then, why don't you join us over by the fire; get yourself all comfortable and warm." He remarked, his words sounding truthful. Vergil then turned his head to see a familiar face.

"Ah Katelyn, good to see that your up and about. Would you care to join us?"

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Kristina Kerrigan - District Streets Near The Main Gate - Tinsdal

Kristina pondered over the description that the eldest of the Hunters gave. Whilst she knew it matched Vergil's appearance completely, she preferred to play it calmly. Releasing her hand from her sword, she answered the man's question.

"Hmm, perhaps you could give me some more specific information regarding this man's appearance; as there are a few who I have seen that share similar features wondering the local taverns and inns." Kristina replied in a honest manner, as she saw her retinue socialising with one another, but still paid attention to the exchange between her and the Hunters.

"When we are done here, does the offer of a tour still stand?"

 

[DragonofDecay86]

Vincent - Main Gate - Tinsdal

"I'm afraid that's all I can tell you as of now since we ourselves don't know much about this man. We know his face, and that he wronged us, but in truth that is all we know." Vincent said with a slight nod, considering the womans offer for a tour, "as for the tour, I suppose I will go with you, but I can't speak for my companion."

 

[FinalDream]

Katelyn Verneer - The Dean's Estate - Tinsdal

She looked at the assembled group with a distant expression on her face, she nodded in response to Vergil but it was clear her mind and thoughts where somewhere else entirely. She sat down near the fire, on the floor, crossed legged, and for a split second she watched the flames flicker and crackle in the stone enclosure. It was a welcome sight on such a cold and miserable night. She rested her head on her hand and wondered what the best way was to approach the group about her offer.

With the warmth of the fire on her back she began to relax more than she had done for a while, and a yawn escaped her lips. Katelyn drew in a deep breath and pushed her hair back behind her ears to try and avoid nodding off to sleep. Something stirred in the back of her mind. A memory worked itself loose and floated into conciseness. Maybe it was the thought of fire?


The fire licked the base of the building and it seemed to be a demon rising from the thick smoke, clawing its way to the roof and the two women locked in combat. Katelyn skidded to a halt to avoid falling off the roof opposite the combat and drew back her bow to take aim at the blonde woman, only she couldn?t get a clean shot, not without hitting the other woman. Should she take the risk?

With the strain of a long day in her arm she began to shake and with a sigh Katelyn dropped her aim and resided to watching the fight. Could that really be her sister? Standing for freedom? Fighting for the city and the life of so many innocent. It seemed impossible. There had to be some selfish reason, somewhere.

The knife, spinning, fell from the grasp of Scarlett and down into the rising smoke, to vanish from view. She stumbled backwards and smashed into the tiles of the roof with the loose shards cutting deep into her skin. With defiant eyes she stared at her former master and launched a counter attack, dodging the blade aimed at her chest, and producing a hidden blade and rammed it deep into the heart of Sera. Or as it would turn out later a couple of inches to the right of her heart. Enough for Sera to survive.


Katelyn smiled at the memory. She hoped that Scarlett was ok. Her attention returned to the room and the others.

 

[FinalDream]

???? - Ocean Horizon Bar - The District of Januarias (The North)

She took to the stage of the small bar and began to sing to the sound of a slow piano, the emotion in her voice wavering at the thought of the lyrics, they hit a little too close to home. The loss of a loved one. The irony was however that it made the song she sung all the better and the owners of the bar kept on requesting it. She would cry for an hour after the show but she needed the money and could not afford to refuse. As she sung to the half crowd the markings on her arm shifted. Unnoticed in the low light. Forming the image of a burning flame.

 

[FinalDream]

???? - Ocean Horizon Bar - The District of Januarias (The North)

With her song finished Ellie stepped down from the stage and walked towards the bar, wiping away the tear that had rolled down her cheek. The barman, an old fisherman, smiled warmly and offered her a fatherly hug, he took the opportunity to look around the bar at the customers, or lack of, and sighed at the thought of the small takings he would make from the crowd. Things had been bad lately on the coast, business was down, and not just for the Ocean Horizon Bar, every business was feeling the strain. Ellie and her songs where the only reason he could even take home a profit at all. But it would not be much after he had payed her.

?So, have any plans for tonight then Ellie??

She looked a little defeated.

?No...?

?Aww cheer up love, things could always be worse.?

She looked up a little confused.

?We could always be livin down south in all that warmer weather and wine.?

A smile broke across her lips.

?That?s the spirit. Hard times are part of the North, always have been, and always will be. Especially around the coast. Fishing ain?t what it used to be.?

?Thanks.? Ellie remarked taking the small bag of Kiel from the old man. She slipped on her jacket and walked to the door. The cold air rushed in and her face dropped at the sight of the torrents of rain outside. The storm reached all the way to horizon and it didn?t look like it would break anytime soon. She sighed and accepted that she would be soaking wet by the time she arrived home.

 

[FinalDream]

???? - Icelake Aslyum - The District of Eyesgard (The North)

In the darkness of the cell the sound of rain falling had shattered the otherwise stale silence that haunted the cramped room. He sat listening to it, crossed legged on the cold stone floor, watching the light from a candle flicker through the gap in the iron door. His nonsense mutterings no more than a hushed breath. Something tingled in his right arm and his vacant eyes looked down slowly to see the image of a mountain forming on his arm.

The light grew stronger as the warden walked closer and he could see tiny details of rivers and valleys forming too. The warden, holding the candle closer to the door, peered in but paid little attention to the man on the floor. Instead the thought of hot meat stew occupied his mind as it would soon be time for his shift to end. His stomach rumbled at the thought. He had no time for the insane anymore, and besides, they where all locked away.

 

[FinalDream]

Scarlett Verneer - Dockside - The District of Januarias (The North)

She had been moved by boat and now they had stopped, the sound of seabirds calling in great numbers had Scarlett believe that she was somewhere along the coast. Voices, male, but not the same as before, had talked at great length about what supplies to purchase and so she assumed that one of them had gone ashore to collect them while the other walked around on deck on patrol. Had she not been drugged with something to make her feel incredibly weak this would have been the perfect time to make an escape. Scarlett closed her eyes. She was too tired to think anymore.

When she woke it was the dead of night, the cold and the rain lashed down on her back as she was been carried ashore and then to a larger boat. As her eyes fought to return to sleep she saw, in her blurred vision, a nautical themed bar illuminated in the night. The words ?Ocean?.

?Won?t be able to sail tonight, storms too dangerous.?

Scarlett?s eyes shut. Darkness engulfed her and she began to dream of another place.

 

[FinalDream]

Daniel De'Silver - Overwatch Command Centre - Tinsdal

He rubbed the tiredness from his eyes, though it did little good, the last of the coffee had been drunk hours ago and now there was no longer anything to keep him going through the long night. Daniel De?Silver stood up from his desk in the Overwatch Library and began a slow paced walk to the bedroom he had been assigned. Although ?bedroom? was too grander word for a straw cot occupying an old, and incredibly, cold storage room. The news that the storm had slowed the progress of the Warfleet stalking the waters offshore had been of some comfort but he knew that in the end they would still arrive.

He crashed into the cot with such force that he thought it might collapse, thankfully, it held his weight and Daniel closed his eyes embracing sleep. He thought of Katelyn. They had heard nothing from her for far too long. Wherever she was he could only hope that she was safe. Isabella had been worried too, he could tell. But she was not the kind of woman to show it.

 

[FinalDream]

Katelyn Verneer - Dean's Estate - Tinsdal

The glow of the fire danced across her olive skin and it held an alluring appeal, that when combined with her dark, curled hair presented an exotic look far from common in the harsh climate of the North. Katelyn seemed deep in thought, with brows furrowed, and like a change in the wind she suddenly snapped awake and stood up to face the assembled group. She had decided to trust them.

?Please, listen to me. There are events about to unfold that will change the fate of the North forever. You all know my sister, you might not like her, but she will play an important part. And it seems strange, to me, that she should be absent from the group she has spent so long with, with not a word as to her whereabouts. Something is wrong and I need your help to find her. So, I would like to ask each of you to aid me in this task.?

She took a deep breath. Hoping someone would step forward and agree to help her.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

The Dean's Mansion (Bedroom) - Tinsdal

"In a way, I am obliged to help you Katelyn find Scarlett. She may not realise it, but without her, I wouldn't be here today, and I would never have found that special someone in my life, nor would have I found my roots. You can count me in." Vergil remarked in a thoughtful manner, congratulating Scarlett for all her help. He then turned to the Vessel, who was still in bed.

"You know Vessel, I have this feeling that Scarlett's disappearance, and the mysterious man we encountered, are not connected. But still, something doesn't seem quite right, almost as if she was taken. Of course, these events you were on about Katelyn, it must be to do with that sigil that Scarlett has, depicting a raven I believe."

 

[tobi the good boy]

Lucian Gray - Gates Of Tinsdal -

Lucian's attention shifted almost instantly from the emerald crowned woman, her scorn still fixated firmly upon him with those slate hued eyes, to his stalwart companion, Vincent. His partners demeanour a complete juxtaposition of what the older hunter had experienced throughout their short, albeit stretched, journey, had left Lucian in a state of confusion and curiosity.

"You-"

Lucian's stance shifted as the shadowy stalker at his back and adjacent pulled away at their commanders beacon, it's rigidity and glistening black blades relinquished for a more lax and familiar stance.

"You can be subtle!" Lucian announced, barely resisting a tear of joy from the corner of those golden serpentine eyes. Noticing the woman's glare of dissatisfaction transform from something of disdain to aloofness, Lucian composed himself and returned his attention to their confrontational femme fatale.

"I'll agree to this tour on that grounds that you:
A) Be interesting along the way
and
B) You take us to milk bar, I'm parched."

 

[DragonofDecay86]

Vincent - Main Gate - Tinsdal

Vincent simply looked at his companion as he shed a tear in joy of Vincent's changed attitude, of course he'd never understand why Vincent's attitude had changed so suddenly. Vincent simply shrugged in his companions direction before turning to face the woman once again, waiting to hear her decision on whether or not she would allow the Hunter's to travel freely in Tinsdal.

"I simply wish to explore this wondrous district of yours, should we happen to find the man we're looking for I promise to you we will speak to you first about it my'lady." Vincent said, bowing his head a little, yet keeping his eyes focused on the woman and his senses trained on the guards surrounding them.

 

[Korten12]

? Dean?s Mansion ? Tinsdal.

Lorel gave up the pursuit if she remembered anything more and just decided to speak. ?I can help you also find Scarlett. I don?t have much else to do and plus I would consider Scarlett somewhat of a friend.?

 

[FinalDream]

Captain Felicia Jones - The Warfleet - The Coast of the North.

The narrow wood corridor felt claustrophobic, she held the knife before the faint light of a hanging lamp and examined the crimson dripping from the blade. The sound of a door closing and locking came from behind and Felicia turned to catch sight of the healer leaving the prison cell. She laughed and thought the healer was going to be sick, her face had turned rather pale, but there was a look in her eye, fierce, defiant, it screamed don?t ever make me do that again.

Removing the blood from the knife Felicia turned her attention elsewhere and wondered what else could possibly make this day any more strange. The Warfleet had been delayed by one hell of storm and the boats sat huddled together like birds ridding out the tall waves. She liked to walk the deck on a night but she would be surely swept overboard tonight. Trapped below deck in the stale air and rotting wood had made Felecia grumpy and she had no time for the smart mouth of a certain captive. Too bad that the Scarlett girl had yet to arrive.

The sound of footsteps approached and she used her recollection to greet Tear. Everybody had a certain sound when they walked, or so she believed.

?What is it now Teara Ashwell.?

Tear stopped and folded her arms, after brushing back her purple hair from across her face. The sword hanging from her lower back was new.

?When will Scarlett get here??

?As soon as this storm settles.?

She had been through all of this, twice, and had little intention of repeating it again. She shot her a look that confirmed as much. Tear was becoming too much like Sera now. And that could only mean bad news. She would be unpredictable.

?Anything else??

Tear smiled, in a rather unsettling way too.

 

[FinalDream]

Katelyn Verneer - The Dean's Estate - Tinsdal

?The sigil??

Katelyn remarked aloud to the room. She had expected the group to be in the dark about the details.

?Yes, it does, although I don?t know how much she has told you about it? Probably not the truth.? Kate snorted with some amusement.

So it seemed they wanted to help, this was good.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

The Dean's Mansion (Bedroom) - Tinsdal

"I seem to recall something about it being the key to a door, but to what I don't know. Scarlett, like many people just simply loves to keep secrets from people." Vergil replied to Katelyn's comment about his acknowledgement of the sigils.

"In any case, we should probably all get some sleep, and think through things more clearly in the morning." He then added, briefly yawning afterwards.

 

[Korten12]

? Dean?s Mansion ? Tinsdal.

?Alright then I shall take my leave.? Lorel stood up and left the room and informed Itsuka and Velen of their mission and they had no complaints and decided it would also be best to sleep now.