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  1. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Vlas nodded his head in answer, his gaze sweeping over the room as Irina departed. For a brief moment he wondered which of them would be next. Which of them was a changeling or some other kind of monster with a human face. There was undoubtedly more. Those who wanted Irina dead, those who would...
  2. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    The dance was an impressively exerting one. Vlas could not remember the last time he had performed it, and in truth, likely neither could many within the hall. It was an ancient thing, old and dusty. Were it a book, it would have been buried in the back of a library and forgotten about. That...
  3. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Vlas grimaced. "Prepare to have no toes." Like all imperial Guard, The Hunter had been taught to dance of course. There had been occasion to join in one the galas, play around and pretend at being a part of some member of far away nobility instead of a member of the Guard. He'd never liked...
  4. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Vlas motioned to one of the Guards nearby. He had seen some of them look at him over the last few days, though most held little more than curiosity or contempt. Still, it was enough. The man approached him, and Vlas whispered a quick word into his ear before taking half a step forward. "Yes...
  5. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Vlas stayed quiet, no comment he could offer bringing any good in that moment. Instead he looked up at the faces surrounding them. He watched the various nobles, peering into their eyes and searching for any sign, an indication. These men and women wore masks for a living, pulling wool over...
  6. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Vlas frowned for a moment. "Rune magic." He spat. The beast had probably been sealed in such a way that once it spoke of it's master it would burn. There was no way of knowing if it had intended that, or if it's Master had simply been smart enough to think ahead. Lips thinned for a moment...
  7. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    The changeling stared up at Irina with all the contempt in the world. There was a wide grin on it's features, the mangle mask of skin that it wore a poor reflection of any sort of humanity. There was a hollowness to it, an emptiness that spoke of nothing human at all. Everything about it was a...
  8. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Not really much of a loss. Vlas thought to himself as he stepped forward and put himself between the Changeling and Irina. The last that he needed was for her to get herself killed. If anyone at the party found him standing over her body it wouldn't go well at all. There wouldn't be any exile...
  9. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    The changeling didn't even blink. There was nothing to strike in it's groin. It emulated human physiology, but no response of pain came as Irina dug her knee into it's crotch. A grin spread across it's face, the dagger flipping slightly within his palm as he drew back. "Try again bi-" Before...
  10. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    "Oh fuck this." Vlas swore to himself as his fingers drew to his right. There was a pulse, and then a dozen balls of steel suddenly ripped free from the pouch on his belt. They whirled around him for a moment, and then suddenly flattened. Within a breath they suddenly whipped forth, cutting...
  11. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Fuck. Irina had moved a bit too fast for Vlas to catch her before 'Melchette' had made his move. It was an annoying quirk of these parties. Fucking everyone and their mother apparently knew you, and now that Irina had stood for him they wanted to talk his ear off. He held his hand up in the...
  12. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Vlas was watching. He was careful not to be seen, and a few times the Hunter let himself devolve into some sort of conversation. Most of it was droll, drab, though a few times he was coaxed into telling one story or another about his hunts in other lands. People always did like those...
  13. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Right. There was a monster to hunt. Vlas looked one last time over towards Irina, deciding that even the changeling was not bold enough to pose as one of the Princes. He stretched for a brief moment, then reached into his coat pocket and pulled out one of the extra vials. He dipped a bit of...
  14. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    Now Vlas seemed bemused. There was a smile on his face, and a certain air of smugness that carried on his features. He rocked gently on the balls of his feet, savoring the memory. A lifetime ago he had been forced to be respectful. He had been forced to be kind and show the greatest deference...
  15. Vlas

    Fable - Ask Within The Walls

    "Would those be the hunters that let Greshik burn?" The words spilled from his lips before he even had a second to think about it. They were said in a neutral tone, his eyes piercing through the man before him. Mikhail's entire demeanor seemed to change in an instant. "They-How did you...