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Post by kimcora on Dec 24, 2012 1:29:32 GMT -5
Neve gave him a funny look when he told her that she wouldn't like what he wanted. She didn't know what exactly to make of that and didn't have time to really think on it. The woman returned and Neve gave her a light smile that faltered when Atrious suddenly grabbed her hand. She blinked and a moment later he had a rather charming smile on his face, speaking to the woman working as though nothing was up.
The woman nodded, placeing the food down. "Bandits have been a problem in this area for a while. Think they own the place. I'd pay good money to see them run off. Ah here is some of our Black-Brair mead...Oh but listen to me ramble. I'll let you two enjoy and get the rooms ready." She went about her merry way and Neve pulled her hand from Atrious's.
"The woman is nuts. that and or blind if she thinks you and I are any kind of match." She tucked into the food. She bit into the bread and gave Atrious a raise of her brow. "Whiterun? Why so far?" She asked just to get conversation started.
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Post by vamperious on Dec 24, 2012 1:37:44 GMT -5
"If they look, we won't be there...You never tell some one where you are going. If you get caught up in your web- your liable to get killed. And to be honest we make for quite the pretty pair." He commented with a wink to her as he ate his food, saving his mead for afterwards. He went over to the other side of the bench to get closer tot he fire, resting his legs by the edge of the fire pit- enjoying the heat from it. " Next time you pull a stunt like this. Be ready for all the consequences- so you will remember." He commented to her as he took a long swing of the mead enjoying it sweet flavor.
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Post by kimcora on Dec 24, 2012 1:49:03 GMT -5
Neve frowned but did nod at his explenation of the whole Whiterun ploy. "Hm...makes sense." she muttered though the but about making a 'pretty pair' made her smirk. "Sure...whatever helps you sleep at night." She crossed her legs when he mentioned consiquences and she raised a brow. "Ah and what exactly are those? It's one lie for a good meal and a place to rest. I'll take it over the streets any day. Unless you want to go mug the bandits in their lair, be my guest" She said rather peeved he thought she was enjoying this. Did he think she wanted to do all this for fun?
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Post by vamperious on Dec 24, 2012 1:55:22 GMT -5
"Well, if you really think so... I'll just go do that right after I tuck you into bed sweetheart. I don't want you catching a cold now would we love?" he said as the woman passed by a smile on her face. He had though about summoning an atrinoch and getting rid of them to get their things back anyhow-he just didn't know how many of them there were. She wouldn't know until the morning anyhow.
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Post by kimcora on Dec 24, 2012 2:18:54 GMT -5
Neve gave him a rather irritated look at his comment. "And get yourself killed? Oh please you couldn't take them by yourself, honey..." She said in response to his cockiness about getting thier things back. If he thought he could then she would be more than happy to see her things back and to have gold in her pocket again. If Atrious didn't get himself killed after all. Could he at least be smart and wait till morning to take on the big thugs? She paused when she realized she was actually caring what he did and rolled her eyes.
She spared a look out at the snow from the window for a moment, the bandit camp looming rather ominously. She took a gulp of the mead before lookign back to Atrious, wondering if he really would risk it.
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Post by vamperious on Dec 24, 2012 2:25:11 GMT -5
"I wouldn't be facing them per say.... however I can summon plenty of things to keep them preoccupied...And I can get them while they sleep." he said making sure only she heard. He had smirked at her sarcasm but he felt a small pull there like it was fun to pretend this- he didn't mind.
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Post by kimcora on Dec 24, 2012 2:33:34 GMT -5
Neve paused with her drink to her lips, just drinking straight from the bottle as she normally did with most drinks. He spoke of using tricks to keep them at bay, perhaps that summon that was throwing fire at people. She did find it rather cool. She took another drink and set the bottle down, with a heavy sigh.
"Fine then let's get to it. I'm not letting you wander out there on your own..." She said folding her arms. Though she really was tired, there was no way in heck she was going to leave a guy with no melee fighting experience to his own devices with thugs.
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Post by vamperious on Dec 24, 2012 2:45:54 GMT -5
He looked at her with a devious smirk," Have a little fun in the snow... Sure..." he said downing his drink then stood up looking at the woman with a smile. " We will be back- we want to go for a stroll, enjoy the pretty night like this one." He said as he slid a hand around Neve's waist smoothly like he had done it thousands of times and lead her to the door. As soon as the door was closed he let her go- not wanting to get punched. He however was smirking. As they got a bit closer he smiled," Okay- I'll send in a distraction- and work form there- I'll get what I can- but you can handle melee attacker correct?" He asked his strategy in place already as he began counting vials and doing some mental math. He had enough to get himself threw this only after this he needed to stock up- badly.
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Post by kimcora on Dec 24, 2012 13:44:15 GMT -5
Neve quirked a brow at his comment about enjoying the snow, however that smirk on his lips was rather attractive. If not for his magic, the elf could have another weapon in his looks. She stood with him but her eyes flicked to him when touched her, the arm encircling her waist feeling warm despite the fire. She would give him till they were out of sight to release her before she snapped the hand at the wrist.
He did well to release her the moment the door was shut and she pranced forward in the snow at that moment. He was calculating and mumbling to himself causing her to give him a half smile. He was a smart creature, resourceful at least. Neve wasn't one for strategy and liked to simply assess the situation and attack when she felt best.
"Melee attackers I've got. Give me five minutes max each and I can have them down." She was good and angry towards these men and would make them pay for taking her things. There may be power in numbers but she was a bitch to handle when she was determined.
Her plan was to majorly wait for Atrious's distraction to weed them out so she could get direct hits on them away from a group. It was the only way she could take on the men that were triple her bulk.
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Post by vamperious on Dec 24, 2012 14:29:36 GMT -5
He smirked at her comment," Very well I'll send in something to send them out running. Something their little Nord minds will run from..hell anything magical." He was thinking about what he had up his sleeves then smiled," I think a fire should work for them... make them try to put it out so you have a clear view?" he stopped suddenly just out side of town, looking to see that the guard wasn't watching. He conjured up an atronach, and its body materializing from a whirl of black should and fire. It looked at him with an expectant expression. " Go start fires all about the place there." he said pointing. The atronach 's head turned to see the building in question then went to do as he was told.
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Post by kimcora on Dec 24, 2012 23:24:24 GMT -5
Things escalated rather quickly a few minutes after the first fire was set. If the smoke hadn't woken them it must have been the string of others fires that did. Men milled and rushed around in the fires springing up around the tower and in it, trying to put the out and shouting at one another. Neve watched them curiously, counting those that she could see.
"About...six...give or take two still inside." She muttered to Atrious before gave him a light smile. "Wish me luck." She said before slipping from their current place of hidding to get to the bandit closest to her. She moved behind the man struggling to haul burning loot from the building and she planted a hard hit to his temple. It dropped the man but called the attention of another nearby.
He came at her, sword drawn and Neve lithely danced around his swings, keeping well away from his other hand as well that was trying to make a grab at her. She dropped and swung low, her foot connect with his groin then her knee to his hand, taking his sword from him. The blunt end of the sword connected with the back of the bandit's head, knocking him out cold. She was unsure how to hold the weapon properly seeing as it was a bit too big and heavy for her but it at least gave her something to defend herself with.
She looked round briefly to see if Atrious had moved but it seemed the smoke around her made it difficult to see much.
She could hold up for a while like this, the problem was her stamina and strength was not up to par with these men. She wasn't a power hitter or even possesed enough sword training to do life threatening damage.
She was just winging it at the moment, buying them enough time to get their shit and go.
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Post by vamperious on Dec 24, 2012 23:41:42 GMT -5
Atrious smile however when he saw another one come at her he sprinted after her- instructing his summons to raise all holy hell. He made it to her with a grin taking a deep breath then reached behind him and pulled out a green vial. "Here drink this... Its to improve your accuracy..." He hoped she would take it- if they were going to kill them all she was going to need it- not that he was commenting on her accuracy since she was a dead on shot it was distances he didn't trust. Out of the 6 out side only 3 remained a few new charred bodies twitching on the ground as his Atronach was giving them all a run for their money- he reinforced for a brief second concentrating hard as he took a few steps back into a smaller tree line on that side of the small tower.
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Post by kimcora on Dec 25, 2012 0:25:11 GMT -5
Neve saw the rather large man headed for her and she noticed he was alot more heavily armored than her and the other men. All except for his head. He looked mean with his cowl and scars that littered his face. He even made her take a step back when she saw the nasty looking mace he held in on hand and the axe he had in the other.
She moved away from the man, finding Atrious behind her though her eyes stayed locked on the man making his way around the fire, looking for her in all the smoke.
The green vile however tore her attention away from him and to the liquid inside.
"Drink that? I-I don't know." She said,observing the bubbles she could see on the glass. However a sudden battle shout from nearby let her know they had been spotted and she quickly grabbed the vile, downing it in one go.
A burning sensation coursed through her and she felt her limbs suddenly loosen then tighten. She felt like a million bucks, limber enough to swing this sowrd all day. She actually raised the weapon, looking the dangerous looking man in the eyes a moment.
"Thanks Atrious." she muttered before waiting on the man to approach her.
His first move was a heavy swing, one that actually connected with Neve, had she not dodged in time. She brought her sword down in a heavy swipe but it simply knicked the metal. The vibrations on the sword making her stagger a bit.
"You honestly think that weak little display can defeat the leader of the North Point Gang." He snarled, bringing the axe around in a wide attack that Neve had to duck to avoid. She took a slice to the neck however, though it wasn't deep, just a nick to the side that burned like hell.
She brough her hand to the cut and pulled it waway to find to blood streaming from it.
It pissed her off, sending her back into attack mode before the man could regain himself. She lept at him, throwing the sword into a thrust that actually pierced the armors defenses in its weak fold. The bandit leader backed off a bit, giving her time to toss a kick at his lackie that tried to sneak up on her.
An explosion of flames from somewhere nearby made her jump, nearly dropping the sword. For some reason an image of Atrious being in danger frightened her into seeking him out. "Atrious--!" She looked in his direction, only to find he was alright but the atronach he had first summoned wasn't. The creature was slayed by an argonian bandit, who in turn was disintegrated into ash when the summon exploded in a firey ball of flame.
She was brought back to her own fight when the leaders mace was suddenly coming for her and she raised her sword to block it. It connected with a loud clang and instantly Neve felt something in her wrist give with a snap. She recoiled, the sharp pain making her mind whirl a moment and her teeth grit with effort to hold back a pained shriek. Instead she brought the sword up and around with her other hand, causing it to connect just an inch into the armor nearest his neck. He retaliated with an attempted swing at her left where her wrist was most likely dislocated or cracked, but she responded with a quickly dodge, bringing herself round to his side.
She raised the blade in a high swing and got him right at the neck, decapitating him. The moment the body hit the ground in spasms she dropped the blade and lost her balance from the lost momentum. She landed on her ass in the snow, keeping her injured wrist close to avoid injuring it further.
Another bandit went to make a move at her but was suddenly thrown back by a powerful electric attack that she could only assume came from Atrious.
She steadied herself onto her feet and went to look into the still smoking bandit encampment where there things surely were.
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Post by vamperious on Dec 25, 2012 0:33:12 GMT -5
He watched the poor Atronach get killed- it exploded taking its slayer with it as well. Not wasting a moment of his concentration he summoned a storm atronach next- its bulky form trashing a few near by with large static charges and lightening to go- probably disruption their hearts patterns and making them explode. His order was to kill. He watched as she clean decapitated the biggest one there and he couldn't help but smile. As she fell he made an order to defend her but in an offensive way- He pulled his own attention from the atronach and pulled out his own personal arsenal of spells. Flinging some Lightening himself he got one right in the back of their head- one that was going after Neve. " You alright?" He asked as he walked in a defensive position about while the last few were busy with the summon who was making them eat dirt.
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Post by kimcora on Dec 25, 2012 0:47:06 GMT -5
Neve watched the storm atronach and had a brief flightly feeling of fear pass through her. The thing was huge and terrifying to even her, though she knew it wouldn't harm her. She could feel the static from it making her hair on her arms and the back of her neck stand on ends.
Atrious's words drew her from the sight of one man being electricuted to death to him, who she gave a light frown and a nod. "I'm fine for now. I'll leave the last to you while I go look into getting our stuff back." She couldn't fight with her wrist like that anyways. She was left handed and wasn't going to attempt a sword again with the high of the potion now wearing off.
She went about looking for their things, finding the saddle bags of theirs with their contents strewn across a smoldering desk. Their horses were tied to a tree nearby and it seemed that mostly only their food and gold had been dug into, not Atrious's apothacary things and her arrows.
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