LostDestiny

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@LostDestiny You gave Cascade the genie bottle to inspect?

Well...this is going to be fun...

@Guardian Angel Haruki

As long as Cascade doesn't break it we should be fine :P

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Aura looked at Cascade for a breif moment trying to decide if she wanted to mess with the Water Genasi or give her a truthful answer. She had to fight with herself to not answer Cascade in half truths and sarcastic comments, and she had to hide the smirk that crossed her lips as she thought about it. Aura couldn't fully explain how it worked but she could give a rather simple answer at least. "Genie shit." She considered leaving her answer at that but decied it would be best to explain a little farther. "With the power my father lends me I gained just the tiniest bit of his abilities. One of which is the vessel, not only can I fit in here through Genie magic and all that fun stuff, but it makes a very secure storage spot for things one doesn't want stolen but doesn't need access to on the regular. Anything I have with me I can bring into the bottle and nobody but me can get them out. Plus if someone does happens to steal the bottle for some reason I can simply summon it back to me. I can't really explain how it works so please don't ask for more."

She removed the bottle from the chain that connected it to her belt and handed it to Cascade to examine. It was a rather unimpressive bottle compared to the others she kept on her that were filled with various colorful liquids. Though it felt like a glass bottle, it was more sturdy feeling than normal glass and the glass appeared to be black so the contents inside were not visible, if there were any contents. If Cascade where to unstopper the bottle and peer inside all she would see is the same deep black color the glass appeared to be making it unclear if the contents inside were what gave the glass it's color or not. If Cascade were to shake the bottle it would make no sound, seeming to indicate it was empty.

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I haven't been keeping track myself. I know we have some random items from the hags or whatever but I can't remember what else.

I just realized Aura has yet to explain to Cascade about her vessel...This will be interesting. XD

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"Better add an extra bottle of whiskey for me in that pile of booze, gods only know if I don't claim my own bottle you will drink all of it yourself." Aura wasn't a heavy drinker, she did so socially but that was about it. One to many drunken mistakes in her youth, she knew better now. "Other than that food and water seem about alright, at least for me, though I suppose getting us all tents wouldn't be the worst idea, or at least a few we can share. After all I can only sleep in my bottle for half the night...Stupid thing boots me out if I stay in it for too long..." She rattled the stoppered bottle attached to her belt as she spoke. As much as she loved the vessel she was given, she never quite understood it's properties to the fullest. It was great storage for the items the group didn't need on the regular. And she had used it to spy on more than her fair share of conversations from inside it. But she could only enter it once pre day for a specific ammount of time and she had yet to figure out why exactly that was.

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NGL sometimes I forget Jormund is a Genasi and not a dwarf. XD

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Aura took her pouch of gold and the platinum piece. She handed the platinum to Hawk. The familiar gripped it happily with his front feet. The familiar had the habbit of embodying the personalities of specific forms. Now, as a pseudodragon, he very much enjoyed making little hoards of various shiny things. It was part of the reason she usually kept him out of this form, but she felt he was going to need the advantages his current form afforded him so she would have to get used to him stealing random bits and bobs from her. As long as he didn't try to take the other's shiny things everything should be fine. Aura would just have to keep the beast sated.

Speaking of sated, Jormund spoke up asking about supplies. "I don't recall anyone saying anything. Though that doesn't change the fact that you do indeed have the memory of an 80 year old human man. You should really protect that head of yours, the rest of your body won't function without it. Can't go about slaying your enemies if you have too many blunt force injuries to the head." She knew Jormund was tough, the Earth Genasi had taken far more blows than any of the others would likely be able to handle. It didn't stop Aura from giving him a hard time about it though. Taking jabes at the others was something she could almost never pass up on.

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Maxwell could not ignore the pounding in his head when he finally came to consciousness. It seemed to overwhelm his senses at first before eventually fading to a mild annoyance. Why did his head hurt so much? He couldn’t remember, that was until he opened his eyes and found himself in a room that was not familiar to him. Oh right…Some rival gang had knocked him over the head after he had attempted to escape. His green eyes scanned the room he was in. The room was void of most things, it only contained the cot he was currently laying in a chair and a desk. Though it was clearly meant to be a bedroom it was empty. He glanced over to the window which was barred. If he didn’t know better he would have thought this room was meant to be an inn room.

Maxwell moved his hand to tentatively rub the bump on his head, at least he wasn’t restrained. The pressure he was about to administer relieved some of the pounding in his head, but not all of it. Just enough that he managed to get his vision to stop being so damn blurry. “Brutos is going to kill me.” Maxwell muttered as he stood and walked toward the window, he had to get a message to Paul or Hendricks. The sooner he did the sooner they would come get him, at least he thought. He still had no clue that this was likely Hendrick’s fault.

Peering through the barred window helped little to reveal his location, he could only tell he was definitely above some sort of bar, no the building was too big to be a bar, small casino maybe? Though it seemed to be the less rowdy kind of place than what Brutos and his men seemed to frequent. Maxwell knew there were decent establishments across the island but none of them resided in Brutos’ territory. He racked his brain for anything on the neighboring territory leaders. There were only three who seemed brave enough, or stupid enough, to border Brutos.

Anton, Leith, and Madam Gigi. Madam Gigi only employed women; she was all for proving women could be just as brutal and cunning as any man so she was out. Leith and their members were almost never on the island. They generally only turned up once a year to celebrate another year of their bounty slowly climbing. Though Max knew little about what they did off island, whatever it was, it was enough that the Muckrakers maintained the territory for them. They only left Anton, who was just as bad as, if not worse than Brutos. Anton had a rather prevalent black market auction, he was known to breed, train, and trade various rare or outlawed species of animal. Something Maxwell was both fascinated and appalled by due to his own relationship with various creatures.

Maxwell sat back down on the cot and groaned, Anton was going to be an issue. He and Brutos had a long standing rivalry that had only not come to blows due to the rules of the island, if Max didn’t get out before Brutos got back, he was sure the fishman would throw caution to the wind. The rampage the shark would go on to get Maxwell back would be one Pol Stictid hadn’t seen in a long time. Underhanded tactics were not Brutos’ forte, it has always been and will always be, brute force. Max debated even trying to get a message to his “babysitters” but he knew if he didn’t the carnage would be much worse than if Brutos at least had a target to go after.

Before he could start coming up with a plan the door opened. Max hadn’t realized how dark the room he was in actually was until the door was fully open and the light from the hall hit his eyes, causing his head to pound harder. When his eyes finally adjusted to the light he was greeted by three people. Two of the men who he had encountered on his way home, and another man who Max quickly identified as Anton himself. A tall, slender, dark haired, middle aged man with a faded scar that crossed over his face from his left eye to his right jawline. He stood staring at Maxwell seemingly unimpressed with what he saw.

“This is what the great Riptide Brutos marks as his greatest asset. A mere child, pathetic. At least that’s what I would have said, if I didn’t know exactly what this small boy can do.” Anton’s voice started monotone but quickly the true excitement began to take over. He entered the room fully strutting up to Maxwell with a wide grin now plastered on his face. “You will suit my needs just fine. Come, let’s get that knot on your head checked out. I am told my idiot men were not at all gentle with you.” Before Max could even respond Anton grabbed his wrist and pulled him up with more strength than he looked like he should possess. This man didn’t seem like the merciless beast tamer he had been made out to be. Though he supposed getting his information from the perspective of animals had its flaws.

The brunette put up little fight as Anton led him down the halls to Max could only guess where. “What’s your name kid. Honestly I never paid attention to it when the rumors about you started swirling. I just heard can speak with animals and Brutos’s greatest asset.” He looked down at Max expectantly but there was little to no malice in his facial expressions. Was this an act to get Max to trust him? He couldn’t be sure but he figured it was best to answer the man’s questions. Better to not piss him off.

“Maxwell.” He responded doing his best to avoid eye contact. Though he couldn’t stop the question he had from exiting his mouth as he thought about it. “Rumors? About me? How?” He tightened his lips after he realized he had asked that outloud.

Anton opened a door to a room that smelled similar to a hospital ushering Maxwell inside as he chuckled. “Ah, yes, seems like someone wasn’t too happy with you remaining the Shark’s best kept secret. Started talking to the wrong people, seems like it only took a few days for more than your fair share of territory leaders and Muckrakers to know about you. You, my dear boy, seem to have a price on your head. Good thing my boys got to you before a more…unsavory fellow nabbed ya. Sit.” He pointed to a stool and Maxwell did as he was told.

“Brutos won’t be happy when he gets back and he finds out where I am…” Maxwell muttered, he was sure Anton already knew this fact, even more so when the pleased smile only got bigger on the man’s face.

“That is what makes this oh so satisfying, you see, as I am sure you know The Fish and I don’t have the best history. I am sure he will lose his shit when he finds out you are gone. Even more so when he finds out it’s me who has you. Perhaps he will even go ballistic. Break some island rules. Get himself booted or demoted and then yours truly can move in on his territory.” Anton fiddled with a couple things on a table nearby before returning to Maxwell who was pointedly not looking at the older man. “Hold still.” He ordered as he began examining the bump on Maxwell’s head. There were several minutes of silence before a cold, wet bag was placed on Max’s head. “Might wanna hold that there. Should stop your head from hurting as much. Seems fine other than a small bump, you will be okay by tomorrow I am sure.” He stepped back and gestured for Max to get up and head out. “I hope you understand I can’t let you leave. So either you work with me willingly, or I employ more…unsavory tactics to force you to work with me.” Anton’s face darkened during the last part of the statement but his expression just as quickly changed. “But I will let you sleep on the decision.”

Maxwell was led back to the room he had woken in and as soon as he entered the door shut behind him. “Hope you make the correct decision.” He heard Anton say from the other side as there was a clicking sound. Locked in, of course. Maxwell stood there staring at the door for several minutes holding his newly acquired ice pack to his head. He was dumbfounded. He really only had one choice and Anton knew it. With all this information to process Maxwell eventually flopped down on the cot groaning. He already knew his decision, but he supposed it would have to wait until tomorrow. There was nothing he could do right now anyway.

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Aura took a deep breath. Realizing she wasn't totally upset with Flicker. Despite everything the idea of going back home made her nervous. There were reasons she hadn't gone back and hadn't spoken about her home, reasons beside Flicker's discomfort. "I really don't want to be involved in genie stuf. It's the whole reason I was raised on the material plane rather than in the elemantal plane of air Genies are fickle beings, spitful too, at least that is what I was told. If that Doa and Efreet decide we are the reason the attack on this camp failed they will come after us, or at least send their lackies to do it...We help Cascade and then we see what information we can get from the genie we potentially have access too."

The thought of going back home...Aura shivered at it, but did her best to hide her nervousness. If she was worried about being find way the hell out here...going home would be paranoia central. She had grown her hair out and gotten several peircings since she left but still if she wasn't careful she would be recognozed. She took an even deeper, calming breath, Rala was right, one thing at a time. If she thought to hard about something they may not even go do she would end up having a panic attack. When she finally managed to calm herself down enough that she knew her voice wouldn't shake her attention went back to the rest of the group "I am ready to get out of here whenever you guys are."

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@XxFellsingxX XD Bring the drama!

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Aura's attention moved to Rala when she asked about how they would get to her father. She always forgot she didn't talk much about her genie parent, not any more at least. Not since she realized it bothered Flicker. Her eyes darted to the fire Genasi in question just as Cascade mentioned contacting her mom. It was easy to notice their expression darken as the conversation went on. She was just about to answer Rala's question when Flicker finally spoke up.

"I don't want to be involved but something tells me we don't exactly have a choice. Those two leaders saw our faces, some of us pissed them off enough that I am sure they will remember them. Not to mention they probably know we are Genasi and if not it wouldn't be too hard for the Genie that have them under their thumb to figure it out...Plus this unfortantely seems to involve at the very least my father if not also Cascade's mother. This is at least our fight as well. You are free to do as you please but your help would be appreciated." The last of her statement was directed souly at Flicker, though there was a hint of annoyance bubbling in her voice as she spoke, almost daring Flicker to say something else. Aura was getting tired of dancing around the subject for Flicker's sake so the fact that the Fire Genasi was annoyed with the whole conversation only made the Air Genasi annoyed as well. Hawk shifted on her shoulder sensing the female's change in mood.

Her attention moved to Rala to actually answer the human woman's question. "My father and I lived here, on the material plane. If he hasn't accepted the alliance he will likely be home, and if he has accepted, and he has left, he usually leaves me a way to contact him. Either way it's worth a look espesially if Cascades mother doesn't know anything. Either way we have a ways to go to get answers." Aura shrugged after she finished speaking and her eyes passed over each of her party members gauging their reactions. Stopping finally on Flicker almost fanning the fire genasi's flames, begging them to say what was on their mind. Air and Fire were almost always an explosive mix and Aura was ready but wouldn't start the fight.