Chapter 5: In which our heroines truly meet each other, and yet more havoc is brought forth
Etah like so many others in the vast empire had always showed reluctance at even mentioning the names of the Thousand gods who watched over the land, let alone curse them for the games they played with mortals. Yet the halfling couldn't resist and as he darted out of the bar he cursed Kagan Of-the-hidden-heart for not only ruining his already miserable evening but cursing him with the ears of an ass. And what's more the halfling decided to curse all the gods for making him live in squalor, making the Begger's guild such a group of uptight arses, putting shiny green potions on the bodies of dead mercenaries, and for Kamrai women and their seducing ways. He might have added bad bars, bad bouncers, and drunken witches to his curses, but sadly he could no longer think about anything but his blood spilling out of him from the dagger that had been tossed into his torso.
Ingrid stepped out of the shadows and studied the dying halfling with his odd new ears. "Take him he should have za potion." She whispered as two assassins darted out from the shadows surrounding the Slobbering Griffin and searched all over the dying halfling. Etah did not protest this, nor did he offer any resistance. He knew he'd die in the city in some violent way or another, and with his cloudy mind instead decided to reflect about his childhood country home, and try to die with that though. "He doesn't have it mistress." One of the Assassins said and Ingrid nodded before walking over to the halfling. "It's inside then..so ve have to do it za hard way." She said before opening her mouth, and lowering it down on the halfling's neck. She hated to waste blood.
Ga'Ja calmly collected herself and with one last punch in the balls stepped away from her final bouncer. "Show's over, pack up, go home." Ga'Ja said to the crowd who could only looked shocked that the orange hellion could do that much damage. Shakti herself was rather impressed herself, both at the amazing show before her, and the green potion she now held in her hand. She was too drunk to realize how she got it, but too aware to just toss it away. After all she was a witch, and witches knew how valuable potions could be. "I need that." A familar voice said interrupting her thoughts and Shakti jumped a little before looking up and seeing the ball of furry fury standing a few inches from her. Shakti was rightfully nervous of this woman who not 5 minutes ago had gone through a whole group of bouncers without any strain, but she was also oddly fascinated with the exotic creature that stood in front of her.
"Fuck you it's mine." Shakti said firmly and brought the potion to her impressive clevage. It wasn't what she wanted to say(what she wanted to say was "pretty") but it just annoyed her to no end that somebody was attempting to steal something that she now owned. Ga'Ja moved up to her "Please give me the potion." The Kamrai said trying to take the edge off her voice and not doing a very good job of it. Ga'Ja hated sounding like a bitch, but when one begins the evening almost being drowned by an angry mob boss, one gets stressed. Shakti didn't budge though and instead shut her eyes and started to whisper some chant which was making her hands glow red. "Great a witch." Ga'Ja said to herself as she prepared to strike quick, and finish quick.
Instead of beating the witch half to death though, Ga'Ja did something odd. She looked at a reflection in the bottles behind the counter, saw the perfect image of a figure with a crossbow, and proceeded to do the truly insane thing of putting herself right in front of the witch, and taking the small, dart-like bolt right into her tummy.
Shakti needless to say was shocked at this moment, and for a second sat without moving as she watched the cat-girl get up and pull the bolt out. Then she saw the figures in black moving towards her, weapons drawn. Shakti tossed her drink away, put her potion back in her pocket, and brought her hands up "Gaga Rend!" Shakti shouted as she shot out balls of flame towards the assassins..which due to Shakti's drunkness, and already horrible aim merely missed the attackers and instead lit a curtain up..which bursted into flames. "Shite." Shakti said as one of the assassins moved towards her, and proceeded to get a katana driven right into his mid-section. Ga'Ja stood up on shaky legs and let out a ragged breath "Can I have the potion now?" The catgirl asked before another assassin charged behind her and was met with her elbow to his face and her sword cutting through his neck.
Shakti still shook her head no and the catgirl shrugged "Then we need to get out of here and I can kill you later." She said weakly and Shakti could tell there was more than just bloodloss effecting the woman, it was poison. Shakti in her stupor nodded shoved her hat back on her head again and gulped as she saw the circle of assassins surrounding them at the bar.
Ga'Ja was out of it, shadows, and voices happened to be all she heard yet she still clung to her katana tightly. "You are quite brave verecat." An accented voice called out and Ga'Ja gulped recognizing that voice as belonging to somebody she'd rather always avoid. "Let me show you how brave I am whore! Come and get me!" She roared as loud as she could and for a second Ga'Ja could see the shadows move up on her. The Kamrai shut her eyes and sighed, knowing full well this was how she would die. Ga'Ja then charged with her blade....and for some reason she felt as if she was floating, and all she could see was darkness.
Shakti had suffered from many awkward teleportations in her life, from getting warped to a dung pit, to being warped into the bathing chambers of a Sultan's harem, but this one took the cake. Shakti was sitting with her legs sprawled in her apartment, and between the legs was the female Kamrai who was out like a light. Shakti groaned feeling the awkwardness of the girl's head so close to her private regions, and slowly began to stand up. Shakti looked at the form in front of her and wondered what had posessed her to teleport some violent, homicidal weretiger into her apartment. And then she had to admit to herself one thing "She saved my life" and that was all it took for Shakti to feel the need to return the favor.
Not that she was going to just toss the cat-girl on her bed and hope for the best. No first she'd need her potions, and then she'd need some chains..unless she wanted to have her head torn off.
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I finally figured out we have an origin of a team up story. I have one problem with magic users; unless they use the D&D system, (which they borrowed from Jack Vance's 'Dying Earth' stories), of spells being so complicated, a magic user can only keep a certain amount in his head at any one time, they tend to be a little too powerful. I know witch's are a little different but I would like to know exactly what Shakti can do magically. I am enjoying this tale very much.
ReplyDeleteYeah I briefly touched on Ga'Ja and Shakti's meeting in Dalcada in their bio post, and I just kinda wanted to have some fun and see how they meet.(What with me finding them adorable and whatnot)
ReplyDeleteAs for Shakti's powers? Admittedly she has less to do with D&D's system and really more to do with DC Comic's Zatanna. She has to say all of her spells(just in made up fantasy jibberish) to cast them(yeah total excuse for a gag somewhere down the line) and even then some of the spells are erratic and odd.
Combine that with the fact that she's still a junior witch(spoiler about the quest she was on: spent more time being rescued than anything else) and as a result her magic can be destructive, chaotic, and explode in her face.
It's very telling that Ga'Ja does all the real heavy lifting.