The Slayers Quest

[Corwin]

With a helpful "Levitation", Lina makes her way to a random second floor window. Breaking it with her sword and clearing the sharp shards of glass out of the way, she opens it and enters the house through it.

[Merc]

Unfortunately, despite his hunger-driven senses, Gourry doesn't detect any of the tantalizing aroma of dragon cuisine. Zelgadis finds himself easily at the top of the stairs as he looks both ways of the hallway, and ponders which way to go. Towards both directions there are numerous doors.

[Ebiris]

Growling in frustration, Gourry randomly picks a direction and goes charging down the right hallway.

Nothing will stop him from getting that Dragon Cuisine. NOTHING!

[Merc]

The room that Lina has entered appears to have been guest quarters or some such. They are empty however. The bed is a mess, and there seems to be some clothing littering the ground, but nothing of interest appears in the room. There's a door to the side, and one ahead of Lina.

[Ranma_007]

Zelgadis shouts out to Gourry, "Yell if you find them!", then proceeds to check out the left corridor, checking out each room quickly and moving on to the next.

[Corwin]

Holding her sword in front of her, Lina kicks in the door on the side.

[Merc]

Gourry slams the doors to the right open, and steps into what seems to be a huge dining hall with a large table stretching from one end of the hall to the other. At the end of the hall sits one man with spiky brown hair, a beard, and black eyes. He has a bandana wrapped around his forehead, and a shiny red armor on. At his side is a sheathed blade, on his lips is a toothpick, and in front of him a plate full of bones.

"So are you my opponent, from those invading Lord Ralcyon's home?" he says as he makes a grab for his sword. "Oh well, you'll do."

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The door falls forward from Lina's mighty kick, revealing a bathroom. In front of her lies another door, presumably leading to a connected room. Zelgadis who has been searching rooms hears the noise from the downed door further ahead of him, but is unaware of who it is caused by.

[Corwin]

"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Lina calls out, before kicking in the door leading to the adjustent room.

[thepanda]

Amelia shrugs, looking at the devistation.

"You know, I'd feel really bad about this if they weren't all bad guys. Come on, we're already behind." Amelia grabs the ex-bandit's arm and drags him toward the mansion.

[Ebiris]

Pointing his sword at the red-armoured man, Gourry yells, "You'd better not have eaten the Dragon Cuisine!"

He also tries to determine the man's skill as a potential opponent, since he is probably the captain of Ralcyon's guard judging from the attitude and the fancy armour.

[Merc]

The man snorted as he stood up, holding the hilt of the sheathed sword in one hand, and the sheath itself in the other. "Lord Ralcyion? Sharing his rarieties? No, us mercenaries have to settle for his more mundane riches."

A grin decorated his face as he pulled the sword out and calmly began to walk towards Gourry. "Not that I have any problems with that. So shall we dance?"

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OOC: The man has an ACV of around 7-9. He seems very skilled as a swordsman, though you think not quite as you. He has Extra Attacks Lvl1.
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Zelgadis, at first cautiously approaching the sound ahead, relaxes as he hears Lina's taunting voice. Lina in the meantime searches the next room, finding nothing of value and joins Zel in the hallway, checking the rooms. Eventually, they come to a large bedroom, separate from the others. It is much fancier and well kept room than the others. At the side of the room is a large wall-safe. Nobody is in the room however.

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OOC: until R7 shows up, I'll NPC Zel if Lina wishes to talk to him.
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Kizel presses his feet to the ground as the young Saillune princess drags him through the corpses, complaining, "Hey, I said I wanted to be where it's safe! What if that woman blows up the mansion like she did the cave! I barely survived that!"

Amelia seems ignorant to his pleas though, perhaps hoping to rehabilitate the ex-bandit into a hero of Justice through example. Because of Kizel's dragging feet though, they aren't making much progress in their direction.

[Ebiris]

"I'll deal with you and then get that Dragon Cuisine! We killed the dragon, and we're the ones who'll eat it!" Gourry declares before moving to attack the man!

OOC: I'm attacking twice, the second attack being a called shot to his neck, and saving one attack to defend twice with no penalty.

[Corwin]

Marking the location of the room with the safe in her mind, Lina rushes downstairs with Zel, having checked the top floor of Ralcyon's mansion.

[Merc]

Gourry makes a lunge at the man, looking like a desperate wild animal. The man almost yawns as he lazily blocks the incomming strike with his sword, only to be rudely awakened by Gourry's follow-up attempt to decapitate him, only barely deflecting the attack upwards with his sheath, losing a few strands of hair.

He retaliates with an experimental stab, which Gourry easily avoids by moving backwards, holding his sword straight, his eyes still analyzing the red-armored swordsman for weaknesses.

"I must apologize, I seem to have understimated you," he said with a grin, dropping the sheath, and grabbing his sword with both hands. "This just might be fun after all. Ekanna L'haen. You?"

[Ebiris]

Gourry grins lopsidedly. "Gourry Gabriev," he replies easily before his expression becomes once more serious. "We'll still fight, but I'll spare you if you tell me where to find Mr Ashford and the Dragon Cuisine."