Verinotte Square

Fei froze, looking up at the dark being before her.

And oh, she sighed.

"This is a joke, right? A fucking joke? I can't get a break this week? You serious?" She stood up from the fountain, adjusting her bodice with her thumb. "So who're you? Listen, I never dated angels, so I don't think I got beef with you. So how about we quit the pretty theatrics, alright? Just go on your way." She shooed him away with her hands, fluttering them. "Go on! Tauvyr is that way! Have yourself a drink-"

Her hands ignited in blue flame, and she leaped for the angel.

"-and GET SMASHED!"

The Fallen only stood and watched as Fei went on a rant. It said not a word in reaction nor did it move to protect itself when she launched her assault.

"Confirmed."

In the blink of an eye a barrier of black light was erected between Fei and the Fallen. Behind the witch upon the heads of the dragons statues stood and sat several more beings that looked exactly like the one she had attacked.

Fei smashed into the barrier, but not as ungracefully as she had once upon a time. Her arms and knees had been poised out before her to absorb the hit, and though she was still in pain, it was easy to ignore. She fell to the ground, the Victorian dress burning away to reveal the white hoodie and thigh length boots that she had donned for the past few days.

She could hear the others behind her, as their feathers gently swayed in the magical pulse that she expelled from her center, which pushed a wind out with it.

"Yeah, okay, so what's this, huh? I get the attention of some council or somethin'? This is so much bullshit..."

Three of the Fallen on the statues raised their arms with palms out stretched towards Fei. A moment later a bolt of dark magic shot from them and screamed towards the witch.

The one that she had attacked did the same, launching a pincer attack.


"Do you think we should've told her why?" One of the Fallen who abstained in their attack suggested.

"Do you really think it will be that easy?" Asked the other.

Fei backed up, and did a quick dash to her right before the dark magic was able to reach her. Raising one hand, she let the piece's of her great grandfather's gauntlet collect around her fingers into dangerous claws. She had not brought it out in a very long time.

Everything until this point in time was play.

This was real.

The fire around Fei grew into a burning tower, the energy so free, so powerful, it fluttered her clothes and hair, and let out another pulse toward the angels.

"Not today."

Now standing just outside the tavern, David quickly scanned the area in search for the source of the disturbance he'd noticed earlier. His gaze fell upon the girl near the center of the square and the dozen-or-so winged winged creatures that surrounded her. The scarlet-haired woman had successfully evaded the creatures' attacks and now prepared to launch one of her own it seemed, erecting a pillar of intense flames around herself.

"Are those what I think they are?" His eyes narrowed in suspicion. They looked a lot like Angels, but he always thought they were a myth; not because it was hard to believe, but because he had never seen one for himself. Hell if people as strong as himself could exist, why couldn't Angels exist as well?

"All of you to take down one girl? That doesn't seem very fair to me." He made sure his statement was loud enough for everyone to hear. "Now I'd hate to get involved with whatever you've got going on here, so I suggest you drop it." He hoped that his words were taken to heart, but something told him that they weren't a diplomatic bunch.

The Fallen had not predicted Samaritans, surely the one they were after had an infamous reputation to discourage any such actions. According to what they'd been told only one was foolish enough to take her side. They concluded that they had overestimated her status.

While they had not predicted Samaritans, they weren't necessarily unprepared. As Fei's second pulse fluttered their wings the goup of Fallen stood stoically as they re-assessed the situation. There were ten of them in total, their numbers a redundancy in order to deal with situations just like this. The target was clear, their objective known only to them. Clearly they were hostile, and they surely weren't about to back down.

The singled out Fallen who had been the initiator spoke quickly and curtly.

"Seven, Contain. Three, proceed."

There was a communal nod from the others as they stretched their wings. The initator whipped his left arm to his side, and instantly a blade of what looked like dark magic enveloped his arm. Five of the others did the same, while the other four shot into the sky.

Three of the swordsman lunged through the air at David, the other two that stood on the fountain moved to attack Fei. The initiator also attacked from her Flank, wings spread sharply behind him.

"Get out! LEAVE!" Fei screamed at the two who had come upon the scene. "Run as far away as you can!"

She didn't have much time to warn them. The Fallen were upon her, and she could only just cloak herself and leave behind an illusion of a clone as she sprinted off towards the gates.

Get them away from Verinotte, get away, can't put people in danger. Fucking dammit! Who are these losers!?

"I'm over here!" she screamed as she scurried away from the scene, waving her hands at the angels. She stuck her tongue out and blew a raspberry at them. "Dumbass pansyflappers!"

As Aldarine walked up behind David, she spotted the Fallen above swooping down at them. The fingers of her right hand grasped her necklace, and she rose her left out at the winged attackers, drawing power from within herself and focusing it using the pendant. She released it with just a few words.

"Slow down."

The air in front of her and David shimmered, and should the Fallen swoop into it, they would find their momentum all but halted, and their movements sluggish.

The momentum spell cast by Aldarine would prove helpful if the Fallen got caught in its grasp, but it wasn't necessary for what he planned to do. The mutant balled his hand into a fist and punched forward, projecting a powerful telekinetic burst in the angels' direction. There was nothing pretty about the display, no fine control or precision. What he lacked in control he made up for in raw telekinetic power. If the Fallen were caught in the wide net of his attack, they'd be hit with a force powerful enough to level an entire housing district.

David eyed the girl as she attempted to run away from the battle. He couldn't risk letting the her get away so these things could hunt her down, it would defeat the purpose of getting involved in the first place. Despite his desire to go after her, he didn't want to leave his new companion either. There was only one rational option.

"Go after the girl while I deal with these guys." he said to Aldarine.

The three fallen that had charged David were blown away, crashing against the ground before spreading their wings to halt their loss of ground. But almost as soon as they had been attacked, the others that had flown above the battlefield had released attacks of their own in the form of black energy bolts screaming through the air at their intended targets.

Several were aimed primarily for David, as he seemed to pose the biggest threat to the completion of their objective, but none escaped from the sights of this barrage. Not Aldarine, nor Fei once she revealed herself.

And while the airborne fallen launched their attack, the swordsmen on the ground recovered their focus and moved to re-engage their respective targets.

"I am not a fighter," said Aldarine, raising the pendant at one of the angels who had fallen from her spell. It shined brightly, so much so that the light melted from it and shot out at the fallen angel. He was in for a rude smack if he didn't move from it. The light imbued one with a curse. This one was paranoia, and the witch could only hope the angel's mind was weak enough that he'd see his own comrades as enemies to fight. "I don't think I can catch up to her, either. If you want to leave, do so. I can at least protect myself."

Fei, meanwhile, had run off out of Verinotte, her speed incredible. A faint trail of light followed her, then faded gradually. It was purposeful, completely so.

The fountain was as glorious as he remembered it, from when he last saw it that morning. Ulrich snorted a little laugh, witnessing the small children splashing in the waters. At least one of those tiny humans was at least two hundred years old.

He took a sharp turn south. It was time for a drink at the Tavern which served him best.

A nice, sleek grey ship would be in front of the two. The entrance ramp would drop as they walked toward it.

"Woah, sick ride," Ulrich grinned, his own fangs exposing themselves as he did so. He climbed aboard, excited for this new experience.

"Got any more eh these?"

Awinita has arrived, coming from Verinotte Hollow.

Awinita has left the area, heading south into Tauvyr Tavern.

Winne Rineswurth has arrived, coming from Verinotte Hall.

Winne Rineswurth has left the area, heading south into Tauvyr Tavern.

Kethyr Naethus has arrived, coming from Tauvyr Tavern.

Kethyr Naethus fished a dented coin from his pocket and flicked it into the fountain, making a wish.

Suddenly, a swirling vortex appears to the northeast. You can see something appear in that direction.

Kethyr Naethus felt something strange coming on. The sun was beginning to set & Kethyr knew what the feeling meant. He had to quarantine himself - and fast. Zipping his coat, Kethyr head east for the gates out of town.

Kethyr Naethus has left the area, heading east into East Lanterna Way.

Stone and Boyle materializes from the void.