Falx was ashamed for his outbursts early, he was Knight, and he was a Dragon Rider. He decided that it would be best to befriend these strangers... and apoligize like a civilized man would.

"Let me first apologize. For over 20 years I have been fighting in the emperor's name, 20 years have I nearly been to the brink of death, and several times I've seen my family and freinds go further."

The adamantine(SP?) tower seemed to gleem in the distance, something was threatening the emperor and he knew it.

Falx stood up, and spoke with a renewn vigour, "I am ashamed for my laps of better judgement early, but now I understand."

Falx turned so everyone could hear him, "I had a dream whilst I was unconcious, it was horrible. Cyrodil will fall, it is only a matter of time. The lady of the twilight undoubtly calls me and several others to fight this power that is over taking nirn."

He looked all of them in the eye, "I was before you as a weakling, a man that could just weild a sword not use it. Now I look at you with greater understanding and contempt to know that I am around freinds. For the sake of Nirn we must get the emperor out of the city, if he falls, so will fall the gates of oblivion, again."

He gathered them together as close as possible, "We need to save as many people in the city as possible. I say we split up and one group assist the emperor, and the other with the refugees." Falx looked at them awith a determined eye, "Oh, by the way, my name is Falx Albarnias, but everyone just calls me Knight."

"Im no fan of the Emperor, but I'll go for the lesser of two evils here." Sel said. "Where to, Knight?"

"The tower, that is where he would be located. He has numerous guards, and I saw one of your comrades run for it so he should be safe."

Sel tightened his sword belt and stuck the daedric dagger Arco had given him in it.

"Let's go." He turned to Serene and Celia. "Coming?"

OOC: Hukai, nobody knows what you're trying to do with us....might want to clarify.

"I'll come too, thanks for the invite" said Jonacin sarcastically

Sel smiled. "You aren't as pretty as these two. It's easier to ignore you."

"Thanks. That makes me fell so much better" said Jonacin sourly. "Let's just get moving, shall we?"

[quote=Hukai The Wandering]"Well well well. I see you are not as strong as my lord seems the think." A shadow lept from underneath a nearby rock and centered itself under the group. "I can more thatn defeat you all. My magics are from the lord of Oblivion himself." The dry voice gave a slight cackle and then reverted into a strong whispher that had a sing-song tone to it. "Look out belo-www!"[/quote]

(OOC: HE'S UNDER YOU! {Not under Sel and lonewolf cause they left})

The shadow shot up, forming a tall, cloaked figure wielding a black blade. "Who hall I kill first?" He voice lingered on "first" sending chills up Celia's spine. It then continued in sing-song. "Who will I killllll? Who will I killlllll? I'll kill-you-all an-yway..."

Jonacin spun as the strange figure appeared behind them, it's sibilant voice hissing "who will i killllllll?"
He drew his sword. "Run! I'll hold him off here! GO!" he shouted, readying his weaponry, waiting for the strange creature to make the first move

Sel looked to Jonacin. "Guess we'll have to stick around here for awhile."

He pulled out his sword and dagger and rushed the shadow. He stabbed with the dagger, but it went right through the strange beast. He slashed with his sword, and did minimal damage to it.

He yelled to his companions. "Only magical weapons harm it!"

"Good thing Daedrci weapons are inherently magical then" said Jonacin with a grim smile. He swung his sword at the creature, but it dodged aside nimbly, lashing out at him and hitting his shield. He grunted with the force of the blow, but didn't budge

(OOC: :< *underbreath* at least you know I'm here now, but it's the wrong people...)

The figure stood there, cackling as the Sel threw another direct hit and missed. "I can not be harmed by even magical weapons! AH HA HA HA HA HAAAA!!" The figure melted into the ground and poped up behind Jonacin, smiling with an insane glint in his yellow eyes. He was prepared to dodge if anyone tried to hurt him with magic. "Come little rabits! Come hop to your slaughter!" The figure cakled once more before melting into the ground again.

"Oh, so we can't hurt him can we not? Well we can bloody well try anyway" sadi Jonacin, waiting for the creature to appear again

Sel threw his dagger to the ground, it not being of any use anyway. He gripped his longsword in both hands and waited for the shadow to appear again. It appeared behind Jonacin...

OOC: The thing wasn't behind me anymore, it had melted back into the ground again

Jonacin heard the growl of rage behind him, and spun, his sword slashing at head height to himself. The blade thudded against the creatures neck, but the damge done was minimal

[quote=Hukai The Wandering](OOC: :< *underbreath* at least you know I'm here now, but it's the wrong people...)
[/quote]

OOC:Nobody else is here. you can capture Serene or whatever you're planning later I guess.

[quote=LoneWolf]OOC: The thing wasn't behind me anymore, it had melted back into the ground again[/quote]

yeah, we posted about the same time....I'll edit i guess.

[quote=LoneWolf]OOC: The thing wasn't behind me anymore, it had melted back into the ground again

Jonacin heard the growl of rage behind him, and spun, his sword slashing at head height to himself. The blade thudded against the creatures neck, but the damge done was minimal[/quote]

The figure melted into the ground, as if being absorbed like water. "Let's see if you can't hit me." The shadow flew over the soaked street and stopped on the side of a wall. "Oly oly oxein-free!" He cackled again and waited.

Sel watched the shadow go, but didn't move.

"I say we ignore it and go for the emperor." Sel said to everyone. "We should probably separate so this shadow can only follow one group." Sel thought for a minute. "How about Jonacin and I act as one group and Celia, Serene, and Falx act as another?"

Sel tossed one of his amulets to Celia.

"Use this only in extreme circumstances. It will teleport you to me. Just make sure Serene and Knight are touching you so they come too."

Sel picked up the dagger he borrowed from Arco. "Let's go."

Celia glanced at the amulet, then at Jona's and Sel's faces. "All right..." she agreed reluctantly.

She turned towards Serene and the Knight. "How are you feeling, mister Knight? Do you think you can handle the more sword-to-flesh combat? Serene and I will remain very close behind you. I'll heal and whack from your right side, and Serene will use magic on anything coming from the left. How does that sound?"

"If everyone is alright, I say we get moving." Sel said, sheathing his sword.

"Not so fast!" The shadow lept off the wall and morphed into the cloaked figure once again. He was flying towards them. In midflight, he tore his cloak off, finally being revealed as a Khajiit. The Khajiit had dark yet golden fur that was slicked back due to being saoked from the rain. His limbs had seemed to be chopped of and reattacked with a black gel. Hiw golden eyes had sideways pupiils and his bared teeth looked as it they were permanetly satined with blood. He had on a jet black curiass and black clothes while alos wielding two scabbered, black longswords. "AHHH!!!!"

Sel's hand went to the hilt of his sword. "What do you want?" he asked the khajiit.

He knew he could never defeat the strange khajiit by himself, and doubted that his side could win if it was Knight, Jonacin, Celia, serene, and himself against the khajiit.

He was still more than eager to try.

Celia nearly jumped out of her skin as the mysterious Khajiit seemed to pop out of the nearest wall. "Oh!" She pulled Serene to the side, whispering in Serene's ear, "Come on, Serene--We're gonna need magic quick!"

Sel's knuckles were turning white as his grip tightened even more on his sword hilt.

He looked at all the grim faces around him and changed his mind about the khajiit's power. He thought that this khajiit might be in for more than he bargained for.

The unnamed Khajiit landed a few yards away from the group, his gel-like joints glistening in the rain. "Do you mean to fight me?" His bared teeth grew wider in what could have been a smile. "How foolish." The figure drew both of his black katanas, having the left one pointing dwon and the right one point up. The horrid Khajiit drew himself into a strong stance. His blades encompassed him like a 360 degree shield, ready to parry and attack in any given instant. "Try me then."

Sel wiped his wet hair out of his face before drawing his longsword from its scabbard. The sword's green glow brightened as if reflecting Sel's anger.

Sel held the sword in his right hand defensively while pulling his borrowed dagger from his belt.

Sel answered the stranger's challenge. "Gladly."

The Khajiit lunged forward, keeping the circle of longswords aroung him. He reached Sel, Jumpedinto the air, and plunged down at him, both swords stabbing downards.

as Serene grasped the situation and as Celia whispered they needed magic..she acted like a machine....

Quick moment of concentration ...then she reached out to actually touch the khajiit, or at least get as near as åpossible

"Vomica Cruor!!"she yelled....a blueish spark emerged from her hand, the creature looke rather surprised as the magic fire started to eat him from inside......

(OOC: NOT CREATURE! *cries*)

The Khajiit flew to the side and into a already damaged wall. As the dust quickly settled in the rain, he stood there, with no singed fur to be seen. "That was foolish girl." He spat. The Khajiit took his swords and brought the hilt of each close together in sucha way that they were compleletly horizontal. With a quick thrust, he snapped both end togethers and the two black longblades formed a single staff. The only difference was that this staff had blades in place of meatal or wooden poles. He took his new weapon in hand and brought it to rest by his side, now forming a new stance. He closed his eyes. "Yom to-ken no-riee...Yom to-ken no-riee...Yom to-ken no-riee..." As he chanted, his sabre-staff began to glow ominously with a blue fire. The fire itself neither blew in the wind or fizzled in the rain. Ending his chant, the Khajiit opened his eyes and slightly tapped the ground with his firey sabre-staff. A hot blast of fire erupted from the spot and spead out in ten feet from the point of contact. It seared the ground dry and instantly evaporated the water in it's path. As it ened, it cooled and slowed, freezing the raindrops near it. Then the short balst dispressed.

"You brought yourself into this girl." He yelled, leaping into the air. "PREPARE TO DIE!"

Arco could see from the house roof the bright blue light coming from Serene's hand, and of course the Khajiit. He went to the edge of the house, it was high almost a 20 feet drop. He satt almost down looking over watching the fight. He didn't want to act, not yet...

Sel decided it was time to repay the favor Serene paid him. He jumped into the side of the khajiit, preventing the creature from getting to Serene.

They fell into a rolling heap, and Sel felt the blades piercing him over and over....

Falx had taken up a defensive position in front of Celia and started to study the Khajiit.

"It must have a weakness!" Falx muttered to himself. Then his saw it. The horrible beasts sword swing was always a second slower then Falx's own swing.

"If timed right I could throw all my power into one swing and hope that it would cause a joint injury for lack of a better blocking connect." He thought to himself as he made his way towards the fight.

Falx swung the broadsword at the creature to get it off Sel, and gain its attention on him. The Khajiit spun around and both Falx and it attacked with their swords, Falx doing an uppercut, and the Khajiit choping down.

Falx gained enough momentum in the swing and reached the point the would be considered the most level fighting stance before the beast. Throwing the last of his power in his arms into the swing of his sword, Falx struck the Khajiits blade at just the right angle, not a inch off, to cause both of the blades to fly up into the air and away from the creature.

Falx shoved the hilt of his sword into the stunned Khajiit's face...

Sel slowly got up, leaning far to the left and clutching that side, but he still clutched his sword, and his eyes still had anger burning feircely in them. He limped closer to the khajiit, and watched as Falx performed a clever move on the creature.

Sel used his right hand to swing his sword into the khajiit's arm. Black blood showered from the creature as its arm hit the ground. The khajiit was now between him and Knight, unarmed in more ways than one.

OOC: I thought that last phrase was very clever! :lickinglips: I'm awesome!

His sword pointed at the throat of the now prostrate Khajiit, Falx yelled at it in a threatening tone, "You! We outa slay you right now for all of Tamriel to see..."

Falx pushed the tip of the sword harder into it's neck.

"So, tell us where you came from, and maybe you can have your arm back." Falx said with a roguish grin.

Sel looked at Falx.

"I hope you have this under control..." Sel said before collasping in a pool of his own blood.

[quote=Dantrag]Sel looked at Falx.

"I hope you have this under control..." Sel said before collasping in a pool of his own blood.[/quote]

"Hmmm, that might be a problem" Falx stated as he looked at Sel's limp body.

"Can we get a healer over here!"

Ok, Celia! Serene went over and gathered as much magicka she could. Hopefully Celia has some powers left......the Vomica cruor took almost all I got..

Okay Sel....try not to move now and we´ll help you..

The now injured Khajiit stared into his captor's face, not glancing when his companion fell. He gave a small laugh sounded as if he were hissing. "You claim victory too soon, my friend." He gave another short ckackle before melting into the ground once more. In seconds, he formed next to his double bladed staff with arm and all put back in place. (OOC: PAYBACK) Before anyone could move, the Khajiit grabbed his staff, relit it's powerful firey magics and slammed it hard into Falx's own shoulder, forcing him top fall to the ground in pain. As Falx fell, the nameless Khajiit tore after the girl trying to heal Sel. "READY OR NO-OT!"

"HERE I COME!"

Celia was about to combine her healing efforts with Serene when the strange Khajiit injured the Knight and started approaching towards Serene. "Oh, no!"
She screwed up her courage and stepped in front of Serene, her hammer in her hand, ready to bash. "Bring it on, Mister Strange Khajiit!"

"honoured user" Falx muttered after eating a mounthful of mud, "Wait till I get my hands on you.." Falx slowly got up and noticed that the injury might of been fatal if not for his steel armor.

The Khajiit was moving towards Celia, Falx had to act fast...

"Damn, I think I've misplaced my moon sugar" Falx yelled as loud as he could, "Hey, mister Khajiit! Can you help me find it!" He taunted it in a vain chance at hope.

O-o Celia, Serene shouted, that kitty is coming for us..

quickly she took out something from under her shirt

"come on kitty she said in a smooth voice, mommy has something for you

She opened her hand and showed Celia the fine white crystals

"moon-sugar!"

Sel looked up at Serene and said with a gurgly voice

"Don't bring him closer!" Sel coughed up more blood.

OOC: almost too creative this moon sugar idea...

Celia nodded, understanding the mage's intent. She sidestepped, so that the Khajiit may see Serene and the crystals. Celia smiled sweetly and cooed, "Yes, mommy has some yummy treats for you!" As she talked, she slowly, very slowly, crouched over Sel and started focusing her healing onto him. She healed him ever so slowly, trying not to make any sudden moves, but still tensed herself for any upcoming attack...

(OOC: Must be quick have to go! Minque can control the Khajiit until I get back as she hasn't chopped his arm off yet. My plan: He falls for sugar out of habit, is badly wounded, and dissappears. !!! BYE!)

Sel looked at Celia and Serene trying to coo such a deadly opponent. If he could have breathed, he would have laughed at their strategy.

He closed his eyes and let Celia's healing magic flow through his wounds.

As Celia waited for the Khajiit's response, she continued focusing on her healing. But she couldn't concentrate well with her eyes on the Khajiit, so, placing her trust in Serene, she closed her eyes. The healing went by much faster, and pretty soon, a majority of Sel's injuries were cured.

Celia let out a slow breath, and she glanced down at Sel. A corner of her mouth turned up in a tiny smirk. She whispered in a small voice, "Hey, Sel, I think you extended the beauty sleep limit. Methinks you are beautiful enough, so get up, m'kay?"

Falx slowly crept behind the Khajiit, of course moon sugar would work, even if it was an evil Khajiit. Falx readied his sword, it wasn't but 1 foot from stabbing the being.

Falx tripped over a large stone he didn't see, his sword was plunging towards the Khajiit.

Fenris merely grinned. He stood near serene, ready to deal with the Khajiit if he didn't go for the sugar. He doubted the feline could survive a shout at short range, getting hit with a shout was like hitting a wall, it could shatter bone like twigs if enough force was applied, not to mention sending the target airborne.

Fenris merely grinned and waited.

[quote=MerGirl]As Celia waited for the Khajiit's response, she continued focusing on her healing. But she couldn't concentrate well with her eyes on the Khajiit, so, placing her trust in Serene, she closed her eyes. The healing went by much faster, and pretty soon, a majority of Sel's injuries were cured.

Celia let out a slow breath, and she glanced down at Sel. A corner of her mouth turned up in a tiny smirk. She whispered in a small voice, "Hey, Sel, I think you extended the beauty sleep limit. Methinks you are beautiful enough, so get up, m'kay?"[/quote]


Sel smiled, "I doubt my beauty is any comparison to yours, and you haven't even slept."

He slowly got up and tried to wipe his sword off on his shirt, but just ended up getting more of his blood onto it. He shrugged and just held it in his hand. He watched Falx fall towards the khajiit...

"Oh hell" He managed to let out before the sound of a shreiking Khajiit was overtaking everything.

The sword peirced through it's leg...