RE: [Wizard Jail] (mini-battle)
08-18-2017, 06:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2017, 05:40 PM by Pharmacy.)
NOT TOO LONG AGO…
Vocifer Vox came to a room resplendent with more opulence than any holding cell should have. Across the room, a woman sprawled on across a sumptuous lounge, tended to by groveling kobolds. Five dragon-masked heads sprout from her neck. Their bas-relief eyes, brimming with divine cruelty, waiting for him to make his first mistake. He obliged.
“A Beloved? Do the eyes of Vocifer Vox deceive him?”
“Ex-Beloved,” a head purred, her voice dripped with venom and honey. “Call me Judas.”
Vocifer Vox contemplated what sort of absurd situation he got himself into this time. He also realized his hands are bound, but that wasn’t really important. “What is this? Is this yet another one of the Butterfly’s vile machinations? Vocifer Vox encourages you to DO YOUR WORST.”
“Why would I? Yes, the Jail is my virtue,” Another head mockingly shrilled. Vocifer could see a third head taking a drag out of a hookah, the coals coaxed by a fourth head in the background. “However, Tiamat is the demon I cling to.”
“Vocifer Vox could see why Judas fell. Vocifer Vox also wonders what esoteric task is demanded of him.”
“I demand nothing.” The fifth head sneered. She blew a plume of sweet smoke into a kobold's face, sending him into a coughing fit. “But Tiamat requires something of you. From the mouth of the Dragon Queen herself: Snarl, Lord of Chaos, is being ‘a dirty cheating bastard.’ The task before you is quite simple. Tiamat wants him to pay. She wants you to do what you do best. Fuck. Things. Up.”
Vocifer Vox thought a bit. The fact he was consorting with what is essentially a divine servant did not really sit well with him. However, he figured there was no other choice. Plus, there seemed to be nothing insidious about the arrangement (for now) and busting up a certain squid was a very nice bonus.
“Very well, then. Vocifer Vox accepts.”
“Of course, there is an issue of your little massacre. The Arbiters would tear you apart if they catch even the slightest wind of you, which is why I present you this.”
A kobold, trembling like a chihuahua, presented him with an artifact. It radiated with moderately powerful abjuration that is sure to withstand at least casual scrying. Unfortunately, it was also a gimp mask. Vocifer Vox frowned.
“…Does Vocifer Vox need to wear this.”
All five heads of Judas focused on him. Vocifer Vox could see a tip of a tongue darting oh-so-subtly over the chin of one mask. It was very unnerving.
The mask was snug at least.
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1) Vocifer is tasked to wreck the auction.
1a) There are Butterfly reinforcements included. Yeah.
2) Vocifer is intent on beating up Nyc.
3) Vocifer has a mask that allows him evade detection of Beloved-rank angels.
Vocifer Vox came to a room resplendent with more opulence than any holding cell should have. Across the room, a woman sprawled on across a sumptuous lounge, tended to by groveling kobolds. Five dragon-masked heads sprout from her neck. Their bas-relief eyes, brimming with divine cruelty, waiting for him to make his first mistake. He obliged.
“A Beloved? Do the eyes of Vocifer Vox deceive him?”
“Ex-Beloved,” a head purred, her voice dripped with venom and honey. “Call me Judas.”
Vocifer Vox contemplated what sort of absurd situation he got himself into this time. He also realized his hands are bound, but that wasn’t really important. “What is this? Is this yet another one of the Butterfly’s vile machinations? Vocifer Vox encourages you to DO YOUR WORST.”
“Why would I? Yes, the Jail is my virtue,” Another head mockingly shrilled. Vocifer could see a third head taking a drag out of a hookah, the coals coaxed by a fourth head in the background. “However, Tiamat is the demon I cling to.”
“Vocifer Vox could see why Judas fell. Vocifer Vox also wonders what esoteric task is demanded of him.”
“I demand nothing.” The fifth head sneered. She blew a plume of sweet smoke into a kobold's face, sending him into a coughing fit. “But Tiamat requires something of you. From the mouth of the Dragon Queen herself: Snarl, Lord of Chaos, is being ‘a dirty cheating bastard.’ The task before you is quite simple. Tiamat wants him to pay. She wants you to do what you do best. Fuck. Things. Up.”
Vocifer Vox thought a bit. The fact he was consorting with what is essentially a divine servant did not really sit well with him. However, he figured there was no other choice. Plus, there seemed to be nothing insidious about the arrangement (for now) and busting up a certain squid was a very nice bonus.
“Very well, then. Vocifer Vox accepts.”
“Of course, there is an issue of your little massacre. The Arbiters would tear you apart if they catch even the slightest wind of you, which is why I present you this.”
A kobold, trembling like a chihuahua, presented him with an artifact. It radiated with moderately powerful abjuration that is sure to withstand at least casual scrying. Unfortunately, it was also a gimp mask. Vocifer Vox frowned.
“…Does Vocifer Vox need to wear this.”
All five heads of Judas focused on him. Vocifer Vox could see a tip of a tongue darting oh-so-subtly over the chin of one mask. It was very unnerving.
The mask was snug at least.
--
1) Vocifer is tasked to wreck the auction.
1a) There are Butterfly reinforcements included. Yeah.
2) Vocifer is intent on beating up Nyc.
3) Vocifer has a mask that allows him evade detection of Beloved-rank angels.