towerofanimus | [Open] The Hunt is On

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[Open] The Hunt is On

Characters: The Disciple and anybody willing to hunt/explore with her!
Setting: Starts off from Floor One and goes from there.
Format: Basically action, but I'll match whatever you want to do.
Summary: The Disciple just finished her oatmeal and is annoyed by how bland it is. She decides to take up hunting for some meat.
Warnings: Violence, bloodshed, killing creatures, basically your average hunting. Will update when necessary.

'This is weird.' She thought while looking at her oatmeal. The meal had cooled down some to a lukewarm temperature, and it was nice and stiff. She looked at it closely and curiously. Noting how it didn't look too bad, she then gives it a few cautious laps with her tongue, and soon starting eating the whole dish.

When done, the Disciple felt very unsatisfied, and decided she rather hunt for some real food. The problem was where, since she had no clue where she ended up. All she found was a trunk full of her personal items, an orange colored collar on her neck, and was within a very strange building. Her best guess was that The Imperial Condesce had finally tracked her down and put her here to die. Thinking of her made her growl and soon got up from her place. There was no way she was going to let that monster get to her!

The Disciple then gathers her things and walks out to explore.

[OOC: Feel free to start from any floor and I'll follow from there.]

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Xue laughed and gave her a friendly thumbs up,

"Sounds like a plan ta me, huntin' parties tend ta do much bettah."

She got closer, keep her weapons sheathed in a way to not seemed threatening and smiled at her, pointing a thumb towards herself.

"Name's Xue'Kol. Xue's fine too, it be a pleasure ta meet'cha."

"The masses at home called me Disciple, so you can call me that as well. I am used to it.

Nice to meet you Xue'Kol!"

Smiling warmly, she quickly jogs out of floor one, but not before turning to her fellow hunter again.

"Just a small warning: Do not get in my way when hunting. I may hurt you and that is something we do not need right now."

"Disciple huh? Interestin' name ya got der. Fittin' of an interestin' gal." she added with a smirk before following suit.

At the warning Xue simply smiled, "Don' ya worry none, I be as eagah ta git hurt as I'd be wantin' ta git split in half."

Not that she wasn't used to injuries, came with the constant warring and such... Being blessed with regeneration also tended to make you a bit reckless.

"...I guess" she said while rubbing her head shyly and turning back to floor two. She liked compliments, but right now she just felt distracted and uneasy. Mostly because of her situation and how this floor looked rather strange. Trying not to let it get to her, she looks around curiously at the various bottles, beds, and tools.

"What is this area called?"

Xue followed and upon coming into view frowned, looking around and studying the area.

"Don't know mon, dis place jus' looks like da medical ward. But I never be seein' one quite like dis one. Dun tink we be findin' much prey 'round 'ere unless dey be keepin' game in da place."

"Medical..."

It makes sense, especially since she smelled familiar herbs that she took to make her own salves. Since she already had her healing items, she quickly went to the next room.

When opening the doors loudly, she walks in but stops. To her surprise, it was a huge library with vast amounts of books! She could not contain her excitement and ran to various shelves.

Well damn, she'd never seen anyone this excited about books since the Sin'dorei in her troop found Medivh's library... But that also came with a reason for her to be a bit wary of the room they were currently in.

"Oy' Dizzy," yes apparently she had decided on a nickname for her already. "Be careful wat ya be touchin' yeah? Dis kinda place can sometimes 'ave dem booby traps. Not tellin' ya ta be a stiff but jus' be on yer toes mon."

With that said, Xue walked closer to the other girl and simply looked over her shoulder at what she was doing. Truthfully books never interested Xue much unless they were awesome adventure stories or that sort of thing.

She stops what she's doing to give her new hunt-mate a look. "I assure you I am fine. I do not feel dizzy."

Unless this was her way of saying this room may be a trap, to which she dropped the book and hopped back.

"...maybe we should leave. Sorry! I am a huge book lover. Plus it is always good to know what your enemy is thinking, you know? It can give us a nice head start."

Xue had to chuckle, "Naw, I be callin' ya Dizzy, like a nickname. Be a sign of trust an all back 'ome."

She got close and waved a hand dismissively, "It be fine, jus' be cautious. Ya be right in dat books be a powahful tool and ya can be gainin' many tings from dem. Jus' gotta be careful when we don' be knowin' da place. Don' worry, I be watchin' ovah ya too."

She laughs at the realization. "Ohhhh, yeah. That makes sense. Ok then, Dizzy it is!"

Suddenly her stomach growls and she rubs it."And lets get a move on. I am now starting to feel it."

She walks out to the door, leaving them open for her companion, and starts looking into the glass abyss known as the Fourth Floor.

"Wow...what a weird room."

Xue grins and laughs along with her, winking playfully at her as the mood seems to be more relaxed now.

She snickers at the sound of her stomach growling before her own does as well and a slight blush spreads on her face before she burst into laughter. "Dang, guess I be deservin' dat fer laughin' haha! Yeah, let's be gettin' sumting nice ta eat."

Once she walked after her companion, Xue paused and gasped. "Weird be a right way ta put it mon. Wat in da loa be dis place?"

She looks within the glass encased room, seeing the "strange" furniture within, along with fog.

When hearing Xue, all she answers is "A useless area." and quickly runs right out.

Here she comes across...a very strange floor! One with two different looking sections.

"Huh. All these weird and useless floors. We must be within someone else's territory other than The Condesce's lair..." Or at least she guesses as she tries to look around.

Useless was the least of her worries. She was more concerned with the kind of wack job who made the tower. Whoever did must have had a few more screws loose than Medivh and that's saying a lot.

She followed Dizzy around, keeping alert as per usual and entering the new floor. Placing her hands on her hips and cocking her head to the side Xue sighed.

"I be tinking dat dey be hidin' da animals mon." Considering Dizzy was right, all these floors had been useless so far. No hunting to be had for sure.

The mention got her curious though, "Da Condesce? Is dat from yer world or sumting from 'ere?"

She sighed and turned to look at Xue. "The Condesce is a high-blooded troll who was a ruler to my race. She-"

She stopped and looked away, hurt and bitter. "She was the one who was in charge of killing my beloved matesprite! Because of her, he is dead! All for being different!"

In her anger, she turned one way and accidentally bumped into a viewing screen. One showing her world. Seeing it made her have a startling headache and she grabbed her head in pain.

"Oy oy, Dizzy, chill mon chill." Xue moved closer to try and place a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Dat Condesce sounds like bad mojo... And trolls? Then, does dat mean joo be a troll too?" Xue paused for a moment and wondered, "I be a troll... but I be from anotha world it seems..."

But that didn't matter right now... Dizzy was in pain and grieving it seemed. Xue tried rubbing her back in comfort as she spoke. "I'm sorry ta hear dat mon. Lost loved ones... dey be hard to get ovah." She would know a thing or two.

She groaned and rubbed her head with her hands. For some reason, seeing her world like that in the viewing station made her remember things. Not a whole lot, but vague things within the tower:

Collars, jobs, certain people, and most importantly: floors.

She tried situating herself and pushed Xue aside, shaking her head. When she felt better she looked weary but calmed. "It is ok. Seeing that screen brought back some memories. I think we will be ok now."

She turned to her friend. "Thank you for that. I promise I am not too difficult normally.

And to answer your question, I am a troll. I do not know if you are, but you certain have the ears for it!" She giggles and shows off her similar shaped ears.

Xue looked her over concerned. Last thing she needed was seeing new friend's she's made get ill or worse. Her face settled on a sigh after a few moments and she smiled once more.

"It's fine, ya just give Xue a scare der mon. Be tinkin' someting got ya."

At the latter comment she grinned. "Well, I be tinkin' I ain't a troll like joo, and I can't be sayin' I've seen someone like joo before. But I be a troll from Azeroth, and mebe dat makes us kin in a way haha!" She was teasing of course, but anything to make their time a bit more fun after the small hiccup.

"Azeroth?" She asked. "What is it like there? Do you have an unjust caste system like we do?"

"Psh ya be kiddin' me? Der be unjust caste system errywhere mon. It jus' be dependin' on where ya be. Like, take da blood elves fer instance. Dey have a hierarchy system were da nobles be runnin' tings and dey usually ain't too kind to da lower folk. But it be da same for hoomans an' some dorf clans. Fer orcs, trolls, ogah's and nite elves, it's about eldah's an' strength. If ya can be pullin' yer weight, ya get more privs." She paused to make sure her companion was following.

"Now take goblins fer example, dey all 'bout da money. Da more ya got, da more powah ya hold. Buuut it also means ya be makin' yerself a biggah target. So ya bettah be usin' dat money ta protect yerself. Gnomes an' dem goat peeps, da draenei, are more laidback. Dey 'ave more relaxed notions of da caste system. Den da worgen might as well be hoomans since dey act da same when it comes ta dat, just more hairy an' such."

She then smiled playfully and gave a thumbs up, "But da world itself ain't too bad when it's not bein' threatened to be destroyed by all dem world endin' cults an' gods an' all sorts of messed up 'fates'" She had to laugh a bit at the end.

She was amazed to hear the various races and the similar caste systems that Xue also had. During the pause, she made sure to take out a small book and start writing down her companion's history and culture. With her incredibly fast writing speed, she was able to make sure she got every word in the book before Xue finished. When her companion was done, she blew on her wet pages, shut the book when the ink dried, and put it away.

"That sounds fascinating! It makes me wish to visit it someday."

She then looks at the various stations and turns to Xue. "Maybe we can see your home within these station screens?"

"Yeah? I'd love showin' ya 'round if we ever end up der togetha. I can be showin' ya mah favorite places ta lounge." Xue smiled at the thought.

At the latter question, she looked around curiously and paced through the stations, looking over a few of them. "Dunno mon, maybe? It'd be kinda weird seein' it through one 'a dis gnome contraptions..."

Then from afar, she noticed a familiar visage, "'Ey, maybe dat one." she called as she approached. However, the once she was at the station and things were in view, she felt as if someone had hit her upside the head with a rock and she moved back in a haze, shaking her head and wincing.

"Wat da...?"

Disciple gasped and moved closer to Xue. "Are you ok? Did you see anything familiar in there?"

She looked at the station herself to see nothing out of the ordinary. At least to her anyway. She still checked to make sure Xue was ok.

Xue stumbled a little but soon regained her balance, holding her head and shaking it a little. "Aye, aye... I be fine." She narrowed her eyes in the direction of the station for a moment.

"I... dunno mon it. It be weird. I saw, well, nuting I wasn't expecting... considerin' dey be sayin' da world be destroyed but... der was more. I can't really put words inta it but someting made me feel like mah world got flipped...Weird juju mon."

"That does sound strange. For me when I looked in, all it felt like was that I remembered a couple of things within this tower. Like floors and names, and for some reason I was not too shocked seeing my world desolate like that. Probably because...I remember seeing it like that before."

She starts looking around for an exit. "I think we should get out of here. It is best to have a clear mind of this place."

"Odd, mebe it was because I just arrived? But den again. I can't even say dat be true. All tings considah'd, places like dis be really weird mon." Xue said as she followed her companion.

"I be tinking ya have a good idea. I'm not feelin' dis place right now." She added with a small breath. Truthfully the image was bothering her more than she thought it would considering how she had come to terms with her world being too close to being destroyed one way or another.

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Sorry for the tl;dr >.<

lol, it's fine!

^__^;;

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