557 Noseyferatu

Solaire "Did you find anything that pertains to our respective tasks?"

Risryn nods, "We did..."

Talem "Indeed, Miss Ryndal decided to buy an invitation for some kind of banquet. So, while she is having dinner we can continue with our mission."

Risryn glares at him from behind her mask, she pulls out the invitation, "This, is obviously of some importance. From what I gathered from that man it is for an important event being held for the aristocracy in the city, this could very well get us the information we need if we play our cards right." she states.

Tarek "I don't know boss, seems like your just looking for a fluke here..."

Solaire "Perhaps we shouldn't reject lady Risryn's plans? Even if they fail spectacularly we will simply end up where we began."

Talem nods, "Eitherway we don't have much time, I doubt they will keep Arie alive for an extended period of time."

Risryn nods, "I will go and try find some information pertaining to this "Banquet", meanwhile you should try and find out where the Eternal Fire's headquarters are, do not engage unless you have no other choice. Meet back here before sunset." she says as she pulls her hood back up and begins walking towards the centre of the city again.

The others just look at each other and shrug, "She's the boss."

Talem "Hmm, where would a bunch of genocidal egomaniacs build a church?" he ponders aloud.

Solaire shrugs, "Well, from personal experience they'd try and build it higher than everything else in the city..." he mutters and they all look up towards the north side of the town where a palace connected to a mountain towers over everything. Not far from it at a slightly lower level is a majestic marble building with a few towers emitting black plumes of smoke.

Talem "Hmm, convenient." he says with a chuckle.

Tarek "How do you think we should scale it though?"

Solaire "Well, from lady Risryn's words we shouldn't engage or provoke them, perhaps climbing the mountain behind it and observing it from above would be the most prudent action?"

Talem nods, "We should have enough time to check it out and make it back to rendezvous."

Solaire "Then lets go, our friend is in great danger and there isn't a moment to waste!" he says as he begins to follow the east wall towards the mountain while the group sticks close to him.

The mountain itself is incredibly steep and seems to have been carved at the bottom to prevent people climb it, though no-one ever counted on it being used to spy on the people within the city. The group use bladeless daggers known as a Rondel as makeshift pins to scale area's that had no foliage, moss or divets to climb, though it was seriously dangerous to attempt this without proper equipment. The Prospects would have elected to not try this had they not been immortal... As for Solaire? He'd be fine even if he fell from space, so that wasn't a problem.

While climbing the back of the mountain one of the Prospect pushed their weight onto some plants to pull himself up, accidentally falling inside a small cave as he did so.

Tarek "Oi! Where'd you go! Are you alright?" they ask into the cave, still cautious at being too loud and drawing attention to themselves.

"I-I'm alright!" they shout from the cave.

Talem "Are you able to climb out?"

"No... It's too dark and slippery in here to get a grip!"

Tarek "Eh, Solaire you mind rescuing our man down there?" he asks with an awkward chuckle.

Solaire nods, "Do not worry my friend! I'll have you out in a moment!" he says as he jumps in the hole, unsheathing his sword slightly to illuminate the cave.

What's lit up isn't the inside of a cave, instead looking like an old elven ruin. It did however look completely uninhabited which was a plus?

Solaire look down and sees the Prospect palming the wall, they stop when the room lights up.

"Solaire? Thanks for coming to get me, suicide isn't my preferred means of existing this place..."

Solaire nods with a smile, "No worries my friend, this is all in the name of Jolly Cooperatio-"

"What in the fuck are you doing here?" a voice asks from below them, they look down through a hole in the ground and spot a pale skinned dark-haired man glaring at them both.

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"You have five fucking seconds to answer me before I start killing!" he says angrily.

Solaire "Oh.. My apologies, we didn't realise someone lived here. May I know you name?"

The man grumbles momentarily before answering, "Yesferatu... Is it time? Or rather, What time is it?"

The Prospect think for a moment, "Should be around 8pm, last I checked."

Yesferatu "Not that time you idiot! What year is it!"

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Solaire "Err, I'm not sure... To be honest I never asked."

Yesferatu "What kind of simpletons don't know what fucking year it is?"

The Prospect snorts, "Didn't you just ask what year it is, simpleton?"

Yesferatu "Fuck you!" they shout and throw a large rock up at them, blasting a hole through the floor and knocking the Prospect away.

What has used to be a man morphs into a large grey creature with large claws adorning each hand.

Yesferatu growls in a low tone, "You will regret ever coming here." he says as he crawls through the hole, halting midway as he spots Solaire still standing in the same place, not affected by his attack earlier.

Solaire "It seems that you've made an unfortunate error my friend." he says with a smile as he grabs the creature's neck, tighter than even a giant would be able to.