Rustproof Steel

Apr 19th, 2013 05:17 PM

After Danny had sent the message to his three compatriots, he waited in the bar. He had slept immediately after departing from Hana and the tea house, and harvested glamour from the fascination of a group of young students enjoying one of the local galleries. He was weary still, the candle having been burnt most firmly at both ends.

Will it last the night?

The half-finished poem popped into the Smith's head, much to his own amusement, as he looked at his mantle. The new change was vivid and stark, the shadows that warped around him looking that much more intensive as the torch light flamed with the half-hidden secrets of Autumn.

He hadn't even touched the glass of red wine at his elbow. The matter at had was far too serious for that, because a battle was coming, and it had been hard fought and hard achieved. Now, it would surely draw to a close.

With his contract supporting his previously broken nerve, the Paladin of Shadows awaited his comrades in arms.

2 successes to Heart of the Antlion

**Anubite25** · Apr 19th, 2013 06:16 PM

Stripes lopes in, his glamour refreshed after a good night's rest and a bit of scrounging around near his hollow. The tiger keeps sheathing and unsheathing his claws anxiously, unsure whether or not to be worried yet.

Danny is at the bar. He'd talked quite a bit about trying not to make this about killing, but something in Stripes told him it would come to that. He nods to the smith as he takes a seat next to him. The whispers in his mantle are unusually hushed tonight, perhaps a bit withdrawing a bit due to Danny's much stronger mantle.

"You doing okay?" Stripes asks, looking to Danny.

Smudge and Marcus should be there soon, so now seems like the only opportunity to get small talk out of the way.

**Smudge** · Apr 20th, 2013 01:53 AM

When Smudge arrived, he was carrying the guitar case, and as he walked, his pockets clinked. He'd come more prepared than ever before because he had an inkling that this could go to shit and he wanted to burn something to the ground.

Hence the clinking.

His eye took in the bar and when he spotted Danny and Stripes, the Ogre headed over to join them, giving them both a nod, the chemical smell rolling off him. "Alrigh'?"

**CyledyrWyllt** · Apr 22nd, 2013 12:24 PM

Sauntering into the Four Seasons, Marcus nods to each of them as hunkers down at the bar. Clapping Smudge on the shoulder, he settles in next to the ogre and almost imperceptibly shifts his face slightly away from the acrid odor that clings to his friend. Looking around at the others, he has an expectant expression on his face as his gaze comes to rest on Danny.

"So...?"

Apr 22nd, 2013 03:04 PM

"I know how to find the people responsible for the unfortunate incident we've been investigating," Danny said simply, as Marcus settled his gaze on him. The black eyes of the Paladin of Shadows met it unflinchingly, without so much as an unintentional pause. It was a far cry from the man who had initially met Marcus at the beginning of all of this.

Then, he had been something else, of course. Weaker, less in control. Now, he was the master of his own fear.

"Tonight, at 9pm, I go to meet a woman called Hana at a Japanese Tea House. She will lead us to the place where the leaders are. We can discuss this further in private, of course."

**Anubite25** · Apr 22nd, 2013 04:32 PM

Stripes, having been there already, nods in confirmation at Danny's words. He especially gives Smudge a quick look.

"Hana is Yata's sister, the one you couldn't come meet," he explained to the ogre. Super serious sort, but she seemed alright."

He remembered the knife she'd put on the table, the one that he'd missed her hiding in the first place. 'Serious' seemed the right word for her, but if she was working to get rid of a group of trouble-making changelings she couldn't be all bad.

Right?

**CyledyrWyllt** · Apr 23rd, 2013 01:31 PM

The metalflesh's shining head moves slowly up and down as they speak.

"Alright. I agree that we need to shut down whatever it is they're up to, but that piece of shit Guillermo pulled the trigger on Rust. He's mine."

Although he no longer holds the title, it would appear that the former Hunter of the Longest Day is picking right up where he left off.

**Smudge** · Apr 23rd, 2013 03:06 PM

Feeling the clap on his shoulder, Smudge turns and gives the Metalflesh a big, shit-eating grin. "Where the fug 'ave yews been?"

Hearing the plan as it stood, Smudge nodded in agreement. There wasn't much more to it than that.

The guitar case was heavy over his shoulder.

"Let's go play hero."

Apr 26th, 2013 04:42 PM

Danny's hairless brow didn't raise much at Marcus' declaration, but it was hard to be surprised without the ability to feel even the dimmest glimmer of fear. Revenge was suitable, certainly, and an understandable motivation, but being revenged on a petty human thug seemed rather dim compared to being revenged on those truly responsible - the ones who had armed him to begin with.

"Guillermo isn't much more than an aimless thug. We have a chance to strike at those who lead him first. If we cut them off, then he will be abandoned and alone, and you can dispose of him at your leisure. The ones holding his leash though, are like us. Therefore we must deal with them first," the Smith replied quietly, before standing. "I think we can take care of this. Shall we depart, then?"

**Anubite25** · Apr 28th, 2013 09:16 AM

"Ready when you are," Stripes said with a quick nod.

His eyes seem to flash with excitement. The hunt was on.

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2013-04-19 17:10:26		Danny Tongs rolls 8 to Heart of the Antlion (10 Again)		6, 8, 1, 7, 4, 9, 2, 7		2 successes

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