Hanza shuddered, eyeing the creature with no small amount of disgust. Try as she might, she couldn't bring herself to look away from the pathetic creature. Most of Rook's army, if you can call it that, consisted of Undead Zombies, Ghasts, the occasional Apparition, and of course his infamous Ghost Knight legion. Creatures like the one in the room were left overs from one of the many necromancers who had sought to claim Rook's power for their own. While the art of necromancy intrigued Rook greatly, being the Undead Knight that he is - or Death Knight if you prefer - the art of strewing together a servant made from spare parts - Elf/Golem/Troll/Barbarian/Giant Frog/ ect. ect. ect. - never endeared him. At least, thats what he would tell her when she asked.
Rook spared a glance to his servant, one of his many useless messengers. Not that he ever needed them per say, since any messages he needed delivered would generally fall to his lackey Hanza, such situations being few and far in-between, but at least the majority were good at keeping his home relatively clean. "What?"
"Maaaaster.." the thing groaned again, pushing one of it's eyeballs back into place ".. shaaaadeee retuurrrrned." it hobbled up to the table, placing a clear Amethyst gem that glowed softly before Rook. "Maaassterrr, isss Iggoorr gooodd?" it bellowed pathetically, licking at its master’s plated boots.
Rook kicked the thing irritably, causing it to lose its balance and roll onto it's back. "Roll that damn tongue of yours up! And clean up this god awful mess!"
"I think he likes you." smirked Hanza smugly, crossing her arms just under her breasts, "Heh, think he's the only thing that likes you."
"Bitch." Rook retorted simply, taking an appreciative glance at her rack before turning to the jewel curiously. "I wonder what this is..." Picking it up, he focused his cold undead eyes on the gem. "Ah, well.. this is interesting." he sounded surprised. "Well.. well well." he sounded thoroughly pleased.
"What's got you so happy?" Hanza questioned coolly, eyeing the abomination as it righted itself up and started trudging out of the room looking the picture of dejection. "That thing must really love Rook, geesh." she thought evilly, unable to keep a smirk off her face. It was prime teasing material!
"Looks like the 'Boogey-Man' finally claimed some lives." Rook chuckled, finding it amusing, "An Elven witch, and some Were-tigeress. They have been missing for weeks, all hunting parties sent to either rescue them, or at least confirm their deaths have returned with not a whisper of their fates." he tossed the gem back to the table irritably, "Old news." he grumbled.
"Old news?"
Rook nodded with a snort, "Yeah. My spy network must be in the shit-hole now. That particular event is over a month old, the two would-be victims were already found." he shrugged then, "They said they escaped while the Smilodon was off hunting or something. At least, that’s their public statement."
"Ah.. any clue where the Smilodon is now?" asked Hanza, lifting the gem up to review the report held within.
"They sent a few more Death Squads, hoping that all their numbers would be enough to kill or subdue the creature. Couldn't find hide nor hair of him this time." Rook chuckled after that, as if he could see something amusing with the disappearance of the Smilodon.
"Want me to go track him down? Make a deal?" Hanza offered sincerely. "Anything to get away from your perverted stares." Hanza thought, well aware of her bosses.. perversions. How an Undead Knight could get turned on like Rook did was beyond her, and hopefully she would never have to find out.
Rook leaned up against his chair, crossing his plated arms over his chest; the sound of metal scraping against metal is ignored by both of them. "Don't see why not. Just be care.. HEY!" Rook glared at her as she ran out the door. "YOU BITCH! I WASN'T FINISHED!"
"FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! I'LL DO THIS MY WAY!" Hanza screamed back, twisting in her forward run to flip Rook the bird. She didn't notice the little abomination making it's way slowly down the hall until she tripped over it and fell to the ground on her back, hard. The force she hit the little thing caused it to stumble forward, only to crash on top of her, it's tongue escaping it's grotesque mouth and slobber all over her hair, face, and chest.
"HAHAHAHAHA" Rook fell to the ground in hysterics
"GET OFF ME!" Hanza screeched, her reaction at first being far too girly. She seemed to freeze and tremble like a little child, until her rage came back to the fore and she decked the little creature.
A loud crunch sound echoed down the hall as Hanza's fist broke the creatures jaw, shattering it into many pieces. Blood erupted from its wound, or at least what would be considered blood to these creatures. A yellowish caucus substance oozed out of its wounds, pooling around it's head and splattering over Hanza's leather tunic.
While Rook laughs, the abomination regains consciousness, and Hanza goes on her search for the Smilodon, lets look towards:
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