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"So.. she's gone?" Dee'm sighed, scratching his chin irritably. Why did he have to be called out to investigate this anyway? Couldn't they have sent some stupid apprentice or something? Blah.
Merigold nodded, rubbing her sore jaw where the smilodon had pummeled her. "Yes. He walked right in here and took her with out so much as an iota of trouble."
"Why would the smilodon come all the way here? Just to bust her out of jail? Why? It doesn't make sense." No one was supposed to know Tanya was even being kept here, as a favor to the Armsmaster family. So how would he know about her?
"Well.. Tanya has always been pretty vocal about her displeasure with the Armsmaster. Maybe that’s the reason?" Merigold offered nervously.
"No. It might be the reason he would break her out, but it doesn't explain how he knew she was here in the first place. Aside from the Armsmaster family and the conclave, no one but you knew why she was being held here." Dee'm explained.
"Ah.." Merigold sighed. Well, this was just perfect. Tanya was her responsibility darn it! Now that smilodon had come, freed the prisoner, and decked... Merigold snapped to attention as something popped up in her mind.
"Hmmm? Something you're not telling me?" Dee'm noticed the sudden change in stance and stature.
"He asked if I was G'nolga. Then seemed upset I wasn't. I think he might have meant to break G'nolga out..." Merigold explained, shivering as she realized that beast was searching for her dear demented sister. G'nolga was a nice girl at heart; she's just a violent maniac when it comes to Julia Brigand-Diggers.
"Unlikely. You've heard about Tsunami, haven't you?"
"Who hasn't?" The Grandmaster Ninja had gotten his ass handed too him by a group of trolls led by the infamous mage Curly. It's said Tsunami managed to cleave over twelve of the mongrels before the Mage over powered him through brute magical force! Why, it was the talk of the dimension! Thank goodness Tsunami wasn't too terribly hurt, well, except for his pride.
"Well, what you don't know is the were-smilodon was the one who beat him." Dee'm explained, scratching the back of his head nervously.
"Wha.. that shouldn't be possible!" Merigold exclaimed! It couldn't be possible! No! She won't believe! She can't believe it! That would mean the were-smilodon was capable of facing down ANY of the weapon masters! Heck, even the Armsmaster.. well.. Possible.. okay maybe... fine fine, the chance of him beating Julia was slim to none, but who knows for sure?
"We've surmised the were-smilodon is seeking to humiliate the weapon masters, possibly even the Armsmaster herself."
"But.. why?"
"We don't know."
"Is there anything I can do? G'nolga is my sister!" Merigold glared at the mage. Her sister may be nuts, but she was still family.
"Keep information about the break out under wraps. I believe we will move G'nolga to the Main Guard just in case. At the very least, we might be able to set a trap and capture or destroy the creature before anyone else gets hurt."
"Using my sister as bait?" Merigold nearly snarled.
"Ah.. I'm sorry." Dee'm chuckled pathetically. Maybe now would be the best time to get the hell out of dodge?
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(Posted Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:38)
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