NationStates Jolt Archive

"And your intrest in this matter is?" Victor asked

"That you are a dhampir and I am a dhampir hunter," Elrich repeated. He held up a small holographic box. "I have the proof right here."

"You have a little box, do you really think I care about, or your non-existant authority over me." Victor replied

Elrich nodded and put the box away. He quickly raised the blaster and fired at Victor.

Victor threw himself to the side, hand coming out of the it's pocket, carrying a pistol. As he fell to the side the gun began spitting out rounds, three aimed at each of the vampire.

ooc: the rounds are 40 caliber wood rounds

The vampires ducked out of the way, Elrich taking blaster shots at both Kethoro and Victor. Some bullits hit, some missed but all had so far escaped being hit in the heart. Kethoro crashed through one of the doors and exited the train.

"This way," she told Victor.

Victor followed Kethoro, while still firing rounds. As soon as he finished the clip he slammed another one in.

And the blaster shots came in return. One vampire exploded into dust as Kethoro grabbed Victor by the arm and dragged him down a service tunnel.

"Too many of them," she said. "I counted at least twenty and there are more coming."

Victor pulled out a small porcupine looking ball that he pressed a tiny button and tossed it into the train car. "Let's go." Victor said as be began heading in the other direction from the vampire.

ooc: 3 second delay, stake grenade

"If that kills any innocents I'm beheading you," Kethoro threatened and ran off down the service tunnel towards a metal ladder that lead to the street above.

When the grenade went off, several of the vampires were hit by the stakes. Only a few where hit in the heart and became instant dust.

Victor waited at the bottom, until Kethoro reached the top, firing a rounds whenever a vampire poked his head round. As she reached the top, he pulled out another stake grenade, tossed it to the edge of the service tunnel, and leapt halfway up the ladder, before climbing the other half, reaching the top just as the grenade went off.

Once up, they were in a crowded street in broad daylight. Kethoro put her sword away and looked towards Victor.

"Trusted a couple of vampires didn't you?" she remarked.

"Partially trusted one, a different one than the one that vampire down thier claimed sent them after me. The one that supposadly sent them after me was a guy doing research for me." Victor replied as he put the pistol back into the pocket and throught the hole in the pocket to the holster.

"This Soren and the other vampire were probably both in on it," Kethoro said, wondering what to do next. "No matter what you think, never trust a vampire with no soul."

"Possibly but the one showed me around the undercity, as well as telling me about your family. If he intended to betray me, it wouldn't have been prudent to do so." Victor replied

"And so I suppose you told him all about yourself as well?" Kethoro replied, heading down the street. "He just used you to get info out of you, I suppose he would have had another vampire with him that would mysteriously vanish?"

"Yes, that happened but unless they can control/generate ghosts his story checked out." Victor replied

"Disappearing vampire?" she said. "It's a common trick that the Gunn brothers use, Elrich uses them to gain info on dhampires. They're notourious in my family, been after them for years. You have the older brother, Rube, pretends to be a father figure while Jonas, the younger brother plays the quiet sidekick and disappears to report back to Elrich on his soon to be victim."

"Then how do you explain the ghost?" Victor asked

"Ghosts where?" Kethoro asked. "Caer Chan Caddug is full of ghosts. So I take it this other vampire was Rube Gunn?"

"First name was Rube. As to where in the undercity, in a chamber that was sealed prior to our arrivel." Victor replied

"Scruffy, leathercoat and hat," she questioned him. "Always hangs out at The Red Cow, well until we burned it down. Unfortunately the Gunn brothers had already left." She looked over at Victor. "So this chamber, where was it?"

"It was inside the inner city, passed an area where some vampire were playing cricket and down a tunnel, off an elevator shaft." Victor replied

"That's really useful," Kethoro groaned. "This lift shaft had to be inside a building fused into the rock, what building was it?"

"Couldn't tell what the building was, but there were dormitories and computer rooms." Victor replied

Kethoro glared at him. "You know more then that, you know what the building was," she said, her eyes darkening.

"If I did, I'd tell you, since I don't I can't." Victor replied

Kethoro stopped walking and turned around to face him. "No, you are lying," she replied. "You knew exactly where you were, knowing Rube Gunn's personality tricks he would have told you, like this is the train station or this is the lab."

"I could lead you there, but I can't tell you exactly how to get there." Victor replied

"I don't need you to fucking take me there," she growled. "You just have to tell me what the fucking building was, you know because the Gunn brother told you." Her eyes narrowed. "I can read it on your face, you tell me or you're not meeting any druids."

ooc: does he know, and if so what was it, as I can't remember?

OOC: It was the labs where the original explosion took place, Rube told him all about it.

Victor stood there trying to remember, Kethoro heard him muttering a large amount of semi-'gibberish' and disordered sentances. "I can remember Lab, explosion and original. I think it was the lab where the explosion happened, but I couldn't say for sure."

Kethoro sighed. "Then the ghosts would be the old scientists telling you to get out," she said. "There was probably a reason that area was blocked off."

"Actually they claimed they wanted revenge, on who or why I couldn't get out of them." Victor replied

"Well there is the rumour about the vampire 'prince' of the time having something to do with the explosion," she said. "But still, just a rumour."

"So since we are walking, how much farther?" Victor asked

"Going to find a car," Kethoro said. "It'll be safer."

"So what are the gods like around here?" Victor asked

"Depends, the Goddesses tend to be nice while Thor is a raving drunk that'll wake up in your wardrobe and not remember how he got there," Kethoro said.

"Ah, I take it you've meet Thor?" Victor asked

"Many times," she replied. "Wasn't my wardrobe he fell out of though."

"Have you met Tyr?" Victor asked

Kethoro shook her head, she continued to look around for a car.

OOC: Last post for tonight.

"What gods have you meet?" Victor asked as he searched for a car as well.

ooc: Cya

"Odin, Thor, Verdani, Balder, Frigg and Freyja," she replied before spotting a car parked down an alleyway.

"Which was the most interesting?" Victor asked

"Definitely Thor," Kethoro replied. She walked down to the car, light blue in colour and looked around. "Never take up his offer of a drinking contest, no one can beat him."

"If memory serves he managed to partially drain the ocean in a rigged drinking contest." Victor replied

"Then pissed it all out again, so next time you take a swim in the sea and it feels like sewage you'll know why," Kethoro said, taking a strange screwdriver like object from her pocket. She put it up against the car and it emitted a blue light, unlocking the car. She opened the door and got in the driver side. "Hope in."

"Fortunatly I don't intend to go swiming here." Victor replied as he got in.

Kethoro nodded as she started the car and pulled out of the alleyway. "Not sure how long this will take, traffic can be bad in this area," she warned.

"Alright." Victor replied

As the car drove down the street, Kethoro leaned forward and tapped a button. Sitting back again, she put her feet up and her hands behind her head.

"Autopilot?" Victor asked

"Yeaa," Kethoro replied.

"So what's the owner of this car going to do when they find it missing?" Victor asked

"Who gives a fuck," Kethoro shrugged. "It belongs to one of those corrupted police detectives."

"So you're above the law?" Victor asked

"Not really, just pay them off a little and they'll turn a blind eye," Kethoro explained.

"If they're so easy to bribe, whats the point of them?" Victor asked

"They don't just take bribes from just anyone," Kethoro replied, closing her eyes. "You are pretty clueless to dealing with others."

"It's here that wierd, at least to my experiences." Victor replied

"Weird yourself," Kethoro shrugged.

"To each his own." Victor replied

"Like your trust of vampires," Kethoro remarked. "That could get you killed, you know why dhampires are rare? The vampires kill the mother before birth or they hunt the dhampir down for sport."

"Perhaps that is why dhampir are rare here, but from where I'm from, they are rare because of birth complication." Victor replied

"You'll now have a prince on your head amongst vampires and the bounty hunters will be out to get you," Kethoro warned him. "Especially by Elrich, so don't take this threat lightly."

"I have a price on my head in many places, one more won't make that much difference." Victor replied

"I've practically had a price on my head since before birth," Kethoro replied. "Still here over eighteen years later kicking vampire arse."

"Then that would imply that you are either very good, or that the hunters here, are very bad." Victor replied

"Wouldn't call the vampires bad, several got away when we burned down The Red Cow," Kethoro said while the car slowed to a stop for a red light.

"When did you burn it down?" Victor asked

"Last night," she replied.

"Depending on when last night, we could have come within minutes of meeting." Victor replied

Kethoro shrugged. "So that's where you came across the Gunn brothers then."

"Yep." Victor replied

"The Red Cow is always where they come across their dhampir victims," Kethoro said.

"I wonder why, and what they'll do now. Also if they kill dhampir, why didn't they kill me when I slept?" Victor asked

"They work for Elrich," Kethoro told him. "Elrich likes to hunt down his victims thats why."

"Who is this Elrich anyways?" Victor asked

Kethoro groaned, this dhampir was a complete idiot and would probably end up dead sooner rather then later if he kept up this level of stupidity.

"Didn'y you even listen to what he was fucking saying?" she replied. "He's a dhampir hunter."

"I realize that, I was looking for more information, things like why." Victor replied

"Well think about why you are here for starters, you're hunter your father right?" Kethoro pointed out.

"Yes, are you saying he's hunting his son and/or daughter?" Victor asked

"He's hunting all dhampir," Kethoro told him. "Because of what you and other dhampir do."

"Odd logic, that's like going after all dogs, because one killed your cat." Victor replied

"Not exactly," Kethoro replied. "Dhampirs always go after their fathers, Elrich goes after those dhampirs."

"Actually I know of one dhampir who went after her mother." Victor replied

"After her mother?" Kethoro questioned.

"Yes, somehow her mother was the vampire, rather than her father." Victor replied

"Very rarely happens that way, never come across it myself," Kethoro mentioned.

"Only case I've come across." Victor replied

"Female vampires need a fuckload of blood in order to sustain a pregnancy," Kethoro explained. "She would have had to slaughter thousands to get the blood."

"Actually she was suppose to have kept multiple bloodbanks drained dry." Victor replied

"Ah right," Kethoro replied, raising an eyebrow.

"You have to remember, not all vampire are like the ones you find here." Victor replied

"You could do well following that yourself," Kethoro told him.

"True enought." Victor replied

Kethoro pulled a mobile phone from her pocket and quietly began to tap something in.

"So whats the ETA?" Victor asked

"Like I said before, I don't know," Kethoro replied.

"Alright then, how far away is it?" Victor asked

"Thirty miles," Kethoro told him. "If you're getting impatient, learn to teleport."

"You can't learn to teleport in a short time, I was just trying to guesstimate a time." Victor replied

"Hmph," Kethoro replied. "Not unless you're Prince Kurt, he could teleport from birth."

"How far could he teleport at birth?" Victor asked

"Well I'm told he only teleported a foot at first, don't know if it was a limit or that he didn't want to go far from his mother and just away from the nurse," Kethoro explained.

"Ah, so how far can he go now?" Victor asked

Kethoro shrugged. "Miles," she replied.

"Then why doesn't he just teleport to where his grandfather and kill him?" Victor asked

Too much walking and not enough of anything else going on. It made her nervous that things were so empty down here.. Dru guessed that the sun had risen already, so the dark tunnels and caverns should be crawling with her Kin. She felt watched, which seemed normal enough given that she was a foreigner.

Carefully, she climbed up a shifting pile of rock, searching for, well, anything really that might prove useful. The view provided a glimpse of yet another half-destroyed building, windows gaping like the sightless eyes of a skull. Everything was still, and the silence was heavy with a sense of uncertainty.

Come out, come out, wherever you are...

"Then why doesn't he just teleport to where his grandfather and kill him?" Victor asked

"You're a bit thick really aren't you?" Kethoro commented. "Do you really think it's that simple?"

Come out, come out, wherever you are...


Red eyes watched her from behind dark sunglasses.

"The vampire from before," came a voice, one Dru had heard previously belonging to a boy who could defy they laws of gravity.

She smiled slyly, glancing down from her pile of rock to try and spot the source of the voice.

"What of it?"

"Ditched the wanker then?" he smirked, emerging from the shadows. "Good choice, Sith will only be the death of you."

The other two ninja's kept themselves hidden.

"What is complicated about it?" Victor asked

"Death comes to all things eventually. It's just a matter of time and circumstance."

She grinned having spotted the boy, but kept her stance carefully neutral.

"So what brings you back in my presence, Oh Mysterious One?"

"Do you really think it's a case of him teleporting in there and killing Lord Azazel?" Kethoro replied.

"Death comes to all things eventually. It's just a matter of time and circumstance."

She grinned having spotted the boy, but kept her stance carefully neutral.

"So what brings you back in my presence, Oh Mysterious One?"

"On a mission," the boy, Eamonn, replied. "Now you're not from around here vampire, what brings you to Draconis Nightcrawlis?"

"If it's truely his goal, then the simplest path is in a stright line." Victor replied

"And therefore you are obviously an idiot," Kethoro told him. She sighed, here she was in a car with an idiot dhampir. She wondered why she was doing this, sure he'd kill some vampires, hopefully, but he seemed rather dumb to her. "Only a complete fucking idiot would believe that, there are ways to trap teleporters."

"If you can interfere with a teleporter, then surely there is a method to circumvent the interferance." Victor replied

"Probably but it takes time to research shit like that," Kethoro replied.

"On a mission," the boy, Eamonn, replied. "Now you're not from around here vampire, what brings you to Draconis Nightcrawlis?"
She folded her arms neatly.

"I seek the one who calls himself Prince."

"I was under the impression this family squabble has been going on for a while." Victor replied

"You mean the Artist formally known as Prince?" the female ninja asked.

"The prince of vampires?" Eamonn asked.

Too much walking and not enough of anything else going on. It made her nervous that things were so empty down here.. Dru guessed that the sun had risen already, so the dark tunnels and caverns should be crawling with her Kin. She felt watched, which seemed normal enough given that she was a foreigner.

Carefully, she climbed up a shifting pile of rock, searching for, well, anything really that might prove useful. The view provided a glimpse of yet another half-destroyed building, windows gaping like the sightless eyes of a skull. Everything was still, and the silence was heavy with a sense of uncertainty.

Come out, come out, wherever you are...

The Count turned and looked behind him to see Dru stop walking and get on a pile of rocks. He disappears into the shadows but had an eye on Dru the whole time. Then he saw Eamonn show himself and then he could fell Eamonn's two ninja friends around.

So, he starts walking up the pile of rocks. As he near them, he said "Eamonn or should I call you the walking dead. You are just hate force-user because you were killed when you were a Sith. You should have never taken on Prince Kurt by yourself. But back on the subject, we are looking for Zanaar."

She narrowed her eyes and regarded the female with a venomous glare. Calming, she nodded to Eamonn and flickered a gaze to JWolf as he approached.

"The same."

Eamonn glared at him. "You know nothing," he replied, a blue blade of chakra extended from the palm of his hand. "That battle will only be known to us."

"So, after Zanaar," came the female ninja's voice as she stepped from the shadows. She was holding a large fan in both hands. "You should give up, he'll never show himself to you."

"Forgive me, but I am not going to give up just because you say it is hopeless. My interest in the matter is neutral for the moment, and I have a responsibility to find out what is going on in Draconis Nightcrawlis."

She eyed the fan coolly, but kept her carefully neutral stance.

"What is going on?" Eamonn asked. "A change is going on, no more big bad red."

The female ninja stepped forward slightly. "And why would that be your responsibility?" she questioned her.

ooc: post 876

"I was under the impression this family squabble has been going on for a while." Victor replied

OOC: Sorry, didn't mean to miss your post.

IC:

"Eight years to be exact," Kethoro replied. "Eight years of planning and failed attempts."

"That's a long time to fight a civil war." Victor replied

"Because of all the magical energies Lord Azazel uses and the set backs the prince has suffered," Kethoro replied. "Besides some nations have fought civil wars lasting decades."

Eamonn glared at him. "You know nothing," he replied, a blue blade of chakra extended from the palm of his hand. "That battle will only be known to us."

The Count just looked at Eamonn but did not say a thing. He could tell that subject was something Eamonn didn't not want to talk about. But it would be something he could use later.

"What is going on?" Eamonn asked. "A change is going on, no more big bad red."

The female ninja stepped forward slightly. "And why would that be your responsibility?" she questioned her.

As the female ninja move slightly forward, the Count said "Miss…. Wait I never got your name, what you are doing by walking toward us is a stupid thing to do. It look like you want to fight, do you?"

The female ninja stepped forward slightly. "And why would that be your responsibility?" she questioned her.
"There is external interest in the situation. I've been asked to see what I can find out."

She smiled thinly, studying this other female.

"I guess, the last 'civil war' in my lands was over a thousand years ago and only lasted a week, so it colours my thinking." Victor replied

As the female ninja move slightly forward, the Count said "Miss…. Wait I never got your name, what you are doing by walking toward us is a stupid thing to do. It look like you want to fight, do you?"

"Just a step forward, nothing to be paranoid about," she replied. "The name's Temari, you'll do best to remember that."

"There is external interest in the situation. I've been asked to see what I can find out."

She smiled thinly, studying this other female.

Temari returned her attention to Dru. "Oh really and what will you do with this imformation that you seek?" she asked, narrowing her dark green eyes.

"I guess, the last 'civil war' in my lands was over a thousand years ago and only lasted a week, so it colours my thinking." Victor replied


Kethoro raised an eyebrow. "What happened?" she asked.

"Just a step forward, nothing to be paranoid about," she replied. "The name's Temari, you'll do best to remember that."

"Well, Miss Temari, if you had the same thing happen to you like it did to me." said the Count "You would be paranoid, too. Now because I know your name, I will teel you mine. My name is Count JWolf." That name will mean something to Eamonn.

"And for everybody to know why I'm on this lovely planet, visions lead me to this planet." said the Count. "After I got on the planet, the name Zanaar has been going through my head. Maybe after I meet Zanaar, that will stop."

"I write for the Underground."

It was a big publication among Gaelic vampires. They were so few and scattered that it had become their main means of communication. There were even a few international deliveries, so it was evident that someone out there was trying to keep up with their world.

"We have heard of this so-called 'prince,' and wish to know more about him. And what will happen to those in this country."

"A dispute between twins, they were both qualified for assuming rulership, but the record of which was older had been lost, so they went to 'war' over who was older until the emperor stepped in and made them settle it." Victor replied

"Well, Miss Temari, if you had the same thing happen to you like it did to me." said the Count "You would be paranoid, too. Now because I know your name, I will teel you mine. My name is Count JWolf." That name will mean something to Eamonn.

"And for everybody to know why I'm on this lovely planet, visions lead me to this planet." said the Count. "After I got on the planet, the name Zanaar has been going through my head. Maybe after I meet Zanaar, that will stop."

"No Miss, just Temari," she said.

Eamonn scowled but stayed silent.

"Just because you had visions it doesn't mean anything," the female ninja then told him. "Besides you could forever wander the caverns looking for Zanaar and he might never show."

"We have heard of this so-called 'prince,' and wish to know more about him. And what will happen to those in this country."

"He's a recluse," Eamonn said. "Hides himself away with his seer and he'll know you're looking for him."

"A dispute between twins, they were both qualified for assuming rulership, but the record of which was older had been lost, so they went to 'war' over who was older until the emperor stepped in and made them settle it." Victor replied

"How did they settle it?" Kethoro then asked.

"If I remember correctly, the emperor ordered the two to play a game of chess." Victor replied

Kethoro laughed. "A game based on war," she said.

"No Miss, just Temari," she said.

Eamonn scowled but stayed silent.

"Just because you had visions it doesn't mean anything," the female ninja then told him. "Besides you could forever wander the caverns looking for Zanaar and he might never show."

"Well, Temari, my visions tell me to go to some planet. After I get there, I will get another vision. Sometime showing me a person or building and sometime all I get it a name. Most of the times, it is because of a powerful youngling for me to train in the Dark side." said the Count "There is a reason, I'm on this planet and I will find it out. One way or another."

"Yes a game based on war." Victor replied with a smile.

"He's a recluse," Eamonn said. "Hides himself away with his seer and he'll know you're looking for him."
"So be it. I'm not trying to shroud myself in secrecy."

She set her jaw firmly in a display of the stubborness inherent to all Gaels, living or undead.

"But for those who claim they don't care what happens with him, you seem to be going through a lot of trouble to dissuade those who would seek him." She narrowed her eyes at them, this time in subtle suspicion. Uncrossing her arms, she rested one hand on her hip.

Eamonn scowled at JWolf.

"Just don't get in our way," Temari replied.

"Yes a game based on war." Victor replied with a smile.

Kethoro nodded and watched as the car finally joined the motorway. A good blast along the motorway was just what was needed to cut down the journey time.

"So be it. I'm not trying to shroud myself in secrecy."

She set her jaw firmly in a display of the stubborness inherent to all Gaels, living or undead.

"But for those who claim they don't care what happens with him, you seem to be going through a lot of trouble to dissuade those who would seek him." She narrowed her eyes at them, this time in subtle suspicion. Uncrossing her arms, she rested one hand on her hip.

Temari shook her head. "We're not dissuading you, just warning you against wasting your time," she replied. "People have died wandering the caverns looking for him."

Temari shook her head. "We're not dissuading you, just warning you against wasting your time," she replied. "People have died wandering the caverns looking for him."
"Then perhaps you could suggest a better method.."

She smiled again, that thin little smile, and took a few steps down the pile of rubble towards the female.

Eamonn scowled at JWolf.

"Hey Eamonn, I have somebody in my ranks that you know." said the Count "He goes by the name Eric. Just plain Eric, now. Every Jedi though he was dead when that ship blew up but I saved him by transporting him to my ship. The dark elf in him is coming out. You want to meet your old buddy."

Temari watched her. "If you want to waste your time then thats your time wasted, not mine," she replied.

"Hey Eamonn, I have somebody in my ranks." said the Count "He goes by the name Eric. Just plain Eric, now. Every Jedi though he was dead when that ship blew up but I saved him by transporting him to my ship. The dark elf in him is coming out. You want to meet your old buddy."

Eamonn scowled. "Bet I don't have a choice," he remarked.

"So how is succesion dealt with here?" Victor asked

"So how is succesion dealt with here?" Victor asked

"The King chooses his heir," Kethoro replied. "Like with Prince Kurt, the heir is usually chosen from birth."

Temari watched her. "If you want to waste your time then thats your time wasted, not mine," she replied.
"No suggestions then? A shame. Just what role do you play in this whole game anyway?"

"Since Kurt has been declare heir, why is there this war?" Victor asked

"We're allies of the prince," Temari replied. "Doing our bit to kick Azazel out."

Eamonn scowled. "Bet I don't have a choice," he remarked.

"The only way to meet him, is to come to my ship a light-year away from this planet." said the Count. "So, you want to meet him and get out of your watchdog's range. Because that is all Kurt is doing with you right now. Watching over you like a child.”

Then to maybe bring him back to the dark side, he added “You were an awesome Jedi and better Sith. From what Eric has told me. You, Eric and Daniel were all equals at that academy."

"Since Kurt has been declare heir, why is there this war?" Victor asked

Kethoro leaned over and hit her head on the steering wheel. "Because his grandfather returned from a hell dimension and took over," she said. "Why do you fucking think this is happening."

"The only way to meet him, is to come to my ship a light-year away from this planet." said the Count. "So, you want to meet him and get out of your watchdog's range. Because that is all Kurt is doing with you right now. Watching over you like a child.”

Then to maybe bring him by to the dark side, he added “You were an awesome Jedi and better Sith. From what Eric has told me. You, Eric and Daniel were all equals at that academy."

"I am no Jedi, no Sith, I am a ninja," Eamonn replied. "I don't give a fuck about the likes of that Masaki bastard."

"We're allies of the prince," Temari replied. "Doing our bit to kick Azazel out."
"I see. Well I must say you're doing a marvelous job. I'm sure harassing me and the Sith is quite a productive task."

"I was under the impression that his grandfather hadn't deemed Kurt worthy of being king yet, not that he'd returned from the dead." Victor replied

"I see. Well I must say you're doing a marvelous job. I'm sure harassing me and the Sith is quite a productive task."

"You're the ones following us," Temari replied.

"I was under the impression that his grandfather hadn't deemed Kurt worthy of being king yet, not that he'd returned from the dead." Victor replied

"Prince Kurt's father was King when Azazel returned from his prison," Kethoro told him. "Azazel killed his son, daughter-in-law and grandaughter to take the country."

"Then shouldn't the title have fallen to Kurt, or do you follow right of conquest here?" Victor asked

"You're the ones following us," Temari replied.
"Well then, that's an interesting coincidence."

She was getting annoyed.

"I am no Jedi, no Sith, I am a ninja," Eamonn replied. "I don't give a fuck about the likes of that Masaki bastard."

"No shit, E. I said were not was." said the Count. Then looked over at Temari, "You are following us because we were going that way." He pointed behind him. "You came up at our backs."

"Then shouldn't the title have fallen to Kurt, or do you follow right of conquest here?" Victor asked

"The title did fall to Prince Kurt after his fathers death," Kethoro replied. "Bit hard to enforce when someone else has taken over the planet."

"Well then, that's an interesting coincidence."

She was getting annoyed.

Saying nothing, Temari placed her fan on her back where she would carry it when not needed.

"No shit, E. I said were not was." said the Count. Then looked over at Temari, "You are following us because we were going that way." He pointed behind him. "You came up at our backs."

Eamonn scowled at him, saying nothing.

"We were already in this cavern," Temari replied.

Her brother, Gaara watched them with quiet interest.

"So Kurt's grandfather rules by main force?" Victor asked

"Force, magic, influence, any way he can," Kethoro said. "The gods can't do anything, their hands are tied by the Norns."

Eamonn scowled at him, saying nothing.

"We were already in this cavern," Temari replied.

Her brother, Gaara watched them with quiet interest.
"Lady, gentlemen, please," she began, softening her voice to nearly a whisper. "Does it really matter who is following whom? It seems to me that if we're all headed in the same direction, perhaps it would be benificial to join forces.."

She regarded them each in turn with a guarded yet suggestive smile.

"You're after Zanaar, we're after an artifact," Eamonn said coldly.

"We were already in this cavern," Temari replied.

Her brother, Gaara watched them with quiet interest.

"But that does not mean we were following y'all." said the Count. "Something happen on the surface that made us go underground."

"So Urd, Verdandi and Skuld want Kurt and Azazel to duke it out?" Victor asked

"You're after Zanaar, we're after an artifact," Eamonn said coldly.
"Eventually we will go our seperate ways. Why not help each other in the meantime?"

"But that does not mean we were following y'all." said the Count. "Something happen on the surface that made us go underground."

Temari folded her arms. Eamonn had had enough and in a blur he leapt away. His shadow moved across the ceiling of the cavern.

"So Urd, Verdandi and Skuld want Kurt and Azazel to duke it out?" Victor asked

"Exactly," Kethoro nodded.

"Eventually we will go our seperate ways. Why not help each other in the meantime?"

"And so it seems now," Temari said.

Gaara's cold green eyes looked at them before he seemingly vanished into thin air.

"I wonder why, it doesn't seem to serve a point. I wonder which of them decided in this method." Victor replied

"The Norns are as fucked up as goddesses can be," Kethoro told him, looking away as a police car came screaming past, lights ablaze.

She growled under her breath. She hadn't really expected them to accept her, but still it was more of an irritation than anything. Everyone in this place just seemed to want them to leave. Maybe that would not be such a bad idea after all.

Glancing over her shoulder at the Sith, she scowled. "Hn. This country sucks."

"True, it seems sort of funny that demi-goddess are in charge of the fate of those here."

"Maybe yours does," Temari said before leaving to join the other two.

"True, it seems sort of funny that demi-goddess are in charge of the fate of those here."

"They're far from demi," Kethoro told him. "They are powerful, they control the destiny of everything DN."

"And so it seems now," Temari said.

Gaara's cold green eyes looked at them before he seemingly vanished into thin air.

The Count waved at both of male ninja disappearing into the shadows. "Ok, I got an idea. Like Dru said we should join forces. We help you find your artifact and you help of us Zanaar. Plus, I will join forces with you to take Azazel out. Kurt is a good Jedi but I'm a powerful Sith lord. Deal?"

After he heard Dru's comment, he laughed for a little bit.

Temari looked over her shoulder as she walked off, "Kurt has to face his grandfather alone," she told him.

"Alright." Victor replied

ooc: In Norse mythology the Norns are actually demi-goddess in charge of destiny.

Temari looked over her shoulder as she walked off, "Kurt has to face his grandfather alone," she told him.

"Well, maybe not take Azazel but the men whom fight for him." said the Count.

"Alright." Victor replied

ooc: In Norse mythology the Norns are actually demi-goddess in charge of destiny.

"Shouldn't be too much longer," Kethoro said.

OOC: I know, they gave themselves a raise.

"Well, maybe not take Azazel but the men whom fight for him." said the Count.

"They should be dealing with them right about now," Temari said. "It'll be over by the time you get there."

OOC: I'm fed up with this fecking server I'm off to bed.

"That's good." Victor replied

ooc: Cheeky ladies.

"Ok, I think that just about does it for me. Good luck."

She patted JWolf on the shoulder as she passed him, and started back in the direction they came from.

"They should be dealing with them right about now," Temari said. "It'll be over by the time you get there."

OOC: I'm fed up with this fecking server I'm off to bed.

"Well, how about we join forces down here?" said the Count "Five heads are better then three. Plus, maybe we will run by Zanaar that way."

OOC: I know, it is doing it to me.

"Ok, I think that just about does it for me. Good luck."

She patted JWolf on the shoulder as she passed him, and started back in the direction they came from.

"I will be with you in a second." said the Count "Stay in yelling range."

"I will be with you in a second." said the Count "Stay in yelling range."
"No, I mean good luck: I'm outta here. It's become quite obvious that digging around in some old rocks isn't going to do anything. So screw them. They can fight their own battles here."

She kept walking. It would be dark again by the time she made it back to the surface.

"No, I mean good luck: I'm outta here. It's become quite obvious that digging around in some old rocks isn't going to do anything. So screw them. They can fight their own battles here."

She kept walking. It would be dark again by the time she made it back to the surface.

"Yeah, screw them." said the Count before following her. "If Zanaar want to see me, he would already did it." As he got by her, he asked "So, Dru you have way off of this planet?"

"Not a reliable one. I was going to try and work my way onto a transport ship."

She raised her eyebrows at that with a coy smile to convey her meaning. Females with her particular skills rarely had to pay for anything these days. Except with a sacrifice in dignity, but that's where the fangs came in handy.

"Not a reliable one. I was going to try and work my way onto a transport ship."

"Well, you will not have to do that." said the Count. "I will take you off this damn planet using the shuttle in the shuttle bay then head to my main ship. From there, I will take to anywhere."

"That's good." Victor replied


Kethoro watched the city fly by as the car sped along the motorway. Her mobile began to beep and she leaned over to read the message that had been left.

Temari looked up as the duo went away. "You don't have to worry now Eam," she said. "They've gone". She leapt away from where she had stood to cath up with the others. "Come on, we have treasure to find."

"Anything important?" Victor asked

Kethoro looked up, "Not really," she replied. "Just my brother."

"Ah, so what's your family like?" Victor asked

"They're good," Kethoro said. "My brothers can be annoying at times."

"So how many brothers and sisters do you have?" Victor asked

"Three brothers," Kethoro replied.

"So no sisters?" Victor asked

Kethoro shook her head.

"Ah, I have a sister." Victor replied

"She a dhampir as well?" Kethoro asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Actually she's my half-sister, but we've always acted like brother and sister." Victor replied

"Oh right, different fathers," Kethoro then said. "She knows who your father is right?"

"Of course, why wouldn't she?" Victor asked

"Some don't tell siblings," Kethoro replied.

"There's no reason for concealing it." Victor replied

"Well not everyones like you," Kethoro replied. "Plus here you have the added bonus of dhampir hunting vampires."

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"At home, vampires tend to be more civilized than they appear to be here." Victor replied

"Difference in beginnings I guess," Kethoro replied.

"Possibly." Victor replied

"How did vampires come about where you come from?" Kethoro then asked.

"Depends on the clan, necromatic, viral, one from a man who simply refused to die." Victor replied

"What about your fathers clan?" Kethoro asked as the car took the off ramp and left the motorway.

She leaned over, pressed a button and took the wheel once more.

"The only people who know that are my father and the other clan elder." Victor replied

"Ah, hush, hush about it then," Kethoro said. "Typical vampire trait that, being secretive."

"True enought." Victor replied

"A few more miles," Kethoro said as she turned down a less often used road.

"I take it people don't visit these druids often?" Victor replied

"Usually those that do, walk," Kethoro replied.

"Ah." Victor replied

"Or would you rather walk?" Kethoro then asked.

"I don't mind either way." Victor replied

"Well we'd better walk the last mile anyway," Kethoro told him. "Druids aren't too into modern tech."

"Makes sense." Victor replied

Kethoro nodded as she continued to drive on.

"So how often do you and your family kill vampires?" Victor asked

"Usually many every night, more if we find a nest during the day," Kethoro said.

"So do you think you are wining, losing or staying equal in the fight?" Victor replied

"Who knows," Kethoro shrugged. "We could kid ourselves and say we're winning but there are just so many vampires in Exetergrecia alone it's hard to tell."

"To bad, it would help your cause to be able to track vampires." Victor replied

"Theres just no way to track them," Kethoro sighed.

"Ah." Victor replied