Kiss of Death

[Shadis]

*Sir Vann accepted the Female Wolf's assistance, meekily saying that it was his pleasure to help anyone in need. His ears then perked up as he realised the hideout.* "My friends, I have a safehouse in the city. This upcoming blizzard will remove our tracks, and the hunters would have expected us to leave by now. I also stored most of our food and supplies their. We will be able to rest for the night and tend to our wounds. Follow me," *Sir Vann attempts to march forward, but is reminded that he is using the Umbra Wolf for support,* "Err, follow us." *Turning to the female wolf as they begin to lead the group away,* "I didn't catch your name by the way, Ma'm."
 
*Zerk continued to drive down the non existant road. Their was no heating, so the trip was quiet cold. Finally, he spoke,* "Why are you helping us? Wern't they your friends? We torcher our betrayers, so what will they do to you if they catch you?" *For once, their was no anger in Zerk's voice, mearly couriousity, thoug his voice still sounded abit pained.*

[tangletail]

 Ryan's head has shifted to study Rick with some mild interest as he heard the word undead. “Undead... is such an uncanny term to use. Try immortal, or Raven. The great anubis is the god of death, not zombies. Coin yourself a term with pride, not a disgraceful term for the mindless,” he stated as he began to wiggle around in his grip, still held by the same person, in the same over the shoulder position. “I hope you understand there is a way you can di-” his voice trailed off as his eyes grew wide as something landed on his nose. For a minute his eyes went cross-eyed to study the insect-oid that had landed and quickly began to bat furiously at it. Trying to kill it as it fluttered away. “L-leave me alone already you vile creature! I am sick of you winged excuses for a creature! GET OUT OF MY LIFE!”

[Aldrea945]

The female wolf smiled.  "Lucinda, kind sir.  Might I ask your name?" she said, looking up at him.  Her skirt dragged lightly on the snow, the wind blowing throw her clothes.
 
Danny nodded and went to follow at the back.

[Kaya]

Cassandra thinks for a bit before responding. "mmm well i never said i was friends with any of them. Well and... and i miss having a real bed.. the food, non drafty sleeping places, and food.. I know there is some type of food readily available. " She looks out the window and glances at the landscape speeding by.

[Cifero Windtail]

^(I will make sure that you meet up with Stacy. She will help you in your secret efforts.... but if you're not kidding, I am gonna be SO ticked off!)
"Sheesh, kid, it's just a butterfly," Rick said. "It's not the spawn of evil."
He took Ryan aside and continue in a whispered tone.
"And you're wrong," he said. "I actually CAN'T die. I know what you're talking about... that spell. Well, someone tried it once... a high ranking wizard... and I still didn't die. I actually had my head cut off and incinerated... and it just grew back. And I don't know what Anubis you're talking about, but the Anubis I met mentioned nothing about Ravens, and..."
The feline opened his eyes wide and facepalmed himself.
"Aw crap," he said. "It wasn't Anubis, it was SPHINX. Now it makes sense. Man, I suck at names sometimes..."
He looked at Ryan.
"So Slit's some sort of "Raven", huh?"
Rick looked into Ryan's eyes.
"How do you kill one?"

[tangletail]

The fox blinked slowly at the name of a Sphinx. "A raven dies by having his head completely removed. If it's hanging by only a piece of skin, it's still alive. They are insanely powerful, and resiliant so it's quite difficult. But... you sold your self to a sphinx. I am afraid that you are living a curse instead of a gift." His hand went to scratch his chin as he wiggled about in Rick's grip. He let out a soft yawn before shaking his head some


"You're not undead, nor a raven. I don't even know what they call you. My brother had an experience with a sphinx and even successfully answered one of it's riddles. But you can still die. My brother mentioned something about draining, or a crimson dispatch."

[Cifero Windtail]

Rick cocked his head in thought... then started chuckling.
"Wow, you don't know that much about Ancient Egypt, do you?" he said, barely holding back his laughter. "I said SPHINX, not A sphinx. Sphinxes are just evildoers who mutilated themselves through transformation magic to try to gain power, and in the process became creatures of evil. However, Sphinx was the catlike demigod saviour of Heliopolis, and the wielder of the legendary Blade of Osiris. There's not a bad bone in his body! Although nowadays, he looks a bit older, so I guess that's why I didn't quite remember that it was hi..."
The feline suddenly spotted something glinting from beneath a pile of snow. Brushing it away, he found what appeared to be an intricate lightsaber hilt.
He grinned. "By the gods... now I know that it was Sphinx."

[tangletail]

"You're starting to confuse me... now if you don't mind. Could you by any chance put me down now? I don't know what gave you the idea that I need to be carried. Unless you have taken a liking to me sir," Ryan sighed as his gaze shifted to the ground, his tail flicking idly from side to side as he remained on the male's shoulder. "A regular sphinx is Romance slash Greek an Andro Sphinx is Egyptian. Let me know if you can recall his name, unless Sphinx is his name."

[Cifero Windtail]

(I put Ryan down when I took him aside.)
"It IS his name," Rick said, still gazing at the strange hilt. He grabbed one of Ryan's shoulders and showed him the sword. "Do you know what this is?"

[Aldrea945]

(Lightsaber?  Cif, I've nothing against SW, but please no lightsabers...)
 
Danny was slowing down, weariness starting to take hold.  She'd never been very stong, bred to find out what qualities would help in the chance of starvation and wounds, not endurance for running and fighting, and temperature was always a weak point with her.  Her ill fitting clothes did help hide the more obvious physical effects though, so that was good.

[Cifero Windtail]

(Oh, it isn't a lightsaber... it's a new weapon. Slit stole Rick's staff.)

[Aldrea945]

(Ah.  I saw lightsaber, sooo...)

[Cifero Windtail]

(It's a magic sword with a blade that retracts into the hilt.)

[Shadis]

"Lucinda. Thats a lovely name. My name is Sir Zackary Vann, Knight of the Silver Mane. The Silver Manes is a group of Knights I belong to. We've been waging a rather difficult war with the hunters. It's a good thing we found you. Might I ask, if it isn't too much of an intrusion, what were you doing outside the hunter's base?" *We continue to lead the group to the safehouse, we are almost upon it, so, for the sake of story flow, please wrap up what your doing with this weapon guys*
 
*Zerk chuckled for a moment.* "Yes, your not the first one to join us for some food and a place to sleep. It is a difficult world we live in, for them." *He laughs semi-cruely* "You will get your food and a nap, no worry. But at what cost..." *Zerk chuckles and continues to drive. After a few minutes, we arrive a a rather large fortified fortress, with multiple hunter archers and even a few with guns. They open the gate as Zerk and Cassandra drive in. They close it behind them. Zerk smiles as they slow down.* "Place was a prison before the war. Makes good base now. Follow me." *He parks the truck. He then climbs out and walks towards the main building, ignoreing the bewildered looks from the other hunters.*

[Kaya]

*Cassandra follows after him quickly and ignores the muttled growling and the snide comments.* "but that is not the only reason i chose to change sir. This side seems more organized and well is clearly winning. "