A Venture into the Dark

[Niphi]

Thay pushes Saul to the side, out of harms way and dives forward, tackling the cat to the ground. He scrambles on the floor with it, trying to pin it's flailing body, "You said -Argh!- That you could... handle yourself!" he pants heavily as he tries his best to avoid the cats teeth and claws.

[Angder]

Angder blinks.

"I... I thought I... He's.... He's a god-damn kid though..." Angder backs away, his shaking hands trying to reload his crossbow.

[Sarrus]

The cat lashes out viciously, trying to claw at Thaese as best as he can but the wolf is considerably stronger than he is and Thaese succeeds in restraining him.

Shaking, Saul walks around to face the cat and leans in. "Dan its me" he sobs "I'm your brother, remember?" lightly he strokes the top of the tabby's head, for a moment, it looks like Saul has made the thrashing get worse, then slowly, the tabby calms down and goes still, the green light fading slightly from his eyes. He begins to shudder, as if undergoing some kind of internal struggle. Saul looks up at Thaese "He.. He remembers, look!"

[Niphi]

Thay growls as he holds the cat down, "Find some rope or something! Something to restrain him!" He looks up at Saul, "And don't get to close!"

[Angder]

Angder ducks into a side alley and comes out with some rope.

"I... I am sorry I froze I just..." Angder looks at his feet "I just could not bring myself to kill a second time..."

[Oedipus Rex]

Karthus hears the thud and freezes. Slowly he exits the room and heads down the hallway to the balcony. He peers over it to see what demon made that thud.

[Niphi]

Thay grabs the rope from him and starts tying up the cat's limbs, "You didn't have to shoot him but... don't just stand there."
He finishes with the rope and slumps off him, panting heavily as he inspects the cat.

[Sarrus]

The tabby seems much more subdued, now simply staring at Saul. "W...what are you going to do with him?" the black cat asks.

Over the balcony, Karthus can see a large horse is now lying on the floor. Standing over him is a white mouse with glowing green eyes. The horse rolls onto his back and tries to scramble franticly to his feet. The mouse begins to chant something in a strange language and the horse suddenly grasps his head, whining as if his mind is filled with some horrible sound. After a moment he stops struggling, opening his eyes to show that they have begun to glow, just like the mouse's. He blinks slowly and gets to his feet. For a moment, he stares blankly at the mouse, almost as if communicating. The mouse starts, almost as if having noticed something. He steps up to the door and trys the handle, when he finds it locked he steps out of the way and the horse charges at it, trying to break it down though he fails on the first attempt.

[Angder]

"only one thing we can do, we take him to Sarrus" Angder states bleakly.

[Niphi]

Thaese stands up with a wince and looks down at the tied up cat, "You seem to have calmed him down somewhat..." he turns and rubs his face, "Maybe they can be saved, to Sarrus it is then."
He sighs before bending down and hoisting the cat over his shoulder with an uncomfortable grunt, "Keep your eyes on him, Saul, and keep him calm. Lead the way Angder."

[Angder]

Angder continues along the route, keeping his crossbow loaded, trying not to run ahead of the others, but naturally finding himself slightly further ahead than is necessarily wise.

[Sarrus]

Saul walks behind Thaese and talks softly to the tabby, who seems to stay calm OK. Eventually they make it back to the archway that they entered the city through and into the clearing outside. They appear to be the first group to return.

[Oedipus Rex]

Karthus leans back over the rail and waits for the horse to bust down the door. Once he does Karthus plans to leap off the balcony and catch the mouse by surprise. Hopefully he can catch him and run off as the mouse is likely of high value.

[Sarrus]

The horse rams into the house with a loud crash, the mouse is caught off guard by Karthus who drops down on top of him, pinning him to the ground. The mouse struggles franticly to escape, slashing out at the mantis as the horse turns round to see what the noise is.

[Oedipus Rex]

"This is so stupid" Karthus says softly to himself as he locks the mouse in a vice grip with his spiked forelegs. He runs towards one of the smaller buildings and unfolds the wings on his back. While his species cannot fly. They can use their wings to jump much higher than normally able. He jumps, using the aid of his wings, onto the roof of the building. He lands and begins running along the rooftops back toward the rally point.