Pay with Blood (May be R)

[Chaosmazer]

It is a rare moment when a man gets a choice of how he wants to die. Behind, fifteen of the greatest killers among the vampyres ranks. Ahead, a straight vertical drop into the rapids. An interesting choice, sharp rocks or sharp fangs. A young warrior stood on the edge of the cliff, if he jumps, he dies, if he fights, he knows that he will lose. He looked down at the item that got him into this situation. Placed squarely in the palm of his hand was a dark metal circle. Intricate designs crafted into it, beautiful, rare, and powerful. It was the Midnight Medallion. In the wrong hands it was an artifact of great power. He had gone through much to get wrestle it from the grasp of the vampyers that now hunt him. Luckily he snatched it up before the ritual was complete. Unknown horrors would be beset upon the earth. Nobody knew what the artifact really did, but it definately radiated a dark, fearsome energy.

He couldn't win... but we wasn't going down without a fight. He placed the medallion around his neck under his shirt and leather armor. Turning around he watched, he was surrounded. His hunters smiled, he was cornered. However they were still cautions, a dog backed into a corner can do some surprising things. He drew his sword, old yet legendary. An emerald set into the hilt, one of the few that could slay the creatures of the night. Not a holy weapon, just that of immense power. "I see your queen sent her royal guard. She must be worried." The young man said bravely. He stared death in the eyes, yet kept an unwavering will. His hunters just stared back at him. A grim smile set upon his jaw. "Come then... you have found your prey... but I wont give up easily." he said charging forward. All caution to the wind. He knew that his fight was for naught but he would not just give up. He felt their blades, their claws, their weapons. His leather armor torn, blood dripping from his many wounds. Still he fought, cleaving through one after the other... however, it was not long before he fell.

On the ground, he looked up. Coming into his vision field was the remaining vampyres surrounding him. Ten of them remained, all smiling down at him. Before darkness overtook his vision he wondered... why did they not finish him?

The remaining vampyres lifted the young man's body, muscular, but lean. His captors started to talk amongst themselves. "Why didn't we kill him?" asked one. "Queen said that there was an extra reward for bringing this one in alive. She wouldn't have minded if we killed him, but frankly I like to stay on her good side." said another. "I think I know why she wants him... didn't you get a good look at him? His red hair, leather armor, sword with an emerald set into the hilt..." One vampyre listed. "Oh god... this is him isn't it? Daniel O'Mara... a slayer." One said. "Yes... known for being one of the youngest, most successful hunters in the world. Quite a catch... and his blood smells sweet." Said another thinking about taking a quick bite. "Don't even think about it... he isn't for you. our queen will make this boy pay herself."

It was at this time the group approached the nest. A large castle, complete with many passages, halls, and dungeons... The belly of the beast for a human. Daniel's fate seemed sealed.

((Alright, Thanks for reading that. If it seems familiar it is because I have done RP's similar to this one before. But unlike last time I have actually decided to be a bit more... descriptive. I'm looking for an evil or neutral character, but good is still welcomed. Sooooo... without further ado... please join!))

[Tierra]

mind if I join???

[Chaosmazer]

Still interested?

[Tierra]

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[Chaosmazer]

kk, just post when you are ready.

[Tierra]

Lith had been a slave under the vampyres for all her life. She was born into slavery. Lith was part of the day guard patrolling the walls while the Vampyres slept, blacksmith by night. She was both feared by Vampyres and respected in some ways. She was a shapeshifter.
On this night she had been on charge of the gate, Lith had been told of an important visitor that would be coming 'Another vamp' she growled to herself as a group approached. Her collar was tight digging into her neck a little, she had been working on a key so someday she would be able to escape. She opened the gate as the group came through. Then she got a glimpse of the human, he had been talked about throughout the slaves and Vampyres. Her dark orbs watched him as he entered the gates of hell.

[Chaosmazer]

Daniel started to become conscious, his eyes went up towards the sky, only to see only stone... he was surrounded with walls. He knew where he was... why had they not killed him? He was being held up by his arms, dragged through the halls. His vision still blurry... his body weak. He couldn't fight back. Not now. Two doors opened ahead of him and they were upon a blood red carpet. He seen a throne and many, many guards. He knew that he was in the main hall. He was thrown forward, he landed barely kneeling. He seen another... he knew her the moment he set his eyes on her. The queen. He couldn't make out the words. One more blow, his vision faded once more.

He woke, this time a small room. A door with a small, but barred window on the door, only the small illumination of a torch allowed him to see. He knew, his days were numbered.

[Tierra]

Lith watched as he was taken into the main halls, the halls her people were forbidden to enter. She sighed and got back to work on armor and horseshoes. The daylight was creeping upon them and all of the shape shifters were pushed into their cells. Few were locked outside the gates to watch the walls. They were the daylight guard, the ones who can't be around the vampyres without going wild.

She walked into her cell, she was jailed alone due to herself being the first and only female shapeshifter. She looked across to her left and got a glimpse of the human through her window. "What are you in here for?" she asked leaning against the window playing with her collar.

[Chaosmazer]

Was he dreaming? Was there actually a voice or was it a cruel game brought about by his mind. He looked about, through his window, he seen the source... he wasn't imagining it, someone was there. But... didn't she know? "I... I tried to take something... something valuable. I don't know why they didn't kill me in the fight... or why I am locked in here..." he said. He wasn't sure how much he could trust this person. "My.... my name is Daniel." he said before sliding down the wall and sitting down. At least there was someone to talk to in this god forsaken place.

[Tierra]

Lith could just see him through the windows. She listened and the spoke again "I guessed as much. I'm sorry to tell you but what they have in store is much worse then death." she laughed a little to herself. She kicked the door in heated anger then walked around her cell. "Daniel." she said nodding a little in acknowledgement.
"I'm Lith. A name you might get rather familiar with" she said looking down at her hands, then looking up at the bars above her. She jumped up and started doing chin ups using the bars as holds.

Lith knew what happened to all the humans who came through these cells. Half of them are now her friends. The curse of the shapeshifter would be brought upon them. She found it funny, the Vampyres set out at night to kill those whom have no connection with their human side and yet they bring more people in to turn them and use them as daylight protection. A curse, and she was the heart of it. She thought about telling him her story but decided to ask of his. "So what's your story? What were you before you were in here?" she moved back to the window and looked towards his cell.

[Chaosmazer]

Daniel wondered what she meant. Part of him didn't want to know, part of him thought that he would never know. He wasn't one to just give up. He sighed a moment... he figured someone should know. "I... I actually was a hunter. I knew that the job had risks... but... well..." he stopped. "I thought that I would die before I became a captive. I... I was one of the most famous hunters in the area... the most successful and the youngest..." he said. "But... I'm... I'm not done yet. I'm going to escape." he said.

[Tierra]

She lent on the window and listened. "I thought that was the case. Haven't seen one of them in a long time." she smiled "Bet I could outhunt you" she laughed. "Escape. hmmm sounds nice" she said with a smile. "I'll be out of here in a day. You'll see" she said closing her eyes a little.

[Chaosmazer]

His spirits rose a bit with her optimism. Out in a day he laid down a bit, his injuries wouldn't heal without any rest. "A day huh, and you think you can out hunt me? I managed to defeat a good number of them before they finally got me down." he said. "I... I wouldn't mind talking a bit more... but... I'm... getting a bit tired." he said honestly.

[Tierra]

"One more stinking day. Oh yes. I can out hunt you in many ways." She too lay down resting her head on her hands. "Rest well. The next few days will break you" she said with a sigh. "Do you have a plan to this escape of yours?" she asked as she closed her eyes.

[Chaosmazer]

Daniel started thinking... but she was right... they would try torture, hard labor... anything to break him. He had withstood such things. "Out hunt me... heh..." he laughed slightly. What did she mean... how many ways could she out hunt him. Still, she had a point. "I... I'll think of something."

[Tierra]

"Listen. I've seen what they do to humans. If you survive they will infect you with a virus. You saw the beasts guarding the door did you not?" she sighed she was only slightly better then them. "You will become one of us if you survive the bite." she played with her collar again. "I'm sorry. Think fast or escape as one of us" she whispered.

[Chaosmazer]

Daniel knew of this... he had been a hunter for a long time. "I've seen... what they do." he said. "I'll... I'll get out before that happens." he said. His head grew heavy. "I know... I know that if I don't make it... my fate will be sealed." he said. "You... you actually seem to be different from the other ones that I have seen... why is that?" he asked.

[Tierra]

"I Hope you do. I'm the first female shapeshifter. The ones you saw were lost to their beast forms. It's hard for us to change we have to will ourselves to the knew form. Spend to long in one form and we forget the other. Inside the nest some of us get forced to change so we can maintain both forms. They forced me to kill..." she sighed. "But tomorrow I shell escape from all this. I just need to be rid of this collar. I've been working on a key for some time and now I just need to wait till dark to retrieve it and day to use it."

[Chaosmazer]

Daniel smiled, such optimism. "Maybe... I could help." he said "I mean... if both of us are planning on escape... together..." he said. "We could cover each other." he said. "If I just had my sword..." he said. "What... what... what exactly are they going to do to me?" he asked. He almost hated to ask.

[Tierra]

"Sounds like a plan" she said, if they escaped in numbers there could be a better chance of them staying on the other side of the nest and alive. "I have plenty of swords and such in my workshop... where the key is..." she thought for a moment. "They will force my brethren to bite you, infecting you. You will become a shapeshifter. They will force you to work and if you lose control over your body they will chain you to the gate as a day watch or they will kill you". My plan is to become one of the day watchers but still have a hold of my mind. that way I can escape".

[Chaosmazer]

He thought of what would happen, how she described it. But... the sword. "I can't just have any sword... I need my sword... it was handed down through my bloodline... trust me, with that particular sword in my hands, our task will become much easier." he said. "Still... they think I will just sit down and take it..." he said. "They think I won't fight back." he said once more. "The worst they can do is kill me. I am no longer afraid of death... nothing like that phases me anymore." he said.

[Tierra]

"ok ok. The only problem with that is your sword will be with them. No one ever just takes it... they will force it." She laughed "don't welcome death so freely for death can be stuck in the form of a beast.". She sighed and lent back again.

[Chaosmazer]

Daniel laid down once more. He knew she was right, but he didn't want to give in. "I need that weapon back. It... no... sorry... I don't trust you well enough yet for my full story..." he said. He was rather blunt, but he didn't want just anyone to know everything about him. "Death in the form of a beast... it sounds... awful.

[Tierra]

"Fair enough, I wouldn't trust a dog ether" she said with a slight laugh.
"Death in the form of a beast..." she sighed.
"Death is nothing in comparison to the beast".

[Chaosmazer]

"It's not that." he said. "I don't really trust a lot of people, full humans included... hell, most of them will betray you quicker than you can blink." he said. "What... what is it like, exactly to be a beast... your mind... how does it work?" he asked.

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