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<blockquote data-quote="Neurotic" data-source="post: 8363190" data-attributes="member: 24380"><p>High on the roof of damaged mansion, Malix activates as the night fades into day and first of the workers come to the reconstruction area. Checking that the beard is in place, he slips quietly down and walks out from behind the building as if finishing last round of the night. Nodding to the foreman, his guise as a nightshift guard undisturbed, he goes into the city.</p><p></p><p>Immediately, he is confronted with an uproar, some disturbance or other happening very close by. A squad of guards troups by, forcing Malix to flatten himself to the wall. The situation reminds him of the event some months ago, but at that time he was in the middle of it.</p><p></p><p><em>Through Shadow network came an order for assassination of the high ranking Kundarak noble. Weird, The Houses usually warred among themselves and were essentially untouchable from the outside. He knew while he was contacted, but he was tired of killings. There was just no point to them. Flesh died. If you wait long enough, the time will do assassination for you. Sure, occasionally you could kill to hasten the events or prevent suffering under the tyrant. But modern politics rarely had such lofty motives, the power, the advancement were all.</em></p><p></p><p>He moves away from the disturbance and keeps reminiscencing about the event that solidified his resolve to somehow leave Shadow Network. If he only saw a way to do that without he himself getting killed. Sure, he was immune to the usual modus operandi, but blades and axes worked as well as poison if you wanted to kill someone.</p><p></p><p><em>At Kundaraks, he was given a contact, a disgruntled guard who wanted to personally kill the target. From the guard he took the livery of the servant and the guard led him into the manor. There were several checkpoints they talked their way through. At the final door, the guards were caught by surprise attacks and dispatched quickly. As they burst into the chambers, the target - he still couldn't force himself to give name to the face - was awake and reaching for the weapons. Malix was already resigned to another kill when a girl awoke on the other side of the bed. The traitor-guard went toward the target and slashed toward the girl on the way who fell back with a scream.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>That was unneccessary, unprofessional. And the house was waking up to the commotion. Deciding quickly, Malix slid behind the guard and stabbed from behind, poisoned blade specifically prepared for dwarf resistance with tripple distilled and concentrated sleeping poison. </em></p><p><em>Nodding to the target, he ran out of the room, screaming for help.</em></p><p><em>Surpised by the stab and already wavering from the effects of the poison, the traitor had time to turn his head before the target slammed its own weapon into him.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Running out of the manor and ditching the livery immediately, Malix had a misfortune to run into one of the fast responding city watchmen. A dwarf of course, who would be assigned to patrol around Kundarak house? He quickly summarized what he "heard"</em></p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">"There was an asssassination attempt in the manor. Guards are calling for the watch and rushing around. One said the assassin was caught. Others look for a female. That is all I know, I don't want to be here if there are assassins about!"</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The guard nodded and almost rushed off before asking Malix to remain and be a witness for later.</em></p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">"I was here without knowledge of the master of the House, but his daughter will confirm I was with her if questioned discretely. I am Ghulos of the Stararms clan. Please don't make a big thing out of this. You can find me later."</span></em></p><p><em>Unknown wathmen nodded and rushed off, the relief Malix felt for not having to kill a man feeling weird inside him. He usually felt nothing and when he did, all the feelings were strange. He usually needed help to understand them, but for the last couple of years he made it a point to read up on them and study their expressions in flesh-life. He really was growing away from the machine of war and into something more mature. Maybe he could have a guidance spirits like Kalashtar? </em></p><p></p><p>Morning coach clatters by him, snapping him out of the memory. He nodded distractedly and immediately scolded himself for the inattention. That is the way of the dead. He gets another shock immediately after, recognizing the dwarf driving the vehicle as that same guard he was just thinking about. His disguise if of course completely different than that night, but he still hastens away into the bustle of the city</p><p></p><p>[USER=87106]@MetaVoid[/USER] no special reason you shouldn't hate me, but it is questionable if Ozzar could connect the dots - the name Malix had given him would lead him to the real person who would not know anything of course, same as that mentioned daughter. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Divinations could discover they're telling the truth and not just hiding the dalliance. But you didn't actually let the assassin go <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neurotic, post: 8363190, member: 24380"] High on the roof of damaged mansion, Malix activates as the night fades into day and first of the workers come to the reconstruction area. Checking that the beard is in place, he slips quietly down and walks out from behind the building as if finishing last round of the night. Nodding to the foreman, his guise as a nightshift guard undisturbed, he goes into the city. Immediately, he is confronted with an uproar, some disturbance or other happening very close by. A squad of guards troups by, forcing Malix to flatten himself to the wall. The situation reminds him of the event some months ago, but at that time he was in the middle of it. [I]Through Shadow network came an order for assassination of the high ranking Kundarak noble. Weird, The Houses usually warred among themselves and were essentially untouchable from the outside. He knew while he was contacted, but he was tired of killings. There was just no point to them. Flesh died. If you wait long enough, the time will do assassination for you. Sure, occasionally you could kill to hasten the events or prevent suffering under the tyrant. But modern politics rarely had such lofty motives, the power, the advancement were all.[/I] He moves away from the disturbance and keeps reminiscencing about the event that solidified his resolve to somehow leave Shadow Network. If he only saw a way to do that without he himself getting killed. Sure, he was immune to the usual modus operandi, but blades and axes worked as well as poison if you wanted to kill someone. [I]At Kundaraks, he was given a contact, a disgruntled guard who wanted to personally kill the target. From the guard he took the livery of the servant and the guard led him into the manor. There were several checkpoints they talked their way through. At the final door, the guards were caught by surprise attacks and dispatched quickly. As they burst into the chambers, the target - he still couldn't force himself to give name to the face - was awake and reaching for the weapons. Malix was already resigned to another kill when a girl awoke on the other side of the bed. The traitor-guard went toward the target and slashed toward the girl on the way who fell back with a scream. That was unneccessary, unprofessional. And the house was waking up to the commotion. Deciding quickly, Malix slid behind the guard and stabbed from behind, poisoned blade specifically prepared for dwarf resistance with tripple distilled and concentrated sleeping poison. Nodding to the target, he ran out of the room, screaming for help. Surpised by the stab and already wavering from the effects of the poison, the traitor had time to turn his head before the target slammed its own weapon into him. Running out of the manor and ditching the livery immediately, Malix had a misfortune to run into one of the fast responding city watchmen. A dwarf of course, who would be assigned to patrol around Kundarak house? He quickly summarized what he "heard" [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]"There was an asssassination attempt in the manor. Guards are calling for the watch and rushing around. One said the assassin was caught. Others look for a female. That is all I know, I don't want to be here if there are assassins about!"[/COLOR] The guard nodded and almost rushed off before asking Malix to remain and be a witness for later. [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]"I was here without knowledge of the master of the House, but his daughter will confirm I was with her if questioned discretely. I am Ghulos of the Stararms clan. Please don't make a big thing out of this. You can find me later."[/COLOR] Unknown wathmen nodded and rushed off, the relief Malix felt for not having to kill a man feeling weird inside him. He usually felt nothing and when he did, all the feelings were strange. He usually needed help to understand them, but for the last couple of years he made it a point to read up on them and study their expressions in flesh-life. He really was growing away from the machine of war and into something more mature. Maybe he could have a guidance spirits like Kalashtar? [/I] Morning coach clatters by him, snapping him out of the memory. He nodded distractedly and immediately scolded himself for the inattention. That is the way of the dead. He gets another shock immediately after, recognizing the dwarf driving the vehicle as that same guard he was just thinking about. His disguise if of course completely different than that night, but he still hastens away into the bustle of the city [USER=87106]@MetaVoid[/USER] no special reason you shouldn't hate me, but it is questionable if Ozzar could connect the dots - the name Malix had given him would lead him to the real person who would not know anything of course, same as that mentioned daughter. :) Divinations could discover they're telling the truth and not just hiding the dalliance. But you didn't actually let the assassin go :D [/QUOTE]
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