Ya know, sometimes you just need to sit still and lay back and just let the world go by.
Not tonight apparently.
I was sitting on the roof of my favorite building thinking and relaxing. I honestly had no plans but just relaxation then I heard it. A commotion below me. I knew I should have just ignored it but being who I am I went to check it out. I spied a woman appearing to be mugged. I didn't really think anything of it, mistake number two, I was just going to jump down cause a little fear in the mugger and send him away.
As I landed the fear dripped over the assailant and my first clue that this would not be what Thought. They both ignored it. As I listened in I now figured that this was a lady of the night and this was her proprietor.
So what the hell, I figured I would break it up and go about my happy life. Well as soon as I started moving towards the man and saying something BAM out of left field the hooker whacks me across the head and sends me sprawling. Okay now I am bit confused cause at 6 foot 2 inches and nearly 230lbs rarely do I get knocked down. And with all my augmentations and defensive spells I doubt a human could do it by them selves. So I took another look at the woman and realized she was a demon. And not your garden variety Succumbus or even a Type 1 Velrok, this was a Upper planes bad ass who was probably going to eat this poor pimps ass.
Blade coming out I shouted a warning to the man and charged. Prepared to do major combat with a dezen of a underworld. And the next thing I know the pimp sweeps his hand at me and puts me back on my butt with a holy ward. What the? Now I look at the Pimp and he is actually an Archon, but again not your garden variety small fry, this is a major mover and shaker of the upper plains. What in the name of the prime plane did I just stumble into!?! I listen more intently to there bickering as I hear ," Yo spoiled the sting operation. Your not to harvest all the souls. I told you to find the killers. That was not the way to draw out the reaver." I was confused.. were these two entities actually trying to fix the crime down here at the west end. Or was this just a summoning gone bad.
Well almost as that last thought went through my mind that is when they decided yelling at each other was enough. Gates opened through the ally and each side brought in a small army. Soon I was surrounded by pissed off demons and angles and it was on. All I could do was think crap.. before I tried to pick up my sword that had fallen out of my hand from the Holy pimp slap, when some things hands grabbed me and hurled me like a weird projectile. I crashed into a melee of some demon and archon want to be lessers fighting it out. Next thing I know I am taking blows as someone holds me like a shield. I am then discarded. I try to get to my feet but an kicked in the stomach and flung into the air again to land at someones feet. At this point I am not happy and as the Archon tries to kick me I grab his foot and bite down. It screams at me and grabs me by my now disheveled leather armor and flings me back down the ally. As I fly by some type of nasty demon a whip wraps around me and I am spun like a morning star smashing into anything the holder feels is a threat. I still say the wall wasn't a treat but he felt other wise. Anyway something snaps and I go sailing down the Ally to land unceremoniously in a pile of refuge. Enough was enough. Between me and home was about 2 dozens inhabitants of higher and lower planes. Hell with home I needed an ale.
I looked over myself real quick, cast a small healing spell to get the superficial stuff closed cause the wounds cause by the others would not heal that way but I figured I was in no immediate threat. I was bruised, battered and my cloak was now in tatters. And wear was my damn sword!! ENOUGH!!!
The one word was followed by a world splitting release of energy. The ground in the ally separated into two smashing the fighters against the nearest wall leaving a empty space down the center. The spell super nova stayed in my hands as I walked down the ally. The black and white energy swirling in my hands seemed to give the now paused action some punctuation to my words. "I don't give a spit what you all are doing! I am not a blunt instrument and damn it I want a beer." I limped to my sword picked it up then started to hobbled out of the ally. A dirty look from a demon and angle on the left got the left super nova released on them. Instantly there corporal bodies were destroyed and all that was left was ashes as there essences raced back to there planes to get new bodies. I growled at the rest and continued my limp out of the ally. No one else looked at me as I hobbled down the street but I did hear the fighting renew once I was a good ways away.
Boy I needed an ale.. wonder if anyone was at the Inn and paybacks are coming .. were the only thoughts in my head as I left Oh that and, next time look before you leap.
Not tonight apparently.
I was sitting on the roof of my favorite building thinking and relaxing. I honestly had no plans but just relaxation then I heard it. A commotion below me. I knew I should have just ignored it but being who I am I went to check it out. I spied a woman appearing to be mugged. I didn't really think anything of it, mistake number two, I was just going to jump down cause a little fear in the mugger and send him away.
As I landed the fear dripped over the assailant and my first clue that this would not be what Thought. They both ignored it. As I listened in I now figured that this was a lady of the night and this was her proprietor.
So what the hell, I figured I would break it up and go about my happy life. Well as soon as I started moving towards the man and saying something BAM out of left field the hooker whacks me across the head and sends me sprawling. Okay now I am bit confused cause at 6 foot 2 inches and nearly 230lbs rarely do I get knocked down. And with all my augmentations and defensive spells I doubt a human could do it by them selves. So I took another look at the woman and realized she was a demon. And not your garden variety Succumbus or even a Type 1 Velrok, this was a Upper planes bad ass who was probably going to eat this poor pimps ass.
Blade coming out I shouted a warning to the man and charged. Prepared to do major combat with a dezen of a underworld. And the next thing I know the pimp sweeps his hand at me and puts me back on my butt with a holy ward. What the? Now I look at the Pimp and he is actually an Archon, but again not your garden variety small fry, this is a major mover and shaker of the upper plains. What in the name of the prime plane did I just stumble into!?! I listen more intently to there bickering as I hear ," Yo spoiled the sting operation. Your not to harvest all the souls. I told you to find the killers. That was not the way to draw out the reaver." I was confused.. were these two entities actually trying to fix the crime down here at the west end. Or was this just a summoning gone bad.
Well almost as that last thought went through my mind that is when they decided yelling at each other was enough. Gates opened through the ally and each side brought in a small army. Soon I was surrounded by pissed off demons and angles and it was on. All I could do was think crap.. before I tried to pick up my sword that had fallen out of my hand from the Holy pimp slap, when some things hands grabbed me and hurled me like a weird projectile. I crashed into a melee of some demon and archon want to be lessers fighting it out. Next thing I know I am taking blows as someone holds me like a shield. I am then discarded. I try to get to my feet but an kicked in the stomach and flung into the air again to land at someones feet. At this point I am not happy and as the Archon tries to kick me I grab his foot and bite down. It screams at me and grabs me by my now disheveled leather armor and flings me back down the ally. As I fly by some type of nasty demon a whip wraps around me and I am spun like a morning star smashing into anything the holder feels is a threat. I still say the wall wasn't a treat but he felt other wise. Anyway something snaps and I go sailing down the Ally to land unceremoniously in a pile of refuge. Enough was enough. Between me and home was about 2 dozens inhabitants of higher and lower planes. Hell with home I needed an ale.
I looked over myself real quick, cast a small healing spell to get the superficial stuff closed cause the wounds cause by the others would not heal that way but I figured I was in no immediate threat. I was bruised, battered and my cloak was now in tatters. And wear was my damn sword!! ENOUGH!!!
The one word was followed by a world splitting release of energy. The ground in the ally separated into two smashing the fighters against the nearest wall leaving a empty space down the center. The spell super nova stayed in my hands as I walked down the ally. The black and white energy swirling in my hands seemed to give the now paused action some punctuation to my words. "I don't give a spit what you all are doing! I am not a blunt instrument and damn it I want a beer." I limped to my sword picked it up then started to hobbled out of the ally. A dirty look from a demon and angle on the left got the left super nova released on them. Instantly there corporal bodies were destroyed and all that was left was ashes as there essences raced back to there planes to get new bodies. I growled at the rest and continued my limp out of the ally. No one else looked at me as I hobbled down the street but I did hear the fighting renew once I was a good ways away.
Boy I needed an ale.. wonder if anyone was at the Inn and paybacks are coming .. were the only thoughts in my head as I left Oh that and, next time look before you leap.