castleinthemist | Queen Plot

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Queen Plot - Mingle Post!

The sun has nearly set when the attack begins.

It's quiet at first, and easy to miss. Pools of shadow form and then slowly expand, and then strange creatures of the same rise from them, their only distinguishable feature their strange, glowing eyes.

And then they move, lurching forward and spreading through out the tower, around the fountain, and across the bridge. They grab whoever doesn't run fast enough, and attack only those who attack them first. They're single-minded, but swift and strong, and escaping from them won't be easy.

And of course, elsewhere lurks their master, the Queen...

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He narrowly dodged another blow, hammering that club into the thing's head once he had a chance. And then that thing started running at him. A screaming-- Is that a cat?

Shit! He took a strike to the chest and knocked back once, but he took it. Still, he was running out of steam even so and he'd already been doing this a while since the attack started.

Duo dashed around the monster to strike his weapon up at the creature's side, the one that was chasing the cat.

"Get behind me!" He said, backing up now to take the defensive. At least now the odds were a little more even.

Hermit did as he was told and ran behind Duo's legs before raising his sword and waiting to see what happened. He had to help somehow, right? Now how could he fight monsters this big?

Another shadow came at Duo, a bigger thug one this time. He charged Duo, aiming to ran his shoulder into the pilot's chest.

Duo briefly watched the small catlike creature and then back to his opponent. As the shadow charged at him he grabbed the kid and used the hover boots to strafe quickly to the left, though they shorted out causing him to stumble. Once he caught his balance he let go of Hermit and moved back to hold the club defensively.

The other shadow came at them both, attempting to grab at Hermit from behind.

Hermit flailed when suddenly he was picked up and floated to the side. He stumbled back when Duo put him down and caught sight of the shadow behind him. He swung high with his sword, trying to knock the hands away from him.

The shadow that tried to shoulder slam Duo stopped and turned. This time it jumped forward, aiming a punch to the pilot's face.

The shadow that went after Hermit drew itself back at the swipe to the sword, dodging only barely, reaching out again for Hermit as single minded as it was.

Duo swung his weapon into the arm as hard and as fast as he could, but it still managed to claw out at his face, knocking him right under the ear at the base of his jaw. He kicked out into the thing's torso.

"Dammit..." He was tired. Even he couldn't take on an army of these things. He gestured back towards the rooms. "Go! Start running! Third one from the left!"

Hermit screamed and swung again, trying to knock the hands away from him. He couldn't let these monsters get him. There was no telling where those portals went. His ears flickered and he turned to Duo when he told him to run. He have a nod and took off in the direction of the rooms, hoping he knew what he was talking about.

The monster that hit Duo fell back onto it's back with the kick, down temporarily. If they were going to run, now was the time.

Once the little cat had scurried off, Duo looked between his opponents, than ran right after him. He wasn't going to stick around in another losing battle. Besides that he needed to catch his breath. He'd been at it since the invasion started.

He bolted for his room, leap frogging over another shadow in his way. Once he reached the door he halted at the front of it, opening it up for himself and the cat. Once inside, he slammed the door shut.

"Goddamnit." He said, a hand raising to the stinging cut at the side of his face.

Hermit quickly ran into the room and backed away from the door, his eyes wide in fear. This place was terrifying and not safe at all.

"A-Are we safe in here?"

"Hopefully." Duo replied, walking over to the edge of his bed to sit. It was honest, he didn't really know but they weren't being followed so far.

"Didn't think they would attack this place."

They want us gone I think. Why else would they attack like this?

"Probably that. Maybe something else. I don't know!" He said, his voice escalating a bit at the last bit. He had no damn clue.

"They were here first, right? Makes sense the monsters would want us out of the dungeon."

"Looks like they own the place. But this is the only place we have, so the only choice we have is to fight em off." He sighed, flopping back into the bed, dropping the club to the floor and leaning it against the edge of the bed.

"I need to rest." And get that wound taken care of. Damn that stung.

"Are you going to be okay?" Hermit walked over to the bed and looked up at Duo. Normally people wouldn't do this for him, risking themselves to save him. Except Sakuya. Maybe this guy wasn't so bad.

He lay back, looking up at the ceiling and reaching up to touch the still bleeding scratches. He was just glad they were narrow and short. They'd be fine let alone.

"I'm fine. Just... A little beat up inside and out." He said, stretching his arms out over his head, then reaching for his pillow.

"You got a name?"

"My name is Hermit. Here." In a flash of purple light a green bottle appeared in the kitty's hand. He held it out for the pilot to take. "Drink this and it will help."

"What is it?" Duo asked, reaching over to take it and look it over. He didn't notice Hermit materialize it. Looking it over, he noticed the strange bottle shape, kind of ancient looking.

"It's a healing potion. Drink it and it will make you better. Easy as that." Hermit shrugged and sat down near the wall. "I have more so you can have that one."

"Does it really work?" It was just a scratch. He'd be fine, for now. He set it on the bed side table and sighed.

"Maybe later, but thanks." He sits up a bit and smiled a bit at the cat. "You know you can lay on one of these beds if you want. I haven't seen anyone else in this room for weeks.

Hermit nodded to the question. "They worked back home so they should work here." His ears twitched when he heard the invitation and looked to the other beds. "Are you sure? I don't want to make anybody angry..."

Good to know. Duo sat the potion on his bed side desk and rolled on his side so he could look at the cat.

"You're just fine, Hermit. Nobody's been here for a few weeks now. As far as I'm concerned? It's my room. Go ahead and take a bed."

Hermit was quiet for a moment before he moved over to one of the beds and after a bit of work he climbed on. He was rather short after all. He laid down and smiled at Duo.

"Thank you Duo..."

"Get some sleep, hey? With any luck we'll be home free tomorrow morning. Then we'll go looking for our friends." If he doesn't sleep for the next day and a half.

"Maybe..." He yawned. "Maybe I'll getcha a fish for lunch tomorrow too."

"Okay. I only have two of them though so I'm sure they're okay. One knows magic so I'm sure she's safe."

The cat closed his eyes and snuggled into the pillow.

"Magic." He grunted. Despite what he'd seen he still had the urge to deny it.

"What can she do with that?" He wondered aloud before rolling over and curling up with his blanket wrapped around him.

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