Faction Cheesy Quest Episode I - The Cheese Menace | Agents of Chaos

[Isaac Iden]

Location: Geosynchronous orbit above the agents of cheese ship on Parmigiano Reggiano.
Currently: Waiting for his prize.
Tags: Scherezade deWinter Jai'galaar Gred Dexter Zytros L8R Neyana Sasmay Cull

A sigh somewhere between indignation and contempt escaped the umbaran as he settled into the captain’s chair of the Eibon Spear. He slung one of his legs over the armrests of the oversized piece of furniture. It had originally belonged to a herglic captain twice Ceros’ size, but the comfortable padding had convinced its new owner to keep it. The additional room made for most comfortable seating even if it was not all that conducive to healthy posture.

“So the plan is to wait for them to come back with some ancient artefact, take it, then split and sell it for profit?” he asked, glancing at the aqualish towering next to him.

“That’s the plan.” the second-in-command replied, preoccupied with a datapad.

“Do we know anything about this artefact? Is it some ancient weapon? Miracle healing tech? Part of one of those spooky star cults?”

“Our contact never elaborated on the nature of the artefact. All we know is that it’s two-millennia old and very” he stressed the word further by glancing away from the datapad towards the captain, “valuable.”

Somewhat flabbergasted by the amount of emphasis the aqualish had put on the worth of this artefact, Ceros turned to stare out through the viewport, at the dustball before them. It was rare that the aqualish broke his facade of professional indifference. He shrugged; there wasn’t really any need for him to know what they were about to rob so long as it made them a mountain of credits.

 

[Jai'galaar Gred]

Scherezade deWinter Sasmay Cull Dexter Zytros L8R Neyana

Jai looked at Dexter and Sasmay as he pulled out his Trayc'kal. He shook his head, more than a little tempted to tell them to get a room. It was kinda funny to watch, since it reminded him of stories his mom use to tell him. It wasn't until a door flung open and sent Jai and many of the others down a chute that his mind went back to the mission. He slid down, rolling away from Scherezade and Sasmay the flew out of the shoot. He sighed, getting up and dusting off before reaching to tap a button on his helmet. Ironically someone asked for a light.

"Ask and ye shall receive." The lights on Jai's helmet then popped on, and he picked up his weapons. He then looked back to where his friends were, hearing someone else slide down. Dexter.

"Anyone hurt? That was a rough slide." He offered a hand to whoever would take it to help them up.

 

[L8R]

Scherezade deWinter Sasmay Cull Dexter Zytros Neyana Jai'galaar Gred Ceros Malsang

As the new arrivals gathered themselves after their little trip down the chute, all that could be heard from beyond the room would be vague skitterings and shuffles of creatures moving around in the darkness. They seemed to wait... and wait... And finally, when no one seemed to be moving or responding to the posed question that deep voice would boom out again, seeming to almost shake the walls around them.

"MAYBE NOT HUNGRY ENOUGH"

A loud BOOM would echo through the room and then the sound of gears grinding... The back wall of the room would start flattening and moving forward, herding them toward the door. Should the be even more reluctant, large spikes would start breaking through the stone, inching menacingly toward them.

 

[Scherezade deWinter]

Wearing: Armatura | The Forgemaster's Ring | Ring of Stasis | The Sofitor
Wielding: 7 Nozhi Blades | 1 Whimsy Knife | 1 Whimsy Witch Knife | 2 Nastirci Combat Knives | Clarion | Copero's Wail | Fire and Smoke | Combat Gauntlets | Tessen | 2 TOTT-001 Arc Light Blaster | 2 Dissuader KD-30 Pistols with Glitter Bullets | The Parasite
Tags: Jai'galaar Gred Neyana Dexter Zytros Ceros Malsang Sasmay Cull L8R

Yup, they had all landed perfectly fine. While there was some chattering going on, the sound of shattered bones and expolsive spleens remained unheard, and Scherezade took it a sign that everything was okay, strengthened further by the lack of answer Jai received when he asked if anyone had gotten hurt.

"Here," she said to Sasmay as she put a hand on her shoulder, and with the other one, placed a small lighter in her hands. It had been nearly a year since she'd last used it. The people in her family tended to specialize in one single element, and fire had never been Scherezade's. Instead, she'd relied on a small witch spell that let her turn existing fires into arrows. But despite all the wars, battles, and missions that she had been on, there hadn't actually been a chance or reson to use it. Not after other abilities of hers received much better training and were actually useful without relying on something external. "You can keep it," she added after a quick pause.

Looking around, Scherezade bit her lower lip. She could see a single door to their side, though everything else to her seemed to be endless hallways. Maybe there were more doors slightly away from there. But more worrying than being somewhere they knew nothing about and didn't even have a map for, was the sound that was coming from the distance.

Scherezade moved her teeth from her lips to a finger, biting down hard enough to draw a drop of blood, and let it spill to the floor. It was small enough to go unnoticed.

Turning around to say something to the others, the voice of L8R boomed through and Scherezade quickly spun around, trying to understand where it had come from. But before she could, the walls had begun to move.

Glowing green eyes looked to the ceiling, to where they'd come from. Jumping there would be impossible within moments as the wall continued to press towards them. That only left the door.

"Come on!" she yelled as she ran to it, opening it first, coming to an abrupt pause as the smell of cheese hit her nose, confusing the heck out of her. It was another hallway, and it would probably lead them to where someone wanted them to go, but the smell...

Almost blocking escape for the others (but really, only almost), Scherezade stood there with a big goofy grin, just inhaling.

 

[Jai'galaar Gred]

Scherezade deWinter Neyana Dexter Zytros Ceros Malsang Sasmay Cull L8R

Jai looked around, sighing a bit. "Well, looks like I'm back at home," he said lightheartedly as he walked over to where the others were at. At least there were no broken bo.... The a voice boomed through the room, and machinery began to work. He looked around as the walls began to close in. "Osik! Not like home!" He then heard deWinter, turning to run that way, at least until he heard someone stop ahead. He should've kept running, but he couldn't break his nature.

He then shined a light over to see none other then Scherezade, looking like she was high on spice. Why did she have to do something nuts now. She did still have more sense then Nyree Justice , even now. That trigger happy nut had already caused him a decent amount of grief, but Jai had to focus. He started pushing his friend forward, grunting as he did.

"Not the time to go loopy, Scherezade. Move, move, move!"