Heirot

Drakoe flashed around his opponent, dodging his slashing claws. When he saw the oppurtunity he paused and spoke again.

"I didn't take this job for the money, just so you know," he argued. He dashed around some more and when he got the oppurtunity he said, "I am actually really interested in you. It's not every day you find someone who has a somewhat relationship with dragons, and whether you know it or not they're in my family past too."

He dodged the attacks until Zeikiel decided to cease his slashing.

"Oh really?" Zeikiel slashed once more then jumped 2 feet back. If this character thought having dragon's in his past would make them friends, he was mistaken.

He stopped in front of him keeping his distance. "So does this mean you will at least hear me out?" He asked with a cunning grinn sweeping across his face.

He didn't expect to make friends with him so easily but maybe they could find some common ground.

"Can you battle and talk at the same time?" Zeikiel grinned malicously. He was completely serious. He lunged for Draoke's throat.

OOC: internets is being evil/.....

Dan struck an unnecessary thoughtful pose. "Magic barrier, huh?" she asked Kat. "Any idea what sort? How did you get through?" She wasn't personally any good at magic, but she liked to think she knew a thing or two about it - the operative phrase being that she "liked to think."

Kat shook her head and finished with her master's axe. "I do not know much of magic, and he did not explain. But he keeps me to understand why."

"That so?" Dan sat down on the ground, facing Kat. "What sort of things does he do? Other than yelling and setting things on fire and making you sharpen that ghastly thing?"

Kat gave Dan an odd look. Wondering why she was so interested. "Since I told him I know of herbs, he has made me go into town to buy various kinds. I think he's using them to understand me better..." She actually wasn't very sure. He was always just staring...

Dan eyed the girl shrewdly. "You say you told him you know of herbs. Were you telling him the truth?" After a brief pause, she began backpedaling. "Not that I'm calling you a liar or anything. I mean... How much do you really know? Is it possible that some of your herblore counteracted this... 'barrier?'"

Kat shrugged. Indicating that if that was true then she didn't know. "That or I'm just lucky."

"Hmph." Dan tossed her head to one side to fling the errant hair out of her eyes. "How long do you think they'll take?" She nodded in the general direction in which Zeikiel and Drakoe had left. "If your master kills the kid too quickly and he's still angry by the time it's done, I'll probably need to get out of here." She pulled her quiver towards her on the ground, but made no move to stand.

Kat wasn't sure how to react to Dan's statement. She feared for Drakoe but yet at the same time for Zeikiel. Maybe that was just her normal instincts towards her master's. Which brought Kat to the question of why these two were even here.

"Why are Lord Drakoe and you here anyway? Not to pry my Lady." Kat asked respectfully.

Dan laughed. "'My Lady,' huh? I like that. I can't speak for 'Lord' Drakoe, but as for me..." She shrugged. "I'm running low on money. I'm good at shooting things. If I can get paid to shoot things, so much the better." Her eyes narrowed slightly. "I would assume that our friend with the sword is some kind of mercenary or bounty hunter. I don't like that lot too much, really, so I don't go out for the killing jobs most of the time. But - half-man, half-dragon? You've got to admit that's... curious."

Drakoe zipped out of the way of the attack and stopped on a nearby limb just out of his reach. He knew the fiend could blast at him but he didn't sweat it too much. he didn't want to really fight him right now but if he persisted, he wouldn't have much choice.

"Unfortunately for us both I can't fight and talk at the same time," he remarked, " Well, I guess I could but I don't feel like it. so it's going to have to be one or the other."

He made a sweeping slash at Zeikiel, and quickly retreated before he could reach him.

Zeikiel dodged the slash then completely stopped all attack. He just waited. "Well then, we're backed into a corner now, eh?" Zeikiel wasn't about to sit and have a nice chat with someone who was trying to kill him.


Kat shrugged her shoulders again. "It is curious, his origins, but I don't ask for it is not my place." She said truthfully. So, there were here for money? It still didn't make sense to Kat but everyone had their purposes.