[185 and 186] The miles are getting longer, it seems, the closer I get to you [OPEN]

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone!
Open: Open!
When: Day 185 and 186
Where: Skyway
What: Six new locations, two days in a row.
Format: Any
Warnings: N/A

[Once more, it's gone quiet, but over days 185 and 186, Zayna and Zulf  find six more locations.

And among those locations, one that's familiar to Zulf himself...]

Comments

[dontyoujustwish]

[The vampire doesn't go after Anya, but there's a moment where it is clearly tempted, and that is the moment that Colin's fist connects with its jaw, sending it stumbling backwards and even succeeding in knocking out a few sharp teeth. And that's when Rin's sword finds it.

If it were a normal sword, Anya would be facepalming about now, but because it is on fire, stabbing the vampire through the chest with it actually works out. This time, the fire goes too deep for the vampire to have any chance of putting it out. It only takes a few moments to burn through its heart, and at that point the rest of its body turns to ash and falls, blackening the floor.

Not quite halfway up the stairs, Anya lets out a sigh of relief.]

Oh, good.

[freedom_engineer]

[To say that Colin was unfazed by the hit he'd taken would be inaccurate. His face was reddening and swelling slightly at the impact point, but it was still not as bad as it could have been.]

Yeah, every time I run into one of you leeches, I'm reminded why dad hates you...

[He rubs his fist then, scowling at the ash on the floor. He looks up then, his expression friendlier now.]

So. One vamp down. We expecting any more?

[hellpyre]

[Rin slumped and let her sword arm fall to her side, still flaming and out but otherwise unneeded. She let out a relieved sigh with it.]

I don't smell anythin' else. Just a lotta ash now.

[Sniff.]

[dontyoujustwish]

[Anya brightens immediately.]

That means we can start the real work now.

[She takes a step back down, is quickly reminded that she has claw-wounds in her leg, and starts back up again.]

Let me just find the first aid kit first.

[freedom_engineer]

Gonna need a long soak in the hot spring when we get back.

[It was a mutter, Colin's in a poor mood. He eyes Anya's wound, and he sighs.]

Lemme take care of that injury for you. I've got a medkit on me.

[He gives Rin a glance.]

Nice work with the lick, Rin-Rin.

[hellpyre]

Yeah, well, I ain't totally useless.

[Rin put her sword away at her hip, dousing the flames on her and the blade.]

So I take it we're gonna try to haul as much as we can back?

[dontyoujustwish]

Oh- Well, all right then.

[She plops down where she is on the steps instead of going up or down anymore. Come, tend to her wound.]

I think you both proved very useful. [Apparently she took that remark seriously.] I hope you can carry a lot, too.

[She surveys the damage to the basement from where she's sitting. It's a little dim without Rin's flames, but she can sort of make things out.]

It's too bad about the eyeballs, but I think the boxes you knocked over were mostly our surplus of chicken feet. There should be some good poisons a few shelves up.

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin walks over to the steps and pulls out his medkit. He crouches, and gets to work cleaning the wound before he sets to closing it with the regenerator.]

We should probably get your medkit and any fire extinguishers you may have had. Mundane utility is important. Poisons will be useful in the event that we need to journey into dangerous territory, but they probably won't have any other uses, so we should be sparing when we grab those.

I can carry plenty, but the laws of physics will dictate just how much we can bring back...

[hellpyre]

Between the two of us I think we can get a lot back, though. Colin and I are a lot stronger than we look.

[Of course that would require them getting something to carry and or lift and or haul.]

[dontyoujustwish]

[Regenerator. Now that thing looks handy; it's like having the healing powers of her demon self back, sort of.]

They aren't all deadly poisons. Some of them just inflict the sensation of being eviscerated. We may need those if the thief who ransacked Nathaniel's room ever strikes again.

But we can take the first aid kit and the fire extinguisher if you insist. And the cash register. I should have a dolly around here somewhere.

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin chuckles quietly.]

I actually think some of the poisons will be a good idea. We just need to sort it into "needs" and "wants". But that's easy enough, we can probably tear out half of this store to bring back, give or take a quarter ton.

[hellpyre]

[Rin would rather not think about that again, but luckily it's just a passing comment she doesn't have to worry too much about.]

I'll let you two figure that out. Just load me up whenever we're ready.

[dontyoujustwish]

[Anya claps her hands and gets back to her feet.]

Okay! Let's get started.