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Christofer looked at the others. Not very found of the 'fighting' and 'arguing', he sighed. He wasn't going to interfere with it though, he had done that before and getting in the middle of it all was a bad idea..

Unfortunately he did have to takee another look at Simon's nose but lucky enough they were more durable than that and the nose didn't need any more fixing. At least for now - you still need to remember that Christofer is no actual nurse

"Hey you all, I don't think you should fight here. Can't you just talk it over and be done with it?"

@Simon- Your nose is not broken, but after two hits to the face one of your front teeth has fallen out. This annoys you but you remember that as the school bully of the group, Al, Elo, and Toffi would most likely support Etharon before they supported you. A revenge later is an option or change your attitude and get over it.

Etharon- Alkilai's joke makes you openly smile, this reminds you that no matter what money troubles you are in, and how you have dabbled in illegal gun sales, these are your brothers and Alkilai just showed you that he supports you even if he is still upset by your rash hit to Simon.

Alkilai- The gents in the corner are still trying to wave you over, tell them to screw off or go see what they want. Either way, they are really trying to get you over there so it might be important, or it could be just a wish to get an autograph... What do you do?

Elo- Etharon is in more money trouble then he is letting on, and you assume by you telling the others about this, he won't get paid as much. He is either sick of living the way he has, or maybe he is in debt to some unsavory chaps. This is what your insight check tells you.

Toffi- This isn't as much of a fight as a bullying the person who bullied all of you when you were younger. Etharon obviously has no respect for him, but thinking back do you have any respect for Simon. Inappropriate pranks, jokes, hurting people with his spells. This makes you a little mad but you choose how you react to this memory.

Etharon begins to laugh and then looks at Elo, beginning to mask his emotions better. "So how are we gonna go about this Croc thing?" Walking up to the poster he pulls it down, "this is ours now..." Taking his second drink he sipped it slowly reading the material, what do you guys think, should we enter right above it or enter a bit away then walk through the sewer to find it??"

I stood up, stiff as a board.
"I'm going home now." I said it so plainly, yet disdain dripped from every word. It was like a punch to the gut. I handed Alkalai my drink, which I hadn't touched yet on my way out.

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As soon as I reached the home, I threw my coat down and darted to Etharon's room. I grasped my staff as it flickered like a torch. It was in fire mode now, and boy, was that bad for Etharon. I immediately grabbed a picture album I found in his room and burnt it to a crisp. I did the same to books, letters, and figurines. They all melted to ashes under my icy glare. Once I had finished, I left the ashes in his room, as I opened his window, leaping out of it. I strolled back to the bar, now seemingly completely normal, smiling. As I explained when I walked back bar, I explained that I had "composed myself again." I didn't have one regret.

"Hmm, this croc has probably been in the sewer for quite some time now, so if we go in there without any idea where it might be, we'd be in some serious trouble if it decides to hunt us." Alkilai stated. "I say, if possible, we try and track where it could be from the surface and come down right on top of it." He suggested, he had limited knowledge about hunting and tracking though, he wasn't even sure if this would be possible.

"Oh come on Simon, it was just a joke." Alkilai called to the hurt looking Simon. He placed the drink on one of the tables and sighed, feeling kind of guilty. "Think we should go after him?"

Elo nodded, "Yeah, Al is right. We need to find out how it moves, then find a way to strike undetected. Crocs are notorious for their sense of smell, if we went in sideways he'd have us before our eyes adjusted to the dark."

Christofer was looking at the gang, listening to them talk and thinking his own thoughts through about the matter

"If you're afraid of the dark, why not wait until it gets sunny outside?" he said, spinning his hand a bit around while leaned on the counter. "You know. Go sleep or such? I don't think being even slightly drunk helps you catch some lizards" He himself had some equipment that would ease his movement in the dark, but those were only for him and he wasn't planning on going anywhere alone unless he'd specifly be give the order By some higher up.

The boy looked after Simon, not really minding what he did or didn't do. He didn't decerve any more attention from that goof for a great while

Christofer yawned a bit and got up
"If there's nothing else I'll go and sleep. You guys are welcome to follow me. I'll give you discounts on the rooms"

@Simon- On your way back to the bar you feel a pulse of electrical energy surge through you. The room at the orphanage was obviously not where Etharon lived anymore, meaning you burned down an orphans room, an orphans scrap book, and an orphans toys. Police had been called and lucky for them they were near by when the heard of a Drow Mage attacking an Orphan's room. You now lay unconcious in the back of a hover squad car as they take you in for questioning... (Note to everyone, try stay with the group. Simon you have school anyway, pm me when school dies down and I'll write you back into the story.)

@Etharon- Finishing up your drinks Marak waves to the four of you as you leave the bar, in your opinion the only way to learn about the beast is to use your stealth and go down and examine it yourself, so the group walks to the nearest old subway entrance, abandoned for many hundreds of years they now link the Sewers together all over the city planet.

@Alkilai- As you leave the bar the old man and old Drow look quite offended that you never took the time to come say hi, however once you reach this ancient subway entrance your heart begins to race, not only does it look scary down there but it looks fun. This could be a great fight, or your last fight, all depending on the King Croc down there.

@Elo- This looks dangerous, you have only been with your brothers for a few hours now and don't really know how much you can trust them in a fight, Etharon who wants his money, Toffi who has always been super distant, and Al... Well Al probably has your back. This thought gives you solace, what do you do now?

Toffi- You have zero idea why your brothers would want to go into these tunnels, for the record you are 100% against it, but at the same time being alone with Simon would be worse so you might just wanna follow these guys. What do you do??

Etharon lifts the caution tape on the Subway entrance and slips behind some poorly locked doors, "come on guys, if we are going after this thing together at least give me a little back up..." He was mostly saying this to Al and Toffi, still feeling a bit betrayed by Elo for sharing the info about the reward. He planned to confront him about it later but for now all that mattered was earning a bit of easy cash. As soon as Etharon gets in there he will roll for stealth, "guys be as quiet as you can," he whispered. "Step with purpose and try to stay undetected..."

Alkilai was surprised by how excited he was by this hunt, he always loved a good fight, and this Croc just might turn out to be his greatest challenge yet, and he intended to come back out the winner.

"Don't gotta tell me twice." Alkilai replied as he followed behind Etharon as quietly as he could. Stealth wasn't exactly his trademark, and the echo of the Subway just made every little movement sound that much louder, he hoped he wouldn't tip off the Croc if it was nearby.

He wasn't all on how they even got there, or rather why. Why would they go to the 'Subway' - to Christofer there would be nothing waiting there but emptiness and darkness. He hadn't really heard much of the Place either but the boy was not least bit surpriced when the Place was all moist and cold.

Etharon removing the security/caution tape and their constant "Be quiet" and " Be careful" got him rather aware of the fact that where they were planning on going would not be the safest Place around. It wouldn't be good... He might have eyes that adabt to darkness fairly quickly, but if someone or something was there he was sure that it would notice them faster and do its things even before the others got to even shout for help...
Besides. He had no weapon.

"You guys move slowly and try to stay out of trouble, ok? I'll go get some of my equipment, my working Place is right behind the corner" he spoke quietly, not to disturd whatever the others were planning on meeting. He then turned, sneaked out of the Place before they would have gotten far and ran to his working Place to gather his equipment. It shouldn't be taking that long as the distance was short and the equipment easy to put on...

@Simon- You awaken in a holding cell of the military police, a city appointed Drow Lawyer is on the other side of the cell, "Good to see your awake, names Toby Redlyn." He began looking through some files, "I can probably get you off with a few dozen hours of community service if you play then next hour exactly how I tell you." The Drow explained how they could stack a Protesting Charge, along with a Drow Discrimination Plea if Simon confessed and payed a hefty fine. You can either agree and be a free man with more debt then Etharon, or TRY to break out and be a wanted criminal... Your choice!

@Etharon- After being super stealthy, and Alkilai being super stealthy, Toffi come in yelling about his plan to get some things back at his home. This annoys you but doesn't seem to cause any negative effects so you continue into the tunnels, looking around you see old subway cars, a few giant rats that are more afraid of you then anything, what would you like to do? Continue or wait for Toffi??

Alkilai- As you follow Etharon you see what he sees, your stealth check was also successful and you can't help but to smile at the loud Toffi standing at the top of the steps yelling down. The things down here that you don't really see the giant rats but if you did you'd probably run at them scaring them off. Humans don't have dark vision like Lizarians, Elidran, and Drow.

@Elo- You stand at the top of the steps watching some people enter downward and Toffi head off in a different direction, what would you like to do?

@Toffi- "Remember to roll a 1D20, not a 1D6 next time," that voice echoes in your mind and you somehow understand it's meaning. But as you turn the corner you pass the police station, you have no idea Simon is inside but as you continue down the road you turn a corner and reach your shop, what now?

Silvery lines of crocodile tears drip down my face as I gasp for air. I clear my throat, beginning my story.
"I'm a suicidal mage, on the verge of dying from starvation. I have no family, as I was kidnapped when I was a baby. I had to grow up on the rough side of Callisto, gaining food by thievery and deception. I was about to drop dead from hunger, when I had to scavenge the nearest building I could find. I dropped my staff by accident, setting blaze to the building. I never got an food, and I have less than an hour to live." I lied.

Etharon heads deeper into the caves keeping his stealth up, he searches the caverns until he hopefully finds what he is looking for. Putting a up he alerts Alkilai to hold (If Al is Following). Peering down the corner at what he believes is the beast what does he see?

Alkilai tried his best to stay close to Etharon, he didn't exactly have very good night vision, the only thing keeping him from getting lost were the sounds of Etharon's footsteps on the soggy floor. That being said, he may or may not see Etharon's holding signal.

Elo followed the two, pulling from his pocket a small device he placed over his eye. The world around him was encased in a soft green glow, and anything that moved was cloaked in black. It wasn't very advanced, and it only worked for one eye at a time, but it gave him a good idea of what was ahead.

Not knowing how close they were to their target, Elo didn't dare speak. Instead, he tapped Etharon's arm as they stopped and passed the device to him, motioning for him to put it over his eye.

Christofer made it swiftly to his working Place and explained to his boss that he had gotten a job on his 'second duty' and would be back later. There wasn't much else he could say yet. Heck, he wasn't sure what he could say; he didn't know where his former 'roommates' would be going and why.

He was swift to gear up and leave from another exit. There was no reason for him to not run back to the subway, he would jog though 'casually' so to speak; maybe some people could have thought that he was just on a normal little excersice trip or such? Anyway, he didn't want anyone to follow him so the few that would even pay attention to him shouldn't be too exited to follow after the boy

As he neared the subway he slowed down to walking speed and listened on the opening for any sounds... He would be careful, but if anyone had followed him this far out there Could be trouble on this side of the subway....

@Simon- You are going to be fined about a thousand credits, and the police officers have dropped the community service and are instead escorting you to a squad car to be transported to a hospital for the depressed and suicidal. As they get you outside and open the squad car your 100 credits have been taken and you see Toffi running down the street. What you you like to do?

@Etharon- Your efforts to be stealthy have been for nothing, without rolling a stealth check Elo gave your position away and the giant crocodile creature lifts its head up and growls, it begins sprinting at you and with one of its two attacks it swipes at you! (It needs a 10+ to hit, but your armor is 4.)

@Alkilai- The Croc begins running at you and swings its claws at Etharon and then tries to bite Elo! To your knowledge it hasn't yet noticed you yet, you can add +4 for your strength, +1 more for your advantage this turn only for a surprise attack. Or you could run... What would you like to do?
((You need 13+ to hit the croc!))

@Elo- Without rolling for stealth you are obviously very loud even without speaking, as you are about to hand your piece of tech to Etharon the croc rushes you, it needs 10+ to hit you but your armor is 2.

@Toffi- As you reach the subway you still have to roll an intelligence check to find the party, but add +2 because they are being noisy, you need a 10+ to find them.

I clear my throat, raising an eyebrow.
"Um, excuse me sir, but I cannot pay the fine. I'm too poor to even afford food! Just penalize me with death, please." I caught a glimpse of Toffi and though of how I'd break his spirit and crush his dreams for this. I began to weep again, heaving and gasping for extra drama.
"I'm so sorry." I whispered, dropping to my knees.


(Note that my character isn't actually suicidal.)

Etharon felt the cut of the claw as he fell backwards. Whipping out his blaster he got off one shot before he fell and landed on the ground. Looking at his wound he looked at Elo, "You idiot, now we're gonna have to fight this thing head on!" To Etharon, Elo was always dragging everyone down... Or maybe that was just the pain talking.