forum Assassin one-on-one ((closed, please stalk))

Started September 02, 2018 by @ElderGod-Carrots

tune

“He’s a pain, besides, I’d rather not have him here when discussing these sorts of things, it’s too dangerous for a fourteen old.”

“Of course,” Blaine agreed with a nod. “And now that we’re on the topic… What was going on?”

Kyra sighed, running a hand through her hair, "I used to work at the castle," She started, "Up until a little while ago. There were rumors going around that there was some bad things going on. I decided to look into it," She sighed, "Turns out, I was right. There are rumors that the royals use protection runes, but that wasn't the only type of runes I found. Ones that had been outlawed by the very same people years and years ago."

Blaine raised her eyebrows. Protection runes… That meant they would have had a very hard time assassinating the prince, had they decided to go through with it.

“Which runes?” she asked curiously, leaning forward and resting her elbows on her knees.

Kyra looked around for a moment before she stood, pulling out an old, worn book from a nearby cupboard. She sat down, flicking it up to a certain page and pointing, “Those.” They looked fairly similar to the ones back at the Guild.

Blaine blinked down at the page. She turned to Andion, nodding toward the pictures. “Recognize those?” she asked in a low murmur.

“How could I not?” Andion mumbled, frowning down at the page, “Do you know where these come from? Their origins?”

Kyra shrugged, “Sorry I don’t. It’s what I’m trying to figure out. I want to know why the Royals would even have such runes. Ones that are banned by everyone in Maradova.”

Blaine nodded slowly. Maybe that’s why they were supposed to kill the prince. Maybe he’d stolen them. Or maybe Thranion had stolen them and wanted rn cover his tracks…

“Do you know how long they’ve been in the royals’ possession?”

"A while I'm guessing," Kyra leaned back in her chair, "The books I saw seemed pretty old. And the ones carved into the castle always seem like they've been there for a while now."

Blaine hummed, her eyes skimming the pages again. “Where in the castle were they?”

“The carvings are everywhere. From doors to the roof to the floor,” She sighed, “No one thought anything of it since they thought it was just designs. But, there’s an old library hidden by the Prince’s chambers, that’s where I found the most of them. With all the books and scripts about them.”

That was a lot of runes… What were they up to in that castle?

“Do you have any idea why they’re there?” Blaine asked, glancing over at Andion quickly before facing Kyra again.

Andion picked up the book, flicking through the other pages while Kyra spoke.

"No clue. Everyone thought they were the same as the protection ones, no one thought to question them. There were rumors of magic and spirits but not many people believed that."

Blaine’s fingers twitched at the mention of magic. It had been a while since she’d heard anyone speak of it… And it wasn’t generally something she brought up.

“Well, magic hasn’t really been seen anywhere lately, has it?” she asked, growing more and more curious about these runes.

“Not particularly. It used to be a common sight but there was a total ban on magic here,” Kyra chewed her bottom lip, “It’s why on one believed the rumours. But… there’s a possibility they could be using it in conjunction with the runes.”

“Interesting,” Blaine mumbled as she leaned over to look at the pages over Andion’s shoulder. “Any idea what kind of magic?”

“Elemental magic was the most common. Though it depends on family and the person and who they studied from so it could be anything.” She shrugged.

Of course it could be anything… Our job just can’t be easy, can it?

“Elemental magic was most common in the royal family, then, too?” Blaine asked, looking back over at Kyra.

Kyra nodded, “Correct. Although the Prince seemed to take a liking to the more.. dangerous parts of the magic field.”

Blaine quirked an eyebrow. Of course he had… They just couldn’t have an easy job, could they?

“Such as?”

“Necromancy, the dark arts, manipulation of minds and darkness that sort of thing.” She looked to Andion who was holding the book, then back to Blaine, “Be careful around him, you never know what could happen.”

I’m being too curious.

Blaine gave the woman a small smile and nodded. “Of course. We simply have some questions the next time they are seeing people.”

Kyra nodded, starting to become a little suspicious about their intentions but didn’t question them, “Of course, it’s understandable. Anyway, if there’s anything else you need ask it now, there’s things I need to attend to.”

Blaine glanced over at Andion. “I don’t have anything else. Did you?”

Andion shook his head, “Not really. Can we take the book? We’ll return it once we’ve finished.”
Kyra thought about it for a moment, “You promise to return it?”