Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5583506-20160117031504/@comment-5583506-20160118230955

"What?!" exclaimed the mayor and almost flew out of his chair. "A Beast? Heading for Kilkreath?"

Ran'Jinro nodded. "That's right."

"B-but... that's your duty, isn't it? To make sure that things like these doesn't happen?"

"I have never encountered a Beast like this before", remarked Ran'Jinro. "It was intelligent. Almost on the same level as us. We had tracked it for some weeks until we lost signs of it." The Khajiit glanced over at Evelyne who was still visibly shaken from staring death in the face. "It laid a trap for us and waited."

"They can do that?!"

"This one could", said Ran'Jinro. "As I said, this Beast has clearly showed  enough   eccentric behaviour for us in order to be marker for death. We tried to intercept it and it could have killed us there and then, but instead it resumed its path. Very unusual, as not to say... This is the first time anything like it has ever been reported."

"And its path will lead it... here?"

The Khajiit nodded.

The mayor suddenly turned pale and began to cold sweat, his hand slightly trembled as he massaged his right temple anxiously. "W-what can I do?"

"Post all your guards and every man who knows how to handle a ranged weapon on the walls. Every citizen living on the surface needs to be evacuated underground. Me and Evelyne here will ride out and encounter that Beast again, but we need fire support. Can we rely on that?"

The mayor nodded nervously, but didn't even look at them. It was clear that he had never had to deal with a situation like this in his entire life at his position. "You... you will kill it, right?"

Ran'Jinro was silent for a brief moment. "We will try." He then rose up, motioning for Evelyne to follow as he expected the mayor to do his part.

"Wh-what happens if you fail?" asked the mayor as the two Beast Slayers were at the door.

The Khajiit just glanced over his shoulder back at the mayor. "Let's... let's try not to think about that, okay?"

And then he closed the door.