Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29559990-20160630223627/@comment-5583506-20160731023453

(Still waiting for dat epic pie, Daeds.)

"The fuckers are escaping!" shouted one of the Emperor's People at the same time her Redguard friend was violently squashed underneath the heel of the Wolf Beast.

She barely came out alive by rolling to the side. When she came within view, Ran'Jinro recognised her as the Breton with the crossbow back at when they had first encountered them. The woman furiously fired a bolt in his direction, missing his face with mere inches.

After a crude curse she reloaded her crossbow and tried again, only this time Ran had managed to take a few furious steps in his stride towards her. As she fired again, his reflexes reacted accordingly by blocking with his blade. The bolt broke against the hardened metal, sending shrapnels and splinters flying in all directions. The impact was so strong, it pushed the Khajiit back with some steps. A splinter grazed his left cheek, leaving a bleeding slit in his fur.

As she attempted to reload her crossbow once more, Ran'Jinro shoved the blade into her abdomen, forcing it all the way through to the hilt. The Breton gasped and looked back up at him in astonishment and pain. Ran'Jinro didn't return her expression. In fact, he wasn't even looking at her at all. She was just an obstacle, and he needed to get back to the people he gave two shits about.

Without even as much as saying something or pay any attention to the woman he had just killed, Ran'Jinro pulled his blade out of her, spilling her blood all over the cobblestone. The Breton collapsed headlong to the ground with a vague sigh, knocking her head hard against the street.

Beatrix followed in Ran'Jinro's wake, trying her best to keep track of the Beast's movements, to make sure that it didn't backstep and accidentally crushed her or one of the people she cared about.

"Keep up with me, Koldri!" she exclaimed and cut an Outsider down. "Don't lose track of Ran!"

Evelyne eventually joined up Jared and the wolf. "Where is Jak?" she asked. "Where is Ran?"

Falana checked back over her shoulder every now and then, to make sure that the chaos ensuing in the Talos Plaza District wouldn't backfire on them. There was a Beast on the loose after all. It served no master but itself. It could just as easily begin eating them as the Emperor's People. It was a dangerous, but necessary plan.

"Let's head for the Cridus residence", she said. "We could find some temporary shelter there. Leave someone outside to make sure that the others lagging behind finds their path there as well. We are leaving this hell hole for good."