Chapter 1 part 2

Alright. So thats the Sl'Vesh's future vote discounted for being out of his damn mind.

=He looked at the others, then back to the smoke cloud. He called out=

X- You tried to kill us! Why should we trust you!?

?- Nono! Not kill, move! To here, yesyes?

I stand up finally, dusting myself off and walking forward.

Why did you chase me from my home and destroy the house of my ancestors? You have committed crimes against all the Rohgedyn race by your actions.

That just seems incredibly coincidental. Sounds, to me, like they just couldn't shoot us, and now just want us to get closer so they can.

=The figure calls back=

?- We hear not Rohgedyn! To Great Races we speak-say!

=Xazhi looks at Arrun=

X- Well now I'm curious. Let's test that.

=He called out=

X- Hey! Shoot this if you can!

=He took off one of his small empty satchels, placed a small rock inside it, and threw it into the air. Not three seconds later, a shot rang out, and the rock inside the bag exploded into a cloud of dust. Xazhi looked back to Arrun wide-eyed=

X- Well I guess that solves that.

=i look at Xazhi and chuckle=
Yeah, yeah I guess it does. Well, now that we know they could've hit us, what do we do next?

Great races!?

I grit my teeth at that comment and start walking forward.

=The figure smirked a little, though it was not visable through the smoke. Xazhi looked at the Rohgedyn, then back to Arrun=

X- Guess that means us...

=He gets up and starts walking towards the figures as well. The middle one holds out it's hand=

?- Step not closer! Or fall to the Gas! Masks you require!

=had followed xazhi but stopped=

to the figureyou wouldn't happen to have any i take it?

I'll kill that little son-of-a-bitch.

I reach up and tighten my neckerchief even more around my face. That combined with my jacket and hood up, pulled tight, should stop any gas from being inhaled.

=The Figure signals the others, and they each throw something forward. A leather mas with glass eyeholes lands at the feet of each of the companions. Each, except the Rohgedyn. The figure again holds out its hand=

?- Come closer, and fall to the Gasgas! No mask but Ours protect you!

=i look at the Rog=
Calm down. Anger get's us nowhere.

=i bend over and pick up a mask, placing it over my head=

=Xazhi picks up the mask and puts it over his face. It's tight, and seems to be air-tight. He wonders how this was even possible without direct Magic influence. It also has some strange material on the inside... Some sort of stretchey black fabric [rubber-like]. He walks towards the Smoke, and enters it. He nearly jumps back out when he sees the figures=

GAH! WHAT ARE YOU!?

=puts the mask on and jumps in after xazhi=

bonzai

=Through the smoke, the figures become visible. Around 6' tall, with long faces and big ears, long tails and thick short brow or black fur all over. They looked like giant Rat people. Xazhi was a bit freaked out by them, so much so that he curled his own tail around his leg tightly as if to avoid making any contact with these... creatures=

?- Welcome, Great Races. I am Dyskt.

=The ratman extends its hands to shake. Xazhi just sortof avoids it=

=zeru shakes his hand=

names aeris

=A few of them gasp in astonishment. The rat turns to the other two=

D- And you must be... Xazhi, and Arrun. Yesyes?

=Xazhi nods=

=i nod=
I am Arrun. How did you hear of us?

D- We know many things. We seesee and hearhear. All over our hidden empire reaches.

X- Hidden empire?

=The ratman motions for them to follow. He opens the metal grate over the stone tunnel, and walks inside. He turns around=

?- Oh, and bring the pet. The Hybrid-beast.

I'll get him.


=i head back and run after the Rog, now a good long distance away, but still visible=