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IRL Date: July 4th, 2005

Session Eight: Business As Usual

Start Date: 23rd of Descending Earth

The day after the party, the time came for the great melee - thirty skilled warriors gathering with blunted weapons in a large arena, determined to pummel each other into the ground. Akee, as the only one of the friends to be enrolled in the final round, was a bit worried about his chances, but resolved to do his best, a pair of blunted khatars in place and ready to fight. He quietly brought his hearthstone bracers as well, wrapping them in leather to disguise them. In the stands, Inari and Penu watched; Penu was confidant enough to have bet most of his money on Akee winning the tourney, and was ready to loudly cheer his friend on.
At first the battle seemed to be going well. Judicious and careful use of Charms kept Akee from having to defend himself as actively as he might otherwise, and most of the contestants preferred to take on weaker targets early on. Still, he soon found himself facing off against three foes, as the brawl slowly transformed into numerous smaller fights.
And then disaster struck. Akee felt a small pain in the back of his neck, which transformed rapidly into horrible agony. Reaching back, he found a small dart, which someone had presumably thrown at him. As the poison from the dart spread through his system, he tried valiantly to keep fighting, but although he managed to keep from falling immediately, his responses were slowed by pain and his opponents managed to further injure him before falling in turn.
And then it was just Akee, Matias Darkblane, and the young woman named Anya. The two of them carefully began to circle Akee; if he was defeated, whichever of the two won would tie him for second place overall - if he won, he would take first and the departed Hayyoth would place second. Akee fought valiantly, but the poison had weakened him and his opponents were greatly skilled. They defeated Akee, and then Matias defeated Anya to place second overall.
After the tourney, Inari and Penu visited Akee at the tents; Penu took a brief detour to try and convince the bookie that since Hayyoth had won overall, and wasn't in the city, Akee really won. This did not so much work as fail completely. Akee revealed the dart to the two of them, along with his suspicion that the attack was targeted against him directly, not simply as a contestant. The three agreed that the demon-cultists could well be involved, and resolved to be more on their guards in the future. After that, it was time to rest up for the grand ceremony at the king's palace.
This ceremony was a shorter affair than the one of the night before. Hayyoth Emblazoned With Fury was declared tournament champion, but as he was not present, his prize was held until such a time as he might use it. As victor of the melee tournament and tied for second overall, Akee got a large sum of money, which he decided to use to extend the lease on his apartment so that he and Penu could continue to live there. Inari's performances drew astonishing crowds, and she realized that she was rapidly becoming the talk of the city. Matias Darkblane approached Penu, and the two chatted for a bit. Later, when Akee, Inari, and Penu were talking with Cathak Citrios and a circle of his admireres, Penu mentioned that he was practically jobless, and Citrios suggested a lord who was a friend of his and could use another guardsman. Penu accepted, as a guardsman was a nice occupation to have.
The next few days passed mostly uneventfully. Akee continued to work at the docks, watching the dockmaster and trying to better understand how things were working. Penu began his job, learning the ropes of guarding the easy-going Lord Derrick Salmos, and Inari got herself an agent at Lyrial's suggestion, and began sorting through the numerous nobles who suddenly wanted to employ her. Despite this, they kept alert, for their enemies were apparantly getting more active, and Akee's easy recovery from the poison would concern them, at least...

((OOC Note: Regarding poison and mortals, my rule is that if a heroic mortal succeeds at their Stamina + Resistance check, they take the damage an Exalt would take on failing, which will usually cripple or kill them. If they fail, they take double that, which WILL kill them almost invariably. Extras generally just die horribly.))

End Date: 3rd of Ascending Water

Quote of the Day:
"I kind of went like "Urrgh!", and he was like, "Screw you", and I was like "oh." So now I'm here."
- Penu explains the events surrounding his lost bet.