Fable: The Ties that Bind (RP Thread)

[Haylie]

Lionheart, still in the tree, doesn't move. "Pheh. Give me one good reason why I should."

He turns to look at the new arrival. "Who the hell are you? Some bloody mercenary or somethin'?"

Scarlet also looks at the new person, looking rather confused. Her hood fell off when she was shot, revealing her startlingly flawless face and long, braided brown hair. The only thing marring her beauty is the fact that her nose is scrunched up in confusion.

[Knight Errant]

Captain Strife gives Scarlet a rogueish grin, then turns his attention to Lionheart.

"I suppose... 'or something' would have to do. But come! You and I have a bussiness transaction to sort out."

"Namely, I aim to divorce your unkempt head from your scrawny shoulders."

With that he pulls his steel pistol, takes aim, and fires at Lionheart's head in one fluid motion.

[Haylie]

Lionheart immediately drops from the tree branch to the ground, narrowly dodging the bullet. "You bloody moron. You canna' stop me. I'm the brother of Dash the Quick, and ten times as smart! I canna' be caught!"
He pulls his own pistol and fires at Strife, a cocky grin on his face (no pun intended).

Scarlet stands up, still looking at Strife. She turns around to look at Aloena long enough to say, "Thank you for the quick heal, Aloena. Don't know what we'd do without you."

[Knight Errant]

Strife dodges to the right, rolling and coming back up with another loaded pistol from under his jacket. He fires again, this time just aiming for Lionheart's chest.

[Haylie]

The bullet strikes, but Lionheart just takes a few steps backward, but he's lost his balance, and his next shot goes wild. He holds up one hand, his eyes wide and filled with fear. "Wait, wait, wait! I-I can make you a deal!"

The bandits that were busy whipping the would-be slaves now turn their attention to the small group of heroes, rushing at them with their whips; Scarlet looks at them, but makes no move to stop them.

The first whips at Cletus from a distance, Indiana Jones-style.

The second, more heavily armored, gets close and attempts to wrap his whip around Lyon's neck.

The third, headed for Aloena, trips on a rock and face-plants firmly on the ground, breaking his nose. He is clearly drunk.

The fourth, like the first, attempts a distance-strike at Robin, but with less skill, and misses. But not by much.

[Knight Errant]

Strife reloads his pistol and points it at Lionheart, aiming right between his eyes. But he dosent fire...

"A deal, hmmm? I am listening. Speak quickly, and make it good..."

He smiles. He always loved it when he cornered bandits with enough brain cells to barter for their lives.

[muffinstud]

Cletus holds his axe up with two hands in an effort to catch the lash on the handle. The strike proves too quick and cuts into his forearm. "Gah!" He tosses the axe up and catches it with his good hand and runs towards the bandit. "You die now!"

[Shadowmaster]

Lyon raises an arm to block the whip, letting it wrap around his arm. He grabs onto it, holding his sword in his free arm. "You'll pay for that..." he says, giving the whip a tug.

[Kris_Roth]

Aloena sees the drunk guy fall face down in front of her and she steps over him to heal up Cletus as he continues to attack his opponent. "That's why you shouldn't drink..." She says, pointing to the passed out drunk guy.

[Haylie]

With his hands still in the air, Lionheart allows himself to calm down a bit before speaking. "Alright... here's the deal... if you help me get all these slaves to the camp before sundown, dispatching any... "obstacles" on the way, I'll give yeh a cut of the profit. How's that sound?"

Scarlet looks at the two negotiating as three assassins quickly surround her and begin jeering. She ignores them.

Cletus's bandit raises his whip to strike again, not realising Cletus is now too close to hit with the whip. He's wide open.

Lyon's bandit is pulled closer, but he'll have to find a weakness in that armor before he can attack. Perhaps at the joints...

Aloena's bandit stays put for the moment.

[muffinstud]

Cletus cries out in rage, spittle flying through the air as he rushes his open target. He leaps forward to close the final gap and brings his axe straight forward into the bandit's chest.

[Knight Errant]

"Hmmm..." Strife thinks it over for a bit. "Whats the class of your cargo? Just worthless villagers penned up like sheep? Or do they actually matter."

[Kris_Roth]

Aloena heals up Cletus and then also attempts to buff up Scarlet, "I hope you can keep up protecting me. I use a lot of Mana when I heal multiple people."

[Haylie]

Scarlet glances at Aloena, then back at her bandits. "I appreciate the help, but I think you should stand back a bit." With that, she pulls out her large sword and begins hacking away at the three bandits, slicing through them like paper.

Lionheart lowers his hands just a little. "They're mostly run-of-the-mill villagers, but I've gathered several important figures, including one or two Heroes, and even a few Mayors."

Cletus's axe actually gets stuck on the helpless bandit's ribcage. Quite dead, he flops around like a doll.

[Knight Errant]

Strife smiles winningly. Surely Lionheart saw his future brightening.

"Ahhh how wonderful. Now only one thing remains before the contract between you and me can be completed."