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#801: Apr 11th 2016 at 10:28:21 AM

Ching

"Hooray for the conquering hero..." Ching deadpanned at Thomas as she walked past him towards the door the two Caesars were guarding. "Let's just get moving before they get back with help. We've been delayed long enough."

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#802: Apr 11th 2016 at 10:37:30 AM

Thomas

"...Mm? Did you say something?" Thomas said to Ching, the scraps of prison cloth still lodged in his ears.

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#803: Apr 11th 2016 at 11:51:49 AM

Günther

"...Heh!" Günther chuckled as the two Romans made like a tree and got the fuck outta there. "I think that's what they call a Julius Seizure."

He then turned around to see an understandably less-than-contented Cadmus scolding him for his reckless little maneuver. Although her sternness did not faze him in the slightest, she admittedly did have a point, and it would be stupid to brush her off.

"Understood." He replied, nodding. "Heh, old habits die hard, and dying itself is no exception. I'll be more careful."


Gabby

Gabby watched the Caster seize up and spasm on the ground, mouth agape in shock. Her eyes followed Saber as he scooped his companion/alternate self up in his arms and hurried out of the room. She was silent a moment, her mind still attempting to take this in.

...Finally, though, a response crept into her mind, and with it, a satisfied smirk crept onto her face.

"Ha! I knew Caesar had frickin' epilepsy."

Her brow then furrowed.

"...Wait, uh... Is... Is it bad to make fun of someone for having a seizure if they're just a huge butthole an—...?"

It was then she noticed her comrades heading through the new exit.

"...Gah, never mind. Wait up!"

And with that, she hightailed it after the other Chaldeans.

edited 11th Apr '16 1:27:29 PM by MobileLeprechaun

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#804: Apr 11th 2016 at 2:46:24 PM

Pre-Entry

Huangdi

The Emperor lowered his shield and thus dissipated the barrier he had created. "Well that didn't seem too difficult. Really though, the weaker among you should try to remain behind the wall instead of jumping in front of it." he said, raising in eyebrow at Gunther. Then he shrugged.

"Still, I won't fault you in your eagerness to protect your lord, youngling. Just use more tact next time."

He too walked off into the unknown, though he kept his shield with him as a precaution. He didn't fully understand why the courtesan was always so volatile, but she was and he had to be prepared to deal with it. Maybe she had been wronged by some patron of hers, or she had been slighted of payment recently. He wasn't sure.

But in the great scheme of things, it didn't really matter.

Agrippa

Rather than having the 'seven voices,' as Cadmus had desired, reabsorb the energy, Agrippa did it instead. The multicolored energy raced into her open palm, where she concentrated it and gave it form as a maroon colored semi-transparent crystal. She pocketed this for safekeeping.

The constructs Cadmus had wrought for the voices disappeared once their purpose was fulfilled.

With a sigh, Agrippa moved into the darkened hallway as well. She didn't know what to expect, and she wasn't all too happy about letting the Caesars go uninhibited, but she felt a little glad that they were finally making some headway into escaping.

Thahab

Thahab didn't respond for a few seconds, then finally pulled himself away. He looked around for Jeanne, then, having found her, he raced over to where she was.

"So did you chase them away?" he asked, now latching onto Jeanne. He still didn't feel all that safe.

Entry

As they walked through the darkened hallway, any lights they had on them began to die out.

This went unnoticed. They walked forward automatically.

The darkness that surrounded them began to consume them until nothing was left but cold unknowing.

But then there was light again, a faint crackle of a torch that brought them back into a world bound, at least marginally, by time and space.

This area was definitely different. The stones were a different color, the air felt a bit heavier, and the walls were actually carved with Egyptian hieroglyphics, albeit ones too faded to accurately read. The torches here seemed older, but they shone away with a friendly enough light.

And now Aaliyah's connection started 'ringing' again.

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#805: Apr 12th 2016 at 2:03:57 PM

Ching

"No," Ching sighed in exasperation at Thomas, rubbing her forehead. "I didn't say anything."

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#806: Apr 12th 2016 at 4:56:36 PM

Rick
"Huh, would you look at that?" Rick said. He gazed off into the seemingly infinite darkness, then took in the light as it slowly started to come back again. One had to wonder about if it was all a metaphor for life - the darkness, the light, the silence, the strange writings written by people long ago.

Truly, one could ponder such a thing for all eternity.

"Well that's enough of that, let's go." He kept marching forwards.

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#807: Apr 12th 2016 at 5:49:28 PM

Jeanne

She put a hand on Thahab's back rubbing it bit hoping to calm him down. "Its okay, they're gone now" she said as she went through the entrance. Instinctively Jeanne pulled Thahab a little closer so as to not lose her charge to this darkness. When they came out into the light she sighed a little in relief.

Aaliyah.

Aaliyah went through the Darkness, not paying it any more mind than any other room in this crazy place. "Wait guys' she said once they got into the light Chaldea is trying to get in touch, so let's rest here." At that she concentrated her prana into opening a channel with Chaldea, preparing for a tongue lashing from the director.

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#808: Apr 14th 2016 at 9:46:27 AM

Günther

Günther merely shrugged and smirked at Huangdi as he followed the others into the thick darkness. Heh, God, there just wasn't any escaping stern lectures from concerned adults, was there? It was almost like another and Father had opted to accompany him on this mission.

He noted the more archaic feel this room had, but didn't really have much to quip about, at least not just yet. Maybe if some actual ancient Egyptians hopped out, then he could dip into his repository of Egypt puns. God knows it had been too long since he had accused someone of being "in da Nile", eheheheh...


Gabby

Gabby breathed a deep sigh of relief when she finally stepped into the light, her eyes widening and eagerly scanning the new locale.

"...Wow, frick, this is more like Egypt I was expecting." She said, deeply fascinated, but still a bit too nervous to stray very far from the group.

"...'Kay, but listen, guys, the Caesars are still out here somewhere. We can't let our guard down at all, okay?"

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#809: Apr 17th 2016 at 7:03:43 AM

Thahab

As Thahab walked into the darkness, he kept his hands kept closed around the bees Rick had gifted him.

Once he was out, he opened his hands and released a single firefly, which flew around the room rather lazily. Its faint flickering glow did little to illuminate the room any further. When Jeanne sighed, he did too as if to imitate her. His current posture was also similar to her.

Maybe if he started imitating someone strong he wouldn't be so scared all the time.

Chaldea

Aaliyah would receive an image of Dr. Roman seated in his little communication's officer's chair once again.

"Oh hey, you picked up, and so quickly too." he said, giving her a quick little wave. He wasn't actually looking at her. "Anyway, I just found some stuff on that allied servant of yours you might want to hear..." he said, shuffling some papers around on his desk. When he looked up, he frowned and tilted his head slightly.

"Is something wrong? You look like kinda scared. Is this a bad time?"

Agrippa

There were a few rooms a bit farther ahead to where they were currently resting, so Agrippa decided to look into one of them.

Her eyes narrowed.

The more she looked into this room, the less she was able to actually discern what was in it. She didn't dare step inside, since she didn't know what to expect, so instead she turned and checked the other room. The situation was the same. Even the flickering torches could not pierce this miasma of unknowing.

She sighed and returned to where the Chaldeans were resting. If her suspicions were correct, the rooms didn't actually exist until someone was in them. While this was probably bad in any other circumstance, she did recall that one of them... the purple girl had some Mystic Code that allowed her to discern whether or not someone was in one of those rooms.

But she looked busy at the moment, so she instead fashioned herself a rather nice rocking chair using her magic and promptly took a seat.

"What did you expect of Egypt, little one?" she asked, tilting her head a bit towards Gabby. "This place was ruled by Ptolemy and his ilk for a good while. I do not know whether that is going on now, but they were more Greek than anything."

Huangdi

"We're waiting now?" He said, before stretching himself out. "Finally, some peace."

He snapped his fingers.

Out of absolutely nowhere, a massive disc of white light appeared behind him, large enough to span the entire height of the ceiling and the floor. Before the eyes of the Chaldeans could adjust to the light, and thus see inside the disc, a set of three figures popped out. The disc promptly disappeared afterwards.

The three clay figures that appeared now bent over in various positions. One of them was on all fours. Huangdi approached this pile of figures, then promptly sat on top of it. "Ah, that's better." he said, adjusting himself in the "chair" they had fashioned with their surprisingly limber bodies.

By the spears the figures had dropped on arrival, and by the way they were dressed (carved?), this made evident the fact that they were clearly soldiers. Combat ready automata, ready to be deployed at any moment.

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#810: Apr 17th 2016 at 11:35:04 PM

Ching

Ching raised an eyebrow at the automatons Huangdi had summoned. She studied them closely, taking in their details. She suspected that these must be the Terracotta Army, the sculpture soldiers made to protect the emperor in the afterlife, and from the look of things, appear more than ready for combat. Which raised more than a few questions, such as...

"Could you have summon those at any time?" she asked the Emperor, her voice calm but clearly straining from the suppressed frustration at this revelation.

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#811: Apr 18th 2016 at 10:19:48 AM

Aaliyah

"Uh...nothing's wrong." She said, straightening herself. By some miracle, her not answering the call was swept under the rug. But she didn't want to linger on the subject, in fact it'd be better if they moved on all together. "What did you find?"

Jeanne

Jeanne didn't pay much attention to Huangdi, but the firefly did her eye and she looked down at her little Master. "Did you do that?*

edited 19th Apr '16 8:36:20 AM by Azure

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#812: Apr 18th 2016 at 11:31:48 PM

Rick
"Oh hey, cool, you got a signal in here?" Rick said, approaching Aaliyah. "Can you tell Dr. Mormon to tell Jabir that Thahab is doing just dandy. And then tell him that that means good, I'm not sure if he understands my Americanisms too well. Actually, you know what, scratch that, just tell him to tell him that the kid is doing great, keep the message simple. Also thank him for the grenades, I haven't gotten a chance to use them yet but I'm sure they're going to be handy."

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#813: Apr 19th 2016 at 12:10:00 PM

Gabby

Gabby turned her head to Agrippa. Oh... Oh gosh, was she talking to her? Oh heck, uh...

She cleared her throat and kept her serious look, trying hard to appear composed and not like the mere fact that a great scholar of antiquity was addressing her made her all self-conscious and crap.

"Well, uh... Yeah, absolutely, Egypt was super frickin' Greek for a while, but I mean more before that. Where I come from, we think more about the ancient Egyptians, the ones who built the pyramids and the Sphinx and the Obelisk and junk. 'S kinda easy to forget that later period, y'know, the old stuff is so much a part of the popular conception of Egypt."

...There. That, uh... That probably sounded smart, yeah.


Günther

Since nothing of terrible import seemed to be happening, aside from the conversation with Dr. Roman, and the moment was a particularly quiet one, Günther yawned deeply and started to grow drowsy.

Still, due to the call being a thing presently, he tried to stay awake in case any vital information came of it, digging his nails into the top of his hand.

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#814: Apr 19th 2016 at 2:10:05 PM

Berserker, Went on a Jog

One minute the proud Berserker rested in wait for a battle with a tiny king. The next minute they're devouring a poor set beast and bathing in their blood. The servant walks in from the shadows, covered head to toe in crimson. Her ears are fashioned where they should be — no remaining injuries. "Did... something happen?" the servant said with a tilt of the head. "Seems I missed something," she shrugged. "Are we all just sitting around having a nice little chat?" again, she paused because it seems like she missed something major. Then it dawned on her. An actually good fight.

Her palm promptly went upside her own head.

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#815: Apr 19th 2016 at 5:28:24 PM

Chaldea

Dr. Roman shrugged. "Suit yourself. Anyway, onto the stuff I found."

He paused, then began: "I've done some research into 'Agrippa' on google and other mundane sites. There wasn't much that you couldn't find out yourself if you tried... that's why I decided to.. borrow some of the Director's connections and do some investigation of my own. That lasted about a week, and..." He looked a way a little, as if slightly ashamed "I'm sorry for not contacting you in the meantime. I'll ask for an update on your situation after I'm done."

He moved his hand close, but off the "screen". He then dragged an image into the viewing area. It was an image of the Clocktower, alongside a picture of a rather stern man. He then dragged a few more, these being the logo of Atlas and a very blurry image labeled "Sea of Estray".

The stern man was not familiar to Aaliyah, but he was labelled "Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa" nevertheless.

Dr. Roman cleared his throat.

"As it turns out.. the entire Mage's Association appears to have been founded by a group of his followers. You could even call him the father of Modern Magecraft. Why this isn't mentioned all that much is beyond me but.. that's what I found."

He swiped the images away, then sighed. "Anyway, about your report? What's happened in the week that I didn't contact you for? I need to know before the Director gets mad at me again."

Huangdi

The Emperor looked confused for a moment, then looked around himself as if to try to find what Ching was referring to. Then the obvious dawned on him.

"Oh, these things?" he asked, patting the head of the one that was currently acting as lumbar support. "Yeah, they are what serve as my vassals. What is an Emperor without vassals? Admittedly, they don't make for good conversation, but it's nice to have them around for menial tasks and the like."

He raised a hand up to his chin and held it for a moment. "I think there's some cavalry in Bingma Yung as well.. maybe a few archers, though being made of earthenware doesn't make them very good at their job, does it?"

He shrugged.

Agrippa

Agrippa rocked back in forth in her chair and stroked a nonexistent mustache. "Yes, I do suppose when one thinks of Egypt, one thinks of its golden age, yes? It's nice to think of those kinds of things."

She pointed to the copy of Atlas Shrugged in Gabby's position. "That book, is that your spellbook? Do they still use those in your era?"

Thahab

Thahab looked especially proud of himself. The firefly, after a few moments, dissolved into the prana that composed it. "Yeah, I learned it from watching Mister Rick! Though, I'm not sure how he did it, so I just made it using Alchemy!"

As if to prove his point, he cupped his hands again, spoke something under his breath, then opened them again. Rather than another firefly coming out, a luminescent moth came out and flitted around the room.

"I've never made anything this small before.. though Master really really taught me a lot of stuff about bigger things.."

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#816: Apr 19th 2016 at 6:13:29 PM

Aaliyah

Aaliyah looked at Doctor Roman incredulously, like he was playing with her. But she was certain he was serious after a moment. That certainly wasn't what she had remembered in the least bit, but it might have been right considering the situation, which might mean they needed to get moving. There was no point in arguing so she just sighed and started with her report. "Well after one of our Servants used an astral projection to locate another being within the labyrinth we set out from the room we were in. Upon finding him it turned out to be Emperor Huangdi of China, and also another Servant, a Shielder, who after some...convincing helped us find what he believed to be an exit. Said exit was guarded by two Servants, a Caster and a Saber of the same identity, Gaius Julius Ceaser. We tried to negotiate but eventually had to engage them in battle. Our Servants appaeared to have them upper hand until the Caster used Time magecraft to escape allowing us to go through the exit. Now we're in a dark room that could very well be some kind of tomb." Aaliyah stopped to make sure she hadn't missed anything. "Oh, and as a favor to us please pass along a message to Jabir that Thahab is doing well on his first mission. That's all for now."

Jeanne

Jeanne watched the moth fly around the room for a while before looking back at Thahab. "I see...well do not try to exert yourself too much on these things. You will need your strength for the trials to come."

edited 22nd Apr '16 3:56:33 PM by Azure

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#817: Apr 19th 2016 at 6:37:39 PM

Ching

"And it never occurred to you that you could have used them in the last battle to help overwhelm the enemy?" The pirate asked exasperated, folding her arms and staring at him with an annoyed look.

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#818: Apr 20th 2016 at 9:24:21 AM

Gabby

"...Oh, uh..."

Gabby's self-consciousness around Agrippa could not repress itself forever, and she nervously scratched the back of her neck as she silently deliberated just how the frick to word this.

"...Kinda-sorta? I mean, it's not exactly a spellbook, ma'am, it's a Mystic Code, if you've heard of those. And uh... It's actually a work of fiction by this lady named Ayn Rand."

She silently hoped Agrippa wouldn't say anything that would lead to an explanation of Ayn Rand or her ideologies. It'd, uh... frick, there wouldn't be any dignified way to explain that she chose this book specifically because she hated it, would there...?


Günther

...Oh. So they owed a lot more to Agrippa than previously assumed. Fascinating, certainly worth telling Mother and Father in the inevitable letter home, but not nearly fascinating enough to keep Günther awake. He unceremoniously fell asleep, leaning his big, shaggy head against Echion's neck and snoring heavily.

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#819: Apr 23rd 2016 at 10:52:01 AM

Tommy Boy

Thomas quietly admired the exotic architecture of the chamber they arrived in. It was in these brief moments that he was truly grateful for his new state of un-re-life: An opportunity to see such sights was something he would never have attained as a mere man, much less a locked-away convict. He made a mental note to find a blank book to write his experiences down in, so that one day some other incarnation of himself may be able to read it....

He stood close to Gabby, occasionally glancing at her as she spoke with Agrippa, keeping an ear to their conversation.

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#820: Apr 23rd 2016 at 2:17:32 PM

Chaldea

"Time magecraft.. that's pretty impressive." Dr. Roman replied, twirling a finger in his hair. When Aaliyah had mentioned the fact that Caesar had shown up twice, he frowned for a moment but didn't say anything. "I don't especially recall Caesar being a magician but.. eh, whatever. It's weird, but what can you do?"

He shrugged neutrally. "I'll make sure to tell Jabir that, and I'll try to contact you sooner next time, that's my bad." He said, giving a slightly embarrassed smile. He then gave her a wave and cut the connection.

Huangdi

The Emperor gave her a contemptuous look. "And break my statues? Please, that's what I have you people for."

He clicked his tongue at her and waggled his fingers. "An emperor can't just go around throwing art at his enemies you know. But if the need arises, I suppose my hand will be forced, won't it? But I expect it won't come to that."

Agrippa

"A 'Mystic Code'..." Agrippa murmured, moving her hand around in front of her as if trying to fish for a certain concept she was forgetting. After a second, she snapped her fingers.

"Ah, yes, Mystic Code. It's only to be assumed that a name could be corrupted as it went through the ages. Nevertheless, it begs the question, why base your magical catalyst on a work of fiction? Would not a book of thaumaturgical theory or a collection of scripture be better suited for that purpose? Then again.."

She tilted her head a little. "That wouldn't happen to be a book with sentimental value, would it?"

Thahab

A little fire flared up in Thahab's eyes. "Well yeah! I've got a whole lotta strength left! I've gotta keep up my mana if I'm gonna keep up your physical form!"

He pronounced 'physical form' with a little bit of a Persian accent, presumably from him getting most of his knowledge from a direct infusion of his Teacher's mind.


Outside the Room

A strange noise echoed from somewhere in the distance. It was the distorted sound of combat, as though the sound of metal clashing was being pumped through some kind of artificial filter of sorts.

But it was definitely still the sound of weaponry being brandished.

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#821: Apr 23rd 2016 at 6:00:18 PM

Aaliyah

Aaliyah just sighed, that was one bullet dodged. But there was another one coming, in the form of whatever that noise was. Though she didn't particularly feel rested after that she continued on, while calling out to the others. "Alright guys let's move." as she walked she pulled out squarewave and started to perform the sonar spell. No use walking in the dark like this.

Jeanne

"Oh..." Jeanne noted that Thahab sounded like Jabir for a moment but it wasn't uncommon for a son to take on traits of their father. "Are you ready to move Thahab?"

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#822: Apr 24th 2016 at 8:39:42 PM

Just posting this before bed.

Gabby

"...Um..."

Gabby took a deep breath, the shame visible in her eyes despite her attempts at sternness.

"...Not really, unless you wanna think of it in a—... I, um... I actually chose this book because I kinda hate it. It's a terrible book filled with ideas that are almost heading in the right direction, but then end up completely wrong. I chose it because, uhhh... I frickin'—I perform best when I'm kind of angry, so..."

She scratched the back of her neck and sighed quietly, hoping that none of this came out sounding stupid or weird. (but it probably frickin' diiiiiiid...)


Günther

"Zzzzzz... Zz—... Zzzzz... Zzz..."

Wow. Helpful guy, him.

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#823: Apr 24th 2016 at 11:32:14 PM

Ching

Ching's eye involuntarily twitched at the Emperor's explanation for why he didn't use his battle ready stone warriors. He saw them as pieces of art rather than the expendable canon fodder that Ching saw them as. It is no wonder this guy was still trapped within the library, he was too much of an idiot to realize he had a method of getting past the Romans with him all along.

Exasperated, the pirate rubbed her temples in frustration. She was about ready to shoot him in the head and call it a day, It's not like they really needed him at this point, they got past the Caesars that had been blocking his way. "It's pointless arguing with an idiot like you..." she said with a sigh. " I'll just leave you to your own devices until it is deemed that we don't need you any more."

With that, she walked off shaking her head.

{"Master,"} she communicated. {"I really hate that man."}

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#824: Apr 26th 2016 at 8:52:30 PM

Cadmus
Cadmus sighed at Günther's current state, but nonetheless cast a magical light spell to illuminate the path and continued on ahead.


Rick
"Well alright," Rick said, marching forwards.

edited 26th Apr '16 8:52:37 PM by nman

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#825: Apr 27th 2016 at 6:55:42 PM

Chaldeans

It would not take them long to reach the source of the noises.

Through some strange contrivance of the hallway, their next turn brought them into another large atrium, not unlike the one they had been in 'recently'. This one, however was in a significantly better state.

Though, that wasn't saying much. It was still mostly destroyed, but the destruction was recent. The cause of it was obvious.

The Chaldeans were barred from entry by a shimmering wall that seemed to distort the space in front of them. Its source wasn't immediately identifiable, but there definitely appeared to be multiple bounded fields at work, and they seemed to occupy just about the same space as well.

In the center of the ruined columns, past the wall, was a pair of warriors, seemingly evenly matched at the moment. One of them was a tan skinned man in voluminous robes, wielding what looked like a repurposed tent pole, while the other was..

...a younger version of '''Julius Caesar''', presumably from his time in the legion. This version of Caesar was wearing armor that did not particularly suit him, and was holding in his hands a Roman standard. The eagle upon it seemed to be glowing brightly, almost losing form from the intensity. As he swung the standard, the unnerving sound of wind sharply rushing into it could be heard.

The two spearmen clashed once more, before their angle changed as such for Lancer-Caesar to see the approaching Chaldeans. Immediately he leaped backwards just as the tanned Lancer thrust forward with his weapon. In one swift motion, he landed, rushed into the shimmering wall, and disintegrated it from his path. He ran down the hallway opposite the Chaldeans, on the other side of the Atrium.

The Lancer that remained sighed, spun his would-be spear, then slammed it into the ground out of irritation.

"Coward." he spat, before turning around to see what had made Caesar run.

It was clear now, from him turning around, that he was rather severely wounded, though he seemed to be doing alright despite the fact. His wounds appeared to be cauterized as well, likely from the brightly glowing standard the Lancer-Caesar had been wielding.

"Oh, welcome, welcome!" he said, raising his arms in greeting. "Would that I known you were coming, I would have prepared something for you all!" He lowered his arms, and shook his head. "I take it you lot are what have sent the Caesares into such a tumult, yes? Color me impressed. Now, you may have heard of me,"

He gestured to himself with one arm. "I believe they call me "The Madman," though I do not fully understand why. I am Abdullah al-Hazred, learned scholar of Sanaa in Yemen. And to whom do I have the pleasure of speaking?"

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