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I am sure more than one paladin might be unsettled, but I am a cleric andI havefaced worst, I won't be upset by mere words... now waiting for the devil of the threat to awaken so we can be done with this"Careful - you might unsettle the paladin with prose like that!" ;DToo bad, baby. I'm very good at naughty. ;) Huh? What? Someone called? Oh, nope false alarm. You're looking for a devil. ;)
if jack dosent want to play with anyone else but you thats cool but how about some deatils and photoes please.Babe, ya'll have no ideah. That can be arranged. ;)
Babe, ya'll have no ideah. Why don't we find out? *wicked smile*
Ya'll need a real man around here. Ah guess I'll volunteer. Mmmmm. You look yummy ;)
Of course you don't. You never think things through.Yea, like THAT is going to work!Well, I don't see why not. Honestly, mother, can't you ever say anything nice? See, this is why I don't feel bad about killing you.
"Thank you, my lady," Ash says, bowing humbly and leaving at best speed as instructed.
Ash swallowed hard. "Yes," she said hoarsely. "I kept my oaths to the goddess faithfully. It's the legal contracts I'm no good at." She watched the lovely woman carefully wondering if that was the right answer or the wrong one. If it was the wrong one she supposed that meant she'd be dead soon. Which would still be better than going back to *him*.
Ash watched the two beauties calmly debating her future and held her breath. She wasn't sure if they meant to kill her or keep her as a pet.
"My name is Ashaundra," she said weakly, glancing back and forth between the two women. "I used to be an angel, but I was prideful and because of that I got caught by a powerful devil and after a few decades of torture and whatnot...well, let's just say that I wasn't really interested in doing good anymore. I signed on as a servant for a powerful goddess who wanted to blow up the universe because at that point, that seemed like a good idea. Only that didn't work out so well in the long run since my goody two-shoes sister actually managed to kill the goddess and take her powers and I got left working with a bunch of crazed carnies just to stay alive. And then he found me again and decided to...express his displeasure at great length. He said that I clearly needed an extended lesson in how to follow the rules. I ran. He set the dogs on me. I'm sorry I trespassed on your property. I didn't know. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
Ash watches in horrified fascination wondering which one of these beautiful, terrible creatures will be coming to kill her next. "See, I knew it. Demons do have all the fun." she thinks to herself.
The devil in Aramintha Jaine's grip struggles weakly, eventually going totally limp. Ash tries to crawl, but can't get far. She whimpers in pain. Her eyes widen with terror as she sees the fate of her would-be captors.
The horned devils are so busy trying to subdue a struggling Ash that they don't notice until too late that Shovastika is attacking them. Ash takes advantage of the devils' distraction to break free and she manages to stumble a few steps along the patio before she falls over again, too weak from her wounds to run.
Ash struggles with her captors, the blood from her wounds making her slippery and difficult to keep hold of.
"I beg your pardon," one of the horned devils says sarcastically, "but I think you'll find there's an exception clause in that rule regarding the pursuit of rogue Baatezu. We'll just be taking this one with us and we'll be out of your way momentarily."
One of the horned devils dive bombs Ashaundra, tackling her before she can get up. She curses. If she hadn't already been weakened by the attentions of that horror she would never have been such easy prey. The horned devil laughs at her discomfort.
A wounded Erinyes flies across the sky overhead being chased by three bat-winged devils. One of them lashes out at her with a spiked whip and slashes her wings. She crashes to the ground not far from the tea party and struggled to get up to try and keep running. Her pursuers circle and dive down.
Ash is pacing in her tent when she is interrupted by a cloaked figure. It pulls back its hood. "You!" she gasps, a look of fear on her face. "You're not supposed to be here!" An evil chuckle fills the tent. The figure reaches out and grabs Ash, slamming her into a table and pinning her there.
I ate my last friend. That's his head poking out of my skull. I need a new friend. Will you be my new friend...?Interesting. New friend? Gross. No, thanks. I'll pass. *grumbles* Why do the chaos people have all the fun.
Interesting. New friend?
Well, you know, I'm experimenting with this whole chaos thing. Wouldn't want to be too reliable right now. ;)
Ash tosses back the orbs she had been juggling. "You know what? Forget it. I've danced this dance before. Killing heroes is fun and everything, but I just don't have any real reason to put myself at risk here. Have fun, hope it goes well for you and all that. It's been real." And with that she walks out.
Ash giggles. "Oh, that's good. They really didn't like that."
Ash smiles. "The screams are really quite soothing. Thank you, ladies. This brightens my day considerably."
"Yes, please do. Three is so much more fun than two.""Oh, please. Like I can't be patient. There'll be another great force for evil in the next century or so. Besides, what makes you think I care in the slightest about order? Ow!" She jumped in pain as soon as the words had left her lips. "Just buzz off," she said crankily, heading for her tent with a couple of scrolls clutched in her hand. "Demons have all the fun," she mumbled as she walked away. Ash had watched these two carefully as they often were the only source of amusement lingering about this dismal carnival. She appreciated their talent for suffering. "Well, I am a bit at loose ends. Don't mind if I do." she said with a grin, tucking the scrolls into her belt for later reading.
"Oh, please. Like I can't be patient. There'll be another great force for evil in the next century or so. Besides, what makes you think I care in the slightest about order? Ow!" She jumped in pain as soon as the words had left her lips. "Just buzz off," she said crankily, heading for her tent with a couple of scrolls clutched in her hand. "Demons have all the fun," she mumbled as she walked away.
"Okay. Well, it was nice of you to visit. And don't worry too much about the carnage. I was left in charge for the most part, so unless the boss-man suddenly comes back and decides he actually cares you're free and clear on that one."
"You're quite welcome. Anytime," Ash said with an evil grin. "That was quite...impressive. And most diverting. I haven't heard so much screaming in much, much too long. Makes me long for the comforts of Hell. Actually we were just discussing religious proclivities. I must admit to being intrigued by this Lamashtu."
"Hmmm. The chaos thing is always a bit of a problem for me. Not personally. I like anything that results in destruction, to be honest. But having been born a creature of pure law and goodness, so far I've only been able to shed the goodness part. It's too bad," she pouted. "Demons have more fun."
Ash smiles with pleasure as she enjoys the sound of the screams. She takes a certain joy in hamstringing those fools who tried to flee. Their screams as they realized they couldn't run were so delicious. And it was fun watching them try to crawl away like the little worms they were. Keeping in mind the advice the man had given her, she was careful to keep out of range of the dragon while staying close enough to enjoy a good view of the massacre.
"Thanks for the advice. I'll keep a safe distance."
Ash considers it for a moment. "Well, I used to serve the Goddess of Dangerous Knowledge, but she went and got herself killed by my do-gooder sister, so I've been a bit at loose ends in the worship department lately. This Lamashtu is in favor of senseless violence and suffering, I take it? Because that's the sort of thing I can really appreciate."
"Is she going to do what I think she's going to do?" Ash asks with eager curiosity. She licks her lips at the thought of a little blood and excitement. "Oh, this I have to see."
"Ah," Ash says, nodding understandingly. "I know how that goes. It really sucks when a perfectly good scheme that you've spent just oodles of time on goes poof, and there you are without any of the things you were working for." She shrugs. "No sense dwelling on might-have-beens I supppose, but this place could really use some extra bloodshed and suffering. I mean, what's life without bloodshed and suffering?"
Ash pauses her practice when she sees that she has an audience. She grabs a towel to dry her face, and shakes the dust out of her golden wing-feathers before walking over. "You're new," she says, one hand on her hip as she examines them both. "And definitely non-good. Joining this little show or just passing through? Either way, it's nice to see someone new. It's so boring here since the boss-man up and vanished. Stupid infernal contracts."
The dragon had been surprisingly useful. She was starting to like him. Let's see. Silly mistakes. Check. I mean, a goddess who doesn't know what she's doing can't help but make silly mistakes. Catastrophic loss of worshippers. Well, if she was lucky this undead army would take care of that for her. But if not, at least she knew where to strike. Another deity. Surely she could find some evil deity to get cheesed off at little miss sweetness and light. Well, okay she couldn't. There was still some bad blood about the whole trying to resurrect the goddess who wanted to blow up the multiverse thing. But surely she could maneuver someone else into doing it. And stupid Lyn would never see it coming.
Psht. It would take me longer to find a way around serving than it would take to just do the service. I'm just thinking of perhaps deferring it to a more convenient time since the Jack is not currently even in residence to be served. Which, on the other hand, may be the best time to be stuck here. Gives me plenty of time to think about how to kill a goddess.
Sorry about that. I'm not used to the draconic inflections. I'll try to keep that in mind from now on. Yeah, trust me, I learned the lesson about brute force the hard way. Decades of scheming and the whole thing goes kaput in one fell swoop. If you've got a better idea, I'm all ears.
First of all, I said try to blow up creation. Trust me, they always think they can regardless of reality. Secondly, I'm an Erinyes devil. I used to be an angel, but that was kinda boring. You're confusing me with my sister. She's the aasimar. And thirdly, unfortunately yes. I haven't seen the Jack of Tears around for awhile, and he didn't really leave any instructions. I promised ten years of service. Of course, she adds, tilting her head as a new possibility occurs to her, he never said they had to be ten concurrrent years, or that they had to start immediately.
"Yeah, I know. Depressing isn't it. Oh look, someone crazy powerful is about to try to blow up creation, let's all go join the evil army and get wasted by heroes. Totally not getting back on that bandwagon."
Ash sighs as she watches them go. "Been there, did that, ended up here. They'll probably be back when all this is over. Or they'll all be dead." She shrugs. "Not that I care one way or the other."
Well, then I look forward to hearing from you, she says with a pleasant smile, glad she didn't have to put her acid resistance to the test.
Ash sighs. What you think I was born yesterday? I've got a contract to keep up here. Not my idea, but it has its perks. And if you're expecting selfless trust from a devil than you must have mush between your ears. I am quite willing to work WITH you, but if you think I'm going to work FOR you, well, then we have nothing else to talk about. Like I said, I'm under contract. You asked for minions, I offered you minions.
Don't let the bright lights and makeup fool you. They do some real quality evil work here. So let me see...she taps her chin with her fingers obviously thinking. Always give them exactly what they want, she mutters. I think we can loan you a few crocodile men and zombies. In the interest of greater harmony between the forces of evil.
Ash steps forward, wiping the sweat off her face with a towel.
"Devlyn? Who is Devlyn? Probably one of Lyn's stupid friends. Not getting beat by them again either," she mutters, redoubling her efforts. Her motions are incredibly fast, but still she curses.
Ash has set up a training field, using 'dummies' that, being alive scream quite nicely when they're hit. She is practicing her swordwork with a concentration rarely seen from her.
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