>>6335535Gasping for breath, you emerge just in time to watch Rezalith launch herself towards a corner of the bathhouse… and get launched away by a massive wave!
“<span class="mu-i">Th-THERE!</span>” She sputters as she coughs up some of the attack, “Over there!”
As if on cue, a distant cough turns into a laugh…
“Go-ho… Go-Hoho! <span class="mu-s">GOOOHOHOHO!</span>”
… A very <span class="mu-i">distinct</span> laugh. Its owner emerges from what you assume used to be a rock feature–the telltale six eyes of a Mzz’goe’virr looking your way… and their owner?
He’s <span class="mu-i">SMILING!</span>
“GO-HOHO! The rumors were true… you certainly are full of surprises… <span class="mu-s">ANTON PEAS!</span>”
https://youtu.be/4GcksESdEqcToppel moves to cast something, but the Mzz’goe’virr cuts her off with a sharp ‘shh’!
“Ah-ah-ah~” He croons with a lazy pirouette, “Cease your spellslinging, my sweet, or your friends shall be sliced into slivers!”
Toppel frowns. “... They’re not exactly my <span class="mu-i">frie-</span>”
“Anton Peas!” The Mzz’goe’virr exclaims as a floral, but spicy scent fills the humid air, “Allow me to introduce myself: I… am <span class="mu-r">SUULOM SULOTZ</span>... <span class="mu-r">SIXFACE’S</span> secondmost astute assassins… and I shall be entertaining you for the all-forseeable future! GO-HO~”
That won’t be for long, you laconically reply, it’s one against four in case he can’t count! Why not surrender right away?
“GO-HOHOHO! Out of the question, I’m afraid!” The Assassin smirks! “You see, even <span class="mu-i">IF</span> <span class="mu-r">SIXFACE</span> didn’t order me to eliminate your friends with extreme prejudice… <span class="mu-i">AND</span> if they weren’t especially-incensed at their daring escape from the canals-”
“Oh yea, it was <span class="mu-i">SWELL</span>, Rook!” Volka gushes, eyes wide and grinning as if you weren’t all about to be killed, “We got into this huge chase, see, and Mor and I took a Spicy hostage! Oh, and just when we were about to fall into a deadly pit, Rez-Rez here snatched us up an-”
“Yes, yes, commendable effort indeed!” Croons the killer with a snap of his claw! Volka’s smile dissipates immediately as something shifts in the water around her! “But even <span class="mu-i">IF</span> that didn’t happen, and I’m all-too-aware that it did, it wouldn’t change one very <span class="mu-i">VERY</span> important fact!”
… Which is?
“That I,” Suulom sighs, “Am a <span class="mu-i">GENTLEMAN!</span>” The water dances around you like a hotel’s fancy fountain! “And since it was oh-so-easy to lure your lassies into a tricksy trap, I issue to you… a <span class="mu-i">CHALLENGE!</span>”
Toppel’s eyes widen at the words. “D-don’t-”
“GO-HO!” As if on cue, a wave of water rises over Toppel’s tiny form–the pillar sounding large enough to engulf the entirety of that side of the room! “Mind your manners, my sweet! The men are speaking!” Shifting his eyes your way once more, the Mzz’goe’virr magician lets loose with another one of his kooky laughs!
>CONTD. 