Bladecrest

[Shura]

Iris hoped through right after him not wanting to have him waste energy holding it open. She shuffled into a small hidden nook and nodded slightly "Makes sense..." she muttered softly. She sat quietly waiting to see any sign of the guard. The museum was a large place so it would take a short while.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli almost seemed to vanish from the spot he was in, though if one looked close enough they would notice that his colors were shifting to match the background, thanks to the charm he had carved. She would have the same one.


A while later an extremely bored guard walked downstairs and through the basement, whistling quietly. He tapped the safe twice as he walked by and back up the stairs, not really bothering to look and see what was around him. Just as he vanished upstairs Eli moved quickly to the safe, eyeing it. It had three combination dials on each side, and a turnkey for each set.


"We'll have to get both sides open at the same time... It should unlock the front."

 

[Shura]

Iris rolled her eyes at the lack of vigilance the guard had before she shuffled over staring at the safe puzzled by it. "O..kay..." she muttered looking over the lock as to how to even start. The locks them selves weren't complicated but rather the whole system it was all connected to.

 

[Gobbo]

"Don't worry about it, I'll handle the combinations. All I need you to do is to turn that lever when I tell you to." he said, quickly working through the combinations on his side. As he moved to the other side he quickly grabbed her and muttered something under his breath, the chameleon charm activating again as he pulled her behind the safe. The guard made his normal rounds, tapping the safe twice before moving on. Eli let out a long sigh and moved to the other side, fingers moving swiftly to figure out the combination.


"I'm going to wait for him to pass one more time before opening it." he said, finishing the combination.

 

[Shura]

Iris watched as he work trying to learn as he was working but only manged to get a few techniques because of how fast he worked. Her ears twitched at the sounds around the area aware of movement around the basement door. Her ears twitched slightly picking up the sound of foot steps. "He's coming." She muttered softly moving back into hiding spot behind the safe.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli moved back behind the safe, holding his breath as the guard passed. Once he was gone he moved quickly to one side, directing her to the other. "Alright, on the count of three, turn the lever. One, two, three." he counted down, turning the lever on his side.

 

[Shura]

Iris nodded as she moved to the lever waiting for the count down before pulling down in sync with the other Thief. She bit her bottom lip lightly just as a loud CLUNK was heard and the safe opened. "That went smoothly..."

 

[Gobbo]

"Just as it should." he said with a smirk, moving over to open the safe. Inside was a vast amount of gold, with a pair of simple gold bracelets on a pedestal. He filled up his pouches with as much gold as they could hold, before pausing a moment as he looked at the bracelets.


"They're laced with magic, that's for sure... It's to be expected." he said with a little grin, reaching out to take them. As he did there was a bright pulse of light, and the bracelets suddenly vanished, one of them reappearing on his wrist. It tightened down to the point that he couldn't pull it off, noticing that the other one was on her. He cursed under his breath and closed the safe, yanking her back towards the wall they came in through as the guard passed by again, unaware that anything was wrong.

 

[Shura]

Iris let him work keeping an ear out for the Guard as silver grabbed what he could. Her focus was drawn away though when she felt something clamp around her wrist and her eyes widen looking down to see one of the bracelets on her wrist. "W-what- how-" before she could ask a coherent question she as pulled back into hiding again. The feline felt her stomach drop wondering what the bracelet could do, not a whole lot was known about the relics other than they had untested magical properties.

 

[Gobbo]

Though it was hard to tell with his mask, Eli was furious. He opened the portal when the guard passed and ducked back into the sewer, closing it before storming off.


"I should have known! Stupid, damned thing!" he cursed, trying to pull the bracelet off. "The damn legends are true. I should have known better.'

 

[Shura]

Iris watched him storm off after a moment before quickly following not wanting to be left behind with no way out. She saw Silver already storming off and refrained from asking what even happened. Judging by the tone in his voice he was not in the best of moods. She followed a few steps behind letting him rant on.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli stormed on, stomping his way through the sewers. "These are called Binders for a reason. Now we're fucking linked together! I'm stuck with your flea-ridden ass until we can get these damn things off." he hissed, letting his emotions get the best of him.

 

[Shura]

Iris paused mid step as he let out an outburst and understood now why he was angry and that fired up her own temper. "Excuse me!" She hissed "I do not have fleas! What the hell is wrong with you, I've tried to be nothing but helpful and you still hate me?!"

 

[Gobbo]

Eli was too angry to think straight, and climbed out of the sewer with a grunt. "Look, I was supposed to get you out of your house and free of the city. That's it. I don't have people following me around regularly, and I don't like it. For now, I think we need to get our shit and leave. We'll head east, towards the World's Bridge." he said with a growl, glaring over at her for a moment.

 

[Shura]

Iris pulled her self out of the sewer and brushed herself off making a note to change as soon as possible. She crossed her arms looking over at the angry thief still taking offence to his out burst down below. She glared back irritated with his bad attitude and just stormed past him "fine." She growled back making her way back to the Inn

 

[Gobbo]

Eli followed closely, wanting nothing more than to leave so they could try to figure out how to get the bracelets off. Once they were back up in their room he started packing everything up in relative silence. It was obvious he was angry, to say the least. Though whether it was with her or the situation, he wasn't sure. She snapped at him so quickly he wasn't sure what to do.


"You ready?" he asked, shouldering his bag.

 

[Shura]

Iris was irritated and a good bit hurt by the Thiefs out burst. She knew a good part of the hurt and anger stemmed from her own issues with people not wanting her around, mostly her family. She went through most of her life being scolded and pushed away because of her less than civil nature. Being free of that and getting to talk to someone who didn't find her odd tendencies annoying or off putting was nice. Though it seemed it was either an act to keep things civil between them or just useing her for information. Most likely both, she was just stupid enough to think there was a possible friendship or something that could last more than a few days.


The neko was mostly packed already once in the room she changed clothes into something that didn't reek or residual sewer but was comfortable enough to travel in. She hadn't said much of anything to Silver or made eye contact for that matter. Her ears twitched as he spoke up and she just nodded pulling her hood up and tieing the mask around her face as she left the room and the Inn. The air was still cheerful and full of life from the festival activities and but Iris was too irritated to really enjoy any of it.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli lead them out of the city quickly and without incident. As the sounds of the festival faded behind them and gave way to the quiet of night he sighed, pulling his hood back to look up at the sky.


"Alright, now that we're safely away, I can explain what's going on. These bracelets are also called Binders. They're nearly impossible to remove, and if we split apart further than a mile or so, it causes intense pain to shoot through both of us. Do you understand now why I'm angry about it?"

 

[Shura]

Iris talked a few paces behind him not bothering to pull her hood back. She tied the scarf around her waist. As the sound of the festival faded part of her felt bad for not even getting a chance to enjoy the festival. There would be no telling when the next one would be. She was a bit surprised when the Thief spoke up and explained the situation, though she had managed to put the pieces together from what was rumored already and his reaction to figure out something similar. She still didn't understand why he was so angry though. Was she really that bad to be around? Iris grit there teeth and just crossed her arms under her cloak. "There has to be some way of undoing it. A key of some sort. Just have to find it. But i'f you going to be so pissy about it and act like being tied to me is the end of the fucking world, just cut off your hand there problem solved." She growled.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli stopped in his tracks, turning to face her. "Excuse me? Is this really any way to talk to the person that got you out of that hellhole?" he growled, getting right in her face.


"If you're getting that angry over my current mood, then you know nothing about my race. We're supposed to be alone! We're alone until we find a mate and return to the tribe, until then having any sort of prolonged contact with -anyone- is nearly unbearable! So, I think being tied to you with these damn things is a good reason for me to get angry!" he hissed at her, poking her chest for emphasis.

 

[Shura]

A feral growl escaped Iris as she glared at the dark elf, she really known much about other races other than the basics. Even then it was limited to what she came into contact with. Dark Elves weren't exactly a sociable race. however she didn't really care. "Being tied to a moody Jerk isn't exactly the easiest either but you don't see me yelling at you for no reason! None of this is my fault so I'm not just going to sit here and be your punching bag." She hissed right back. "You either suck it up and deal with it until we figure out how to fix it, or cut off your hand."

 

[Gobbo]

Eli's eyes went wide as he stared at her, growling under his breath. "You insolent, stuck-up, good for nothing brat! I should have left you in that gilded cage." he hissed, turning to storm off. "This is what I get for helping someone that needed it. The one time I do something selfless, and this is the thanks I get." he growled as he walked off, adjusting his bag in a huff.

 

[Shura]

Iris growled claws out and ready to draw blood in her anger but she held back. She was pissed off but didn't want to let her instincts rule her completely. Instead she pulled out her map and looked it over she knew there were two towns further east but the one to the far north was a port city. She glanced over to the Dark elf and snorted before walking off in a north east direction not wanting to deal with the thiefs temper tantrums. True he had helped her but she had allowed him to take a large sum of money from her family, and told him where several of the treasures were. She had tried to be helpful and not complain but none of it seemed to mater. If it was going to be so unbearable being around her than it must be worse than what ever the binds could do to them.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli hadn't walked very far before he noticed that things were awfully quiet. He frowned and turned around, his eyes narrowing when he noticed she wasn't there. "Iris? Iris! Where the hell did you go?" he called out. Right as he went to go look for her a sudden shock of pain shot through his arm, lightning crackling around the bracelet as he let out a yell of pain. It was worse than anything he had ever experienced before, the agony knocking him to his knees. Apparently the legends were wrong about the distance that could be between them... It wasn't nearly as far as he had read.

 

[Shura]

Iris had been walking for a short while her anger starting to fade a good bit as she just started to feel tired and a bit sadden. She started to rethink her course of action and wonder if she was doing the right thing until a sharp jolt of pain shot up her arm worse than anything she had ever felt in her life. A scream was caught in her throat as she grabbed her arm and sank to her knees. This was definitely a bad idea.