To say that he was angry would be an understatement. He was furious. Furious at the men taunting him. Furious at the woman wrapping up Ale in a sack and hauling her away without a care for her comfort. But, above all, he was furious with himself. Angry that he believed that there was even the smallest chance these people would honor their word, and angry that he had put himself and Ale at their mercy. And now, as he watched one of the minions launch his sword into the grass, he was mad about that as well. Rin’s arm dropped to his side. What should he do? The only thing left to him was his magic; although, he knew his control would be shaky at best given how hard he was struggling to even remain upright. Then he found himself flat on the ground again. A foot dug harshly into his back, keeping him pinned. The bluenette tried to push against it, but it was no use. The strength he’d managed to gather a minute ago had vanished. He’d exerted what little he had. “Don’t you dare...talk about Ale...like that.” He ground out, glaring up at the leader. His vision wobbled. Maybe he should just give in to the drug. The last thing he wanted to do was leave his best friend alone in some unknown situation. Whatever the leader was hinting at, Rin didn’t enjoy the thought of Ale facing it alone. Except the guy could be making that up too. It was all so confusing! No matter how he looked at it, he couldn’t win.
Turning his head, Rin placed his forehead against the cool earth. His extremities were completely numb. There was no strength left in him. The world had also started to spin. The drug was winning the battle. “I don’t care...if you get paid or...not. I’ll go...to the ends of the earth...to protect her. So if...you hurt her...you’ll regret it…” Ferocity laced every word. It wasn’t a threat to the man but a promise. Forcing out the words took its toll on him. He wasn’t able to fight it anymore. The world tilted. Rin closed his eyes and allowed himself to let go. He’d done what he could. All he could do was hope it wouldn’t be the last time he saw his best friend. With that thought, the Devil Slayer slipped into the oblivion of the drug.
Needle guy, meanwhile, was doing his boss’s bidding and making his way to the stashed cart. He was hoping to get to taunt the brat a bit more but it wouldn’t do to risk not getting paid. So he would happily help secure the one target. Although, by the time he caught up with his teammate, she’d already gotten the blonde up and into the cart. “I’ve got this one,” Needle guy said. He jerked his thumb over his shoulder, adding, “You may want to head back and see if the other one’s down yet. Boss doesn’t want this to take too much longer.” Despite not having a schedule, there was a growing sense of urgency. The longer the brat took to conk out, the higher the chances of them being discovered. That meant there was a very real possibility of getting only a half payment. It was an idea none of them favored. No, it was definitely better to wrap things up quickly.
The leader kept his foot on Rin, this boy had fight in him and would make a great addition to their associate's cause. "Eh. I'll talk about who I want how I want. I'm sure you don't care, you're not the once responsible for us to feed our families or take care of the people we love." Truth be told the guy didn't really have anyone he needed to take care of. He was mainly doing it to enjoy the pleasures money could buy. "Listen here ya pointy eared freak, just stop talking and stop fighting so you can go with her. You must have rocks for brains. I've said it once. Give up and you go with her! Keep fighting and she goes alone. Get it through your thick stull, if ya want to protect her so bad just give up and go with her! Simple!" The leader reminded Rin as he pressed down more. Making sure to keep Rin pinned under his foot. While all that was going on the girl with the bags had finally managed to toss Alessandra into the cart. "Ah, of course. Her head and hands should still be at the top of the bag if you are going to put those cuffs on her." With that the girl trotted back only to catch the scene of their leader taking his foot off of Rin's back. "He's down now. Get to it." As the leader stepped away the girl ran over to Rin, stuffing him into the bag in a similar fashion as she did with the blonde. Once the ice mage was in the bag and the bag was closed up the girl started to roll and drag the bag to the cart. The leader followed behind long with the last person that dealt with the sword. Once to the cart the leader picked up the bag containing Rin and tossed him into the cart not really caring where Rin's body landed. Once both mages were in the cart all of them would load up and take off with them to the ship.
- From out of this book a spear can be pulled, the spear is about 8 feet tall and contains blessed runes within the blade of the spear and at the end. These runes were imbued within the metal of the spear to protect them from getting damaged. When a little magic is fluxed within the weapon the runes will light up, turning the blade and the end of the spear red. Where the runes are located are hot to the touch and when the blade is swung flames fan out from it, following the ark of the blade. Just below the blade and just above the end if the spear a thin gold line is placed. The gold line is a rune infused with the gold to stop the heat of the blade and end from going into the rest of the handle. If magic is not fluxed within the spear the runes will not activate and the spear will just look like a fancy weapon.
-From this book two throwing axes can be pulled, the first axe is a sea color and within the eyes of the axe design rest two weak and small runes. Then magic is fluxed within the axe and it is thrown water from the air is gathered around it turning the thrown axe into a razor thin disk. The water around the axe will allow it to slice throw skin and cloth as if it was nothing. The water of the axe with fall away only after the blade of the axe jams into something. The second axe is a pink rose color, it looks rather girly and not very threatening. However, a powerful rune is hidden within the flower below the blade of the axe. However when thrown and jammed into something, thorns will spread from the axe and encase whatever the axe was jammed into. When the axes are swung their attack changes slightly. The water axe spirts forth burning hot water from its blade, the water following the arc of the blade. The rosy pink axe springs thorny lines from beneath the ground in cone shaped spikes. However, when magic is not fluxed into the weapons they just look like fancy axes.
From the book a hammer can be pulled, made from solid metal the hammer almost looks to fancy to be a real weapon. Both ends of the hammer let off a soft glow from a yellow lacrima that was placed inside. Between the two ends of the hammer is a disk made of a blessed rune, when magic is fluxed into the hammer the disk in the center glows a little brighter. When swung the lacrimas leave streams of light that follow the ark of the swing. When either end of the hammer meets the contact of another weapon, magic from the rune will channel to the end that is struck and flash a bright blinding light just long enough for the person holding the hammer to either move back or take another swing. The end that does not get struck will remain a dull glow. If magic is not fluxed into the weapon then the ends of the hammer will not flash as they strike other ends.
Stitch
- From the book a large selection of clothing can be pulled, there is nothing specail about the clothing. Each article is well made and tailored for what ocation it is needed for. The only thing is that the person using the book doesn't know exactly what they are getting. For the beach the person wouldn't know if they are getting a skimpy swimsuit or something that covers more, for winter they don't know if they are getting a scarf or a coat. The color and style will match that of the person who is using the book.
Claw Hammer
- From out of the book a giant soft squeaker toy in the shape of a claw hammer can be pulled. It's a giant toy meant to smack someone with but not harm them in anyways. The person getting his with it will feel like they are being smacked by a fluffy pillow that squeaks every time it hits.
- From out of the book a buckler shield can be pulled, the shield is about 12 inches in diameter and contains blessed runes on the outer side. These runes were placed on with a protection lacrima put towards the center of the shield to protect the runes. The runes in the shield as inscribed with different sets of instructions. When the shield is hit with a magic spell those runes activate, a few take the spell and absorb it, the next runes take that absorbed magic and transfer it to different runes, those runes then convert that absorbed spell and turn it into magic before another set of runes take that magic and transfers it to the person holding the shield. The process takes no more than a second for the person holding the shield to gain that converted magic. When it comes to physical attacks the runes will not activate and the shield has to be used as if it’s a normal shield.
- From out of this book a scythe can be pulled, the scythe is about 6.5 feet tall and contains cursed runes within the shaft of the weapon, in side the blade are dark lacrimas that have been enfused with the dark steel of the scythe. Twelve runes sit in the handle, when magic is fluxed into the weapon they glow purple before transerfing the magic into the lacrima within the blade. The lacrima then lets off a shadowy smoke, when swung the shadowy smoke acts as an extention for the blade. Following behind the scythe's blade the smoke takes on a blade like quality and will slice anything that does not move out of its way. In addition when a target gets struck by the scythe while magic is fluxed in it the shadowy smoke begings to infect the target, slowyly draining the warmth from the body. When magic id not fluxed into the scythe it only takes warmth from the targets body when the blade makes contact with skin.
- From the book a bow could be pulled, at either end of the bow are small blessed runes giving the bow it’s chilling effect and creates a string of icy magic while in the middle is a large blessed rune that creates the icy arrow when the magic string is pulled back. The arrows formed by the three runes are made out of pure magical ice, they fly as straight as a regular arrow but much faster from the design it takes on. The magic in the arrow forms it with a needle point tip. As the arrow hits the target the tip of it begins to fan out to cause more damage until it comes to a stop. If the arrow goes all the way through the target the tip fans out into a disk so it cannot be pulled out. The person holding the bow does not need to flux any of their own magic into the bow and arrows to create them. However, if the person does flux their own magic into the bow and the arrows then the arrows take on a freezing effect. When the arrow strikes the target the outer side of the wound begins to freeze while ice spikes begin to form on the inside of the wound.
- From the book dark brown, black, and gold armor can be pulled. The armor conforms to the shape of the person who is going to be wearing it. The armor contains a green rune with shadow magic inscribed on it. Whoever puts the armor on will meld into the shadows and can move from shadow to shadow with ease and stealth. Their body becoming part of the shadows as they wear the armor. However, if expremly bright light is shined onto the person wearing the armor then it will begin to drain the magic of the person wearing it. It does this because the run is trying despratly to blend in with the shadows nearby. If the person is no longer able to sustain the armor with magic then armor will vanish causing the person wearing it to faint.
That’s not how protecting someone worked. Didn’t the guy realize Rin was fighting so that he could protect Alessandra? Giving in didn’t ultimately protect her. Sure, it kept them together, but protecting her meant that she didn’t end up kidnapped in the first place. No matter how hard he tried though, he just couldn’t manage to fight off the drug. It had its way with him soon enough, knocking him out completely and leaving Ale and himself vulnerable to whatever the kidnappers had in store.
As Rin succumbed to the elixir, Needle guy spent the time securing Alessandra’s hands and feet. He didn’t have to worry about her mouth since she’d be unconscious for a long while. He’d since finished the task and was waiting somewhat impatiently for the others. Fortunately, they showed up a couple of minutes later with the rest of their prize being rolled and shifted along. Needle guy went about tying Rin’s hands and legs in the same manner he’d done the blonde’s. The man finished just as everyone settled and the carriage started moving. A short trip to the harbor and then it’d be payday for the gang.
