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OOC: I've summarized the last few posts into a new topic. I've made some additions to the dialog where appropriate, so please read this entire post.

Darl, Gerard and The Fallen watch as Anastasia and Jordan walk over to another table. The girl looks noticeably upset for some reason. While speaking together Jordan turns momentarily and looks towards a table not too far from their own before turning back to Anastasia. A quick glance that direction reveals a young man talking to the owner. Moments after the owner passes back by the group's table, the man speaks in a loud enough voice to be easily heard. "You hunting for something Demon? You sure do stick out around here ." The accent is unusual, but after a moments consideration Darl and Gerard are reasonably certain that the translation from Demongogian is correct.

To Anastasia, the words sound like total gibberish. It definitely wasn't English. "I wonder what is up with this stranger and why he's here?" she asks herself. Well instead of worrying about this stranger and the token she orders up food and drinks and now just awaits it to come so she can try to move on with this token business. The owner of the place stops on his way back to the kitchen and kindly says that he'd be happy to bring her a plate and a glass of water.

Hearing what the man at the other table says, Gerard glances over at him to see what he can infer by the looks of him. The man has long, strawberry blond hair and ocean blue eyes. He looks to be in his mid twenties. Not much else can be ascertained except that the pack next to him would imply that he's also a stranger in town.

Gerard glances over at Anastasia to see if she shows any response to what the man said and sees that she looks a bit baffled. "Interesting" Gerard says to himself. "Well here goes nothing." Gerard gets up and heads over to the table where the man sits who made the comment and says in English. "Hello, can I join you?"

Daniel looks at Gerard and responds in English as well. "You join me here? Sure, I don't have a problem with that, man."

Darl looks over at the stranger, pockets the coin-like object, and studies him for a moment before responding in turn, "Looking for something? Well, I suppose you could say that I am. But then again, I suppose you could say that about anybody." He then switches over to English. "... and as for sticking out, I might say the same of any stranger in town, especially those spouting off questions in Demon tongue, only hours after a Demon raid. In any case," he adds, switching back to Demon, "... perhaps you'll be willing to expand on what you are inferring, just in case I've misunderstood?"

Turning back to Darl Daniel responds in English, "It looks like, Demon, the lot of ya are looking for something. Myself, I am lookin' for a certain demon that has left a string of dead bodies wherever it goes... tortures them and lets nature finish them off...and it looks like your girlfriend there was at the last victim of this demon, at least thats what the tracks I been following suggests. So maybe we all can be a help each other. What do you say there Demon?"

Daniel waits for his water and what these possible new companions of his have to say or do.

A muffled scraping of chair legs sounds from across the room as the men that were sitting at the other table quickly stand up and head for the door. One burly man sends a nervous glance across his shoulder as his body disappears from sight through the opening.

Darl stands to his full height, crooking his neck slightly to avoid brushing against the bar roof. He studies the stranger, looking for any details which would provide a clue as to their background or calling. Walking over to the man's table, he allows his figure to tower over the stranger; forcing him to look up.

"You propose an alliance, and yet throw insults with every breath. Let's give you the benefit of a doubt, and pretend for a moment that you're reckless, and not simply stupid." Darl pauses, reading the man's eyes to judge his reaction. "Well, it appears we've already got brains, brawn, and beauty covered ... what do you propose to offer?"

Daniel looks up at the demon , "Insultin?" Daniel smiles and continues ,"If I was insulting you, trust me, you would know it. Now you say you got brawn, brains and beauty covered? Are you talking 'bout yourself or all of you combined?"

Daniel stands up and looks the Demon in the face, "Now you say something bout what do i have to offer? I can actually ask you that same question...Don't you know kid, looks ain't everything. Besides how many of you know anything of the medical field? Or know how to not be noticed while playing hide and seek?"

Daniel smiles at the thought of a good fight .

Having sat back and watched the proceedings in silence for a time, The Redeemer speaks in a low, but powerful voice "Are you two going to wrap up the testosterone induced head butting quickly or is this going to take awhile? We have better things to do than make a mess out of one of the few buildings that wasn't damaged by the real demons."

Daniel turns his head towards the low toned voice , " Oh now theres a party pooper . I was hoping to have some fun . for now it be nice to know who you all are .."
Daniel smiles a bit ," Name's Daniel , and like i said Demon , dont judge by my looks .. I have a few surprizes instore for when the times right ."

Daniel turns and takes a good look at who/what everyone is , in this little part of 5 .

Anastsia notices and overhears the group talking to this stranger, as she eats and finishes her meal. "I should see what this is all about and simply try to get the two arguing to settle down and see we do have some major things to do instead of fighting"
"Thank you very much kind sir for the food and drink. It certainly was what was needed and the drink topped it off." she tells the owner and casually walks over to the strangers table.
"May I introduce myself, Anastsia" turning to the stranger waiting for his response, she analyzes him..where did he come from and whats he up to? Most importantly, would he be willing to help us in our endeavors.
"You seem to be hunting for something from what I could hear but maybe if we can work together we can help each other and find what each others looking for instead of you two wanting to fight it out, which isnt going to get us anywhere nor do anyone any good..so?

Darl releases a thundering laugh.

"Don't judge you by your looks?" He laughs again, his head rolling back in apparent mirth. "My, my! Aren't you the hypocrite!"

As his head rolls back forward, he suddenly cuts the laugh short ... his smile morphing into an evil snarl. He continues the motion past vertical, until his face is directly over the stranger, looking down at this cocky little mouthpiece. He breathes out through clenched teeth, allowing a blast of rancid breath to waft over the stranger's face before continuing in a low pitched growl.

"I assure you, peon, that I have no love for the Unholy. And consider this your last warning ... any further attempt to associate me with demonkind and their ilk WILL be your last."

With that, Darl begins casting a spell.

Daniel holds his breath for a second or two to allow the stench of the bad breath from the Demon .

Daniel then smiles and says with a laugh of his own , " Well , where I'm from , if it looks like a duck , talks like a duck and walks like a duck , then it must be a duck .. And you think i am just a mer fleshy human , then oh man won't you be in for a surprize .. " Daniel puts his hands on the demons chest and pushes him back off Daniel .

" Now if you want to dance , then lets go out side so we have some breathing room . What do you say " demon " ?"

Anastasia notices and overhears the group talking to this stranger, as she waits for her food. "I should see what this is all about and simply try to get the two arguing to settle down and see we do have some major things to do instead of fighting"

She casually walks over to the strangers table. "May I introduce myself. Anastsia." Turning to the stranger waiting for his response, she analyzes him..where did he come from and whats he up to? Most importantly, would he be willing to help us in our endeavors. "You seem to be hunting for something from what I could hear but maybe if we can work together we can help each other and find what each others looking for instead of you two wanting to fight it out, which isnt going to get us anywhere nor do anyone any good..so?"

Ignoring Anastasia as if he didn't even hear her walk up, Darl releases a thundering laugh.

"Don't judge you by your looks?" He laughs again, his head rolling back in apparent mirth. "My, my! Aren't you the hypocrite!"

As his head rolls back forward, he suddenly cuts the laugh short ... his smile morphing into an evil snarl. He continues the motion past vertical, until his face is directly over the stranger, looking down at this cocky little mouthpiece. He breathes out through clenched teeth, allowing a blast of rancid breath to waft over the stranger's face before continuing in a low pitched growl.

"I assure you, peon, that I have no love for the Unholy. And consider this your last warning ... any further attempt to associate me with demonkind and their ilk WILL be your last."

With that, Darl begins casting a spell.

Daniel holds his breath for a second or two to allow the stench of the bad breath from the Demon .

Daniel then smiles and says with a laugh of his own, "Well, where I'm from, if it looks like a duck, talks like a duck and walks like a duc , then it must be a duck .. And you think i am just a mer fleshy huma , then oh man won't you be in for a surprize.." Daniel puts his hands on Darl's chest and attempts to push him back off Daniel. The push is futile as the 8' tall extremely heavy creature does not budge at all.

"Now if you want to dance, then lets go out side so we have some breathing room . What do you say 'demon'?"

Daniel's last sentence is drowned out as an electric sizzle and then a pop comes from behind him as Darl finishes casting his spell. To everyone but Daniel, unless he turns his head, there appears before them a large portal in the front wall of the room. The portal appears to be showing the street outside.

A loud 'snick' comes from the other end of the room. Everyone instantly recognizes it as the sound of a shotgun shell being chambered.

"P...p..p.pleas...please, d..d..don't do that." The owner of the establishment stands at the back of the room pointing an obviously loaded semi-automatic shotgun at the Daniel and Darl. The barrel of the gun waves wildly around as the man shakes almost uncontrollably. "I d...d..don't want any t..t..trouble, o..okay?" He stutters as sweat beads his forehead and trickles down his temple.

"There's no need for the weapon, good sir," Darl politely comments to the innkeeper, "Trouble was just leaving."

Darl then turns back to look at Daniel. "If Bravado wants to join our little group again, he'd best don a more civil mood before returning."

With that, Darl places a clawed hand in the center of Daniel's chest, pauses, and then shoves him backwards through the portal.

(ooc: sorry guys , timing belt ripped apart on the truck .. but we are back now )

Daniel hears the crakling of the rift opening behind him while seeing the " demon " trying to claw at him . Daniel temps to sidestep the demon's claw attack and use his momentum to push him past Daniel .

After that little bit is done , Daniel will walk over to the bartender , " Now Bartender why don't you put down the kidney buster . You really don't want to fire that off in here , or at all .. The big guy there thinks because he is bigger then everyone else , he can push around who ever he pleases .. Don't worry this place won't be damaged in the least bit . " Daniel smile kindly at the bartender .

OCC- ok going to repost as I misread and thought he was pushed into the portal

Gerard

At the sight of the hole in the air, Gerard raises his eyebrows in a bit of suprise. "Um guys can we try and handle this with less chest bumping please? No need to start breaking stuff in here and as you can see the bartender is also a bit concerned. Please sit down and both of you all ratchet down a bit." Gerard motions towards two chairs at the table.

"There's no need for the weapon, good sir," Darl politely comments to the innkeeper, "Trouble was just leaving."

Darl turns back to look at Daniel. "If Bravado wants to join our little group again, he'd best don a more civil mood before returning."

At the sight of the hole in the air, Gerard raises his eyebrows in a bit of suprise. "Um guys can we try and handle this with less chest bumping please? No need to start breaking stuff in here and as you can see the bartender is also a bit concerned. Please sit down and both of you all ratchet down a bit." Gerard motions towards two chairs at the table.

Ignoring Gerard, Darl places a clawed hand in the center of Daniel's chest, pauses, and then shoves him towards the portal.

Daniel hears the crakling of the rift opening behind him while seeing the "demon" trying to claw at him and attempts to sidestep the demon's shove...but not too successfully. The strong hand presses directly into his chest and pushes backwards with a surprising amount of force. In apparent desperation, Daniel's attempt to turn the tables on Darl and topple him into the rift instead turns into a desperate grab at Darl's arm to maintain his balance. Grasping Darl firmly, Daniel rights himself and gets his feet under him before walking on past Darl and over to the tavern owner. "Now, Bartender, why don't you put down the kidney buster. You really don't want to fire that off in here, or at all .. The big guy there thinks because he is bigger then everyone else, he can push around who ever he pleases. Don't worry, this place won't be damaged in the least bit." Daniel smile kindly at the bartender.

The bartender takes quick glance in Darl's direction and sees him walking out through the front door as the rift in the wall disappears. Looking back at Daniel he replies in a strained voice. "Well, I think I'll go see about the food for the young lady. Alright, then. I'll be right back." At least he's calmed down enough to stop stuttering but a large dog barking would probably make the poor guy jump out of his skin.

Not wishing to continue the episode any longer, Darl heads for the door of the tavern as he cancels the rift in the wall.

Jordan meets eyes with The Redeemer and nods his head towards the door. Nodding in silent agreement The Redeemer follows Darl out the door. Catching up to him out in the street The Redeemer says in a soft voice "Mind some company?" Before Darl has a chance to respond they both spot a group of about six church soldiers coming down the street towards them. As they fan out across the street, their weapons at the ready, the two men that left the tavern earlier can be seen a few meters behind them. The apparent leader of the group of soldiers beckons to one of the two men following and after conversing briefly with him the leader steps forward and looks straight at Darl. In a loud voice he says "I've been told that there's trouble brewing in Shad's place. Do you know anything about that?" It's obvious by the look on his face that it's a rhetorical question but he wants to see how Darl is going to respond.

OOC: Jeremy, I'm using your PM to me as a basis for Darl's actions. To move things along I took some liberties with your character and went forward with your walking out the door in search of the two men that left earlier. If this isn't what you had in mind, let me know