Eternal
Lena’s more important right now. This lot seems like they’re not eager for a fight. Even if they do regain their courage at a later date, you figure you can easily deal with them then.
“Today is your lucky day, get the hell out of here and don’t let me see you again!” you say. The speaker of the group nods and thanks you while he and the rest of his fellows quickly run past you and out the front gate.
You head quickly to the “mansion” sized home near the marshlands. You approach cautiously and that’s when you see Lena just arriving. You’re glad you got here in time.
“Good there you are, did you have any problems?” you ask.
“Other than having to pull leeches off my body? No. There were a couple eternals near the area where I came through, but I killed them while they were still trying to make up their minds on whether or not to leave their posts to investigate the noise you were stirring up at the front gate. Besides that, I investigated the surrounding area outside this house and I haven’t seen any evidence that Brutus has tried to leave it.”
“Let’s just hope he doesn’t have some sort of underground tunnel built. Let’s go.”
After breaking down the door, you cautiously move throughout the house. While certainly bigger than the rest of homes in Sinkhole, it probably doesn’t look much better from the inside. The place is a wreck, you’d think as a leader he’d want to keep his own home in better condition, but then given that you live in an underground hole of a collapsed temple which was already in ruins when you arrived there, maybe you aren’t exactly in a position to make judgments as far as living arrangements are concerned.
“No traps so far.” Lena whispers.
“Considering there’s so much junk and garbage in this place, they could be well hidden. Keep a look out anyway, and stay quiet! No need to give our position away.”
“I’m sure he already knows we’re…”
Before Lena can complete her statement, Brutus appears from around a corner and nearly takes her head off with an axe. Fortunately for her, you block the attack. At last you get a close look at the great leader himself, and once again you’re unimpressed by what you see. Makes this whole endeavor hardly even worth it at this point.
“I’ll make you wish you hadn’t come back from the dead shadow!” Brutus exclaims right before you shut him up with a head-butt and then slicing his belly open. Falling to the floor and desperately attempting to hold in his entrails he starts to scoot back from you.
“You new eternals always talk too much.” You say. “Lena…if you’d like to do the honors.”
Lena wastes no time in taking up your offer. She points her spear at Brutus, who makes a plea for his life through bribery. It doesn’t work and Lena skewers him in the chest with the spear.
Then she does it again… and again… and again… and…
“Sonofabitch! You killed my family! Bastard! Die! Die! Fuck you…” Lena sobs the whole time.
“Lena he’s dead. You can stop…” you start to say and then you feel a crushing blow to the back of your skull knocking you to the floor.
You were paying so much attention to Lena’s breakdown that you didn’t hear anyone else enter the house. It’s the trio of eternals that you previously let go. You attempt to get up, but only get another smash to your head for your troubles.
“We kept our word shadow, you never saw us again!” you hear one of them laugh and this is followed by a final blow to your skull which splits it open causing bits of brains to splatter nearby.
Lena charges at them already in a rage from before and while she manages to wound one of them, they ultimately take advantage of her unhinged state and finish her off with ease.
“Today is your lucky day, get the hell out of here and don’t let me see you again!” you say. The speaker of the group nods and thanks you while he and the rest of his fellows quickly run past you and out the front gate.
You head quickly to the “mansion” sized home near the marshlands. You approach cautiously and that’s when you see Lena just arriving. You’re glad you got here in time.
“Good there you are, did you have any problems?” you ask.
“Other than having to pull leeches off my body? No. There were a couple eternals near the area where I came through, but I killed them while they were still trying to make up their minds on whether or not to leave their posts to investigate the noise you were stirring up at the front gate. Besides that, I investigated the surrounding area outside this house and I haven’t seen any evidence that Brutus has tried to leave it.”
“Let’s just hope he doesn’t have some sort of underground tunnel built. Let’s go.”
After breaking down the door, you cautiously move throughout the house. While certainly bigger than the rest of homes in Sinkhole, it probably doesn’t look much better from the inside. The place is a wreck, you’d think as a leader he’d want to keep his own home in better condition, but then given that you live in an underground hole of a collapsed temple which was already in ruins when you arrived there, maybe you aren’t exactly in a position to make judgments as far as living arrangements are concerned.
“No traps so far.” Lena whispers.
“Considering there’s so much junk and garbage in this place, they could be well hidden. Keep a look out anyway, and stay quiet! No need to give our position away.”
“I’m sure he already knows we’re…”
Before Lena can complete her statement, Brutus appears from around a corner and nearly takes her head off with an axe. Fortunately for her, you block the attack. At last you get a close look at the great leader himself, and once again you’re unimpressed by what you see. Makes this whole endeavor hardly even worth it at this point.
“I’ll make you wish you hadn’t come back from the dead shadow!” Brutus exclaims right before you shut him up with a head-butt and then slicing his belly open. Falling to the floor and desperately attempting to hold in his entrails he starts to scoot back from you.
“You new eternals always talk too much.” You say. “Lena…if you’d like to do the honors.”
Lena wastes no time in taking up your offer. She points her spear at Brutus, who makes a plea for his life through bribery. It doesn’t work and Lena skewers him in the chest with the spear.
Then she does it again… and again… and again… and…
“Sonofabitch! You killed my family! Bastard! Die! Die! Fuck you…” Lena sobs the whole time.
“Lena he’s dead. You can stop…” you start to say and then you feel a crushing blow to the back of your skull knocking you to the floor.
You were paying so much attention to Lena’s breakdown that you didn’t hear anyone else enter the house. It’s the trio of eternals that you previously let go. You attempt to get up, but only get another smash to your head for your troubles.
“We kept our word shadow, you never saw us again!” you hear one of them laugh and this is followed by a final blow to your skull which splits it open causing bits of brains to splatter nearby.
Lena charges at them already in a rage from before and while she manages to wound one of them, they ultimately take advantage of her unhinged state and finish her off with ease.
