10-24-2023, 09:36 AM
Some random patron stepped into the ring. Ashton wasn't a regular here, this was hardly the place to find his down and out marks the Blackthorns really liked. People here go missing and someone's going to notice. And the man he was stalking was going to be missed. He spied him and the woman he was with walk into the very room they were in. He stared across the fighting arena as they entered.
His eyes floated across other individuals. The man in the ring threw a punch and Victoria winced and pressed closer to him. Not that he could protect her from these brutes. That's what Max was for, not him. Maybe he should have brought Max instead of Vic. "We can go, if it's too much."
Victoria smiled and shook her head, resting it on his shoulder so she could bury her face when the violence got to much, but she watched with a small shake of excitement strumming through her body. She was like her family -- but not evil. She'd been there when Taylor was eaten. She had not partaken of the meal his friend had made, but she was there. They all were.
Ashton's eyes crossed the pit of violence and noticed a man staring at him. His blood ran cold as recognition ignited in both their eyes. "We have to go. Now." Ashton wrapped Victoria up and she obeyed with ease as his voice did the thing it did. He hadn't meant to coerced her, but he was scared and emotions played a large part in what he did. His or others, didn't matter.
Victoria scurried off in front of him but making her way through the crowd met with more resistance than if would have lead. "Ash, what's wrong?"
"You remember Cedric's friend who got murderer by the monster hunters?"
Victoria gasped. "Are they here?"
Ashton shook his head. "No. The man they saved is. Jaxen Marveet. I told Cedric this was going to be bad. Sophi didn't know. She just pulled a random drunk off the street. Didn't even bother to lift a wallet or anything. Just assumed. And Cedric had it in for the Mavreet's anyway and kept him locked up. Kept him a live to torture him instead of..." He let the sentence trail off as he lost the very man he was running from in the crowd. "Shit!"
[[ooc: I can change bits of the backstory if it don't work for you Jaxen. And I'm not assuming Jaxen moved, just that Ashton lost him in the crowd but feel free to do whatever except kill Ashton please ]]
His eyes floated across other individuals. The man in the ring threw a punch and Victoria winced and pressed closer to him. Not that he could protect her from these brutes. That's what Max was for, not him. Maybe he should have brought Max instead of Vic. "We can go, if it's too much."
Victoria smiled and shook her head, resting it on his shoulder so she could bury her face when the violence got to much, but she watched with a small shake of excitement strumming through her body. She was like her family -- but not evil. She'd been there when Taylor was eaten. She had not partaken of the meal his friend had made, but she was there. They all were.
Ashton's eyes crossed the pit of violence and noticed a man staring at him. His blood ran cold as recognition ignited in both their eyes. "We have to go. Now." Ashton wrapped Victoria up and she obeyed with ease as his voice did the thing it did. He hadn't meant to coerced her, but he was scared and emotions played a large part in what he did. His or others, didn't matter.
Victoria scurried off in front of him but making her way through the crowd met with more resistance than if would have lead. "Ash, what's wrong?"
"You remember Cedric's friend who got murderer by the monster hunters?"
Victoria gasped. "Are they here?"
Ashton shook his head. "No. The man they saved is. Jaxen Marveet. I told Cedric this was going to be bad. Sophi didn't know. She just pulled a random drunk off the street. Didn't even bother to lift a wallet or anything. Just assumed. And Cedric had it in for the Mavreet's anyway and kept him locked up. Kept him a live to torture him instead of..." He let the sentence trail off as he lost the very man he was running from in the crowd. "Shit!"
[[ooc: I can change bits of the backstory if it don't work for you Jaxen. And I'm not assuming Jaxen moved, just that Ashton lost him in the crowd but feel free to do whatever except kill Ashton please ]]