Bloodline

Offense - part 22

Staring at that fort, Zircon watches all that he can see from the front. He watches the archers in the towers, he watches the soldiers that appear at random everywhere, coming in and out of the fort, and he thinks as he watches them. The reinforcements didnt arrive yet and it was only a matter of time when that fort would send all the troops they can, making quick work of them all. Walking back towards the tent they've been in during this time, he gets one of his daggers out, staring at the blade and trying to make out his reflection. Just as he does this, he bumps into Lutol, him looking down to see him. "What are you doing here Zircon? I thought you were going to go to the medical tent and patch up some of the soldiers with Tesath." He looks up at him, putting his dagger away, "We already fixed the last guy a day ago, so I've really had nothing much to do except watch that fort as they do nothing to us. It's almost like they're just standing there as if to say they dont need to do anything to beat us." "I know that feeling, but if they expect us to do nothing, what if they be the ones to attack us first, especially since the reinforcements havent arrived yet?" Zircon sighs, looking back towards the fort, "I know, but something is strange, especially after that strange boom happened that one day, it came from nowhere and there were no signs of an explosion anywhere, it just happened. And then that vial we secured from one of the enemy soldiers, the liquid, which I think could be blood to something, was strange, the colors changing at random." Lutol then grabs a log that wasn't used in the fort yet and sets it down, sitting on it. "Things are getting stranger and weirder as we keep fighting them, and I'm sure whatever it was in that vial could be some kind of experiment that they're conducting, or even finished, but that doesnt mean we stop fighting. And I'm very sure that you probably took that vial you mentioned from the Colonel, seeing that you're very interested in it."

Zircon laughs a bit, "Dont tell Damian but I already took it, and after making the smoke bombs he asked for, I tried experimenting with it after a mishap took place with one of them, but so far I dont exactly know what it is or what its purpose is to the enemy, but it does mix with and changes the composition of blood to something similar to it, while also changing from the color-changing liquid it was to something similar to blood." Lutol scratches his head, and Zircon takes the vial out. "When the smoke bomb went off on me, the liquid changed, and made grayish colors instead of all the others it seemed to change into." Lutol examines the vial, and holds it, watching the color changing inside it as the looks at the container. "It would seem that you could inject it into yourself, so maybe it could be some kind of unnatural drug or booster to strengthen yourself, but if anything it could also be a weapon, you said it reacted to the smoke from your smoke bomb?" "Yeah, and it's been staying like that for a while now, so unless the things around or in it can change the thing itself, there hasn't been much that I found out other than that."

Just at that moment, Maralyne comes out of nowhere, startling the two as she comes with a few soldiers. "Guys, the reinforcements just arrived with supplies and we're needed to get the troops set in the camp and the supplies unloaded." "You couldnt've come at a different time than this could you?" Zircon says, Maralyne turning away from them. "I could care less what you were doing at the moment but right now, we just need to get the supplies out of the caravan at least, so if you're going to do anything useful Zircon, you could start there." She begins to leave just as he puts the vial away, Lutol chuckling a bit. "You two just keep going at each others throats, when will you get along with her?" "Never, it's always her bickering at the slightest thing I do. I've tried numerous things involving ignoring her and staying away from her, but it's all the same, I'm used to it anyways." Zircon says, moving to where Maralyne went to reach the caravan.

As wagons come into the fort with crates of supplies and people, everyone scrambles to get everything together and in place. As Zircon helps load crates into a temporary storage area, Damian appears. "Having fun piling crates there?" "About as much fun as watching you talk, the last boxes should be done in a few minutes but even then I know how incompetent some of these soldiers are." Damian smiles, and moves on, moving towards their tent. As the last box gets stacked with others, everyone goes to their tents to rest, Zircon included. On his way there, Maralyne appears, groaning as he passes by. "What? I'm sure whatever it is you have to complain about to me, I could care less especially since all I was doing was walking to the tent." "It's not that, it's just know that I would have to deal with you one moment or another, and it had to be when I was going to ask Damian for something." Zircon keeps walking to the tent, ignoring her remark, "Well you can do it now, I'm heading to the tent to rest a bit." Not even a second before they could step into the tent was a large boom much like before heard. After turning back, it wasnt just heard, it was seen, as tents and soldiers went flying, a strange man stood in the middle of where the boom may have happened. Zircon stares at the man, his clothes similar to those of a mage, and stares at them when they lift their hands toward a group of soldiers. They charge at him with their weapons drawn, but with a sweep of his hands, another large boom is heard as the soldiers are swept from their feet and launched close to the fort's walls. "You all may surrender here and now, and we'll spare you all quick executions, but if you resist I will see that you'll suffer under my hands." The man says while everyone looks at them, watching as a ball of air swirls in his hand, and he waits.