Plasmatropolis (Un-cursed) [OLD]

Discovery

"Thalleous, what sort of plan was that? You could've died, or been discovered!"

"Ah well, it's done now."

Tygren sighed at the Sendaris Master, shaking his head, exasperated. Although Thalleous was a good friend, and a useful associate, sometimes he feared he'd make a mistake and compromise their master plan. "I'm beginning to suspect that Ingressus has an eye on us."

"Calm yourself, Tygren, he's too busy hanging out with Achillean to notice us."

"I'm serious, it's like he's stalking me, asking me whether I know anything about you and what you've done to get yourself in your position. I have a sneaking suspicion he knows more than he lets on.'

"Yeah, yeah, and fish can fly."

"Still, we have to be a little more careful."

"Perhaps." Thalleous nodded, smiling confidently. "But I wouldn't be anywhere near paranoid if I were you. After all, I have planned this out for a while now. I've made sure things will go just as intended."

"Hmph, whatever you say."

*****

The Black Plasma team, accompanied by Ingressus and Achilean, had made their way to the headquarters of the Sendaris gang, where the previous master had been murdered. Multiple Sendaris were there, as well as local police officers and various people in suits. As the Studio approached, everyone moved aside to let them in. There were some shocked and uneasy faces when they realized they were accompanied by the Voltaris and Nestoris, however, they were still too afraid to come too close. A few odd looks flitted in the people's eyes, as they spied the gloves that the two Ardoni wore.

"Alright, everyone, calm down. These two have knowledge that's necessary for the investigation. We brought them along to help." David announced. A lot of people nodded and stepped aside for them to enter.

Once inside the headquarters, they proceeded to examine the building. Nothing was peculiar here. They approached the room where the master of the Sendaris gang was supposed to reside. Two Sendaris guards blocked the door.

"We request entry." David told them. "For investigation purposes." The Sendaris guards nodded and opened the doors for them, lowering their pikes. As they entered the room, they found a few more Sendaris and some police officers examining a scene. Two other guards had been murdered as well, and the body of the Sendaris master was still there. The markings on all three corpses were extinguished.

Derp was visibly disturbed. In order to calm him down, David fumbled through his inventory and handed him a raw fish. That managed to draw Derp's attention away from the gruesome scene ahead of him as he began playing with the fish.

The Master still had his arms thrown up in a desperate escape, and there was a smallish bullet hole at the base of his skull. Dried blood stuck to the floor and a nearby puddle was still coagulating. The guards had been stabbed to death, by the shape of the cuts on their chests. Ingressus looked closer.

"Achi, what sort of weapon does Thalleous have?"

"A greatsword. An enchanted diamond greatsword." Achillean said in fear and realization.

Sam had crouched down to examine the corpses of the guards, and had overheard them. "You do know what this means, right? These guards were very clearly killed by blade. And it is Thalleous who has a sword, not Osivian."

Omeleto came by too, his lamp held against the corpses, "It's perfectly likely that Osivian could've just taken the guard's spears and stabbed them with those, these are no evidence."