Vince stood for a minute, awaiting Giovanni's answer before speaking again. "So, do we have a deal?"
Giovanni narrowed his glare further at Vince, then grabbed him by the collar and spun him around, slamming him into the stone side of the building.
"No, we have no deal. I'll give you another deal. So, you open your ears and listen, ja?'
Vinces respond was short-"...Like I have a choice?"
Giovanni's glare intensified again, and his voice became incredibly harsh. "No choice, no...You show readyness, even seem to have plans for the downfall of Lord Vaniyakna, ja?Around here, that's punishable by death. Good day, comrad."Giovanni spun again, and gave Vince a good shove twards the dark end of the alley, where the masked man from earlier emerged, a pair of katars in his hands, slashing at V's back. Giovanni was taking the opportunity to fix a pair of brass knuckles onto his hands, while Vince took a chance of his own, slashing the masked man with his Glaive. Giovanni rushed forward, delivering a strong punch to V's head with the knuckles, and the masked man went low, stabbing Vince in the stomach with one of his katars.
Being the persistant chancellor he is, V mummbled a couple of words to his attackers, then began chanting- Soon the watery dounpour gave way to a few rocks, making both men stagger back a bit. In response, Giovanni strongly wrapped one of his muscled arms around Vinces neck, as the masked man charged forward, cutting several times into Vinces frontside. It was then Vince decided to implement his momento from his last trip to Barius- he quickly made a snide remark, and used the Angels Soul stone to heal himself. However, it didn't do much, as Giovanni simply grabbed him again, throwing him into the wall, and the masked man once again rushed forward, delivering almost identical blows to the ones Vince just healed. Trying one more desperate time, Vince used his Angels Soul stone again, and the wounds once again closed.
By this time, Giovanni was looking rather irritated. He was going to make sure he finished NOW. Grabbing Vince by the arm, and spinning his shoulder under it, he used the chancellors arm as leverage to slam him into the ground. He then pulled him up forcefully, and slammed him into the walls at either side of the alley, then gave him a good spin around, tossing him twards the masked mans waiting katars, giving Vince a pair of incredibly deep cuts, one no doubt peircing his heart. They let him remain for a minute, then Giovanni came and pried him off, throwing him to the ground. Giving it another minute, Giovanni kneeled to confirm death, then pulled a black handkercheif out of his pocket, placing it over V's face and turning to the masked man. "You should get those wounds healed, ja? In the meantime, I'll go make the report to Lord Vaniyakna."
The masked man simply nodded, and slunk back into the shadows. Giovanni shoved his hands into his pockets and began off to the castle, leaving V's corpse in alone in the alleyway.
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Inverse got the worst feeling something had happened. Be it from the stone he saw fly out of the alley, or the fact that Vince went in, then Giovanni came out alone a moment later was anyones guess.
Edited by: Shinigori V2 at: 9/24/03 12:39 am