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Leon stood outside the Fenrir's Howl nightclub, a menacing scowl covering his face. Inside somewhere was the man who killed his brother, and possible answers to the questions that swirled in his mind, all centered on Theron's dying words.

What was the Circle of Mula?
Who hired Gunderam Propst to murder his brother?
Where could he find this Circle?
Why was Theron killed?

Leon was going to find the answers tonight. He would have gone alone, but Tina wouldn't hear of it, literally stuffing his mouth or interrupting him every time he was about to say that he was going alone. And the man they had talked to in order to find this place insisted on coming as well. The man's story was incredulous, but it had the ring of truth to it.

Leon wore his coat over his tactical vest, boots, and holsters. His twin pistols were at his side. He was prepared for a war, so he had plenty of ammunition. He couldn't indiscriminately kill here, so he wasn't bringing out the big guns yet. Plus, he wanted to talk, and dismembered bodies can't talk back. At least, not without a necromancer handy...



Tina was worried. Not that she or Leon couldn't handle themselves, but she had never seen Leon this... driven. He had taken his brother's death hard, and now stood ready to throw himself off the edge, into the abyss. Vengeance was a terrible master, but it had ahold of Leon at the moment. Tina prayed she could hold him back from taking that leap. 3 years was a long time to be partners with a 'normal', as those without mystical powers were called with scorn by some supernaturals. Yet Leon had survived a field that regularly killed 'normals', and even thrived. They were trusted partners, best friends even. Though he was average looking, there were times when he had this aura of command, as if he knew exactly what he was doing, and what everyone else would do.

Tina stood slightly behind Leon, covering his back. The only thing that stood her out from being a stereotype 'beautiful government agent' was the grey staff that softly glowed with white lines. The Bartolocci Staff, a family heirloom and her birthright. The dark red, mid-back hair blew in the soft wind.



The time was 9:30. The weather called for rain, with possible thunderstorms. The night seemed still, as if holding it's breath while waiting for something to happen. The wheels of fate begin to turn once more...
Who will be crushed underneath the uncaring destiny? What secrets will be found in this den of darkness?
 
Lucas was sitting down in the nightclub by the bar area getting himself a glass of whiskey. He was nervous and shaking from thinking about the tragic day of when he killed that FBI agent. He knew any minute could be his last. He knew that there even could be agents watching him right now and he wouldn't even know it. The best he could do Is stay silent and try to blend in with the crowds of people.

As he is sitting down he turns his head around and looks to see if there is anything unusual around the club (Perception 11)
 
Lucas notices that some of the common thugs are more subdued, less worried. Apparently their boss is easing up on them for some reason... He can also tell that tonight's clientele is it's usual exotic manner, dancers of all kinds of races, vampires drinking at the bar, and demons relaxing in booths. Just another night...

Until the guy with purple eyes walks in. Lucas sees five particular thugs freeze, some kind of shock on their faces. The guy (whose face was already scary with that scowl) notices, and his face darkens even more. His hands seem to twitch ever so slightly, in that way that screams he wants to start shooting now. The beautiful redhead behind him seems to be the only thing holding him back, and Lucas gets the feeling that if she fails, it'll be a blood bath. The only comfort is that it seems Brian came with them. The thugs begin moving, heading towards the back. Their faces seem to jog some memory... And Lucas realizes that those guys are part of the Silver Claws, the werewolf gang that's said to run the nightclub. It seems rumor is reality...

Brian is heading Lucas's way. Maybe those two are the people Brian said would help?


Leon is pissed, he can tell that those thugs recognize him, which means they were in the car that drove off with his brother's killer. This is the right place, no wild goose here. He'll give Brian and this Lucas a chance, see what he could do to help. Tina's hand on his shoulder is the only thing stopping him from drawing his guns. Information first, he tells himself. "God bless it." He mutters, reining in his temper and thirst for vengeance. He lets Brian leave to talk to a man at the bar, before coming back and leading them to a table that already has a man sitting there. The two locals talk for a bit, before Brian invites them to sit.
 
Lucas sits and tries to relax hoping this man Leon wouldn't notice who he really was. He began to get even more shaky though.

"B-brian what's up man? Who are these guys" He says in a very nervous voice. He took a glance and Leon and slowly looked away being intimidated by his presence and just going back to drinking his whiskey.
 
"These guys, in exchange for some information, agreed to give you a fair chance, and try to help you out. She's a mage, and should be able to retrieve your memories from being mind controlled. That should give a face to the person who set you up." Brian says, trying to get Lucas to relax.



For a guy who supposedly killed an FBI agent, Leon thought to himself, this Lucas was notably nervous and shaken. Way too timid to do so just 'out of the blue'. There wasn't an underlying reason as to why Lucas had killed that agent. It had been open and shut, physical evidence wise. And the investigation done had been mundane, since there hadn't been any noticeable supernatural traces. Maybe Tina could look over that crime scene, and try to find something.



Tina was mildly amused. This guy was supposed to have killed an agent? He was too afraid of his own shadow. Someone who killed an agent for no discernible reason would not be this nervous. Skilled enough, maybe though. He did bear the skills, hands, and arms of a fencer. Lucas was also mildly attractive. But it just didn't do anything for her, and she was mildly certain why...



Somewhere else in Fenrir's Howl...
"Boss, there's a guy here. A guy with purple eyes." The thug said to Gunderam Propst. Gunderam stared for a moment at the thug. "So he's a vampire? I thought..." "No boss." The thug interrupted. "The guy's not the hit, but... they look similar. Probably family, boss." Gunderam clasped his hands in front of him in thought. "Get the Brit and have him contact the Circle. Ask why I wasn't informed of any family. That is a complication. Keep on eye on him."
 
Lucas loosened up a bit knowing these guys weren't a threat to him. "Alright so you guys are here to help me out? Do any of you know what could have caused this mind affecting ability on me? Cause I definitely want to find the person who did this to me and kill that son of a bitch. But however I do thank you two for assisting me. The thing is where will we head to now though?"
 
"First, I want to know what you know about Gunderam Propst." Leon says. Brian nods. "As agreed. Gunderam is the best killer for hire in Niafol. Dozens of assassinations can be traced to him, and his calling card, a-" "Silver rosary." Leon interrupts, clutching something in his pocket as his fingers drum on the table. Leon seems... agitated, anger apparent, but a glimpse of something else can be seen in his eyes. "Right. Well he has always taken assassinations from a group of clients that have enormous power in the city, in a variety of ways. One of the known members is the Mayor." Leon stares a moment at Brian. "As in Mayor Quinto Querrero?"



Tina was surprised. It had been implied that the Mayor of Niafol had connections to the Underworld, but never proven. If Brian and Lucas had proof, then this would be a deeper conspiracy then they had thought possible...



Somewhere else, roughly at the same time...
"Family? The only family Theron Rolland has is..." "Federal Agent Leon Rolland of the Supernatural Investigation and Suppression Team." "And how did you manage to bring the Feds to our doorstep?!" "It's just one man. A normal, in fact." "A normal that has a record of successful ops against supernaturals. He is not to be underestimated. Further, his partner..." "Yes, yes, we know. The Bartolocci heir. You have gone on about her escape several times." "Her family should have been wiped out! Instead, it awoke that blasted staff!" "Look, we'll have Gunderam take care of it, like he always has taken care of the trash. The priest was magically powerful. If the Bartolocci heir gets away, she'll be taken care of another time. Agent Rolland is the target." "Agreed." All the voices said at once.
 
Lucas wasn't sure of what they were talking about nor did he pay much attention to it. He sits at the bar and waits for his brother Brian to return to him. He knew he was lucky though. If it wasn't for these FBI agents siding with him he knew he was done for. But then again he knew he still had to watch out for other agents. If he tried to explain his situation to anyone about killing the agent he knew no one would believe him.
 
"Yes." Brian answers. "Now, I don't know any of the other members, nor what the group is, but all the conspiracies in this city point to this group. The rough guess is at least seven, and at most thirteen, with those two being the most popular numbers. Now, this is the information I was talking about, the proof that shows the Mayor was the one who ordered the hit on your brother." Brian slides a small disc, which Leon stares at a moment before slowly nodding. He hands it to Tina, a rictus of some emotion on his face, but it's indecipherable what.



Tina put the disc into her belt, downloading the data on it into her wearable computer. She puts on the tech glasses that have the view screen, and opens the keyboard on her left bracer, previously hidden by her coat sleeve. Tina opens up the data and listens to the voices that come on her headpiece, recognizing that this is a phone call between two individuals...



"Propst, got a client for you to take care of."
"Oh? Who this time, Querrero?"
"A priest. Magically powerful too. He's cleaning up the dark side of the city. Give him a warm welcome in appreciation of his efforts. And Propst?"
"Yeah, Querrero?"
"Don't mess this up. Engstrom's anxious for him to stop 'healing' her people."
"Understood, Querrero. There'll be no problems. He's a _normal_ otherwise, right?"
"Yes Propst. Nothing else to worry about. And he's a pacifist, so doesn't carry weapons. Should be easy for you."



Tina quietly begins putting the computer gear away, ignoring Leon's looks. She had verified the data as untampered with, and thus proof. Proof that the mayor of a city had ordered a hit on Leon's brother, because he'd been performing his duties as a priest. Engstrom... That had to be either a black magic user, or an undead, possibly both. Either way, it did not bode well. And Leon would throw himself at these vipers to avenge his brother... Tina rubbed her temple in thought and worry, ignoring Leon's drumming fingers. "Well, it's real. So, any idea who Engstrom is?"



Leon stared for a moment, his fingers stilled. Tina had verified it. The son of a bitch who ran this club had killed his brother, and the bastard who was a mayor had ordered it. And there was an Engstrom person involved. Whatever. The actual killer first...
Brian shook his head. "Sorry. I didn't find any references to an Engstrom in my searching."



Perception Check.
 
Lucas, not paying much attention to the conversation, since he's the one that got the information, notices that the thugs that left have come back, and begun to quietly talk to others. The ones they talk to either quietly leave, or seem to ready themselves. The thugs slowly spread out, talking to regulars or employees...



Tina sighs, it seems Leon's let this get to him. The thugs from before are back, and getting ready for a fight. And Leon's the likely target. Damn it! "Leon, smell the roses." A code phrase they'd worked between them, telling the other to get ready for a fight. The staff twitched in her hand, as if eager to strike. Tina shifted slightly, readying herself.



Leon nearly snarled, nearly grabbed his guns and started shooting. But instead, he muttered angrily, "God bless it." Then he stood up, and started walking to the nearest one, a forced grin on his face, showing a lot of teeth...



Brian readied himself. He was a priest, so he knew some magic. He wasn't a fighter though, he defended himself and dealt with malevolent spirits. These were werewolves, according to Lucas. So he'd keep his head down in the ensuing fight, but defend himself to not be a burden. And worse comes to worst, he could drag unconscious people to his van.



"Boss, it's almost ready." A thug said to Gunderam. "Excellent. It'll be bad for business tonight, but it'll smooth over. Plus, it'll be nice to see how well the boys do against a Fed." 'And if they fail too badly,' Gunderam thought to himself, 'That's what the sniper rifle is for.'
 
Lucas took out his weapons and jumped behind the bar counter. (Do the thugs know Lucas is on Leons side?)
 
(They'll assume so. And Lucas is at a table, not at the bar.)

Leon strides up to the closest thug, who's somewhat startled by Leon's presence, and unsure what to do. "Hi. Got something I wanted to ask you. Is your boss here? There's this drink I wanted to talk to him about, since some unusual clientele like the burning sensation it causes as it melts their insides slowly. Now, we can test it on you now, or we can talk to your boss first, and see if he knows about it. What do you think?" Leon asks, interrogating the thug about Gunderam's whereabouts. The thug is rather petrified by the thought of his insides melting, and answers, "The boss is here, but I don't think he'll sell a drink like that." Leon shrugs. "Oh well." And then proceeds to brutally punch the thug in the face repeatedly. The thug manages to dodge the second one, but the other two blows hammer him and he drops to the floor unconscious. In a blurring movement Leon draws his pistols, ready to fight.



Tina gives a slight smile at Leon's straight forward interrogation, but immediately gets up and lets loose an Explosive Fireball at a trio of thugs, even as she concentrates on the begining of a Great Haste spell. Two of the thugs get hit, and both of them drop.



Brian casts a Shield spell, pouring as much energy into it as he can.



The thugs begin drawing weapons, the 9 regular thugs guns and the four noticeable thugs swords, while they also begin to change shape...



Combat begins!
Lucas goes after Leon, but before everybody else. So, your action before combat officially begins, and then Leon will go, then you'll go again. After that, it'll be Tina, Brian, Thugs, Leon, and then you again. The actual order of combat looks like this;
Leon
Lucas
Tina
Brian
Thugs

Leon has Enhanced Time Sense, which allows him to go before anyone without it.
 
Lucas runs to the thug closest to Leon and goes in to attack
(Attack/extra attack all to the head)

(Hits 7,9)

(Damage 16, 24)
(I added in the x4 cause they are hits to the head.)
 
The thug dodges the first blow, but takes a nasty gash from the second. However, the thug manages to stay conscious.

Leon fires 6 times, 3 from each pistol, at the closest werewolf thug. The werewolf takes them for 41 damage, but manages to stay standing.
 
Lucas goes to strike the same werewolf thug he was fighting before.

(Hit to eyes then groin)

(Hits, 11,11)

(Damage 20, 6)
 
Lucas's second strike knocks the werewolf down and out.

Tina casts a Fireball at a thug for 13 damage, but the thug manages to hold onto consciousness. The chant for Great Haste continues in her mind.

Brian casts Armor.

The 9 conscious regular thugs open up with their SMGs. They all are arming at Leon, but only 3 manage to get close to hitting him. Leon dodges those three bursts however, avoiding a hailstorm of metal.

The 3 remaining werewolf thugs converge on Leon, standing in front of him and swinging their weapons. Only one manages to get anywhere near Leon, but Leon doges it.

Leon fires at the werewolf directly in front of him while taking a step back. The werewolf takes 48 damage, and drops like a rock.
 
Lucas rushes up to one of the thugs that fired at Leon and goes for two strikes to the eyes

(Hits 3 crit, And a 14)

(Damage 20, 16)
 
The thug manages to hold onto consciousness, despite having one of his eyes poked out.

Tina casts Fireball at the thug again, and he drops like a rock. Tina finishes Great Haste, and blurs with sudden speed, casting another Fireball and a Shield. The thug she aimed at manages to dodge the Fireball.

Brian flips the table over to provide cover and protection.

The 8 thugs left open up on Leon again, and he manages to dodge it all again. It's like he can see the bullets coming...

The 2 remaining werewolves attack Leon, and one of them manages to slash him from hip to shoulder, but the blade just hits his tactical vest.

Leon takes another step back, while opening up with his guns again. All 6 shots slam into the werewolf for 48 damage, and he drops like a rock.



Gunderam, looking down the scope of his .338 Sniper Rifle, mutters "Goodbye." And fires at Leon. Glass shatters, and a window a story above falls into shards as the bullet flies at Leon. Leon, with his ETS, sees this as soon as it happens. The bullet is moving too fast for him to completely dodge, and he's left with dismemberment, or a near impossible task. He'll take the nearly impossible task over certain dismemberment.



Somewhere else, watching on live video feed, an AI mutters, "I was against this course of action. Agent Rolland is a bit of a bad ass."



Another shot rings out, as Leon shoots the bullet in the air. With an audible ping of metal on metal, the two ricochet away.



The thugs stare in horrified awe.



Gunderam stares down his scope, completely unbelieving of what just happened. "What the hell?!"



Tina is glad that there are witnesses for this third time. The first time, no one believed her, and the second time, those that were there were stunned, while everyone watching the video thought it was a hoax. Leon really was that good of a shot.



Brian was impressed, stunned, and very glad this guy was on his side.
 
Lucas couldn't believe this was actually happening. He was amazed by the performance Leon had just put on there. "What the hell? How is that even possible?" Lucas said in excitement. He then laughs and looks at the thugs. "Yea if I were you guys I'd get the hell out now while you can."
 
Leon turns his body and let's loose with the last bullets in his guns at the sniper.

Gunderam is not happy with being shot for 42 damage, and stumbles away, deeper into his nightclub.

The normal thugs drop their weapons and raise their hands to the ceiling. They had _not_ been hired to deal with Federal Agents, especially ones that can parry bullets.

Tina fires a super charged Fireball at one of the werewolves, doing 38 damage. The werewolf manages to stay conscious while Tina casts an Armor spell.

The 2 remaining werewolves snarl, and lash out with their swords at Leon, and one manages to hit him. All it does is scratch up his tactical vest again though.

Brian stays behind the table, seeing no need to move.
 
Lucas wishes he could go after Gunderam but he knows It would waste too much time running after him. He decides to run up behind one of the werewolves that is attacking Leon and attack it.

(Striking at vitals. 10,12)

(Damage, 12, 18)
 
The werewolf snarls in pain, but manages to stay standing.

Tina launches an overcharged Fireball at the least injured, followed by a regular Fireball at the most injured. The least injured manages to dodge the charged Fireball, but the injured one doesn't and crumbles to the ground unconscious.

Brian stays undercover.

The werewolf attacks Leon again, but Leon dodges once more.

Leon drops his pistols to smash his fists into the werewolf's face. The werewolf dodges one, but the other three attacks smack into it's face, brutally breaking it's nose. However, it manages to stay on it's feet, despite looking ready to drop.
 
Lucas goes to finish this werewolf off for Leon so he can focus on the other werewolf.

(Hits, one to the head one to the torso. 11,7)

(Damage, 32, 5)
 
The werewolf drops, leaving no conscious thugs willing to fight. Tina and Leon begin cuffing the thugs. Once they are cuffed, Tina calls the police, and begins informing them of what happened. Leon picks up his guns, reloads them, and holsters them before picking up two SMGs, making sure they're fully loaded. Turning to Lucas, Leon says, "Want to hunt down a gang leader?"
 
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