Chapter 2
A tall black leather-clad woman enters the inn, twine blades sheathed at her hips, and mid-length black hair tied behind her with a red cord.
She stretches and winks at the gawking men before making her way up the stairs, towards the room Dakye at told her to meet him at.
God knows what that was all about, but he said he would pay her, and pay her good...and also something about a famous vampire hunter...
Dakye talked a load of wibble a lot of the time. However, his paranoia about vampires kept her wealth at a comfy level, which suited her fine.
A short rap at the door makes the man clap his hands together with glee and he winks at D, moving to the door quickly.
"Ready to meet Rina??"
D frowns, what was this fool up to now??
"Heh, a lady, eh?" his left hand seemed to chuckle.
A black leather-clad woman enters the room once D's employer lets her inn.
"Dakye! So, what job do you have for me this time??" She stops as she sees D.
Dakye blinks at the woman's confusion and laughs.
"Oh right, I take it you've heard of the Great Dunpeel Vampire Hunter D?"
Rina frowns, leaning against the table. Why had he employed him? Surly she was enough to get the job done?? She didn't like this one bit.
"I work alone..." D says bluntly, reflecting Rina's thoughts exactly.
"Now wait and listen..." Dakye says holding his hands up. "Yes, I've hired both of you because I know this 'Mistress Vampire' is extremely strong! I'm not risking anything!"
Rina butts in, the situation growing more and more distasteful.
"Now wait. A 'Mistress Vampire'? And you hired a Dunpeel?? I think you better explain what's going on, Dakye, what reason do you have for paying us to kill that creature." The female vampire hunter says sternly, crossing her arm together.
Although as an employee, it was not his nature to ask about the employer's reason, but this did both intrigue and feel strange to D.
"Okay... I'll talk. I'm not exactly an innocent party here, that vampiric bitch has eaten a younger brother of mine...he was jailed for murder, so he was first in line on the 'Mistresses Menu'."
"Well, if she drinks the blood of murderers, why does she need slaying?"
Dakye frowns.
" Rina, it's not your job to ask questions, your job is to do the slaying and get paid..." his seemed to flicker with a hidden anger at the suggestion the Vampire Mistress should be left alone.
D let this entire conversation sink in before speaking again.
A Vampire Mistress, she may be; but D was enough to slay her...unless once again Dakye wasn't letting them in on everything.
And he better pay well for this, he didn't like working with other Hunters. That usually led to further complications, a fact proven in his many past outings.
" What defences does she have?" D drones to the other.
"Defences? Well, she has many human slaves, you can see that from this village and I've heard she has links to the Barbaroi....If that answers your question. Oh, and another thing..." Dakye says drinking once again from his bottle.
"She has a load of children, swarms of Vampires under her parentage, so that's why I've hired the two of you. One can watch the others back, ok?"
D didn't like his tone much, but then again, he didn't like the idea of the Barbaroi, a race of mutants that he had encountered before...and 'swarms' of Vampires?
"OK! That's all I need to hear!" Rina says cracking her knuckles rudely.
"Now to discuss my payment."
It didn't take much effort to squeeze a satisfactory amount of money from Dakye, then again, Rina was not one to be messed with when it came down to money.
Patting a large pouch of an up payment Dakye had 'offered' to the two hunters each, Rina makes her way to the bar and orders food and a large mug of warm mead. She sips lightly on the honey made beverage then looks up to see her partner in this little hunt was not showing any pleasure at watching her 'waste her money'.
"Aw! Don't tell me you don't drink! How do you spend all your money?" Rina asks D surprised.
"Heh, Does it all disappear down the brothel?"
That remark made D walk away.
A tall black leather-clad woman enters the inn, twine blades sheathed at her hips, and mid-length black hair tied behind her with a red cord.
She stretches and winks at the gawking men before making her way up the stairs, towards the room Dakye at told her to meet him at.
God knows what that was all about, but he said he would pay her, and pay her good...and also something about a famous vampire hunter...
Dakye talked a load of wibble a lot of the time. However, his paranoia about vampires kept her wealth at a comfy level, which suited her fine.
A short rap at the door makes the man clap his hands together with glee and he winks at D, moving to the door quickly.
"Ready to meet Rina??"
D frowns, what was this fool up to now??
"Heh, a lady, eh?" his left hand seemed to chuckle.
A black leather-clad woman enters the room once D's employer lets her inn.
"Dakye! So, what job do you have for me this time??" She stops as she sees D.
Dakye blinks at the woman's confusion and laughs.
"Oh right, I take it you've heard of the Great Dunpeel Vampire Hunter D?"
Rina frowns, leaning against the table. Why had he employed him? Surly she was enough to get the job done?? She didn't like this one bit.
"I work alone..." D says bluntly, reflecting Rina's thoughts exactly.
"Now wait and listen..." Dakye says holding his hands up. "Yes, I've hired both of you because I know this 'Mistress Vampire' is extremely strong! I'm not risking anything!"
Rina butts in, the situation growing more and more distasteful.
"Now wait. A 'Mistress Vampire'? And you hired a Dunpeel?? I think you better explain what's going on, Dakye, what reason do you have for paying us to kill that creature." The female vampire hunter says sternly, crossing her arm together.
Although as an employee, it was not his nature to ask about the employer's reason, but this did both intrigue and feel strange to D.
"Okay... I'll talk. I'm not exactly an innocent party here, that vampiric bitch has eaten a younger brother of mine...he was jailed for murder, so he was first in line on the 'Mistresses Menu'."
"Well, if she drinks the blood of murderers, why does she need slaying?"
Dakye frowns.
" Rina, it's not your job to ask questions, your job is to do the slaying and get paid..." his seemed to flicker with a hidden anger at the suggestion the Vampire Mistress should be left alone.
D let this entire conversation sink in before speaking again.
A Vampire Mistress, she may be; but D was enough to slay her...unless once again Dakye wasn't letting them in on everything.
And he better pay well for this, he didn't like working with other Hunters. That usually led to further complications, a fact proven in his many past outings.
" What defences does she have?" D drones to the other.
"Defences? Well, she has many human slaves, you can see that from this village and I've heard she has links to the Barbaroi....If that answers your question. Oh, and another thing..." Dakye says drinking once again from his bottle.
"She has a load of children, swarms of Vampires under her parentage, so that's why I've hired the two of you. One can watch the others back, ok?"
D didn't like his tone much, but then again, he didn't like the idea of the Barbaroi, a race of mutants that he had encountered before...and 'swarms' of Vampires?
"OK! That's all I need to hear!" Rina says cracking her knuckles rudely.
"Now to discuss my payment."
It didn't take much effort to squeeze a satisfactory amount of money from Dakye, then again, Rina was not one to be messed with when it came down to money.
Patting a large pouch of an up payment Dakye had 'offered' to the two hunters each, Rina makes her way to the bar and orders food and a large mug of warm mead. She sips lightly on the honey made beverage then looks up to see her partner in this little hunt was not showing any pleasure at watching her 'waste her money'.
"Aw! Don't tell me you don't drink! How do you spend all your money?" Rina asks D surprised.
"Heh, Does it all disappear down the brothel?"
That remark made D walk away.