Zuri
Maze Master:
"Hold on! I'll get help! calls out the voice.
"No he won't." says one of the men who was attacking Zuri, deftly he stopped his attack on her and starting running towards the gangplank to make it down towards the docks after whoever had called up.
"Just you and me, woman." says the other man as he lashes his knife out towards Zuri's throat. It is by sheer luck of the Gods that Zuri had been quick enough in her own movements to drop her bow and draw her dagger and shield again, and what could have been a killing blow on the amazon instead parries neatly off her own shield.
Moving around the man would be difficult, and using her dagger and shield as best she could, she tries to sidestep the man, and partially succeeds. The door was within reach, but her assailant gets a hit in on her, doing a little bit of damage as his dagger cuts her shield arm.
It was all a question of time for the Amazon, while her assailant may have been swift, he only had a dagger while she possessed spear and shield, in addition to determination. His friend would have to wait, as she bears down upon this one. She trades blows with the man a few more times, and then... she impales him.
She had seen death before, many times, but everybody seemed to die a different way, and yet they were also the same. The look in this one's eyes was surprise. They never see it coming.
Having no time to reflect further, she quickly pivots and then charges down the gangplank where the second man had just finished cutting the throat of the unfortunate sailor who had overheard their struggle. Zuri uses her speed to her advantage and overpowers the man, disarming him of his weapon and wounding him grievously before he surrendered.
She hits him in the face with her fist a few times, trying to learn the whereabouts of the third man, only to find out that he had escaped. Using rope on the docks, she binds the man's hands and marches him off to find either a guard station or someplace else where he could be held in custody...
Aleta
Aleta looks into the courtyard, which is magnificently laid out. A marble pool dominates most of it, with various trees and fauna scattered around it. Given that it was night, there would be plenty of cover to hide in, if need be, though if a lantern or torch was shorn over the area then she'd probably be spotted. There were at least two other first floor entrances leading into or out of the courtyard, not including the entrance she was standing in. There were also some on higher floors of the building, but she'd have to climb up there to get in.
She waits a minute or two, hearing nothing coming from down the hallway...
Itylus
Itylus:
"Silver is fine" Itylus replied while setting his two silver coins on the table again, the only thing he wanted from the man was information, and he would rather try to get it subtly while they played, than playing for it. In a casual tone he continued. "As for being troubled...well, it probably is nothing, but..." Itylus bends over the table in a confidential way, and says. "I've heard this strange rumors, of weird things going on in Argos, and odd people being sighted there. I happen to be traveling towards there so it worries me. You are Argosian right? Do you know if there is any truth in this rumors?"
The gambler flashes a coin in front of Itylus face.
"Ah, you do indeed peg me correctly. I am an Arogsian by birth, and I have come through there most recently before here." he flips his coin, letting it land on the table, face up. He studies it for a moment.
"Odd people have been in the city as of late, it is true." he says.
"I myself was approached by such a strange person. He gave me a token, a coin charred black by a fire. He said that it was the currency of Hades." the man laughs.
"Ah, what a strange one he was, wanting me to come with him to hear more of a new way, a new philosophy free of the Gods." The gambler grins again and looks Itylus in the eye.
"But I said to him that the Gods had always favored me. Why should I free myself from them when I am in their beloved graces?" he chortles.
"He didn't seem to mind. Let me keep the coin even, said I could always change my mind."
Dysis
The Lady nods and smiles and takes Dysis' hand...
In a flash, whatever Dysis had experienced ended. Whereas her vision had gone black before, now it had gone blindingly white.
The brightness began to fade and she saw that she was lying on the street outside of the House of Hades in Thena. The old man that was chattering to her before was nowhere to be seen. As she rises, Dysis does a quick check and finds nothing out of place or missing, though she does notice that the belt devoted to Apollo that she was wearing was now glowing a faint
lavender color.