Liberating Northalia: Cowards Play

## Characters

* Witterquick
* Cryotek
* Lexor
* Ramazon

## Location

* Northalia, Prysmos
* 12th January, 2020 12:40 Local Time

## Cowards Play

* (Ambience: Soft Winds)
* **Lexor** - (Petting Ice Hounds) Now, now, calm down. You'll all get your turn. Be patient.
* **Witterquick** - (Struggling)
* **Lexor** - Be patient.
* **Witterquick** - Let me go!
* **Lexor** - (Looks down at Witterquick) I'm afraid I can't do that. (Leans down, grabbing Witterquick's chin) What is your name? I don't believe we've ever met before?
* **Witterquick** - Really, people have heard of me in New Valarak. Especially the ladies-Can you stop touching my chin please?!
* **Lexor** - (Releases Witterquick's Chin) My Ice Hounds are starving, they haven't eaten in a while. I wonder if they'll find you delicious?
* **Witterquick** - Sorry, but I don't think they'll be able to find out.
* **Cryotek** - Finally, something we can agree on!
* **Lexor** - (Darts around to see Cryotek) No, anybody but you?
* **Cryotek** - (Cryotek approaches Lexor with heavy footsteps) Where is everybody?! What have you done with them?!
* **Lexor** - (Receding backwards) Ah, don't kill me, please. I, I, I've come so far, I don't want to fail like this.
* **Witterquick** - What the hell?! You were menacing before?!
* **Cryotek** - Witterquick, meet Lexor, the resident coward of the Darkling Lords.
* **Lexor** - Oh, whatever will I do? (Lexor stops receding. A grin appears on his face) Ice Hounds, Sick 'em.
* (Ice Hounds start approaching Cryotek, who grabs the Flail mounted on his back. Swinging the weapon around, Cryotek begins hitting the Ice Hounds in their faces. Lexor cackles throughout these proceedings as Cryotek realizes his Flail is having little effect on the creatures)
* **Cryotek** - What?
* **Lexor** - It's a little trick I've mastered called Invulnerability. It makes anything un-killable, and pain, well, painless.
* **Witterquick** - Could he do that before?
* **Cryotek** - No, he couldn't.
* **Lexor** - (The Ice Hounds start circling Cryotek and Witterquick) I thought I'd change things up a little. Darkstorm agreed with me. He gifted me a Staff which could grant me and anything, or anyone, I wanted with Invulnerability. It's power unlike anything I've ever seen before. And do you know what I've decided to do with it first? I've decided to take revenge on my Nemesis. You. And do you know what's funny? It's worked. I've beaten you. You're defeated. I've taken revenge.
* **Witterquick** - Congratulations?
* **Lexor** - Thank you...whoever *you* are.
* **Cryotek** - Let the kid go, now. Your fight is with me, and me alone. Or are you still afraid to face me head on?
* **Lexor** - Your right, the kid isn't a part of this. (Silence: 10 Seconds) But my Ice Hounds are hungry?
* **Witterquick** - (A Ice Hound growls in Witterquick's face) Cryotek?! Help!
* **Cryotek** - Just stay calm, let me figure something out.
* **Witterquick** - We don't really have time for that right now!
* **Lexor** - He's right you know. Time is running out for him.
* **Cryotek** - (Stares directly into Lexor's eyes)
* **Lexor** - (Nervous) W-what are you doing?
* **Cryotek** - (Piercing his feet into the ground, Flail mounted on back, arms tensed) Three Suns Aligned, Pour Forth Their Light, And Fill The Archer's Bow With Might! (Light shines all around Cryotek as his body turns to pure energy, taking the form of a Bear)
* **Lexor and Witterquick** - (Speachless)
* **Cryotek** - (Starts approaching Lexor)
* **Lexor** - I see that I've annoyed you. I'll just be leaving now.
* **Cryotek** - (Roars)
* **Lexor** - (Lexor turns around, running into the village, his Ice Hounds not far behind)
* **Cryotek** - (Cryotek stops running, returning to his human form. Cryotek stands over Witterquick) Are you okay kid?
* **Witterquick** - What was that?
* **Cryotek** - What was what?
* **Witterquick** - That, thing!
* (Footsteps approach the pair, a cloaked figure appears not far from the pairs location)
* **Cryotek** - (Turns around to see the cloaked figure) Ramazon?
* **Ramazon** - (Lowers hood of cloak) Cryotek. It's good to see you again.
* **Cryotek** - What happened here?
* **Ramazon** - (Looks at Witterquick) Your friend needs freeing first, he's likely got frostbite already.
* **Cryotek** - Sure.
* **Ramazon** - (Ramazon slowly approaches Witterquick. A piece of his armor starts sliding down his arm, before extending from his hand in the form of an Ice Pick) Hold still. (Ramazon holds the Ice Pick above his head)

## Trivia and Notes

* Debut of Lexor and Ramazon.
* Part of the Visionaries storyline.
* Story continues from Liberating Northalia: Somethings Wrong and continues in Liberating Northalia: The Friendly Blacksmith.