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Kanraku Tenma · #5 [ ] 12-02-2007, 09:12 PM

OoC: I did it! I got mah CJs back! *does a jig of some sort*

BiC: “Come back here!” Bartholomew yelled to the creature as it moved away from him.

The creature, perhaps a hobbit, increased its pace and the bounty hunter followed. The assassin was surprised that such an awkwardly shaped creature could move with such speed, and he eventually found himself running after the creature. Unfortunately for him, Bartholomew was focusing all of his attention on the hobbit and did not attempt to mark a path for himself to find his way back.

The hobbit make odd panting sounds as it ran, and Bartholomew suspected that it would die of a heart attack before he reached it. Oddly enough, the hobbit continued to run for what seemed like hours before finally turning a random corner and scurrying through a hole in one of the walls. The assassin shoved his arm down the hole, trying to grab the creature’s leg, but only felt the cold hard material of the wall. Bartholomew removed his arm from the hole and looked around. He appeared to be in a maze of halls and doors. The bounty hunter looked to his right and saw an oddly shaped orange door, it looked like it was made out of oak and was decorated with crude carvings of people fighting zombies and the like. Bartholomew was intrigued by the mysterious gateway and, after studying it for a bit, opened it and stepped into the area beyond.

The first thing the mercenary saw when he entered the new hallway was a short humanoid creature running into the door on the other side of the hall. Thinking it to be the hobbit-like creature he encountered earlier, Bartholomew followed it into another room.

“Who dares to enter my room?” boomed a voice from high above Bartholomew’s head.

A giant stood before the assassin, and his beard alone was large enough to smother him. The great being was at least forty feet tall and every one of his steps sent tremors through the floor. It wore a simple tunic and worn, patched trousers that were dark blue in color.

“I was just chasing that… that thing,” Bartholomew stammered, gesturing toward the creature he saw earlier.

“That is my pet, my only friend in the world. Why would you want to harm such an innocent and docile creature?” the giant asked, his rage barely hidden beneath his calm appearance.

“Kill him master! I can see the evil in his eyes, he wants to kill us!” the creature cried.

“Very well, I shall kill the little pest,” the giant said and raised his axe, a weapon that Bartholomew had not noticed before.

The assassin jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding the earth shattering slash of the axe’s blade. The bounty hunter drew Nerio, prepared to do anything necessary to defeat the giant. Bartholomew jumped at the giant’s chest and delivered a powerful kick his ribcage, sending the colossal man crashing to the ground. The bounty hunter ran over to his neck and prepared to sever his head when he heard a scream.

The giant’s pet shrieked as it soared through the air and attached itself to his face. The small creature began scratching at him with sharp dirty nails, sending flecks of blood into the air and onto the giants beard and tunic. Bartholomew grabbed the creature by the waist and threw it across the room, knocking the annoying beast unconscious. Bartholomew once again raised his sword and stabbed through the giant’s throat.

“I suppose it is true,” Bartholomew said quietly to himself, “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.”

“That was so cliché,” said the ghostly figure of Bartholomew Decari the first.

The assassin paid him no attention, but instead turned and left the room, ready to investigate the strange place, this Dome, which he appeared to be trapped in.