Palladium, 6th Century

[Renekin Skywalker]

Allan watched interestedly. "And how would we... get slotted in? Or know who we're slotted with?" He asks the Coyle.

[dakota]

" Dryzh make sure friend Aki okay." The Mantella nodded in his exaggerated head bobbing way.

[Renekin Skywalker]

"You have a point, Aki." Allen says. "We can't guarantee Yumi's safety. It's up to you two."

[shiivster]

Aki ponders these things then points out the tigers
'big cats hunt wrong. hunt like .. hunt in big pack. not natural. not right. we talk about what to do now ... '

*the small girl moves away from the window and settles on a hammock and stares at the Mongoose again. its clear that communication is happening, but on a level deeper than pet and master. odd, its just a wild animal, but the girl's words make it sound like the two of them are more like friends or family than odd pet and master.

Yumi heads over to the wall and sniffs about. only when all eyes are off her will she move. Aki seems withdrawn now and returns to the 'window' to observe the fight. she isn't happy that tigers are involved.

[check to see how much space there is between the bars to go to the aid of the tigers if one is killed to do 'her thing' while there is still time for it to happen]
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[albatross]

The Coyle laughs, "Anxious to get started? The giants will tell your matches soon enough. They like to promote the main fights in advance, so they give us all warning." Aki finds the bars to be set to close together for even a kobold to slip through, though Yumi would have no trouble. The bars are relatively thin, for something designed to hold back the giant gladiators, yet she finds them quite sturdy. Probably magic. The thief runs past the gladiators and straight at the tigers. He throws the giant sword sideways, the flat of the blade knocks a running tiger's legs out from under it and it trips sprawling. Fakir slids towards another tiger and when it tries to strike him with one massive paw, he ducks under and flips the tiger into one of the other tigers.

[Renekin Skywalker]

"Not anxious." Allen said, mildly. "Just making sure." He head cocked mildly as he watched how humanely Fakir treated the tigers. He's just a boy. He thinks to himself. Even the flu vaccines must have just been a game with only anonymous victims.

[sasqaricious]

Sapphire in her mind lines up the spells that would be useful in the upcoming battles that may occur. She knows out of all of the group that her and Tesla are the only two that do not have to worry really.

[kurff]

Tesla observed the technique with a charge and right placement of himself he could use Electrical charges to stun or kill. Uncertain wetter or not his talents worked or not a sword made sense. Now was as good a time to learn as any. With this in mind he went to look at the weapons an select some to see how they were to hold and get feel should he need one at all.

[shiivster]

Aki moves away from the window again to circle the cell once again. this time she goes slower and inspects the walls and floors. her mental tie to the Mongoose allows her to sense it's filled with various smells as it tries to track down the human scent from the other 'monster' scents in the area.

*Her eyes study the walls outside the cell among the other cells. she's looking for a way out for herself if and when she's free of the cage. she studies the various creatures and wonders if they remember being one with the forest and running with the animals.

'do we get the dead one's things? can maybe trade dead things for way out?' *she asks quietly as she now turns from the 'door' area and faces the group.

[albatross]

Fakir chases after a tiger which was moving to attack the other gladiators, but of course the predator turns to face him before he can sneak up on it.

The four female gladiators stand back to back, circling as three tigers circle them and look for an opening.

By this time, the giant crowd has turned quite nasty and beer mugs and bottles of wines rain down from all directions.

Gates open, and a couple of stupid looking trolls emerge. Each has a club, and they both proceed to bash the other without dodging or flinching from the blows in any way.

The tigers are lured out of the ring by trainers, the four gladiators are called off, and Fakir leaves through a separate entrance.

The fight is over, and after a few more matches, the arena empties and all the gladiators are shown to their cells.

Many of the experienced gladiators receive visits from giantesses and a few cloaked women of a more human size, but no one visits the newcomers until....

A giant guard wanders over a deposits a wooden plank with Fakir's image through the bars and wanders off without saying a word.

A few minutes later a pelican flies to the bars, and squeezes inside. "Well, that was entertaining." The voice is Darrel's and everyone can understand him. "Oh good, I see you've been picked to fight," the pelican says, waving a wing at the piece of wood.

"What do you think?" The bird looks around.

[Renekin Skywalker]

"Provincial." Allen says, in a mock-distinguished voice. "But educational. Can you keep an eye on Yumi, though. She's hunting down our man's ship."

[shiivster]

Aki turns to look at the pelican. then frowns as her ability seems to not work .. then shrugs. 'not real fish-bird?'

*she moves to the plank and pokes it with her finger and then kicks dirt on it. her head snaps up and looks about briefly as her link is stretched thin. she nods then resumes her circling and random tug on the bars here and there. if there is a reaction to the touch, she won't repeat the exercise, but for now it seems to relax her a little

[albatross]

The piece of wood doesn't reaact to Aki's touch.

The pelican shakes his head, "I'm glad you found it edifying. I suppose I can keep an eye out for Yumi." He sighs, "I'll go back and do it earlier. Have her be careful though, most time travelers can have an infinite number of things in their pockets. He might have sensors and a shotgun packed away somewhere, not to mention magical defenses."

"So, have you decided on a strategy to fight? It'll probably be one on one so you'll have to pick a fighter. Will you go for the kill on the first try? I hope you don't need me to tell you that while this seems as good an opportunity as any, failing to kill Fakir could have serious consequences. Or do you plan to shoot for a draw, match him up against someone he is unwiling to fight? Maybe get some guarded conversation out of him?"

"I brought a couple pieces of information you'll be able to use in the fight. Do you want to plan first? See first?"

[dakota]

Dryzh looked at the peice of wood, then was amazed when th ebird spoke to them. " dryzh know of many types of bird-people, but not see a people-bird before. If need be, Dryzh will fight first." the Mantellan frogman offered. " Give others chance watch and plan in case Dryzh fail."

[Renekin Skywalker]

Allen rubbed his chin. "What are the odds that what we witnessed was really just a bunch of do-overs? Or that he is otherwise conning us?"