Taalia Giovanni


It was a nasty little job, but it had to be done. She just needed to remind herself: these weren't some doe-eyed innocents out for a walk. These were extortionist, murderous gangsters that had kidnapped the equivilent to her adoptive grand-fathers grand-son...almost her brother! Well not quite, obviously, but that familial tree was compelling, even if it did rest upon pure sentimentality and gratitude.

Her gloved hand over the mans mouth, she dragged him back into the thickets where she dumped his body behind a tree and continued with her compatriots. Here is where her night-eyes really helped, as she was able to be up front and lead them through the reedy swamp-land just outside the illuminated periphery of the sentinels emplaced torches. Following the perimeter of the camp for a little longer, their movement taking them up to a cave, the group descended inside and came to witness the object of their task: Augusto Cestie, tied up, exhausted and clearly beaten. Taalia pursed her lips, hoping she could bring some good news to Maso Cestie later on, before she started pondering how to make that good news happen.

Then the shouting came from the camp.

Had they found the body? Or were they just getting drunk and enjoying themselves? It was hard to tell, but it installed a sense of urgency within the girl as she considered the lone current barrier between herself and her rescue target: a single guard.

Exhaling, pursing her lips, she looked over her shoulders at her companions as she silently drew up her right hand and made a circular motion, then gestured as if letting go - a sling. She pointed to them, as she silently withdrew her sword, picked up a rock, turned back to the guard, aimed, and hurled it quietly over his head where it impacted upon the swampy-cave floor on the opposite side of their locaiton.

He looked. Her chance. She approached quietly, taking best advantage of the distraction to approach him from behind - Daybreak drawn back and shoved forth for a stabbing motion that caught him in the back of the head.