Chapter 2: The Pit

The member 'Notingles' has done the following action : FFMSL Dice

'Physical (P)' :

Result :

Sakuya could see these nasty rodents pretty well before they started to jump at eye level. She undid her sash to let the mushroom fall to her feet as a bit of a distraction she she gathered her katana and sheathe. She began to swing each of these weapons at all the rats that she could as she moved away from them. She yelled out to anyone who could hear her "Some help here would be nice!" At least this would be good training for her precision she thought while sighing to herself

The member 'dovenwolf' has done the following action : FFMSL Dice

'Physical (P)' :

Result :

THE FIGHTING PITS, DRAKESTONE CITY

---

The crowd goes hysterical after seeing the human slave fighters from Meera's stables. Their entrance of being shoved into the arena only made their reputations worse. Some of them started booing at Meera's fighters, while giving them thumbs down. There were thousands of people watching the fights. The most distinct member of the spectators was the Mayor of Drakestone, Benhaas. 

When the announcer stepped into the ring, silencing the crowd, and said "Our next fight is east meets west. The beautiful young and deadly girls from Haremfield! Fighting against M'hrr's Nyan fighters! Oh! Wait a minute it appears that there's only one Nyan fighter and four humans!" The announcer was clearly making fun of Meera's team and the crowd laughed.

"Let the fight begin!" the announcer shouted before leaving the arena.

((OOC: Team Deathmatch Rules. As long as there's a player left standing in a team then any player, in that team, who's HP reaches zero (0) is considered Knocked Out only. If there are no surviving members in a team, then the team is ruled dead.))

https://ffmsl.rpg-board.net/t501-meera-s-stables-vs-haremfield#9469

RAT DEN, DRAKESTONE CITY

---

Meanwhile Andy and Sakuya were successful in swatting away their aggressors but more and more came. They were endless and sooner or later, one of them is gonna get a bite in. Rats in this city carry dangerous diseases, one bite from these critters and it could mean the end. The rats were coming from small holes on the wall, the floor, the ceiling, everywhere they can come in from. They saw the three as food and started going after them like a mad plague.

HOUSE OUTSIDE DRAKESTONE CITY

---

Clearly the young girl was not in a talking mood. The huntsman's wife was surprised when the young girl started shouting, she was loud enough to awaken the other children who were sleeping, and so she quickly refilled Agnes' plate with a another serving of Chocobo egg. The children were woken by Agnes' loud voice and were cautiously peeking from the door. They weren't used to people shouting inside their home and Agnes had a very loud voice. The three month old baby was frightened by Agnes' shouts and cried. The huntsman's wife dropped everything she was doing and quickly attended to her young baby boy.

Even though the huntsman's house was in the woods, the city bells could still be heard from here. It was ringing, signaling the start of the tournament. The mother told her children not to be afraid of Agnes and urged them to come and eat. She was worried Agnes might consume all the food before her two daughters had a chance to eat.

One of the daughters were the same age as Agnes, the other was four years younger. They cautiously made their way to the dinning table and joined Agnes in eating breakfast. A few moments later the Huntsman returned from his hunt with two dead hares in his hand. His wife and two daughters welcomed him as he entered the house. 

---

FREELANCER'S GUILD, DRAKESTONE CITY

---

Captain Duvan and his men followed Thomas to the Freelancer's guild. Five men quickly set out to scout the area, at the captain's command. They searched every inch of the establishment but found no sign of the person they were looking for. "She couldn't have gotten far. Search everywhere!" Duvan ordered.

The Imperials searched every place in Drakestone, all except the Fighting Pits. There were far too many people who have gathered in the arena and the streets nearby that it made it difficult for the Empire's forces to enter without causing a scene. Meanwhile the Agent of the Crimson Mask managed to find traces of the magic embedded on the Earthlings, when they passed through the Portal, at the docks but the trail stops here. The Docks was one of the busiest places in any city, he was lucky that there were still some traces left after all the time that had passed. He decided to visit the ships and inspect their cargo, hoping to find more clues.

DRAKESTONE CITY

---

Unfortunately for Maria, there were no merchants or such leaving Drakestone at the moment. The Grand Fighting Pits tournament had just began, people were coming in not coming out. While inspecting the ships, the Agent of the Crimson mask was able to pick up traces of the spell put on the Earthlings in one of the ships. He asked the captain about it's cargo and he was pointed to the direction of Meera's stables.

On his way to Meera's stables, the Agent of Chaos bumped into Maria, who was wondering the streets. He didn't even bother to look at her, he just continued towards his next destination.

---

DRAKESTONE CITY

---

The Agent stopped and looked at Maria. His visual apparatus showed nothing special with Maria so he simply looked away and ignored her. He continued down his path and eventually found Meera's establishment. The place had multiple traces of the magic he was looking for, of course this magic was only visible through he visual apparatus, which indicates he was on the right path. Only the caretaker was left in the establishment. The agent entered the establishment and questioned the caretaker by force and learned that Meera had recently bought human slaves to be used in the Fighting Pits. Without further delay, the Agent left Meera's establishment and headed towards the Fighting Pits.

---

Armorer Drakestone City

---

The small wooden planks hanging on the armorer's door clapped together signaling someone had entered his shop. He looked and saw a young black haired Nyanqin girl. She was looking to buy some armor and she's in luck because she got here just in time. The armorer was about to leave and close his shop to watch the Fighting Pits.

"You caught me just in time I was about to go and watch the fights. So what can I do for you young lady? " he asked.

---

Drakestone City

---

Meanwhile, a chance encounter, the thugs Agnes beat up last week was able to spot Agnes walking in the streets. They gathered a few more of their friends together and came up with a plan to payback the girl who humiliated them. These Freelance knights were able to convince twenty eight of their brothers and sisters to gang up on Agnes. They followed her through the crowd.

Sakuya continued to move toward the least dense portion of rats as she swung her sword and sheathe, moving faster and faster in that direction until it was a sprint, stepping on mice and hitting a few more away as she ran back her path from before in case anyone was following it or close by.

Armorer Drakestone City

---

The armorer saw that Maria had to offer and chuckled. He was still giggling when he brought out the leather armor from his generic wares. It was a normal leather armor. It wasn't much but it was a perfect fit for Maria with what her money can buy. Anything else would be too big, too expensive, or too heavy for her build. He slammed the armor on the counter and presented it to Maria. 

"Here you go. But it might be too heavy for you. But try it on anyway. That'll be 380 Gil."

EQUIPMENT
Leather Armor Lv: 19
MOVES	HP	STM	STR	DEX	MAG	DEF	M.DEF
0	475	0	0	0	0	76	0
Info

Fighting Pits Drakestone City

Victory. Silence, the crowd was stunned after the turnaround performance delivered by the Earth humans. It was a victory for Earthlings and Meera nonetheless, they were able to defeat their first opponents, no thanks to J'asha. The Haremfield battlemaidens weren't dead though, simply knocked out. But J'asha didn't like the fact that their opponents were still alive. He walked up to the girls and, one by one, he pulled their heads off their shoulders with his sharp claws and brute force. The crowd went wild and cheered after J'asha executed the battlemaidens. 

"I can't believe this! The slaves won! What a turnaround! They are certainly a team to watch out for!" said the arena announcer. The mayor did not care who won, as long as his blood lust was satiated. 

The fighters were escorted back to the preparation rooms, J'asha didn't bother to help Yui and Sota up, he even stepped on Sota, who was completely useless, on his way back to the preparation room. It took only a short time before the next fight was up and running. Meera's stables were scheduled to fight three bouts today to get them through the elimination round, they still had time to prepare though. There were four other fights that had to happen before their next bout.

Meera did not congratulate her fighters, she simply told them to heal up and refill their potions and prepare for the next fight.

---

Sewers Drakestone City

Meanwhile the freelancers who were after Agnes followed her into the sewers. They kept their distance until Agnes reached the arena. Before Agnes could find a ladder leading back to street level, the freelancers came out from hiding and surrounded Agnes.

"Remember us!? It's payback time you little bitch!" one of the Freelance Knights said while his balls were still aching from the last time he fought Agnes.