Jailbreak

Criminal Activity

Natalya disguises Tarin as the Lone Wanderer and he pretends to have captured Nerlureel, Almyr and Fuqwigt to sneak into the prison and possibly get the million dollar bounty on their heads. Natalya sneaks in with Kotsik a few moments after they've left to help them escape. They manage to escape and end up frantically riding off toward Gladeon after getting away from the soldiers.

Natalya slowly inched here way through the shadows the giant wall surrounding Sivania cast. She felt Kotsik cuddle up against her as he hid underneath her cloak. When she was alone, she took out her grappling rope and tossed it over the wall. "Hey?!" she heard a guard up top call out. "Shit," she muttered as he leaned against the wall and felt magic fuzz the air around her, making her invisible. The guards looked down and she sighed as she realized she'd have to leave her grappling hook behind. She slunk back around and decided to risk the open door and trust her deception skills. She got to the gate and approached the guards who were guarding it. "Hello ma'am," a male sun-elf guard greeted her. "Where are you coming from?" he asked her. She smiled. "I've been traveling from Breezehaven," she told him. "I'm a seamstress and I wanted to pick up some fabrics," she lied. The guard nodded slowly, sizing her up. "Well it's quite late to be traveling by yourself," the guard pointed out. She shrugged. "I suppose you think I should have a big strong man on my arm?" she accused him with a raised brow. "Uh... no ma'am," he said. "It's just there are dangerous criminals out and about you see," he explained. She nodded. "So I've heard. Unfortunately, I am by myself. Perhaps a handsome gentleman like yourself would accompany me to the inn so that I might feel a bit safer," she asked him, knowing how easily wooed these sun-elves tended to be. He smiled at her. "Of course," he said. "Right this way."   Natalya followed him through the oddly quiet city. "Are you from here?" the guard asked her. She smiled. "I'm actually from Flottenheim," she explained, in case her accent came through. "My tends to the farm in Breezehaven," she lied to him. He nodded, seeming to believe her. "I see. So I'm sure you've heard all about this Natalya Ivanoff," he asked her. Natalya nodded. "Quite the scandel. It's such a shame. Duke Frostears is so beloved by our fiefdom. I'm sure he'll never recover his reputation after this," she mused. He nodded. "I've met him actually," the elf said. I'm sure you have. Natalya thought in annoyance as they walked. "Really? I've only ever seen him from a distance," she said. He nodded coyly. "Back before he was engaged he uh... well, he joined in some of the parties at the palace. He's pretty good in bed. He looked like a tomato though," he said. Natalya swallowed her annoyance and giggled. "So, these criminals..." she mused. "I heard you were able to capture at least two of them? I hope this doesn't throw the country into turmoil," she said. He nodded. "We actually just got the others," he told her. "The only ones missing now are Natalya and the boy name Tarin," he said. "So I'm sorry if we were being a bit too aggressive at the gate," he apologized as they finally made it to the inn. She turned to him and smiled. "Well, thank you for the lovely walk," she told him sweetly. He nodded to her. "Of course," he said. "Could... could I ask your name?" he asked. "I obviously have to work tonight but... maybe I could find you when I'm not otherwise preoccupied?" he suggested. She smiled and batted her eyes at him. "Of course," she said. "My name is Svitlana," she told him. "Svitlana Oblonsky. And your name is?" He smiled and took her hand and kissed it gently. "Ramin Nazari. Have a wonderful evening, Svitlana," he told her.   He watched until she went into the inn which was a buzz with an excited crowd talking about the exciting fight the next day in the arena. Natalya walked over the bartender and smiled at the half-elf who was working there. He had dark shaggy hair and reminded her of Dimitri when he was younger. "Hi," she said. "Can I get a room?" she asked him. He looked up and frowned. "You serious?" he asked her. She shrugged. "Yeah," she said. "Why wouldn't I be?" He motioned to the very full bar. "I don't even have room for all these idiots," he explained. "Everyone from Ringstadt showed up tonight so they can watch the fights," he explained. "Sorry." She sighed in annoyance. "So... You're just gonna send a pretty woman out into the cold?" she asked him. He looked her over and squinted at her. "I'm sorry, ma'am. I wish I could help. How about a drink?" he offered. She waved him off. "I'll rest in the garden," she told him. He shrugged and went back to fixing drinks.   Natalya cautiously walked back out into the street and saw the Ramin across the way speaking to another guard. She quickly made her way down an alley and started to blend into the shadows. Kotsik kept his eyes peeled for suspicious behavior and Natalya finally found a line of crates leading up to the rooftops and she gracefully scaled the wall. Once on the roof she flew as fast as she could toward the prison, greatful for the lack of moonlight as she gracefully leaped over the city. It felt like the old days and she relished the rush of another espionage mission in her life. This was where she belonged. This was what she was born and raised to do, not prance around in frilly dresses at balls.   She finally saw the prison in front of her and she looked down into the street below. There were a couple guard down the way and she noticed one of the windows didn't have bars on it. "Wanna go open that for me?" she asked Kotsik who nodded and darted across the way and opened the window. It was a long jump and Natalya walked back as far as she could to get a running jump. She ran for it and leaped gracefully through the air, focusing on her physic exactly how Dimitri had taught her. She landed in the open window and quickly pulled her self through and looked around. It looked like a supply closet full of barrels. She closed the window back and Kotsik landed on her shoulder. She put her ear to the door and listened for any noise. Kotsik looked at her and nervously shook his head, telling her that someone was there. Natalya listened as she heard Tarin's voice ringing out through the hall with the voice of a female Natalya didn't recognize.   "Good," Tarin said."I just wanted to make sure they got here safely," he told the woman. "Luckily they accepted their fate well enough. Now I just have to fine her and the boy." "Yes," the woman said. "Finding her will probably prove quite the challenge. She disappeared for almost thirty years after what happened in Lenisily. She's had extensive KAV training." Natalya looked at Kotsik and nodded for him to telepathically let Tarin and the others know they were there. The little dragon nodded his white head. "Well, I guess I should get started, huh?" Tarin said. "Indeed," the woman said. "Let's go settle your pay," she said.   Natalya looked at Kotisk until he nodded that it was safe to leave. "You would have been handy back in my spy days," she told the little dragon before opening the door. The rest of the cells were empty except for the two down the hall. She saw Kai and Tebi in one and Nerlureel, Almyr, and Fargrum in the other. She ran over and pulled out her pick pocket tools and quickly opened Nerlureel's cells. "Oh thank the gods," he muttered. "They're really gonna kill us!" he told her quietly. "I know," Natalya said. "The town is gonna be very disappointed tomorrow," she said as she opened the cell.   She quickly went to the other one and hesitated for a brief moment as she heard voices from down the hall where Tarin had disappeared. She recognized the voice of the wood-elf who'd interrogated them on the road and knew they were in trouble. "Fuck!" Nerlureel muttered, clearly worried about his son. Natalya quickly opened Kai and Tebi's cell. "Can you teleport us again?" she asked him desperately as she heard noises and saw Tarin running toward them. "They know!" he exclaimed in fear. Natalya looked at Kai who shrugged weakly. "Maybe a few of you but... not everyone." Suddenly Tarin tripped as an arrow hit the metal on his boot. "Get them out!" Natalya told Kai before drawing her bow and waving a hand throughout the room, filling the jail with a cloudy smoke. She ran to Tarin and helped him to his feet and watched Kai teleport the rest of their group out. "Come on," she told Tarin, pulling him toward the supply closet.   They were stopped by a sudden gust of wind that dispersed her smoke and they turned to the see the real wood-elf staring them down with a bow in his hand. Natalya fired her notched arrow at him before reaching into her pouch and pulling a grenade out. "Little help," she told Kotsik who huffed a small flame onto the bomb. Natalya chunked it down the hall behind them and shielded her and Tarin's faces as the wall blasted open. "RUN!" she told him. "Roll when you land, don't put your weight on your feet, your legs will break!" she told him as they leapt out of the space and down about a three story drop. Natalya landed just fine but Tarin tripped a little. She grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the entrance, sending a wave of healing magic into the boy as they ran toward the heavily guarded entrance.   They were trying to close the massive gates and Natalya pulled out another grenade. Kotsik took it into his claws and flew above and ahead of them. Arrows rained down around them as Natalya watched the little dragon light the grenade and drop it. It went off too early though and Natalya saw Kotsik disappear in the blast, causing her and Tarin to gasp in horror. The blast was enough to stop the guards from closing the gates though and Natalya and Tarin managed to leap through the door and nimbly dodge around the guards who were very taken by surprise by this sudden chase.   They ran to to the south of the city where their carriage was happily loaded with their other companions. "Come on!" Nerlureel shouted to them as he and Almyr fired arrows at the guards chasing them down. The finally made it to the carriage and Natalya shoved Tarin inside before climbing in herself. Tebi and Kai were inside and as soon as Natalya was off the ground Fargrum cracked the reins. Natalya sighed with relief seeing Kotsik in Kai's arms. He was burned and he looked up at Natalya sadly and she gently picked him up and summoned the warm healing magic into him causing him to smile up at her happily and curl up in her lap as she settled into the very fast moving carriage.   "We got company!" Fargrum yelled to the group inside. Natalya sat Kotsik down and looked out the back window and saw four guards on horseback charging toward them. Natalya drew her bow and aimed carefully before downing one of the horses by shooting it in the leg. Tarin came up next to her and sent a blast of magic toward the guards, downing another. Natalya notched another two arrows like she'd seen Fenneck do and skillfully shot both horses at once, causing them both to stumble. "Woohoo!" Tarin cheered.   Natalya rolled her eyes at the boy and looked over at Kai and Tebi. Kai looked exhausted and he gave her a weak smile. "I'm so sorry, your grace," he told her. "Thank you for saving us," he told her. She sighed and picked Kotsik back up. "It's pretty bad, isn't it?" she asked him as Tarin settled back down. "Yeah," Kai said sadly. "It's pretty bad." Natalya nodded understandingly. "Fargrum?!" she called out. "Yeah?" he asked. "You good to keep driving?" she asked. "I can take the reins for a bit if you need to rest," she offered. He gave her a greatful smile. "Sure," he said. "I just need a few hours to sleep and then I'll be good to continue," he told her as she climbed through the front window and carefully traded him places, unwilling to stop for too long.   Natalya took over, and Kotsik curled up in her lap to sleep as they continued across the desert toward Gladeon. Nerlureel looked over at Natalya from his horse and smiled at her. "Thank you for getting Tarin out of there," he told her gratefully. "Of course," she assured him. "He's a good kid. You should be proud." He smiled. "I am," he assured her before turning his attention back to his horse. They traveled for a while until Fargrum woke back up and switched places with Natalya and she settled down in the carriage to rest.