Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25389303-20180831104140/@comment-25389303-20180904144857

Slowly, the sound of her pursuers faded into a distant echo as Blanc made her way through the compound, until she stumbled across the door to the main warehouse. Comprising much of the facility's interior, it housed row after row of shelves piled high with crates and other storage containers, as well as an open drop-off zone for deliveries. It was there she discovered two large pickup trucks, left empty and abandoned by their drivers.

Could be our way out of here, Blanc thought as she vaulted a railing and approached the first of the vehicles. She found the driver's door open and, to her surprise, the keys still in the ignition - presumably from when its former user had bolted, either during the blackout or the explosions that had shortly followed.

As she consulted the map Nobel had given her, Blanc felt the the ground beneath her shake as another explosion rocked the building, sending down a cascade of concrete dust overhead.

Guess Nobel has some company.

A single backwards glance at the truck was all Blanc made before she once again drew her sword and headed towards the sound of the explosions. She debated whether or not to call for backup as she ran, their faces forming and fading in her mind as she listed them off. Diaboli was an obvious no, as were his thugs, and Hector was in Vale on business. That left only one ally she could trust...

She paused briefly as she typed a scrambled message to them on her Scroll, ignoring the obvious mistakes in her spelling and sending it without a second thought. She didn't have time to dwell on it, though, as she heard the din of combat nearby. Rounding what she hoped would be the last corner to the vault, she skidded to a halt as she found her way blocked by a great wall of ice. It was clearly not the doctor's handiwork - that she knew - meaning it must have been from someone else. Someone using Dust.

"Why isn't anything ever easy?" Blanc muttered under her breath, and without a pause to rest, she began hacking her way through the frozen obstacle.