[4] The Waterways

[Friend or Foe]

Wizard
Ashe
Sage
Kazuya
Rose


"More sewers?" Somebody asked behind Kai Demolic as he sat in front of the monitors.

"Yes," he said, "Well, kinda of." He was zooming on the five people in the group that were walking nearby the water treatment plant. "It's a laboratory and a water processing plant. It's also a goblin camp, but that's just a bonus," he said with a smirk. "I have to make something go right after the screw-ups last round."

"Screw-ups?" The feminine voice asked, setting a soft hand on his shoulder.

"Yes," he said, irritated. "Balrog was supposed to hit that spoiled princess, Zena, but he ended taking Dimitri out of the competitions. Then Jackson refuses to take out that Oliver Nash because wants a fair fight. At least I got him to compromise on the headphones kid."

"Why did you want those two out?"

"The princess because she has a vendetta against me," Kai answered, "And it worries me that she might come close to causing actual damage to the show. The man, Nash...I don't know. Something about him makes me nervous, like he's slowly figuring things out. Tempo was removed instead, because I needed that group to know it was life or death."

Indeed, they did. Kai zoomed in on the face of Sage, who was picking up the rear of the group as they moved to the entrance of the waterways. She had clearly been told of Tempo's date and was pondering over it.

"What now?" The voice asked.

"Now, Jackson will get his fair fight. The goblins will very likely attack as soon the group is deep enough into the facility to startle their camp. When that happens, Jackson will challenge Oliver Nash."

"That Jackson, always so cocky with his strength," the arms behind Kai wrapped around him in a loving embrace. A blonde head appeared next to him, "He is so quick to throw out words like honor and justice...but he doesn't have the smarts to back them up like you."

"I know," Kai agreed, "But I have a back-up plan for the day that will inevitable come, with Jackson realizes I've been playing him this whole time."

"What's that?"

Mr. Demolic turned around to his beautiful wife. "You."
















(You guys are in a water processing plant, which doubles as a laboratory which used to experiment on goblins. Obviously, by the scene above, you now know this place is a goblin camp.

If you want me to roleplay as Jackson, I certainly will. Otherwise, good luck.)