Tales of demonic, dead and drunk Episode 2: You are WHAT?
This takes place shortly after the events of Namariel and Yôkari’s first meeting.
The fighting had finally died down and the demonic forces had been vanquished by the combined efforts of the original Ebon Blade patrol and the additional forces of the Illidari. Namariel and Yôkari were in the process of wiping of the bloodstains from their weapons to prevent them from rusting, when a somewhat important looking blood elf demon hunter approached them. He stopped a foot away from then and assumed official posture, before saluting Yôkari. That was all he did, as he appeared to wait for something.
Namariel gave her erstwhile ally a questioning look, which resulted in one of those cocky grins she was quickly growing accustomed to seeing on the night elf’s face.
“Oh you don’t know? This could be fun…” was all she said before turning to the waiting blood elf. “At ease my friend, what is our status?”
“Slayer Yôkari, the operation was a full success and we managed to save all of our allies. I am happy to report that there are no wounded Illidari on our side.” Namariel’s eyes went wide as she heard the title that was used to address the night elf. Her battle-companion was the leader of the Illidari?! What a coincidence….
Noticing the Death Knights wide eyes, Yôkari’s grin gave way to a full-blown smirk before she turned her attention back to what must be one of her officers. “That’s good to hear Kayn. See if the Death Knights need anything before returning to base. That will be all”. Clearly understanding he was dismissed, the now identified Kayn Sunfury gave quick salute before going about as he was ordered.
Yôkari turned back to Namariel, smirk still in place and opened her mouth to most likely brag about something, before noticing something behind the blood elf, which caused her to not say anything, but rather look on in confusion.
“Deathlord Namariel, I am happy to report that thanks to the help of our Demon Hunter allies, the situation has been resolved and that I have no causalities to report. Only several wounded, but nothing we won’t be able to treat in short order. Do you have any further instructions?” came a somewhat monotone, very professional sounding voice from behind the blood elf. Now it was Namariel’s turn to give the Demon Huntress a broad smirk before turning around.
“Ah, Koltira. Thank you for your report. I’m glad all of you are alright. Do you need anything from me?”, with those last words she laid one of her hands on the, what appeared to be another blood elf death knight’s shoulder, who visible cringed at the contact. This would have most likely been interesting to note for Yôkari, but her mind was still short-circuited from the revelation, that she had come to the aid of the leader of the Ebon Blade… what a small word!
“No my lady, we are fine. Could you perhaps….?”, Koltira motioned to the Deathlord’s touching hand. His only response was a quick hug, before he finally was let go, now openly scowling. “Now now, Koltira, cheer up! We managed to beat the Legion back, kicked some ass and now everything is fine. Anyway, you can go. But be sure to handle those transports carefully yes? No need to further aggrieve any of those injuries.”
Koltira sighed. “As you wish Deathlord. Though I doubt they will need any special treatment, they are Death Knight after all. By your leave.”, that said, and what appeared to be an ongoing issue between the two, Koltira left.
“Y-You’re the leader of the Ebon Blade?”. Apparently, Yôkari had finally managed to gather her wits far enough to say something.
“Yeah. Is there something wrong with that?” came the curious reply, though Yôkari was sure she detected an undertone, daring her to say the wrong thing.
“No of course not! Every order can use some bad-ass female fighting power! It just…. It just surprised me that two class leaders would randomly meet on an unimportant battlefield. Normally this is the thing that happens at those epic battles, not at some smallish engagement, y’ know? Though do you know what means?”, that last part visibly had an air of excitement added to the Demon Huntress’ voice.
“Uhm, no. That we’re important or some such nonsense? Or that fate had decreed we should meet? How would I know?”, was all that Namariel had to say to that. Nonplussed at that last bit, Yôkari did what she often did when someone made an outlandish statement. She giggled in delight, before suddenly rushing right in front of the blood elf and giving her one of her trademark fanged grins. She then placed both of her hands on the startled Death Knights shoulder, before cheerfully remarking:
“No silly, it means we have to go get a drink! Forge bonds between our orders and all that. But most importantly to get a drink. What do you say?”
“F-Fine, I guess”. Namariel was still digesting the sudden hug and proximity of the other elf and so didn’t really think about her answer. The next thing she knew, Yôkari had grabbed her hand and was dragging her in the direction of everyone’s mounts, clearly eager to go.