Apostate on the run

Oh no big templar man! What are you going to do with that sword!?! An AU for RED DIO

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

"Your plan?"  she questioned, leaning forward a bit towards him, her interest having been piqued even more.   "So you plan to turn everyone into a mage? How do you go about such a thing?"  she asked, curious.   "Considering what your saying about them, I do not blame you… that must be so pesky and frustrating to have to deal with."

[redhexdeath-blog]

"I...have been experimenting. No promising results up till now..." He doesn't feel like sharing his plan. Choosing to keep the details to himself. "But when I eventually do achieve my goal, I'll be the one to lead them, a king with his loyal subjects." Dio definitely doesn't look like 'a king' right now,  with his dirty robes and a stray twig tangled into his hair,  sat by a slowly dying fire in some god forgotten forest.

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

"I see… so they sort of ‘cancel out’ your magic so to speak then."   she commented with a small nod, sitting up a bit more as she thought for a moment.   

"Perhaps… there is a way you could sneak up on them, get rid of them some other way? Surely, even they must have a weakness…"  she said, resting her chin on her hand.   "I don’t know, correct me if I’m wrong."

[redhexdeath-blog]

"I can sneak up on one or two of them but honestly, I'd need to get rid of all of them in one sweep and there's tons of them everywhere. See, I haven't killed a single templar yet, right now the worst they can do is scold and drag me back to the circle. If however they thought I was truly dangerous nothing stops them from killing me. Or worse." He visibly deflates, a long sigh following his words. "It's not that I haven't tried doing something about it. In fact I have been looking for a way to turn every single person into a mage so they cannot control us anymore but my plan has failed."

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

Dione raised an eyebrow, intrigued by what he told her.   “Why not just kill them then?”  she asked bluntly.    “You sound very powerful, surely you could overpower them right? Or do they have their own powers as well?”

[redhexdeath-blog]

"Heh, tried that. Can't just kill 'em all." He sighs and shakes his head in defeat. "Besides, the templars, our 'guards' can nullify whatever magic I can conjure and I can't do much against a sword without it."

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

"No, I don’t believe I am a mage…"  she corrected, shaking her head.   "I am something else…"  she wasn’t quite sure if she should tell him what she was yet, but she supposed if he asked there was no real harm in it, after all he had told her a lot about himself.  

"Wow… you can really do all that?"  she commented, looking at him in awe.   "That’s incredible… no wonder these people are trying to hunt you down… they’re afraid, I bet."

[redhexdeath-blog]

"You are luck then..." Well if she isn't a mage then he needs to be double careful, Maker knows what she really is, and Dio doesn't like the unknown. Considering how evasive she seems to be, the mage decides to find out more about her on his own in case she wasn't going to be straight with him. "Yeah, they are. That's why they lock up all of the mages in Circle towers, and if you resist, they brand you an apostate and try to hunt you..."

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

"Wow…"  she said in awe, her eyes widening a bit when she saw him conjure the ice out of thin air, watching them in interest as he made them dance around and quickly disappear.   "That’s very interesting indeed…"  she commented, raising an eyebrow slightly.   "I can do a similar thing myself… though what I do is freeze things by sucking the heat out of it, I can’t make ice come out of thin air like that."  she admitted.   "I don’t do any of that ‘death magic’ you speak of though."

"Not to my knowledge, no."  Dione replied, nodding her head.   "I haven’t heard of any of this before now… but I do find it very interesting."  she commented.   "Just my curious nature, I suppose." 

[redhexdeath-blog]

"Wouldn’t that make you a mage yourself? You have to be careful around here, my kind is hunted and locked up…." He trails off, somehow made upset. "Well what I call death magic is generally all those entropic spells and hexes, I can suck away someone’s life or make them rot while still alive. Theoretically speaking, these are extremely powerful spells. Or I can make subtle changes, make you feel disoriented or walk just that little bit slower. Useful when you are on the run~"

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

"That’s just fine with me, I prefer to sleep during the day myself."   she said with a nod.   She sat down beside him as she was instructed, more than happy to be that warm fire. 

"The way you made this fire earlier… that was interesting."  she commented, observing the fire for a moment before glancing back to him.   "Is that all you can do, or can you do more than that?"  she asked, feeling curious. 

[redhexdeath-blog]

"Mmm... Fire isn't exactly my thing, a tiny flame is all I can spark. In the circle they taught me the ways of a healer but mainly because I originally dabbled in death magic which basically is the same thing. Cure someone or make them fall ill, it's all the same to me. I like cold spells..." He makes a few icy sparkles dance around his fingers before they disappear "... and setting up magical traps." The mage straightens his legs with a grunt, trying to find a more comfortable position.  "You seem very curious of what I can do, tell me, have you no mages in that 'England' of yours?

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

Well, no wonder he seemed so familiar.  Perhaps he’s one of those ‘alternates’, she thought to herself.   He seemed more approachable than some of the others she had met, so why not go along with him? It’s not like she was planning on really going back home at the moment.   

"Your name is Dio, hm? My name is Dione…"  she replied, a small smile on her face now.   She had no clue what a mage really was, but she was guessing it may have something to do with what he had been able to do a minute ago. 

"Well, if you wouldn’t mind… then sure, I’ll go with you then."   she said with a small nod.   

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"Dione..." He repeats, doing his best to memorize her name. "All right. And if we are going to hang about together, just to let you know I prefer to move at night and sleep during the day, fewer chances of getting caught."  Back to sitting in front of the fire, he pats the ground beside him for her to join him.

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

"Recently I’ve started to, yes."  she said with a small nod.    She was glad that the sun was starting to set now, relived she didn’t have to stand in the shade to avoid the sunlight for much longer.   It was strange to her how he was able to create fire with his bare hands, but she didn’t protest.   She was getting rather cold herself, so the fire was much appreciated. 

"I guess I’ve left for a few reasons…"  the vampiress admitted.  "I guess I’ve gotten a bit tired of home… and well, I’ve got a few people back home that want to get rid of me, namely my so called ‘brother’.  I thought it may be best to keep a low profile until I figure out the best course of action to deal with him…" 

[redhexdeath-blog]

"I can relate, used to have a similar problem, thankfully it was resolved, ....permanently." A nasty chuckle follows his words.  "Ah pardon me, where are my manners..." probably left in a trashcan long ago. Anyway, he springs to his feet, bowing courteously "...my name is Dio, a mage and a wanted apostate at the moment. If you my Lady find yourself on the run just as I do, you are more than welcome to tag along~"

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

Dione again wasn’t really sure what place he was talking about or referring to, but at this point, she was just going along with it.   All things considered, this guy wasn’t too bad it seemed, certainly better than some of the low life bottom feeders she had come across before.

"I am from England."   she answered simply.   "London, to be more precise."

"It appears I’ve traveled a bit further then I meant to, by the looks of it… but oh well.  I’ve been to worse places… and you’re not too bad, actually.   I would feel a bit bad if I ratted you out…"

[redhexdeath-blog]

Dio on the other hand has no idea where England is, maybe a far away land, and he hardly cares where it is anyway.  "I take it you travel a lot? What brings a lady so far from a city?" He starts getting cold, the sun slowly setting over the horizon and he throws together a bunch of twigs and dry grass, a flick of his wrist and a wisp of fire dancing on his fingers, enough to kindle a little bonefire.

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

Her, a good girl? Dione couldn’t help but laugh at that.   The idea of being a little goody-two-shoes like Erina honestly made her feel a little nauseous.  

"Oh, I’m hardly a good girl, at least not by my society’s definition. ”   she answered.    “I don’t believe I’m Orlesian, either, whatever that is.   That’s how most of the women I know dress… “

"Where are you from, if you don’t mind my asking? You’re not like any person I’ve known… at least not where I’m from, at least."  she asked, feeling curious.

[redhexdeath-blog]

"I don’t claim to be an expert on clothes and fashion" He points to his somewhat mismatched attire "…but I have never seen a woman dressed like yourself." Despite what she claims, she seems to be a nice person, as far as Dio could tolerate nice, friendly, not outright hostile like most people he has met. "Well… I am from here?" A wide gesture showing the trees and bushes around. "Not here here. Just, here, Ferelden, North East to be precise. And how about you? If not Orlais then want? I can’t imagine any other nation willingly wearing such less than sensible clothes.

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

"Well pardon, me…"  she replied, rolling her eyes in annoyance.    "I had no idea you were in jail…and looking at me like a piece of meat certainly doesn’t help your case."

She calmed down finally when he asked his questions, deciding that arguing on the matter further would be pointless.   “Well, I don’t know who they are because I’ve never heard of them.”   she said plainly.   “And if they’re jailors, well… that certainly doesn’t sound good to me.   I guess you could say I’ve got a bit of a problem with authority…”

[redhexdeath-blog]

"You really must be new around here. Us... mages, all of us are prisoners. Just because we are who we are." His expression turns a bit more somber for a bit before returning to the usual smirk. "Then I believe you have all the more reason no to turn me in. But... you don't look like someone who would have problems with authority. More like a good girl... your clothes are strange. Are you perhaps Orlesian?"

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

Dione really had no clue how to properly respond.   Templars? Armor? This sounded like something straight out of the middle ages.   What even was this guy?

"I have absolutely no clue what ‘templars’ even are…"  she responded, still looking a bit confused by this whole situation.   Then, she saw it, she saw that look.   She scowled, clearly not pleased in the slightest.    "You know… that’s hardly a look to give to a woman who you’re asking to help you."  she huffed, curling her lip in disgust. 

[redhexdeath-blog]

"Oh lucky you, I know rather intimately well what templars are. Jailors, that's who they are. And I have just escaped their prison so try to be a little bit more understanding!" He might not be telling her the whole truth but has he ever?

"How come you don't know who they are or.. that you are actually considering helping me? That's not the usual reaction I get."

[coldheartedphantom-blog]

Dione flinched a bit when the strange man popped out from the bush, not expecting it.   

"I don’t know… "  she replied, looking more than a little baffled.    "It is is for me, anyway…”

She gave him a quick look over, trying to figure out just who this guy was.   He didn’t look too familiar to her, though.    “What’s with that strange getup you have on? Are you starring in a play or something?”

[redhexdeath-blog]

"It's aaalways about the robes, isn't it? You people just love making fun of those." A sigh comes before Dio plops down digging around the many satchels attached to his belt and finally fishing out something which looks hardly edible. He digs in regardless, chewing in contemplation. "It's the templars that make us wear those. I bet they think it will make us run slower. Serves them right." A delighted chuckle follows. "To think they wanted to outrun me. Wearing a full armour. Morons." He seems quite pleased with himself. "Anyway, you are not going to tell templars you saw me? Let me know now because in case you are. I will have to kill you. And that would be such a shame." Is he outright leering? Yes he is. But he's also offering to share whatever it is that he's currently trying to eat so that's also something.

[redhexdeath-blog]

A mess of red hair with a few strategically placed twigs pokes from the nearest bush. "You, hey, you there. Is it safe to come out?" Regardless, the rest of his, quite disheveled, persona follows, fluffy pauldrons and dirty robes bearing the sunburst insignia.

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