Sam took Karia's hand, humming some.
"This will be interesting indeed. Once all the big targets are gone, or even one, I'm sure all the small ones will begin to panic. It'll be quite fun, like chasing down mice." Sam chuckled at the thought.
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"Ha, that's true." Karia nodded, imagining what Sam had described. It really would be fun. He teleported them both to the ground floor, pausing to remember where Augustine would be. It was a good thing that he had to basically memorize the locations of everyone when he first joined with Ocean.
Sam let out a low hum when they came to the ground floor, smiling some.
"So, where to next? Will there be many people we'll have to get past?" The man took the liberty to take his knife or now to fidget with, the tip resting against one finger.
"Augustine lives– or, well, has their base– near that really sketchy park over there." Karia waved in the general direction, starting back towards the door. "They don't have many people, but we'll probably have to get past them anyway."
"Good to know, then. If it's a small enough amount, don't be surprised if I go on a spree. It just happens sometimes." Sam shrugged, putting his knife away as they approached the door with a sigh.
"No matter what, though, it's sure to be fun."
"I won't be." Karia grinned at him and opened the door. "Ha, it sure will be." There weren't any people on the street, which was perfect. He turned and started toward the park. "This is the most fun I've had in a while." Karia skipped a few steps. "Just chasing down people and making them disappear…" He sighed. "It's wonderful."
"It is, I must agree." Sam followed after, hands in his pockets. He smiled faintly at how Karia was acting, chuckling.
"Much more fun then doing it randomly. It'll be fun when people start catching in, too. Then they'll know it's coming, do everything they can only to find there's no escape."
"Ooh, yes!" Karia grinned, clapping his hands in excitement at the idea. A passing pedestrian gave him a weird look, but Karia didn't care. He never did care what other people thought of him, not even if they were scared of him or not. If they were, though, it was a nice bonus. Everyone would be afraid of Sam, soon, and that would be glorious.
Sam looked at the person who gave Karia a weird look, a warning flashing in his eyes. He was sorely tempted to just stab this person, but he held back for now. He didn't care if people were scared of him, but he quite liked the thought of expanding his collection.
Karia noticed the warning look that Sam gave the person and had to smile a little. It was nice to know that Sam would fight people for him, even if it was just to add to his collection. The park was only a few blocks away, and then there was only one more block until Augustine's place. "Oh, uh, just to warn you. Augustine can kinda do the same thing I can do, but only short distances. It might make things more interesting." Karia glanced over at Sam, feeling like he was forgetting something else about Augustine.
"Ah!" Sam's attention came back to Karia, his look melting back into one of content. "It will be interesting indeed. Much more of a fight then before, of he isn't an idiot." Sam chuckled softly.
"Any other information I should know?" The man glanced in front of them, to see if he could catch some glimpse of the park from here.
"Yeah, they aren't an idiot." Karia shook his head. "Um…" He frowned, trying to remember what he was forgetting. Nothing came to mind, however. "No, I don't think so. But if I think of something, I'll tell you as soon as I can." He grinned at Sam, then glanced forward. "Oh, there's the park!" Karia pointed ahead of them. The park was basically just a square of dead grass with some benches and a random square of pavement. "Just one block after this and we'll be there!"
"Good to know, then. I'll actually have to try." Sam sighed some as he looked at the park.
"I… that's a park..?" Sam wasn't impressed, it seemed, not at all. He sighed again, shaking his head.
"Come on, let's get going then." Sam took Karia's hand in his, picking up the pace.
"Yeah, unfortunately," Karia sighed, shaking his head as well. It really was a very sad park. If someone planted a few trees and took care of the grass, then it might actually be nice. Maybe someone could add a picnic bench to the concrete platform. It might actually be nice. Karia nodded in answer to Sam's question, smiling when he grabbed his hand. He increased his pace as well, not wanting to make Sam drag him along behind him.
Sam was focused on the battle ahead of them, hurrying along. He'd seen many run-down places, and he had to admit he didn't much like them, but he'd never been one to stick around long enough to actually do anything. Maybe this time, he would, who knows.
"Tell me when we get there, yeah?" Sam said, going quite quickly. He wanted to get to this battle.
"Okay." Karia nodded, giving the sad park one last, long look before focusing on what was ahead of them. After a little while, they got close enough to the building for Karia to point it out. "It's in the basement of that building," Karia said softly, nodding towards the building. "I don't think they would be too suspicious at us asking for an audience, so we could either do that or break in. Your choice!" He looked at Sam and grinned.
"Asking for an audience sounds good. I want to get as close as possible before trying to strike. A surprise attack would be the best, seeing as all I need to do is nick them, so they'll just think I missed my mark when I haven't." Sam chuckled some, still holding Karia's hand for a moment before letting go.
"Alright." Karia nodded, grinning at the idea. "Oh, giving them false confidence! I love it." He laughed softly. As they neared the building, Karia put on a serious face. It didn't look like there was anyone guarding the stairway that led down to Augustine's door. The moment the pair got close, however, a person slid out of the shadows by the door. The guard was tall, staring up at them with dark eyes. "Let me do the talking," Karia whispered, glancing over at Sam.
Sam smiled some, nodding. He looked to the stairway Karia was leading him to, hands back in his pockets. The smile he had dropped, leaving him just as serious as Karia. Really, he didn't smile much anyways, and was a bit glad to have a rest from it. He looked at the guard, keeping quiet as he looked at the guard.
Karia turned onto the stairs and started down them. The guard shifted in front of the door, crossing his arms over his chest.
"What are you doing here?" The guard asked in a slightly annoyed voice.
"We're here to see Augustine," Karia said, staring up at him. "We want to join them."
"You– why?"
"Well, I believe that they are the only one who would be able to take on the rest of the city." Karia shrugged. "You could use people, right? I swear to you, we're really good." He sighed. "At least grant us an audience with them."
Sam looked at the guard still, keeping silent by Karia's side. Really, he'd love to just barge in and go ham, but they needed to be delicate with this. He glanced at Karia, holding back a smirk. The man was good, he had to admit.
"An audience…" The man gave both of them a critical once-over, seeming to consider Karia's question. "Alright. Don't blame me if they kill you." He shrugged and opened the door, heading in first. Karia gave him a nod, refraining from laughing at the guard's last sentence. Augustine might be good, but he was not good enough to beat Karia or Sam, especially if they were working together. Karia followed him into a long hallway lined with doors. At the end was a door that was fancier than the rest, which was probably where Augustine was.
Sam had to bite by a laugh of his own. Augustine? Kill them? He had a good power, yes, but there was no way he'd be able to take on either of them, let alone Karia and Sam together. Sam left his hands in his pockets, so he wouldn't draw too much attention to himself.
The man stopped in front of the door and turned around. "Weapons?" He looked at both of them, seeming to challenge them to lie to him. Karia intended to do exactly that.
"Weapons? You think we would take weapons here? I mean, you guys make people disappear for looking at you." Karia snorted. "I know you're super paranoid about assassinations, but what kind of assassin would just walk up and ask to see Augustine?" He raised his eyebrows at the guard, daring him to challenge him.
Sam pulled his hands out of his pockets, which is searched the knife would be no where to be found, to shoot they were empty.
"We're not idiots," Sam finally spoke up, keeping himself unthreatening.