A Katakan

Artur Saw Eskel was ahving Some Dificulty Fighting the Katakan, and He Was Injured as Well The Beast's Claws were Dripping with Freshly Cut Blood, and Eskel was Limping Slightly. ''Katakan, Roughly a Few Hundred Years old. Favors Its Left Arm when Striking, but It's Body is Scarred Badly. The Beast would Likely Become Paralysed if I Consumed Black Blood, while Eskel Cast Yrden On it. '' Says Artur as he Surveys the Scene. ''I Guess it is the Best I Can Do.'' Says Artur as He Consumes Some Superior Black Blood, Superior Swallow, and Superior Blizzard. ''Moon Dust is Primed and Ready and My Silver Swords and Crossbow Bolts have been Coated in my Special Vampire Oil. All I Have to do Now is Get on in there.'' Says Artur as he Fires a Succession of Crossbow Bolts at the Beast Before he uses his Elder Blood abilities to "Leap" Behind the Katakan and Attack it. ''Artur? What Are You doing here?'' Asks Eskel. ''Not Now, Got to deal with this first.'' Says Artur as he Uses Yrden to Lock it into Place before He Rolls out of the Way to Eskel's Side. ''Igni! Do it Now!'' Says Artur as Eskel See's what Artur's doing and Heeds the Direction.

The Beast Screams in Agony as It is Bombarded with a steady Stream Of Igni So soon after it was cut with Oiled Silver Sword. All the While Not Beeing Able to Move because of the Yrden Sign locking it Down. ''I Sure Hope this Plan of Yours Works.'' Says Eskel as Artur Throws him a Spare Flask of Superior Swallow and Takes a Small Dagger from Behind his Waist and Cuts his Palm letting the Blood Flow Cleanly onto the Ground. ''You and Me Both. Now Get Clear!'' Says Artur as He Releases the Beast from his Yrden and Sheathes his Silver Sword. He Then Opens His Arms practically Welcoming The Katakan to come and Bite him. The Freshly Flowing Blood in addition to the Adrenaline in its System shich by this Point would have Mixed with the Effects from the Special Ingredients in his Special Vampire Oil alongside the Vampire Oil itself Made its Hunger for Blood To take Priority.

Normally a Katakan would Have gone for Eskel, Due to his Extensive Wounds but Eskel's Consumption of the Superior Swallow had Stemmed the Bloodloss and was already Regenerating. That combined With it's Considerable Age meant It could See that He was the One with the More Fresh Blood, despite its Limited Intelligence. The Fact he appeared to Be Inviting it, had no Weapons in his Hands and Seemed To have "Accepted His Fate" Made it Far Too Tempting to resist a more Personal Taste.

The Beast used its Invisibility to Regain some Energy and Vitality before it Bit down Hard on Arturs Neck. Artur actually tilted his Head to let the Blood Flow more Profusely into the Katakan's Mouth and Down it's Throat. Too Busy enjoying the Extra Blood to notice it's Heart Muscles and Lungs starting to Tighten. It soon Stopped as the Black Blood did it's Job and Just as the Katakan Stopped Biting. Artur Took A Silver Dagger and Cut open its Gut Tossed in Three Moon Dust Bombs of Varying Qualities. Used A Minor Healing Spell to seal the Cut and Then Used The Quen Sign to Place A Shield on the Entry sight. ''Eskel!'' Says Artur as He uses Aard to send the beast Back just as Eskel Uses Yrden to Lock it Down in Place, before leaping away and Using Quen beside Artur as the Katakan Begins to **** on the Black Blood just as the Three Moon Dust Bombs go Off in its Gut in Simultaneous Succession.

The Beast lays On the Ground Holding its Gut as it chokes and Coughs up The Black Blood, but still quite deathly ill from the Combination Attack. ''Die You Son of A Bitch'' Says Artur as he Sticks his Silver Daggers between it's Eyes. ''The Eyes? Really?'' Asks Eskel. ''Side Affect of Being a Cat in the Beginning. You Okay?'' Asks Artur. ''I'll Live......Probably. Thanks Brother, I Owe You.'' Says Eskel. ''Good Cause I need Your Help. Head to the School of the Panther in Temeria, I can Teleport you a Bit of Distance South but of You Head North you'll arrive by Sunset if you Leave Now, but I'll have to Explain More There. Unfortunately I'm Required In Skellige in The Same Time Frame.'' Says Artur As he Casts the Spell to Teleportation Spell For Eskel to Head there. ''You'll Find Your Mount and Mine Waiting for You. I'll bring Your Pay when I Come as Well.'' Says Artur as he Ushers Eskel Through the Portal.

(Ard Skellige, Skellige)

Artur Had Collected Eskel's Pay before Teleporting to Ard Skellige, sadly he'd forgotten about the Presence of the Dimeritium in Storage Nearby his Intended Location. This resulted in him Falling a Good Number into Icey Waters. He Pulled himself To Shore before he Began a Fast and Speedy Run to Kaer Trolde. He knew he'd best not Keel Cerys Waiting, as if she were to Hear he was on Ard Skellige, or more specifically in Kaer Trolde's Harbor, and didn't visit her, She'd Take His Manhood from him. And frankly Cerys was More Frightening Than Ciri and Yennefer Combined.

Of course it'd have been much worss if he'd let her see him in the Hardbor and then Leave without Saying Hello or Goodbye. He Made his Way to the Keep before he was Greeted by a Guardsmen. ''State Your Business Master Witcher!'' Says the Guardsmen. ''Seriously? I left with Hjalmer an Craite Six Months Ago. No matter, I'm here to See Cerys.'' Says Artur Casually. ''Her Grace Is Far To Busy to Deal with You, please leave.'' Says the Guardsmen.''You really Have no idea Who I am Do You?'' Says Artur as he Lifts his Armor to show his Toned Stomach which had a Special Tattoo on it. ''Its Nice, but I'll still not be letting you pass.'' Says The Guardsmen as Artur finally understands the issue. ''Your New to the Post aren't you?'' Asks Artur. ''It's That Obvious? I'd hoped to appear professional and Experienced, but I seem To Have Failed.'' Says The Guardsmen. ''Look Let me Let you in on a Little something. Cerys and I have known each other for Years, She Was My First and I Hers. I helped put her on her Throne, and I Helped Hjalmer Slay the Undvikk Giant. Besides Which if I Didn't Come to see her I'd lose me Manhood. Tell you what, when I Leave I'll pass on a List of Techniques from the Witcher School here in Skellige. Help you Become A Better Fighter. Deal?'' Says Artur. ''You'd Do That for me? But you don't Even Know Me!'' Says the Man. ''Aye that's True, but I Know Cerys, and she'll need the Extra Skill if Things with Clan Drummond Escalate. In Any event You wouldn’t be able to Stop me even if you had the Whole Clan to back You Up. '' Says Artur as he walks past the Guardsmen.