Mission: Save the Cupcake

It was kind of late for a stroll through the park, but Kenrick wanted to get a general feel for the island and this seemed like a good place to start. Not too many people seemed to be out, but there were a few still lingering about. Ken strolled down a trail at a leisurely pace, adjusting his jacket as he went. Generally speaking the mana flow on the entire island was very strong, something that could be credited to the high amount of supernatural beings that inhabited the relatively small area. He'd explore the town tomorrow before heading into the woods he'd heard so many interesting things about.

His eyes scanned around, something seemed rather...off. Even at this time of night he'd expect to detect some amount of activity from other people nearby but there was nothing. It was like he'd walked into a trap. Or maybe not, he didn't feel any malice directed at him. With the exception of a pouch full of flash bang grenades, he was unarmed. He could probably get himself out of any situations that could occur.

Of course, the scene he'd find himself walking into wouldn't be quite what he was expecting.

@Sashi

He rounded a corner, now keen to the disturbance and realizing someone was in some legitimate trouble. And what did he find? The classic assholes and a damsel scene. There was a brief second where he stood and simply waited for them to notice him as he sized up his opponents. A big guy, most likely some kind of giant and a werewolf. The mage dragon would have his work cut out for him, he was really missing his sword. Of course he still had his spells and his flash bangs.

"Well this is an awkward scene," he called to get their attention. Which seemed to divert their attention from the girl long enough for the dog to demand to know who he was. The giant on the other hand, decided it was smarter to simply engage the smirking redhead.

The initial brutish swipe from the giant was easily avoided, but was followed up by a more agile flurry of clawed swipes and jabs from the werewolf. They weren't a bad team in all honesty. "Such a shame you guys can't put this coordination to use like getting girls in a healthy manner. Like being wingmen for each other," he taunted.

There was a smile from the dragon as the werewolf snarled.
The giant simply lunged at the intruder.

And then came a kick to the crotch.
The giant man was doubled over as Kenrick moved fluidly, punching the werewolf in his fanged face. From here on out their personal humiliation would begin. As Kenrick unloaded a flurry of punches and kicks on the giant before he could recover. He was not dealing with his nonsense. He then moved back to the wolf man, the two seemed to go back and forth on relatively equal terms. That is until Kenrick tossed out a flash bang, blinding him then kicking the man in the crotch several times. "Alright kids, take off your clothes," he said after he'd managed to beat the werewolf down. The giant protested the demands only to be silenced with a pair of flash bang bombs being stuck up his nose and set off. Now he was out cold leaving only the werewolf who seemed to have understood the message. Kenrick wasn't playing around. He sparked a bit, his irritation was showing as he moved towards the girl now. The werewolf seemed to be in the middle of stripping down.

"What the hell is wrong with you? There's a woman here! Take your ugly friend and go," he growled at the lycan who was now in his underwear. He struggled to collect the unconscious giant and run off.

"Now what do I do about this?" his eyes now focused on the girl he'd just rescued.

@Sashi

Well the girl was conscious and speaking Chinese now, probably her first language based on that fact. How lame, she went and passed out and missed his frankly amazing(mediocre) rescue. She didn't seem hurt just kind of dazed and confused, poor thing. She did say thank you though, that was nice. He smiled and waved his hand dismissively, replying to her in Chinese, "Don't worry about it, name's Kenrick."

He moved over to help her up out of the snow. He noted her scent now that he wasn't busy beating up thugs, she smelled like dragon. Not that that would have stopped him before, but it was nice to know that there were dragons other than his family on the island. Well, he'd already figured there were some on the island, he just wasn't expecting to happen upon one under attack in the woods like this. She didn't seem like much of a fighter. Still she could have maybe transformed and intimidated them away. Not the most favorable approach, but claws and fangs can get you pretty far in a confrontation. There was also the size factor and threatening roars. But that was in the past, it didn't matter. He had a feeling she may be royalty of some kind.

"You're not hurt anywhere are you?"

"It's nice to meet you as well, Xia."

She seemed to be alright for the most part, roughed up but alright. She managed a smile though, she seemed like a trooper. She was kind of cute too. Her responses definitely had the mark of high society to them and her outfit looked expensive. He couldn't just write it off as her simply being polite. He was becoming rather curious about the young lady he just saved. Perhaps a reintroduction would be more appropriate. But he'd save that for a little later.

"It's kinda dangerous wandering around at night like this you know," he didn't want to lecture, but it was a bit of a bad idea especially if one lacked the ability to defend themselves. His own family was a rather rowdy one when it came to fighting ability. Tight knit and valued strength in all its forms. But many of them were able to hold their own on some level. If not, they were learning. But it wasn't always good to check ones customs onto someone else. Not all family structures were the same.

"Sorry, I'm not trying to be rude or anything. You just seem kind of royal, so I'm just surprised someone in your status would be out alone like this."

"Well English it would be Xia Zhujiang," he answered. He was familiar with several Asian languages along with several forms of Draconic and magic code. He could easily switch back to Mandarin if it made things easier for her. Zhujiang sounded familiar, he'd heard some stories or rather legends where that name had come up during his travels through China. His family's origins were rooted in Europe. Xia didn't seem overly fond of her inability to defend herself so he'd write that off as a sensitive topic.

"Well at any rate I suppose I should reintroduce myself. I'm Kenrick Drakenhardt, my family is royalty hailing from Europe. We um, manipulate various elements there's not one uniform specialty like some families have," he bowed slightly. He maintained a rather faint smile as he spoke with her. Perhaps this meeting would yield more benefits after all. He pushed any business related thoughts out of his mind for the moment. Now certainly wasn't the time for such things. "I think I recognize your family name from my travels through China."

He rubbed his chin. Maybe he'd said too much? No, she seemed respectable enough. Not to mention, they had no reason to be enemies.

@Sashi