Torn Across the Rift

[JDH97]

Nikolai took the hit on the head. He was not surprised, but the hit wasn’t too hard, and Nikolai was a vampire, but he did proclaim, “OW!” and rubbed his head afterwards, grinning after Nikki as she walked of.

“Yeah well I like the shadows better, at least in there it didn’t smell as bad,” As Nikolai breathed too deeply his nostrils seemed to burn and he sneezed loudly. He looked at the others, “Sorry about that.” He then began walking with a sure purpose in one direction, then stopped dead, and walked the opposite way, before walking back to the group.

“I seem to have forgotten where the weapon cache is, if it is even still there. Maybe it’s because Nikki hit me too hard with her bow,” Nikolai said in feign annoyance, “But at least now we can concentrate on finding survivors.”

He looked at Deuce carrying the mammal, “I would offer to carry him, but” Nikolai pointed to the sun, “I am weakened by that, so it is probably best to keep him.” Nikolai then looked at both Nikki and Deuce, and said, “Well, any ideas where to start?”

[Affili]

Deuce glanced at Nikolai and then to the fuzzy guy

"Well, I haven't been south of this room yet everything to the north near as I can tell from where I came from is empty less the corpses and ashes. don't worry about the weapons cache, there's probably nothing left, if there was, I doubt it's anything I could use." he patted the hilt of his sword with his free hand. He knew the power of earthly guns, but still favored his sword over anything and besides, If anything, he could always grab another branch or perhaps even an arm of some kind if he really needed to judging by the amount of body parts strewn about the place.

"Which way did you come from Nicolai?" Deuce did not see the need to ask Nikki, as he knew where he first picked up on her aura.

He cast a concerned eye on the young elementalist, hoping that if need be, she would be able to focus enough on a fight despite her brooding. But he did not pry. and besides, between the vampire and himself, he was sure, they could look after her if she needed it at any point, however he was careful not to underestimate the young girls skills.

[Cascade Failure]

Will look around, realising he had gotten distracted, and had lost track of the only living thing he had encountered since arriving. He was afraid, alone, unarmed, and without his pokemon. The last part was the worst by far, so Will began searching for them, calling their names as he walked around. He stopped, when he caught site of another woman, this time more modern looking, except that she had a glow. The HUD strangely identified her as both Ice, Water, Electric and Fire type. She seemed to have been looking for people, so he called out "Hello?" Still a good 5 metres away.

[JDH97]

Nikolai rubbed his brow briefly, before answering Deus’s question. He was not sure whether the furry man would wake up soon, but once he did he could look at Deus without his curious gaze repeatedly looking at the furry man.

“I’m not sure exactly, but it was near Nikki, which is why I was able to find her,” Nikolai almost forgot something, but added it on quickly, “And there was some sort of smashed up altar, with a white circle around it.” He looked over Deus and remembered that he was an elemental, “Maybe you and Nikki could look at it and see what you make of it?”

[Tsukino]

As Nikki was wandering the ruins looking for other survivors. As she heard someone call out for her, she jumped and grabbed an arrow aiming at whatever called out for her in the chest. She was once again in her hunter mode being careful like she usually is trying not to provoke the boy. "Who are you?" she asked authoritatively. She then slowly began walking towards the boy, while keeping her aim at his chest. She looked back to where Nikolai and Deuce were and called out to them, "Guys! I found someone!"

[JDH97]

Nikolai looked around at Nikki’s call. He walked over slowly, not sure what to make of this man he saw before him; he seemed to be a soldier, but a strange one at that. For the first time he was glad Nikki pointed arrows at people.

“Keep that trained on him until we can be certain he is safe,” He told, no suggested, to Nikki, “I think he is a soldier, and he may have something to do with this.”

Nikolai could see some sort of strange goggle on the soldier’s face. Nikolai was not sure if the man had a weapon, but curled his lip into a snarl, showing his fangs, and flexing his fingers, each tipped with sharp teeth. For some reason, the fact that this man resembled an American soldier put Nikolai on the edge.

[Cascade Failure]

"Fu- wh- hu? A... What? A bow and arrow? Look, can you-" Will paused for a second to state inquisitively at the man with the Golbat fangs "-okay fine, you can keep aiming, but please don't shoot. Look, have you seen my pokemon? They're a Gallade, a Combusken and a Skarmory. Also, my helmet's HUD is displaying you" he looked at the woman with the bow "as a Fire type, as well as Water, Ice and Electric type." He turned to the man. "You, on the other hand, are classed with Dark, Poison and Ghost. What- what is this place, and who are you two?"

[Affili]

Deuce pulled up along side of the other two and shook his head as he inspected the boy. if he was a soldier, he did not have the look of a seasoned warrior.

"Relax, if you have to point the arrow at him, don't aim for his heart, he seems half terrified and I dont think he's foolish enough to take on all three of us either.. but still.."Deuce eyed the stranger cautiously though.

At least the arrow being aimed at him, would be enough to make the guy think twice about attacking.

He listened as the man stumbled over his words, and he couldn't blame him either.
'what the hell is a Pokemon' he thought to himself
that's something he had never heard about before

[JDH97]

Nikolai relaxed slightly, but only because this man seemed insane. Types? What on earth was he on about? Maybe the type of magic that bound them, but Nikolai was not sure. But this man was being rude especially when he had an arrow pointing at him.

“She asked you first,” Nikolai almost snarled the gutturally, but managed to keep his voice under control, he didn’t want Nikki seeing him like that, “Ss I suggest you answer first,” Nikolai smiled, it was almost a sneer, but manage to keep himself under control.

[Cascade Failure]

"Aim wherever you want on my chest, this shit stops Scyther claws. And why assume I want to attack you? Is that what you do when you meet strangers? I normally go for 'hello'. But each to his own, then. What's this half terrified thing? Well, you've got a point, but this is more confusing than scary, with a health dash of ominous, and suspense. Now, would you care to give me a name, aggressive stranger? I'm William Viridian." He said, with a mixture of flippancy, sarcasm and matter of fact-Ness, spread appropriately throughout.