Freeshooter92

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

All in all, shit got turned sideways. Looks like it's up to Grey to clean things up since Mar's getting roasted, Athalus is down a hand, and Leith's about to lose his head.

@Lucius Cypher

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Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

I wish I could say he was disarmed but he still has most of his arm.

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<Snipped quote by Rtron>

Though I can't promise, Free, Mar won't be distrusting and upset with Grey. She did expect him to protect Althalus, which eased her worry, and in her mind he turned his back on her 'mate'. I thought I might warn he could be hissed at after this and possibly chewed out IC so you don't think it was anything personal. XD Me, I'm meh as Rtron explained the strategic reasoning for it though I didn't think it was IC for Grey to turn his back on an ally instead of providing cover from the enemy, seems I was wrong a bit. >_>

@Fallenreaper

Grey has... issues adapting to a changing battlefield, and especially when something doesn't go according to plan. especially when orders are (to him anyway) ignored for no reason. As a Golem, Grey is very obedient. He cannot even fathom disobeying orders, and the fact that there was tactical reasoning only strengthened his resolve to 'restore order'. He also thinks Athalus is a dirty coward, and was counting on him to sprint away, not (reasonably I may add) sit mostly still in shock. He has basically misjudged everything.

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Grey came to a stop as she heard that piercing scream, wheeling around and noticing, with no small amount of horror, exactly the extent of his folly. The world seemed to go dark as he witnessed that... Monster tear off his Ally's hand. He dropped to a knee, nearly vomiting at the sight of the horrifying visage their opponent had dawned... He had.. underestimated her considerably... No, that wasn't strong enough. He fucked up, no other way about it. He heard Mar call for him, and turned to see the man he had been going to provide support against set her ablaze, and before he knew it, the Elf had torn a chunk of Leith's neck out... He... couldn't adapt to Leith running off, and thanks to this petty nonsense he had nearly gotten all of them killed... He was really the only fighter left...

Grey froze as she regarded him, the normally unshakeable guardsman paralyzed with fear as the creature spoke in that sickening voice of hers... The very thought that such an art as Vitamancy could be used to kill had never even occured to him, much less something like... this. He was totally at a loss as to how to fight her now. He had expected she was merely support, but the reality was far too grim. And yet... He tightened his grip on his axe. He would save them. He was no hero, every single thing that had happened to them was his fault. They would not thank him, and he would not deserve it if they did... He... he had to redeem himself, somehow. He would never forgive himself if for some reason he lived, and they didn't... And if he were to quit now, he would have for sure killed them. If he somehow pulled through, he could at least sleep easy knowing they hadn't been lost solely because of his incompetence.

"A... Abomination..." He growled, tears streaking from his one eye. "I will not underestimate you a second time...!" He dashed forward rather suddenly, intent on kneeing her in the stomach and bringing the haft of his axe down on her skull right after...

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Well, fuck. Grey can't beat her, he is extremely weak to vitamancy.

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I say we set a fire at the entrance and smoke them out. Either they choke to death, or they run out. Either way, Alaira is not going inside, and nothing can force her to.

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Question, how large is the cave?

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Grey is joining the other fight. If some ongoing, isolated collab bullshit prevents me from doing that, I'm going to be very angry.

well, considering I nearly had him strangle a child, yeah. i would.

@Freeshooter92

And no, i guess I wouldn't after all. I'm not keeping Athalus over here for no reason while the Pyromancer blasts the others with impunity, it makes no sense.

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Alaira Taenn

Alaira wrenched her mace from pulped bandit skull, a predatory smile creeping across her face as the other bandits all ran off... Clearly, they were smart enough to realize they were outclassed, but not smart enough to keep their weapons, seeing as how they all threw 'em down... She laughed, a horrible, mocking noise... "Aha! That's right scum! Flee! Flee for your lives!" She called with manic glee, overcome with laughter... What a fucking joke these guys were. She caught sight of the larger one's discarded weapon... She approached it, noting the glowing rune... Obviously, something like this was bad news, even she could see that. Still, to the victor go the spoils, and considering the fact she killed more men it was obviously hers by right. So, she'd take it back to the college and see if it was safe, or worth anything.

She had taken a poke around the camp, and an especially keen one might notice that she seemed to tense when she approached the cave... She held her weapon a little tighter as her breathing quickened. She strained her ears, but she could hear... breathing in there. She swallowed, breaking out into a cold sweat, just a bit. "H-hey! S-something's in... Th-there..." She called to the others, pointing her weapon down towards the entrance... Uncertainty and nervousness was plain in her voice, which would be quite jarring to one that had spent any time around her at all. Though it was probably unwise to make mention of it. "I c-can hear 'em breathe... Th-there's gotta be at least three... P-probably more..."

Grey Onyx

Grey definitely objected to Leith's course of action, actually turning after him, which of course meant he had made the critical mistake of turning his back to the enemy. "A-Are you mad?! Get back here!" He called, ready to sprint after him... Hydromancy mattered little, it's not like it was a hard counter to Pyromancy. And it's especially true that this crazed lunatic was far more experienced in his art than any of them were in there's... Athalus was a ranged combatant, and Leith was not. And while Athalus would be a boon in fighting the elf, he didn't especially need it as much as the others did. Which means that all three of them over there were close quarters fighters, easy prey for a Pyromancer.

And on top of all that, all that heat meant there was not going to be much water... why had Leith charged off?... Grey was faculty, technically, he had rank, which was especially true given that he was their protector. And... And now he was trying to reason with them... He could think of but one way to salvage this situation. He... also knew Athalus would not go along with it. So he would have to hope his self-preservation instinct would help. "No." Grey declared, ignoring his suggestions. "I'm regrouping. You should do the same, if you plan on living." With that, he took off running, keeping his shield up as he charged for the others... he'd have to hope he was faster than the elf. And also that Athalus would follow.

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Ssarak might object to that out of principle, after they are out of danger, of course. Apparently, there is something in this camp that is important for our investigation. Could be anything.

@EliteCommander

Well, if he objects he can try taking it, but I'm sure he ain't dumb enough to start a fight over such a pointless issue. I mean, would Ssarak leave a potentially magic weapon just lying around? Or worse, give it back?