Grey Omen

Avatar - The Fall of Si Wong City

Definitely interested.

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Got a post up - not much yet as Cedar is indecisive, but action will be picking up (with luck).

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Cedar.

Cedar let out a small sigh when Rose stood up. She seemed a little shaken up, but otherwise alright. Cedar's heart beat fast in his chest, which a part of him disapproved of. He wasn't sure why - surely even the best Ze's heart would race after situation that hectic? But a part of him would never be satisfied with a subpar performance, he supposed.

"I'm fine,", Cedar replied to Rose, though truth be told his hand did feel a bit numb still, with a faint pain behind the numbness. He tried to move his hand and get some feeling back as subtly as possible. Maybe if he ignored it, it would stop hurting. With his other hand he grabbed his halberd off the ground. "You good? You looked like you hit the ground pretty hard there." He offered Rose's gun back towards her as he put his halberd back on his back, handle towards her. He was glad his frustration with Fluke was

Unfortunately, it seemed like there was a lot of stuff going on over the comms. A 'death cloud' and Ruskali being a Host of some kind - A lot of factors coming in that definitely weren't a part of the original situation. Well, their situation was wrapped up, so maybe they could split up or both -

"Oh gods..." he heard Rose say. He turned to her, then followed her gaze. It took a second for him to realize what he was looking at, and after that second passed it almost seemed too late to react accordingly, so he just pressed his lips together. Damn. Did Ruskali have something to do with this? If he's really a host to a Nox, then... Cedar moved closer to the body, motioning to shoo the armadillo away from it. The same part of his brain that disapproved of his fast heart approved his calm reaction to the dead body. The more conscious part of his mind again wondered why.

But then again... the other two situations seemed a bit more urgent. The body presumably wouldn't go anywhere if they went to go help the others with their situations, would it? Cedar didn't consider himself a leader, so he did what he usually did with situations like this - deferred to someone else's judgment.

Turning to Rose, he asked, "What should we do? The others seem like they're in trouble too."

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Dang, still pushed my time limit. I have the attention span of a goldfish, but ta-dah!

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Cedar.

Steel Rose's words were heavily muffled by the Nox, but Cedar got the message. In the background he was dimly aware of someone - Iris? - saying something about an evil death-cloud, but he made a snap judgment to keep his head on the task at hand.

Cedar didn't waste time on saying too much. "Okay. Firing now."

He aimed Steel Rose's gun slightly off, just in case a direct hit would hurt her somehow. Then a colder part of his mind took over, steadying his hand and moving slightly to line it up directly. 'Better safe than sorry,' something in him whispered. 'Safety as in guarantee Nox removal, that is, not her safety specifically.' He made a silent prayer that a direct hit would only burn the Nox away without harming Rose, then pulled the trigger.

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I'll try to get a short one in really quick. Should be up within a couple hours or less (giving myself generous time in case I get distracted).

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Yeeyee post up!

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Cedar.

Cedar flinched as his halberd rebounded off the ground, passing through the Nox like thin air. It caught him off guard enough that he didn't move away from the Nox, and before he knew it, it was on his hand. There was pain, the type that comes with cold. Dimly in the background he was aware of someone shouting something, but he focused too much on his hand, moving to try to get it off somehow -

And suddenly he saw brightness, enough to temporarily blind him. He staggered back with closed eyes, though on a more optimistic note, his hand seemed to be doing better.

He looked up to see Steel Rose's face (mask, at least), or more accurately, the Nox clinging to it. Cedar went still for a second. In that second, he tallied his mistakes. Let the Nox catch him off guard, ignored an important warning, and let his teammate come under fire. He felt something close to shame, but brushed it off. Focus. Gotta get it off.

Something about Fluke's chatter rubbed him the wrong way this time. "Less chat, Fluke. More work. That drone of yours have anything more than just eyes, or do I have to pull your weight for you?" Cedar's tone was noticeably less controlled than it was before - terse, audibly irritated. Inwardly he winced. He was letting the situation and his earlier mistakes get to him. He was lashing out at Fluke for a minor verbal jab when he should be focused on working together. He made a small note to chastise himself later.

"I... I could take your gun, Rose, and... scare it off you. If you keep your eyes closed I could fire near you." It was a shot in the dark (pun not intended), but he had to do something quick, before it ended up doing something worse or trying to get away.

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Will have my response up in less than 24 hours (barring the possibility of being slightly late again). Sleep schedule is a bit more organized now, so hopefully that won't impede me.

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A bit late, but ta-dah! A post!