Wasn't long before they culled the kobolds down to a single vermin. However instead of trying to put up a last stand, it fled deeper into the cave. Kyra guessed there were more enemies further down it was trying to alert and get the protection from, either more kobolds or something worse. She debated shooting it but loosen her grip on her arrow; the kobold was wily and made it hard for Kyra to get a clear shot before it jumped behind cover. She didn't want to risk running into an ambush so as she ran up to the drop, she passed by Brannor and patted his shoulder. "Sorry about before. Let's finish these beasts off. May the Earth Mother protect you." Brannor would notice a faint shimmering shield around him as Kyra casted a protection spell over his body. Then at the cliff side, she laid knelt low on the ground and scanned the area. Three caged beasts, no doubt more drakes like the ones they fought at Greenest, and the kobold cowering begins cover. She knew it’d be difficult to get a clear shot on the kobold so instead she gripped her amulet and gave a haunting whisper of death and damnation for the kobold to hear.
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On one hand Kyra would like nothing more than to continue to slaughter her way through the enemy, but she doesn't want the party to run into a trap. In any case I'll have a post up either today or tomorrow.
Dulga Tarata
Unsurprisingly it didn't seem like Yukari or Kaida liked the idea of a harsh training regime in a snowy mountain. Dulga scratched her chin a little thinking maybe she took her little joke too far. While she did intend to be serious about this training, she didn't want them to think she was just going to torture them. But Dulga would keep it to herself for now; better that they think she's a hardass than a softie. Shortly after a woman who looked a bit like Jett suddenly appeared to hug Yukari. Dulga barely blinked before the woman was gone again to talk with Mina and Ruby in the distance. It didn't take long for Dulga to figure that maybe she was related to Jett. Didn't help that she was obviously teleporting too. "I guess it runs in the family." She says dryly as she stood up. "Yeah go on and I'll see you later."
She glanced over at Kaida, trying to get a gauge on her thoughts. Dulga knew that when the going gets tough, Kaida was a strong person. But seeing her so quiet and passive made Dulga wonder if Kaida lacked the drive to do things on her own initiative. This bothered Dulga; she didn't like being idle and waiting for things to happen to her. She had a lot of issues with that. But at the same time, if Kaida doesn't want to change, Dulga really can't force her. Even if she tried, all Dulga would do is cause a lot of damage with very minimal gain. Sighing Dulga touched the burn scars on her face, feeling the cold dead flesh. "Go at your own pace I suppose. You have your limits and I have mines. I'm going to my room." And with that Dulga left.
Locking the door behind her, Dulga gathered her guns and went to her work bench. She hadn't had time to properly maintenance them since she came back from home, and she knew she needed to. This was the most abuse they've gone through since her mother was alive. She knew one of her guns was effectively FUBAR, and her shotgun had some bite marks in it as well. Her mother's rifle wasn't looking too great either since Dulga had used it so haphazardly. And after that it would just be cleaning and inspecting the rest of her firearms. It made her think; if these wolves could shrug off her current equipment, what are the chances that greater villains would be effected by it? What if they were fast or tough enough to take a bullet to the skull? It was a scary thought to Dulga; she was usually pretty confident that as long as she gets the initiative, she could put down anyone and anything. But coming to Komei had been a reality check for her. She needed to do a lot more than just improve her self and her people skills. She needed to upgrade her gear. "I need bigger guns." With a sigh Dulga took out her first gun, cleared it of any bullets and began stripping it clean.
@Heartfillia@Ryonara
With the poison losing it's effect, Kyra turned her attention to the battle. The kobolds were getting cut down by Brannor and Orchid, but the flying ones worried Kyra. She imagined they would attack by bombarding the others with stones and other projectiles, things they can't really defend against nor would they have any particular means to fight back without discarding their current weapons and throwing weapons back at them. So Kyra would take it upon herself to deal with the winged kobolds, taking careful aiming before letting loose an arrow. She was certain she could strike one down even as it was trying to avoid getting struck; she had struck smaller targets before whilst hunting. These Kobolds would be easy prey to her. Once Kyra let loose her arrow she sought some other cover to within movement, just to keep the kobold's attention divided.
Kyra cursed as her foot slipped onto a spike. She had gotten careless, so focused on the shadows she didn't even look at her feet. Though the damage was fairly minimal it still stung and made her head dizzy. "Of course it's poisoned." Kyra gritted her teeth and tried not to let it bother her when she saw a figure looming over her. Thinking that it was a cultist she struck out with her dagger aiming for the neck. But when she got close she saw that it was actually Brannor; the poison had made Kyra not recongize him. At the last second she tried to pull her blade back before it could hurt him, hopefully deflecting off his armor. "S-Sorry!" Kyra shakes off the dizziness in her head. The kobolds were now aware of them so Kyra needed to get ready to fight. She heads further within and tries to find some cover and draw an arrow.
@Zverda
I'm a life cleric, though I have a level in ranger right now since she's always trained with her father for hunting. She's just learned enough to really qualify after the attack on Greenest.
@Hekazu
I'll have Kyra tell everyone what she learns then. She'd suggest heading left; the right path probably just leads to the kobold rooms or something since she doesn't notice any human footprints, but the path with more tracks likely leads towards somewhere important.
I'm a life cleric, though I have a level in ranger right now since she's always trained with her father for hunting. She's just learned enough to really qualify after the attack on Greenest.
@Hekazu
I'll have Kyra tell everyone what she learns then. She'd suggest heading left; the right path probably just leads to the kobold rooms or something since she doesn't notice any human footprints, but the path with more tracks likely leads towards somewhere important.
After resting the party moved forward. Kyra stayed near the front; her new found tracking skills would hopefully help them find the kobolds and brigands inside of this cave before they find the party. When they reached the crossroads, Kyra also noticed the foul spell and figured that the area up ahead is where they dump their wastes. It certainly smelled like a cesspool. Going forward wasn't something Kyra wanted to do, so she looked towards the left and right path.
The right path had some sort of flimsy spear nearby which made Kyra curious. Even to her, the thing barely seemed stable enough to be used as a weapon. She was just going to dismiss it as the kobolds here being unkept and dirty, but surely they weren't so lazy that they couldn't throw away their trash at the literal trash heap before them? Was it a marker for a trap? They had seen a trap at the staircase before. While a pitted spear would be too obvious of a trigger, perhaps it was merely meant to be a distraction. Not to mention the right path looked man-made. They must have dug out this section of the earth for their own purpose. What purpose? Kyra wasn't sure.
The left path had even less for Kyra to work with. Just a space leading to elsewhere. "Waste heap up front, some mystery stick to the right, and the unknown to the left. Think Kyra! Use what your father taught you!" Taking a moment to think, Kyra got low to the ground and used her elven senses to try and find any noticeable tracks nearby. Mainly kobold, but also people, possibly even dragon people if Cyanwrath was here. Even if most of the camp was evacuated there was no way they would leave one of their own nurseries protected by just kobolds and cultist. So Kyra took the moment to find out where the bulk of the cult would go, what their numbers are, and whatever else she could expect.
The right path had some sort of flimsy spear nearby which made Kyra curious. Even to her, the thing barely seemed stable enough to be used as a weapon. She was just going to dismiss it as the kobolds here being unkept and dirty, but surely they weren't so lazy that they couldn't throw away their trash at the literal trash heap before them? Was it a marker for a trap? They had seen a trap at the staircase before. While a pitted spear would be too obvious of a trigger, perhaps it was merely meant to be a distraction. Not to mention the right path looked man-made. They must have dug out this section of the earth for their own purpose. What purpose? Kyra wasn't sure.
The left path had even less for Kyra to work with. Just a space leading to elsewhere. "Waste heap up front, some mystery stick to the right, and the unknown to the left. Think Kyra! Use what your father taught you!" Taking a moment to think, Kyra got low to the ground and used her elven senses to try and find any noticeable tracks nearby. Mainly kobold, but also people, possibly even dragon people if Cyanwrath was here. Even if most of the camp was evacuated there was no way they would leave one of their own nurseries protected by just kobolds and cultist. So Kyra took the moment to find out where the bulk of the cult would go, what their numbers are, and whatever else she could expect.
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