@Lugubrious Damn, I apologize for my far-too-long hiatus. To be completely honest, I had lost interest in writing the fight for Rose Cythla, mainly because there were only so many attack patterns I could write without either getting confusing or just outright repetitive (Dodge tentacle, slice. Dodge beam, slice. Dodge limb, slice). Also, not having much at stake (an NPC battle) didn't help much as well. But yeah, since I will actually be writing against another person this time around, I am certain that I'll finish it this time. But when I do write a post, do you want me to include the Cythla fight as a flashback, then continue on with the current events?
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Even when he had disposed of his torch, Sylvia had still followed Sif through the tunnels for a long while, using her natural intuition and perception as a guide until the narrow mining shaft gradually branched out in all directions into a long, wide hallway. It also helped that she only really needed to follow the tunnel one way.
Coming out into the mines, she saw what she initially thought to be a wall, but realized that it was moving, and had arms and legs. It was the back of the rat ogre, another hulking mass of fur and flesh.
She recalled her encounter with the first rat ogre, how she failed to pierce the beast’s spine, and almost paid for it with her life. Well, now she had two blades, and a bloodlust to fill, thanks to that earlier stormvermin retreating from the fight. Despite her wound, she was aching for another fight.
The ogre seemed to be transfixed by something flickering on the ground; Siph’s torch. And the beast, oblivious to the small human who had just entered the hall, had its back turned to her.
Perfect.
Sylvia recited her transparency spell, and stalked towards the ogre, both blades in her hands. Unlike the last ogre, which had been thrashing and swinging at nearly everything nearby, this one was docile, at least for the moment. It was a strange thing, getting so close to an opponent who could crush her in a single blow. But then again, it had to catch her first.
Silently, like a shadow in the dark, she snuck up behind the ogre and searched for any weak spots. Of course, on such a massive beast, it was difficult to find any among its mass. Still, everything always had a weakness. Everything.
Won’t risk the spine again, it’s too damn strong.
Even though the dwarven shortsword probably could have pierced the bone, she wouldn’t risk getting grabbed by that thing, since she wasn’t certain she would have any backup. So, she looked lower. Its waist was covered by a ragged loincloth, but she wasn’t going to go there.
There are some things even I wouldn’t do, and that’s one of them. The ogre’s probably castrated anyway.
So, she looked even lower, towards the legs, more specifically, the tendons and ligaments which held them together. Easy pickings. She aimed for its right leg, slicing towards its achilles and hamstring areas, hoping to cut deep.
Coming out into the mines, she saw what she initially thought to be a wall, but realized that it was moving, and had arms and legs. It was the back of the rat ogre, another hulking mass of fur and flesh.
She recalled her encounter with the first rat ogre, how she failed to pierce the beast’s spine, and almost paid for it with her life. Well, now she had two blades, and a bloodlust to fill, thanks to that earlier stormvermin retreating from the fight. Despite her wound, she was aching for another fight.
The ogre seemed to be transfixed by something flickering on the ground; Siph’s torch. And the beast, oblivious to the small human who had just entered the hall, had its back turned to her.
Perfect.
Sylvia recited her transparency spell, and stalked towards the ogre, both blades in her hands. Unlike the last ogre, which had been thrashing and swinging at nearly everything nearby, this one was docile, at least for the moment. It was a strange thing, getting so close to an opponent who could crush her in a single blow. But then again, it had to catch her first.
Silently, like a shadow in the dark, she snuck up behind the ogre and searched for any weak spots. Of course, on such a massive beast, it was difficult to find any among its mass. Still, everything always had a weakness. Everything.
Won’t risk the spine again, it’s too damn strong.
Even though the dwarven shortsword probably could have pierced the bone, she wouldn’t risk getting grabbed by that thing, since she wasn’t certain she would have any backup. So, she looked lower. Its waist was covered by a ragged loincloth, but she wasn’t going to go there.
There are some things even I wouldn’t do, and that’s one of them. The ogre’s probably castrated anyway.
So, she looked even lower, towards the legs, more specifically, the tendons and ligaments which held them together. Easy pickings. She aimed for its right leg, slicing towards its achilles and hamstring areas, hoping to cut deep.
“What use is a shield if I no longer have anything to protect? I would rather focus on killing with both hands."
Saga Berenike
Age: 41
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Personality: Disgruntled, paranoid, distant. These words, and many more similar terms, describe Saga in a fairly accurate way. After deserting his former kingdom, he developed an intense distaste for people who abided by codes of honor, etiquette, and other such rules because he believes that people use these codes to mask their true feelings and manipulate others. Because of his mannerisms, or lack thereof, he usually is not looked upon favorably by others because of his brashness and blunt honesty.
Backstory: Saga hails from a faraway kingdom, in fact, so far away, that whether one goes north, south, east, or west, it makes no difference in the duration of the unhindered journey. This particular kingdom was known for its Knights; their honor, their chivalric values, and their loyal devotion to the cause. He was one of them: Diligent in his service, unyielding, and a stalwart soldier. However, Saga was betrayed by the very values he had treasured so much. He casted away his shield, no longer content with protecting himself. Instead, he now wields his sword with both hands. Fleeing to Silvershire to escape his former kingdom, he took his newfound safety to be a rare blessing. But then again, maybe it wasn't.
Equipment
His old plate armor, once shining with a proud gleam and polish, an armor once thought to be impenetrable by his old enemies, is now dirty, rusted, and worn with age. It holds well against most attacks, but it is still very far from what it used to be.
His sword, a sturdy blade as tall as himself, is the only piece of his equipment he still keeps in relatively good shape. Useful for beating back the opposition, it is just as you would expect from a sword, and often, the ordinary blade is all a soldier needs.
Saga Berenike
Age: 41
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Personality: Disgruntled, paranoid, distant. These words, and many more similar terms, describe Saga in a fairly accurate way. After deserting his former kingdom, he developed an intense distaste for people who abided by codes of honor, etiquette, and other such rules because he believes that people use these codes to mask their true feelings and manipulate others. Because of his mannerisms, or lack thereof, he usually is not looked upon favorably by others because of his brashness and blunt honesty.
Backstory: Saga hails from a faraway kingdom, in fact, so far away, that whether one goes north, south, east, or west, it makes no difference in the duration of the unhindered journey. This particular kingdom was known for its Knights; their honor, their chivalric values, and their loyal devotion to the cause. He was one of them: Diligent in his service, unyielding, and a stalwart soldier. However, Saga was betrayed by the very values he had treasured so much. He casted away his shield, no longer content with protecting himself. Instead, he now wields his sword with both hands. Fleeing to Silvershire to escape his former kingdom, he took his newfound safety to be a rare blessing. But then again, maybe it wasn't.
Equipment
His old plate armor, once shining with a proud gleam and polish, an armor once thought to be impenetrable by his old enemies, is now dirty, rusted, and worn with age. It holds well against most attacks, but it is still very far from what it used to be.
His sword, a sturdy blade as tall as himself, is the only piece of his equipment he still keeps in relatively good shape. Useful for beating back the opposition, it is just as you would expect from a sword, and often, the ordinary blade is all a soldier needs.
“What use is a shield if I no longer have anything to protect?”
Saga Berenike
Age: 41
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Personality: Disgruntled, paranoid, distant. These words, and many more similar terms, describe Saga in a fairly accurate way. After deserting his former kingdom, he developed an intense distaste for people who abided by codes of honor, etiquette, and other such rules because he believes that people use these codes to mask their true feelings and manipulate others. Because of his mannerisms, or lack thereof, he usually is not looked upon favorably by others because of his brashness and blunt honesty.
Backstory: Saga hails from a faraway kingdom, in fact, so far away, that whether one goes north, south, east, or west, it makes no difference in the duration of the unhindered journey. This particular kingdom was known for its Knights; their honor, their chivalric values, and their loyal devotion to the cause. He was one of them: Diligent in his service, unyielding, and a stalwart soldier. However, Saga was betrayed by the very values he had treasured so much. Fleeing to Silvershire to escape his former kingdom, he took his newfound safety to be a rare blessing. But then again, maybe it wasn't.
Equipment
His old plate armor, once shining with a proud gleam and polish, an armor once thought to be impenetrable by his old enemies, is now dirty, rusted, and worn with age. It holds well against most attacks, but it is still very far from what it used to be.
His sword, a sturdy blade as tall as himself, is the only piece of his equipment he still keeps in relatively good shape. Useful for beating back the opposition, it is just as you would expect from a sword, and often, the ordinary blade is all a soldier needs.
Saga Berenike
Age: 41
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Personality: Disgruntled, paranoid, distant. These words, and many more similar terms, describe Saga in a fairly accurate way. After deserting his former kingdom, he developed an intense distaste for people who abided by codes of honor, etiquette, and other such rules because he believes that people use these codes to mask their true feelings and manipulate others. Because of his mannerisms, or lack thereof, he usually is not looked upon favorably by others because of his brashness and blunt honesty.
Backstory: Saga hails from a faraway kingdom, in fact, so far away, that whether one goes north, south, east, or west, it makes no difference in the duration of the unhindered journey. This particular kingdom was known for its Knights; their honor, their chivalric values, and their loyal devotion to the cause. He was one of them: Diligent in his service, unyielding, and a stalwart soldier. However, Saga was betrayed by the very values he had treasured so much. Fleeing to Silvershire to escape his former kingdom, he took his newfound safety to be a rare blessing. But then again, maybe it wasn't.
Equipment
His old plate armor, once shining with a proud gleam and polish, an armor once thought to be impenetrable by his old enemies, is now dirty, rusted, and worn with age. It holds well against most attacks, but it is still very far from what it used to be.
His sword, a sturdy blade as tall as himself, is the only piece of his equipment he still keeps in relatively good shape. Useful for beating back the opposition, it is just as you would expect from a sword, and often, the ordinary blade is all a soldier needs.
I apologize for the quality of my last post; it is currently 11:59 and I am half asleep.
The Blood Devil vs Rose Cythla Round 2
Rose crossed her arms in front of her, cocking her head to the side and flashing Saria a complacent smile. Infuriated, Saria swung her sword at the girl in a violent motion, aiming to bisect her with a single blow.
Her hit connected, slicing through the purple-garbed girl. For a moment, Saria thought that she had won, that she had already succeeded over this sorcerer, but it wasn’t to be. Like lightning, one of the girl’s tendrils batted her aside, sending her tumbling to the ground. Saria rolled out of the way of another tendril that aimed to skewer her, and she stepped back, out of the tendrils’ reach.
I cut her! How did she--
It was then Saria had realized that the warlock was no ordinary girl. She was… something else. Something hidden under that young facade that seemed to waver and shimmer around the edges.
No matter. I’ve yet to find an opponent immune to death.
Saria charged in again, slicing away and dodging the tendrils that came too close, and she realized that the girl seemed to be only slightly amused by what was transpiring. Rose had a bored look on her face, letting her weaponized hair do all of the attacking. Saria saw little movement from the girl anywhere else.
However, the girl’s headpiece began to glow again. Knowing what came next, Saria ducked out of the way, and just in time as well, as the eldritch bolt narrowly missed Saria’s frame. However, in avoiding the beam, she collided with a multitude of tendrils, which smacked her across the ground. She quickly recovered, springing back to her feet and batting back the hair with her sword, with little effect on the girl herself.
Get close, and kill.
Saria rushed towards Rose, deftly dodging and weaving between tendrils, cutting the ones she couldn’t dodge, and once she got close enough, swinging a flurry of strikes and blows, each one of them connecting to the girl.
Got her!
Rose seemed to freeze for a moment, all of her tendrils frozen in place as well. A multitude of cuts and wounds, all of them deep, littered the warlock’s body, but still the girl stood there, as if nothing had happened. Strange-colored blood dripped from her wounds.
Suddenly, Saria felt as if her mind had been mashed by a rock. She felt… something. Something which absolutely unnerved her, if not terrified her. There was a certain presence around her, like a madman’s mind whispering directly to her consciousness.
The girl seemed to suddenly spring to life, her hair flailing around unpredictably. A strange, purple hued aura circled around her. The girl seemed to be changing. Changing into something big.
“Okay, Blood Devil. You ever fight a star spawn?”
Rose crossed her arms in front of her, cocking her head to the side and flashing Saria a complacent smile. Infuriated, Saria swung her sword at the girl in a violent motion, aiming to bisect her with a single blow.
Her hit connected, slicing through the purple-garbed girl. For a moment, Saria thought that she had won, that she had already succeeded over this sorcerer, but it wasn’t to be. Like lightning, one of the girl’s tendrils batted her aside, sending her tumbling to the ground. Saria rolled out of the way of another tendril that aimed to skewer her, and she stepped back, out of the tendrils’ reach.
I cut her! How did she--
It was then Saria had realized that the warlock was no ordinary girl. She was… something else. Something hidden under that young facade that seemed to waver and shimmer around the edges.
No matter. I’ve yet to find an opponent immune to death.
Saria charged in again, slicing away and dodging the tendrils that came too close, and she realized that the girl seemed to be only slightly amused by what was transpiring. Rose had a bored look on her face, letting her weaponized hair do all of the attacking. Saria saw little movement from the girl anywhere else.
However, the girl’s headpiece began to glow again. Knowing what came next, Saria ducked out of the way, and just in time as well, as the eldritch bolt narrowly missed Saria’s frame. However, in avoiding the beam, she collided with a multitude of tendrils, which smacked her across the ground. She quickly recovered, springing back to her feet and batting back the hair with her sword, with little effect on the girl herself.
Get close, and kill.
Saria rushed towards Rose, deftly dodging and weaving between tendrils, cutting the ones she couldn’t dodge, and once she got close enough, swinging a flurry of strikes and blows, each one of them connecting to the girl.
Got her!
Rose seemed to freeze for a moment, all of her tendrils frozen in place as well. A multitude of cuts and wounds, all of them deep, littered the warlock’s body, but still the girl stood there, as if nothing had happened. Strange-colored blood dripped from her wounds.
Suddenly, Saria felt as if her mind had been mashed by a rock. She felt… something. Something which absolutely unnerved her, if not terrified her. There was a certain presence around her, like a madman’s mind whispering directly to her consciousness.
The girl seemed to suddenly spring to life, her hair flailing around unpredictably. A strange, purple hued aura circled around her. The girl seemed to be changing. Changing into something big.
“Okay, Blood Devil. You ever fight a star spawn?”
I apologize for my inactivity, I'll have the post up tomorrow.
Sylvia was prepared to engage in a bloody brawl against the vermin wielding a warpick, analyzing all manners of attack and how to minimize the injuries she would receive. However, the massive axe-wielding orc was wildly swinging nearby, causing chaos and confusion within the ranks of the rats.
The warpick rat staggered back along with the rest of the Skaven, driven back by the wildly swinging orc. Sylvia let out a breath. For now, at least, she was safe. She looked among the corpses of several fallen warriors beneath her feet.
Surely, they wouldn’t need their things in the afterlife.
Among the first things she found was a few gold pieces, good to spend on shops after they got out of the rift.
A curiosity she had found on one of the Skaven corpses was a small, glass bottle topped with a cork. The inside was filled with a sick, nearly luminescent liquid. Just looking at it nearly made her retch. Certainly, this was the poison the Skaven coated their weapons with. To think that this stuff was inside of her body a few minutes ago.
Her wish for some better armor was fulfilled, as she found a set of plate gauntlets from a smaller dwarf, of course, dead as well. Surprisingly, as she slipped on the gauntlets, they fit surprisingly well around her slender forearms. They were a bit weighted, but at least her hands wouldn’t be cut off.
Another curiosity was the hilt and a bit of blade of a former sword, now broken. She didn’t know why, but she felt compelled to keep it with her, despite its initial perceived uselessness. Who knows, maybe someday it would turn out to be some hidden relic of a time long past. Or it could have just been junk.
The best thing she had found, in her opinion, was the last. As Sylvia picked through the remains of the dead Dwarves and Skaven alike, she found a flat, wide blade, the shortsword of a former Dwarf. As she picked it up, she almost cut herself, as the blade was surprisingly light, almost too light; a weight comparable to her dagger. She grinned, imagining the bloodshed she could wreak with such a special weapon. She had decided to name it the “Feathered Blade” for both its weight and its shape, which reminded her of a bird’s feather.
To her right, she saw something peculiar: The party’s guide, Siph, had disappeared into the Skaven breach, all by himself! The torchlight faded as he went deeper into the darkness. Like a true assassin, Sylvia stalked towards the breach, walking cat-like through the darkness. The absence of light wasn’t much of a problem for her, as she only had to follow the light casted by Siph’s torch.
Now, where could you be going?
The warpick rat staggered back along with the rest of the Skaven, driven back by the wildly swinging orc. Sylvia let out a breath. For now, at least, she was safe. She looked among the corpses of several fallen warriors beneath her feet.
Surely, they wouldn’t need their things in the afterlife.
Among the first things she found was a few gold pieces, good to spend on shops after they got out of the rift.
A curiosity she had found on one of the Skaven corpses was a small, glass bottle topped with a cork. The inside was filled with a sick, nearly luminescent liquid. Just looking at it nearly made her retch. Certainly, this was the poison the Skaven coated their weapons with. To think that this stuff was inside of her body a few minutes ago.
Her wish for some better armor was fulfilled, as she found a set of plate gauntlets from a smaller dwarf, of course, dead as well. Surprisingly, as she slipped on the gauntlets, they fit surprisingly well around her slender forearms. They were a bit weighted, but at least her hands wouldn’t be cut off.
Another curiosity was the hilt and a bit of blade of a former sword, now broken. She didn’t know why, but she felt compelled to keep it with her, despite its initial perceived uselessness. Who knows, maybe someday it would turn out to be some hidden relic of a time long past. Or it could have just been junk.
The best thing she had found, in her opinion, was the last. As Sylvia picked through the remains of the dead Dwarves and Skaven alike, she found a flat, wide blade, the shortsword of a former Dwarf. As she picked it up, she almost cut herself, as the blade was surprisingly light, almost too light; a weight comparable to her dagger. She grinned, imagining the bloodshed she could wreak with such a special weapon. She had decided to name it the “Feathered Blade” for both its weight and its shape, which reminded her of a bird’s feather.
To her right, she saw something peculiar: The party’s guide, Siph, had disappeared into the Skaven breach, all by himself! The torchlight faded as he went deeper into the darkness. Like a true assassin, Sylvia stalked towards the breach, walking cat-like through the darkness. The absence of light wasn’t much of a problem for her, as she only had to follow the light casted by Siph’s torch.
Now, where could you be going?
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That is very saddening to hear. You're a great writer, and I was very happy to have you. Is there no kind of compromise or other solution that could be made? After finishing the battle with Rose, it would be fine for you to be on hiatus for a while until school finishes up, for instance--providing that you aren't taking summer classes.
Well in that case, I'll most likely be on a hiatus for a bit after finishing the battle, then. Thanks for understanding. I'll probably finish the second round in a day, then the third later on.
Sorry guys, but I'm most likely not going to continue in the RP. Schoolwork and sports are currently proving to be too much, and I can't balance all three. I'll finish my battle with Rose Cythla, but that'll be it. Thanks though, it was fun.
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