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I think it'd be better to focus on the interaction between Tyrhallan and Arn for now. There's just one more post I want to make before we wrap things up for this scene.
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Both of you have better English than some primary speakers I know. If it helps though, one thing I do is to read my own writing after finishing a post and ask myself if I'm satisfied with what I've got. If the answer is no then I edit until the answer becomes yes. Most of the time, these edits are just small things that no one else but myself will notice, but that's okay because I feel like it helps me improve as a writer so I can do better by the next post. I assume that's just what everyone does though, so ignore me if you do this already.
Thanks and I just want to say, I'm really glad you and @Omni5876 joined my roleplay in the first place. It's been more fun and exciting than I ever hoped it would be, and I hope it continues to be in the future. I'm honestly just really grateful that this whole thing even took off at all, so thank you both sincerely.
Hey @deia876lat, is it all right if I move Ellis around a bit in my post? Given that she's unconscious and all. I'll edit my post if there's anything you don't like.
Also, I should probably mention that I'm starting to get a little burnt out, so after my next post I think I'll take a week long break to update the lore, catch up on any questions I might have missed and maybe put up a new interest check thread. Everyone cool with that?
Also, I should probably mention that I'm starting to get a little burnt out, so after my next post I think I'll take a week long break to update the lore, catch up on any questions I might have missed and maybe put up a new interest check thread. Everyone cool with that?
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Nena caught the tattooed girl by the wrist just as she was beginning to lean over the railing of the ship and yanked her to safety, sending both of them falling back onto the deck with the momentum.
"Ouch!" Nena yelped as she landed hard on her backside, managing to catch the girl in her arms and cushion her fall. Though as she did so, she noticed how cold and limp the girl had gone, and immediately feared the worst. "Hey. Hey! Stay with me damn it!"
Picking herself up from the ground while gently laying the girl on her back, Nena pressed an ear to her chest and sighed with relief when she heard a heartbeat. Though it was faint, it was enough to know that the girl was still alive. However, looking around at the chaos all around of colliding frigates and dueling cannons as the Incorruptible joined the fray, the only question that remained was now what?
As though in answer to Nena's thoughts, Petra shrilled a cry while slowly descending towards the deck with the rest of the refugees reaching out their hands from her back.
"Give her to me!" one of them, a bespectacled middle aged man, called out as the great white roc landed on the deck of the barge. "I can help, I'm a doctor."
"Well that's convenient," Nena replied as she struggled to drag the girl over by the armpits. The smuggler and another refugee jumped down onto the barge to help and together they lifted her up onto Petra's back. Nena followed soon after as she sat in her usual spot and said to her feathered companion, "After this, I'm buying all your favourite treats. Now let's get outta here!"
With an exuberant cry, Petra flapped her wings once, twice and then took to the skies away from the battle.
@Omni5876
"Mage!" Leo continued calling out as he stood up, using the machinegun for support. "Arn! Come on, say something buddy!"
"He's alive," one of the mounted knights replied as he halted in the air, his griffin flapping its wings to stay aloft. "But you won't be for long if you stay here. Jump on if you want to live."
"How do you know he's still alive?"
The deck jolted as something below exploded and Leo would have been flung off once again had he not kept a vice like grip on the heavy machinegun.
"This ship's engines are about to go critical," the second rider said as he approached. "We cannot linger here any longer."
"You'll just have to trust me, Spider," the first added.
Cursing silently for not being able to confirm Arn's status himself, Leo bent down into a crouch and leapt up like a flea onto the back of the first rider's saddle. Without another word, the knights departed from the scene as the colliding frigates turned from steel to flame in a final deafening roar while the third turned to escape the Incorruptible's incessant bombardment.
Leo felt the hot wind of the blast wave before hearing the noise, but it was nothing compared to the rhythm of his own heart as it beat furiously within his chest and as soon as he became aware of it, he had already forgotten about the battlemage. As the rider hunched over from the force of the blast, he turned his head around and did a double take before saying, "Hey... Spider. Why the hell are you smiling right now?"
"Oh? I wasn't aware," Leo simply replied as he continued smiling. So this is war.
Nena caught the tattooed girl by the wrist just as she was beginning to lean over the railing of the ship and yanked her to safety, sending both of them falling back onto the deck with the momentum.
"Ouch!" Nena yelped as she landed hard on her backside, managing to catch the girl in her arms and cushion her fall. Though as she did so, she noticed how cold and limp the girl had gone, and immediately feared the worst. "Hey. Hey! Stay with me damn it!"
Picking herself up from the ground while gently laying the girl on her back, Nena pressed an ear to her chest and sighed with relief when she heard a heartbeat. Though it was faint, it was enough to know that the girl was still alive. However, looking around at the chaos all around of colliding frigates and dueling cannons as the Incorruptible joined the fray, the only question that remained was now what?
As though in answer to Nena's thoughts, Petra shrilled a cry while slowly descending towards the deck with the rest of the refugees reaching out their hands from her back.
"Give her to me!" one of them, a bespectacled middle aged man, called out as the great white roc landed on the deck of the barge. "I can help, I'm a doctor."
"Well that's convenient," Nena replied as she struggled to drag the girl over by the armpits. The smuggler and another refugee jumped down onto the barge to help and together they lifted her up onto Petra's back. Nena followed soon after as she sat in her usual spot and said to her feathered companion, "After this, I'm buying all your favourite treats. Now let's get outta here!"
With an exuberant cry, Petra flapped her wings once, twice and then took to the skies away from the battle.
@Omni5876
"Mage!" Leo continued calling out as he stood up, using the machinegun for support. "Arn! Come on, say something buddy!"
"He's alive," one of the mounted knights replied as he halted in the air, his griffin flapping its wings to stay aloft. "But you won't be for long if you stay here. Jump on if you want to live."
"How do you know he's still alive?"
The deck jolted as something below exploded and Leo would have been flung off once again had he not kept a vice like grip on the heavy machinegun.
"This ship's engines are about to go critical," the second rider said as he approached. "We cannot linger here any longer."
"You'll just have to trust me, Spider," the first added.
Cursing silently for not being able to confirm Arn's status himself, Leo bent down into a crouch and leapt up like a flea onto the back of the first rider's saddle. Without another word, the knights departed from the scene as the colliding frigates turned from steel to flame in a final deafening roar while the third turned to escape the Incorruptible's incessant bombardment.
Leo felt the hot wind of the blast wave before hearing the noise, but it was nothing compared to the rhythm of his own heart as it beat furiously within his chest and as soon as he became aware of it, he had already forgotten about the battlemage. As the rider hunched over from the force of the blast, he turned his head around and did a double take before saying, "Hey... Spider. Why the hell are you smiling right now?"
"Oh? I wasn't aware," Leo simply replied as he continued smiling. So this is war.
Gonna be another late post from me. I'll finish it in the morning.
As Lucina fended off the knight's onslaught, she felt a weight bounce off her backside and chanced a look at the cause of it before parrying another swing from the enemy's mace.
"What are you doing out here, helmsman?" she grunted as she swept her battleaxe in a wide horizontal arc, forcing the knight back.
"Th-the enemy has control of the ship!" the helsman replied, his eyes flickering nervously between the two combatants. "I tried to stop him, but-"
"Enough. Go and find reinforcements, I will deal with this."
"Just you try, invader!" the knight retorted as he charged once again.
With a roar, Lucina met the attack with equal ferocity and launched into a blitz of her own. The resulting struggle was fierce yet brief as she rained down an avalanche of blows with ki enhanced strength and though the knight fought valiantly, he could do nothing but parry in vain as a final devastating strike shattered through his mace and armour, chopping into the ribs from the collarbone down.
Pulling her axe free, Lucina stood with grim satisfaction as the knight fell away coughing blood and breathing his last. Now it was Tyrhallan's turn, but as the Vaimese captain turned towards the wheelhouse she was surprised to see the helmsman still standing around, his mouth agape in horror while staring off towards the bow of the frigate.
"I thought I gave you an... order," Lucina began, trailing off as soon as she saw what the helmsman was seeing. She had not noticed it during the fight, but the airship was turning steeply to the side and seconds away from colliding with another frigate.
With a choking laughter almost entirely drowned out by blood, the fallen knight managed to utter in between gurgling coughs, "You're... too... late."
And as he laughed the rest of his life away, Lucina erupted in an explosion of rage while screaming towards the sky, "TYRHALLAN!"
Then the world became empty madness as the collision sent her flying through the air, her limbs flailing in a last ditch effort to save herself.
"What are you doing out here, helmsman?" she grunted as she swept her battleaxe in a wide horizontal arc, forcing the knight back.
"Th-the enemy has control of the ship!" the helsman replied, his eyes flickering nervously between the two combatants. "I tried to stop him, but-"
"Enough. Go and find reinforcements, I will deal with this."
"Just you try, invader!" the knight retorted as he charged once again.
With a roar, Lucina met the attack with equal ferocity and launched into a blitz of her own. The resulting struggle was fierce yet brief as she rained down an avalanche of blows with ki enhanced strength and though the knight fought valiantly, he could do nothing but parry in vain as a final devastating strike shattered through his mace and armour, chopping into the ribs from the collarbone down.
Pulling her axe free, Lucina stood with grim satisfaction as the knight fell away coughing blood and breathing his last. Now it was Tyrhallan's turn, but as the Vaimese captain turned towards the wheelhouse she was surprised to see the helmsman still standing around, his mouth agape in horror while staring off towards the bow of the frigate.
"I thought I gave you an... order," Lucina began, trailing off as soon as she saw what the helmsman was seeing. She had not noticed it during the fight, but the airship was turning steeply to the side and seconds away from colliding with another frigate.
With a choking laughter almost entirely drowned out by blood, the fallen knight managed to utter in between gurgling coughs, "You're... too... late."
And as he laughed the rest of his life away, Lucina erupted in an explosion of rage while screaming towards the sky, "TYRHALLAN!"
Then the world became empty madness as the collision sent her flying through the air, her limbs flailing in a last ditch effort to save herself.
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The blood, the trembling in the limbs and the wisps of Aether light rising from her body like smoke... this went beyond casting exhaustion. The girl was dying and still she tried to hold the frigate back. No, not even that, she was actively pushing it aside! The feedback from attempting such a feat must have been staggering. Even a thousandth of the forces involved would have been enough to crush any lesser mage into a smear on the deck.
Nena could not, dared not, imagine the amount of pain the girl must have been in right now. All she could think of was trying to stop her somehow before the power consumed her entirely, before passing beyond the point of no return that all mages feared if she hadn't done so already, but then the girl finally stirred after what felt like an hour of silence.
Her response to Nena was slow, as she turned her head towards her.
Nena could now see the lifeless dark eyes, that shone with a wild abandon. Whatever innerdemon housed within the girl, it was clear that the girl was ready to go beyond her limits, risking everything.
"Get them...out." The voice was still twisted, but held a sad soft desperate plea, before turning her attention to the frigate again.
"Uh, yeah, working on it," Nena replied, quite intimidated by the sight before turning to the other refugees, "Come on everyone, over the side!"
"What? We'll die if we do that!" the smuggler shouted back.
"Would you rather go down with the ship?"
"Maybe!"
"Oh for the love of..."
Nena rolled her eyes as she flung her hands up and conjured a powerful blast of wind, blowing the refugees over the side of the deck like a bunch of screaming leaves. Shortly after, Petra rose above the deck with a kick of her wings, shrilling a victory cry after each and everyone of them were accounted for. Well, almost everyone.
"Come on, you too!" Nena called out as she ran towards the tattooed girl, making a grab for her wrist. "You've done enough now let's go!"
@Omni5876
Leo watched Arn trying to cast his magic for a moment before turning towards the Vaimese soldier struggling over the rail and then back to the battlemage. Shaking his head, the Spider stood up to his feet again and sent a rush of air forward with a leisurely flick of his sabre, knocking the soldier off the rail and into the depths of the sky.
"You know, you really ought to use those every now and then," Leo said as he pointed with his weapon at Arn's own swords. "That's if you know how."
Then the deck began to shift again, only this time instead of a violent jerk it was the unmistakable lean of the airship making a turn.
"Well shit, looks like he's done it," Leo remarked as he saw the frigate to one side getting closer and closer while the other was being fired upon by the Incorruptible, raining down a bombardment of long range cannon shells now that the storm was starting to clear. "Let's do what we came here for and get out, come on!"
Running towards the rudder, Leo hopped over to the other side of the machinegun and sheathed his sabre as he manned the heavy weapon, keeping it pointed down the way he came.
"I'll cover you while you... oh shit, that's coming in fast. Hold onto something!"
Once again, the entire world seemed to shake as the frigate collided with the other far sooner than expected. The artificial muscle fibres in Leo's nerve suit strained as he clung onto the machinegun, which was fortunately bolted to the deck. Even so however, his own arms felt like they were about to tear off as his feet lifted into the air before immediately slamming back down onto the deck, bouncing painfully with bone shattering force.
The whole deck continued to rumble as the frigate pushed into the other one, but when the worst of it was past, two mounted knights appeared in the air as they descended from above. They had no doubt arrived to provide an evac, but Leo's focus was elsewhere as he looked around and called out above the screech of metal upon metal, "Hey mage! Are you still with us?"
The blood, the trembling in the limbs and the wisps of Aether light rising from her body like smoke... this went beyond casting exhaustion. The girl was dying and still she tried to hold the frigate back. No, not even that, she was actively pushing it aside! The feedback from attempting such a feat must have been staggering. Even a thousandth of the forces involved would have been enough to crush any lesser mage into a smear on the deck.
Nena could not, dared not, imagine the amount of pain the girl must have been in right now. All she could think of was trying to stop her somehow before the power consumed her entirely, before passing beyond the point of no return that all mages feared if she hadn't done so already, but then the girl finally stirred after what felt like an hour of silence.
Her response to Nena was slow, as she turned her head towards her.
Nena could now see the lifeless dark eyes, that shone with a wild abandon. Whatever innerdemon housed within the girl, it was clear that the girl was ready to go beyond her limits, risking everything.
"Get them...out." The voice was still twisted, but held a sad soft desperate plea, before turning her attention to the frigate again.
"Uh, yeah, working on it," Nena replied, quite intimidated by the sight before turning to the other refugees, "Come on everyone, over the side!"
"What? We'll die if we do that!" the smuggler shouted back.
"Would you rather go down with the ship?"
"Maybe!"
"Oh for the love of..."
Nena rolled her eyes as she flung her hands up and conjured a powerful blast of wind, blowing the refugees over the side of the deck like a bunch of screaming leaves. Shortly after, Petra rose above the deck with a kick of her wings, shrilling a victory cry after each and everyone of them were accounted for. Well, almost everyone.
"Come on, you too!" Nena called out as she ran towards the tattooed girl, making a grab for her wrist. "You've done enough now let's go!"
@Omni5876
Leo watched Arn trying to cast his magic for a moment before turning towards the Vaimese soldier struggling over the rail and then back to the battlemage. Shaking his head, the Spider stood up to his feet again and sent a rush of air forward with a leisurely flick of his sabre, knocking the soldier off the rail and into the depths of the sky.
"You know, you really ought to use those every now and then," Leo said as he pointed with his weapon at Arn's own swords. "That's if you know how."
Then the deck began to shift again, only this time instead of a violent jerk it was the unmistakable lean of the airship making a turn.
"Well shit, looks like he's done it," Leo remarked as he saw the frigate to one side getting closer and closer while the other was being fired upon by the Incorruptible, raining down a bombardment of long range cannon shells now that the storm was starting to clear. "Let's do what we came here for and get out, come on!"
Running towards the rudder, Leo hopped over to the other side of the machinegun and sheathed his sabre as he manned the heavy weapon, keeping it pointed down the way he came.
"I'll cover you while you... oh shit, that's coming in fast. Hold onto something!"
Once again, the entire world seemed to shake as the frigate collided with the other far sooner than expected. The artificial muscle fibres in Leo's nerve suit strained as he clung onto the machinegun, which was fortunately bolted to the deck. Even so however, his own arms felt like they were about to tear off as his feet lifted into the air before immediately slamming back down onto the deck, bouncing painfully with bone shattering force.
The whole deck continued to rumble as the frigate pushed into the other one, but when the worst of it was past, two mounted knights appeared in the air as they descended from above. They had no doubt arrived to provide an evac, but Leo's focus was elsewhere as he looked around and called out above the screech of metal upon metal, "Hey mage! Are you still with us?"
Sorry guys, bit of an early day for me tomorrow. I'll try to post straight after work.
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