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So, @Mokley@Cairo@drewccapp@Girlie1Bomba@WittyReference@c3p-0h@baraquiel, should we:

-Wait for the little-ones to spew more details.-

Or

-"Spring the trap" for the sake of moving things forward a bit?-
Sorry that was so basic - I realized there wasn't much Ifor would actually do outside of follow the crowd or react to imminent danger on this one. Best of luck to the rest of ya XD), we'll see who's the most creative in times of doubt!

P.S. Can you guess the typo Auto-Correct was so kind as to suggest for me? 100 Goober-Dollars to the first to find it!
Beckoned by its invitation, the sea-ravaged foreigners plodded on across the sugary face of the windswept belt - weary footsteps rising and sinking amidst the soft sands, casting imprints within which their contorted shadows seemed to bleed and leave excess as the golden rays boiled them away like tallow. Another sharp wind swept in from over the dark, rolling waves, seeping through what little protection was offered by the water-logged clothes that stuck tight to the strangers' skins; some sought a vain sort of shelter from the unwelcome caress by trailing downwind of others, wrapping their arms about themselves and, when all else failed, simply resorting to stamping about in the muffling dunes. And in Ifor's eyes, it served those certain *others right - he didn't care to be tacitly voted Human Shield of the team just because he wouldn't throw a fit or meld with the ground every time the situation got tense.

...That being said, it was still a clever move for such salt-soaked and booze-ridden brains as theirs.

Hmm...for that 'victory' a ways back, it was almost surprising how many casualties they'd suffered: the lichen had stopped having delusions of grandeur over peace with the natives, and instead now merely whispered delusionally; the inebriated "Lazy" and her equally off-canter relative, "Izzy", were nowhere to be seen - even the vixen's mutt had skulked off to some region unknown.

He stopped at the sounds of mumbled grumbling - it appeared that the pair having to haul the old weasel's maddened state the world over weren't having the best time back there...mostly given his habits of rolling around on the ship-siding they'd repurposed into an uncomfortable stretcher. Yet, it was all they could do outside of leaving him to the skulking filth - tandem-dragging him up the crag hadn't turned out particularly well, and Ifor remained incapable of carrying the moaning corpse anywhere in his own state. Perhaps, with a little luck, the strange party might arrive fairly shortly at their destination...at least, before they could start a vote on how much excess luggage they were willing to carry...

The broad-bodied traveler was halfway through resuming his pace when, quite oddly, he was forced to stop once more at an awkward squelch caught beneath his ragged boot. Not the usual squelching of sogged leather, either, but rather unexpectedly, of a washed up, deflated and crusty-looking...squid, of some sort? It didn't entirely look like a squid, but could've perhaps been a distant relative - what with the limp multitude of testicles and...were squid eyeless and pink? Ifor scratched his head, crouching in idle bewilderment at the glimmering mass reflected under the cobalt light.

"SPLOOSH"; the sound jolted the straggler's eyes up, up, up...up onto the soaring, bestial shadow high above. It was the instinct of the others to immediately scurry for the cover of shadow, nearly scuttling their wounded in the process - yet Ifor could only gaze in wonder at the creature's majesty, in the power of its heavy, beating wings. It rounded the rocky bend, apparently missing them entirely, but nearly casting the party back by appearance alone.

Soft whispers and the sound of debate caught his ear from where he slunk, but little else could be gathered besides the ever-more cautious procession of the line: they would continue, it seemed...and so they did. Like mice they crept along, hugging what little cover could be provided by the incline, until finally they too turned the corner, and were met by an equally startling sight. What rays of glimmering gold that had been temporarily lost behind the cliff only minutes before now coveted almost the whole of the beach, the sea, and perhaps even the stars themselves! Soft, constant light flowed over the dunes, cutting through the night and drawing the eye towards its source, a...hovering? Yes, it was a hovering, almost 'carved' rock, and yes, there appeared to be children camping in the distance; and yes, there was more than one of--

"WOOSH" - like a thunderclap the air came to life! It burst across the sands, spewing forth a frantic shower of debris and pinning their clothes and hair behind them; even the shimmering idol seemed to momentarily flutter and fail...or perhaps it grew brighter? And yet, in the moment of its resurrection, the great ocean-churning wind was silent...and from what Ifor's startled eyes could make out through the shaken comfort of the shadows, it appeared that the mutt was motioning for them to be so as well; So this was where he'd gotten off too.

Like cornered rats they held tight, constipated in the crisp dim; all that could be done was wait, now that the watch had apparently been alerted.
Hmm...I should have a post up by tonight or tomorrow; things are looking even more interesting in the meantime.
I'm liking how this "Theater-Stage" format is coming along - it's an interesting take on RPs (so far as I know, anyway).
Work is kicking my ass, if I don't post by tonight just presume his lorship is in shock and drag the bastard along with. Sorry for holding you guys up.


No worries, seems like we're all busy atm.
Searing, bubbling pain enveloped his arms, as if Golde hadn't so much applied a healing agent as she'd dunked the unfortunate things in a couple vats of boiling water. Such was the shock of the medicine's sudden intensity that the man entered a state of pseudo-petrification - tightening up into a figure devoid of all sound or movement.

A stray wind drifted in from across the idle seas, rustling up Ifor's mossy goatee and bringing with it a startlingly frigid touch to an otherwise passively cool night. Even the moon sought a fleecy retreat, draping herself in cloud-cover as darkness cast its all-encompassing visage upon the narrow strip. A hint of movement caught the attention of Ifor's pained gaze, and he squinted after the exit of a particularly quiet shadow from their midst. Yet from a few paces back, Chapt'n Thomus cut through the gelid air with reasonably tranquil declaration:


"We don't know if more of those things are going to come back, and we don't know if driving that one off was just a fluke. The beach is unsafe. If anyone can't walk, they need to be helped by the people who can. We'll catch up with the crazy naked lady, we'll find a defensible location, make a fire, dry off..."

The moon ended her brief reprieve, and once more the beach was lit up in a pale blue splendor. Just a ways down the dunes, one could make out the temperamental body-language of the vixen as she laid into the quiet stranger; no mercy from that woman, it seemed. And how badly would it suck to be that man, then - getting slapped about by a harpy several hands smaller than you from the moment you woke up? Ifor knew he'd never take that kind of abuse willingly...

...

...But there were all sorts of types in this world - and who was he to judge the lack of another's virility?

He twitched - the presence of an unexpected teardrop poking his flesh in a sudden moment of remembrance. In this state, he wouldn't be able to defend himself against even the smallest of creatures...not with his fists, anyway.


"...Not ghunna get far wh'out weaponry, Chapt'n..." Ifor stated acutely, releasing a dreary head from its stone-like contraction and nodding it up and down the coastline. "...Ehvun uh rhock's keen in the hand whith the phrop'r 'mount of force." His eyes stopped, fixated upon the glowing ball hanging ever-so-distantly in the midnight sky.

"...As for shel'tr...where ther's lhight, there's fiher."
Even if there hadn't just been a brawl, I'd still be invested in these characters; top marks to all so far!
He blinked thrice, and that was that; like magic the beast had recoiled back into its secluded hearth, spurning the pallid illumination of defeat in favor of darkness's safe haven. No one sought to chase after it; after all, it wasn't wise to chase snakes through thickets - and even if they'd had the will to, who would guard the wounded still scattered about the sugary dunes? The now even further mutilated circus attraction took the time to observe his surroundings - taking special notice of the downed aristocrat. He passed by the captain on his way over -still tightly gripping his blade in a battle-position, as if in disbelief at the events which had just transpired- and rested a weary, lacerated hand on the boy's shoulder:

"Hone this..."

Ifor swatted the blade aside by its flat, then lightly tapped the lad's chin with the back of his hairy mitt; afterwards, it resumed its dreary position at his side -along with the rest of his lengthy appendage- as his usual lax posture returned to him.

"...'Fore you khep wahggin' that."

Within a few more heavy steps, he was presiding over the agonizing 'gentleman', and his eyes bore down upon the ill-minded ballroom brat mercilessly. He maintained this silent chiding for a few moments longer even though he doubted its effectiveness - then, seeking to retain some measure of diplomacy, raised a closed fist just overhead of the ragged suzerain...and opened it. A freshly painted stone cast itself aside Varric's head with a solid, condemnatory thud - sinking guiltily into the mellow sands.

"...You dhropped this."

In a similar fashion to the stone, he sank, cocking his head at the seeping toothmarks embellishing the lichen's shoulder. He reached for his own, and with a singular, powerful stroke, ripped clean what little resistance the waterlogged fibers gave him. Also as with the stone, he let it clutter the space opposite Varric's hollow cranium.

"Whipe yur'selhf off...you're bleeding..."
10 minutes in and one of the survivors has already lost her mind...

...so I assume everything's going according to schedule?

Edit: +1,000,000 points for making use of the word "Ken".
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