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dragonblooming) wrote2019-01-14 06:48 pm
dragonblooming) wrote2019-01-14 06:48 pm
[memory 2 - lighthouse fight pt 1]
As you all head downstairs, you see the old lady runni-- walking very slowly out the door. "MISTER FLUFFYKINS, COME BACK!"
* Itsuki watches the cat run with a vaguely bemused expression.
* Itsuki ... and the lady, after the cat.
* Raylin giggles softly, watching the little spectacle as they leave.
* Fukofv rolls his eyes, hiding a slight grin as he goes.
As Fluffykins loses the old lady in the fish market, you set your sights on a greater target: the lighthouse. It's a short walk, but.. there's either a traitor and an Anathema inside, or someone with a lot of explaining to do. Either way...
* Itsuki takes a deep breath, nodding at the group. "Are we ready?"
Ichera> "Alright, if it's a traitor, we take him alive so we can get big fancy medals, if it's anathema, we kill the bitch on sight, if it's neither then we assess the situation and use our best judgment on lethal force."
* Luiso cracks his knuckles. "Understood."
Ichera> "So no killing old man of the lighthouse, yes killing blood apes."
Raylin> "Do they even give medals for not killing traitors on sight?" Raylin is stretching, joints crackling softly
Ichera> "Fuck if I know, maybe someone wants them alive for questioning?"
Itsuki> "He might not be a traitor."
Ichera> "Right, so take him alive anyway."
Raylin> "Well, I mean, if he's even a traitor."
Luiso> "If it's not the anathema, take them alive, yes, yes, let's do this."
Ichera> "Hit him over the head, if he's not a traitor we can apologize and say we thought he was a blood ape."
Itsuki> "... Okay."
Fukofv> "Just use common sense. If it's a traitor, then we can interrogate it and then put it out of its misery."
Raylin> "We done chatting then?"
Ichera> "Yes."
Fukofv> "Damn straight."
Itsuki> "Indeed."
* Ichera draws her GDK and holds it low at her side, perfect for slashing.
The lighthouse's simple, arched door is blown into tiny wooden shards as Fukofv kicks it down with his boots and RAW GUTS. Inside, a man in red armor stands faced away from you - apparently unfazed by the explosive entry, though his hands rest on the hilts of two shortswords at his hip. A tight, spiral staircase on the other side of him leads into the upper levels of the lighthouse.
* Raylin is standing behind Fukofv, spear held low and ready to charge in.
* Luiso brandishes his blade, pointing towards the man, a rather twisted grin on his face. "Move."
Itsuki> "Cathak Darinel, I imagine."
* Fukofv already has his swords drawn, pointing one at the man in red. "NAME?"
He doesn't flinch or respond to the words until his head jerks up suddenly, then he whirls - drawing both blades in an instant wordlessly. The crest of House Cathak is prominently engraved on the breastplate of his armor - easily visible as he begins rushing towards you.
Fukofv> "YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN I FUCKING ASK THEM!" Fukofv responds by rushing right at him in response, suddenly erupting into seething rage.
* Fukofv slams headfirst into the fight with little care for his own safety, earth cracking under his feet and blades spewing hot sparks as he lunges forward into a pair of swift, white-hot blows at the Cathak.
He skips aside from the first two blows, trailing flames and sparks in his wake. The following two, however, bite deep into his side - penetrating even the thick lamellar armor. He grits his teeth, then whistles - a flash of gold, and then two blood apes are storming down the staircase in a flurry of hooting and howling.
Fukofv> "DEMONS!? What kind of blasphemous NONSENSE is this!?"
Fukofv> "AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A REAL DYNAST OF THE REALM!"
* Ichera rushes in behind Fukofv and twists her body, bringing her sword around into a blindingly fast downward swing at the first blood ape as it still runs down the stairs.
Ichera nearly cleaves one of the apes' arms off, causing it to howl in unspeakable rage.
Darinel, meanwhile, responds to Fukofv's assault with a similar one - flames arcing behind the crossed strikes that he makes in a flurry of motion.
Ichera> "Right when I was hoping we would go somewhere and not have to kill something."
* Fukofv leaves a small crater in the floor under him as he suddenly slams one foot into the ground, gracefully propelling himself over the attack.
The ape Ichera hit slides across the floor before regaining its purchase and lunging towards Luiso.
* Luiso focuses, twirling his blade in place before trying to dance to the side of the barrage.
.. and thus the ape misses terribly, slamming face-first into the lighthouse doorframe.
Raylin> "Motherf-" Raylin charges in, thrusting her spear through the other blood ape and slamming him against the wall. "It's never that easy, trust me." She twists the spear, slamming it (and its still-impaled blood ape) into Ichera's target.
Raylin is now wielding what can be best described as an ape kabob.
* Fukofv is pushed back a bit by Darinel's assault, scowling as he crosses his blades outward in front of him, rushing forward in an outward, sweeping strike, the screech of jade-on-jade sparking just a split second of actual, erupting flame as he strikes. "YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU TAINT THE GRACE OF THE DRAGONS WITH THIS DEMONIC BLASPHEMY!"
Itsuki> "It's sad." His voice is nearly a whisper as he notches an arrow into his bow. "... Really sad... what they do to people. These things. These monsters." Itsuki draws the string back in a swift movement, fingers only lightly touching the weapon, eyes calm and melancholy. "In the service of anathema, you now fight against your brothers. To protect a demon-summoning demon, you've turned on us. I won't accept this. I'm sorry about this. Please don't resist." Then he lets the arrow fly, following it up immediately with a second one.
The Cathak lashes out clumsily towards Luiso, but misses terribly as the blades fly from his hands to clatter to the ground and he falls face-first into the floor with a 'thud'. There's an incoherent yell from somewhere above you - a clearly feminine yell.
* Ichera runs up the stairs, holding her GDK over one shoulder.
* Raylin turns, sweeping the spear full of apes towards the Cathak, thankfully missing him and slamming them into the wall, leaving a pulpy mess. "Shit. Did you guys hear that too?"
Itsuki> "That would be our anathema, I imagine."
* Luiso twitches, quite steamed from not getting to do anything. Enragedly, he -bounds- up the stairs, bouncing off the walls and crazy jumping shiet.
* Fukofv is already ripping up the stairs, screaming. "COME ON DOWN AND MEET YOUR FATE, UNCLEAN!"
* Raylin tears after the others, racing up the stairs.
* Itsuki leans down and checks the Cathak's pulse, confirming his status as one of the living before nodding and straightening up again.
Definitely alive. Definitely going to bleed to death if he's not treated within fifteen minutes or so, max.
Itsuki> Itsuki bites his fingernail, then crouches down again. He puts his bow down, rips off a piece of his sleeve, and sets about trying to staunch the bleeding- if he could save one person, traitor maybe, definitely a dragonblooded either way... his hands are a flurry of green and motion as he works quietly, grim determination in his eyes.
He's still bleeding, just not as badly. For now.. he'll live.
* Itsuki sighs. "I'd like to talk to you after this, if I can," he mutters to the unconscious body, then follows the rest upstairs.
The stairs terminate at a second landing just below the actual top of the lighthouse, a woman with silver hair tied back in a tight braid clutching her side. "D-damnit, I should have known.." She looks up at you, the caste mark of the Unclean blazing on her forehead - then bares her teeth in a snarl, before pulling a small golden stone from a satchel next to her. "If you want to kill me-" She crushes the stone in her hand, a brilliant flash of light blinding you - "- you'll have to do better than that!"
WHAT HE LEARNED:
- why were we fighting demon monkeys
- i don't understand
- hey
- hey?
- hey....
- hey?
* Itsuki watches the cat run with a vaguely bemused expression.
* Itsuki ... and the lady, after the cat.
* Raylin giggles softly, watching the little spectacle as they leave.
* Fukofv rolls his eyes, hiding a slight grin as he goes.
As Fluffykins loses the old lady in the fish market, you set your sights on a greater target: the lighthouse. It's a short walk, but.. there's either a traitor and an Anathema inside, or someone with a lot of explaining to do. Either way...
* Itsuki takes a deep breath, nodding at the group. "Are we ready?"
Ichera> "Alright, if it's a traitor, we take him alive so we can get big fancy medals, if it's anathema, we kill the bitch on sight, if it's neither then we assess the situation and use our best judgment on lethal force."
* Luiso cracks his knuckles. "Understood."
Ichera> "So no killing old man of the lighthouse, yes killing blood apes."
Raylin> "Do they even give medals for not killing traitors on sight?" Raylin is stretching, joints crackling softly
Ichera> "Fuck if I know, maybe someone wants them alive for questioning?"
Itsuki> "He might not be a traitor."
Ichera> "Right, so take him alive anyway."
Raylin> "Well, I mean, if he's even a traitor."
Luiso> "If it's not the anathema, take them alive, yes, yes, let's do this."
Ichera> "Hit him over the head, if he's not a traitor we can apologize and say we thought he was a blood ape."
Itsuki> "... Okay."
Fukofv> "Just use common sense. If it's a traitor, then we can interrogate it and then put it out of its misery."
Raylin> "We done chatting then?"
Ichera> "Yes."
Fukofv> "Damn straight."
Itsuki> "Indeed."
* Ichera draws her GDK and holds it low at her side, perfect for slashing.
The lighthouse's simple, arched door is blown into tiny wooden shards as Fukofv kicks it down with his boots and RAW GUTS. Inside, a man in red armor stands faced away from you - apparently unfazed by the explosive entry, though his hands rest on the hilts of two shortswords at his hip. A tight, spiral staircase on the other side of him leads into the upper levels of the lighthouse.
* Raylin is standing behind Fukofv, spear held low and ready to charge in.
* Luiso brandishes his blade, pointing towards the man, a rather twisted grin on his face. "Move."
Itsuki> "Cathak Darinel, I imagine."
* Fukofv already has his swords drawn, pointing one at the man in red. "NAME?"
He doesn't flinch or respond to the words until his head jerks up suddenly, then he whirls - drawing both blades in an instant wordlessly. The crest of House Cathak is prominently engraved on the breastplate of his armor - easily visible as he begins rushing towards you.
Fukofv> "YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN I FUCKING ASK THEM!" Fukofv responds by rushing right at him in response, suddenly erupting into seething rage.
* Fukofv slams headfirst into the fight with little care for his own safety, earth cracking under his feet and blades spewing hot sparks as he lunges forward into a pair of swift, white-hot blows at the Cathak.
He skips aside from the first two blows, trailing flames and sparks in his wake. The following two, however, bite deep into his side - penetrating even the thick lamellar armor. He grits his teeth, then whistles - a flash of gold, and then two blood apes are storming down the staircase in a flurry of hooting and howling.
Fukofv> "DEMONS!? What kind of blasphemous NONSENSE is this!?"
Fukofv> "AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A REAL DYNAST OF THE REALM!"
* Ichera rushes in behind Fukofv and twists her body, bringing her sword around into a blindingly fast downward swing at the first blood ape as it still runs down the stairs.
Ichera nearly cleaves one of the apes' arms off, causing it to howl in unspeakable rage.
Darinel, meanwhile, responds to Fukofv's assault with a similar one - flames arcing behind the crossed strikes that he makes in a flurry of motion.
Ichera> "Right when I was hoping we would go somewhere and not have to kill something."
* Fukofv leaves a small crater in the floor under him as he suddenly slams one foot into the ground, gracefully propelling himself over the attack.
The ape Ichera hit slides across the floor before regaining its purchase and lunging towards Luiso.
* Luiso focuses, twirling his blade in place before trying to dance to the side of the barrage.
.. and thus the ape misses terribly, slamming face-first into the lighthouse doorframe.
Raylin> "Motherf-" Raylin charges in, thrusting her spear through the other blood ape and slamming him against the wall. "It's never that easy, trust me." She twists the spear, slamming it (and its still-impaled blood ape) into Ichera's target.
Raylin is now wielding what can be best described as an ape kabob.
* Fukofv is pushed back a bit by Darinel's assault, scowling as he crosses his blades outward in front of him, rushing forward in an outward, sweeping strike, the screech of jade-on-jade sparking just a split second of actual, erupting flame as he strikes. "YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU TAINT THE GRACE OF THE DRAGONS WITH THIS DEMONIC BLASPHEMY!"
Itsuki> "It's sad." His voice is nearly a whisper as he notches an arrow into his bow. "... Really sad... what they do to people. These things. These monsters." Itsuki draws the string back in a swift movement, fingers only lightly touching the weapon, eyes calm and melancholy. "In the service of anathema, you now fight against your brothers. To protect a demon-summoning demon, you've turned on us. I won't accept this. I'm sorry about this. Please don't resist." Then he lets the arrow fly, following it up immediately with a second one.
The Cathak lashes out clumsily towards Luiso, but misses terribly as the blades fly from his hands to clatter to the ground and he falls face-first into the floor with a 'thud'. There's an incoherent yell from somewhere above you - a clearly feminine yell.
* Ichera runs up the stairs, holding her GDK over one shoulder.
* Raylin turns, sweeping the spear full of apes towards the Cathak, thankfully missing him and slamming them into the wall, leaving a pulpy mess. "Shit. Did you guys hear that too?"
Itsuki> "That would be our anathema, I imagine."
* Luiso twitches, quite steamed from not getting to do anything. Enragedly, he -bounds- up the stairs, bouncing off the walls and crazy jumping shiet.
* Fukofv is already ripping up the stairs, screaming. "COME ON DOWN AND MEET YOUR FATE, UNCLEAN!"
* Raylin tears after the others, racing up the stairs.
* Itsuki leans down and checks the Cathak's pulse, confirming his status as one of the living before nodding and straightening up again.
Definitely alive. Definitely going to bleed to death if he's not treated within fifteen minutes or so, max.
Itsuki> Itsuki bites his fingernail, then crouches down again. He puts his bow down, rips off a piece of his sleeve, and sets about trying to staunch the bleeding- if he could save one person, traitor maybe, definitely a dragonblooded either way... his hands are a flurry of green and motion as he works quietly, grim determination in his eyes.
He's still bleeding, just not as badly. For now.. he'll live.
* Itsuki sighs. "I'd like to talk to you after this, if I can," he mutters to the unconscious body, then follows the rest upstairs.
The stairs terminate at a second landing just below the actual top of the lighthouse, a woman with silver hair tied back in a tight braid clutching her side. "D-damnit, I should have known.." She looks up at you, the caste mark of the Unclean blazing on her forehead - then bares her teeth in a snarl, before pulling a small golden stone from a satchel next to her. "If you want to kill me-" She crushes the stone in her hand, a brilliant flash of light blinding you - "- you'll have to do better than that!"
WHAT HE LEARNED:
- why were we fighting demon monkeys
- i don't understand
- hey
- hey?
- hey....
- hey?