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Post by Cao on Jun 24, 2011 20:20:49 GMT -5
The spawn of the serpent creature was a surprise in an of itself, especially given where it had spawned from, exactly. Yuri naturally didn't even try to touch Torrent as it glowed, having definitely not expected anything of this kind to happen. Had the weapon changed its mind? Or was this the beginning of his tests, perhaps? Daisuke had mentioned something like that, after all.
His instincts yelled and screamed at him to grab a hold of Torrent, to try and wield it, but something else overrode that. Something was telling him that lifting Torrent would be impossible now. And so, instead of the superweapon, he grabbed for Second Star, casually tossing its sheathe aside as he got into a battle stance. Naturally, as Flynn wound up trapped by the creature, he almost instantly charged in, spotting the lances of light imbedding into the creature before he spotted the familiar, pink-haired princess. He couldn't help but smirk as he attempted to slash at the giant snake.
"Don't worry about the injured," Tohru yelled out, his boomerang instantly summoned to his hand as a wall of earth shot up from the ground, surrounding the injured members of their party. As Repede joined into the fray, the foreigner threw his weapon with all his might, controlling it with his powers, only faltering slightly when he caught sight of the crest on the snake's head.
Isn't that crest... on Torrent itself?
He had no time to ponder as Alex suddenly dashed out, the boy faster than ever as he ran towards the fight. That overwhelming instinct in him wanted to call out, wanted to get the child back behind safety. That is, until he noticed the wings sprouting out of the child's back.
Alex managed to carefully fly over to Flynn, little wings working furiously to keep the boy safe and afloat, as he held out a hand to the Commandant. If one noticed, one would see that the child's eyes, rather than being their natural gold, were emerald green now, and he did not appear to be in control of his own actions.
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Post by Daisuke on Jun 24, 2011 22:33:34 GMT -5
Flynn, without a shield, was rather in a bad situation. However, he could fight without one, and so he did. He made a few hacks and slashes at the beast, successfully cutting below the feathers, as was everyone else. As the feathers came flying off, it was revealed to be even more disturbing. This giant feathered cobra had no scales, nor flesh. It had an insectoid exoskeleton, making this MUCH more annoying. The magic seemed to be cutting through the monster though, and rapidly. Vera caught on to the magical strikes doing more, and started hurling her weapon at the spots the magic left.
"Hey hey~ Is that a weakness I see~?" she joked, winking to the others to let them know she was on to something. Such a child sometimes.
Speaking of children.
"Alex, get back!" Flynn called, being hit head on by the cobra's tail and pushed back greatly. At this point, a large cloud of dust followed a loud, smashing noise. It came from the safe barrier.
"Tohru, can ya fix us up a bit 'ere?" said Iris, a familiar face to her.
[[Guess who's back, baby?!]] ::Hush you, they'll get pissed.:: "I already AM pissed that you two nimrods are back, and I'm gonna take it out on this sad excuse of a large belt!" Iris shouted to nobody. Well, seems her time away from her sanity outlet a bit too long. Ah well, the bionic arm was treating her nicely(Evident in the way she punched a goddamn hole in the barrier)
"Hmm... I might get me another one of these." she joked, rushing the cobra bare handed. She punched it, rather hard, in the same spot Flynn had exposed, causing a dent in the exoskeleton.
"Guys, it's just a giant snake bug! Give it the boot!"
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Post by Mimizuku on Jun 25, 2011 0:20:08 GMT -5
Raven could still fight, but he would have to do it long range if he didn't want to get hurt. Pulling out his bow, Raven shot an arrow towards the monster, looking to the side. " Here we are again, y'know we might not make it out of this one. " He said to Yuri, though joking even in this serious situation.
" Gah! " Karol felt his arm being smashed by the monster, though anything was better then being burnt by whatever the hell came out of that thing, was it acid, or poison? He grabbed his arm, wincing in pain as he still held his axe in his two hands. His arm hurt, but he could still move it. Karol looked at the monster, who was literally surrounding the whole group, a serious expression on his face.
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Post by Mi-chi on Jun 25, 2011 12:16:03 GMT -5
|| Crappiness. Only one person noticed Estelle, so I couldn't do much. ||
Don't worry about the injured, Estelle was told by Tohru, and she frowned slightly, but nodded, "Alright!" She really wanted to tend to the injured, but there was no way to get to them. That just made her realize she couldn't. So she simply listened to Tohru. So spells were weakening the snake, huh? She cast another Holy lance, and realized a girl come in. She seemed sort of cocky...
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Post by Cao on Jun 25, 2011 14:14:31 GMT -5
He shouldn't have wings... not now...
"You're having way too much fun!" Yuri couldn't help but chuckle, seeing how Vera was fighting. "And old man, stop being such a damned pessimist!" Even though he knew Raven had a point: this thing had come from Torrent, after all. He couldn't help but frown as he watched Flynn struggle slightly without his shield, making a mental note to try and finish this quickly. Alex, for whatever reason, had apparently backed off on Flynn's command, throwing what looked to be wind blades as if they were nothing. And where ever the magic hit, the exoskeleton was clearly weakened, if the cracks had anything to say about it. Repede's quick attacks also seemed to be doing some amount of damage, and just watching Tohru's boomerang slicing through the air as he shot spell after foreign spell at the creature. He'd even dropped the barrier since all the injured were already fighting.
Heh.
The Megraffe suddenly hissed, and loudly at that. Yuri's blood went cold as the giant cobra suddenly focused on Flynn, the obvious choice since he was so close to it. He'd never make it just in time just running.
"Yuri!" Tohru called out, and the long-haired swordsman looked just in time to watch as the boomerang morphed into a disk of some kind. No time to think, he followed his gut instinct as he hopped onto it, using it and the momentum to get high enough on the Megraffe before he jumped, thrusting his sword down into its skull. And just for added affect, thousands of wind blades suddenly struck at the Megraffe's body, further causing its destruction until it finally stopped squirming.
It was dead.
But had he made it in time?
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Post by Mimizuku on Jun 25, 2011 22:49:43 GMT -5
Raven looked at the fallen Megraffe, with a sigh, scratching his head. " What the hell was that thing? " He asked, putting his bow back. He fell onto the ground, though catching himself before falling completely, and getting into a sitting position. Yup, his left leg was still broken, though luckily Alex managed to heal everything else. He looked at the monster, it was.... huge. He had seen big monsters, but this thing was even beyond that size....
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Post by Mi-chi on Jun 25, 2011 23:18:31 GMT -5
Estelle awkwardly backed away when the snakes large body came falling over, nearly being crushed due to being right behind it, on the opposite side of the group. Her eyes were wide for a few moments when she noticed she was still only inches from the snake. And that thing fell instantly! She had to consider herself lucky. "Yuri, Flynn, Karol, Raven!!" She waved her hand to her friends, a faint smile on her lips. "Ah, Vera too?" There were also quite a few others here. So many faces! "Are you all alright? Are you hurt?" She scanned over the group. She could quickly realize that Karol was hurt by how he was moving, but she was concerned for the others wellbeing as well. Everyone's health was important to her. "Karol, let me heal you."
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Post by Daisuke on Jun 26, 2011 13:47:46 GMT -5
Flynn gave a curious turn of his head to see, indeed, Estelle was here. How strange, but he wouldn't turn down a chance to talk to an old friend. Who knows/ Maybe she'd join them. Of course, she came in just the knick of time; the party was in need of some serious healing.
Himself included, as his right pauldron had eroded off from the acid, and some of it had burned his shoulder below. She would also see Karol with an injured arm, Raven in very poor shape, and the unconscious man was awake again. This was strange.
"Lady Estellise! Your timing is flawless, though I wish that were on better terms than these."
He returned her wave with the arm that was not burned, and then turned back.
"If it isn't obvious, we've been through a rough couple of days. Wait... You know Vera?"
Vera came forward and answered this one.
"Ah, it's you, miss Princess. Where's my daughter?"
"Daughter?" Flynn parroted.
Vera shrugged, ignoring her own question now as she returned to the rest of them. Her eyes fell curiously on the fangs of the cobra; such poison and acid within them, such raw, natural power... What could the group USE it for?
So, while Vera was off plucking the fangs from the snake(A typical behavior of adventurers, in order to craft items), Flynn directed Estelle through introductions.
"The group has suffered much, but please take your time and introduce yourself. The man and boy are Alex and Tohru, who are emissaries of another world beyond ours. The woman with the metallic arm is Iris Skyline, who is a knight under my command. The strange man with glasses... Well, he actually just appeared near our camp last night, and hasn't spoken a word since."
Iris, meanwhile, was formulating an interesting idea. She was over with Vera, and the two were having a nice, pleasant conversation.
"Corrosive shield?" asked Vera.
"Yeah, like find something it can't burn off and make a shield outta that, then magically make it never dry up. Get me?"
"Yeah," she nodded, removing the second fang, "but what about this one?"
"Isn't it poisonous too? Let's use it to tip some swords. OH! Wait, why don't we just make a sword from it?"
Vera gave Iris a smile of mischief, and tied the two fangs off, loading them (with the ends and tips covered in something of course) onto her bag.
"You, little lady, just became my best friend."
Coming back to Flynn and the group, he decided he should tell Estelle right away of the dangers the group faced.
"Lady Estellise, I must warn you that we did not get this worn from mere monster hunting. Our group is out to stop a vicious man, and it will be dangerous. If you want to come with us, I will insist that you have someone with you at all times for protection."
Ordinarily, Flynn would never suggest Estelle get in harm's way, but he knew that she would see Yuri and instantly ignore any request he had for her to get to safety.
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Post by Mi-chi on Jun 26, 2011 15:29:50 GMT -5
|| Estellise ❈ Heurassein ||
Estelle spoke with Flynn as she healed Karol's arm, it wouldn't heal the bone, but it would at least help ease the pain for a little while. "It's alright, Flynn... I will be sure to tend to everyone. " She finished healing Karol's arm (considering there wasn't much she could do for it) and went to Flynn who was nearby her. Yes, I know Vera... a-and... your daughter?" The pinkette seemed uneasy for a moment as she thought of a way to explain it to her. But there was really no easier way to but the truth. "Someone flew off with her, m-my apologies... I was actually searching for her when I heard all the commotion." She bowed her head in shame, knowing that Vera trusted her and that she was supposed to take good care of Luria. If Vera became angry with her, she would understand completely.
She listened closely throughout all of the introductions Flynn directed her through. There was a slightly nervous smile on her lips as she realized how everyone seemed to get somewhat beat up along the way. "I know it will be dangerous," She began, "But I will still try to think thoroughly about my actions. I appreciate your concern, but I will be fine." Estelle didn't intend on dying anytime soon, but if it meant saving another, she would go through with it. Although, it would be best for her not to trouble herself with these thoughts until a time came when it was necessary for her to protect someone she cared dearly for.
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Post by Cao on Jun 26, 2011 16:23:32 GMT -5
Judging from the way Flynn was speaking to the pink-haired female alone, Tohru could easily guess that she must be someone of important, most likely royalty if her outfit had anything to say about it (and her title). Upon mention of his name, Tohru bowed briefly, a sign of respect towards the young woman. Alex did nothing, merely landing on the ground beside Tohru, wings vanishing off his back. The blond foreigner frowned when he noticed his sibling's eyes were still an unearthly green, but said nothing.
"What, you're not gonna deter her this time, Great Commandant?" Yuri asked, genuinely surprised by Flynn. Well, he could understand the Knight for not wanting to put up a fuss. Estelle could be really stubborn. He couldn't even count the number of times he'd ended up dragged along by her during their journey because she was determined to do something. Not that she was bad. She helped a lot of people out. She could just get... overwhelming sometimes. Yuri shook his head, a small, amused smile on his face.
"At any rate, we should eventually start moving," Tohru suggested. He briefly remembered the existence of his boomerang, spotting it embedded into the giant cobra's carcass. With a flick of the wrist it was gone, though in its place, a small wave of exhaustion walked over him. The foreign Knight shook his head to clear it away: he would be fine this time around. He had to get used to this.
"Who is this guy, anyway?" Yuri asked, noting the guy with glasses. Sure, he'd come in last night and he'd gotten Repede's seal of approval and had helped them against the giant snake... but they still didn't know his name. He nearly jumped out of his skin when Tohru's golem suddenly sprang to life behind him, scowling at the other blond who only shrugged.
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Post by Mimizuku on Jun 26, 2011 16:43:48 GMT -5
Raven looked up at Yuri. " Prolly just some salesman. " He told Yuri. " Who knows? " He shrugged. " Hey, mind helpin' yer old man up? " He asked, he couldn't get up on one leg unless he had something to hold onto. He lifted up his arms, waiting for someone to help him. Those kids, not even caring for their elders.
[[ MEAN KIDS, NOT EVEN CARING FOR THEIR ELDERS, CRAI, CRAI! ]]
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Post by Venetian on Jun 26, 2011 16:46:50 GMT -5
The snake-like monster was finally defeated. It seemed unfortunate that he was hardly able to help, but it was a given due to his exhaustion and pain that he would not be of much help to them. ' who is this guy anyway?' asked a purple-haired man that seemed of age 18 to 20 or so... The colonel smiled his grin of a smile, that grin that made any moment of any time awkward for the receivers of this grin. ' what the-- ' moments indeed. " My name is Jade Curtiss, " he introduced himself with the grin still on his face, " I apologize for my intrusion, but due to my lack of energy I was unable to continue to the next town. However, there seems to be something peculiar about this group that I find interesting.. " Then came that evil/happy expression that unnerved people.
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Post by Cao on Jun 26, 2011 20:07:43 GMT -5
"Jade Curtiss, huh?" Yuri said, ignoring the urge to deepen his scowl. He couldn't help but feel... well... iffy, when it came to this man. His expression was so... fake. Shaking his head, he looked back at Raven, shrugging as he offered a hand and helped him to his feet. And, as if on cue, Tohru's golem moved and came in place, and Yuri handed the Old Man off to the Earthen creature.
"Well, we're almost at town," Tohru said, turning his focus away from Alex for the time being, turning his attention to Yuri. "Capua Nor, right?"
"Yeah."
"Capua... Nor... "
And once again, the foreign Knight found his gaze being directed back at Alex, a small frown in the young child's face. Yet there was almost literally nothing that could be done. He didn't know what was wrong with him right now, but he knew for certain Alex's eyes weren't green.
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