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Post by Javal Zarrias on May 24, 2023 0:30:03 GMT -5
Although Javal was opposed to being so brutal against the criminals he didn't even dare object, she was right these fiends deserved severe punishment. They harmed mother nature itself, something so helpless and pure for no reason but to further their own selfish goals. He stood by watching Nami but the fear in the men's hearts solemnly.
“Uh uh, fine we were just a small team meant to just distract you the real heavy hitters are scattered all around the forest getting all the available resources and extracting them. All the team commanders are scattered about doing their jobs”, the man who soiled himself said.
“Yeah yeah don’t blame us we were just hired by some rich noble dude who wanted all the forest here to be drained of resources and then destroyed”, said the other.
“You’re saying that there are worse more evil guys to punish here than just you two cowardly grunts?”, Javal asks excitedly.
“Yes,” they both say in unison in a sad and defeated tone, “Each of the team commanders is very strong on their own. They’ve been hired from all around Charon and are very skilled contract killers”.
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Post by kaminarinami on May 25, 2023 10:28:09 GMT -5
The information made the centaur pause, while these lot weren't much of a fight... continuing pursuit meant things would only get harder from here. Sighing heavily, she knew that protecting the forest was what needed doing, but it would mean a great deal more fighting, danger, and loss. Fishing around in the pockets of the fallen ones, she pulled out a map with circles drawn in various places. It indicated some sort of coordination and planning but little else. After looking over it for a few minutes, she walked over to the men.
"Where do we be standin' on this map?"
"H-here..."
"These others, with the arrows, are the leaders and their groups?"
"... Yeah"
"How long til it starts?"
"Sunset... "
"Well now... that's a real shit pickled in cheap booze... ya lousy bastards."
She explained the information to Javal, they were at a marked point near the road. Arranged around the heart of the forest was 4 other groups, each with a leader and a crew who were to set off the fires and run like hell, while this group was to keep the escape route secured. She figured they'd dallied with this area long enough... they needed to start striking the core groups, and in such a way that they're boxed in and can't warn the others. She spread the map out on a log that was serving as a seat, dropped a bunch of pebbles on them and arranged them like a board game. It took several tries, estimating that each group was a similar size to this one, to find a strategy that might win them the day. They'd have to be harsh and decisive, attacking this problem in a fashion one might go after a roving band of marauders... hard, fast and without prisoners.
He'd already seemed adverse to taking life, which meant this whole endeavor was about to get even more difficult. Not that she could blame him, it was a far nobler path to take... but she wasn't an idealistic person, she lived in the wilds and in turn was equally influenced by the laws governing life outside of cities and towns. Often, this was one of many things she clashed with more civil folk about. Justice was for noble hearts, and twisted minds, something Nami found bizarre and outright foolhardy at times. She saw this as another hunt, one to protect the beauty of natural territory. Each member of the group they were facing was a rival that needed to be put down, or risk losing such a wonder.
She try to explain this as best she could to Javal, but it'd be a blundering mess... her social skills both unconvincing and resoundingly lacking.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on May 29, 2023 2:53:38 GMT -5
“Hm, it seems we have a lot of work ahead of us, Lady Nami. We must hurry at once if we have any hope of saving this forest from great peril. Thankfully for us, you seem to be a good enough strategist because I on the other hand am a horrible tactician. We have to strike now against the vile enemy, let us be on our way and leave these two here”, Javal says to Nami.
"Thank you good sirs for accepting your embarrassing loss. Hopefully, you two learn and become better people from this”, Javal says, now facing the two embarrassed grunts.
“Uh yes we will be good sir thank you for not killing us we’ll clean up our act and never do crime again we swear”, said one of the two.
“Good now as for what you’re talking about Nami I can’t bring myself to kill those without reason although it may be brutal and vicious I can understand your willingness and need to kill those who have done so much evil. Although I may not participate in the killings of people I shall not stand in your way although I may ask you to please carry mercy and understanding towards some of the people we may fight. After all, not all of them may be monsters. Any chance to save someone from being one I’ll take in a heartbeat. Let’s give this our all Nami and bring these evildoers to justice and save the forest from evil. Maybe they’ll whimper and beg for mercy like these two numbskulls here”, Javal says pointing at the embarrassed grunts.
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Post by kaminarinami on May 29, 2023 17:02:17 GMT -5
She sighed softly, nodding along. This Javal had a sense of justice and kind soul, though she wondered just how naive that view could be. The world was a harsh place, and life was not so clear cut. There was every possibility those left alive would rise again to harm the world, nature and others and leaving loose ends was not something she cared to do. There was no time for prisoners, second chances, or mercy when the forest itself was about to be burned to ash and buried in the muck... but she would at least try not to kill anyone who chose to leave, surrender...
"Ye got a big ideal, and a gentle heart... hope ye got a plan for all the fools, mercifully left intact and to their devices. All it'll take is one..." Her voice trailed off, lost in thought. She was itching to be done with this, to call down a storm of lightning on their souls and see those pitiful, bitter creatures off to the next life.
"Are ya gonna be followin' me again, or are ye goin' your own route. I'd like to get this done before we come upon a raging inferno..." The disdain for such an idea was thick in her voice, her hand trembling with rage. Men fighting one another, warring themselves incessantly was all fine and dandy... but crossing that line into harming nature itself was worse than any war crime to the young centaur.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on May 30, 2023 17:27:53 GMT -5
Javal says, “I do trust me, even if I don’t have a complete plan of what we should do and only part of one I’ll just crush the evildoers and save the forest and that should be good enough to save the day. I promise you Nami I won’t let any harm come to the forest I will keep it safe I can agree that some of these villains are irredeemable and evil and for those I shall gladly kill them myself whoever not all of them may be bad but some could be like these two grunts so let’s try to save the forest and all of its creatures. I’ll follow your lead Nami it seems like you have a better grasp at navigating these wildlands than I do after all you were able to get us here so far”.
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Post by kaminarinami on Jun 15, 2023 1:16:06 GMT -5
Nami nodded to Javal, then looked around for a brief moment to regain her bearings. She picked a direction, figuring it best to start outward and work their way towards the center. With her spear tucked in close to her body, she rushed through the trees. As she ran, she tracked the trail of movement left by scores of people moving about the woods in recent days. Occasionally checking her pace to Javal's, she did her best to keep in his sight, taking wide sweeping turns to keep track of the trail.
Ahead, a clearing was lit by torchlight and she could see another group of four within. She let out a wild, whooping warcry as she cleared the edge of the brush. Startled, thrown into disarray by the sudden appearance of someone unexpected, the group hesitated. She slammed into the nearest full sprint, holding her spear out in front of her. Magical arcs of electricity plus the force of her charge tossed the man across the clearing stunned and unconscious. She didn't slow, instead turning in her charge and hitting the man furthest into the clearing with the momentum she'd built up. Finally coming to a stop, she turned to the other pair, leveling her spear towards them as they took up their weapons.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 4, 2023 1:35:52 GMT -5
Javal was struggling to sprint behind Nami trying his absolute best to match her quick pace. It was a difficult task as Nami had four legs and Javal only had two but he did his best to keep up. He could tell that the centaur warrior was slowing down for his sake and he greatly appreciated it. They finally arrived at the first camp they saw Javal was about to question Nami about how they should approach the fiends when suddenly she sent out a loud war cry to warn the enemies about their might. It was a move that impressed Javal, usually when he tried to do that he’d get scolded by his time.
“I like your style Nami”, Javal said, jumping out of the tree's katana unsheathed in hand and ready for battle.
As Javal jumped into the battlefield he noticed a couple of odd things there were four fools all in the same uniform and getting armed and two of them were getting destroyed by Nami it was about to be four until the two that were beaten by Nami earlier jumped back into action and charge straight at her swords in hand. The other two that she was about to attack suddenly rushed Javal and tried to hold him in place.
He heard one of them mutter to the other that was with him, “We just have to hold them off for a little bit just push through the pain my friend”.
Such a comment unnerved Javal what were these four buffoons planning, that Javal couldn’t think of. He brushed this unease off and decided to just deal with what was in front of him. He lifts the two that were trying to hold him down into the air. And throws them off him he then grabs them and slams their heads together knocking them out. It seemed that Nami herself had finished off the reinvigorated fools that tried the same, everything felt fine and the two were about to run off to try to look for more of these fiends.
That was until suddenly the sounds of whirling and roaring appeared behind them, a figure in a red uniform walks behind them and laughs holding a small glowing pink orb, “You did well my friends now let me do the rest”.
The red figure suddenly changes into a giant hulking wereboar creature and charges the two heroes.
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Post by kaminarinami on Jul 4, 2023 2:33:45 GMT -5
Nami chuckled softly, leveling her spear at the pair charging at her and fired off a lightning bolt at the one on the left. It struck him mid stride and blasted the man off his feet, tumbling end over end and sparking as he skid across the ground. The man on the right's charge was met with the blunt cap of her spear as she reared, then dropped her weight forward to add to the power of her strike. He stood stunned for a moment before teetering and collapsing, knocked out cold by the heavy thud to his thick skull. Just as she was about to go free Javal of his quarry, another man entered the field.
Before he joined the fray, he shifted into a strange, boar like beast with the arms and legs of a man. With a squealing roar, he charged the pair in similar fashion to his wild counterpart. A pair of wicked tusks forward, head down, he dug into the ground with hands and feet. Flinging clods of dirt behind, he barreled toward the lass and her fellow warrior. She smiled wide, leveling her spear in both hands and bracing herself to meet his charge. As the pair were about to collide, he stood up and raised a fist before leaping into the air towards her. Once he'd cleared the tip of her spear, she fired another lightning bolt towards the ground about 30 feet behind the man-beast. Just as it was about to collide with the ground, she teleported to the end of the bolt and spun about to raise her spear, bracing herself to hurl it at her surprised opponent as his fist slammed into the ground where she was standing just a moment ago.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 4, 2023 23:35:45 GMT -5
Javal was impressed with Nami’s quick and powerful attacks, especially that lightning bolt attack. He was surprised to see such a small and unimpressed man in a red uniform quickly change into a hulking wereboar. He was barely able to brace himself against his attack with his katana but even that was a huge strain on Javal. Javal was incredibly strong but even his strength wasn’t close to the newly awakened wereboar’s power.
The wereboar towers above the two and brings his fists down on the pair of adventurers in an attempt to crush them. While Nami quickly can escape and attempt a lightning spear attack, Javal is hit by the ground smash; he bounces into the air and is thrown into a tree.
He coughs up some blood and struggles to pick himself up and support himself on his sword. He laughs painfully and says, “Haha is that all you got piggy let’s bring it”.
The pig then roars after getting hit by Nami’s attack and charges again at her while having the spear still stick in itself.
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Post by kaminarinami on Jul 10, 2023 4:36:02 GMT -5
She hurled her spear, which changed shape mid air into a bolt of electricity. It struck the wereboar in the side, burrowing a smoldering, blackened hole in their side before vanishing a moment later to reappear in the centaur's hand. She watched as Javal went careening off into a tree and wondered how the man could ever get much done when they could barely get out of their own way... no matter, she took the opportune distraction with a gleeful grin.
The boar-man let out a loud roaring and charged at the girl again, only she was more than ready this time. She waited until the last possible instant, tucking her legs and bracing her body behind the gleaming shaft of her spear much the same way a pikeman might meet a cavalry charge. Braced against the ground, she and the spear went skidding across the mud as they were pushed back by the boar, until the butt of the spear caught on something solid. There was a great gush of red, her face only about a foot or so away from it's putrid breath and wicked tusks as the spear and his own momentum did their dirty work. Skewered between chin and throat, the wereboar struggled after the offending shaft a few moments before dropping into a heap and shifting back.
She looked over at Javal, unceremoniously retrieving her spear and shaking her head.
"Ya alright there? Some day you're gonna be like him... skewered for bein' foolhardy and not gettin' outta yer own way."
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 11, 2023 2:24:11 GMT -5
Javal was completely impressed by Nami’s complete and utter destruction of the formerly life-threatening and alive monstrous wereboar.
Javal then responds to Nami's questions “Yeah I’m alright only some light damage nothing I can't shake off. Sorry for getting crushed for a second there I don’t have any teleporting electrical abilities like yourself. I shall promise to make up for my defeat in the next battle against these buffons that I swear it”.
Suddenly noise begins coming out of the mysterious orb that the formerly alive werepig.
Javal walks over to the human corpse and picks it up and brings it over to Nami to listen in.
“Hello there Gamma Squad come over it seems some foolhardy travelers came across and beat up Zeta Squad be on guard they might be heading over to your location. Delta Squad and Epsilon Squad should only be a couple of miles right and left of you if you need help dealing with rats Beta Squad Leader out stay safe and you’ll be rich beyond your wildest dreams”.
Javal gently places the orb on the ground and turns to face Nami, “So where do we go from here, Delta Squad or the Epsilon Squad".
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Post by kaminarinami on Aug 7, 2023 5:52:27 GMT -5
"We head left, make our way to the next camp and clear it out... it won't be much longer before they consolidate into a single force. I figure after the next camp, they'll start making more cautious and cowardly moves... Conflict clearly isn't on their agenda, despite the so called security. When hunting a herd, you have to corral the stragglers first... culling the strays will force the leadership to either accelerate their plan without the other pieces, or try to concentrate their forces to deal with us. Either way, we shouldn't lose our initiative, so let's take that talking stone with us and get moving." Said the centaur, flicking the gore from her spear and setting it into it's holster as she prepared to make a dash to the next camp.
The left trail was fairly easy to follow, having been freshly cleared and covered in signs of traffic. She paced Javal, sure to keep the man within sight as she banked into corners. The trail was much shorter than the previous, only taking a short few minutes to clear the distance. As Javal caught up to her standing just out of sight of the camp, she whispered quietly to him.
"Same plan as last time?" She inquired, clearly eager to charge in spear first.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Aug 30, 2023 19:59:32 GMT -5
Javal nods in agreement as Nami gives him her orders; he sprints as fast as he can towards the next camp only a couple of feet behind Nami as they dash through.
Javal whispers to her as she asks him the plan, “Of course is there any other plan more genius”, he then charges forth with his katana in hand as he goes to attack the nearest guard.
He slashes at the man's chest dropping him to the floor in pain very quickly before turning around to see what they were going to be dealing with. There were about four guards minus the man reeling in the floor grasping at the slash across his chest. Two big armored-looking ones and a foot soldier, one of the armored ones, and a foot soldier charged forth at Nami.
One of the armored fellows swung their hammers at Javal only for Javal to roll and dodge the blow and bounce up and kick the man in his chin. He then hits the man with the bottom of his katana to the side of his head knocking him down to the ground with a loud thud.
Javal then turns to face Nami waiting to see the results of her fight before they can move on and investigate the area.
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Post by kaminarinami on Sept 6, 2023 16:30:29 GMT -5
Nodding, she watches as Javal attacks. She comes charging in barely a step behind, hurling her spear into the lightly armored man who was charging at her. It had barely left her grasp before turning into a thunderous streak of lightning and blasting him to the ground inside of his armor. Not one to wait around for her opponents, she was moving along the edge of the small clearing to keep space from her opponent, who sauntered heavily at her with a beefy Kanabo. He began to heave fairly quickly, the humid air making such armor a sweltering, wet disaster in this sort of place... who in the world would do that to themselves? Nami just laughed softly to herself as he heaved and dragged the bulky armor after her spry steps.
She stopped and stood there after leading him about and away from Javal, now dragging the heavy log studded with metal that served as his weapon. She held out her hand reflexively and the gleaming shaft of her spear spun across the battlefield back to it's owner.
"Ya know what goes really well with metal and water don't ya?" She asked the warrior, a dark and sly grin crossing her unassuming features. Sparks flew from her fingertips as a long jagged arc of electricity struck the armored figure and sent powerful surges of energy through his body. The plates of his armor popped and groaned as the current heated the conductive surfaces to scalding temperatures, while inside a thick layer of sweat and boggy humidity began to flash steam and boil where it had seeped into any pockets or suitable areas. He danced a hot jig across the field before falling down and twitching as steam and hot water seeped from the many seams of their garb.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 7, 2023 2:01:37 GMT -5
Javal looked over at Nami and the overcooked gentleman on the floor twitching and said, “Well looks like we cleared this camp let’s look a bit at what these goons have going on”.
He then walks over into their camp and rummages through their stuff before finding some papers and another one of the glowing orbs from earlier.
He hands Nami the glowing orb as he opens one of the scattered papers and reads out loud, “Team C your job is to watch over area C and make sure nobody comes close to the point of contact. You guys are the final line of defense in case of any intruders coming in and interrupting the ceremony. I remind you that if you fail to do your jobs you will be executed where you stand and won’t have a place in the new world our leader is going to create. A reminder once again that the point of contact is a few miles away from you deep into the forest around the center where our toughest captains and our beloved leader will be for the ceremony that will change the world. Soon our leader will be blessed with great power and become a god himself to shape this world into one of his liking”.
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