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Post by Ai Sool on Sept 6, 2023 18:44:56 GMT -5
Turning to see her companion full sprinting towards the tower, she followed quickly, attempting to keep pace.
A good bit of time passed as the two made their way. Luckily, any sort of exchanges with beasts or plants were not found, at least for the meantime. The bottom of the tower in question was finally coming into view. Unlike the ruined building Olsen hid in, there was no clearing for this building. Rather, it sat directly amongst the forestry as if dropped splat in the center of it all. As the two drew nearer, an odd quality it held became more visible. Spread out amongst the base and around the door was what appeared to be a mural. Ai walked around it and, taking a page out of a certain half-elf, began studying the painted walls.
It was well-painted, even one inexperienced in the arts could tell. The mural itself depicted a carefully drawn luscious forest with small creatures of indistinguishable design flying through the trees and towards what looked to be a village. The village didn't appear to reflect anything back in Charon. The creatures themselves held a much more simple design that contrasted the landscape made. The biggest comparison would be that to babies. The difference though, was that on their backs, prominent wings of multiple colors represented in flicks of a paintbrush and what had appeared to be perfect circles of several different colors being carried in their arms. It was hard to tell what exactly those circles were meant to be. Orbs? Fruit? Though, if one could infer... "Hey Javal, you think this was how Jean-Paul learned how to make this world?"
As if on cue, a shout was heard from up above. "'Ello?! Are you perhaps 'ere to save us?!" Looking up, what looked to be two figures leaning over the top of the tower stared down at the heroes. "Probably! Jean-Paul right?!" "Aye! Be wary! The tower is riddled with traps! Quickly now, before that creature returns!" Without hesitation, the half-dragon kicked the wooden doors open. "Coming up!"
A sound rumbled across the area. The ground very faintly shook, leaves shaking. The echoes of breaking forestry rang from far off. It wasn't entirely close, however it appeared to very slowly rise in volume. It wasn't entirely noticeable, at least to Ai.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 7, 2023 2:39:31 GMT -5
Javal looked around as he sprinted towards the tower in the distance he was surprised as he didn’t spot any signs of danger he was expecting the flora to bite at them or some animal charge at them but no. Even as he ran he took a second to look at the plants around them. They were very beautiful and after a little bit of traveling, the two made it to the castle.
Javal took a second to scan the area of any threats before listening to Ai’s observation about the mural on the wall, “Most likely it seems so at least. I can't wait to see the mind of the genius man who decided to create this palace".
Javal raised his katana into the air as he heard the voice expecting it to be another one of the painting’s monsters but lowered it as he saw that two human-looking figures loomed above.
"We will be there in a second”, Javal yelled behind Ai before stopping as he heard a soft rumbling rising from afar he then shouted at Ai as she entered, “Hey Ai I’ll stay out here I have a bad feeling of something coming at us I’ll leave letting down our friends up there to you. I’ll be down here guarding the area in case of anything coming”, he then took at his blade ready to strike at any incoming threats.
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Post by Ai Sool on Sept 8, 2023 3:33:30 GMT -5
"Got it. Stay safe Javal." She was hesitant leaving her ally, though shaking the worry away as she knew the man proved more than enough that he could handle himself. For now, her worries needed to lie with the supposed rigged tower.
She entered, this room being dimly lit only by a torch across. If she knew anything about booby-traps, a dark area was probably intentional. Though, being careful wasn't exactly this half-dragon's forte. 1Putting a hand over her bag, a faint blue glow emitted as the water that filled her bag lifted into the air. "Test if its safe little buddy." She chucked the water in front of her. She was thankful she did as the water appeared to be cut by thin threads as strange mechanical whirs began to sound from within the walls of the room. From both sides in front of her, several bolts began to fly out of the darkness and across each other, eventually hitting the walls when no target was found. "Alright, well how about this." Ai held a hand out to the hard to see wires that now had drips of water on them. 2That blue glow returned, though this time instead of controlling the water, the temperature suddenly dropped as frost began to form over the trigger wires. Even with the dark lighting, the frozen wires were much easier to see and by proxy, harder to trigger. Looking across it all, a looked like a line of suspended ice sticks in front of her. Taking her umbrella, she swung it like a club at the frozen strings, shattering it with ease. The trap once again sat off, darts flying once more as Ai took a step back. "Cool, should be a safe passage to the next floor. Hopefully, Javal's having as much luck as I am." Jogging past the now ruined trap, she reached the end of the room with a shabby wooden ladder waiting for her to the next floor.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 8, 2023 15:38:06 GMT -5
Javal nods as Ai leaves and he then stands right in front of the door determined to guard it with his life. He grip’s his katana’s handle tightly and takes a couple of deep rbeaths before looking forward ready to take on anything that comes at him. He stands around for a little bit about ten or so minutesas nothing comes for a bit and he evens relaxes a bit and lowers his guard. He then looks back at the door behind him.
“Hm, maybe I was sensing things wrong and there’s nothing coming. Looking back I probably should’ve gone with Ai, who knows what type of crazy and fun adventure they’re having in there. He was about to peak inside by opening a door when he heard a giant presence heading there way.
He looked back and prepared himself mentally for what was about to come, the strange artistic trees began being dropped to the floor with giant thuds as the presence charge forth.
Suddenly Javal heard a giant roar and saw a baloth charging at him he grit his teeth and yelled as loud as he could, “I got this Ai don’t worry about what’s going outside, leave this to me”.
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Post by Ai Sool on Sept 8, 2023 23:55:55 GMT -5
The black ram horns were the first to pop up out from the little hole, then the half-dragon's face. This next floor was much brighter than the last, though peculiarly this light did not seep into the floor below. Strangely, despite the tower being cylindrical, this room was cube like with a chandelier hanging overhead. All across the four walls, an unfortunately high amount of different levers of various designs. "You're kidding!" She clambered up fully, inspecting the levers for any sort of clue. There wasn't any real pattern nor discernible connection between them all. "Tch, ok screw this." 1She flicked her hand to the levers, sending her water into it. It started to seep into the cracks of the wall. She moved it behind the levers, noticing an interesting aspect as the water moved cleanly past the levers. "No mechanism behind it... So those are the fakes. Gotcha." She continued moving the water behind each lever, checking en masse impatiently until the water disappeared behind one. "There you are." Ai reeled the water back out and flipped the switch. A latch popped upon overhead, a ladder sliding down next to her.
"You boys still there?!" "Yes! Please hurry! Its-" A loud roar of one Ai has never heard before rang through followed by familiar but distant yelling. "Shit. Ok, I'm moving as fast as I can!" She climbed up the ladder.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 11, 2023 0:29:38 GMT -5
Javal’s attitude changed as the battle with the Baloth began in earnest, he was finally able to let loose on this beast without worrying about getting too excited around Ai. He was going to protect Ai and all of the other kooky artists no matter what, he had just hoped he would be able to do it without them getting injured. The baloth came charging at Javal attempting to trample it or drag him on its charge but he wouldn’t give the beast that opportunity. He opened his mouth sending out a large cone of ice at the beast stopping its charge as it raised its front feet and smacked down at the floor causing some tremors.
Javal in response sprinted towards the beast and while it was still reeling from the frost in its face he slashed it with his katana straight at the eyes as he whispered, “Javal Style: Divine Tide”. The beast’s eyes splattered the floor with green oil and he shook around wildly trying to catch Javal by surprise.
He jumped back confident the now blind Baloth wouldn’t be able to catch him, but alas he was wrong as the beasts managed to catch him by the coat and toss him up into the air before jumping and catching it in its mouth.
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Post by Ai Sool on Sept 11, 2023 22:12:24 GMT -5
Ai moves up, only to see another wooden room with a puzzle. This one having a small table with a hand-sized cube on it. On each side of the cube, there are nine squares of an assortment of colors. She approaches it… ”Ok fuck this.” She takes out her umbrella and golf swings the multicolor cube into the wall, shattering it into several pieces. She tapped different areas in the ceiling, looking for where the opening would be. After a minute or two, she hears a hollow sound coming from a little spot in the ceiling. She clicked a button on her umbrella, the blade springing out as she begins stabbing the hell out of that spot. ”By the gods! We’re gonna die!” ”Its me! Get out of the way!” She hears a few footsteps as she stabs one last time as the rest of the umbrella pierced through, chips of wood falling onto her glasses.
Clambering up, she sees the two artists holding each other by the guard rail. “… Hey boys. Ready to-“ Ai hears a thud, her brows moving up in a scare. She quickly moved over to the rail, peering over only to see the swordsman in the literal jaws of death. “Javal!” She snaps to the painters. “You two! Climb down the tower! Its clear of traps!” Without thinking, she vaulted over the railing. “… Ah, we’re gonna die…”
Ai falls, panic settling in as she realizes her idiocy. ”Crap crap crap! I didn’t think this through!” She flails around, terrified. I’m sorry mom, dad… Guess I wasn’t ready after all huh?… Time begins to slow, as the momentous calm settles in. Her life starts to flash before her very eyes, memories flying by. A majority of them where in the same place: Back at home, that house deep in the cove. She remembers reading a lot with dad. He was always so good at telling stories. I wonder if he’s reading right now… Nah, he’s probably still wondering where I am… She sees fleeting images of a large red serpent. Those times were the best, ones where she got to go to the beach and see mom.
As she gets closer and closer to the Baloth, a piece of folded parchment flies out of her dress. She reactively catches it as the fall unfurls the paper… It was the drawing he made of her. Ai let out painful chuckle. Ah, he’s gonna be devastated if he finds out… I’m sorry shorty… She continues to stare at the paper, though something on it catches her eye. She remembers how he jotted down their interview. He compared the differences between half-dragon’s and half-elf’s. How they have their sharp ears and natural affinity for magic while she had dragon-like features: Horns, tail, and… wings… Wings! She gripped the paper tight, closing her eyes tight. Cmon heritage! I’ve earned it more than enough! Cmon! The baloth drew closer, closer still. She can practically smell its disgusting breath. Mom! Please! For the love of the gods, let me have my damn wi- A bright red glow flashed from her back. Fabric tearing as a feeling of something forming behind her. She didn’t even need to check.
”Let him go beast!” Ai brought her umbrella back, her black and red draconic wings opening wide. She twisted her body, twirling midair as she made a decent cut from the edge of the mouth to the middle of the cheek. The monster roared in pain, flicking Javal behind him. She spread the wings out once again, stopping her spin as the air pushes her forward. Narrowly avoiding the floor, she low glides to Javal attempting to catch him before he touched ground.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 12, 2023 2:09:46 GMT -5
Javal’s eyes widen as he feels the baloth’s mouth surround him, “Well this is probably the second largest thing I’ve been swallowed by, I still can’t believe that the Black Dragon’s got caught inside of a giant blue whale".
He started to slash the creature by the inside of the beast's mouth trying not to fall deeper into its body, he calmed himself, focused his movement, and dodged the beast’s teeth to avoid it trying to crunch him down. He then whispers in a low tone, “Javal Style: Blade Throw”, and throws his Katana with great effort into the beast's tongue.
The beast lets out a giant roar of pain and anguish, opening enough for Javal to take his katana from the baloth’s tongue and jump out of the creature’s mouth. He jumps out of the beast's mouth into the air as the beast flicks behind itself he's suddenly caught by Ai.
He takes a good look at her as the land, “Did you get a new haircut while you were in there? I could’ve sworn there's something different about you. Wait, when did you gain the ability to grow wings Ai?”.
Javal then glances over to the currently freaking out Baloth who’s sending out large tremors as it sends its limbs smashing into the ground hoping to catch him and Ai in its path of destruction.
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Post by Ai Sool on Sept 13, 2023 20:22:26 GMT -5
"Don't worry 'bout it, I'll explain later. Right now, we need to stop that thing. The artists are coming down that tower as we speak." Ai held her hands apart as water formed from thin air. It converged around her arms, a fair amount of water being summoned. 1She pushed out, the water flying off herself as it molded into one decently sized wave. 2Clenching her fists and slowly opening them, the wave began to grow in size. Soon, that once small force of water matched the size of the dragon.
It rammed into the beast, knocking it onto its side as it flailed violently. The baloth clawed at the air, scratching at the nearby trees and tower. She freaked out for a moment as the tower shook, calming once it slowed to a rest. Ai clicked her tongue in annoyance before raising her hand again, clenching it into a fist. 3The water that washed over the creature and area began to quickly shift in temperature, freezing over the painted grass and the baloth's body. The scaly hide of it had appeared to crack slightly at the sudden freezer burn it received.
Ai stood, observing the dragon getting back up as she noticed the slashed eyes. "Hmm... Javal, I got a plan." She pointed at the beast, slowly drawing a line off to the left with her finger. "I can hold you up in the air and we'll draw it away with attacks. Since its blind, it'll probably swing at whatever direction it got hit from. That way, we can kill it without chancing that Jean-Paul or whatever getting hurt."
1. Smashing Wave 2. Shape Water 3. Ice Over
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 18, 2023 10:18:24 GMT -5
Javal nodded and said, “Alright that seems like no problem considering we are both strong adventurers and that fellow is now blind”.
Javal quickly ducked down to the floor as he saw Ai summoning water and sending it outwards towards the baloth, “Woah careful there”, and got back up.
Javal placed his hands behind his head as he stood in wonder at Ai’s power, “Man, I gotta ask Ai for tips on hydromancy. After this I’m not even close to being as skilled as her when it comes to the sea domain”.
He then shifts his attention towards Ai as she speaks, “That sounds brilliant my friend we must place the safety of the innocent above all else, let’s give this plan a shot” as he holds his katana in both of his hands ready to begin their plan.
He then gets ready as Ai readies herself he then holds his hand out charging cold energy into it before shaping it into a long ice spear (1)and then he yells, “Hey beast look over here”, and throws it with great force at the beast’s head leaving a chunk of ice at its head enraging it further as it charges at the pair of adventures however it seems like it injuries especially Javal’s last one are starting to catch up to it as it’s speed is noticeably slower than it was before.
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Post by Ai Sool on Sept 21, 2023 8:23:17 GMT -5
She steps back, readying herself as the baloth hurdled down towards them. "Better hold on tight dude!" Ai dashed forward, her wings flinging herself into the air as she grabbed Javal by the forearm, pulling him into the air just as the baloth snapped at where he was. It swatted around angrily, confused as to where its attacker had went. She pulled themselves away, soaring through the air as she made u-turn back towards the dragon. "Here we go!"
Ai zoomed past the face of the dragon, allowing Javal to get an attack in. The baloth roared, snapping at air as the two flew out of range. She snuck a peak over her shoulder at the tower. Jean-Paul and his assistant had safely made it down as they stood by the door in fear. The half-dragon smirked, a little excited to know they were going to be on display. Coming back around, Ai kept low to the ground as she kept a hand out, a ball of water forming at her palm. Going straight to the beast, she flung the ball under the chin. 1Raising her fingers, the water shifted into another wave and clashed into the underside of the creature. It forced the beast upwards onto its hind legs as Ai quickly changed direction upwards along the belly, an attack of opportunity finding its way for the swordsman before she backed up for another attack.
Focus shifted now, as Ai speedily dove and zoomed around the baloth. Gracefully swooping around, she briskly pulled close to the front legs and face, buzzing around the creature and keeping its focus on them. Angered bellows from the beast roared through the trees, the baloth swinging wildly and sending forestry and dirt into the air. Ai flew back whilst covering her eyes. “Damn it! Can’t see!” She took a moment to wipe her eyes before hearing an odd sound of kicking dirt. She looked down and the sight caused fear. The baloth… has leapt towards them, Ai’s yell revealing the two’s location. Her eyes widened as she threw Javal up into the air before the beast swatted her back into the ground with a sickening thud.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 23, 2023 23:08:36 GMT -5
Javal was relieved and surprised as he was suddenly in the air being carried by Ai, it seemed that those wings of hers were certainly the only thing keeping the two of them from being immediately knocked down by the enraged blind Baloth’s rampage.
Javal looked as Jean-Paul and his associates came back from the tower and looked terrified at sight before them, “Darn it”, he thought to himself, “We have to finish this quickly so those fellows don’t get caught in the crossfire”.
Javal grinned as Ai got the beast on its back and swung his sword across its stomach as he whispered, “Javal Style: Single Slash” as the two adventurers passed it by.
Javal shouted, “Noooo Ai”, as the Half-Dragon shouted revealing their location before suddenly being in the air and watching his friend get swatted to the floor.
“Noooooooo Ai, you-you”, he stuttered as he landed on the floor. He ran over to her body and checked on her breathing to see if she was okay, thankfully she was still breathing.
He turned back to face the Baloth who was looking around trying to look for the two adventurers and said, “I’m sorry my friend, let me get serious and finish this monster for the both of us”, and suddenly his eyes grew wide and turned completely yellow, Red markings appear all across his body, and smoke comes out from his mouth slightly.
He then charges forward and whispers, “Vine Style: Skewering Dungeon”, and raises his hand creating a large room made from the nearby flora around the baloth he then jumps through the building as it is still forming and slashes the beasts as then lands on the other side of the now solidified room with a bloodthirsty look on his face.
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