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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on Nov 27, 2023 5:16:00 GMT -5
Raoul’s mind draws a blank as he hears his mothers voice call out to him. A sound he only dreamed of at this point but that was the Bogaboo’s fatal mistake. It had decided to mention his mother, he had made peace that she had passed on a while before. As her voice continued to call him he balled his fists in anger realizing he'd been made a fool.
“You can shut up now you know right monster? Thanks for waking me up Astrid. I'm sorry for messing up and letting this monster get the best of me. I promise it won't happen again”, he says before noticing her disappear into the water.
He quickly runs over desperately and can see her hand zoom through the water below. He sprints forward and yells for Buttfellow to help. He manages to catch up to Astrid’s figure and stops to pull her out grabbing her hand and pulling her out fighting against the bogaboos grip below. After some struggle he plants his feet down and pulls her hand with everything he has managed to pull her out.
“Are you alright? I'm so sorry for messing this up” he stammers catching his breath before taking his whip and shimmering Scorpion blade cracking both and letting his whip wand reach full length.
His face turns serious as he shouts out, “Alright you undead bastard you just made the worst decision of your not life. I'm done being made a fool of and intending on beating you into a pulp for disgracing my mother's name”.
The dhampir is enraged far beyond belief, his eyes bright crimson fangs out, and face twisted into a manic grin ready to beat the ever loving crap out of the monster.
Quest Name: Ambushed!
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Location: Marsh Flats
Post Requirements: 5 posts per person, 200 words per post
Description: Well you found the bogaboo, or it found you! In the dead of night, the undead amalgamation has sprung, using the darkness and mist as a cover. You are now in a fight for your life. Defend yourself, fight hard, and bring down the ominous bogaboo!
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Nov 27, 2023 21:57:00 GMT -5
Disgusting swamp water almost immediately rushes into Astrid’s mouth when she lets out a surprised yelp before being yanked beneath the surface. The freeze response melts immediately and turns into a fight response. This is not how she’s going out! But that doesn’t return all rational thought to her. Luckily, Raoul saw it happen and starts pulling on her to get her out of the water and at least manages to get her head up enough to make an attempt to take a breath.
Still, the Bogaboo beneath the water has a good hold with all four of its arms wrapped around Astrid’s leg and contesting Raoul’s more meager strength in comparison. Astrid manages to touch the wolf pendant around her neck, and her armor disappears in a flash, freeing her foot from its grip just enough by the space left from her greaves. Raoul pulls her up, and she coughs up murky water, breathing heavily.
“I-It’s alright,” she huffs, clambering to her feet and trying to catch her breath. “I get it… It…” Without warning, she leans over and throws up a stomach full of bog water, a mixture of fear and disgust.
With its prey freed, the Bogaboo disappears back under the surface to look for another opportunity to strike.
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on Nov 27, 2023 23:03:28 GMT -5
The dhampir snarls in anger as he looks around the swamp for the tricky and demented Bogaboo. They had been fooled so much by this undead beast from the fog to the darkness and now it decided to pounce thinking that they were weak. Well, it was wrong on that account because even if the man was weak it didn't mean he couldn’t be strong for at least this moment to defeat it. For as much as Raoul hated having to resort to violence to solve his problems he had enough already. No matter what he was going to unleash his vengeance against this monster and show him what happened to people who used his mother’s voice against him.
He raised his whips, throwing them behind him as he stood there standing as still as he could, waiting. If this Bogaboo wanted to play this little game of surprise then the dhampir was more than ready to comply. He waits glancing towards Astrid before suddenly feeling something tug at his foot he swings his feet downwards attempting to slash at the monster only to find it was a ruse only finding a large stick under him.
As he is caught off guard the beast grabs him with all four of his legs and sinks him into the water below.
Raoul is barely able to mutter, “He got m..”, before feeling the bog water enter his mouth.
The Bogaboo then swims with the dhampir grappled through the swamp dragging the struggling man with him as he tries to kick and scratch out of the monster’s grasp.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Nov 28, 2023 11:56:12 GMT -5
The silence is tense as Astrid and Raoul look around the swamp, wary for the creature to pounce again. Get it together, Astrid. It’s just messing with your heads, throwing you off, making it hard to concentrate. Touching her wolf pendant again, her armor reappears around her, and her large, icy war hammer manifests in her hand. She’s ready for this to strike, and she’s more ready to strike back.
Suddenly, Raoul gets grabbed and yanked below the water. “Raoul!” Astrid shouts in surprise, making a grab at him but missing. “Ya pain in the arse creature, get back here!” It’s useless because she can’t see through the murky water. She taps her hammer against her buckler and manages to get back the information of where the bogaboo and Raoul are and takes off after them. But she’s not effective in the water.
Good thing she has something that is. Manifesting magic, Astrid summons forth a draconic sea serpent with a metal helm protecting its skull, brilliant cerulean scales, and a prosthetic fin. “Get ‘im, Tim!” With a mighty roar, Tim (Astrid’s nickname for Thebes), dives under the water and swims after Raoul and the bugaboo.
Armor storing pendant Spellblade - Always There Bat Wings - Echolocation Summon Mount - Tim the Tidal Serpent
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on Nov 29, 2023 3:15:04 GMT -5
Raoul felt his face get dragged through the bottom of the bog painfully as some bog water continued to enter his mouth. He continues to struggle against the Bogaboo’s grip trying his best to free himself from the tight grasp grabbing onto the long seaweed to keep himself in place only to find it useless as the creature keeps on his rampage. The man didn’t even get to use the secret trick he was going to pull us earlier to do some damage. The beast then tries to hold Raoul underwater and drown him and the dhampir begins kicking and trying to loosen the bugaboo’s grip on him but to no avail. He begins to panic as he holds his breath before he can’t hold on anymore and is begging to lose consciousness.
“No way, it can’t end for me like this!”, he thinks as his strength gets weaker, “I can’t die here at the hands of some overgrown corpse. I still have so many things I need to do, like investigating my father and learning the truths of this world”.
Suddenly as he closes his eyes ready to accept oblivion something reaches out to him and pulls him back to safety. The dhampir quickly tries to recover and stands back up confused about what just happened, “Is that what you're doing Astrid? I don’t usually see Tidal Serpents in these parts”.
He then focuses back on the matter at hand and whips back his two whips waiting with bated breath as he waits for the Bogaboo to make their next strike. “There it is”, he manages to stammer as the beast starts swiping its claws at Astrid.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Nov 29, 2023 22:49:28 GMT -5
A perfect creature for hunting or swimming through the bog, Tim slams into the bogaboo hard enough to loosen its grip on Raoul and send the six-limbed creature skipping across the surface of the murky water. The bogaboo slams into the exposed roots of a tree, the strange wooden limbs of the corpse amalgam cracking but not snapping off. Its skulls may be rattled, but it isn’t incapacitated. It digs its claws into the tree and scurries up the trunk into the canopy.
Trying her best to keep her eyes on it but losing sight of the bogaboo, Astrid flares her wings, ready to scoop Raoul up if the beast comes this way. “Nah, they’re not common here. I summoned him from home.” She can hear Tim roar in the distance having lost his prey. Leaves loose themselves from the canopy above, and the bogaboo launches itself at Astrid and Raoul, claws outstretched and an otherworldly shriek escaping its maw.
Astrid whips her hammer at it, flinging the war hammer through the air and striking the undead abomination full force. “Now would be a great time fer ya ta hurry up, Buttfellow!!”
The magical runes on the golem start to glow as Buttfellow enters his combattant state and charges towards the fray as a glowing mass approaches in the distance.
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on Dec 2, 2023 23:42:31 GMT -5
Raoul sneers at the bugaboo as it scurries, this bastard, dead conniving bastard tricked him and used his kindness against him. He was furious beyond belief even more so as he raised his whip to clean his face of the bog muck. Raoul grins as he sees that Astrid’s war hammer hit the creature's head causing it to hit another tree painfully; the impact creates a great ker-thunk as it slams and slides to the floor. It howls as it struggles to get up a large chunk of its side abdomen has been blown off.
He then quickly scurries up another tree before it blends into the canopy its voice crying out once more back into Raoul’s mother’s tone, “Oh dearest Raoul how dare you do that to your mother, your poor mother, first you abandoned me to die and now you try to kill me. I can’t believe how much of a failure you have become, how you let everyone around you down like that poor child that you can’t even protect”.
His anger increases reaching points he never thought possible. His cold blood was boiling. This creature dared to taunt him like that? No, he was going to make sure this thing perished no matter what at this point. His eyes darted throughout the treeline as the bugaboo then proceeded to taunt Astrid in her mother’s voice saying hurtful things. He keeps his ears open and closes his eyes trying to find where his voice is coming from when he finds it right behind him trying to ambush him.
He takes a two-knuckle punch to the gut spitting out saliva but he manages to crack his whip against the monster’s back as it does so. He pulled back and binded the monster's arms with his whips as he struggled to continue standing, coughing some blood out from that punch.
He grins as he yells, “BURN BOGABOO BURN”, and activates a ring of fire (1) around his body as he pulls the bugaboo towards him, and the fire a loud shrieking is heard.
He can feel the energy slowly drain from him as the bugaboo tries to escape he can hear his whips breaking and tearing against the monster’s superior strength he manages to yell, “ASTRID THIS IS YOUR CHANCE” as he holds the bugaboo with all his strength for just a few more seconds.
1. Flame Hoop
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Dec 3, 2023 0:30:33 GMT -5
Struck by Astrid’s hammer, electricity sparks off of its wound and ice creeps along its form[1]. The force knocks the creature from the tree, and it falls into the bog, slowed slightly by the missing chunk from its wooden abdomen and one of its four arms hanging limp. The hammer flies back into Astrid’s hand through the air.[2]
When she hears the creature taunting Raoul from the dark canopy, Astrid grips her hammer tight and pulls out a vial of silver oil that she dumps on the end of the weapon[3]. Now that they’ve confirmed the creature can mimic voices, they can at least be prepared for it. But that doesn’t stop Raoul from getting angrier, and Astrid understands. They won’t be made a fool of by a creepy, multi-headed undead.
The sound of a jawbone chattering echoes through the trees, and Astrid once again hears the voice of her mother. “Astrid, you’ll never catch me. You’re just a child, just a girl. You can’t do much of anything.”
“That ain’t true!” she roars in response. This creature can’t continue to hurt them like this. It isn’t real. “An’ even if that’s what ma thinks, she don’t know nothin’ about me now! I’m here! I’m doin’ better than ever, and we’re gonna kick yer arse, ya rude, lyin’, dead sack a’ wood!”
The bogabgoo drops down from the canopy, delivering a quick ambush attack against Raoul, but the damphir is ready for it and explodes in a ring of fire. A high-pitched screech mixed with the screaming voices of Astrid and Raoul’s mothers ring in their ears. Raoul snatches the escaping creature with his whips, and Astrid dashes in[4] full speed and delivers a powerful blow to the creature,[5] blowing both arms off the damaged side she struck earlier. Splinters explode and scatter across the swamp waters as the creature shrieks in more pain.
With only arms on one side of its body, the bogaboo’s movement is limited, and it struggles to fight against Raoul.
1. War hammer - Arcane soul (lightning), Pale Ice rune, heavy rune 2. Spellblade - Always There 3. Silver coating - deals extra damage against undead and stops regeneration for 3 posts 4. Knight - Rushing Charge 5. Momentous Cleave
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on Dec 4, 2023 4:39:14 GMT -5
The dhampir couldn’t help but manage a manic grin across his face as he heard the undead bastard shriek in absolute pain.
He pulls back on his whips now not pulling against as much of the beast’s strength considering his right side arms had been blown off by Astrid. He chuckles weakly as he struggles to stay up, that last punch from the beast straight to his gut messed him up pretty bad. The only reason he wasn’t on the floor gasping for air was simply his determination. He didn’t care what happened at this point; he just needed the undead monster dead right now.
He pulls hard on his whips pulling the beast toward himself as his flame hoop continues to burn it. The monster struggles but it manages to rip itself out of the dhampir’s whips grip. It sacrifices its lower left arm to slip away and screams in pain before lunging for the dhampir only having two legs and an arm at this point.
He simply chuckles and taunts the monster, “Oh no what’s wrong little bugaboo? Is prey getting too hard to catch? Don’t make me laugh just stand here and take your judgment now", dhampir says holding his whip above his head, They are almost to the point of breaking apart?", he says with a fierce determined look on his face.
He then snaps his fingers and causes his body to turn into mist (1) avoiding the blow as he to laugh in the face of the wild and desperate bogbaoo as it swipes against his incorporeal body.
1. Demon of the Mist
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Dec 4, 2023 17:00:27 GMT -5
Only three more limbs on the bogaboo remain, and Astrid isn’t about to let it get away after taunting and angering them like this. Its last swipe misses Raoul as the man somehow becomes misty and incorporeal. Astrid takes full advantage of the bogaboo stumbling forward and delivers three devastating blows in quick succession,[1] breaking the last of the creature’s limbs before slamming her hammer down on its head to put an end to it.[2]
Breathing hard, she takes a step back and sets her hammer down. “I s’pose Lloyd can study this one in pieces,” she manages to stay, a mirthless scoff of a laugh on her breath. Decidedly, Astrid does not like the bogaboo. Oozes are much more her style, she thinks.
“Are ya doin’ alright, Rao–”
Suddenly, Buttfellow comes charging up, finally having caught up to the fight after wading through the muck. The golem sees the remains of the lifeless undead in the muck and raises a fist before slamming it down on the already defeated bogaboo. He looks at Astrid as if seeking some sort of praise for his efforts. She pats his arm, shaking her head. “Bit late, buddy…”
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on Dec 5, 2023 3:32:19 GMT -5
His eyes widened and filled with relief as he saw Astrid just completely tear the Bogaboo into pieces breaking its limbs apart, Raoul returns to his normal corporal state. He then takes a moment to rest now feeling the effects of the battle as his abdomen feels like it’s on fire. That punch from earlier really devastated Dhampir badly as he lifted his shirt to reveal a pretty bad bruise. He quickly lowered his shirt back down and reeled back in pain as he struggled to stand. His body ached and hurt after such a tough and strenuous battle at least in his perspective.
He takes a moment to take deep breaths trying to recover his energy before speaking in a hushed weakened tone, “Yes, I hope the old man is indeed happy about it considering how much of a vile nuisance it ended up being”.
He was about to answer Astrid’s question before suddenly being alarmed as a large Goliath-type figure surged forward and crushed the bugaboo’s predeceased body.
The man lets out a weak chuckle before coughing and whispering, “Ow'', and holding his stomach and struggling to keep standing up he then raises his thumbs at the golem as he continues to try to stabilize himself searching in his pockets for any vials of blood.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Dec 5, 2023 18:37:40 GMT -5
With things settled down in the swamp finally, Astrid lets out a heavy sigh. The bogaboo interrupted their sleep, and as a growing girl, she needs her sleep. A yawn tries to push its way out of her mouth, but she doesn’t let it. When she looks over at Raoul, she sees he’s not feeling particularly good after a good whack from the bogaboo.
“Hey, are ya alright?” she asks. “I’ve got a potion that’ll heal ya, some magic too! Here–” Without much warning, Astrid reaches out and attempts to heal any minor wounds Raoul received with the magic of an item she has.[1] “If that ain’t good enough, I’ve got stronger stuff!” Then she starts digging through her bag, juggling a colorful potion[2] and fishing out a pendant with healing water[3], offering it all up to Raoul if it’ll help. She often forgets that not everyone wears armor, but she can’t really fathom why if it keeps them from getting hurt. Then again, she’s so used to wearing it that the armor has just become a part of her at this point.
“Or maybe ya just need a nap? I think we could go back ta our camp an’ drag what’s left a’ the bogaboo back with us.”
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on Dec 6, 2023 4:22:18 GMT -5
Raoul finally calmed himself down and returned to his normal breathing as he managed to find the singular small vial of blood. He pops it open immediately, downing it as he wipes it from his mouth. He then stashed it back into his pocket feeling slightly ashamed about showing his true nature in front of an innocent yet terrifying powerful child. Thankfully with that, he was already feeling the searing pain in his abdomen alleviated if only by a little bit.
He waves off any sentiments of injury as he responds to Astrid, “I’m okay don’t worry, just trying to recover from getting my insides and face knocked around by that monster”.
The dhampir couldn’t help but feel amusement as Astrid fretted over him using very important-looking healing potions. Alas for he is a person who lies within the night and under the stairs fearing his own safety.
He held his hands up, "Don’t worry Astrid I’m okay, just a little staggered and tired I think. A nap does not sound like the worst thing right now considering how exhausted I feel, I think going back to the camp sounds good to rest my tired body. We can just carry that beast’s remains and turn them into him escaping for now”.
After a few more minutes of chatting Raoul and the rest of the team find their camp alone and like they had left it. The man then takes some time to rest immediately sitting down and concentrating his thoughts when it has become time to say goodbye.
He stood up and held his hand out before speaking, “Thank you friend Astrid. I don't know if we didn’t work together in this case. I’m sure we'll get an amount of solar money. It was a pleasure exploring the forest with you. Hopefully you continue on your journey and become the strongest and most skilled blacksmith around. I know you can do it, friend . I believe in you and hope to work with you again”.
He then bids her farewell and leaves to head to the nearest town to get some rest in a nice comfy room after such a hard day.
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