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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jan 30, 2024 1:59:22 GMT -5
Javal’s weakened gaze is diverted from the ghastly finger that is slowly making its way toward them to the familiar voice he knows well. He faintly tries to yell, “Astrid I’m sorry, I shoulda never brought you in here. It’s all my fault”, his voice instead comes off as hoarse and weak.
A far cry from its usual cheerful and exuberant tone he hears her and tries to close his eyes and wake up but it doesn’t work at all. Suddenly as he opens his eyes again he sees Astrid gone and the figure walking up to him it’s form now switching between all the important figures in his life he feels he failed, his father, his captain, his mother, his sensei, and himself.
The creature grabs his head and lifts his body off the floor, its voice screaming now, “GIVE IT TO ME, GIVE ME EVERYTHING”.
Suddenly he hears another voice cut through the monster’s yells and he feels the void rumble, slowly at first and then the room shakes vigorously. He is then shocked awake and gasps for air. He jolts back up and wildly looks around his breath heavy and panicked. He tries to scan the area for the figure before glancing at Astrid, “Are you okay? Are you hurt? I’m so sorry..I-I didn’t mean for that to happen”.
Suddenly before he could utter any more apologies a faint voice surrounds them, “FEED ME, MY PREY CANNOT ESCAPE”.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Jan 30, 2024 19:57:34 GMT -5
With Javal awake, Astrid grabs his shoulders, trying to meet his eyes and assure him somehow. “I’m fine! It ain’t yer fault, it’s–”
Then the voice interrupts, dark and guttural, something from the pitch-black void it tried to trap them in. Astrid’s vision starts to cloud over as if black smoke were pouring into the area and clawing at her peripherals. Breathing becomes difficult, which only makes her once-sure expression fade into pure panic. Her breaths become short as the voices in her mind start to press into her consciousness more.
“You’re worthless. You’re unwanted. Nobody needs you. Give yourself over. Fall to the darkness. The world won’t remember one unwanted bastard child when you’re gone. Your parents certainly don’t.”
As hard as she tries to fight it, there’s an overwhelming sense of fear that racks Astrid’s body. Her heart can’t keep up. What can she do? The dark presence seems to creep closer, and in all of this, Astrid feels… weightless, like she’s being lifted from the ground. Now she can’t move or see. All she can do is cry out. Where is Javal? Is he alright? He has to be! He can do something!
Astrid finally shouts desperately, but her words are enhanced with encouragement, the kind that would turn any ally into a fearless fighter. “Javal ya didn’t mess anythin’ up! Whatever that thin’ is sayin’ ta you, it’s all a lie! Yer an incredible person, and ya have ta do somethin’!! I know ya can! So do it!!”[1]
There is an air of confusion from the demon, something that pauses his approach from the edge of the firelight.
Reincarnation of fear’s Fear Aura is active. It is using telekinesis to lift Astrid into the air. 1. Battle Cry - fear immunity for 2 posts, 2x physical damage
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Feb 9, 2024 14:17:17 GMT -5
Panic enters Javal’s heart as he hears the same voice that haunted them in his dreams only a couple of seconds ago.
“NO, NO HOW ARE YOU HERE”, he shouts as the figure gets lost among the black smoke that surrounds them.
He tries to cover his mouth but it does nothing to stop himself from feeling weaker. Breathing becomes harder to manage, especially in his worried state. The same gut-wrenching ghastly voice echoes in my head spewing the same vitriol as it spewed before.
“You are a failure, you have let everyone in your life down. People trusted you to protect them to follow them to have their back yet all you’ve done is betray every expectation. You are a fraud and you will die alone with nothing to show for it”.
Those words cut deeply into Javal’s mind as they reverberate around his skull and heart. He feels helpless and he can't move. He tries to move his arm but just can’t, his mind and body are too overcome by fear. Javal has to move, he has to help, and he has to protect Astrid, this is his responsibility.
He then hears Astrid’s voice pierce through the darkness and fill his mind with positive thoughts.
He then stands up slowly and puts on a bright grin before yelling, “Hey fiend come over here I gotta tell you something” and holds his arms out gathering water (1) around him before he pushes it out quickly towards the ghastly monster.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Feb 10, 2024 23:04:02 GMT -5
Within only a few seconds of the girl in its telekinetic grasp shouting, the demon’s other target regains control of his senses and a wave of water manifests to crash into the creature. It roars a hideous, unearthly scream as it’s forced back and away from the area. Its connection on Astrid falters, and the half-dwarf gets just enough control over herself back to manifest her hammer in her hand,[1] point it at the demon, and fire off a lightning bolt at it.[2] With the creature completely drenched, the lightning almost seems attracted to it and strikes true, sending a massive jolt through its ethereal body.
It screeches in pain, stumbling back and dropping Astrid completely. She lands in the remnants of the water, huffing with a victorious smirk, shooting an encouraging smile to Javal in the darkness left behind by a washed-out campfire. “I knew ya could do it! Let’s get ‘im together!” Pointing her hammer towards the stumbling demon again, Astrid fires off another lightning bolt, but instead of striking the beast, she disappears into the streak of lightning and appears at the other end.[3]
With both hands on her hammer, Astrid puts all her weight into her strike, smashing the Incarnation of Fear with a heavy blow that makes it stumble forward and leaves it completely open to Javal’s next strike.[4] The amount of force behind it makes her spin on her heel a little, but she calls out, “He’s open!”
1. Spell blade - Always There 2. Lightning Bolt 3. Elementalist - Bolt Dancer 4. Guard Break [1 per topic]
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Feb 14, 2024 22:00:02 GMT -5
“Yeah that’s right you vile fiend, I am”, he pauses and turns to his companion to shout, “Astrid cover your ears quickly” before yelling once more, “JAVAL FRICKING ZARIAS”.
He jumps for joy as he sees Astrid back on her feet and follows up his attack with an electric shock sending the creature screaming in anguish. He walks forward holding his katana in his right hand as he takes out Zeus his lightning spear and holds them both in his hands gripping them tightly.
“I am the Leader of the Drakon Security Company, I crush those who stand in the way of people’s happiness and hope and I see that you are not a creature of reason or goodwill. I shall be giving this battle my all and will end your life here and now before you can hurt anyone else”.
He then throws his lightning spear at the beast’s head sprinting forward as the weapon’s form shifts to a lightning bolt crackling through the air. It hits (1) and shocks the incarnation of fear in its head a loud nightmarish scream echoes through their minds.
Javal shouts, “Thank you friend Astrid I will not waste this moment”, the fellblood then jumps and drives his blade (2) into the creature’s heart, his blade’s runes activating and its steel covered in a faint ethereal light.
1. Chucks Lightning Spear 2. Katana Stab (Passives: Bulls Strength, Water Rune, Angelic Light)
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Feb 15, 2024 17:02:26 GMT -5
When Astrid recovers from her spin, she looks over to see Javal deal a final blow against the demon. It shrieks in pain, letting out an otherworldly, ethereal scream that threatens to shatter windows and burst eardrums. Then, its form starts to dematerialize, turning into swirling ash as if a piece of charcoal were crumbled and crushed underfoot. Astrid takes a deep breath, adjusting her stance, then lets out a sigh.
“That’s it. We did it,” she says with a smile, setting her hammer down. “That was… Well, it ain’t what I expected ta do out here, but maybe folks will sleep easier now that the creature’s dead. I hate ta see everyone tryin’ ta work when they can’t keep their eyes open. Ain’t safe, an’ it ain’t like we got a strong healer around always. How are ya doin’? Ready fer a deep sleep fer once?”
Astrid manages to chuckle, leaning on her hammer, but feeling a wave of exhaustion. The ground around their little camp is completely soaked from the tidal wave Javal summoned, but honestly, she’s slept in less ideal conditions, and anything remotely comfortable sounds nice right now. “I sure am,” she says with a yawn, covering her mouth.
It's been a long time since Astrid has had nightmares, and the number of nights she's slept poorly because of the bad dreams this creature has given her is too many, almost to point that she almost went home to sleep. But now it's dealt with. They can all sleep easier.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Feb 18, 2024 20:46:38 GMT -5
He grits his teeth and drives his blade further into the creature’s heart he can feel its arms scratch at his chest trying to wriggle away but it is in vain. The horrid monster lets out a painful wail that causes his ears to bleed but he doesn’t stop until the monster is destroyed. The creature lets out one final scream before evaporating into the black dust that flies through the wind. Javal coughs and gasps a little weakened and thrown off by the beast’s stench.
The fellblood celebrates jumping into the air as high as he can letting out a loud shout, “Woohoo! We did it!”.
He then takes a moment to bow where the creature formerly died and quietly bids it farewell, “Thank you for the great fight I hope you find peace even if you were a terrible monster that was messing with my dreams”.
He jogs to Astrid and holds his hand out to high-five her before responding, “Thank you my friend for your help today, without you I am certain I would still have dreams haunted by my failures and destroyed sandwiches. I am doing fairly alright, there is a slight ringing in my ears but that could be the painful screaming”.
Javal with a cheery smile puts his hands behind his head and looks up, “Indeed I think tonight is going to be a very great one”.
As the two continue to talk and celebrate their victory Javal can’t help but feel that something’s wrong. He reaches into the sides of his head noticing the blood continuing to come out from his ears.
“That’s weird”, he mutters out loud, “My ears are bleeding but I can still hear you Astrid and they don’t hurt. Come to think of it, I'm not feeling very injured or in pain at all", He looks down at the long scratches from the beast on his chest, “These don’t hurt either for some reason”.
“The only thing I feel at the moment is really really tired as if I could fall asleep where I stand”, then suddenly before Javal could utter another word he fell to the floor unconscious.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Feb 26, 2024 19:20:11 GMT -5
As Astrid starts to find a dry spot to lie back down for the night, she yawns again. Then Javal mentions that his ears are bleeding, but he isn’t in any pain in particular, and his hearing doesn’t seem to be muffed. Her brow furrows, and she looks over her shoulder at the Fellblood to see that he does have blood streaming down from his ears. That should definitely hurt, shouldn’t it? The banshee wail from the demon was ear-piercing, and he shouldn’t be able to hear very well if it caused him to bleed like that?
“Javal, are ya sure yer–” And then he collapses before she can catch him. “Javal??” Astrid cries, stumbling over to him to check him over. No, no, no, he’s got to be okay! They won! “Javal wake up!” she says again, shaking him to no avail. Don’t freak out. Think. Cantio can heal. You can use his magic! And so she does, drawing on the magical connection shared by her and Cantio, Astrid focuses hard to summon forth a cascading golden light made of flitting birds that falls over Javal.[1]
And yet… Nothing happens.
“J-Javal??” Astrid calls, her voice growing more feeble. “No, no, no, Javal, ya gotta wake up!” Her attempts to wake him fail, and she feels herself starting to panic, her breathing quickening. Okay, this isn’t working. You need a more powerful healer! That demon probably did something you can’t fix with what little magic you have!
Her earlier tiredness has all but faded away, and Astrid jumps to her feet and starts shouting for help, running into the village. Each house with a lantern light she approaches suddenly grows dark, and no amount of beating on the door and screaming for help summons forth a resident. She runs and screams and begs and pleads to no avail, and as she does, her willpower begins to fade with her energy. She’s so tired, but she has to help Javal. “Someone… Anyone…!”
In her sleep, Astrid tosses and turns, her brow furrowed deep as helpless whimpers escape her mouth. A cloudy darkness surrounds her and Javal who is sleeping beside her. The fire burns merrily just as it did before, but between them and the fire stands a looming figure of shadow with skeletal arms and long claws. The night is silent except its heavy breathing and dissonant whispers of magic that direct the swirling black mass around the two sleeping adventurers. Tendrils of bluish-green light rise from Javal and Astrid’s chests and mix with the pitch in the air, swirling together and feeding into the demon in their presence.
Despite their nightmares, their breathing grows weaker and weaker, pulses slowing almost to a stop. This is when the creature finally stops its feast, devouring the essence of the sleeping youths and leaving them hanging by a thread of life before it turns and slips away into the night.
1. Cantio’s Eternity Ring - Major Healing
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