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Post by Rena Brighteyes on Apr 22, 2024 23:23:58 GMT -5
Rena spreads her wings wide, circling above her murder as she scans the dunes with eyes of silver. She and her murder had been hired to track someone down - not to hurt, kill, or scare them though. that's a bit new - and all leads had been pointing to the target being somewhere in this area of the desert...she's not seeing any recent tracks, though, and nothing else that would indicate life...she may wind up having to tell the client that the fellow they're after wound up dead...eh, there's a reason she has people pay half ahead of time... A few hundred feet below, Bell cracks his neck with a sigh as his amber eyes wander over the surrounding dunes...there's something off about this, but he can't put a finger on what. Regardless, the specter scans his murder’s surroundings, occasionally glancing up at his wife as she soars high above… Loci hums softly to himself, idly playing the flute the druid had carved for him so long ago…well, it feels like a long time, at least. He plays a soft, lilting melody on it, the sound of the little skeleton’s playing carrying across the dunes for what might well be miles around. Even as the tension melts out of him as he plays, his bones still quiver and shake, occasionally quaking with anxiety… Whistle trills softly, cracking her neck and idly flipping her token along her knuckles as she eyes the horizon. Something…something’s off about their surroundings, but she’s sure what it is…it…it feels like they’re being hunted, if she’s being honest with herself… Wind and Wind keep close to each other, Wind tinkering with his crossbow and idly glancing around with his golden eyes as he murmurs jokes to his twin, Wind letting out soft giggles, bones quivering and rattling with laughter.
Rena Inked Marking
Stormrider's Cloak
Drake Gland
Quick Palm
Silent Step
Surface Scaling
Lock Pick
Wings
Dancing Chain x2 - 2/2 hp
Throwing Knives - Dual Shot - Permafrost/Cold Touch imbued
Rose Urumi - Permafrost/Cold Touch imbued
Lifespark Earring - Inactive
Undead Servant - Army of the Damned
Undying Frenzy
Persistent Dead
Guardian Spirit - Caller of Spirits - 1/2
Spirit Shroud - Shroud Affliction
Hired Help - Two for One
Banner Lord - 1/1
Enchanting Sigil - Ice
Oniwanban Footsoldier
Wind Pixie - 1/1
Quest Name: Surprises in the Sand Participants: Two or more Location: Zeinav Post Requirements: 6 posts per person, 200 words per post Reward: +1 Renown, Choice of 2 Common crafting materials Description: The increase in seismic activity over the last year has caused all kinds of subterranean creatures to stir, increasing both sightings and attacks by monsters from beneath. One such creature is the wild Kruthik, which bores beneath the surface of the sands, pouncing on their prey and pulling them below to die. Travelers through the desert are being warned to be cautious and stay on the look out. However, they have gotten the best of you and your traveling party. Instead of a helpless civilian, it is you they have set their eyes on, and while traveling through Zeinav, you find yourself ambushed by the sand dwelling tunnelers. Take care of the threat before they can drag you down below.
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on Apr 27, 2024 9:59:41 GMT -5
“The job seems simple enough”, a dhampir man would whisper to himself trying to stay confident as he walked through the desert. His head was covered by a veiled sunhat as he held a large umbrella while he trudged through the desert.
Raoul just had to deal with some overgrown bug, he thought he could do it. He just had to take it slow and steady and that creature was as good as dead. Just had to not get surprised by them all, but he wished he had some help in this specific mission. Chasing after criminals on rooftops and solving mysteries was one thing but hunting down a monster was another. He wasn’t a particular fan of it but boy did it pay out a nice amount of solars and who was he to refuse? He heard something in the air fly by the faint sight of a person, he’d look up to get a better look at it but barely was able to make out a faint image. Someone was up there and he hoped they were friendly. Because if not this job was gonna get a whole lot harder and he wasn’t exactly sure he could take two particular dangerous threats at the same time solo.
So deciding it was just better to find out Raoul would yell, "Hello there, up in the sky are you friend or foe?".
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Post by Rena Brighteyes on Apr 28, 2024 20:42:21 GMT -5
Rena tilts her head at the figure calling from below, already tucking into a steep dive to land a good ten feet away from the stranger. "...I could answer that however I'd like, and you'd be none the wiser 'til we crossed blades. Regardless, me an' mine have no intent to harm those who're neither intending to harm us nor've found themselves on our hitlist. for the moment..." she tilts her head like the crow she is, looking the dhampir up and down for a moment, "...y're neither. so you're safe from us, for now. should that change...we'll let you know via bayonet," and with that, the crow tilts her head back and lets out a sequence of whistles, signaling for her family to come find her. It's barely a minute later that Bell, Loci, Whistle, Wind, and Wind arrive at her location, curious chirps and trills audible a good few seconds before they make it over the dune blocking the sightline between the two groups. It's then that Raoul sees the strangeness of the murder; two skeletal crow aviankin, skulls and necks and forearms adorned with spectral feathers that shift and ruffle in the manner of the living, a specter of smoke with eyes of embers and ragged, hazy edges, and a pair of seemingly normal crow aviankin, one of whom appears unarmed and the other carrying an enormous crossbow on their back. They gather in a semicircle around Rena, tilting their heads and examining the stranger in their midst. it's the emerald eyed skeleton that breaks the silence, their voice that of an anxious, stuttering child, "...y-yo-you're he-here ab-about the kr-k-kru-kruthic at-attacks, r-right? th-the client s-said we-we'd have he-help..."
Rena - 0/6 wounds
Guardian Spirit - Caller of Spirits - 1/2 charges
Spirit Shroud - Shroud Affliction
Hired Help - Two for One
Banner Lord - 1/1
Enchanting Sigil - Ice
Undead Servant - Army of the Damned
Undying Frenzy - Inactive
Persistent Dead
Dancing Chain - 1/1 hp - cooling down 0/3
Throwing Knives - Dual Shot, Magic Blocker - 10/10
Rose Urumi - Infinite petals
Walking Sword - Doublestrike, Dashing
Tools of the Trade
Multi-Attack - 3/3
Pills of Vitality - 3/3
Throwing Arts
Climbing Arts
Stormrider's Cloak
Lifespark Earring - Inactive
Drake Gland
Quick Palm
Silent Step
Surface Scaling
Lock Pick
Wings
Loci - 0/4 wounds Whistle - 0/4 wounds Wind - 0/4 wounds - 15/15 bolts Wind - 0/4 wounds Bell - Shroud Affliction - 2/2 hp Mael - Wind conversion 1/1
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on May 5, 2024 1:32:41 GMT -5
The faint figure that Raoul saw in the sky came down quickly and landed right in front of him. A look of worry that crossed his face would be swiftly replaced by a look of relief that he wasn’t talking to some sort of giant terror bird or some other dangerous sky beast. After listening to the figure speak and confirm that no harm was going to come to him he relaxes. Before he could say anything else, Kenku and an aviankin arrived to his surprise. He looks the group over, a family traveling through the desert. It surely was a strange site to find out here in the desert especially considering the danger. Before he can ask what they're out here for he quickly gets an answer in the shape of one of the skeletal child figures' response.
“I see, I see”, the dhampir would remark placing his finger on his chin, “Some more folk out here looking for kruthics to hunt, why it appears we’re all here for the same thing. My name’s Raoul O. Ardlean, dhampir detective, and I’m here for the same thing. I got a job to take one of those scary bastards down myself too. It’s reassuring to hear that I’m not out here alone among the dunes and sand, it’s a pleasure to meet you fellows”.
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Post by Rena Brighteyes on May 7, 2024 19:20:35 GMT -5
Rena bobs her head, the feathers around her beak ruffling in an avian smile, ”’n I look forward t’workin’ with ye, Raoul,” she trills softly, silver eyes shifting focus slightly - the crow lets out a curse, her fingers crackling with black frost as she flicks a pair of bayonest over the dhampir’s shoulder, curling filigree of yet more blackened frost spreading across the blades even as theysoars past his head with inches to spare… …there’s a pair of dull thunks, like those of blades slamming through chitin, followed almost immediately by a shriek of pain and rage The chicks go into motion immediately. Wind pulls his crossbow up and over his shoulder from his back, bringing it into position before firing with a twang and another thunk, the recoil pushing the little bird back about six inches as his white-frost coated bolt 1 punches through the eye of another kruthik. Whistle lunges forward, a frost-coated bayonet sliding from each of her sleeves to settle in her palms just in time for her to slash across the face of a kruthik. Wind and Loci both let out angry hisses as they dart forward, eye sockets filled with caustic, hateful light 2 as the two skeletons rush the surfacing bugs to begin tearing into them with razor claws of bone. Bell sighs, cracking his neck and releasing his aura, the translucent smoke describing a rough sphere just over seven feet in radius, the smoke swirling around both Rena and Raoul, bolstering their spellcasting and dragging down that of their enemies…
Rena - 0/6 wounds Guardian Spirit - Caller of Spirits - 1/2 charges
Spirit Shroud - Shroud Affliction
Hired Help - Two for One
Banner Lord - 1/1
Enchanting Sigil - Ice
Undead Servant - Army of the Damned
Undying Frenzy
Persistent Dead
Dancing Chain - 1/1 hp - cooling down 0/3
Dancing Chain - 1/1 hp - cooling down 0/3
Throwing Knives - Dual Shot, Magic Blocker - 8/10 - Permafrost/Cold Touch Imbued
Rose Urumi - Infinite petals
Walking Sword - Doublestrike, Dashing
Tools of the Trade
Multi-Attack - 3/3
Pills of Vitality - 3/3
Throwing Arts
Climbing Arts
Stormrider's Cloak
Lifespark Earring - Inactive
Drake Gland - Ice
Wings
Quick Palm
Silent Step
Surface Scaling
Lock Pick
Backstab Loci - 0/4 wounds Frenzied - 3/3 Whistle - 0/4 wounds Wind - 0/4 wounds - 15/15 bolts Wind - 0/4 wounds Frenzied - 3/3 Bell - Shroud Affliction - 2/2 hp Mael - Wind conversion 1/1
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on May 8, 2024 1:02:42 GMT -5
A cheerful grin of relief would appear on the dhampir’s face, Raoul was thankful that he was going to have some help in this. Especially with the number of folks around no matter the monster would catch them by surprise. As he was about to take a step forward he faintly saw the outline of a bayonet fly through the air above his shoulder.
Immediately alarm bells ring in his head, “Is this betrayal?”, he thinks to himself before the loud squawking screech fills the air around them. No, it wasn’t Rena who had managed to catch onto these sneaky bastards before he had. For that, he was grateful though he wasn’t gonna let these folk get all the glory and pulled out his two whips cracking them against the sand below ready for a fight. Spotting one of the kruthiks that the chicks had attacked he’d strike it with his two whips quickly pulling back on them and wrapping its length around its body binding it for a moment.
“Hey guys I got one grappled here, someone help me finish it off”, he’d yell struggling to keep his grip on his weapon against the creature’s strength.
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Post by Rena Brighteyes on May 12, 2024 22:48:17 GMT -5
Rena lets out a low, grinding growl, her eyes flashing bright, bone white as she flicks two more pairs of black frost filigreed bayonets out to drive through the carapace of two different bugs, one of which is the one Raoul had grappled. Black frost spreads across the carapace surrounding each impact site, the flesh around the blades quickly succumbing to frostbite. The two bugs thus struck let out dying shrieks of pain, rearing back and spasming before falling limp as the crow brings out a long, slender wand of bone and tarnished silver, quickly flicking the thing to conjure a thick briar of twisted, razor thorned vines taking up about twenty square feet, trapping the bulk of the swarm and allowing her family to deal with the stragglers. Wind fires another pair of white frosted bolts, the quarrels driving into another bug, filigree of white frost spreading around the embedded bolts as another bug squeals and dies. The little crow uses the recoil of each shot to dodge two different lunges from yet another Kruthik. Wind grins, her white frosted blades slashing vulnerable underbellies on either side of her as she darts and weaves through the swarm, quite literally dancing and twirling around one lunging attack after another, never letting them corner her against their fellows. Loci snarls, letting out an angry hiss as he tears through one Kruthik after another with talons of razor bone, ignoring each blow that he takes ignored if not outright leaned into so he can land a harder strike. Wind lets out a low whistle akin to wind through a bone flute as she turns into a whirling maelstrom of talons and beak, tearing apart one kruthik after another as she ducks past each strike that comes her way.
Rena - 0/6 wounds Action - two thrown knives Action - two thrown knives Action - Stinging Nettles You cause sharp, thorny vines to sprout from the ground in a ten foot square, making it hard to walk through. Anyone who passes through this terrain will be cut by the thorns and will find their movements restricted, unable to boost their speed or leave the ground. If anyone gets cut or injured by the thorns, the caster will heal all surface level wounds, such as scratches and cuts. Guardian Spirit - Caller of Spirits - 1/2 charges
Spirit Shroud - Shroud Affliction
Hired Help - Two for One
Banner Lord - 1/1
Enchanting Sigil - Ice
Undead Servant - Army of the Damned
Undying Frenzy - Active - Loci, Wind
Persistent Dead
Dancing Chain - 1/1 hp - cooling down 0/3
Dancing Chain - 1/1 hp - cooling down 0/3
Throwing Knives - Dual Shot, Magic Blocker - 4/10
Rose Urumi - Infinite petals
Walking Sword - Doublestrike, Dashing
Tools of the Trade
Multi-Attack - 3/3
Pills of Vitality - 3/3
Throwing Arts
Climbing Arts
Stormrider's Cloak
Lifespark Earring - Inactive
Drake Gland - Ice
Wings
Quick Palm
Silent Step
Surface Scaling
Lock Pick
Backstab Loci - 2/4 wounds Action - murdering Kruthiks Frenzied - 2/3 Wind - 0/4 wounds Action - Murdering Kruthiks Frenzied - 2/3 Whistle - 0/4 wounds Action - Murdering Kruthiks Fighting Knives - Ice Sigil Wind - 0/4 wounds - 12/15 bolts Action - Murdering Kruthiks Heavy Crossbow - Ice Sigil Bell - Shroud Affliction - 2/2 hp Following Rena no active effects! Mael - Wind conversion 1/1 Hiding no active effects!
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on May 18, 2024 9:07:56 GMT -5
“Yes great work”, Raoul would yell out seeing a bayonet go right through the carapace of the kruthik he had grappled. Its hard outer shell would be broken and strange energy would spread over their bodies. Quickly that one and another one perish at the sign of the strange energy not before sending out a harrowing cry of pain. He couldn’t feel too sorry for them after all if it were not for Rena and her family he’d very much be their next meal without much regret from them.
A thorny briar appears out of nowhere thanks to Rena’s magic making it easier to deal with the flock all trapped in one big area save for a few stragglers. The dhampir snaps his fingers a faint small circle of flames (1) appearing at his midsection. Raoul quickly slams his whips across two kruthiks pulling them towards him and getting poked by the spiky nettles as he does so. A faint smile of confidence pops up on his face as he pulls with the kruthiks towards him all his strength. As they appear closer suddenly cries of anguish and the smell of burnt bugs begin wafting through the air the creatures burning from the flame hoop around him.
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Post by Rena Brighteyes on May 18, 2024 11:42:01 GMT -5
Rena lets out a low, angry hiss, her eyes burning cold white as she hurls four more bayonets into the briar trapping the kruthiks, each frost coated blade driving through carapace to spread lethal black frost through flesh and blood in equal measure, four more of the beasts going into shrieking spasms as they die. And then she lets out a howling shriek, frigid power pulsing from the amulet and washing over the gathered swarm, causing the beasts to flinch and scramble to get away, though they’re far too tangled in her conjured brambles for that to be of any use… Bell smiles serenely, his ryes burning toxic orange as he watches the insects struggle to escape, his aura of smoke sinking around and sinking into his wife’s feathers to empower her casting… Loci snarls, darting around to the back of the briar patch and forcing the kruthik attempting to escape back into the thorns, his eyes burning arsenic green as he tears one particularly successful bug apart with his talons. Wind shrieks, hurling herself bodily into the briar to shred through the beasts within, the whirling dervish of bone and death seemingly unfazed by the thorns and vines as she tears through one kruthik after another. Whistle shrieks, ruby eyes filled with infernal light as she darts after the kruthik that managed to escape the briars, her white frost coated bayonets slashing through carapace, freezing the flesh beneath, two more bugs falling with dying cries as the lruby eyed crow circles around the briars to catch any that manage to escape… Wind sends more frozen bolts into the fray, his projectiles punching through carapace and killing one kruthik after another…
Rena - 0/6 wounds Action - two thrown bayonets Action - two thrown bayonets Action - Banner Lord Guardian Spirit - Caller of Spirits - 1/2 charges
Spirit Shroud - Shroud Affliction
Hired Help - Two for One
Banner Lord - 0/1
Enchanting Sigil - Ice
Undead Servant - Army of the Damned
Undying Frenzy
Persistent Dead
Dancing Chain - 1/1 hp - cooling down 0/3
Dancing Chain - 1/1 hp - cooling down 0/3
Throwing Knives - Dual Shot, Magic Blocker - 0/10
Rose Urumi - Infinite petals
Walking Sword - Doublestrike, Dashing
Tools of the Trade
Multi-Attack - 3/3
Pills of Vitality - 3/3
Throwing Arts
Climbing Arts
Stormrider's Cloak
Lifespark Earring - Inactive
Drake Gland - Ice
Wings
Quick Palm
Silent Step
Surface Scaling
Lock Pick
Backstab Loci - 0/4 wounds Action - Murdering Kruthiks Undying Frenzy - 1/3 Wind - 0/4 wounds Action - Murdering Kruthiks Undying Frenzy - 1/3 Whistle - 0/4 wounds Action - Murdering Kruthiks Fighting Knives - Ice Enchantment Wind - 0/4 wounds - 9/15 bolts Action - Murdering Kruthiks Heavy Crossbow - Ice Enchantment Bell - Shroud Affliction - 2/2 hp no active effects! Mael - Wind conversion 1/1 no active effects!
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on May 21, 2024 1:26:48 GMT -5
A kruthik well done is what Raoul has as he finishes burning the two beasts alive with his flame hoop tossing their bodies to the sand to be lost to time. He smiles they’re actually fighting these little bastards and not just that but beating them to a bloody pulp. The dhampir takes a moment to just observe the family alongside him, each fighting in tandem taking out enemy after enemy. It was truly heartwarming to see a family united in such a way against a monstrous threat. It wasn’t an everyday sight to see despite circumstances here he was fighting alongside this family.
Before he could think further about any of this he narrowly avoids the claw swipe to his neck from a sneaky kruthik. He jumps back placing some more distance between himself and the sneaky bastard but it seems that these little scaly fiends are smarter than they appear. Realizing that he is the weakest link out of the group they’ve decided to focus on taking him out as fast as possible. Three more kruthika appear from behind him surrounding the dhampir who lies a decent ways away from Rena and her family.
Desperation enters his voice as he chuckles awkwardly, “Woah there easy big guys, is this about turning your brethren into some smoked kruthik? It was an accident, a trial by fire. I’m sure you fellows could understand as hunters of the desert".
The kruthika do not care and begin charging at him at once, without much other option. He just holds steadfast hoping the flame hoop around his waist would be enough to defend him or else he’d be destroyed in a few moments.
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Post by Rena Brighteyes on May 21, 2024 11:57:02 GMT -5
And then four slender, feather-shaped blades lance out from a flick of Rena's hand, the first two each piercing a different Kruthik's shell, the second pair passing by their embedded siblings and slashing those wounds wider, causing the beasts to rear back in surprise and pain...and then Rena is upon them, a long, slender bayonet held in either hand as she blurs toward the other two, a slender feather-blade lancing out from either sleeve to add yet more damage to each blow as she carves furrows of frostbite into the pair of insects, the combination of black frosted weapons leaving them spasming and curling in on themselves as they topple to the sand... ...and then one of the beasts manages to time a strike to hit the silver eyed crow - a rough disk of jagged black ice fractures into existence, hovering in the air just so to intercept the blow, shattering on impact but stealing from it the force the kruthik would need to do more than ruffle Rena's feathers... Two more bolts slam into another Kruthik, the white frost briefly spreading over the thing's carapace and turning it slow and sluggish for a moment, just in time for Whistle to dart by and drag one of her bayonets along the beast's side, cutting it open like a loaf of bread. The skeletons falter for a moment, their eye lights fading from caustic light to a gentler, more reserved glow...and they witch from attack to defense, smacking away blows meant for their siblings as they let out angry hisses. Through all of this, Bell stands tall, following his wife with smooth motions as he supports her as best he can, goading kruthics to swipe ineffectually at his spectral form even as his aura soaks into both Raoul and Rena, bolstering the spellcasting of both...
Rena - 0/6 wounds Action - two thrown Venom Feathers, two thrown Duelist's Feathers Action - two Blackfeather Bayonet strikes, two Duelist's Feathers strikes Non-action - movement Passives Guardian Spirit - Caller of Spirits - 1/2 charges
Spirit Shroud - Shroud Affliction
Hired Help - Two for One
Banner Lord - 1/1
Enchanting Sigil - Ice
Undead Servant - Army of the Damned
Undying Frenzy - Inactive
Persistent Dead
Dancing Chain - 0/1 hp - cooling down 1/3
Dancing Chain - 1/1 hp - cooling down 0/3
Duelist's Feathers - Slashing - Doublestrike, Offhand - 38/40 ammo - 1/1 hp
Venom Feathers - Piercing - Doublestrike - 28/40 ammo
Ocularose Urumi - Infinite petals
Blackfeather Bayonets - Doublestrike, Dashing
Tools of the Trade
Multi-Attack - 3/3
Pills of Vitality - 3/3
Throwing Arts
Climbing Arts
Stormrider's Cloak
Lifespark Earring - Inactive
Drake Gland - Ice
Wings
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Backstab Loci - 0/4 wounds Action - deflecting a blow from a Kruthik Non-action - coming down from Frenzy, Movement no active effects! Wind - 0/4 wounds Action - deflecting a blow from a Kruthik Non-action - no active effects! Whistle - 0/4 wounds Action - slashing along the side of a Kruthik Non-action - movement Fighting Knives - Ice Enchantment Wind - 0/4 wounds - 7/15 bolts Action - Two fired bolts Non-action - movement Heavy Crossbow - Ice Enchantment Bell - Shroud Affliction - 2/2 hp Action - none Non-action - following Rena, distracting Kruthiks no active effects! Mael - Wind conversion 1/1 Action - Non-action - no active effects!
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on May 23, 2024 13:30:38 GMT -5
“Haha”, Raoul would snap at the kruthiks one by one being systematically taken down by the kenku family.
“Now this is how you do group tactics my friends, not so big and scary when you’re on the ground blades in your shells, are you? Now that you’re not threatening in the slightest I’ll say I do not regret cooking up your brethren with my heat. Perhaps I shall have a nice kruthik feast as a reward once this is over”, he playfully jokes confidently with Rena and her family's help that it would only be a matter of time before these overgrown bunch of lizards.
Suddenly as he stood cautiously trying to find an opening Raoul felt a wave of energy surge through him as he felt Bell’s aura. His magical inner wellspring felt stronger and deciding to make use of it he would target one of the nearby kruthiks.
The dhampir would open his mouth and spew out a large web of spidersilk covering a group of kruthiks and entrapping them. Holding them all in a single place, “Rena and the rest of you, there’s a good chance to finish this once and for all”.
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Post by Rena Brighteyes on May 23, 2024 17:10:54 GMT -5
the response from the crows is immediate - four throwing knives, a crossbow bolt, and a slashing bayonet, each felling a different beast, leaving six Kruthiks squealing and spasming as they die…and then Rena is there, twin bayonets severing the heads of two more in a pair of smooth motions.
…for a long moment, everything is silent. for a long moment, everything is still. and then the crows gather back up, chirping and trilling to each other as they begin to meticulously pick through the carcasses for anything of interest.
Bell’s aura recedes, the specter becoming semi corporeal once more as he moves to guide the youngest pair through the process of stripping the carapace from the bugs, his movements slow and his teaching patient…
Rena steps away from the others, a quick pulse of starry night bringing her thrown knives back to her hands before quick motions has them sliding back up her sleeves. the silver eyed crow regards the dhampir for a moment, then nods, "...well fought, Raoul. may our oaths cross on a more peaceful day," and with that she lets out a soft whistle, signaling to her family...
..and the crows collect what they've gathered, sparing the barest of moments to clean off the insides of stripped off carapace plates before packing them away. a pause, and they perform a small bow toward Raoul before heading off in a seemingly random direction...
...but left where Rena was standing lays a peculiar seal formed from black ice - a wide eye, radiating rays like a sun, encompassed by a ring of feathers...
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Post by Raoul O. Ardelean on May 25, 2024 9:13:57 GMT -5
The battle has finished as the last of the kruthik band is taken out by Rena and her family. Raoul is relieved he has lived for another day and has completed his contract in full. That would mean he’d receive his solars and for that, he was excited to add to his bank account. He starts looking through the carcasses of the beast seeing the family of kenku do the same, he’d picks out some materials placing them into his jacket pocket for a later date. It wasn’t every day that you managed to survive a kruthik ambush much less beat them so he wasn’t gonna let the opportunity pass by him.
The dhampir gives a slight shrug, “Thank you but honestly Rena it was mostly you guys who put in the hard work, I’m not too much of a fighter myself. Without you fellows, I’m not exactly sure how I would’ve overcome those overgrown lizards. I’m eternally thankful and hope that the next time we meet it isn’t in such dire circumstances”.
He’d then wave the family of kenku off as they flew away turning back and headed to collect his solars.
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