DEIMOS
And in your darkest hour,
I hold secrets flame
At the stretch of dawn days after the fall of heathens and fiends, he didn’t go to explore the Spire, to march against Naturals, or to join the arms of fellow Outlanders.
Deimos took the opportunity to scavenge the ruins, to wander, to wonder, to peer and peel back the oddities and occurrences; and above all, to strengthen his own abilities. He’d seen the destruction of the monster, but at the cost of life. He’d fought and fought before; fellow humans, blistering and seething, a living, breathing weapon, stretching his incantations and malice across grounds, hurling spears, throwing axes, knives, and daggers, arming himself with cutlasses, rapiers, and sheer, indomitable will. But this world was different – and that meant he had to grow with it. Instead of eroding, the beast was forced to lift his head up, stare across the grounds, and be more than a brooding, potential force. He had to be lethal. He had to be noxious. He had to be cunning. There was no room for floating around in his brooding munitions; it would take more action, more movement, more maneuvers to become something besides the dark, lurking, skulking creature in the corner. The beast thought he heard a rustle of wind, felt a sprinkle of rain drops across the bridge of his nose; but when he glanced at the sky, it was serene, a vivid blue, and he smirked. Today’s intentions had been to practice his skills, ensure they hadn’t become rusty and deficient in his lack of practice (vampire pumpkins had been amusing at best; and during LongNight he’d been trapped and ensconced). Layered amidst the ruins, he spied a few, more fragile pieces of wood, and after grabbing them, placed them meters apart, presuming he could utilize them for target practice. They were clearly no longer in use, and could serve one last purpose before a massive burn of debris and ruin. He backed away, drawing a line in the dirt with the length of his boot, and grabbed ahold of Alistair’s hunting knife. The soldier frowned slightly, because it seemed like the type of weaponry ill-suited to this purpose, and he suddenly wished he had some smaller daggers, allowing for a more pinpointed accuracy, lighter in his hand, capable of further flight and lack of deflection from the wind. When he looked down again, one was in his hand. His brow arched, then furrowed, head churning and attempting to puzzle out the newest enigma to run his blood cold. What was going on? What had caused this phenomenon? Was it a mirage? A hallucination? Some trickery, deceit? A snare, a lure, meant to cloak and veil his senses until he was stunned into a stupor? But it felt so tangible, so real, in the palm of his hand, and on a diligent, scrupulous effort to determine the rationale, the lunacy, he pushed it to his fingertips. In a single, swift move, he flicked the knife, and watched it sail towards one of the wooden blocks. It hit in the center with a clear, distinct, audible sound. master of nothing place; of recoil and grace |
survival never goes out of style
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the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 74 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
Played by: Heather
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03-16-2019, 11:15 PM
the Evergreen
Warden of Halo / Apothecarist
Age: 35 | Height: 5'5 | Race: Abandoned | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Halo Level: 8 - Strg: 18 - Dext: 20 - Endr: 30 - Luck: 30 - Int: MICAH - Regular - Tide Jaguar
Played by: Brit
Change author: Posts: 1,246 | Total: 6,358 MP: 9347 EVIE there ain't no doubt in no ones mind Evie moved on light and quick feet through the ruins. She wasn't particularly noisy, but nor was she making any real attempt to veil her position. In fact she was humming beneath her breath, occasionally throwing in the odd word or two when it suited the melody. Today Evie had a basket draped over an arm and she was gathering plants seemingly at random. It was mostly random, to be fair. Though she had some knowledge of botany, Evie Wordsworth was, in a word, a sham. Her parents disapproved of the fact she was born an abandoned, and so they made her hide it. Evie had tried to work at being an apothecarist, and while she did enjoy some aspects of it (creating essential oils were lovely), for the most part being able to identify different species of plants was not really her cup of tea. And really, if she couldn't tell the difference between the plants, what did it matter. It was her magic doing all the work anyways. Moving out from behind a broken half-crumbling wall, Evie stopped abruptly as a blade went zinging a few feet in front of her, landing with impressive accuracy. Scowling slightly and ready to whoever it was a gentle reminder about the dangers of knife throwing, her gaze was suddenly swept up in the very commanding presence of Deimos. "Oh." She said to herself, incredibly stupidly, before clearing her throat and trying this first impression again. Pushing a long strand of copper from her eyes, she quirked a brow and looked pointedly from the blade, back to the reaper. "I suppose I should ask if that's what you were aiming before, before I say whether or not it was any good, hmm?" that love's the finest thing around the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 74 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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03-19-2019, 11:50 PM
the Evergreen
Warden of Halo / Apothecarist
Age: 35 | Height: 5'5 | Race: Abandoned | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Halo Level: 8 - Strg: 18 - Dext: 20 - Endr: 30 - Luck: 30 - Int: MICAH - Regular - Tide Jaguar
Played by: Brit
Change author: Posts: 1,246 | Total: 6,358 MP: 9347 EVIE there ain't no doubt in no ones mind Had Evie noticed? No, of course not. She was consumed in her anger, pulled in by the blackhole of Rory's emotion and happy to explode along with her people. Evie was that sort after all. The bandwagon-jumper, the face in the crowd who didn't bother to look, the one who liked the sound of her own voice. Flawed? Of course, but unapologetically so. Sort of. Flinching as Deimos suddenly threw another dagger, Evie inhaled a shocked but impressed gasp as it nestled itself with unfettered neatness against the angle of the first blade. "Oh. Well done then." Briefly Evie wondered if she hadn't just walked into some immensely dangerous scenerio from which her quick wit and prominent last name wouldn't save her. However what fell from the reaper's lips was not the threat she'd imagined it would be, but what seemed like an attempt at conversation. Her apprehension disappeared, and the red-head flashed a bright white smile as she held up the basket on her arm. "Herbs, mostly." She said with a casual shrug. "I'm an apothecarist." Evie added, which was true. The bit about needing the herbs however, wasn't. Still, having an assortment of random dried leaves in her shop gave the impression that all of Evie's healing was in fact done naturally, rather than magically. Which was of course the point. "And you? Just out...throwing knives?" that love's the finest thing around the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 74 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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03-30-2019, 11:01 PM
the Evergreen
Warden of Halo / Apothecarist
Age: 35 | Height: 5'5 | Race: Abandoned | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Halo Level: 8 - Strg: 18 - Dext: 20 - Endr: 30 - Luck: 30 - Int: MICAH - Regular - Tide Jaguar
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04-02-2019, 03:12 AM
EVIE there ain't no doubt in no ones mind Evie was nothing if not an accomplished liar. She had to be, given that the majority of her life was built on a cleverly crafted deception. "Minor aches and pains." The girl replied easily and immediately as if it were true. "It is crushed and used topically. It can also reduce the size of bruises." Could it actually? Maybe. Who knows? Plants could do all sorts of interesting things, that's why proper apothecarists existed after all. They couldn't all be magical shams like her. "Uh huh." She replied in a sing-song voice, copper brow arched skeptically. "Is there some knife-throwing competition that I haven't heard of?" Evie asked, her pale lips twisting into a smile that seemed to come far easier than his did. "Mmm." Evie hummed in agreement. Accuracy as to what? A more clever mind might have asked, but as it was, Evie was not one for philosophical pandering or rants. Accuracy was important. It was as simple as that. "Oh." She stuttered, surprised, doe-blue eyes blinking stupidly. What she wanted was to make up an excuse, because what was going to happen if she said yes, was that this absurdly ruggedly handsome man was going to show her what to do, and Evie with her soft hands and complete lack of coordination was going to wildly miss the stump, and then there'd be an awkward moment while this man tried to figure out how to tell her to leave, and she'd have to endure a strange walk of shame out of the glade. But instead of coming up with any sort of reason, she looked into his unshaven face and nodded. "Sure. Why not?" That's the thing about having your life be a lie. You never know when to stop. that love's the finest thing around the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 74 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
Played by: Heather
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04-02-2019, 10:34 PM
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