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When they hit the platform, the smell was different. Unnatural. Her sensitive nose twitched as golden eyes flickered, shifting her weight and halting at the top of this set of stairs, and... ”Oh for fuck’s sake,” she muttered as the great beast rose to it’s full height and roared. She didn’t have the chance to shout any warning to anyone, Ashe just dove out of the way on infallible instinct from the sweeping limb of the monster. Ashe immediately had to shift to escape it’s blow, knowing she needed to be smaller, faster, a tougher target - Only it was not four paws that thudded down upon stone, not yet. The world exploded in size and suddenly it was a set of gleaming blue wings that beat rapidly at the air, carrying her with a blinding speed away and up. ”What the fuck?” she unintentionally send down the bond, her heart racing wildly as she tried to make sense of what just happened, where her furs were. Did she just shift into a fucking hummingbird? The little blue bird darted away with ease, and Ashe forced the questions and confusion from her mind, reminding herself that Remi had gained multiple shifts too. Questions later, right now? Ashe flew behind the stone beast, dark eyes bright and sharp as she pulled in the scene. She hovered low to the ground and shifted, unsure of how such a small body would carry her lightning, two feet landing nimbly on the ground. It was that second she saw it - Aedion’s immortal body crushed beneath the great beast. It was startling - they had just met, he was supposed to be.. well, immortal. The assassin was no stranger to death, but his loss was registered with regret. ”Zariah!” Ashe shouted., and she set a blasting arc of lightning for the stone beast’s back. Hopefully the other woman got the memo to use her lighting as well. Hopefully the red-haired ascended would know to either stay out of the line of fire or had some kind of trick up his sleeve. Ashe bared her fanged teeth with a snarl; ”I’ve faced bigger stone monsters than you, you puny fuck.” Ashe shifted into a hummingbird to dodge and flew behind the guardian where she shifted back to fire mastered lightning at it! your silence is my favorite sound watch me make 'em bow one by one by one
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Messenger
Age: 28 | Height: 5'0" | Race: Attuned x Abandoned | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 7 (lvl 3 Attuned) - Strg: 10 - Dext: 27 - Endr: 19 - Luck: 14 - Int: PERCY - Mythical - Unicorn (Superspeed) SOOT - Regular - Wine Spider
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03-30-2019, 07:23 PM
Book maker/seller✓
Age: 35 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 10 - Strg: 28 - Dext: 25 - Endr: 27 - Luck: 25 - Int: 1 MIA - Regular - Ragdoll Cat
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03-31-2019, 08:22 AM
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts? Zariah's comment cut right to the heart of Sam's worries and insecurities, immediately made him feel small and useless. But he couldn't 'go home', not once he'd come this far. He wasn't sure if it would be 'manning up', but he had to keep going. Up to the top, no matter what lay there. As they reached the platform he knew it wouldn't be anything good, couldn't be, but he still wanted to hope. That hope was quickly dashed as he saw the creature rise from the floor, ancient and huge and terrifying. Instinctively he took a nervous step back, but then Zariah's words, the words of everyone he'd ever suffered, came back. Weak. Pathetic. Cowardly. He wasn't. He wasn't. They just didn't understand. Running from the swipe of the creature (closing his eyes tight for just a second so he doesn't see the impact of Aedion against the wall, feeling a pang of guilt for never having known him, as bizarre as it is) he tried to get to the side of it. Once he had, he decided to use the only thing he had. Perhaps, he thought, I should have brought some kind of weapon. Reaching into his pocket he brought out the metal cube. Easy to lift for him, he knew it was infinitely heavy to others. That meant it would hit hard for them too, right? The creature before him did not seem to be an Ascended. With all of his might he drew his arm back and threw the cube as hard as he could at it's head. --- Sam runs to the side of the creature and tries to throw his cube at it's head. Samuel
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? the Merciless
Grand Sorceress of the Arcane Academy
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03-31-2019, 05:47 PM
03-31-2019, 09:18 PM
key quest
It had successfully swatted one of the insects which had swarmed into its domain, and Rae's Guardian did not intend to let the rest go free. It shrieked another ear splitting cry of fury - one that quickly turned to pain as lightning arced across its form. Lightning was not particularly effective against stone, no. But in a Mastered form, and against nature itself, it would do the job.
A niggling sense of weakness sapped it from somewhere below, too, but before it could focus, a cube? thocked hard into the side of its head, drawing a further scream of rage. With insects on all sides, it growled something in a foreign tongue and plunged rocky hands into the platform. Each combatant would soon find the ground beneath their feet splitting and blazing with a fierce glow, before sharp spikes erupted from it with the intent of impaling or worse. All members of the party managed to hit Rae's Guardian! The creature ATTACKS in return but all party members successfully DODGE the spikes! HP: Monster: 26 Ashetta: 119 Samuel: 48 Zariah: 108 The post order is as follows: You have 48 hours to respond.
Messenger
Age: 28 | Height: 5'0" | Race: Attuned x Abandoned | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 7 (lvl 3 Attuned) - Strg: 10 - Dext: 27 - Endr: 19 - Luck: 14 - Int: PERCY - Mythical - Unicorn (Superspeed) SOOT - Regular - Wine Spider
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Book maker/seller✓
Age: 35 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 10 - Strg: 28 - Dext: 25 - Endr: 27 - Luck: 25 - Int: 1 MIA - Regular - Ragdoll Cat
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04-01-2019, 10:10 AM
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts? Sam was surprised and delighted that his cube hitting actually seemed to take an effect - though she likely wouldn't notice he looked over to Zariah as if to say ha! See? I'm not completely useless. As the ground split and grew beneath him he quickly losth his smugness as he yelled and jumped as best he could out of the way, pressing himself up against the wall. Without his cube there was little he could do in way of attacks, but he still wanted to try something. Sam attempted to move in and take his cube back from where it had fallen beneath the creature, sliding on his side. ___ Sam dodges the spikes then tries to retrieve his cube! Samuel
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? the Merciless
Grand Sorceress of the Arcane Academy
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04-01-2019, 11:56 AM
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It was a dance of chaos which led to the guardian's demise.
Lightning cracked and the stench of ozone filled the air, even as a small, redheaded figure slipped beneath the impossible bulk of the earthen creature. As Reckoning stabbed into a chink in its rocky surface, raging through the mossy, living mass beneath, the guardian let out a deafening howl. It twisted, best as it could, even as it collapsed - one of its great fists swiped out to swat at Ashetta - and this time it connected. It smacked her against the wall as it had done Aedion; Ashe, at least, would live through it. But still, it collapsed, and as the glow died from its eyes it appeared to fall apart completely in an avalanche of stone and flint. Only Zariah's shield would save Sam's life, the Ascended still battered and bruised by the falling debris, but not buried by it at least. Zariah's goodwill would cost, though - it left her open to the falling rocks herself, and she would find herself near-crushed beneath a boulder. Still, when the dust settles... three warriors still remain. The door up is clear. More stairs, more climbing... The light takes on a blue tinge... Then grey... Another platform. This one filled with the ones you have lost. They sit or stand, fallen comrades, fallen friends, loved ones, family (or as good as) looking just as they did when they were alive. They fill this chamber, laughing and smiling, drinking or dancing, and they beckon to you. They invite you to join them, to stay with them. We were here all along, they seem to say. What took you so long? HP: Ashetta: 104 Samuel: 53 Zariah: 78 The post order is as follows: You have 24 hours to respond.
Messenger
Age: 28 | Height: 5'0" | Race: Attuned x Abandoned | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 7 (lvl 3 Attuned) - Strg: 10 - Dext: 27 - Endr: 19 - Luck: 14 - Int: PERCY - Mythical - Unicorn (Superspeed) SOOT - Regular - Wine Spider
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04-01-2019, 10:00 PM
Book maker/seller✓
Age: 35 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 10 - Strg: 28 - Dext: 25 - Endr: 27 - Luck: 25 - Int: 1 MIA - Regular - Ragdoll Cat
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04-02-2019, 10:13 AM
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts? Sam slid right under the beast, successfully grabbing his cube - yet he saw the rocks falling and thought for a second it would be the last thing he saw; then he was surrounded by a crackling electricity, saw it hurt the monster. He barely even noticed his pain for a moment when he made it to the other side, confused and thrilled by what had happened. The pain did make it's way to him eventually, though. He yelled out a cry and curled in on himself, squeezed his eyes shut as the intensity of it shook through him. It was more than the few paper cuts or tea burns he'd had since the upgrade, it was all consuming and burning. But there were things to do and he could not revel in it forever. Shakily he stood up, looked to Ashetta and Zariah (and briefly, to the crumpled thing that had once been Aedion) then continued upwards. When they opened the door, Sam only recognised one of the crowd. He had not lost many he had loved (or at least, that he remembered) and had had very few close acquaintances. But immediately he saw one face among the group that made his eyes widen, instant choking emotion in his throat. Upon being kicked out of his home after the Ascension didn't work to 'fix' him, he had been taken in as a scared teenager by a kindly old man with a book stall in the market. Cornelius had not expected him to speak, had not asked anything of him at all other than that he watched how the books were made. And one day, Sam had asked to make his own. It had been the start of the rest of his life. The sunny, wrinkled face smiled at him and he couldn't help the fond look back, but...he had always been a cautious man. Something was wrong here. People didn't just die then show up at the top of the Spire. Sam kept his eyes on his old friend but stayed by the door, watching as Ashetta approached her loved ones nervously. --- Sam goes upwards, sees Cornelius but does not approach, wary of the 'ghosts'. Samuel
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? the Merciless
Grand Sorceress of the Arcane Academy
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04-02-2019, 03:14 PM
04-02-2019, 03:42 PM
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They welcome you, these lost souls, whether the party chooses to approach them or not. For those who do, the response is immediate. Warmth fills you, a sense of completeness, of fulfilled wishes. They invite you to sit - please, do sit - for there is so much to tell you, so much they can explain now that you have finally made it through to them. Ushered, coaxed, congratulated and thanked, those who have approached loved ones will be encouraged to sit and relax. Rest is precious, just like memories. And the road has been so long.
For Zariah though, the way is clear. As she heads for the stairs she will find her loved ones quite suddenly there, blocking the way. Shaking their heads. She will have to kill them to get past, and the same will prove true for Samuel and Ashetta. Death is the only answer to death in these hallowed halls. The intuitive ones in the group, too, may notice the strange weakness that overcomes them in this chamber. There is an impression that lingering here might well be fatal. HP: Ashetta: 94 Samuel: 43 Zariah: 68 The post order is as follows: You have 24 hours to respond.
Messenger
Age: 28 | Height: 5'0" | Race: Attuned x Abandoned | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 7 (lvl 3 Attuned) - Strg: 10 - Dext: 27 - Endr: 19 - Luck: 14 - Int: PERCY - Mythical - Unicorn (Superspeed) SOOT - Regular - Wine Spider
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Book maker/seller✓
Age: 35 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: 10 - Strg: 28 - Dext: 25 - Endr: 27 - Luck: 25 - Int: 1 MIA - Regular - Ragdoll Cat
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04-02-2019, 09:04 PM
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts? Sam stayed frozen for a moment, staring into the old and familiar eyes of the man who had once become a sort of father to him. But Zariah's words, though not directed to him, cut through the air and made him realise. This was not real. It was like one of Ludo's tricks he'd heard of, the impossibly cruel act of pretending to be ones loved ones. It hurt, but he pulled his eyes away and began to walk to the door. Suddenly, Cornelius stepped before it. "Samuel.." He began to say in his gentle tone, the one Sam knew meant that he was about to be told a lesson. The softness in the voice ripped at his heart but as he heard Ashetta commit her sins, he reminded himself it wasn't real. This wasn't his tutor. With a heavy sob he reached for the cube in his pocket, held it in his hand for a moment. He knew it was hard and heavy enough to hurt a monster, had hard and sharp corners. Cornelius had always been fragile. Closing his eyes tight, Sam mumbled "It's not real.." to himself as he drew his hand back and drove the corner of the cube hard into the side of his mentors head. When he opened his eyes and continued, something had died in him. -- Sam hits Cornelius in the head with the corner of the cube and continues on (but hes like, really upset about it, what the fuck) Samuel
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