[KQ] boundless

RandoM EvenT Schlorp. Schlorp. It came, collecting parts of itself, bundling, rising, swamping up until it dwarfed saplings and hedgerows. Schlorp. It saw the lights, the banners, the festival... well. 'Saw' is a little much. But it acknowledged it at least, in a way that should have strictly been impossible. And on and on it came. Fresh turf tore from the ground, adding to its mass, and soon it towered above even the tallest trees. Visible now, it would be impossible to miss this collossus. And still it came. Schlorp. Schlorp. Schlorp. It would be there soon. OH MY! A large amount of memory mud has condensed together to form a Mud Monster which has its eyes on the Fiat Lux festival!! The monster will be upon the festival in approximately four rounds. Welcome to the Key Quest. You have 48 hours to respond. So that nothing is missed, please include a quick summary at the bottom of your post. REMEMBER: KQs are rewarding, but dangerous. They may cause death and/or permanent changes to your characters - join at your own risk! ONLY characters participating in the Fiat Lux festival may participate. 1. Phoebe 2. Loren 3. Sunjata 4. Oliver when you pray for rain, prepare for the mud

PHOEBE

there's a bulletproof bond

Pim was the one who alerted Phoebe. Danger. The feeling made her heart skip a beat, and brown eyes raised to see her companion circling something like a vulture. Following the line of sight down, she saw the...thing forming. Without another thought, she ran towards it, knowing it needed to he dealt with. The boys were at the festival and she couldn't let them get hurt.

"Sunjata! A monster!" she shouted, knowing ge was nearby as she ran headlong towards the dangerous creature. As she came running, Pim roared and breathed a bolt of lightning at the mud creature.

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Phoebe comes to fend off the creature and Pim breathes lightning at it.

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Coding base by Sky!

LOREN

Loren had obviously been participating in Fiat Lux. However, it was impossible to miss the giant mass of mud that appeared on the horizon. Immediately, he turned to face it. It was obviously headed towards the festival grounds.

And so, throwing caution to the winds, he ran towards the colossus. He had no weapons, no items, nothing but his magic, his shifts, and the clothes on his back. However, that would have to be enough. Taking a deep breath, he plunged deep into the heart of his power and his soul. Strangely enough, he found himself grinning, a fierce expression that might even be enough to deter the mud. Calling upon his water magic, he sent a torrent straight towards it.

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Loren runs towards the monster and blasts it with water. He has no items on him.

But don’t be weary if it’s broken

Families are like that—

they’re split up and always torn.

i try to keep it in line, maybe i'm just not the one

Oh, Pim isn’t the only one who noticed. Haai notices too, and she joins the pink dragon in his circling, as Sunjata distinctly hears Phoebe’s voice over the crowd. A monster? Of course. Slipping through the crowds he shifts to his macaw form to get there faster, before landing and shifting back into himself, pulling up his boot to grab a dagger, though imagining he’ll end up shifting to try and deal more damage.

Haai in the meantime joins Loren’s waterworks and Pim’s electricity by shooting her own spark of fire at the creature while Sunjata prepares for a bit more… up close of an attack, settling in a stance nearby Phoebe.

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Haai shoots fire at it and Sunjata waits to get closer!

but you know i would

SuNJATA

OLIVER

The festival had been going well and Oliver was having the time of his life. A wide grin was on his face and honestly? Life was going great. At least it was going great until he heard a familiar voice call out for Sunjata, stating that there was...a monster?! Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.

Oliver knew he wasn't the heroic type, he was far from it, but his conscious pulled at him. Saying that if he didn't help out, he'd be guilty later on. Feel horrible for not doing as much as he could. So in a rush, Oliver ran towards the voices only to see a colossal humanoid shape, one clearly made of his least favorite substance.

Unlike Loren, he didn't have any magic to properly combat the beast. What the fuck was he even supposed to do?! He could try his best, for sure, and that's all he could really do. With a wave of his hand, Oliver tried to distract the creature from everyone else by flinging a rock 25 feet away straight towards the monster's head, hoping that the beast would be stupid enough to look the other direction and fight an invisible opponent.

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Oliver slings a rock a good few feet away trying to distract the monster from him (and everyone else)

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RandoM EvenT Stuff happens! Stuff! All at once! And the rag-tag team that comes to fight off the monster would realise a lot of that stuff. Namely, mud monsters did not notice rocks flying past them. They are mud monsters. Whoops. Secondly, lightning and fire do very little against a creature that has been formed from the very ground. Regrettably, Haai and Pim will be of little use here. As for water... well. You still don't know. As Loren shoots his blast of water at the Mud Monster, it seems to separate to allow the liquid to sail straight through it and out the other side. Welp. It dodges. Now you know. Roaring some sort of squelching gibberish with enough force to make the ground shake beneath the group (and to definitely get the attention of all those at the festival), the creature continues its path onwards. You will make contact with it imminently. Haai's fire and Pim's lightning are INEFFECTIVE against the Mud Monster. Loren attacks but it MISSES. The monster will be upon the festival in approximately THREE rounds. POST ORDER: Loren Sunjata Oliver Phoebe You have 48 hours. when you pray for rain, prepare for the mud

LOREN

As the monster literally broke apart and reformed around his water, Loren snarled. Then the ground shook and he had to focus on keeping his footing. He glanced around at the rest of the little ragtag team that had formed. Pim's lightning, Haai's fire, and Oliver's rock proved as ineffective as the Launceleyn's water magic.

So the summoner dug deeper. He raised both hands, and water shot from both of them towards either end of the mud goliath. Bringing both hands together swiftly, he attempted to split the monster in half horizontally. The water shot out of his palms in a high powered stream, and he kept pouring it out. His brow was furrowed with concentration.

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Loren tries to slice the monster in half horizontally with water magic.

But don’t be weary if it’s broken

Families are like that—

they’re split up and always torn.

i try to keep it in line, maybe i'm just not the one

Well fuck, Sunjata hisses as everything they try to do is ineffective, and he focuses on watching the monster reform it self as it dodges Loren’s water. With a glance back to Phoebe he gives her a small nod, his own way of telling her to be careful, before handing her the dagger he’d grabbed before — just in case, though seeing the monster reform and reshape he doesn’t know if it even matters  — and he sheds his jacket to the side, beckoning Haai to return to the group.

He watches Loren’s water magic try to split it in half, and he shifts into his panther form, darting under the stream of water, sharp teeth and claws aiming to swipe at the mud at the base, to try and keep it from moving forward.

Or maybe he’ll get swallowed, he can’t tell.

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Sunjata gives a dagger to Phoebe before shifting to panther form and tries to claw through the bottom center of the mud monster.

but you know i would

SuNJATA

OLIVER

Well. Fuck. The monster was either super stupid, blind, or maybe he just really fucking sucked. Either way, the monster was getting closer and closer. The ground trembled and Oliver struggled a bit to keep his balance, surprised by the sudden quake. They had to stop the monster. The festival couldn't be ruined by this, no way. It was going to be a time for fun and no way was all the hard work setting it up going to go to waste. Taking quite a few steps back, Oliver tried to put some distance between him and the muddy beast.

Distracting didn't work so instead he focused on a new idea. Oliver started to choose out rocks, ranging in size and would fling them into the monster. Of course, they would be aimed away from his friends and would all hopefully go to different body parts. He'd aim for the stomach, the neck, the head, and the upper torso. He needed to give the more experienced fighters a chance to actually do something.

"What do you want me to do?" Oliver called out, clearly hoping someone else had an idea.

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Oliver begins to use telekinesis to throw rocks at the monster, rather than just distracting him.

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PHOEBE

there's a bulletproof bond

Her eyes widened as she watched the monster evade attack after attack. This wasn't looking good. Not at all. She glanced at Sunjata worriedly, but his calm assurance and nod reminded her it was no time to panic. He was a solider and had been trained for this...and she didn't want to look a fool in front of him. Steeling her nerves she nodded back, taking the dagger and holding it tight in both hands. Pim roared and dove to snap and claw at the mud creature before soaring back into the sky, mimicking large birds of prey since his lightning was ineffective at best. As Sunjata shifted, Phoebe looked up at the sky. They weren't equipped to fight something like this. Their attacks did nothing - and she hoped the divine would not see a festival in their honor so sullied by this...thing. "Frey! Please help us!" she shouted, hoping to channel her friend into the fray.

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Pim does a divebomb scratch and bite! Phoebe attempts to channel Frey!

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Coding base by Sky!

RandoM EvenT Schlorp. Schlorp. Sch---hhhhhh--- Loren's blade of water hits the creature with such force that the top half of it literally parts from the bottom, toppling to the side with a sound like pancake mix falling onto the floor. The Mud Monster gargles. The Mud... Monsters... gargle. Visibly slowed, both halves of the creature need a moment to recover, but whilst only half of their collosal height, they both continue to plod onwards towards the festival. Loren's action does not happen in a vacuum, however. As a result of his parting the monster's sort-of-head from its maybe-shoulders, Oliver's rocks sail clear of the creature and do nothing to damage it. Boo! Pim does manage to get his little teeth and claws into the bottom half of the Mud Monster, at least, and the little dragon comes away filthy but successful. Sunjata, though...oh dear. Perhaps the ground is too slippery with water and muck, but the panther is unable to get purchase enough to scratch at the creature, and instead slides right into its path. It barrels over him on its pathway to the festival, unknowing, unseeing, and the guildmaster is sucked beneath it. Then sweet, sweet Phoebe makes her call. It is a cry to the heavens, carried on flowers and sunshine, and those in the muddied fields would feel the deity's presence as a warmth in their fingertips, though they did not appear in person (now is not the time for an orgy, folks!) "For you, doll, I'll even the playing field a little." Frey's voice breezed through them, and just as the severed half of the Mud Monster takes a swipe at Oliver, it promptly transforms into a thousand, thousand petals. There. That should help. Loren attacks the monster and HITS, creating two smaller monsters! Oliver attacks and MISSES. Pim attacks and HITS the bottom half of the monster. Sunjata attacks and MISSES. He is sucked beneath the bottom half of the monster, and is now trapped and suffocating! Phoebe channels Frey and SUCCEEDS. Frey causes the top half of the monster to vanish, just as it takes a swipe at Oliver. It MISSES. HP: Monster: 120 Loren: 140 Sunjata: 56 Oliver: 45 Phoebe: 72 The monster will be upon the festival in approximately TWO rounds. Sunjata will suffocate to death in approximately TWO rounds. Post Order: Loren Sunjata Oliver Phoebe when you pray for rain, prepare for the mud

LOREN

Loren let out a fierce cry of triumph as his water severed the monster in two and Pim's claws sank into the mud, doing some damage. Of course, then his eyes widened as both halves started oozing their way forward. They widened farther as Sunjata was sucked into what had been the bottom half of the monster. Things weren't looking great for Oliver either.

Then, though Phoebe called out for Frey, and their presence and voice echoed onto the field, along with their power. One of the monsters straight up dissolved into flowers. The summoner was rejuvenated. Calling upon his magic once more, he blasted the monster with water. He also reached deep down into his magic, eyes flicking towards Pim for a brief moment.

The the Launceleyn summoned a dragon of his own, with another fierce battle cry, a full sized one. It lumbered forward, and attempted to dig into the mud, trying to extract Sunjata.

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Loren blasts the monster with water and summons a dragon to try and dig Sunjata out.

But don’t be weary if it’s broken

Families are like that—

they’re split up and always torn.

i try to keep it in line, maybe i'm just not the one

Well things don’t go…. exactly according to plan. He had hoped, in a way, that he wouldn’t just slide within it, trapped and unable to breathe, and yet here he is — here all sky’s characters eventually end up — but he doesn’t think he’s useless. No, he reaches for the shifts within him, knowing that he needs to get out so he can breathe again, but perhaps it might destroy part of the remaining monster. If only he could get some air.

Haai joins in trying to scratch at the mud to get him free, and Sunjata filters through the shifts he knows until he feels something different, and he latches on, internally panicking and hoping it’s something big to blast the mud away from his person, to reach the air and remove the pressure. He tugs, shifting into his killer whale form, hoping with enough force it might rise him from underneath the mud creature.

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Sunjata shifts to killer whale form in an attempt to get free!

but you know i would

SuNJATA

OLIVER

Things absolutely do not go according to plan...or at least not Oliver's plan. Loren's water does work which is just fantastic, except it also means that his own rocks kind of just fail. The monster was now split into two which meant double the trouble. Sunjata was enveloped by the beast and his eyes widened. His voice cracked as he screamed out, clearly distraught. "Sunjata!" It pained him to see it happen and he wanted to help, wanted to do something.

Just as Oliver was preparing to throw more rocks, his eyes widened to see an arm swinging towards him. His fight or flight instincts had barely kicked in and just as he was about to bolt the arm transformed. A flurry of petals cascaded down, some landing ontop of him. A beautiful voice echoed through his ears and his entire body shuddered. Frey... His eyes searched for a figure, only to be met with nothing. I don't know if you can hear me....but thank you. I owe you so much...thank you. Frey had saved his life and he now owed a massive debt, but he didn't have too much time to think on that.

Running off to the side, Oliver hoped that Loren's dragon would be able to rescue his close friend. He made his way to the other side of the mud monster and used his telekinesis to throw a few rocks again at the monster, this time at it's side, that way he would avoid hitting either the dragon or Sunjata. Hopefully he'd be able to shave off a few more feet of the monster's remaining upper body.

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Oliver moves to the side and starts to try and throw rocks at the monster's side, especially the upper part. He tries to avoid hitting Sunjata and the dragon especially, aiming far away from the two.

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