From being an Abandoned who had rarely left the Hollowed Grounds, to embracing the call of adventure, to dying and being reborn first as an Ascended and then as an Ancient, Maea has gone through quite the amount of changes in her life. One thing remains common, though, in her attempts to find out just where she belongs; she’s always had a craving for knowledge which has brought her to so many places and to meet so many people here in Caido. We can’t wait to see what else is in store for her!
Congratulations, Maea!
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Court of the Fallen was created in October of 2018 by Odd, Honey, and Crooked.
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Adam did take a step back as Kiada threw her knife; he knew it was not really Sunjata, but the sight of a blade sinking into his friend's chest was still uncomfortably real. Soon after though, the beast within began to show through, and then it was advancing. With experience of years fighting in the streets, Adam would try to side step and then lean up over the creature, to be able to bring both daggers down hard onto it's back.
"Less thinking, more fucking doing something." He hissed to Edwyn, annoyed by the groups general lack of initiative to act; maybe Adam just had a different approach, and he wasn't usually the most violent person...but here, right now, fighting monsters in the dark? It was kill or be killed, best to be aggressive first and ask questions later. Once he was sure his daggers had sunk into the boggart's back all the way to the hilt, he would pull them back out.
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Adam leans around to stick both of his daggers into the boggarts back, then pull them out.
So collect your courage and collect your horse
And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse
black hearts, the wicked never rest. i curse the day i let you in
so tell me dear,
Sunjata’s words grate on her ears, her teeth clamping together and grinding in her frustration. Luckily, however, it seems most of them have the same idea, and she preps herself to throwing the knife dead into the center of this faux-Sunjata’s chest. As he morphs and changes into something else, Kiada can’t help the grin that crosses her face, even as the boggart reaches for her. She evades it, ensuring her armor upgrade is still in place, ending up aiming her dodge behind the creature.
Nate’s unleashed, however, and she doesn’t blame him. She tries to help where she can, gaining a bit of distance, unlatching another throwing knife from her belt to throw it at the creatures arm, hoping that perhaps she can pin it to the ground, activating her speed upgrade fo get back to the group.
Kiada throws a throwing knife at the boggarts arm, hoping to pin it there while keeping her armor upgrade active and activating her speed upgrade to get back to the group.
Type: Light
Bipedal Air Upgrade | Air shoots from her feet allowing her to move with bursts of speed.
Type: Grey
Bionic Armor Upgrade | Lightweight but hard armour extends from her spine, wrapping around her upper body in a defensive sheet of armour.
can your heart still break?
if it's already stopped beating?
KIADA
Kiada has a large X scar on the right side of her neck.
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Kiada, without killing her <3
Isla and Edwyn are like Ken and Barbie with their blue eyes, perfect smiles, and absolute lack of anything useful this round. But that's alright, seeing as Nate is apparently just going to fuck the boggart up himself. His arrow strikes the creature's chest soon after his body does, and they both tumble to the ground. Fire and electricity snarl from the weapons, which causes screams to echo from the bastardized Sunjata. Perhaps knowingly (or not, who knows), Nate is forced to endure the heat of his own flames as well the hand holding the flaming dagger burns.
Fresh from the grave as Adam is, he isn't quite strong enough to do more with his daggers than annoy the boggart (a whopping 8 points of damage), but you know, better than nothing. Adam had said there needed to be more fucking doing. He hadn't said more deadly doing, so. Similar comments apply to Kiada (7.5 pts of damage, wompwomp). She'd have done better remaining where she was at the end of the group to keep an eye on what she instinctively knew was likely to come...
From the direction the group was headed, a strange beetle-like monster appears. Its mandibles click with razor-sharp precision as its bionic eyes sway and survey, targeting the ascended. A blast of dark energy snarls toward Isla and Edwyn; though the pair both have modelesque looks, Isla's aren't just for show. She's easily able to dodge the monster's attack. Edwyn though? Edwyn isn't so lucky. He's obliterated before he even has a chance to say rising action.
Beneath Nate the boggart writhes and attempts to stab the ascended, but misses.
Your randomly chosen initiative order is: Isla, Nate, Edwyn, Adam, Kiada You have 24 hours to respond, based on when the person before you posted.
Please keep your posts as concise and clear as possible. Remember, this is a KQ. You can spend words on introspection later. Keep things action-based, and refer to the KQ guide in the guidebook for information about our expectations.
If I don't specifically say how your character has evaded an attack, or where the damage is, feel free to add this flavour in yourself!
"We have a problem here!" Isla's voice rings out like the peal of a bell, and though she curse that slips from her lips is very unbecoming of a duchess, it's undoubtedly the only thing suitable for what happens next. She bends out of the way of the creature as gracefully as Edwyn doesn't, and this man she's never been able to know is dead before she even really learns his name. Isla is sorry, and there's no time to say it.
"Finish with the boggart - I'll buy you time!"
Because there's only one trump card Isla has, and if she's not going to use it now, why bother? Planting herself in the middle of the pathway, Isla taps into the savagery and raw predator instinct gifted to her by a demigod, and shifts. Massive tawny wings spread wide, claws bite into the earth and a tail tipped with a stinger tripping with venom rises up. The manticore roars a challenge - if only there was any lick of bite to go with that bark.
Isla calls that she'll buy them time with the monster while they get rid of the boggart, and shifts into a Fucking Manticore.
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sooner or later, we all have to wake and try forgetting everything
There’s no pain, and no room for fear of the flames that lick up his arms. They’re a small price to pay to utterly destroy this thing that has bastardized his husband, even if there are systems screaming the opposite within him.
There’s another sharp whistle, snuck in between growls and grunts of exertion, his arrow withdrawing and rising to strike again when Isla’s words ring out. It’s Longnight, and there is nothing but problems around them, but there is just enough panic in her voice that a modicum of sense returns to Nate, enough for him to turn from his bloodlust and snap an order at Adam and Kiada. ”Help Isla!”
Turning just enough to see that things have indeed gone to shit, Nate whistles again, sending his arrow hurtling past the shifting for of his fellow doctor and where’s Edwyn?
There’s no time to focus on anything, to wonder, as Nate turns back to the boggart beneath him and stabs at it again, trying to use the lightning touched blade exclusively.He can’t be injuring himself if there’s more shit ahead, now can he?
Nate tells Adam & Kiada to help Isla, sends his arrow shooting past Isla in the general direction of the monster, and continues to stab the boggart, trying to use primarily the lightning dagger
Type: Dark
Everywhere Arrow | A sleek, obsidian arrow. Controlled by whistling, the arrow is moved and directed via a mental link with the user. Range of 15ft, works with Ascended only.
Type: Dark
Trident Daggers (Upgraded) | Two daggers perfectly weighted and sculpted for Sunjata. One can shoot fire in a 5ft arc and the other electricity.
Disappointingly, his daggers didn't seem to inconvenience the Boggart much; Adam drew them back to himself with a sigh, wondering if he'd lost his touch. Hopefully it was too early to come to those conclusions.
In all the chaos, he didn't notice Edwyn's disappearance. Later he'd feel bad for snapping at the man before his rapid death, but not having known him and focusing on the fight, he didn't pay any attention for now.
Isla yelled to take the Boggart, but Nate called to help Isla - Adam flicked his eyes between the two fights and decided to take Nate's advice; it seemed like he had the Boggart handled. Since the daggers weren't working out, he tried to rip his eyes off of Isla turning into uh, something, long enough to pull the crossbow off his back instead, already loaded with one bolt.
Shifting his weight to be heavy enough to withstand any recoil, he would aim to shoot right for the nasty bug bitch's eyes.
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Adam gets out his crossbow, adjusts his gravity so that he can take any recoil, and shoots at the bug monsters eyes.
So collect your courage and collect your horse
And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse
black hearts, the wicked never rest. i curse the day i let you in
so tell me dear,
Problems after problems, her attention flits for Isla at Nate’s command, gritting her teeth. And while nobody else noticed Edwyn, Kiada does. She tears the sword from his hands, and moves to stand beside Adam, watching Isla shift into a creature she recalls vaguely. But there’s no time for that, she settles and squares her feet. “Gonna send some ice out.” She informs them, reaching up to the amulet around her necklace and tearing it off.
Aiming it right at the beetle creature, she summons Deimos’ mastered ice from the amulet, aiming to try and transfer it into an icy spear that will hopefully impale the creature or cause it to stop advancing. And gods, does she pray that it works.
Kiada takes the sword from Edwyn and activates her amulet at the beetle monster! She tries to make it into a spear of ice to impale the monster.
Type: Grey
Magic Storing Amulet | An amulet capable of storing one Abandoned magic cast at it, allowing the user to cast and control the enchantments contained within. Will break after one use. (Made by Deimos)
Type: Grey
Bionic Armor Upgrade | Lightweight but hard armour extends from her spine, wrapping around her upper body in a defensive sheet of armour.
can your heart still break?
if it's already stopped beating?
KIADA
Kiada has a large X scar on the right side of her neck.
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Kiada, without killing her <3
The monster pauses briefly to regard Isla. However things made of gears and sinew, not unlike the rest of the ascended, do not frighten terribly easily. The manticore is intimidating, but like anything else, it can be killed.
Nate 's arrow sings toward the monster, shooting into part of its neck, as the ascended stabs the boggart once again, removing the last semblance of Sunjata's appearance as life drains entirely from its body. Adam 's arrow is not quite so accurate, narrowly missing the monster's eyes. The bad luck continues as Kiada unleashes a spire of ice toward the creature. Whether it's because of Kia's lack of practice with such an item or the creature's speed, the blast goes wide, leaving an ice slab sticking out of one of the hedges.
Targeting Kiada and Adam, the monster opens its jaws and aims a beam of brakish and black energy at each of them. Both are struck directly, their energy levels sapped despite the lack of pain. Kiada's armor has absorbed part of the blast, shielding her from the worst of the attack.
Your randomly chosen initiative order is: Isla, Nate, Adam, Kiada You have 24 hours to respond, based on when the person before you posted.
Please keep your posts as concise and clear as possible. Remember, this is a KQ. You can spend words on introspection later. Keep things action-based, and refer to the KQ guide in the guidebook for information about our expectations.
If I don't specifically say how your character has evaded an attack, or where the damage is, feel free to add this flavour in yourself!
It's a deep and rumbling growl that leaves Isla's throat as the creature attacks - not her, no, but those attempting to fight behind her. She had hoped to be enough of a distraction, but alas that isn't to be the case this time around. And with rage and savagery tearing through her systems and overloading her senses, it's no wonder that she's keen to get a little payback.
Lunging forward, Isla aims a heavy swipe at the monster with razor sharp claws, her wings fanning out and pinning back so that others might get by her to aim their own hits. With no boggart to bother them - not that she has noticed - there is little to stop them from attacking the creature now all at once.
Enraged that the monster has damaged her companions, FuckingManticore!Isla takes a big old swipe at the LongNight monster.
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sooner or later, we all have to wake and try forgetting everything
One monster down, though it’s destruction does nothing to stop the anger singing through Nate’s bones as he rises again, turns with a burning gaze this fresh hell ahead of them. Another whistle, softer this time, more precise, aiming once again for whatever the creature has that resembles a throat, tipping up at the last moment to try and pin its mouth shut, at least temporarily.
Nate himself rushes back to his original place, trying to get ahead of Kiada and Adam, alongside Isla where he can do the most damage. A wordless roar leaves him again, teeth bared in the starkest threat he can manage, in a mirror of the fangs hanging around his own neck. Again the daggers rise, lightning and flame both pointed towards the mockery of their perfection, his jacket adjusted in a way that will hopefully give him some protection from the licking flames he wields.
Nate tries to pin the monsters jaws closed with his arrows, then rushes up to attack it with the daggers again. He also uses his fangs necklace to intimidate it
Type: Dark
Fang Necklace | A necklace of sea panther teeth. These may be used once per thread to cause intimidation to nearby enemies. (Enemies will roll with disadvantage for that round).
Type: Dark
Everywhere Arrow | A sleek, obsidian arrow. Controlled by whistling, the arrow is moved and directed via a mental link with the user. Range of 15ft, works with Ascended only.
Type: Grey
Leather Jacket | A leather jacket that can reflect basic fire damage away from the wearer. Can be used again after a two post cool-off period. (Made by Deimos)
Type: Grey
Subdermal Shielding Upgrade | Lightweight biomechanical scales are embedded beneath 80% of Nate's skin. When his senses detect he's in physical danger, they rise above his dermal-layer and create a shield.
Type: Dark
Trident Daggers (Upgraded) | Two daggers perfectly weighted and sculpted for Sunjata. One can shoot fire in a 5ft arc and the other electricity.
Unfortunately, after his rather weak attack on the Boggart, it seemed Adam was destined to have a streak of bad luck. The arrow he shot from his crossbow did not hit it's target, but the monster had far better aim. It was weird, to be hit and know you were hurt without pain, but he fucking knew it, and still hissed anyway as he felt the energy drag away his strength.
"Fuck, fuck-" Deciding for the moment a tactical retreat to recover was best (Nate seemed to have all of this very much handled), Adam jumped behind the group now that the Boggart was dead and activated the Voice's gift, knowing if he didn't heal now he'd not last much longer. Hoping to avoid the monster's gaze, he waited until he was fully restored.
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Adam jumps behind the group to use the Voice's upgrade to heal himself of the damage caused.
Instant damage rejection upgrade | When activated, this upgrade will allow the user to reject the last damage received. However monsters will have advantage against you for the next turn if you're targeted.
So collect your courage and collect your horse
And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse
black hearts, the wicked never rest. i curse the day i let you in
so tell me dear,
She grits her teeth as she sees how everything begins to fall apart, watching the way Adam’s arrow misses and she summons the ice, watching the way it goes wide. The amulet breaks, and Kiada hisses under her breath, but it’s nothing compared to the sudden feeling she gets as the creature focuses its anger on her and Adam. “Mother fucking prick!” She hisses as her sensors begin to alarm internally, as she feels the leeching tendrils but no pain.
It was better than lava, though, so she’d take it.
Adam bolts and Kiada stumbles toward the side of the group, toward Nate as she keeps her armor upgrade in place, lifting the sword she had nabbed from Edwyn, and charges at the creature alongside Nate and Isla, aiming for a leg or wherever she could reach.
Kiada lunges for the monster with Flametongue that she grabbed from Edwyn, and keeps her armor in place!
Type: Dark
Flametongue | Magic sword that sheds dim light like a torch and is warm to the touch; causes user to constantly have spice on the tongue as if they ate something fiery hot.
Type: Grey
Bionic Armor Upgrade | Lightweight but hard armour extends from her spine, wrapping around her upper body in a defensive sheet of armour.
can your heart still break?
if it's already stopped beating?
KIADA
Kiada has a large X scar on the right side of her neck.
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Kiada, without killing her <3
Isla might have returned back in a body that wasn't overly strong, but of course that isn't the form she finds herself in. Her talons streak across the metal of the monster's body, making sparks fly and tearing through the muscly-fibres that hold part of its carapace together.
Nate 's arrow strikes through the creature's mouth as his blades scrape in the wake of Isla's claws. Electricity and fire blaze forward, and though this time Nate has his jacket, still fire is a precarious thing for an ascended to play with (we wouldn't want Nate to blow up, now would we?).
Adam flails to the back of the group, using his upgrade and finding himself suddenly back to tip top form.
Kiada perhaps has Nate to think that her attack hits, distracted by the sea-panther necklace as it briefly is. Groaning as the sword snarls through one of its biomechanical legs, the monster does something very odd.
Its wings stretch out and wrap around its body as its head curls and tucks under. Completely blocked from view by its metallic shielding, from within the creature comes a series of clicks and clacks, as something appears to be happening..
Is this where it explodes, taking you all with it? Is it healing itself, meaning you should get your licks in while it can't attack back? God, if only you knew.
Your randomly chosen initiative order is: Isla, Nate, Adam, Kiada You have 24 hours to respond, based on when the person before you posted.
Please keep your posts as concise and clear as possible. Remember, this is a KQ. You can spend words on introspection later. Keep things action-based, and refer to the KQ guide in the guidebook for information about our expectations.
If I don't specifically say how your character has evaded an attack, or where the damage is, feel free to add this flavour in yourself!
Victory, however transient, is a sweet, sweet thing for the manticore currently roaring through Isla's blood, and the sound that thrums from the lionesses throat can't possibly be a purr, but it's definitely pleased. Still, rows of razor sharp teeth are bared when the monster darts back, curls in on itself, and starts to... do something.
The shift is at war, then, with the medic. Isla knows from her experiences that creatures prior to the Ascended have a habit of exploding (hello, Spire Demon), but the manticore really wants to drive the scorpion's sting into the carapace and find out what's going on once and for all.
Eventually logic wins out, because of course it does - it's Isla - and the manticore backs up with a huff of annoyance, braced for anything that may come next.
FuckingManticore!Isla errs on the side of caution, and spends the round on the defensive for whatever the monster might be up to.
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
sooner or later, we all have to wake and try forgetting everything
