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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02-25-2021, 03:30 PM (This post was last modified: 02-25-2021, 03:38 PM by Court Official.)
key quest
Chaos unfurls and what should be over quickly somehow isn't.
But isn't that always the way?
Isla 's attack misses (maybe because she's trying not to murder Adam in the process), and for the same reason, Nate is forced to go in with his claws and teeth rather than lightning which would have been more effective. Claws rake up and down the monster's body as Kiada reaches over to lend Adam a hand. His however are busy, holding his daggers and trying to stab the monster in the eye. He misses though (honestly, shit or get off the pot, mate).
Annoyed with Adam 's continued presence, the monster slashes its wings upward, the razer sharp edges aiming for the man with the daggers fumbling about on its back. But perhaps missing (and causing things to miss) is what Adam 's contribution to all of this is, because the monster's attack goes wide.
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!
She doesn't expect it to sting so much - she doesn't expect missing to feel so much like defeat, and the roar that tears from her throat is all animal. For just a second she wants to throw caution to the wind and just rip at the monster, heedless of the fact that one of her fellow Ascended is on its back - but she resists. Just. Huffing out a breath that clouds the air, and with eyes glinting murderously in the darkness, Isla pulls up again to go in for what she hopes is the kill.
With paws tucked in tight, she aims to streak past the monster with a mighty beat of her wings, attempting to spear it out of the sky once and for all. Unfortunately she won't be in a position to catch Adam this time, should he take a tumble. She'll regret it later. (A lot).
Isla goes in for an attack with her tail, but this will put her above the monster this time.
From Remi: Manticore Ability | The poison from his tail can cause paralysis (or kill with permission).
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sooner or later, we all have to wake and try forgetting everything
A blender in a lightning storm, disguised as a blessing I'm sure
This isn’t working. Nothing physical he can do matches the raw power of the lightning, and as good as that is against the monster, it’s less good against his friend, the king of poor timing. If nothing else though, Nate can solve that problem, can open the door for himself. And if not him, the Isla.
Flying low over the monster again, Nate reaches out carefully with a pair of clawed hands, trying to pick Adam up under his arms like some kind of errant toddler. From there, he rises again, lightning crackling in his throat as he opens some distance between them and the monster, ready to be loosed if he gets the chance.
Nate flies low and tries to grab Adam in his dragony hands, then tries to open some distance between them and the monster and fire more lightning at it
Dragon ability | Can breathe lightning (mastered lightning damage)
Not getting much of anything done on the back of the monster, Adam was actually about to jump for Kiada's outstretched hand (having realised that while it sounded cool, and hopefully looked cool, his plan had not been very productive). When Nate grabbed him, he made a noise of protest about the indignity of it all, but let it happen, well aware that he needed to get some distance from the monster for them to kill it.
Activating his upgrade, he made himself as light as he could to make it easier for Nate to hold him, and watched to see what the dragon and Isla would do; hopefully, they could handle it and the job would be done very soon.
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Adam lets Nate grab him and uses his upgrade to make himself light to help with that.
Type: Grey
Localized Gravity Field Alteration | Can alter the gravitational density of his body. This allows him to float 3ft off the ground or alternatively to suddenly seem as though he weighs twice as much. (Upgraded)
So collect your courage and collect your horse
And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse
shed every skin that doesn't fit even if they call you cold-blooded
unhinge your jaw —
Her hand is outstretched, reaching for Adam when it doesn’t go according to plan. He’s too busy, and she reaches back around to wrap her hands around the spines of the dragon, pulling herself a bit more centered just in case they dive below for Adam to drop off onto them. And as it turns out? That’s exactly the opposite of what happens. Nate drops down on top of them, reaching for Adam with clawed hands, and Kiada hunkers down.
She grips onto the spines tightly, moving to focus on him and ensure that she’s on tight, making sure that her armor is still activated.
Kiada holds on tight and keeps her armor upgrade activated!
Type: Grey
Bionic Armor Upgrade | Lightweight but hard armour extends from her spine, wrapping around her upper body in a defensive sheet of armour.
— go for the throat
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 's tail strikes naught but air. Nate swoops in to do the smart thing and get Adam the actual fuck away from the creature, but by the time he places enough distance between he and it—that is, by the time his massive body manages to turn around—his turn is over, the monster has begun to flash.
Red light. Darkness. Red light. Darkness.
Clunk.
And that kids, is the story of how in not one, but two KQs, the boss fight was ended by the monster exploding itself. But what you're all wondering is did Adam die?
The answer is: he fucking should have. If not for Nate's draconic hands around his body, taking the brunt of the damage, Adam would have been toast. Bits of the monster fall down into the labyrinth where speaking squirrels hurridly pick them up and run away. In the distance, in the air as you all are, you can see the Spark Bird as it continues to decimate the barracks..
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!
The sound of anguish from a manticore is a loud thing, but not quite as loud as the explosion that nearly takes Isla's life. The monster might be dead but fuck if it doesn't make a big show of it - and in place of victory, the manticore is force to ground herself.
She's already shifting back as she lands, noping out of the last damage dealt to her with a swift activation of an upgrade. Never has she been so profoundly glad to have waited to use it. With colour high in her cheeks and adrenaline still spiking hard through her body, the medic looks to the barracks. She looks to the fire.
It dawns on her then, that there is still so much work to be done.
"We have to go."
Isla lands, shifts back into her human form, and uses her damage rejection upgrade. She will go back to the barracks.
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.
sooner or later, we all have to wake and try forgetting everything
A blender in a lightning storm, disguised as a blessing I'm sure
Finally. Victory is sweet, even if the taste is made bitter by the explosion, by the damage that exploded over them. He’s quietly thankful he’d had the foresight to grab Adam, even if he did have a new pain the ass thanks to him, that’s no reason to die, and certainly not at the hands of such a sore loser.
He lands after Isla does, setting Adam down gently and lowering to let Kiada slip off his back before he shifts back himself. He can’t feel pain, exhaustion, but he is still absolutely done. He’d done his part, as far as he was concerned. Participated in this little ego stroke, and he’d be back to pick up the pieces, to help out then. But right now, all he wants to do is go home.
”No.” The word comes out as a deep sigh, a hand coming up to rub at his face. ”I’m not... here, take this, and go, but I’m not.” It’s a strange thing, to take an upgrade from himself, to offer it out to Isla. He’s willing to offer directions to Adam and Kiada, and his invisibility if they want it, but past that?
Fuck it.
Nate gives his damage reduction upgrade to Isla and leaves sorry barracks folks
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.
The explosion was rough on Adam, and even without pain he gritted his teeth; he could tell his body wasn't thanking him for any of this. But hey, he was still alive, and he'd done worse than that before.
It was clear that something was going on over by Sanctuary-ways, but Adam knew he wasn't in any shape to go help; all he could hope was that Pet wasn't there. They really had to get some kinda way to communicate set up, because at the moment for all he knew Pet could be anywhere in Caido (or, horrifically, dead again, but surely not, right? Pet was much more competent than he was). "I'm going with Nate. ...Good luck."
Thankful he had it left, he'd use the upgrade for invisibility on the journey, hoping to sneak past monsters and into Torchline without too much pain.
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Adam goes with Nate to the Spire. Sorry Barracks Peeps lol.
He activates his invisibility upgrade for the journey:
Modular Invisibility Upgrade | When activated, this upgrade will allow the user to become temporarily invisible to the LongNight monsters for 2 rounds of combat. You are still visible to everyone else.
So collect your courage and collect your horse
And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse
shed every skin that doesn't fit even if they call you cold-blooded
unhinge your jaw —
She holds on tight though she can’t do much else. The explosion occurs, Kiada feeling it rack against her systems. And she clutches the back of the dragon even harder, gritting her teeth tight together, hissing against the way her internals spark and change. They land and she hops off shakily, hearing Isla and glancing toward Nate. And if he doesn’t plan on staying? And Adam and Isla look as ravaged as they do?
Yeah, she’s not sticking around either.
She takes a breath she doesn’t need, flashing an apologetic glance to Isla – the doctor whom she’d seen so many LongNights ago vanish into the dark. “I’m going with Nate too.” She says softly, casting a glance toward where Nate is. She thinks she might be able to handle it without being invisible, choosing to walk alongside Nate to offer a bit of a buffer in case anything comes at them. “Stay safe, Isla.”
Kiada keeps her armor upgrade in place and leaves with Nate and Adam (sorry fam)
Type: Grey
Bionic Armor Upgrade | Lightweight but hard armour extends from her spine, wrapping around her upper body in a defensive sheet of armour.
— go for the throat
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
