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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05-04-2021, 02:47 AM (This post was last modified: 05-04-2021, 02:37 PM by Wessex.
Edit Reason: added in shadow steal ability to summary
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we're all stories unfinished and we die to find some fitting words to write
Now it’s her turn to try and climb the ladder, only to avoid actually pushing Nate off, Wessex opts to climb the other side of the ladder, using her considerable strength and speed to try and haul herself up the ladder as well, even if it’s a bit more hanging and crawling than whatever he’s doing on the other side. She should be easily able to swing herself up and around if she can pass him.
As one of the Fae’s wings are pierced, Wessex calls on Nephele’s shadow to try and pull her down to the ground. She does the same with Nate, both his shadow and her own hopefully holding him back and allowing her to climb and make up the distance between them - or perhaps carry her higher.
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Wessex starts to climb the underside of the ladder and tries to get Nephele’s shadow to pull her down to the ground. She also tries to use her shadow and Nate’s shadows to hold Nate back and keep him from climbing any higher.
Magic: Shadow Steal | Can control the shadows cast by fellow ascendeds (5 at a time), or other human-characters within 10ft of her. Not only can she move them, but they can also effect physical objects around her (within the natural range of the shadow, up to medium-height/weight).
Type: Dark | Rank: Mastered
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)
letting people down is my thing, baby, find yourself a new gig
It’s with a grim glee that Nate watches his arrow tear through a gossamer wing, and with a fury that he whistles again, aiming for the other one this time, trying to render the fey’s means of escape useless. One way or another, he’s going to get his hands on her.
There’s a resistance to his movements now, a weight that shouldn’t be, and Nate chances a glance down, not sure what could be causing it but knowing that only Wessex remains of the group they’d started with. ”What the fuck are you doing?” Theres rage in his voice, a side effect of everything else, though it can be just as effective not pointed at its initial target. ”Thought we were a team?”
He’s still higher than Wessex, an advantage he tries to use now, heavy boots coming down on fingers. Sure, it won’t hurt, but it might be enough to give him a little bit more of an edge in his mad dash to the top. A moment later, he remembers the knife in him, and has a faux arm rip it out and drop it down on his fellow Demi-god. Again, it won’t hurt, but he has to use everything he can right now.
Nate whistles to arrow Neph’s other wing, stomps on Wessex’s hand when she gets close enough, and removes the bone knife from his body to drop down on Wessex
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.
Whether it’s the terror wearing off or the pain Nephele isn’t sure, but she jolts back into her body with a fierceness that leaves her disoriented. The damning whistle doesn’t need to reach her ears before she’s already pinning her wings close to her spine to try and shield them from further damage. “What are you doing to me?!” she screeches, forcing her hands to unclench and release her chakrams so they can remain hidden in her sleeves. Wessex may be hiding her talents well, but Nephele is just racist enough to blame the two of them regardless of proof. Luckily wings do not have too many nerve endings, but she stumbles backwards towards the glow behind her all the same, torn between actions but desiring more solid ground.
The boundary (or Wessex’s power?) may toss her from the tower again if she backs up too far, but she never lets her eyes leave the Ascended as they climb, digging her nails into her palm to force herself to not reveal the enchanted weapons she longs to use. No, she’ll either hit the barrier and be flung away where she can escape with her tattered wings into the trees, or she’ll get a good kick to the face of whoever surfaces first, and hope to break something in return for them corrupting whatever power lays behind her. But she’s going to be petty about it now that her mind is returned, and she scrabbles for any last vestige of magic to summon laughter and mockery from the air around them to try and make Wessex seem like she’s belittling Nate for his response.
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Nephele pins her wings down, backs up away from Wessex and Nate towards the glow, and prepares to kick one of them in the face when they surface then try and retreat. She also uses her illusion magic to try to mimic the sound of Wessex laughing for the sole purpose of pissing off Nate.
Abilities;
Animals know to respect you. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, animals roll with disadvantage against you. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
Base Illusion: Can create minor sensory effects within a 5ft radius
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
Wessexshould be able to easily pass the ascended on the other side of the ladder, yes. However, she doesn't. Each rung she grabs seems to spawn another, and as she climbs, she remains in precisely the same place. Unable to reach Nephele 's shadow, it's only as she uses her and Nate 's shadows to keep the other ascended back that Wessex will find she's making slight progress.
Meanwhile, Nate stomps his boots and drops a knife onto Wessex? And here we thought you were more cutthroat than that. His arrow whistles toward Nephele 's other wing, piercing part of the outer edge now, and leaving Nate about one rung from the top of the tower.
It's Nephele 's fingertips in her palms that end up doing the trick, and as she backs up toward the glow, it welcomes her. She disappears in a crackle of light, leaving only the sound of 'laughter' having apparently come from Wessex in her wake.
