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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There are times when the unseen can be even more dangerous than what our eyes behold
It's chaos, but... it's working. Darkeye, Melita and Maeve all find success in there projectiles - two arrows prick into Daddy Shark's hide and the spear, while it doesn't catch the creature's eye, does embed itself somewhere in its face. A clean sweep, good job!
As for Evie, she manages to heal and make her escape without getting munched on... this time. But the shark can still smell blood, and a little rag against a maw that big? This thing is on the ropes, but you're gonna need a bigger everything.
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This was amazingly good but Darkeye only had his Iron Leaf left all other weapons he had already thrown he could try to reach the dagger he threw next to it. But for that, he would have to pass the shark. But Evie was hurt and it seems like he wants to try to attack her next. So many thoughts it was time to act. He tries to go around the shark generously. Should the animal come too close he could still strike.
Darkeye tries to approach the discarded dagger at a distance from the land shark. Should the shark attack him, he would defend himself.
With Evie out of the way, it was one less thing to worry about. She knew, however, that the Abandon's luck was likely running out. Especially with the Daddy Landshark still hot on her tail. Maeve grits her teeth, torn between having Aidon swoop down for another attack while the shark is distracted, but ultimately decides the risk isn't worth it. Instead she activates her bangle and lines up another shot with her bow. "Keep running, Evie!" Maeve yells out to the other girl before looking to the Honeybee, "Let's kill this thing!"
With that, the Nightshade looses her arrow with intention to kill, jade eyes narrowed against the sun as she shifts further out of Daddy Shark's path. She might want a hit on it, but she's not going to risk becoming shark food either.
Maeve activates her bangle, shoots at the shark with her normal bow, and stays out of the way of Daddy Shark.
Type: Grey | Style: Defensive | Level: Basic
Starlight Bangle | When worn, gives the user +2 to a dexterity roll during a PQ+/KQ. One post cool-down.
I'm undone about to burst at my seams 'Cause I am picturing you beside me So let me be everything that you need
they should have checked the ashes of the women they burned alive
Well, that was far better!
But Melita had never been a woman to simply rest on her laurels, and with Maeve’s warning, and Evie not being shot at for that particular round, things were going…better? Ish? She’d take it.
Distracting the landshark from either Darkeye or the Abandoned was her current priority, especially if their attacks didn’t decimate the beast this go-around. Offering a nod to Maeve, she snagged at another elemental arrow from her quiver, opting for ice this time – feeling the cool plunge of its touch along her fingertips, before notching it along her bow. Much like all its brethren before it, the armament was ready to be released with one deft pluck of the strand, unfurling, attempting, at the very least, to head towards Daddy Landshark.
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Melita shoots at the landshark with an ice arrow.
Type: Light | Style: Offensive | Level: Basic
Bowstring Bracelet | At first this bracelet appears only as a length of intricately braided bowstring. But with an arrow in hand, upon miming the action of knocking and drawing it, the user will feel a bow beneath their fingers, as if it was there all along.
Type: Dark | Style: Offensive | Level: Basic
Fire/Lightning/Ice Quiver | A magical quiver with two compartments. In one, it turns any arrow placed within into a flaming projectile when shot. In the other, the arrow becomes imbued with electricity. (Made by Remi)
because it takes a single wild ember to bring a whole wildfire to life
Sweat gathering on her temples and in her hairline as she runs, Evie swiftly contemplates her options. Healing any more wouldn’t make her run any faster, and she doubts it would protect her sufficiently if the landshark gets its jaws on her. It’s a risk, but if they can coordinate one last round of attacks, maybe they can kill it swiftly.
Counting on the landshark’s mass making it incapable of turning swiftly like it had before Evie zigzags as she runs. And instead of healing, she draws her remaining throwing knives, and sends them backwards with her telekinesis - only sparing a glance over her shoulder to try and assist her aim. Just in case this wasn’t enough to take it down.
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Evie runs in zigzag to try and improve her odds, and pulls her remaining throwing knives, looks briefly over her shoulder for a general direction and then tries to use her telekinesis to throw them at the landshark.
Telekinesis: Can move small objects in a 5ft radius.
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
There are times when the unseen can be even more dangerous than what our eyes behold
So close, yet so far. Darkeye succeeds in grabbing up the fallen dagger, and Maeve and Melita shoot spectacularly; Daddy Shark lets out a warbling, yet guttural sort of noise which suggests it's pretty much running on empty at this point. But pretty much is not the same as completely and as Evie's throwing knives fall short - oop! - it takes the opportunity to regain the upper hand. Or lower hand, rather.
A creature as truly colossal as this one causes a lot of problems in general, but even more so as it rears up to dive and burrow back beneath the sands. There's no stopping it, and the blast of rock, earth, sand and other debris is deafening and dangerous all rolled into one.
The entire group is close enough to be raked and injured by its attempt to hide, and amid the miniature sandstorm it leaves in its wake, you'll all be feeling a little worse for wear. (Some much more than others).
Out of sight doesn't mean gone, though... What you gonna do?
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Darkeye has been badly hit, he only has the dagger and the spear in his hand, he could also make a makeshift repair, but that would take too long, first, this filthy animal has to die. With not much strength left in him, he throws first the dagger and then the iron leaf. He knows that the animal is like himself. It is shortly before the end again this moment that every Kor priest is looking for. The fight was just before the end. Kor would be proud at this moment should he not survive he would have done everything possible. "Let's finish it! By Kor" he roars against the noise as he throws the spear and the dagger.
All or nothing Darkeye throws both his weapons and hopes he survives the fight.
Well fuck. They were close and this was surely the creatures desperate chance to flee. Wiping away sand from her eyes as she regains her feet after being pummeled with the debris from Daddy Shark's burrowing, the Nightshade takes in the situation, jade eyes flicking over the party. Melita was still standing, but the other two were badly hurt. They only had one chance to make it out of this all together. "Evie, try and get us a clear shot!" Maeve calls to the Abandoned well aware that this was an incredibly crazy and perhaps stupid plan, banking on the fact that they were too hard headed to back down. "Mel, be ready!"
Notching one of her arrows into place, the Nightshade draws her string back, waiting for the tunnel from Evie to open up, planning to shoot through it to the Daddy Landshark one last time.
Maeve yells at Evie to open up a pathway for them to shoot through and holds her shot until that happens before shooting at the Daddy Landshark!
I'm undone about to burst at my seams 'Cause I am picturing you beside me So let me be everything that you need
they should have checked the ashes of the women they burned alive
The pain ricocheted and volleyed through, and for a moment Melita couldn’t even be certain what happened, the dust, debris, and sand making it difficult to see, even without the scrapes and marring. Shielding her eyes, she could hear the commotion underneath and from Maeve, commands going up – but no landshark in sight.
Fucker.
Without any bait, the youth was at a loss, and she clenched her jaw, mulishly pawing through her quiver again. This was going to likely be a shitshow, and she was worried for Darkeye. For Evie. For all of them. It pulsed at her hands, but she refused to shake.
Uncertain if or when the beast would come up again, she’d have to rely completely on Evie’s abilities – drawing another ice arrow, and waiting for the inevitable. If it came up, she’d certainly shoot.
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If Evie is capable of getting them a clear shot at the landshark, Melita will try to fire an ice arrow at it.
Also using Melita’s citizenship ability from the previous damage round:
Torchline: Torchline has taught you to survive her weather and her terrain. Once per PQ/PQ+/KQ/Drop, you can 'shrug off' half the damage from ONE non-lethal attack. (In order to use this ability, you must put a clear note in the bottom of your post immediately following the attack you want to 'shrug off').
Type: Light | Style: Offensive | Level: Basic
Bowstring Bracelet | At first this bracelet appears only as a length of intricately braided bowstring. But with an arrow in hand, upon miming the action of knocking and drawing it, the user will feel a bow beneath their fingers, as if it was there all along.
Type: Dark | Style: Offensive | Level: Basic
Fire/Lightning/Ice Quiver | A magical quiver with two compartments. In one, it turns any arrow placed within into a flaming projectile when shot. In the other, the arrow becomes imbued with electricity. (Made by Remi)
because it takes a single wild ember to bring a whole wildfire to life
Shitshow indeed. Evie rolls as best she can, wincing and shielding her eyes against the grit and sand. When she manages to get back to her knees - too disoriented to fully stand - there’s so much going on that her brain has to rapid-fire plans. Her first instinct is to reach for Darkeye to heal him, but the man is already running, and her aborted yell for him is swallowed into a twisted knot in her throat.
Maeve’s call makes her grit her teeth. Fuck, it’s risky; they’ll have one shot at it, and it will rely entirely upon Evie’s power and Darkeye’s bait abilities. She and Darkeye would be most at risk, and she wouldn’t be able to reveal the landshark and heal one of them at the same time.
“You better not miss!” she yells back; and then, hoping the landshark would be targeting Darkeye as the most wounded, she calls on her magic to tunnel as deep as she can to reveal its fin and back to the bow-wielding women on the surface. Forced to rely on them to protect her and Darkeye.
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Evie guesses the landshark will be near Darkeye as the most wounded, and uses her earth magic to tunnel as deep and wide as she can in that area to try and reveal the top of the landshark for Maeve and Melita’s arrows to reach.
Earth Manipulation: Can manipulate the earth. Must be within a 30ft radius. Control is excellent.
Type: Grey | Rank: Upgraded
There are times when the unseen can be even more dangerous than what our eyes behold
Oooof. Okay, kiddos. Unfortunately for Darkeye, he jumps the gun a bit and throws his weapons before the landshark surfaces. They strike at the sand where the creature has just burrowed away, but they don't hit it.
And unfortunately for Evie and the ladies, whilst her idea is sound, she's just plain outta luck when it comes to who Daddy Shark might target. The earth moves smoothly around Darkeye, but it reveals little more than sand.
Which is when the landshark heaves itself up and out of the ground at Maeve, just missing her (and we can thank it's sorry state for that, probably). It's sheer bulk does knock her out of the way, though, and she's out of range for an attack next round.
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at was it, Darkeye had thrown away everything he had with him, he had nothing left to throw and if he came any closer it would be his certain end. He had to leave the rest to the others and hope that they would bring the beast down, but as much as he was bleeding he could only do one thing. He could play the bait so that the others could get a good shot. But if the shark should be faster that would be the end. No, there was still a lot to do. He looked around and picked up a few loose stones that he could throw if necessary, even if he didn't think it would do much good. He got ready to dodge the animal as best he could in his condition. Even if the chances were small. He had given everything.
Darkeye makes himself wide to avoid the animal as well as he can. Unfortunately, he can't do much more.
Their plan had been a good one. A smart one. Luck wasn't on their side, however. The Nightshade barely has a moment to react as Daddy Shark makes himself visible again. She yelps, rolling to the side and barely out of the way. The fact that she was almost caught in its toothy maw not lost on her. Getting her feet beneath her, Maeve activates her bangle and makes sure to get herself out of the way of another potential attack. This was all on Melita. Gods be with them. They needed all the luck they could get at this point. "Fucking kill it!"
The queen yells out, knowing if she could rely on anyone to kill this damn thing it would be the Honeybee. Aidon cries out as Maeve runs, swooping closer to her, but making sure to remain out of reach of the shark should it get any ideas to attack him instead.
Maeve activates her Starlight Bangle and makes sure to get out of range of an attack by Daddy Shark.
Type: Grey | Style: Defensive | Level: Basic
Starlight Bangle | When worn, gives the user +2 to a dexterity roll during a PQ+/KQ. One post cool-down.
I'm undone about to burst at my seams 'Cause I am picturing you beside me So let me be everything that you need
they should have checked the ashes of the women they burned alive
For fucks sake.
Melita growled low and under her breath as the landshark opted for another option – Maeve – and the Queen lunged away. At the very least, this might’ve meant Evie and Darkeye were safe, and she’d take that for the moment.
And now, hopefully, she could strike true.
Repositioning her aim, the youth took a steady, calming distinction through her lungs, striving to alter the rage and frustration humming through her veins into something hellbent and ready. Using the same ice arrow, the youth pulled the strand, and let the piercing dominion free, hoping to end this bizarre charade.
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Melita aims again for the landshark with an ice arrow.
Type: Light | Style: Offensive | Level: Basic
Bowstring Bracelet | At first this bracelet appears only as a length of intricately braided bowstring. But with an arrow in hand, upon miming the action of knocking and drawing it, the user will feel a bow beneath their fingers, as if it was there all along.
Type: Dark | Style: Offensive | Level: Basic
Fire/Lightning/Ice Quiver | A magical quiver with two compartments. In one, it turns any arrow placed within into a flaming projectile when shot. In the other, the arrow becomes imbued with electricity. (Made by Remi)
because it takes a single wild ember to bring a whole wildfire to life
