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"Damn!" She cursed as she felt the hot flash of pain across her midsection. She had been careless. The dingo was hurt, but it got her pretty badly. Hot blood spilled out of the wound, but there was more to worry about right away, namely, making sure that Dingo didn't get another hit on her.
"I might need some help over here-" She called out to those nearby. She gripped her knife tightly as she jabbed it forward, intent on taking out the Dingo. Hopefully if she didn't kill it, one of her party members would help finish it off. |
Argath's spear found its mark as he tore right through the Udrafresk's right arm. Unfortunately, this caused the creature to round on him, looking pissed as hell. Crap, this may not have been such a good idea after all.
"I'll keep it busy! Just take out the dingoes!" He yelled. With an unearthly roar, he jumped into the air again. He only had enough energy for this last jump, and he was putting everything he had into it. "Chew on this, beastie!" ---------------------- Jump right arm again. |
The dingo counterattacked Jade, sinking its teeth into her armour plated right leg and gnawing furiously.
"Revenge!" Jade snarled, reversing her grip on her sword and putting her free hand on the pommel to strike at the decayed looking dog with an awkward downward stab. The urdafresk was getting away. Intolerable! OOC: Attack dingo 6 again. |
His bullets quite immediately dropping the dingo before him to the ground, Prasad breathed a sigh of relief that itself was cut short as the tarut white mage next to him came out of nowhere with a well-timed crack to the dingo's skull with his staff, killing it instantly.
"Now that's what I call white magic!" the moogle grinned as his new tiny bro, eyes shifting about to find his next target. The other dingo that had been attacking them now appeared to be moving to defend his pack from the udrafresk, which is good because Prasad pretty much hated all dingos at this point so a completely suicidal one was fine with him. What he didn't like was that the udrafresk was now within grabbing range of him, but hopefully he could count on the monster being distracted enough by pretty much every other thing currently going on to risk having it lay a finger on his pom-pom. That left two other threats: the dingo attacking the thief and the dingo attacking the warrior. Two damsels in distress, only enough suave-ass moogle around to save one. But which one? Suddenly, a plan emerged! "Hey, kupo over to Knifey McGhee over there and do that staff trick again," Prasad suggested to Fie, motioning in Vera's direction as he took aim at the dingo attacking Jade and firing, "Docus, you might want to get to a safe distance while you have the chance. This is about to get messy. Well... messier." ------------------ Attack dingo 6. |
His moogle compadre's suggestion was a welcome one.
"Get away from the beast that sees me as an after dinner mint? Yes please!" Fie put a hand on his hat to keep it from flailing off and trotted as fast as his little legs could carry him towards the one now dubbed Knifey McGhee in order to do his worst. Or best. Either fit the situation. -- Move to short range of Vera/Dingo 2 |
Docus swallowed. This was not going well. This was not going well at all. Thank the gods that the thing didn't seem to be intelligent. He saw Fie running towards Vera to help her out, and decided that that wasn't such a bad idea. She was a valuable ally, after alll. Couldn'T let her die.
Not to mention the fact that the Udrafresk was really worrying him. If it hit him, he did not like his chances. ----- Docus to move into short range of Vera. |
At the time it seemed like his teammates were actually working together for a change, and that was good. It gave him some incentive to cast, but he didn't. The spell took quite a bit out of him and he didn't want to lose it to the arm, that would be a waste. He took a moment to think, eyes staring at the arm itself and going over what he knew about monsters in general. If he could think of something that would help them overcome it short of severing the thing he could cast without trouble, if they severed it the same thing could happen, but more than likely he would bide his time till the little ones were casting again and follow up behind one of their own being absorbed.
Greedy, but he had high hopes the confusing twists and turns and bright explosions of the attack would send the beast reeling into a psychological dismay that lead it to beat the piss out of itself. It wouldn't be the first time. ------- Caspin takes a Monster Lore check on the spell draining arm. |
Vera's knife struck quick and through, slicing through the throat of the Dingo that threatened her, even at as it leaped at her once more. The creature's body fell to the ground, with a thud. The blood spray quickly congealed, however, and the beast pulled itself once more to its feet.
A scene that found itself repeating mere feet away on the battlefield as Jade and Prasad cut down another Dingo, only to have it stagger back to its feet once more as its wounds knitted together. Meanwhile, Argath's leaping away forced the Udrafresk to turn its attention back toward the dingo who was leaping toward it, its teeth heading straight for the creature's throat, but with surprising agility the Udrafresk interposed his left arm between the creature and his body, the dingo's teeth crashing into nothing but rock before the Udrafresk flung his arm out, sending the Dingo tumbling away. It was merely a moment later, however, that Argath's spear once more landed with incredible force against the udrafresk's crystal covered arm, this time sending bits of broken crystals flying outward as his spear shattered through them and buried itself in the creature's arm. With a howl of shock and rage the Udrafresk staggered back half a step, nursing its injured arm. ------------------ PC Round 4 Vera- 11 Damage, Dingo 2. Jade- 17 Damage, Dingo 6 Prasad- 20 Damage, Dingo 6 Dingo 2 - -1/45 Dingo 5 - 45/45 Dingo 6 - -2/45 Udrafresk - ???/??? Udrafresk Right Arm- (-23)/?? Udrafresk Left Arm - ??/?? Vera- 12/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 14/25 Caspin- 17/23 Docus and Fie Medium Range from Udrafresk. ---------------- NPC Round 4 Dingo 5- 2 Damage, Udrafresk Left Arm Udrafresk- 14 Damage, Dingo 5 Udrafresk - ???/??? Udrafresk Right Arm- (-23)/?? Udrafresk Left Arm - (-2)/?? Dingo 2 - 4/45 Dingo 5 - 31/45 Dingo 6 - 3/45 ---------------- PC Round 5 Argath- 25 Damage, Right Arm. Crystals cracked Dingo 2 - 4/45 Dingo 5 - 31/45 Dingo 6 - 3/45 Udrafresk - ???/??? Udrafresk Right arm- (-48)/?? - DOWN Udrafresk Left Arm - (-2)/?? Vera- 12/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 14/25 Caspin- 17/23 --------------- Monster Lore Check reveals that, while, monsters with crystal protrusions (or made of crystal) are quite rare, they are not unheard of. Their ability to manipulate magical energies usually requires on intact crystals. Broken ones, like the Udrafresk's now that Argath has attacked it hard enough, are quite useless. |
He smiled as he remembered that small bit about crystals and raised up his hands, his mind remembering the taste of calimari of Achelous, that distinct taste of magical energy that it was made of that it would charge into its extremities. His own limbs began to glow as he stared at the great ape,
"Docus! Fie! That arm isn't stopping us anymore! Let's blast the bastard!" He pointed one finger forward like the barrel of a pistol bringing his thumb back to set the hammer, "3, 2, 1..." ------------ Caspin begins casting Homing Laser. Target Udrafresk body. |
Fie perked up and glanced towards the hume.
"Is that so...I'll take your word on it." Most of the dingos were in no position to fight back at this point. He immediately began the process of gathering the wind needed for his attack. "Can you keep this overgrown mutt busy? We seem to have bigger fish to fry now." -- Aero on Udrafresk body. |
Argath yelled in triumph when his spear shattered the crystals on the Fresk's arm. Caspin confirmed for the group that it nullified it's ability to absorb magic. But now the creature was probably going to be extremely pissed at him, so he took a defensive stance.
------------------- Defend. |
Letting out a sigh as he saw both dingos raise to their feet, Prasad took aim at his current target and prepared to fire. However, the sight of the udrafresk still being within grabbing range gave him pause, and with a shrug he decided against staying put, refraining from attacking for the moment in order to back away to a safer distance.
------------------ Move to medium range from udrafresk. |
Docus felt a crackle of magical energy in the air, the power that Fie and Caspin were summoning. It had been a while since he'd felt anything close to that, and he relished it, dove into it and into himself. For a moment, just a moment, he let himself drift, enjoying the familiar sensation of mages in concert, thinking back to his 2 years at the university, practicing with other Tarut, feeling part of a vast network of minds as he cast in unison with dozens of his kin, learning, exploring Magic together.
Those had been good times. He'd really understood the concepts of unity, of alliance during those first few months of learning. He'd known the theory, of course, had studied it exhaustively, but the feeling of safety, of security at the presence of others, the feeling of standing united, and the power of the group, he'd only really understood them when he'd been part of that class of barely 30. Not a large group. Not a strong group. But united. And sufficient. His eyes opened, glowing with magic that he was once again tapped into and he looked around at the ongoing struggle. Once again, he was part of a group. Not all mages this one. Barely half a dozen, conflicted, struggling against each other as much as their foes. Not a large group, certainly. Not particularly powerful. Not even that reliable. But right here, right now, facing this threat, they were united. And they would suffice. He raised a small hand, again preparing his one spell, letting the magic gather, focusing it the way he had learned in concert with three dozen other mages, letting the memory wash over him one more time, then unleashing the spell just as the other two mages unleashed theirs. ---- Docus. Fire. Body. Make happen. |
Slashing with dagger and massive knife alike, Vera and Jade each bring down the dingos closest to them, and, though their wounds continue to heal, neither gets up. At least not immediately.
The dingo near the Udrafresk, meanwhile, continues its attempt to bring down the massive creature, only to be blocked once more by its left arm, though this time the creature doesn't expend any energy throwing it away, instead striking down toward Argath with a crushing blow, which, thanks to his readiness only glances against him. Though the cracked earth at his feet tells him just how lucky he is to still be alive. He can't contemplate that for long, however, as a streak of energy zigs through the battlefield to blast into the Udrafresk's body, followed swiftly by flames and a small tornado, that leaves the large creature bleeding from multiple tears and cuts all over his body. With an enraged roar it looks directly toward Fie and Docus, its next targets apparently decided. ---------------- PC Round 5 Vera- 10 Damage, Dingo 2. Jade- 14 Damage, Dingo 6 Dingo 2- -6/45 Dingo 6- -11/45 Dingo 5 - 31/45 Udrafresk - ???/??? Udrafresk Right arm- (-48)/?? - DOWN Udrafresk Left Arm - (-2)/?? Vera- 12/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 14/25 Caspin- 17/23 ------------------- NPC Round 5 Dingo 5- 1 Damage, Udrafresk Left Arm Udrafresk- 5 Damage, Argath Udrafresk - ???/??? Udrafresk Right arm- (-48)/?? - DOWN Udrafresk Left Arm - (-3)/?? Dingo 2- -1/45 Dingo 6- -5/45 Dingo 5 - 36/45 Vera- 12/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 ------------------- PC Round 6 Ninja Roll Bust Wears Off. Caspin- 19 Damage, Udrafresk Body. Udrafresk resists confusion. Fie- 50 Damage, Udrafresk Body. Docus- 24 Damage, Udrafresk Body. Udrafresk - (-93)/??? Udrafresk Right arm- (-48)/?? - DOWN Udrafresk Left Arm - (-3)/?? Dingo 2- -1/45 Dingo 6- -5/45 Dingo 5 - 36/45 Vera- 12/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 |
"Woo! That's the stuff, right there!" Prasad exclaimed, seeing the noticeable hurt the mages had put on the udrafresk, firing off a volley at the monster's body, "Do that again! Vera, Jade, make sure those dingos stay out of this permanently, and Argath: MOVE!"
Things were certainly looking up, and while the moogle didn't usually consider himself leadership material, he certainly wasn't going to let anything stand between him and getting paid. He just hoped that injured arm was still in good enough condition. Not coming out of this with a cute new secretary would just be a bummer. ------------------ Attack Udrafresk's body. |
Fie stared down the Udrafresk, the bulk of its anger focused on himself and Docus. In a flash of a second the teachings of his mentor intoned in his mind.
"Remember, a dead white mage is a healer of no one." Professor Berlion's heels clicked as he paced endlessly in front of the podium. "Your comrade's success depends entirely upon your ability to know when to run and survive." He pivoted, and continued back the other way. "But then again, there is the time to know when to take a stand. To show no fear in what could be your last seconds, for the red of our cloak symbolizes nothing other than bloody sacrifice itself." He stopped and turned again. Midway, just as he passed the podium for the hundredth time that hour, he turned on his heel. "FIE! Should the very bowels of hell turn on you as your comrades bleed about you, what course of action would you take?" "...I will stand." Fie began to channel the energies for another blast of wind, ready to still the whirling gusts should the beast fall before he could finish. It wouldn't do to ruin such a specimen. "Docus, you should move while you can. It can only chase one of us." -- Aero on Udrafresk body, cancel if dead before cast goes off. |
"FIRE!"
Lasers arced from Caspin's body as he let out a maniacal cackle, his deep set grin bringing him deep into the mind of battle, he was hungry for more. His mind was racing like the first time he had been taken out hunting with his old master, the short stubby creature, it's tongue lolling out so that when he spoke it was with a terrible lisp, but his unassuming appearance masked a ferocity in battle unquestionable by any means. And he taught him to be much the same, "Not down yet eh?! Well, we'll fix that!" He stepped forward ever so slightly and brought his hands in readying his next shot, the glow creeping into his fingertips, his eyes awash with madness. ---------- Short distance move, begin casting Homing Laser, target Udrafresk body. |
Docus met Fie's gaze, smiled as the magical energies started to gather again. It was tempting, certainly. The Fresk was large and frightening, and Docus was not very tall. But he had heard his fellow mage whisper that he would stand, and however great Docus' fear was, this was his alliance now. This was his tribe. He couldn't run, even if he wanted to.
Tarut were rarely, if ever, strong on their own. A people of spellweavers, weak in flesh and strong in mind, an ancient race, but a short-lived one. Since they could remember (and, this being a race of scholars, they could remember quite far), they'd banded together, lived in tribes, then tribes of tribes, forming a nation. Ultimately, they'd always stood together. There'd been conflict, of course, strife between individuals, conflicts between tribes, civil wars, even. But in the end, at the most basic level, there had always been a feeling of unity, a belief in the Tarutaru alliance. They had always stood together. And ultimately, they always would... There was a saying, a simple saying, more of a play on words than a piece of wisdom... "Art taru su elnim tu saru" he replied, smiling gently. "We are Tarut, we stand together". Then he raised his staff at the roaring beast, focused his magic through it, and let loose a blast of fire. ---- Standard-action fire on fresk body. |
Argath moved away as the creature's arm came crashing down. The blow grazed him, and left the earth beneath his feet cracked. That would've hurt if it had been a direct hit.
Suddenly, the creature was struck by the magical onslaught unleashed by the three mages, and the Fresk now seemed intent on paying them back. That was unnaceptable. Ignoring his condition, Argath lunged at the bastard. At the same time, Zephyr attempted to chomp down on the Udrafresk's foot. |
Taking aim, Prasad fires with intent to take down the Udrafresk with hot lead, but the creature's arm makes its way infront of the bullets before they can reach their mark, the small bronze pellets ricocheting off of the creature's stony armor with minimal damage. A fate shared by Argath's spear, which finds itself entangled in rocky protrusions that twist the weapon out of his hand as the Udrafresk convulses in pain, flames erupting from his body.
The freed weapon flys through the air in a graceful piourette before stabbing into the ground a few feet from the warrior woman Jade just as she delivers a death blow to the dingo near her, freeing her to move her attention to the large ape like creature, who is staring at the mages with a bestial rage. An act that is not lost on Vera who quickly decides, with all this talk of standing ground and what not, that discretion is the better part of valor, particularly wounded as she is, and moves further from the Udrafresk and the battle in general. And perhaps she was right to do so as the Udrafresk slams his hands into a nearby tree, tearing it from the ground, as he ignores yet another attack from the Dingo. The sound of cracking wood is quickly amplified by the sound of buzzing bees as a number of the creatures begin to swarm out just as the monsterous ape flings the trunk with all of his might toward Docus, Fie, and the Dingo unlucky enough to just be regaining his footing, a rain of splinters and heavy wood throwing them all to the ground, and killing the unfortunate dog, even as a small swarm of bees flows out of their shattered hive. It is mere moments after the hive shatters, however, that another laser blasts against the Udrafresk. The great beast turns toward Caspin, and waves for a moment, before falling forward, unconscious. ------------------- PC Round 6 Ninja Roll Bust Wears Off. Prasad- 4 Damage, Udrafresk Left Arm. Docus- 19 Damage, Udrafresk. Argath- Miss, Critical Failure, Disarmed. Argath's spear moves a medium distance past the Udrafresk, near Jade. Zephyr- 0 Damage, Udrafresk Jade- Finishes Dingo 6 Vera- Moves a medium distance away from the battle in general Udrafresk - (-112)/??? Udrafresk Right arm- (-48)/?? - DOWN Udrafresk Left Arm - (-7)/?? Dingo 2- -1/45 Dingo 6- Dead Dingo 5 - 36/45 Vera- 12/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 ------------------- NPC Round 6 Udrafresk- 12 Damage Fie, 9 Damage Docus, 12 Damage Dingo 2 (dead... regens are at the end of turn). Knockback Docus and Fie. Fie's casting interrupted. Dingo 5- 5 Damage Udrafresk Left arm Udrafresk - (-112)/??? Udrafresk Right arm- (-48)/?? - DOWN Udrafresk Left Arm - (-12)/?? Dingo 2- Dead Dingo 5 - 41/45 Vera- 12/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 KILLER BEEs 1, 2, 3, AND 4 ENTER THE BATTLE. Short Range from Docus and Fie. Long Range from Caspin. Medium range from Jade, Vera, Argath, and Prasad. ------------------- PC Round 7 Caspin- 26 Damage, Udrafresk Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Dingo 5 - 41/45 Vera- 12/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 |
He grinned as the beast turned his way and waved the bastard good night as it fell to the damn ground. And not a moment too soon, he then heard a sound, a buzz that crept into his ears and made him pick at them before his eyes saw them.
BEES! He lifted up his dagger in distaste, every time he made something sweet the little bastards came to ruin his day! Well not this time, this time he was going to be having a nectar heavy diet of beemeat, and they were the ones on the plate! He ran their way knife in hand, it would take him a minute, but eventually he would get there, -------- Standard action, into medium range. |
Argath growled as his spear became caught in the rocky protusions of the creature's arm. The creature yanked it out of his grip and his spear went flying through the air to land near Jade. Fortunately, Docus and Caspin finished off the Fresk and it crashed to the ground, though it still appeared to be alive.
Unfortunately, the thing had managed to throw a tree at Docus and Fie, which had turned out to be full of Killer Bees. They looked pretty pissed as they threatened the two mages. Quickly, he moved toward his spear. ---------------------- Move Medium range and grab spear. |
Jade clubbed an annoyingly persistent dingo to the ground again and this time it didn't rise to its feet.
She turned just in time to see the Udrafresk toss a tree and then, before she could close in it, lasers pummeled its hulking body and it collpased. "You're not even worth my time." the fighter told the fiend contemptuously. Flicking her sword to clean it, she turned and saw where the tree had landed. It had been an impressive throw, Jade confessed to herself, the splintered mess landing right on top of two midgets and an unfortunate dingo. The dingo was crushed and the taruts looked little better. Worse yet, there'd been a beehive in the tree and four gigantic insects had emerged, looking for someone to sting for this. Docus and Fie were about to be COVERED IN BEES. The tall Viera didn't pause to think. Jade sprang immediately into motion, sprinting across the flat ground easily and leaping onto the fallen tree trunk. She glanced at the broken hive then her eyes flicked up at the killer bees buzzing around her. Looking at Docus and Fie, she shot them a reassuring grin. With her decision made, she took a step towards the hive. The green clad warrior waved her sword and shouted up at the bees with manic bravado. She needed to get the enraged insects' attention off the taruts and focused on her. "I'm going to eat all your honey and kick your queen!" OOC: Move medium distance, try to get the bees' attention. |
Bees. Surely by the end of this they'll have to fend off a pack of condors to preserve the Fresk while goblins come to rummage through their fallen comrade's belongings and try to make a few more "unattended" packs.
Fie stood and gently prodded his ribs, quickly counting how many were broken from the throw, wincing as he went. He wasn't especially fond of the number he reached. "A tactical retreat would be best for now, the odds have turned against us again, and Tarut brotherhood only applies to the living..." Fie used what time he had to put a little distance between himself and the bees, heading towards Prasad. -- Move medium distance towards Prasad. |
Docus' vision swam from a glacing blow by one of the tree's branches. Thank god he'd ducked in time. He staggered to his feet, supporting himself on his staff, shaking his head. This didn't feel good. Then he noticed the bees.
God, bees. He'd never liked them. He was always, always suspicious of anything even remotely related to poison, and these particular beasts had needles full of it. Add to that the fact that these things were over a foot in diameter and out for blood, and he really, really would have preferred to face another Udrafresk. There were now four of the beasts streaming out of the hive-tree, and that, combined with Docus' concussion and the fact that he could actually understand their battlecries, mostly stripped him of his capacity for rational thought. Fight or Flight, that was the question, fight or flight, and there was already energy gathering at his fingertips when Fie took off. And if one thing was for sure, Docus was not gonna face four bees on his own. Bees, half his size, with their claws, their stingers, their menacing buzz, coming towards him, swarming... He took off running, yelling "AAAAAAH! I'M COVERED IN BEES!" ------- Docus follows Fie. And Just a note, Jade preferrably will come to a halt between the Hive and the Midgets, though within a short range of the midgets. |
"Oh god, what is that? Oh no! Not the bees! NOT THE BEES! AHHHHH!" Prasad cried out, not even getting a damn second to enjoy the quick defeat of the udrafresk. He took aim at first but, realizing that shooting at bees would be a bit more than he could handle unassisted, he decided to try to increase the odds.
Taking out his dice, he shook them about in his paw for a moment and gave them a blow before rolling, hoping that his luck really was picking up. ---------- Use Dice - Hunter's Roll. |
With a mad look on his face, Caspin charged directly to the last remaining Dingo and the Udrafresk, but he showed no signs of stopping, his murderous intent focused quite perfectly on the Bees, even as the pair of tarut decided to make a tactical retreat from that very spot. Well, one of them made a tactical retreat. The other flipped shit.
And, just as the bees were about to give chase, as all animals can smell fear--and find it to be DELICIOUS--Jade placed a foot firmly upon the trunk and called out her threat. She was going to kick their queen! With a series of angry buzzings, two bees remained and assaulted the Vera warrior, even as another pair flew from the trunk, but her combat training proved its usefulness as neither was able to find flesh. Of course, the last two chased Docus. His fear was still delicious. So delicious. Watching the proceedings, with a hand on her stomach to staunch the bleeding, Vera pulled out a potion and, uncorking it with her teeth, quaffed the entire thing down as quickly as possible. A warmth spread throughout her body as the subtle magic in the alchemy worked to knit her flesh back together as good as new. Meanwhile, on opposite sides of the battlefield a spear was pulled from the ground and a pair of dice landed upon it with the one and four sides up. There was a momentary glow as the dice returned to Prasad's hands, that quickly extended over the group's weapons. Enemies would be easier to strike now. Lady luck was with them. While everyone else seemed occupied, the lone dingo walked up to the Udrafresk, sniffed about him for a moment, and then lifted his leg, relieving himself against the great beasts forehead before kicking some dirt back at it. With what could only be called a satisfied 'harumph' the creature then looked around once more, and saw it was the last of its kind left and now outnumbered 13 to 1. Tucking its tail between its legs it ran. ------------------- PC Round 7 Prasad- Hunter's Roll. +2 ACC Entire Party for 5 rounds. Vera uses Potion. Everyone else move the fuck around. Jade- Short Distance from all four bees, medium distance from Prasad, Caspin, Dingo, Docus, Fie, Vera, and Argath (SHE'S IN THE MIDDDLE) Docus/Fie/Prasad- Short distance from each other, medium distance from Caspin, Jade, Dingo and bees. Long distance from Vera and Argath. Argath- Medium distance from Jade, Bees, Caspin, and dingo. Long distance from everything/one else. Caspin- Medium distance from Jade, Bees, Argath, Prasad, Fie, and Docus. Short distance from Dingo. Long distance from Vera. Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Dingo 5 - 41/45 Vera- 23/23 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 -------------------- NPC Round 7 Dingo 5- moves a medium distance away from everyone. Now medium distance from Caspin, long distance from everyone else. Bees 1/2- Chase Docus. Short distance from Docus/Fie/Prasad. BLah blah same as those three up above. Bees 3/4- Attack Jade. Miss. Bees 5/6- Act angry at Jade. Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Dingo 5 - 45/45 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 |
"Why did you run to me? Oh, sweet kupo, why did you run to me?!" Prasad groaned, pocketing his dice and drawing his pistols as the two tarut ran toward him with bees in hot pursuit. Apparently, no one around here knows how to execute a proper kiting strategy. As usual, it was up to him to save the day.
"Hey bees," Prasad grinned, taking aim at and firing at one of the incoming insects, "Buzz off." ---------- Attack Bee 1. |
Half the bees had taken Jade's bait. Again called on some friends to help them. No matter.
"Hahahahah!" the Viera laughed as the foot long insects bobbed angrily around her. "Foolish bees! You've bothered your last flower!" She sprang at one of the killer bees and swept her blade diagonally upwards at it. OOC: Attack Bee #3. |
Argath quickly retrieved his spear and turned toward the bees. Two more had sprung out of the hive, so there were now six bees. Two of them were threatening the little people, and Jade faced four of them alone.
It would be a bad idea to let the Viera die, so, spear the ready, he rushed one of the bees. --------------------------- Charge Bee 4. |
Fie listened to his ally. Buzz off? That was cheesy.
It was hard not to let the mood take you though. Fie nodded to Docus and began focusing his magical energies into his staff. His own magical ability was best saved for healing, now. "Everyone ready for a spell-ing bee?" -- Standard action Aero on Bee 2. |
Taking careful aim, Prasad fires a pair of bullets, that strike one of the bees chasing them down, the creature faltering slightly, just before Docus's staff explodes in his hands, the raw energy from the explosion flying directly toward the injured insect. Its fried corpse collapses to the ground before it can reach the midget trio. Fie has a similar experience, his own staff blowing apart in a gale of wind that continues through the other bee heading toward them, shredding apart its wings and leaving it to fall on the ground, nothing but a corpse.
Across the field Jade swings her massive weapon and, somehow, manages to connect with one of the buzzing insects, sending it for a loop, though leaving it intact. Her skill is obviously great, but the warrior Viera is outnumbered and still takes a glancing blow from the claws of one of the bees buzzing about her angrily. Help is arriving, however, as Vera, Caspin, and Argath all arrive, the latter with his spear point smashing against the bee that had just clawed Jade, even as another bee, larger than the rest, rises from the hive, obviously irritated with Jade. Perhaps her taunt had worked too well? Meanwhile, a single Dingo leaps off into the woods and out of our lives forever... but not out of our hearts. ------------------- PC Round 8 Prasad- 16 Damage, Bee 1 Jade- 12 Damage, Bee 3 Argath- Move to short range of Jade/Bees Fie- 52 Damage, Bee 2 Fie's staff- Break. Docus- 36 Damage, Bee 1 Docus's Staff- Break. Vera- Move medium Distance to short range of Jade/Bees Caspin- Move medium Distance to short range of Jade/Bees Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Bee 1- Dead Bee 2- Dead Bee 3- 30/42 Jade- 19/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 -------------------- NPC Round 8 Dingo 5- Leaves Combat Bees 3/5/6- Attack Jade. Miss. Bee 4- Attack Jade, 3 Damage Royal Guard Bee- Bee pissed at Jade. Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Bee 3- 30/42 Jade- 16/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 -------------------- PC Round 9 Argath- 22 Damage, Bee 4. Argath gets no further movement this round. Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Bee 3- 30/42 Bee 4- 20/42 Jade- 16/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 |
Caspin glared in anger at the bees, his mind trying to figure out why in all the good taste in the world he was so far away. It wasn't long till he was sprinting, then leaping, gliding across the ground as his strides grew to ridiculous length he was finally closing into range and lifted up his dagger, gripped in both hands as he leapt up and descended on one of the buzzing bastards,
"Bee killed you apollen creeps!" -------- Caspin uses terrible pun, melee attack combo. |
Docus let out a short yell of surprise as his staff was blasted apart by the energy. His staff! He'd had that for years! His father had granted it to him! He had trained with it, channeled his power through it, imbued it with his first spell! And now it was just... gone? His fists clenched as he watched the bees and fire rose up in him again. He was exhausting himself, he knew. But he was not yet depleted. He raised a hand, fingers splayed at the bee that had just left the hive and was now threatening Jade. He was not a happy camper right now.
"Bee-gone!" ----- Cast fire (slow action, sadly, adieu poor staff) on the Guard Bee |
"Bee killed you apollen creeps!"
And so it was that Prasad, fur standing on end, ears laid back, eyes wide and pupils contracted into slits, found himself reflexively taking aim at Caspin, revolvers shaking in his hands as he dealt with the sudden combined onslaught of agony and rage. "That... was... awful!" he hissed, a trace of foam forming at the edge of his mouth. Fingers slowly squeezing down on the triggers, he managed to stop himself at just the last second, forcing himself to face away from the blue mage and falling to his knees, breathing heavily as he struggled to regain his composure. He knew, deep down, that murdering a man for his lack of punning proficiency was wrong. It was against his nature to do it. It had to be. But... would any jury convict him? But it was no matter. The moogle rose once more to his feet and caught sight of Jade's predicament. Taking out a bee at close range was one thing, but from this distance he realized he might need a bit more precision and holstered one of his guns, taking the other in both hands and steadying himself, getting the best aim he possibly could before firing. ---------- Holstered off-hand gun and fired on Bee 3. |
Fie wiped the splinters from his hands. This entire mission seems to be riddled with complications, while the Udrafresk itself was an extremely simple mark. In addition to not even needing the soft, he'd now need another staff. He'd have to see if Prasad knew anything about easing any grudges the fates might hold against them.
Oh well. There were more pressing matters at hand. "What a buzz kill. It looks like we'll have to resort to plan bee, Docus. Give these fellows a good stinging so they'll beehave." Fie drew upon the skies once more, gathering and spinning. It wasn't much different from winding up the threads for the tailoring work he did for himself, except that he was manipulating the winds themselves instead of cotton. Soon enough he had the force necessary, and prepared to release it on the largest and most threatening bee. -- Aero on Guard Bee. |
His aim paying off, Prasad's bullet slams through the head of the bee he had targetted, dropping it to the ground, while Jade and Vera each strike heavy blows against another pair of the angrily buzzing creatures, leaving both near dead. Unfortunately, Caspin can't follow the line of awesome, as the bee he had attempted to attack nimbly dances about the edge of his knife while Docus and Fie both prepare for a magical onslaught against the larger bee which had just exited the nest.
Injured and on the verge of death, two of the bees cry out for help, being answered by three more bees from the hive, one of which is another Guard Bee. It is questionable how much of a worry this is, however, as the original Royal Guard Bee attempts to claw at Vera, only to find itself easily outmanuevered, and then blasted into nothing more than dust as Docus and Fie's magic once more combine against its body. Argath, not to be outdone by the female, also nimbly avoids a smaller bee attempting to poison him with its stinger. -------------------- PC Round 9 Argath- 22 Damage, Bee 4. Caspin- Miss. Docus- Begin casting fire, Guard Bee Prasad- Crits Bee 3 for 32 damage. Killing it. Fie- Begin casting Aero, Guard Bee Vera- Crits Bee 6 for 28 damage Jade- 13 damage, Bee 4 Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Bee 4- 7/42 Bee 6- 14/42 Jade- 16/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 ------------------- NPC Round 9 Bee 4- Call for help Bee 5- Miss Argath with stinger Bee 6- Call for help Guard Bee- Miss Vera Trunk- Spawn second Guard Bee and two normal bees (bee 1 and bee 2). Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Bee 4- 7/42 Bee 6- 14/42 Jade- 16/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 ------------------ PC Round 10 Docus- 29 damage Guard Bee Fie- 38 damage Guard Bee Guard Bee- Dead (reduced to under one half negative hp). Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Bee 4- 7/42 Bee 6- 14/42 Jade- 16/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 |
Caspin cursed under his breath as he missed the damn thing. He lifted his knife up and took a note of the surroundings. More bees, and hell STRONGER bees kept coming out of that tree that big gorilla had flung at them. It wasn't that he hadn't noticed the nest before, it was that he was a bit more aware of how much of a threat it was, he turned his head to the magic midgets and let out a yell,
"They just keep coming! Docus you fry that fucking hive or we're not getting out of this one with our lives." Simple way of getting rid of that problem was forcing the rest into a massive burning deathtrap. Bees nested close so they would already be in a bad way trying to escape, he was sure most of them would die, and even if they didn't they weren't making any leeway just letting it be. He threw his dagger southpaw and looked to the bee that Vera had damaged a bit, he might have missed that last one but even if he had to pick off the cripples he was getting some of that ass. He rushed it and threw a slash into the air, hoping to beehead the honey vomiting asshole. |
"Burn the damn tree already!" Vera snapped, agreeing with Caspin. She had been lucky so far with avoiding the little buzzing monsters, but there were more where that came from, and from the looks of it, her team wasn't doing so hot. She wasn't getting that Udrafresk's body anywhere on her own.
---------------- Keep attacking those beeeeees |
Jade bent forward, one hand on the hilt of her sword, the other hand over the end of the cross guard to steady it. Locking the sword in close to her body, she had it projecting forward like a lance.
She lunged at Caspin. The Viera missed, barely. She clipped him with her shoulder as she shot past, aiming for the bee she'd already wounded. But in that frozen instant as she passed him, she glared at him. The mix of anger, pity and disgust in those green eyes confirmed beyond any trace of a doubt it had been quite deliberate. No one deserved to say a line like that and live. OOC: Attack Bee 4. |
Argath smiled as his spear smashed into the bee satisfyingly. He moved out of the way as another bee tried to put its stinger through him.
"Do I really need to add to the chorus of 'set it on fire'?" He asked Docus exasperatedly, as he lunged at another bee. ----------------------- Peer pressure Docus into setting the tree on fire. Attack Bee 6. |
Docus hissed through his teeth. "And antagonize the whole swarm? I cast fire, not firaga. I can set the tree on fire, but I have no idea what happens after that. They might all die, they might all come out and kill us. Do either of you have any idea what you're talking about?" He started preparing another spell, targeting one of the fresh bees. "I think, you should fall back, retreat to the Udrafresk. Show them you're not threatening the hive."
---------- Fire on bee 2. |
Aiming to behead a bee, Caspin swings his blade up, but the little creature is just a bit too quick, and instead the knife skids across the exoskeleton of its underbelly. However, the blow causes it to lose balance, making it easy for Vera to finish it off, her dagger stabbing through its little body, eliciting a death buzz. Jade, too, manages to dispatch a bee, her blade smashing it into bee-paste, while Argath is forced to choose a new target, his spear swatting one of the large insects through the air with ease.
Meanwhile, Prasad takes aim amidst his two spell casting companions, his bullet impacting heavily with the guard's carapace, putting it on guard, which was good for it, as Fie's magics tore into it, but failed, this time, to kill the creature in its defensive stance. Meanwhile, of the surviving bees, one begins to shake vigorously, little bits of pollen floating up from the thin layer of fur that protrudes from its exoskeletal body, while the other two move to attack, one's claws raking over Vera's shoulder, while another fails to sting Caspin. Repaying the favor of injury to his thief like companion, however, Docus lets free with a spell of fire, that leaves the creature charred but barely alive. Unfortunately, just as the spell goes off, a more pertinent threat appears. The hive within the trunk breaks and shudders, the wood shattering from around it as a pair of massive sharpened legs burst forward, followed by a head the size of a hume's and then a giant pulsating body. When all is said and done, the hive lays shattered beneath the massive queen bee, who is easily the size of a hume, and had obviously been taking up most of the space. On her back holes can be seen in her carapace, burrowing deep within her, and her oviposter quivers, as though she is not through birthing her insectoid companions even now. "Bzzzzzz bzz bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!" comes comes a loud sound, with some dancelike movements, that could be translated by those who know monster talk as, "You have killeed my childreen and destroyeed my homee. Your blood will feeeed my larvaeee in our neew neest." She was not pleased. ------------------ PC Round 10 Caspin- 6 damage, Bee 6 Vera- 9 Damage, Bee 6 Jade- 12 Damage, Bee 4 Argath- 13 Damage, 5 Prasad- 7 Damage, Guard Bee Docus- Begin casting fire, Bee 2 Fie- Begin casting Aero, Guard Bee Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Bee 4- Dead Bee 5- 29/42 Bee 6- Dead Guard Bee- 38/45 Jade- 16/27 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 ------------------- NPC Round 10 Bee 5- Begin casting pollen at self. Guard Bee- Defend Trunk- Spawn QUEEN BEE Bee 1- Miss Caspin Bee 2- 9 Damage, Vera Udrafresk (-138), DOWN Bee 5- 29/42 Guard Bee- 38/45 Jade- 16/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 ------------------- PC Round 11 Docus- 41 Damage Bee 2 Fie- 24 Damage Guard Bee Bee 1- 42/42 Bee 2- 1/42 Bee 5- 29/42 Guard Bee- 14/45 Jade- 16/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 9/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 |
"That's why we burn the hive. We've already antagonized them. But it won't work now." Argath replied matter-of-factly to Docus, as the queen bee emerged.
Quickly grabbing a potion from his belt, he downed it quickly in one go. It'd be rather bad if she decided to maul one of the mages so, shitkicking grin on, he turned to the queen. "Yeeah? Comee geet somee, if you can!" He buzzed back in her own tongue. --------------------- Drink potion, taunt the bitch. |
Fie glanced at the Udrafresk, wondering how long it would hold out wounded like that. They'd best be(e) finishing soon.
Glancing back to the group of bees, he noticed something else of interest. One of the bees was shaking, bits of pollen spraying out from it. A rather bee-witching aerial dance, if he'd ever seen one. "Guys, take down that one! It's about to heal the rest!" His spell wouldn't make it in time. It'd be(e) better spent on one of the more lively targets. He channeled the winds, preparing to blast the queen before she birthed any more "complications" to their mission. -- Aero on Queen Bitch Heal? check to see how long Udra has Edit:Bee puns added |
Caspin had a faint feeling of satisfaction as he knocked the bee he and Vera were on and they tag teamed it to the ground, he rode the wave and dodged another that took its sting his way, but his good times were shattered when he heard Docus DRONE on about how burning the nest was going to antagonize the denizens when they were already elbow deep in the stingy creeps. And then watched as he wasted it on another bee, before it all went directly to hell and out burst the queen. He smacked the hilt of his dagger against his forehead and let out a furious yell and turned to him, eyes burning with rage,
"Alright Docus how about you NOT FUCKING FAIL AT SOMETHING AND BURN THAT BITCH BEFORE I WRING YOUR NECK!" What pretense had that hoity toity little midget think he had to question a Blue Mage in the matter of monsters!? Though speaking of blue magic he did catch Fie saying something about one of the bees casting, he caught view of it and felt even worse. He bum rushed the damn thing hoping to show it his stabs before it got done doing whatever the hell it was working on. ___________ Ragasm, then attack bee 5. |
"Idiot!" Vera cursed as Docus failed to set the hive on fire. Now the queen bee was out and they were no better off than beefore. Hearing Fie's warning, she followed after Caspin, intending on double-teaming the bee before it could cast it's spell.
---------- Help Docus double team that bee |
Docus groaned. Just his goddamn luck. He just hadn't felt it was worth the risk! He was only being reasonable! Logical! Clearly he was doing it right. The world was being stupid again. His fists clenched as insults were hurled at him, but responding in kind would... not be diplomatic. It was another lesson. Sometimes, you failed, and there were consequences. Losing control only made it worse. So he sighed, barked out a short "Understood!" and let the anger out into his hands, forming yet another blast of fire, aimed at the queen.
---- Fire on queen. Let's do this. |
Striking out with his Dagger, Caspin manages to catch nothing but air, and though Vera does slightly better her attack is not enough to kill, or disrupt, the quivering bee. Seeing the dilemma, however, the warrior Jade bravely steps forward and swats the creature through the air, its attempt at magic lost in the sudden disorientation of its unplanned flight.
Deciding that there are more pertinent targets to attack, Prasad draws his second pistol once more, and takes a bead on the queen bee, his bronze bullets smashing into her carapace with enough force to garner a clacking hissing sound from the queen's mouth that one can only assume is a cry of pain, while the two mages beside him prepare their spells. After quaffing a potion, his wounds knitting back together completely, Argath catches the Queen's attention turning toward the mages and tries to draw her back to him with a simple taunt. Unfortunately for him, it works, and the Queen's massive sharpened front legs swipe into him with incredible force, gashing through his flesh. Meanwhile, her disciples have similar luck as Jade receives a glancing blow and a stinger load of poison into her shoulder, and the Royal guard moves to intercept those who would dare attack his queen, while the bee Jade had disrupted before begins trying to cast once more. The two mages, finally finishing their spell, let off with a volley of magical fire power that leaves the carapace of the queen visibly darkened, but seems to have little more in the way of effect... other than enraging her, her head turning toward them once more--the pain coming from them meant more to her than petty insults. --------------------- PC Round 11 Argath- Drink potion, heal 25. Caspin- Miss Vera- 9 Damage Bee 5 Jade- 8 Damage Bee 5, Knock Back Prasad- 11 Damage Queen Bee Queen Bee- (-11)/??? Bee 1- 42/42 Bee 2- 1/42 Bee 5- 12/42 Guard Bee- 14/45 Jade- 16/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 25/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 ----------------------- NPC Round 11 Bee 1- 4 Damage Jade Bee 2- Poison Jade, 4 rounds. Bee 5- Begin casting Pollen Again Guard Bee- Move to short range from Prasad, Fie, Docus Queen Bee- 10 Damage Argath Queen Bee- (-11)/??? Bee 1- 42/42 Bee 2- 1/42 Bee 5- 12/42 Guard Bee- 14/45 Jade- 12/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 15/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 ----------------------- PC Round 12 Fie- 12 Damage Queen Bee Docus- 15 Damage Queen bee Queen Bee- (-38)/??? Bee 1- 42/42 Bee 2- 1/42 Bee 5- 12/42 Guard Bee- 14/45 Jade- 12/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 15/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 |
Glancing quickly between the various scenes, Fie noticed something even more troubling than the Guard Bee approaching, and far more worrisome than his original fears of the Udrafresk bleeding out.
It was healing. In fact, it was nearly fully healed already, including its arm. They had time for perhaps another volley on the bees before it would be done. "Fellows! Listen and listen well! Forget who screwed up when or who tried to kill who! The mark has nearly regenerated itself fully, arm included, and could rise up again at perhaps any moment. If we do not work together and finish the fight in front of us, and prepare ourselves for another battle yet to come, none will be making it out alive, let alone successful." Fie felt within himself. The flow of mana ebbed and waned. He could cure the wounds of a companion twice, and they would need it. But what was this? There was an inkling left. Just enough, maybe. The winds howled once more. -- Heal check on Udra to know ETA of full health. (Done in PMs.) Aero on Bee 1 |
Caspin stared around at the scene, cursing as he missed again, the damn things were far too fast for how deadly they were, it was just unreasonable! He turned to hear Fie speak up about the Fesk healing itself up and he stared grimly at the rest of their opponents, there was quite a lot, and they had to get to get all of them as quickly as possible if they were going to survive
"Argath, Queen. Jade, Vera, one that's casting. I'll get the dying one, I suck without magic." He moved to the crippled little buzzer with his knife in hand and shot back a shout to the three little ones, "Docus, she has some mad magical resistance! But keep it up, it's better than nothing. Fuzzy! Hit that bulky bastard before he gets there. Fie, you know what you're doing so keep on." He stared at the bee and jumped toward it ready to stab it and hopefully kill it this time. He'd like to say he took down at least one of the bastards when he was fighting them. --------------------------------------- Attack Bee 2. |
"Bitch!" He cried as the queen's swiped across his chest, leaving a gash. Fie and Docus blasted her with her magic, turning her anger towards them now. No chance in hell of getting her attention back now, he'd wail on her until she fell down, and everyone else looked like they had the bees taken care of.
The news that the Udrafresk was healing pissed him right the hell off, though. The unfortunate queen bee found herself the target of his rage. Above all else, the mages needed to be kept safe, and just attacking her wasn't going to keep her away from there. He'd need to do something stupid. He needed to get up in her face. With a sharp whistle, Argath called Zephyr into action. He broke into a run, waiting for just the right moment. As a Dragoon, jumping was his thing. It was what he did. As soon as he was close enough, his stabbed the blade of his spear into the ground, still holding onto the shaft as he launched himself into the air. Toward her Royal Backside. At the same time, Zephyr zipped back and forth in front of the queen, growling and barking at her. ------------------------- Attempt to jump on the Queen's back. |
To put it quite simply, Jade was starting to get pissed off. Bees were pressing in all around, one jabbing its stinger into her shoulder, the other clawing at her arms as she swung up her sword to fend it off.
She wanted to get payback, but the bee she had swatted away was spraying pollen around again. If it thought whatever it was doing was more important than actually fighting, it had to be stopped. One thing that had been drilled into Jade was hit the wizards. Even if they were stupid bees. Ears flattened with anger, Jade shouted at the killer bee. "You won't be pollinating anything, you disgusting insect! Not then, not now AND NOT EVER AGAIN!" She charged after it, sword at the ready. OOC: Normal attack on Bee #5. Since the knockback ability says I get to choose whether to use it after seeing if the attack was successful, I'll just do normal damage unless I roll quite poorly on the accuracy roll and try to kill it outright. |
Docus frowned. He didn't have a lot of power left, and he really didn't want to waste any on these targets, especially if the Fresk was busy healing. That in particular annoyed him. This battle had gone on too long already, and now they had to take down the mark again? They'd better get a bonus for this...
But first, there was a bee right up in their face, and it was mad. Docus glanced at Fie, saw the glow around him, realized that he was preparing a spell. If the bee attacked him, he'd get hurt, and they couldn't risk that. He turned to Prasad. "I'm gonna lure it away, you need to take it down." Not waiting for a response, he started running off to the east, turning around briefly to buzz loudly at the guard, questioning its ability to defend its Queen and telling it that he almost burned its hive. Heart pounding, he ran, staying a constant distance from the hive, but getting further away from the Fresk. He just hoped Prasad would come though. And that the risk would pay off. ---- Pretty much what it says in the post. Taunt bee, run away. |
Docus taunted the bee and ran off, requesting that Prasad take down the guard bee, a command that was unnecessary as the moogle was already training both barrels squarely on the Guard Bee charging them, perhaps on Caspin's request--but probably not. With an exhalation, Prasad calmly drew back the triggers of each gun, and a pair of bullets exited the chambers, one smashing into the bee's torso, the other ripping through both its wings. Tumbling through the air, the large insect impacted with the ground heavily, and came to a sliding stop just in front of the moogle.
Meanwhile, Caspin took on a command role, barking orders as he jammed his dagger through the torso of the most weakened bee, leaving it looking a lot like a beekebob on his knife, while Jade's oversized knife made the casting bee into two bee halves. Argath, meanwhile, took a rather inventive method of attacking the queen, leaping onto its back. The queen reacted in shock, attempting to reach up at the dragoon on her back, but it was impossible for her chitonous legs to get there, and with her bulk being too heavy for flight she had little recourse. Vera, of course, being opportunistic, took the Queen's distraction as the perfect chance to attack. Unfortunately, her dagger left little more than a slight knick in the queen's thick exeoskeletal armor. The one remaining living bee attempted to save his queen, his claws scraping, loudly, against Argath's armor, just before Fie's magical power blasted him from the sky. ----------------------- PC Round 12 Prasad- 14 damage, Guard Bee Caspin- 7 damage, Bee 2. Argath:Ride Queen like a mechanical bull Bee is stunned for one round. Argath may ignore her arm on his next attack (stabbing directly into one of the holes on her back), or attempt an opposed dex check to keep her stunned. Jade- 13 Damage, Bee 5, take 2 damage poison. Vera- 2 Damage, Queen Docus- Bravely run away. Queen Bee- (-40)/??? Bee 1- 42/42 Bee 2- Dead. Bee 5- Dead Guard Bee- Out. Jade- 10/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 15/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 ------------------------ NPC Round 12 Queen- Status Effect: Stun. Bee 1- 4 Damage Argath Queen Bee- (-40)/??? Udrafresk- Snore. Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Bee 1- 42/42 Bee 2- Dead. Bee 5- Dead Guard Bee- Out. Jade- 12/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 ------------------------- PC Round 13 Fie- Murder Bee 1 Queen Bee- (-40)/??? Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Bee 1- Dead Jade- 12/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 |
Caspin turned to see his plan work out like a damned dream, every one of the buzzing freaks hit the ground save for the queen. Which he expected, he figured her to be made of tougher stuff, but when Vera's dagger seemed to bounce off like that he found himself a bit confused.
It wasn't that unusual that a good exoskeleton could push off all the attacks they had done so far, but if it kept on like it was right now he was sure they weren't going to be able to finish her off before the damned Fresk woke back up. He stopped and stared up and down her form as much as he could with Argath riding her like that. Trying to think of what they could do to bypass those defenses. ----------------------- Monster Lore check on the Queen's unreasonably good defense. CHECKED! ---------------------- "Oh son of a..." The Udrafresk had been something of a bad day for most of them when it first came out, but it was still somewhat in their league if they worked together. This was the kind of thing you typically hunted rather than an Udrafresk so you could get some sweet cash off the jelly. When you had gotten better at hunting and you could handle it. This realization was pretty much the worst thing he could think of, but it did have some possible benefits if they could just kill her. Unfortunately, there wasn't any perfect strategy for killing her other than, "JUST KEEP HITTING HER! Fie, don't even bother with the wind on her, just keep an eye on the damn Fresk. Docus, she has powerful magic resistance, but she still doesn't like fire." He shifted over to Vera and whispered in her ear, "Alright, individually I don't think we're going to do a lot of good. But I thought maybe we could work together and try to go for her eyes. What do you say? Want to double up on that bitch?" |
Docus sighed in relief that there were no bees after him, but there were still two major threats on the field. Both were incapacitated now, but that couldn't last. And that worried him. Fighting both would seriously threaten the party, so the pressing reality was that they had to finish the Queen quickly, before the Fresk woke up. But somehow, their weapons didn't really seem up to it, the last few rounds had been extensive proof of that. And their magic really didn't leave much of a dent either. Docus tapped his chin with a small finger, concentrating. This was just planning, this shouldn't be hard. What advantage did they have here? He blinked once, just once, as he made a realization that should have been obvious to begin with, especially to him. They weren't just individuals. They were a group, a team. A dysfuctional one, but somewhat cohesive nonetheless. And he knew the potential inherent in that.
Hoping that they'd trust him enough to listen, he called out in Common: "We aren't hurting her, not enough! Fie, I... I think I can enchant the warriors' weapons, add the power of flame to their strikes. But I need a medium, and Air will do better than most. Help me. Combine your power with mine, and we can destroy her. As for the rest of you, if you keep her pinned and keep her busy for now, then soon we can give you the means to hurt her, hurt her badly. And if we coordinate, we might be able to eliminate her altogether. I won't, can't try to give you instructions, but I think this is our best chance. What do you say?" |
Fie's eyes darted between the Udrafresk, the Queen bee, and the recently poisoned Jade. Distantly, he heard Docus, as if from down a long tunnel. It was a moment before his concentration snapped back to the situation at hand.
"Fie, I... I think I can enchant the warriors' weapons, add the power of flame to their strikes. But I need a medium, and Air will do better than most. Help me. Combine your power with mine, and we can destroy her." It was crazy. It was insane. Every ounce of his training in the arts of healing told him it was a better idea to preserve his comrades as best he could. But something tugged inside. His initial desires, those strings of aspiration, that had driven him to the Black Mage's Guild first, before he had been expelled, twanged a furious tune, dancing with anticipation. "You shall have the winds, my friend, and we shall bring the storm as one." Fie did his best to sense the flow of mana about him, and prepare a suitable medium for Docus' plan around the party's weapons by purifying the air as best he is able, trying to stay sensitive to any fluctuations as the Tarut worked their magic. He was prepared to focus as long as he needed to maintain it for both the fighters and Docus. -- Try to teamwork attack with Docus to fire enchant the party's weapons. Use next round to focus on and maintain the medium so that the spell doesn't just poof when we finish. |
"Alright, individually I don't think we're going to do a lot of good. But I thought maybe we could work together and try to go for her eyes. What do you say? Want to double up on that bitch?"
Vera wasn't always the best team player, as was obvious in her behavior around Argath, but she knew working together with them was the best way to get out of this with the highest reward possible. She nodded to Caspin, gripping her knife. She shot him a toothy grin, "Sounds good to me." ------------------- Double-team that bitch or something |
Argath smiled as he rode the queen like a
In any case, it seemed his teammates were preparing for something, and it would be bad if the queen tried to wreck it. So, in the interest of cooperation or whatever, Argath climbed up her back and placed his hands in front of her eyes. "Peek-a-boo!" ----------------------- Stun the bitch. |
"Plan relies on your strength, misdirection. We run at her, you in front, you throw a feint and when she's distracted I follow through to take out the least guarded eye, then you double up and get the other one. Alright, let's do it!"
-------------------------- Execute operation, "double-team that bitch or something". |
Docus grinned as he heard Fie's response. Yes. They were doing this. They were making this HAPEN. The bee would burn. He closed his eyes and spread his arms, tapping into his own, perilously low supply of magical power. He felt tendrils of power flow from his fingertips, spreading, then converging on the spell Fie was weaving, meshing with it.
He sensed his fellow mage manipulating the air around his allies' blades, purifying the air around it, removing those components that would inhibit his Flame. Every time the warriors struck with their weapons, some of the pure air dissipated, but Docus could only marvel at Fie's skill as, every time, the shell was re-formed, without delay or hesitation. Docus could do little to help, but he kept his spell meshed with Fie's nonetheless, maintaining control, supplying power, and, as he understood his ally's intentions, and preparing his own contribution, visualising it, gathering himself. A blast of fire, spread and diluted, but powerful nonetheless would sweep the area in front of him. Its power would ignite the purified air, and then it was simply a question of maintaining and controlling the flame as his allies' made use of it.. It would require focus, so much focus. But, he realized, Fie and himself were strong, they could, would, do this. And he'd prove, to the team, to himself that, howevermuch infighting they did, howevermany insults were given and taken, they could stand together. And if they did, nothing could stand against them. A smile crossed his otherwise serene face as the thought went through his head. "We will grant you blades of Flame. Prepare to strike." He didn't even realize that he had spoken out loud. |
Pulling out his dice once more, the diminutive gambler was obviously feeling lucky. A feeling that would betray him as the dice rolled six and four before returning to his hands, the blades of the party seeming duller, their muscles more lethargic, their projectiles slower, and their spells less potent.
However, that didn't stop Vera from performing a perfect feint, giving Caspin opportunity to attack. Unfortunately, even with the skill of her feint, Caspin's dagger just missed the queen's eye, glancing away from the armored plates on her face without leaving so much as a knick. Vera's follow up had better luck, her blade burying itself to the hilt in the queen's compound eye, leaving nothing but a gorey mess in its place, and causing the great beast to rear up, throwing Argath onto the ground even as Jade charged at her. Unfortunately, with her blade dulled, and her muscles weakened, she found it impossible, even with her massive blade, to so much as scuff the queen's exoskeleton. All the same, the huge insect seemed to believe itself in trouble as it hunched down, tiny wiggling caterpillar like creatures climbing from the holes in her back, and rolling about on the ground leaving little slimey trails, before rearing up with sharp vicious mandibles right after birth, just as the weapons of the party all lit ablaze with fire nearly causing Prasad and Capin to drop theirs from the sudden flash of heat, though the rest of the small party was able to quickly adjust. ----------------------- PC Round 13 Prasad- Destructive roll, Bust. All damage moves down one damage step until round 18. (STRx1 becomes STRx0, etc, you're attacking with pure dice). Vera- Stealth Roll against Queen To Complete Feint, success, Damage against queen doubled, chance of blind or reduced ACC. Caspin- 0 Damage. The roll was terrible and no damage from stats. No blind. Vera- Crit, 10 damage from hitting sensitive spot, and reducing queen's accuracy by 2 for 6 rounds. Argath- Fails Dex Check, is thrown to ground. Jade- 0 Damage to Queen Bee. Jade- 2 Damage Poison. 2 Rounds remaining. Queen Bee- (-50)/??? Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Jade- 9/28* Arhra informed me that I forgot about the +1 hp from Jade's shirt. Vera- 14/23 Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 15/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 Prasad- 23/25 ----------------------- NPC Round 13 Queen Bee- Spawn three Larvae. ----------------------- PC Round 14 Docus + Fie complete buff casting. Everyone gains 1.5x damage, and all damage is fire. All players roll dex rating vs TN of 9 to avoid being burned. Caspin- 2 Damage from dagger bursting into flame. Prasad- 2 Damage from gun bursting into flame Everyone else makes check. Queen Bee- (-50)/??? Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Jade- 9/28 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 15/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 Prasad- 23/25 |
Caspin shot his knife up for the Queen's eye, but as usual unless he had the clarity of mind to be chopping through meat slowly he caught a front to his perfection and missed, but his plan wasn't all shit as Vera got right into the other one. Which was enough to make him feel better. He leapt back and readied to take another swing at it when suddenly his weapon caught on fire.
He had not caught Docus's last little thing about how this was about to happen so his reaction was fairly violent, "Mother of Fuck!" He dropped it and stared back at the two mages with a sudden look of blank confusion, "The fuck are you doing?!" Dammit it finally happened, they were turning on him. He was going to get burnt to death and offered to the Queen as a sacrifice to let them live. Well he wasn't going down without a fight, those bastards would have to...oh wait. About halfway through his personal ramble he caught view of what they had actually meant to do when everyone else's blades were covered in fire. Though apparently he and Prsad hadn't gotten the memo, he still cursed and decided to screw his weapon for now and grabbed Argath pulling him up before motioning for Vera and Jade, "Alright I'm sick of this fat bastard and I would like her out of the picture before she starts making too many of those creepy little creeps she just shat out. Can we all agree we hate her more than we hate each other?" ----------------------- Help Argath up, begin coordinating teamwork attack. |
Fie kept his attention to the magics at work. The influx of mana from Docus' cast had upset the balance, but he had been prepared for that. He took the sudden impulse and held some of it aside, smoothing and spreading gently as he went. With Docus' aid in maintaining it from here, he figured they could sustain it for perhaps a single bout of attacks from their fighters. Aside from that, who knew? The mana they'd spent couldn't last forever.
"Let's hope they make the best of it..." Fie did take a moment once Docus was helping to glance about the Queen. Had they covered those larvae in lectures? -- Lore(Monsters) check. |
Argath winced as he fell on his ass. His plan to screw with her failed when his teammates made her thrash about, leading to said falling on his ass. As he was getting up, none other than Caspin showed up to lend a hand. Much to Argath's chagrin.
Urge to kill rising... He thought, as the Blue Mage tried to be friendly. Fat chance of that, though. He had half a mind to run the bastard through again. Still, with Prasad's botched roll and the queen birthing larvae, it was time they started acting somewhat cohesively. "No. But I do agree we should take her out now." He said, as he shook off Caspin's hand. "What do you have in mind?" He noticed Caspin's flaming dagger lying on the ground. "I guess you're not using this." He said, bending over to pick it up. "Hey Vera! Catch!" He yelled to the thief. Then he tossed the burning weapon at her. ... It was a completely friendly, slow toss and he tried to make sure the blade wasn't pointed at her. He half regretted that, though, and not killing the Blue Mage right now. ----------------------- Coordinate teamwork attack, toss Caspin's dagger at Vera. |
He watched as Argath tossed his dagger over at Vera and tried not to let the look on his face grow any more disappointed than usual in his actions. Pretty face, but so dumb. So very dumb.
"I'm going to run interference. I'll be going directly for the queen and trying to mount her and cover her remaining eyeball to help the rest of you get in without any trouble." He pointed at Jade and nodded toward the Queen a moment, "Jade, your muscles make me look like Docus. So you'll be moving on her right flank while I go to distract her. What I want you to do is knock her over. Whether you do this with your bare hands or if you want to use a rock and your flaming sword to crank her I don't really care. But I want her on her side." He held up a fist as a show to Jade how much he believed in her amazing powers of STRONGness before turning to Vera and Argath, "While she is moving on the right, you two go left, and when she tips that bitch over you two go for the birth holes. I'm hoping with Docus's little gift we'll be able to make sure she never makes another kid for the rest of her short life." He knew just enough to know that the little larval creeps had some extra powerful poison, so while they were weak if they swarmed them they were going to be in a world of hurt. But he'd save that for later, "Sound good?" ---------------------- Monster Lore success and more coordination. |
"We hate other?" Jade asked Caspin back, an eyebrow raised. The fighter, in her infinite wisdom, had been at the bar chatting with hunters and getting drunk while various sorts of drama had happened at the inn.
"And bitch." Jade corrected Caspin semi-seriously. "Fat bitch." She'd thought blue mages were supposed to be monster experts! Jade thought over the plan quickly, idly testing the edge of her sword with a thumb. It felt blunter than a butter knife. She then sucked on her thumb - the sword was still mostly on fire. The warrior made her decision and jammed her sword into the ground point first at her side. Sprinting from that spot, she picked up momentum and flung herself at the Queen Bee with a flying tackle, intending to take on the monstrously armoured insect with her bare hands. "Nyaaaah!" |
Caspin nodded with a grin at her correction. How could he have been so blind? And when she took off it was pretty much set that either he and Jade were going to fail at the plan together thanks to the other two, or they were all going to succeed because they were that awesome.
He ran at the Queen head on and leapt into the air latching onto her face and reacting a bit like an enraged child in the way he was kicking and punching and trying to crawl around on her. He wanted to get bitten as little as possible after all. --------------- EXECUTE THE PLAN. |
Vera caught Caspin's dagger with a nod, backing around and preparing to attack alongside Argath, as Jade charged forward. The Vera warrior's arms strained against three of the queen's six legs, the two pushed against each other in a deadlock, and for a moment it looked like the plan would fail, until Caspin leapt up at the queen's face. She quickly batted her head around and throw the blue mage back to the ground, but the momentary distraction was all that Jade needed to flip the giant insect onto the ground, her breeding holes facing Vera and Argath, whom both plunged their weapons deep into the birth holes on her back, flame searing through her body and causing her to scream out in pain and rage.
As she thrashed, the moogle took aim and let fire with with his twin pistols, flames streaking in the air behind the bullets as they impacted with the carapace of the queen in brilliant explosions. The queen rolled around on the ground, struggling to regain her feet, as her larva hurled viscous balls of poisonous slime at their mother's attackers, though none found their mark, instead sizzling like acid on the ground, and killing the grass and shrubs of the forest floor. ----------------------- PC Round 14 Docus + Fie complete buff casting. Everyone gains 1.5x damage, and all damage is fire. All players roll dex rating vs TN of 9 to avoid being burned. Caspin- Leap at face, get tossed aside Jade- Flip that bitch. Argath- 9 damage queen Vera- 21 Damage queen Prasad- 9 Damage queen Jade- 2 damage, poison. One more round. Queen Bee- (-89)/??? Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Jade- 7/28 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 15/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 Prasad- 23/25 ----------------------- NPC Round 14 Larva 1- Poison spit Prasad. Miss. Larva 2- Poison spit Fie. Miss. Larva 3- Poison spit Argath. Miss ----------------------- PC Round 15 Buff depleted. Damage returns to normal. |
With the queen left infertile for life, not that she had long to live anyway, Argath turned his attention to the larvae as he pulled his spear with a sickening squishing out of her burnt birthing holes.
He quickly dodged as one of them tried to spit poison at him, which jogged his memory. "Hey, all of you. Newborn bees have pretty strong poison. Stronger than when they mature. It might even work on this fat bitch." ------------------------ Inform the team about the larvae. |
Docus' eyes flashed, and it wasn't fire this time. He was fresh out of mana, and uncomfortably aware of his uselessness, but his brain still worked, quite feverishly, for the circumstances. And since he had nothing better to do, he considered. An unfortunate roll had robbed them of most of their strength, and they'd find it hard to damage the Queen with weapons alone. But they had her pinned, and vulnerable, and suddenly Argath was talking, sharing information the way allies were supposed to, and Docus... realized.
Strategy had never been a strength of his, he differed entirely from his father on that count, but one basic principle that had been drilled into him was how very fluid the concepts of 'strength' and 'weakness' could be. Ultimately, it was individual decision that decided the outcome of a conflict, not resources at hand. Docus had always been a bit sceptical (though he'd never admit that), but he could suddenly see the point. If the Queen was big and heavy and well-armored, use that against her, and pin her to the ground. And if her young spewed poison, us that against her too. And he knew just how. He approached the warriors, calling out. "We can do this! Argath, Prasad, target a larva. Vera, give Caspin his knife back and then help them. Caspin, when we've killed one, see if you can't extract some poison! If we poison her, our job gets that much easier." He realized he must look comical, 3 feet tall, covered in bark, trying to tell a group of warriors what to do, but he hoped, hoped his thinking was correct. Maybe he could contribute after all. ---- Approach group (though stay at medium range), give orders, bluh bluh. |
Caspin grinned up from the ground as he watched his plan get executed flawlessly. That Queen was most definitely in a world of hurt now, but they were going to need more or else he was going to watch this fall apart. He stared around and caught view of the little bastards she had spawned.
Docus and Argath were able to knock two braincells together and formulate something reasonable so he decided to chip in with, "Start killing babies!" He stared at the beast as she struggled to roll about and tried to think of how he could make this distraction a slight bit more successful than the last one. Particularly he was thinking of if her antennae were as sensitive as in most insects. She seemed to have other means of sensory perception, but most of the time grabbing onto one was a harrowing event for the creeps. ---------------------- Monster lore check on advantageous means of weak people riding strong monsters. |
It seemed his allies had managed to put two and two together. He was so proud. "I'll leave the baby-killing to you guys. Someone needs to distract the fat lady." He said simply. Running forward, he jumped the queen again.
----------------------- Attempt to ride the queen again. |
Fie glanced around quickly, his magical reserves were perilously low and his allies were struggling. Hopefully they'd be able to tough out the poor turn of fate Prasad's dice had cast, but things were not looking hopeful.
It was finally time to start being defensive. A shame he only had enough sense to save a single Cure. He'd have to make it count, and with the state Jade was in, he couldn't think of a better candidate. He began to channel the healing energies necessary. He could only hope her armor and training could keep her alive long enough for the spell to reach her. |
"Already on it!" Jade pointed out to Argath, correct at the moment as her and the bee rolled around, the insect trying to get rid of the annoyingly persistent Viera. She moved her legs to try and keep it pinned in place, sitting on top of the insect's thorax.
The fighter was starting to feel woozy, the cuts and poison taking their toll. There was only one thing to do. She grabbed one of the queen bee's wildly flailing antenna and pulled it hard. With her other fist she started punching it in the eye. It would keep it distracted if nothing else. |
Jumping onto the queen bee, Jade smashes her fist into its pulpy eye, grabbing its antenna causing it to roar and chitter in pain as Vera and Prasad attack one of her nearby Larva. Feeling everything going wrong, the queen screeches with all its strength, and then begins to vomit out a thick honey, richer and more delicious than that seen by most hunters, directly onto the feasting Caspin, just as the blue mage acquires his prize. All it could do with the two warriors holding its body down and against its will.
However, the honey fills him with a euphoria that twists his mind, confuses him... and soon he is in the thrall of the queen bee as sure as her own children, who return fire toward Vera, the nimble thief avoiding the first splash of poison, but being unable to avoid the second. The venom, as strong as it is, is absorbed through her skin within moments, and she finds herself feeling immensely ill, even as the last of the queen's children turns upon Jade, sickening the warrior once more, even as the poison from the sting was finally being metabolized by her system. The warrior woman would have probably died shortly there after, if it weren't for Fie's magic raining down upon her, and returning her body to near perfect condition... but still the poison plagued her blood stream. ----------------------- PC Round 15 Buff depleted. Damage returns to normal (other than Prasad's roll, which has 3 more rounds-until 18). Jade- 6 damage to queen. Take 2 damage. Poison cleared. Vera- Return Caspin's knife. 4 Damage Larva 1 Caspin- Learn Pollen. Acquire poison sac. Fie- Begin casting cure at Jade. Argath- Ride the queen. Prasad- 11 damage, Larva 1 Docus- Move to medium Queen Bee- (-95)/??? Larva 1- (-15)/??? Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Jade- 5/28 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 15/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 Prasad- 23/25 ------------------------ NPC Round 15 Queen- Vomit Royal Jelly at Caspin. Caspin is charmed. Larva 1- Poison spit at Vera, Miss Larva 2- Poison spit at Vera, hit. Vera poisoned. Six rounds. Larva 3- Poison Spit at Jade. Jade poisoned. Five rounds. Queen Bee- (-95)/??? Larva 1- (-15)/??? Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Jade- 5/28 Poisoned again. Vera- 14/23 Poison. Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 15/23 Charmed. Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 Prasad- 23/25 ------------------------ PC Round 16 Fie- Cure Jade for 30 hp. Queen Bee- (-95)/??? Larva 1- (-15)/??? Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Jade- 28/28 Poisoned Two damage per round, Six Rounds. Vera- 14/23 Poisoned Two damage per round, Five Rounds. Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 15/23 Charmed. Fie- 8/20 Docus- 12/21 Prasad- 23/25 |
Caspin grinned at one of the fallen bees and raised up his dagger, shoving it in between the layers of exoskeleton snapping it open before digging about and carefully cutting away at its internal structure to find the poison sac attached with its pump toward the stinger. He sliced it from place then mashed the insides of the bee with its own vomit, churning it into a fine sweet past that he sucked maliciously from its form. He lifted up the sac with distinct pleasure before he felt the sudden rush of euphoria.
Then he fell short of his mind. His queen called. These fools had done quite enough harm to her. The little larvae had done good to hit the other warriors, he could imagine his queen would be able to deal with them properly as long as they were envenomed. And that word, that resonated as a good idea as he suck his dagger into the poison sac, coating it in the foul substance. He stared up toward the little ones with a kind grin as he began walking their way. He was feeling a mite peckish even after the bee. He could use a little Tarut and a bit of airy Moogle to even him out. ----------------- Poison dagger, move toward Docus, Fie, Prsad. |
"Damn..." Vera fell to a knee as she started feeling the effects of the poison. This was starting to be more than she bargained for, and she was seriously considering retreating for now, and suggesting her party members do the same. That is- she was considering it until she saw Caspin advancing on the mages, a murderous and distant look in his eyes. This was bad. They needed to get that sac away from him.
Thank goodness they have Vera here, and she climbed to her feet, ignoring the dizzy feeling as she stalked up behind Caspin. It wasn't too hard to avoid his detection as he had his sights set on the mages. Reaching forward, she swiped the sac from Caspin's hand before he would know what hit him. "Argath! Make yourself useful!" Was that the first time she bothered to use his real name? Maybe, but either way he's going to very quickly realize that there is a poison sac being thrown in his direction. |
It seemed Caspin had decided to take the poison from one of the bees they'd already killed instead of gutting a larva. Well, that might still work. However, that went to hell as soon as the queen did the only thing she could do with Argath and Jade pinning her down: she spat a string of jelly on Caspin, enthralling him instantly.
Shit. They needed to close that mouth of hers. Conveniently, Vera was quick enough on the uptake to steal the poison sac from Caspin as he moved toward the mages. "Argath! Make yourself useful!" She called as she threw it at him. He caught it nimbly and wordlessly turned his attention back to the queen. "Hold her still so I can shut her up." He told Jade, as he wiped the poison left on the sac on the blade of his spear, from the opening Caspin made. "But try not to get yourself spat upon. The rest of them would be pissed if I had to put you down." ---------------------- Catch Caspin's sac, douse spear in poison. |
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