[ARTIFACT QUEST] It's Time for ADVENTURE - PG. 10!

[Blade Kuroda]

Moving further away this time, Shun took in a deep breath. He closed his eyes, then worked on getting his focus back together.

HP: 43
Damage: 0
SoS Charge: 1/3

BOSS: 18  

[DarkHeartedSorrow]

Don't worry, Shun. Just because you suck doesn't mean Rikki does.

Except, apparently, it totally does. So much for all those years of education.

HP: 51
DMG: 0
Boss: 18  

[Inle-roo]

Taima was mollified when the paintings abruptly stopped talking about her--about anything at all, actually, and the silence was a welcome change. Silence, in Taima's limited experience, was the way in which art should be appreciated. She took a moment to actually look at the images on the walls. Aside from the eyes still watching her every movement, they looked nice enough, she supposed. Anything deeper than that was lost on Taima, who simply didn't care enough about art to think beyond their aesthetic value.

The resounding silence allowed her to hear a sudden commotion outside. There was nothing else keeping her here, so she left and was abruptly faced with most of the rest of their party fighting a giant dog-thing. "Where did that come from?" was what she had meant to say as she prepared to help the others. "Recyclables go in the blue bin," was what she said instead. She stopped short, making an alarmed noise as she stopped short and clapped a hand over her mouth.

HP: 47/50
Damage:
Boss HP: 18  

[Blade Kuroda]

Once he felt he had cleared his mind enough, Shun's eye snapped back open and he rushed in at the hound once more. As it snapped at him, he slashed it across the face in retaliation.


HP: 40
Damage: 7
SoS Charge: 2/3

BOSS:11  

[DarkHeartedSorrow]

Rikki grit his teeth. He wasn't playing games this time. He didn't give the Cerberus to dodge of deflect or whatever it was going to do. He attacked it quickly, stabbing it with both blades at once.

HP: 58
DMG: 15
Boss: very ded  

[chiickadee]

The blades bit into the cerberus' shoulders, bringing the creature to its knees, metaphorically of course. The entire thing sagged and collapsed to the ground. Its three-headed form faded, the creature fell to pieces like cloth tearing away from a blanket. In its place was a feeble old man, now bruised and scratched up from the fight.

"P-Please. I ... I haven't seen anyone in years. I was just excited, thas all." Congratulations, adventurers, you just attacked an innocent old man. Way to go.

The man stands up and looks at the group gathered with a smile. "You folks are somethin' else!" He hobbles over to a set of shelves near the windows and begins digging in all the clutter. From it, he procures a tiny golden egg, no bigger than a fist, and tosses it at Rikki, his vanquisher. "That's for you! You'll need it later!"

With that, he smiles and walks over to the trapdoor, which springs open ar his touch. "I imagine you'll be needin' this?"

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[Blade Kuroda]

Shun was about to continue the assault, if need be, but the creature had yielded... and shifted into an old man. Oh. He must live here. The reaper wasn't entirely certain what to make of this, now. While he was trying to figure that out, he soon blinked as Rikki was tossed a golden egg of sorts.

"We just beat the s**t out of you and you're offering us help now?" he asked flatly, eyeing the old man warily.  

[chiickadee]

"Yep."

The old man just looked at Shun with a smile.  

[Blade Kuroda]

Shun turned towards the others.

"It's a trap."  

[chiickadee]

"WORKS FOR ME!!!"

And then Danny jumped down the trapdoor as though cannonballing into a pool. Yay!!  

[DarkHeartedSorrow]

Rikki's mouth hung open in shock for a minute. He wasn't sure if he was more upset that he'd attacked an old man, or that the cute cerberus was some old dude who had played with his emotions.

He fumbled the egg when it was tossed to him, nearly dropping it. It was heavier than it looked, and reflected a fatter golden version of Rikki's face back at him. "What does it do?"  

[chiickadee]

The cerberus just sort of shrugged at Rikki. "How should I know?"

O u O  

[DarkHeartedSorrow]

Rikki frowned at the egg for a moment longer. But his girlfriend had just left him, so he had to get moving. He hugged the egg to his chest so he wouldn't drop it and gestured to the hole with his chin. "Yeah, that's why it's called a trap door. Might as well go."

He jumped in after Danny and may have definitely screamed on his way down.  

[Blade Kuroda]

Shun rubbed his head, letting out a sigh. Well. He might as well. Grumbling, he jumped on down the chute.  

[Smerdle]

Still struggling, now more against the horrible music that had started up out of nowhere than the vines themselves, West continued to silently sink. No. He was not going to relax.