OOC2 - Awards on P799! CG Colter, Devaena, Anton and Lurp!

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[Ensia]

SirKirbance

Saphirus returned Pahkakino's nod and dove down in another direction to get in front of the creature they were hunting. Being a strange animal in foreign terrain, Saphirus had not been able to accurately judge the beast's size. As he drew nearer it seemed larger than he had first thought.

As saphirus came down to land in front of the beast he spread his manifested wings to their full width - a gesture sure to draw attention, especially given the flashy multicolored feathers that the coatle wings posessed. He recalled Pahkakino's warning that the creature might reach for him. If Pahkakino knew these types of animals to be aggressive, then Saphirus was determined not to take unnecessary chances. Saphirus brought his large round shield up protectively in front of him and reached for the hilt of his sword with his right hand. The shield was emblazened with the image of a coatle which also served as his holy symbol for casting divine spells. Saphirus uttered the words of a simple spell. On command the coatle symbol would flash a bright light, hopefully blinding the beast if it attacked.

The creature was shaped somewhat like a boar, but with the girth and temper of a fighting bull. Bony spine protruded over its eyes and along its spine. What should have been hooves at the end of the beast's legs were long curving claws. All around on the ground, the earth was torn up, like the creature had been digging. As Saphirus caught its attention though, and the best turned its snout towards him, it became clear this thing was omnivorous. Blood, along with plant matter was dripping and dangling from the beast's lips and blunt, yellow teeth.

With a squealing, roar like sound, the creature lunged at Saphirus.

Pahkakino waited until the beast had attacked Saphirus before considering how best to move in. He'd hunted this type of beast earlier, and found it far better to kill it quickly, before it even knew he was there preferably. Judging the distance, the red demon folded his wings and dropped, claws out, from the sky.

Maybe it was a shadow, or some instinct that told the beast it was being hunted, but as it swiped and lunged at Saphirus, it abruptly turned, pivoting on one back leg to face the demon that was coming for it.

"ACK!" Pahkakino gasped and opened his wings, rolling over in the air to avoid being swatted to the ground. A curse broke from his throat, as he continued to evade the creature, unable to gain any height because of the frenzy.



{Heh, Pahka has some pretty bad luck in this place. Care to save him SirKirbance? Oh, and you are welcome to fill in any attacks or magic that Saphirus used on the beast before Pahka dived on it. I can edit if need be. ^~^}

[Ensia]

Finoewae

Thankies, I'm loving these moving wingies I have. lol

Teagan can't catch a break most of the time. It's a mix of life just sucking, but also Karma paying her back for her stubbornness and selfishness when she displays it. She can't complain too much anymore though, now she's got at least two friends. That's the most friends she's ever had in her life! xD

The scary thing is though, depending on how some events play out soon, she could either change for the better and be nicer, or possibly go into a psycho-murder mode. The latter is so much more tempting and fun to write.

It is SO true! I have a character who just reached his 'breaking' point in his story and single handedly leveled a fifty story building. He was going to go on and destroy the whole city, but thankfully he was stopped. It would have been so bad for him if he'd succeeded.

It's fun coming to those branches in a character's development, to see which way they go and what will happen at the next fork. Ah, Karma. I've got a few characters who have some choice words for that particular idea. ^~^

Sheesh, I'd go back and read all the RP posts but I think that might be more of a project than I can handle. ~__~

[WoefulInfinity]

Cartagia

Woo home! XD Yay for Kim clearing teh confusion...:3

Having a butt of a time with MSN but Gaia messenger seems to work... :/

[Cartagia]

I should do more judging, not play World of Warcraft...

*zaps another Mana Beast* xd

[Jenannen]

We're going to need to lay some ground work for Lurp
and give Locke a chance to research Dev, but here's a quick post.
I'll catch up on the thread later, got stuff I've gotta get done.

Edited this post now that I'm a little more coherent.

Jalil

LadyFox

Having witnessed the fight between two very powerful outsiders (Devaena and Lurp) Locke had followed the victor back to Dead Man’s Meet before returning to the guild to find Nyx. Though he had been able to unearth her given name, Nicole, he didn’t know much else about her other than that she was hot and he hoped easy. He thought to impress her by showing off his ability to capture one, or ideally both, of these outstanding specimens for the guild’s fight pit. Then there was also his generosity in involving her in the capture which would entitle her to a cut of the pay provided they won their first fight, which he was certain they would.

He returned to Dead Man’s Meet with Nyx just in time to catch sight of the victor returning to her room though the window. Together they listened at her window until the sound of footsteps pacing shifted to a more determined movement. While he had slipped in through an open window of another room Nyx had simply jumped to the ground somehow landing on her feet. He was impressed and wondered how she had managed that. He’d have to ask her later.

He watched the outsider depart and noted that she did not have the large golden sphere. Either she had shrunk it somehow or it had been the thing that the whispers had “let out.” Though he looked he saw no sign of Nyx which he admitted, reluctantly, was a good sign. It seemed he had chosen well in bringing her along.

He searched the victor’s room but found nothing of note. It seemed either she didn’t intend to return or she kept all her belonging with her at all times. Either was possible with a creature like that he supposed with a shrug.

He had exited her room through the door and made his way to the commons of Dead Man’s Meet. He’d nosed around a bit before entering the kitchen wherein he’d promptly been yelled at by the cook. He decided that he would have to come back after closing when he could search things properly in the dark. With no people around.

It had been hours since he’d exited Dead Man’s Meet, and set up a dice game where he could keep an eye on the comings and goings of its patrons. Wagers were placed for the game’s winner by those not playing and each round the two players bet on each round’s outcome with the stakes progressively rising as the option of round placement became more limited, and thus the player more likely to go for a certain scoring slot. A pile of tokens equal to each player’s coin was used to represent this for the back and forth math-keeping.

Locke had been more interested in his surveyance than he had in the game, so tonight he had been playing fairly. Still he had the advantage of familiarity with the game and the odds and what to wager when so he was still turning a profit.

((He’s essentially profiting from Yacht. Can’t wait for the “golden sphere” he was searching for to come play dice with him. *giggles*))

[Ruujin]

Jenannen

Go Locke!! blaugh

[LadyFox]

WoefulInfinity

“I’d like to see the fight she couldn’t win.” Lurp says. “As a spectator that is.” And then, more hesitantly, I could always try again. I might be able to take her down if I was more sneaky about it this time .” All it would take is the right shot,” if only she could make it. “I think I came close…” It’s Lurp’s turn to worry her lip. Of course if Devaena used that magic ball again… Lurp shuddered at the thought.

Lurp lowers her voice then. “No one knows I can shift but you. I’ve been careful.” Even when she had accosted Teagan it had been in another form. Lurp doesn’t mention that to Rivek though for the same reason she didn’t bring up that she was actually trying to kill Devaena. She’s not sure where his moral lines lie. Lurp’s lived the last 50 years of her life among various thieves, murderers, and worse. She’s lost any kind of touchstone for how “normal” people view these things. In Lurp’s world it was eat or be eaten, and you did whatever you had to to survive. That included killing people who were endangering you or yours. But Rivek might not be so…pragmatic about things. “I can gather more information, and… I’m staying here so I can keep an eye on things too.” After her encounter with that ball, Lurp wants nothing so much as to relocate herself to Worldspanner’s now that it’s repaired. The idea of staying this close to Devaena makes her skin crawl. But until they had a plan, she didn’t want to be too far away from Rivek, in case he needed her help. If only that feather worked two ways.

Rivek confirmed her guess about the sword, but it took Lurp a minute to realize what he meant about his shoulder blades. First she looked to see if there were some kind of fasteners or decorations on his tunic that could be the talisman. Then it hit her. “Oh…”
If the mask was his body, and the sword was his mind… what did that leave the wings to be? His spirit? His soul? Human cosmology and physiology seem strange to Lurp. For an arvul, the heart that keeps their body moving, the mind that keeps them conscious, and the essence or soul that keeps them alive and who they are, are all the same thing, the kir. Humans seem such divided creatures, keeping the important bits of themselves in different places. She supposed it might be a case of not keeping all one’s eggs in one’s basket, but if you lost even one of the three, wouldn’t you be broken anyway? So why keep them all different places? It just made it that much harder to keep them protected. Humans were so fragile. They’d still managed to drive her people nearly to extinction though… and they’d done things to her that…

Lurp shook these thoughts off. In any case, it was clear they couldn’t let that beast get a hold of even one of Rivek’s talismans. “I’ll kill her if she comes near you again.” Lurp says vehemently. That would be all right wouldn’t it?

((OMG went through so much to get this posted >_<. Can't wait to hear Rivek's idea!))

[fluoroid]

heart

[Cartagia]

...I really need to have an inventory clearout...XDDD

[Jalil]

Jenannen

((Jalil: Would he have heard the spirits too or just Dev talking to herself?))

If he was like right outside the window then he probably could've, but perhaps not been able to make out what they were saying? They're audible if you're like right there beside them close, it turns to a loud but indiscernible whisper when you get a little ways away, a soft almost-not-there whisper slightly further away, and then silence after that.

[Cartagia]

Jalil

Walking from the bar, with a drink aquired, to a seat was no mean feat - particulary as Dead Man's Meet was crowded tonight, what with the DMM Ballers in to celebrate their latest victory over the Garlands. Jeni looked across the slant of her freckled nose to find a seat next to someone who looked unlikely to either flirt with her, try to kill her or eat her.

"Hello," she greeted Sadye. "Mind if I sit? Everywhere else is crowded out, or has a maniac seated at it. Of course I'm only assume you're not one. I don't know, maybe you are. I'll take a chance if you will similarily on me" She laughed and ended on an apparently friendly smile.

[WoefulInfinity]

LadyFox

| Rivek Ailinar |

"My, my, this seems to be a very, very good situation. I don't think we need to go to the extreme of killing her. No sense in entering fights you can't win, yes?" Rivek winked.

"She wants the talismans, right? I don't think she knows they're only useful if I'm alive." He smirked, "I say - we give them to her. And then we make her think I'm already dead."

He paced. "This might have to get rather elaborate. We'll need to re-create the talismans. Sort of. She knows about the sword - we'd have to duplicate that. Luckily, it's simple. Any blacksmith could do it. She's seen the mask, so we'd have to do that one, too. But she probably doesn't know it's made of bone. We can get away with plaster. And finally, something to throw her off the third. How about a ring? That sounds nice and talisman-like."

He sighed, "Seems, though, I might need to quit my job as a bartender - it's rather high exposure to say the least. Shame. It pays well."

He looked up at Lily, "I severely hate to ask you this, but you'd have a significantly higher rate of survival in this situation - because you can just vanish by turning into a very heavy flea. Do you think - you could pretend to be me?"



((If this works, Dev is going to be even more pissed off at Riv...))

[Jalil]

ROFL!!! Let the Lurpball season begin? rofl

Cartagia

Sadye had become a regular at Dead Man's. She liked the atmosphere well enough, and she hadn't been bothered by any factols or crazed Machina fanatics. She hadn't really been bothered at all, until this pretty little red head decided to sit down across from her. She was surprised at first admittedly, but the woman had caught her in a good mood (and with a full snifter of brandy). "Go right ahead, cutter," she said as she took a sip of her brandy and glanced around the bar. It had really gotten rowdy in here, and she wondered what everyone was celebrating. She looked back to the woman across from her. "Lady's Grace, by the by. Th' name's Sadye," she said holding out her four-fingered hand in that old prime greeting and gave her the chance to return the gesture if she so desired before continuing, "So what's all this hubbub about?" and hiking a thumb towards the rapidly-getting-drunken revelers.

[Jalil]

WoefulInfinity

((If this works, Dev is going to be even more pissed off at Riv...))

LadyFox

Oh that's sneaky....I like rofl

[WoefulInfinity]

Jalil

WoefulInfinity

((If this works, Dev is going to be even more pissed off at Riv...))

LadyFox

Oh that's sneaky....I like rofl

And the double whammy is if/when she finally meets him again:
-> it's a strategic blow since she will have stopped factoring him into her tactics. (Rivek knows this.)
-> it's an emotional blow since she will think that killing someone on this plane does little to nothing. (Rivek doesn't know this.)

Lol, it takes me a long time to think like Riv since I have to be really out of the box. My initial idea would be "let's charge in an make her super mad so she starts ******** up!". But - it really went against a core aspect of his character: he's never out for revenge. Of course, you can justify trying to kill her with "eliminating a threat" but that went against another aspect: if your goal is to to save your own hide, why put your own hide in danger? (big oxymoron).

Had to toss around a lot of possibilities before I arrived at that one. Judging from character motivations helps. It was the realization that Rivek doesn't care if Dev dies. He's not vengeful. He just doesn't want her to kill him.