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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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 Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:13 pm
Piper blinked though she dare say a little wary feeling came over her as Zahara smirked at her...that didn't look good at all...and it proved that he had been a prelude to a more vicious intent as next thing she knew she was laid out at the base of a tree, pain shooting across her face a blood easily flowing from her nose. Opening her eyes, which had been closed from cringing in pain, triple colors looked up to Zahara in disbelief...oh well Piper was in trouble obviously. A total period of five seconds before sher recovered herself, fingers coming up to touch at blood. Her friend had just slugged her...hard...nose felt broken....spitting out some blood that had leaked down she took a defensive stance, weight back on one leg, one forearm held up in defense. "What the hell was that for?!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:18 pm
Zahara stared down at her, no emotion flicking in her glittering eyes. She shook her head and glared at Piper, angrier than ever at her. "As if you don't know!" Coming at Piper again, her fist raised ready to do even more damage this time. But her hands were going for the surface elf's throat and she fully intended to slam her into the nearest tree. "You think you can just do things like that? Well you can't, and this time, little miss surface elf, your big bad Tier'dal isn't around to protect you." Her fingers closed around Piper's throat, her other hand coming up to grab that braced forearm. She shook her head at Piper then drove her back as hard as she could so her head slammed right into the bark of that sickly tree.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:25 pm
Piper realized really quick that she was in trouble and it wasn't the good kind either, and Zahara was not playing around. Her mind worked for a moment to get into mindset. Zahara's hand had closed around her neck, but lucky for Piper it wasn't a complete grip, seeing as she had her collar on, ever thankful for it. Though she did let out a yelp as her back and head slammed into the smooth bark of the tree...now was not the time to bring friends. A littel growl escaping her throat she brought up a knee into Zahara's gut, free hand going down to grab the dagger in her boot at the same time, slashing quick to the side to strike against the flesh of the arm that had hold at her throat. "I haven't done anything!" Recently...and they had worked that out already...at least she had thougth they did. But she was in a bodl state of mind, her collar with her this time again fosterign her 'invincibility to the anger of those close to her' feeling.
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:30 pm
The hit to the stomach wasn't enough to make her drop Piper but the slash on her forearm was. She bent over slightly at the pain in her abdomen and her other hand slapped over the wound Piper had inflicted on the inside of her arm. "Don't you dare play coy and innocent with me surface elf! I know better than that now, you aren't innocent and never were." She pulled out her own daggers and crouched watching with those alert eyes even while blood poured. Anger still fueling her action she moved to the side a bit and spun the daggers in the air. "You want to fight little elf? Come on, I'll fight, but I'm not going to take it easy on you." and with a little chuckle Zahara attacked swiping her dagger along Piper's arm spinning to avoid her blades.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:38 pm
"But I've done nothing! I thought we were past this?!" Okay...this drow that she had learned to trust had just turned on her. Utterly and completely...and Piper didn't even know what she had done to begin with this time. Apparenly it was worth a beat down. Further proof as Zahara drew horribly sharp daggers on her. Piper reached down and pulled out her second one as well, righting her hold on both and sinking into her own stance. Yeah she was in a little deep this time. But Zahara was indeed a little faster and thus daggers easily bit into the flesh of her arm, ripping at bare flesh and makign blood sling in movemnt on the ground and trees around then as Piper. A double slash of both her own at Zahara, who was only able to avoid tips by her spin before Piper turned to the tree, jumped up to catch the trunk withher ankles and then pushed off to flip over Zahara and getting out from between the tree and Zahara. More space to move. And with that little reversal she took the liberty of rushing Zahara with daggers bared...couldn't let the drow come swinging at her.
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:55 pm
When Zahara landed back on the ground and watched Piper she couldn't believe the elf had used the tree to keep away from her. At least she was back on the ground now. "And then you decided to do things again! Just becuase you don't like someone does not give you the right to do that!" she yelled even while her own daggers came up to block Piper's and the clink of metal echoed around hte clearing. Zahara lifted her hands carrying their interlocked daggers up into the air then kicked Piper in the shin and shoved her back, stepping back and waiting for her next move. "Come on Piper, I'm not going to take it easy on you, you don't deserve that!"
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:01 pm
"I swear on my honor that I know not what you speak of!" Gritting her teeth as daggers clashed, sending a jolt of pain up her arms from the force of impact. If Zahara had anything against it it was strenth...Piper's uperbody strength was based on bow shots where as Zahara's on hand to hand. She had a bit more leeway than Piper did. And it felt like getting whacked with a steel bar in the shin when Zahara had kicked her, pain raidiating and making her knee buckle a moment, combined with Zahara's shoving made her stumbled back and hit the ground hard. Scrambling to her feet she sprinted for the nearest tree and seemed to scramble up it in a matter of seconds. Branches swayed with her movement a moment as she more or less tan across them from one tree to another, trying to buy herself a bit of time by offering confusion as things went quiet for the drow. Piper knew trees...could run branches and weave between them without thought. The twang of a bow string and a wholly metal arrow slammed into the ground just beside Zahara's boot. "Stop this Val'Ril!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:11 pm
Zahara shook her head, "I told you not to play innocent with me! It won't get you anywhere but more pain Piper!" She growled low in her throat as she watched the rather nimble surface elf climb up that tree. So now she was running scared. Zahara was left in the middle of the clearing, forced to glance up into the trees and try to figure out just where she had gone. “Oh come on, I thought you could handle yourself…come down here and fight me Piper!” She waited a beat, keeping her daggers ready for instant combat and then sheathed them and used her innate born magic to send a burst of fire where she saw branches and such rustle. She’d burn down every tree if she had to! The fire licked at the roots of the tree and the already sickly wood groaned mightily. The arrow told Zahara exactly where exactly where Piper was in that tree and her whip came out and she brought her arm back in a wide arc letting it slice up and wind it’s way through the leaves. “Cowardice does not become you!”
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:18 pm
Piper looked over to where heat flared and the colors of flames reflected up the trunk of the tree she had started at before it started taking to leaves and branches...oh yes, that was lovely. Though her attention was yanked away with a yelp as pain lit up across her thigh. A look down to catch the lash mark of a whip behind, oozing blood and a neat tear in her pants. Right time to move. Easily done for Piper as she bounded to another set of branches with little movement in the surrounding leaves. "What? Fighting from where I am best? I could call you a coward! Using the dark to your advantage!" Piper cluntched her hand with a whistle. The wind swirled around Zahara's feet, the arrow there being more or less plucked from the ground. and sent hurtling into the trees. Of course where Piper caught it and moved again. Thank Gods for Serino and his new glove thing she had going on. Wait...she had an arrow....with Cymarron's venmon in it...thank that Vah. But first the one that he been returned to her was fired again, this time grazing her cheek. Piper meant to show she could peg Zahara and kill her easily enough.
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:28 pm
Piper was on the move again, Zahara knew that because of basic instincts. With the knowledge of where she was it only made sense for her to move away so that Zahara couldn’t get her again. “You’ve been down her for twenty years, if you can’t see in the dark now then there’s no hope for you. You choose to live down here Piper, I don’t. Not my fault you put yourself at a disadvantage.” She circled in the clearing, that whip came out to slash at random tree trunks. That arrow being yanked from the ground caught her attention and she glanced up just in time to feel burning pain across her face. A hiss escaped as her fingers touched the wound Piper had just inflicted and Zahara realized that right now she was in a bit of trouble since she couldn’t see where the surface elf was. A bow was good for long range and Zahara was a prime target right out in the middle as she was. Alright, time to act. She began moving through the woods, keeping to the trees using them as cover much the way Piper was. If she had to, she’d climb up in those trees but that really wasn’t something she was looking forward to. Her fist clenched and she screamed, “Come down here Piper!” Fire licked from her fingertips and once again shot up into the trees, moving through the leaves to devour anything in it’s path. “Enough games!”
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:32 pm
Piper jumped back some as fire flared up near her...Zahara seemed to mean to burn down the whole damn forest if she had to. That was a problem for Piper...seeing as the smoke that rose from the flames was trapped in the leaves with her. She merely pulled on her tunic, getting it up enough to cover her nose and mouth. A blink, watching through leaves and smoke as Zahara had realized open spaces were bad and took to trying to cover on trees. Piper could follow easily though...and soon enough she was standing right above Zahara in the branches above. A look to the venmon laced arrow...muscle paralyzer..and she nocked it on the bow string, pulling back with not a sound as she aimed straight down the trunk, her feet braced apart on two branches. "I'm sorry." Said as the strign let out a twang and the arrow ripped through leaves, aimed to peg Zahara in the shoulder. She knew the vemon would be quick acting...stop Zahara and her rampage.
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:38 pm
The instant impact of a sharp arrow slicing into her skin sent her to her knees and she reached for the arrow though as the poison was released into her system she felt her movements grow sluggish. “Dammit!” she screamed to the trees. Her entire body was thrumming, felt like it was going numb as the poison continued to work it’s way through her system. She knew the feeling, knew exactly what had happened to her and she let out a final scream of anger before falling back against the tree. “Just tell me why Piper…why do you hate him enough to do that to him…” She couldn’t move, paralyzed and her eyes closed. She was beat. The fire continued to lick at the trees and the smoke filled the clearing causing even Zahara’s chest to rack with the spasms as smoke filled her lungs. "Pi...."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:48 pm
Thank Cymarron, truthful as ever....she was just dismayed that she had used the last of that precious venom on her friend...who had turned on her for no reason that Piper could see. But there was no time to ponder that as fire at at the leaves and bark of the trees where she was. Slinging her bow over her shoulder she dropped down. One arrow yanked up off the ground, fallen daggers pairs as well, all tucked in her belt, and the other would have to wait. Grabbing Zahara she pulled her up, pulling her arm over her shoulders and twining her other around her waist. "Hate who?" Though that was rhetorical at this point wasn't it? Sure, Piper may of gotten ambushed, but she wasn't going to leave Zahara to be burned alive in the damned forest. Piper took to dragging among burning underdark foliage before she had started coughing. Okay, easy way. A whistle to have the wind whip up around her and Serino appear, where she pulled herself up on him and then Zahara as well, the trio blipping out of the midst of hot chaos only to pop back out at the end of the tree line, well away from danger of fire. Piper slipped off of Serino, dragging Zahara down with her. A clench of her fist and she grasped the arrow still in her friend, it coming out easily from the tip being contracted. Well...she knew it worked now. Lying Zahara down on the ground to catch her breath, Piper plopped down on the cold ground beside her, trying to get fresh air into her own system, not caring about pooling blood right now. "Serino...go home..."
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:18 pm
Malik felt it. felt teh pain, felt the panic, then anger, then the emotional twinges of combat with someone you didn't want to fight. Malik was up in a heartbeat, slave grabbed roughly.
"Bring it to me now."
And thus it was brought. Malvolence, pulsing with it's red enery and hatred and bloodlust. Maliks hand gripped it, not a wince as the skulled handle bit into him. the second it was back in his possession, he knew where everyone was in his home, and who wasn't.
"I'm going to kill her this time. I swear to Innoruuk and the elemental powers I will."
And he marched himself to the stables, a snap of his fingers summonging his armor, putting on his helmet and throwing on Ramoth's saddle and leading her out of her stall.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:23 pm
Something...wasn't right. A twinge across bond lines, something speaking of threat. Fianna blinked for a moment and stood up, could be Kieran or Piper, before Malik seemed to catch on as well. And thus she had followed him out. Happy was gone.
Stepping out of the stables, a bag or two in hand, he wrinkled his nose as the distinct smell of smoke. A look around to reveal where it was billowing...apparenly one of the little forest like patches of things that could pass for tress had caught. Well...that wasn't good now was it. A turn on his heel as he started to head inside, only to get passed up by a pissed Malik and then wind that was babbling to him. Oh hell...that wasn't good. A look to be met with by Fianna as she came out in tow. "Piper."
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