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Giglamesh was just slowly walking taking his sweet time, yet ironically catching up to river very swiftly, Then he heard it and mid step he paused. Gig heard the sound of gun shots, they were already echos so it would of been hard for people to count the amount of gunshots because it would sound like there were even more because of the echo, however. ".....eighteen.....she must be in a corner." It was hard to tell because of the three round burst, she attempted as full auto, but he knew she was just holding the triggers down meaning she was in a tight spot. giglamesh would....think about walking faster but...he didnt. He would begin searching again. As he looked high in the air over the roof of the valley he saw many harpies floating nearly out of there range of sight and as he looked further infront of him he noticed only a few would he actually have to shoot for now. Because only a few were were in range to see something moving on the valley floor which he and river walked. This made things easier, but the loud gunshots from the H.V. rounds would probably stir them up to search for what was doing it, that or there sisters falling from the sky one or the other. But this was the easiest way to deal with them take them out of the sky at long range efficient and quick thats all that mattered.

Giglamesh would begin to zoom in and out looking for the nearest harpy. And after a few moments he spotted one, he had nearly walked in to the range of its vision, an if he had kept going he may of ended up with claws in his back. Gig was not the biggest fan of fighting this way but the good points of sniping out weighed pride at times. He watched it to see how it moved, what it was doing studying its movement patterns, and for a moment he almost felt bad for it. It did nothing wrong it was just following its instinct, but the moment quickly faded as he looked upon the visage of the grotesque bird creature. If only it wasnt birds, why could harpies not be half bat, then its a mammal, but to have such beauty mixed with disgusting birds, if they were something other then birds he would have a hard time pulling the trigger because of the beautiful female body and because he is a perv. Yet being a bird there was no hesitation, he would slide his right foot back to brace himself, he shouldered the Xm-29 firmly on his shoulder adjusted his eye behind the digital scope and took a deep breath with his finger floating over the trigger. He watched, waited, learned....and finally he fired three extremely loud and violent rounds, inside the valley the very loud noise created from the High Velocity rounds echoed violently. It was enough to make some rocks fall, and even a rock slide further in the valley. The rocks fell but did the bird?

[Combat log]
spot check

Sneak attack Ra 1/3(Trip check)
Sneak attack Ra 2/3(Trip check)
Sneak attack Ra 3/3(trip check)
Xm-29 24/30 H.V. rounds

Dmg to River

[River damage towards harpy
✪ Helheim
Damage: 40-80+15=55-95(+16) added str mod and skill mod=55-111x6 330--666
{15 Df} ]
{157 hp left}

Even with the target falling right at gig and aiming at it from a straight above angle...gig hit his mark multiple times. Death was instant and the corpse would begin to tumble the the air like a rag doll, sending it off course some ere it barely missed gig going over his head and impacting very violently on the valley floor behind with a very hard impact sending a large cloud of dust in to the air. Gig just kept walking, yet he rubbed his right shoulder with his left hand, the kick from them was so strong it was starting to make him sore. But he would continue unbothered by this. Gig was close to the end of the valley, it was smaller then he had thought, so river was climbing or already to the top, so gig would begin to scan the mountain side looking for river, or another harpy, maybe even both.

Low and behold what does he find, river against the wall, a harpy attempting to stand which was heavily injured. "I should let her finish this.....but i wont..." Giglamesh would hurry to the cliff wall leaping up around ten feet to a jagged rock which was sticking out, from then one he would turn and jump diagonally up the cliff wall to another. He would slide slightly on that rock, but He now had a decent shot from the side. A attack from the straight on was to dangerous because of the H.V. round, but from the side no worry of hitting her. Giglamesh would kneel and shoulder xm-29 putting the crosshairs right on the harpies head, xm-29 was a mid to long range weapon, at mid range...there was no missing. With a deep breath giglamesh pulled the trigger.

Once again the sound close to three thunder claps, as he fired a devastating three round burst....but Hit or miss the downward force of the kick from the high velocity rounds would cause the rock which stuck out from the cliffs side gave way under the force breaking apart coming out of the cliff surface. Despite his strength, speed, and cunning....he cant run or jump when there is no surface to run on, trying to jump off falling rocks would just push falling rocks. <********> Giglamesh would be running in place mid air, but he went nowhere but down crashing back against the vally floor below on his back, in pain he just laid there looking up at river. with a sweat bead and a smile.

[Combat log]
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balance check
balance check
Sneak attack 1/3 -5
Sneak attack 2/3 -5
Sneak attack 3/3 -5

ღRiver saw the harpy start to move so she waited trying to be patient, knowing the harpy couldn’t do much being that wounded. Suddenly the harpy jolted back, and then the sound reached her ears, as two more shots came in a flash splashing a mist of blood on her. What the f… she started to think when there was a rumble and a rockslide a few feet down to her left knocked large chunks of rock. Giglamesh landed close to her, flashing her a smile that had “whoops” written all over it. He said something that made no sense but River was royally pissed. ”I hope that hurt you no good kill thief! What the heck are you doing here??” She sighed as she walked over and she poked him hard in the ribs with Helheim ” And what the hell are you blathering about old man?” she added. Did he come because he did not trust she could handle things? Or did he come to bother her? Hell with this… She thought in a huff and she left him there on the ground. She put Helheim away then shouldered the case once more and started towards the tunnel. Odds were no harpies would be in there, though it looked like the wall was melted to create this tunnel, so something created it which meant something could be there. Stupid brother… she thought with a scoff. The tunnel was small enough so Gig would be unable to follow and make a mess again, though he could climb the crater since it was only six stories tall, it was protected by the harpies flying above, all keeping close to their queen’s nest. Enjoy the birds… River thought with a half smile.ღ

ღRiver was a bit uneasy at how dark the tunnel had gotten, but she kept moving. Eventually she started to see light and started to hear the sounds of fighting above her. She paused then ran the rest of the way not fully admitting to herself she was getting scared at the thought of a tunnel collapse. Ok so the chance of that happening was less than slim, but she was not going to take any chances. Not that she ever would admit she was scared of being trapped somehow. She blinked quite a few times at the light change then looked around taking in the sites. It was darker in the crater than it was in the valley, but there was still enough light to make out most of what was there. She saw a large nest in the middle of the area and heard a tiny noise coming from it. Suspicious, she crept over and peeked in the nest. A baby griffin was trying to climb out of the nest when it tumbled and gave a tiny squawk as it shook it's head dizzily trying to stand. "AWWWWwwwwww aren't you the cutest little thing!" River slung Helheim over her back on it's cloth strap as she squatted at the edge of the nest knowing better than to reach for the griffin. Though adorable, it was still a wild animal and would probably bite her if she tried to touch it. The griffin cocked it's head seeing the new life form before it. Cooing softly it flapped it's tiny wings. With that it showed one of the wings was gimp. "Aww... What happened to your wing little guy? ...and what are even you doing in a harpy nest ?" River asked and she laughed softly as the griffin tried to get it's tail. So freaking cute! River thought then started to take off her jacket, she had a crazy idea, but she couldn't just leave this baby griffin here. If she used her jacket, she could at least get it out of the nest, maybe take it to someone who knew something about griffins. She smiled as the griffin squeaked. ...Or maybe I can take care of it... She thought.ღ

ღRiver managed to make a pouch for the Griffin and stood when she smelt something sweet in the air. Before she could properly think Gig came out of nowhere and yanked her around as if she were a doll. ”What the hell is your problem?” She asked glancing back at him, glad she had not dropped the bundle and she had managed to keep safe. She then noticed the blood oozing from a wound, but before she could say anything she was yanked once more and Gig was running. ”Put me down! What the hell is going on??” she said resisting his grip being frustrated. The nest shrunk from her sight quickly. Oi! She thought pushing away from Gig. That was when she saw a slimy, disgusting creature reveal itself from under the ground. So… wha… where… is that how… She thought a scrambled mix of things, but she hadn’t seen Gig run from a fight, not that she can remember anyway. So she stopped resisting and started to quiet. She checked her jacket bundle and suddenly was let go. River landed on her side, trying to not crush the Griffin and she peeked in once more. The dang thing seemed to like the motion because it was curled up with its tail against its cheek asleep. River sighed relived then checked on Gig, and she saw Gig was on muttering something, panting heavily while on his knees. ”Are you ok?” She asked. A pretty silly question, but she was worried. The creature interrupted River’s concentration, preventing her from healing, and with that Gig was on the move again taking River with him. Why doesn't he just kill it? She thought glancing at him. Not long after when he fell once again; River cuddled the bundle of jacket and griffin growing scared. The ground shook and the creature burst forth blocking their path out of the valley. "... Get up... please?" she said softly to Gig, unsure what to do. ღ