Ð ą η † є xфx м ι к ą є ℓ § σ η 【 Perfectly Sane Runic Teacher】
‖ Who: Chilia and Nathanial, and Geoff and Alessa‖Where: Outside of Dundrya‖Ambiance: I'll Sleep when I'm Dead‖Profile‖ Runes snake from the collar to his chin‖Runes Activated: Passive‖
xxxxxxxxxAre you sure...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dante's blue orbs turned as a gruff southern voice resounded behind him. The runic did not know he was there, but he did not show any sign of annoyance but instead a large smile appeared on his features as he was suddenly thrust into an armpit as Geoff's forearm draped over his chest. They were about the same height, though the enhanced man was one inch taller, so it made for an awkward yet sightly image. Dante nodded his agreement to Geoff, signaling it was great to see him as well, before he was beat to the punch by introducing the newcomer to the shifter. She was the only one here that was, of now, a stranger and Dante had hoped to keep her rather docile so it would be easier for transportation later. Then again, he thought, with so many that knew him about it would be ill advised to take her now.
Nathanial lied like a dog about his "writing" talents, though it was obvious why. One did not sell themselves out to others so lightly, and to tell another what they could do was plain stupid. No one knew exactly what Dante could do, and he liked it that way. Killing them would be a chore, however, and thus he decided to keep it quite tame for this mission. He again was beaten to the punch as the writer introduced the wolf, and a miserable expression appeared on his face. He just wanted to help! That should have been all of them, he pondered, as he counted out the four. His long legs moved closer to the forest because of that knowledge, but he stopped and turned as a female voice rang out sharply. Turning he saw Alessa, one of Nathanial's covers, and Dante's brow furrowed. There was only supposed to be four on this mission, why was she tagging along? Why couldn't anyone just follow the rules! He was seething, but his anger calmed suddenly as he smiled. This was just another opportunity to do some reconnaissance on them again. He had already gauged their levels of intelligence and abilities, but there was nothing better than to-
His head turned as something raced toward them all. Something had hit him, but as quickly as his body faltered forward a step, blood and gore exploded away from him. Stupid wolf, he thought as it had hit his shield. Killing itself so easily... Now wait. He saw the shifter girl morph into her true form, a ferocious two legged wolf with nine tails. An interesting mutation, to say the least. He watched as she punched the other two legged shifters, making them fly with ease as they grew unconscious with the effort. The thing with unconsciousness, Dante thought, was that they never stayed that way for long. She was fast, but not as fast as the four legged shifters that seemed to be like the second wave rushing toward them. They were fast, even faster than Dante could follow, and he wondered if they would tear the woman apart as four surrounded her. If they were to react, they would be faster than she, but who knew what the girl had up her sleeve.
Further his eyes went to Nathanial as he took quick charge of the mission. He was the one with the understanding of these wolves, it seemed and he quickly incapacitated a wolf most excruciatingly. The impaired wolf fell to the ground, trying to snap its jaws and dig its clawed feet into the ground to catapult himself forward. It would crunch down onto the writer's feet if he were not paying attention, though Dante quickly reacted and charged forth with a small dagger he had pulled from his thigh. There was no discernable rune that burned with activation, and yet a simple twist of the knife into the giant wolf's head was enough to stop it from moving.
He looked up, a shocked expression on his face, before he cried, "We have to get to the source or this won't ever stop!" His eyes traveled to Alessa as a four legged shifter was sailing through the air, ready to rip her throat out, while another two legged wolf came closer to Geoff with it's claws raised high. There were so many, and they were being bombarded so relentlessly, they needed a plan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...We were meant to coexist?xxxxxxxxx
King of Relms
Jintetsu-kun
Ningishzida
Supreme Aaron
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:21 pm
┗Alessa instinctively moved her hand to knock back Nathanial's hand as he ruffled her hair. Just because he was well over a foot taller didn't mean he had to go reminding her. She then went about trying to put her hair back in some semblance of a real shape. Unlike the others, Alessa didn't notice the rustling in the woods right away, too per-occupied with her own appearance. It wasn't until Nathanial rushed past her that she even realized something was going on. Turning her attention to the direction that Nathanial had run, she immediately began to scan the tree line, looking for anything. Off to her side, the shifter girl transformed. Such grotesque things. Why is one even with us? They're no different than the things attacking us right now. A scowl spread across her face as she looked at Chillia and before she knew it, the charm on her finger started to glow. All it would take is a moment more and there would be one less shifter. Instead, she lowered the hand, shaking her head. No. Not yet. She can at least be a body to fight the other shifters.
With barely a moment to spare, Alessa turned away from Chillia and the others to see a four legged shifter charging right at her. In a moment of fear, Alessa took a step backwards, tripping over the ground and landing on her rear. The creature was now only yards away, its snarling form and those blood red eyes staring into her, locked on. Shaking, she raised her left hand, the charm on her finger lighting up the forest as an orb of white fire formed onto, shooting into the shifter, knocking it into the air, its fur already ablaze, filling the air with the smell of burning flesh and fur. It streaked off into the treeline, spreading the fire where the rest of the pack would be, likely sending them into a frenzy.
Alessa struggled to her feet, still shaking visibly but doing her best to try and hide it. She had never fought so many shifters at once. Every now and then one would get close to the village, but never this close, and never 30 of them at once. All around her, the rest of the party was engaged in hand to hand combat with them. Off in the distance, the orb continued on its path, burning through trees and bushes, creating a path of ash through the forest.
Grand Shooting Star: Alessa clenches her fist and activates a charm in the shape of a ring on her left hand, causing a large star to appear and shoot forward. The orb is roughly 5 feet across. It has little physical form and instead relies on its intense heat to simply burn whatever it comes into contact with, similar to a fireball. Coupled with the bright light emitted by all starlight techniques, it can effectively keep most enemies at bay. (Lasts: 2 posts or until it hits a sufficiently solid wall it can't melt easily Cooldown:2 posts)
➟ Location | Outside of Dundrya ➟ With | Chilia, Nathanial, and Dante, Alessa, and a pack of werewolves ➟ Status | Healthy ➟ Inventory | Half pack o' smokes, Hoverboard, Backpack full of food, water, and other provisions ➟ Info | Here
Geoff would shoot Nathanial a mild glare as he answered for the woman in her stead. From behind his partner a short female came trotting up drenched in sweat and fighting for breath. She would call out to the Runic with a familiar tone and a cutesy nickname which lead Geoff to believe they were close. She would just as quickly introduce herself to the rest of them as Alessa Lamora, stating that Nathanial had asked her to come along which surprised even Geoff, for he thought Nate was a loner. Even with how buddy buddy he tried to be with the man the Runic still kept his distance which gave feel that he was simply using the cyborg as a means to an end.
Geoff never let it bother him though, Nate did good work, and as long as he did so, he would continue to treat him like a friend and rely on him. Speaking of good work, Geoff had a hunch to ask Nate to apply some runes before they were to set out, but before he could even start to get the words out Odin picked up something from the ambience of the environment which caused his amber eyes to trail to the edge of the woods as a girl came running out with a blood churning scream while she was being chased by wolves. Chilia was the first to react due to her "bad feeling" as she put it and went right into her shifted form to combat the approaching opposition. Nate seemed to pick up on her way of dealing with them and chastised her for it as he too began to act.
Normally Geoff would have reprimanded the girl for her actions as well but now was not the time. As much as he would have liked to follow Nate's request to keep Alessa safe, with the amount of numbers they were against there was no real possible way to do so; Geoff may have liked to joke he was a miracle worker but they was even beyond him. So instead, as Alessa tripped and fired off a runic spell, the Elusive Eight member would pull free the hoverboard that was clipped to his belt and toss it her way, the board kicking on and coming to a stop hovering right next to her. "If you know how to use it then go!" He would bark a sharp order to the short little young woman as he turned to face the two-legged werewolf barreling down on him.
Options, options, what to do here. May as well test the waters, and in order to do so Geoff would charge the creature and attempt to catch it's paws with his hands, interlocking them in a seeming contest of strength before attempting to hop over and behind the wolf, hopefully landing on it's shoulder blade region and giving a strong pull of his arms and push of his legs in attempt to rip the limbs from the creature. If this worked, then he knew that the average strength of the pack was such that he didn't have to tap into the reserve power.
Chilia would continue her means of attacking, and when she heard Nate mention she was silly for leaving them alive but unconscious, it causes her to give a sound which could be seen as laughter, as personally she didn't care if it made her silly, she wasn't going to kill them, went against her own moves. But now with the few she had knocked she was not surrounded by four wolves, four legged ones, speedy devils they were, that was something Chilia knew the advantage of, she was more strength and stamina, they were fast, but that was all, their speed could be used on her but the moment they try and bite her, they would be vulnerable to being grabbed, That was the only way she knew she was going to hit them. So as they surrounded her she would give her smirk as she would soon give out a loud roar before she would seem to get in a defensive position, having the charge her, she would do what she could dodge them, and when the Right one came at her, she stuck her arm out to give it the target, only to get her arm bite, which she would proceed to grab the head of the wolf that was biting her arm squeezing it until it let go, She would the throw the wolf at the next wolf that was trying to bite her hitting it as it was about to attack her.
Which left two of them running around, because after she tossed the wolf into the other she quickly ran forward to hit the one that was hit by a fellow wolf in the head with the sheathed blade. After which she would stand up straight turning to the other wolves giving her smirk, it was almost near impossible to see exactly which wolf she was looking at but she was staring them down, she would dash forward seeing if she could get them to attack her again which they would do, but they wouldn't try and bite her rather they were wise enough to try and slash her with their claws. which worked for the first few times, causing her back to be scratched as she tried to grab them or hit them with her sword, but that strategy soon fell apart as she managed to grab one of the tails as it tried to run away after the attack, grabbing the tail she swung it above her head and down to the ground knocking it unconscious. she would grab the head of the newly unconscious wolf and throw it at the last wolf that was attacking her on four legs, it of course dodged it and charged at her, seemingly like the only option it had since it wasn't working with three others, causing Chilia to grab it with its straight forward attack, slamming it into the ground. Chilia got lucky with the last one as if it didn't rush in after losing its three team members she wouldn't have been able to grab it, which grabbing four leggers was hard. She would let out one last Roar after she managed to take them down, despite getting a nice bite mark in her arm and multiple cuts over her back which for a Were with incredible stamina would be able to handle.
Looking at the dead beast at his feet he glanced at Dante out of the corner of his eye, an almost annoyed look hidden deep within them before he simply stepped atop the creatures skull, walking over it as if walking upon dirt. "There was no need to interfere but thank you regardless." With that said he looked towards Alessa, hearing the signature sound of her rune activating as a wolf neared and attacked her while Geoff went about dealing with his own wolf. His face darkened slightly at the wolf off in the distance before he merely stepped forward a single step. The moment he did this two more wolves burst out from the forest, lunging at him with a speed that almost caused him to take a step back, however thankfully his runes were still in effect, thus allowing him the much needed increase in reflexes to even attempt to keep up with the wolves.
Ducking under the first wolf that was closest to him, he drove his fist upwards into it's hip joint, most likely crushing the bone if it landed cleanly. Following this up he would shift his weight onto one leg, bringing the other up into a powerful kick at it's temple, which so long as it didn't move or block would most likely knock it out cleanly; allowing him to clean it up after dealing with the second wolf. Speaking of the second wolf, Nathanial allowed it to approach closer before his piercing ethereal eyes narrowed on it. Taking a wide, powerful step forward the man brought both of his hands in front of him, opening them much like a tigers tigers mouth opening before it attacks the enemy. With that done he would pull his elbows and arms back, winding his muscles up tightly before he would lunge forward swiftly, sending his arms forward to collide with a powerful boom against the wolfs chest. Despite the wide movements he made his body was ready to react when needed, which was apparent when instead of trying to dodge the wolf simply took the hit to the chest, upon which it forced it's body forward against his arms to snap at his face. Jerking his head backwards and up Nathanial let out a low grunt, his neck being forced into an odd angle. However a single tooth managed to scratch along his cheek, resulting in a dark almost ominous gaze to descend upon it as the man lowered his head down to look it in its eyes.
Instead of simply incapacitating it or finishing it off quickly his body jerked forward, his knee coming up to land upon the same spot as his fists had, which would most likely shatter its ribs. However he didn't stop here, and instead he took another step forward to follow it when it stumbled backwards, his hands blurring upwards to slam his knuckles directly into the eyes of the wolf. Coupled with the empowerment of the rune on him this would crush the orbs easily beneath his fists, however he still wouldn't be done; and instead would bring his left foot up to stomp painfully on its knee, most likely breaking it and shoving it backwards. If it wasn't unconscious or attempting to run away, it would most likely fall down form the pain, allowing him to grasp both of its arms with his hands, jerking them forwards to dislocate its shoulders before jerking them outwards to crack the joints in two directions. Stepping back a single step he would spin on his heel, delivering a powerful kick to its jaw, most likely crushing it while also snapping its neck to finish it off.
Turning on his heel he would approach the first one that attacked him, lifting his foot up before stomping down roughly on its skull. With the two finished he would continue walking towards Alessa, however he would speak while doing so. "Panicking against one wolf? For shame Alessa, I thought you were used to fighting these beasts?" He spoke in what could almost be considered a teasing tone towards her as he reached into his pocket to retrieve a cleaning cloth to remove the blood and flesh from his hands.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:54 pm
Ð ą η † є xфx м ι к ą є ℓ § σ η 【 Perfectly Sane Runic Teacher】
‖ Who: Chilia and Nathanial, and Geoff and Alessa‖Where: Outside of Dundrya‖Ambiance: I'll Sleep when I'm Dead‖Profile‖ Runes snake from the collar to his chin‖Runes Activated: Passive‖
xxxxxxxxxAre you sure...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dante noticed the annoyed look on the man's face, the latter completely ignoring his statement. He was supposed to be the geeked out teacher, the one no one had to watch for and even though his own annoyance to be looked down upon was tearing him open, he allowed the sweet glow of hatred to warm his bones. His eyes turned to the Runic girl, what a child, getting scared immediately and sending a ball of light through most of the pack of werewolves. It did not stop there, igniting some of the brush before it quickly snuffed itself out. What would normally be unheard of, however with the ancient trees surrounding them, Dante could only dream of what mutations were running through their cores.
Something for another time, as it were, as Geoff ordered the girl to get onto the hoverboard, before taking on a two legged werewolf with his own biceps. Well, what could be called biceps Dante supposed. The man was barely a man at the state he was in, all sorts of hardware bulking up his insides. He was still flabbergasted at how far their technology had come, before he had to fight long and hard from keeping a sadistic smile from growing on his features. Geoff had effectively used his own cybernetic body to round about the wolf, keeping its hands clasped tight. It would seem as if it was some sort of perverted form of dance, before gore spayed out- most likely covering the girl if she had not moved, Nathanial, and even Dante. (Of course the man's strange shield stopped such movement, but he would have had a cherished stream going down his face. He seemed to wreath in joy at the thought.) They were normal wolves, it made sense they would be taken down so easily, and Dante stood back as he watched. Of course he kept looking toward Alessa with a scared expression on his face to garner some sympathy- two who are afraid was better than one, right?
Chilia's brute strength did wonders against the wolves, especially since they stupidly attacked with four legged ones. She took them down quickly, a large nailed palm creating a small crater into the ground where the last wolf landed. She was strong, but it was to be expected. Nathanial on the other hand, well let's just say he was getting Dante's blood boiling in all the right ways. Brutal, he was simply brutal. He seemed to have no remorse for these creatures who were once humans, and he could be seen dispatching them with extreme prejudice. He and Geoff were a match made in heaven, that's all the teacher could think anyways. Perhaps he truly did need to fight them. There was no telling all the ways they would try to kill him. Rip his bones from his body, crush his face into pulp, or maybe they would truly think outside the box and kill him with some sort of mundane object. Now wouldn't that be something, Dante thought, if he were to be killed with a hoverboard with a powerful rune on it. If he were alone, he would be tickled pink and chuckling to himself while he went through their files. But alas, here he was.
Speaking of: the fire starters gimmick seemed to burn most of the wolves into a frenzy, rushing away deeper into the forest while they tried to rub their bodies against the trees to muffle the flames. Their scared yelps rang clearly, and the bloodied girl that had ran out of the forest in the beginning was safely behind the villages walls. The last GH's were coming to their demise quickly, and with an audible gulp Dante moved further into the wolves while he waved Alessa to follow him- hoverboard or not. He was not wrong when he said they needed to get to the source, but because of her stunt he wondered if something else but the mutant was awakened. If they had to fight two mutations, he would possibly have to unleash his power, and while he didn't truly want to do that, there were always ways around explaining it. These people didn't know him well, but well enough to grow suspicious if one wrong move was out of place. Especially that sadist. Regardless, he trekked onward, moving through the brush seeming to be unmarred by flames, further into the beast's lair. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
┗The pack finally seemed to be running off. The few that hadn't been killed or horribly maimed were running off into the forest or trying in desperation to put out the flames on their body. Oddly, the orb had been very effective against the wolves but seemed to be negated upon impact with the trees. Alessa, having regained most of her composure, turned to witness the group finishing off the last of their own attackers. As always, Nathanial seemed out to prove something. Despite the fact the wolf he was hitting was clearly dead, he continued to pound and mutilate its corpse. And he seemed to have the nerve to joke with her. "At least I know when something's dead. Also, you missed a spot." She said, pointing to his cheek. He always got a little bit sloppy when he was trying to show off. It wasn't until Alessa looked past Nathanial that she saw Dante. He too seemed visibly shaken, at least on the outside. It was comforting to know she wasn't the only one at least.
As Geoff tossed her his hoverboard, Alessa kicked it back towards him, causing it to skitter across the ground. "Thanks, but no thanks. I can handle myself just fine. I was just, uh... caught off guard. That's all. Don't go thinking you're all big and tough now." She got as close to his face as she could, not an easy task when someone might as well be twice as tall as you are, and crossed her arms. Few things in the world could get under her skin, but treating her like she couldn't hold her own was one of them. She had after all made most of the wolves run off with their tails between their legs. And she didn't have to rip any of them apart to do it. Which was rather unfortunate in her opinion, as the world certainly wouldn't miss them had they been reduced to ash. At this point, the last of the ambushers had been finished off and everyone seemed to be regrouping, with Dante waving her to follow him deeper. Checking to make sure everyone else was ready, Alessa began to work her way past the dying wolves that now surrounded them to follow him deeper into the woods. Just before she reached him, she stopped for a moment, pausing next to one of the trees hit by the orb. Aside from some warmth on the bark, it seemed undamaged. It was like the tree just absorbed it. Alessa was sure that her rune had activated right and an orb of that size should have turned the tree into charcoal. Maybe she had been panicking more than she first thought. She looked down at the charm on her hand for a moment before shaking her head and continuing after Dante. Most of the flames had begun to die down but he seemed to be moving through them without a care in the world.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:02 pm
➟ Location | Outside of Dundrya ➟ With | Chilia, Nathanial, and Dante, Alessa ➟ Status | Healthy, highly annoyed ➟ Inventory | Half pack o' smokes, Hoverboard, Backpack full of food, water, and other provisions ➟ Info | Here
There was a mild resistance before the wolves muscles had reached their limits and began to tear off like a knife through warm butter sending blood spraying into the air. The beast fell with Geoff standing atop it as the victor of their bout. The Elusive Eight member would drop the arms to the ground before raising his leg and delivering a firm stomp to the back of the skull of the GH in order to make sure the job was done. The hoverboard he had graciously lent Alessa was rejected and kicked back to him of all things, forcing the device to skitter and roll around the ground back to him. The rest of the pack seemed to have enough and began to bolt with Dante hot on their trail. The short female would saddle on up next to the cyborg and attempt to get in his face while delivering her little decree and informing him to not get full of himself.
Geoff stood motionless, simply staring fixedly down at the girl while she got whatever it was that she wanted to out, and once she left him alone he would lean down and pick up his board before strapping it back onto his belt at the back of his pants. For those of you at home, bold letters would appear at the top of your screen, relaying a message of importance: Geoff will remember this. With a sigh the male turned towards the gloomy looking forest while double checking that he still had everything. "Come on Natty-pooh, let's go finish them off so they don't cause any more trouble," The blonde southerner would begrudgingly call out to his partner with mildly amused laced voice followed by a soft chuckle. Alessa's actions were cute, in their own right, as she had desperately tried to defend herself to the man, and for whatever reason it struck home with him.
Chilia would finish with her last wolf when everyone else finished their fighting, the other girl seemed to light the entire forest on fire, or at least it seemed this way. based on how everyone Acted, Dante ran into the burnt area of the forest, without a word, guess he had a plan or just winged a choice. Great that means either two things, he isn't a teammate whom tells plans and expects others to know, or he has absolutely no idea what the plan is. By this point Chilia would revert back to her human form just looking at him run off, sighing as he did, At least the others didn't follow suite, Nevermind there went the girl. Chilia just looked around at the other two seeing if they had anything to comment about it, was this normal, do people just go run off on group missions at this school? Her attention would soon and quickly be shifted to her clothes "AWWW....God Damn it I forgot about the clothes...." she stated grabbing her clothes and tugging them abit to see there were small blood stains on them forming She was used to removing her clothing before shifting that way she she shifted back and she was hurt, the clothes wouldn't be hit by blood, Damn stupid wolves ambushing.
By this point she would give a small pouting face as she hated blood stains on her outfits, she loved them, so much. she would give a sigh before she would look up when Geoff spoke and again she would witness another running off. She would quickly look at Nate "Um...Am I missing something or...does everyone in this...school or whatever you all know each other from...never plan or refuse to share their thoughts and plan before acting?" she asked him as she would grab her bag and tie it to her back with straps along to hold it with shoulders, not only that she grabbed her sword and would have it slip between her and the bag, seemingly based on how she tied it, it would catch and stay between her and the bag not falling.
Chilia would wait for the man to answer before she would start to make her way in the direction of the group, After all, to her knowledge there was no plan and if there was, she clearly wasn't told the plan, Rush in forward where the Wolves attacked, Didn't they know how wolves acted, they would set a trap for those dumb enough to follow injured wolves...They used their weak to set traps for crying out loud, but they just ran after them all, if anything that would be the worst outcome they could attain, the wolves had every advantage, they have their home turf and everyone was separated by slight distance, easy prey, why was she the only one seemingly worried about running head first into the direction of wolves running away without being defensive.
Shifting his eyes to glance at his partner, Nathanial gave an amused smirk at him, he knew the man was more than capable of dealing with the werewolves, much like he just did when he tore the limbs from one, resulting in blood splattering at all the people around it. With a single exhale Nathanial gave an almost drunk step backwards, swaying out of range of the blood and in the path Geoff would be covering so the blood stayed away from him and was only on the other people. Hearing Alessa speak in what he assumed was a sassy tone the man glanced down briefly, bringing his cleaning cloth up to wipe his cheek free of blood before allowing his gaze to descend upon her for a second before an amused light glinted deep within them. "You mean the first one? Oh it wasn't dead at first, if I wanted that I would have simply crushed it's temple with my heel. The second one was a bit overkill, however it had to learn what happens when it cuts me."
With that said he watched her interact with Geoff, the usual bratty personality coming out as she kicked his hoverboard away before giving some sassy response back to the man. When the girl walked off to follow behind Dante to find the source of the wolves Nathanial tilted his head to the side, wondering if he should have her stick near him and Geoff or just let her go off a bit further ahead. Deciding to save his breathe the man turned to look at his partner, a dark glare on his face as the man called him that blasted nickname. His hand blurred forward before he flicked the man in the jaw lightly to display his annoyance at the nickname, however past that he merely turned on his heel and stalked off deeper into the forest with the others of the group, a dark look on his face; almost reminiscent of an annoyed child; though Geoff knew him well enough to know it was his attempt at a joke, albeit somewhat bad considering the man could barely joke in any normal situation, let alone on a mission.
As he was walking the shifter of their group Chilia asked him a question about their school, upon which he merely glanced at her before he spoke in a low voice. "Geoff, Dante, and I are from the academy. Alessa is from my home village." Though it wasn't much being told, the way he said it and the look on his face was more than enough to basically end it there, as if the rest didn't matter to him; considering he only interacted with Geoff and Alessa when she was in town it really didn't matter to him.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:03 pm
Ð ą η † є xфx м ι к ą є ℓ § σ η 【 Perfectly Sane Runic Teacher】
‖ Who: Chilia and Nathanial, and Geoff and Alessa‖Where: Outside of Dundrya‖Ambiance: I'll Sleep when I'm Dead‖Profile‖ Runes snake from the collar to his chin‖Runes Activated: Passive‖
xxxxxxxxxAre you sure...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alessa followed suit just as Dante had hoped. His scared persona had no questions raised about him, and when his gaze flowed over the girl, there didn't seem to be any possibility that he was thinking of the ways he could tear her apart. Instead his broken voice spoke up, "The trees are strong here. You can't burn them so easily. Ten years ago they asked five master class Runics down here to burn down the forest. The end result was class A mutants rampaging across the forest, putting out reminiscent flames before killing all those involved." He walked through a path, it licked with fire, though it did not seem to reach him at all. "Strangely, they didn't touch the village, just made a bloody pulp of those Runics before slinking back into the forest. They've got some cognitive function, or maybe they're so connected with the forest now they'll do anything to protect any slight against it."
Whichever it was, he thought, he was going to open this mutant up one way or another and find out. He was going to answer Chilia, but it seemed Nathanial already had. They were all from the school, that was true, but it was interesting that he did not state the military prowess of the two men. Dante himself was just a simple teacher, they however were a part of something greater. Regardless, he simply walked on as the others followed suit. The whimpers of the wolves were far away now, they getting through the forest with ease, while the humanoids were cautious. He really hoped another mutant hadn't awoken with their blundering. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...We were meant to coexist?xxxxxxxxx
King of Relms
Jintetsu-kun
Ningishzida
Supreme Aaron
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:25 pm
┗"Did you say mutants?" Alessa said, her voice quivering for a brief moment as she tried to distance herself as much as possible from any of the trees. She stopped and turned to a particularly big looking tree, bowing and apologizing before. "Sorry Mr. Tree for burning down all your buddies, please don't kill me." Turning, she ran off from it just in case it had some kind of response. She looked over her shoulder to see Nathanial still cleaning himself off after his grotesque display and Geoff appeared to be brooding about something. For a big guy, he sure seemed to have some pretty thin skin when it came to his hoverboard.
Only a few steps behind Dante, Alessa was growing more and more curious about what lay deeper. If a fire could call out A Class Mutants, what else lay deeper in the darkness? "You uh... mentioned A Class Mutants. Like, in the plural. I thought we were here to fight one person," she said. "What happens when we found out the source is a bunch of mutants? Or something worse..." Her mind was swimming with grotesque images of hulking aberrations, relics from the war that almost destroyed the world. If mutants took care of the forest, some evil juju was going on in here.
She finished asking her questions just in time to here Geoff call out to Nathanial, or more aptly, Natty-pooh. Oh that was rich. No way was Alessa going to let him live that one down now. "Hey Natty-pooh, do you mind hurrying up Natty-pooh? I don't want anything bad to happen to you Natty-pooh. How will Geoff live without his Natty-pooh," she called over her shoulder, trying her best not to laugh at the grown man. By the time he returned to the village, she'd have everyone calling him Natty-pooh.
➟ Location | Outside of Dundrya ➟ With | Chilia, Nathanial, and Dante, Alessa ➟ Status | Healthy ➟ Inventory | Half pack o' smokes, Hoverboard, Backpack full of food, water, and other provisions ➟ Info | Here
The party could hear the pack scampering off further into the forest as they whimpered among themselves while making their great escape. While some could have chased after them, it would have split the party which is not good, especially so when facing the unknown. After Dante commented on the fact that the A-Class mutants from the past supposedly had a connection to the forest, the silky dulcet tones coupled with the southern twang that was Geoff's voice called out from the back, "Y'hear? If youse gotta use the bathroom then do it now." The tall male would laugh to himself as he shoveled his hands into his pockets and carried on, the sound of wood snapping with every step forward as he trekked over the debris littered land, the hefty boots on his feet snuffing out any smaller flames he may have stepped on. "Well you heard the lady Natty-pooh, get a move on!" Geoff would slap the back of the Runic as he passed him with a jovial laugh.
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Chilia sighed "really doesn't help the confidence of surviving an ambush" she stated still following as she kept her eyes out watching the trees and what could be behind them. she would manage to catch up to the ones whom were in the front "So You speak about the Mutants whom were here attacking the runic s whom tried to burn down the forest...Us burning the trees in an attack probably already got the attention of the mutants that were here....if not the wolves have already gotten back to them" she stated giving a sigh "also can you not go running off in front of people, Thee are wolves we are dealing with, Its natural for them to use their weakened to set traps, and if you think they have cognitive function...then that's kind of what they will do" she stated to Dante before she would reach in her bag and grab a bone which had met on it, in which she began to eat the meat. "never been on the other end of one of em before" she muttered to herself. In her head she was still observing everything around them, making sure, of course she'd be able to tell if there was an ambush regarding a typical wolf strategy, after all she used that strategy once or twice in her adventures, which meant if she would be able to tell if one wolf showed up based on how it acted, if they would be surrounded or not, but more likely then not, they were already surrounded, after all they just forced their way into the forest by fighting the party of 30 they fought. Chilia was sure of it, they were watching, perhaps for the perfect moment to strike, when one of them was separated from the group, then again, if they weren't surrounded already that would raise more concern because it meant they weren't acting like wolves, and even Werewolves acted like wolves at times in terms of hunting.
Due to lack of actual useful interaction, Nathanial would simply groan at the nickname that Geoff used, followed by glaring at Alessa for repeatedly using it as well. He knew he wouldn't live that one down, and she wouldn't stop anytime soon. With that in mind he followed after the group of people, his hands resting lightly at his side as he did so. He heard what Dante had said about their targets, though with the five of them he didn't see it being too hard to deal with, he would keep an eye out for the enemy. However given that his runes had already deactivated he wouldn't be able to react as quickly as he'd wish. End post.
