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 Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:14 pm
Nymphalidae Coming in to assist Witseidutsei 
(Stormwild has already maxed stats)
She landed on top of the uncatchable Teumesia; blind-siding her like a ton of bricks. Momentarily distracted by Witseidutsei, she landed with all four hooves, her giant wings coming forward quickly to knock her carpal joins against either side of her head.
Stormchaser flew in next to his mother. He wasn't has fast or as strong as she was, but he knew this was going to be a defining moment. Their whole herd, their whole family...their whole world was under attack! Though Stormchaser always knew he would have to throw himself into the line of fire if his duty called on it; this was the first time he ever had to actually put his meddle to the test. He knew this day would come eventually, and he wasn't going to let his heard down.
He knew his mother was close, and he was following her lead. She wasn't usually an angry or violent mare, but when you threatened her family it would become very clear to all who opposed her why she was one of the Elders of the herd. His heart swelled momentarily with pride as she landed on one of the enemies; a tough looking white beast. He chased after her, ready to head with the blow didn't knock her out.
Jericho had been patrolling when Stormchaser when all hell broke loose. He didn't even remember exactly how a peaceful patrol had turned into all this ugliness so quickly. Stormwild had breezed by them overhead, his mane whipping around him at the force of it. Stormchaser had immediately followed her; it must have been some kind of mother-son connection. They both went speeding off; as if they institutionally knew exactly what to do and how to do it.
Now was the time to step up. He followed after Stormchaser, as fast as he could. He pumped his wings against the wing, trying to catch up. Stormwild and Stormchaser were both exceedingly faster than he was, but he would come up and defend them from behind if he needed to.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:22 pm
Teumesia had already gotten the distinct impression that she was in over her head as she faced off against the pureblooded angeni. But only having met her match once before, and with the rousing speech and promise of "fun" Taraxippus had given, her spirits had been high and she was looking forward to visiting misery on this herd.
But now the tables were turned and she was desperately trying now just to stay alive.
As she squeezed her eyes shut, a great force collided with her, driving her downwards. The only saving grace was that it had surely knocked her off collission course wiht the glowing mare. But soon that seemed to be only one of many concerns.
Her myriad eyes flashed open and she caught sight of the massive mare that had impacted her - a dark soquili with a power behind her that Teumesia had never known before. Her broad, strange wings scrambled to stay aloft as the huge mare's wings knocked her on either side of her sensitive ears.
Not fun. Not fun. Not fun at all. She yelped like a dog as the whole world seemed to spin and motes of light danced in front of her face's eyes. Vertigo seized the adept flier as she panicked. Falling now would cause serious harm. Right now, she was more focused on escape than retaliation.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:26 pm
MALFEAS is KNOCKED OUT
This Soquili is now out of combat, and should be ignored by aggressors.
The knocked out Soquili can still be captured if the character is open to capture in their form. Malfeas gasped, desperately trying to succesfully breathe in again so he could stall his plummet. Finally, air flowed into his lungs and he pumped his wings as hard as he could. But he had been falling for too long, built up too much momentum to stop himself entirely. As he scrambled to pull up, all he managed to do was prevent himself from hitting the ground quite as hard.
But it was still hard enough. The ghostly soquili impacted with the alpine meadow and his body went limp. Motes of light briefly flashed in front of his eyes before unconsciousness swallowed him up and hey lay still.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:33 pm
Zion hovered as best he could overhead, beating his wings enough to keep him in one place as he watched Malfeas like a hawk, fully expecting the sinister soquili to pull himself out of the dive and go for round two.
He plummeted a dozen meters... two... three, before it seemed as if he pulled himself together, and nearly pulled out of the dive. Nearly.
His form landed hard enough to have the soquili lay still.
Zion didn't bother to go back and check on if he were still alive or lay dead. If he were still alive, Zion wasn't callous enough to kill an unconscious opponent. And besides, helping out the rest of his herdmates now was more important.
He flew off, eyes scanning for places he could help.
Unlike his mother, he may not have been a fullblooded angeni... but that never bothered him. He was competant, noble, and he fought for what was right.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:48 pm
Euphrates was looking around panicking. What was she to do? She wasn't a strong warrior or even a clever one; but her whole family and herd was buzzing around her; fighting. It was like everything was happening in slow motion. She spun in a frantic circle, "Spellbound! Calliope!" she called. But it was too late. Spellbound and Calliope had already taken off on their journey, and Euphrates didn't seem them in a quick scan of the area.
The sounds of screams and cackles of crows caused a rush if nervousness shiver down her body. A short ways away, Xaviara was speaking to a small unassuming flutter, that just grew up a surprising size; right before her eyes! She knew Flutters could shift; but she didn't know to such as extreme.
"Xaviara, no, be careful!" she called from behind. Sabin Duvert Not there yet, but heading to the Legion/Meg/Calliope conflict
Spellbound was searching everywhere for Calliope. The poor thing was already so scared and nervous about her trip and now this? He had promised to protect her! What was going to happen now? Calliope couldn't fight! Even less than he; as a FlutterWind physical prowess wasn't exactly his forte. There was a reason he was an ambassador fo rthe herd and not a warrior! Not that he wouldn't defend his own, but right now he felt acutely responsible for Calliope who had been right by his side.
He zoomed through the air, finally catching site of her in the distance. His heart dropped like lead when he saw the white monster attached to her neck. Was he too late?
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:01 am
Kamiki Engaged with Seance and Canaan (( Kamiki: Since I'm not actually having Wynter aim anywhere specific ... I would say that Canaan's in as much danger as Seance is from this move. ))
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:12 am
tefla Engaged with Wynter Fury and Canaan
Canaan felt the blood being restricted around his neck, and his eyes widened in fear as he flailed. He landed a few solid hits on the purple mare, but she kept squeezing. His vision was going blurry when he saw Wynter break free. Instead of running, she was coming back fighting. Canaan, despite everything, felt a surge of pride seeing her being so dedicated to helping the fight for the Thunderbird herd.
Seance didn't think too much of it when the grey mare broke away, but she soon regretted that decision. She focused on squeezing her tentacles around the neck of the other stallion.
But he wasn't going down easily. He was pummeling her with his hooves, hitting hard on her body. But then the grey mare came back with a vengence, and her hooves landed hard on the back of her skull.
With a yelp, she fell to the ground, her tentacles loosening off Canaan and her body crumpling. She shook her head, trying to retain consciousness. "Daddy!" she cried, with no idea if he was even close enough to hear her.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:32 am
(( Stormfall is maxed stats. )) Her head was clearing faster and it didn't take long for Stormfall to refocus on what was most important. Although the burning sensation along her neck seemed distant and the throbbing pain from her impact into Magaera was prevalent it all got pushed back. There was a moment of quiet surreality as Stormfall watched the blue flutter land only a dozen feet away from her. The battle raged around her but Storm's attention was locked on this newcomer that had threatened her winged companion. The mare that she had collided with had stormed off in another direction, but she was blind to it. It seemed although the blue mare was true to her word though. Slowly she began to open her jaws, it was just enough to set her companion to flapping its wings wildly in an effort to free itself from the mare's grasp. Stormfall watched all of this before becoming aware of a peculiar whistling sound coming from above. Her gaze swung to the source of the noise as her ears pricked forward before a slight gasp escaped her. The burly stallion was closing in fast ... too fast. Stormfall felt the impact of the stallion's forelegs against her own side. This blow caused her wings to falter. Stormfall grimaced as she tried to regain some semblance of control over her flight. Failing that the mare realized that a painful landing was inevitable. As her hooves hit the ground hard Storm felt the impact everywhere. She stood there for a moment before her legs buckled beneath her; agony swamping through her body.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:44 pm
Calliope was trying to struggle, but she was just too scared and too weak to be effective. She threw her body around and flailed her hooves, but she made little progress. She felt the blood draining from her head, and her struggling just depleted her oxygen even faster. The monster's teeth were digging into her flesh and it got harder and harder to breathe. "Mommy, help," she tried to squeak out, but only a harsh whisper could be heard.
Legion growled around Megaera's throat, all his eyes turning to focus on the fiery mare. What the hell was wrong with her? Part of him was thinking of ignoring her completely and just ripping out the flutter's throat right then and there. But he restrained himself, slightly. He shook her violently, like a dog with a toy, before dropping her right there in the mid-air, uncaring if she was even conscious enough to catch herself before falling or not.
Spellbound felt his stomach fall into the pit on his stomach. Calliope shook like a ragdoll in the mouth of the white cur-like monster. "Nooooo! Calliope!" he called. He could barely hear the exchange between all the screaming and fighting going on around, but there seemed to be some internal exchange going on between the monster and another black and fiery mare who was coming onto the scene.
For a moment, he was torn between rushing in, horn-first, into the monster. But he saw Calliope's limp body beginning to fall... falling closer and closer to the ground. They weren't that far up, all things considered. But she was going to hit the ground as a dead weight if Spellbound didn't step in. He didn't know if he could reach her in tie, but he sure as hell was going to try.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:45 pm
Grimoire brought her hoof down hard towards the naieve mare, but she missed watching the strike. The part she had been looking most forward to seeing as she heard something land hard behind her. She didn't even get to see if her blow found its mark!
"How dare you!" Grimoire snapped like a spoiled child. Another mare with four wings. Familiar scent...Grimoire grinned. Maybe they were related.
Grimoire made sure she was positioned between the two of them, guarding her first target. "Oh.... I'm sorry.... do you know her?" Grimoire grinned devilishly.
She shifted her weight, flexing, letting her large draft build strike an intimidating pose.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:55 pm
Note: Balrog is maxed out. Suddenly, Balrog burst onto the scene as thunder pealed across the skies. The furious elder stallion had already chosen his target and there was no hesitation as he tore towards the intruder with the force of a charging bison. The kalona halfbreed might have been large, he might have been burly, but he had nothing on the elder stallion.
Infernum only had a moment to look up as he was knocked off of his four hooves by the force of Balrog flying at full speed, driving the beast off the edge of the cliff.
Balrog didn't bother with words. He had seen this beast attack Stormfall - his own granddaughter.
((Plowing into Infernum))
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:18 pm
Note: Taraxippus is maxed outTaraxippus didn't stop, didn't hesitate as he threw the small stallion to the ground and ripped a massive chunk out of his wing. He was exalting in demonstrating his power, in punishing Arcana for ever having existed. He was claiming this land for HIS herd, for the strong, and, most importantly, for himself.
He reared up, his form silhouetted against a flash of lightning - dark and ebbing. And in a full realization of the twisted, anti-unicorn he was, he brought his full weight back down ont he little flutter: all on the point of his horn... driving it deep into Azure's neck.
Note: Arcana is maxed out"Noooooooo!" Arcana echoed her mother's cry as she watched this new life fall to pieces in front of her. Watched her father was torn asunder and stabbed, bleeding out before her. Hot tears bubble from her eyes and ran down her cheeks as her legs shook. Once again she felt like a tiny, helpless foal, scared motionless by the horrors of the world around her. It was a nightmare, it was every worst fear realized.
And suddenly, Arcana realized that she felt like she had nothing else to loose.
She charged, horn forward, acting instinctively the months and months of training from Anju that had never truly stuck.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:21 pm
For a split second, Megaera didn't know what to do: to go to try to catch her daughter, or charge Legion. But like many things, thinking was not Megaera's strong suit, and she had always been a creature of rage and vengeance. He hadn't just let her go like she demanded. He had bit, shook, and HURT HER DAUGHTER!!!
How many years she had been living her peacefully until Taraxippus sent them here.
She plowed into Legion, "YOU MONSTER! YOU HURT HER! HURT MY DAUGHTER!!!!" She lashed out blindly, full of rage. She was furious, at Legion, and at the betrayal she felt from Taraxippus - the stallion she had trusted more than herself all of her life. But Taraxippus wasn't there.
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:49 am
Kamiki Engaged with Seance and Canaan
As she awaited a reply the mare turned her gaze to Seance. The downed mare looked as if she were having trouble remaining conscious. In a voice that sounded even tired to her own ears she spoke to Seance, "I'd stay down if I were you."
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:23 am
Nymphalidae Coming in to assist Witseidutsei
(Stormwild has already maxed stats)
Stormwild was rarely in such a state; blind with rage and consumed by the need to take it out in flesh. This white monster was obviously part of the attack and she looked uncomfortably like the skinwalker that had taken her children so many seasons ago. She was too in the moment to make the connection; that she was indeed related to the monster, Kumiho, but it didn't matter; the rage was there. Unfortunately, the slippery white beast was mind-meltingly fast. Without paws Stormwild was unable to grapple the beast, and she began to slip away.
Stormchaser was shocked by how fast the white creature was. He had never seen anything quite like her; more beast than horse - was she a skinwalker? He had never seen one in person, though of course his family had warned him of the dangers. She had paws, which he knew was one of the key identifiers. He felt the pace of his hear pick up at the prospect of fighting one of the legendary creatures.
As Teumesia began to retreat, Stormchaser did his best to intercept her. dropping suddenly from the air and attempting to cut her off.
Jericho tried to keep up. The beast had already slipped from under Stormwild'crushing blow. He then saw his companion, Stormchaser, drop altitude quickly to try and cut the beast off. Perhaps between Stormwild, Witseidutsei, Stormchaser, and himself could manage to trap her. It was a long shot - the monster was just so damn fast! He followed Stormchaser's lead and dropped his altitude, unfurling his wings and trying to anticipate where she would be turning next.
He felt his heart pounding in his chest and his wings burned from the furious flapping they were doing. This was a moment of truth for their herd, and he would do whatever he had to do to make his herd proud. He rushed forward, trying to keep up with the fightning as best he could.
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