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prolixity rolled 2 10-sided dice:
6, 5
Total: 11 (2-20)
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 Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:48 pm
Something was happening behind Madison's eyes, her gaze suddenly sharp and almost alien. Jordan brought Ferros up, bracing the hammer with both hands; but his defensive action made little difference, as Maddie moved suddenly with blurring speed. Like a snake striking, he thought, startled and impressed.
He brought Ferros down as Kouki's blades bit into his side and knee. The sharp sting of the swords was distracting, but Ferros snarled with deep satisfaction as the sense of him flared heavy with heat. Smash them, the dragon demanded.
HP: 27/50
Dmg: 5
Charge: 3/3
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Sosiqui rolled 2 10-sided dice:
1, 10
Total: 11 (2-20)
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:06 pm
Kouki hissed with sheerest delight; Madison let a breath hiss out through her teeth, half-delighted, half thoroughly weirded out. But even Ferros' impact wasn't enough to snap away the odd hyperfocus haloing Jordan. She twisted to one side, away from the hammer's head, and-
It was so clear, she could easily skid both blades up along the shaft and take off his hands-
Sanity asserted itself. No. No. He's my friend, a Hunter, I won't- save it for the freaks! Instead, she lashed at him not with Kouki's blades but with the butt of one sword, a hard, clubbing blow to his back before she withdrew, shaken.
HP: 28/50
Damage: 7 (The Eye, turn 2/3: modifier is -4)
Charge: 2/3; 1/2
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prolixity rolled 8 4-sided dice:
3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 2, 2, 2
Total: 16 (8-32)
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:28 pm
If she keeps hitting like that we're in trouble. Maddie's quickness in this state was unnerving. Was it a new technique? Kouki's doing, a charge? How long could she keep that darting, focused movement up? We have to end this.
Let me flame, Ferros growled, eager and seething. I'll burn him, burn him up -
Jordan nodded, exchanged a rapid, wordless series of thoughts with his weapon, and charged directly at Maddie, changing course at the last instant to bring Ferros around from the side, the hammer's head igniting with a brilliant flare in mid-swing.
HP: 20/50
Dmg: 13
Charge: 0/3 | 1/2
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Sosiqui rolled 2 10-sided dice:
2, 9
Total: 11 (2-20)
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:45 pm
Fire flared, and Madison turned to meet it; Ferros smashed through her attempt at a parry as if it was nothing, connecting with a sear of heat and power. She felt the strike all the way through her bones, knew she was going to have a bruise if not a burn, but she wasn't done yet.
Oh no. They weren't done yet.
She surged up out of the crouch that Jordan's attack had knocked her into, driving straight ahead with the points of both blades; when they connected, she split them away from each other in long, trailing gashes over Ferros' shield. And then, only then, did the strange focus slacken and die, the world swimming for a moment as perception returned to normal...
... but Kouki's runes were bright with collected FEAR again.
HP: 15/50
Damage: 7 (The Eye, turn 3/3: modifier is -4)
Charge: 3/3; 1/2
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prolixity rolled 2 10-sided dice:
6, 3
Total: 9 (2-20)
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:43 am
Madison lunged back up out of the curling crouch she'd gone into, and Kouki's blades bit again, cutting long crossing slices across Jordan's chest; it stung, hurt, but adrenaline and challenge made that fact insignificant. He grinned at her and brought Ferros up in an underhand arc, following one of the blades to connect with the metal of the other weapon.
Ferros roared, and Jordan could feel him drawing hungrily on Kouki's Fear. Jacking teacher's pet!
The odd turn of phrase threw Jordan's focus for a moment. Ferros, what?
To his surprise, the dragon was equally startled. Ferros only growled, recovering from the moment of confusion and wordlessly pushing Jordan to attack again.
HP: 13/50
Dmg: 3
Charge: 1/3 | 1/2
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Sosiqui rolled 2 10-sided dice:
2, 8
Total: 10 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:23 am
Bite them, Kouki howled in her brain, one blade still vibrating from Ferros' strike, light and FEAR trembling around the runed metal. Bite them and end this!!
... She almost did. She almost told him yes - but she saw how Jordan was dragging, and she couldn't. "I think - I'm not going to use this," she told him, keeping her voice level even as Kouki screamed at her in sheer frustration. "Because. It might - I might. Hurt you more than your shield could take." There was nothing of bragging in her tone, just an odd blend of concern and fear and a sort of terrified wonder at her own power.
Of course, that didn't mean she couldn't keep fighting. She circled him, half missing the strange focus, half relieved that it was gone and she felt like herself again. She feinted, then rushed, but her focus was split from keeping Kouki under control. The strike hit, but it was more a matter of dumb luck than actual coordination or skill.
HP: 12/50
Damage: 4
Charge: 3/3; 1/2
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prolixity rolled 2 10-sided dice:
3, 4
Total: 7 (2-20)
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:00 pm
"Hey," Jordan protested. "Don't hold back on me." He grinned at her. "It's probably your game anyway at this point." His swing was almost lazy, one of Ferros's spikes grazing past in a quick scrape.
Ferros grumbled, frustrated. I want to smash him.
HP: 9/50
Dmg: 1
Charge: 2/3 | 1/2
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Sosiqui rolled 2 10-sided dice:
8, 8
Total: 16 (2-20)
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:58 am
We want to bite!! Kouki raged, the runes on his blades flaring angrily - but Madison held him down forcibly. "No, no, I'm serious, I could-"
She brought the blades around in a reverse arc, using the blunt rather than the cutting edge. Kouki hissed, and she felt Jordan's FEAR-shield shatter under the blow. "s**t." One sword clattered to the ground. "Are you okay?!"
HP: 11/50
Damage: 10
Charge: 3/3; 1/2
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:35 pm
Kouki's edges connected with Jordan's side as he twisted, and he felt the shield snap, the pain of impact blooming into what he was sure would be a nice purple-black bruise. Ferros growled furiously, but subsided into a sulky silence as Jordan unsummoned him again.
"Hey, I'm fine! Just a bruise, I've had way worse," he told Madison, holding his hand up in protest. "Good spar - that was amazing, how you were moving. Is that a new charge type?"
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Sosiqui rolled 11 4-sided dice:
4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2
Total: 27 (11-44)
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:19 pm
((Targeting a training dummy: 18 damage dealt to the dummy. yay.))
"Good," Madison said, fervently, then turned to face the nearest training dummy. Kouki's runes flared, and the swords lifted to fly out and strike, cutting into the dummy with very solid-sounding impacts; when they withdrew, the dummy had lost both limbs and half a head. It was really not looking happy.
Biting that is not as fun, Kouki complained.
"Deal with it," she said out loud, then gave Jordan a weary yet satisfied smile. "I, uh... I'm not sure, that's why I was scared to hit you, I... wow." Her gaze flicked to the dummy and a slightly stunned expression overwhelmed her smile for a moment. "That was... really... weird. I'm kinda freaked, to tell you the truth," she said, with a shaky laugh.
We are becoming closer, Hunter-mine, the serpent-sword put in, sounding less annoyed now that his charge had been expended. You can look through the eye of the serpent.
"... Kouki says we are becoming closer, and that I can look through the eye of the serpent...?" she relayed, bemused.
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:52 pm
"Your movements were very snakelike," Jordan said thoughtfully. "When you're communicating, are you talking less, thinking more?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:00 pm
"Yeah... yeah, I guess so. I hadn't really, like, thought about it..." She gave the swords a thoughtful look. "It seems kinda like he's changed lately. Like the blades are different, but not a whole lot. Not enough to throw me off, like maybe it happened kinda gradually? I don't know."
We are growing closer.
Madison looked over at Jordan. "What about you and Ferros? I thought he looked kinda different too, though it's hard to tell when he's coming at you," she added, wryly.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:42 pm
"Yeah, his spikes moved outward and he grew another row," Jordan said, and summoned the weapon again so Maddie could look at the physical changes. "He says he doesn't know what happened. They were just there one day."
He shrugged. "He feels more - intense? Burning hotter. That's really the only way I can describe it."
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:30 am
"Oh yeah! Yeah... huh. Kinda glad I didn't notice before you started swinging him at me, or I might've lost my nerve." She grinned at Jordan. "Maybe you guys are getting closer, too. That's what Kouki says we're doing." Our fangs are more impressive, the serpent-sword added haughtily. Uh-huh.
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:08 am
"It does feel different lately," Jordan said thoughtfully. "We talk less - uh - out loud? I have no idea how to describe it properly. It's less like talking and more like idea-ing at each other." He rested Ferros across his shoulder and waved his free hand in a vaguely frustrated gesture. "Not that we don't still communicate with words, but we don't have to as much."
Insulting you is more fun when I use words.
" .. thanks ever so much for the input, Ferros. He prefers to insult me using words, he says," Jordan told Maddie dryly.
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