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 Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 9:40 pm
"Shadowlings move fast, darlin'. The trick is to not let them surround and overwhelm you. I can't actually see you, I just see the glow of your weapon. It's like a heat signature? Um...I think that's six, yeah. Six and..." Candace blinked. "If you do another one o' them fancy circle swings like you did earlier you should be fine."
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bipolar bee rolled 2 8-sided dice:
8, 7
Total: 15 (2-16)
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 9:42 pm
"Huh. Good t'know," Tuck hadn't really thought about what she was going through on her end of this thing, but he certainly hadn't imagined not being able to see exactly what he was, only with a different vantage point.
He did the sweet-a** move she suggested, instantly wiping out all remaining shadowlings.
"Your accent kinna turns me on," he panted softly into the headset, a smile in his voice. "Could listen to it til my dyin' day."
HP: 20/40
DMG: 9
MOB HP:
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Eight rolled 1 100-sided dice:
100
Total: 100 (1-100)
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 9:51 pm
Despite his comment Candace found herself smirking at the way he panted into her ear through the headset. He was either shamelessly doing it on purpose or he really was getting tired; the former would be fun, the latter...well...the latter would have her telling him to come back now. No arguing. "Yes, well, I'd rather your dying day not be today. Either run back to the base or fight off this next group of shadowlings."
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bipolar bee rolled 2 8-sided dice:
2, 4
Total: 6 (2-16)
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 10:14 pm
If he wasn't in such fine shape, Tuck would've groaned. As it was, he kept all of his sounds of dismay completely to himself. More shadowlings? This had been a horrible idea.
"Aw, hell," he rasped into the headset, completely missing the shadowlings he'd aimed at. He hadn't even gotten close to them.
"This jungle s**t ********' sucks."
HP: 15/40
DMG: Miss
MOB HP: 10/10
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 10:29 pm
"Yes, it does." Candace frowned. She didn't like this, he was getting too many of these things all at once. She was waiting for it, damn near ready to just unhook herself from the system and find him in the jungle. He may have been a grown man, perfectly capable of taking care of himself, but he was still a trainee. She didn't know Tuck well enough to judge if he would let some kind of manly pride kick in or not and stop him from retreating. "How're you feeling?" Innuendo and teasing could come later, she didn't want to distract him from this.
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bipolar bee rolled 2 8-sided dice:
1, 8
Total: 9 (2-16)
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 10:32 pm
"Ain't gonna lie, Candygirl, shield is still up but I ain't sure how much longer I'ma last."
He wasn't going to do anything stupid - after all, self-preservation was pretty goddamned important - but he wasn't going to puss out just yet either.
Smashing his axe down, Herryk's blade decimated a few of the shadowy creatures.
"Tell me where they are," he held his axe up in front of him, "Herryk's at my twelve."
HP: 10/40
DMG: 3
MOB HP: 7/10
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 10:49 pm
"Herryk will tell you when it's the best time to retreat." At least he was willing to admit he wasn't doing too well. Step one.
Herryk was at his twelve..so...that meant.. "Threeeeee to six..? I'm kind of rusty at using the clock for directions."
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bipolar bee rolled 2 8-sided dice:
6, 8
Total: 14 (2-16)
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 10:59 pm
He hadn't felt as almost human as he did now, here in the midst of a jungle all alone save for the sweet voice that rang in his ears.
"We ain't even found one capsule yet, Candygirl," Tuck grunted into his headset, waiting for further instructions, "an' Herryk don't think we can take a whole lot more."
There was a pause as Tuck thought about his options.
"I think we got a little more left in us. Lead on, beautiful."
HP: 5/40
DMG: 8
MOB HP: ded
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Eight rolled 1 100-sided dice:
52
Total: 52 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 5:34 am
He sounded so disappointed and Candace really couldn't blame him. Not finding something you were hoping to find, and instead being swarmed by wave after wave of shadowlings, really sucked. So..Herryk didn't think it was a good idea to keep going but Tuck wanted to anyway. Candace frowned. Why was he doing that? He better not hurt himself... "Hm...fine, we'll keep going a little longer. But listen to your weapon if they think you can't handle it anymore, okay? Some people learn the hard way that a weapon often knows their shield better than we think we do." Canace did hope he didn't take that as her not taking him seriously or something, she just really did not want him to get hurt out there. This was supposed to be a test, not an outright mission. "Though I suppose you do have remarkable stamina.." The humor was back in her voice as she said this, her grin returning. Things had gotten too serious for a bit there, it seemed safe enough to joke around again. Suddenly she didn't even see the blue glow of Herryk anymore, it had slowly faded like something had covered it. Not something completely solid but thick enough to cover it up. A cloud? Fog? Something.. She had no idea where she was anymore. "s**t..Tuck? Can you still hear me?"
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:07 am
"I still got things I want from you," he chuckled over the mic, "so I ain't plannin' on croakin' out here." Tuck didn't fight the laugh that rumbled up from his belly, though it abruptly stopped when Candace spoke again. "I got you on comms still, what's going on?" He glanced up towards the direction of the Argus. It had strayed slightly into the thick of the jungle, and Tuck gave it a curious tilt of his head. "Everything okay? You've gone west of my current - well, my last location - so if you bring the golem east we should be back on track." Weird. Maybe the golem had range issues. "Let me know when you're good to keep going."
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Eight rolled 1 100-sided dice:
58
Total: 58 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:28 am
Oh good! She could hear him! She sighed with relief. "I lost signal so I got worried I lost you too. Head east, you said?" Candace hoped that worked. She frowned, trying to get the argus back on track. "There's something ******** it up. Is there like...clouds or fog or something? Did it fly too high up?"
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:35 am
"I'm still here." There was a laugh in his voice.
"Yeah, east - w-wait, you went too far. You still can't see what's goin' on?"
Tuck glanced at the Argus disc with a frown.
"Naw, it ain't real high up, but there is a weird kinna fog that came outta nowhere. I didn't think nothin' of it."
Tuck rubbed his jaw.
"To be honest, I ain't even sure which direction we're goin' in."
He was fighting laughter. This was such a ********.
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Eight rolled 1 100-sided dice:
96
Total: 96 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:41 am
"I did know until this happened..fog? Eugh.." Sometimes she really hated the fog around here. Was there nothing to be done to compensate for all of the fog? Hm.
Candace finally got a visual back on her screen and she gave a tiny cheer of victory, one that cut short at the sight of several orange glows heading straight for Tuck. s**t. Shiiiit. "Tuck, get out of there. There's too many shadowlings this time, come back. We'll try this another day."
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bipolar bee rolled 2 8-sided dice:
7, 7
Total: 14 (2-16)
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 11:20 am
The shadowlings were on him faster than he could react, and almost desperately he swung his axe out. Herryk's honed edge cut through a large group of the creatures. They grasped at him with hungry, shadowy fingers before he was able to break free.
He ran.
Tuck couldn't let himself think about what it meant, deep down, and his breathing grew harsh over the jingle of his dogtags. Each metallic clink was a reminder of the night he'd lost everything that he'd come to cherish --
<No. Focus, Theodore.>
His long legs ate up the ground, and by the time he got back to the Argus hub he was feeling weak and humbled - and he hadn't been able to outrun the shadowlings.
"Aww, ********: 0/40
DMG: 8
MOB HP: 2/10
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 11:57 am
"Unhook me, unhook me..!" Candace very impatiently sat and waited for everything to be taken off her before she bolted out of the labs, running as fast as she could for the jungle. She jumped and leaped over logs and stumps and rocks in search of him, skidding to a stop at a sheer cliff drop. Oh...that was familiar. She knew that one. She needed to turn..that way. Right. Candace took off again at a full run.
"TUCK!" Candace called out, climbing into a nearby tree. Where was he, where was he..
There!
She jumped down and hurried down the path, kicking the last few shadowlings off him. "Tuck? Are you okay? Can you walk?" Candace knelt down beside him, already opening the pack on her thigh for bandages just in case.
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