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medigel rolled 3 10-sided dice:
8, 7, 5
Total: 20 (3-30)
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 Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:13 pm
part 2 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice"
If there were any still crawling about under her clothes, at least she couldn't feel them. Actually, she found it hard to feel much of anything at the moment. Ahead was a thin trail and a pit, but instead of the usual twist in her stomach at the idea of falling, all Stormy felt was inner calm. She had done this before and under much harsher circumstances: a training course was nothing.
Grateful that she had chosen to get boots and gloves with good grips, the Mist navigated the wall without so much as a glance back. The bugs from before had been tickles in comparison, and this little part was just one extra step up.
hp: 52
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medigel rolled 1 20-sided dice:
19
Total: 19 (1-20)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:18 pm
part 3 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice"
Past that was what amounted to her as a stroll in the park. The sounds of the waterfall reminded her of the noise maker she used to own, and in spite of her surroundings Stormy smiled. She walked slowly and with hardly a twitch across the tightrope, her arms spread out more to look like she was in flight than for balance. Her hands might not have been the steadiest things, but she did walk with poise.
One had to in order to sneak on people without making a sound.
She had the wildest urge to see if she could bounce her way across just for the hell of it, but Thane quickly squashed the idea. Why waste her energy? The vague sounds of grunts and snarls ahead warned them that they would need it.
hp: 48
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medigel rolled 2 6-sided dice:
3, 5
Total: 8 (2-12)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:24 pm
part 4 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice"
Before that, though, were the arches. Stormy's smile disappeared when she remembered just how well she handled long range--the horsemen from Conquest especially enjoyed those, and after her time in the Gold Kingdom especially, she had became wary of arrows. Bullets, sure. Arrows, no.
Quickly as she could, she darted and zigzagged her way to the wooden bridge, but they were especially keen on pegging her that day. She winced as she pushed herself just beyond them, hearing the thunk of an arrow where her foot had been a split second before.
Remind me to work on our speed some more. You need to lose weight.
< < And you need to concentrate. > >
hp: 40
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medigel rolled 3 6-sided dice:
6, 6, 3
Total: 15 (3-18)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:30 pm
part 5 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice"
And so she did.
They found the source of all the noise earlier: an entire massing of fierce, winged warriors and animals, all marked by war paint. For a moment she felt a small twinge of something finally in her chest, but it wasn't fear: it was something closer to satisfaction. Maybe something a little too close to what she had felt the day she had pushed Evan to hurt Lex.
Stormy cleared the room in seconds, taking on only a few scrapes in the process. And it felt good.
hp: 33
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medigel rolled 1 20-sided dice:
8
Total: 8 (1-20)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:34 pm
part 6 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice"
answer: right at the end just to be dramatic
Unfortunately, her show had caught the attention of a few extra lurkers, and they weren't pleased by how she had treated their comrades. In the dark it was easy to ambush her, and before Stormy could so much as open her mouth, she was knocked out.
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:44 pm
prologue of "how long before stormy dies bc dice 2: electric boogaloo"
She woke up with a pounding headache and winced. The last time she had ever felt like this, it had been from a night of too much drinking; granted, the booze hadn't also made her feel like she had been kicked and possibly stabbed a few times, but it had still been a painful and nauseating experience. Stormy took her time getting up, assured by her partner that her shield was intact once more, and leaned against the wall for a moment to catch her breath.
Okay. Again. For Elsa's sake.
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medigel rolled 2 6-sided dice:
6, 3
Total: 9 (2-12)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:45 pm
part 1 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice 2: electric boogaloo"
Her bug friends welcomed her back, at least. That was something. She might have accidentally squashed a few in her quest to get the hell out of that pit, but she apologized. Verbally.
An aggressive centipeded decided to a hitch a ride via biting her neck, and she decided why not. Fate rewarded the bold after all. But she did hasten her climb out regardless. Just because they couldn't reshave her head didn't mean she had reason to slack.
hp: 58
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medigel rolled 3 10-sided dice:
8, 3, 9
Total: 20 (3-30)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:47 pm
part 2 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice 2: electric boogaloo"
"If you're patient," she told her bug friend as it continued to dig itself into her skin, "there's a really neat waterfall you'll get to see!" Talking at least took her mind off the task at hand, which was as easy as it had been before: one hand, one foot, one something in front of the other. This hadn't been the difficult part of the course anyway.
hp: 56
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medigel rolled 1 20-sided dice:
14
Total: 14 (1-20)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:54 pm
part 3 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice 2: electric boogaloo"
And as promised, there it was. Arms out as before, she tried to coax her bug friend out from the back of her neck so that it could see the waterfall for itself. The centipeded chose to inch and nibble its way up her head, which tickled--thankfully not enough to distract her from getting across, though.
"Told ya it was a pretty sight~"
hp: 54
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medigel rolled 2 6-sided dice:
3, 6
Total: 9 (2-12)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:57 pm
part 4 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice 2: electric boogaloo"
But then, tragedy. The path of archers gave her even more trouble than before, partially because Stormy had been trying not to move her head so much so that her little buddy wouldn't get so jostled. Somewhere in the chaos, however, an arrow had whizzed past and pierced the bug in passing, nailing it to the floor where it quickly curled up and died.
And for some reason, she felt something cold wrap around her heart and tug it down at the sight.
"I'm sorry, little buddy . . ."
hp: 43
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:57 pm
[ Cami - Start ]
Thiiiis was weird. In theory Cami had been inside of a golem before because, early on in her Deus days, someone had dragged her aside and instructed her on their use. But five minutes walking around in a circle was not the same as suddenly being in a training course where you have to survive for a prize. Otto had been talking about it with real investment, real determination, and Cami was determined to make him smile by running it and giving him feedback.
Did she think she'd make it through 'alive'? Not a chance in Hell. Still, it'd be fun to try. Fun to keep repeating it over and over until she had real success and had learned something. Gained something. Made Otto smile.
Funny how that kept coming up.
Looking at the bars she reached out and pushed on them as hard as she could, feeling the give of the stone as her muscles strained, listening to the clatter as they hit the ground. "Satisfying."
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nessy rolled 2 6-sided dice:
1, 1
Total: 2 (2-12)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:59 pm
[ Cami - Pit of the NOPE NOPE NOPE ]
Moving along towards the first obstacle she stopped dead when she saw it. "Oh ******** you Otto Graves." It was said beneath her breath because nobody had thought to warn the redhead as to what she had to face and he knew how she felt about this. Bugs. So many biting, leggy critters that wanted to feast on her blood and burrow beneath her flesh.
But it wasn't her flesh, was it? It was a golem's flesh and if they set the golem on fire when she was done she could be out of it before that happened. Right? Holding her breath the trainee surged through the pit. She felt the bites and stings, felt the lagging weariness that set into her bones, and swore profusely in Spanish on the other side.
He'd better ******** smile when she was done.
HP: 36/40 (-4 per round)
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medigel rolled 3 6-sided dice:
6, 3, 4
Total: 13 (3-18)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:01 pm
part 5 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice 2: electric boogaloo"
Maybe it was that sudden and real sadness that affected her perfomance with the band of War horsemen and crew. Stormy managed to wriggle out of it just fine as before, but her attacks weren't as aggressive. In turn they managed to dull her shield just that much more before she got away.
< < Are you honestly that affected by a bug's life? It was literally a parasite. > > Thane paused, then made an amused rattle. < < Perhaps that is why your life is what it is: you not only attract them, but you seem to welcome them in. > >
Stormy said nothing and instead filled her thoughts with Flick and Princess Atta and P.T. Flea's Circus crew thanks to his amazing choice of words.
hp: 37
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nessy rolled 3 10-sided dice:
10, 1, 1
Total: 12 (3-30)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:05 pm
[ Cami - Cliffhanger ]
This golem was going to have to be set on fire. Cami could feel, even as she started to move through the narrow ledge area, that something was wrong. Bug bites were bad but this bad? Everything was swimming in front of her eyes so that she missed her footing. Screaming hard she scrabbled to catch fingers on the ledge and, for a moment, it worked.
Then came the awful cracking sound of rock tearing, crumbling away, and then she knew nothing but darkness. Up in the booth where Otto was watching them scrabble about in his training course he would have seen the rock slide bury the golem from the waist up.
She was going to have a hell of a headache when she woke up.
HP: INCREDIBLY DEAD, DAMN IT OTTO
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medigel rolled 1 20-sided dice:
20
Total: 20 (1-20)
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:09 pm
part 6 of "how long before stormy dies bc dice 2: electric boogaloo"
There was no doubt or question in her mind when she chose a path: literally Stormy's thought process was whichever one was nearest, not just because she needed that Elsa doll like she needed a bandaid, but because she was a little afraid still to be ganged up on like last time. Thankfully the portal was found without further trouble, and with a sigh of relief she all but tossed herself through.
hp: 35
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