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Baneful rolled 2 12-sided dice:
6, 6
Total: 12 (2-24)
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 Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:44 pm
Shields were infuriating, before the island things were easier. People didn't expect violence and you could easily take them out if you caught them unawares. It was not the case with hunters, there was always the shield to chew through, always a block in the way of true blood soaked satisfaction and the relief of quieting a dissenter.
The whip lashed him across the middle, his shield taking the lethal damage but nonetheless feeling the force of it in a way which did nothing for his nausea, making him pause for a breath
"I'm not angry." he said calmly.
He seized the whip with one set of claws and with the other seized one of Nash's arms and tightly squeezed it, digging in the blades.
"I'm never angry."
The runes lit up all across the gauntlets.
<> Butch said, alert. <>
HP: 50/60
DMG: 6
Charge: 3/3
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
7, 3
Total: 10 (2-16)
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:54 pm
He'd cracked a satisfyingly hard blow across Lawrence's stomach, a flare of smug triumph flaring in Nash's veins. His face still throbbed; those stupid claws hit hard, which was both surprising and unsurprising simultaneously - unsurprising, because Lawrence was a full hunter, and surprising, because he looked like a weakling.
Which just meant he needed to stop underestimating him.
"You're angry now," said Nash airily. "You're angry because you can't have him anymore and you're angry because you're tied to the old ball and chain, and you're angry because a slut like me got to ******** your precious, precious Melvin and you don't anymore."
The claws wrapped around his arm, sinking in, shooting pain reverberating up and down Nash's entire body. He jerked it hard in an attempt to free himself, Nash's eyes glittering as he stared at Lawrence.
"Well sorry, kitty cat, all I can say is <********. You."
There was a pause, the pain growing the longer his arm stayed trapped. Nash thought he heard something, a distant shouting, but it was likely just the echo of their weapons.
"Well. Not that anyone would want to ******** a crusty old bag of bones."
He couldn't use this whip this close, so Nash did the only thing he could and slammed his knee upwards in the general vicinity of Lawrence's groin.
HP: 25 / 40
DMG: 4
Charge: 3 / 3
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Baneful rolled 2 12-sided dice:
2, 7
Total: 9 (2-24)
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:11 pm
"I am not at all angry about Rodney." he said. "I love Rodney. I love Melvin. There is nothing to resent or want."
Everything about the other man needed to be brought down to size. He'd just quite like him to be gone, to make him stop saying the intolerable things he was saying about his age and attractiveness.
Not that anyone would want to ******** a crusty old bag of bones.
Nash's knee connected and though Lawrence's shield saw to it that the hit wasn't lethal, it wasn't capable of negating the pain associated with the hit. He made a pained sound in his throat, going from holding onto Nash's arm to hurt him to holding on just to stay upright. It was enough to make him suppress the desire to retch as the pain hit him in a way that was difficult to endure.
"That was LOW." he snarled through tightly gritted teeth.
And it was difficult to land a significant hit afterwards.
"Though I shouldn't expect something like you to have honour."
HP: 46/60
DMG: 3
Charge: 3/3
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
2, 6
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:43 pm
He made a mental note at the name Rodney, if only so he could later try and find out who the hell would marry this sort of man. Nash wasn't even about to touch the specifics or sentiments of love; he didn't love Melvin at all, as much as he enjoyed his company.
At least he'd managed to deal a satisfying stop to Lawrence's continued tirade of his sluttiness, as well as his ego. Nash wished he could have kneed him harder, but it was still something, and he felt the grasp on his arm loosen a little, even if the claws were still digging in painfully.
"Hey, you said yourself I'm just a trashy slut, why not just own up and hit you where it really hurts?"
Nash yanked at his arm again, at the same time swinging his foot forward in the direction of Lawrence's ankle.
HP: 22 / 40
DMG: 2
Charge: 3 / 3
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:44 pm
It was muffled, but he heard Lawr. For a moment he thought someone was here to attack them. A horsemen? Something else from one of the pools? Throat tight, he took deep breathes as he strained to hear more, wishing he could open the doors, but realizing that Atlantis was protecting itself. All the while Lawr was out there.
"Lawr?" He called out, hitting the door before he heard more noise. Pressing his cheek to the door again, he listened, holding his breath to hear through the thick metal before he heard -
Nash.
The sound of metal hitting the ground.The conversation was hard to piece without his ear pressed so hard that it felt it could fuse into the door.
What were they doing? They were - they were doing that here?! At the doorstep of Atlantis?!! While he breathed out to hold it again, he felt his stomach tighten at hearing what was said. At the buttons pushed. At his name.
Turning his head up, he stepped back, before he went and banged his hands on the door together in unison. "STOP!!! STOP THIS!!"
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Baneful rolled 8 4-sided dice:
1, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4
Total: 23 (8-32)
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:50 pm
Lawrence finally heard Melvin through the door and this was enough for him to edge back from Nash when he picked himself up from the floor where he'd fallen when his ankle got caught by the whip.
"He started it!" he called to the other man as he put a bit of distance between himself and Nash (though moving was still excruciating in places)
He turned the charge he was carrying towards healing himself, feeling the jig was up now Melvin was on the scene. But his concentration was completely shot, his hands were shaky even like this. "He kicked me in the privates!"
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kuropeco rolled 2 8-sided dice:
7, 5
Total: 12 (2-16)
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:05 pm
He swung the whip as Lawrence tried to scamper away; a stubborn and final hit that was still meant to hit one of Lawrence's legs, or his ankle, or something, because everything hurt and he couldn't get Lawrence's nasty words out of his head.
It took Nash a second, however, to realize what Lawrence was saying, the whip disappearing a second later as Nash bent over, breathing heavily.
"Oh, for the love of - you a*****e."
DMG: 6
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:11 pm
The mechanism to the door moved before the door opened, revealing a very pissed off Melvin.
Stepping forward, he looked at them both. "What. THE. <********>"
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:14 pm
Lawr was deftly tripped by the whip and just lay where he'd fallen on his side, looking pained.
"I don't know! I was sleeping and he just assaulted me out of nowhere!"
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:18 pm
Nash gave Lawrence a mutinous look.
"What are you, twelve? Don't be such a ******** tattletale of a child."
His gaze flickered towards Melvin - a very pissed off Melvin.
"Hi. We're having a party. Wanna join in?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:28 pm
His eyes were sharp and cold as he looked at Lawr and then snapped aggressively to Nash for his little joke. "Do you think this is ******** funny? Do you think that summoning weapons is a big old laugh?! Do you two not share two brain cells to rub together to realize what you could have done by fighting here at the VERY DOORSTEP of Atlantis?!! ARE YOU THAT ******** STUPID?!"
He could see Nash was taxed and he looked at Lawr in a way that said he wasn't buying it in the least. "This place attacked Deus for weeks. Sent golems to our island for weeks. Could have done so for months. A girl DIED getting an artifact returned to me, and I risked the lives of an entire team of people to get them to listen to me. I was trusted to help. I am here to help show that we're not all barbarians selfishly after our own desires. To show them we can be civil. To show we also want peace. What part of fighting in front of the gates conveys this?! What part of your little d**k measuring contest made you even THINK -" To which he pressed the tips of his fingers to the side of his head as he glared at both of them.
"That it would go unnoticed. This isn't some brawl behind the back of the bleachers. THIS- " He shot both hands to the gates. " IS ATLANTIS! I'm down here for a reason. I'm away from Deus for a reason. You could have started all that s**t up all over again! You could have started a war! You both could have died! I could have been stuck behind those door!" There were so many things that could have been taken the wrong way and gone wrong. "DO YOU THINK I WANT ANY OF THAT?!"
He looked to both of them. "WELL?!"
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:36 pm
Lawrence just exhaled, staying where he was. He gave his boys a tragic massage just to make sure they were still there after Nash breaking the rules of combat wantonly at them. He was really glad he was still all in one piece and spent a small moment thinking how glad he was for Butch who went crazy at the attention.
"Like I said Melvin, I was sleeping. I understand how important Atlantis is to you acutely and I would never do anything to jeopardise it for you. Nash here just doesn't take anything seriously and is still upset that I called him a slut on the roof the other day. He's taken it to a ridiculous degree and with me not even dressed or anything."
He sidled over to get his blanket. "Look it's wet, see? He got me wet too when he arrived just out of spite."
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:44 pm
An angry Melvin was not a fun thing, nor a particularly wanted thing. Nash, who had backed up until he was standing near one of the cave walls, now slowly slid down until he was seated, leaning with his back against it, rubbing at his still throbbing neck.
"First of all, I had no idea anyone died here," he said, with a touch of testiness. "And yes, I'm aware of how much you've risked to come down here, because I was there, with that stupid ******** lobster thing."
And had ended up in the infirmary for it. Nash tilted his head back to rest against the cave wall, feeling both irritable and mutinous, but it wasn't like Melvin didn't have a point, as little as Nash wanted to admit that. Fighting Lawrence was stupid on many levels, especially since he'd likely have lost if it had kept going.
At least he'd gotten to kick him in the balls.
And he was not going to get into a tantrum over he said she said. That was pointless, especially with Lawrence acting like a spoiled little girl who'd never done anything wrong in his whole meaningless, crusty old man life.
"Sorry," said Nash instead. "Really. Didn't mean to ******** anything up for you."
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:50 pm
He looked at Lawr and the wet blanket. "So that justifies drawing weapons out here? No. It doesn't. You guys can shout at each other all you want, but even - " He had to take a breath just to keep himself from summoning his own weapon and hitting them, and instead let out a shouting growl of frustration through clenched teeth.
"THERE ARE NO WARDS HERE! You two could have killed each other!" He shouted, voice echoing through the chamber. "I don't want to see you two hurt."
Nash looked beat and Lawr was - not doing any better being down here for as long as he had.
"And you still have to swim back. Do you even have energy for that?" He looked at Nash.
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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:49 am
“No it does not but self defence does.” Lawr said with snooty indignation. “And he’d better be sble to swim back because he is not staying here. If he did I would absolutely kill him without exaggeration. How could you sleep with... well THAT.”
He crossed his arms under his blanket and nestled his face into it adding a slightly muffled - “He is horrible.”
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