✘ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ As Gallows fired at the gremlin and moved on, he noticed a flaming arrow fly up at his last position. 'Curse those demons,' he thought as he kept moving through the tree tops. While not the easiest terrain to travel, his dust-boosted boots helped to keep him from falling if he didn't see a straight path or had a misstep. His faunus eyes were an added boon in the night to help him see as well. While he could theoretically just keep moving, that would be a pointless test of endurance more than anything. Combat was what he was testing. All the while he moved, he could hear Julin following after him. Keeping himself heard enough to keep him following, Gallows would stop movement and remain still in the treetops. Assuming Julin was following him only by sound, he was waiting with an ambush now. 'No doubt he expects it. But how will he react,' Gallows wondered to himself as he took out his 12-inch knife. For now, he kept his hardlight dagger off to not give himself away. Ears and eyes alert, he waited for his opponent to get near him and did his best to hide within the upper branches of the tree. When Julin was below him, he would launch an attack from above. From the upper branches, he would throw his 12 inch blade and aim it behind Julin. To both act as a distraction and as set up for what he had in mind. Quickly drawing his kusarigama, he would drop down to try and stab into Julin from above. Depending how he reacted, Gallows would use his telekinesis with his free left hand to move the 12-inch knife straight to the back of Julin as he was prepared to fend him off with the Kusarigama. Should Julin defend with his greatsword, he would try to kick off of him to make some distance between the two; if not he would just try to dodge back after the initial attack. Depending how he reacted, Gallows would use his telekinesis with his free left hand to try to de-stabilize Julin with a blast of force. Julin would see him thrust his left palm forward to him as he felt 100lb of force hit him in his torso from where Gallows palm was facing. While it would not be enough to knock him down if he had his balance, he would definitely feel it if it hit. Julin was also now going to have to face Gallows at full strength with his semblance; his knives were now landmines and weaponized even if they weren't in his hands.
Out Of Consciences: Time to tie up loose ends Equipment:
Kusarigama Anti-riot gun Knives (5; 1 has a 6 inch blade [thrown/blasted away], 2 have an 8 inch blade [on the ground], 1 has a 10 inch blade, and the last is a 12 inch blade [headed to Julin's back]) Hard-light knife (18 inch; needs dust, 5 posts per dust) 3/5 Boots 1/5 Small dust: 2 cyan, 3 yellow Large dust: 1 purple, 1 black, 1 green
Aeval_Silvertongue
KnightsRoyal
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:39 am
ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ : My lovely Gallows, an idiotxxxʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ : Battlegroundxxxᴍᴏᴏᴅ : Irritated and Sadisticxxxᴀᴛᴛɪʀᴇ : Outfit and Maskxxxʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ : 100%
Mary would giggle softly the gremlin was quite the nice touch, it would have been more entertaining if they were out of battle though. Alas, they were in the heat of a chase for now. Keeping an eye on their opponent as she had promised, she would note his next movements. "Focus, my dear," She purred. "That d**k actually shot an arrow at my beloved," The phantom woman growled. "I'm not going to let anyone get away with that," The young woman purred with a dangerous smile. Seeing the force attack hit the mountain of a beast, she would pout. "Good shot, but he's hardly phased...Maybe would should see if he can be chipped away at more," Mary said, blood-lust rising as well as her thirst to maim, the parasite's desire palpable to her host...
Julin continued to walk through the forestation as he looked about, listening to the movements that weren't his armor as he continued to move. He picked up the pace to try and catch up as he could hear it going further away and was keeping a brisk pace as the sounds of his armor were getting a bit noisy. Soon the sounds stopped as he was moving and he slowed his approach, his eyes looking side to side as he prepared the greatsword. The dagger was still in his hand, holding back the blood as soon enough, he heard a thud. He looked behind him to see the 12-inch dagger had landed behind him before he soon heard the sound of chains. He turned to the source as he could barely make out the visage of Gallows but he brought his greatsword up and thrusts out at him in the air. An anti-air strike if there was to be a name but as he thrusts up, he could see the flash of light blue and Gallows was jumping away and out of the thrust. A smile from underneath his helmet as he started to approach him once more, this time having some clear visuals on Gallows. "You're good at being quiet... and leading people with sound." He told Gallows as a compliment.
Yet as he was just starting his approach, he felt something hit him in the back, and quickly he turned around to swipe at... nothing? He looked about, confused but as he turned around and started a much quicker approach, he would feel... something. Julin stood where he was as he wasn't expecting anything range to have force and now he had to keep track of two enemies?! Julin stared him down and brought up his sword once more to fire off another burning arrow at Gallows quickly. He didn't know where the second foe was that slashed at him, hitting only armor, but that meant there was more Julin had to be wary of and now this guy was throwing.... air maybe? 'There's no breeze that came from it... just pressure.' Julin surmised to knock aeromancy from the list.
Equipment: Plate Armor and Blood of Yore(Yore)(2/3), 3 Large Crystals(Earth, Lightning, Fire), 7 Crystal Shards(All Fire)|| Location: Outskirts|| Company: Gallows pc: 9
Ghost254
Aeval_Silvertongue
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:53 pm
✘ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ Gallows mind was mostly locked to Julin as he proceeded with his attack. While Mary was useful as an extra set of eyes, he needed to remain focused on his opponent to see how he reacted. Being distracted would lead to mistakes and openings for Julin which Gallows was not content to give for free. Still, despite that, he would passively listen to her and could feel her slowly rising bloodlust. Another useful thing, if for another time. As Gallows fell from above towards his opponent, Julin would react quickly and thrust his blade up to him. 'Tch,' he though, annoyed that his dagger didn't hold the man's attention long enough. He likely would have been noticed either way on the way down, so he needed to figure something else out for a surprise attack. Reacting on instinct, he would activate the dust in his boots to kick off from mid air; just narrowly throwing his momentum away from straight down to Julin and propel him back to land in front of him. Julin would comment that Gallows was good at being quiet and leading others with sound. "You have adequate reflexes. Someone else would have been distracted for longer," Gallows would simply comment in return to Julin, not acknowledging the compliment verbally. Not one to dawdle, Gallows would unleash two quick telekinetic blasts; one was aimed behind the knife in the ground and the next to Julin's chest as soon as he had turned around to face him again. The first had, luckily, knocked the blade at an angle to hit Julin in the back and confused him for a moment. The second only paused him a moment, being taken presumably by his armor and not doing much else. Disappointing his combined efforts did little, but it at least left his opponent more on guard and paranoid from his reactions.
Seeing Julin point his blade to him, Gallows would see a flaming arrow quickly get shot to him. Reacting swiftly given Julin had been approaching him till this point, he would try to telekinetically slow down the arrow (if not stop it) with a quick blast to render it weak or harmless hopefully. It would slow him down though; unfortunately direct confrontation was Julin's advantage in their match. Gallows would hesitate, unsure how to proceed next. His attacks did not inflict the damage needed to trade in blows or stay close, but he was running out of long range options. Fully dropping his kusarigama for now, he would re-draw his hard-light knife and charge him; blade in his right hand as his left grabbed something from his coat but kept it clenched in a fist. He was done playing cat and mouse. Seeming to go for a direct attack, he would wait till he was in reach of Julin's blade to bait an attack. If Julin hit, he would activate the cyan dust in his fist, creating a barrier between himself and the blade. He would pivot to slash at Julin's blade arm at any potential gaps in his armor. Should he successfully have gone past Julin's defenses, he would point blank use his riot gun after the attack to potentially send him flying.
Out Of Consciences: Time to tie up loose ends Equipment:
Kusarigama [ground] Anti-riot gun Knives (5; 1 has a 6 inch blade [thrown/blasted away], 2 have an 8 inch blade [on the ground], 1 has a 10 inch blade, and the last is a 12 inch blade [ground]) Hard-light knife (18 inch; needs dust, 5 posts per dust) 4/5 Boots 3/5 posts Small dust: 1 cyan, 3 yellow Large dust: 1 purple, 1 black, 1 green
Julin's thrust would garner no damage as his eyes narrowed at him but he smiled underneath his mask as he watched Gallows use hardlight to step away. Julin followed his movements till he landed on the ground before him, with Julin lowering his blade to stare at him while he began to compliment him while he listened to him speak about his reflexes. "I've been distracted often, I've learned to try and deduce whether or not it warrants my attention." Julin told Gallows calmly before the knife strike to his back and gave him pause when the second telekinetic blast landed on his chest. He thrusts at Gallows to fire off a blazing arrow once more as he noticed something while watching it fly. As it soared through the air, something seemed to push through it and easily puncture through the arrow as it was dispersed in a heartbeat. Julin brought his sword close once more as he could faintly see the jacket of gallows through the embers of his dispersed arrow before he smiled.
He adjusted his stance, speaking softly. "Zwei." And with his vocal command, the sword transformed back to it's slender yet more powerful double-edged form as he brandished it properly. He needed to be careful as with the trees, his horizontal swings would be hindered but he watched as Gallows seemed to move and charged at him. The crunching of the grass causing Julin to focus as his enemy who played range with him was beginning the approach as Julin clenched his left hand a bit and... swiped it forward at Gallow's approach, using the force of his left hand's swing to throw the bloody blade in a small spin towards Gallows, but with no real aim. Was it a feint? One could wonder as he brought his right hand up, swinging down with the Zweihander as he focused on Gallows. In a moment, Julin noticed a cyan blue flash and felt the zweihander hit... something? No, a barrier?! Julin could see the location as Gallows had baited the attack successfully, but Julin wasn't done. His greaves dug in and he would throw his body forward, aiming to body check Gallows in a trade as he went for the Armor gap at his inner elbow. Aura would be underneath the armor, protecting his flesh as a final effort while he wouldn't expect a riot gun at point blank range. If Gallows fired, it would have the intended result, if Gallows didn't mind taking a heavy blow to his chest in response.
Equipment: Plate Armor and Blood of Yore(Yore)(1/3), 3 Large Crystals(Earth, Lightning, Fire), 7 Crystal Shards(All Fire)|| Location: Outskirts|| Company: Gallows pc: 9
Ghost254
Aeval_Silvertongue
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 10:46 am
ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ : My lovely Gallows, an idiotxxxʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ : Battlegroundxxxᴍᴏᴏᴅ : Irritated and Sadisticxxxᴀᴛᴛɪʀᴇ : Outfit and Maskxxxʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ : 100%
Mary felt an internal thrum of excitement in the heat of battle, though she could appreciate the compliments and assessment of each male. She giggled softly as they would be moving closer. "You have this, love," She purred before getting a serious tone. "But, don't get cocky." She had approved of her host's strategy for a close attack, so she would not interfere and instead help as she could to make it possible. The phantom woman's heterochromiac eyes glowed with excitement when blade hit the dust shield. "Good. Focus aura on chest," The young woman purred before pointing attention to a potential opening on self and enemy; pressure was never comfortable to share for her. "There," Mary purred/growled, a predatory sound in Gallows' mind.
✘ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ Gallows did little more than note Julin's response to his appraisal before springing into action. The assessment was not over yet, even if Julin was doing better than expected. As Julin countered with a fiery arrow, Gallow's telekinesis prevailed as it was destroyed by the swift blast. He fleetingly wondered if Julin figured out yet what his semblance was but didn't care regardless; if he figured it out then it would boost his odds, if he didn't it remained an ace in the sleeve. Mary would speak words of encouragement but warn him not to be cocky; something he knew well enough not to be. 'All part of the test,' he would merely think back to her. Focusing back on Julin, he would see his weapon switch to regular large sword mode; or he presumed at the very least. There could be another function to it he was unaware of. While he saw Julin clench the hand with blade stuck in it, Gallows did not expect his to launch it back at him the way he had. Not wanting to slow momentum or mess with his plan of attack, he let his aura take it as it impacted and bounced off of his left shoulder with a flash of dark blue. As he entered the range, Julin predictably attacked with his blade; right into Gallow's plan. Creating the hard-light barrier, shaped a bit like a shield, he would block the blade and continue with his plan. However, Julin was also adapting quickly; he would go for a body check as Gallows fit the spot only to find aura. Hearing Mary, he would quickly focus his aura on his chest. Feeling the impact even with his aura flashing to protect him as Gallows was being knocked onto his back, he would fire off with the riot gun in his left hand; sending himself back hard into the ground but also firing point blank into Julin. He would close his eyes a moment, gritting his teeth from the pain of impact as his vision blurred slightly. Rolling to his side, he would push himself up and begin to attempt to stand; looking for where Julin had ended up. While he had hopefully done some damage to his opponent, he was weakening as was his aura. 'The test will conclude soon,' he thought as he got to his feet. One way or the other, someone would give soon enough; it was unclear if it would be him or Julin though. 'Thanks for the heads up,' he would merely think to Mary for her warning on aura defense.
Out Of Consciences: Time to tie up loose ends Equipment:
Kusarigama [ground] Anti-riot gun Knives (5; 1 has a 6 inch blade [thrown/blasted away], 2 have an 8 inch blade [on the ground], 1 has a 10 inch blade, and the last is a 12 inch blade [ground]) Hard-light knife (18 inch; needs dust, 5 posts per dust) 5/5 Boots 4/5 posts Small dust: 1 cyan, 3 yellow Large dust: 1 purple, 1 black, 1 green
Aeval_Silvertongue
KnightsRoyal
Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 11:29 pm
Julin's knife throw had little effect as it bounced off the man's shoulder. Julin charged in and swung with the blade once they were close, things were going as planned for Gallows as he threw his own body at the man when a hard light shield effortlessly blocked his Zweihander. This didn't deter Julin as he launched himself forward and slammed into Gallows' body with a grunt while Gallows was being knocked back from the hit, a point-blank shot was fired and while the underside was aura covered, his breastplate tanked the shot as he was flung backward from the amount of force he had to resist. He stumbled backward and fell onto his back, a cough escaping him before he grunted when he landed on the ground. His breastplate had caved in as he rolled over onto his right, staggering to his feet as he used the greatsword like a cane to get back up. He didn't remain on the ground for long and was back on his feet with Gallows on his feet as well. The aura underneath tensed as the caved-in metal pushed against his chest and made it quite hard to breathe. He had to quickly move his left hand, tearing at the leather bindings and undoing what he could to loosen up the breastplate before he tore it off entirely to reveal a reddened shirt underneath. While he was in the process of trying to get back his ability to breathe normally he, unfortunately, was down to using the greatsword as his only means of defense as his body seemed to be swaying on his feet.
Equipment: Plate Armor and Blood of Yore(Yore)(1/3), 3 Large Crystals(Earth, Lightning, Fire), 7 Crystal Shards(All Fire)|| Location: Outskirts|| Company: Gallows pc: 9
✘ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ Looking straight at his opponent as he rose to his feet, Gallows would see he managed to crack part of Julin's shell and that he had damaged his opponent considerably so far. At least that was how things seemed from his current view. His hardlight knife would run out them, prompting him to slowly and methodically put in a new hardlight dust to power the blade. His chest was heaving with his breaths as he was feeling some of the adrenaline of the fight leave him and exhaustion take hold. He took a moment to try to calm his mind and his body, keeping eyes carefully to Julin, as he would advance. "This is your final chance. The test ends after this exchange," Gallows would announce to him as his pace would quicken. He was a little unsteady on his feet, stumbling but keeping his balance as he charged Julin one final time. He was brandishing his hardlight knife for this, aiming to get Julin while he was weak. As he advanced, he would aim a hand out for a telekinetic blast towards Julin's greatsword to try to mess with his balance of it. Just one blast for now though, he was feeling the drain of his aura and stamina and needed to focus on keeping up his momentum for the attack. 'Time for the final clash,' he thought, determined not to make this final exchange simple but to give him the chance to succeed.
[You may finish the fight, though by the rolls it would have been a struggle. I give you freedoms for how it turns out exactly]
Out Of Consciences: Time to tie up loose ends Equipment:
Kusarigama [ground] Anti-riot gun Knives (5; 1 has a 6 inch blade [thrown/blasted away], 2 have an 8 inch blade [on the ground], 1 has a 10 inch blade[somewhere], and the last is a 12 inch blade [ground]) Hard-light knife (18 inch; needs dust, 5 posts per dust) 1/5 Boots 5/5 posts Small dust: 3 yellow Large dust: 1 purple, 1 black, 1 green
Aeval_Silvertongue
KnightsRoyal
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:06 pm
Julin was managing to get back his breath, but now with an exposed torso, he tried to steady himself as he could see the glow of the hardlight dagger from Gallows. The crunch of the grass, the man's movements, he was closing the distance as he spoke about the test ending after the exchange and with that, Julin nodded and positioned himself. Julin began to charge at him in return as he growled and yelled at Gallows, but as he moved his greatsword to swing, Gallows anticipated and blasted the greatsword off-kilter. But as Gallows came at him with the knife, Julin let go of his weapon from his right hand and punched with his hand, hitting Gallows' weapon hand and preventing him from attempting a swipe. Yet as he knocked Gallows hand to the side, Julin attempted to push forward and aim a should charge while Gallows slipped around and attempted a reverse grip stab at Julin's exposed torso. The attack managed to land and bounce off of Julin's now fading aura as he turned and swung with the pommel to try and catch Gallows in the face, only too miss with the guidance Gallows had warning him ahead of time. But as Gallows ducked to try and zip around again, he would feel pressure as the pommel strike was canceled into a hilt ram as Gallows would be knocked to the ground.
Gallows would land onto his front side but would roll to get back to his feet, turning to face Julin who followed after him and aimed a hard armored knee to try and knock Gallows back, which was quickly knocked to the side with telekinesis. Julin could see Gallows aiming a hard shoulder tackle with his weight to try and knock Julins back, yet the exchange did not go well as Julin didn't move from the attack. However, Julin wrapped and arm around Gallows and them them both down to the ground with the full brunt of Julin's weight ontop. Yet it didn't work out as well as Julin hoped as Gallows managed one final trick to even the score. Julin's aura along with Gallows expired as with an easy push off, Julin was clutching his side as Gallows used the weight to his advantage to take Julin down to have them both at critical levels. A non-fatal stab, but the battle would end in a clean draw with Gallows taking the edge as primary victor with less blood drawn.
Equipment: Plate Armor and Blood of Yore(Yore)(1/3), 3 Large Crystals(Earth, Lightning, Fire), 7 Crystal Shards(All Fire)|| Location: Outskirts|| Company: Gallows pc: 9
✘ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ Exhaustion tugging at Gallows body and senses, he did his best to ignore it for this final about against Julin. His body was screaming and threatening to give out, but he focused his mind on the goal. It was all he could really do. Despite his injuries, Julin charged him with a yell like a berserker. Once in reach of the knight, Gallows shot a telekinetic blast at his blade as Julin swung to disrupt the attack. He needed to breach the gap so Julin did not have the advantage of range, and he did. However, Julin discarded his blade and aimed a punch as Gallows was going in to slash him with his knife. The impact of his first hurt as Gallows aura flashed dangerously there, arm being thrown back, but his body and mind were compensating as he had a singular focus to win. Not anticipating Julin's shoulder charge, but his movements already working in his favor, he used the momentum from the punch to spin/sidestep three hundred sixty degrees to his side while reversing his grip on his knife. As Julin's counter met air, Gallows would quickly swing/stab his blade towards Julin's back. While he only hit aura as he felt his hand and knife bounce, he still managed to return the favor for the punch. Hearing a warning from Mary, Gallows would instinctively duck and narrowly avoid Julin's pommel counter attack. It worked, but as he was momentarily trying to transition after killing his horizontal momentum, Julin quickly switched his attack into a ram that knocked Gallows back onto the ground.
Grunting from the impact, he blinked and saw a figure moving to him. Reacting quickly, ignoring the soreness and the need to breath, he would roll away and to his feet so he wouldn't be hit while on the ground. As Julin came to him with an armored knee, Gallows shot a desperate telekinetic blast at it to slow him as he felt himself drained down to critical levels. Gasping for a breath, Gallows could feel his knees deadening along with his arms. Growling, he would throw himself forward into a shoulder charge into Julin in a bid to knock him down before his body failed him. Julin did not even move, instead taking the charge only to wrap his arms around Gallows and bring them both down with Julin on top. Still clutching his knife, Gallows did a last ditch effort by twisting his grip so it was pointing right at Julin. As they crashed into the ground, aura's expiring, Gallows felt something give away as it sunk into Julin's side. Pushing with his remaining strength as he was panting hard, Gallows rolled Julin off of him with the knife coming out cleanly; blood on the hard-light blade.
Gallows made no effort to get up for the time being as his chest rapidly expanded to give his lungs the much needed air. He glanced at his knife in the air, almost unbelieving of the blood, before the arm fell to his side with the knife being released from his grip. His heart was beating hard enough he could hear it, and his limbs almost felt numb. His mind was blank for a moment, entirely clear, as it could only process that the match was finished. Gallows made no effort to speak, or even think, as he focused entirely on recovering. Once his breathing had slowed, along with his heart, only then did he attempt to move. It was slow and sluggish, limbs shaking, but he managed to pick himself up from the ground with a wave of light headedness. His eyes glimpsed his knife as he crouched down to grab it, almost falling, but managing to maintain his balance as he dropped his free hand to the ground to steady himself. He look to the blood for a moment before bringing it to his lips to clean the blade of it...before regaining control and looking to Julin. His eyes were the same piercing and unrevealing look they were before. 'Thank you for the assist Mary. I believe the assessment is complete,' he would mentally acknowledge her aid to him with the warning. Standing up, he would deactivate and sheathe his knife before taking a few steps to Julin as he looked down to his defeated opponent. Finally, he would reach a hand down to him but stop before reaching him. "Welcome to the Band of the Hawk, Peacock" he would say, voice even but respectful as a slight smile tugged at his lips. His hand was left there as an offer of help to bring Julin to his feet, which he would do if Peacock accepted. Before anything else, he would gather all his knives and gear. Once Julin was up, one way or another, and ready Gallows would glance at the wound and offer his shoulder to lean on. "Let's get you patched up, I can brief you afterwards," he would order as, one way or the other, the two would return to Vale.
Out Of Consciences: Time to tie up loose ends Equipment:
Kusarigama [ground] Anti-riot gun Knives (5; 1 has a 6 inch blade [thrown/blasted away], 2 have an 8 inch blade [on the ground], 1 has a 10 inch blade[somewhere], and the last is a 12 inch blade [ground]) Hard-light knife (18 inch; needs dust, 5 posts per dust) 2/5 Boots 5/5 posts Small dust: 3 yellow Large dust: 1 purple, 1 black, 1 green
