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 Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:17 pm
Samsara flew through the air as she was knocked from Hayagriva's back. Her claws and teeth were red with blood and she panted roughly as she recovered her energy. Her expression, already fearsome, grew worse when she saw how little headway the Mahapadma was making against the Padmapani defenders. Before Haya could recover enough for another attack, Samsara bellowed commands at her followers.
"Svanbjorn! I don't care if there are two of them! Get one out of the way and kill the other! Daimhin! Either get cut by her sword to hurt her or get cut by my claws when you fail! Rosiotti, stop flying by her and do some real damage!"
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:33 pm
Svanbjorn jerked away from the father and son team at the sound of his name. Samsara's orders gripped him like a leaf bound in frost. She was right, of course. It was pathetic that he hadn't been able to at least incapacitate one of the two by now. They had some training but weren't killers like he was. He could think of no reason why he should be struggling so much.
Get one out of the way and kill the other. He could do that. Glissando and Nirvana were preparing for a simultaneous attack. They started toward him and Svanbjorn saw a chance show itself. He was going to use their momentum against them! As they came at him he spread his wings and ducked low. He caught them both with a sudden upsweep, knocking them to the ground.
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:38 pm
Rosi was about to go in for another sweep at her when Samsara's orders rang in his ear. Though he was much more comfortable being in the air he certainly wasn't going to ignore her. After all, he wasn't quite as much of a fool as when they had first met. Now that he had to get serious he wasn't as interested in toying with her. He needed to make this quick and easy so he could move on to another target. The more of these Padmapani he could take out the more he could impress Samsara, surely.
Still flying towards her, Rosi dropped from the air and literally hit the ground running. He would attack her straight on because he knew she was underestimating him. Everyone did. Because they didn't know that through him ran the blood of knights and kings. And killers.
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:28 pm
Padma had her plan ready. The next time he dived down at her she was going to tackle him out of the air! She could envision him sweeping low and her leaping straight for him, both of them then falling to the ground in a tangle of limbs. That would teach him to divebomb her! There was only one problem about her plan...
He was on the ground, not flying! Arrrrrrgh! Without time to revise her plan, she continued along with it. She charged right back at him! Right before she thought they would crash she flung herself into the air and attempted to tackle him. He was bigger than she was, so the best she could hope for was that it would confuse him and make him trip... or that her solid bones would give her the advantage over his light flier's form!
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:34 pm
Glissando found himself in an awkward position. He was lying on his side slightly on top of his father. There wasn't any quick way to stand up, not quick enough to avoid the oncoming attack from the kalona, at least. Nirvana was shouting something but Glissando didn't hear. His attention was focused to the tunnel that contained Svanbjorn. He thrashed and heaved but couldn't get out of the way. Rushing toward him was a full rack of pointed antlers, sharp hooves and a striking tail behind them.
Trapped on the ground, Glissando could only watch helplessly while slashing doom crashed down toward him.
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:40 pm
"DIE DIE DIE!" The screeching Parnasabari appeared out of nowhere, charging straight for Svanbjorn as he prepared to kill Glissando. Her tumble on the ground hadn't done any lasting harm, though it left her partially covered in dirt and looking even more wild than she had before. Her fox pelt was still firmly fastened around her neck and it flapped like a cape behind her as she sprinted.
Raging, she lunged at the kalona. That was her nephew he was menacing! She had seen Hisoka murder a foal by pushing him into a pit of corpses. She wasn't about to let something like that happen to her family! With a massive thudding sound, she collided with Svanbjorn. Together, they went sprawling to the ground. Glissando didn't even have a scratch on him.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:48 am
Svanbjorn tried to make sense of what had just happened. One moment he had been about to kill one of the two soquili that had been stalling him. Now he was thrashing in the leaves with an insane mare that had come out of nowhere. They both were biting and kicking but with their entanglement it was impossible to get back up. Svanbjorn yelped sharply when the mare bit him on the ear. It felt like she had bitten a chunk out of it!
He managed to scramble back up to his feet but she had a grip on his tail like a wolf attached to a bone. He whinnied and bucked but couldn't get her off. His blood ran down her chin and her teeth were bared in a crazed smile. Svanbjorn thought that she looked like a demon crawled out of hell and wanted nothing more than to banish her back into the depths.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:00 am
Though bloody from her fight with her father, Samsara was still keeping an eye on the rest of the fighters. She didn't see the sequence of events that brought it about, but she couldn't help but notice Svanbjorn having a hard time beating off Bari. Samsara was full of disdain at his uselessness, remembering how easy it had been to maul Bari the last time she had seen her. With Svanbjorn outnumbered one to three, he might actually be killed if she didn't do something.
"Carmilla! Fight the mare!" She called to Carmilla who had been lurking on the outskirts of battle. She knew very well that Carmilla had little to none fighting experience but didn't care. All she needed to do was distract Bari so Svanbjorn could do his work. If she got injured in the process it might serve to toughen her up a bit. Samsara wasn't about to let her sit out the fight.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:08 am
Carmilla almost thought she had misheard when Samsara shouted her name. Her eyes had been fixed on her mate Svanbjorn since the battle began. She internally cheered every blow he gave to the idiot fluffballs he was fighting and winced along with him when he was bloodied by them. He wasn't doing bad, considering he had two opponents. He was even about to kill one before the insane mare had bowled him over.
Carmilla's first instinct upon hearing her order was to pretend that she hadn't heard, or just to run away entirely. There were hooves and claws lashing out in every direction down there and she was horrified at the idea of being caught by one and marring her beautiful looks. She hesitated, reluctant to obey. Before her, Svanbjorn's teeth were bared in a grimace of pain as the mare dug her teeth into his tail.
Something close to a growl came from Carmilla's throat. She'd teach that little b***h a lesson for scarring her mate. "I go!" she shouted her response to Samsara and size shifted. She enlarged herself to the biggest she could get using her flutter powers. It wasn't terribly impressive, but the other mare wasn't exactly huge either so they'd be matched in size. Bounding forward, she aimed her pointed hooves at Bari and kicked.
She had entered the fight!
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:08 pm
He saw the attack coming, he waited...waited, and with the timing of a master he furled out his massive wings with intent to deflect his enemy away from his body. Scythe didn't want to hurt anyone, he had seen enough blood in his day as a war horse... This skinwalker, he knew, would end his days of peaceful living.
He roared out, "Is that it, Cat?!" he hooved the ground as he braced himself. "You're not worth the fight! Give me something I can work with!" He knew he had to keep the skinwalker's attention. Keep the focus of the killer on himself and away from his herd.
He lowered his head again, taunting the skinwalker with the ramming horns. "Give it to me!" he grunted. His eyes intently focused on his oponent.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:17 pm
"Fine, I'll hurt you if you want!" snarled Zulian. He flung himself once more at Scythe but transformed halfway to him.
Now in his soquili form, Zulian was even more massive and heavy than he had been before. His thick bulk was entirely muscle and he stood the tallest by far of any attacker present. The way to kill the stallion was to match him weight for weight, Zulian decided. Roaring ferally, he flung himself at Scythe. He bit and kicked at the other stallion but mostly his intent was to use his weight to shove his opponent over. At the very least, he hoped to cause him to lose his stance and become vulnerable to the next attack. Zulian was determined to kill this stallion, no matter what it took.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:35 pm
He really hadn't expected her to charge back. He was expecting her to stand defensively and try to shield herself rather than attack. What he perceived to be arrogance coming from Padma sparked a deep rage in him. He was tired of this attitude toward him, like he was just a joke and everyone was above him. It was time for them to fear him.
Rosi threw all his being into attacking Padma now. There was absolutely no hesitation in the thought of murdering her. But there was just the slightest hesitation in his attack when she suddenly leaped at him. It threw him off for just a second and that was all Padma needed to throw him off balance. Even though he tried to brace against her tackle, he simply didn't have the time, or the bulk, to completely deflect her. He stumbled and nearly fell over completely. Unfortunately for her, he was much more lithe than a normal Soquili and quickly regained his composure, swept back around to face her again and lunged with teeth ready to tear flesh.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:00 pm
Collision! Padmasambhava hit Rosiotti with a satisfying thump. He staggered but so did she. It was only by pushing herself off him that she managed to not fall over. Ironically, her enemy had helped her out in this respect. She had no idea what was going on in the rest of the battle but could hear shouts of pain from friend and foe alike. Not good.
Now you're mine, you little... She readied herself for a bite attack, but Rosiotti had thought of the idea first. Memories of defensive maneuvers flashed through her head but none of them came to the surface quite fast enough. She yelped as she was bitten and instinctively lashed out kicking to try to get him off.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:18 pm
Try as she might, Padma wasn't going to get Rosi off that easily. The more she kicked at him the tighter his grip got. Though he could feel her hooves making contact with his body his mind was set on one single thing and that was killing her. He wasn't even paying attention to what was going on around him, not even the sounds. That was the benefit of being part of the Mahapadma, he didn't care what happened to anyone else. They weren't his friends or his family, they weren't even comrades. The only one he cared about was Samsara and he knew she could take care of herself.
It also helped that, though easy to miss, he did have fangs. They made it so much easier to dig into her skin and not let get. They were also great for tearing skin too. Slowly, he started to drag his teeth across her flesh, making sure not to lose the tight grip he had. He couldn't let her go, not now that he'd finally caught her.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:00 pm
Nirvana got to his feet again. The soft glow that had surrounded him was shining as bright as a sunrise. The desire he felt to protect his loved ones awoke his angeni heritage in a brilliant outpouring of light. The holy light clothed him like armor. To Nirvana, he thought he could feel the heat of it warming him down to his soul. Bari had bought him and Glissando the time they needed. Though she was now grappling with the flutter, he and his son faced the kalona-cerynei united and strong.
Side by side, they attacked Svanbjorn. Nirvana never loved his son so much as then. The pride he felt for Glissando made him glow all the brighter.
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