"Forwards right." He shrugged his shoulders and started forward, Nevada was already ahead in the hall when she found herself sinking into the sand. Roland's own eyes going wide. "N-no! Don't nap there you'll sink and, and, s**t Nevada!" He started towards her, "You have your Pendant right? You need to use that to ge-"
<< ROLAND NO! >>
He jumped a bit as his foot hit the trigger he turned looking towards the wall where an ornate face carved into the stone shifted, mouth opening slightly as a blast of light cut clean through his fear shield leaving a nice narrow hole through his shoulder and a trail of red running down Lex's coat as his eyes went wide.
<< You have to go Roland you have to go, we need to get back from here that trap, that trap it ate the shield ROLAND WE HAVE TO GO Lex will get her out! >>
Fumbling his hand he reached to his hip and a pouch wrapped to his leg still grabbing the stone pendant squeezing once before a flash of blue indicated the hunters retreat.
Name: Roland HP: 0/40 AUTO KILLED Stamina: 13/21 Party Members: Lex/Roland/Nevada Dungeon Master: Roland
A cautious step, and Lex already had a rain of arrows falling on him, tearing his FEAR shield a bit. All was fine and dandy for him, until he saw Roland pendant out. That's when he knew things were bad. Nevada was trapped, but he could get her out, right? Of course he could - he just needed some leverage.
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Name: Lex HP: 30/40 Stamina: 22/30 Party Members: Lex/Roland/Nevada Dungeon Master: Roland
Another step, and the entire death star exploded. All of the ornate faces in the room suddenly opened their eyes and mouths, and FEAR sapping light started flooding the chamber from every one of the orifices - even the nostrils. Lex cursed and flung himself at Nevada, taking her hand in his right while his left grabbed hold of the pendant tucked into his pants pocket.
"Deus Ex Machina!" He shouted, obviously panicked and very much not okay with how things were going down.
In a flash they were gone, back on Deus grounds; next to Roland. Lex sighed heavily, picking the girl up in his arms - she was already conked out. He looked at the male Mist, giving him a half smile and a concerned set of eyebrows. "Go get that hole in your arm bandaged, Roland. I'll take Nevada."
To his room, where he tucked her into his bed whilst he filled in research notes. All night.
Nevada had practically sunk to her waist in sand now, even not moving was hard and she had to stifle the urge to Yawn.
When the arrow went through Roland's shoulder, her eyes snapped like fire as she watched the hunter disappear.
But for all her struggling, it was over when Lex hit a trap and the lights went bright. She felt his hand grip hers, hers in return gripping his before they disappeared back to Dues.
Where the female hunter had fallen asleep from sheer exhaustion. It had been a trying day that had required effort she just wasn't ready to give yet.
When she woke, she woke in Lex's bed and sniffed at the pillows...grumbling.
"I left my Jacket there..." She mumbled out...and then sighed. "I guess we'll have to go back for round two..."
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:41 am
Roland looked to Lex shrugging a bit, "It's stopped bleeding, still hurts but it should take care of it's self soon enough. The bigger problem was how quick it ate my shield." He frowned, "Why are you two back so soon... actually I don't want to know,I'm just glad you got her out." He nodded to Nevada before standing up. "I'll get you guys later, get some rest your selves."
Moving off to his own room he took the night to rest and dwell on what happened. When he finally got up again he made a pit-stop for three cups of coffee before ariving at Lex's room. He didn't bother to knock rather just walking in with a careful elbow of the door handle and a hip check to slip in.
"Rise and shine team. We're going back again." He placed one coffee on Lex's desk, the other her held out to Nevada as he sat at her feet on the bed. He ignored the fact she was in his bed. Still in almost no clothing.
Don't even ask.
"Drink up and get ready. We can pick up the stuff we left behind in the main room when we get there so no need really to pack anything over again."
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:41 pm
Lex gave Roland an appreciative nod and smile, taking the cup and drinking it gratefully. Wonderful, wonderful morning tar. Come time for leave, he was buying a french press and good ground coffee, and keeping them in his room. He loved his fellow Hunters, but there was no way they'd be getting his coffee.
"Thanks, Roland." The man was still wearing Lex's coat - with a blood stain on the arm. The Lifer made a face, sipping on the coffee again. "When this is all over, would you mind soaking my coat in some bleach? I prefer to keep a pristine look." He requested, still being smiley and nice. Not a huge deal, really - just a quirk.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:57 pm
She nudged the mist hunter as he joined her on the bed with her toe, letting him know that she was awake before stretching. Unbashadly, the huntress slipped her legs from under the covers and sat up, leaning back on her hands to study her friend. "Good morning Roland. How is your arm?" She gave a warm smile, clearly not ashamed of her half nudity as much as she had been in the cave. One leg crossed over the other as she eyed his shoulder before noticing the goods he brought.
The smell made her cringe though, and move her move back from her usual attempts at cuddling the hunter. "Is that coffee?" She almost hissed at it like it was evil before waving her hand, "I am not a big fan of the...stuff..." She said as politely as she could, "it doesn't work well for the system of habitual sleeper to drink something that doesn't allow me to sleep..." She didn't reach for one of the cups instead, pushing it back to the mist hunter. "You can have it Roland." She got up now and moved over to Lex, looking up at the hunter. Gosh Lex, Why so tall? Nevada thought.
"Handsome, do you mind if I borrow something to cover myself a little more? At least until we get back into the cavern and I can retrieve my clothing?"
"Cheers," he added before raising the mug to Lex from his seat on the bed before downing the black coffee with a slight shiver. Not to hot, but not cold either. Just right for a quick chug before getting to work. "Aye? Erm yeah. Sure, sorry to bleed all over it, didn't expect that trap. But the holes on you, I can't sew worth crap to patch it up."
He turned to Nevada raising his left arm to test it, "Yep fine, no scar either, damage wasn't bad enough, Sylvia helped speed the patching up quick enough that I'm good to go today." Glancing at the extra cup in his hand and back to Nevada, who was now on the move over by Lex. He shrugged tilting the cup back before reaching into his pocket pulling out a handful of creamer packets.
"We'll get you something on the way to the portals them. Less you like creamer cups?" He said with a smile. "Seriously though, we need to get going, before the Nap Time Queen requests her mid day nap. And no sleeping in quick sand got it?"
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 1:13 pm
"Yeah, there's a hoodie in my closet. You know the one." Lex winked, before downing the rest of his coffee and shaking his head like a dog at the bitter last sip; a punch to the face and liver to wake the man up.
"I appreciate the effort. I know someone who can sew it up." A small smile as he headed out the door, making his way for the lighthouse. "We'll be better off getting there ASAP."
Nevada just chuckled and went over into the closet, reaching in to it and pulling out the hoodie from her first visit to Lex's room. It went to mid thigh thankfully, and with her stockings still on, didn't leave much skin to show.
Tugging it over and rolling the sleeves up as to not ruin it, she pinned up her hair in a complicated braid bun, whipping it up like nothing before trotting after the male hunters.
"So we're going to get it this time..." She stretched, limbering up before she attempted the labryinth again. "Oh don't worry Roland, I can find enough energy if you'd like to make a special visit to one of the caverns..." She winked at him, being playful even though she was a little irked that they had to return to the pit of doom.
She wanted that artifact...Or one of them...or something.
Ro didn't ask, he didn't want to know the reasoning behind how Nevada knew which hoodie, and where she had worn it before or why. Nope nope nope nope. It was like thinking about Ceres and Bix, he didn't want to dwell on it too much. (Did it also count for them being dead to be a taboo too? But they where alive again, granted a week late. Another question for later.)
"R-right just give me a name and I'll drop it off unless you want to take it to them?" He stood up moving towards the door after the towering hunter Lex with Nevada on his heels.
"Eh enough, energy I mean well to find the artifacts we uhh don't NEED to visit a Cavern but if you wanted to we um might be able to sometime..." No no no. Focus on the task at hand. When they reached the portal Roland once more lead the way, back to the barriers he left behind and following Lex's path to the portal.
Once again they found them selves standing in the same circular room. Slipping his coat off he passed it to Lex moving to pick up his own coat giving it a few flicks straightening out the coat tails. "Well then, clothes seemed to have dried ou-"
Before he could finish something that didn't settle well with him happened, the whole room groaned. All around the fountains shifted rotating around the room spilling water onto the floor and into other pools, when they looked up they noticed the once clear ceiling was now covered by stone as the dungeon seemed to re-orginize.
Following the trail of daggers was simple enough, and Lex was really quite glad to get his coat back. "Don't worry about dropping this off, I'll have to pay her for it anyway." A slight smile and chuckle before his face went blank at the shifting and churning of the room.
He was suddenly really, really tired. Probably shouldn't have stayed up all night taking notes like Ami.
"Guys, I'm not feeling too hot."
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Name: Lex HP: 40/40 Stamina: 4/4 Party Members: Lex/Roland/Nevada Dungeon Master: Roland
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