"There is a difference between being brave and observant, and being plain stupid, hunter," Rage replied, "And you are being plain stupid by threatening me. Add a hint of idiocy for threatening me when there is a larger, more real threat currently attacking your comrades... While I am only prodding this little witch here to get out of the crossfire, lest she gets herself or someone else hurt."
He cast another brief glance at Belladonna, and then back at the female hunter - and the recently arrived male hunter - before scoffing, "Use your brain, and maybe you'll live a little longer. Humans have those, right?" Without another word, he phased away, the way ghosts do.
Stats:
Name: Seething with Rage (SR) HP: 156 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: ... A lot of angry birds. RP Blurb: angry man in a hood
Rown
Huni Pi
AyeAvast
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:12 am
When Thackery lifted his head, it appeared as if the calm before the storm had definitely passed. It wasn't particularly uncommon for him to not recognize a few hunters, but he did seem to perk up at the idea of new humans to meet - until he realized that these new hunters were arguing with some of the hunters he had seen before. Some even raised their weapons to each other, and now seemed like an awfully strange time to spar.
He tilted his head and considered getting closer, but, recalling the hunters' reception of him in other times of elevated stress, he opted to stay seated at a safe distance. They were obviously having enough trouble among themselves. No need to make it any worse.
As if to find some comfort there, he ran his thumb over the bandage he'd picked up earlier. If he couldn't protect them, at least he might be able to help. Maybe. He'd never done this sort of thing before. It might take a human bandaging another human for it to work. Or maybe just touching the thing at all had negated all of its beneficial properties. Well. Worth a shot, at least.
Sherry stopped for a moment, actually listening to what the strange hunters were saying. Imposters? Us? No. That was wrong.
But...The way they talked about Deus, they clearly knew something about the faction. How much did people Halloween actually know? What was going here?
Is it? Are they? Sometimes I wonder.
To the dark robed Hunters she said, "No! We are not the imposters! You. You have to be, if anyone is! That, or this is some huge misunderstanding..." she trailed off helplessly, realizing she had more or less just repeated what the one with the axe had said.
They were right, in a way. Either there were hunter imposters, or somewhere, signals had been crossed. Sherry didn't know which one she would rather it be.
(( RP Post )) Target: -- Target HP: --
Stats:
Name: Sherry Greyson HP: 29/40 FEAR Strength: 95% Insanity Strength: 35% Items: -- RP Blurb: Shortish light brown hair, mid-height (5'6"). Life trainee with a long coat, tattered and bloodstained at this point. Bandages on her left arm.
Attack Used: 2/3 Target: -- Damage: 0
Huni Pi
Ol-j-man
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:26 am
"Everything's turned kind of weird." Jordan smiled back at Harrison; there was something familiar about that soft-edged, cheerful smile, so out of place on mission. He'd seen it before - he had it then, and his smile turned a little sad. "You saw her too, huh? Up there?"
There was a phoenix rising out of the fog, gray and awful, and a knot of commotion nearby; when he looked over, he saw some of the trainees attacking unfamiliar hunters in dark hoods. He didn't recognize the newcomers or their weapons, but that was nothing new and didn't raise red flags. He still knew mainly the other trainees he'd come up with. The angle was wrong, and he couldn't see the telltale inky black of the "hunters'" faces. "The hell are they doing?" he asked, astonished.
He brushed his fingers across Harrison's cheek, giving him a quick, warm smile. "Keep an eye on Rep, yeah?" he said, and moved out of the little group they'd begun to form, heading for the fight, summoning as he went.
With his free hand, he grabbed the shoulder of one of the trainees - the guy's coat said he was a Death intermediate, and he looked vaguely familiar, but Jordan couldn't recall his name - and said sharply, "What are you doing? These aren't freaks. Did the fog get to you?"
Target: RP post, not attacking Target HP:
Stats:
Name: Jordan Miller HP: 45/60 FEAR Strength: 90% Insanity Strength: 25% Items: 1 Corrupted Runic Bandage, 1 Runic Bandage, 1 Horseman Vial RP Blurb: Human wearing a red scarf, shoulder-length blond hair in a ponytail, carrying a massive hammer with red runes
Hi. Speaking of suffering. There's a bunch of it popping up like daisies in the garden of suffering.
Jude sighed softly, wishing for once he could have been wrong on the whole suffering ordeal. He lunged forward not even giving the figure any sort of verbal acknowledgement. These weren't real Hunters, they couldn't be.
Punching dagger pushed forward toward the figure seeking to cut away the illusion.
Target: Tro-buddy Target HP: 67
Stats:
Name: Jude HP: 36/50 FEAR Strength: 90% Insanity Strength: 10% Items: Runic Bandage RP Blurb: Blonde human wearing a dark blue cowl and a Death division uniform.
Huni Pi
((Smack dat Tro Azz.))
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:16 am
"We attacking out own now?" Ariane asked, having spotted a familiar face - ugh, finally - among the sea of people. When she was close enough, she placed a hand on Jude's shoulder, frowning at him as she held him back, "What's going on?"
Stats:
Name: Ariane HP: 50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items:Runic bandage RP Blurb: Girl with bolas; hair is red-brown with green accents at the tips.
Dragain
Wealthy Lover
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Pales
Demonic Gatekeeper
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:24 am
It was likely a good thing that Jude had decent control over himself but that didn't stop him from almost taking a swipe at Ariane as well after he felt her hand on her shoulder. Turning to face her he stared at her for a long moment and then relaxed - slightly.
"Need a bell around your neck," he muttered under his breath, it was about a good of an apology he was going to give her at the moment. Her inquiry was met with a bit of a stare as his eyes flicked toward 'Hunter' he'd zeroed in on, "Can you be sure they're one of our own? Feels wrong," he said shifting his shoulders uneasily.
Jude's fingertips tightened at his weapon, "Maybe if I cut one down I can figure out why."
Stats:
Name: Jude HP: 36/50 FEAR Strength: 90% Insanity Strength: 10% Items: Runic Bandage RP Blurb: Blonde human wearing a dark blue cowl and a Death division uniform.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:30 am
"I'll be sure to announce ARIANE IS HERE loudly every time I approach you," She chuckled, letting go of her hold on his shoulder, "Feels wrong?"
She stared a bit at the hunters, noticing how they were... Sort of attacking everyone, friend or foe.
"I guess it does, but they could just be losing their marbles, you know," She suggested, raising an eyebrow, "I guess we could... Try knocking some sense into them." She ran her fingers along the chains of her weapon.
Stats:
Name: Ariane HP: 50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items:Runic bandage RP Blurb: Girl with bolas; hair is red-brown with green accents at the tips.
Dragain
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:39 am
"Neon sign will help, too," he said in response.
Jude let out a quiet hum of thought at her observation and then gave a nod, "Yes. Sense. Maybe that is what is needed," he seemed troubled by all this - at least for once. He shifted his stance a bit, "Shall we go about knocking some heads in, then?"
Stats:
Name: Jude HP: 36/50 FEAR Strength: 90% Insanity Strength: 10% Items: Runic Bandage RP Blurb: Blonde human wearing a dark blue cowl and a Death division uniform.
Yin glanced at the ghoul, not really knowing why she would try to stop him from attacking an insane and attacking hunter. "We cannot stand idly by while it attacks," he said with a frown and then moved forward at the creature.
Because she had distracted him he missed an opportunity at an attack, something that aggravated him. They needed to destroy this creature. Hunters. And one that even hunters were fighting against.
Target: Mort Target HP: 113/150
Stats:
Name: Yin HP: 50/50 FEAR Strength: 95% Insanity Strength: 45% Items: 2x pumpkin pill RP Blurb: Yin looks like Yin. Mantodae, 5'7" and wearing a dark green scarf
"How about glowsticks?" Ariane laughed, eyeing the hunters who were talking among themselves; they seemed normal enough... If not a little off, like Jude had mentioned, "Hm, I pick that one-" She pointed at the hunter with a mechanical arm weapon, "It reminds me of this... Machine used for arm-wrestling at one of the booths during the festival."
She seemed to frown, narrowing her eyes at the glowing weapon, "I have unfinished business with it..." And by that, she meant that she failed to win even one round of arm wrestling against it, and might be holding a bit of a grudge.
Swinging Kintama at her opponent, she aimed for that arm.
Target: Mort!Huntard Target HP: *111 - 4 = 107 *112 (Deryk's attack) - 1 (Sherry's attack) = 111, not 113 as in Grn's post
Attack: 1/3 Damage: 4 Charge: 3/3
Stats:
Name: Ariane HP: 50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items:Runic bandage RP Blurb: Girl with bolas; hair is red-brown with green accents at the tips.
"I guess I'll live with glowsticks if that is all you'll give me," he sighed as if disappointed.
He let her pick her target and nodded a bit, "Good luck," he said as he turned to face the foe he'd attacked earlier with the same couple of punching maneuvers that he'd managed to pick up on his own. Sometimes his technique lacked finesse but it got the job done.
Target: Tro-buddy Target HP: 60
Stats:
Name: Jude HP: 36/50 FEAR Strength: 90% Insanity Strength: 10% Items: Runic Bandage RP Blurb: Blonde human wearing a dark blue cowl and a Death division uniform.
"Hey, you can't have everything you want," Ariane grinned, giving Jude's butt a pat before moving away again, widening the distance between herself and her opponent. Once she was far enough, the intermediate trainee tossed Kintama at the hunter, aiming at his legs, hoping to trip him up.
Unfortunately, she missed, the weapon soaring past her target completely.
"... Oh, for crying out loud," She groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose as her weapon started to snicker.
Name: Ariane HP: 50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items:Runic bandage RP Blurb: Girl with bolas; hair is red-brown with green accents at the tips.
The pat on his butt was met with a somewhat distracted grunt. He was actually getting used to this sort of thing, which was something he wouldn't admit to her.
He said nothing as she missed and simply focused on his own target pushing in a couple more swipes at them.
He was not going to just stand idly by though. The missed attack only galvanized him, and he darted forward, dealing a powerful kick to it.
Target: Mort Target HP: 96/150
Stats:
Name: Yin HP: 50/50 FEAR Strength: 95% Insanity Strength: 45% Items: 2x pumpkin pill RP Blurb: Yin looks like Yin. Mantodae, 5'7" and wearing a dark green scarf.
