The Insanity beast roared as Rep's hit connected and whatever was holding it together finally broke. The runic gems dimmed, flickered, and went out. The entire shape, mutated and crazed, fell away in pieces. For a moment the original shape was clear, a sleek feathered serpent with a regal bearing. Perhaps to some of the teachers she'd been a ghoul they'd passed in hall once, decades before. Perhaps she was just another disappeared student, a face long forgotten by anyone who knew her. It was merely seconds, a glance, as that too dissolved slowly away.
Pieces fell off in crumbling chunks that turned to mist and pooled as the monster fell. The wings dropped, the snake's form whittling down, and soon all that remained was a lanky young man white coat. The sun on his chest was marred with blood, a dagger stuck from his side. His pale white skin shown obviously through the mist to all those who could see it. The bow in his hands fell noiselesslyas his fingers lost their grip.
Bix had been in shock really, when he became overcome. It was as if he'd known. He'd fought Red. He'd seen her fall. Even lost in the mind of his weapon, the hunter knew that fighting her will would be pointless. There was no coming back. Why him? Had it been weakness? Had it been a random chance or a cosmic joke?
His red eyes rose a last second to the group of hunters in front of him. He dragged them over every face, though his expression was blank. It dragged along, up to the twisted form that had once been Ceres, and with one weak step his body fell to the ground into the shroud of fog.
Bix's last thoughts were of his friends. His bros.. His many crushes.. Ceres..
It just figured. He finally got promoted and met a nice girl and not 5 minutes later.....
Just his luck.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:52 pm
Ami looked over to their other target, finger on the trigger, and about to pull.
Of course, her eyes met with Kat's. She grimaced. Her resolve said to shoot. Kat would dodge out of the way. That's what would happen- no that, was what needed to happen, to keep them all safe.
Wilson stepped up to defend.
Her guns lowered. "Kat ..." she whispered to herself, "Guys get outta there." It was only a matter of time that someone with more resolve than Ami did the job. Kat was going to get hurt.
Target: --- Target HP: ---
Stats:
HP: 25/40 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 25% Items: 1 Runic Bandage Name: Ami Raine RP Blurb: Looks like this, currently wearing this skirt. It's very important for rp guys. Has 2 runic guns holstered around her waist, but hidden under her coat. She's 5'2, tiny tiny tiny.
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4Total: 4 (1-8)
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:52 pm
"RYAN, KAT!" And then Ariane had managed to drag a Jude along with her to where the two aforementioned hunters were.
To defend a monster.
... Wow, what the s**t was happening to her?
"Can someone check... If Bix is alive? Is his body there?" She asked, looking at where the hunter fell, "Look, if he's alive, I'll stop defending."
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:56 pm
Arel couldn't hear Saya over the chaos sorry, and he had no clue who Mr. Antlers was.
However, a rather omniscient sort of presence that seemed to lurk in the fog suggested, just lightly, to Saya that why doesn't she try it to find out.
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Using the vial yields that:
Nothing happens :C
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:59 pm
Wilson could only watch Ryan dash away to defend what was left of Ceres. He nodded to Saya as she made a few motions and rushed off toward the frost demon. As for him? He stayed in place. If anyone attempted to hit or a stray attack came his way he sidestepped it calmly. The hunter tried to wait patiently for Saya to return with a verdict, but out of the mist came Bix’s battered body.
He couldn’t wait. He ran forward and let the vial’s contents drop over the hunter, but nothing happened. Why would it have? Wilson laughed weakly. Of course it wouldn’t have worked. Of course. “I’m sorry.” He stepped backwards slowly, then turned around and ran. This couldn’t be it, could it?
The question ran over and over in his head even as he joined the line of hunters in front of Ceres. “It didn’t work,” he murmured to Ryan. “But it looks like the Insanity doesn’t cover him anymore. You can try bandaging him.” A pause. “You can try.”
Target: Takeres Target HP: 100+5 = 105 derpderp
Stats:
Name: Wilson Hopkins HP: 50/50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 10% Items:link Corrupted Pumpkin Pill, Horseman Vial (USED) RP Blurb:5'11" hunter
"Out of the way." Lex really hated to do it; but...it had to be done. Boss' orders.
Target: Ryan Damage: 1
Name: Alexei Jamil HP: 40/40 FEAR Strength: 90% Insanity Strength: 20% Items: None RP Blurb: 6'4", well groomed and dressed, wields a flintlock pistol.
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3Total: 3 (1-8)
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:02 pm
This could very well end her career as a hunter, but she was past caring about that. She became a hunter to protect people. If she couldn't even protect the people she cared about, then what was there to protect? Hang on Ceres..please..! Thankfully, more hunters joined up to aid her and Ryan in the defense.
Name: Katherine Taylor HP: 5/50 FEAR Strength: 90% Insanity Strength: 20% Items: None RP Blurb: 5'6" and looks like this but has a small scar on the side of her face that goes all the way up the side of her cheek to her hairline
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:04 pm
More shrieking. More shouts, more pleads, more noise, noise, noise. He clutched at his ears and begged for it to stop, but the aural assault continued to pound into his head; was this what it was like to experience a hangover? He opened an eye a slit and immediately regretted it, shut it closed once more. Too much light, too much noise, too much pain, too much.
But there was the red again. And that had to mean something when his memories were full of nothing but monochrome colors and relentless anger. A phantom cackled in his ear.
Something spoke in his other. Something touched him. His frayed nerves lit on fire and he made a whimpering noise as he grasped at himself all the more. He knew that voice, knew it was her, but he was too helpless to move for the moment. Too raw.
What was going on? Why was he there? The last thing he remembered was the deepest ache of bittersweet regret, and now he barely remembered anything at all. There had been white hot anger too, and pain. Copious amounts. Had he done something wrong? Of course he had, who was he kidding . . .
Slowly, Mort raised his head from the cover of his arms and knees and, shielding his eyes with a trembling hand, glanced between the witch and Arel as boogeyman passed swiftly through his vision. He was lost, confused, hurt, and most of all exceedingly tired. He opened his mouth but nothing came out but a small, unknown sound: like the breath of one who had forgotten how to breathe.
A second try in a frail but audible voice: "Wh-What's going . . . ?"
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Name: Mortimer McNeal HP: 25 FEAR Strength: ??? Insanity Strength: 50% Items: None RP Blurb: 6 ft zombie with hood down and sleeves rolled up; currently on the ground, confused, exhausted, and with a gray patch around his right arm
Seeing more and more people defending Ceres including Ariane and Wilson, Deryk sort of managed to snap out of his stunned state. Once before he had sat by and watched a hunter die. Bix might be dead now too, but there still had to be hope for Ceres. Grimacing, he rushed over to join his fellow Death comrades. Maybe they could bring her back. The life hunters.. they might be able to do something about this.. right?
Target: Takeres Target HP: 94 (13 defense) Stats:
Name: Deryk Bond HP: 30 FEAR Strength: 90% Insanity: 40% Damage: Charge: 0/3 - 0/2 Items: 2 bandages RP Blurb: Death trainee with a hidden blade. Missing one finger.
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Total: 0 (1-0)
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:06 pm
Jude followed Ariane since she seemed to have a plan in mind where as he didn't. He was just a bit out of it as he watched chaos erupt once again. Chaos tinged with suffering.
Target: N/A For Now... Target HP: ....
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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.
How long had she been on the floor waiting for the chaos to end? Malcolm would have been so disappointed, if he wasn't so busy helping the students. She sat up and cleaned off her dress, cursing the idea to wear white today. Just when things had begun to look up, several things started to look very, very wrong. And it was clear there was little hope to keep the students safe from each other. All she had left was to keep those that were still themselves, safe.
She started to clutch at arms, tugging students away from the fight. "Here, here now, come take a rest." You feel a stinging sensation on your hand, but the moment the pain is gone, all you feel is well again. In fact, you feel so comforted, that maybe everything will be all right, after all.
The moment passes, but at least your injuries have disappeared. Except for those two little bite marks on your hand..
[OOC: -> The next three AMITYVILLE-ALIGNED characters (limited to one buff per student; this does not stack with itself) who claims this buff will get +10 heal! (If you're the first one to take this, add 3 to that if you need it!) -> Stealing is wrong kids, unless it's stealing posts from Drag
-> Put this at the top of your post to help with tracking how many people have claimed the buff already.]
[quote="Nio Love"]I am Character 1/2/3. I'm taking Professor Selene's [b]+10 heal[/b]![/quote]
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Name: Professor Selene Apophis HP: 132 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: A heart full of love RP Blurb: Professor Selene is a small, jittery little woman, dressed in traditional ancient egyptian clothing. She has a giant snake tail and her voice is too quiet, and very hard to hear.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:15 pm
This time, Arel noticed Tro first, running for the last of the infected students. The fog churned angrier, attempting to make it as difficult as possible for the ice demon, strange obstacles sliding in his way: doors, spikes, walls-
- 'Arel.'
The secretary stopped dead in his tracks, staring up at something only he could see. His eyes widened, he took a quick, involuntary step back, voice dying in his throat.
- 'Come Home with me.'
He couldn't move.
"Oh for the love of-" One of the bogeymen yelled, straining against the ropes handling the last Infected student, "-Someone else get the Jacking job done!"
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BOSS: FOG BARRIER: 150/150 HP
- Petro still needs to be cured! Someone needs to grab the vial from Arel (super easy to do), and attempt to cure Petro. - The fog acts as a natural barrier around Petro now, not letting them get closer. The barrier itself is made of strange objects: spikes, weird doors, walls, everything in an attempt to not let you close to the target as if it is consciously aware of what the students and Arel is trying to do. - The barrier itself will need to be downed. All student attacks are refreshed. You cannot use Fear attacks on the barrier - HOWEVER. If a student rolls odd, they attack the person closest to them for double the damage (choose a target as you wish) instead of hitting the barrier! - Of course please post barrier total damage as always. - Once the barrier is down, Petro can be cured (with the person who has the vial) - All cured players VAGUELY remember only in emotions what happened, though their memories will become clearer and clearer as time passes by. They can also return to consciousness, with 50% insanity and 50% health
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- Petro currently is in a half-conscious state, as now he has gained awareness of what has happened to him. He feels however, trapped, stuck in his own mind, conflicted. He can't break free from the fog.
There was NO way you could get Danny to touch that vial. Not in a million years. That had a liquid in it. Nope nope nope.
She could, however, do something about the barrier. That was a job for kicking and fists- something she did quite well.
Unfortunately those fists ended up right in Gene's back. Danny gaped as her hand hit something solid- that wasn't supposed to happen! "Oh Jack, Gene I'm sorry!" Whoooops.
Barrier HP: 150 Target: Gene Damage: 6
Stats:
Name: Danny Fitz HP: 50/50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: none RP Blurb:Looks like this, minus scarf and has a blue hoodie vest on.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:19 pm
Jason had heard Caelius orders to take down the insanity ridden hunters, horrified that something like this could happen to them. But while others had jumped to attack them, the moon trainee had held back. He did not know these hunters, but...he couldn't bring himself to fight them like this. To potently kill someone whom not so long ago was a fellow ally.
He heard some of them speak of a cure, and his lept heart at the thought. But apparently Caelius did not share this idea and threw Ryan out of the way. Again he held back, unsure of what to do. Frightened eyes gazed across the battlefield as he waited for the fighting to take it's course, and in the midst of the confusion, Rep let lose a powerful attack.
And then the monster crumbled away to leave nothing but the hunter. Jason stared numbly as the hunter took a single step, and then fell. Without pause, Jason ran towards the fallen body (the thought froze him to his very soul. Oh please, let it not be a lifeless body. He saw another hunter come close, splashing some sort of liquid over the body, but nothing happened, and he was quick to move off.
Was there even a point? Even some shred of hope that this guy wasn't dead? The moon hunter knelt beside bix, pulling off his gloves so he could place two fingers beside the neck. Checking for a pulse as he scanned for body for the most obvious injuries. All the while he cursed himself for not bringing any runic bandages with him.
Everyone probably thought he was a fool for doing this. But he was still going to try.
Stats:
Name: Jason Kenneth HP: 40/40 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: none ono RP Blurb: Moon trainee. Short blond hair, blue eyes, wearing his hunter coat and ready to hide from EVERYTHING
Before had not been of much use throughout the fight. He'd been too busy trying to protect the small, rag-tag group he'd formed except. Except Mort had gone and gotten himself turned into a weapon (how the ******** that happened?! WHEN the ******** did that happen?!) but Bella managed to get him back to his old self ;w; (POWER OF LOVE IS A GO!)
Somehow he lost sight of Ofelia and this sent him into a state of panic. Said state had compounded when he saw two of their own become monsters themselves. It wouldn't have been so bad, really, it wasn't as if Before loved everyone (though he was willing to give most of them the benefit of the doubt that he would like them). But. But. That one, with the glowing red beads, he knew that one didn't he?
"No." Before whispered, his heart catching in his throat, limbs growing heavy. "No!" he repeated, louder, terrified, the desperation and denial thick in his voice. He clutched Vanna tightly to him, hugging her desperately in his arms, hoping the feel of something solid and weighted would wake him from this nightmare.
His feet were moving under him without him realizing it as he tried to rush up to the Bix-turned-Monster. "BRO!!!!!!!! BROOOOOOOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIX!!!!!!!" Before screamed, "STOP THIS! BRO DON'T!!!!"
But then everything exploded into movement around him and helplessly, he watched his fellow Hunters take Bix down. Try as Vanna might, Before couldn't help but push his thoughts and feelings back down. He remembered what had become of Aria and NO! He didn't want that happen to his bro! But the other one, the one who cropped up with Bix? That one Before had no trouble attacking.
But what's this? There were... there were actually people defending this one? WHY? After they so mercilessly slaughtered his Bro!? THIS one gets a free pass?!
Target: Takeres Target HP: 94 (10 defense)
Stats:Name: Before HP: 40/50 Charge: 2/3 FEAR Strength: 80% Insanity Strength: 30% Items: First Aid Kit from Relief tent RP Blurb: Brunette with a big-a** wheel.
