The astonished stare that her hand had been receiving for some time now migrated to Robert, her eyes wide and full of wonder.
"You are a master of this skill?" And he had been hiding this from her all this time! It didn't occur to her that this might have been anything but literal, even when she tried and failed to remember what she'd done before she sacrificed her memories. "But...but how?"
The look of intense confusion was still on her face as she watched the barrel topple over the edge, scaring away the two chickens that had gathered near her. At his words that followed, her expression changed to one of great pain and offense, which felt in no way melodramatic to her in the moment.
"Your claim 'n the name of Morris," she began, tone sullenly childlike, "does not allow me any right to it."
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3: A chicken lands right on your item, making it heavier. Score! (Add 1 TO your potential drop damage, so if your item had 2 potential drop damage, it now has 3). Go to step 3. 1: You miss your mark. No wait, you way, WAY miss your mark. Try again (start from step 1 (no damage done).
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Turn I am on: 2/3 My knight faction/bonus: Violet: Find a post of someone dropping their item. Quote them. You own this item now! move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once any time in this rp. Total damage done: 2/20
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My character's name: Mildred Kercher Character's journal link:✍|♥ BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER: Mildred is tall, thin, and pale with a very long, highly impractical, and somewhat unruly braid of black hair, which now has a vine of wisteria braided into it. Her blue-green eyes can frequently be seen pinched into a squint when she's trying to focus: she is in need of glasses to correct her poor vision.
But she does not have glasses. Rank of character Apprentice-Knight Sacred Points obtained: 0/100
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4Total: 4 (1-4)
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 12:16 am
THE CURRENT DROP DAMAGE DONE TOTAL IS 764 4: A keg of distilled spirits. What a shame. (5 potential drop damage)
This time, her eyes wandered, looking for someone she knew, anyone, maybe particularly Chaya. Something about him made her feel less jittery than normal. Instead she saw Sir Hummingbird and his ladylove. Gross. Grabbing a barrel, she 'accidentally' hipchecked him as she went past.
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Turn I am on: Round 1 My knight faction/bonus: Instead of starting with the rolls on stage one, you find a table worth 5 potential drop points. Take the table, and move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once. -used Total damage done: 18/20
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My character's name: Hollandaise Character's journal link:Chapter journal | Journal BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER A small but curvy girl, Hollandaise has tanned skin and brown hair shorn off in a long bob. Her eyes are golden-brown and freckles are sprinkled across her face. As a knight, she upholds the rules of knighthood rigorously. Know your place. Rank of character Apprentice-Knight
Sacred Points obtained: ???/100
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2Total: 2 (1-4)
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 12:20 am
THE CURRENT DROP DAMAGE DONE TOTAL IS 764 2: You almost drop the item due to a monster swooping at you, but at the last minute save it!
The thing was back and she saw it this time: a blurred mass of shadowy feathers and red eyes. It gave her nothing of the peaceful feel of the forest predators, none of the fascination. Hollandaise swiped her arms at it, the keg of alcohol dropping to smash painfully on her foot. If she had known any crises, she would've cursed - but knights, she thought, did not curse anyway.
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Turn I am on: Round 2 My knight faction/bonus: Instead of starting with the rolls on stage one, you find a table worth 5 potential drop points. Take the table, and move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once. -used Total damage done: 18/20
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My character's name: Hollandaise Character's journal link:Chapter journal | Journal BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER A small but curvy girl, Hollandaise has tanned skin and brown hair shorn off in a long bob. Her eyes are golden-brown and freckles are sprinkled across her face. As a knight, she upholds the rules of knighthood rigorously. Know your place. Rank of character Apprentice-Knight
Sacred Points obtained: ???/100
The Semblance of Unity rolled 1 4-sided dice:
3Total: 3 (1-4)
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 12:25 am
THE CURRENT DROP DAMAGE DONE TOTAL IS 767 3: Your object(s) bounce off the side of the wall then land on the bridge. Better than nothing.
She was slipping; her arms ached, her side had a stitch in it that burned with each breath. Hollandaise gasped and heaved the keg. It rolled, bounced and landed more or less where needed. The way it burst on impact... she'd seen that - it was like a head shattering from an overpowered strike. The brown liquid spattered out, seeped down and Hollandaise turned sliding down to sit with her back against the edge of the ramparts. Just for a moment, she just needed a moment. She wrapped her arms around her knees and stared at nothing.
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Turn I am on: Round 3 My knight faction/bonus: Instead of starting with the rolls on stage one, you find a table worth 5 potential drop points. Take the table, and move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once. -used Total damage done: 21/20
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My character's name: Hollandaise Character's journal link:Chapter journal | Journal BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER A small but curvy girl, Hollandaise has tanned skin and brown hair shorn off in a long bob. Her eyes are golden-brown and freckles are sprinkled across her face. As a knight, she upholds the rules of knighthood rigorously. Know your place. Rank of character Apprentice-Knight
"Practice, of course!" He bumbled out, picking up his wagon wheel and offering to carry any of what she'd found as well with his free hand. "Years and years of practice!"
He was hipchecked, but too drunk to try and figure out where it came from. DEMONS! Trying to take his wagon barrel! THEY WOULD NOT PASS.
His face crunched up in confusion when she laid claim to his name, and his head quirked to the side. "But your name isn't Morris. Did you want your name to be Morris?"
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Turn I am on: -- My knight faction/bonus: Gold: Instead of starting with the rolls on stage one, you find a table worth 5 potential drop points. Take the table, and move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once any time in this rp. USED Total damage done: 27/20 to complete it for a sacred card, but you can do more than 20!
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My character's name: Robert Morris Character's journal link:http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=24688713 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER The thud you are now hearing is the sound of ladies around the world swooning, and Sir Robert is not sorry. With a broad chest and muscular arms, he embodies strength and power, enough to wield his massive greatsword, [ THUNDERFURY, BLESSED BLADE OF THE WINDSEEKER ]. It's his duty to seek the greatest of glory, even if he has to save every single damsel in distress all at once with his hand tied behind his back and his eyes closed. He'll do it, you know. He totally will. Physical Description: Sir Robert is draped in glistening knightly battle gear, covered by a silk robe that looks way too expensive for actual fighting, but that's fine - he dramatically rips it off before a fight anyway. This is immediately followed by a slow motion whip of his lustrous man of gold hair, that always seems to be blowing charmingly in the wind that doesn't necessarily exist.
Even indoors. HorseShire Horse named Galaxy Rank of character apprentice-knight Sacred Points obtained: ???/100
Oh, yes. That made perfect sense. The instant that she registered the importance of practice in this instance, the look of sudden understanding was very clear on her face, as though she'd just embodied the essense of 'ohhhhh, I see'.
Then everything ever stopped making sense when he answered her second question, and she mirrored his tilted look.
"Wh...um, what are you...mean the...?" Now suffering from a mysterious dizzy spell, she tried to steady herself on a bale of hay, and sent it topping over the edge instead. Thankfully, she managed to avoid falling after it.
"Should it be? Is this a requinerment to share claimed victories together?"
She gasped.
"Nnnnoooooooooo, should it have been Morris all along? Are our--" she repeated 'are' and 'our' several more times, amazed at how similar they sounded, "--victories not actually ever...have been shared? Fix it, you must fix it!"
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3: A bale of hay barrel. What is it with people and their hay... (3 potential drop damage) 4: You make it successfully there! Go to step 3. 4: You neatly land the object right on top of the bridge. Percival seems impressed.
Defense stats
Turn I am on: ALL OF THEM My knight faction/bonus: Violet: Find a post of someone dropping their item. Quote them. You own this item now! move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once any time in this rp. Total damage done: 5/20
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My character's name: Mildred Kercher Character's journal link:✍|♥ BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER: Mildred is tall, thin, and pale with a very long, highly impractical, and somewhat unruly braid of black hair, which now has a vine of wisteria braided into it. Her blue-green eyes can frequently be seen pinched into a squint when she's trying to focus: she is in need of glasses to correct her poor vision.
But she does not have glasses. Rank of character Apprentice-Knight Sacred Points obtained: 0/100
"Shhhh." He leaned down, still holding his barrel, and pressed way too many of his fingers against her lips clumsily. "Shh. Shhhhh. That's what I've been trying to do all along, you beautiful minx. But you keep slipping through my fingers and I'm working on it, I'm working on it-
He hiccuped, and forgot what he was talking about.
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4: You make it successfully there! Go to step 3.
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Turn I am on: 2 My knight faction/bonus: Gold: Instead of starting with the rolls on stage one, you find a table worth 5 potential drop points. Take the table, and move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once any time in this rp. USED Total damage done: 27/20 to complete it for a sacred card, but you can do more than 20!
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My character's name: Robert Morris Character's journal link:http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=24688713 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER The thud you are now hearing is the sound of ladies around the world swooning, and Sir Robert is not sorry. With a broad chest and muscular arms, he embodies strength and power, enough to wield his massive greatsword, [ THUNDERFURY, BLESSED BLADE OF THE WINDSEEKER ]. It's his duty to seek the greatest of glory, even if he has to save every single damsel in distress all at once with his hand tied behind his back and his eyes closed. He'll do it, you know. He totally will. Physical Description: Sir Robert is draped in glistening knightly battle gear, covered by a silk robe that looks way too expensive for actual fighting, but that's fine - he dramatically rips it off before a fight anyway. This is immediately followed by a slow motion whip of his lustrous man of gold hair, that always seems to be blowing charmingly in the wind that doesn't necessarily exist.
Even indoors. HorseShire Horse named Galaxy Rank of character apprentice-knight Sacred Points obtained: ???/100
"Buhyrr fingersrr on me nn I'm...s'not going through...me? No, um." The only thing more difficult than speaking while intoxicated was speaking through someone's fingers pressed against your mouth while intoxicated, as Mildred had now learned. As she tried to concentrate on making words, she knocked another barrel off-kilter, and proceeded to ignore any possible consequences of that.
"Whatssyou mean?" His fingers were probably getting a bit slobbery by now. "How'sis...what? Why've you must try for...but I want it."
Maybe they were on the same page. Maybe not.
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4: A keg of distilled spirits. What a shame. (5 potential drop damage) 4: You make it successfully there! Go to step 3. 2: Nice job! It lands with a loud clunk. Add +1 to your potential drop damage that you totaled from step 2.
Defense stats
Turn I am on: ALL OF THEM My knight faction/bonus: Violet: Find a post of someone dropping their item. Quote them. You own this item now! move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once any time in this rp. Total damage done: 11/20
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My character's name: Mildred Kercher Character's journal link:✍|♥ BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER: Mildred is tall, thin, and pale with a very long, highly impractical, and somewhat unruly braid of black hair, which now has a vine of wisteria braided into it. Her blue-green eyes can frequently be seen pinched into a squint when she's trying to focus: she is in need of glasses to correct her poor vision.
But she does not have glasses. Rank of character Apprentice-Knight Sacred Points obtained: 0/100
He pulled his fingers away, and stared down at her, his face pinched in thought as if she was a difficult puzzle he was trying to solve. From the looks of it, he never managed.
"You want what? My name?" His heart was already pounding from the alcohol, but it pounded a little harder when he said those words out loud. "Are you asking me to wed you, Mildred?"
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4: You neatly land the object right on top of the bridge. Percival seems impressed. Tally your potential drop damage from step 2. This is your FINAL drop damage done. Good job team! Start from step one where applicable.
Defense stats
Turn I am on: 3 My knight faction/bonus: Gold: Instead of starting with the rolls on stage one, you find a table worth 5 potential drop points. Take the table, and move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once any time in this rp. USED Total damage done: 35/20 to complete it for a sacred card, but you can do more than 20!
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My character's name: Robert Morris Character's journal link:http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=24688713 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER The thud you are now hearing is the sound of ladies around the world swooning, and Sir Robert is not sorry. With a broad chest and muscular arms, he embodies strength and power, enough to wield his massive greatsword, [ THUNDERFURY, BLESSED BLADE OF THE WINDSEEKER ]. It's his duty to seek the greatest of glory, even if he has to save every single damsel in distress all at once with his hand tied behind his back and his eyes closed. He'll do it, you know. He totally will. Physical Description: Sir Robert is draped in glistening knightly battle gear, covered by a silk robe that looks way too expensive for actual fighting, but that's fine - he dramatically rips it off before a fight anyway. This is immediately followed by a slow motion whip of his lustrous man of gold hair, that always seems to be blowing charmingly in the wind that doesn't necessarily exist.
Even indoors. HorseShire Horse named Galaxy Rank of character apprentice-knight Sacred Points obtained: ???/100
Well, this all made perfect sense. It was all totally rational, really.
Robert knew more about this sort of thing, as evidenced by every single thing he'd done since they arrived to aid Sir Percival. She had consistently deferred to him and trusted his knowledge and experience on the subject, because it was positively inarguable that she was more capable than he was in this matter.
So if she wanted to share in claims and victories and celebrations with an equal level of recognition for her talents and successes, and he was informing her (or so she thought) that this was only possible if they were wed...
How simple!
"Yesssssir!" She seemed extremely pleased with herself for helping them arrive at such an easy conclusion here. What an easy clarification this had all been! "So...s'it qualify now, or..."
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3: A bale of hay barrel. What is it with people and their hay... (3 potential drop damage) 2: You almost drop the item due to a monster swooping at you, but at the last minute save it! (Shave 1 OFF your potential drop damage, so if your item had 2 potential drop damage, it now has 1) 3: Your object(s) bounce off the side of the wall then land on the bridge. Better than nothing. Subtract 1 to your potential drop damage that you totaled from step 2.
Defense stats
Turn I am on: ALL OF THEM My knight faction/bonus: Violet: Find a post of someone dropping their item. Quote them. You own this item now! move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once any time in this rp. Total damage done: 12/20
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My character's name: Mildred Kercher Character's journal link:✍|♥ BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER: Mildred is tall, thin, and pale with a very long, highly impractical, and somewhat unruly braid of black hair, which now has a vine of wisteria braided into it. Her blue-green eyes can frequently be seen pinched into a squint when she's trying to focus: she is in need of glasses to correct her poor vision.
But she does not have glasses. Rank of character Apprentice-Knight Sacred Points obtained: 0/100
Robert slowly moved to sit down on the ground because she'd just thrown a giant ton of bricks at him in the form of a marriage proposal and the world had just gone topsy turvy as a result.
"But I. And you. I was. I'm the. I thought. And then. You said." He took a minute to try and put together a sentence, failed, and then slowly laid down on the floor.
"I accept." He sounded far happier than he looked, but it was just truly impossible to stand at a moment when the rug had just been pulled out from under you.
Robert certainly had a very different reaction to successfully clarifying an important misunderstanding then agreeing upon sharing all past and future victories than she did. Mildred watched him move to sit down, and as she listened to him chain together brief sentences that didn't make much sense, she wondered if he didn't actually want to share any of that with her. But he had said that he had been trying to...so why was he reacting in such a way?
She wobbled a bit as she moved to lay near him, chin propped up in her hands. Stepping away from the spot she'd been standing in caused the balance of the wagon cart's weight to tip dangerously, as she wood she had been standing on had been propped against it, but it didn't quite fall.
Until a chicken landed on it.
The crash below went ignored as she continued to stare at him, eyes more unfocused and bleary than ever.
"You do?" She tried to tilt her head again by using one hand to just slightly push one side of her head in the other direction, which only resulted in smushing her cheek. She slowly blinked at him several times, then lowered her voice to a rather loud whisper, which wasn't at all quieter than her generally soft speaking voice. "Then why'reoo appear like you wan' to nnnot to share this with me?"
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2: A wagon barrel. Nice find! (8 potential drop damage) 3: A chicken lands right on your item, making it heavier. +1 2: Nice job! It lands with a loud clunk. +1
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Turn I am on: ALL OF THEM My knight faction/bonus: Violet: Find a post of someone dropping their item. Quote them. You own this item now! move to rounds 2 and 3. You can use this once any time in this rp. Total damage done: 22/20
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My character's name: Mildred Kercher Character's journal link:✍|♥ BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER: Mildred is tall, thin, and pale with a very long, highly impractical, and somewhat unruly braid of black hair, which now has a vine of wisteria braided into it. Her blue-green eyes can frequently be seen pinched into a squint when she's trying to focus: she is in need of glasses to correct her poor vision.
But she does not have glasses. Rank of character Apprentice-Knight Sacred Points obtained: 0/100
Her face appeared in his point of view, and he grinned a lazy, goofy grin at the woman in front of him. "I do, I do. I'm just very excited about how easy that was. I needed a lay down. Shh." His hand ran across her face, missing her lips in their attempt to hush her. "We're staying out of the way."
No they weren't. They were lying down in the middle of the rampart wall. They were probably going to trip someone, if they didn't get up soon. So he did, and he helped her up as well, to try and sober up somewhere other than the middle of the barricades in order to think about what they had just agreed to.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 2:04 am
With a final, resounding crack, the drawbridge breaks, preventing the landbound shadows from entering, and preventing the knights from leaving the castle. It is a small victory, and there is no time to recover, before the next wave, as all forms of aerial creatures rise into the sky, impossible to see other than a swift, blurry movement in the darkness.
There are muffled yells, the sound of bodies falling, and guttural screeches of victory and bloodlust from inhuman things -
- And suddenly there is the sound of hundreds of arrows firing into the sky. Fire arrows, coming from the northern ramparts, and then brief seconds later, the sound of shadows hissing and fading, thrashing anywhere with light.
It is Lancelot and with him, the remainder of the knights. They didn't need to aim, simply shooting blindly into the sky was enough, the air smothered with sounds of arrow after arrow after arrow -
- Then all is silent again.
"There is much we need to talk about," Lancelot whispers urgently as he approaches Percival. "but now is not the time. I will hold off the others, you bring your group with you and reinforce the courtyard. With the courtyard cleared, nothing should be able to invade the rest of the castle."
Percival nods, and he gestures to those who braved the defensive. "You did well knights, but we must press on. Keep your wits sharp." He favours one leg heavily as walks hastily past Lancelot's line of defense. "This way."
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If you are injured go HERE. Consider this the SANCTUARY ORP for all orps for knights to heal and/or interact with each other. You are free to RP here, and continue on with the storyline below!
The Great Knight makes his way to the courtyard, only to spot it empty, save for the dissolving head of a giant shadowy snake. "They must have just left." He takes a moment to look at the chaos, confused. "Knights, stand vigilant for just a brief moment. I will have a word with Gawain."
He pivots and moves quickly, and then he is gone. Seconds lapse by. A minute, maybe two. The eye of the giant snake continues to stare accusingly at the knights waiting.
And then a moment later Percival returns. He looks extremely angry. "That Morgan - what does he think he's doing? He's- he absolutely cannot - I can't believe he even thought of bringing knights there." He sighs and closes his eyes, rubbing his forehead heavily. "It brings me no choice. You must follow me as well, I cannot resolve this alone if Morgan brings in numbers as well. I am afraid he is about to make an extremely foolish decision."
You follow Percival and he moves faster, half-walking half-running. The air shifts, and you realize you are in a part of the castle you have never been to before. It grows dark, narrower. A thick silence envelops everything and everyone as you continue to descend down a set of winding stairs. Time passes, the stairs continue.
At last your reach a door covered in scratched up runes. It has been opened already. Percival moves his way past the door.
Inside is a cavernous room littered with treasure. Gold, of all shapes and sizes, weapons, beautiful and ornate, and precious stones, each the colour of the rainbow clutter the place thicker than a dragon's den. Torches, eternally lit, bathe everything in a rich gold.
And there, stood Morgan, talking to his own group of knights. As Morgan looks up, and freezes, there is a moment of anger in the red knight's eyes. It quickly subsides. Percival approaches.
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THE END OF CHAPTER ONE IS AT HAND
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