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 Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:22 pm
Dawson had proceeded to cower and at best toss Maebe encouraging cheers, hiding behind his shield as he baited the lion. His shoulders were hunched and his face was set with a grimace, the urge to run rising. Had he not had a partner, he would have been long gone by now.
But as soon as the lion crumbled into an inanimate object once more and Maebe started to waver, he desummoned his weapon and all but lunged forward to try and catch her. "Whoa, darlin'," he panted, his jeans skinning the ground with several pricks of pain in the effort. Unslinging his bag, he looked around for his first aid kit just to have it on hand.
"Hey. Guess what? You can add warrior princess t'the list of stuff yer good at now," he said with a little smile.
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:33 pm
No matter how badass her finishing move had been, Maebe fell like a tiny china doll, all clumsy and flailing and breakable. Dawson did not so much catch her in his arms as much as he broke her fall, which was as good of a success as anyone could hope for. She fell limp in his arms, her body sprawling out in all directions, and she laughed. It was sharp, short, and a touch of maniacal all at once. She did it again, and again, before her body seizured up and she rolled right out of his arms. She was up on her feet before there was time to worry, bouncing with adrenaline and sheer untapped excitement. She felt like a shaken soda bottle ready to burst, and she punched the air a few times before leaping onto Dawson once more, with his head in both of her hands, and kissing him full throttle. It wasn't a romantic gesture, but a necessary outlet, and she poured all of that pride and joy into a kiss that she felt she deserved right now, even if it did taste like dirt and sand and aggression. When she pulled away, she was still shining as bright as a flashlight, and she took one hand and slapped him firmly against the cheek. "Don't say a word." She warned him, her mood too vibrant to be dampened. "I know you're not interested in me. But I really needed that." She untangled herself from him, and let out a long, satisfied sigh. "Okay, teddy bear." She shouted, reaching out to smack him right on the a**. "Forward! We've got work to do!"
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medigel rolled 1 100-sided dice:
80
Total: 80 (1-100)
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:15 pm
Dawson sat on his knees, baffled and stunned into complete silence and stillness. The rush of color that came to his face was so absolute, he could feel the stings like ant bites bubble across his skin are surely as he felt Maebe's slap. His lips parted just a little, incapable of speech even without the warning for him to stay quiet.
Jesus, Maebe was gorgeous. Not that she wasn't normally, but...Jesus.
He mobilized with a few stumbles and a surprised note at the second smack, red as an apple and barely comprehending where they were going. What artifact? Temple?? But the kiss though???
He was barely aware they were in the Corridor of Awfulness and waded straight on through in a dreamlike state.
Stamina: 9
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Nio Love rolled 1 100-sided dice:
58
Total: 58 (1-100)
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:20 pm
It would take a lot to kill off Maebe's high, and even as she splashed like a child into the water, the vines that tugged her back did not succeed. She screeched with laughter, and fell down onto the ground where they deposited her. Everything was more tolerable after you'd flown through the air and decapitated a monster. Everything was rosier after a kiss.
Then she noticed that Dawson had all but floated across unharmed, and her face squished in jealousy. Clearly she'd given him all of her good luck, and now she was going to pay for it.
Well.. good, she told herself with a huff. He needed it more than her, anyway.
Stamina: 12
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Nio Love rolled 1 100-sided dice:
86
Total: 86 (1-100)
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:29 pm
She tiptoed, very carefully, through the water on her second try. The vines laid still, the gunk did not attack, and when she felt solid ground at her feet again, she looked back behind her and narrowed her eyes with delight.
Then she turned back to look at Dawson, who looked like he'd hit a weed bong while she wasn't looking, and grinned goofily up at him.
"Nailed it."
Stamina: 11
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medigel rolled 1 10-sided dice:
1
Total: 1 (1-10)
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:41 pm
"Yeah you did," he murmured happily, patting her back gently in congratulations.
Apparently the action affronted a white stag, who might have seen the gesture as impious and sinful given Maebe's state of dress. With a great snort, it lowered its head and charged at Dawson, who quickly snapped back to wide-eyed reality and pushed Maebe out of the way.
"Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit--!" went the cry as he scampered away.
Stamina: 9
Round: 1
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medigel rolled 1 6-sided dice:
2
Total: 2 (1-6)
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:46 pm
His escape woke up another guardian, this time a marble bull. Dawson's pace doubled as he all but screamed for Maebe to port out. Maybe the temple would be magical enough to let his voice carry that far.
Either way, he got the hell out of dodge.
Stamina: 9
nope
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medigel rolled 4 20-sided dice:
7, 3, 12, 5
Total: 27 (4-80)
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:49 pm
STAMINA
Dawson:
Maebe:
naw rerolling we need more than that
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medigel rolled 4 20-sided dice:
2, 10, 20, 3
Total: 35 (4-80)
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:50 pm
STAMINA
Dawson: 12 sigh
Maebe: 23 forever able to keep going amirite
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medigel rolled 1 6-sided dice:
3
Total: 3 (1-6)
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:52 pm
Dawson was great afeared this time. So great afeared that he did in fact go to the temple shirtless, displaying his fast food gut and hairy torso for all the ancient world to see.
The guardians may or may not have been completely okay with that apparently.
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Nio Love rolled 1 6-sided dice:
5
Total: 5 (1-6)
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:08 am
"I knew it." She pointed at him, victorious once more. "I knew you were a teddy bear. You tried to keep it from me but I saw past your ruse. You belong on my bed and no that's not another pick up line." Maebe hugged Dawson right around his middle, much like she would have any of the teddy bears in her collection, and then turned to walk right past the guardians, flipping them off with both fingers on her way past. "Oh, what's that? You scared now? Made you my b***h, is what I did."
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medigel rolled 1 100-sided dice:
3
Total: 3 (1-100)
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:20 am
Dawson gave a shaky series of laughs, partially yeah you did Maebe God damn and Maebe please don't taunt the scary statues and ohgoshyayhugs as he tried to usher them along as fast as he could into the temple. He'd always be self-conscious of how he looked, but at least teddy bear was a nice title to wear for the moment.
And then Dawson fell flat into the mud and all the nice feelings went with it.
Stamina: 11
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Nio Love rolled 1 100-sided dice:
9
Total: 9 (1-100)
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:22 am
Unlike Dawson, when Maebe was sucked down by the sludge that just wouldn't quit, she didn't let it steal all of her content away. Only most of it. She fought her way out of the muck and kicked sand into the water when she arrived back on the shore, flipping its retreating form off as well.
Stamina: 22
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medigel rolled 1 100-sided dice:
80
Total: 80 (1-100)
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:26 am
He wasn't grossed out by the feeling of mud on his bare chest. Really it reminded him of his boyhood days on the ranch. But this was not good mud, and so as soon as he pulled his face out of it, Dawson half ran, half stumbled to the other side, tossing water everywhere in his wake.
He proceeded to try and wash himself clean by cautiously scooping water to splash on, like a zebra trying to drink at the waterhole while constantly alert for predators.
Stamina: 10
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Nio Love rolled 1 100-sided dice:
89
Total: 89 (1-100)
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:30 am
Maebe tiptoed through the tulips until she reached the other end of the lake, and only then, free of any molesting sludge or bossy vines, did she sneak one last middle finger at the lake before letting it go.
"Oh." She deadpanned, looking down at him washing his face. "Fancy meeting you here."
Stamina: 21
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