While Dinah busied herself with healing the boy that Alice recognized as Chase, her 'only son', Alice took a look around for anything interesting that might be worth checking out. Maybe some less aggressive centipedes, something that could go back to the island with them.
She didn't find anything like that, but she did see a girl trapped beneath the form of the titanic centipede. She didn't look like she was doing so well.
As she considered the best way to go about this, she pressed a bandage onto a visible patch of skin on the girl's body, not certain if the 'magic' worked over clothing or not.
Out of everyone that showed up, Joy arrived with the sun shimmering behind her, and despite her tiny size, pulled him out from under the beast. Gasping, he crawled out and stood just before the massive shape slammed down on Joy soon after.
"JOY!" He cried out, reaching down to try and pull her out and keep her away from the bug. Behind him, sand kicked up everywhere as another part of it's body slammed hard against the dune behind him.
Staggering as he stood, he tried to get Joy to wander with him right before the body of the titan came back down, this time landing with the crackle of a hard shell smacking into a soft, more breakable body. His body crumpled under the body, and he stayed there, his vision splitting from shards of bright light to quick blackouts.
When the body finally lifted and moved to rise up overhead to move to the next dune, Kai laid there, coughing hard as he curled in. "********....."
HP: 2 (Kai's 3rd roll for points.)
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:52 pm
OOC
This is the exit post! Make sure you put the [ LOCATION ] of your character at the top of your post. If they're still in the Sahara, it is [ SAHARA ], otherwise [ DEUS - LOCATION HERE ].
The noise would perhaps remain long after for many survivors - the loud rush and churn of each of the titan's legs methodically crashing into the sand over and over and over again. Where force collided, it didn't just create a hollow point of impact, the sand hissed and there was an unusual taste, inexplicable, in their already dry mouths, sharp and not quite metallic, like bile and fear-
- It felt like even longer before they realized something had changed. Not the titan, it was the Hunters. Just a few of them, with cleaner coats, terse expressions and weapons that looked bright, way too bright. Someone else was yelling at them to leave and move and there was a portal up but there was also sand and legs and so much sand, and then someone had impressively hacked off an entire centipede leg and there was the glimmer of red inside it as the leg squirmed and eventually faded to leave what looked like an obsidian fragm-
"Keep on moving," someone shouted, and then a female voice commanding, "Make sure everyone gets out!" The winds were picking up, loud and just as chaotic, another element they didn't need and it felt so easy right then and there to just give up.
To just sleep.
That would be nice, wouldn't it?
But there was more yelling, from their own weapons perhaps slowly each and every survivor had to find their footing and tear away from whatever, wherever little they had in hopes for true safety. The portal, even newbies who didn't know could spot it, burning blue, brought and obvious and shaped in an excessively odd shape that looked like some sort of animal mascot but now was not the time to question such things as the wind moved against them as well, buffeting them right and left between the centipede legs and the sand and everything else and the heat.
The portal. The portal was right there.
OOC
THE EXIT
Time to escape! This was never technically their mission to begin with, so why should they stay? New arrivals are rushing in now, some on the offensive, and some on the defensive, their only priority to see the newbies out. For the Full Hunters that arrived, most of them were veteran enough to the Sahara and could handle just themselves.
gaia_crown[ STEP 1 ] Roll 1d10, and just follow the instructions below! A note that you cannot go below -10 HP, but if you do, your character once they portal in just straight up passes out and cannot rp for the rest of the thread duration.
Roll a 1: Edith, the Moon lead comes to help you, quickly escorting you to the portal. She protects you from all damage and you manage to make it safely. (SKIP TO STEP 3, NO DAMAGE TAKEN).
Roll a 2: Allan, the Sun lead, comes to help you. He makes a huge flashy show of everything but considering there are no centipede legs to hit you with, you're relatively safe. You take some damage because flashy entrance is flashy, but you manage to make it to safety. (SKIP TO STEP 3, -5 DAMAGE).
Roll a 3: Mark, the Death assistant manages to plow right into you. He looks way worse than you could ever imagine yourself looking even now, and he shoves something at you, telling you to guard this with your life. A mobile tablet? (MOVE TO STEP 2, the mobile tablet has 5 HP. If you manage to not take 10 HP damage all the way to your exit, you can keep it ICly, works like a regular ipad, but with intranet). (MOVE TO STEP 2).
Roll a 4: A Mist Hunter is there, you don't recognize her, but her morning star weapon is enormous. She uses the end of the chains as a hook, the weapon itself a tether, grabbing you by the ankle with it as you're just about to be whisked away by the combination of sand and aggressive buffet of wind, and uses the weapon again to forcefully throw you into the portal. You miss it, by a little bit, but can find your way across. (You take -5 damage, SKIP TO STEP 3).
Roll a 5: Tiny centipedes have spotted you when they are suddenly shot down by blowdarts? In the distance you see a Life Hunter, and for some reason, like Mark, you kind of want to punch his face in. (You take -5 damage, SKIP TO STEP 3).
Rolling 6-10: There's too much chaos going on, and you can barely find your footing. Somehow, none of the new arrivals can find you, and you doggedly have to continue pushing ahead. (You take -5 damage, move to STEP 2).
gaia_crown[ STEP 2 ] Your character is still stuck in the maelstrom! They need to somehow find a way to the portal in the chaos!
gaia_starNEWBIES/ Y1: Roll 1d10 once, to see how much damage they take. If they roll a 10, they can exit and move to step 3. You can only do this once. However, if they fail, post in OOC in BOLD RED your character needs INTERMEDIATE/FULL HUNTER ASSISTANCE, if you haven't already found an IC buddy that wants to assist you. They can be assisted by Intermediate or Full Hunters
- These Hunters must quote them back, and rp however you want them saving/ helping/ reaching for the newbie and pushing them towards the portal. This costs the Full Hunter 5 hp PER assist/newbie and an Intermediate Hunter 10 HP PER assist/newbie. Move to step 3.
gaia_starINTERMEDIATES: You don't need assistance, but the going is very tough. Roll 1d6 as many times as you like. Every even number saps 5 HP from you and is a fail on your way out. If you roll odd, you manage to escape, but you can no longer help newbie hunters. If you wish you help a newbie Hunter looking for help, quote the newbie/ Y1 Hunter. This costs you 10 HP per newbie you help.
-If your Hunter is at 0 HP they can no longer roll to escape. Post in OOC in BOLD RED your character needs FULL HUNTER ASSISTANCE, if you haven't already found an IC buddy that wants to assist you. Once someone quotes/interacts with you you can move to step 3.
gaia_starFULL HUNTERS: Full Hunters can just find the way out themselves. They take no penalty to leave but once they do, they cannot return back. Before they leave, they can choose to help newbies and intermediate Hunters. Quote a player, rp out assisting them. This costs them -5 HP per assist.
gaia_crown[ STEP 3 ] You've made it to the portal! Or close enough to the portal. Roll 1d100 (OPTIONAL) to see if you get a special event, or you can just ollie out if you want to forfeit the bonus. Your character is now safe in the training fields, and they are immediately ushered to the infirmary. You are safe.
gaia_star OPTIONAL 1d100 roll:
1- 10: Ouch! Somehow you manage to stub your toe on a rock on the way out. -5 HP.
11- 50: You don't even notice a centipede carapace clinging to your leg as you exit. For some reason, even though the inside has dissipated, the outside, hard coating of Fear exoskeleton remains. Giving it to Life division may give you a small pay bonus of $50.
51 -60: Someone gives you a box of anime bandaids on your way out. They're literally just kids bandaids. (Pick an anime of your choice). Thanks?
61 - 70: Your legs (pick one) feels numb, and you realize belatedly you've been stung on that leg. For the next week, your character suffers from nightmares of centipedes and sees shadows of them around every corner.
71- 80: You lose your phone from all the Sahara oh no! You have to use a ghetto phone until it is replaced. It looks like those old flip nokia phones and has only text messaging and regular phone. If you want to use twitter, better borrow someone else's phone.
81- 95: Someone hands you a drink and tells you to hydrate yourself. Pick one fruit, one vegetable, one meat, one dairy product, and one ice cream flavour. Congrats, this is now your smoothie.
96 - 100: You trip upon something glistening and dark black? An unremarkable Death Hunter with an O-shaped tattoo on their neck spots you with it. He's a little busy, but tells you to drop it by the Death office sometime. If you keep it it starts to sap your life force/ leaving you with Y1 stats (or if you're Y1 your hp is now 30/30, attack 2d6-6) until you drop it by the office (quote Zoobey).
gaia_crown[ LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION ] If you finished step 3, feel free to use this thread for POST SAHARA orp too. If you'd like to move to prp go ahead as well while keeping your orp stuff here! IF you have a special prompt ie quoting a gm, post the proper location, however long timelapse you want for it, and then just wait for a response!
RP POINT BONUSES
- For posting over 600 words (this NULLIFIES the usual rp point bonus of +1 point for over 800 words a thread): +2 points - For posting in part 1 +2 +THE EXIT with just bare mechanics + any rp word count: +1 point
YES THIS RP COUNTS AS THE MENTORSHIP BONUS AS LONG AS YOU POSTED OVER 600 WORDS IN IT SO DOUBLE THESE POINTS.
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and be blue rolled 1 10-sided dice:
10Total: 10 (1-10)
Vasily had spent far too long sprawled in the sand, his head spinning and some kind of toxin making him unfocused, stupid. Sands whipped around him and he was sunburned -- terribly so -- on every inch of him that was exposed. Maybe he would have just stayed there, if it hadn't been for the shouting. Voices raised above the scuttle of legs, above the rushing sound of wind.
He lifted his head and saw something blue in the distance. A beacon. Vash struggled to his feet, off-balance and weak still, his head pounding. For a long moment, he almost fell over. Then he started to push in that direction.
At ling last the calvary arrived and justbas the titan was starting to kick inton high destruction. The red he saw spilling from its severed limbs was alarming and he didn't want to be around any of it.
As he gathered Lawr, he noticed Kim struggling nearby. Moving over, he opened his first aid and worked to heal her shield. "See if you can't grab someone to the portal." He advised her before picking Lawr up and heading out of the cave. Edith met him quickly and theybrushed together towards the portal.
HP: 42 +1 medkit - used on Kimberly
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lizbot rolled 1 10-sided dice:
7Total: 7 (1-10)
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 8:02 pm
[ SAHARA ]
The pair tried to hobble together to the portal, but the chaos and monsters and desert soon had America lose her grip on the big man. "D-" America stumbled and tripped over a body as she tried to call out for him.
Everything was in shambles and safety was so close.
She tried to pick herself up again and get a better view of the portal to make sure he got through alright.
America HP: 61
Quote:
Rolling 6-10: There's too much chaos going on, and you can barely find your footing. Somehow, none of the new arrivals can find you, and you doggedly have to continue pushing ahead. (You take -5 damage, move to STEP 2).
Before the surrounding centipedes could attack, they were taken down by a burst of blowdarts (most of which shot past Lucky a little too close for comfort). In the distance he could see Dwight, taking aim again even though there were no more centipedes to shoot.
Kara had remained in the cave, lingering by Brad as she sipped her water and waited for any form of instruction on what to do next. She wasn't sure if she should run out to try and help people, or just... stay put? That felt like the best option when she didn't know really how to help except to get people into the shelter but--
"A-a portal," she whispered, in awe and relief as she shook Brad's shoulder. "We've got help. C'mon." There were more Hunters, with weapons that made her stop and blink and wonder why they were so bright, but they were yelling at people to run and get to the portal, and even she could see what and where this was.
It was chaos outside. The wind, the titan, the Hunters. Kara tried to stick near Brad, using her scythe as a walking stick of sorts now and then in the shifting sands as she lost her footing. Again. And again. But the whipping sands made it impossible to keep her eyes on him--on anyone--and she pulled the purple sash off from around her middle, leaving her coat to flap wildly around her, to wind the cloth around her face. It wasn't perfect, but it helped to keep the sand out of her nose and mouth at least.
Breath labored, she pushed herself on, trying to just focus on getting to the portal. Her legs were aching, and she was sure by the feeling of the bite in her shins and hands that cuts had long since formed, battered further by the sand. Not as bad as others were suffering. She'd gotten off pretty damn light.
Fredrick wasn't particularly interested in going back out there to be crushed, but he was aware enough of what was going on to see that things were changing out there. He pushed himself to his feet, Deadrick's urgings blending in with the calls from the hunters that had come in to their rescue. There was a portal out there through the chaos, and there wasn't even time to think about the odd shape of it, just the promise of safety as he made his feet carry him forward.
It was hard though, to get his footing, to catch the attention of anyone to help him. Probably served him right though, for cowering instead of going out there to help more people when he could have. Gritting his teeth at that thought, shoving the pain in his legs down, he pushed forward alone.
HP: 17/40
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Baneful rolled 1 6-sided dice:
1Total: 1 (1-6)
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 8:06 pm
Rep was more than a little startled to receive any sort of help from Edith, but he wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth. He kept going, determined to get to safety alive now that the other hunters and Allan had showed up to save their bacon.
He didn't pay too much attention to the people in trouble, after all, it wasn't really his division.
its me debz rolled 1 10-sided dice:
1Total: 1 (1-10)
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 8:07 pm
[ exiting sahara ]
Leslie stumbled along, blindly accepting help from Edith who was very much all business. "Sherry--" he started, before she was out of hearing range, lost to the sand.
Something was happening. She lifted her head up off of Tobin's shoulder, head swiveling towards the opening of the alcove. She was tired, but she shifted on the sand dusted floor and crawled towards the exit, tugging lightly on her brothers sleeve before stopping and staring.
New hunters had arrived, or so it appeared, and there was a magnificent glowing blue thing that it appeared many were rallying towards. Was that...what a portal looked like?
Bad a**.
"C'mon, Toto." She called to her twin before scurrying her way back out into the sand and chaos. All around people were moving, running, but despite the reinforcements, the giant centipede was still clambering about, milling legs that shifted the sand continuously, and while Dottie struggled to find her way to the portal, she kept finding herself tossed this way and that instead, until she was all turned around, standing in the midst of chaos alone.
HP: 10
and be blue rolled 1 10-sided dice:
2Total: 2 (1-10)
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 8:07 pm
[ SAHARA ]
Ever had dropped to a crouch next to Chase, checking his pulse, a little bit frantic, when a fresh face had approached and brought him back to consciousness, looking just a bit worse for wear. With a breath of a sigh he straightened, and then paused, head lifted.
He heard shouting in the distance, and when he looked, Allan was at his elbow, dramatically driving off centipedes and...posing.
When he offered to get Ever out of the sands and through the portal in the distance, though, Ever hesitated, and looked around. There were too many trainees in trouble. He'd stick around and see if he could haul any out.
She felt something straining, it was really, really weird. Like when you push a finger into a piece of cling wrap and push and push and push and there's that moment, right as it's giving way and your finger's 'bout to pop through. Something was about to give.
But hell if it was going to be America Jones. Ignoring the new hunters, the ones in the whitest coats with the brightest weapons and the confident steps, the girl pushed through the fallen and the escaping alike until she reached the portal.
