She jumped over a bush and then, very suddenly, there were no more trees. Nothing to hide behind! She ran for a good few minutes before realizing the footprints had ceased. Only then did she pause to take a weary look back at the forest's edge.
Nothing.
She sat down, very suddenly, and panted in earnest, her head hanging low as the effort she'd expended in escaping the hunting beast caught up with her. Ow. Ow. But it hadn't caught her, and she allowed herself a bit of pride in that. She'd been better than it. Ha!
((exit - successful escape!))
MY STATS
My character's username: HoundingMist My character's level: 2 Character's HP: 4/30 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: A pale-skinned ghoul with short hair that turns red at the tips. Her eyes are a vivid green. She is dressed as a standard White Rabbit-class character except her rabbit ears look like dog ears instead. Her hands are paws instead, and she has a white wolf tail. Character journal:Here
Baneful rolled 1 6-sided dice:
2Total: 2 (1-6)
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:02 pm
There was a moment of reprieve, time to stop and take stock of his situation, to catch his breath and get ready to run all over again.
Jan. He blinked, irrational, illogical. She couldn't be here, he wasn't anywhere. Jan, he misses you. I miss you, I forgive you. Wait. Things can be easier. Come back with us, be free, that's what this is for.
He did not look back.
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Baneful rolled 1 4-sided dice:
3Total: 3 (1-4)
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:05 pm
He retrieved the second chance timer at the fork in the road because he could never have too many extra chances. The creature was close behind.
HP: 4
Baneful rolled 1 4-sided dice:
1Total: 1 (1-4)
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:07 pm
But he was used to running. Used to staying alive, used to not caring about life and retaining it regardless.
Of course he survived. Of course.
HP:3
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Yvessa rolled 1 4-sided dice:
4Total: 4 (1-4)
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:30 pm
[ attempt 1, part 1 ]
A tremor ran through the woods, smoke rising from the many branches. "It's coming!" repeated among the trees, among the fearful creatures that fled past Mercurial.
"What's coming?" she asked, trying and failing to keep up. Only silence answered. Whatever it was, given the general reaction it would probably be a good thing if she never found out. Something that could clear out a forest like this didn't bear meeting. Better catch up with the others.
Too late. Breaking the unsettling silence, something moved behind her, a shadow too large and too ominous for comfort.
She froze. Then, mind devoid of alternatives, she turned slowly to face the cold, malevolent presence lurking in wait. The Jabberwocky. Of course. She'd be amused, intrigued, anything but desperate to get out of the area if she weren't so obviously overmatched.
One single burning eye seemed to bore into her, holding her transfixed while its sinuous neck stretched out. The snapping bite that followed brought back her common sense in a hurry. She ran, even as her pocket card chirped on blithely about her remaining 10 HP.
It didn't stay at 10 HP for long, either. The Jabberwocky's sharp front teeth raked down her back, bringing the count down to six. The pocket card was quick to announce that too, to the girl's annoyance.
HP: 6
Yvessa rolled 1 6-sided dice:
1Total: 1 (1-6)
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:38 pm
As the Jabberwocky's heavy footsteps receded into the distance, Mercurial began to hear voices behind her. She ignored them until one familiar voice, her mother's, called for her to wake up.
Relief flooded in. Just waking up to a normal day at home, and she never was one to hit the snooze button. Why hadn't her alarm clock gone off? That promise of normalcy and home was too much; she forgot the game, the dwindling health, the monster in hot pursuit. She turned, expecting to wake up to the familiar sights of her bedroom.
What she saw were the Jabberwocky's teeth, white and sharp and close enough to swallow her whole. And they did.
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Inle-roo rolled 1 6-sided dice:
1Total: 1 (1-6)
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:47 pm
"What are you doing?" An unseen voice asked as she made her escape through the forest. "You're a monster--you are fear itself; you don't run from anything."
That was true. Rainmaker hadn't run from a challenge in her life--and, as a student at Amityville, she had certainly faced bigger ones than this--so why should she start now?
She stopped and turned, her wings raised and flared in defiance, and then remembered why: it looked an awful lot like those big teeth that snapped her up.
MY STATS
My character's username: Rainmaker My character's level: 6 Character's HP: 7/30 Character's Job Class: Cheshire Cat Current party: Current Guild: Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: A short girl in a Cheshire Cat uniform with wings with blue swirly patterns on them and small, curling horns. Character journal:here
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:51 pm
[Part 3, Try 1]
At the fork in the road, she decided to grab the health potion and then continued on running down the path.
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My character's username: PitchWitch My character's level: 2 Character's HP: 9 + 10 = 19 Character's Job Class: Cheshire Cat Current party: Current Guild: Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Rather petite with grey skin and bright blue eyes, PitchWitch is currently garbed in the default Cheshire Cat outfit. Her black hair coming down just past her chin, quick with a mischevious grin and always ready to set out towards the next adventure, unable to lounge around in one place for too long.
Suddenly, she was back where she started, with no idea how she got there; the last thing she remembered was getting eaten by the monster that reminded her of its presence by biting her again.
How did she get here? Well, she supposed it didn't matter, as long as she got elsewhere quickly. She ran.
MY STATS
My character's username: Rainmaker My character's level: 6 Character's HP: 6/30 Character's Job Class: Cheshire Cat Current party: Current Guild: Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: A short girl in a Cheshire Cat uniform with wings with blue swirly patterns on them and small, curling horns. Character journal:here
Katarina Everard rolled 1 4-sided dice:
3Total: 3 (1-4)
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:54 pm
[Part 4, Try 1]
Sure, she hadn't expected to be completely clear of the monster, but having it suddenly close the distance and start snapping at everything to matter what it was was enough to make her stomach flip a few times. It managed to get close enough to take another small n** at her, wincing a bit and hoping to have enough energy to get out of here.
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My character's username: PitchWitch My character's level: 2 Character's HP:19 - 3 =16 Character's Job Class: Cheshire Cat Current party: Current Guild: Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character:
Rather petite with grey skin and bright blue eyes, PitchWitch is currently garbed in the default Cheshire Cat outfit. Her black hair coming down just past her chin, quick with a mischevious grin and always ready to set out towards the next adventure, unable to lounge around in one place for too long.
Mercurial suppressed a shiver as she found herself back at the beginning, standing before the Jabberwocky again. Waking up wasn't an option here, not yet.
Even with previous experience, she couldn't move out of the way of the Jabberwocky's first attack. As the towering monster lunged toward her a second time, though, she veered away. Its teeth barely touched her this time. Still left a mark, but only a small one. Maybe this time she could run faster.
HP: 9
Inle-roo rolled 1 6-sided dice:
4Total: 4 (1-6)
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:57 pm
((Attempt 2))
Rainmaker ran until the sounds of the beast crashing through the woods behind her grew faint. She felt safe enough to pause for a breather behind a tree. "You have to keep going," said a voice in the wind behind her. "You can't stop now; you're almost there!"
Okay, Mom, Rainmaker thought back with a roll of her eyes, on the move once more.
MY STATS
My character's username: Rainmaker My character's level: 6 Character's HP: 6/30 Character's Job Class: Cheshire Cat Current party: Current Guild: Location: Tulgey Woods Small IC description of character: A short girl in a Cheshire Cat uniform with wings with blue swirly patterns on them and small, curling horns. Character journal:here
Maebe was loathe to move anywhere. Even though everything - creatures, items, and even her faithful Otokoyo - were running away as fast as they could, she just laid there, quietly waiting in the shadow of a tree, to see what it was that everyone was so scared of. After all, they were Hunters, what could possibly -
Oh.
Well.
That could scare her.
Maebe felt the crunch of teeth against her side as she scrambled to her feet and ran, holding on to the poor puppet body - she wasn't bleeding, why wasn't she bleeding? - as she ran for her life.
7hp
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My character's username: Surely My character's level: 6 Character's HP: 30/30 Character's Job Class: Cheshire Cat Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: The cheshire cat's hair was blonde and full, curling boldly at the ends. Her outfit seemed standard, but it kept popping open as if she was trying to unequip it repeatedly. Character journal:[ Battle Entry Log ]
Nio Love rolled 1 6-sided dice:
3Total: 3 (1-6)
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:59 pm
She was good at running, and she flew through the trees without stopping. She knew she was getting away fast enough, because the Jabberwock started trying out new tactics. It was trying to call out using voices from her past. Voices it assumed she cared about.
The joke was on the Jabberwock, though. Maebe had no one left that she cared about. The only one that could have gotten her to turn around, must have already been in the game, because she never heard his voice.
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My character's username: Surely My character's level: 6 Character's HP: 30/30 Character's Job Class: Cheshire Cat Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: The cheshire cat's hair was blonde and full, curling boldly at the ends. Her outfit seemed standard, but it kept popping open as if she was trying to unequip it repeatedly. Character journal:[ Battle Entry Log ]
The only thing that could have slowed her down was a choice, and that was exactly what laid before her. A fork in the road - and items in each one. She knew the Jabberwock was right on her tail - she had to choose, and choose fast.
Health potions never did much good. Whatever that little clock was, she grabbed it and ran down the path it was on, hoping for the best. Mechanical devices always worked better than liquids - and she knew better than to drink strange drinks in the woods.
