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Reeshie Hack rolled 2 6-sided dice:
1, 1
Total: 2 (2-12)
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 Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:56 am
"No!" he cried as the stone broke off and turned to ash again. He was failing, he couldn't, he was doing it wrong, just like everything else! His moves started to become frantic for a moment before he calmed down, trying to be careful.
Attack 3
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:03 am
Julian slumped to the ground, head bowed as the ash fell around him. There was no point in trying anymore, he wasn't going to get it. All he was doing was destroying more of their teacher. Maybe that was it, he didn't deserve a piece. What had he done? He'd sat by and done nothing. He hadn't attacked the hunters, hadn't tried to help Red, hadn't saved Alcie. Nothing. He'd just stood there and huddled with his friends, tried his best to keep them safe, but it wasn't enough. It wouldn't be enough. He wasn't enough.
Clutching his forehead, his fingertips buried in his shock-white hair, the harbinger of death sat there next to the broken stone skull and cried, not caring at all that he wasn't alone.
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Grifferie rolled 2 6-sided dice:
3, 5
Total: 8 (2-12)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:06 am
From this place on the ground, it was easy to understand just how many students were around the skull. Draven supposed that in one way or another, Red had meant something, even a tiny thing, to each one. A few were even crying. Draven could understand that. Though he could think of no words for this moment. He didn't know if there were any. Clicking his beak, he turned his attention back to the task at hand.
Draven hopped around for a moment, until he found a spot he felt was suitable to try again. Gently, he started to pry at the stone with his beak.
((Roll 1))
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Grifferie rolled 2 6-sided dice:
2, 2
Total: 4 (2-12)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:15 am
It seemed he'd found a decent spot. If he could just...Ash. It turned to ash again.
The demon gave a small flap of his wings and looked at the skull. So strong, yet so brittle.
((roll 2))
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Grifferie rolled 2 6-sided dice:
2, 5
Total: 7 (2-12)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:20 am
One more time. He would try just once more, and if it turned to ash again, then it wasn't meant to be. Even he could understand that.
He hopped over to one of the horns. Perhaps he would have better luck here. He set about trying to separate a small piece.
((roll 1))
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Grifferie rolled 2 6-sided dice:
6, 2
Total: 8 (2-12)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:22 am
So far, so good. Moving his body around, Draven tried to gently tug on the piece. Perhaps...
((roll 2))
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Grifferie rolled 2 6-sided dice:
1, 1
Total: 2 (2-12)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:23 am
Just a little more...he almost had it! He twisted again, placing one foot on the horn to brace himself. Almost...and... Just when he thought he had it, he slipped, putting too much force on the piece he had.
Draven hopped back as the piece he'd been working on turned to ash and fell to the ground. Not meant to be. He was fine with that. He looked at the skull. I'll remember. That will be enough.
He moved out of the way, finding a small rock to perch on. He was sure others would like to pay their respects, too.
((roll 3
Final attempt: only ash))
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Shia bean rolled 2 8-sided dice:
7, 1
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:56 am
Ice separated them from the humans in an instant, all that came before it a fitful blur. Red had only just condemned them all to her...it's? Fiery wrath, blinding each student...finding it in her to protect the students she had trained...for what? This? To watch her die? To watch the humans who slaughtered her leave effortlessly? Natalia had latched on to someone...Tybalt, as it turned out, wrapping her arms around one of his in an effort to go down with someone; a friend. The fire enveloped everyone single one of them, but as she sealed away the light...she felt nothing but the cold chill of ghostly skin against hers.
As the humans--no, the hunters vanished and the ice barrier fell to the ground, Natalia at last exhaled the breath that had been caught since the fire erupted. She didn't know what to say, she honestly didn't know how to react...that is, until she noticed students gravitating toward Red's fallen corpse. Offering Tybalt a smile before releasing her grip, Natalia faced the others who had swarmed her crumbling structure.
They were salvaging parts. Keepsakes, perhaps? Reminders of what happened that day, on that field trip, when they lost one of their own. The brutality of it all made Natalia wince and hesitate to approach, but the idea...it slowly moved her feet and brought the ghoul to one of the back plates. Turning to the group they had formed, the monster murmured before continuing forward. "No more fighting..." It was more of a confirmation, at least for now. They were all done fighting...they could all breathe easy.
Looking around her she watched as the others dropped fists onto the stone, tried to kick it apart, and following suit she did the same.
((Rolling 1))
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Shia bean rolled 2 8-sided dice:
5, 5
Total: 10 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:06 am
A horrible screeching sound came with every hit that landed, her nails fumbling across the smooth plate clumsily. The first strike did nothing, so she grabbed hold of a large rock and tried, as carefully as she could, to crack a piece of the back plate off.
There was a connection, a hard connection, between rock and bone that made the monster cringe. She had to be gentle with it, as ash was beginning to float skyward from the failed attempts of others...
((Roll 2))
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Bloodlust Dante rolled 2 6-sided dice:
4, 3
Total: 7 (2-12)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:13 am
Piece after piece that broke off was quickly turning to ash in Damiens hands, fading away with the rest of what used to be a proud strong teacher. Watching her die because she wanted to save them, to get them out of harms way, was this what the training was for? To still remain helpless? The shame was overwhelming as he fought back the tears on his hands and knees that was just burning for release.
At the core of it all, it was just like in the vision. "I'm just too weak." he muttered bitterly to himself and the ash that billowed up from the ground and sorrow quickly turned to rage as he brought a trembling fist up and made contact with the skull. "I'm just too weak!"
(Attempt 1: Hit)
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Shia bean rolled 2 8-sided dice:
4, 1
Total: 5 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:20 am
"DAMNIT!" The monster fussed, tossing the rock to the side as the plate began to crumble.
Placing both of her hands on her thighs, Natalia shook her head and sighed heavily...before taking the rock for a second time and trying again. One more time.
((FAILED))
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Shia bean rolled 2 8-sided dice:
4, 4
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:22 am
She pressed the stone against the plate and lowered as much weight as she could on top of it. Movement beneath her stiffened the ghoul for a moment, waiting for the stone to soften completely...
When it didn't, she lifted and tried again.
((Roll 1, Round 2))
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Shia bean rolled 2 8-sided dice:
8, 3
Total: 11 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:25 am
She wondered if it was right to continue, snapping off pieces of Red to put on a shelf or in a drawer. She wondered if the werewolf was truly gone, or if she was waiting somewhere...just as she had wondered the same thing about all of her friends.
The stone beneath her shifted, a deep crack found beneath its placement...but no ash, not yet. Natalia shook off the wary thoughts and continued.
Yes it was right to take a piece of Red home with her. Red, whatever was left of her, needed to go home.
((Roll 2, Round 2))
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Bloodlust Dante rolled 2 6-sided dice:
1, 4
Total: 5 (2-12)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:28 am
The skull's bone was so strong in places, and yet so brittle in others. Damien kept putting more and more pressure on the fracturing piece when it crumbled underneath his hand all off a sudden. "Dammit, damn it all."
((ashes to ashes Attempt 1: hit, crumbled.))
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Shia bean rolled 2 8-sided dice:
3, 5
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:31 am
SCREEEESH
When the stone fell for the final time and the bone plate followed soon after it, Natalia became very still and simply stared. It was...whatever Red had become...and it was coming home. Scooping it up at last, the ghoul examined her memento carefully while still seated on the ground.
It was pale, hard, heavy still even separated from the rest of its structure...and strangely enough it still made her heart race and her breaths heavy. Broken, battered, crumbling at the wayside...no matter how destroyed the stone of Red had become, the memory still frightened her.
Some time had passed before she rose to her feet steadily, taking the bone to search the field. What would happen next? What were they to do now...
((Roll 3, Round 2: Success!
Back Plate Taken))
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