Sid wasn't the only one Lex was going to owe a bath to after this was all done, although Zan supposed he could admit she was worse off than the rest of them. Being caked with mud was no picnic for a human or a bird, but even he could recognize the difference between a minor, if dirty, inconvenience and complete incapacitation.
Unfortunately for Sid and his promise to keep her from actual harm, he was thinking a little too hard about his unwanted filthiness when she flew toward him again, and Zan lashed out, heedless of beaks and claws, shoving the bird away with all of his strength.
While it had always been true that he was a better fighter when he wasn't trying to be, this wasn't supposed to be a fight at all. Zan sheathed his dagger and held his hands up again, brows furrowed with sudden, genuine worry.
"s**t. Sorry."
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Zan HP: 41 Zan DMG: 8
Character Name:Zan Gethin Brief description of character: Friendly, perceptive, phony. Zan has wholeheartedly embraced the more mundane aspects of his new life at the Prytaneumâsuch as regular meals, his stipend, and the gymâbut his inability to stick with any one thing for long has left him struggling to pin down how he might best serve his god long term.
Deity: Hermes Weapon: Dagger HP: 50 Minicert:
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3Total: 3 (1-6)
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:47 am
The mud fling her way was taking itâs toll, and not just in the brightness of her colors as it smeared across the red and blue feathers. Sticky, and heavy, it was harder and harder to stay aloft. Each beat of her wing flung mud about, but the pristine lay of them was ruined.
The longer the fight went on, the more her stamina flagged, and with it went the blind panic. She was still afraid, but that nagging feeling was worse now. She didnât want to fight any more, but they were still attacking her. As the blonde with dreads shoved at her, she bit him with a grating hiss, the stick lobbed her way flying wide as she struggled.
The end to her airborne attacks came suddenly when the man she had been attacking gave her a wild shove. Lighter than she looked for her hollow bones, Sid was thrown and she shrieked as she fell, thumping hard into the ground. She was a thrashing ball of mud and feathers at that point, struggling to get onto her small feet and back into the air, but there was nothing doing. She was too heavy, too dirty, and she was tiring fast.
Trapped, she mantled, puffing up as best she could, and hissed at the chosen that surrounded her.
Sid attacks Rob for 3 damage
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Character Name:Sidney James Brief description of character: Reluctant Chosen of Apollo, Sid is more interested in partying and making music than being a warrior. Upbeat and bright most of the time, she's also a bit selfish and unlikely to go out of her way for people she doesn't know.
Currently wearing the form of a bright red/blue/yellow Macaw.
Deity: Apollo Weapon: Bow (6 base damage) HP:47 27 - 5 - 2 - 8 = 12 Minicert:
Rob was tiring too. He was growing weary of fighting with the bird who was Sid, tired of getting bitten and scratched and buffeted by her. He yelped when she bit him, her powerful beak digging into the flesh of his wrist. "Ow, dammit!" He almost lost his temper over it, grabbed her wing and almost smacked her as she fell to the ground -- but he caught himself and realized that could put all their work in peril. He quickly released her; he didn't want to hurt her, he just wanted her back.
The dreadlocked Dionysus Chosen knelt in the mud near where she thrashed and hissed, making himself smaller, less threatening to her. "Listen, Sid, please. You have to come back to us. To me, your old friend Robin. You have to remember who you are. We're not going to hurt you." He sighed and lowered his head before looking at the flailing, mud-spattered parrot again. "If only you could talk⌠Parrots do that, don't they?"
Rob's HP: 26 - 3 = 23 Dmg: 5 Sid's HP: 12 - 5 = 7
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Character Name:Robin Attewood Brief description of character: Rob is a dreadlocked punk who's secretly a Boy Scout, a grump with a heart of gold. Pugnacious, fiercely independent and "on" all the time, he loves wine, women and song and is the biggest beer snob on the planet.
Deity: Dionysus Weapon: Greatsword HP: 50
Shaddaling rolled 1 6-sided dice:
2Total: 2 (1-6)
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:56 pm
Lex scrubbed his hand against the tree bark, moving to check on Rob and Sid. âHey, easy now.â He didnât make a move to fling more mud at Sid. âHey, we arenât going to attack you.â He soothed, reaching a hand out carefully towards the bright macaw. âWant to come back to the camp? See your friends? See if we can get that mud off you? Sorry about that, but I didnât want to hurt you.â
HP: 50 Weapon: Brass knuckles, base 4 + 1 to hit roll Damage: 2 Sid: 5hp
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Character Name:Lex/Sasha Tavei Brief description of character: Impulsive to the bone and flamboyant, Lex is a ball of energy, making rash decisions and depending on his/their luck to carry him/them out of trouble.
Being on the ground was a very scary thing for a bird the size of a small dog, especially when they couldnât fly. She managed to shake off Rob after he grabbed for her wing and released it, backing away from the attackers.
What was going on here, anyway? Why where they fighting? It was hard to place it⌠when she struggled to remember, all she got was images of sitting next to someone, and then panic and fearâŚ
They were making soothing noises as they approached now, despite her being helpless on the ground. There was no more mud slung her way, no more knives or grabbing hands. Actually, when the blonde one got down on her level and spoke to her, she had the strangest feeling she recognized himâŚ
Robin?
Sidneyâs wings lowered as she lifted her head and cocked it to the side, making a curious noise. Wait, wait⌠she knew him. She didnât know the others, when she looked, but once she adjusted to the weird lowered angle, she could see emblems of chosen on them. All of them looked dirty and tired, and just a bit roughed up, especially Rob.
She made a soft whistle as she flipped her wings shut and shyly scooted closer to him, picking her way across the mossy, wet ground. When she got closer, she extended her neck and reached out with a far gentler touch, grabbing the sleeve of his shirt to investigate with her agile beak.
Holy s**t, she had a beak. What the sweet ******** was going on?
Success! Birb subdued!
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Character Name:Sidney James Brief description of character: Reluctant Chosen of Apollo, Sid is more interested in partying and making music than being a warrior. Upbeat and bright most of the time, she's also a bit selfish and unlikely to go out of her way for people she doesn't know.
Currently wearing the form of a bright red/blue/yellow Macaw.
Deity: Apollo Weapon: Bow (6 base damage) HP:47 12 - 5 - 2 = 5 Minicert:
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:44 pm
Rob melted a little at Sid's tentative nibbling of his shirt sleeve. "Yeah, Sid, it's me, Robin. You got turned into a bird, probably by the food. You kind of panicked and flew off into the swamp, and we had to catch you to keep you from getting lost til we find a cure." He didn't know for sure how much of this she was getting, what with the bird-brain and all, but he felt he owed her an explanation of sorts. "Soooo that's why you're covered with mud -- we didn't want to hurt you."
He grinned down at her and gestured to the others. "That's Lex," he introduced, pointing to the Hermes Chosen with pale curls frizzing up in the Louisiana humidity, "and that's Zan. Sylvia you already know, I think." Reaching out tentatively, he gently scritched the base of Sid's birdy skull. "That's a good Sid. Want to go back to camp? We'll get you cleaned up, then see if anyone's come up with a cure for this crap." He held out his arm for her to climb on.
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Character Name:Robin Attewood Brief description of character: Rob is a dreadlocked punk who's secretly a Boy Scout, a grump with a heart of gold. Pugnacious, fiercely independent and "on" all the time, he loves wine, women and song and is the biggest beer snob on the planet.
Deity: Dionysus Weapon: Greatsword HP: 50
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:34 pm
He tried to push the thought that Sid was a human woman stuck in the body of a bird out of his mind. He tried to push the fact that she'd ended up that way because of something as innocent as what she had eaten out too, and with it the possibility that he might finish the day as some vapid little critter as well. Only then, with his head clear of all of that disturbing s**t, was he able to find the scene in front of him cute. Very cute. Disney cute.
"Glad this all worked out," he said with a smirk, waving at Sid after he was introduced. "I'm sorry about the knife and the shoving. And I hope you're a person again soon." He swallowed, looking around at the group. "I'm gonna go get some of this mud off me. It was a good idea," he said to Lex, "but really... messy."
Character Name:Zan Gethin Brief description of character: Friendly, perceptive, phony. Zan has wholeheartedly embraced the more mundane aspects of his new life at the Prytaneumâsuch as regular meals, his stipend, and the gymâbut his inability to stick with any one thing for long has left him struggling to pin down how he might best serve his god long term.
Deity: Hermes Weapon: Dagger HP: 50 Minicert:
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:45 pm
"Yeah, it was a lot more of a mess then I thought it was," he admitted, giving a small shrug . He was actually mostly clean. His hands were caked, and he was a bit splattered, but he was throwing it rather far away.
"It was the only thing I could think off to keep her grounded without hurting her."
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:31 pm
Sylvia gasped when Sid was thrown back and hit the ground, fairly hard. Of course Zan hadnât meant to push her so hard, which was even clearer as he surrendered, arms up, apologizing immediately after he realized he had shoved harder than heâd meant. Even Rob retaliated to a bite as she fell. Sylvia hurried forward to check on her, though she kept her distance in case the bird got a second wind.
It took a moment for Sid to shake it off, Lex and Rob running over to make sure that she was okay. Luckily, it seemed she was not just okay, but back to herself as she whistled and drew closer to Rob to explore his sleeve. Sylvia gave a little wave when Rob pointed her out.
As conversation turned to mud, Sylvia couldnât help but chuckle. She came into the situation late enough that she remained untouched, but Rob, Zan, and Sid were fairly well-coated. She gave a nod, âYou all could use some baths to freshen up.â She sighed, gazing back over at Sid, âIâm sorry I didnât help very much. But Iâm glad that sheâs back to herself â well, mostly.â She still had the âbeing an animalâ thing going against her, but⌠hopefully they would fix that soon.
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Character Name:Sylvia Owens Brief description of character: Sweet, optimistic, always trying to be helpful â even if it means bluntly telling you how stupid youâre being. Remains tentative about her new life as a Chosen, having never been a fighterâŚ
Deity: Aphrodite Weapon: Tower Shield [heavy defensive ; -15 init, base 10 dmg, -1 hit] HP: 56HP Items: Piece of Map; Fine Wine (1); Moly Flower (1) Minicert: [none yet]
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 4:52 pm
Taking hold of his sleeve in her beak, Sid stepped up onto the offered arm and began to climb her way up it. It was weird, just knowing how to do it, but when she wanted something, the instincts were just there. Maybe why sheâd panicked so badly⌠they were very close to the surface.
It matched up with what Rob was telling her, at least. A cure⌠Yeah, that was gonna be priority number one. Go figure she gets almost killed by a giant bird on one outing and then turned into one on the next. A pattern seemed to be forming.
Once settled on him, her wing brushing his hair, she turned to give a jerky head bob to each of her rescuers in turn, a low whistle sliding from her throat. Talking was gonna have to be priority number two, at least while she was still a bird.
She extended her outside wing and waved it gently. It was about all she could do to show her gratitude and acknowledgement for what theyâd all done. She was pretty sure she hadnât made it easy on them, but at least it was done. They were good people, and sheâd remember this.
In the mean time, a bath sounded like heaven and she turned to nibble at Robâs dreads, ineffectually combing some of the mud out like she would her own feathers.
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Character Name:Sidney James Brief description of character: Reluctant Chosen of Apollo, Sid is more interested in partying and making music than being a warrior. Upbeat and bright most of the time, she's also a bit selfish and unlikely to go out of her way for people she doesn't know.
Currently wearing the form of a bright red/blue/yellow Macaw.
Deity: Apollo Weapon: Bow (6 base damage) HP:47 12 - 5 - 2 = 5 Minicert:
Lex kept from running his hand through his hair and nodded. "Met you guys back at the camp." He called and started off at a quick trot through the swamp. It was time to get clean or at the very least not so muck covered.
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:05 am
Zan nodded, still smirking despite his filth. "Yup. We'll talk again when this is done."
The mud fling her way was taking itâs toll, and not just in the brightness of her colors as it smeared across the red and blue feathers. Sticky, and heavy, it was harder and harder to stay aloft. Each beat of her wing flung mud about, but the pristine lay of them was ruined.
