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 Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:55 pm
It had taken a couple of weeks, but Athene was once again out on the patrol beat. The dark-haired senshi had made the choice to patrol near by the park, however had indulged in stopping to buy a medium cup of take-away coffee before powering up for the evening and was taking sips of the warm beverage as he walked.
Athene had managed to get half-way through the cup, when he thought he sensed something. Taking a final couple of sips of the coffee, it was with some reluctance that the dark-haired senshi discarded the cup to a nearby bin – seriously it was chilly out – before moving closer to investigate the direction he thought it might be coming from.
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:22 am
Camelot hated when he ran into more than one youma at a time. He felt like he could handle one, maybe two, on his own, particularly with his upgrade, and he would be just fine. He had a little confidence wobble now and then, but generally he was capable enough to fight off the youma and do what needed to be done.
Not so much tonight.
He was on the ground, one leg immobilized by some kind of toxin or poison in the youma's bite. His leg was numb and unpleasantly tingling, refusing to bear any weight despite his orders to it, and the bite wound itself was the only thing he could feel. And it hurt.
Curled into as much of a ball as he could be, he was hiding behind his shield, watching the three youma circling around him. They had strange bodies that seemed to shift and never keep the same joint structure, vaguely human shape but every bone could move in whatever direction the youma desired. They had no faces, save, when open, gaping mouths full of small, razor sharp teeth in three rows.
Those teeth had managed to get him on the upper leg, and now one was lunging for him. He lifted his shield to defend against it and another one leaped onto his arm, biting into the armor but, thankfully, not meeting skin. It did leave him open to the third one though.
He sensed a familiar aura and glanced over quickly. "Athene! A pleasure to see you!"
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:34 pm
The closer Athene got towards the source of the aura, the more of a bad feeling the dark-haired senshi got – whatever it was coming from felt stronger than the few youma he'd come across – much, much stronger.
He was starting to have second thoughts about the whole thing when he picked up on another aura close-by. That changed things. This second aura felt familiar.
And then as Athene got closer things changed all over again. That first aura he had picked up on wasn't one aura, it was three and the person they seemed to be after... He looked startled for a moment as his eyes took in a glimpse of armour, a familiar-looking shield – yep it was definitely Camelot.
His eyes landed on a clump of earth. It wasn't exactly brilliant, but it had a bit of stone stuck to it which made it better than nothing. Picking it up the dark-haired senshi lobbed it in the direction of the one youma not currently attacking the Squire. “Get away from him.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:11 am
Camelot was glad when the youma reeled away, turning, or rather twisting its upper body without moving its feet or hips, to look at Athene. It snarled and lunged toward the senshi, legs spinning around to catch up with its body as it twisted strangely.
The knight tried to stop it, but there were still two others. they leaped at him and he was securely pinned.
"Be careful! Their bite seems to make the impacted area go numb! I don't know how long: I'll let you know," he laughed, shaking his head. He probably shouldn't be laughing, but it was fear driving him. And adrenaline. He couldn't get up yet, so he swung his shield and smashed it into one of the youma's head. It wasn't accurate to say face, as they lacked most of the key ingredients that made one.
Camelot groaned as he struggled to stand, falling back down immediately. He had a youma on his back soon after, and now he had to play bucking bronco while the second one, the one he had just knocked away, was now running toward Athene as well.
Crap.
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:54 pm
Oh god. Athene hadn't actually thought of a plan beyond getting the monster away from Camelot. “Crap” he muttered as he took in the rows of razor sharp teeth as the thing started to charge at him.
For a moment Athene just stared at the thing. Crap, crap and double crap – what should I do? His senshi ability was so unreliable, but there wasn't time to look for something else to chuck at the thing – the monster would be upon him way before that.
He bit his lip, he'd have to try for his attack and hope for the best – after all the dark-haired senshi knew for sure that he didn't want those teeth getting anywhere near him.
Focusing on the monster – well on those sharp teeth – Athene clenched his right fist, trying to concentrate as he raised his unclenched left hand up and called out “Blue beads of Nazar!”
After about a moment’s pause a glowing ball made up of what looked to be insubstantial-looking beads formed and floated in front of his upraised hand.
“There!” pointing at the youma with his left hand to point at the youma, the dark-haired senshi bit his lip anxiously as the ‘ball’ started moving towards the monster.
It was about that point that Athene realised that there was a second monster coming up behind the first one. If his senshi ability didn't work, then he was probably going to be royally screwed.
[ooc note – Athene can use his senshi attack 3 times, but has to post 3 times between attack attempts (re-charge period). It can only hit one target, but if it hits then that target will be trapped for 15 secs/ 1post. Athene's attack only affects targets going after Athene specifically, it auto-fails otherwise]
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:08 am
Camelot watched as Athene struggled with the youma, though he saw his attack his and the youma seemed to get caught up in it. That stopped one, but the other was still barreling toward him.
Camelot felt a strong urge to get himself to his feet, and go and help his friend. Athene was only in trouble because Camelot had needed help, and now he was getting the brunt of the attack. The Squire of Earth needed to help.
"Terra Viridis Crystal Power!" Camelot yelled, and the shield on his arm pulsed in reaction. The crystal glowed and then the youma he was blocking against was sent flying with a howl, a burst of energy pushing it away. Since he had his body angled oddly, shield up, it sent the youma catapulting away.
Good enough for him.
Camelot got to his feet, scrambling toward Athene. He wasn't sure he'd make it there before the second youma did, however, limping on his dead leg.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:55 am
Athene blew out a sigh of relief as the first youma became trapped by the beads. It worked – it had actually worked! His relief turned to anxiety as the dark-haired senshi remembered the second youma – the one that was still heading his way. Using his senshi ability again wasn't an option – Athene wasn't about to try his luck with it again, as far as he was concerned he was lucky that it had actually managed to work this time round. Besides trapping the first youma was only half the problem, a fix, and only a temporary one at that – his ability wouldn't hold that thing forever.
He needed to find something, anything to keep that thing away from him – more specifically to keep those teeth away from him – his outfit wasn't likely to provide any sort of protection against a bite from one of those things. Finally his questing eyes noticed another clod of earth just a little further up – if he could only reach it – then maybe he could try lobbing it before the second youma reached him.
As the dark-haired senshi scrambled to try and grab the clod, he hoped that Camelot was having better luck against the things than he was.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:36 pm
Camelot at least had sent his youma flying, though it would be coming back soon enough. They'd deal with it soon enough.
"Athene! Catch!" He yelped, thinking up the only option he had. He couldn't get there in time to stop the youma, with the lead it had and the distance Camelot would have to cover just to catch up, let alone pass it. With his numb leg, he had no chance of it.
So he pulled his shield from his arm and tossing it like a frisbee, though it was longer than it was wide, toward Athene.
Maybe he should have thrown it at the youma itself, but of course that only occurred to him when the thing was in the air, hopefully flying toward the senshi. He wasn't exactly an expert marksman.
But he hoped the shield would end up somewhere convenient.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:16 am
Athene spared a glance in Camelot's direction at the sound of the other's voice, just in time to see the Squire's shield go flying through the air in his direction.
It spinning shield managed to sail over the head of the youma still running towards him, but still fell short of where Athene was standing.
Athene hesitated – the shield would make a far better weapon than the clod he'd been eyeing – but to get to it he'd have to actually run towards that thing which would put him much closer than he'd actually like to the youma.
And then there was the factor of his senshi ability – the beads making up the barrier were already fading away and with the barrier dropping, it wouldn't take long before the first youma re-joined the fight.
The shield it would have to be then. Turning Athene made a run towards where the shield had dropped, feeling his heart pound in his ears as he pushed himself to run as fast as he could.
A few steps, then more, then shield was almost in front of him, the dark-haired senshi making a lunge to grab awkwardly at the edge of it, hoping that he'd made it in time as he did so.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:05 pm
Well, he had gotten it close. He was working on the whole throwing thing. It had worked a few times, but it seemed he was better at it when the targets were much bigger. Or maybe he had held himself back just so he didn't hit Athene with it.
That wouldn't have been very useful.
The youma leaped at Athene as the young senshi dove for the shield. It came down on top of him hard, strong fists flying, but a few moments later, too long for someone taking blows and certainly an eternity for the runner watching, Camelot slammed into the youma and they both spilled to the side.
Two on one they could handle.
Two on two was a little more difficult. But there were three: the one Camelot had blasted was running back toward them. It looked injured, at least. They could take that one out easier than the two that were near full health. The beads were freeing the second, and Camelot was struggling with the first. It was going to be a rough night.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:42 pm
As Athene made his dive toward the shield the dark-haired senshi felt something hit his back, their combined weights serving to push the short senshi into the ground hard enough to knock the wind out of him as Camelot's shield dug painfully into his front.
The punches certainly didn't help and although the thought crossed Athene's mind to try and curl up into a ball – to do something to make himself a smaller target – the dark-haired senshi was finding it hard to carry out thought to action.
He was just resigning the fact that the thing was was probably going to bite him at some point with those god-awful teeth, when the youma was suddenly knocked away from him.
Even so it took a good few moments to pass before Athene was able to pick himself up off the ground. His back hurt and his front – well that felt like one continuous bruise.
As Camelot struggled with a youma, Athene picked up the Squire's shield with a wince – it was safe to say the dark-haired senshi was having a really bad night.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:43 pm
"I think we need a better strategy!"
Camelot was struggling against the youma, but he managed to slam his fist into the youma's face. It reeled back and he moved to fight it, but the one he had blasted away got to him first. "******** was not much for cursing, but certain situations called for it. Like being attacked by three youmas and now knowing where they all were. He yelped, swinging his fist hard and slamming it into the closest youma's face. It burst into dust and for a moment, everything was great. Camelot felt a thrill.
Then another youma's horrid face appeared in the dust. It latched onto his shoulder, its teeth sinking into the skin of his shoulder and neck. He let out a gargled yelp, falling backwards under the weight of the youma. There were two left, but Camelot was certainly down and out.
The other youma was charging toward Athene.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:26 pm
“Yes a plan would be good” Athene agreed. Not that planning was his strong point as the dark-haired teen tended to get a little too caught up in the little details. Then he heard Camelot curse, the sound causing Athene to start to turn in the Squire's direction – maybe...
Then sight of the youma heading up in his direction made his thoughts tail off, while a sound from Camelot's direction had him chance a glance in the Squire's direction – just in time to see the older man toppling backwards under the weight of one of the youma. “Oh crap!”
This wasn't good. Camelot down, another youma heading in his direction and rapidly eating up the distance between them, a third youma somewhere out there? No this was soo not good.
Then Athene remembered Camelot's shield, his eyes narrowing as the weight of it gave him an idea. Actually maybe there was something he could do – at least about the youma heading his way.
Holding onto the the top edge of the shield as tightly as he could, Athene bit his lip anxiously as he waited – he'd probably get only the one shot at this – the youma probably wasn't going to stay still enough and let him to attempt it again.
At the last possible moment, Athene awkwardly swung the shield out at the youma as if wielding a bat, putting his weight behind it as he did so. There was loud 'smacking' sound and the youma stumbled back. Forcing himself forward Athene swung the shield at the youma again and this time the blow must have been enough as the youma exploded into dust.
One down, two to go?
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:24 am
There was only one youma left, in fact, as Camelot had managed to dust one before getting himself bitten. He was on the ground now, though, clinging to his shoulder as numbness spread through his body. It arched up his neck and made one ear feel clogged, sound coming to him muffled and distorted on that side. The wound itself was shallow and not life threatening, but he couldn't move his arm now.
"Arghh," Camelot yelped, clamping his not numb hand over the wound and struggling to crawl away from the last youma standing. It was pretty pissed off, though, and he it was not interested in letting its food get away.
Is that what it wanted? Food?
Camelot watched as the youma charged at Athene, but he was feeling too woozy from the bite to even yell out for the senshi to watch out. At least he had the shield now, and had taken out one of them. Camelot wished he could help, but it was up to the younger senshi.
The youma charged, slinking low on its ball bearing joints, angling its body impossibly close to the ground and striking at Athene's legs like a snake. It would do what the other two youma couldn't, or so its simple mind led it to believe. There was no fight or flight, just fight.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:42 pm
For a moment as the youma charged in his direction Athene contemplated trying to chuck Camlot's shield at it. Then his hands tightened their grip, even as his mind protested in automatic denial – after all right now the shield was the best weapon he had, probably the only real weapon he had.
I guess there's always my senshi ability, maybe it... Athene's thoughts trailed off as he realised that the youma had been moving faster than than he'd anticipated, the charging thing almost upon him.
Athene lashed out and down with the shield in a panic-stricken attempt to get the thing away from him, just as the youma chose that particular moment to lunge at him.
For a moment the force of the impact as the youma hit the shield juddering through the dark-haired senshi's arms – Athene's arms trembling as he tried to keep his grip – then the final youma exploded, the dust left behind the only trace of its former presence.
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