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 Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:41 am
It's been barely two days since Before was unpodded. He'd missed apparently a <********> ton of things, like missions and mini-missions and new faces waking. A slew of things can happen in the span of the month and the Mist missed them all.
While the miracle of runic technology kept his muscles from succumbing to atrophy, it didn't do anything to remove the stiffness and lethargy. Which was why he was at the training grounds, hoping to get a spar in him before he could go off-base for his shopping trip. The amount of people he was going to buy gifts for had shrunk but his grocery list had grown. What? He had recipes to try and a lot of ground to cover D<
Vanna sighed in the back of Before's consciousness. Just be glad you're up and about again.
He smiled wryly to no one in particular and summoned his weapon, relishing the heft and feel of the large wheel. Now all he needed was an opponent. Or should he stick to the training dummies?
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:51 am
It had also snowed a fair bit since he was gone it seemed.
When Before reached the training ground he found it was not only filled with dummies and a few training hunters but plenty of snow, a few small snow forts, a few damaged snowmen (most missing their heads with clear signs of weapon abuse involved.)
But most interesting was the mist hunter with a Scythe. Not only was it a new mist, it was a male and he wasn't Lance.
Just as Before wandered out into the training fields Roland had done so as well and was currently spinning his scythe Silvya above his head, bringing her down left and right hacking at snow targets and dummies alike.
For those playing hunter Bingo, you could now check off two male mists in the same room. (Not including Lance)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:06 am
Before breathed in the chilly air and began stretching and warming up, snow crunching underneath his boots. He wasn't paying much attention to the others present, not right now at least. When he's properly warmed up, maybe he will- the rest of his thoughts were cut off by a spray of snow.
>.o
He raised a hand to wipe at the cold wetness, side-eyeing the Mist with the scythe and muttering, "Say it, don't spray it."
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:27 am
Roland turned to the sound of muttering, Silvya still poised from the last strike, "Er... sorry man. Didn't see you there." Lowering the weapon he planted the butt of it in the snow tilting his head at Before and his odd wheel like weapon.
"Didn't think anyone would get close enough to get caught in the back blast from uhhh training..." Yes. Training, because training always involved making snowmen targets for epic executions. Somewhere during that thought Roland noticed the coat on the other hunter.
"Wait. You're a Mist?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:56 am
Before accepted the apology with a nod and a small smile. There was just something about the air (perhaps even the snow itself) that lent to forgiveness and pleasantries. "Sure, sure, we coo~" he spoke, lightly bouncing Vanna up and down by her handle. When the other hunter pointed out Before's division, he answered "Yep! Misty since promotion."
His teal eyes darted at the other's coat and brown brows rose in mild delight, "Oh duuuuuuuuude, you're Misty too?" 8DDDD
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:02 am
The snow and the air was quiet pleasing, any bitterness about Lex and Nevada's little situation, Rep being Rep, and just about everything else seemed to take a back burner compared to the generally happy feelings he had at this moment.
"Since promotion? So you didn't start as a Mist?" He moved around the snowmen wreckage poking their bases with Sylvia toppling them over making a bit more room in the training field for them both as they talked.
"Yeah, I was in the division since I crawled out my pod... I think they made a good choice, I've completed almost all the training courses my first time through." He frowned, "All that's left is Death.... and I hear that ones worse then Jenga..."
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:08 am
Despite the happy sensations currently buzzing in Before, the deep-seated bitterness and overall feeling of abandonment was enough to curl Before's lips into a rueful smirk, "Started out a Lifer, actually. Iunno if I ever did something way wrong but H transferred me to Mist. Things turned out Awesome for me though. Aria's amazing," there may have been a glint of utter adoration and loyalty in those teal eyes.
At the talk of training courses, Before let out a bark of laughter, "I did better on the Death course than in Jenga so mebbe I was meant to get transferred off. Here's hoping after I submit some stuff to Aria and apply for a promotion, she won't think I should be transferred too," he sighed.
Then he brightened almost immediately, eyes crinkling as he smiled, his thoughts jumping off a tangent. "Hey, so, since we're both here, you up for a spar? Or are you totes busy annihilating snowmen?"
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Miliardo Kason rolled 1 20-sided dice:
17
Total: 17 (1-20)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:46 am
"Life? I've got two friends working for them, they don't seem so bad if you actually know them, its the higher ups and the ones working behind the scenes though. Those ones are the worst. Really odd and creepy. As for Aria, she seems pretty awesome." A little distant, maybe she was just mad at him over the desk thing.
"I think I did best on the Mist course, only had one mistake the whole trip through." He continued knocking down snowmen leaving only a small pile of snow here and there to show where they once stood. "I don't think I'm up for promotion for a while still."
He paused in his work looking at the last snowmen before spinning a bout bringing Sylvia low to the ground cleaving a path in the snow and straight up the snowman cleaving it in half. "I think I could go for a real spar... maybe I won't screw this one up for once..."
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Huni Pi rolled 1 20-sided dice:
5
Total: 5 (1-20)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:55 am
"Oh, I ain't saying Life as a division is bad. I loved being in Life," he seemed a little teary eyed as he spoke, "And Lifers are awesome. With the exception of H." That last bit he whispered in conspiracy to the other Mist dude. That he just now realized he had no idea who to call. Who also seemed to agree to his proposition.
"Awesome! I'm Before," he introduced, thrusting his hand out while his other pumped Vanna up and down like an over-sized weight.
((rolling for initiative))
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Miliardo Kason rolled 2 8-sided dice:
3, 4
Total: 7 (2-16)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:13 am
"I'm happy with being a mist, nothing to really complain about except some people give me odd looks since I'm one of the few guys around. Nice to know we have at least three of us."
Suddenly he was moving forward snapping Sylvia out from the side, the swing coming up short just as Sylvia started to sing in the back of his head.
<< You went too early! You should have waited for me! >>
< Element of surprise? >
<< Element of near missing you idiot! >>
"Er hm Roland Taft, good to meet you!"
HP: 40/40
DMG: 1
Charge 0/3
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Huni Pi rolled 2 10-sided dice:
3, 2
Total: 5 (2-20)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:16 am
Before's eyes widened in surprise when the other Mist just attacked. Well, um, okay he wasn't going to hold it against... Roland? Okay, Roland because Before's been on enough Missions and faced off against enough creatures to know there were no rules other than you keep hitting until someone doesn't get up anymore.
He managed to pull his arm back, felt the tip of the scythe nick his FEAR shield and tried to swing Vanna at his opponent in response. His muscles protested in agony, having no desire to attack. Or move too much.
HP: 49/50
Damage: 0
Charge: 0/3
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Miliardo Kason rolled 2 8-sided dice:
3, 3
Total: 6 (2-16)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:24 am
It was a bit rude to attack early, but he had to get as much of an advantage as possible. Still his early strike had put him out of tempo with Sylvia, next thing he knew a giant disc like wheel was flying at his face. He only had a moment to drop to his knees and lean back as the weapon sailed overhead, Sylvia in turn missing her mark entirely.
So much for the upper hand.
HP: 40/40
Damage: nope
Charge: 1/3
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Huni Pi rolled 2 10-sided dice:
5, 4
Total: 9 (2-20)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:27 am
Had Before warmed up enough? His body didn't seem to think so, and neither had his weapon. But Vanna had always been encouraging to her bonded, though that may not always be for the best. Still, as Before's earlier swipe missed, he continued the momentum. And with the overreach from his opponent, Before managed to turn on his heels and arc the spiked wheel upwards without missing a step.
HP: 49/50
Damage: 3
Charge: 1/3
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Miliardo Kason rolled 2 8-sided dice:
6, 4
Total: 10 (2-16)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:34 am
Roland continued to kneel for a moment before watching as the weapon shifted spinning around and suddenly flying downward. Oh crap oh crap. Stumbling backwards he felt the spiked wheel slash at his shield causing Sylvia to hiss in irritation.
Stumbling to his feet he brought the scythe up once more before spinning around lashing out with her curved blade trying to push Before backwards with each swing.
HP: 37/40
DMG: 4
Charge: 2/3
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Huni Pi rolled 2 10-sided dice:
4, 4
Total: 8 (2-20)
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:38 am
There's thing thing about Before. He's been hit a lot. Like. A lot a lot. It's given him a fairly okay understanding of this thing called range, and as big-a** as Vanna is and as awesome as she is (to Before), the taller ( ;w; ) Mist acknowledged that he would do better if he stayed in closer quarters.
He raised Vanna to act as a shield, waited the appropriate moment to angle her just so and snagged the end of the scythe's blade. At least, he did long enough that the sudden jerk forward he made would have the butt of the handle smack into Ro. Or at least that was the intention behind the movement.
HP: 45/50
Damage: 2
Charge: 2/3
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