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 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:55 pm
This Quest is for Zuri who desires to be a Lancer.
OOC
||. You may not use any other characters or NPCs; Zuri must face her trials alone.
||. Respond to the prompts given as you would any other RP.
||. Your responses may be as long or short as you feel necessary.
IC
A man stood over a pond, freshly full of water after a recent, Jauhar rain. He was attractive, clearly of the Shifter tribe. It was day and his dark skin reflected in the calm water of the pool. In his hand, a trident affixed with glimmering crystals was poised, motionless.
He might have been a statue... a replicated god of bygone days...
With sudden and impressive swiftness, the trident shot into the water, the sharpened gems reappearing moments later above the surface, a wriggling creature, some strange blend between fish and amphibian, impaled there. The man grinned in delight at the sight of his prize and got to work scaling it and starting a small fire. Clearly, he meant to set up camp for the night here and he had helped himself to a delightful dinner.
It was then that a sound caught his attention. The jingle of... bells, was it? The man's brow furrowed and, trident in hand, he left his meal skewered and wrapped in leaves, tucked amongst the flames, before stalking into the forest. There, in the distance, a creature unlike any he'd ever seen. It was fluffy, its pelt a beautiful color. Those horns... would make excellent drinking cups.
A roati... Belle, as a matter of fact, although the Shifter knew neither of these details. All he knew was that it was a rare creature, unlike any he had ever seen, with many useful components... and with trident in hand, he prepared to strike.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:28 pm
Zuri had been walking the forest of Jauhar with Belle at her side. She loved to walk after the rain had fallen, it made the whole forest seem more alive. She had stopped to grab a fruit out of a tree when Belle seemed to wander off. She rolled her eyes as she climbed up and grabbed the fruit. Being in Jauhar for so long had improved her climbing skills greatly. Plus the fact that she didn't want to fall every again motivated her to get better at the task. Grabbing the fruit she climbed down and looked around for Belle. The roati often wandered off, but she didn't typically go far. "Belle?" she called as she listened for bells that normally meant the roati was close.
She started walking in the direction where she had seen Belle go. "Belle, where did you go silly?" she called. It wasn't long before she could hear the bells, though they seemed kind of far off. She picked up her pace and it was a good thing she did because she realized that Belle was in trouble from a male shifter.
"STOP!" she screamed before jumping in front of Belle with her spear raised. Belle was hers and she wouldn't allow anyone to hurt her. "She is my companion, you will not hurt her." she warned the shifter. She had never met this male so she was very apprehensive. Where did he come from and what did he want. None the less she wasn't about to let anything happen to the roati that was not only her companion but also a friend to her. Belle was her only connection to her old home.
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:23 pm
The man looked rather startled as a woman suddenly jumped in between him and his prey. However, his face was quick to take on a grin.
"Beautiful and fearless." He murmured, shamelessly displaying his thoughts. "What more could a man ask for?"
The shifter chuckled, raising his trident to meet the angle of her spear. "Your companion, is she? Lucky you, to have such a unique creature for a friend... I've never seen anything like her before. Of course, that means I won't let you take her away so easy."
The man grinned, spreading his feet, grounding himself, prepared to fight. "I hope you're willing to fight for her." And with that, he charged forward, trident aimed directly at Zuri's chest.
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:45 pm
She frowned at the man. He had not asked for her, and she was not his. "Dangerous too." she said back to him. He was bigger then her, and she could feel Belle looking from behind her. "Go home Belle, go home." she said not taking her eyes from the man but shooing her companion away.
"She comes from my home land, from Zena. And she isn't yours to take from me. She is mine." she growled at him. Who was he, she had never seen the shifter male before and when he brought his trident to meet her chest her eyes narrowed. How dare he! "I will fight to protect what is mine, and I shall win." she said between her teeth as the man charged. She moved out of the way, knowing that her agility would be on her side since he was bigger then her.
"Why don't you just travel yourself and get your own companion. Why try to steal mine!" she screamed before trying to attack the man with her spear.
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:33 pm
As Zuri moved out of the way of his charge, the Shifter allowed his momentum to carry him forward, towards Belle, whom the woman had shooed away. He ran past the fleeing Roati, rounding so that she was trapped again, this time between himself and Zuri.
Trident still raised, he laughed. "Exotic as well... you just keep getting better. Unfortunately, I've never heard of this 'Zena' you speak of, so wouldn't it be difficult for me to find a 'Belle' for myself?"
He grinned, eyes shifting constantly between the woman and her companion. "I just want that soft pelt... those wonderful horns. You can keep the rest of her." With that, he charged again, his attack, this time, directed at Belle.
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:43 pm
Belle bleated, and Zuri's eyes went wide. No, no, no! She would not let the Roati be harmed. She was the only thing that Zuri had left from her home town, and she had become very close to Zuri's heart. She knew all about her thoughts and fears. "Oh so your greedy and stupid as well? It should be all that hard to defeat you." she realized that she wasn't going to be able to keep dancing away from him. She had to protect Belle, and it seemed the only way to do that was to attack him.
"I told you, she is not for you to have, not one part of her." she said running at the shifter, attempting to throw all her weight at him while moving his trident out of the way with her spear. She wasn't sure if it would be successful, but she had to try.
Belle was good at hiding, at running away. As all this happened she did what any animal would try to do, flee.
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:09 pm
The man's trident was successfully deflected. He regained his ground and winked at Zuri. "C'mon, we can share."
He charged Zuri again, "After all, I'm going to have to catch your Belle all over again now, too."
He was toying with Zuri. His charges nothing more than to wear her down and break her strength. Zuri was going to have to do something quick if she wanted to truly save her roati.
They could both hear her bells chiming in the distance as the roati ran to hide.
The man smirked at Zuri as he increasingly came closer with his sharp trident.
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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:05 am
The closer the man came the more she knew what she had to do. She had a feeling that although stupid this man would not give up until he had Belle as his own. What made matters worse is that he didn't want her as a companion, he planned to kill her! Although she didn't know that he was just toying with her she knew that she was getting more and more tired as she danced around, avoiding his attacks as best as she could as well as trying to give Belle time to run as far as she could. Hopefully she would go home, there at least there would be the shifters around to help.
Side tracked she didn't realize that she was too close to the trident and it cut her, leaving a thin line of blood on her arm. Her eyes narrowed. "I didn't want to harm you, but I'm afraid if you keep this up I must. Leave now and no harm will come to you." she said with venom in her voice. She wouldn't kill him, no even if she had to she wouldn't, but she could injure him enough that he wouldn't be able to chase after her.
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:50 am
The man scoffed at Zuri's words. "A little girl like you, hurt me?" He laughed as if it were a funny joke.
Running his fingers through his hair, he adressed Zuri again. "I will have that Belle of yours."
His demeanor turned from playful to serious. It wasn't everyday that a young girl would threaten him. If she thought that she could harm him then so be it. He firmed his stance and looked Zuri in the eyes. "Unless of course, you think you can stop me."
His words of provocation lingered in the air as he waited patiently for Zuri to make her move.
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:10 pm
Little girl? Zuri was not a little girl! She had traveled from Zena to these forests, and had been taking care of herself for a while now. She did not take lightly to being call a little girl. The next thing she knew it was obvious that this man was not playing with her anymore, they weren't dancing they were fighting.
She narrowed her eyes. "Think? I know I can." she sneered before pointing her spear at his chest and rushing towards him, in the last moment she moved it so it was going for his legs, hoping that he wouldn't notice in time to defend against her attack.
She could no longer hear Belle's bells and she hoped that was a good sign.
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:11 pm
The man was expecting Zuri to attack him. Though she was right, he was expecting her to attack his chest. He Lifted his own spear as if to block Zuri's attack against his mass, and jumped to the side, though he wasn't quite fast enough.
The spear sliced through the side of his calf and had him falling to the ground. It was bleeding, but wasn't serious enough for him to address it quite yet.
"Not playing very fair, are we?" He used his spear to quickly help him stand and looked Zuri in the eyes. "Alright then, takes the pressure off of me, now doesn't it?"
The man was stern faced and still serious, though his demeanor broke long enough to have him wink at Zuri and then quickly charge the other way, into the brush and towards the area Belle had last been heard.
If Zuri wasn't going to come straight at him, then neither was he. Now it was just a race to see who came out first.
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:42 pm
She got him! Part of Zuri did a little happy dance inside, but then she saw the look on his face and how fast he got up. She had injured him, but it wasn't enough to keep him off his feet or deterred from going after Belle.
She was about to say something when at once he winked and ran off, right towards the direction that Belle had gone! "REALLY!?!?" she screamed in frustration. Come on, she didn't want to fight or do anything today. Why did this happen to her?
With a determined look on her face Zuri took to the trees. She wasn't as fast as most shifters, she wasn't born climbing the trees, but from what she saw the man had kept to the floor so the trees would help her keep an eye on him and hopefully help her spot Belle before he did. "Don't worry... I'll save you." she whispered.
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:10 pm
The man was near flying through the forest, looking for the little beast named Belle. He knew these forests well and he had a keen eye. There was no way a little animal such as Belle could get that far from him. Not in such a short amount of time.
He quickly took off out of sight of Zuri, he was always known for being fast. That little girl and her toothpick of a spear wouldn't be able to outrun him. Not with his legs on his side.
Soon he had found the little roati and had her backed into the roots of a tree. All he had to do was take his trident and thrust it once and it would be done. Lucky for the little roati he wanted the pelt intact.
He was reaching into the tree, trying to get a hold of the little bugger when Zuri finally caught up.
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 1:48 pm
She was flying through the trees, using the skills that Biroki and the other Shifters had taught her. Surely she wasn't as fast as others, but she was very proud of her speed. She couldn't see him anymore, but she had a good sense of direction and pretty much knew where Belle would have gone, which is where the man would have done.
Belle was conered, and Zuri could hear her belles when she finally spotted the man. "I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE HER ALONE!" Zuri screamed as she threw herself from the tree onto the man, aiming her spear towards his back. She couldn't afford to be nice to him, or to not hurt him. Although some people would think harming a human to save an animals life was wrong, Zuri did not agree with that thought. Belle's life was just as important.
Zuri felt like she was flying, throwing herself at him, she used all her force to go towards him. Either she was going to seriously hurt him or she was going to fall to the ground and seriously hurt herself. She hoped he would be the one in pain.
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:23 am
The man expected Zuri to find him, but he wasn't expecting so much venom and force behind her voice.
He turned to look at Zuri as she lunged at him from a tree. The movement was too fast and he wasn't going to be able to block. Thankfully, when he turned around, the spear aimed for a less lethal area of his body.
He cried out in pain as it pierced through his shoulder. Zuri's weight had drove the spear into the muscle, and after it had made contact, Zuri continued to fall into her victim. The man pushed Zuri off of him with his good arm and scowled in anger.
"You B----" He was cut short when more shifters appeared from the forest. They pulled the spear from his shoulder and wrestled him to the ground, tying him with rope so he couldn't continue to lash out.
A young looking girl approached Zuri and offered her a hand to help stand. "Are you alright?" She was definitely peppy and the events that had just played out didn't seem to have put any damper on her mood.
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