Part I - The blood-dimmed tide

Zuka said:
Refara - Doll Killer
Refara stood in the middle of the group, the widening group she might add as every one seemed to be taking a step or two away from her. This made her eyebrow lift up in a curious fashion then an almost angry pout don her lips. "Why is everyone looking at me funny?..." before she had a chance to dwell on it and come to the conclusion she was ugly, and therefore cry, she stepped on light feet and came up beside Garrett, pressing her chest unknowingly against his side and left arm, while she rather heavily suckled two fingers.... drawing them slowly from her mouth, leaving a rather long sticky connection between her lips and her fingertips, she then brought her fingers to start to rub and try to scrub the hardening blood on his cheek and chin. Like a mother might, except like all things Refara it was laced in lewdness without her intention.


She even reached up on her tip toes, pressing her front harder into his side and started long, strong lick against his face and stubble to try and remove the stubborn blood. She didn't much care about it.. but the gathering group and her sister might...


She stopped as she heard the Little Lord agree to payment and smiled.


Money...


Well she didn't much like teenagers or younger but she certainly did like getting paid...


That was when she turned her gaze looking to Garrett. Her face oddly serious for her as she lifted a hand to his shoulder. "There is another option..." Now Refara couldn't read minds but she had been Garrett's duo for many month's and knew pretty much what he was thinking. She grasped his closest ear and dragged it down to whisper heavily into his ear.


"We need to get to the next level... I can work as a distraction for the Pixie swarms, while you and the rest go on ahead... I'm fast and agile enough and I will catch up..." Nuzzling into his ear as she already slung the Scythe out of her holster. As confident as she sounded, she knew two dangerous packed together Pixie worms would be a challenge to escape from. But then, death and agony never really bothered her.


She kissed his cheeks with an oddly finality to it, bopped his noise, smiled and was already running at a diagonally away from the group but flanking the entrance. Here one Pixie seperated itself from the packs to fly towards her and spinning on a heel she ducked and snatched at the air, grasping it by the throat and holding it up like a trophy to the other Pixie's.


"Is this your friend?..." pressing heavily against the base of the back of his neck, a crack sound as his limbs suddenly grew limp. "I've severed his ability to move but he can still feel pain..." Grasping his body and slamming it down into the ground hearing a blood curtling scream escape. "You just gunna fly around while I torture your friend? Come on!!" Squeezing his neck making another scream escape before she started to run and attempt to lead the swarms away.


@Kayzo @Kayzo)


Haruko & Senki (@Mitchs96)


Refara (@Zuka)


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Marth heard the scream and he held to top of his head oddly. "STAHP IT YEW MEANIE!" Marth yelled. Some cats hissed around him at the girl as he stood and walked towards her a bit. "Dats nawt nice! Your huwting it!" He sniffled. "Just stahp being mean!" He begged. He hated seeing anything in pain without a just cause. Some of the cats around him fluffed their fur out, flexing their sharp claws in and out. They'd attack if needed and the child sensed it.
 
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Garrett Bolton


Location: Tower of the Sun


With: @Kayzo
@Mitchs98 @GoldenChari



He should have expected this, he really should have, after all, it's completely in character in character for her. As she tortures the one pixie he glances over at the lordling, "Sorry kid, I'm going to have to go get her back, good luck and shit I guess." With that he makes his way past the other kid, who was yelling some naïve shit about not hurting the pixies or something and begins to pursue his girlfriend as she begins to kite the swarms away from their groups.



Reffy can take care of herself, he knows this. Even so, Garrett's still worried about her, he can't help it. This worry is compounded by the fact that no matter what she does there's no way she's getting out of this situation unharmed. Honestly, the thought of losing her scares him, more than dying himself. As such, the decision between her and money is an obvious one to him. There's always more chances to get money but if she's gone, he can't get her back, simple as that.
 
Yuki was extremely flabbergasted at the behavior Garrett and Refara were showing towards the prince. The young prince was asking them to help out for the betterment of the kingdom yet they had the audacity to ask for money!? Sure, Emiyn probably had lots of spare money seeing as he is a royal, but it's still not respectful to ask for money from him. However lives were at stake and now wasn't the time for a good chewing, though the white haired girl would be sure to do so afterwards. Luckily for them the prince was willing to pay them in cash for their services, though Yuki was definitely against it. "My Lord, there is no need to pay them. I'm sure they'll work for free, especially with so much at stake." She said in a bit of a snappy tone directed towards the two lovers. However before those two could react they were off torturing pixies and giant pixie worms. This meant that the task of getting Emiyn to the tower rested on her shoulders, hers and Senki's who she didn't exactly want to tag along. However she wasn't going to run up that tower all by herself. It seemed like she'd just have to suck it up and get going. Besides, they wouldn't have much time to talk with all the fighting going on. "Senki, get over here. You're helping me get the prince to the top of the tower!" She instructed, beckoning the silver haired girl towards her before speaking to the prince. "I want you to stick very close and stay out of danger. I'd rather not face the wrath of your father if he finds out you've been hurt." She said, patting his back softly before leading him and Senki past the distracted pixies. Unfortunately for them there would be goblins in the way, many of which began to close in on their location.


@Mitchs98 @Zuka @Mykinkaiser @Quark









 
GoldenChari said:

{/\/\Marth/\/\}




Location: Sun Tower, first floor


Time: evening


Interaction:


Emiyn (@Kayzo)


Haruko & Senki (@Mitchs96)


Refara (@Kayzo @Mitchs98 @GoldenChari [/size]


He should have expected this, he really should have, after all, it's completely in character in character for her. As she tortures the one pixie he glances over at the lordling, "Sorry kid, I'm going to have to go get her back, good luck and shit I guess." With that he makes his way past the other kid, who was yelling some naïve shit about not hurting the pixies or something and begins to pursue his girlfriend as she begins to kite the swarms away from their groups.


Reffy can take care of herself, he knows this. Even so, Garrett's still worried about her, he can't help it. This worry is compounded by the fact that no matter what she does there's no way she's getting out of this situation unharmed. Honestly, the thought of losing her scares him, more than dying himself. As such, the decision between her and money is an obvious one to him. There's always more chances to get money but if she's gone, he can't get her back, simple as that.[/font]
Kayzo said:
Yuki was extremely flabbergasted at the behavior Garrett and Refara were showing towards the prince. The young prince was asking them to help out for the betterment of the kingdom yet they had the audacity to ask for money!? Sure, Emiyn probably had lots of spare money seeing as he is a royal, but it's still not respectful to ask for money from him. However lives were at stake and now wasn't the time for a good chewing, though the white haired girl would be sure to do so afterwards. Luckily for them the prince was willing to pay them in cash for their services, though Yuki was definitely against it. "My Lord, there is no need to pay them. I'm sure they'll work for free, especially with so much at stake." She said in a bit of a snappy tone directed towards the two lovers. However before those two could react they were off torturing pixies and giant pixie worms. This meant that the task of getting Emiyn to the tower rested on her shoulders, hers and Senki's who she didn't exactly want to tag along. However she wasn't going to run up that tower all by herself. It seemed like she'd just have to suck it up and get going. Besides, they wouldn't have much time to talk with all the fighting going on. "Senki, get over here. You're helping me get the prince to the top of the tower!" She instructed, beckoning the silver haired girl towards her before speaking to the prince. "I want you to stick very close and stay out of danger. I'd rather not face the wrath of your father if he finds out you've been hurt." She said, patting his back softly before leading him and Senki past the distracted pixies. Unfortunately for them there would be goblins in the way, many of which began to close in on their location.
@Mitchs98 @Zuka @Mykinkaiser @Quark


Refara The Doll Killer


Success!! Refara's plan to gain the attention of the pixie worms seemed to have worked, and as she was essentially on her own the swarms started to assimilate into almost two writhing missiles, gaining speed by swirling in circles before hurling both towards her. Just as they did however, Refara's attention was side tracked by some kid asking her not to be mean? And some feral looking hair ball's hissing as if to attack her! For once in her life she donned an angry expression, hissing back towards the kid. "Get out of here you filthy little deadbeat! Follow the others before-!"


Too late....


Her distraction cost precious time she had to evade the swam and with violet eyes huge she tossed the paralyzed pixie away as they surrounded her. Even with a massive spin of her Scythe she only batted 10 or so away before the swarm caved in. One had it's sword crunch into her shoulder causing her arm to tense while her grip loosened, Scythe crashing with a thud against the ground. Another hooked itself at her feet, and with a screech she was tackled into the ground by 4 others.


Too many... Even Refara speed couldn't account for them all, and once in close combat she was ultimately just a frail girl with a sharp stick. That was when she suddenly felt cold and with a bloody cough she realized one of the pixies had stabbed itself right into her stomach.


It was hard to tell if it had hit any vitals but was bleeding pretty badly, Refara just hunched down with a sickening whine.


@Quark @Mitchs98
 
Garrett Bolton


Location: Tower of the Sun


With: @Kayzo
@Mitchs98 @GoldenChari



Garrett watched, too far away to do anything to stop the pixies from stabbing Refara. Garrett's eyes widen and his face twists into a terrifying mask of rage. He sprints towards his girlfriend, the whine she made as she was wounded echoing in his ears. Upon reaching her he grabs the pixie that had stabbed her and unceremoniously crushes it in his fist before punching the four others hard enough to break their spines. He then draws his knife, slashing at the pixies and forcing them to back off so he could tend to Refara before tearing off a strip from his shirt and using it to try to stem the flow of blood from her wound, desperation also visible on his face.



As the pixies begin to close in once more Garrett sheathes the knife, grabbing Refara's scythe instead. He begins to whirl it around, cutting down scores of them as they approach. Even so, several pixies manage to get through anyways to attack Garrett. However, Garrett simply ignores the pain of the wounds he's acquiring as he uses his body to shield Refara as much as he can. Even so, he knows he can't stay there too much longer and as such, mentally apologizing to Refara, he lifts her up as gently as he can mange and rushes through the swarm, still whirling the scythe.
 
Refara The Doll Killer





Refara was shaking softly as her muscles and nervous system went into overdrive. She felt cold though her cheeks flustered. Her vision blurred to the point the Pixie's simply looked like smudges of black against a messy backdrop. Gulping heavily, the pain didn't really bother her as much as she figured it would. She hissed though as she felt something press into her stomach, hands automatically reaching down to force the torn material in against the bloody wound which only soaked her soft fingers. It wasn't the first time she had been covered in blood, however it was one of the first time it had been her blood. At least not this extent. She felt something strong gently ease her up and feeling even more dizzy as her sense of balance completely changed, her face paled even further. But despite her vision blurring gently she knew it was Garrett, the one holding her close now. She made another pained whimper as darkness started to cave in the corners of her eyes, but she only gritted her teeth more to keep it at bay. "
...Y...You w...were meant to...lead the o...others...not...come for me..." a breathless laugh escaping though it sounded hollow. She was loosing far too much blood. "And...you really have n..no idea how.. to wield that thing....keep moving...the s...stops and starts d..drop the mome...moment...tum..." Voice going to a bare whisper as her eyes started to close down.


@Mykinkaiser


 
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Zuka said:
Refara The Doll Killer





Refara was shaking softly as her muscles and nervous system went into overdrive. She felt cold though her cheeks flustered. Her vision blurred to the point the Pixie's simply looked like smudges of black against a messy backdrop. Gulping heavily, the pain didn't really bother her as much as she figured it would. She hissed though as she felt something press into her stomach, hands automatically reaching down to force the torn material in against the bloody wound which only soaked her soft fingers. It wasn't the first time she had been covered in blood, however it was one of the first time it had been her blood. At least not this extent. She felt something strong gently ease her up and feeling even more dizzy as her sense of balance completely changed, her face paled even further. But despite her vision blurring gently she knew it was Garrett, the one holding her close now. She made another pained whimper as darkness started to cave in the corners of her eyes, but she only gritted her teeth more to keep it at bay. "
...Y...You w...were meant to...lead the o...others...not...come for me..." a breathless laugh escaping though it sounded hollow. She was loosing far too much blood. "And...you really have n..no idea how.. to wield that thing....keep moving...the s...stops and starts d..drop the mome...moment...tum..." Voice going to a bare whisper as her eyes started to close down.


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Haruko & Senki (@Mitchs96)



Refara (
@Zuka)[/color][/size]


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Marth backed up, eyes wide. Was this the real world? In a way she got what was coming but that much? The cats felt the toddlers distress and bolted to help. The maine coons jumped onto the girl and lay on her, their fur capturing the blood, trying to stop it. The other cats rushed around, tackling pixies down while another tore them open. And Marth was watching it all happen, arms limply on his left and right. He was too shocked and scared to even let out a tiny cry. His muscles like petrified wood. The poor innocent five year old watched as things were slaughtered. And for what? Just to get atop the tower.



(Ima guess Garrett is gonna despise Marth huh?)
 



Emiyn & Erika


Location: first floor, tower of the Sun


Time: evening


Activity: fending off monsters


Interaction:


Senki & Haruko (@Kayzo)


Garrett (@Mykinkaiser)


Marth (@GoldenChari)




Had it not been such a desperate time, Emiyn would have protested further. It could be either he didn't like the feeling of someone only concerned about him because of his father, or because he had stay close to a girl even though he was supposed to be a man. Seeing the goblins closing in, he lifted his grimoire and scattered the magic gems immediately. "Dirheas!" he yelled again. From within the pools of shadows projected by the goblins, rose out a shape. In Emiyn's mind, images of trap clamps was formed and materialised it. These clamps, hardened and tore off a few of the goblins' feet. But Emiyn didn't stop as the monsters staggered, they needed to fend off as much of them as possible.


Feeling Yuki's hand on his back, he turned back to tug onto Marth's arm. "Come on, Marth! It's dangerous to be here," he said, grabbing onto the kid's arm. Marth seemed to be in a daze. The young prince turned to see Garrett and the other white-haired woman who had blotches of red. It wasn't as bad as Marth's injuries in the afternoon, but she looked heavily wounded, and the other man... had absolute dark eyes of rage. For that instant he was rooted on the spot, paralyzed by the fear of seeing someone dying so painfully. His nails dug into his palm in frustration. It was almost like he was being asked to make a choice: go up the stairs to check on the priestess that could be in danger, or make a futile attempt at saving the woman and man.


"EMI!" above the screech of pixies being slashed, Emiyn heard the familiar voice, and his eyes shifted to the entrance.


Erika was panting over the corpse of a goblin, trying to catch her breath. The bottom half of her skirt, and her sleeves were stained with blood. After running around constantly, she was finally able to provoke them and lure them right into the deep end of the canal. Little did she know that when she came back, everything was just as chaotic. She began to sprint towards the group, her feet nimbly side stepping to narrowly miss the pixies. As more cuts appeared on her hands and cheek, a few of the tiny bodies of the pixies fell onto the ground when her grey eyes made contact with Emiyn's.


Emiyn, clenched his teeth, when he pointed at the stairs. Like the odd times when the two half-siblings understood each other, the girl almost fell onto the floor when she was ducking from several pixies. Finding her footing again, she gave a quick nod before turning her side to Yuki, Senki and the others. Marth's arm was pulled up by Emiyn. "Come on, Marth," he said, following behind Yuki and Senki. Hopefully the boy will somewhat respond. Right now, the best he could do is quickly open the door, and see if they could quickly summon help from the God of the Sun. At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before they all run out of strength.
 


{/\/\Marth/\/\}




Location: Sun Tower, first floor


Time: evening


Interaction:


Emiyn (@Kayzo)


Haruko & Senki (@Mitchs96)


Refara (@Zuka)




Marth only followed. He had got someone hurt again. Her words echoed. 'All you're good for is workin kid. Anything else and ya mess up.' Marth whimpered once. "I'm no good..." He whispered as he looked at the ground. His voice was devoid of emotion. No one should ever feel like the tiny child did specially a child. No one.
 
(Oh my seems I missed things. Like notifications. And plot.)


Seeing some people injured Gautama made their survival paramount and skillfully dodged any goblin attack coming towards him it was the pixies he had a Harding time dodging as they were so mobile and numerous. With quite a few cuts Gautama managed to get over to Refara as she seemed to be the most critically injured and began using his healing magic. The jewel embedded in his forehead glowed with a golden light as he worked.
 
GoldenChari said:

{/\/\Marth/\/\}




Location: Sun Tower, first floor


Time: evening


Interaction:


Emiyn (@Kayzo)


Haruko & Senki (@Mitchs96)


Refara (@Kayzo @Kayzo @Mitchs98 @GoldenChari [/size]


Garrett watched, too far away to do anything to stop the pixies from stabbing Refara. Garrett's eyes widen and his face twists into a terrifying mask of rage. He sprints towards his girlfriend, the whine she made as she was wounded echoing in his ears. Upon reaching her he grabs the pixie that had stabbed her and unceremoniously crushes it in his fist before punching the four others hard enough to break their spines. He then draws his knife, slashing at the pixies and forcing them to back off so he could tend to Refara before tearing off a strip from his shirt and using it to try to stem the flow of blood from her wound, desperation also visible on his face.


As the pixies begin to close in once more Garrett sheathes the knife, grabbing Refara's scythe instead. He begins to whirl it around, cutting down scores of them as they approach. Even so, several pixies manage to get through anyways to attack Garrett. However, Garrett simply ignores the pain of the wounds he's acquiring as he uses his body to shield Refara as much as he can. Even so, he knows he can't stay there too much longer and as such, mentally apologizing to Refara, he lifts her up as gently as he can mange and rushes through the swarm, still whirling the scythe.[/font]
Zuka said:
Refara The Doll Killer





Refara was shaking softly as her muscles and nervous system went into overdrive. She felt cold though her cheeks flustered. Her vision blurred to the point the Pixie's simply looked like smudges of black against a messy backdrop. Gulping heavily, the pain didn't really bother her as much as she figured it would. She hissed though as she felt something press into her stomach, hands automatically reaching down to force the torn material in against the bloody wound which only soaked her soft fingers. It wasn't the first time she had been covered in blood, however it was one of the first time it had been her blood. At least not this extent. She felt something strong gently ease her up and feeling even more dizzy as her sense of balance completely changed, her face paled even further. But despite her vision blurring gently she knew it was Garrett, the one holding her close now. She made another pained whimper as darkness started to cave in the corners of her eyes, but she only gritted her teeth more to keep it at bay. "
...Y...You w...were meant to...lead the o...others...not...come for me..." a breathless laugh escaping though it sounded hollow. She was loosing far too much blood. "And...you really have n..no idea how.. to wield that thing....keep moving...the s...stops and starts d..drop the mome...moment...tum..." Voice going to a bare whisper as her eyes started to close down.


@Mykinkaiser


GoldenChari said:

{/\/\Marth/\/\}





Location: Sun Tower, first floor


Time: evening



Interaction:



Emiyn (@Kayzo)



Haruko & Senki (@Mitchs96)



Refara (@Kayzo)



Garrett (
@Mykinkaiser)


Marth (
@GoldenChari)





Had it not been such a desperate time, Emiyn would have protested further. It could be either he didn't like the feeling of someone only concerned about him because of his father, or because he had stay close to a girl even though he was supposed to be a man. Seeing the goblins closing in, he lifted his grimoire and scattered the magic gems immediately. "Dirheas!" he yelled again. From within the pools of shadows projected by the goblins, rose out a shape. In Emiyn's mind, images of trap clamps was formed and materialised it. These clamps, hardened and tore off a few of the goblins' feet. But Emiyn didn't stop as the monsters staggered, they needed to fend off as much of them as possible.



Feeling Yuki's hand on his back, he turned back to tug onto Marth's arm. "Come on, Marth! It's dangerous to be here," he said, grabbing onto the kid's arm. Marth seemed to be in a daze. The young prince turned to see Garrett and the other white-haired woman who had blotches of red. It wasn't as bad as Marth's injuries in the afternoon, but she looked heavily wounded, and the other man... had absolute dark eyes of rage. For that instant he was rooted on the spot, paralyzed by the fear of seeing someone dying so painfully. His nails dug into his palm in frustration. It was almost like he was being asked to make a choice: go up the stairs to check on the priestess that could be in danger, or make a futile attempt at saving the woman and man.



"EMI!" above the screech of pixies being slashed, Emiyn heard the familiar voice, and his eyes shifted to the entrance.



Erika was panting over the corpse of a goblin, trying to catch her breath. The bottom half of her skirt, and her sleeves were stained with blood. After running around constantly, she was finally able to provoke them and lure them right into the deep end of the canal. Little did she know that when she came back, everything was just as chaotic. She began to sprint towards the group, her feet nimbly side stepping to narrowly miss the pixies. As more cuts appeared on her hands and cheek, a few of the tiny bodies of the pixies fell onto the ground when her grey eyes made contact with Emiyn's.



Emiyn, clenched his teeth, when he pointed at the stairs. Like the odd times when the two half-siblings understood each other, the girl almost fell onto the floor when she was ducking from several pixies. Finding her footing again, she gave a quick nod before turning her side to Yuki, Senki and the others. Marth's arm was pulled up by Emiyn. "Come on, Marth," he said, following behind Yuki and Senki. Hopefully the boy will somewhat respond. Right now, the best he could do is quickly open the door, and see if they could quickly summon help from the God of the Sun. At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before they all run out of strength.





GoldenChari said:



{/\/\Marth/\/\}

GoldenChari said:




Location: Sun Tower, first floor



Time: evening



Interaction:



Emiyn (@Kayzo)



Haruko & Senki (@Mitchs96)



Refara (
@Zuka)





Marth only followed. He had got someone hurt again. Her words echoed. 'All you're good for is workin kid. Anything else and ya mess up.' Marth whimpered once. "I'm no good..." He whispered as he looked at the ground. His voice was devoid of emotion. No one should ever feel like the tiny child did specially a child. No one.



Haruko and Senki


Haruko nor Senki was entirely sure what to do, all they knew was that Refara had gotten injured to distract the pixies..and the wounds looked serious. Nevertheless, they had to continue on. Haruko knew this was far more important than just one person, and thus they quickly followed the rest of the group; Haruko staying near Emiyn and Senki staying near Yuki. Senki decided she'd protect Yuki at all costs, Refara would be devastated if Yuki died..that was if Refara herself survived her wounds. And as far as Haruko went he needed to keep his best friend safe, to hell with the rest if he were being honest. The second the shit hit the fan he intended on grabbing up Emiyn and bolting. "
Whatever you say cutie." She told her followed by a giggle, her expressions and body completely relaxed despite the fact they could easily die.


Oh well, such thoughts never held her back before. Her job mostly involved risking her life anyhow. When Erika entered the scene Haruko looked over. So that was the half-sister he sometimes spoke about. Nevertheless when she joined them Haruko readied his weapon like a shield once more, pretty much daring the pixies to run into solid iron if they wanted to get to him. "
Marth, let's go. She'll be fine, there's a healer. We have to go!" He insisted alongside Emiyn. Honestly he'd be up for ditching the kid if need be. But, rather than do that, he snatched the kid up rather roughly and placed him on his shoulder. "Let's go." He could tell the kid was scared and frozen to his spot, they didn't have time to wait for him to calm down at all.
 
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{/\/\Marth/\/\}



Location: Sun Tower, first floor


Time: evening


Interaction:


Emiyn (@Kayzo)


Haruko & Senki (@Mitchs96)


Refara (@Zuka)




Marth held on as he shook in fear. Though handled roughly, he knew far worse. His small mind whirled. 'What will they say? Are they angry? I hope not. Was it blood? I'm scared. I want to be left to die. Help! someone!' The thoughts kept rolling in like a bowling ball, scrambling his sanity. He shook like a leaf in high winds and started to sweat a bit yet he didn't cry. His tears seemed to be kegged in a beer barrel.
 
Once Gautama was sure that Refara was out of critical condition and was stable Gautama moved to Martha and placing his hands on Marth began using his healing magic to mend his wounds. A golden light emanating from the stone in his forehead.


@GoldenChari
 



Emiyn Devereaux


Location: staircase up the tower


Time: evening


Activity: Climbing up the tower


Interaction:


Haruko & Senki (@Kayzo)


Marth(@Kayzo) would know what it was used for. Emiyn held out his hand to her, while looking at her blade. "Here," he said, looking in her in the eye.







Erika LeBlanc


Location: first floor, Tower of the Sun


Time: evening


Interaction:


Garrett (@Mykinkaiser)


Refara (@Zuka)


Gautama (@SleepyBuddha)




Erika noticed that Gautama was here, and let out a sigh of relief. He had managed to get past the group of goblins after all. But there wasn't much time to celebrate as she almost fell back when ducking another pixie. They were just everywhere, and the goblins that Emiyn had temporarily immobolised were getting up once again. "Ow," she yelped. She hated waiting, especially when she didn't know how long the end would come.


The goblins that had their feet severed rolled onto their stomach, and those with arrows readied their bow. Feeling her hands almost about to shake, and her teeth about to chatter, she clenched her fist. A rather forced grin as in her face. She wasn't going to show them that she was scared, she hated looking scared and being underestimated.


Just as Gautama had passed by, she turned to see that he was running from the woman and man, the former being heavily injured. Did he do that? He was a very experienced healer it appeared. "Sir," she called out, just as she flicked her wrist to deflect an couple of arrows, waiting for an opening. "Is the lady alright now?" she asked.
 
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"Her life is no longer in immediate danger. I managed to stabilize her condition, but I still need to use actually medical equipment to make sure her wounds don't open prematurely. Same for any I juried person. I don't want to tax my magic too much by doing a complete heal. " while Gautama didn't explain further the reason he didn't want to tax the magic stone in his forehead too much was because unlike usual magic stones which have a set durability Gautama basically used his own stamina and life force to power the magic stone. Use too much and he could pass out or die.


@Quark @GoldeChari
 
Zuka said:
Refara The Doll Killer





Refara was shaking softly as her muscles and nervous system went into overdrive. She felt cold though her cheeks flustered. Her vision blurred to the point the Pixie's simply looked like smudges of black against a messy backdrop. Gulping heavily, the pain didn't really bother her as much as she figured it would. She hissed though as she felt something press into her stomach, hands automatically reaching down to force the torn material in against the bloody wound which only soaked her soft fingers. It wasn't the first time she had been covered in blood, however it was one of the first time it had been her blood. At least not this extent. She felt something strong gently ease her up and feeling even more dizzy as her sense of balance completely changed, her face paled even further. But despite her vision blurring gently she knew it was Garrett, the one holding her close now. She made another pained whimper as darkness started to cave in the corners of her eyes, but she only gritted her teeth more to keep it at bay. "
...Y...You w...were meant to...lead the o...others...not...come for me..." a breathless laugh escaping though it sounded hollow. She was loosing far too much blood. "And...you really have n..no idea how.. to wield that thing....keep moving...the s...stops and starts d..drop the mome...moment...tum..." Voice going to a bare whisper as her eyes started to close down.


@Kayzo
@Mitchs98 @GoldenChari [/size][/side]


"Easy choice, you're more important than they are to me," Garrett responds, trying to keep his voice level and failing somewhat, "And it's your job to wield the scythe so just get better so you can get back to fucking things up alright?" Even as he said this he could tell that Refara was bleeding out faster than he could stem the flow while also fending off the pixies with the unfamiliar weapon. Garrett stops moving as he reaches a wall, putting his back to it so as to only have to worry about the pixies in front of him. Shortly after this, as he's trying to figure out what the hell he should do to save her life a man with a magic stone in his forehead runs over and without so much as a word begins to heal Refara. Suspicion flashes through Garrett's mind at first but, as he has no other choice he entrusts her to the man's healing, laying her down against the wall so as to free up both hands to fight with. Dropping the scythe he tears into the pixies with his bare hands, not seeming to care about what wounds he might sustain as he, in his rage, seeks to kill as many of them as he can as fast as he can. His hands and arms quickly become drenched with the blood of his tiny foes but even so it isn't enough. They had tried to take the best thing in his life away from him. They had dared to try to take her from him. Even death was too good for them.
 
Refara The Doll Killer


Refara made a half smile as she heard Garrett tell her she was more important then them. More important then money, or danger, or fights. And for Garrett, that was a pretty big deal. Her vision was blurring further, the blackness coming in at a much faster pace. She coughed weakly, fingers still clutching desperately to try and stem the flow of blood from the stab wound in her stomach, wincing as she did. She slowly felt him place her down against the wall, back to it but curling inwards, seeing someone in the corner of her eyes with a jewel that almost seemed to glow faintly. But she wasn't focused on him, she was focused on the man before her punching out Pixie's in a blood drenched rage. Tears collecting in the corners of her eyes.


"Garry...." She whispered in a croaky voice. The healer's hands pressed into her stomach as it slowly started to close over. "Garry please..." Trying to draw his attention long enough away from the Pixie's. "I don't want to go...I don't want to leave you...please...I love you..." she whispered in the tiniest of whispers, possibly even unheard from him. Finally the healer managed to close over the wound and she groaned and pushed a hand underneath her, shaking with the effort to try and get herself to a stand. Regardless if the wound was clear she had still lost a significant amount of blood, so she really only got to a half kneel before she fell down onto all fours and groaned again as the world kept swirling. But she couldn't stay there, she needed to help Garret, she needed to. They were a Duo, he was strong on his own but he still had weaknesses, his endurance formidable but not infinite. So she had to try again. Hissing she pushed her legs underneath herself to a stand, bracing herself against the wall as she panted to try and focus in on the Pixie fight. Violet eyes drifting to the staircase.


"Garry... we can't hold them... we need to go... we need to get the top of the tower... "


@Kayzo @GoldenChari @Quark @Painted Puzzle
 
Robertaka123 said:

Draena Kabria


Location: A main street leading to the tower


Time: Early evening



Activity:Rushing to help civilians



Interaction: @Abberakelaran @Dkingow @sitanomoto




Draena had left his interaction earlier satisfied, the young boy appeared to be getting help and the other two characters who brought him appeared to be simply upstanding citizens. Once he was sure everything was in order he left to return to his room at a local inn where he had been rooming the past few nights during his stay in Iafern. Just as he was finishing up his meal he heard a screech rip through the air, snapping him to attention. While the other citizens within the inn were startled with fear he took command of the situation, presenting himself as an official of the military and asked them to remain calm while he would take care of what was outside. The innkeeper thanked him profusely for risking it out in the dark and offered to pay his tab. Acting as if he could not accept such an offer he declined but the innkeeper refused to take no for an answer. With a shrug of "defeat" he grabbed his cloak and left the building. As soon as he was outside he noticed a problem, the light from the tower of the sun was not the same as it had usually been. The darkness that was now flowing through the city gave an ominous feel compared to the usual well lit capital. Draena could sense the danger that would come ahead, and while he was not as powerful now compared to what he was in his past, he still needed this city to believe he was a hero if he could gather information. Also, he needed the city to be around for his information to hold any value. Changing gears into his captain self that he used while on the fields of battle he began sprinting towards the market to investigate the tower.


While running he dodged around a few goblins, hinting at the notion that monsters managed to invade the city with it's lack of a light source. Ahead he noticed a single small goblin banging on a door to someone's house. With a swift kick he punted the goblin a short distance into the air before it fell with a satisfying thud. A smile began to form on his face, revealing his darker sadistic side he kept hidden until it became useful in battle. Continuing towards the tower Draena saw three figures that were larger than the monsters. Two appeared to be fighting them, one with a wound on their arm and another woman was swinging a sword into masses of creatures. The third figure he could not tell a gender from due to the clothing they wore, but they were on a horse and their face was covered by a beaked mask. "
Citizens! It is not safe out here, as Captain Draena I must implore you to head indoors and let the guards take care of this." Draena called out to them, drawing his sword as he moved closer to them and began slashing at groups of pixies.







Kurio Palmonius


Location: Alley near the market


Time: Early evening



Activity: Hiding



Interaction:
@Quark @Mitchs98 @GoldenChari




Kurio had fallen asleep with the griffin's wing acting as a blanket. A few hours later he awoke with shivers down his spine. A screech had rang through the city and startled him awake. Noises like that were far from uncommon in the rough part of town where he lived, so he merely shrugged it off and curled up into a ball. His ragged and dirty clothes blended into the corner he was tucked into and he was just about to fall asleep again when three people walked in front of him, clearly not noticing him. Kurio would have preferred to remain there and they could be on their merry way, but there were two goblins coming from the other end of the alley. He groaned quietly, not mentally ready to deal with people again. Kurio tried his best to remain still and quiet but the psychosis was already setting in from the stress of the goblins being there, and he was not great with children yet one was right in front of him. The voices in his head grew louder and more violent and Kurio could not hold it anymore. "Stop!" he screamed, gathering himself to his feet and looking around wildly.
@SleepyBuddha[/URL])


Garrett (@Mykinkaiser)


Refara (@Zuka)


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Just as she dodged another couple of arrows from one of the goblins, one nearby had suddenly grabbed hold of her ankle. The little girl yelped, and in wild panic raised the blade in her left hand to dig in and cut off the arm. She didn't even wait for the goblin to yell before her other short sword was embedded into the back of his skull. Feeling the grip loosen, she took a few steps back and felt her ankle a little sore.


At dangerous times, one would be faced with a choice: to run and let the injured distract the monsters, or to stay and help those in trouble. Facing against such risky odds, there was a spark of a thought within her mind. Perhaps I should run, a small, yet rational voice said in her mind. She was just a child, wasn't she? Her train of thought was interrupted by a flash in front of her, and she jumped back on reflex, and raised her short sword to deflect a pixie. In the distance an adult was saying something. She turned to see Gautama still healing the wounded lady.


Seeing the image almost made her stomach drop, remembering her earlier thoughts. Where did that come from? That wasn't right. She shook her head and focused her eyes again back and forth at the formation of the monsters before them. It was then that she heard the small feeble voice of the injured woman. Going up, that would be a good idea. "Hey Mister, Gautama," she called out while continuing to somewhat evade some of the scattered pixies. "I can buy you some time, and I'll look for if there are others that need help." Surely Emiyn and the others would be opening the door without too much trouble, based on what the young prince had told her before. She wasn't sure how well she could continue to distract them with her mediocre combat skills, but there was someone in greater need at the moment. And her moral part of herself wouldn't allow Erika to just abandon them like that.
 
"Don't move. You'll open the wound and lose even more blood. If you love this Garrett like you say old still and allow me to heal you." Gautama said rifling through his robes for his medical supplies. When out in the forest one never knows when an injury would occur so it was prudent to always keep such supplies on hand.


Gautama ignored the sounds of battle around him and focused solely and this girl he now knew as Refara as she was the most critically injured, " Bring any injured that can't move to me. I can't leave Refara in this condition." The gem glowed bright as he used his magic to reverse any internal injury she may have caused with her attempt to stand. Then he threaded a needle and began stitching her wounds closed, " I now it hurts but lay still. If you loose any more blood I can't guarantee your life." His magic managed to stop the bleeding now he needed to make sure it stayed that way.


Calmly and carefully Gautama stitched each injury firmly closed as if they were in the middle of his forest and not a battlefield. Trusting that those around him would protect him as he worked. With the stitching complete Gautama began applying a salve to the wounds to help with sealing them. " Do NOT move anymore. Your Garrett will carry you out when the time is right.


@Quark @GoldenChari
 
Garrett Bolton


Location: Tower of the Sun


With: @Kayzo
@Mitchs98 @GoldenChari



Had anyone else called out to him their voice would have went likely unheard in his bloodthirsty rage. However, since it was Refara, Garrett heard her. He turns to look back at her, blood streaming from a cut above his left eye, with several other cuts visible on his torso and arms. Despite all of this an expression of immense relief can be seen on his face. Wordlessly he picks her up in a princess carry, picking her scythe up as well, and begins to sprint towards the stairs, jerking his head for the healer to follow. Even as he runs Garrett does his best to keep the rife stable for Refara so as not to cause her further harm or pain, though some is inevitable.



Noticing another girl fighting off goblins nearby Garrett turns and runs over to her, shifting his hold on Refara so that he's supporting her with just his left arm. "Hold on, " he says briefly as he reaches the other girl, scooping her up and depositing her onto his shoulder before continuing on towards the group.
 
Mykinkaiser said:
Garrett Bolton
Location: Tower of the Sun


With: @Kayzo
@Mitchs98 @GoldenChari



Had anyone else called out to him their voice would have went likely unheard in his bloodthirsty rage. However, since it was Refara, Garrett heard her. He turns to look back at her, blood streaming from a cut above his left eye, with several other cuts visible on his torso and arms. Despite all of this an expression of immense relief can be seen on his face. Wordlessly he picks her up in a princess carry, picking her scythe up as well, and begins to sprint towards the stairs, jerking his head for the healer to follow. Even as he runs Garrett does his best to keep the rife stable for Refara so as not to cause her further harm or pain, though some is inevitable.



Noticing another girl fighting off goblins nearby Garrett turns and runs over to her, shifting his hold on Refara so that he's supporting her with just his left arm. "Hold on, " he says briefly as he reaches the other girl, scooping her up and depositing her onto his shoulder before continuing on towards the group.
Gautama watched as Garrett did as he knew he would and carted both of them up the stairs. He followed close behind dodging and blocking many attacks so that Garrett could actually make it up the stairs and they could meet up with the others.


The goblins were easy traveling up the stairs all he had to do was send one down in a strategic manner and an entire group of them would follow. It was the proxies those flying little imps that were the problem Gautama did his best to keep the little devils away from Garrett as the four of them made it up the stairs but by the time the both of them made it up there they were both covered in cuts.


"Anyone injured come to me I'll do a little first aid to get you into better shape before continuing." Gautama said through heavy breaths as he tried to catch his breath.
 
Refara


The women nodded towards the healer as he told her not to move, though her violet eyes flickered in a nervous fashion over shoulder. "Please Hurry.... I can take pain..." She whispered softly. Slightly surprised he was able to touch and work to stitch her wounds even with her lack of clothing. Afterall she was still only wearing a bra and shorts that could barely be called that as her shirt had been torn in the battle. Then again he was working and probably didn't even notice. Wincing but only just as he stitched up the wound, luckily the stupid flying Pixies had enough sense to sharpen their swords so the wound was a clear cut and easy enough to stitch up. The only reason it bleed so badly was simply because of the depth of the stab.


Again she nodded as the healer told her the wounds were sealed and she offered him an oddly friendly smile. "...Thank you..." She said sincerly and she meant it. Garrett finally came over and hoisted herself and her weapon, in which she naturally slung her arms around his neck. A moment later he was running and again she hissed from the unavoidable jostling. He stopped to pick up a passing girl and once again she found herself making a happy little sigh as she peered to her blood soaked boyfriends face. Even if she hurt she couldn't help admire just much he risked his own life either to kill his foe or protect his friends. A loving cold hearted killer.


Once at the top of the stairs her eyes flittered in a panic, on the look out for her sister despite being in such a miserable state herself. "YUKI!?"


@Kayzo @Mitchs98 @Quark @SleepyBuddha @GoldenChari
 
Yuki couldn't help but frown slightly at Senki as she continued to try and seduce her with compliments. Sure things took a much better turn in her mind, much preferring being called cute rather than a tactical 69 in public, but it was rather annoying either way. However she wasn't going to go after her over being called cute, because as annoying as it was, it was nice to hear that. She turned her attention back to Emiyn as he continued to run up the stairs towards the highest point in the tower. The white haired guard knew that the priestess resided at the top on a very secure room, but she still got the feeling that something bad had happened. The elder woman was rather close with Yuki, the two talking often while she was on duty. One could say that she is like a mentor to her, and she prayed that everything was ok. However there was one thing that bothered her. While they spent time together the priestess wasn't shy to tell Yuki all about the prophecy passed down to her, and although this seemed like the situation in that prophecy, she couldn't help but notice that the light in the tower was fading, which was never described in the original prophecy.They continued running up the tower, past the bodies of guards, religious figures, and monsters alike. Yuki tried not to look at the fallen, not wanting to distract herself from the main goal of getting the Prince to the tower.


After what seemed like an eternity the three finally made it to the top of the tower, and much to her relief Yuki saw that the door which protected the priestess was closed and unharmed. Along with Emiyn she caught her breath briefly before looking down to the prince. They had to cut his hand or wrist to get some blood and open the door. She took out her sword and held it out to the young boy, a small sign escaping her lips. "I know that we need some of your blood. Do you want to cut yourself or do you want me to do it for you?" She asked before briefly glancing back towards the staircase, where her sister was calling out for her. She sounded frantic but she didn't know why. "I'm here Refara, at the top of the stairs!"





@Zuka @Quark @Mykinkaiser @Mitchs98 @GoldenChari
 
With the entire group here Gautama began using his magic to heal even the more minor wounds at this point. Judging by what just happened they were going to need every bit of their strength.


Gautama's breath was laboured, a combination of using his magic and all the physical exertion. He would have to stay back and conserve his strength. He would need to take on the role of healer with this group instead of a combatant.


@Quark @GoldenChari @Zuma @Mitchs98 @Mykinkaiser @Robertaka123 @Painted Puzzle @Dkingow @sitanomoto


Benton stirred from his small cabin deep in the woods as he noticed that this night was much darker than the others. Was something wrong with the tower of the sun? Good maybe now he could go into town amidst the chaos and snag a few sacrifices for his ritual. It was the time of year that his crystal needed charging, Well actually it needed to be replaced all together.


With a sigh Benton got up from his old wooden chair, walking past the severed limbs of humans that hung on chains like butchered meat and the bottles of organs he had taken from his most recent sacrifices. From his 'workshop' He traveled to his living quarters and gathered up his medical supplies: a generous amount of metal stitching, quite a few knifes each sharpened just recently, and his journal that is filled with medical observations on the human body as well as the anatomy of several monsters he's come across in his many years of life. In the front of his journal were his magic circles. So he could continuously change them to make them more efficient.


Ready to head out Benton put on his long, worn and tattered coat and donned a large hat that would hide his face from a distance and set out for the town.


After quite a while of travel Benton made it to the town with a slight frown on his face he noticed that the humans had gotten smart and locked themselves away in their homes. Benton carefully peered into Windows easily broke down the doors of unsuspecting humans quickly subduing and restraining them. He managed to get 5 without any real problems. Apparently even the monsters were disturbed by his presence or they thought of him as one of their own because they left him alone as he drew his magic circle and prepared the ritual. With everything in place: his circle complete a magic stone ripe for corruption, and his sacrifices in position Benton activated his magic which only added to the darkness as a Dark purple light was emitted from the circle has he began his ritual.
 

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