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| #Post#: 2889-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Sadowi Date: July 3, 2017, 11:56 pm | |
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| The flesh and magic fabricant could not resist another sally. | |
| "Oh, stop whining, Lucid. You look like you could use a bath, | |
| what with those eggs." | |
| Staring at the ground to avoid indulging impatience and running | |
| off in the general direction of the noctral, kicking aside loose | |
| rocks and twigs, Sadowi trailed after Asher and his floating | |
| bloodstained bag and stopped when he did. His hoof missed a | |
| swipe to step on an odd stick, crushing it into two, and it | |
| shuddered beneath his grasp as more foliage walked along the | |
| forest floor. With a hoof resting upon the pommel of his sword, | |
| he watched the dogs construct themselves with an unchanged | |
| casual eye, even snickering at the sight of the crippled | |
| timberwolf, and after a few more seconds he unwound the crooked | |
| metal instrument tied to his other front leg and swung it in a | |
| lazy arc to test his aim and grip. "I'm sure it will be." | |
| #Post#: 2892-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Arabella Whitlock Date: July 4, 2017, 12:17 pm | |
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| Bella continued flying, keeping the bird in her sights. She was | |
| gaining, albeit slowly.... too slowly. If the bird didn't stop | |
| soon, it would take far too long to catch up. To the noctral's | |
| relief, she saw the bird dive down. | |
| She reached the patch of tree where the bird had disappeared, | |
| and unsheathed one of her daggers, gripping it in her teeth. | |
| Taking a deep breath through her nose, she didn't let herself | |
| hesitate further before she swooped down into the canopy. | |
| #Post#: 2914-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Orchid Date: July 5, 2017, 12:16 am | |
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| "I don't think my drugs work on timberwolves." Lucid said | |
| looking into the various bags on her. She did have another idea | |
| as her horn and eyes glowed. A pink ring formed around both | |
| groups and the ground turned black. Two nightmarish creatures | |
| appeared behind her. They were her signature tall shadowy | |
| creatures with long arms and sharp nails. The other arm was | |
| covering half their face allowing only a bit of their glowing | |
| red eyes to show. At the moment she wanted them to simply scare | |
| the wolves away. Using them to attack would take a lot of energy | |
| that she might need to save for that bird. | |
| #Post#: 2917-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Clair Date: July 5, 2017, 4:53 pm | |
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| The timber wolves slowly advance on the group as they make their | |
| preparations and use their magic, seemingly unfazed by the | |
| formation of the nightmare creatures. The crippled one sets its | |
| weight on its other legs and leaps forward... | |
| ...falling to the ground and collapsing into a pile of twigs, | |
| leaves, and branches several feet short of Sadowi. However, it | |
| seems to act like a kind of signal, and the rest of the pack | |
| follows suit, yipping and snarling at the three intruders, | |
| running up to bite and lunge at them. The crippled one reforms | |
| while the rest attack and limps after them, looking quite | |
| pathetic and distinctly non-threatening. | |
| When Bella gets under the canopy, she's treated to a rather | |
| majestic sight, should it be interpreted as such. It seems that | |
| a large portion of the branch line consists almost solely of | |
| branches from a single great tree. Its trunk grows high into the | |
| air and its lowermost branches are near the top of the | |
| surrounding trees. Where it does branch, the trunk seems to stop | |
| entirely with great boughs stretching out in several directions | |
| before curving up and closing back in around itself much higher, | |
| creating a kind of dome with one conspicuous hole through which | |
| the bird had entered. | |
| Atop the split of the initial branching sits a large nest, | |
| easily as large around as Ponyville's schoolhouse. The nest is | |
| made largely of branches that look to be the same kind of wood | |
| as the tree itself, giving it a sort of camouflaged feel...if it | |
| wasn't for what else the nest was made of. Spread around the | |
| entirety of the nest is a collection of eye-catching shiny | |
| things. Scraps of metal, mostly, with also things like metal | |
| helmets, necklaces, a couple of mangled window frames...The | |
| aluminum foil cape and hat aren't visible at least from the | |
| angle Bella approaches the nest from. The bird itself is busy on | |
| one side of the nest, poking at the branches with its beak, | |
| sometimes grabbing and breaking one off from the tree. | |
| #Post#: 2919-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Asher Strings Date: July 5, 2017, 5:59 pm | |
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| There was obviously going to be a skirmish on their hooves, for | |
| now the others were relatively protected by their barrier. Asher | |
| creates some distance between himself and the wolves. He would | |
| obviously keep an eye out on the others though, in case they | |
| needed help or more protection. One of the timber wolves started | |
| to advance on him, it gets in the pouncing position while | |
| snarling at the unicorn. | |
| Asher backs up a bit, almost tripping over a large rock. He | |
| didn't have any weapons but he had that! The stallion quickly | |
| picks up the rock and chucks it at the timber wolves head, | |
| stunning it for a moment. While the wolf was stunned, Asher | |
| placed all four hooves firmly on the ground, bracing himself. | |
| His horn glows light blue while he aims it at the creature. A | |
| forceful energy pushes the wolf several feet away before it | |
| knocks into a tree, killing the wolf instantly. | |
| "Oh...well jeez that was a little more violent than I | |
| intended..." Asher chuckles before running back over to the | |
| others, giving both their barriers another boost of magic. | |
| #Post#: 2942-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Sadowi Date: July 9, 2017, 12:01 pm | |
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| Sadowi watched the rather unceremonial sight of a timberwolf | |
| literally going to pieces right before his hooves with an | |
| expression of near pity. "Wow, that's pretty bad." | |
| Picking the nearest intact target, he tossed his sword on a | |
| string at its head, running after the flying blade with his | |
| infuriatingly casual smirk back upon the remains of his lips as | |
| it found its mark, and after two smooth motions of digging in | |
| his hind legs and pivoting he wrenched the wooden skull from its | |
| berth and unsheathed his second weapon to drive it through the | |
| dog's body and into the dirt, hopefully rooting it in place, and | |
| lobbed his barbed sword grasping the severed head in the general | |
| direction of another. | |
| #Post#: 2943-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Orchid Date: July 9, 2017, 5:21 pm | |
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| "Uh oh." Lucid responded as they continued to approach the | |
| group. She saw how the others handled them and made one of her | |
| monsters disappear before shrinking the other one. It suddenly | |
| growled and lunged at the wolf slashing at it. Lucid had made | |
| her nightmares weaker as there was no need to waste energy | |
| making one insanely powerful. | |
| It's dark body wrapped around one timber wolf as it dug it's | |
| claws into the wood head, ripping it off and throwing it away. | |
| Another wolf jumped on the monster's back though and bit it | |
| causing it to hiss and try to fling it off. Lucid picked up a | |
| rock as well in case any tried to leap at her. Honestly, | |
| throwing rocks might've been easier, but she hasn't been able to | |
| use her dream magic in a while and wanted to give it a test run | |
| before they come in contact with some giant bird. | |
| #Post#: 2979-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Clair Date: July 16, 2017, 11:25 am | |
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| For each timber wolf that falls, another one or two takes its | |
| place, the commotion drawing the attention of another nearby | |
| pack. They advance as though a part of the same group, replacing | |
| the other fallen bundles of sticks with fresh greens and browns | |
| as the ground shakes once, faintly. | |
| Then again, faintly. | |
| Then a third time, stronger. | |
| A fourth, stronger. | |
| The timber wolves stop what they're doing and turn in the | |
| direction of the source of the rumbling, approaching from a | |
| direction nearly perpendicular to the way the bag was leading | |
| them in. A fifth shake causes one to fall from a branch above | |
| them from where it had been intending to pounce. On the next, | |
| they spread around without regard for the ponies and, at | |
| intervals, collapse into their components, once again seeming | |
| nothing more than tree leavings. | |
| #Post#: 2981-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Asher Strings Date: July 16, 2017, 12:34 pm | |
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| Asher was so focused on the timber wolves that he barely noticed | |
| the ground shake the first time, he started to back up more | |
| while trying to think of his next move. Then the ground shook | |
| once more, he could feel the vibration under his hooves that | |
| time. Something wasn't right, of course the whole situation with | |
| the wolves was a nuisance but this was different... | |
| The ground shook stronger this time, making Asher wobble a bit | |
| before steadying himself. He observes the timber wolves' | |
| reaction to the rumbling, obviously it wasn't something they | |
| expected and it scared them off. Once they disperse, Asher | |
| quickly looks around. He couldn't see anything but he could | |
| definitely tell whatever the source of it was, that it was | |
| getting closer. The others looked no worse for wear thankfully, | |
| "Ooookay, I don't know what's headed this way but I don't wanna | |
| stick around to find out. We should hurry." | |
| The magic blue paper bag floats in circles, beckoning them to | |
| it. Asher runs off towards it, encouraging the others to follow | |
| with haste. They wasted enough time, hopefully Clair was still | |
| okay. Thankfully, the bag glows even brighter as they head | |
| closer to their destination. | |
| #Post#: 2996-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Sadowi Date: July 19, 2017, 12:13 am | |
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| Sadowi nodded at Asher. "Sounds good to me. Let's get out of | |
| here." | |
| Replacing his sharps into their scabbards attached to his back | |
| with dull slurps as they released their grasp of dead wood, he | |
| turned tail and sprinted after the blue unicorn without a | |
| backward glance, but after covering less than four strides he | |
| skidded to a halt and bowed to the yellow unicorn. "After you, | |
| miz Lucid." | |
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