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Inferi

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That was when the next person jumped off the catwalk, and the man by the door actually took some sort of action. It wasn’t much of anything at first, and the shimmering of his handgun could easily be attributed to something else, but it looked as though he did not care for the incursion by someone that actually looked like they knew what they were doing. His expression changed just slightly, the corners of his mouth turning down, and he sighed in annoyance when Travis made his descent.

It appeared that the methods Travis was using to conceal himself weren’t enough, as it was when he broke cover to make his approach that the visor-clad soldier took action. Physically, he did nothing, but the shimmer around his weapon burst outward, dissipating into the air. Less than a second later, Travis would find himself the target of a rather uncomfortable stream of air pressure that pushed at him with a force that made it rather impossible to move forward. Although it caused him no injury, it also prevented him from doing much else, and the two remaining were able to make it to the door mostly unmolested.

Shaking his head in a rather condescending manner, the visor-clad individual swung Annie around, tossing her back into the cargo hold. The way he threw her, and the subsequent push by a burst of wind, sent her flying in the direction of Travis, and the two of them would collide unless one found a way to avoid it. As a final touch, he brought up his weapon and fired in the direction of everyone that was still in the cargo bay. No projectile erupted from the end, and instead the end of the barrel erupted in a massive flash of light that would temporarily blind anyone that was looking in his direction.

If there was anyone left that was able to see, they would see the three soldiers jump out the door and disappear into the storm. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

01-Dec-2017 18:14:04

Inferi

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Shortly after, before anyone looking at the blast area would be able see clearly, a black airship would rise past the entrance of the cargo bay and then take off in a westerly direction, rapidly vanishing into the storm.

Shortly after the soldiers left, the air pressure effects on Annie and Travis would be gone, and the cargo hold would be left eerily silent. Even with the storm still raging outside, the lack of any combat action would leave the area feeling almost muted.

Into the Storm

Striking the treetops was probably a greater impact than Gareth had been expecting, and the majority of it didn’t even come from the vertical descent. It was the lateral movement by the winds on both himself and the branches that made the landing so rough, not to mention painful.

The effect of the wind was lessened immensely as they entered the canopy, but it was replaced by the impact of the branches. While the slower descent from the bailout gear seemed to lessen the force of the impacts, bouncing off branches as they fell through the trees was not a comfortable feeling. At first, they broke through several as the hit the thinner upper branches, but then as they started hitting the thicker ones that stopped being the case. The gear tried to keep them upright, meaning most of the branches coming from below were deflected into the feet and legs, but with wind gusts still trying to whip them around their torsos and arms were also major victims. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

01-Dec-2017 18:14:16

Inferi

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In what seemed like an eternity, they continued to bounce off branches and receive bruises, scrapes, and maybe a broken bone or two - although their heads miraculously managed to avoid getting struck - the two escapees finally ended up getting separated. The impacts weakened their grips, and Alicia finally managed to fall. Somehow, she managed to grab onto a branch, breaking most of the last bit of her fall before dropping the last bit from there to the ground. Once on the ground, she collapsed on the forest floor, lying on her back and facing upwards. Her eyes were closed, but she did not have any serious outward injuries and she was still breathing. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

01-Dec-2017 18:14:24

George Rozas

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Travis' hurried assault was halted before it really got to begin, finding himself basically stonewalled by the fucking wind by the time he made it halfway to his targets! It wasn't exactly a sensation he was used to, being blocked by enough wind to make him nearly start skidding backwards - and he was caught off-guard enough that he failed to do much of anything except brace himself against it.

" Fuckin' hell! " He exclaimed into the roaring winds, voice almost buried beneath the howl. He looked ahead still, eyes shooting wide as the next thing he saw was the blonde child soaring through the air straight at him. Forcing himself to avoid the flying child wouldn't have been too tough, he could pull together the effort to push himself aside and let her miss him... Only that would almost certainly lead to her hitting something else and getting more badly injured.

Sometimes Travis really just had to curse his own nature. He dropped the knives and shifted his weight, arms reaching out even as he braced himself as best he could - even that not being enough as the child crashed into him with the aid of a magical gust of wind, her size something he could have easily dealt with had he not also been fighting against the wind himself. Still, he managed to catch her in his arms well enough to disperse some of the impact to his torso, albeit the wind still got knocked out of him and he lost his footing - falling onto his back with the child atop him.

On the other hand, this turn of events kept Travis' gaze away from the visor-guy when the flash of light emanated from his weapon. He coughed as air flooded back into his lungs, groaning as he lifted his head in time to watch the tail-end of the soldiers disappearing out of the open bay door. No longer did he feel the wind fighting him, and suddenly it felt like all the action was over - at least for now, so he could probably catch a breather for a moment.

" You alright, miss? " He asked the child, slowly working his I am Inferi.

01-Dec-2017 19:20:12

George Rozas

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way back to his feet - offering a hand to help her up as well once he'd risen high enough. Whether or not she accepted the helping hand Travis would dust down his bloodied clothes unnecessarily, looking around the calmer dock for a moment before noticing the newcomer up on the catwalk. There was also the black man behind the bullet-ridden crate and the two airship staff, one of which looked wounded, but first thing was first and he headed towards the bay doors - intending to close them up and stop that blasted storm getting in. I am Inferi.

01-Dec-2017 19:20:16 - Last edited on 01-Dec-2017 20:48:34 by George Rozas

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Annie1227

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Annie was fusterated that she couldn't wiggle herself free from the man who was holding her by the arm and she was scared that he might kill her or do something worse to her. After a few minutes the man decided to threw her to the back of the cargo bay. She screams with fear as she flew in the air. Then she landed on someone and she sigh with relief. She repiled in a shaking voice,"I-I-I t-think s-so." She took his hand to let him help her up. She said in a shaky voice,"T-Thank y-you for h-h-helping me." She was shaking with fear from what just happened to her. -Dances-

01-Dec-2017 19:20:23 - Last edited on 01-Dec-2017 20:27:40 by Annie1227

Azi Demonica

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Ben

The returning fire pierced his cover, Ben ready to try his drunken best in the shootout, but then something odd happened. The soldiers took their leave. Ben stood up, seeing the soldiers leap out the opening, and that was that. It took a few seconds for Ben to realize the situation, and was moderately surprised. Over yonder, were two crewmates, as well as some girl and a guy Ben had not seen before. Ben rudimentarily gestured towards the opened hatch.

“The birdies flew away.” Ben commented with a shrug, then holstered his revolvers, and looked at the crewmates. “Either of ya’ll know what we gotta do now? I hope dem boys won’t shoot this ship down or somethin’.” he continued with some concern. Although not a soldier, and rather drunk, Ben knew enough that, if soldiers boarded a ship, they probably had military aircraft on their side as well. If that was the case, well, the civilian airship would be at the mercy of the military vessel’s weaponry.

02-Dec-2017 03:30:46

NotFishing

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Gareth Arenar

Crack!

Snap!

Crack!

Crack!

Snap!

Wumph!

"Agh!"

Gareth lay in the wet grass, his clothing soaked through to the skin and ripped in at least half a dozen different places. His left leg hurt like hell, but a quick shake and twist of his heel revealed it was not broken. Blood dripped from his left temple where the end of a branch had nicked him, there was a smaller cut on his hand, and one on his leg where one especially sharp branch managed to cut through the fabric and into the skin. None of the cuts were particularly deep, but they still bled. There was also a sharp pain in his chest, and another in his left arm. He would have some nasty bruises and scars after this, no doubt.

He wasn't sure how much time had passed, if it had been seconds or minutes, but he just lied there, thinking about how lucky he had been to survive. I'm not jam! He thought to himself with something close to relief. But still, the situation was far from ideal - he was soaking wet and stranded in the middle of a forest.

Oh, and the princess!

With a grunt, he slowly rose to his feet and looked around, until he spotted a small figure lying in the grass not too far from him. He limped over to her, only to trip on a root in the darkness and land directly next to her.

What was her name again? He thought to himself. He could recall the name of almost every major Veranian monarch before the most recent war, so why was he having trouble with the name of the current princess, especially one he just jumped out of an airship to rescue. Then he remembered.

"Alicia!" He said out loud, looking down at her. "Princess! Wake up! We need to move!" No doubt the men up above would come looking for him. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

02-Dec-2017 04:06:34 - Last edited on 02-Dec-2017 04:13:30 by NotFishing

NotFishing

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They'd have to land their ship first, or jump out in bailout gear just as he had, but there were few spaces to land in a forest and if they used bailout gear the odds of them landing in Gareth's immediate vicinity were slim to none in this weather. Still, they would track them down to this location eventually, and he wanted to be far away before that happened. There had to be a town nearby.

If this was a story, some friendly hermit would find them, but the odds of that happening were laughable at best. They would either find a town, get captured, or freeze to death if the rain didn't let up.

He recalled the books he had read on first aid practices. She was breathing, so no need for mouth to mouth. She didn't appear to be bleeding, so no need to start ripping cloth for bandages. Her limbs didn't look twisted or bent, and her neck was at a normal angle. If she had any injuries, they would be internal, and as a result he was reluctant to move her - if there was any damage to her spine then movement would make things infinitely worse.

He slapped her lightly on the face. "Wake up!" He shouted again. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

02-Dec-2017 04:12:54

Inferi

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Cargo Hold

The door closed easily enough; all it took was a push of the button and it closed, the two sides coming back together and sliding back into position within fifteen seconds. Doing so lent an even stranger atmosphere, though, as now there wasn’t even the sound of the storm to deaden the deafening silence.

For a moment after the door closed, the footing on the ship remained unsteady, but once that elapsed the ship returned to a much steadier path. Once it had, the second crew member, the one who had been pulling out the bailout gear, ran over to the first, who was still sitting against the wall. A half-hearted wave of his hand did very little to deter them from kneeling by the guy’s side and checking the injury.

Unfortunately for everyone, the momentary peace they had didn’t last. Less than a minute after Travis closed the door, the ship was jolted once again. This time, though, it was not small like when the door had opened. There was a massive explosion from somewhere outside the ship, and it shook hard enough that everyone would be knocked off their feet unless they were anchored to something. The ship tilted forty-five degrees to the side before violently righting itself, sending everyone flying once again.

Then there was another explosion, and another, and as the nose started to point downwards everyone got the very clear idea that the ship was dropping out of the sky. Each explosion made the vessel shake the same way that the initial had, and the only saving grace for those in the cargo hold was that it seemed the engine had not been one of the explosions. Even so, they were now in a sinking ship, and given the downward angle and the magnitude of the explosions it seemed like they wouldn’t be in the sky for long. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

08-Dec-2017 12:30:13

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