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George Rozas

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The notable lack of a counterattack caused Travis brief confusion - at least up to the point where he realized the monster was roaring in pain from something other than his hamstringing of its leg. He shifted his gaze past the limb to the other one, that had dropped to its knee, and found the obvious culprit just on the other side in the form of Bridgett and her trusty spear.

Hah, she'd capitalized on the opening! He'd definitely put some faith in the right person, there weren't exactly a ton of people out there willing to charge a monster of this size. Well, any monster at all really, but one this size narrowed the numbers a bit more.

However now its attention was turned to her, so now he had to hope she was quick enough to avoid its blows - else his new hunting buddy was going to be a pancake buddy.

On the other hand...

A quick flick of his free hand in a casual salute was all the acknowledgement he gave to Bridgett, whether she saw it or not, before the limb darted to his belt and withdrew his second, identical dagger. His lower half splattered with mud, Travis returned to his previous plan with gusto - leaping at the back of the monster, even having an easier time of it due to its status of being forced to one knee, and stabbing his left blade into its flank, then using his deathgrip on the dagger as a handhold he pulled himself further up and drove his right dagger further up, into its lower back.

It was a familiar sensation that flowed through him as he scaled the beast, the process of climbing speeding up dramatically after sinking both blades into it, easily freeing his left blade and pulling himself higher to drive it into an even higher point, rapidly scaling the mighty monster with the apparent intention of going straight for the head. I am Inferi.

20-Jan-2018 03:53:51

Westenev

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Bridgett

Bridgett’s spear struck into the creature’s flesh, excreting that sickening familiar scent of charred meat. She could feel a tug on her spear as the creature stumbled and roared, shielding her eyes as speckled of water, mud and miscellaneous muck showered across her armour. Even in all the commotion, she could feel her spear twist free from the roaring creature.

As the volatile moment passed, Bridgett dared to peek over her mud speckled vambrace, only to meet a nightmarish pair of hateful eyes. The creature roared in anger, raising its colossal arms. Bridgett realised in that moment the creature meant to kill her and her alone.

“ Crap, " Bridgett spat with a patronising smirk. The first fist launched downwards, the arm threatening annihilation. Fortunately, the aim was sloppy, allowing Bridgett to narrowly avoid the herculean strike.

The fist erupted on the ground like a mine, spitting foliage upon her once more. Regardless of the sheer insanity of the moment, regardless of the world exploding around her, even as a glob of mud trickled down the side of her face, she refused to avert her eyes from the creature.

The creature’s second fist still loomed threateningly, forcing a split second decision. Should she run? Could she avoid the next blow? She had a hunch both options would end in disaster. No, running away wasn’t her style; she would advance long after her legs gave out on her.

Bridgett charged once more at the creature as its great fist lowered. Bracing her spear with both hands, she leaned away from the creature’s blow. All too concious of the creature looming above her, she would attempt to thrust her spear slightly left of the creature’s sternum – and if the god was willing, straight through the creature's heart.

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20-Jan-2018 06:10:18 - Last edited on 20-Jan-2018 06:10:54 by Westenev

Azi Demonica

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Ben

Seemed like Ben’s voice had a knack for no results. Since he could not find anymore people he could help, and there was little else he could do, he had to get back outside and help in the fight. A shame he had cut his hands open for nothing, but at least he was assured there was no one inside the crashed ship.

Ben ran back to where he came, kneeling to look through the lounge window he crawled through earlier. Something was going on, but he could not totally make out what. Nevertheless, he climbed out. Upon reaching the ground, he looked around, seeing the fighting.

“Well, shit. First the ship crashes, then we get attacked by monsters.” Ben mumbled.
Since his hands were cut and bled a little, Ben withdrew only one revolver, and held it with both hands to compensate for his injuries. He saw some beasts hit the ground from gunfire, but one of the beasts leapt upon a gunman and took him down.

Reacting as fast as possible for a rather drunk fellow, Ben charged forth towards the gunman in a dire situation, and fired twice at the beast’s lower torso area. If that didn’t work, he would proceed to rushing at the beast and firing the remaining two cylinders into the beast at point-blank range in the torso. If that still did not work, he would resort to pistol-whipping the beast in the mouth, attempting to break its damn teeth.

21-Jan-2018 04:17:57

Azi Demonica

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Ridley

His efforts partly helped, at least for now; two beasts retreated. The fiery branch seemed to work well against the beasts, almost as if they were flammable, and shooting them while they panicked was even better. Ridley was unsure if the survivors did anything or become dog chow, but upon the beasts being frozen in the puddle, Ridley did them a favor and fired at their torsos.

“Get a load a’ dis, ya dumb dicks!” Ridley shouted, getting a bit of a thrill out of the fight, especially since he was not the one with a beast trying to bite his face off!

He did not notice the gunman taken down by a beast, but instead he ran off to the side, peppering the other beasts at every opportunity as he ran. Ridley quickly ran to the nearest fire any of the survivors had made, grabbing a chunk of burning furniture flaming only on the end already in the fireplace.

Ridley then looked for the nearest dead beast, running to it, and sticking the burning piece of furniture into it, hoping that the creature’s fur caught on fire and turn the corpse into a fireball. The smell of burning fur and flesh, and smoke, may serve as a threatening warning to the beasts. Ridley kept the flaming chunk of wood in his other hand, just in case he needed to use it as a smoky, fiery shield or club.

Keeping both knees a bit bent as he continued trying to engulf the corpse, Ridley rolled his shoulders and continue shooting at the beasts, constantly switching targets and looking around to make sure none of the monsters charged him from behind.

21-Jan-2018 04:18:15

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Gareth Arenar

Gareth was, quite naturally, taken aback. And his first thought was that his eyes were deceiving him. But no, there she was. Somehow, she had survived. Did he misremember the situation in the Cargo Hold? Did she have some sort of matrix she had not told them about?

He forced himself to get over his astonishment. She survived. That was what mattered. And more importantly, Gareth had no reason to believe her intentions were hostile - her priority seemed to be the Princess, and so long as she believed the Princess was on the ship, defeating the creature would naturally be her current objective.

He wasn't going to disturb her. At best he would interrupt whatever she was doing, perhaps forcing her to start again. At worst she would think him hostile and turn her matrix on him.

Instead, he simply crept back to where he had left Alicia, in order to make sure the girl was still there. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

21-Jan-2018 06:01:54

Inferi

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Crash Site/Forest - Monster Battle

The branch that Annie was able to cut loose in the time that she had available, while having a good idea behind it, wasn’t nearly large enough to have an effect on the enormous beast. It was like trying to kill...well, a gorilla with a stick. While it might have at least gotten the creature’s attention if it wasn’t otherwise engaged, the spear that had just stuck into its leg and the daggers that were currently sticking in its back were a much larger concern for it.

Although Bridgett and Travis were both making effective decisions, they seemed to have the luck of never getting them quite coordinated enough. As the first fist came down, Travis took the opportunity to leap unto the creature’s back, using the tried-and-true icepick climbing method to reach the top. It could not be said that this was ineffective; not only did he make progress towards the ultimate goal of the creature’s head, but he also got the satisfaction of hearing the angry roars of the monster as it became apparent that it was being scaled in an extremely painful manner.

Yet at the same time, it caused a bit of a problem for the attacking Bridgett. While what she was doing would go off without a problem, the incoming fist sliding past her and slamming the ground with an even more thunderous slam than the previous one, it was her target that would not end up being what she would have wanted. Her aim was perfect...but the target had chosen to rear up at the sensation of daggers moving their way up its back. That meant, although the spear did hit, it struck the creature in the stomach rather than the intended target.

Even so, it was very clear that the efforts of the two combatants were bearing fruit. The creature was noticeably injured, blood coming out of several wounds now, and the roars had lost a bit of their earlier power. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

23-Jan-2018 18:56:41

Inferi

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At this point, after being hit in the stomach, it wasn’t clear if what it did next was entirely by choice or not. Either way, the creature began to fall backwards, and the descent was sure to crush Travis between the ground and the creature. However, at the same time, a curious sensation came over all three of the group. Travis and Bridgett would feel as though everything around them was moving slower than normal. The creature both looked and sounded like it was falling in slow motion, and Travis would find that he had quite a bit more time to decide what he was going to do about his impending doom. Bridgett was the same, although without any impending doom of her own she could do pretty much whatever she wanted.

Annie, on the other hand, would feel the opposite; slow and sluggish. Every movement felt like an effort, like she was moving in slow motion.

Crash Site/Forest - Crash Survivors

Although the snapping jaws of the beast that had leapt upon the gunman posed quite a threat for that specific individual, the action also made the creature immobile, and although it managed to get a solid bite upon the man’s arm it couldn’t stop itself from becoming an easy target for Ben’s revolver. The first two shots struck, and the creature growled in rage, although that alone was not enough to make it dislodge its jaws. The second volley, however, was, and although the placement of the shots still did not drop the creature it pulled bloody jaws from the arm of the man under it and turned to accost the one who was making it feel such pain. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

23-Jan-2018 18:56:57

Inferi

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The shift in attention was just in time for it to get the butt of the pistol in its teeth, shattering several and creating an even bloodier mess of its already bloody mouth. With a whimpering snarl, the creature, in a move that would surprise most people expecting them to be acting like animals, attempted to jump on the man that had just smacked it in the mouth. While the mouth itself might not be able to hurt him nearly as severely as it would have been before, it wasn’t the creature itself that would make this a problem.

No, it was the remaining two that had been on that side of the survivor crowd, both of which took this opportunity to try and jump on him as well. In defending the man, Ben had put himself directly in the line of fire, so to speak. Unfortunately for him, nobody was able to shoot yet because they were either not good enough or not confident enough shots to think that they could hit the creatures without hitting him as well. One of the two from the open side was moving over to assist, but there would be no immediate help from the current defenders.

As for Ridley, his shots on the completely immobile creatures, along with more fire from above and the defenders on that side, had the desired effect, and the two creatures frozen in the water were taken down along with another two that had been charging. Three remained, although it was once again his attempts with fire that caused the defense to be a success. It wasn’t the attempt to set the corpse on fire; it was too wet for that, and indeed it should have been too wet for him to keep the makeshift torch burning for long.

Yet somehow it didn’t go out, and instead, as he held it facing towards the creature, began to blaze brightly. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

23-Jan-2018 18:57:18

Inferi

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The fireball on the end of the wood surged to several times its original size - although, interestingly enough, did not extend towards the hand of the one holding it assuming he continued to do so - before bursting out in a number of fiery rays that sped towards the approaching creatures.

Already hesitant due to the large fire, the creatures were unable to do much to avoid them, and two were struck in the eyes while the third managed to get away with having the fire scorch across its side. The two that received the flames in their eyes let out howls of pure agony, while the third’s attempts to move away from the fire had, with the combination of the hit, caused it to lose balance and fall hard on its side. Although none of the three were dead, two were blinded and the third was in the midst of getting up, and all three were quite susceptible to whatever anyone wanted to throw their way.

Forest

Alicia had, surprisingly, stayed back, and when Gareth made his way back almost immediately she asked, “

What’s going on? Is that...who is that?

”

By the way she asked, it seemed as though she had come to her own conclusions on who the person had been, but it also seemed as though she didn’t have enough confidence in what she thought to ask outright whether or not she had been correct. Now that she’d asked it, though, she once again returned to the state that she had been in throughout the entire time on the ground; wanting to help but not having any way to. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

23-Jan-2018 18:57:34

Inferi

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“

Is everyone else alright? Are the passengers safe?

” was what she asked, although she managed to keep her voice down. Even though she clearly wasn’t an expert at any of this, the gravity of the situation was not lost on her.

As she spoke, though, Gareth felt a familiar sensation to what he had felt in the cargo hold, just before Chloe had been tossed out and forced him to take the drastic measures that he had. There wasn’t any visible effect this time, or perhaps he didn’t see it, but it suddenly felt like everything was moving slower - and that included himself. All movements would feel sluggish and unresponsive, although not entirely stopped. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

23-Jan-2018 18:57:43

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