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Azi Demonica

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Ben

Two bullets and a pistol whip connected, but to his surprise, the damn thing just leapt at him! To make things even worse, two other beasts charged him. Ben gasped but kept his footing, and without thinking, swung a hook punch at the beast. Since it was snarling, Ben figured an open, hanging jawbone would be the best thing to punch.

After swinging, Ben would spin around and empty the last two shots into one of the other two beasts, aiming for the torso. Since a single bullet probably would not take out one beast, and since being drunk probably prevented accurate headshots, Ben figured he should at least try to take out one more beast.

Ridley

He had more success than Ben, but he failed to ignite the corpse. It was too wet from the snow or pond, but who could think straight in such a situation? There seemed to be something amiss with his flaming thing, but Ridley realized that the beasts were afraid of fire.

“Ey! Get more o’ dem fire goin’, damn dogs ‘fraid o’ fire!” Ridley shouted; hopefully, at least a few people would understand his Celtic accent.

Continuing with his skirmishing, Ridley had no desire to stay put. He started running across the battlefield, shooting here and there at the monsters whilst trying to keep his distance from them. He eventually stumbled upon Ben, noticing that he was in the instance of dealing with three of the monsters.

“Ack! Dumbass black boy can’t do nuthin’ by ‘imself!” Ridley spat, firing a few times at the two beasts charging him, but quickly realized he would not be able to stop them. So, Ridley sprinted forth, using momentum and speed to throw his flaming piece of debris towards Ben, hoping it would frighten the monsters away. “Catch!” Ridley shouted, and then...

24-Jan-2018 20:57:26

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Annie1227

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Annie was disappointed that her attack on the monster didn't work. She was still in that tree watching the batttle from the tree.She still wanted to help but didn't know how. Then she had an idea she cut another branch and made a spear from it by sharpening the branch with her dagger.

After she was finsh making the spear. Then she threw the spear at the monster hoping to hurt the monster. Then she got more branches to make more spears to throw at the monster. -Dances-

24-Jan-2018 21:05:49 - Last edited on 24-Jan-2018 22:49:07 by Annie1227

George Rozas

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The infuriated, agonised roars of the monster only spurred Travis on faster, climbing closer and closer to his goal where the fight could be put to a swift end - even if the wounds the beast sustained would eventually kill it, the death throes of a monster this size were nothing to sneeze at.

However, as with many of the youth's well-laid (Read: half-baked) plans this one had a spanner thrown into the works as the monster began to fall backwards. Whether it was a deliberate attempt at removing the danger upon its back or simply due to weakness from its sustained wounds Travis couldn't tell, but either way it could be potentially lethal if he stayed where he was. Yet he was so close to the monster's head, if only perhaps-

That was when something happened. Exactly what that something was the man had no idea, but suddenly it was as if everything was happening in slow-motion - the fall of the monster seemed like it was dropping through ooze, ever so slowly bending further and further backwards. The other noteworthy thing was that he himself didn't feel very slow. Maybe it was just his perception, but all of a sudden Travis didn't feel like the fall was all that urgent to him anymore.

Already so close to his goal the Guild member went for broke - wrenching himself upwards with both hands at the same time as kicking off of the slight ridge of one of the beast's muscles. The result was launching himself those few feet higher he needed to get a grip on the monster's shoulder, sinking his fingers into the thick fur and yanking himself both up and around - effectively swinging himself around the side of its upper arm and onto its front, which at this point in the slow-motion cycle was nearly completely horizontal.

From an outside view it probably looked pretty acrobatic.

With this Travis was out of danger of being crushed, one hand still holding the monster's hairy shoulder with a vicegrip (the dagger effectively pinned between his palm and the monster) while the I am Inferi.

27-Jan-2018 01:42:29

George Rozas

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other raised into the air poised to drive the blade down into the monster's head at around the same moment it would crash against the ground.

Unless there was some additional motion that caught him off guard, Travis' dagger would sink right into the forehead of the gorilla monster - aided by the force of the impact, albeit he himself would possibly be thrown off from his precarious position riding it down - boots against its chest - once the impact occured. But such a short distance to the ground wasn't even a threat, and if it meant killing the beast before it could recover to start flailing? Well, a potential bruise was worth it by far. I am Inferi.

27-Jan-2018 01:42:34

NotFishing

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Gareth Arenar

"Chloe." Was Gareth's answer to the first question. As for the next two.... "I don't know. We have to wait until that beast is dead if we are to get a closer look." It was then that he caught note of the familiar-looking figure waving around a glowing spear. That could only be one person, and he wasn't sure whether to feel relief or a shred of panic.

There was no adequate course of action he could think of for this situation. Armed with a branch and burdened with a teenage princess, there was nothing to do but wait for the situation to resolve itself... or flee if it turned sour.

He brought a hand to his face to rub his chin in contemplation... only to find it inexplicably slowed, as if he had been trapped within a viscous liquid. He mentally cursed - this was no different from Chloe's trick in the Cargo Hold, only this time he was on the receiving end of it. He noted that the two fighters were not slowed, however, so it was a good sign... despite the fact that he would have to contend with the bloody nuisance of barely being able to move for the next few minutes.

All there was to do was keep a watchful eye over the girl and be wary of threats, and so that is what he did. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

27-Jan-2018 05:26:30

Westenev

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Bridgett

In the fatal few seconds before impact, Bridgett paid no heed to her surroundings. Not to the great arm looming in her peripherals that threatened to crush her any second, Nor to the creature’s great roar that was deadened by the drums pounding in her ears. Not to the man climbing up the herculean beast, nor her own knees feet.

Sliding on the muddy ground, she caught her footing against a root and thrust her spear forward with a roar of her own. As she did, the creature reared upwards. Surprised, she tried to adjust – but she was a tad too late. Her spear was already in motion, sliding under the ribs into the creature’s great belly.

“DAMN” She cursed. Undeterred, she drove the spear deeper into the creature, feeling a great weight lever against the pole. The creature’s great arm shifted in her peripherals, causing her to heave at her spear from the creature, to no avail. It was speared in nice and snuggly into the creature’s smoking interior.

Fine, you can keep it, she conceded bitterly, taking a few steps backwards from the creature as it fell… slowly. In fact, everything seemed to be falling slowly. As her view broadened, she could see the falling leaves standing still, Annie up in the tree… and Travis, who was curiously the only other creature to move at normal speed, scuttling about the creature’s head.

What was going on, she wondered, a momentary look of befuddlement crossing her face.

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27-Jan-2018 11:49:46

Inferi

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Crash Site/Forest - Monster Battle

How Annie managed to make a sharpened spear out of a branch when her movements were slowed and she had absolutely no experience doing something like that in the time before the fight ended was a mystery to even the Goddess. It was even more of a mystery how she managed to accurately throw it when the same conditions applied, and perhaps the only thing not mysterious was how it struck the monster, as the giant size made that difficult to miss.

Yet despite all of that, when the pointed stick hit the creature, it did not penetrate the thick skin that it came into contact with. Without the ability to put any physical force behind the strike, and without the material being something that could effectively pierce the thick skin of the creature, Annie’s efforts would be very difficult to execute with effect.

It was surprisingly - or perhaps not so surprisingly, given how used to the dilation effect Travis was - easy for Travis to get into position above the falling creature, and equally easy for him to drive the dagger home on an enemy that could do almost nothing to react. The only reaction he got through all of it was the horrid glare from the eyes of the creature, telling him in no uncertain terms that it wanted to rip his flesh off the pathetic little bones that it was clinging to.

Fortunately for Travis, that was not to be, and as the dagger sank in the creature struck the ground. It seemed that the time dilation didn’t affect the physical transfer of force, at least not once the fall was completed. Travis had more time to prepare, but it was still the same force, and it tossed him off the creature’s head and onto the ground behind it. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

28-Jan-2018 20:38:05

Inferi

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The fall was followed by a roar from the creature, but it was a weak roar and a last act of defiance. The combination of the spear in its ribs and the dagger in its head, combined with the many injuries it had sustained before those, were enough to bring it down, and once it went down it did not get back up.

Whatever the effect was, it faded moments after the creature perished, the world returning to normal movement for everyone affected. If any of them had been seeing what was going on by the ship, that was finished now as well, and it looked like the surrounding area was, for the moment, safe.

Crash Site/Forest - Crash Survivors

Ben’s punch did what he wanted it to, stopping the creature from managing to jump up on him. No matter what else these did, it was clear that they could indeed feel pain, as the gurgled howl that came from its maw as it fell back to the ground was not a happy one. The salvo of bullets that followed, both from Ben and Ridley, did not down either creature, but did strike and injure them, providing just enough of a delay that they did not manage to jump Ben.

It was at this point that Ben had the chance to be in a rather interesting position. As the torch flew through the air, it began to ignite once again, and as it reached Ben the flames burst into what could only be described as a tower of fire: a tower centered on him. The flames burst forth from the torch, roaring into a twisting mass of flames, and to everyone around it looked like Ben had vanished into the conflagration along with the three creatures. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

28-Jan-2018 20:38:18

Inferi

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Inside the column, however, it was a bit different. Ben was not getting burned by the flames, and in fact it seemed like they were actively avoiding him. That was, unless he moved to try and get out of the column. The sides of it that were cutting him off from the survivors and the outside did not seem to have the ability to move away from him, and so he would be stuck inside until whatever was happening was done. It was still hot; much hotter than would be comfortable, but not hot enough that it was problematic.

This was not the situation for the creatures, though. Whatever was affecting Ben was certainly not affecting them, and their howls as they were burned to ashes were not pleasing to listen to - unless, of course, that was something someone actually liked. The two that did not have a shattered jaw did what they could to flee, but even though they made it out of the inferno they were already on fire and charred enough that even the falling rain could not stop them from burning out and falling to the ground. The last one didn’t even get that far, and was incinerated right in front of Ben.

Once none of the three were either a threat or within the inferno, the fire dissipated, evaporating into the air and leaving an unharmed Ben behind. As the rain struck him, the heat from being inside caused steam to begin to rise off his body.

With the fire being present to take care of those remaining creatures on that side of the fight, all that were left were the three helpless ones on the far side. Since everyone with a weapon had been unable to target anyone but them...well, the result was a fairly predictable three dead creatures. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

28-Jan-2018 20:38:29

Inferi

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As they fell, no further creatures emerged, and the survivors were left in what seemed to be a rather uneasy peace. All that was left were the sounds of battle from a short distance away, although all that entailed were the dying howls of a giant dark silhouette which both fell silent and still before much time had passed.

The silence left felt almost wrong after everything that happened, but for now it seemed there was nothing left to threaten anyone. Although all of the crew with weapons remained as vigilant as they could on the outside of the survivor crowd, at least for now, the two people on top of the ship went back inside, disappearing from view.

Forest

At the mention that it was Chloe out there, Alicia didn’t look extremely surprised, although she did look relieved. It seemed that she had suspected that was who it had been, and hadn’t said anything just because she didn’t want to hope. Regardless, she did say quietly, “

Oh, good.

” to Gareth’s statement about who it was.

When the slowing effect enveloped them, Alicia looked shocked for a moment before realization dawned in her eyes and she just remained where she was. She, too, remembered what had happened in the cargo hold, and since they knew who it was that was casting it made sense for this to be what had been used. It didn’t look like she was particularly comfortable, similarly to how Gareth had just cursed, but that was just something one had to live with. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

28-Jan-2018 20:38:39

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