Whiteshadow
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Student - Crow[M:-2180][M:-2390]
It's hard to hold a candle, in the Cold November Rain
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Post by Whiteshadow on Jan 28, 2007 12:30:58 GMT -5
"I agree with Ithilwen, we better hurry, there looks like there are a few more lizards waiting in the ruins, after that display, they probably don't want to attack us anytime soon." Crow said getting up. He placed his hand on the wound, and pulled the water out of the oozing blood, making it a dry scab of blood. he then swirled the water around, washing the blood away. Then he felt the water in his leg, and moved it a around, soothing the pain. He looked over at Angelus, Dain and Ithilwen, and gave a short nod. "By the way, who are you?" he said to Dain, never seeing him before at TMA. "I'm guessing your new, do you know anybody here?"
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Angelus
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Suzume's Squishy Student - Angelus[M:2120][M:1100]
A Dark Past...
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Post by Angelus on Jan 28, 2007 15:24:30 GMT -5
"That is Dain," Angelus said annoyed as he joined the group convered in green ooze. He massaged his shoulders and stetched them out as he walked forward. "We should really move onto the ruins before any more creatures come forth."
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Whiteshadow
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Student - Crow[M:-2180][M:-2390]
It's hard to hold a candle, in the Cold November Rain
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Post by Whiteshadow on Jan 28, 2007 17:44:00 GMT -5
"Chill, we all just had a cold blood bath, can't we rest a bit?" Crow asked. "Now more about you Dain, where you from, whats with the strange get-up?"
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Post by dain on Jan 28, 2007 19:51:33 GMT -5
"I have no idea what you're talking about, what strange get-up?" Dain asked as he exhaled and the armor flew off his body rapidly, there now stood a regular six-foot-five-inch human with a white tanktop and black pants on. He laughed a bit, there was no more blood on him, the armor was where it was and that self-cleans. "I'm from the belly of the beast, Hell's Kitchen." He added as he walked over to view the ruins. He was a bit tired, that's why the armo came off him.
"I agree with Angelus, we should get going. There might be some shelter there for us, we could make a fire maybe, and rest. I'm quite chilly." He conceded. He looked over at Ithilwen with his big bright, white smile; then over to the others.
He kept walking a ways then looked back.
"Well, come on! Introductions when we find shelter, eh?" He called back.
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Angelus
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Suzume's Squishy Student - Angelus[M:2120][M:1100]
A Dark Past...
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Post by Angelus on Jan 28, 2007 19:55:38 GMT -5
Angelus did a quick hop-step and began to jog slowly behind Dain. He kept glancing around them as they walked to make sure that there were no creatures trying to ambush them.
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Whiteshadow
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Student - Crow[M:-2180][M:-2390]
It's hard to hold a candle, in the Cold November Rain
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Post by Whiteshadow on Jan 29, 2007 15:17:15 GMT -5
"What Ever, Fwayglin, go scope out that Town." Crow said as Fwayglin flew into the ruins. A few moments later, He emerged indicating there was no danger. "Ok, lets go!" Crow said as he gave a slight jog into the town. As he entered, he realized that this was no ordinary town. It truly was, a gigantic city,burned to the ground apparently by invader. Those cold blooded Bastards! Crow thought as he stepped over a human skeleton with a spear through his rib-cage.
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Post by L.A.C.R.I.M.O.S.A on Jan 29, 2007 15:22:24 GMT -5
Ithilwen rubbed her arms a bit to regulate her circulation as her eyes briefly scanned over the area once more, her gaze running over dozens of slain creatures and blood-stained earth. The air was thick with the unmistakable scent of death, and it lingered like an ominous cloud over the battlefield as a sort of trophy for their victory.
The avariel was the last to leave, and she knelt on the ground, chanting a form of elvish prayer to the fallen foes and thanks to the gods for their protection. When she finished, she ruffled her wings slightly, sheathed her katana after wiping it off, and shouldered her rucksack as she followed the others at a leisurely pace.
When they entered the town, Ithilwen was everything but surprised to find it in ruins. Figures. What else would a city overtaken by those things look like?
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Post by dain on Jan 29, 2007 15:31:48 GMT -5
Dain picked out the spear Crow had stepped over and twirled it in his hand. He might be able to use this later, he wasn't going to be able to engage the armor for a while until he got some rest. He used it somewhat as a staff as he poke various things witht he butt-end as he followed closely behind Crow. Something was ominous about the whole idea of this place...but at the moment all he cared about was some rest.
Dain twirled the spear some mroe as he looked around at the city ruins. This place was wonderful, the structure completely matched that of the cave. Large gregorian columns supported arches that lay fold to house gates, a damaged church stood high above the grounds, quartz crystal growing at the top from the cave ceiling. The light here was scarce, but little glowing crystals placed on pedestals lighted the way enough. Large statues of soldiers wielding weapons stood out from the buildings, which led to that this city must have belonged to a war-mongering society.
Some rare weapons may be founded here... Dain thought to himself as he looked around some more.
"Hey, we should look for some artifacts. This place looks like it might contain enough rarities to support the world." Dain offered his idea, which he thought was great.
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Angelus
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Suzume's Squishy Student - Angelus[M:2120][M:1100]
A Dark Past...
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Post by Angelus on Jan 29, 2007 17:56:42 GMT -5
Angelus slowly stepped his way through the ravaged village. Everywhere he looked, there was destruction. There were hardly any structures left in the town except for some skeletons of some which looked like they had burned. Angelus glanced about, trying to see if there was any indication of life in the village. He looked throughout the ruins are human remains dotted the landscape. There were some skulls here and some legs here. Under some ruins he could see some protruding skeletal hands hands.
He walked over to one home which as destroyed. He lifted the fallen door where the entrance of the house would have been. There, below the door, was skeleton no bigger than his torso. It was an infant. "These beasts," Angelus yelled to the group, "show no mercy to the women or the children. They must be stopped!"
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Whiteshadow
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Student - Crow[M:-2180][M:-2390]
It's hard to hold a candle, in the Cold November Rain
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Post by Whiteshadow on Jan 29, 2007 18:04:26 GMT -5
"Good Idea." Crow said as he walked over to a dead corpse gripping a bow. He pride the bow free and knocked an arrow he found in the quiver. He pulled the bow back, and shot ahead into a charred wood barn. Part of the barn collapsed, and Crow eyed the bow with a smirk on his face. "This is powerful, and it matches my draw length." Crow said slinging the bow across his back.
A Lizard peeked out from the barn, and started running away from them. "Bad Idea, running straight away." Crow said as he pulled back another arrow. He released it, and caught the creature in the spine. "If we set up camp here, we're gonna have to change shifts keeping guard. These creatures carry no honor... They would kill us in out sleep."
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Angelus
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Suzume's Squishy Student - Angelus[M:2120][M:1100]
A Dark Past...
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Post by Angelus on Jan 29, 2007 18:09:35 GMT -5
"I believe that there is a more pressing matter," said Angelus, "these creatures, do not forget, were trapped instantly by magic in that waterfall. The question still remains...who did that and why? Was someone trying to hide these beasts from the world or was a mistake made by one of their own. Whomever did it, they are around here because no mage could use magic over a long distance to release them. They must be very powerful, so we must be on our guard."
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Whiteshadow
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Student - Crow[M:-2180][M:-2390]
It's hard to hold a candle, in the Cold November Rain
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Post by Whiteshadow on Jan 30, 2007 14:55:14 GMT -5
"Or." Crow said walking over to a skeleton garbed in purple. "One of these mages could have done that in a last minute attempt to stop these reptiles." Crow walked over to more skeleton, which seemed to be everywhere. He collected arrows, and placed them in his quiver.
(( Lets not use these weapons in future Role plays ok? We don't want people thinking they can do something like this just for free weapons.))
Crow walked through the city, which seemed to be growing as they went forward. The building got larger, and more brilliant. So looked off into the distance, and saw when he was expecting for a while. "The Palace Threshold" Crow said looking at a black metal wall which guarded what seemed to be a giant stone palace inside. "We better go check it out, but be on your guard. If any lizards still live here, thats where they would be staying."
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Angelus
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Suzume's Squishy Student - Angelus[M:2120][M:1100]
A Dark Past...
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Post by Angelus on Jan 30, 2007 14:59:41 GMT -5
"True," said Angelus recognizing Crow's comments about the mages who were now dead in the village, "but that type of magic would have released them from their frozen prison?"
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Post by dain on Jan 30, 2007 15:28:46 GMT -5
((That never came across my mind to use them in future roleplays...))
Dain took a second look at what Crow called the 'Palace Threshold'. He ran up and got in front of Crow and Angelus before they could go inside. His leg hurt a bit...should have stretched...
"This is not a palace...it is a ziggurat. A temple. I think there is more thna what meets the eye here as well. I've been thinking about it...and I came to a conclusion. We can obviously see there was not a war between the lizards themselves, but between humanoids and lizards. This is a considerably large ziggurat, if you want proof, back up and look at the top of this building. There is a statue of a humanoid holding a bow on a horse...a SPECIFIC humanoid. The star-sign, Saggitarius. I suspect the lizards came here from a spell gone wrong with the mages. That lizard TALKED to me. Saggitarius supossedly leads to a belief of anthropomorphothism; or the belief of being part animal. There is also no way in the bleak of hell those lizards came here on their own accord, lizards are cold-blooded, and cold-blooded animals do not live in cold places. This is THE ziggurat of this ruined city...and inside I think we will see where the mages, or priests, tried to turn their fellows into half-animal, half-humans. The anthros, remembering the priests, must have rebelled." Dain explained in point-to-point conclusions. He spun the spear in his hand as he turned around.
"IF we find the so-called priests...we should stay away from them." Dain warned. He then stepped out of the way for Crow and Angelus. He would take the back.
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Whiteshadow
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Student - Crow[M:-2180][M:-2390]
It's hard to hold a candle, in the Cold November Rain
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Post by Whiteshadow on Jan 30, 2007 18:30:38 GMT -5
(( Dain, you keep typing "Darius" ))
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