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5 Years Ago

"Wake up! Assassins! Lord Tarries is in danger!"

Murph shot out of bed with the nine other reserve guardsmen in the keep. Everyone was already dressed in their cloth and leather armor, which was incredibly uncomfortable. But it brought them the precious seconds to get prepared, grabbing their bows and glass knives.

"Mistings?" Aarne asked, reaching for his steel axe. 

Captain Hart's face was grim. "Definitely. Maybe worse. The entire guard shift on the east wing is dead or incapacitated. Tarries has his bunker and personal guard but Thanes is dead, and something's wrong with Chalise. Poisoned or something. This was planned."

Aarne groaned, tossing the axe to the side and grabbing dueling canes. Murph and the rest of the reserves echoed him. That was their better Coinshot and one of their Thugs out. House Erikell wasn't lacking for Mistings - Aarne was a Thug himself, but he didn't advertise that fact as much. But they couldn't lose so many people and keep going.

But it was their job. They were the only other guards of noble blood, the only ones with hazekiller training. So Murph and the guards ran out into the mists.

...

"You got eyes?" Seidre called out, pained. 

Murph scanned out from his perch, longbow at the ready but not yet drawn. He could see the mists swirling in the grounds below. Lord Tarries Erikell was secure for the moment, but the stones of the keep were red-tinted from even where he stood, and the brief flashes of cloaks showed who really had command of the battlefield.

It wasn't just one Mistborn, it was bloody two. Cabe, the only Erikell Mistborn within Luthadel at the moment, was protecting Tarries from one after getting him offsite. The other was still here, and had nearly free reign of the keep despite most of the infiltrating force having retreated. They only had their newer Coinshot keeping the skies clear, and she'd Snapped barely three weeks ago. Murph couldn't even remember her name. 

And to make matters worse, Tarries and Hart had the rusting brilliant idea to put her in a mistcloak. That gave the infiltrating Mistborn pause for a whole ten seconds, and now Murph and Seidre couldn't take hazekiller shots without risking murdering their own guardian. That meant they had to stop and aim, register, then fire. All the more time for the Mistborn to get out of the way. At least they didn't have atium. That they had used.

Murph didn't dare respond. Nothing that could be picked up by tin ears.

"Argg. Can't hold the bow," Seidre whispered. She dropped her longbow, then carefully pulled out the crossbow she'd hidden in her cloak. Murph had worked on a few after Lord Tarries said they were a promising addition. But she hadn't loaded it.

Crank.

Crank.

Then their unnamed Coinshot screamed and plummeted from the sky.

"Sei-" Murph nearly whispered before biting it off. Instead he drew his bow.

A storm of coins flew at Seidre, coming far too close to Murph's position. She cried out, again. A whirl of cloak flew up to her, looming down.

As a glass knife descended, Seidre reached up and fired.

The Mistborn dodged.

Murph released his arrow.

The Mistborn fell.

Posted
8 minutes ago, Fuchsia Ostrich said:

6/5/3?

If I was still on Hyena I'd prolly go Iguana for science

Vote Tally

Charcoal Hyena (6): Amber Vulture, Amethyst Scorpion, Azure Mouse, Chartreuse Penguin, Coral Swan, Salmon Meerkat
Salmon Meerkat (5): Fuchsia Ostrich, Onyx Flamingo, Oxblood Beagle, Pearl Chameleon, Saffron Iguana
Saffron Iguana (3): Magenta Albatross, Mint Heron, Quartz Zebra

Amethyst Scorpion (1): Sapphire Elephant
Azure Mouse (1): Mauve Crocodile
Mint Heron (1): Opal Lion
Pearl Chameleon (1): Sage Kangaroo

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1 minute ago, Pearl Chameleon said:

Iguana

Actually having second thoughts! Is it too late for a Kangaroo exe! 

You shouldn't have left this until the last minute. 

Posted
1 minute ago, Quartz Zebra said:

Actually having second thoughts! Is it too late for a Kangaroo exe! 

You shouldn't have left this until the last minute. 

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Sal wasnt running. he was fast walking. there's a difference. he was a little worried. i would rather not die yet. he thinks as he moves. if i could live for just a bit longer... maybe i could help. maybe. but i have to keep alive.

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I wouldn't normally feel ok leaving Hyena up there with how this day has played out vote-wise, but since they haven't returned I don't mind as much since that could be just trying to prevent outing teammates since it looked like he was going to die.

idk though no real opinions on things

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Just now, Fuchsia Ostrich said:

The worst part of anon games is I can't upvoot the stellar memes :(

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Vote Tally

Charcoal Hyena (6): Amber Vulture, Amethyst Scorpion, Azure Mouse, Chartreuse Penguin, Coral Swan, Salmon Meerkat
Salmon Meerkat (4): Fuchsia Ostrich, Onyx Flamingo, Oxblood Beagle, Saffron Iguana
Saffron Iguana (3): Magenta Albatross, Mint Heron, Pearl Chameleon
Amethyst Scorpion (1): Sapphire Elephant
Azure Mouse (1): Mauve Crocodile
Mint Heron (1): Opal Lion
Pearl Chameleon (1): Sage Kangaroo

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Just now, Fuchsia Ostrich said:

The worst part of anon games is I can't upvoot the stellar memes :(

Agreed.

Just now, Saffron Iguana said:

can we get a vc in here...?

Ask someone who has tallybot. I accidentally got rid of it and can't seem to get it back.

1 minute ago, Salmon Meerkat said:

i dont really think they were in danger to begin with.

They are now!

2 minutes ago, Amethyst Scorpion said:

I like the Kanga vote only because it puts Iguana out of danger

You v!read kanga less than iguana?

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