character development Devaan's Training ground

[I think I am here. he/him]

“Hey, Astiel!” Max said with a smile, eating some his own shrimp HaiKo. “This is good,” he said, looking down at his food, and then at Bel, the cook. “For a second I thought it was going to be like the stuff Devaan used to cook.” He laughed. “But I’m glad it’s not.”

Truth be told, Max was a little nervous around all the trainees, looking at him. Sure, he was also one of the three Canton leaders, but Max’s speciality was always Operations. The missions outside the training grounds. He’d never fully known a lot of the trainees.

He turned and stared in disbelief as Astiel chugged some Horneater White. “Isn’t that stuff meant to be strong even for Horneaters?” He asked incredulously.

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[Nohadon he/him]

On 9 March 2019 at 3:34 PM, I think I am here. said:

He turned and stared in disbelief as Astiel chugged some Horneater White. “Isn’t that stuff meant to be strong even for Horneaters?” He asked incredulously.

"I have no idea!" Astiel admitted, grinning broadly.

"Devaan's food wasn't great" SIlphio agreed

The world around the three of them froze.

"Speed bubble" Astiel muttered, his hand going straight to where he kept his hidden daggers.

"What do you want?" Silphio called out.

"For all of you to die" A voice whispered from somewhere unseen.

"Ah hell" Astiel breathed in stormlight and downed a vial of metals. Silphio's skin quickly became covered in thick white bone plating.

The speed bubble dropped.

A gunshot sounded, a bullet whizzing straight to Astiel's forehead.

A small amount of ash landed on his forehead instead of a bullet hitting him.

"Nice try" Astiel said, wiping the dust off of his face.

The trainees looked around, concerned.

"Everyone form up!" A voice called. Alson's voice. His scimitars were already out.

"Seb, take the front and start casting edo shields. Bel, I need you to watch the back, make sure there aren't any snipers. Everyone else get into the bunker, we'll take care of this"

The other trainees quickly scurried away into the house. Safe, no shots directed at the trainees.

"Stay sharp. We're the targets here" Silphio told Max and Astiel.

"Standard assassin protocol is to hit from all sides from a distance. These are probably top snipers if they are who I think they are" Astiel replied

"Who the hell did you piss off now?"

"The panthers. Old world hopper gang I used to run. They want revenge for me ditching them."

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Edited March 10, 2019 by Nohadon

[I think I am here. he/him]

On 09/03/2019 at 11:38 PM, Nohadon said:

“Who the hell did you piss off now?"

"The panthers. Old world hopper gang I used to run. They want revenge for me ditching them."

“Fun,” Max said drily, though he smiled a bit and Sethramir formed in his hands. “I really got to figure out how to turn this thing into a spear like Devaan does.” With Max’s childhood training with mostly a staff, a spear would be legendary.

Looking around, Max tried to see if he could spot anyone on the roofs. “I can give us cover,” he said as he focused his Rioting on a rat passing by, tried focusing it so hard. Spren of all colours flitted into view, and he continued the Rioting, flared it until more spren appeaered and it was a thick cloud so he and the other two were hidden in a large smokescreen of spren. A sprenscreen.

 “Recent trick I learnt,” he said. “But it should be useful for the time being. What do you know about them?” He asked Astiel.

[Nohadon he/him]

"They get recruits from all over the cosmere, Devaan used to run them as well. He trained a couple of their higher-ups. They always send hit squads of eight. We have to kill them, they don't give up" Astiel replied, nodding appreciatively at the sprenscreen.

"Aparently Sethramir talked to Devaan?" Silphio told him.

"You done messing around? The cover won't last long" Alson called out to them, producing a large lever-action rifle and getting down on one knee, sighting to where the last gunshot came from.

A whirling sound was heard through the cover, a stick of dynamite rolled to a stop in front of the group, it's fuse still lit. They had three seconds to act.

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Edited March 11, 2019 by Nohadon

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1 hour ago, Nohadon said:

A whirling sound was heard through the cover, a stick of dynamite rolled to a stop in front of the group, it's fuse still lit. They had three seconds to act.

Three seconds. Max went into a roll and stuck Sethramir out to the side of him, careful not to cut the bomb. Two seconds. He scooped up the dynamite with the flat of Sethramir and at one second he catapaulted it upwards as far as he could. It exploded in a shower of sparks and fire above them.

He jumped out of the sprenscreen and tried to see where the dynamite had came from, hopefully the person was close, they had to be if they needed to throw the dynamite. He began enhance-Rioting fear and hopelessness in a large area around him, careful to exclude Silph and Astiel. He focused on the Rioting, and with some more enhancing pulled on it, making sure he regulates its strength, not going full-Oasis. You never went full-Oasis.

[Nohadon he/him]

Silphio and Astiel looked at each other and joined Max outside the smokescreen.

A gunshot sounded, a bullet whizzed straight towards Max. Astiel roared and flared steel and duralumin, knocking it to the side. Silphio pointed to a faint shadow 30 odd meters away.

"Over there! He threw the dynamite" He told the other two while Astiel downed another vial of steel.

Alson Seb and Bel all sunk to there knees, feelings of hopelessness and fear washed over them.

"W-we can't do this" Seb muttered

"Too strong..." Alson muttered.

Bel shook her head, she felt the emotions, but cleared her mind and began performing a chayshan dance. Potshots were taken at her, all seeming to miss as she danced away from each bullet.

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Edited March 11, 2019 by Nohadon

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Max nodded in appreciation to Astiel and looked towards the trainees. “Rust, didn’t account for them,” he muttered and let off the Rioting off of them. He stepped back and focused on his allies, Bel, Seb, Alson, Silph and Astiel, and began Rioting their alertiveness, courage, hopefulness. Two separate Riots going on at once, Rioting different emotions at enhanced rates at different groups. Difficult, but Max was nothing of not trained.

“Cover me,” he said to Silph as he began sprinting to the shadow, focusing more and more hopelessness, docility into the one figure. If he could approach them, maybe he could take a hostage. And perhaps end the fighting.

[Nohadon he/him]

Seb ran with Max and Silphio. 

Silphio flew beside him, blocking shots with his armour.

***

Also recovered quickly, squeezing off four shots from his rifle in return fire. He produced a small bullet from a pouch and loaded it in the next round.

"cover your ears" He told Astiel and Bel who were next to him. 

He sighted and the bullet let out a large bang! that echoed across the mountains and a large flash when it reached the location of the snipers. One let out a surprised shout.

"That round was against tineye's. Guessed it worked"

Alson fired again, this time at the exposed sniper, taking him in the head.

"Rust and ruin" Astiel said, he was somehow surrounded by for fighters, they all had dropped from the sky.

"Lets' dance" he told them, dropping a coin and launching into the air with a steel push, a streak of mist and stormlight. The other four took to the skies with pushes of their own, chasing him down.

***

They reached the man tossing dynamites.

"I surrender!" He cried as Max drew near.

"Please! let me live!" 

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Edited March 12, 2019 by Nohadon

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1 minute ago, Nohadon said:

They reached the man tossing dynamites.

"I surrender!" He cried as Max drew near.

"Please! let me live!" 

Max lunged and got the man in a tight lock, pressing Sethramir at his throat. “Not my choice,” he whispered.

“Panthers, stop your attack!” He yelled as loud as he could. “Or this man gets killed!”

[Nohadon he/him]

16 hours ago, I think I am here. said:

Max lunged and got the man in a tight lock, pressing Sethramir at his throat. “Not my choice,” he whispered.

“Panthers, stop your attack!” He yelled as loud as he could. “Or this man gets killed!”

A corpse fell from the sky, hitting the ground with his throat slit. It seems Astiel was holding his own.

Another shot rang out from another sniper in a different direction, taking the man who was being held hostage in the head. The message was clear.

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2 hours ago, Nohadon said:

A corpse fell from the sky, hitting the ground with his throat slit. It seems Astiel was holding his own.

Another shot rang out from another sniper in a different direction, taking the man who was being held hostage in the head. The message was clear.

The hostage was shot. Max swore. He was hoping that if the gang didn’t stop fighting, then at least he could convince the hostage that they didn’t care for him and would kill him too. But he had another plan.

Instead of what he’d been doing before, he watched the areas where bullets and bombs seemed to be com8ng from and targeted Rioting, but a different kind. Max Rioted suspicion, distrust, paranoia, and he enchanced it. Holding u0 the body of the hostage he tried yelling to the shadows.

“See? See what they do to their own people? And they’ll do it to you. As soon as you become a liability, they’ll kill you too without a second glance. Your gang aren’t your friends. They’re using you. As shown here, they’ll even shoot you!” He comtinued to Riot. Maybe, if he was lucky, he wouldn’t have to kill anyone. They’d be killing themselves.

[Nohadon he/him]

55 minutes ago, I think I am here. said:

The hostage was shot. Max swore. He was hoping that if the gang didn’t stop fighting, then at least he could convince the hostage that they didn’t care for him and would kill him too. But he had another plan.

Instead of what he’d been doing before, he watched the areas where bullets and bombs seemed to be com8ng from and targeted Rioting, but a different kind. Max Rioted suspicion, distrust, paranoia, and he enchanced it. Holding u0 the body of the hostage he tried yelling to the shadows.

“See? See what they do to their own people? And they’ll do it to you. As soon as you become a liability, they’ll kill you too without a second glance. Your gang aren’t your friends. They’re using you. As shown here, they’ll even shoot you!” He comtinued to Riot. Maybe, if he was lucky, he wouldn’t have to kill anyone. They’d be killing themselves.

Another shot rang out, this time aimed towards Alson. It took him in the leg and he let out a yell before hitting the ground. Seb sat near the panther who had been shot. The kid looked shocked as he stared at the man.

"I'll go straight for them, draw their fire" Silphio told Max with gritted teeth, he took into the air and streaked through the air towards the sniper, more shots rang out, bouncing off Silphio's armour.

Another corpse fell from the sky, this time Astiel falling with it, he hit the ground with a groan before taking off into the air again, cuts all around his body closing up. Bel had moved towards Max, nodding to him appreciatively as she watched for any more threats moving in.

 

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18 minutes ago, Nohadon said:

Another shot rang out, this time aimed towards Alson. It took him in the leg and he let out a yell before hitting the ground. Seb sat near the panther who had been shot. The kid looked shocked as he stared at the man.

"I'll go straight for them, draw their fire" Silphio told Max with gritted teeth, he took into the air and streaked through the air towards the sniper, more shots rang out, bouncing off Silphio's armour.

Another corpse fell from the sky, this time Astiel falling with it, he hit the ground with a groan before taking off into the air again, cuts all around his body closing up. Bel had moved towards Max, nodding to him appreciatively as she watched for any more threats moving in.

“Got it,” Max said, and began Rioting their hate for him, their dislike, hopefully attracting their shots to him, and off of Silph, or worse, the trainees.

He jogged over to Alson but made sure not to get too close. By making himself bait, anyone around him was in danger. “You alright, kid?” He asked, and summoned Sethramir. Since Sethramir disallowed any sort of spiritual Investiture, that meant Max couldn’t use his Nicrosil Feruchemy while weilding it. So right now, he didn’t have much use.

“You any good with a sword?” Max asked as he tossed Sethramir to Alson and focused on his Rioting, stoking the panthers hate for him specifically, he dashed in and out, trying not to stay in the same places lest the bullets follow.

[Nohadon he/him]

18 hours ago, I think I am here. said:

“Got it,” Max said, and began Rioting their hate for him, their dislike, hopefully attracting their shots to him, and off of Silph, or worse, the trainees.

He jogged over to Alson but made sure not to get too close. By making himself bait, anyone around him was in danger. “You alright, kid?” He asked, and summoned Sethramir. Since Sethramir disallowed any sort of spiritual Investiture, that meant Max couldn’t use his Nicrosil Feruchemy while weilding it. So right now, he didn’t have much use.

“You any good with a sword?” Max asked as he tossed Sethramir to Alson and focused on his Rioting, stoking the panthers hate for him specifically, he dashed in and out, trying not to stay in the same places lest the bullets follow.

Alson held the blade reverently then fell into a stance that wouldn't involve much movement of his wounded leg.

More shots ran out, going for Max, several missed but one flew true, scoring a gash on Max's cheek.

Silphio flew back to Max's side, blood covering his armoured gauntlets. 

Another corpse fell from the sky, the final one realised it was a losing fight and left.

"I'm pretty sure we're safe for now" 

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Edited March 14, 2019 by Nohadon

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Hey, is this a gang?

 

[Nohadon he/him]

19 minutes ago, Dark1002 said:

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Hey, is this a gang?

They're a worldhopper gang that has been active for a while now. (Been showing up in the AV since era 2) That consists of all NPC's, some PC's are ex-members though

 

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14 minutes ago, Nohadon said:

 

Would it be possible to enfold them into Bloodflame?

 

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3 minutes ago, Dark1002 said:

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Would it be possible to enfold them into Bloodflame?

Possibly. They're all intensely loyal and incredibly bloodthirsty though, so they might become allies but not enfolded.

 

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1 minute ago, Nohadon said:

 

Loyal and bloodthirsty both sound very Bloodflame

 

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On 13/03/2019 at 8:23 PM, Nohadon said:

Alson held the blade reverently then fell into a stance that wouldn't involve much movement of his wounded leg.

More shots ran out, going for Max, several missed but one flew true, scoring a gash on Max's cheek.

Silphio flew back to Max's side, blood covering his armoured gauntlets. 

Another corpse fell from the sky, the final one realised it was a losing fight and left.

"I'm pretty sure we're safe for now" 

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Max reeled back at the bullet thato slashed his cheek. Finally, it seemed the fighting had ceased. Max brought a hand to the wound and held it up, it was covered in blood.

“Thank rust its over,” Max said quietly, then shut his eyes in pain. Talking hurt, with the bullet wound.

He signalled to Silph with the hand sign technique they all could use. Can’t talk // check trainees?

[Nohadon he/him]

Astiel with them now Silphio responded shakily. He still hated killing, he wasn't like Astiel, who viewed it indifferently, or Max, who understood it's necessity.

Seb was sitting next to the dead man.

who sat up. The bullet wound closing up.

Seb let out a yelp as the man took out a stick of dynamite and held it to Seb, keeping him in a lock.

"SEB!" Alson yelled, running forward.

"stop" Seb muttered, looking at the dynamite and the surrounding area.

"I might not be able to kill you, Sheonar, but I can sure as hell take out your trainees."

"The blast will reach them" Seb whispered

Seb let out a breath, his skin began to glow silver as a tear rolled down his cheek.

"I'm sorry for this"

His hands moved in a blur, and soon Seb, the panther and the dynamite were locked in an Edo shield. Containing the blast.

"Bel, It's a shame I didn't get to know you better." 

Bel nodded her head.

"There has to be another way" Alson muttered, slamming his fist against the shields

"There probably is, but we don't have the time to try anything."

Seb closed his eyes.

"I don't have the control to make this shield wall any smaller than this, and I have to be inside it. I never was that great at combat"

"The fuse is connected to a failsafe detonator, I can't defuse it either."

The Dynamite exploded.

Seb died.

Alson let out a yell as the explosion bounced off the Edo walls. He sat against them, sobbing.

Bel sat next to him, her face a mask of sadness and shock. Silphio's eyes were wide. 

This is my fault. I missed something, How did he survive getting shot in the head? 

Astiel ran out, hearing the explosion.

"What happened?" He asked. 

Everyone was silent, Astiel realised Seb was missing.

"Oh."

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Is it ok if I bring Galvris back to life here?  I couldn't find any other character dev areas.

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9 hours ago, Vargo Seldon said:

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Is it ok if I bring Galvris back to life here?  I couldn't find any other character dev areas.

Whonow? and sure

 

[FatherTiempo he/him]

Cumbert Swishysword strode into the camp, ash was scattered on the ground. "Panthering Poppulations you would think they would take better care of their dwelling places." he muttered. All of these 'Alleyverse people' were getting on his nerves. Just today he had been attacked twice. Once by a hemalurgic bunny! he spotted a huddled group of people. "And there bees my quarry. Good day me Hearties." he called. The gathering was covered in soot and their clothing was shredded. Poor blighters they took about as much care with their training ground as they did their clothes. "Is this 'The Underground Baker's Association' I be needing to be placing a request thar." The group stared at him with blank expressions. "I'll take that as being a no." Cumbert swirled on his heels. Besides who would want to make crumpets of any kind in a place like that with all that soot? Perhaps the TUBA was around the block. 

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7 hours ago, Nohadon said:

 

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 Yeah Galvris is a bit obscure.

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A short man in furs half walked half staggered into the training area.  The scouts in the hills had just missed him due to his epic powers, which had strengthened enough for him to walk through walls.  Apparently, losing one form of investiture allowed the other to grow.  He had crawled through the dark tunnels beneath the Den of Thieves for days before he had discovered Aeodin's body.  It was laying broken and bleeding on the cold rocks, like so many other men who Galvris had brought through.  His faithful servant, like Valdwen before him, laying dead at his feet.  Except this time it was his own fault.  He had wept for hours, or maybe it was days.  It was hard to tell time in the caverns.  But now he was here.  He fell to the ground, and lay there unmoving for a while...

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Edited March 19, 2019 by Vargo Seldon