the fellowship of the thing The Fellowship of the Thing - I'm bored. Let's mess around! (Retired)

[Mist she/her]

T noticed a side cave. Inside was a hot spring, with someone in a swimming suit bathing. "Watch out! We're being attacked by batthings!"

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Flame on!

 

Edited July 7, 2020 by Mist

[Channelknight Fadran]

21 minutes ago, Mist said:

T noticed a side cave. Inside was a hot spring, with someone in a swimming suit bathing. "Watch out! We're being attacked by batthings!"

Fadran raises an eyebrow at the semistreaker. "It's not very common that you find a hot springs in Sunken Deep."

[Mist she/her]

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Plays on words. I keep noticing how batthings looks like bathing. 

"I ... made it myself. I've got fire powers; I can heat water." They jump out of the pool, quickly pulling on light armor. They use fire to dry themselves quickly. Grabbing a sword, they begin to attack the batthings.

T pulls her bow off her shoulder, beginning to fire arrows at the batthings. "I really need a melee weapon, don't I. We seem to get into a lot of trouble here. I suppose this is an adventure."

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

"T, do you want to use a shardblade?"  Kindness asks, bobbing in the air near her.

[Mist she/her]

30 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said:

"T, do you want to use a shardblade?"  Kindness asks, bobbing in the air near her.

"Sure? Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting? Can you turn into a Shardblade?!"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

"I can!"  Kindness says, grinning.  "Well, sort of, anyway.  I'm not as big as a normal Shardblade.  More like... three feet?  Anyway, catch!"  She turns into a Blade.

[Mist she/her]

T reaches towards Kindness, catching her as she turns into a blade. "Wow. I never thought I'd hold a Shardblade. Thank you." She stands transfixed for a moment, snapping out of it as a batthing smacks into her shield. She begins swinging Kindness at the batthings, dropping several with each stroke.

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This brings a new meaning to "Kill them with kindness." :P 

Ember is the bather.

Ember finished putting on his armor. Looking towards the main cavern, he saw that his way to escape was blocked. I'd better help these people. Otherwise, I won't be able to escape. Making a sword from fire, he attacks the batthings. 

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

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It does, doesn't it?

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

Fadran itches to use his Arcana, but in such confined spaces, he would be more likely to harm the others than the batthings. He continues chopping at the creatures with his Channelblade.

Their only strength seems to be in numbers, Icona remarks, no magical defenses, no magical strengths... just keep hacking at them until they die. I do detect a nearby portal, though.

[Vapor she/her]

2 hours ago, Mist said:

T noticed a side cave. Inside was a hot spring, with someone in a swimming suit bathing. "Watch out! We're being attacked by batthings!"

 

 

2 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Fadran raises an eyebrow at the semistreaker. "It's not very common that you find a hot springs in Sunken Deep."

 

2 hours ago, Mist said:

"I ... made it myself. I've got fire powers; I can heat water." They jump out of the pool, quickly pulling on light armor. They use fire to dry themselves quickly. Grabbing a sword, they begin to attack the batthings.

T pulls her bow off her shoulder, beginning to fire arrows at the batthings. "I really need a melee weapon, don't I. We seem to get into a lot of trouble here. I suppose this is an adventure."

 

1 hour ago, Mist said:

T reaches towards Kindness, catching her as she turns into a blade. "Wow. I never thought I'd hold a Shardblade. Thank you." She stands transfixed for a moment, snapping out of it as a batthing smacks into her shield. She begins swinging Kindness at the batthings, dropping several with each stroke.

Ember finished putting on his armor. Looking towards the main cavern, he saw that his way to escape was blocked. I'd better help these people. Otherwise, I won't be able to escape. Making a sword from fire, he attacks the batthings. 

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Oh my gosh I can't stop laughing and I don't know why "Kill them with kindness" was amazing XD

Vapor looks at the man. "I ought to try that sometime. Is it nice?" she says calmly.

Edited July 7, 2020 by Vapor

[Mist she/her]

"It's pretty nice. Usually, this cave is undisturbed. I wouldn't recommend it if there are other people around. Also, we are under attack." Ember swings his sword at the batthings, keeping away from the group.

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Sorry for the false tension, Fadran. I'll try to stop. 

 

[Vapor she/her]

"Oh, sorry." Vapor went back to slicing batthings.

[AonEne he/him]

4 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

You have my thanks, Great One, said Grace, curtsying slightly.

"Oh man, don't call me Great One, I am not nearly great enough for that," Ene protested several minutes later, batting a batthing away from her face.

[Vapor she/her]

The cloud of bathings was growing smaller. There appeared to be about fifty left, and they began to scatter. Vapor wiped feathers and fur off of herself and dropped Spin.

[The Awakened Salad they/them]

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Not to rush you or anything, but are you ready to post? 

@Truthless of Shinovar

[Mist she/her]

T swings Kindness into the remaining batthings. She uses fields to push them together. 

Ember begins to step away, dismissing the sword of flame. He doesn't want to get entangled with a group. 

[Vapor she/her]

"Wait!" Vapor says. "Where are you going?"

[Mist she/her]

"I'm just leaving. I don't want to get involved with any other groups again."

[Channelknight Fadran]

12 hours ago, Mist said:

"I'm just leaving. I don't want to get involved with any other groups again."

Fadran blinks a few times. "Oh, uh... well, nice meeting you."

[Vapor she/her]

12 hours ago, Mist said:

"I'm just leaving. I don't want to get involved with any other groups again."

"Again?"

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

On 6/27/2020 at 1:06 AM, The Awakened Salad said:

The girl blinked, looking around. It was night, and the sky was pitch black. They seemed to be standing in the middle of an empty street, and lining the sides were vague shadowy outlines. A small circle of light from Emi’s blade illuminated the pair.

A scratching, rasping noise began emanating from the darkness. The girl shrieked and shuffled closer to Emi. The whispers grew louder, forming discernible words.

PreyBreakSlashEatPreyBreakSlashEatEatEatEat

The darkness crept closer, twisted arms and grotesque faces emerging from the inky mass.

 

 

On 6/27/2020 at 10:37 AM, Emi said:

What happened? The girl shouted suddelny. It wasn't a normal shriek of a person scared of darkness, it was a tearing, terrifying scream, like something was attacking her.

Emi squeezed the girl's hand harder. "What's wrong?" she asked anxiously.

 

Velles looked around. A city. But... empty. Everything around him stood in ruin. Whoever had lived here was gone.

Wandering around the streets, he noticed something odd. Vegetation had slowly taken a grip on this land. Vines crisscrossed up the sides of skyscrapers. Moss coated the streets, and trees planted in the middle of once-busy roads were monstrously overgrown. 

And then... Velles heard something. Scraping, scrambling, the desperate click of claws on pavement of a predator rushing towards prey. How did he know this? Velles searched his mind, but nothing came.

Velles felt he should run. His body screamed at him to move, that these vital seconds could mean the difference between life and death. But, almost against his will, Velles began charging towards the sound. He couldn’t say why. But something deep inside of him said to do it.

Velles turned the corner and saw what had been making the noise. Two giant birds, perhaps as tall as he was, hunched over, beaks clacking. Limbs were bent at odd angles, giving the birds an overall grotesque look. They had four claws each, talons wicked and sharp. And as Velles looked closer, he noticed something. Vines. They covered patches of the birds skin, made up a ligament of a leg here, or part of the scalp there. There were gaps between the vines, and as Velles looked into one of the birds, he could distinctly see the heart.

It wasn’t beating.

Velles let out a curse, one he wasn’t familiar with, yet it rolled off his tongue like he had said it a thousand times before. This didn’t look good. The bird’s prey–

Velles gasped. Two women. Actual people. Maybe the city wasn’t deserted after all. They looked scared and shocked, and so Velles did what felt strangely natural. He let out a yell, trying to draw the birds’ attention to himself. Three eyes snapped towards him. One of the bird only had vines dangling out from an eye socket. Letting out soft clicking noises from their beaks, they began to make their way towards Velles.

Without understanding why, Velles began to focus on... something. He wasn’t for sure what it was. But it was around him. In him. It was him. 

And then, to Velles’ surprise, both his arms disappeared. Even as another gasp escaped his lips, his body dropped towards the ground, lowering his shoulders into the concrete. As he stood back up, giant concrete arms rose with him. Broad and muscular, they almost brushed the ground. 

The birds seemed surprised as well. After halting for a moment, one clicked a quick rhythm to the other, and both of them began to speed up. Velles charged to meet them. 

As Velles reached the first one, it sprung over him, a quick flap of its leafy wings taking it a short distance behind Velles. The other remained in front of Velles. Velles swung out his concrete arm, aiming for the bird’s beak. It ducked, but just a little to slow. Velles’ fist clipped the beast on its beak before slamming into the ground. The thing didn’t even flinch.

Both the birds jumped at him at once. Velles managed to lift his fist out of the ground and swung it around to knock the one behind him. The impact made a distinct thump, and the bird went flying backwards. Unfortunately, the other bird landed right on top of Velles. 

Velles formed an x with his arms, keeping the bird’s striking claws and beak away from his body. The vines from the eye socket dangled close enough to brush Velles face. I wonder...

Velles make the decision in an instant. He somehow let he left arm fall off, no longer attached to his body. The bird, expecting to hit solid rock once again, lost its balance. The vines tipped towards Velles, and he swung out his right arm, made a fist, and slammed it into the eye socket.

Letting out an awful screech, the bird began to thrash wildly, talons striking out at random. Velles reached deeper and deeper, following the vine with his long arm. As soon as his elbow entered into the eye socket, he grabbed the vine and yanked.

A noise a hundred times worse than the screeches the bird had been making left its beak. It rose up on its back two talons swayed for a moment then fell back, dead. The other bird, seeing its companion fall, let out a screech, and then flew away.

In Velles’ hand, he still held the vine. At the end, there was a mass of green, still wriggling and squirming. It leaked a black ooze, and seemed to be trying to detach itself from the vine. Velles stepped up to it, then slammed down a concrete fist on it. Then again. And again. He kept on slamming down on that mass, black ooze erupting from it. 

Finally, Velles stepped back, breathing deep. He took one last deep breath and then... released his right arm. Once again armless, Velles Focused, and his actual arms appeared. It was only then that he realized that he was covered in dozens of gashes, from the bird’s final thrashing. He was bleeding, hard. Several of his wounds felt quite deep.

Lightheaded, he turned to the women. He must of looked horrifying, covered in the black and red fluids. “I’m Velles,” he said. “Who are you guys?”

 

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Ok, maybe I got a little bit carried away writing:). Sorry I kinda godmodded your monsters to death. And defined what they look like and stuff. If you want me to change any of it, let me know and I can rewrite it to match the idea that you had when you first created them.

Also, sorry the post came so late, I was working on it last night and then didn’t have time to finish it until now.

On a separate note, I’m so proud of autocorrect. It changed ruin to Ruin. Twice!

 

Edited July 9, 2020 by Truthless of Shinovar
Fixing some stuff

[Channelknight Fadran]

2 hours ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

Ok, maybe I got a little bit carried away writing:). Sorry I kinda godmodded your monsters to death. And defined what they look like and stuff. If you want me to change any of it, let me know and I can rewrite it to match the idea that you had when you first created them.

Also, sorry the post came so late, I was working on it last night and then didn’t have time to finish it until now.

On a separate note, I’m so proud of autocorrect. It changed ruin to Ruin. Twice!

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I know you're not addressing me, but if you had godmodded anything I was fighting like that, I would have been TOTALLY okay with it. That was an experience to read! 

 

[Mist she/her]

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Truthless, that was awesome. 

 

7 hours ago, Vapor said:

"Again?"

"The last group I was with died painful deaths in an acid pit. I narrowly survived. The group before that fell to a horde of dragons. When I'm on my own, I don't hurt anyone."

T continues into the cave, now that the batthings are dead. "It smells of dead batthing here. Can we get a move on?"

[Vapor she/her]

Vapor stares at him. "That's dark. Although we don't have any casualties, I can understand why you wouldn't want to come."

[AonEne he/him]

"Have a safe trip out, then," Ene called to the man.