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Jul 8, 2017 0:45:46 GMT -5
Post by raynauld on Jul 8, 2017 0:45:46 GMT -5
The bounties had gotten boring. When he was starting out, there were far more interesting beasts. "Aldus of the Fallen", for example. But that was then and this was now. And now, it was a "wild Knup". Just what in the name of God was a Knup supposed to be? Nothing good, he imagined. Probably some pagan beast worshiped by equally pagan filth like that so-called Magic Man. That meant it had to die, rabid afflictions notwithstanding. And if it was a pagan beast, then there were only two people he could think of that fit the criteria: Index and Mistress. Index had been busy for some time, though; given her reactions to his presence the Dragon Queen would likely come running if he asked. Ugh. Clearly he was going to have to keep her on the straight and narrow. to Mistress : It's Raynauld. Are you free? A pagan beast runs rabid in the Faywood; the duty of claiming its life falls to us.He sent that off and waited, back in his guild armor with his "iconic" shield and flail combination. Any day now... 1/8 - Mistress , BOUNTY
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Jul 8, 2017 10:27:39 GMT -5
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Jul 8, 2017 10:27:16 GMT -5
Post by Mistress on Jul 8, 2017 10:27:16 GMT -5
Mistress had just finished trying out some new training tactics for her and her dragons. While spoiled and entitled, she did feel a duty to grow stronger to actually be worthy of such praise. She sat down and had her dragons breath their icy breath on to her water sack, as to chill it and give it a refreshing temperature. "Ah, so nice. Thank you, my children~" She sipped slowly, legs crossed on a rock, watching the small creatures she just finished attacking burn. She felt bad, but these things weren't real... And if she was going to survive she was going to have to fight,
Suddenly, a PM popped up from her knight in shining armor, Raynauld. For some reason, his over zealous church attitude reminded her of her father (and we all know that Mistress has some daddy issues). She read it and giggled in a sort of innocent, or perhaps playing innocent, manner. She promptly responded, rushing over after to meet with Raynauld.
To raynauld : Yeah, on my way~ ;* ;P <3!!!
She actually wasn't that far from Faywood, so within 15 minutes or so she arrived next to Raynauld, out of breath, but certainly ready for action.
"Mistress, here, to bend at ya very whim sir~ What beast shall we wrestle in tha mud pits of Mississippi today?"
She smiled and had her dragons lightly breathe their frost breath over her, as to cool her off. She loved being able to pamper herself without actually doing it herself: it made her feel all powerful and in control.
1/8 raynauld
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Jul 8, 2017 17:24:22 GMT -5
Post by raynauld on Jul 8, 2017 17:24:22 GMT -5
As expected, she was still acting like some runner-up at the Whore of Babylon competition. Well, people didn't change overnight (for good or for ill), he supposed - not that it would stop him from judging. "Well, look to your left," Raynauld indicated the direction, wherein a bush was flattened and a howl sounded; thus entered the knup on its wild search, which caused Raynauld to sneer at it. "God. I still don't know what it's supposed to be, and I'm looking at it. Disgusting." Grabbing his flail and shield, Raynauld struck the two together to create a ringing noise which garnered the beast's attention. It roared and ran headlong at him, much like a beast, and the charge was summarily blunted by the Crusader parrying with his shield, shoving it back a few inches. "Yes. Come, you filthy pagan idol! I shall break you with the sheer might of my faith alone! AVE MARIA!" He pressed the advantage, charging headlong at it with his usual tactical sense and smashing its antlers with his flail. Mistress could do as she pleased, more or less - such were the benefits of having him around. 2/8 - Mistress
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Jul 8, 2017 17:46:38 GMT -5
Post by Mistress on Jul 8, 2017 17:46:38 GMT -5
Mistress looked at Raynauld in a sort of confused look. As time went on, his natural charm seemed to diminish, as if a spell was wearing off. Mistress didn't exactly appreciate the tone Raynauld took with her, but it would have to do for now. She gave a small pout of her bottom lip and looked away, as if she was now realizing how Raynauld was treating her. It wasn't before long where her senses came back, as Mistress jumped back. The Knup charged for Raynauld, but immediately she infused her dragon's breath with fire in preparation. She wasn't exactly going to go in now with their breath, but instead she sent them in to claw at it's flesh with their talons.
"Now this is fun!"
Mistress nimbly charged towards the beast, slashing at it with her razor sharp claws. The hide was tough, but it was nothing that her and her dragons couldn't handle. Trying to keep moving, she kept circling the beast, avoiding any thrashes it may make and aim for multiple areas to try and find a weakspot. So far, nothing, but her slashes weren't exactly accurate at this point. Her dragons did the same, making less frequent attacks but still doing a number on it's health.
"This may take awhile, it's skin is tough."
2/8 raynauld
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Jul 9, 2017 4:53:57 GMT -5
Post by raynauld on Jul 9, 2017 4:53:57 GMT -5
"That's - ngh!" Raynauld moved his head back to avoid being gored, "Normally how it works with these!" The animal shunted him backwards, and he braced himself for the oncoming impact. Sure enough, it hit him like a truck, sending him tumbling into the brush and slamming against a tree. "Gr!" Slowly, he stood up and clanged his shield again to keep it from targeting Mistress. "I'll not fall here, not to some wild animal!" ... Granted, if he were to fall it would be likely because he angered one of the three wild animals in his guild. That was something to consider for later, however. He leapt and brought his flail down, this time upon the antlers - if they took out its natural weapons, than perhaps... "Cripple it!" He shouted to Mistress, "Destroy the horns upon its head!" It wasn't a terrible idea, all things considered. Similar tactics had worked in the past for him, after all. 3/8 - Mistress
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Jul 10, 2017 9:38:36 GMT -5
Post by Mistress on Jul 10, 2017 9:38:36 GMT -5
"Got it, hope you like roasted knup!" she said, listening to Raynauld's command. She ordered her dragons to breathe fire on the Knup's antlers, Mistress still swiping at whatever she can. She aimed her dragon's breath towards the head, hoping the fire would make it's horns more brittle. If not, she had another plan but it would take a second for it to work, as it requires the antlers to definitely retain some of the heat from the fire breath. She tried swiping closer to the neck and head, but she got a little too close: the knup had trashed about due to the fire singeing it's head, and in turn hit Mistress away from the knup. She gasped for just a moment before the impact knocked the air out of her, and she was flung towards the knup's right. She ended up tumbling down, with a few scratches along the way. It was a pretty sizable hit but it wasn't something too major to worry about.
She was gasping for air, and couldn't respond to anything Ray would say, if anything. But, her inner zeal awoke, with a fury she hadn't had before. While nothing about her changed stat wise, her inner fire was blazing. So, this is what it meant to fight and risk your life? She stood up after twenty seconds, with a new found passion to kill this knup-plehead. 3/8 raynauld
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Jul 11, 2017 5:02:49 GMT -5
Post by raynauld on Jul 11, 2017 5:02:49 GMT -5
"What is roasted knup!?" He shouted, over the din. "What is this thing supposed to be? What manner of animal is it based on? Genetic modification has gotten out of hand!" Unfortunately for Raynauld, flying off onto this particular tangent caused him to lower his general awareness. Mistress was struck by the beast's wild thrashing and subsequently skidded back, causing him to react with a loud "NO!"; whether it was at the hit or his own carelessness, none could say for certain. When it tried to attack her again, he was having none of it. "DEUS VULT!" His God willed him, so he moved and took the oncoming hit, mitigating it as best he could with his shield. A loud screech resounded through the area as metal met bone, the shield cracking somewhat under the strain (though it still stood). Charging his flail with holy light, he met the beast again with a smiting blow and pushed it back to give Mistress the time she would need to recover. 4/8 - Mistress
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Jul 12, 2017 10:59:32 GMT -5
Post by Mistress on Jul 12, 2017 10:59:32 GMT -5
Mistress slowly rose from the ground, her expression much more mature than she's ever had before. Her dragons were still going at it, breathing fire on the the Knup, heating it, specifically it's antlers, for quite some time. She stood yet didn't move, trying to evaluate her options. She saw Raynauld fending it off, so she didn't want to calculate for too long. She got nothing besides her original plan. She wasn't much of a strategist, but she knew she wanted to kill this damned beast. She quickly sprinted forward, trying to go and slash it with fury. She ripped at it's neck, trying to tear chunks of it off. If her original plan was going to work, it was going to have to happen fast.
"Now, dragons, switch to frost breath!
She immediately switch her dragon's breath to ice, now breathing a magical cold breath all over it's head. Hopefully the quick change of temperature would make it's horns more susceptible to breaking, just as hot glass would do when put in a freezer. While Mistress couldn't possibly do this with ehr gauntlets, she was hoping Raynauld would follow up on it.
"Attack the antlers, they should be easier to break!"
There was a lot of hope that this would work. But, who knows if the laws of physics in the real world worked here. Besides, Tara also failed physics. She only got an A cause of... well nevermind.
4/8 raynauld
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Jul 13, 2017 2:47:26 GMT -5
Post by raynauld on Jul 13, 2017 2:47:26 GMT -5
Raynauld didn't have to listen to Mistress; the rapid temperature change did the work for him without him having to lift a finger. With an audible cracking noise that rang throughout the area, the horns it had shattered at the bases and the beast roared out in pain. "Hah! Take that, you thing of pagan orig- Oof!" In response to Raynauld's taunting, the beast headbutted him. Right, it wasn't dead yet. But without its horns its offense was mostly blunted. Now it was just a matter of time until they ran out the metaphorical clock on its health bar. And so, Raynauld went back to bashing it upside its head with his flail as he waited for Mistress to continue her draconic assault on the... whatever it was supposed to be. For all the damage he'd taken so far, he was still doing well in the health department - too well, all things considered, considering he'd barely lost a quarter of his health. Something was definitely coming; given how previous bounties went it only made sense. It was just a matter of when and how. Already the beast looked as if was growing increasingly frenzied over who knew what... 5/8 - Mistress
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