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Post by Strum Brightblade on Oct 11, 2016 2:17:37 GMT -4
It was well into the afternoon as the sun shone brightly above the lake to create a scene of beauty to contrast with the lake's negative reputation at night. Surrounding the shack where the bandits held up was all sorts of greenery, trees, brushes and the like and it was from there, a man with a strong sense of justice was lying in wait. As the inn keeper mentioned, there was a list of quests available to participate in. Out of all of them my eye was immediately drawn to this one. A child taken from one's family to be held by bandits. Unforgivable. Those bandits must be dealt with, and the child must be saved. I took the time to find the merchant in the morning, and personally give him assurance that the mission would be completed and his child saved, and then without hesitation headed here to face the cowards who committed the dastardly act. Now, I lie in wait watching what seems to be their hideout in the form of a small shack. There can't be too many of them looking at the size, the flyer did mention at least three of them. With the odds at stake, be it three or three-hundred, I can't fail, for the sake of that child. I ready my blade and am about to head out before noticing a sound behind me. Darn, one of the enemy's was outside?! I ready my blade and turn around to face the new arrival. |
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Post by Kouko Sawamura on Oct 15, 2016 3:46:00 GMT -4
One of Kouko's first quests in the Town was to save a kidnapped kid. Quite a simple task that many people were iffy take, she didn't really ask the other mercenaries around her why simply because she didn't care either. She was also told that she would be going with another person against probably 3 bandits, quite the disadvantage but it was fine.
"What doesn't kill you just makes you stronger after all...~"
Before getting on her way to the point where she assumed her comrade would be, Kouko stopped by the town gates to change forms. Her cat form was fine and all but if it was going to be a 3 vs 2 battle then she might as well make it quick.
"Spirit Fusion ~ Living Weapon" Kouko channeled for a bit to call onto her human ancestry to aid her in battle. The change in forms take quite a bit of time so it would be understandable if her ally moved on ahead. After the change was finished her form changed and her eyes were glowing, there was no need to use that skill but until then her blue eyes would be glowing all the way.
After finally arriving the Lake, Kouko could appreciate the figure of a man with his sword ready. He was wearing a shining armor and he looked nothing like the bandits described before. "That must be him..." Kouko then approached him without wielding her weapons and once she was close enough despite his rude greeting she proceeded to introduce herself politely.
"I am Kouko Sawamura, we will be working together for this task" Kouko didn't want to say much either, she would be letting her sword do the talking later.
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Post by Strum Brightblade on Oct 15, 2016 20:30:19 GMT -4
Caught off guard, I instinctively draw my blade and face the source of a person appearing before me. As soon as a good a look at the person I hesitate as I realize it's a woman, with long silver hair and pure glowing blue eyes. The woman then introduces herself to me, and as she does so my face turns bright red with shame, as I can only manage to mend my mistake with an apology and an introduction of my own. "Ah, forgive me, I left before realizing I would be aided in this task. I apologize for bearing my blade at you, you know how things are... My name is Strum, Strum Brightblade. I'm a paladin serving the deity of law St. Cuthbert. As such, I can not let this kidnapping of an innocent child go unpunished." I bow my head in apology as I say these things, trying my best to make up for my mistake of bearing my sword at an ally. "Anyway, now that we're all here, we have nothing to lose. Forgive me, for being presumptuous and commanding, but I have an idea. I'll draw them out, while I do so I want you to sneak in their make sure the child is alright." I bow to here again, as I say these words, so as to do my best not to offend. "I'm not usually the type who likes to give orders, but I can't risk the live of the child in this case. If need be I'm more than happy to be the decoy that buys time." With a smile on my face, I turn from her direction to face the shack leaving my hiding spot of brush I was in to be out in the open where I call out the bandits inside. "Attention cowards who have kidnapped an innocent child! Come out and face me! One on one or one at a time, it doesn't matter! I'll take you on and save that child!" |
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Post by Kouko Sawamura on Oct 16, 2016 15:31:33 GMT -4
Kouko was glad she didn't judge the man by his first impression, he was rather polite and apologized quickly at the misunderstanding, then explained her what was the situation. According to Strum, the kidnapped child was supposed to be in the shack close to their hiding spot so it would be easy for them to charge in and deal with them, however...
"Attention cowards who have kidnapped an innocent child! Come out and face me! One on one or one at a time, it doesn't matter! I'll take you on and save that child!"
Was he seriously a Knight? At this point he looked more like a berserk to her than anything else. She didn't mind being ordered around either, she was in fact very obedient but his lack of tactics would be his demise today or in the future. Still Kouko was in no position to judge, she would follow his command but work things out her way, it was not in her nature watch her allies fight on her own, less in a 3 vs 1 situation. She decided to remain quiet and wait for the bandits to go out on their own after Strum's provocations but meanwhile she would have her own counter-plan start in case things got rough.
"Spirit Hunter" Murmured Kouko while activating one of her skills in order to reveal her enemies' weak spots in her eyes. She then took out her sword and proceeded to wait for the enemy to go out. Her plan was also simple, to wait until the 3rd one came out and kill that one, then aid her ally in combat for a 2 vs 2 battle and rescue the child. He would probably like this outcome better as he would be the one rescuing the child and earning the glory, she really didn't care. However, if only two of them came out then she would do as she was told, sneak into the shack and deal with the last bandit, then of course go back out and aid Strum.
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Post by Taka on Oct 17, 2016 14:31:24 GMT -4
Narration As the adventurers approach the shack unnoticed, the 3 bandits that lay inside are planning what to do with the child they had kidnapped not so long ago. The leader's plan is to just sell the child across the border, it's easy coin and nobody would know while the others simply wants to hold him for ransom. Whichever the case, they voice of a stranger outside brought their attention to one of the windows. Outside, a Paladin stood firmly with his sword out calling the bandits out, his words rather provoking would make their leader's blood boil. "What's with this insect? Does he not know who is he messing with?" The leader was angry but not scared, he felt that he was stronger so he accepted the Paladin's challenge and opened the door shouting: "You sure have guts insect! coming here out on your own. If I wanted to I could ask my brothers to come with me and kill you right where you stand but we have a juicy bounty to deliver here so I'll take you out on my own!". After such words, the leader, a rather tall and muscular human came out of the shack with a big hammer in his hands prepared to face the Paladin. The other two bandits had orders to stay with the child unless their leader needed help in which they both would go out to aid him. Bestiary: The small bandits are easy to handle one on one, they wield a short sword with them but have no expertise with it. Their leader however have almost inhuman force when he wields his mace, making his attacks able to break through guards and break bones, even through armor. This bestiary was made by one of the town scout's and his advice was to avoid the leader's blows as much as possible.
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Post by Strum Brightblade on Oct 18, 2016 3:13:03 GMT -4
As I call the enemy out from the shack, it appears the leader of the group steps out alone to take me on, and accept my challenge. ... I hope Kouko can deal with the two inside in time and save that child. He seems pretty confident in his abilities, but being a Paladin of law, I his words do little do drive me back as I ready my sword and shield to deal with him. The man mentions something about a bounty... he must be referring to the child... but why? "I commend you, as cowardly as you lot of cowards are, for facing me, one on one. Since one of us will be leaving this world, I think it's fair we get a question answered. Mine is simple, why does a simple merchant's child have a bounty on their head?!" As the man approaches I ask him a question as I can't understand why they'd go so far as to take a child. I ready my shield, waiting for the man's response and then activate my Paladin skill detect evil, so see the aura's of all evil aligned people within ten meters of us. This should give me an idea as to their numbers, just in case they more up their sleeve. |
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Post by Kouko Sawamura on Oct 19, 2016 17:07:07 GMT -4
Taking the advantage of the brutes distraction provided by her ally, Kouko managed to sneak past their sights and hide against one of the walls of the shack waiting for the right moment to get inside. For her surprise, the leader of the crew came out facing Strum, his size and muscles were frightening but there was no room to be scared at the moment, they had a mission to do and every second counted. By analyzing the situation and carefully making her way to the door of the shack, Kouko realized that the other two bandits were still inside thanks to her skill now being active.
The Spirit hunter skill is a skill that allows her to reveal her enemies weak spots linked to their souls for her, on top of that she can also use it to check the amount of enemies they're facing. This time, only three as they expected. She then looked at his ally and made him a sign with her hands that she expected he would get, the signs with her hands telling him that there were 2 more inside and that she would go after them. Kouko then took her sword preparing herself to ambush her careless enemies, her sword glowing blue as her eyes was a sign of the power she was about to unleash and without waiting any further for her ally to face the enemy alone, she started.
"Hyaaaaaa!" Kouko yelled while jumping right inside of the shack, her sword aiming to pierce through the hearts of her enemies as she moved forward with full power. Her accuracy to not be taken lightly was but the best in this form as she sacrifice speed for power. Her sword as she pushed forward pierce through the first bandit's chest, then through his heart as if he was naked, then past him onto the second one letting their blood be spilled against the wall and the window they were using to witness their boss battle.
Thankfully for them, the kidnapped child had his eyes covered so there was no danger in him witnessing things he shouldn't. Kouko then moved to the door with her sword in front of her, the fight now turning into a 2 vs 1 for the leader of the crew but his size and apparent power was still something she would not take lightly.
"Strum, don't underestimate him. Let's take him down together, also... don't let him hit you!" said Kouko with a serious voice towards her partner. Her words now and previous yelling were purposely intended for the boss to get distracted leaving an opening to her ally to attack. In her mind, two surprise attacks in vital spots should be enough to take him down... Hopefully.
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Post by Taka on Oct 19, 2016 17:17:43 GMT -4
Narration The small Paladin's words were doing nothing but annoy the leader's blood, his mace was ready to smash him down in place and get moving but he stopped as he listened the voice of a woman yelling behind him. He was smart enough not to turn his back on the little guy but the sound of blood and then silence behind him was terrifying. At that moment he knew he was on his own and that he was facing two enemies at the same time, probably more but he didn't care, his lackeys were weak to begin with and it meant more gold for him. Ignoring the paladin's words and falling into the woman's bait, he just proceeded to make his move towards her. The small guy could wait, he'd rather deal with the person that murdered his crew and cracking a woman's skull was easier anyways too. "You bastard! Killing my crew from behind?! You will be the first one to die here!" Yelled the brute as he charged with his mace over his head ready to swing it down with all his might attempting to kill the fox-girl in front of her. Encounter: With a tremendous size and power, the leader of the bandits posses great strength but is very slow. He isn't too smart either but one single blow of him could kill a person instantly. Play smart with him.
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Post by Strum Brightblade on Oct 19, 2016 21:35:11 GMT -4
As I activate my ability to detect evil, I see the auras of the other two bandit along with the big one in-front of me. Look at the bandit in-front of me, it seems that he isn't in the mood to answer questions... that's too bad... to have to kill a man, without knowing why they do things they've done to fall. In the name of justice, I can't let him get away with what his done. As it looks like he's getting ready to charge at me, I notice the auras of the men inside flicker and fade... it seems like Kouko got them, but I'm not the only one how notices this as the bandit, though unwilling to turn his back on me does so, to attack the women who killed his comrades. It's then I hear Kouko call to me, telling me we shouldn't underestimate their leader and attack him together. I'm rather conflicted, a Paladin's fights are supposed to fair and honorable, and a two one one isn't that. But, as I see the man closing in on her, my instincts kick in, and I charge at him. "Your fight is with me!" Readying my blade I trust my sword into the man's back around where his heart should be. I then ready myself to end it. "Smite... evil!" A burst of holy light appears from my blade, ripping a whole through the man's chest. He'd have to be a real monster to still be able to move, let alone survive. |
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Post by Kouko Sawamura on Oct 21, 2016 15:31:20 GMT -4
Not letting herself be surprised by the change of actions of the enemy as he charges at her, she readies her sword for a final attack on him. In her current form, a direct attack would leave her completely open to his attack but his weak spot linked to his soul in his stomach was open, it would be her only chance to weaken him if not kill him and help her ally to finish him off. There's no gain without gambling first and Kouko was ready to take it.
"!!!" Kouko didn't even respond to the enemy's yelling and ran straight towards him for a final attack, her sword aiming to pierce through his stomach and her body ready to move forward for it. She then closed her eyes and hoped for the best to happen. Her sword was already cutting through her enemy's skin with ease and a short smile filled her face as she waited for his blow to kill her as well... For her surprise, he stopped his movements. To her own luck, her ally was fast enough to pierce through his heart first and use one of his skills to open a hole where his heart is. That really surprised her but she couldn't just stand there, as she finished stabbing him, she took her sword out of his body and turned around in a quick motion for a final slash that would cut his stomach open; the dead body quickly falling down on the floor and his weapon on him meaning the victory of the two of them.
"Fuh..." She then finally took a moment to breathe and save her sword while moving away from the body, on a clean spot where she could be able to channel her soul powers within her to change forms once again. Before channeling she spoke out to Strum.
"The boy is inside, his hands are tied together and his eyes are covered. I need a moment to go back to my original form..." She then sat down and began to channel her soul with her cat soul, no changes would be visible until his ally came out of the shack with the kid. "Go and get him out so we can go back to the town, good job to you... Strum."
OOC: Kouko is now using her "Spirit Release" skill, it takes this post to take full effect and she will now enter her cat form in her next post.
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