RP #11 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 1-16-06
Anna continued to the edge of the forest leaving the large group behind, she knew where she was going but uncertain of her desination as if called to assist someone but not knowing who. At the edge of the forest, she hesitated as she never really ventured out for the forest. She could hear the group chatting in the distance still sounding confused and excited (OCC: can be a mile away) Looking out she darted into the light of the plain heading as if called toward a town, she knew nothing about.
RP #12 - Dragoon Taryn. Posted 1-17-06
It was night. Inside the crater that was left by the impact of the large meteor that rained down on the world days before, a shadowy figure moved around stealthily. The firgure kneeled down in the middle of the crater, pressing their palm to the ground, then sighing in dejection. "Nothing... there's no clues here," a young woman's voice whispered.
She stood back up, wiping the dust off her hands, and continued to move about the crater, searching for something, anything that would solve the mystery of why the meteor crashed here. After a thorough sweep of the area, Ellyria Highwind blew some stray hairs off her face, then adding a sigh. "This job is tougher than I thought, and I was thinking this would be easy money."
The day after the impact, Ellyria had been approached by a archeologist from Asgard who wanted samples of anything that could be found at the crater, and he promised to pay her a large sum if she went and retrieved something. Thinking the job to be easy for such a large reward, Ellyria gladly accepted the task. Now, a couple days later, she was beginning to regret her decision.
"You'd think a meteor crashing down would leave some fragments or something, but there's absolutely NOTHING here," she muttered, stretching her arms out in front of her.
As if something had heard her complaints, Ellyria caught the sight of something on the ground, inches from where she was standing. Retreiving it, she saw it was a small torn piece of purple cloth. "Score one for me. It may be a normal piece of cloth, but he promised to pay me if I found something." Smirking, she slid her finding into the pouch at her hip before turning head out of the crater.
After she pulled herself out of the crater, Ellyria realized she was not alone. Whipping around, she brandished her sword, the Idun, and got into battle stance. "Who's there? I know you're out there! Show yourself!"
As if the presence saw her words as a challenge, Ellyria was hit with an impact that almost knocked the wind out of her. "Urgh..." she winched, wiping the blood off her lips. "Lucky first shot... Judgment Bolt!"
Dancing bolts of purple lightning surrounded the enemy, allowing Ellyria's unseen enemy to be seen. The creature was shorter than she, with a snout that seemed to ooze a green substance. The face was covered in spikes, and it had long sharp claws on the end of its fingers. That was all Ellyria could make out before her attack struck the creature, who howled when hit by the bolts.
"Ha ha! No one messes with me!" she boasted to her seemingly dead opponent, who lay on the ground.
Suddenly, a sharp pain rose up Ellyria's arm. Looking down in a panic, she saw that the creature had not only survived her attack, but it had managed to counterattack, scratching her arm with its claws. "Why you...!" She raised the Idun in the air and brought it down upon the creature's shoulder. As soon as she hit it, it was obvious that her attack had not affected her enemy in the slightest.
Dammit, not good, really not good! Ellyria thought, looking around for a safe escape. Only one thing to do.
Holding her uninjured arm out, she shouted, "Whirlwind!" which caused mighty air currents to encircle the creature. With the spell temporarily binding it in place, Ellyria made a quick dash through the fields.
After she was out of the fields and into a more sheltered area, she assessed the damage on her arm. The wound was not deep, but it was messy, and the ooze that seemed to come from the creature's mouth was running down her wound. Sighing, she pulled two things out of her pouch: a heavy linen bandage, and a small vial. Gently, she scraped some of the ooze off her arm and into the vial, then dressed her wound with the bandage. Something number two, she thought with a grimace, putting the vial into her pouch.
Shaking her head a bit, Ellyria tried to think of her next move. The nearest town... where could I go...
RP #13 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 1-19-06
As she was running near the edge of the forest Anna's ears pricked as a shiver went down her spine as a howl reached her ears, sliding to a halt causing the dust and leaves to rise quickly. She tilted her head at the sound recognizing it to to the sound of a werewolf, a werewolf in her home. She stood looking out toward the field then back at the woods, growling she dove back into the forest in search of the creature that invaded her home.
Darting through the trees avoiding the strangers in the forest, she heard others of her kind moving swiftly but silently. Anna eyes darted to and fro as the wind changed in the trees as the leaves silently spoke of another.
RP #14 - Newtype06. Posted 1-19-06
Deadin was taking to his new job nicely. No one really seemed to notice the wolf that ambled around the village of New Mizuho. On occasion, someone would notice him, but Deadin had become a master of blending into a crowd. Quite ironic, seeing as how different he really was. Many of the villagers seemed to pass Deadin off as a really big dog, especially Terra's father for some strange reason.
Deadin did a quick sweep of the village, and pondered to himself. Kratos, here? He thought, as he crossed a busy street. Well I guess that mystery is up to the old man and the rest of the group. Deadin finished his inspection of the village, deemed it safe for Lady Terra, and decided to check the perimeter. Lady Terra. Deadin was most ashamed of his outburst in the forest, the one that left him exposed for the girl to witness. However, she seemed to accept him kindly, even letting him ride on her Rheiard back with her. She was the closest thing to a friend Deadin had had in nearly one hundred and sixty years…
Then it happened. Upon exiting the town, Deadin felt it. The Beast reared up in his mind. The Grey Wolf, who had been so calmly pacing back and forth, suddenly raced into the forest. If this keeps up, Deadin mused, I will never have peace again. Deadin hid himself deep in the forest, and succumbed to the Beast.
It is a terrifying feeling, losing control of your body, but Deadin Draugdu was well acquainted with it. Most people would probably go crazy, feeling their true consciousness shoved into the depths of their mind. It was a miracle Deadin didn't go insane during those first years… The Beast took control, and the howling, snarling monster that was the Wolf ruled.
Hours passed, and Deadin Draugdu finally suppressed the Beast. Needless to say, it didn't go down without a fight. As the two psyches fought, Deadin inadvertently shifted to his Hybrid form. Any poor onlooker would have seen a mad, bipedal wolf decked out in a leather tunic, carrying a massive broadsword at his waist. They would have also noticed the mad, ravenous look in its eyes. Constantly howling and clawing, the Beast finally returned to its place in the far corners of Deadin's mind. The Hybrid collapsed, and laid there in exhaustion until something caught his attention. It was a scent, one that he had never smelt before, and it was heading in his direction with great haste. Deadin then realized that he was a stranger in a foreign forest. He remembered the pain and anger of seeing his own forest leveled, and wondered if the keeper of this one took kindly to strangers...
"P-pp-Perfect…Bbbb…Beast!" came the guttural voice of Deadin's hybrid form, but the Ymirian Shadow Wolf was just too exhausted to change. He sat down on a rock, meditated, and decided to let fate rule this day.
RP #15 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posed 1-20-06
As the medium size elven panther humanoid approuched the town, she slowed down, her emerald green eyes looked through the dence folage. She eyes glowed yellow into the town. This was a human type town which her people avoided but something was here that was distressing the forest animals. As a woman stepped out of a shop, she turned as if she felt something watching, Anna sank back into the darkness blending into the darkness as she moved around the town avoiding humans as they seemed to scare a little too easy. She moved around the town seeking what she senced, curious she watched as the town bustled busily
RP #16 - Newtype06. Posted 1-20-06
Much time had passed, since Deadin Draugdu had had his outburst. As he sat there on the rock in the woods, meticulously sharpening his sword with a whetstone, his mind drifted to that unknown scent that had approached him, but had stealthily moved away. It was faint now, the scent. With the constantly changing winds, Deadin could barely keep track of anything in the forest. The Hybrid sat there, thinking to himself, sharpening his sword. The wind changed again.
The scent was back, but this time it was somewhere that Deadin did not expect it to be. It was at the outskirts of the Forest, almost at the boundary of the Village. Deadin went into a state of high alert. The mystery scent could be after Lady Terra! With that thought, Deadin jumped off the rock, and began running. "Perfect Beast!" he shouted, and the two footed tracks he left suddenly became four paws. Deadin raced toward the scent, intent on stopping it from whatever evil deed it might have planned.
RP #17 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 1-23-06
Anna again sniffed the area realizing the scent was not coming from the village but outside it, and her eye widen and it had changed slightly. Turning, she moved away from the village toward the smell that was seemly seeing her out as well. Emerging from the shadows lunged a large doglike creature, letting out loud roar Anna went on to all fours in defence. They circled, their eyes meeting as the other was deciding their next move.
RP #18 - Newtype06. Posted 1-23-06
Deadin gripped his broadsword with both hands, carefully circling around the panther-beast. Whatever it was, it was definitely sentient. Deadin could tell, not just by the cloak the beast wore but also by the emotion in its eyes. The emerald orbs were fastened not on Deadin's sword, as a beast's would be, but on his eyes. Deadin relaxed slightly. If he could sway the creature with words, than maybe bloodshed would be unnecessary. With a very exaggerated motion, Deadin sheathed his sword, and leaned up against a tree. However, swords were not the only weapons Deadin wielded, and by no means was he not a threat anymore. "Apparently there has been a misunderstanding." Deadin's slightly ravaged voice said. The panther cocked its head and settled into a less aggressive stance. "I know you can understand me. Your eyes give you away. I apologize for trespassing in your forest. Permit me to introduce myself. I am Deadin Draugdu, the Ymirian Shadow Wolf. I seem to have stumbled into your sanctuary during one of my fits." Fits, Deadin mused, if only they were that… "And while I realize I am the trespasser here, I must ask: Why were you looking into that village?"
For the first time, the Panther sat back, and suddenly stood up. Deadin's wolfish features could still betray his surprise. For the first time in almost two hundred years, he was looking at a hybrid like himself. Granted, this one was a panther, but a hybrid just the same. At last, the panther spoke. "You may call me Anna, and the reason I was at the boundary is my own business. However, I never intended to do any harm to those there. We have lived peacefully side by side for many years. No, I was intent on finding you, Shadow Wolf, and finding out what you were doing in my forest." Her explanation finished, Anna took the time to brush off some of the leaves and twigs that had fallen onto her cloak. Deadin was deep in thought, contemplating whether Anna's story was true. He sighed, and nodded. "I trust your story, Anna. Again, I apologize for the intrusion. I must return to my duties in the village." And with that, Deadin ran off.
RP #19 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 1-24-06
As Anna watched him lope away, she realized that he called his transformations, fits, like most werecreatures who were elven decent. Looking back toward the town, she turned and followed Deadin, her elven ancesty was more of the dark elf which worked with the werefolk then against it... it was her feline half that was uncomfortable. The birds began singing once more as she followed his trail, leaping up into the trees as to avoid leaving much of through the forest til she came upon him, but did not emerge from the trees. She mearly watched him while thinking of her father, who had taught her the ways of the dark elves. Instead staying to watch Deadin, she gracefully moved leaving him alone and headed for the edge of the forest were she felt something calling her, needing her aid but she was nervious of leaving the forest. She had never traveled alone outside the forest, thinking she returned to the village and waited on the outskirts for Deadin to return.
