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Cuttersbury - Near Drych Lake Spa
Tch! Moira clenched her fist as she began to push herself up, only for her to have to suddenly roll to one side to avoid another Varren's slash. Damnit this lot were persistant - although she knew they were like that already. They'd already trapped two of their number! Thankfully, she felt the warm glow of Amy's buff wash over her to join Marcus's pre-existing agility one. Ah. She could always count on those two.

"Come at me then," she hissed. Why were these monsters reminding her so much of a certain Bro? She couldn't put her finger on it.

Another Varren shot at her, curled up in a ball and flying at what would ordinarily be an alarming velocity. At least, it would be if Moira hadn't, along with the others, faced the foes she had since the last time. Instead she simply ducked out of it's way and gave out an angry yell she hauled her greatsword around, slamming the flat of it into the Varren which was menacing Nani and sending it absolutely flying and out of sight.

"Learnt that off an old friend," she huffed. Sure, that was one out of the way, but with the sheer number of them...!

She didn't notice the previous spinning Varren return from behind, although Nani would have.

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Meanwhile - although of course as always quite close to Moira - Syed had wordlessly scrambled up once more, electricity jumping from his feet as he leapt back towards Estelle, coming to a crouching stop... next to two holes. Two holes where a pair of Varren claws had attempted to snatch her mere seconds ago.

"Tobi!" he shouted, his hands moving with swift and precise movements as electricity began to swarm his body. He didn't know how far it would travel, but... "Don't look!"

He thrust his hands into the gap, electricity exploding from his fingertips. Sure, Varren may be resistant to electricity. But they sure as hell weren't resistant to blinding light. A blueish-white buzzing light shone out from the holes nearest to him, and most importantly...

...the claws gripping Estelle's ankles loosened. The combination of brilliant light and the electricity striking it's prone unprotected belly was enough to cause the thing to recoil entirely.

Just a shame that something grabbed a hold of one of his wrists underground, pulling him harshly downwards so he struck the ground. He cried out in pain from the blow. That sure backfired.

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Oh, on the topic of halloween. No I ain't doing anything. Just getting slaughtered by work lol.

Juuuuust dropping this here. You're welcome.

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Facebook is pretty rubbish anyway. I'm glad we've got contact with you though, in case. I was worried hahaha!

Sorry to hear a lot of people's work has been kind of pants! Mine's been kind of pants too, but I don't really care anymore lol. It's time I stopped going with the flow woop woop woop if I get in trouble and need a lawyer I'll be counting on you Rapid lmao :P

I'm actually gonna watch some of these videos now omg

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Cuttersbury - Trail towards Drych Lake

Despite her best intentions, Moira ended up joining many of the others in losing her balance as they fell. As did Syed, except Syed falling over was nothing noteworthy whatsoever.

He blinked rapidly as the pair scrambled back to their feet, his gaze darting to Trixie and back as he remembered her words. "...No way. This is just... this is rediculous!" he exclaimed. "I... I don't know!" he added in response to Nani. "I've never met a friendly one though!" He shook his head a little to clear his mind, before making a couple of rapidfire gestures and throwing an arm out towards a Varren as it went to shoot towards him.

Of course, his electricity simply dissipated on it's scales. Welp. He dived out of the way and decided he had to reevaluate the situation, glancing towards the others and gauging how he could be of use without either his bolts or shields.

Moira remained on the spot, holding her greatsword out to deflect any incoming projectiles. "Oi oi oi, you ain't gonna be any use sitting on the floor like that," she added to Jett, spitting to one side. In one swift movement she shot one hand forward, grabbing hold of a Varren as it leapt towards Aria from behind and using her vast strength to throw it back to it's brethren. Her actions did little more than daze it, but it could help Aria get a bit of a breather at least.

"Estelle!"

Moira's head span around at her partner's shout, spotting Estelle with a complexion to match her hair. Heh. Some things never change. She twisted on one foot as she went to run towards her leader, lifting her greatsword in the air in a stabbing movement...

...And was sent flying as a Varren bodily collided into her side. The creature had curled up into a spikey ball and span, launching itself into the air at her. The blow caused a horrible screaching noise as it ground against the metal plating of her armor, before Moira hit the floor hard a few feet away with a loud curse. Of course, as always Syed was sent flying after like he was attached to a rubber band.

Meanwhile the Varren continued to attack - one popping up behind Quentin for a suprise attack, another rolling straight towards Jett. A third burrowed underneath Lute with the intent to once more make the earth beneath him unstable. And another leapt out of a hole close to Amy, aiming a swipe at that beautiful, bitchy face.

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Everyone too scared of the Varren :P

Rapid, I see them as around a quarter to half a mile away from the front door of the spa, and course the lake is right next to it. However as there is woodland surrounding them, feel free to have say, a small pond or river near them that Quentin can draw from. Or even water from a possible recent rainfall still in the trees? I trust whatever you decide either way lol.

Drych is Welsh for "mirror" check my google translate skills lmao

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Ummmm... sorry if these seem kind of stating the obvious, since this is the only RP I do, but the main things I can think of...

Moar

-Everyone loves the underdog, so unless your character has a pretty clear advantage of whatever variety then that's always more fun. For example, Syed may be a higher rank than the Varren's danger level but he's at a clear elemental disadvantage so he's going to have a hard time. Even if he wasn't, him being a higher rank does not make an easy win. Hell, he could still very much be defeated despite that. Depends how the fight goes naturally :)

-Working together with other characters is awesome and it's totally fine to do so as long as it does not pull the other character... out of character. You can always ask their creator if you're not sure. As always, creating opportunities for other characters is tres bueno, such as sending an opponent towards them.

-Be imaginative, and have fun!

The others could probably sum it up better than me, but that's the best I've got lol

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Thanks for the help with the set-up, and with the castshots and all that :) Everyone's posts really are great, I'm loving them all. Thank you everyone :)

And on that note!

IC

We have our first fight! I think you all know how this goes, but yeah the Varren are earth-orientated so they'll use the ground to their advantage. And as much as I made their intro a little silly, they're still a threat. They're tough little buggers, so bear that in mind too :)

Have fun!

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Cuttersbury - Trail towards Drych Lake
Now that was a test of endurance. Not so much physically, but mentally for them all. Moira for one didn't know how much more she could take, the vein in her forehead becoming all the more pronounced. She had already threatened Jett a couple of times to get him to zip it. However, as they finally approached the edge of what looked like a small valley, they knew they were close. The hint of a lake visible over the edge of the road, the telltale signs of carriage wheel marks in the road. The summit of the road revealed the spa itself - situated right on the edge of the large lake, and surrounded by trees much like the path they walked on. Quite noteably, they could see many potholes in it's vicinity as well.



Quite suddenly Marcus seemed to slow, tilting his head by the slightest fraction. To the newcomers of the group, this probably wasn't particularly noteworthy. But to those who knew, especially when Trixie similarly began twitching her nose...

click, click, click

The sound became audible to the rest of them one by one. A rhythmic clicking noise, although it sounded like more than one thing was making the sound. In fact, it sounded like many. Moira exchanged looks with the others, before slowly withdrawing her greatsword. Syed quite clearly swallowed nervously.

Wait, was the ground rumbling under them all? "What-?!" He stepped back, a small spark of electricity jumping from his temples. He looked around his eyes wide. They're here!

And just like that, the ground suddenly gave away from under the group entirely. While the drop was only a foot or two at most, their aggressors simultaniously leapt up from their underground tunnels, clicking their long, razor-sharp claws much like a human would click their fingers. And strangely enough many were wearing quite fashionable items of men's clothing, although their rocky spikes had ripped many holes in them. The monsters all simultaniously span on the spot and threw a pose. What on Ddeaer?!



The Varren quite easily outnumbered the Guilders, even in their larger group. They clashed their claws together and gnashed their teeth, before some of them jumped back into the ground through their newly formed tunnels. The others moved to attack, to slash, bite or throw rocks at the group.

Little did the Pride know, the area was littered with potholes and molehills. Those underground Varren could pop up anywhere.

Battle Theme - Final Fantasy II Battle Theme

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Posted! I'll be moving the scene on next round, so keep that in mind with your interactions! Woop woop woop woop looking forward to your brilliant posts guys. I hope I gave people enough to work from for one more post, I kind of wrestled with this one a bit lol.

*passes out*

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Cuttersbury - Outskirts
"So, clue me in on something. What's with him? He reminds me of a teacher who used to scold me for not paying attention in class."

"I have no idea why," Moira spat with suprising venom. "He's a Guilder." Then without another word she stormed the couple of steps up behind her partner, and smacked him around the back of the head. She gave no explanation to him either, leaving the poor mage thoroughly confused and mildly dazed as she stomped back towards Quentin and Aria. "Looks like Lute might have some competition," she smirked in response to Aria as if nothing had even happened, her words loud enough for the virtusio to hear. And everyone for that matter.

Of course, she never thought of introducing herself. Not that she was paying them any more mind, since the parrot was distracting her from them, or the incoming Jett. Cor! Something about how the bird almost sounded like it was trying to flirt was pretty funny, as far as she was concerned. "What sort of fancy-ass bird is this?" she asked. "They don't tend to try and chat people up, do they?" It was perhaps a good thing Lucien had left for a while, these two together would be a disaster.



With Jett already losing attention, and calling him a seemingly random name at that, Syed found himself free once more to watch the others around him. And the two nearest in particular.

"Nah," Syed added in response to Trixie's question as he rubbed at the back of his head. "That would be one heck of a coincidence, won't it? That said, I have no idea how far they actually roam..." He put a finger to his lips in thought. "It sounds like too much of a stretch, though." Plus, how would they even know?

"Unless..." a cheeky grin spread across his face as he bent down a little. "Unless they have some little underground meeting place, and they discuss things. Like a secret base." He chuckled at the silly thought. It did a good job of putting him off his own nerves, at least. "Maybe they've got little wanted posters of us up," he held his hands out, as if to emphisise his thoughts.