[hider=Marshall] [color=708090] “[color=a187be]It’s nothing,[/color]” Marshall says. “[color=a187be]Just an old sword that I forged for someone I knew, many years ago,[/color]” he sighed, “[color=a187be]I've many trinkets lying around, many exploits and... let's call them adventures... for innocence's sake,[/color]” Harliqueen was a welcome distraction, “[color=a187be]Do you want in on the conversation, or just more to eat,[/color]” Marshall followed her lazy line of sight, “[color=a187be]Food, then.[/color]” Suddenly, he felt it. All but flinging himself to his feet, Marshall extended his sense of self as far out as he could, and grinned. “[color=a187be]Finally...[/color]” he clenched his right fist, and looked back to Amanita and Cyll, “[color=a187be]Find some place to hide, kids. Time for Beasts to play.[/color]” It was almost an afterthought, as the immortal set Harliqueen down, and made for the door. Unhesitatingly, Marshall raced down the path that Mushi and Mucu had, tracing the Sin that came from the same direction, before coming to a full stop. “[color=a187be]How curious,[/color]” he says, pointing at the woman, “[color=a187be]Envy is still more attractive than Lust. And, they say, jealousy is ugly.[/color]” There was a loud bang, as blood, explosively, left the gauntlet -- far more power than usual put into the already powerful shot. Marshall grinned wickedly, and the woman would noticed a all too familiar dagger at her feet. “[color=a187be]Been taking care of her for me,[/color]” he asks, before a tendril of blood whipped the dagger back to him, “[color=a187be]I don’t steal used goods, you know.[/color]” [/color] [hr] Attn: [@The Irish Tree], [@Ammokkx], & [@The 42nd Gecko] [/hider] [hr] [hider=Sayaka] [hider=A Dream to Outfox ‘Em All] [color=708090] [center][color=7b68ee][i]"Child of the Sky..." A voice rang out, calling from within the widespread arms of sleep.[/i][/color][/center] “[color=c9a0dc]Huh...? I’m in the ground, though,[/color]” grumbled Sayaka, trying to turn over; an impossibly in her current, phantasmal state. “[color=c9a0dc]Are you a huge one of those, uh, um...~ Oh! Dhirom!”[/color]” [center][color=7b68ee][i]"I am the Dawn, and Dusk of creation. I have come to you as you near the brink. Death stalks, and soon it shall reap. Your life comes to a close...yet the Sky has need of you yet. Here, you shall not fall. Here, you shall rise. As one who decides the fate of this bloodstained world, your fate lies beyond these prison walls. Answer me, Child." "Those who's fates you will entwine with your own...what will you do when the time comes to untie them? When bonds become only a hindrance to your aspirations?"[/i][/color][/center] “[color=c9a0dc]I’m not dying! I was napping![/color]” Sayaka huffed, before looking around, “[color=c9a0dc]My forest isn't a prison. It doesn't even have walls. I think. There's a lot of those little grass-colored monsters around.[/color]” [center][color=7b68ee][i]"This world has need of strength...dare you to carry that burden on your shoulders, when you yourself have failed before you have even begun?" "What is it that drives your Conviction, Singularity? How do you so fearlessly embark towards the end, knowing the destruction that may await you?"[/i][/color][/center] “[color=c9a0dc]I will not. This world will carry me, in honor of the great deeds I've done. My shoulders shall rest upon theirs, so they can rub my belly,[/color]” Sayaka purred in delighted expectation. “[color=c9a0dc]Yes! The entire world will witness my rumble to the top of the sky, and see me ascend to Primal! The Queen of the Foxes, the new Inari Ōkami! To do so, I will have no fear![/color]” [center][color=7b68ee][i]"Such fragility...yet you shall outlast even the most durable. Such weakness, yet you shall overthrow the undefeated. I will not deny the possibilities that lie within you. Awaken, Children of the Sky. Your hour is at hand."[/i][/color][/center] [/color] [/hider] Attn: [@The Irish Tree] & Anyone Interested [hr] [hider=First Rumble: Trashing The Goblin Camp] [color=708090] Startled awake from the abrupt ending of her dream, Sayaka shifted in her napping curl, and stretched out. Above her, she heard the march of feet, tired grumbles in a foreign tongue, and she could smell the thick stench of blood. It was the grass-colored monsters that walked on two paws instead of four, and they were going back to their above ground den. Standing in her makeshift den, the cream-furred fox waited until they were far away enough that she could stalk behind them. [[color=c9a0dc][i]Hrm.They look a lot weaker than usual. Did the big Dhirom give me the opportunity to ascend to my next stage of godliness? I'll surely grow my next tail, if I can beat them, this time.[/i][/color]] Sayaka decided, before flattening herself against the ground, and streaking straight for a weary Goblin, and leaping off the earth; strangely serrated teeth catching green flesh and crimson muscle, and rent it all away with her momentum and gravity. The Queen skidded before her opponents, and howled. [center][i][b][u]It was rumble time.[/u][/b][/i][/center] [color=ffffff]The goblin that Sayaka had caught yowled in pain, clutching at the missing hunk of flesh his arm once had while two of his comrades moved in to engage against the strange fox, one slicing downward with a machete in an attempt to lop her head off, while the other performed a similar attack, albeit with a simple club. Behind them, two archers readied arrows, pointed straight at Sayaka.[/color] Sayaka swished her tail, and slung loose soil and grass into the air, before dashing at the archers. They weren't unfamiliar to her; she'd be a nuisance to their camp over the course of then last week, as they were loud and smelly and ate all the good birds and shrews in the area. It was just offensive how they paid the forest queen no tribute or even a small respect -- a darn bow would be pleasing. Instead, however, they try to commit the most heinous crime of regicide. [i]Simply inexcusable[/i], she decided, as she zipped by legs and arms, and drove her claws into the throat of an archer, and leapt off him to sink her fangs into the throat of the other. [[color=c9a0dc][i]Oh, my Primal! That actually worked![/i][/color]] she squealed, as she did a happy prance by the exsanguinating Goblin. [[color=c9a0dc][i]I mean, of course it worked! I can do anything![/i][/color]] Sayaka comprised herself, and face her opposition. [color=ffffff]Suddenly, one of the goblins blew their horn, his companion charging forward with his shield raised, playing a bit more defensively after realizing how dangerous Sayaka was, he kept his shield covering his neck, while trying to circle around her to swing at the side of her head. More would arrive if she didn’t silence that horn, but his ally was poised to strike should her attention fall away from him.[/color] [[color=c9a0dc][i]Loud-maker! Finally, someone to announce my arrival![/i][/color]] Sayaka was elated, as she swished her tail against the ground, before kicking up, and pressing to the shield before her. It was as if a full-grown human had set upon him with all their might, as Sayaka impacted the shield-carrier, and bodily crushed him into the ground. [[color=c9a0dc][i]However, your tune offends my ears. It is one-note and bland. Not at a bit worthy of my regality![/i][/color]] she growled, unaware of her crushing act. Kicking off the ground, she went straight for the hornblower. [color=ffffff]Raising up his machete after finishing his horn blowing, the goblin horn master attempted to block her blow with his blade, while his ally recovered and chased after her once more. He wasn’t a match for her speed, but if his friend could stop her for just a moment, he could end this swiftly. At least, that was the plan.[/color] It was a decent plan, save for one unpredictable thing: Sayaka suddenly coming to a full stop. Desperately, she attacked her ears with her hind legs; one after the other, in a bid to free herself of a sudden onset of itching. [[color=c9a0dc][i]Blasted insects! I am a queen! How dare you bite me without beseeching my consent with a long-winded monologue about the delightful taste of my blood and the honor it is to sup upon it! I hate you![/i][/color]] whined the fox, as she became a mass to trip over for the Goblin that had been chasing her. [color=ffffff]And just like that, the charging goblin tripped over Sayaka, landing face first into his ally, with both of their helmets colliding against unprotected parts of the other goblins’ head, resulting in both of them just falling over, knocked out cold. She had...won. In a way. But more Goblins would be coming, unless she fled.[/color] Sayaka sighed, as she ridded herself of the itching, and looked up. [[color=c9a0dc][i]Huh? Oh, I won! I won! I mean, of course, I did. I’m the best, and queen, and the best.[/i][/color] Yawning, she stretched out, and looked to the north, as headed by the Goblins, and decided on her next course of action: she was going to trash their camp. Blasting off, she felt her footfalls stress the earth in a much more dominant fashion, her muscles tense and release, and something indescribable wash over her. Her fur shined bright, as if cast in moonlight, and then settled. Racing towards the camp, she rushed up the makeshirt wall, and soared against the breeze; her body glowed gold, and the fox landed in a small crater of her creation. “[color=c9a0dc]Listen up, suckers! The Forest Queen has arrived! Time to pack your bag and bend over, because I’m about to kick your butts out of here![/color]” she announced, as the sudden explosion of dust settled, standing tall and pointing. “[color=c9a0dc]Wait...[/color]” Sayaka looked at things carefully, and realized something. “[color=c9a0dc]I CAN TALK![/color]” The fact that she was suddenly humanoid -- Erune, by design -- and skyclad was just side notes to the overall. [color=ffffff]To the Goblins, her being clothed and humanoid mattered little before roughly a dozen goblins charged, half a dozen more began firing arrows at her, and the goblin chieftain rose from his throne, far larger than even the hobgoblin elite guards that had surrounded him. Roughly fifty goblins in total were gunning for Sayaka’s throat, and as such, this was sure to be one hell of a rumble.[/color] Sayaka grinned, as arrows whipped by her, and Goblin charged her. All inconsequential. All nothing. Just practice for learning her new stance, ranges, and speed; her punches and kicks stronger than before, doubly so; her claws longer and sharper; her fangs, the same. Everyone that was sent her way didn’t matter in the slightest. All that matters was the biggest and the best. Standing atop a small pile, she yanked an arrow out of her shoulder, and pointed it at the chieftain, “[color=c9a0dc]Rumble time.[/color]” [center][i][b]And, it was on.[/b][/i][/center] [/color] [hr] [/hider] Collab with [@The Irish Tree] \ Attn: [@Guess Who], [@Suku], & [@Awesomoman64] [/hider]