[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Oq6zsle.png[/img][/center] [hr] [center]Location: Dogfalls Outskirts Assignment: Engage the attackers' rear flank [@Tsunmene][/center] [hr] Colt lowered himself, coiling his body in preparation to avoid the incoming flames - but Nova handled things as expected. He relaxed his muscles, pressing a hand to the other Light Bearer's back to support her as she held back the fire. [color=AABAC5]"Thanks for the cover. You able to field this one?"[/color] He asked. [color=AABAC5]"I'm gonna flank, try and handle their rear guard and keep any reinforcements back."[/color] He said, his words barely audible over the din of the flames blasting the shield. As Nova Andromeda lowered her guard and spoke her piece, Colt nodded, turning his gaze to the Scourge. [color=AABAC5]"Save some for me."[/color] He said, nudging Nova with his shoulder, and keeping his attention on Algrimar, he broke right, casting a wide arc around the Scourge, weaving into and through the trees until he lost sight of his Light Bearer friend and her opponent. A few stray lesser Grim stood in his path, dispatched mostly painlessly - but he skidded to a halt when- [color=AABAC5]"Oh. Shit."[/color] It started with a blood trail, then one corpse. Then another, and several more. He gingerly passed by them - unable to shake the sensation of being watched as he strode deeper and deeper, hacking through the underbrush until he broke through the treeline. The moon shone down over an open field where the blood trail ended. Colt's gaze scanned the countryside, and caught sight of motion descending a hill in the distance. The sound of music wafted to his ears. Singing. He drew closer. There wasn't much hiding the stranger's true nature - she was in the open after all. But he suspected she didn't have much to fear, judging by the gaggle of insectoid Grim around her. He clicked his tongue. Fine, best match that energy. A bolt of lightning lit up the night as an electrified throwing knife embedded itself in the chitin of a centipede-like creature at her back. Nothing debilitating - but that wasn't the point. [color=AABAC5]"Sorry, fingers slipped."[/color] Colt announced, as he drew closer to Kohi Dei and her underlings. The centipede chittered and bore down on him. He laughed, weaving to the right, knocking playfully on the creature's exoskeleton before catching his knife and yanking it from its side. He gave the woman a little wave as the insect rounded on him, slowly closing in. [color=AABAC5]"Hey, your friend's making me nervous."[/color] He leapt into a graceful backflip, landing squarely on the massive insect's head as he wrapped a hand onto one of its mandibles for support, driving his hunting knife into its skull. He clung as it writhed, then came down with a slam. He casually pranced off it, pulling the knife from its head, flipping it, and sheathing it at his chest. He shot the woman a finger gun. [color=AABAC5]"Liked your singing."[/color] [hr] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/UmAFArd.png[/img][/center] [hr] [center]Lady Victory. Stronghold of Mistmoor, Evening. Current Targets: Tarrian Kar. [@BunniesOfDoom] Erik Elfhame Ostriecher V. [@IAmTheIsland][/center] [hr] Tarrian's shoulder braced against the gate as Grim after Grim slammed into it. The wood began to buckle and creak under the weight of their onslaught, but then, suddenly it went silent once more. A few of the guards assisting in bracing the door let up, their heavy breaths the only sound in the night. Suddenly, the silence was broken by a sickening crunch, then another. The sound of flesh being rent and the sweet smell of death wafted through the gate - and then silence again. [color=F9E073]"Open the gate."[/color] A woman's voice echoed from beyond. [color=F9E073]"The Light-Bearers."[/color] The voice said simply. No further words were spoke, and everyone remained in silence for a moment, before one of the guardsmen rose up, and with a shaking hand, opened the gate's viewport a crack. He slowly peered through it, and yipped in astonishment just as much as fear. "The Grim... They're all dead." [color=F9E073]"They have been dealt with."[/color] The woman's voice again explained as the guard yelped and fell backwards. [color=F9E073]"I expect them to follow orders - not to simply throw themselves at the wall of the enemy."[/color] "Shit, maybe if we throw them out there, she'll leave us alone." The terrified guard said, huddled up in a corner just beside the gate. "H-Hey, what do you want?!" He shouted. Silence fell over them once more for several seconds. [color=F9E073]"Open the gate. I want Tarrian Kar and Erik Ostriecher V."[/color] She repeated. [color=F9E073]"You've five seconds, or I will open it myself."[/color]