[IC] In Search of Gaea: A Seafaring Fantasy Adventure

[Fading Memory]

A Savorask lunged- Only for a rather cute orange haired girl to interject herself with a shield.

"Oh, wow, you have a shi-" She began in a surprised manner, before her attention was dragged back to the situation at hand. Another Savorask had followed Eliza, and Terhikki swung herself around on the ground to launch a kick at its face and drag its attention towards her instead of Eliza's exposed back.

Oh boy, you just had to go and do that didn't you? she chastised herself as she found herself with an arm shoved under its jaws to push its face away. It crawled atop the northern woman, her hand pushing its snapping jaws up with that peculiarly monstrous strength she possesses. She swung her triangular bladed knife upwards into its side. She frowned just slightly at the immense resistance its skin put up, but she worked the blade in with rugged and brutal jerks of her arm.

And soon the creature fell limp above her. In her next breath she realized why:

"Thanks Violet." She grinned as she took the woman's hand, finally pulling her axes free, and stood herself up with Marina's help. One arm was covered in blood, but otherwise Terhikki seemed as if she were having the time of her life. "You're gonna be my bunkmate, so I guess I'm glad you like how it looks when I lay down." She said with mild confusion in her voice, the blush forming on her cheeks betraying her confusion as a façade.

"And you too, Orange." She called to Eliza, as an afterthought. She sheathed her knife and stretched her arms out, beaming with that blush still on her face at Eliza. She seemed to realize the situation on the ship now, and she set her jaw- attempting to seem serious despite her red face.

"Violet, let's do the climbing. I don't trust these southerners not to break their necks in this storm and most of them can probably at least somewhat handle swimming." She seemed to have finally made an executive decision on that issue as she nodded to Marina.

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Eliza stood guard, sword and shield in hand against the Savorask that dared approach the lady on the ground. Yet, this didn't seem to dissuade the beast, for it chose to strike with murderous intent. Its rotten, yet sharp teeth bared, the beast lunged. Yet, Eliza had seen such an outcome coming. The beasts were vicious... yet, they seemed to be rather quick to strike. Almost predictable, in a sense. 'Alright, focus... deep breaths. I can't screw this up, especially with people watching!' She thought as she readied her shield to defend herself from the enemy Savorask's assault.

In what felt like a second, the Savorask grew closer and closer to Eliza with a rather impressive pace... exactly what she was counting on. With her shield, Eliza struck forth, hoping to overpower the Savorask or at least stagger it. And, with a mighty impact, the savage beast was knocked back slightly, and its assault had been delayed. "Looks like a not-so-unstoppable force met an immovable object, huh?" Eliza remarked to her foe - she acknowledged that the Savorask couldn't hear her, but it just felt right to give a quip after such a move. But, in the heat of battle, Eliza had forgotten about the second Savorask, one that she had been battling previously. Her back was exposed to the beast - which was definitely not a favorable outcome. Looking over her shoulder briefly, Eliza spotted the Savorask, a feeling of dread washing over her... only for someone to step in.

And that person was none other than the person she'd tried to protect, the brown-haired lady. "Whoa, you really saved my hide there! Nice one!" Eliza spoke out gratefully. Though, Eliza couldn't let herself get sidetracked from the very battle she was previously fighting, against the Savorask she'd bashed with the shield.

Eliza slashed at the Savorask with a quick advance of her own. Taking one large step forwards and brandishing her wooden blade, Eliza performed a quick, horizontal slash on the target. It wasn't the strongest strike, especially considering what material the blade was made of, but it was worth a shot. And, unsurprisingly, the Savorask didn't suffer too much damage from the wooden blade, though its balance seemed to have broken. Spotting an opportunity, Eliza dashed forth as quickly as she could, and slammed her shield directly into the Savorask with all the force she could muster, toppling the Savorask over with an audible thud - though, Eliza nearly knocked herself over with the impact of the strike, though she quickly saved herself from falling over by pointing her sword to the ground like a makeshift cane.

"Geez... you fishmen things are like ten times as ugly up close. I'd better make this quick..."

Lifting her blade high into the air, prepared to stab at the beast's chest, Eliza brought the sword down with a swift motion, ready to pierce the skin. It wasn't something she was looking forward to, but it had to be done... but it was at this time that Eliza discovered that the skin of a Savorask was far, far more durable than she'd expected. The blade failed to cut through the Savorask's skin, and to make matters worse, it began writhing in an attempt to get to its feet.

"Are you f- are you kidding me?!" Eliza complained. Her blade's inability to damage the beast was a bit of a conundrum, but a thought came to her mind. Stabbing attacks didn't work against the beast... but what about blunt force? Crouching down and utilizing her shield, Eliza began to strike forth against the Savorask's head repeatedly with attacks that Eliza had dubbed 'shield punches', though there was little finesse to these strikes - it was simply Eliza trying her best to harm the Savorask. The Savorask seemed to be taking a little more damage from these, but the Savorask didn't plan on going down without a fight. With a lone claw, the Savorask slashed towards Eliza, who quickly reacted by trying to block it with her blade. In theory, this worked... it slowed the Savorask's attack down, but it also smashed through her wooden blade, shattering it into dozens of wooden chunks.

'... Oh crap. Ooooh crap. Maybe this wasn't the best idea... I need to put this guy outta commission fast, or... or I'll be in a spot of bother, to put it one way. That, or I'll be in a grave... and I ain't keen on that.'

Getting to her feet was Eliza's next course of action. It'd allow her a greater degree of movement to evade the foe... and then, her next move was to kick the Savorask's head with the mightiest kick she was capable of, hoping that would do more to the Savorask... and with a sickening crunch, that was exactly what happened.

'Oh man... that was a little more brutal than I expected. I mean, I suppose I won, yeah, but... well, I guess I'm feeling a little queasy... let's hope it passes soon.'

Eliza couldn't help but glance at the Savorask she'd somehow bested and gagged at its body. Her gaze quickly shifted away from the beast, to the brown-haired lady who'd attacked the Savorask Eliza had forgotten. Though, it wasn't just the brown-haired lady she'd noticed. There was a woman with hair that could only be described as violet. Eliza overheard the brown-haired lady thank the violet-haired woman... then heard something that caught her attention further. 'And you too, Orange.' was what the brown-haired lady said.

"No need to thank me! I don't think I could'a lived with myself if I didn't help out!" Eliza grinned as she gave a thumbs up gesture. "But, it should be me thanking you! That Savorask... if you didn't get it, it would've gotten me for sure. So, thanks for that!"