Alamantus

Earthbound – Mother Earth

Sweet, I love the new name! :D

@thanatosDefiant

Thanks! I'm glad! :D I was kinda iffy about it at first, but it works well. :)

Cybrolix – Cybernetic Mystery Adventure (EnA)

Well I think a month is long enough for a bump. :)

Earthbound – Mother Earth

Sorry for the delay @Red_massa. I also updated the RP title and added tags. Because tags are a thing now!

Earthbound – Mother Earth

The approximately waist-high pine cone's hungry banging and the cracking of glass started attracting more pine cones in a zombie-like fashion until the glass finally shattered and three came clomping in. Glass shards had become trapped in the open scales of the first pine cone that had started breaking the glass. The other two pinecones were younger, their scales not yet opened (pine cone reference—left: closed, right: open). In another zombie-comparable fashion, the pine cones had their little twiggy arms outstretched and were moaning. As they got closer, Karol could see a pair of unsettling extremely bloodshot eyes between some of the scale openings near the top of the open pine cone. To make matters worse, Karol also started feeling the ground shift beneath his feet as the pine cones entered. He heard the sound of concrete crumbling near the tree trunk as a tiny bit of the ground around that area started to fall as a result of the heavy stomps of the pine cones.

Earthbound – Mother Earth

"Well, seeing as how we are now equals because of this odd situation, I suppose you can call me Spruce. I will continue to call you Karol." Spruce moved to stand, but winced, looking down and finding a sizable piece of the ceiling where his left leg ought to have been. "No... No no no!" He tossed the heavy chunk of ceiling aside only to find his leg crushed. "Dammit no!" He cried out in pain as he tried futilely to move his destroyed leg. Just then, one of the pinecone creatures was walking by the glass entryway of the former dojo, and upon hearing Spruce's cry, it turned to look inside. It's hard to tell a pinecone's expression, but it somehow seemed clear that this one was hungry when it started scratching against the glass so much that the glass started to crack.

Earthbound – Mother Earth

Spruce Yee choked on the arm around his neck and moved to thrust his elbow into Karol's side. But just then, the plot arrived a huge spruce tree (coincidence!) burst through the ground below Spruce Yee, sending Spruce Yee and Karol flying. The spruce tree continued growing upward through the ceiling, scattering debris everywhere and leaving the dojo in shambles. Out the glass entryway of Karol's dojo, they could see that more evergreen trees were also growing up in other places throughout the Megamall. Most astonishing of all, pinecone-like creatures with arms and legs started dropping off of some of the branches and walking around the newly-forested mall. It all happened so fast, and the activity died down as fast as it started, leaving a silent forest-decorated mall bathed in bright moonlight. "Well that's something you don't see every day," Spruce Yee said, unable to hide his shock, "I guess this fight is over. We should get out of here right now!"

Victory...?

The Karol earns 5 experience points.

Earthbound – Mother Earth

With a fatalistic sigh, Spruce Yee raises his already raised leg above his head and thrusts it down in an ax kick. [Rolled 1] But he had not noticed the water on the mat either. Spruce Yee's leg swung down and the momentum carried back as his grounded foot slipped in the water, and he did a dramatic double front flip in the air before landing hard on his face!

Earthbound – Mother Earth

Spruce Yee takes some damage and counters the punch he parried with a turn and a chop to Karol's back, continuing his momentum forward and causing him to stumble a little. Spruce Yee spins and winds up a hook kick. [Rolled 5] Spruce Yee releases a powerful kiai as his heel nails Karol hard in the temple and sends him spinning to the mat! Knowing Karol can't see him, Spruce Yee frowns slightly, lingering on his grounded leg with his leg still raised.

Earthbound – Mother Earth

Spruce Yee's Pride drops by 2 points at Karol's taunt, but he gets into a Focus stance and exhales deeply. [Rolled 6] Karol can't help but be impressed. His stance looks impenetrable, and Spruce Yee is ready to counter anything that comes his way.

Earthbound – Mother Earth

The corner of the trainer's mouth angled slightly as he rushed in, right fist flying at an incredible speed!

Battle Start!

Name: Spruce Yee Stats:

• Speed: 10
• Strength: 9
• Guts: 9
• Wits: 5
• Pride: 15

Move Order

• 1. Spruce Yee
• 2. Karol

Dice to use for Action Checks [Rolled 2] Spruce cursed as he found that his trajectory off and he sailed right past Karol, landing with a hard roll on the mat behind Karol. Anger was visible in his face, and it was clear that he had not thought it would be important to warm up. He punched the ground and stood up with a loud kiai before Karol could really even react. Even though he had not warmed up, he had years of conditioning and speed above Karol.