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Oh dang. Nice banners!

What's the hold up with the witch killing guys? Let's finish this (o0o)/

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@Ryver: Ran= Kaburagi T Kotetsu. Look him up on Google images.

Your welcome :)

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Seeing Jasper start to freak out and force his arms downwards, he stopped blasting rainbows out and that's when he realized how exhausted he had gotten. Placing his hands in his knees for support, he panted a bit before standing upright again. Jasper reached out for his amulet and he let her. Smiling tiredly as she refueled his power piece with much needed essence, he finally got the chance to look at the zombie-corn. To his surprise, his plan had worked perfectly and a magnificent creature stood before them. Noticing the peacock feathers fanning out from its body, he knew this particular unicorn was special. As it approached them, he instantly felt at peace and bowed after it too ducked its head down in thanks. Once it turned away to help them kill of the zombies, he looked down to meet eyes with Jasper, pleasantly grinning at her. He felt accomplished, but the biggest threat still remained.

Right then, Riley jumped on him enthusiastically, yanking Jasper into the embrace as well. As the hug parted, it was then Riley stated was should have been obvious to everyone at the start. Since the witch was the mastermind of all this, if they somehow knocked her off the playing field, then all the fuss with the skeletons and undead army would be over. The only thing that would be left to do was look for the baby dragon and head on out of there.

Hakuren and Leon got the witch to come down, but the prying only led to Hakuren with a bloody arm and Leon being chucked at the dragoon. Luckily, Jasper intercepted by pushing Avian out of the way and Lesley helped with the rescue by asking the unicorn for permission to mount it as he galloped towards the flying Leon just in time to catch him at the receiving end of what could've been his possible death upon crashing into a giant pillar.

Seeing that Ace, Inadi, and Riley had split up to work on taking down the fatso zombie man who surprising wasn't under the spell of the witch herself, Lesley decided on joining up with the rest of the group to take care of the most threatening problem here, the witch. As each individual gathered in to share some ideas, Jasper took care of distracting the witch for the time being with one of her offensive attacks. He hoped it would hold up just in time for them to settle a plan that they could all agree on. Hearing Jasper's take on it, he wasn't sure how they would be able to accomplish that, but he had an idea as well.

"Sounds good. Here's may take on it so far. Haku, if you can keep her frozen in place it would be a huge help in dealing some damage on her since she has the ability to teleport. Once we've got her in one spot, Leon can help you keep her cool and the ice from melting too quickly. Martini, you can create a bubble dome of some sort to trap her as extra back up so she has no way of escaping. Brandy, Song, Avian, Harper, Jasper, Leila, and me, we'll be the ones inside the dome with the witch and from there we can try to attack her as much as possible. With all of us continually playing the offensive, I'm sure there is no way she would even have the chance at fighting back." finishing his speech plan with an exhale he looked at everyone with a serious stare that held a sense of both determination and fear.

Unfortunately, the witch behind them was now free of distraction.

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Eh my friends came by to drag me out of my man cave. Will continue typing up a post and will get it up before today ends.

Hmm. Kimchi's idea sounds good and I was kinda waiting for you to post anyway so no worries :) Maybe reflecting her energy back at her, idk...

Brain fart

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Just watched Fantastic Four recently and the scene where they're defeating the electric dude is what came into mind if you guys have any idea of what I'm talking about. The part where they were continuously freezing and heating up this guy while he was encased in a giant force field dome thing. It was pretty cool stuff and I think it could work on our witch problem.

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Hallelujah! We've got an overpowered unicorn on our side. I'm gonna get Lesley to mount that thing so they can both kill in style.

Post will be up in a little bit.

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That gif is beautiful. Does it work or no?(referring to the LesleyxJasper unicorn-healing blast) Just tell me so I can have it not turn or you guys can write up the turn out of their efforts if you'd like.

Sorry Kimchi if you didn't want Jasper to help, hope you don't mind?

I vote unicorn helper on our side. I think our nooby hoomans need it.

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Ace and Inadi showed immediate concern over Jasper's announcement to venture off alone with out at least asking for someone to tag along with her. Lesley just bit his tongue as the others fussed over her safety. Like Thumper always said, "If you can't say something nice, don't nothin' at all." Though it did cause him to flinch involuntarily when he saw Inadi's hand snake onto the girl's back, he clamped his jaws together over his his tongue even harder just to keep himself in line. 'Don't sweat it Lesley. You'll get you're chance' he thought with a tough frown yanking down at his cheeks. As Inadi finally decided to turn the attention toward Avian, he questioned the fellow guide about the witches. It must be the most alarming thing on everyone's mind right now. What were they really going against here?

The dragoon didn't supply them with much knowledge since he too lacked the expertise on the subject. The old hags had always been locked away in the Dark Side it seemed and the mystery of their coming out still remained unsolved. At least now they knew that they were escapable, just hit one square in the face. Also, they didn't absorb energy from attacks so that was a definite plus factor as he remembered the giant orc they had previously fought at the forest. A shrieking caw caught him from the wells of his mind as he glanced up to see the black birds continuing to fly in one by one, their numbers tripling withing minutes.

The drunken Song, who had just recently proclaimed that he had once made lip-to-lip contact with a toad, was now in a more sober state of being as he was given a medicinal thing to chew on. He adviced Avian to join the two girls on their quest to hunt down the baby dragon and he was off without hesitation towards the cabin uphill. Feeling two arms wrap around his own, he looked down to see Martini holding onto him again and he didn't mind. Lesley absolutely adored the mermaid.

Martini: "I- I guess we wait for them to... Huh?" A rustle behind them made the mermaid turn in fright, giving a small shriek when some small and furry shot out of the bushes. "Ahaha, it was nothing... Thank goodness."

The moment of relief was short lived as a sudden thing charged through the group causing him to wrap Martini into a hug as he yanked her out of its path. "Woah.. what the..." A unicorn stood in the center, but it wasn't just any old regular unicorn. It was a zombie-corn. Its body oozed green puss and blood rimmed its mouth like it had just feasted on something. A putrid smell rose out from the creature with made Lesley want to puke as he coughed into his collar in attempt to breathe in some clean air.

Brandy: "Unicorns are pure beings," he muttered as he glared at the beast. "How could one have been corrupted like this? Where would the witches have gotten their hands on one in the first place?"

Just the idea of having some wicked witch turn such a magnificent animal into this piece of *bleep* caused his blood to boil up. Everyone else appeared to share similar looks of disgust and it made him want to destroy the witches even more. This thing was once fabulous and now here it was, representing the complete opposite of how it was normally portrayed, dead. Haku and Leon hashed out a quick plan to freeze the thing and it seemed to comprehend the danger as it charged. Harper and Leila were knocked off their feet, a smog of dust clouding up around them. They had successfully doged it attack as the unicorn plummeted its weapon straight into a tree which ended in the trunk's collapse.

As they watched the unfolding of events, hands began to claw out of the ground underneath them, taking hold og their ankles and Lesley yelped in surprise in fright as he started to kick violently at the zombie fingers trying to pry at him. "Ew, ew, ew,ew!!!!!" he shrieked as he performed a little jig with brittle bones crisply cracking under him. After he made sure that the grabbing had stopped, a deep cackle turned heads and a little chant aimed at him erupted from nowhere. The next thing he knew, Leon was sailing towards and the pair landed away from a the tree with a sharp point jutting out of it. Imagining how he would look if that had stabbed through him, he paled and struggled to catch his breath as he looked up into Leon's face with a look of utter thanks. Getting hauled up to his feet, a hooded woman with pure white eyes made her presence known.

Witch: "Now," the voice sounded as if it were a thousand years old, and perhaps it was. "Only death awaits you..."

She began, telling them how she knew of their coming. 'Aw man. That darned senile tree couldn't keep his flapping trap shut!' he cursed with a scowl on his face. A perfectly ripe apple shriveled up from her bite and it was sent at Martini's head. Lesley reacted quickly, pulling the Nobody into his chest and slapping the rotten fruit to the ground. The newcomer momentarily mutated into a crow and landed in front of them to continue her speech.

[b]Witch:[/i] "Welcome to the grave. Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back..."

The soil rumbled below them and hordes of undead began to appear and rise up. Foul fragrances caked the atmosphere around them and the the sight of decaying flesh wasn't very pleasant either. Jasper, Ace, and Avian had returned as well and Lesley caught sight of the dragoon's damaged arm right away. Behind them he saw the fattest zombie ever, puss gushing out of giant cysts implanted all over its body. The witch left them wit her welcome present and Harper initiated the first throw as he chopped into the skull of a nearby zombie head emerging from the flooring. dark blood streamed and sputtered out of its head and Lesley shuddered and gagged as he turned away to regain his composure. Riley, Jasper, and Ace all joined in seconds after and soon enough, everyone was bashing zombie guts.

Sending rainbow rays from his hands, it caused zombies to slam into the many pillars scattered about the area. This was only enough to disorient the things, but luckily it helped the others to finish them off. His amulet was draining steadily and he eyed the zombie-corn who was now thrashing wildly a couple feet from him. He knew he had the ability to purify things, but he wasn't sure if it was enough to turn the poor thing back into its original state. Then that's when it hit him. W=I he could combine the healing wisps from Jasper with his purity essence, then maybe they had a shot at getting this unicorn on their side. Zapping zombies away from Jasper, he tumbled to her side just as she brought her staff down on the head of a rotting freak. Her leg was bleeding and tears were pouring down her gut smeared face. They all looked pitiful he had to admit and they were being immersed knee-deep in fetid innards of Nobodies... or humans that had died long ago.

"Jasper, I need your help. I want to see if we can bring that unicorn back from the dead. If we blast it together, I think we can get it to turn good again," he explained while he rainbowed zombies to ground, allowing Jasper to bash them off. "I'll catch its attention and once it goes for us, we can send a wave its way after the count of three alright? I think it's worth a shot!"

Knocking a pair of mindless figures down, he shot a colorful light into the magical horse's butt in order to perk its attention. As it turned to look up at him, its nose flaring in rage, he sent another wave of multi-coloured light smack dab onto its snout which caused it to rear back and hoof at the ground. "Ok Jasper. Its coming! 3! 2! 1! GO!" Rays of red, orange, yellow, blue and all hues that could ever be seen sprung out from his hand, combining with Jasper's medical wisps. He had bet all his remaining essence on this stunt and if it didn't work, he was screwed for the rest of the fight. He hoped it didn't drain the healer too much because he'd be needing some reserves from her for sure, but having a unicorn on their side couldn't hurt.

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Now a proper welcome to our family Thunder! We were all impressed with your character and I look forward to roleplaying with you.

Meanwhile, apologies for my posting delay. Expect one before today ends. Damn, those posts are gruesome af.

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Made a horrible mistake of eating cookies while beginning to read the move along posts. I gagged on my chocolate chip cookies a bit. The description of those zombies are definitely unappetizing<-runs to washroom.

Hoping to post today, but no guarantee. Man, this chapter has got me fired up.

Question, can I get Lesley to rainbow blast the unicorn near the end of the fight and turn it good again?

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I have chosen as well. To the stalking future humans-> Picking only two-three out of all the amazing characters was a real challenge and much discussion has been taken into the voting! Good luck! :D