Bright_Ops

Civilization - New Lands, New Glory! V. 2.0

The Orc Grave Swamp Enclave

"Well... Balls." Was all Gredy could say as the report came in. He had rather hoped that since the bloody reptile lived in the water it wouldn't have encountered the toxic plant life in the drier areas of the swamp. Well, live and learn. At least no one had died to discover the fact that the bloody beast was immune so there was something of a silver lining, but alas it did leave them at square one...

With a small sigh, he turned to look at Biscuit before clearing his throat. "Alright... new plan. We're going to have to wait until Buddy gets back before we can hopefully get started on making bows and arrows, but in the meantime I want some of our hunters scouting out the wildlife in the area. Find out what the animals eat, how they raise their young, that sort of thing. It might give us an idea of what plants are safe to eat or use..."

Biscuit nodded her head in agreement before adding "Might be able to try and gather some eggs while they're at it. Might only give us something to eat, but we could try hatching some of the birds to domesticate them as a food source later on as well."

Nodding his head a little as he raised his hand to cover his mouth for a moment of thought, Gredy grinned a little before muttering in a slightly muffled tone "That's... a great idea. Even if it fails, we still have some more eggs." Removing his hand, he quickly asked "Who do you think would be good at leading an exploration group?"

Blinking a little in surprise at the question, Biscuit considered for a moment before suggesting "Well... Geist seems like she has her head screwed on correctly. Why?"

"I want to send a team out to investigate the northwestern part of the swamp. See what's over that way and what's bordering us on that side. Can you ask her to pick out a team of thirteen and get going when she's ready?"

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The idea of a tree becoming a tombstone had quickly caught on, the other names of those who had died finding themselves craved into their own trees. While the first tree was selected for a goblin whose body was given to the swamp in an failed attempt to kill one of the large reptiles that stalked the waters those who had bodies to bury were buried under the trees that would serve as the markers for their graves. Some of the families of the deceased discussed the idea of being buried under the same tree with their friends and loved ones around the camp fires, desiring to be put to rest alongside family.

Sitting on her own, Charti closed her eyes and listened to the swamp around her as she let her thoughts wander. She was a younger goblin, just barely an adult but she had seen plenty of horrors in her time just like everyone else had. The swamp had provided her and her people with a surprisingly peaceful place to live; Sure it was dangerous, but there was beauty there too. And all the swamp asked for in return for them enjoying its protection and bounty was that when they died, to feed their bodies into its soil and let their spirits join with it to be reborn in a new manner. All things considered it was a pretty good deal.

Charti physically relaxed as she quietly listened to the swamp around her...

Summery

Geist and a team of 13 other adults have gathered together and go to explore the Northwestern area of the swamp, their goal being to see what it bordered on that side.

The hunters are instructed to observe the wildlife to try and understand not just the creatures around them but also to get an idea of what plant life might actually be safe to eat, as well as to collect eggs for food and domestication purposes.

The idea of converting the tombstone trees into a kind of 'Family Tree' is raised, while some goblins start focusing on the world around them, listening to the swamp to relax and find balance in their new lives.

The Final Hazard

@Terminal@PlatinumSkink

Fortune had already known that there was something wrong with the world around him, but the presence of the two 'knights' that had come to collect him for the Duke that finally sealed the deal that the Duke wasn't a man to be trusted. The brutal fashion upon which these keepers of the peace distributed their brand of justice was more then a warning sign that they were just as much dishonorable thugs as the men that they were executing, but some of the words that they spoke of betrayed the true nature of the illusion; All humans good or bad in just about anywhere in the Old World would know the name of the god of death Morr.

As the knights turned on his companions, Fortune watched as the first arrow bounced off of a magical shield before the female knight turned to fire a second shot of a crossbow at the witch in question; The woman had been defenseless and had clearly only employed her secretive and dangerous craft to try and protect those she was with harm. Despite his distrust of the witch, he couldn't allow her to come to harm if he could help it. With a roar he charged forward, intent to ram the woman out of the way of the arrow aimed at her to ensure that she got knocked out of the way, praying to the Lady that his armor would deflect the arrow enough to protect him.

Project Crossover [Video Game Crossover RP]

@Holy Soldier@Hylozoist

Luigi is... not going to take Mario's disappearance well.

TTL: The Final Hazard OOC

I'll get a post up tomorrow.

Project Crossover [Video Game Crossover RP]

And posted. Hope people like; It's my longest one for this Rp to date.

Project Crossover [Video Game Crossover RP]

Luigi

Level: 2
Day/Time: Day One - Evening
Location: Kingdom of Erion - Abandoned Castle
Tag: Brigan, Oswald @Holy Soldier, James @Zarkun, Samus @Lmpkio, Hapu @ToadRopes, Slayer@Lugubrious, Naija @DracoLunaris
Word Count: 1062
Napple Seed planted?

Closing his eyes Luigi panted shallow breaths; Partly because of the noticeable speed in which the fire was eating up the breathable air in the room, but mostly it was because he didn't want to risk his neck moving just a little too much and having a whole new reason to have difficulty breathing. He could feel the judgemental glare upon him as his cowardliness showed for all to see, unable to hide it as he shivered.
Considering how badly events had played out since the start, he couldn't help but feel that being made the team leader had been a horrible mistake. He found it hard to think of how Mario would have let things get this bad had he been present... Held at sword point by an enemy turned... well, not exactly ally but hopefully neutral while the giant who should have been their ally had set fire to everything and had just bitch slapped the guy who had been a part of team one a fair distance away while his team attempted to talk Oswald into a more... agreeable position that didn't result in his throat being slit.
Mario wouldn't have messed things up this badly...
With a great flood of relief, Luigi felt the metal pressure of the blade against his neck disappear... only for that relief to be short lived as Oswald made his intentions clear before disappearing in a burst of black fire. On one hand, he could understand his reasons for doing so and it felt less like he was abandoning them to fight his battles for him because he was a backstabbing bastard and more because he wanted to save his wife before the whole castle burned down. On the other it did throw out any plans that he had of possibly fighting Brigan while some of the team attempted to deal with the fires... and the chunks of castle that were raining down on them because of said giant going completely insane in his arrogance.

Forcing himself to his feet now that he was free to and holding up a hand to try and shield his airways from the smoke and bad air as much as he could, he shook his head at Hapu's suggestion "Dangerous idea. Opening an airway right now would only fan the flames into an inferno." When you used fire a lot and had a major enemy who was a fire breathing turtle/dragon thing, you learned a thing or two about fire safety if you wanted to or not.

With Oswald's departure to hopefully get their target out of harm's way, Luigi weighed up his options before coming to the conclusion that all things considered this was the closest thing to a success that the team could hopefully achieve under the current conditions and it was time to get the hell out of there while they still could! They could track Oswald and his wife down another time provided that Brigan and Odin didn't get them.

Rallying what breath he could to be heard over the fire and the falling rubble, Luigi cried out "It’s time to leave! If you've got something that'll blind or daze Brigan on the way out use it! Samus, James cover everyone else!" Both of them had ranged weapons and suits that had a mask that he was fairly certain would help protect them from the smoke and lack of breathable air for a little while (at least he knew for certain in Samus's case) so they were best suited to cover a withdrawal.

Keeping his gaze as upwards as he good to try and get some kind of heads up through the smoke of any falling rubble, Luigi followed his own order to get out of dodge as quickly as he could without running into anything from solid objects to fire. The smoke made it difficult to see and his head was already starting to get light as he discovered that the fire was eating through the air in the room quicker then he would have liked... but with a hacking cough he managed to stumble outside into the relatively fresh air, falling to his knees for a moment as he fought to get his breath back.

He trusted that the rest of his team would be able to get out just fine. After all, they all had the skill and ability to get out of a tough situation or they wouldn't have been recruited in the first place. He even went so far as to make a mental note to tell Hapu to break open a wall to allow the air to flow into the castle properly once the team was clear; While it would result in fuelling the fire to new heights, catching Brigan in such a thing might just bypass his shield. After all while it might protect him from the flames themselves, he doubted that it would offer much help against the indirect threats of the heat or the dangerous gases that the fire was giving off. Even if it did somehow provide the giant with a bubble of safe air to breath in around his body... Brigan was a big man and he was doing a lot of physical activity, so he would be breathing a lot. He would run out of breathable air sooner or later...

It was something of a shame that the seed that he had planted had more or less been abandoned; He didn't know if it would survive the fire and the falling castle and honestly he doubted if they would be able to go in after it even if it did. Not only would they have to locate where in the wreckage they would need to start looking, but removing the rubble itself without damaging the plant with their current equipment didn't seem all that possible. Besides, they didn't know how much time they had until Odin showed up; While he trusted that Mario and the rest of his team would give the so called 'Demon Lord' a run for his coins, they were only meant to slow him down. One had to lean on the side of caution.

Glancing up as he heard a shout of warning at the rapidly approaching frog girl Naija, be blinked a little as it quickly became clear that he had been right to be concerned.

Fire Emblem: Abyss (Open)

@dabombjk

Still here. Was waiting for others to post so it isn't just the me show.

Project Crossover [Video Game Crossover RP]

I'll get a post up as Luigi tomorrow.

TTL: The Final Hazard OOC

@Terminal

He isn't watching him be shot persay... just seeing how that situation plays out.

TTL: The Final Hazard OOC

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Actually it was not you who missed the deadline. As you pointed out, you were not mentioned in that particular post.

@Terminal

Oh really? Sorry, assumed it was me.