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Still about two feet of snow on the ground over here, with the occasional flurry to keep it topped off...

I'm starting to wonder where it's all going to go once it finally does start to melt. Especially if the rivers decide to take their sweet time thawing out.
Name: Semyon Makarov
Likes: Reading, debating, exploring ancient ruins, guns, stargazing, dancing the Kazachok.
Dislikes: People trying to kill him, people trying to kill you, insects in general, flesh-eating insects in particular.
Race: Human...ish.
Eye Color: Pale Grey

Good to Know: Pleasant speaker, somewhat terrible at telling jokes, mostly rotted from the neck down.

You should: Have a forgiving sense of humor, not be disgusted by rotted flesh, not be frightened by festering organs... probably be undead.
Canoli said
What Hellis is getting at, is that AH explicitly writes in his latest post that Henry is the one who actually the Nixie, while it doesn't appears so in Crabmeat's post. Amirite?


Crabmeat's opening paragraphs mirror the way Heroes said the Nixie died, disintegrating on his horns with a scream. He even mentioned Henry beside him as assisting in the kill.

If it's the 'assist' part of the post that seems to be an issue... it shouldn't be. It makes sense that Raleigh would think he killed the Nixie, whether or not his blow was the 'final' one (which, going by Heroes' post, it wasn't). Crabmeat didn't shunt Henry out of the picture, his character mistook what happened as the sole results of his actions, something that makes plenty of sense.
"The Nixie that was holding the knife was immediately impaled upon Raleigh’s antlers, moments before Henry—in all his natural glory—fully removed the water spirit from the realm of the living. Her body, still skewered upon the antlers of the dryad, began to wilt, and then subsequently disintegrate into a vast pool of acrid water, as if her body were a giant sponge being wrung dry by unseen hands. Her voice carried an ear-splitting wail throughout the cavern until, in mere moments, she died."

^ Hero's last post, before Raleigh posted again. Raleigh didn't 'one-shot' the Nixie, he and Henry attacked it, then our GM decided it died... fairly quickly, at that.
Turns out, Semyon did not have more bullets ready.

Not for what came now.

So he didn't bother trying, wasting not a single bullet either into the doomed construct before if, nor into the ever-growing crowd behind. They were the guardians of the Library then? He could understand their anger. Though the Wight hadn't directly harmed any of the books himself, he was part of the fight that had all-but leveled the area around them. Of course the custodians would be angry- they had every right to be- Semyon and his comrades were fully in the wrong.

So he didn't try shooting them. It seemed the polite thing to do.

He didn't stand still and accept their punishment either, however. Guilty or not, he and his comrades had a mission to complete. Two missions, neither of which could accept any casualties. Perhaps he'd keep some of the texts Michael found in the next smuggler troves and donate them, later. It wouldn't fix the destruction, but since Semyon wasn't going to be caught by the custodians here, he felt he should give them something, at least.

Hopefully they understood the sentiment.

Sethan's voice cut through the din as Semyon began to move, the Wight taking quick note of the King's shadowy protection- as well as the strained tone of his face. Quickly, then, was best.

Something Anselm seemed to agree with, the giant landing with a great tremor just ahead, making his own way to the potential safety of the darkened doorway. Tamarind had gotten Nestor off the construct, it seemed, both moving quickly ahead. The golem-man was moving as well, one of their comrades in his arms and another by his side. The young woman who he thought had been staring at him in Ireland went dashing ahead upon her... Hellhound?

That was everyone who came to the Library, which spoke well. But now that they had beaten down the guards and angered the custodians, they had to find the Ankh itself... Then find a way to get out.

Hopefully Isis could do that wing-thing again. That had been... did 'nice' work in that context? Close enough, it had been nice. Something he'd do again.

For now, thought, Semyon kept pace just ahead of Sethan, back-stepping quickly with only the occasional look to ensure he didn't run over a comrade, keeping his attention primarily at the writhing mass just behind the undead King. He didn't want to shoot the custodians, but he very much did want his comrades to survive. If he had to pulverize the legs or eyes of a couple stone scarabs with pistol fire to ensure their survival, then that's what he would do.

...Hopefully the scarabs would understand that sentiment as well.
Mmmmm Demon Hunters.

Not sure if I'll be playing mine, my witch doctor, or going crusader for the expac... or just playing TESO instead....

One of the above, probably.
Semyon allowed himself a small sense of satisfaction as the construct's eyes dimmed. Every being had a weak point after all, even to tiny pieces of fast-moving lead. Now if Anslem could get the leverage to trip it up, they cou-

Ah, Sethan had taken the initiative himself. True to the title he wo-

Oh. Sethan had just been launched out of sight.

Concern flashed through the Wight's mind, but he couldn't act on it, not now. Sethan was undead -a powerful undead- so it was unlikely that blow did any real injury. Semyon's immediate concern for now, however, was the wave of fire and rocky shrapnel the blinded construct was throwing up at... well... everyone.

Cannot select a target? Hit everything you can. Created being or not, this statue knew combat.

Rising from his crouch, Semyon spared half an instant to glance about the battlefield, then moved. Legs drove against the ground in a sudden, fierce sprint as the undead soldier bolted to, then up the stone shelves on his left. He scaled the grand architecture in steady leaps, shelf-by-shelf, one had helping keep his balance while the other kept his weapon trained on the construct. Pebbles and sputtering embers bounced off his form, but he had climbed high enough, the true danger of the construct's attack unable to do more than spit in anger at his actions.

From up there, as he looked to judge the conditions of his comrades, a voice suddenly whispered by his ear. Belonging to the ethereal form of a strange woman seemingly unconcerned of Semyon's current position, her words gave the Wight his next pressing objective.

Keep Nestor alive? Ah, the volunteer... who was currently charging the blinded construct. Seems he was the kind to repeat a plan until it failed him.

"I won't let him die." Letting go of the shelf above him, Semyon kept his gaze on the sprinting form, even as his own began to tip into empty air. His eyes narrowed as Nestor fired something and began to climb. "But he's badly injured already."

He was in free-fall before the last word left his mouth.

Semyon's weapon spat a pair of quick bursts into the construct's face, then went silent, hammer striking empty air. Tucking it close to his chest, the Wight hit the ground legs first, dropping into a roll an instant before the force would have shattered his bones. He came up in front og the surviving construct, hands already drawing an extended magazine from his coat, swapping out the emptied one and taking aim once more.

"Tamarind!" His voice bellowed out once more, as he kept sight of the werewolf in question. "Look to Nestor at your flank!"

Without knowing how well the construct could hear and judge, that statement would have to be enough. It was blinded, their comrade Nestor seemed to have a plan, but unless Semyon's eyes were mistaken, he was in poor condition. Tamarind was closest, she'd be able to more accurately judge and give assistance, if needed.

As for Semyon, he kept position ahead of the construct, weapon trained upon it's eyes. They were pitted and darkened by gunfire, but if they ignited once more, for whatever reason, he had more bullets ready.
Holding back on a reply to Nestor, to see if Cannoli has something planned for his Giant. Though if you need to for any reason, feel free to assume he put a few more bullets into that construct's eye to help with the distracting.
Canoli said
As I stated in the OOC* after posting in the IC, it takes time for him to transform, making those mentionings odd to begin with. I can adapt, leave it as is and post accordingly, but any hulking out - as well as reversing - in the future takes time. It's not something done with the bat of an eye (this is a decision I've made merely to limit Dunn's abilities, and make it more "believable"), and it's also against Dunn's nature to blindly charge things he is out of his league - otherwise he wouldn't have become as old as he as.As such, I just want to make it clear that that quick of a transformation is beyond his abilities and that his behaviour is uncharacteristic; he wont behave similarly in the future.* =


I think it *could* work out, to change some things so that the statues noticed Anslem changing, and targeted him, much less impact to what's already written if it really needs to be changed. A thought, though? I get why you grouped his transformation into one post, and your initial comment in the OOC helped a bit... But it's still difficult when no one knows exactly how long said transformation should take. Does Anslem just miss the opening salvos? Is he out for almost the entire fight? If other writers want to acknowledge him in the battle (Either to try and fight alongside, or protect while he transforms) that kind of ambiguity makes it difficult for them to judge.

Semyon was hoping for a giant, ass-kicking buddy at his side, but he can just as easily drop into VIP-protection mode: He just needs to know when to do which.
AmongHeroes said
I think my latest post should solve any issues or doubts about the insta-kill thing.


Comment: Veti and Semyon had gone for the construct that charged Anslem, per your previous post, while I believe Adam and Daisy were playing with the one that got staggered by Nestor's mage-comet. Your last post just made it seem everyone had attacked just one of them.

AmongHeroes said
Congratulations everyone! I've done some looking, and Pieces of 8 currently holds the third most IC posts of any Advanced RP on this site. To make it even better, our RP is a lot younger than the two ahead of us . I wanted to say to all of you for putting in such great work and time for this RP. It means a great deal to me to have you here and enjoying yourselves. Carry on!


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