Sorry, I thought I'd responded much earlier... but I guess the site ate my post. o__o
The basics of what I'd tried to say is that I had wanted Ryu to post next, and spoken to him about it, but never got a clear answer. I'll try again when I can contact him and depending on his response either he or I will post next.
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1. I like writing.
2. I like cats.
3. I like RWBY. (#Yangbestgril)
4. I am 30+ years old... (I lost count...)
5. I have graduated college.
6. I'm trying to get better at drawing.
7. I'm a dude.
8. I eat far too much cheese.
9. I watched a Markiplier video once. Now I have a crippling Taki addiction. Don't send help, just more Takis.
10. I have two dogs and they're cuter than yours.
11. For some reason I have three motorcycles.
12. My cheese addiction has cost me one gallbladder. I have not learned my lesson.
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Ryu explains it well. The only thing I'd say is that while the outcome, to this particular battle, is more or less set in stone, the steps leading to the end can be wildly different depending on what you come up with.
I know, that's why I realized I should tell you all that you can have more leeway now. I'm not exactly saying take control of the battle, but I'm not gonna stop you from writing out the effects of your own actions.
And considering I just opened the door for more leeway, you can't blame me if your posts are "useless." Talk to me, talk to Ryu, talk to the other RPers. Work together with someone and make something happen. That's why we have an OOC section (and PMs if you don't want to give everything away). Aside from the killing blow, I'm up for just about anything happening when the rest of you post.
Come up with an idea, run it by the rest of us if you feel the need to, and then go for it and make sure we can't just ignore each others posts.
I would really like for this OOC section to be a little less dead. It's probably not helping with what you just brought up that it is so at the moment.
And I realize that my own habits probably aren't helping either, it's an issue I'm constantly working at to try and leave more leeway for others to make things happen. It's why I'm kinda torn when Lugu throws a wrench into things. I like the spontaneity, but I also don't want the whole plot-line derailed.
Sorry if I came across poorly at any point.
And considering I just opened the door for more leeway, you can't blame me if your posts are "useless." Talk to me, talk to Ryu, talk to the other RPers. Work together with someone and make something happen. That's why we have an OOC section (and PMs if you don't want to give everything away). Aside from the killing blow, I'm up for just about anything happening when the rest of you post.
Come up with an idea, run it by the rest of us if you feel the need to, and then go for it and make sure we can't just ignore each others posts.
I would really like for this OOC section to be a little less dead. It's probably not helping with what you just brought up that it is so at the moment.
And I realize that my own habits probably aren't helping either, it's an issue I'm constantly working at to try and leave more leeway for others to make things happen. It's why I'm kinda torn when Lugu throws a wrench into things. I like the spontaneity, but I also don't want the whole plot-line derailed.
Sorry if I came across poorly at any point.
I'm gonna make all your lives a little easier when you're posting. It's become apparent that you all have assumed that you can't control the basilisk at all. While I appreciate you all erring on the side of caution, you can have some control so you can conclude your own posts during the fight.
As long as you follow a few guidelines, you can do what you want.
1. No killing it. (that's for me and Ryu to handle. Don't worry, you'll all be involved too.)
2. No causing massive wounds. (This thing is built like a tank)
3. No removing it from the bridge.
I'm pretty sure you can all handle writing reasonable outcomes for your attacks. Me and Ryu have spoken at some length with regards to this battle, so if you're not sure if what you have in mind for a post would be OK, just ask one of us. Also the edit button is a thing, and I'd rather you feel free to make a cool post that needs some minor tweaking than make a lame post that's "acceptable." :P
As long as you follow a few guidelines, you can do what you want.
1. No killing it. (that's for me and Ryu to handle. Don't worry, you'll all be involved too.)
2. No causing massive wounds. (This thing is built like a tank)
3. No removing it from the bridge.
I'm pretty sure you can all handle writing reasonable outcomes for your attacks. Me and Ryu have spoken at some length with regards to this battle, so if you're not sure if what you have in mind for a post would be OK, just ask one of us. Also the edit button is a thing, and I'd rather you feel free to make a cool post that needs some minor tweaking than make a lame post that's "acceptable." :P
I posted since Ryu's and Abel's posts kind of required some follow up from me.
What we need next is an Abel post, since he was supposed to be following behind Amalger, and then an Aurelia post because otherwise she's gonna be sitting out the fight if she don't do something soon. :P
What we need next is an Abel post, since he was supposed to be following behind Amalger, and then an Aurelia post because otherwise she's gonna be sitting out the fight if she don't do something soon. :P
-The Bridge-
The beast proved far too heavy to be moved, even under Nevin's relentless attacks. It was clearly quite upset though, and looked ready to tear his head off, not that it could reach the boy on its back. However, it found a new target. Ignoring Nevin as if he was little more than a fly, the basilisk found an easier pest. Felix, unable to travel like a lightning bolt, had arrived second despite departing first.
He reached its leg and speared his weapon straight forward, hoping a penetrating blow might pierce farther through its thick hide. If it did, it was hard to tell. The blade made it less than an inch into the creatures left leg. Felix's eyes went wide when he realized he was now stuck there, and hadn't even accomplished anything noteworthy.
"I get it!" Enyo shouted back, obeying Nevin's orders, though less than gracefully. That said, her aim was pretty much perfect, her arrow hitting it in what could have counted for a forehead. The flames spilled over its head, but it didn't slow it nearly as much as before. It just turned its head away, fixing its two lefts eyes on Felix while closing its right eyes. For a moment, it was effectively blind to everything but Felix... which initially seemed quite bad for Felix.
Felix fired his weapon, the recoil tearing it free from the basilisk's leg. He kept the momentum going and swung at its head, but the blade bounced off. The basilisk took a step back and parted its jaws, but suddenly it lost all balance and turned away from him quickly, opening all its eyes again. Its right leg was now encased in a block of ice. Felix took the chance and ran before it could try to eat him again, and Amalger replaced him.
The beast, unable to move much now, could only sort of duck low as Gwyn's blades struck at it, trying to limit what they hit. This also made the beast made an easy target for Amalger, even if the blade's themselves did little themselves. That said, it had four eyes and could still see him coming. It simply tilted its head just enough so that it only exposed the bony plate. It was now a terrible angle and Amalger's weapon struck only a glancing blow, most of the impact lost as the weapon slid across the bone. The basilisk then bucked its head and tossed Amalger from his feet. It didn't seem to care that its leg was frozen any more, it still had three.
It took a step back forward, and opened its mouth to scoop Amalger up and devour him. That said, its mouth was probably the least armored part of its body...
The beast proved far too heavy to be moved, even under Nevin's relentless attacks. It was clearly quite upset though, and looked ready to tear his head off, not that it could reach the boy on its back. However, it found a new target. Ignoring Nevin as if he was little more than a fly, the basilisk found an easier pest. Felix, unable to travel like a lightning bolt, had arrived second despite departing first.
He reached its leg and speared his weapon straight forward, hoping a penetrating blow might pierce farther through its thick hide. If it did, it was hard to tell. The blade made it less than an inch into the creatures left leg. Felix's eyes went wide when he realized he was now stuck there, and hadn't even accomplished anything noteworthy.
"I get it!" Enyo shouted back, obeying Nevin's orders, though less than gracefully. That said, her aim was pretty much perfect, her arrow hitting it in what could have counted for a forehead. The flames spilled over its head, but it didn't slow it nearly as much as before. It just turned its head away, fixing its two lefts eyes on Felix while closing its right eyes. For a moment, it was effectively blind to everything but Felix... which initially seemed quite bad for Felix.
Felix fired his weapon, the recoil tearing it free from the basilisk's leg. He kept the momentum going and swung at its head, but the blade bounced off. The basilisk took a step back and parted its jaws, but suddenly it lost all balance and turned away from him quickly, opening all its eyes again. Its right leg was now encased in a block of ice. Felix took the chance and ran before it could try to eat him again, and Amalger replaced him.
The beast, unable to move much now, could only sort of duck low as Gwyn's blades struck at it, trying to limit what they hit. This also made the beast made an easy target for Amalger, even if the blade's themselves did little themselves. That said, it had four eyes and could still see him coming. It simply tilted its head just enough so that it only exposed the bony plate. It was now a terrible angle and Amalger's weapon struck only a glancing blow, most of the impact lost as the weapon slid across the bone. The basilisk then bucked its head and tossed Amalger from his feet. It didn't seem to care that its leg was frozen any more, it still had three.
It took a step back forward, and opened its mouth to scoop Amalger up and devour him. That said, its mouth was probably the least armored part of its body...
I am attempting to coordinate with Ryu for his next post. Real life is making it difficult... hopefully we'll manage something soon. One of us shall keep all y'all updated if any further hiccups delay things. I don't foresee it taking too much longer though as it's not that big of a thing.
Well, the internet sucks at my job, so instead of watching youtube (or watching it buffer, rather...) I decided to post while I was on my lunch break.
-The Bridge-
"OK, but our angles will be limited. We can't get behind it, it's completely blocking the bridge," Randy replied to Nevin. The ranged fighters could get a wide angle from the left or right of the rock shelf, but anyone who ventured toward the bridge to fight it up close would be forced to make a frontal assault. Other than that, his plan, as basic as it was at the moment, seemed sound enough. She was't sure of what his semblance was, but she recalled a moment before where it felt like some invisible force had been trying to crawl in her head before abruptly leaving. Well, she'd just have to trust him and assume it worked like he said it did.
Well, it was time to get dirty she supposed. She reached up and pressed a switch on the side of her helmet and suddenly with a series of clicks and whirs her armor plates began rearranging themselves and sliding into place until only her chin and lips were left exposed.
"I probably have the best defense, so I'll try and keep its attention on me I suppose. I'm not as slow as I look, so I'm not too worried about getting caught..." That's what she said, but her voice was a little shaky. It was hard to be brave in front of the basilisk, but she was doing her best.
"Eh, well, if it gets too handsy we'll just have to give it a good smacking," Amalger said, stepping forward to stand next to her. He too slid his blast mask down over his face. There was no room for holding back at this point. Felix just silently stepped forth to join them, his weapon extending into its pole-arm from, the front sight sliding on rails to the end of, taking its place on top of the bottom barrel that had become the front end of the weapon.
"Can we hurry up, I'd like to win or die as soon as possible. This isn't exactly fun," Enyo called from the rear of the group.
"Easy for you to say," Randy muttered to herself. Enyo didn't have to tackled the basilisk head-on. "Fine then, let's go!" She took a deep breath, and then just charged straight at it, hoping that the rest of the group would follow through and be right behind her. With her left gauntlet, she left it in auto-cannon mode and opened fire, the bullets mostly harmlessly bouncing off its skull-plate. It roared as the battle began and opened its mouth as she got close, but she suddenly fired a grappling hook from her under-barrel launcher and hooked the back of its head plate and took to the air above it.
Once above it she reeled herself it, aiming to strike straight down at its neck. Once she was falling in the right direction, she activated her semblance, making her armor as heavy as possible. She fell like a stone, and struck its neck, right behind the skull plate, with her right gauntlet. The beast staggered from the impact, but her blade barely cut it at all. Its scaly skin much have been nearly as hard as its bone armor. She grit her teeth and turned her semblance off, as she herself was nearly immobile when she made her armor that heavy.
The basilisk had then recovered from the impact an began to thrash violently to dislodge her. She was beginning to panic, not sure how she was to escape at this point.
"Hey, do that thing with the hook again!" she heard Amalger shout, his deep voice quite loud and audible even over the basilisks angry screeching. She looked and saw him extend his hammer-sword and hold it so it was pointing up. She quickly figured out what he was doing and, taking another deep breath, did her best to steady herself and jumped off the basilisk while aiming her grappling hook. It hit, wrapping around his weapon. She this time did the reverse, making her armor lighter as she pulled herself safely off the basilisk.
The beast took a step, aiming to retaliate, but suddenly and arrow hit, though failed to even chip, its head... before exploding into a shower of flames. It was unharmed, but momentarily blind.
Felix set his feet, ready to charge, and then looked to Nevin.
"L-let's go!" Felix finally spoke, and then took off. He was much braver with his weapon in hand, but the basilisk made even that courage falter. However, it was disoriented from the flames. He hoped Nevin would figure out what he was doing. Felix needn't worry, because Randy did.
"Hey, Nevin, hit its right leg!" Randy called out, having unhooked herself from Amalger. "And you," she said to Amalger. "Get ready to pound that thing after they hit it. We can't let it pick a target!" His weapon looked much more capable of landing heavy blows without risky acrobatics like she'd resorted to.
"Against something that big, I'll need help. You ready big guy?" Amalger looked at Abel. If they both hit it at the same time, it would be sure to feel it... he hoped.
"OK, but our angles will be limited. We can't get behind it, it's completely blocking the bridge," Randy replied to Nevin. The ranged fighters could get a wide angle from the left or right of the rock shelf, but anyone who ventured toward the bridge to fight it up close would be forced to make a frontal assault. Other than that, his plan, as basic as it was at the moment, seemed sound enough. She was't sure of what his semblance was, but she recalled a moment before where it felt like some invisible force had been trying to crawl in her head before abruptly leaving. Well, she'd just have to trust him and assume it worked like he said it did.
Well, it was time to get dirty she supposed. She reached up and pressed a switch on the side of her helmet and suddenly with a series of clicks and whirs her armor plates began rearranging themselves and sliding into place until only her chin and lips were left exposed.
"I probably have the best defense, so I'll try and keep its attention on me I suppose. I'm not as slow as I look, so I'm not too worried about getting caught..." That's what she said, but her voice was a little shaky. It was hard to be brave in front of the basilisk, but she was doing her best.
"Eh, well, if it gets too handsy we'll just have to give it a good smacking," Amalger said, stepping forward to stand next to her. He too slid his blast mask down over his face. There was no room for holding back at this point. Felix just silently stepped forth to join them, his weapon extending into its pole-arm from, the front sight sliding on rails to the end of, taking its place on top of the bottom barrel that had become the front end of the weapon.
"Can we hurry up, I'd like to win or die as soon as possible. This isn't exactly fun," Enyo called from the rear of the group.
"Easy for you to say," Randy muttered to herself. Enyo didn't have to tackled the basilisk head-on. "Fine then, let's go!" She took a deep breath, and then just charged straight at it, hoping that the rest of the group would follow through and be right behind her. With her left gauntlet, she left it in auto-cannon mode and opened fire, the bullets mostly harmlessly bouncing off its skull-plate. It roared as the battle began and opened its mouth as she got close, but she suddenly fired a grappling hook from her under-barrel launcher and hooked the back of its head plate and took to the air above it.
Once above it she reeled herself it, aiming to strike straight down at its neck. Once she was falling in the right direction, she activated her semblance, making her armor as heavy as possible. She fell like a stone, and struck its neck, right behind the skull plate, with her right gauntlet. The beast staggered from the impact, but her blade barely cut it at all. Its scaly skin much have been nearly as hard as its bone armor. She grit her teeth and turned her semblance off, as she herself was nearly immobile when she made her armor that heavy.
The basilisk had then recovered from the impact an began to thrash violently to dislodge her. She was beginning to panic, not sure how she was to escape at this point.
"Hey, do that thing with the hook again!" she heard Amalger shout, his deep voice quite loud and audible even over the basilisks angry screeching. She looked and saw him extend his hammer-sword and hold it so it was pointing up. She quickly figured out what he was doing and, taking another deep breath, did her best to steady herself and jumped off the basilisk while aiming her grappling hook. It hit, wrapping around his weapon. She this time did the reverse, making her armor lighter as she pulled herself safely off the basilisk.
The beast took a step, aiming to retaliate, but suddenly and arrow hit, though failed to even chip, its head... before exploding into a shower of flames. It was unharmed, but momentarily blind.
Felix set his feet, ready to charge, and then looked to Nevin.
"L-let's go!" Felix finally spoke, and then took off. He was much braver with his weapon in hand, but the basilisk made even that courage falter. However, it was disoriented from the flames. He hoped Nevin would figure out what he was doing. Felix needn't worry, because Randy did.
"Hey, Nevin, hit its right leg!" Randy called out, having unhooked herself from Amalger. "And you," she said to Amalger. "Get ready to pound that thing after they hit it. We can't let it pick a target!" His weapon looked much more capable of landing heavy blows without risky acrobatics like she'd resorted to.
"Against something that big, I'll need help. You ready big guy?" Amalger looked at Abel. If they both hit it at the same time, it would be sure to feel it... he hoped.
Had/having a busy weekend. Will post to get things moving as soon as I can (though probably not today or tomorrow... my busyness has not yet ended D: )
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