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Auriel nodded as he saw the last moments of Emlyn's own fight and his celebration. A smile creeped onto his face as he mulled it over for a moment, then he decided that a few moments of celebration -probably- wouldn't get them killed. Slapping his sword against nothing to shake some of the remaining blood off of it, he sheathed his blade and replaced his shield on his back. Then, his face lost almost all of its tension and he jumped in the air, pumping his fist once. "AWWW YEEAAAHHHH!!!! Chicken punks got PWNED!" Laughing happily, he walked over to Emlyn and sighed. "Ya did good, dude. Ya did good. Now...help me relieve these little shits of their tails. The feathers sell for bounties. I, for one, plan on making a trophy out of a few of them."

Regaining his serious composure, Auriel walked between the corpse, slashing their tails off and looping them around his belt. After gathering a few, leaving some for Emlyn of course, he started to slowly and meticulously pluck each feather out. This was not a job to be rushed. These feathers were unique, and he had to admit that they were rather striking. Not so much when the deadly creature they were attached to was trying to gut you like a fish, but still.

After finishing up his first tail, Auriel took a break to stretch his neck and arms. "Man...we are gonna be rich."

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As Emlyn took the role of distracting one of the Itzamna, Auriel went to work on the other. At first, it went to defend its kin, but the golden-clad warrior who had gotten in its way prevented that. After giving a screech of fury, it took a step towards Auriel, then jumped, forcing all of its weight onto his shield. He was pushed back a good bit, but Auriel managed to keep his defenses from collapsing. While he was having a pushing contest with the Grimm, the creature decided to get smart, swinging around his shield with its clawed arm. Auriel barely managed to protect himself with his Aura, but even that wasn't enough, and he felt the sharp claws cut into his cheek.

Cursing, Auriel swung his blade as hard as he could into the Itzamna's leg, a sickening crunch and screech sounding out as the raptor's bone broke, while at the same time feather and flesh were torn from its limb by the blade as it rotated rapidly. Angrily, the Grimm snapped at him with its mouth, Auriel meeting the elongated face with a smack from his shield. The Itzamna screeched again, taking a very cautious and slow step backwards, seeming to realize that it had no chance of survival now. Instead, it simply swiped its claws at Auriel, its one last line of defense.

Calmly, Auriel walked up to the monster, swatting one of its arms away with a quick swing from his sword. Countering the other arm's attack with a bash from his shield, Auriel dove directly into the creature's chest, stabbing his sword through its chest from the side, the spinning motions of the blade tearing it apart from the inside. In its death throes, the Grimm managed to hit Auriel in the back with one of its hands, but the talons were prevented from piercing Auriel's armor and flesh by his Aura. As the dead enemy limply fell to the ground, Auriel circled around and cut the end of its tail off. The feathers would serve as a nice trophy, and he could sell the other Itzamnas' feathers for a good price with Emlyn.

Oh, shit, Emlyn. Turning around, Auriel looked to his partner, hoping he'd been able to survive his own battle.

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Updated Auriel's image. Is veeerrrrryyyy good now. Much thanks to Luguuuu!

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Who else is coming for the mountains...?

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Lugubrious said
Anyone else want me to try recreating their character in Heromachine?

I would, but allow me to send a few extra details via PM.

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As Emlyn's own battle raged, Auriel stepped forward to fight half of the remaining Itzamna. He made a wide stance and stood tall and proud, exaggerating his frame to grab the attention of the two that hadn't already gone after Emlyn. He'd have to hold their attention while Emlyn handled the one he hadn't killed outright. The pair that hunted him, apparently having learned from their allies' failures, both attacked at once, sharp teeth and claws raking at him. Leaping back while slashing his sword, Auriel managed to avoid the first dual attack. The two Itzamna started circling around him in opposite directions, trying to trap them between them. If they did, he could always Blink away before an attack landed, but that was leaving too much up to chance.

Rapidly moving towards one of his attackers, Auriel blocked the resultant attack with his shield, stabbing his sword at the Grimm, only for no attack to land. Great, they knew how to feint, and not recognizing a feint was pretty embarrassing for a Beacon student. The Itzamna had copied him, leaping back, only it decided to follow that up with a forward leap, one massive claw aimed to tear at him. Desperately jumping to the side, Auriel managed a roll, quickly recovering from his failure. His breath came slowly and heavily, but he still had a lot of fight in him.

There weren't many times that Auriel wished he'd listened to his weapons master and tried to put some ranged component into his weapon, but now was one of those times. Even a few bullets or a small grenade would be of immense help. Still, his Semblance could fill that gap when it was absolutely needed. Blinking towards the Itzamna he'd moved away from before, Auriel took a sweeping swipe at the Grimm. His sword managed to make contact, but the damage was superficial: he hadn't even cut through its skin. Not a drop of blood was in sight, an unpleasant fact for Auriel. He grunted, stepping forward and slashing again, only for this attack to have the same effect. Stepping quickly to the side and turning to the other enemy, Auriel paused when he noticed that it had barely moved.

That was disturbing, but when both charged him again, Auriel understood what had happened a bit. They weren't taking any chances again. In that case, Auriel would need backup as well. Slowly moving to Emlyn, he spoke to his partner. "Hey, I see that you're...doing your own thing, but I'm in a bind with these two on me at once. Can you keep one's attention while I get the other? Hell, kill it if you want, just don't let them swarm me."

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I've heard of double posting, but quadruple posting? Daaaaaaamn.

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The Irish Tree said
I thought Tai and Robert were going to the prairie with all the Sitting Bulls?

Right. shiieeet. Thus leaving Auriel and Emlyn to fight off the four Itzamna. Damn, knew it was too good to be true!

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DOUBLE POST WOOOOOPS

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Awwwyeah. So, uh, Tai and Rob....halp? Plox?