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Lucy patiently watched everyone talk it out. When Fenna informed her to ignore everything Zell was suggesting, she nodded knowingly.
"Party idiot," she said to the woman. "Got it. Most parties have one of those. My condolences to you... Fenna," she added the woman's name as it came up on the screen.
The idiot was next, with a couple of questions for her. "Oh we don't need the scanner to tell what class you are," she said with a cheeky smile. "I'd peg you for a low-intelligence Bard, but seeing as you're carrying two swords... plain old fighter." She checked the screen. "Yep. Fighter. No brains required." She'd dealt with every type of adventurer in her time. Zell was the kind she loved to deal with. She enjoyed the banter. "As for your teleport. It's an ability rather than a spell, so there's no real way to say it other than; you just do it. Sorry. You'll have to figure it out for yourself, Zell."
Adam stepped up next and for a second, Lucy's smile disappeared. Did he just say; giant centaur? "The crystal turns purple when it's interfacing with the Source Code - The Source Code being 'the language of existence and creation.' So when you scan your crystals, our magi-tech computers are creating a link to your crystals via the Source Code, giving us your information. And when your party wins a fight, you will gain power through your crystals absorbing a portion of the life force of your enemies - to do so also requires interfacing with the Source Code, which is why your crystal turned purple."
Lucy suddenly got distracted with her screen, filing through the data as she searched out-
No use, she wouldn't be able to tell until the party was registered with the Guild. Still, there was no way Adam could be talking about the infamous Aurok the Maneater. No way.
When The Heroes from the Sky arrived at the Adventurer's Guild, they would either go up the stairs to the meet one of the Guildmasters, or be directed there by anyone who they asked. The bartender would be unfamiliar with their faces and eventually point them up the stairs too, once he realised that they were not registered with the guild.
However it happened they would eventually be upstairs at the grand desk, speaking to Lucinda Bottrill, one of the two guildmasters in the Adventurer Guild's Valhiem Chapter.
"Hello there," she greeted as they approached. The north-easterner Elf never forgot a face, so when she saw them, she immediately knew that they introductions were necessary. Getting up from her chair and walking behind the desk, her little pet dog, Scribble, jumped off her shoulder ran past the party down the stairs. "Lucinda Bottrill. Call me Lucy. How can I help you?" After realising that they were greener than leaves in the spring season, she informed them that before she could offer the guild's services, they would have to register their party. "I'll be needing you all to scan your crystals, if you please. And I'll need your party name and your chosen leader, thank you. Then I'll be able to help you with whatever you need."
Built into the well-polished wood desk was a golden metal plate with a wide slit that glowed the same blue as their crystals. As they passed their left hand over the scanner, both the blue glow and their crystal would briefly go purple to signify a connection. Then Lucy would peer at her magi-tech screen and look at translated Source Code provided.
@Zool@Calle@Saiyan@Teyao@Crusader Lord@Zapdos@Eviledd1984
All votes are in!
Seeing as Zool came up with the party name, MacKensie can suggest it IC. As for how James ends up signing the dotted line, I'll let you guys play it out how you wish.
All votes are in!
Party Name: Second Chance
Party Leader: James Sirius
Seeing as Zool came up with the party name, MacKensie can suggest it IC. As for how James ends up signing the dotted line, I'll let you guys play it out how you wish.
THERE WAS A TIE! FINAL ROUND! VOTE ONCE AGAIN FOR THE PARTY NAME! ANSWER VIA PM OR OOC PLEASE, ASAP!
1. The Audacious Anomalies
2. Second Chance
Please vote between these two most popular results. Players can vote for their own suggestion, in this final round.
1. The Audacious Anomalies
2. Second Chance
Please vote between these two most popular results. Players can vote for their own suggestion, in this final round.
To heal all wounds of the party would ordinarily cost around 800 silver and a couple of hours, judging by the current state of the party. Due to MacKensie being absent from the hospital, aswell as the expert nature of James' medical treatment and Fast Healing spell on Lillianna, the cost was 300 silver and one hour.
With a combination of medical research and knowledge, the current level of technology and magic related to those who bear The Gift of the Source Crystals, party healing at hospitals was a relatively simple and cheap affair. Each injured member would be laid on special beds, scanned with technological devices that linked with their crystals, and given special enchanted tonics.
James and Zell would be fully healed within 20 minutes. Lillianna would be as good as new in 1 hour.
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From where they entered - The South West Entrance - The Heroes from the Sky would see, right by the hospital, the famed tavern and inn; The Mended Drum(See map No.5) - a place where they could rent rooms and rest while they were in Valhiem.
Their path to the Academy where they needed to deliver the cube, would require them to go through The Bazaar(See map No.10) - a loud commercial district where many of the city's shops and stalls were clustered. Past the Bazaar they would go north along the river and The Warehouse District, until they reach The Big Bridge.
Going across The Big Bridge, they would be looking right at the Citadel Mountain, where stood the governing district - The Town Hall, the Governer's House, the City Barracks and Fortress - all together known as The Citadel(See map No.1).
To get up the mountain would require following the road past The Adventurer's Guild(See Map No.3), where Commander Vadim of Hommas said there might be answers as to why the party had been dragged from their world.
Following the road around and up the mountain would eventually come to The Academy(See Map No.2) - Valhiem's prestigious campus for education, technological research and magical pusuits.
TIME TO VOTE FOR THE PARTY NAME! PLEASE PM YOUR ANSWER TO ME ASAP!
1. The Skyfallen Wardens
2. Skyheroes
3. World's Apart
4. Sky Warriors
5. The Audacious Anomalies
6. Second Chance
Please vote between these six choices.
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Additionally, these were jokes options that cannot be voted for:
1. "Fenna and MacKenzie didn't let us choose a good name so we are using this in reprisal"
2. "The Death-Defying Danger-Seeking Dunces From Earth"
3. Zell should IC suggest "The Zell Squad"
1. The Skyfallen Wardens
2. Skyheroes
3. World's Apart
4. Sky Warriors
5. The Audacious Anomalies
6. Second Chance
Please vote between these six choices.
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Additionally, these were jokes options that cannot be voted for:
1. "Fenna and MacKenzie didn't let us choose a good name so we are using this in reprisal"
2. "The Death-Defying Danger-Seeking Dunces From Earth"
3. Zell should IC suggest "The Zell Squad"
Each of them would feel the hum of their Source Crystal - The Gift - as it called out to the very fabric of existence. The lifeforce of their enemies faded. The Alpha Direwolves. Aurok the Maneater. Such powerful enemies. Such powerful lifeforces.
Their crystals overflowed, reaching the limit several times over, and shone purple to signify:
Ascension - The adventurers had ascended to a new level of strength. Their class-specific attacks would be innately, significantly more powerful. Their bodies could handle more damage, and their resistance to slashing, peircing, crushing or elemental injuries was considerabley higher too. Their current abilities would grow, new capabilities would be born, and a higher capacity to learn more powerful things was apparent.
Ascension - The true power and realisation of The Gift of the Source Crystals.
James, Arthur, Fenna and Joji's united offensive was enough to occupy Aurok the Maneater. This fact in of itself was astounding considering that between the four of them were three weapons and a single small blinding spell, and their enemy was monster of tremendous strength and magic. But it was their teamwork and natural sense of timing that made them effective.
Aurok's fist broke the ground as it barely missed Fenna. Joji's quickness also got him in close as he dodged a swipe. James' blinding spell was enough to protect Fenna's falcon from being plucked out of the air as it headed north out of The Mazy Hillocks, taking the cube to safety. Arthur charged in, swinging his anchor up into a flash-freeze uppercut that broke through Aurok's magic resistance and wounded him. Joji and Fenna's combined attacks on the legs of the monster, was enough to pain Aurok and he began bucking and dancing, trying to kick the pesky adventurers with his mighty hooves.
With a stroke of misfortune for Arthur was grabbed in one massive hand, anchor and all, then launched like a baseball into the sloping cliffside, bouncing off the rocky wall and going over the top. Such damage would have killed any of the others, but the Reaver of the Deep survived, his large tattoo rusting over as Undaya's Gift resisted the deadly blow to save his life as it could once per day. But he was hurt and out of sight.
Continuing to buck, dance and prance, to minimize damage until it could see again, Aurok still suffered from the sword and enchanted spear of Fenna and Joji. But it would take much more than these regular, fairly weak weapons to do any significant damage to Aurok. It backed away from them, starting to recover it's sight and then swept another gigantic arm to grab another body..........
"I swear on god; if it is the last. Thing. I Fucking do...!" then he turned to face him proper. "...I'm going to cut your fucking head off!"
Fury. Vengeance. In their eyes. All over their face. Gone is their courage, for courage requires the presence of fear to exist. In place of it - fearless, reckless hate. They will gladly die if it means I die with them. Must be careful.
What a mess this has become.
"Come try," were Zigmund's words as he pointed his sword toward the duo.
The double-rush did not faze the assassin, nor did the speed of his opponents. Not the fluttering capes of blue and green as they attacked with all manner of movements. Not the combinations of high and low attacks from the varying angles.
All of this, Zigmund was more than a match for. For all the fury and skill of Zell and MacKensie, they were still lacking in the Source required to provide significant difficulty to the powerful elemental ninja. However, what tipped the balance in their favour was that a portion of Zigmund's concentration had to stay on Aurok the Man Eater; who was going crazy behind him.
Zigmund's sword parried Zell as he moved around, but everytime he pushed to stab the swordsman, MacKensie forced him to block her dagger attack. His head rocked to the side as a crossbow bolt pinged off his helmet, but he still managed to block a swordstrike, push Zell away with a foot and turn in time to meet MacKensie. He caught her daggerhand and raised the tip of his sword to the bridge of her nose. Before he could run her through, he was grabbed by Aurok the Man Eater, who he'd took his eye for one second and now paid the price.
Zigmund slashed the centaur arm with his sword, causing great damage, but Aurok kept a grip of him and disarmed the ninja with a smash from his other giant hand. Up into the air Zigmund was raised, and Aurok took a bite out of the elemental ninja. Zigmund roared in pain as his arm, right up to the shoulder, was in the mouth of Aurok, but his armour stopped the assassin from losing his limb completely.
Forced to use his most powerful attack, Zigmund, with his half-eaten arm, cast a giant explosion of Source, right in the throat of Aurok. It was loud, leaving all in the area with ringing in their ears. Zigmund was released and fell to the ground hard. He was hurt badly, and now he was out of energy. He put everything he had into that explosion. While everyone was reeling from the sound, Zigmund slipped away, climbed the cliffside and fled the battlefield, without his weapon, and almost without an arm.
It wouldn't take long to recharge to full health and power. Some water and rest would do the trick. Next time he would face them without spending half of his magic sprinting through night and day. Next time he'd be at full strength.
As for Aurok...
The Man Eater was a dreadful sight. Zigmund's explosion had left the giant centaur with it's lower jaw hanging off by a hinge, aswell as a massive, gory opening in it's lower throat and chest. It was a wonder that the monster was still standing. It staggered around as it looked at the adventurers, blaming them for it's injury seeing as Zigmund was nowhere to be found. It knew it was eventually going to die, so it began casting one final attack - Earth magic in one of the most destructive spells. Greater Tectonic Shift.
It was a spell that caused explosive growth of giant spikes to blast out of all earth in the surrounding area. It was a nasty spell at the best of times. But here, in the labyrinth of earth and rock that was The Mazy Hillocks? With no Greater Counter Spell or even Lesser Counter Spell to shave off some of the power? No Barrier or Physical Damage Resistance?
Death sentence.
The ground was rumbling and as the Source gathered toward Aurok, a green swirling fizz in the air started to form a ball in front of the centaur. And then just before the final trigger, Arthur appeared atop the cliffside, bellowing a war cry as he ran and jumped off the precipice, his anchor once again covering up with permafrost, up the chain and up his forearms. He sailed through the air and lashed his anchor attack at Aurok, who caught him with one hand. But the length of the anchor's chain was too much and the anchor blasted right into Aurok's injured chest, reaching it's heart and killing the Man Eater right where it stood.
The green energy orb disappeared and dispersed. The rumbling stopped. Arthur had saved them all. But he'd paid the ultimate price. For the razor sharp tail of Aurok had stabbed him through the heart in kind. Both the saviour and the monster had died in the same instant.
The anchor dropped and clattered on the ground as Aurok backed up a step and fell with Arthur into the blackness of the gorge.
Silence fell on The Mazy Hillocks. The battle was over. All that was left was for the battered and injured party to exit The Mazy Hillocks out north, and they would see the distant walls and towers of the city of Vahiem.
One person that came to mind was Renee O'Connor who played Gabrielle in Xena the warrior princess.
That's a nice choice!
Also, I can't believe that someone else here remembers Xena Warrior Princess lol. That sure takes me back a while.
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