Zombehs

Aurora, The Land of Twilight and Falsities

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Valair was sure he would have been happy as well to be free from that frozen hellhole, but Rena’s excitement only sent a fresh wave of pain through his head. He twitched even as she expressed her concern and unable to help it, he grunted out, “Sh-shut up… please.” His entire body stilled at that and he grimaced as he managed to realize what he had just said. ‘Fuck…’ Unfamiliar voice aside, there was blessed silence for a moment where he tried to relax his body as best as he could, uncurling himself.

He rolled over onto his back, both hands still covering his way, and exhaled shakily as the pain began to subside little by little. The blessed silence, broken only by soft wind for the moment, really did help and he was able to mutter, “Sorry Rena, just re-really need the silence.” Even saying that much seemed to take quite a bit as he grimaced and sighed heavily. His breathing slowly evened out after a few more moments, but he remained unmoving for a while longer after that.

Eventually his arms wiped away the wetness he felt on his face, but the sticky sensation and metallic scent of blood remained behind. He didn’t feel like opening his eyes at all, already feeling the sting from behind closed eyelids. “I look like shit don’t I?” he asked in a hoarse voice, sighing afterwards as his throat felt like shit. ‘Shouldn’t have drank all my water…’ he thought regretfully as he wiped his bloody hands on the grass next to him.

Labyrinth

Surprisingly, Senna didn’t hesitate in the slightest to test the monster they found themselves against. Unsurprisingly, the Metal Slime also didn’t hesitate to rush towards them at the open hostility the small-statured archer displayed. He braced himself and readied his shield as the vastly more powerful Slime closed the distance with unprecedented speed.

"Oh geez," he muttered as her arrow shattered against its frame ineffectively. “Up the stairs!” he barked at Senna without a glance even as he prepared to receive the creature; her arrows had proven themselves useless and the Slime Prince was quick enough that Alexander could not afford to cover for her against an opponent such as this.

It seemed that its title as a Metal Slime wasn’t simply for show as its flexible body was as sturdy, perhaps even sturdier, than any plate armor. The natural flexibility it displayed as a slime meant that it would dull and absorb any blow even better than rigid and inflexible steel. He didn’t think his mundane sword would be capable of dealing a fatal blow to the creature, but had no more time to contemplate such matters as Zhan lashed out at the both of them.

He took a step back to open a bit of distance, present the side of his body as a target, and swept his blade across his chest to parry aside the pointed tip. His shield was also swung out to bash aside the arm that aimed for Senna. He held nothing back this time around even knowing that it was more than likely his equipment might not survive if he did so. Better easily replaceable things such as a shield or sword than his or Senna’s life though.

Aurora, The Land of Twilight and Falsities

Well, if the groups are rearranged to create new teams that still leaves us with 12 or so players, a fairly good number. If it's possible to sort things out internally, so to speak, I think that would be a better idea.

It would mean some of the current areas/groups would no longer work, but they could come into play later on in the RP?

Aurora, The Land of Twilight and Falsities

@Damiann47Yeah, s'no biggie. Life happens and what not.

Labyrinth

Though initially confused at the odd voice, it wasn’t hard to quickly notice what had to be the source. He took a moment to actually look around the floor this time rather than focus on the enemy that presented itself and saw nothing of concern, so his attention naturally focused on the creature.

“Should have finished it off,” he muttered to himself as he saw the Acid Slime that clung to its hand like some sort of glove. The creature looked to be made of liquid silver and Alexander could feel the pressure that it exuded. Certainly, just by appearance he would have guessed that this monster was several classes above the Slimes and Goblins he had seen, but the air it had confirmed that. That and the fact that it could actually speak spoke of higher intelligence and, naturally, danger.

If the Slime Prince Zhan had been only a bit stronger than the other creatures he had faced in the Labyrinth then Alexander would have challenged it without hesitation. This much of a jump warranted caution even from a battle fanatic like him and he kept his eyes on the creature’s indistinct form as he whispered to Senna, “What do you think? Should we try and take it?” He was not above a retreat to gather more information about such a monster with such a convenient statue only a moment away, but perhaps a brief battle to try and gauge its strength would be in order? They would have to overcome this obstacle if they wished to advance further into the Labyrinth eventually, it would be nice to know just how much improvement would be necessary if at all.

Aurora, The Land of Twilight and Falsities

Still, around just waiting on a post by @Damiann47. Might post just to get Valair up and functional again, but will see.

Labyrinth

Well… damn, he sort of wanted the Slime to explode in from the force of impact or something, but apparently he wasn’t strong enough to do that quite yet. Well failed attempt aside, he continued to follow the slime even as the fizzling sound reached his ears again. He narrowed his eyes and frowned as he noticed a bunch of bubbles surrounding the rock that had been embedded in the red slime’s body momentarily before it darted into the other room. He looked to Senna when she approached, blinked in surprise, and murmured, “Got more nimble did ya, and but of course.”

While Senna hurried to the next room, Alexander dearly wanted to figure out what the cause of that sound was and what the special property of the red slime was. Figuring that the torch he had thrown, and resulted in the first occurrence of the sizzle, might have a clue. He made his way over, careful of the puddles of slime and carefully stuck the tip of his blade through the wooden stick and lifted it up for an examination. Not that it was really necessary given the results were readily apparent. The side that had been exposed to the red slime’s body was blackened and crumbled every time he shook his weapon. “Acid huh…” he flicked the contaminated wood from the tip of his weapon with a sigh, and skirted the untouched edge of the room over towards Senna and her own discovery.

“Interesting,” he muttered before he mentioned, “Right, the Red Slimes are corrosive, acidic, or something.” He shuddered a bit as he imagined having one land on top of him… His face, and more importantly eyes and ears, would probably be ruined in moments. “Ugh…” He didn’t get too caught up in it though and approached the statue to do as Senna had told him to. Hit with the same voice and explanation, Alexander stumbled back a bit as he shook his head to clear it. He much preferred Senna’s brief and simple explanation.

“Well with that, I’m tempted to say yes and push deeper. You with me?” he asked as he stepped onto the first step down to the fourth floor, weapon and shield at the ready.

Labyrinth

He whistled, impressed, as she managed to take down the second Slime before the remains of the first even splattered onto the floor. With both the Slimes on the ceiling taken care of with ease by the archer, Alexander’s attention naturally went to the last Slime alive. Though his initial urge was to chase it down before it could escape, he pushed it down to think about this rationally. There didn’t seem to be any immediate danger within this room and the Slime wasn’t particularly fast when it crawled. Would have been much faster for it to pounce its way away from them really...

He flicked his shield arm a few times to get most of the poison Slime’s remain off and then walked after the Red Slime. It was easy to keep pace and he kept the distance in between him and the monster fairly large. He sheathed his blade for the moment and fumbled around his bag, pulling out a rock afterwards. Tossing it in the air and then catching it, he put his entire body into the throw and hurled the fist-sized stone at the slow moving slime. He couldn’t see the monster’s core from here, but he wasn’t testing the waters; trying to see what was up with the odd behavior.

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@Zombehs

Meant to cook up a post tonight, but I'm feeling burnt out.

Edit: Felt weird just leaving it like that, but yeah soon as I get the chance tomorrow I'll work on my post.

@Damiann47

Ya, ya, ya. S'all is good. Stay healthy, happy, and don't worry about it.

Aurora, The Land of Twilight and Falsities

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