Kysen pops his neck, and draws his Thwack Hammer.
"Is there a chance of survival for all? Doubtful, but we'll see..."
"You there!" Shouts on of the gremlins, "If you ask me, you'll show no mercy to any of the other-"
"AND DID I ASK FOR YOUR ADVISE?!?!"
The gremlin pulls back, and runs.
Kysen chuckles.
The Finder grabbed a cord, dodged a contestant's sword swing, and grabbed a carving knife. None of the other items looked appealing enough to risk her life over, so she fled with the items she had. She ran into the woods and stumbled into a creek, making an embarrassing splash. After fishing her items out of the riverbed, she climbed onto the riverbank, found a perch in a tree, and looked around.
Not far away, she noticed two figures at the riverside, one sleeping, one not. She watched them with as much interest as a panther. She began to casually carve a dart from a piece of wood as she watched Topo hilariously try and fail to wake up Equinox. She blunted the end and threw the dart at Equinox, bouncing off his neck and jolting him awake.
Zanek'Arkthul sat on his haunches on a tree branch about 20 yards from the lake. He studied the two contestants.
They are fools, Zane. Taste their blood. The order has no use for them. The charred woman caught his eye, she was throwing something at the fat one. He grinned, he sensed blood was going to be spilled. He was wrong, however, for it just bounced off him. The fat one snorted, waking up. He stared intensely at The Finder.
She will feed your hunger, Zane. You will eat her flesh and gain her power, or will you recruit her?
They do not know the taste of blood- Zane shushed him, he could get tiresome at times.
He hopped down from the branch. He started creeping towards the woman, kukri in hand, he stood up behind her and put the kukri to her throat.
"For Bloodsteel."
Leaves crunch from beneath my feet as I walk inside this large forest.
I hear footsteps coming along earlier, so I took refuge in this spacious forest. More noise, aside from those leaves and footsteps, were beating in my ears. I walk faster, and I found a water source, silvery and sparkly, both.
I hear some echoed breathing from near me, but I paid no attention, because, I now can drink up.
Then those footsteps again.
The Finder felt a sword come to her neck. Fool. I should have been watching. She slowly turned her head to look at Zane, giving him naught but a smirk and a toothy grin for a response. She elbowed him in the chest, and as he crumpled, she grabbed his arm and bit a chunk out of it.
She then jumped out of the tree and snapped a fireball, holding it aloft threateningly to keep Zane away.
I wake up quickly, the cord in my hand electrifying the creek. Oh Vog! Someone had found me! I shove him off the tree, delivering a strong Stun. I land and look the Finder in the eyes. I deliver myself behind her, and use a hand-Stun again before jumping into the tree. Grabbing a water bottle quickly from the hidden hole, I pour the water on the man's arms, a Freeze delivering itself as well. "What's going on? And don't get any ideas about killing me. I'm far from dying!"
"I said, do you want an alliance!" I yell at Seatus, rubbing my head. He had somehow stunned me. "You too! You want an alliance?" I yell at the charred woman, who had helped got Seatus awake.
Running. I was running. Those yells, screams and cries... they were really hurting my eardrums. And the fact that one of the rats, what were they called...? Grimleems? Anyways, he, or she, told me about this thing, then I slumped to sleep... I run, before I get mauled.
...Great. I could have a squadron charging at me any moment now. I just have to SURVIVE.
Wait... I should be far enough, why am I still hearing those voices?
I turn around, and a stump of a tree sat beside. It was marked with an X. I touched the mark, the sharp lining and edges cutting me. "Agh!..."
I glanced above my shoulders. No one. I sat on the ground, and watched my surroundings, music swelling, and my heart racing. Oh God, how did I get into this mess?
The Finder grinned at Zane.
He wondered why, did she smell fear on him?
In one swift movement she kneed him in the gut, then bit his arm. He screamed in pain as her teeth tore through his leather armor.
He stumbled away from her, clutching his arm.
She threatened him with a fireball. He grinned behind his mask.
"It seems the Bloodfathers have a use for you."
Grinning, he stuck out his hand.
"Zanek Ark'Thul."
(@Kai, Maybe...)
((Oh sure, Equinox didn't just super-Stun her...))
I tilt my head. An alliance? "Maybe, but only if I organize the strategies. You couod make for a good scout." I say calmly. I whip one of my cords, only twice, to break the ice on his harms and legs. I look at the Finder, the Stun wearing off. "And you. You would be an incredible stealth-killer. Adding up our supplies and splitting them accordingly would give us a prepared food advantage, meaning we wouldn't have to look for food as often as other contestants. My knowledge of edible forest foods and natural poisons could give us an experience edge. And manufacturing materials into weapons is also a good skill I'm matured in. I'm fine with or without an alliance. Oh, and we can all sleep peacefully if so. I got sentries," My Snipes' eyes on my shoulder glow red. "And they have nasty killer instincts."
((Yeah, I did. It was before my own. Which means after she made the fireball, she was Stunned.))
Anyways, Kysen quickly tries and vanishes. He stumbles over a few fallen branches, before slipping away from the center of the arena. He crouches quietly behind a large boulder, covered by mossy rocks and bushes from behind. And so, he waits.
Can someone describe the recent chain of events? I'm confused.
Equinox Stunned the Finder after she attacked Zane, and neutralized the threat of Topo via Freeze, then Topo offered an alliance, in which Equinox freed him from the Freeze and proposed his(Equinox's own) strengths, and proposed a little from what he observed from Topo and the Finder before the games. Meanwhile Zane offered his name, and possible alliance with her. Kysen is now hiding behind a moss covered rock.
Skye's character is FREAKIN' OUT. That's all I have to say about that.
All the while, nobody notices Rose sitting in a densely leafed oak tree, patiently watching.
No Seatus. Do not make Equinox see her. Yeah. I'm looking at you, Seatus. Nobody sees Rose stalking them. That's the entire point of a hunter; to remain unseen.
Not my fault your character has to wait for a hook.
Because that's what I do. Toss hooks.
Perhaps Rose'll come in during the day, when the others won't be on high alert.
Zane'll prolly stalk her thorough the forest, being the little psycho that he is... eating raw rabbits and such...
Porc, porc. Did you hear me? Rose is an extremely efficient hunter. She knows how to avoid being spotted or followed. She's so good at hunting that she makes Katniss' dad (who, if you read the books, was a far better hunter than his daughter) look like a rookie. So, I doubt Zane can sneak up on her, much less follow her for an extended period of time. -.-
Dagoon quietly circled around the area everyone appeared to be in. She looked up in the trees to find someone watching her. Her response was silent. Walking up to the tree, she knocked on the trunk twice. The person in the trees hopped down skillfully. "What do you want?"
"I'm wondering if we can have an alliance, seeing as they already have." Dagoon said, nodding over to the group huddled around a hollowed out tree.
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Wait, Isn't that mattas's/renamed link's thing? Wood and carving and such?
Anyway, I'm going to go play LTP on my rom. (Not a romhack)
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This is my view on Rom's: I use it, only because I don't own the game. If I could, I would buy said game/console.
...By smell, he can smell her, he just doesn't know where she is.
I let out a deep sigh as the platform rose late to the arena. Of course the bloody mongrels kept me for a day, the game was already in play and I had been deprived of a lot of kills. Apparently gremlins didn't like their brethren to be smoked to a crisp. I strolled across the now desolate fields, straight to the forest. Just as I was about to enter the tree line, two shadows dashed out. "I suggest you just leave." I say simply to the duo, both holding knives. They both look at each other, then jump at me. One simple pull of the flamethrower, and they're enveloped into an inferno. Screams of panic echo through the arena. Crap. Everyone would've heard the screams, and saw the fire. I shrug it off, if they just kept coming one at a time it would be simple. And besides, people wouldn't have had alliances this early in, right?
It's been such a long time since I've played Link to The Past. I've completely forgotten how to do the first fungeon. Wait, Fungeon? Sigh. . . I'll keep that fail in.
Oy. My last story post was directed to you. Just saying.
PS: Kinda hard to make an alliance with someone Who's A: ABSOLUTELY HIDDEN, B: Not there.
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Zane offered his hand to the Finder, proposing an alliance. She dispelled the fireball and decided to examine him before accepting. She paced around him, sniffing him, looking at his features, and listening to his body.
She didn't like him, and shook her head grimly I smell Swarm on him. I hate Swarm.
Topo suggested an alliance as well. And, while he didn't seem to be as capable as Zane, he was cuter. She wandered up to him and looked him over. He'll do. She looked at Equinox and nodded.
You shall have your alliance. For now.
I nibbled on a piece of beef jerky and sipped from a bottle of crystal-clear river water as I watched the young girl below me. She looked up and narrowed her eyes at my tree, then walked up to it and knocked on the trunk.
Sh*t, someone found me?!
I hopped down from my perch on the tree and gripped my Naginata tightly. I stared at the girl, a blank expression on my face. "What do you want? State your business, or let me get back to my own. The girl smiled nervously and quipped, "I'm wondering if we can have an alliance, seeing as they already have." She nodded towards a group of people sitting a short ways away from our own location. I looked her up and down; she should be of use in a fight, but if she can't hunt, I'll have to be able to get food for two people. Still, I guess I could help her along... At least until I have to kill her in the end. Who knows, maybe I'll find a -albeit temporary- friend in this girl.
I grinned at her good-naturedly and brandished my weapon, Eclipse.
"Sure thing. Now, how about we go take care of those guys over there? We'll have to ambush them, since theyve got numbers on their side. Or we could be friendly with them. Every contestant that we ally with or kill is one less that must be fought in the end."
The girl nodded, and I smiled.
"Okay, so I'm going to hide in the trees above them and see if I can find out what their weaknesses are. Even if we ally with them, we'll need to know how to kill them when the time comes. Once I have enough info, we can confront them. Just watch my back while I'm up there. I'd rather not be shot out of my tree by a sharp-eyed scout."
It's good to be back, but I have no idea what to do anymore.
The new update. . . Just not worth speaking of.
Guess what I found in my bookmarks section? Yep, This is going to the graveyard unless you guys would like to try to reboot this series, But. . . Much much more different so as to stop any more. . . Something.
Something to watch while you think about how we should slowly build a much better story.
Kysen sits still, with Thwack Hammer ready. Maybe... Just maybe... could he escape? "Worth a try," he mumbles, and starts making his way towards one edge of the arena.
Look, I think that it was worth a try, but this'll be going to the graveyard next week if I remember.
Sad face. Whelp, oh well. I'll wait to see what you try next, though.
I was pushed into a platform, which rose to the arena. The canons fire, and I run quick, to the nearest source of water, not even bothering for the weapons. I got my trusty blade. I bend down quickly, grabbing a water bottle, then brush water from the creek. I grab on to a branch, then swing myself on to a tree. I got myself busy, and painted myself with mud, water and leaves. After that, I glanced to the right, and saw..... A person in stranger cloak, sleeping. I lean over, then poke him. "Psst! Want an alliance?"