Author: Silverstein, Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 4:23 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
The tingle on her fingers where they fingers touched still lingered as she drank the hard liquor. Her eyes looked over the man before her. He was handsome and strong. They fought well together during the fight. They could both hold their own but at the same time fight side by side. A smile came to her lips as she looked at him and nodded to his words. “About the same. I travel a lot. Never like staying in one place for too long.” Katerina said as she took the last swig of her drink. She paused as she she thought about his last comment. With a shrug she added, “I don’t pay attention to them very much.” After a moment of silence and the alcohol making its way through her system. Her eyes looked at the man before her. Filling her cup once more, she drank it down in one gulp. The silence that filled the air made her mind think of the man before her. He was strong and a great fighter. He enticed her. As she looked down at the empty cup, she thought about how long it had been. So long since she had felt a man’s touch. After a few moments, Katerina decided she wanted the man before her. Standing up from the stool, she leaned across the bar, and kissed him on the lips. Her teeth lightly glided over his bottom lip as she moved away from him. A smirk on her lips. “Want to go to somewhere more private?” She asked, very forward. This was how she used to be before she had her daughter and before the madness with her uncle. She got what she wanted. Knowing he would follow, the wolf demon walked up the stairs, hoping he had a room or they would take one. Soon their bodies would be one for rest of the night, and by the morning the wolf demon would be gone. This evening in her past and the man.
Author: Naota, Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2017 10:00 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
He understood well the buzz of adrenaline after a fight and nodded his head slowly as he downed the rest of his drink. The corner of his lips quirked up in a light smirk at her comment and he poured himself another half glass. A moment of silence hung between them and in that time he was able to actually look at her. Her nature was calm so far, but her eyes were clear, her gaze seemed much older than her face. A youthful face could be deceptive, he knew that firsthand with his longevity. Before he could think on it for too long she reached for the bottle.
Their fingers brushed briefly and he felt a soft charge, enough so that his fingers loosened on the bottle’s neck so that she could pull it to herself. He recognized that charge, it was two parts adrenaline and three parts hunger. A very different form of hunger, and he looked into the swirling liquid of his glass to distract himself from it. It had been some time since he’d known a woman’s touch, or a man’s for that matter and after a fight like that? Well, the body wanted what it wanted.
He pondered her question and turned the glass between his fingertips, his eyes staying on the slightly smudged rim,
“To be honest I was just passing through.” His eyes lifted back up to hers as he continued,
“I’ve barely slept in days and was hoping to get some rest.” A light laugh escaped, laced in darkness,
“That obviously didn’t happen.” Of course he wouldn’t have gotten too much even without an air pirate attack. Minasé was still picking his moment, and he was sure that the only reason he wasn’t more prominent right now was because of the amount of bloodshed from the night.
“What about yourself?” He lifted the drink up to his lips and slowly drank it down, noticing instantly how much the burning had gone down. It didn’t usually take long for his body to grow accustomed, and he knew it’d take a lot more than this before he’d start to feel any true intoxication: his body healed too quickly.
“If I didn’t know any better I’d think the deities were moving us like pieces on a game board to make sure we were in the right place at the right time.” It wasn’t often you ran into another fighter with the same stamina as yourself, much less one that worked in such a cohesive manner.
Author: Silverstein, Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:52 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
Katerina now with worries gone could spend the night relaxing. It was already a long night and she wasn’t ready for bed just yet. Kiyomi was safe upstairs in their room, the pirates and the mages were gone, and the guards were picking off the rest. When she went back down the stairs, she introduced herself to the man she fought alongside. With a shake of their hands, she finally found out his name. “Pleasure to meet you, Noata.” Katerina said with a smile. Sitting down at the bar, she watched him move around the bar. Noata soon poured them two cups and made a comment. A smile lined her lips, “Couldn’t fall asleep if I wanted to after an evening like this…..I need to relax..” The wolf demon said looking at the glass in her hands. Bringing it to her lips she inhaled deeply, she took in the strong smell of the liquid. “Good taste.” She commented before drinking down the contents of the drink in a few gulps. When she finished, she set the glass down with a sigh of relief. The night was almost over and they would soon be gone. With no more chaos around them, Katerina was able to finally look at him. His eyes were a beautiful emerald and his dark hair made his eyes jump out. Not wanting him to notice her stare, she grabbed the bottle from his hand. Their hands touched for only a moment, but enough to leave a tingle. Refilling her glass, she sipped the contents this time. The wolf demon’s eyes looked back into his emerald eyes. “So what was your business here in Adeluna?” She asked, wondering if he would answer. Some people didn’t like sharing.Looking around the room, it looked so gloomy. Some were still cleaning, but not as much as before. But the air felt sad, no more anger filled everyone’s hearts. Everyone must have lost someone, or knew someone who lost someone. Even their city was damaged from the fight. A sigh left her lips, if only they got their sooner, or the guards were surprised. She felt for the people around her, she didn’t like losing anyone either. Maybe they should head somewhere else to drink? She wouldn’t feel comfortable if someone started to cry. Bringing the glass to her lips again, she drank the last of the liquid. The warmth that spread within her made her relax more.
Author: Naota, Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 6:12 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
The corner of his lips quirked up in a light smirk,
“About the same as it usually is: oddly satisfying.” Not a lie since he always enjoyed the company of strong women. He, however, did not allow his eyes to fall on the lifeless bodies in the streets. In his line of work he had grown accustomed to being around them, but that didn’t mean he enjoyed it. A prayer would be said for their souls and in the wee hours before dawn he knew he’d help bury, but right now he wanted to let his mind ease. It was a controlled form of desensitization.
That familiar perfume of blood filled his nostrils as they walked into the inn and his eyes slowly surveyed the scene of men and women helping put things back in order. Their heartbeats and breathing gave them away along with their haunted eyes. Not everyone was so used to death and he nodded quietly as she dismissed herself. Normally he would have paid her reaction more mind, but right now he walked further into the building to the tavern. A warm smile formed as he silently assisted.
Once the furniture had been righted -what furniture was intact at least-, he looked around. A bucket of warm soapy water was brought to the bar with clean rags. People circled around it, taking one for themselves and soaking straight through before setting to scrubbing at the bloodstains. That was about all he could take of that and lifted a hand up, again remaining silent and using only gesture before bringing his palms together. His eyes closed, sensing out the auras around him, the tint of blood that shone negatively to his mind’s eye. Blood, yes, he was very used to blood…You don’t hunt vampires and stay stranger to it.
His lips moved quietly and he felt a surge of holy light bud between his palms: forcing them to slowly push apart. It grew stronger, warmer, and to anyone less skilled their skin would have been burned by the purity alone, much less the amount. When he felt it about ready to reach its peak, only then did his eyes open: their green shining brilliantly as he released the light into the room. While it seemed to move chaotically, it was in fact moving so quickly that it only gave off that impression. It darted in rays, dancing along the floor, the walls, glasses, windows, licking up all traces of blood until the room was left completely spotless of it. Cleaning dirt and grime was one thing, but the spilled blood of your loved ones or just people in general…? No, he could at least use some of his magick for that.
As the light faded away, its duty now done, he looked to the surprised faces in the tavern. He nervously scratched the back of his neck and offered an awkward smile before moving to retrieve his own rag. Soon they had the room clean, well, clean enough for people to sit and rest. He was about done with his first drink when the woman he’d fought alongside came back and he smiled at her. He moved his hand to hers and shook it firmly,
“A lovely name. I’m Naota Uharu.” He pulled his hand back and rested both arms on the bartop,
“Wasn’t sure I was going to see you again.” Placing his coins on the bar, he moved around to the back and retrieved an amber bottle of strong liquor. Everyone was resting and there had been a silent understanding to form between all of them. He stayed on the opposite side of the bar as he pulled up two half glasses and filled them,
“I thought you might have fallen asleep.” He chuckled and rose his own glass up, taking a sip from it. It burned all the way down his throat, but it was soothing in contrast to the soreness in his muscles.
Author: Silverstein, Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2017 10:39 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
She smiled at the man before her as he arrived after her. “How is it being beat by a woman?” Katerina joked but her joke was gone as she saw the few bodies that lined the street. They saved many lives by taking out the airship, but some were still lost. The pirates that were on the ground had killed some people before the guards were able to subdue them. She let out a sigh. “At least we saved the city.” She said as she started to walk towards the tavern. “No one will know.” She thought to herself. The wolf demon wasn’t one tell the world about what she had done, but sometimes this still got to her. With her new lifestyle, she would say lives almost every day. Instead of taking them, like she had done years ago. Pushing her feelings away, she entered the inn.Katerina eyes widened. The people of the inn were cleaning up the wrecked bar. Tables and chairs flipped over. Even blood was splattered against walls and floors. The bodies were gone now, just removed before they had entered. One guard was still inside the inn talking to the Barkeep. He nodded then walked around them towards the exit.
The emotions of the elemental went wild with fear. “Be back.” She said quickly before bolting up the stairs. She hoped her daughter was alright, or someone was going to pay. Running down to the end of the hall, she saw the dead body there by the door. Apparently, they didn’t get everyone yet. She just about broke down the door when she entered. A breath escaped her she didn’t know she was holding when seeing her daughter alive and well. “Kiyomi!” She rushed over to her daughter that was sitting on the bed. “Mom!!” Her daughter said as her eyes filled with tears. “Everything is alright.” Katerina soothed as she kissed her daughter’s head. “He saved me, Mom. Alexander saved me.” Kiyomi leaned back to look over at the large tiger who sat besides the window. “Thank you.” The wolf demon said with tears in her eyes, but quickly blinked them away. The tiger nodded. “She needs sleep, but she didn’t want to unless you were okay.” The tiger voiced his concern about his dear friend. They hugged once more before Katerina laid next to her daughter. She ran her fingers through Kiyomi’s hair. “I love you, Mom.” Kiyomi mumbled as her eyes began to close. She was exhausted and soon fell asleep. "I love you too, Sweetheart," Katerina whispered to her daughter before kissing her head and slowly moving out of bed.
It hadn’t even been more than fifteen minutes and she had forgotten about the man downstairs waiting for her. “I’ll be back later. I have someone waiting for me downstairs. I won’t be long.” She whispered to the tiger as she made her way towards the bowl of water and washed off her face. Fixing her hair, she combed it with her wet fingers. It had become a mess. The once wounds that were on her face were now gone because of her healing powers. With a look in the mirror, she nodded. She was now presentable.
A sigh escaped her lips as she headed down stairs. It was a long night, but she had someone handsome that was waiting for her. “Hmm..” A smile curved on her lips. She hadn’t paid attention to his looks much. The man who fought besides her was handsome and a great fighter.
Upon reaching him, she decided it was time to make proper introduction. Holding out her hand, she smiled at him. "Katerina Silverstein. It is very nice to meet you."
Author: Naota, Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:28 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
He smirked lightly at her response. Strong women, he always liked strong women. And this one was a bold fighter to boot. With how she held herself and how she’d displayed herself in combat he knew even in this short amount of time that it wasn’t all talk. Thinking back to even coming up to the airship he recalled how she took every fight head on. Not exactly his own style, but to each their own, and in the end it worked out: they balanced each other.
Looking over the ship’s edge he took note of the mass of guards filling the square below. It was a little irritating to know that just the two of them had done the brunt of the work, but then he reminded himself that not every person had the same particular set of skills that they did. Torinasu seemed to buzz in agreement at his side.
“Well,” he looked back to her now,
“you’re right about that.” His smile broadened when she agreed to his offer but it soon was gone with a surprised part of his lips when she challenged him and leapt over the rail. He gripped the wooden side and watched as she fell towards the ground and then quickly pulled himself over to drop after her. Just as he was about to flicker to give himself the advantage he heard her shout and nearly stumbled from having to stop himself mid teleport.
On foot he was still quite fast, but even without her lead ahead of him he could tell that she’d beat him in a footrace. This day at least. Relying on teleporting as much as he did made him light of feet but his muscles weren’t finetuned for long distance running anymore. Still he found himself laughing as he pushed himself faster. He welcomed the cold burn in his lungs from the chilly night air as his breathing came in deeper succession.
She decided to take the high road, quite literally: bounding from roof top to roof top with feline litheness, and soon he couldn’t even see the whip of her hair anymore. As the inn came into view he saw her drop down to the ground nearly ten seconds before he could reach it. Sweat traced his brow, the back of his neck, and he could feel it against his chest and the small of his back now that adrenaline was wearing off. Despite that he smiled, even as goosebumps ran up his skin, and he spoke between heavy breaths,
“Y-Yes well, I-I think that’s earned me paying for the first few rounds.”
Author: Silverstein, Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 10:31 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
Katerina eyes looked up to see the Captain shields go down. She didn’t move to attack. She knew the man she came with could handle this himself. His movements were almost graceful with every hit, and calculated. He knew exactly what he was doing. A small smile tugged on the corner of her lips. He was no amateur and was quiet attractive. Pushing those thoughts away, she watched as the Captain died before her. This was an exciting fight from beginning to end. Katerina was proud of herself.Pushing herself off the wall she was leaning on, she clapped her hands a bit at the man as he walked before her. “Good job.” She said with a smile. She shrugged at his comment about her jumping at the mage. “I always go for the bold attack, because I know I can do it.” She said a bit of her cockiness showing through.
The wolf demon listened to his apology and shook her head. “It is alright, but I will take you up on that drink.” She said with a nod. Noticing the tower near them, she knew that the tall wall was under them. How else did his men repel down to get to the city. “I'll race you there.. The guards can handle this mess..” She said with a smirk, and ran towards the side of the railing and jumped over it and off the side of the ship. Her hand coat a rope that was hanging off the side of the ship that the other men left and slide down Katerina voice called up to him before she landed on the brick below. “No teleporting!” She laughed a bit as she started ran off towards the edge of the wall and jumped again. Her feet landed on a rooftop below and ran. He wasn’t a wolf. He might be able to teleport but she knew how to run and run fast. She didn’t run on the ground below, there was too much commotion. Her eyes caught the guards capturing the pirates and a few being killed because of their resistance. Soon the city would be back to normal.
Jumping from roof to roof, she headed to the inn she was staying at. Her breaths came in quick bursts and her heart continued to beat fast. “If I beat him, and I know I will, he better not be a baby and wallow in it.’ She thought with a laugh while she ran off the side of the roof and jumped. Her feet landing gracefully on the stone path below in front of the Inn.
Author: Naota, Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:36 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
Despite his constantly having to dart this way and that with the captain’s strikes, a smirk spread on his face at the bold move of his fighting companion. She had the mage under control and the second his spell fell he took his moment. With a last flicker behind and around him, he thrust Torinasu through the man’s gut, bringing the two so close their noses were nearly touching. With no magick to aid him now, he was able to get him with a bit of his own, and spread paralysis through him: the action only amplified by the power of his blade which he channeled it through.
As life slowly drained from the other man’s eyes, all he could do was stay frozen in the last movement he’d made. He kept close to him like this, keeping him supported only by his blade until he was dead weight against it. The last beat of his heart thudded softly in his ears and he closed his own eyes in time with his. He quickly pulled the blade from him, the action followed soon after by a heavy thump to the deck. His shadows had finished off the remaining men and he walked away from the heap of dead flesh and blood. Torinasu was satisfied.
His eyes opened on her, much lighter than they had been when directed at their foes, and he offered a gentle smile that shone with pride,
“Well done. That was a bit of a bold move dropping down on him like that. A second too soon or too late and you might have had a half burned face.” Nowadays he was more used to fighting alone, but it was nice to have a fighting partner every now and again. Now that the proper authorities had arrived on the ground, everything else would fall into place. Their part in this was done.
An apologetic smile replaced his previous expression as he rubbed the back of his neck,
“Apologies…about the teleporting.” He hadn’t forgotten how it had made her sick,
“If your stomach is up for it, I could really…really use a stiff drink right about now.”
Author: Silverstein, Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:52 AM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
The town below slowly started to calm while the guards started to round up the last of the pirates. Their plan was failing because of two people on the ship who wanted to fight back and wanted to keep people safe. One was because of a daughter in the city below, the man had his own reasons. Maybe he had a hero side of him. Katerina did sometimes. She was slowly started to feel like when something bad like this happens, she had to find a way to save everyone. Her daughter was changing her slowly. The cold hearted woman who didn’t care for anyone or anything, heart started to warm.Katerina soon started to breath normal again, it wasn’t long before she moved to see what was going on on the main deck. She saw the man fighting the Captain, the last of them all. “Wait….wasn’t there..” Before she could finish her thought the man below called out to her. Following his eyes, she saw the Mage in the shadows. Jumping down the railing, she ran across deck, head onto the mage. With this move, it was very unsmart on her part, but the mage lost his concentration as he saw her face. As soon as he held his hand up to shoot out fireballs at her, his spell on the Captain dropped. Dodging the first fireball, then the next, she jumped up and brought her hand back to punch the mage. He moved at the last moment, and her fist landed into the wooden wall behind him. With her free hand, she grabbed his throat, and he gasped. Soon his soft warm neck grew cold. As his neck slowly turned to ice, he started to cough and gasp for air and then his neck was solid ice. Katerina almost smiled as he fell down at her feet. Maybe her cold heart was still there? Justice was sweet to her.
Author: Naota, Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:23 AM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
His eyes slowly moved from side to side, surveying the suspiciously calm deck while never lowering his weapon. Perhaps they could keep the element of surprise, or maybe that’s exactly what the enemy was trying to do. Either way, he kept his words low,
“All right…it might be best if we-” But she was quickly moving to the side of the ship and his eyes widened as he straightened up and watched her as she lost the contents of her stomach over the railing. He shrunk down just a bit, feeling guilty in knowing that he was likely a cause of that: not everyone was used to flickering around as much as he was. He made a mental note to apologize to her after all of this was said and done.
Adjusting his stance to better defend her should she need it, he realized that their time of taking them by surprise was up. Cloaked men stood on the other side of the deck from them, but she seemed to get her spark back and was on them instantly. A smirk curled on his lips as he watched her and he knew she wouldn’t need his help. Besides, he had attackers of his own to worry about. Another rush of them was quickly running up from below deck: their footfalls causing the suspended wood to shudder like thunder, and he quickly turned to meet them.
This time it would be different, this time he would keep his composure. Why was it so hard to hold the aggression in lately? At least with Natsumi it had made sense that his judgment would have…slipped: she was a dear friend that he had been hoping to give aid to. And while these brutes were rampaging an innocent city, he’d dealt with much more wicked than they and kept his temperament. No matter, he quickly ran forward, holding the hilt of Torinasu tightly in his grasp as he bent his leg forward and swung out in a long swooping arc: sending out a wave of holy light that sliced through their hearts. Figuratively of course, there was no bloodshed, though he quietly observed as they fell to their knees, scratching at their chests.
For this particular attack he had consecrated the blow, and that holiness was carving through the evil at their cores. Their nails scratched through cloth, digging up against skin and blood until they started to do his work for him. All he did was slowly walk towards them, keeping Torinasu held gently now as it absorbed the negativity and fear that dripped from their being along with the warm blood. It pulsated between his fingers, feeding on them so hungrily that he had to hold it now in both hands. So much negativity, he knew it couldn’t all be from fear of his previous attack, just how much evil had these people caused…?
No matter, he had more than enough now and could feel the transmuted energy flowing through his veins: revitalizing him as he looked down at them. Holding Torinasu in one hand, his other shot out, bringing together the mass of shadows cast against the ship and her deck. Shadows from the mast’s ropes rose up and tangled around their necks, cutting off their air as larger shadows began to swirl around them. He could feel it again, that bubbling rage that had started to become almost second nature to his attacks now. Gritting his teeth he held down the urge to do more than was needed, and most of all he tried to keep from enjoying their choked screams.
The inky circling of shadows quickened, causing even
his hair to whip around his face as the small whirlwind of shadows slowly enclosed tighter and tighter around the men…until he could hear the crunch of bone and wet coughs of strangulation. His eyes closed, turning his back on the display just as the lights of their life went out. When they opened they were glowing crimson and he looked up to see his fighting companion still in her own fray.
This group of men had been handled, but there were still more to take their place: pushed further in their pursuits by fear or rage or more. The mass of shadows unfurled itself from the now dead men and slunk along the wood like some hungry animal waiting at its master’s feet as Naota walked towards them, and with a wave of his hand the blanket of darkness unleashed its attack on these newcomers.
His fingers itched to send out explosions, cause more chaos, but the ship was so large that he feared what damage she could do to anyone underneath them; be it from falling debris or them extinguishing the magickal source of her power that kept her aloft. The last thing he wanted was to be the cause of a crashing airship, and he didn’t trust his own strength at the moment to keep her afloat should that happen. He was broken from his thoughts as quick steel slashed inches from his face, so much so that even as he leaned back from it he feared strands of his hair might have been shaved down an inch or two.
The captain. His jaw locked and he returned his attack with one of his own from Torinasu. The man was smart, keeping his mind distracted with quick slash after slash; forcing him to keep up with great speed to parry his attacks. One good thing happened from this, while it kept him in one place it also did the same with the captain. He flickered from view to appear behind him, but the man anticipated his attack and swung to meet the blade of Torinasu as if the two had sparred with each other many times before. Well, he should have expected nothing less from someone that had fought his way to this rank on the ship.
His eyes narrowed on him as he attempted to mentally send out sharp piercings of psionic daggers…but nothing happened. Jaw locking, he realized what was happening immediately: a heavy layer of protection had been cast over him, all but absolving him from any psionic attacks. But for how long? If need be he could hope to tire him out long enough to finish him off, but if she came to his aid it would be two against one and end the job faster. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a mage; nearly invisible from how shrouded in shadow he was, but though he could not see his face he could just make out the quick movements of his lips. That was it!
He shouted up to her, never pausing in their fight,
“He’s keeping him protected from any non-physical attack! Kill the mage and we can kill him!” His words were quick, but just in case, he attempted to amplify them by pushing them towards her thoughts should she allow it. Even in situations like this he wouldn’t force himself into someone else’s head unless absolutely necessary.
Author: Silverstein, Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:10 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
Feeling his arm wrap around her, Katerina wanted to slap him, but they were in a battle. She wasn’t one for having people touch her the way he did. He could of grabbed her arm, but instead it was her waste. “Of course…” She thought to herself, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. It was a bad night already, and a handsome man grabbing her waist didn’t improve the situation. She had sworn off men, and that meant touching as well. With an inward sigh, she closed her eyes as they teleported to the ship in the air. She had to put her thoughts behind her, and think of the task at hand. Disabling the cannons. Rather having her feet on solid ground when they teleported, the two of them were hovering above the ship in mid air. A gasp left her lips as she readied herself for the impact of the wood beneath. Standing up, she didn’t have a chance to glance around. The wolf demon’s stomach turned quickly, turning around she threw herself against the railing, and barfed up what she had, had for dinner. Realizing what she had done, she wiped her mouth off with the back of her sleeve, and turned around. Four cloaked men stood across them. They hands lit with fire. “They were shooting off the fireballs…” She thought to herself, she didn’t realize it was men until now. Pirates started to come towards them both. Flicking out her hand, her sword appeared in a puff of icy smoke. Looking over to the man beside her she nodded. They needed to take out the mages as fast as they could. Her eyes caught the blade coming from her right, turning she lifted up her sword to block the blow. Her sword lingered inches from in front of her face. “Kill them both! Then we take the city, boys!!!” A man with a gray beard called from the starboard end of the ship, near the wheel. “The Captain.” She thought to herself as she kicked the pirate in the gut to force him back to swing her sword, and cut his throat. “Another one we have to kill.” She smirked as she glanced up at the Captain before she stabbed another pirate in the gut. “But first the mages.” With her last thought, she concentrated on the task at hand. Taking out another pirate, Katerina jumped onto a nearby barrel then quickly flipped over the pirates to land next to one of the mages. Taking up off guard, she stabbed him from behind. A gasp left his lips as he fell to the ground. The mage beside him didn’t wait for his body to hit the ground before waving his hand, forcing Katerina flying into the air. “OHHH SH*T!” She yelled before grabbing onto the rope ladder on the other end of the ship. Wrapping her hands around it, she breathed heavily as she looked down at the city below. “Oh…Sh*t..” She repeated while looking to the pirates climbing up the rope to her. Many had died from her hand and the man she came up their with, but only a few stilled lived. Two came up the rope ladder as she climbed up further. Looking down at the teleporter below, she knew he could handle himself. Then she looked towards the Captain. She could take him out easy. Having her sword reappear in her hand, she cut the rope beneath her feet and jumped. The two pirates that tried to get her fell off the ship to their deaths. Landing on the top deck, she held up her sword in the Captain’s face. “Call off your mages, or die.” Her voice stern, she didn’t blink her eyes while staring at him. A smirk appeared on his face before the wolf demon was thrown back against the railing behind her. A mage appeared behind the Captain, his hand held out forcing her to stay where she was.
A laugh escaped the Captain’s lips as he walked behind his mage. “Kill her.” Was all he said before heading down to the deck to help out his pirates. The mage moved his hand up, the sudden pressure on the wolf demon’s throat made her drop her sword, and grab at her throat like someone was physically choking her. It took a moment for she waved her hand forward, spikes of ice shot out from the ground while making the mage step back in shock. “Yeah, I got powers too.” She said as she breathed heavily and moved her hand upward. The ice spikes shot out from the ground and into the mages neck. Falling back against the railing, she coughed and continued to try to breath. It will take a moment before she could see if the man below was okay
Author: Naota, Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:48 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
He nodded quickly, eyes lightly glaring up at the airship as he prepared to take them but just as he was about to reach for her an axe flew past! Lurching and leaning back to the side he stayed just out of its range, his wide eyes moving to her in time to see her reacting just as quickly. Following the source of the throw he saw that there was a group rushing towards them, realizing that they were the nuisance that had been taking care of their men one by one no doubt. Or they were just bloodthirsty.
“Come on, if we go right now we can-” But before he could finish she was running towards them, ready to attack.
“Wait!” He stepped towards her, his arm outstretched, and though he knew that he could have grabbed her right then and there he had a sinking feeling that it would have angered her.
If we had gone now then we could have taken the ship and worried about them later! , he thought to himself, but at least this would be less danger on the ground to hurt others. Sighing, his fingers moved to his hilt and undid the lacing of Torinasu before pulling it free from its sheath; blood still sticky on its edge, though he knew it would have no effect on its sharpness from how fast he would be using it. That and it had been forged by the best he knew…no time to think about Natsumi though.
He ran forward, staying low as their attacks came and with an upwards arc took out two of their arms at once before turning towards them and thrusting out his arm: unleashing a blast of explosions into their chests. They were contained enough to not be bombastic, but still crashed through their chests to leave them dead on the cobblestones, their innards a splattered mess beneath them. His jaw locked but the smirk still came, as did the bleed of crimson into his eyes; he was enjoying it. Four more came, slashing their cutlasses, and a few throwing magick of their own that he managed to dodge with taking only a singe of his clothing along the way. One was cut at the legs before his free hand gripped into his hair on the top of his head. With a sharp twist of his wrist he turned his head completely around and released him with a satisfying thud as Torinasu stabbed directly behind him: skewering one of them straight through his belly.
His body quickly flickered in and out of view as he circled around the remaining two, sending a surge of light towards them in a near complete circle to blind them and as their hands lifted to their eyes he clenched a fist: ten thin spikes of earth shot up from the ground and impaled them where they stood. His eyes narrowed, watching as their limbs twitched until there was no life left…he left them there like that, a bloody reminder to anyone that might dare come and attack them again. A low chuckle resounded in his head and he took an unstable step back, his eyes emerald once more and nearly dropped his blade.
“I’m proud of you, you know.” The worst thing about it was that Minasé actually sounded honest this time…
Be quiet. He responded to him in their shared head.
Without looking back at the pirates bleeding out on the spikes, he walked towards her with strong strides, saying nothing as he looped an arm around her waist and teleported them. When they reappeared it was nearly fifteen feet above the airship’s deck, and he bent his legs to counteract the force of the fall when he landed; blade raised in expectance of a fight.
Author: Silverstein, Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:35 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
Meanwhile back at the inn…“I want to go out there!!” Kiyomi yelled as she ran towards the door, only to be stopped by the large tiger. He stared at her in the eyes, a sigh left him. “You can’t, you know it is too dangerous,” he nudged her with his head back to the bed, “Now sit.” The tiger nodded once, watching the child sit down at the edge of the bed. “But.. Alex I know how to fight. I can handle myself out there, you know it. Plus you’re —-” The child was cut off by the the tiger putting his paw against her mouth. “Quiet.” Alexander said sternly, his ears twitching towards the door. Kiyomi did as she was told, the sound of screams from outside her door hitting her ears. “Wha— Oh no..” She thought as her eyes widened. The tiger slowly made his way to the door, his ears twitching towards the door then the window. Fear swelled up inside the child. Her eyes staring wide at the door. “Get under the bed.” She sat frozen on the bed with her legs against her chest. “NOW!” His growl echoed through the room, and snapped Kiyomi out of her daze. Without another moment’s hesitation, she jumped off the bed, her dagger in her hand, and crawled under the bed.The child covered her eyes as her body shook. They were going to get in the room. The sound of screams echoed into the room. Her body froze again, fearing the worst.
Katerina poke to the man wondering if he had a way to get up there. She knew he was strong, if they fought together they could drive out these pirates. There are too many mundanes around the city. She wanted to save them all, and the best way would be to destroy the pirate airship.The voice of the man she spoke to made the wolf demon take her eyes off the airships, and turn towards the man. She listened to him speak. Her eyes questioning his idea. She didn’t know what he was talking about but they had to get up there somehow. Then he said it, teleportation. Her stomach turned at the word. It had been a long time since she had teleported. The last time she couldn’t hold her stomach. Resisting the urge to swallow, she nodded. “Let’s do that… Every time they shoot off the cannon they hold still. We only have a moment to. So let’s go.” She agreed with the man while taking a step towards him. Just then, a ax was thrown at her face. At the last second, she moved her head to the side. With the movement, the ax cut off an end of a strand of hair. “Shit.” She cursed pointing behind the man. “We got company!” She yelled as she saw the small group of men coming at them.Katerina ran passed the man and to the group of pirates, a smile curving on her lips as she made held out her hands. Her power surged in her hands, swirls of icy smoke circled her hands to her elbows. Her eyes started to glow brighter. In a quick movement, she knelled to the ground and slammed her hands onto the ground. The earth shook for a second before ice spikes shot upward through the dirt at their feet. The men screamed at the attack from the wolf demon. Three of the men dropped with many spikes protruding from their arms and legs. The others had slashes from the spikes, and a few of them ripped them from their arms or legs. Only six stood now. Standing up, she ran towards them, another spike shot out from her hand, hitting a man in the chest, making him drop. Two of the men ran towards her, the others ran to the man behind her. “You C**t!!” One yelled while trying to stab the wolf demon with his dagger. Dodging, she twirled around him and to the other man behind him, and laid a punch in his face. He fell back with the force of her fist. Giving her the opportunity to make an ice spike appear in her hand and stab the man on his feet in his back. “You're not very nice. Can’t you be respectful of woman?” Katerina said with a laugh before pushing him forward to fall on the ground. The last man who came for her got to his feet. “Well finally. I don’t want to wait here all day.” She said kicking him in the stomach. “You—” Before he could could curse at her, the wolf demon’s dagger appeared in her hand and sliced the man’s neck. Jumping back, she watched the blood splatter on the ground and his body fall. She wasn’t one to get blood on her clothes. They were new after all.Hearing the cannon’s start again, she turned around towards the man. Hopefully he was done with the other men. “Let’s Go!!” She yelled over the cannons and started to run towards him. The only had a few moments before they moved again.
Author: Naota, Posted: Thu Aug 4, 2016 4:31 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
His lips parted, completely taken aback by her response. That left him even more speechless than he’d been at the realization of what he’d done to these men. When he saw someone in possible danger he acted, that’s just how he was…sometimes too much for his own good, it’s usually how he got himself caught into situations that went much deeper than his previous intentions. He wasn’t one to say ‘no’ if someone asked him for further assistance. Either way, it hadn’t even been her that had drawn him there, someone had screamed, though he saw now that they unfortunately had perished before he or the woman had made it to the alley. That’s what his mind focused on and his eyes saddened at the realization before looking passed her.
The only one to make it out of the alley was sent to the ground by a quick slice of ice through the back of the head and he internally winced. All of that didn’t matter though when another blow of cannon fire pounded in the sky like thunder. He breathed in quickly, head turning in the direction it had come from, though he of course couldn’t see as they were in an alley. He stepped forward to move around her but was halted by her voice and returned his attention to her face. Her words along with taking a good look at her suddenly sparked a memory: she had been there that night. Their encounter had been extremely brief, but she’d been there. She’d helped Natsumi…whether that was by accidental incident or on purpose, he didn’t care: she’d helped his friend.
He shook his head to her apology and continued to move around her and back into the street, reholstering a much bloodier Torinasu to his hip. The fires had spread and now more pirates were making their way down. While he didn’t want to help kill anyone if he didn’t have to, he definitely wanted this to stop so he answered her with a brief nod. She bolted off, taking down another would be attacker.
Well…I’ll leave you to this part then. There wasn’t time to waste on every villain and it was more important to get to the head. He ran past her, going quickly but not teleporting like he normally would have done seeing as they might end up working together.
As he went, he spread a paralyzing blow to anyone that attacked an innocent. That would give the victim enough time to get away at least and he could continue on advancing to the core of the attacks. His pace slowed to an awed stop as they finally got close enough to see where these brutes had been coming from: a great airship was situated high above the palace. Why had he only thought of water…? It was so obvious that they had attacked using an airship!
He looked over at her and then back up, a quick flicker of that fateful night flashing through his head from the amount of similarities. Well at least these men bled, died, and stayed dead. On the first try.
“I know a way, if you’re willing to trust me.” He walked in the direction of the palace, but more to think than actually accomplish anything,
“I can bring us up there by way of teleportation. Or…well, I can bring us above it. It would be a short drop onto the deck, unfortunately if I can’t see where I’m going I can’t get us there…and an active and mobile ship is harder to pinpoint for opening a gate.” Now he turned his attention back to her, pausing once more in his strides,
“Is that something you’d be willing to do? If not then we can figure out other options. There’s more than one way to skin a cat.”
Author: Silverstein, Posted: Tue Aug 2, 2016 8:27 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
Standing in between the men, Katerina eye’s watched them all. She waited for the first attack. Nothing came, instead a scream from behind her making her head look over her shoulder. Another man took them down. It was quick and easy for him. The look on his face showed he liked it. With a mental sigh, she narrowed her eyes at him as he finished another off, but he let one get away. With a flip of her hand, the sword disappeared. The man thought he would get away without getting killed, but he was wrong. Before he turned the corner out of the alley, a shard of ice shot at him, and stabbed him in the back of his head. His body fell with a thud at the same time the man removed his sword from the pirate. He suddenly asked if she was alright, but instead of answering his question she answered with, “I didn’t need your help.” Her stern voice has a hint of distaste. Crossing her arms, she looked at the man before her. He came in like he was a hero and that annoyed her. Hearing another cannon fire off in the distance. She wonder what was taking the guard so long. She had to save the people of the city, even if she only did it for the kill. The beast within her craved the blood. The full moon was only in a few days.Katerina’s bright blue eyes went to the man, he looked familiar to her, but she couldn’t pinpoint how. Until it hit her all of a sudden. “Holy shit…. I fell on him in the battle.” She thought to herself, remembering the cannon ball that almost hit her. “Shit…Sorry by the way for falling into you at the battle. I didn’t have any control over it…” She said to him while scratching her head. Now that she knew how well he could fight, she needed to get over her annoyance of him, and go kick some pirate ass. Another scream was heard in the streets ahead of them. With him on her back, she would feel a bit better about how this day… or days would end. “Want to help me kill some pirate’s?” She asked, nodding towards the street where pirates roamed. Without waiting for him to answer, the black haired lass ran off to the open streets. Chaos still covered the streets. “There is so many of them…” She whispered. “How the hell did all this happen…” She couldn’t understand how they were able to get into the city. This city had great defenses. Seeing a woman being grabbed with a knife in her face, the world demon ran over. A shard of ice went through the back of his neck. Blood sprayed over the woman in front of him, another ear piercing scream was heard before she ran off. “Your welcome!!” Katerina yelled to the woman, but didn’t bother to say anything more.
Katerina finally spotted the pirates hovering over the boarder of the city. That was how they were getting in easy and attacking. "We need to take out that ship!" She called the the man, hoping he was still there. "How the hell are we going to get up there…" She said, mostly to herself.
Author: Naota, Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:45 AM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
At the sound of the first cannon he woke with a start. One day, one day he’d get a full night’s rest in the city. But that day was not today. The cannon fire was unmistakable: these were pirates.
We’re a long way from Vilpamolan… Not that pirates were bound only to that ragamuffin coast, but it was quite a feat to get to the jewel, especially as there was no ocean. There were catacombs though…To say they were brash in making such a move would be an understatement. It was possible that they had come up the river, but with such a narrow escape that would only make them more brash…or insane. Most likely a combination of the two. Either way, they’d bleed and die like any other man so long as they were human.
Don’t go that far. He had to remind himself. But he was incredibly grouchy from lack of sleep to say the least.
Ever since the battle in Bakulaw he hadn’t gotten anything that could closely resemble rest. Each night was filled with cold sweats and tossing and turning. That sickly green color was always haunting his sleep, along with the men that seemed nearly impossible to kill. What’s worse, he hadn’t seen Natsumi since that night and while he didn’t think her dead he knew that there were things far worse. More than that he couldn’t shake the enjoyment he’d felt at unleashing such destruction. Yes it had been in the name of the greater good, but when those explosions were coming out of him that hadn’t been what he’d been thinking of. Normally he would have blamed it on Minasé, but couldn’t…not that night.
He rubbed his hands together slowly as he sat up on the edge of the bed. Despite only having gone to bed in a pair of shorts he was dripping sweat. It was the same thing every night. His fingers pushed through his damp hair and he willed himself to wake more. With a flick of his wrist and very minimal concentration he had his clothing brought to him, and dressed himself that way as he moved about the room. There was no sound or muster from his daemon.
At least one of us is sleeping. Though it made him more than a little uncomfortable to think of Minasé being fully rested while he struggled: it’d make him more vulnerable.
Screams started, far off he could tell, but increasing in volume: the pirates were moving closer to his inn’s location. The sounds of running, doors scraping opened and hinges being wrenched told him that other people had come to the same realization as him and were evacuating. When Torinasu was fastened at his hip he made his way out of his room and down the stairs at a leisurely pace. Their steel would be painful if it sliced into him, but not lethal, and he was in no mood to rush. Maybe when he was more awake. He needed tea but there was no time to brew some and they didn’t have anything strong enough here anyhow.
As he opened the front entrance his lips parted. To his left he could already see the orange glow of fire in the further parts of the city. They were making good time…how long would it be before the guard was upon them? Strange, they should have been well on their way by now. Adeluna wasn’t known for being defenseless, quite the opposite actually. Now he started to worry. Luckily he was downwind of their attacks which would give him enough time to stave them off or at least redirect them into the forests. They’d be much easier to attack there.
Here we go. His walk picked up to a jog, a run, a sprint until he was teleporting to push himself further, faster. The sting of smoke burned into his lungs and he coughed into his hand, holding his breath as he ran through the attacks.
So many people, so many victims, to try and take on each attacker at once…it’d take too long. But the sound of a scream for help down a nearby alleyway caught his attention. He was close enough to at least stop that…and then he’d try and figure out a way to cull the rest. A woman ran into the alley way before he could, probably answering the same desperate cry, and his eyebrows furrowed. Something about her seemed familiar…He slowed to a stop, making it there just in time to see others close in behind her: a trap. His jaw locked and his eyes narrowed as he took in everything in the blink of an eye before darting forward.
The men behind her went down first: the razor edge of Torinasu cutting through their kneecaps like butter along with the strength of his arms. Before their bloody stumps had time to hit the ground he’d brought his swing up and done the same with their necks: freeing their heads from the rest of them without batting an eye. He disappeared, only to reappear behind one of the others and the tip of his blade cut through the back of him resulting in a bloody blade protruding from his chest. One of his arms shot out, his fingers gripping around the top of the other man’s head and with a light squeeze he sent forth the same type of explosion he’d done in Bakulaw…only now it was contained within the man’s body.
The warm spray of blood on his face and up his arm only lulled him, and later on he would feel remorseful for taking any form of pleasure in that, but right now he was blinded by bloodlust. The last man was the smarter of the group and made to run through the alley, and as he was about to round out of the mouth of the alley he clenched his fist, ready to send another explosion…but stopped. He blinked, taking a step back and in that brief hesitation the man managed to escape. His blade was still skewered through the other’s chest, his twitches into death bringing him back to attention and he quickly pulled his blade out…letting him fall to the ground to finish his descent into death.
What had he done…? These men had likely run up a world’s amount of wickedness, but just like in Bakulaw that hadn’t been what was on his mind at the time. The usual emerald hue of his eyes had shifted to bloody crimson and he moved them to the woman. She was alive…at least he’d had enough forethought not to attack her in his swift rampage. His lips moved silently, unsure of what to say before managing,
“A-Are you all right?”
Author: Silverstein, Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:21 PM, Post Subject: [P][R] Cannon Fire [P][R]
The sunshine beamed down on the two travelers below. Their hoods pulled over their heads; trying to escape the heat. A soft growl came from behind them, but they didn't bother to turn to look. Soft steps came up behind them and a small hand reached out from under the cape to let the white tiger run nuzzle into it.
“Were almost there. Kiyomi.” The tiger purred into her palm while he walked next to her.
Frowning to herself, Katerina looked down at her child beside her. The heat didn't usually bother her, but the sun seemed to be blazing that day.
“Sweetheart. Here.” The elemental said while taking down the child's hood, and laying her hand on the girl's neck. Soft smoke seep out from beneath her fingers.
“Awe, thank you, Mom.” Kiyomi sighed with a smiled while looking up to her mother, as she took in the coolness of her mother's fingers.
As they walked along the path down over the mountain, a large castle came into view. A gasp left the little girl's lips.
“Mom! Is there really a king or queen that lives in that castle?! Its beautiful!” Kiyomi being only a two years old, had not seen the city of Adeluna yet. The city circled around the large castle, with its stained glass window's and tall towers that looked like they were entering the sky. The ocean behind the castle made it even more spectacular.
“A queen. The best this city has ever seen.” Katerina said, thinking back to the moment she met the lovely queen. She was only a child then. A smile curved on the woman's lips.
“For a little girl, she sure had a spark of fire within her.” Katerina thought, her eyes tailing back to her daughter.
“Just like you…” It wasn't long until they reached the inn, it wasn't dusk yet, so the bar was almost empty. One man asleep on a table in the corner and another at the end of the bar. After about an hour in the bar, well fed, and now with a room to sleep in, the three of them went up to their room.
“Get some rest. We'll go out in the morning and do a bit of shopping.” The wolf demon announced while she started to sit down on the window seal near the bed.
“Really?! Can I get a new dress??” The girl asked, smiling at her mother, as she twirled around in delight. Her dark blue traveling dress did need an upgrade.
“Yes. Now go to bed.” The wolf demon a giggle escaping her lips.
After a few moments, the soft breathing of the child and tiger filled the room. It was like a lullaby to the wolf demon. Her eyes soon started to close.
“Damnit.” She whispered, sitting up straight. She knew that this town was well protected, but with the events that have been happening lately, the wolf demon wanted to keep watch. Changing her position on the window seal, she lean back and her eyes turned back to the window. The city lights shown from the darkness. The sun had just got down, and the city was getting ready to sleep. Besides the laughter that erupted from below. The bar was in full swing. She was glad, her daughter could sleep though loud sounds.
Bright blue eyes slowly closed with the sound of breathing and soft laughter from down below them. This time, they didn't snap open and a curse didn't leave the lips of the elemental. Dreamland soon took Katerina. White clouds and the sound of laughter appeared in her mind.
Soon the sound of laughter faded, and the sound of cannons made the wolf demon jump. Sitting up straight, the wolf demon's eyes shot to the window. An explosion on the castle made her eyes widen. Screams of fear replaced the laughter below. Turning her eyes downward, a gasp left her lips.
“Pirates.” She groaned. It was like they couldn't get enough of her. Many pirates filled the streets, grabbing women and men at will. Dragging them down the alleys. The men that fought had a sword through their gut.
“Mom!” A sudden voice made her head turn to look at her daughter.
“Mom, whats going on!?” The child asked, worried.
Quickly making her way to her daughter, she sat on the bed beside her.
“It is going to be alright.” She soothed, as her fingers moved loose blonde hair behind her ears.
“Stay here. I am going to go help.” Katerina said softly.
“Mom! I am going with you. I can help!” The child said, ripping the covers from her legs, and reaching to her dagger on the nightstand.
“I know you can, but you have to stay safe. Please.” Kissing Kiyomi's head, the woman stood up, not stopping to grab her cape, she opened the door. Looking from the tiger to her daughter, she hoped they would be okay.
“Kill anyone that enters.”“But mom! Wait.” “Kill anyone that enters.” “Mom!!”Katerina didn't wait a minute more, before shutting and locking the door behind her.
As the wolf walked down the hallway of the in, cannon fire and screams was the only thing she could hear. With a flick of her wrist, a puff of smoke shot out and while it faded, a sword was held in her hands. A black leather handle with floral steal design. The ancient language scrolled down the middle of the sword put off a soft glow to the though the sword.
“Up here! We ought to get some good sh*t.” She heard a rugged voice come from down the stairs followed by footsteps. Two sets.
“Easy.” She whispered with a smirk. Stopping in just around the corner from the stairs, she waited for the men to reach her. A gasp left the man's lips seeing the woman before him. The one second pause before he reached for his sword on his hip, would be the biggest regret in his life. The tip of Katerina's sword came up to his throat the instant he hesitate. Blood poured from his neck, as he fell down on his knees. The man behind him jumped over the dead man, sword drawn, and tried to cut the woman before him. In a quick movement, the wolf demon was now behind the man. He looked around dumbfounded for a minute before a sword was protruding from his gut.
“B**….ch” Gurgled from the mans mouth before he slid off her sword.
“Pirate scum.” The elemental whispered as she turned away, and walked down the stairs. Making her way towards the streets, she held back a gasp. People ran for their life from the pirates, a few bodies laid around the streets, and smoke poured up from the castle and its walls.
“Damnit.” She cursed under her breath. She had to help these people.
“Helpp!!!” She heard a scream from the alleyway beside the Inn.
Katerina's feet ran from under her, leading her into the alley. She came to a sudden stop seeing the men gathered in front of her. A dead man at their feet. Four men stood with their swords drawn and one of them held a set of chains.
“Hhahaha. Look what we have here boys.” One of the men said then nodded to someone behind her. Taking a quick glance behind her, she saw four more men.
“I wonder what is under that clothing.” The same man said as he licked his lips.
A smirk curved on her lips,
“This is going to be fun.” She thought as she held up her sword. She was ready to take them all down.
