the Rift


SWP :: You thought it was over? So did I. (Part I)

Ultima Posts: 57
Outcast
Mare :: Pegasus :: 16.3hh :: 4
Snapdragon :: Turkish Andora Cat :: None Kairi
#61
ultima
It was the voice that did it, just as it had for the Bright God; the very air of the desert was slit open like the gut of some animal, words like entrails, slimy, slick with viscous red intent; they trailed and skittered along her neck like the groping claws of an insect and Ultima felt her entire skeleton vibrate, one great marrow-deep thrum— and go utterly slack. Whether it was the down-thrust of a hundred pairs of wings or the blood that had frozen in her veins, she fell to the ground in a whirlwind of water and salt fine as powder, and for several moments did not stir. And then the earth shook. The stench of brine and rot, fanned by the heat of the Bright God’s fire, struck her squarely across the face. ‘Crocodile,’ she thought briefly, explosions sounding off behind her like guns at salute: crocodile, crocodile, and with a deafening bang, CROCODILE!

She ran.

The pain would come later; wasted by the onslaught of shock, despair, relief, and shock again, her muscles now were fed by adrenaline, a useful anxiety that settled into the tired nerves and jolted them to wakefulness. Run, run, run, her heart clamored, fly, fly, fly, her reptile brain screamed— Leaning back onto her hindlegs, her wings wrung out, the sound of the joints popping and groaning lost in the throes of the battlefield— And with a bound she was airborne, leaping onto a hot draft that carried her further and further from the fracas. She glided for several meters before her hooves began to skim the glass, and with a neat collection sprang upwards again, gliding and clawing for distance, puppeted by her sheer desire to survive. It was only when she got the idea to look back that the magic ran itself dry. 

Unbalanced by the sudden jerk of her head, she spun out in a whirl of feathers and dashed herself on the flats, cartwheeling for several moments before coming to a stop. One blink. Another, the world pulsing uncomfortably as her brain settled back into place. And then the now-familiar jolt of realization, like a blow to the throat: death is behind you. She wheezed. She pulled her legs back beneath her, wobbling and pink where the Flats had scoured the skin raw.

She ran.

A band of horses had gathered up ahead, and Ultima craned to separate their shapes – a stallion, roaring like a bull, a mare the color of the sea encroaching on the Flats, a— ‘Tiger,’ she thought dimly— And a girl in the center of them all, crowned with a delicate set of wings, eyes blank and dumbstruck, and clearly not moving. 

“Wh— Are you mad?” More out of belligerence than compassion, Ultima fumbled to a rolling stop at the band’s edge and turned backwards, to where the war was still blazing. Electricity and fire dotted the air over a mass half-caked in sand, dark, quickly-moving flecks bouncing off of the invisible body like fleas. A brief hush, no more than a hair wide. A shiver stood her feathers on end. And then another blast of energy, sending a wave of cracks through the salt pan. Ultima spun sharp and flung her wings out, shielding her head – and indirectly, Evaneska – as the sand buffeted all around her. “Up there,” she coughed eventually, gesturing with a flash of gold to a low set of outcroppings in the near distance, like white caps frozen at their very peak. They’d be as good a shield as any, she figured, glancing harriedly at her audience. 

“They’ve got it preoccupied for now, but who knows how long that’ll last, and I really don’t want to be killed, so please, up, let’s go live,

command me to be well.


Team: l8r g8r
Mentioned: @Evaneska @Tiamat @Thantos @Ciceron (for Kiara)
Almost immediately ran for the hills, did some somersaults, but stopped to yell about Evaneska; currently trying to get the group to take shelter behind some salt formations nearby.
please tag ultima in all posts!
force/magic a-ok, shy of killing/maiming her!

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Helovian Ancient
Stallion :: Equine :: ::
#62
Milo & Knox are cured of GLL - didn't catch it earlier.

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Helovian Ancient
Stallion :: Equine :: ::
#63
GAUCHO - CW
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 9 Gaucho's plethora of fire attacks scald the creature, making its camouflage stagger
DAMAGE TAKEN || odd - takes no damage.

ARCHIBALD - CW
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 7 - As the Croc becomes visible, Archibald's bone-magic stutters the creature to a stop. It bellows loudly and painfully.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Fire from above singes Archibald's exposed skin. There are only a few superficial wounds, but his hair is singed.

RHEA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 The crocodile avoids your attempt to hit it.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Fire from above burns you.

KALONA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 7 - Your knife peels a scale off of the crocodile, exposing pale almost transcluscent skin below.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - The Crocodile's shoulder slams into you, throwing you backwards.

ISOPIA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 2 - Fire from above throws off your attack and causes minor burns.
DAMAGE TAKEN || odd

EVANESKA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 1 - Thantos is roughly shoved into you, while trying to provide protection.
DAMAGE TAKEN || odd

ERTHE - CW
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 9 - The sand and water mixture thrown gets into the monster's eyes. It screams and flails blindly.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - During its flailing, its tail hits your entire left side, throwing you onto the ground. The imapct caused a developmental injury due to her age which will result in a stunted fetlock causing a perm. limp (can be quested to fix).

MAUJA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 10 Your ice spike pierces right through the monster's arm-put area. Blue-blood dribbles down its left front leg.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - No damage.

AMPERE
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 8 Your dagger finds its mark, and pulls away a scale. Briefly the crocodile's muscles stutter as your magic floods its veins.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - Takes no damage

ODE
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 - The crocodile avoids your horn
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Gull charges into your side, shoving you slightly

GULL
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 4 - You hit Ode, shoving him aside.
DAMAGE TAKEN || odd - Takes no damage

CICERON
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 - You knock the Crocodile's tail away as it was about to hit Evaneska
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Its tail spikes cut your shoulder

CERA -CW
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 - Your hooves find the Crocodile's spine, and it rolls roughly to the left with pain
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - Takes no damage

TEMBOVU
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 1 - You miss the Crocodile and land sharply back onto the sand, injuring your knees.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Knee injury

REXANNA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 - The crocodile dodges away from you, and your attack misses.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - Takes no damage

NURAY
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 5 You hit the Crocodile's large foreleg away, trying to protect Erthe.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - You block Erthe, but the Crocodile shoves you down into the sand.

DEIMOS
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 4 - Your fire misses Gull, but hits the Crocodile's tail
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Fire from above burns you

GHOST
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 The crocodile is unaffected by the blood rain - however the wolf manages to bite at a patch of skin, where a scale had already been removed
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Although in armor, all of the bodies in the air becomes a problem, and you are kicked from above.

EREBOS
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 9: A patch of scales on the Crocodile begin to smoulder and burn from the inside out
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Fire from above rains down onto you.

SACRE
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 - The electricity seems to have no effect, but the crocodile seems to sway briefly as its blood is leeched.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - Takes no damage.

SHIDA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 - Explosion shoves the Crocodile to the side
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Hurt by companion's hellfire

LENA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 9 - The creature seems almost distracted by Lena's song, and then woefully shocked when fire falls on it
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd

TIAMAT
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 2 - Ciceron falls into you, while trying to protect Evaneska
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Shoulder-shove.

SOREN
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 1 The Crocodile's camo kicks in, and you run by and trip over its cloaked tail.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - You fall.

KI'IRHA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 You miss both Gull and the Crocodile
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Fire from above falls onto you

CATHUN
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 You kick the crocodile's wounded shoulder
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - BLood from the Croc freezes your hooves

SHADOW
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 Your attack misses, you hit neither the croc nor protect Erthe
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd

ENNA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 4 - Your antlers scrape across the creature's wounded side.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd

NAJYA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 - The poisoned sword digs deep into the croc's thigh
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Blood splatters back onto you, freezing you.

KNOX
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 The creature pauses as the world temporarily grows dark. It flails out towards you, thrusting you backwards
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Tail-whip from the Croc

MILO
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 1 - You get a sand-burn from being dragged backwards.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Bleeding knees from the sand

ASHAMIN (sorry x.x)
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 - The Croc is able to flail away from your hooves
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - You fall off of the Croc's guarded back, scraping your foreleg on the way down

AHVELYN
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 2 - You are burned from fire raining down from the sky
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Several burns

VOLTERRA - CW
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 10 - Your spike pierces right next to Mauja's, completely piercing the Croc's shoulder. Blood openly spills from the creature.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - You take no damage.

ROHAN
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 7 - Your antlers scrape off several scales from the Croc's back
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - Takes no damage

RIKYN
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 8 You successfully attack with Ahvelyn
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - The Crocodile hip-checks you.

Aithniel
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 9 - Your fire ball hits the creature in the face, causing it to bellow with pain.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - The large group that forms to try and fight the monster becomes dangerous - you are roughly shoved aside during the fray

THANTOS
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 7 - You protect Evaneska from the Croc but-
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - You are thrown into her during hte course of the fight.

OPHELIA - CW
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 10 - Your horn pierces directly into the Crocodile's right lung (through the wound created by Mauja and Volterra). It wheezes with pain.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - No damage

PANZRAM
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 2 - Your attack misses, but you are burned from above
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Burns along your back

NYX
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 - The Crocodile dodges your attack
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - You take no damage.

MAREN - CW
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 - Defense for the Sun God was not needed
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - Takes no damage

BADGER
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 8 - Will heal any who need it
DAMAGE TAKEN || odd - takes no damage/Healed by Miykael

PERSEPHONE
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 5 - Your screams make the Crocodile snarl angrily.
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - Takes no damage

THRANDUIL
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 2 - Fire falls onto Haldir
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - You take no damage

EINARR
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 1 The crocodile bucks and its scales end up cutting the bottom of your hooves
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - injured feet

MESEC
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 8 - Attacks from Mesec and Lucius both pull away a scale.
DAMAGE TAKEN Even - Blood from the creature briefly freezes you

TORLEIK
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 1 - The ground around you freezes due to your magic, and in the scuffle, you slip on a frozen puddle
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Bruised back leg

RANJIRI
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 10 - You gauge out one of the Croc's eyes
DAMAGE TAKEN || Odd - No damage taken

NAERYS
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 9 - Your hooves shove some of the Croc's scales backwards.
DAMAGE TAKEN || even - Blood from the Crocodile's wounded back splash onto your forelegs, freezing your knees

Miykael
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 7 - Successfully heals Badger
DAMAGE TAKEN || odd - Takes no damage

BOY
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 6 - Your hoof hits the back of the Crocodile's head
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Fire from above burns you

DESTRIER
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 8 - The Crocodile chokes as its air is cut off. Both dragons' attacks are successful
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even The Crocodile throws sand towards you as it flails for air.

MORRIGAN
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 4 - Will be able to minorly heal
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Fire from above burns you

LACE
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 - Your kick misses
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - Fire from above burns you

MEGAERA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 3 - The Crocodile dodges your attack
DAMAGE TAKEN || Even - You strain a wing as you miss

IMONADA
Team SG
DAMAGE DEALT || 2 - You are shoved aside as fighters rush passed you
DAMAGE TAKEN || 1


Ultima posted after the time limit! Assume that her actions didn't affect the battle - however feel free to post in the next round!

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Helovian Ancient
Stallion :: Equine :: ::
#64
New thread will be started shortly!

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Helovian Ancient
Stallion :: Equine :: ::
#65
Badger is cured of GLL!


Remember with these chaos swp threads, even if Random Event dice rolls didn't have someone's magical ability hit you, so long as the 'caster' is okay with it, you can write in the next post that you take some of that friendly fire + whatever RE damage given - keep in mind your written location compared to their's for realism.

Doing so may help speed up your curing process and is a realistic effect from battle :)

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Helovian Ancient
Stallion :: Equine :: ::
#66
After clarification:

Isopia, Deimos, Erebos, Ahvelyn, Lace, and Morrigan are cured of GLL!

Aithniel is cured of BFB!


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