RE: Cloudsea - The Chronicle of Alice Van Vaugen
07-11-2017, 12:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-12-2017, 07:41 AM by NotABear.)
Alice stands there, eyes closed, gun clutched to her chest, as she listened to the sounds of the universe around her. Ideas sprang forth like an endless fountain, and she reached down, sifted her hands through them, and drank deeply of the river of unrelenting consciousness.
Alice fired just as Qhen turned, the bullet whizzing past. A little overkill maybe, as the Choirbug EXPLODES in a cloud or rapidly expanding green mist and metallic shrapnel.
Qhen and Viss began to retreat- and just as they were getting close to the distance Alice specified-
A thunderous noise filled the air, followed by a higher pitched stutter of gunfire... The airship's broadside cannons roared and spat flame and shot, while the crew on deck tended to a particularly nice piece of treasure of theirs: an 'automatic' rotary cannon, cranked by one person, while another loaded, and the last two held it in place to make sure it did not wobble with the shaking of the ship.
The ChoirQueen screeched and hissed, although it was hard to tell if that sound was it, or the sound of the metal shot tearing through it's carapace repeatedly... It began to leak it's strange green internal fluids onto the ground- then promptly stopped. A kind of mechanical 'scab' had formed over the wounds, meaning that any holes were temporary, at best.
Viss looked at Qhen knowingly, then back to Aliss.
Alice, Viss and Qhen looked back at the ChoirQueen. It was still screeching at the Airship, which was now backing away, perhaps to reload? The ChoirQueen was slowly turning it's attention back to the foes on the ground. A couple more choirbugs emerged.
Alice's gun rang out, armor piercing round punching one of the glass domes, shattering it instantly... impacting something inside the ChoirQueen and causing it to screech as a gout of green liquid exploded out of it's side! Also- that thing about Qhen- That's not important right now, IS IT? No! She can feel dumb later! She whipped her gun against her side, bouncing it in and out of the pouch's weird internal space, automatically loading it with another AP shell, since her good arm was still out of commission.
- AP Round has destroyed Blister C! -
- Reloaded = = AP Round! -
Viss ran forward ahead of Qhen, who was down on one knee, mumbling to themselves, hands down at their side as if they were about to unsheathe a weapon of some kind... Viss slipped a small, odd, wax bauble into her mouth, not even chewing on it, swallowing it whole like- well an egg. Viss wanted eggs when they got back to the house. Viss wondered if the crew had found any farm birds while searching. Her footclaws digging into the ground, she practically fell forward as she drew her knife and launched herself at one of the choirbugs, catching it right in the side with her blade as she used the momentum to come crashing down on another one, pulling her blade free and raising it to strike the next...
- Alchemist's Egg prepared. . . -
- Viss' Twisting Edge slays Choirbug B, C... -
Qhen's cloak unfurled slowly, threads of blood coiling into their grip as they stood up. This was too much concentration for Qhen's part. They didn't have any time to waste! If they used a little too much power, who cared?! They needed this monstrosity down and out fast! It was an interesting sensation, to 'ball up' their muscles, but not get the proper bodily feedback on the action- That's what happened to the golem by the way. In this form, Qhen has to admit, no matter how they try, they seem to give 150% all the time. They intended to just land on the golem and stab it a few times to distract it- but instead they smashed it into the ground, and their strike with the blood claws they had formed instead had rendered it into pieces.
- Qhen attempts to channel 15 points of blood. . . -
- Qhen's Free-Form: BLOODLUST adds an additional 5 point cost which is spent on maximizing Qhen's physical attributes! -
- Qhen begins channeling the Thread of Life. . . unraveling. . . measuring. . . -
Viss looked up at the towering metallic insect as it screamed down at her, lifting one of it's large, sharp pointed legs and trying to bring it down on her! She kicked off the corpse of the slain choirbug, rolling backwards, bringing her hands up to the sides of her throat- finding that wax bubble she swallowed- and crushing it. She could feel the liquid mixing with the bile in her throat, and she took a deep breath of air... and exhaled a massive cloud of icy fog, obscuring the area from view as crystals of ice began to jut up into the air. . .
- Viss' Twisting Edge has slain ChoirBug D! -
- Viss overextends themselves to dodge. . . -
- Viss unleashes Alchemical Art: Breath of the Chimera: Frost! -
That was the signal, as far as Qhen was concerned! They 'gently' pushed off the ground, and launched up out of the cloud, as their arms came up behind and above their head, crushing the ampules of blood they had gathered, the threads exploding back, forming a long handle, then blossoming out like a beautiful flower for a moment before crashing down in on itself and making a strange, rose-like mace head. . . Qhen let the weapon spin them backwards slowly as they felt their momentum change... and as they dropped, they HAULED on the massive cudgel with all their might, flexing parts of their body that didn't even technically exist at this moment as they spun once... twice... three times... and CRUSHED the ChoirQueen's thorax. . . Then, dangling at the top of the handle, they shoved with all their might, and drove the hidden spear blade down into the ChoirQueen's body, handle and all!
- CUT! The Bloodline has been measured, and found not lacking! Let them taste your fury, Qhen! -
- Qhen's Free-Form: BLOODLUST explodes with power, maximizing Qhen's attack! The strain costs another 10 points of blood. . . -
- Qhen unleashes the full force of the Blood-Rose Hammer... and it's Hidden Thorn. . . -
From inside the fog of quickly fading frost, came a massive fist. The sound of metal against bone rang out, and there was an explosion of blood, both red and green, as Qhen came flying up and away from the ChoirQueen, trailing blood behind them before they landed on a tree, smashing it into pieces.
The fog cleared. The ChoirQueen's midsection was practically destroyed, but it's head has become... disconnected, and now floated overhead, screeching and squealing. . .
It's abdomen even took a large brunt of the damage, almost splitting completely open, but it was starting to 'scab' over again, and the thing that hit Qhen... was a choirbeast, emerging from the broken open body before it sealed off completely. With Qhen removed from the immediate premises, the choirbeast jumped off the back of it's producer, grabbed one of the now useless legs from the smashed body.. and ripped it off, hefting it like a massive, long club.
- ChoirQueen has been defeated? It is now ChoirConductor (head) and ChoirStage (body/birthing pod). -
- A choirbeast has been produced, and has equipped a long, reaching club for a weapon. -
- Qhen has taken another 5 blood points in damage! -
- The steady production of choirbugs has stopped. The ChoirStage is now... throbbing, and glows with a deep light. . . -
- The airship is coming around slowly, but has not signaled anything. -
ALICE> 5/10 Health - 5/15 Morale - 12/20 Ammo
QHEN> 35/100 Blood
VISS> 10/30 Health - 10/30 Morale - 30/30 Create
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Qhen and Viss began to retreat- and just as they were getting close to the distance Alice specified-
A thunderous noise filled the air, followed by a higher pitched stutter of gunfire... The airship's broadside cannons roared and spat flame and shot, while the crew on deck tended to a particularly nice piece of treasure of theirs: an 'automatic' rotary cannon, cranked by one person, while another loaded, and the last two held it in place to make sure it did not wobble with the shaking of the ship.
The ChoirQueen screeched and hissed, although it was hard to tell if that sound was it, or the sound of the metal shot tearing through it's carapace repeatedly... It began to leak it's strange green internal fluids onto the ground- then promptly stopped. A kind of mechanical 'scab' had formed over the wounds, meaning that any holes were temporary, at best.
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BATTLE-ROUND ----=====/\/\/-START!->>>>
Alice's gun rang out, armor piercing round punching one of the glass domes, shattering it instantly... impacting something inside the ChoirQueen and causing it to screech as a gout of green liquid exploded out of it's side! Also- that thing about Qhen- That's not important right now, IS IT? No! She can feel dumb later! She whipped her gun against her side, bouncing it in and out of the pouch's weird internal space, automatically loading it with another AP shell, since her good arm was still out of commission.
- AP Round has destroyed Blister C! -
- Reloaded = = AP Round! -
Viss ran forward ahead of Qhen, who was down on one knee, mumbling to themselves, hands down at their side as if they were about to unsheathe a weapon of some kind... Viss slipped a small, odd, wax bauble into her mouth, not even chewing on it, swallowing it whole like- well an egg. Viss wanted eggs when they got back to the house. Viss wondered if the crew had found any farm birds while searching. Her footclaws digging into the ground, she practically fell forward as she drew her knife and launched herself at one of the choirbugs, catching it right in the side with her blade as she used the momentum to come crashing down on another one, pulling her blade free and raising it to strike the next...
- Alchemist's Egg prepared. . . -
- Viss' Twisting Edge slays Choirbug B, C... -
Qhen's cloak unfurled slowly, threads of blood coiling into their grip as they stood up. This was too much concentration for Qhen's part. They didn't have any time to waste! If they used a little too much power, who cared?! They needed this monstrosity down and out fast! It was an interesting sensation, to 'ball up' their muscles, but not get the proper bodily feedback on the action- That's what happened to the golem by the way. In this form, Qhen has to admit, no matter how they try, they seem to give 150% all the time. They intended to just land on the golem and stab it a few times to distract it- but instead they smashed it into the ground, and their strike with the blood claws they had formed instead had rendered it into pieces.
- Qhen attempts to channel 15 points of blood. . . -
- Qhen's Free-Form: BLOODLUST adds an additional 5 point cost which is spent on maximizing Qhen's physical attributes! -
- Qhen begins channeling the Thread of Life. . . unraveling. . . measuring. . . -
Viss looked up at the towering metallic insect as it screamed down at her, lifting one of it's large, sharp pointed legs and trying to bring it down on her! She kicked off the corpse of the slain choirbug, rolling backwards, bringing her hands up to the sides of her throat- finding that wax bubble she swallowed- and crushing it. She could feel the liquid mixing with the bile in her throat, and she took a deep breath of air... and exhaled a massive cloud of icy fog, obscuring the area from view as crystals of ice began to jut up into the air. . .
- Viss' Twisting Edge has slain ChoirBug D! -
- Viss overextends themselves to dodge. . . -
- Viss unleashes Alchemical Art: Breath of the Chimera: Frost! -
That was the signal, as far as Qhen was concerned! They 'gently' pushed off the ground, and launched up out of the cloud, as their arms came up behind and above their head, crushing the ampules of blood they had gathered, the threads exploding back, forming a long handle, then blossoming out like a beautiful flower for a moment before crashing down in on itself and making a strange, rose-like mace head. . . Qhen let the weapon spin them backwards slowly as they felt their momentum change... and as they dropped, they HAULED on the massive cudgel with all their might, flexing parts of their body that didn't even technically exist at this moment as they spun once... twice... three times... and CRUSHED the ChoirQueen's thorax. . . Then, dangling at the top of the handle, they shoved with all their might, and drove the hidden spear blade down into the ChoirQueen's body, handle and all!
- CUT! The Bloodline has been measured, and found not lacking! Let them taste your fury, Qhen! -
- Qhen's Free-Form: BLOODLUST explodes with power, maximizing Qhen's attack! The strain costs another 10 points of blood. . . -
- Qhen unleashes the full force of the Blood-Rose Hammer... and it's Hidden Thorn. . . -
Spoiler
The fog cleared. The ChoirQueen's midsection was practically destroyed, but it's head has become... disconnected, and now floated overhead, screeching and squealing. . .
It's abdomen even took a large brunt of the damage, almost splitting completely open, but it was starting to 'scab' over again, and the thing that hit Qhen... was a choirbeast, emerging from the broken open body before it sealed off completely. With Qhen removed from the immediate premises, the choirbeast jumped off the back of it's producer, grabbed one of the now useless legs from the smashed body.. and ripped it off, hefting it like a massive, long club.
- ChoirQueen has been defeated? It is now ChoirConductor (head) and ChoirStage (body/birthing pod). -
- A choirbeast has been produced, and has equipped a long, reaching club for a weapon. -
- Qhen has taken another 5 blood points in damage! -
- The steady production of choirbugs has stopped. The ChoirStage is now... throbbing, and glows with a deep light. . . -
- The airship is coming around slowly, but has not signaled anything. -
ALICE> 5/10 Health - 5/15 Morale - 12/20 Ammo
QHEN> 35/100 Blood
VISS> 10/30 Health - 10/30 Morale - 30/30 Create
Alice Wrote:"You know, voices? I really gotta know- why is everything so hard?"
Alice Wrote:"Also, next plan? Are we still going to try to bomb the body?"