Re: Intense Struggle Season 2! (Round 3: Castle Suterrea)
06-04-2011, 12:44 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by MalkyTop.
The pain. Oh, merciful Hora, the pain. They took away many things, but why couldn’t they take away pain?
…She was bleeding all over the place. In a giant castle with traps and monsters. With no weapon.
Well, shit.
Was she dying? Was she going to die? She couldn’t die yet, no, no no no…
Was she already seeing the future? She couldn’t remember. She might be already. No, she stopped a while back, didn’t she? No, no future vision, it’ll just confuse her more.
She wanted her staff back. She wanted her headdress back. She wanted her arm back.
Maybe she shouldn’t have left Karen.
A rustle up ahead. Sarika tried not to complain too loudly and stayed back, waiting to see if it was another monster or just her imagination. If it was a monster, she was dead. If it was her imagination, that probably meant she was slowly losing it as a result of extreme blood loss and thus would die soon. She didn’t really feel confident in her future.
Or…it could be a floating rosebush alien.
“Y-you!” Sarika managed to gasp. She honestly didn’t really remember the rose bush’s name and she had never asked, but it hadn’t attacked Lillian the last time she hung around it for an extended period of time, so it probably wasn’t too bad. Even if it didn’t talk much. “M-my arm, I need h-help…”
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Reudic couldn’t say that the round so far had been interesting. There were beasties and monsters, of course, sure, but, well, he could be considered a monster himself. He would fit right in, actually.
So mostly the bush had been roaming around aimlessly, looking around for someone familiar. Eventually, he came across the bird woman.
“…I need h-help.”
…Who was she talking to?
Reudic slid right in front of her and just stared at her for a bit. She continued pleading, apparently to him now.
“There—there was a monster, something with…with illusions…I almost died…you, you can help, right…?”
Reudic continued to stare impassively, although he was getting an idea about—
“Awk!” Sarika yelped, clutching her arm and stumbling back a bit. Reudic watched as she started breathing more slowly until she seemed calm enough to stand up straight. Blood continued to drip onto the floor rather rhythmically. “Alright,” she said, sounding in charge once again. “That thing seemed to want to get Marcus specifically, so I think we ought to warn him. And the others too if—Awk!”
Reudic had finally figured out what was going on and had snaked a tendril into Sarika’s gushing arm, releasing his toxins, which was really the only thing he had that could actually do anything in this situation. Then he completely deadened all pain she felt.
Sarika blinked. Then she rubbed her arm and winced in a very expectant way, though she didn’t feel a thing. Which meant she blinked again. “Oh. Okay. Silly me. Well, we should find the others now.”
The bird woman went back the way she came from and Reudic trailed lazily behind. Sarika was being amazingly lucid after getting an arm full of hallucinogenic toxins. Of course, maybe this was a delayed effect. Reudic couldn’t help but feel that he should be around if the effect ever took hold.
Many people probably couldn’t help but wonder how hallucinogens would affect future vision. Many people weren’t Reudic.
The pain. Oh, merciful Hora, the pain. They took away many things, but why couldn’t they take away pain?
…She was bleeding all over the place. In a giant castle with traps and monsters. With no weapon.
Well, shit.
Was she dying? Was she going to die? She couldn’t die yet, no, no no no…
Was she already seeing the future? She couldn’t remember. She might be already. No, she stopped a while back, didn’t she? No, no future vision, it’ll just confuse her more.
She wanted her staff back. She wanted her headdress back. She wanted her arm back.
Maybe she shouldn’t have left Karen.
A rustle up ahead. Sarika tried not to complain too loudly and stayed back, waiting to see if it was another monster or just her imagination. If it was a monster, she was dead. If it was her imagination, that probably meant she was slowly losing it as a result of extreme blood loss and thus would die soon. She didn’t really feel confident in her future.
Or…it could be a floating rosebush alien.
“Y-you!” Sarika managed to gasp. She honestly didn’t really remember the rose bush’s name and she had never asked, but it hadn’t attacked Lillian the last time she hung around it for an extended period of time, so it probably wasn’t too bad. Even if it didn’t talk much. “M-my arm, I need h-help…”
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Reudic couldn’t say that the round so far had been interesting. There were beasties and monsters, of course, sure, but, well, he could be considered a monster himself. He would fit right in, actually.
So mostly the bush had been roaming around aimlessly, looking around for someone familiar. Eventually, he came across the bird woman.
“…I need h-help.”
…Who was she talking to?
Reudic slid right in front of her and just stared at her for a bit. She continued pleading, apparently to him now.
“There—there was a monster, something with…with illusions…I almost died…you, you can help, right…?”
Reudic continued to stare impassively, although he was getting an idea about—
“Awk!” Sarika yelped, clutching her arm and stumbling back a bit. Reudic watched as she started breathing more slowly until she seemed calm enough to stand up straight. Blood continued to drip onto the floor rather rhythmically. “Alright,” she said, sounding in charge once again. “That thing seemed to want to get Marcus specifically, so I think we ought to warn him. And the others too if—Awk!”
Reudic had finally figured out what was going on and had snaked a tendril into Sarika’s gushing arm, releasing his toxins, which was really the only thing he had that could actually do anything in this situation. Then he completely deadened all pain she felt.
Sarika blinked. Then she rubbed her arm and winced in a very expectant way, though she didn’t feel a thing. Which meant she blinked again. “Oh. Okay. Silly me. Well, we should find the others now.”
The bird woman went back the way she came from and Reudic trailed lazily behind. Sarika was being amazingly lucid after getting an arm full of hallucinogenic toxins. Of course, maybe this was a delayed effect. Reudic couldn’t help but feel that he should be around if the effect ever took hold.
Many people probably couldn’t help but wonder how hallucinogens would affect future vision. Many people weren’t Reudic.