Re: Pitched Combat [Round 1: Forêt Noire]
01-16-2010, 08:24 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by Lisawags.
Menacing giggles were heard from the darkness. Then, strange creatures leaped from the darkness and into the light! These animals had giant, red, and slanted eyes. There were long, thin antennas attached to their small heads. Some of them had four claws on each hand while others had five. A few of them even had both. These beasts also had a grin similar to a jack-o-lantern, but there was not light, only darkness. They were small and didn't look like much of a threat, but in numbers they were powerful, like Pikmin. Soon, there were dozens of pairs of read eyes staring from the darkness and shaking, probably from all of that laughter.
Vasily, Rong, Eemp, Right, and Yume ran towards their enemies, while Jordan cowered at the rubble of the cottage. All of the contestants but Jordan fought courageously and well, but they were certainly outnumbered! There was an endless amount of these creatures, and the contestants would fall to them if nothing was done!
Suddenly, a blood curdling roar was heard throughout the clearing, and the fire on the opposite side of the players and close to the cottage swiftly dimmed into darkness. A gargantuan dragon slowly, but surely, emerged from the gloom. Each footstep made the ground rumble, but the combatants did not stagger!
Jordan stumbled toward the others rapidly as the dragon roared once more. It, the basilisk, glared at its opponents without moving at all, holding its breath, as if it was waiting for the first move.
While everyone was distracted, what appeared to be the last wave of the little monsters surrounded the contestants. There was a plethora of these pests, but they could be beaten with enough effort.
The coward, obviously Jordan, looked about with fright. With no exit, no hiding place, he had no choice, no choice but to fight... to risk his own life. With his back against his temporary allies, he concentrated on the large clump of these savages. In a blink of an eye, a little less than half of the immense army were burned to a crisp. They continued to hoot with laughter, and several of them made the fatal mistake of soaring toward Vasily.
Then, with no more than a couple of swings with his sword, a handful of the demons were dead. The puny corpses dissipated into the air, but there was so much more of these devils!
Menacing giggles were heard from the darkness. Then, strange creatures leaped from the darkness and into the light! These animals had giant, red, and slanted eyes. There were long, thin antennas attached to their small heads. Some of them had four claws on each hand while others had five. A few of them even had both. These beasts also had a grin similar to a jack-o-lantern, but there was not light, only darkness. They were small and didn't look like much of a threat, but in numbers they were powerful, like Pikmin. Soon, there were dozens of pairs of read eyes staring from the darkness and shaking, probably from all of that laughter.
Vasily, Rong, Eemp, Right, and Yume ran towards their enemies, while Jordan cowered at the rubble of the cottage. All of the contestants but Jordan fought courageously and well, but they were certainly outnumbered! There was an endless amount of these creatures, and the contestants would fall to them if nothing was done!
Suddenly, a blood curdling roar was heard throughout the clearing, and the fire on the opposite side of the players and close to the cottage swiftly dimmed into darkness. A gargantuan dragon slowly, but surely, emerged from the gloom. Each footstep made the ground rumble, but the combatants did not stagger!
Jordan stumbled toward the others rapidly as the dragon roared once more. It, the basilisk, glared at its opponents without moving at all, holding its breath, as if it was waiting for the first move.
While everyone was distracted, what appeared to be the last wave of the little monsters surrounded the contestants. There was a plethora of these pests, but they could be beaten with enough effort.
The coward, obviously Jordan, looked about with fright. With no exit, no hiding place, he had no choice, no choice but to fight... to risk his own life. With his back against his temporary allies, he concentrated on the large clump of these savages. In a blink of an eye, a little less than half of the immense army were burned to a crisp. They continued to hoot with laughter, and several of them made the fatal mistake of soaring toward Vasily.
Then, with no more than a couple of swings with his sword, a handful of the demons were dead. The puny corpses dissipated into the air, but there was so much more of these devils!