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Battle With Spectre 241112
On a chilly, rain-soaked evening at the Elm Street Apartment Complex's parking lot, a fierce altercation unfolds between a group of determined fighters and the malevolent Spectre. Selina, an argenti draco hybrida, launches the initial assault with a draconic roar and a burst of chilly rays to draw Spectre's attention. Joined by Elora, who draws on the power of a wintery glowing choker, and Brian, who steadies his rifle for a precise shot, the group engages the Spectre, which menacingly turns to face its attackers. Ash, quickly assessing the situation for any need of triage, juxtaposes the group's aggressive onset. The battle escalates as the Spectre, armed with a spear, inflicts a serious wound on Brian, far more severe than the limited sanctuary rules would typically permit. The fighters regroup and intensify their efforts: Selina combats the summon before engaging the Spectre squarely, Elora and Ash provide support through arrows and medical aid, while Harriet finds herself inadvertently caught in the fray, suffering from the Spectre's poison and confusion amongst the allies.
As the struggle intensifies, Vindicta arrives, introducing gunfire into the melee, and the wounded are feverishly tended by their comrades amidst the chaos. The fighters' tactics evolve: Elora uses illusions to misdirect the Spectre, Ash and Vindicta band together for healing and support, and Bear charges in with a blend of brute force and desperation. Despite the venom coursing through their veins, diminishing their ability to fight effectively, the group persists, driven by a mix of determination and the hope of overcoming the Spectre. The narrative is one of resilience, as each character endeavors to counter the Spectre's formidable assaults with their unique abilities and teamwork. The scene is chaotic, marked by moments of pain, quick strategizing, and the relentless pursuit of victory over the menacing Spectre. The story illustrates not just a battle against a formidable foe, but the internal battles each character faces as they push through their pain, fear, and desperation to aid each other and survive the encounter.
(Battle with Spectre)
[Mon Nov 11 2024]
In the Parking Lot of the Elm Street Apartment Complex
It is night, about 46F(7C) degrees, and the sky is covered by dark grey stormclouds. It's raining. There is a waxing gibbous moon.
Selina pounces toward Spectre as it is walking away and runs forward, throwing out some chilly rays to get its attention.
Elora has a choker glowing with a wintery light as she focused on the Spectre.
Brian shoulders his rifle and steadies his breathing. He takes careful aim, then gently squeezes the trigger.
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) bursts out of some shimmering light on her way toward Spectre and lets out a draconic roar. She gallops forward on both feet and hands, letting her wings unfurl to carry her forward a little bit faster. Her tail whips back and forth to steady her balance on the way forward.
Spectre turns to face those attempting to slay them, rising up to their full and impressive height as they loom.
Ash says "Anyone need triage?"
"What will your last words be?" Spectre wonders of Brian as they wrap around him, grasping at the man and drawing him closer into it's mass.
"Fuck you, probably." Brian says with a shit-eating grin.
Ash says "Fuck! "
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) takes out Spectre's summon before turning to face off with Spectre. She lets out another draconic roar as she takes the first target down, preparing for the next, even as it tries to use Brian as a shield.
Elora draws an arrow from her quiver, knocks it, and holds up her bow, sighting on a Spectre.
"Goodbye." Spectre intones seriously as they stab their spear into Brian's arm, wounding them far more seriously than Sanctuary would typically allow.
Elora eyes widen in alarm as she draws another arrow from her quiver and knocks it.
Ash runs over, grabbing Brian just as the shadows stabs them. Their talisman lights up, and with supernatural speed and skill, they staple shut wounds, wrap Brian's wounds, ppushes him away.
Ash says "Brian, You need to get to the clinic."
Ash says "Fuck.... "
Harriet gets beat up by everyone.
Ash growls, "Fuck! Harry!"
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) makes an apologetic noise toward Harriet, then turns her attention back to Spectre, letting out a low growl.
Ash seems trapped between getting Brian out to the hospital, and helping with the battle, but runs to Harriet.
Ash says "Stop attacking! He swapped with her!"
Elora winces. "Whoops."
Poisoned pretty good, Harriet looks pretty out of it right now.
Harriet is also like a little turtle on its back and can no longer move. She just... is there, but looks grateful when Ash applies some bandages.
Ash says "I need both of y'all out of here...."
Harriet nods to Ash. "I'll try to get him to the hospital."
Ash nods to Harriet, drawling, "Hurry! I'll get him after this."
Ash growls, drawling, "Damn you, you piece of shit!"
Harriet says, "It won't let me carry him..."
Harriet says to Ash, "Can you seet him down?"
"No, it won't." Spectre informs Harriet in a hiss of a whisper.
Selina gets thrown away from Spectre, but as soon as she lands, she sheds her scales and comes out dishing out more chilly rays to try to get Spectre's attention.
Elora resumes pelting the someone with arrows.
Ash nods to Harriet, drawling, "Good, now?"
Elora resumes loosing arrows at the Spectre while moving away from it.
"Press the attack," Selina calls out to the others while she has a voice. It may not last long before she is back in her scales. She steps forward with her rapier, preparing to cut at Spectre.
Ash growls to Selina, drawling, "He's going to try and kill them!"
Elora nods seriously toward Selina, drawing forth another arrow and knocking it.
Selina looks over at Harriet when handed a bandage and shakes her head, giving it back. "I am no cleric," she points out before diving back in for another series of strikes toward Spectre.
Ash announces to Selina, "We need to protect their retreat!"
"We have it where we want him. We just need to press a little longer to finish the fight," Selina says as she prepares to start making more lethal strikes on Spectre, intent on finish it.
Harriet calls to Ash, "I cannot move with him..." about Brian.
Selina glances over when her knight appears and says, "Finally!" That gives her the courage to go in again, even as Spectre starts striking at her. "Focus, and we will save our companion," she calls to the others, pausing long enough for Ash to wrap her arm. She nods and gets back into the melee.
Elora continues her launch of arrow after arrow after arrow into the Spectre.
Ash hisses at Selina's optimism, but there's clearly no choice - if Harriet can't move him out, then there's only offense as an option.
Elora continues to stay quiet lest she attract the notice of the terrifying Spectre.
Selina says "Sorry! "
Selina says "Ash, back out of melee."
Ash says "Wh- fucking!"
Selina says "Bandage Ash before they go down too."
Ash flees as ordered, but the spectre follows. As they clash blades, Ash grimaces as poison splashes into their face, knocking it back before they hiss, "Oh, you want a bit of Starling, Darling? Fine, I'll help - fucking lizard!" someone accidentally hits them again, this time snaring them - preventing their escape.
Ash flees as ordered, but the spectre follows. As they clash blades, Ash grimaces as poison splashes into their face, knocking it back before they hiss, "Oh, you want a bit of Starling, Darling? Fine, I'll help - fucking lizard!" The knight accidentally hits them again, this time snaring them - preventing their escape.
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) holds up a clawed hand and balls it into a fist before shaking her head and letting out a shrill cry to get everyone to stop attacking Spectre.
"Yes." Spectre answers simply as they swarm toward Ash, raising their spear to stab once more while graping at them with their own hand.
Ash curses, writhing as they fight back against the shadows' grasp.
Elora draws free yet another arrow, pausing as she does, after the cries of Selina(argenti draco hybrida)
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) waits until Spectre turns its attention for her, then she lowers her fist and dives after Spectre, trying to bat it with her claws.
Elora is quite content to be ignored and loose arrow after arrow at the Spectre from a middle distance.
Vindicta charges in with rifle at the ready, skidding to a stop in a spray of shimmering silver veil and ethereal water as she drops to one knee and continues gliding, her rifle brought up as two shots are fired in the beast's direction. "Bianchini here!!" she calls out, dropping her bipod to the ground and laying flat upon her stomach then, preparing to loose shots from ideal range.
Ash says "Where the fuck did Elora - VIN!"
Ash cries out, "Help!"
paints an illusion of a target over someone, an aura of light lining up for someone to guide the shot. "Glad to have you," Elora murmurs.
paints an illusion of a target over Spectre, an aura of light lining up for someone to guide the shot. "Glad to have you," Elora murmurs.
paints an illusion of a target over Spectre, an aura of light lining up for Vindicta to guide the shot. "Glad to have you," Elora murmurs.
Selina tries to keep herself between Ash and Spectre, her silver scales flashing for a bit, then back to human form to bring up her rapier. "Tougher than it looks," she complains mildly, but she barely seems winded from the effort, even if her balance is not quite up to her usual grace and poise.
Vindicta halts her assault when she starts to feel odd, unwilling to risk firing upon an ally. "Bianchini hold fire for now!!" she screams out to the others assembled, staring down her scope at Spectre. "Bianchini made feel strange. If need healing, come here! Or can throw grenades! Choose now!"
Ash yelps out, "It has me! Please don't throw a grenade! I need healing!"
"Throw a grenade." Spectre suggests instead.
Ash punches the Spectre - or tries, anyways. With a sword. A sharp punch.
Ash says "BEAR! "
Bear says "Wheres the fuckin' thing?"
Elora calls out to Bear, loudly, "Its over here!"
Selina says "Bandage when able!"
Ash reaches out to Bear with a panic. "Save me!" Ash is being hounded by the shadowy thing, which seems content to murder them.
Intent to murder them. Spectre seems /intent/ to murder them.
Bear grimaces as the creature lunges, "Shit. Can't hurt this thing!"
Elora projects an illusion of her fox attacking the spectre from another angle, a distraction.
Ash assumes that the spectre is not happy to be murdering them, but that doesn't make it any less of a threat. They try to bandage themself with shaking hands, their veins turning black with poison.
Bear hisses as the shadow attacks him, his own weapon smashing into the inky shadows.
Elora is in her element, utterly ignored and unnoticed, loosing arrow after arrow.
Ash struggles to stay conscious and moving, but they can't bandage themself well, and it shows.
Vindicta remains close to the ground as she continues to fire round after round at Spectre, the SWAT officer laser focused on her task. "Ash, if can, come to Bianchini. Will help, but cannot move from spot. Must make it here," she insists to Ash with her Italian-accented and feminine tones. Though as she watches Ash struggle, moving only one step every few minutes, she can't help the doubt that laces her voice, unsure if they will make it in time. "Stay calm, be okay," she says, not letting it reach her voice*too* heavily.
Ash looks to be on their last legs, screaming in pain as the spectre stabs into their armor, the black venom coursing through them as they stumble, faint. "I can't... please! I can't move...."
Harriet calls to Vindicta, "We're all too poisoned to move."
Bear narrows his eyes as he swings at the creature, hissing in agony with every swing, "I fuckin' noticed!"
Elora was perhaps already attacked, not moving, and thus, easily ignored. Arrow knocked and loosing. A quiet presence, seemingly forgotten by Spectre.
Elora was not attacked.
Ash screams out in pain as the shadow spears stab them again and again. They reach out for Vindicta, crawling forward, hissing and gasping. Perhaps dramatic, but getting stabbed by shadow spears deserves a bit fo that.
"Bianchini almost there!" Vindicta calls out to Ash as she packs up that bipod and starts to move in closer, her boots beating across the ground as she tears several bandages and firstaid tools out of her medkit, gusting out frustrated breaths as she moves through the rain. Luckily for her, and maybe for Ash too, she's in legitimate combat gear. Nonslip, even if not entirely waterproof, and so her military surplus serves her well as she goes from sniper to field medic. "Not let die, Ash!"
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) keeps trying to keep herself between Ash and Spectre, raking her claws, snapping her jaws, and whipping her tail for any opening she can find to try to hurt Spectre. If she believes she was wrong to press the attack, she is certainly trying to press it on her own, even in the defensive position.
Bear says "Could use a fuckin' bandage!"
Ash whines back, "I'm doing that right now!" Really, it's a daisy chain of bandaging. Vindicta on Ash, Ash on Bear, Bear. well, *un*triaging the shadows.
"You not rush Bianchini!" Vindicta tells Bear as she drops down by Ash and stabs a needle directly into their thigh, plunging the contents down until the cylinder is empty. "This exact science!" she explains, taking her knife in hand and preparing to counterattack against Spectre when it sets its sights on her as well. She yelps in pain, but for now she seems alright as it pierces her shield, scraping her skin, but only does superficial damage apart from the apparent poison that suddenly courses through her veins. "Bad ghost!! Poison not nice!!" she scolds Spectre.
Ash smiles with gratitude at someone, drawling, "Finally!"
Elora draws another arrow from her quiver, knocks it, pulls taut her bow, then looses. There is no loud report, as with a gun as the arrow flashes across the distance between her and Spectre to embed itself within the shadowy giant.
Ash smiles with gratitude at the woman dragging of the bleeding man, drawling, "Finally!"
"Its tricks are coming around again, be prepared to cease fire when needed," Selina calls out to everyone once the wounded man has been dragged away. She steps forward with her rapier once more, the poison clearly having an effect, despite her draconic form before. She is panting heavily now. "Cleric!" she calls to someone perhaps available to handle that.
Selina says "Thank you, cleric."
Bear lunges with the most effective swings he can against the creature, every swing reaward with a lashing of tendrils against his arms, legs and stomach. He grimaces, pushing through to try and assist as his flannel jacket gradually loses its black strips, fading to a solid red.
Ash leans away from Bear and towards Selina, trying to use their bandages as quickly as they can, on everyone but themself.
"Field medic!" Vindicta calls out as she switches her attention from Ash over to Selina, then prepares to move her medical attentions onto Bear next, staying knelt between them all as they suffer through the nightmare assault. "No panic! Bianchini very talent!" assures the bitty albino, though she herself is suffering from the venom of the beast, wearing down moment by moment. When she notices Ash has been bandaging Bear, however, her attention instead goes back to ensuring that Ash is taken care of unless Selina decides to call on her again.
Ash gives up fighting altogether, even for their own life, focusing on the two frontliners near them, Selina(argenti draco hybrida) and Bear
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) puts her scales back on and gets back into the fight. She is definitely hitting and ineffectually wounding Spectre, so she keeps it up. She lets out another draconic roar, even as the poison continues to eat through veins. She seems to be mostly trying to ignore it and focus on taking down her target. Setting a good example for the others, if nothing else.
Harriet holds back on her fire.
Vindicta says "No attack!"
Elora stands well away from Spectre, drawing and loosing in a quick rhythm. Each arrow pincushions into the giant's shadowed form.
Ash says "Fucking shit! Let go of me!"
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) holds up her clawed hand and balls it into a fist, nodding to the others that stopped.
Vindicta says "Ash, move out way. Hold fire until gone!"
Elora pauses, bow lowering.
Ash growls, "Working on it!"
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) waits until someone else takes a shot at Spectre and it lands. She gets her claws back out and dives back into the fray, expecting others to follow suit.
Ash says "Me and Vindicta, Savannah!"
Bear grimaces as the man takes a blow, the surge of shadowy tendrils less dealing serious damage and more sending him completely off-balance, fighting to regain his rythm against the tide.
"Give bandages to Ash and Bianchini!!" Vindicta insists to Savannah as she starts tossing bandages through the nightmare, pointing to Vindicta and Ash in demonstration.
Ash yells, despite the close proximity, "Thank you," as they struggle to distance themself from the creature.
Elora is like a bee in that she stings out with arrow after arrow into Spectre. Yet unlike a bee there is no buzzing. No noise. Just a soft silence punctuated by twangs.
Ash growls, yelling, "It's a haemomancer AND an illusionist!"
Ash eyes someone and Bear, asking, "Can y'all retreat?"
Ash eyes Selina(argenti draco hybrida) and Bear, asking, "Can y'all retreat?"
Bear directs that at Ash.
Ash says this with doubt, of course. They try to catch their wind, before shaking their head to Bear, looking to Selina(argenti draco hybrida) instead.
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) glances over at Bear to see how he answers Ash's question. She shakes her head though, still intent on pressing the attack where she can. While she is panting and a little wobbly, she seems still able to keep up the fight for quite some time still.
Ash whines as Spectre just comes to them, instead. How convenient, how polite. Very demure, very mindful.
"Medic!!" Vindicta calls out, only to have Ash immediately bandage the oozing wound in her arm. She whimpers a sound of appreciation before uttering: "Many thank.. Now, hopefully kill soon. Monster dying slow, but still dying," she assures those around her, spinning her knife in her hand and preparing herself to jab it into Spectre once more.
"You wish," Elora murmurs.
Ash nods to Vindicta, panting and groaning... then blinking, as the monster flees.
Vindicta says, her tone growing oddly dark, "Bad move give Bianchini range. Now in specialty."
cloaks herself in glamour vanishing as the someone makes a break for her. "Back to ignoring me," Elora lilts.
cloaks herself in glamour vanishing as the Spectre makes a break for her. "Back to ignoring me," Elora lilts, sounding worried.
Bear grits his teeth as his body erupts in light, the luminescence contrasting sharply with the creature, fighting to give its fluid form some definition and shape. Advancing forward, he tries to batter that creature with a relentless pace, his fatigue only seeming to stir that urge to kill, bloodlust quickly consuming the man as he swings with less and less technique, and more force.
Vindicta calls out for a medic again as she sticks close to Ash, that searing pain nearly bringing the sniper back down to her knees as she fires at shadows, pretty pale eyes livid, but calm in the same breath as she steadies her aim.
Ash huffs with the same pain running through them, kneeling to wrap Vindicta's wound, taking a stapler from their med kit to staunch some injuries, doing what they can before they cry out in pain, falling forward onto one hand.
Ash mutters, "Medic...."
Ash sits up again, renewed, eyeing the scene again as they stay near Vindicta. until worry travels through their eyes as they see how much farther away Bear has become. Indecision flashes across their face.
Bear says "Shit... could use a bandage, if someone's got one!"
Elora falls back from the giant seemingly sprinting toward her, bow still loosing arrow after arrow. "I liked this better when you ignored me."
"Cleric would be nice," Selina shouts back at the others, but she keeps pace with Spectre, even though it seems like it is retreating. She keeps trying to cut at it when she gets near enough to do so.
Ash runs over to Bear, gasping as the black poison runs through them, but keeps stumbling forward. Decision made, apparently....
"Oh... its... its still ignoring me.... Good?" Elora looses another arrow and gives chase.
Ash shouts out, "Bear! I can't keep up!"
Bear says "I'm gonna' fuckin' buy a shotgun after this..."
Bear says "Oh, fuck off, godblood TOO!"
Bear says "Watch it, he's lookin' to run!"
Bear ignites his own feet with much smaller wings than the giant's, advancing to strike the creature's knee with his hammer.
Vindicta gestures vigorously to someone, then to the bola she had dropped on the ground, beckoning for it. "Bola!" She screams to the deputy, then "Medic!" to Ash.
Vindicta gestures vigorously to Savannah, then to the bola she had dropped on the ground, beckoning for it. "Bola!" She screams to the deputy, then "Medic!" to Ash.
Ash panics, as Bear keeps getting farther and farther out of reach... but, that's how it is, and must be, if the monster must be slain.
Ash stops as Vindicta shouts out, lippts twisted, before they turn back around.
Ash has their lips twisted in a grimace, even.
Elora chases after the spectre, a maiden in chainmail, drawing free a rapier to stab the fleeing giant in the back. Probably in the ankle.
Bear drives his weapon into the creature's chest, hissing loudly in pain as he fights through pain with more manic fury than actual tolerance, veins in his neck bulging with a black substance.
"It is close to perishing else it would continue its taunts," Elora lilts, still giving chase.
"It is close to perishing else it would continue its taunts," Elora lilts, still giving chase.
Bear says "Ah, FUCK! Medic!"
Bear says "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SHOOTIN ME, TEMPLAY!"
Vindicta says "NO ATTACK"
Vindicta says "Fiddlestick! "
Harriet holds her fire.
Ash looks back to the south, just to see Bear struggling. They run back to him, reaching despite being too far out. They howl in anger as the spectre turns its magic onto Bear, and yet their short legs still can't bring them close enough.
"You not get away from Bianchini," Vindicta warns Spectre then, hurling that bola through the air and twisting around the being, dragging it straight back down to the ground and holding it in place, only for it to grab Bear without her noticing. She fires off a shot that smacks the poor man in the left arm, burying a bullet deep into his flesh. There's a wince as she looks away in shame, then glances to Ash. "Hurry Ash! Go! Bianchini also running in!"
Vindicta says "Stay still, Bear. Bianchini here help."
Ash really would adore helping Bear right now... and yet, and yet. "Come back to me, Bear!"
As the struggle intensifies, Vindicta arrives, introducing gunfire into the melee, and the wounded are feverishly tended by their comrades amidst the chaos. The fighters' tactics evolve: Elora uses illusions to misdirect the Spectre, Ash and Vindicta band together for healing and support, and Bear charges in with a blend of brute force and desperation. Despite the venom coursing through their veins, diminishing their ability to fight effectively, the group persists, driven by a mix of determination and the hope of overcoming the Spectre. The narrative is one of resilience, as each character endeavors to counter the Spectre's formidable assaults with their unique abilities and teamwork. The scene is chaotic, marked by moments of pain, quick strategizing, and the relentless pursuit of victory over the menacing Spectre. The story illustrates not just a battle against a formidable foe, but the internal battles each character faces as they push through their pain, fear, and desperation to aid each other and survive the encounter.
(Battle with Spectre)
[Mon Nov 11 2024]
In the Parking Lot of the Elm Street Apartment Complex
It is night, about 46F(7C) degrees, and the sky is covered by dark grey stormclouds. It's raining. There is a waxing gibbous moon.
Selina pounces toward Spectre as it is walking away and runs forward, throwing out some chilly rays to get its attention.
Elora has a choker glowing with a wintery light as she focused on the Spectre.
Brian shoulders his rifle and steadies his breathing. He takes careful aim, then gently squeezes the trigger.
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) bursts out of some shimmering light on her way toward Spectre and lets out a draconic roar. She gallops forward on both feet and hands, letting her wings unfurl to carry her forward a little bit faster. Her tail whips back and forth to steady her balance on the way forward.
Spectre turns to face those attempting to slay them, rising up to their full and impressive height as they loom.
Ash says "Anyone need triage?"
"What will your last words be?" Spectre wonders of Brian as they wrap around him, grasping at the man and drawing him closer into it's mass.
"Fuck you, probably." Brian says with a shit-eating grin.
Ash says "Fuck! "
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) takes out Spectre's summon before turning to face off with Spectre. She lets out another draconic roar as she takes the first target down, preparing for the next, even as it tries to use Brian as a shield.
Elora draws an arrow from her quiver, knocks it, and holds up her bow, sighting on a Spectre.
"Goodbye." Spectre intones seriously as they stab their spear into Brian's arm, wounding them far more seriously than Sanctuary would typically allow.
Elora eyes widen in alarm as she draws another arrow from her quiver and knocks it.
Ash runs over, grabbing Brian just as the shadows stabs them. Their talisman lights up, and with supernatural speed and skill, they staple shut wounds, wrap Brian's wounds, ppushes him away.
Ash says "Brian, You need to get to the clinic."
Ash says "Fuck.... "
Harriet gets beat up by everyone.
Ash growls, "Fuck! Harry!"
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) makes an apologetic noise toward Harriet, then turns her attention back to Spectre, letting out a low growl.
Ash seems trapped between getting Brian out to the hospital, and helping with the battle, but runs to Harriet.
Ash says "Stop attacking! He swapped with her!"
Elora winces. "Whoops."
Poisoned pretty good, Harriet looks pretty out of it right now.
Harriet is also like a little turtle on its back and can no longer move. She just... is there, but looks grateful when Ash applies some bandages.
Ash says "I need both of y'all out of here...."
Harriet nods to Ash. "I'll try to get him to the hospital."
Ash nods to Harriet, drawling, "Hurry! I'll get him after this."
Ash growls, drawling, "Damn you, you piece of shit!"
Harriet says, "It won't let me carry him..."
Harriet says to Ash, "Can you seet him down?"
"No, it won't." Spectre informs Harriet in a hiss of a whisper.
Selina gets thrown away from Spectre, but as soon as she lands, she sheds her scales and comes out dishing out more chilly rays to try to get Spectre's attention.
Elora resumes pelting the someone with arrows.
Ash nods to Harriet, drawling, "Good, now?"
Elora resumes loosing arrows at the Spectre while moving away from it.
"Press the attack," Selina calls out to the others while she has a voice. It may not last long before she is back in her scales. She steps forward with her rapier, preparing to cut at Spectre.
Ash growls to Selina, drawling, "He's going to try and kill them!"
Elora nods seriously toward Selina, drawing forth another arrow and knocking it.
Selina looks over at Harriet when handed a bandage and shakes her head, giving it back. "I am no cleric," she points out before diving back in for another series of strikes toward Spectre.
Ash announces to Selina, "We need to protect their retreat!"
"We have it where we want him. We just need to press a little longer to finish the fight," Selina says as she prepares to start making more lethal strikes on Spectre, intent on finish it.
Harriet calls to Ash, "I cannot move with him..." about Brian.
Selina glances over when her knight appears and says, "Finally!" That gives her the courage to go in again, even as Spectre starts striking at her. "Focus, and we will save our companion," she calls to the others, pausing long enough for Ash to wrap her arm. She nods and gets back into the melee.
Elora continues her launch of arrow after arrow after arrow into the Spectre.
Ash hisses at Selina's optimism, but there's clearly no choice - if Harriet can't move him out, then there's only offense as an option.
Elora continues to stay quiet lest she attract the notice of the terrifying Spectre.
Selina says "Sorry! "
Selina says "Ash, back out of melee."
Ash says "Wh- fucking!"
Selina says "Bandage Ash before they go down too."
Ash flees as ordered, but the spectre follows. As they clash blades, Ash grimaces as poison splashes into their face, knocking it back before they hiss, "Oh, you want a bit of Starling, Darling? Fine, I'll help - fucking lizard!" someone accidentally hits them again, this time snaring them - preventing their escape.
Ash flees as ordered, but the spectre follows. As they clash blades, Ash grimaces as poison splashes into their face, knocking it back before they hiss, "Oh, you want a bit of Starling, Darling? Fine, I'll help - fucking lizard!" The knight accidentally hits them again, this time snaring them - preventing their escape.
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) holds up a clawed hand and balls it into a fist before shaking her head and letting out a shrill cry to get everyone to stop attacking Spectre.
"Yes." Spectre answers simply as they swarm toward Ash, raising their spear to stab once more while graping at them with their own hand.
Ash curses, writhing as they fight back against the shadows' grasp.
Elora draws free yet another arrow, pausing as she does, after the cries of Selina(argenti draco hybrida)
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) waits until Spectre turns its attention for her, then she lowers her fist and dives after Spectre, trying to bat it with her claws.
Elora is quite content to be ignored and loose arrow after arrow at the Spectre from a middle distance.
Vindicta charges in with rifle at the ready, skidding to a stop in a spray of shimmering silver veil and ethereal water as she drops to one knee and continues gliding, her rifle brought up as two shots are fired in the beast's direction. "Bianchini here!!" she calls out, dropping her bipod to the ground and laying flat upon her stomach then, preparing to loose shots from ideal range.
Ash says "Where the fuck did Elora - VIN!"
Ash cries out, "Help!"
paints an illusion of a target over someone, an aura of light lining up for someone to guide the shot. "Glad to have you," Elora murmurs.
paints an illusion of a target over Spectre, an aura of light lining up for someone to guide the shot. "Glad to have you," Elora murmurs.
paints an illusion of a target over Spectre, an aura of light lining up for Vindicta to guide the shot. "Glad to have you," Elora murmurs.
Selina tries to keep herself between Ash and Spectre, her silver scales flashing for a bit, then back to human form to bring up her rapier. "Tougher than it looks," she complains mildly, but she barely seems winded from the effort, even if her balance is not quite up to her usual grace and poise.
Vindicta halts her assault when she starts to feel odd, unwilling to risk firing upon an ally. "Bianchini hold fire for now!!" she screams out to the others assembled, staring down her scope at Spectre. "Bianchini made feel strange. If need healing, come here! Or can throw grenades! Choose now!"
Ash yelps out, "It has me! Please don't throw a grenade! I need healing!"
"Throw a grenade." Spectre suggests instead.
Ash punches the Spectre - or tries, anyways. With a sword. A sharp punch.
Ash says "BEAR! "
Bear says "Wheres the fuckin' thing?"
Elora calls out to Bear, loudly, "Its over here!"
Selina says "Bandage when able!"
Ash reaches out to Bear with a panic. "Save me!" Ash is being hounded by the shadowy thing, which seems content to murder them.
Intent to murder them. Spectre seems /intent/ to murder them.
Bear grimaces as the creature lunges, "Shit. Can't hurt this thing!"
Elora projects an illusion of her fox attacking the spectre from another angle, a distraction.
Ash assumes that the spectre is not happy to be murdering them, but that doesn't make it any less of a threat. They try to bandage themself with shaking hands, their veins turning black with poison.
Bear hisses as the shadow attacks him, his own weapon smashing into the inky shadows.
Elora is in her element, utterly ignored and unnoticed, loosing arrow after arrow.
Ash struggles to stay conscious and moving, but they can't bandage themself well, and it shows.
Vindicta remains close to the ground as she continues to fire round after round at Spectre, the SWAT officer laser focused on her task. "Ash, if can, come to Bianchini. Will help, but cannot move from spot. Must make it here," she insists to Ash with her Italian-accented and feminine tones. Though as she watches Ash struggle, moving only one step every few minutes, she can't help the doubt that laces her voice, unsure if they will make it in time. "Stay calm, be okay," she says, not letting it reach her voice*too* heavily.
Ash looks to be on their last legs, screaming in pain as the spectre stabs into their armor, the black venom coursing through them as they stumble, faint. "I can't... please! I can't move...."
Harriet calls to Vindicta, "We're all too poisoned to move."
Bear narrows his eyes as he swings at the creature, hissing in agony with every swing, "I fuckin' noticed!"
Elora was perhaps already attacked, not moving, and thus, easily ignored. Arrow knocked and loosing. A quiet presence, seemingly forgotten by Spectre.
Elora was not attacked.
Ash screams out in pain as the shadow spears stab them again and again. They reach out for Vindicta, crawling forward, hissing and gasping. Perhaps dramatic, but getting stabbed by shadow spears deserves a bit fo that.
"Bianchini almost there!" Vindicta calls out to Ash as she packs up that bipod and starts to move in closer, her boots beating across the ground as she tears several bandages and firstaid tools out of her medkit, gusting out frustrated breaths as she moves through the rain. Luckily for her, and maybe for Ash too, she's in legitimate combat gear. Nonslip, even if not entirely waterproof, and so her military surplus serves her well as she goes from sniper to field medic. "Not let die, Ash!"
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) keeps trying to keep herself between Ash and Spectre, raking her claws, snapping her jaws, and whipping her tail for any opening she can find to try to hurt Spectre. If she believes she was wrong to press the attack, she is certainly trying to press it on her own, even in the defensive position.
Bear says "Could use a fuckin' bandage!"
Ash whines back, "I'm doing that right now!" Really, it's a daisy chain of bandaging. Vindicta on Ash, Ash on Bear, Bear. well, *un*triaging the shadows.
"You not rush Bianchini!" Vindicta tells Bear as she drops down by Ash and stabs a needle directly into their thigh, plunging the contents down until the cylinder is empty. "This exact science!" she explains, taking her knife in hand and preparing to counterattack against Spectre when it sets its sights on her as well. She yelps in pain, but for now she seems alright as it pierces her shield, scraping her skin, but only does superficial damage apart from the apparent poison that suddenly courses through her veins. "Bad ghost!! Poison not nice!!" she scolds Spectre.
Ash smiles with gratitude at someone, drawling, "Finally!"
Elora draws another arrow from her quiver, knocks it, pulls taut her bow, then looses. There is no loud report, as with a gun as the arrow flashes across the distance between her and Spectre to embed itself within the shadowy giant.
Ash smiles with gratitude at the woman dragging of the bleeding man, drawling, "Finally!"
"Its tricks are coming around again, be prepared to cease fire when needed," Selina calls out to everyone once the wounded man has been dragged away. She steps forward with her rapier once more, the poison clearly having an effect, despite her draconic form before. She is panting heavily now. "Cleric!" she calls to someone perhaps available to handle that.
Selina says "Thank you, cleric."
Bear lunges with the most effective swings he can against the creature, every swing reaward with a lashing of tendrils against his arms, legs and stomach. He grimaces, pushing through to try and assist as his flannel jacket gradually loses its black strips, fading to a solid red.
Ash leans away from Bear and towards Selina, trying to use their bandages as quickly as they can, on everyone but themself.
"Field medic!" Vindicta calls out as she switches her attention from Ash over to Selina, then prepares to move her medical attentions onto Bear next, staying knelt between them all as they suffer through the nightmare assault. "No panic! Bianchini very talent!" assures the bitty albino, though she herself is suffering from the venom of the beast, wearing down moment by moment. When she notices Ash has been bandaging Bear, however, her attention instead goes back to ensuring that Ash is taken care of unless Selina decides to call on her again.
Ash gives up fighting altogether, even for their own life, focusing on the two frontliners near them, Selina(argenti draco hybrida) and Bear
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) puts her scales back on and gets back into the fight. She is definitely hitting and ineffectually wounding Spectre, so she keeps it up. She lets out another draconic roar, even as the poison continues to eat through veins. She seems to be mostly trying to ignore it and focus on taking down her target. Setting a good example for the others, if nothing else.
Harriet holds back on her fire.
Vindicta says "No attack!"
Elora stands well away from Spectre, drawing and loosing in a quick rhythm. Each arrow pincushions into the giant's shadowed form.
Ash says "Fucking shit! Let go of me!"
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) holds up her clawed hand and balls it into a fist, nodding to the others that stopped.
Vindicta says "Ash, move out way. Hold fire until gone!"
Elora pauses, bow lowering.
Ash growls, "Working on it!"
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) waits until someone else takes a shot at Spectre and it lands. She gets her claws back out and dives back into the fray, expecting others to follow suit.
Ash says "Me and Vindicta, Savannah!"
Bear grimaces as the man takes a blow, the surge of shadowy tendrils less dealing serious damage and more sending him completely off-balance, fighting to regain his rythm against the tide.
"Give bandages to Ash and Bianchini!!" Vindicta insists to Savannah as she starts tossing bandages through the nightmare, pointing to Vindicta and Ash in demonstration.
Ash yells, despite the close proximity, "Thank you," as they struggle to distance themself from the creature.
Elora is like a bee in that she stings out with arrow after arrow into Spectre. Yet unlike a bee there is no buzzing. No noise. Just a soft silence punctuated by twangs.
Ash growls, yelling, "It's a haemomancer AND an illusionist!"
Ash eyes someone and Bear, asking, "Can y'all retreat?"
Ash eyes Selina(argenti draco hybrida) and Bear, asking, "Can y'all retreat?"
Bear directs that at Ash.
Ash says this with doubt, of course. They try to catch their wind, before shaking their head to Bear, looking to Selina(argenti draco hybrida) instead.
Selina(argenti draco hybrida) glances over at Bear to see how he answers Ash's question. She shakes her head though, still intent on pressing the attack where she can. While she is panting and a little wobbly, she seems still able to keep up the fight for quite some time still.
Ash whines as Spectre just comes to them, instead. How convenient, how polite. Very demure, very mindful.
"Medic!!" Vindicta calls out, only to have Ash immediately bandage the oozing wound in her arm. She whimpers a sound of appreciation before uttering: "Many thank.. Now, hopefully kill soon. Monster dying slow, but still dying," she assures those around her, spinning her knife in her hand and preparing herself to jab it into Spectre once more.
"You wish," Elora murmurs.
Ash nods to Vindicta, panting and groaning... then blinking, as the monster flees.
Vindicta says, her tone growing oddly dark, "Bad move give Bianchini range. Now in specialty."
cloaks herself in glamour vanishing as the someone makes a break for her. "Back to ignoring me," Elora lilts.
cloaks herself in glamour vanishing as the Spectre makes a break for her. "Back to ignoring me," Elora lilts, sounding worried.
Bear grits his teeth as his body erupts in light, the luminescence contrasting sharply with the creature, fighting to give its fluid form some definition and shape. Advancing forward, he tries to batter that creature with a relentless pace, his fatigue only seeming to stir that urge to kill, bloodlust quickly consuming the man as he swings with less and less technique, and more force.
Vindicta calls out for a medic again as she sticks close to Ash, that searing pain nearly bringing the sniper back down to her knees as she fires at shadows, pretty pale eyes livid, but calm in the same breath as she steadies her aim.
Ash huffs with the same pain running through them, kneeling to wrap Vindicta's wound, taking a stapler from their med kit to staunch some injuries, doing what they can before they cry out in pain, falling forward onto one hand.
Ash mutters, "Medic...."
Ash sits up again, renewed, eyeing the scene again as they stay near Vindicta. until worry travels through their eyes as they see how much farther away Bear has become. Indecision flashes across their face.
Bear says "Shit... could use a bandage, if someone's got one!"
Elora falls back from the giant seemingly sprinting toward her, bow still loosing arrow after arrow. "I liked this better when you ignored me."
"Cleric would be nice," Selina shouts back at the others, but she keeps pace with Spectre, even though it seems like it is retreating. She keeps trying to cut at it when she gets near enough to do so.
Ash runs over to Bear, gasping as the black poison runs through them, but keeps stumbling forward. Decision made, apparently....
"Oh... its... its still ignoring me.... Good?" Elora looses another arrow and gives chase.
Ash shouts out, "Bear! I can't keep up!"
Bear says "I'm gonna' fuckin' buy a shotgun after this..."
Bear says "Oh, fuck off, godblood TOO!"
Bear says "Watch it, he's lookin' to run!"
Bear ignites his own feet with much smaller wings than the giant's, advancing to strike the creature's knee with his hammer.
Vindicta gestures vigorously to someone, then to the bola she had dropped on the ground, beckoning for it. "Bola!" She screams to the deputy, then "Medic!" to Ash.
Vindicta gestures vigorously to Savannah, then to the bola she had dropped on the ground, beckoning for it. "Bola!" She screams to the deputy, then "Medic!" to Ash.
Ash panics, as Bear keeps getting farther and farther out of reach... but, that's how it is, and must be, if the monster must be slain.
Ash stops as Vindicta shouts out, lippts twisted, before they turn back around.
Ash has their lips twisted in a grimace, even.
Elora chases after the spectre, a maiden in chainmail, drawing free a rapier to stab the fleeing giant in the back. Probably in the ankle.
Bear drives his weapon into the creature's chest, hissing loudly in pain as he fights through pain with more manic fury than actual tolerance, veins in his neck bulging with a black substance.
"It is close to perishing else it would continue its taunts," Elora lilts, still giving chase.
"It is close to perishing else it would continue its taunts," Elora lilts, still giving chase.
Bear says "Ah, FUCK! Medic!"
Bear says "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SHOOTIN ME, TEMPLAY!"
Vindicta says "NO ATTACK"
Vindicta says "Fiddlestick! "
Harriet holds her fire.
Ash looks back to the south, just to see Bear struggling. They run back to him, reaching despite being too far out. They howl in anger as the spectre turns its magic onto Bear, and yet their short legs still can't bring them close enough.
"You not get away from Bianchini," Vindicta warns Spectre then, hurling that bola through the air and twisting around the being, dragging it straight back down to the ground and holding it in place, only for it to grab Bear without her noticing. She fires off a shot that smacks the poor man in the left arm, burying a bullet deep into his flesh. There's a wince as she looks away in shame, then glances to Ash. "Hurry Ash! Go! Bianchini also running in!"
Vindicta says "Stay still, Bear. Bianchini here help."
Ash really would adore helping Bear right now... and yet, and yet. "Come back to me, Bear!"