Pax RP

Double post-On Purpose!

Away from the lot of them, but unfortunately not far enough due to the noise that carried over to the lot of them-Temple, H and H, and the Corrupted Forest-came a noise an extremely loud, long, high and low pitched roaring noise that would make the bravest cringe and the most cowardly run for cover.

It even made an impression on the three immortal children-every single one, even Abi, held their hands over their ears, screwed up their eyes and crouched, cringing.

Solveig closed the door behind them once they were all inside. "Pick a chair to settle down in-" she said to the child, though gritted her teeth upon being interrupted by the eerie bellowing that echoed in the Temple.

The startled huldra quickly knelt down in attempt to sooth Rapheal when catching the distressed state he was in. She attempted to hold her will strong under the disturbing sensation the sound brought about, not wanting to magnify situation further.

The H&H:

Amnesia possibly? Thorn pondered... Whatever happened, it was really odd-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!? Thorn's eyes shot open at the sudden noise and she grabbed Nero to hug him protectively, practically curling around him, extremely freaked out by the strange yet loud bellowing noise.

Akumi took a sip from her drink... But then about drowned when she heard that sound, coughing and pulling her ears down to try and black out the sound. "Agh! What... What in Din's name!?" She yells while cringing, tail tucked in close and fur standing on end in fear.

Hayashi's fur also stood on end, eyes wide as he also tried to block out the sound by pulling his ears down... He had no idea what that was, and didn't WANT to know what that was! "... W-We... W-We are safe here, r-right?" He asks, the fact that he was in the H&H having some reassuring effect among the panic he felt.

Ichiro did pretty much the same as Hayashi and Akumi, however he was also the worst affected, whimpering and curling up into a ball on the seat, cowering in fear. "I... I... H-hope so..." He whimpers.


The Temple:

Sakuya gestured to a seat with a smile and was just about to head off to the guest kitchen to brew some tea... When they were interrupted by the eerie bellowing, eyes shooting wide open, the Hylotl looked around in panic... Before spotting Raphael and Solveig and taking a deep, shaky breath to try and compose herself, trembling some as she was tempted to just bolt away as fast as she could, she instead tried to fight the urge to flee and look strong to reassure Raphael, moving over to try and soothe him also.

"Hey! Stay back, creature!" Rae shouted, lifting her spear in a threatening manner. "I don't want a fight if we don't have to have one. Just put the child down!"

Yet, Blackfoot was now close enough to her that he posed a threat. She raised her weapon and thrust it forward hard at one of his forelegs, to stop the advance.

The H&H

Tom was carefully listening to Thorns response when several things happened at once. A loud noise of some sort came from somewhere, causing this child Nero - he was almost certain of that now - to cringe. Thorn immediately went defensive as the others replied with some sort of shock.

Tom, however, was a soldier, and this was just another noise of battle to him. He quickly grabbed his rifle off of his back and aimed it at the front door, then remember the enchantments at the Inn, and unsure of there status considering the child Nero, Tom quickly crouch-ran to the front door, propped it open, and started scanning for threats.

C's Corrupted Forest

Blackfoot didn't even notice the jab at his leg through his rock-hide. He raised his massive hand high to smash the annoying fly - and that would have been the end of the poor captain had some noise not interrupted her imminent death. As Abi crouched down covering her ears, the overwhelming sensation fed through to Blackfoot - who now had no doubt this was his Mistress, dabilitating the massive creature so that he fell sideways onto his side that did not have the girl on it.

The H and H

The child called Nero had a protective Floran curled up around him while the sound ran through his very being, not knowing why it made him feel this way, just knowing that it did and it made him feel awful. The boy felt somewhat reassured that there seemed to be someone willing to protect him and hugged Thorn for all this little body was worth, shaking.

The Temple

Raphael, tended by both the kind-hearted Solveig and the gentle, considerate Sakuya sniffled, going to hold on to first Solveig, then Sakuya, then Solveig again before instead gripping on to both of their hands with his little ones. His expression easily showing his distress.

C's Corrupted Forest

Abi continued to curl up on the side of Blackfoot after he'd fallen, her little legs pounding in agitation at the noise that had effectively halted her 'playtime'

At the Edge of The Encampment

An impossibly large draconian beast landed, crushing trees and whatever poor fools house was close enough to the edge to be in the way of it's massive pair of forelegs-two pairs in fact. The beast had six legs, a pair of ginormous wings that had allowed it to travel here in the air, and a very long, draconic spiny tail. Spikes ran down it's back, it was covered in black leathery hide, and it didn't have one but two pairs of sharp canine fangs-a second pair halfway down it's jaw. It's eyes though-they had no whites, irises or pupils but were all one colour-black, that changed to yellow, that changed to white and then back again. It also had no horns on it's head, only ears-and it's head was about as big as a small house.

The being roared again, for this beast was the source of the noise, then pulled it's head back and started gathering a brilliant white ball of pure energy in its jaws.

It's snout was pointed at the Inn.

The H&H

Tom looked back into the Inn and shouted "EVERYBODY OUT NOW!"

He didn't wait. He had to buy them more time to escape with the child. He stood up, Shouted "Hey, ugly. Over here", fired a couple of shots from his plasma rifle towards the dragon, and started running away from the Inn. He and everyone else failed to notice that the closer he got to the dragon, the brighter the glow from the Sanity blade became.

((I'll need to wait for Blackfoot's response. He's psychically linked to the Collector/Abi thanks to the corruption running through his veins, and as long as she's incapacitated, he is too.))

"I didn't... hit you that hard..." Rae stared down at the crumpled Blackfoot. In fact, she stared at the point of her spear, and saw it was crumpled. The beast had done more damage to her weapon simply by being hit by it.

"What... is that sound?" The guard captain briefly turned to look towards town. She was still far enough away she couldn't tell. Regardless of what that was, Rae bend down to pick up Abi and take her away from the stone beast while it was distracted.

"I'll... Direct some of my Flame Guard outside to search," Solveig muttered to the Hylotl, figuring whatever the source of this noise likely had more dire intentions in mind. "Don't worry little one... You'll be safe safe inside the Temple."

A trio of doppelgangers of the huldra hastily marched towards the town. Not quite arriving on the same side as the large interloper, they would keep their sight trained at the strange energy signature in the Encampment.

C's Corrupted Forest

Blackfoot tried to regain his sense enough to get up and go after Rae and his mistress. He had to protect her. He was a good way towards getting up when the Dragon landed and roared again. Pain shot through Blackfoot again - but without Abi making direct contact, it wasn't as bad.

However, it was clear that whatever was making that noise was close, and it was hurting his mistress. Rescuing her from Rae could wait - he had to defend her, but right now that meant destroying whatever was making that noise.

He gathered himself up once more, stretched out his own massive wings, and with a mighty flap took to the air in search of the source.

The H&H:

"EVERYBODY OUT NOW!"

Akumi and Hayashi both grabbed Ichiro in a panic and dashed out of the inn, and the moment they saw the huge dragon, their jaws dropped.

"HOLY!-" Akumi started, before she and Ichiro were dragged off by Hayashi to safety.

Thorn however was still hugging little Nero tight and determined to protect him, however she was also too afraid to move from her seat. "I... Isss... Sss-sssafe here..." She says fearfully.


The Temple:

Sakuya weakly smiled, trying to reassure the child, before cringing some when she heard that roar again, taking a deep breath afterwards and nodding to Solveig. "Sounds like a good idea... To find out whatever is making that horrendous noise." She says, gently squeezing Raph's hand to reassure him. "You shall be safe here, as the Temple is protected."

The H and H

The little boy hugged Thorn as she was curled up around him, telling him it was safe. Safe here, it was safe here in this building.

Meanwhile everyone else within had taken heed of Toms warning and left, the Draconian shooing as many people out as she could before leaving herself.

The Dragon meanwhile, had lowered it's jaws to fire the beam only to get interrupted by Toms plasma shots, that burned it's leathery flesh but that it seemed almost not to notice. It turned after the released beam had shredded it's way through the town, lifted it's behemoth bulk up and began to give chase after the sergeant.

Meanwhile the beam had blasted through the Inn almost entirely, leaving only one wall standing-the one where the bar had been-and a small yellow shield over where Nero and Thorn had been in the destroyed Inn. Nero the child had some power left yet.

The Temple

Little Raphael nodded, sniffling. "O-okay, if you say so" he said before literally clinging to Sakuya. "Make the noise stop I don't like it!"

C's Corrupted Forest

The little Abi was snatched up by Rae while incapacitated and carried, cringing at every roar. "Where're we going Miss?"

"I'm going to take you to the guard station... Something seems to be up. It's probably the safest place for you." Rae watched the skies, until Blackfoot vanished from view. She wasn't going to pretend she knew what happened to cause him to flee - but she had gotten lucky, and wasn't going to question it.

"Are you alright kid? You're shaking... Don't worry, we're almost there." The guard captain said, trying her best to calm her down. She wasn't aware of what was happening in town, or how it affected Abi, but they soon entered the doors of the station together to find it in absolute chaos.

"What-?" Rae started to ask, plunking Abi down on a foam office chair at her desk.

"The Horn and Halo. It's been completely destroyed! We're sending everyone we can to help." A half dressed guard said in passing, as they all moved around in noisy chaos like an excited nest of bees.

"I'll be..." Rae started to say, grabbing her spear and a helmet from the rack. Just then, she saw the scared little girl again, cringing at her desk, and frowned. She put the items back. "I'll be here. Someone has to make sure none of the prisoners have a massive jailbreak while we're out."

The captain sat down opposite of Abi, her head in her hands. It was clear she wanted to go out with her fellow guards, but would never leave a child alone with a bunch of criminals. She let out a massive sigh, torn between commitments while the station emptied.

"Hey. What's your name kid? You like art?" She said, hoping she could fix the terrified little girl with a quick solution. She reached into her desk and slid over a box of 52 crayons. Probably more colors than the little girl had ever seen before.

"Just... color on anything. It'll be fun."

The Encampment

Tom Looked on in horror as the thing breathed anyways - obliterating the Horn and Halo and quiet possibly anyone left inside. He continued to look on as this dragon then looked his way and started moving. Tom's feet took over, trying to weave through the town to draw the dragon away. This was crazy - he had been trained to take on other people - not something that could ignore the terrain he was bound to. Then it clicked...his first day in Pax. He'd taken out that snake that could fly. He could take on this beast.

Tom found the market square and took aim...the beast would be coming into sight any moment now - and when it did, he'd have one - maybe two shots before he'd have to book it to the next location. He kept steady aim at where it would appear as it lumbered closer, finally clearing the roofs. It was just then that Tom saw what maybe the weirdest thing he had ever seen in Pax. He heard something yell "Lizard kill Inn, now Grog kill lizard!" Then he saw an impossible muscle bound man - easily the largest man he had ever seen - jump skyward carrying a rock easily three times his impressive side. He was wearing a Loin cloth and nothing else as he sailed through the air over the dragon. At the key time, this barbarian of a man hurled the rock down on the dragon's head - also throwing himself out of balance. The last Tom saw of the huge man, he was tumbling towards the ground out of sight.

The rock also had horrible aim - and missed the dragon's head by a good measure, only managing to damage a nearby road. Tom cursed - he had been distracted too long by that. He reset the rifle and took aim, and between breathes fired two shots toward's the dragon's right eye.

((Blackfoot will be back after a turn or two))

The Temple
Solveig lightly cringed as she continued to directly fuel her magic to the copies of herself. She knew they felt something retching within them, though couldn't come to words in the eerie silence they gave back to her.

The Encampment

The Flame Guard stationed themselves in place instinctively under a collective orange veil, speechless in thought as their eyes gazed upon the annihilation by the fearsome monstrosity. The scaled-behemoth ridding of what they believed to be a sanctuary on par with the Temple rattled deep in their being. Inaction taking hold over them briefly in the dire moment before they hastily directed themselves in course of the beast.

Not like they could do much in that instance. The sight of the familiar ex-Knight quickly shifted over to the large humanoid brute who launched himself in air with the giant boulder in his muscular arms. None of the trio couldn't recall on the top of their minds as the earthen projectile missed its mark by a noticeable degree, forcing themselves to refocus their efforts to aid the one the knew about most: Tom, they wanted to shout, though held back as the human readied the rifle in attempt to strike the beast. Instead of such a foolish act, the huldre coordinated themselves around him at either side and behind by a few good meters. Each reflected set of eyes from Solveig glowing brightly as they watched intensively for an opening to strike.