Rolling a 2: ALL DAMAGE DONE BACKFIRES ON THE CHARACTERS THEMSELVES (ie if you do 6 damage to the opponent, you take 6 damage). All your log seems to take second place as a voice calls to you, vague, agitating. It pressures you to attack relentlessly, brashly, without caring about your own wounds or damage done to your allies.
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5Total: 5 (1-20)
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:35 pm
Trips to the Haunted House were becoming more common for Rhys, which was maybe both good and bad. As a Hunter, exposure to Halloweeners and Horsemen was one of those...the more the better, the more the worse sort of things. Better because that was part of the job, learning and research and being able to report back on the types of creatures he encounters here (and anywhere else, really), but worse because "encounters" were typically fights. Students seemed more harmless, but Horsemen were more of a challenge. And lately he'd been running into them a little more often.
Whether that was because they liked to hop into the Haunted House to do their own research during Halloween or just because his luck sucked at this time of year, he had no idea, but either way he wasn't too excited about this particular trip. Something about the fog and the way it rolled and twisted and generally just freaked him out. And the House was, as always, dark and looming and scary. It was a Haunted House--it was supposed to be that way, but his reaction to it was always the same when he came. And he could never get used to the feelings being in this space evoked.
Emptiness, alone, abandoned...if he didn't have Zephira to constantly remind him that he wasn't alone he had a feeling he'd easily get lost in this space.
Which was how he felt as he wandered along, spying something in the distance and approaching slowly. "Hello?" he called, sword in hand in case it was a hostile. There was a chance it wouldn't be a hostile...he hoped that was the case, but experience taught him to just always be cautious.
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5Total: 5 (1-20)
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:17 pm
That something was a diminutive humanoid, hunched and slow-moving not because of any ailment, but because it was dressed as a t-rex. It wasn't a very intimidating t-rex, due to its tiny, tiny size and the massive rubber head that fit all the way over the figure's shoulders, but it was a t-rex nonetheless. It... no, he... paused about forty feet away, forcing the mask up over his face and narrowing his eyes as it landed behind him with a dull thud. He was still wearing the loose, polyester bodysuit and tapered sausage tail. It was kind of adorable.
"Is this the kind of s**t you ******** like?" Beka snarled through clenched teeth. "Ridiculous."
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IT'S A STANDOFF he wasn't going to attack right away anyway so i guess this is fine XDD
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:20 pm
The sight of a dinosaur--it didn't register as rubberized yet--had him go on the offensive a little bit, sword up and ready to slash in case it came at him with its huge...teeth...
Which obviously it never did. Maybe in part because it was small, so its "huge teeth" wouldn't be huge at all, but also because it wasn't even really a T-Rex. It was someone dressed in a costume, and a rubber one now that he'd calmed down enough to notice that it was just a costume, and he curled his lip.
"Hey, ******** you," Rhys snarled right back, sword pointed rather dangerously at the non-threatening costumed someone right in front of him. "What in the hell are you even wearing?"
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XD Should...should we roll again? I wasn't sure so you go ahead if you wanna~
"A human suit. From Amazon." He might not have appreciated this whole 'research festive costuming' operation the tower had them on, but he was trying to do as he was told these days.
"So, you don't like it? I'll be sure to make a note of that. Surfer kid has taste in clothes but not company. Who'd you used to be, huh?" His last question was directed at Rhys's weapon, as were the three rapid-fire air kisses that followed. "Traitor."
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sure why not XD
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16Total: 16 (1-20)
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:31 am
"Human kid suit maybe. And you guys get Amazon here?" It was odd to think Halloweeners had access to human things at all, but he supposed it wasn't totally impossible. It might even explain the random slow-downs he remembered experiencing back when he was still in school. Wi-Fi moochers...another thought that had Rhys scowling.
When Zephira was pointed out he furrowed his brow. "She says she's 'always been Zephira' and asks why 'in Jack's name' you called her a traitor." It was a topic the two of them never discussed, mostly because they talked at each other rather than to each other. One usually yelled while the other ignored. "And who are you supposed to be, now that we're on this whole figuring out who is who thing..."
He wasn't sure how hostile this kid could be, so he was still a little tense.
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:20 am
Did they get Amazon? Get... Amazon? Beka looked genuinely thoughtful for a moment before going back to sarcastic-eyed scrutiny. He had rummaged through quite a number of cardboard boxes on suburban porches to find this outfit, and when the side of the box had said 'Amazon' he had assumed that was the one who had sent it. Humans named themselves after rivers, didn't they?
"For children. Hm." He knew their adults dressed up as well, just apparently not as prehistoric reptiles. He shrugged.
"She's a traitor because she has chosen to side against her own," he said, straightening to his full height of... two feet shorter than Rhys. "And I am supposed to be Beka of Famine. Which means you try to kill me now, right?" He smiled just a little, like the very idea was ludicrous, even though he was well aware he was likely on his way to a beating. Zephira, at the very least, didn't look friendly.
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beka can attack next turn if you'd prefer malicious pony action wot is initiative XDD
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4Total: 4 (1-10)
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:43 am
Wrong dice, please ignore.
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9, 2Total: 11 (2-20)
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:45 am
This wasn't news to Rhys as he knew where weapons came from and that it was, indeed, a choice they made to become a weapon. Again, though, it wasn't something they talked about at all. Zephira was aware as well, but still snarled (in his head, so Rhys had to remind himself that this time her irritation was directed at someone that wasn't him).
"She says...lots of cursing..." he said, relaying a message that had words she'd no doubt picked up from him, "and tells me that I should fight you. And yeah, that's pretty much what's about to happen."
He shrugged and dashed forward without warning, slicing straight across the Horseman's chest. He meant to aim for the abdomen, but given the height difference that would have given the other more of an opening.
HP: 45/50 DMG: 5 CHG: 1/3
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Amazon, omg... XD; I can't.
Also a small reminder that Beka gets Halloween pony power-ups! :3
He might have guessed what would happen next, in fact he did guess, but his attempt to slide out of range was hindered by the padded tail at his back. Beka caught the weapon right where Rhys had aimed, wincing as he stumbled away.
He didn't bother with words, summoning his own ball and chain and flinging the heavy end at the hunter's head as he found his footing. It would be beneficial to get out of this stupid suit, but fiddling with the zipper now would leave him defenseless.
"It's nice to know some things never change." Other things did, however, like the dull ache that bloomed in the same spot his weapon had hit his opponent. How was he doing that?
HP: 36/50 DMG: 9
notes so i can look back on this and know what was going on!
and stuff! All horseman get a temporary power increase due to it being the spookiest time of the year for humans and those of Halloween. Their attack dice modifier is now -4 (ie, 2d6-4, instead of -6), they have +10 HP to their original health, AND they may use any of their Fear attack, of any choice, twice in a battle instead of once.
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1, 9Total: 10 (2-20)
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:44 pm
The ball and chain was a surprise, and so was his head being targeted. Luckily he managed to at least get his head out of the way, and he felt the ball fall very heavily onto his shoulder. The impact was met with a pained groan but he wasn't backing down at all. Zephira was egging him on...and he felt something else was as well so he swung his sword as best he could despite his now very ache-y shoulder.
"Things don't tend to change, no," he said through gritted teeth, wincing as he felt pain suddenly where his blade had made contact on his opponent. It gave him pause and he scowled at Beka, chalking it up to the Horseman pulling some "low-blow magical bullshit" to swing the fight in his favor.
He decided, in a reckless bit of foolishness that may or may not have been spurred on by the House, that it was in his best interest to get rid of the costume after all, and as such, he just missed getting his arm sliced clean off by the hunter's malicious weapon. Beka cursed, his words too low to be clear, but plenty loud enough to be recognized as an expletive. He swung back on the weapon's way past, but his strike barely landed. Still, he felt the smallest of stings in return once again, right where he'd hit the hunter.
"Stop. It."
At least he was no longer a t-rex anymore.
HP: 31/50 DMG: 1
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3, 6Total: 9 (2-20)
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 12:21 am
The expletive got a snort out of Rhys as he did a twirly move not unlike a clumsy ballerina to dodge most of the next attack that came.
"Stop what?" he muttered as he slashed when he saw another opening, and then yet again grimacing when he felt the pain mirrored on his own body. The scowl stayed but there was confusion now, and he had to ask, "That's not you?"
The blade grazed his shoulder as Beka stood his ground, fists clenching and lips tightening into a pissy little line. He was angrier than usual, frustrated at this odd magical backlash and the voice that urged him to attack without thought. He wanted to listen very badly, but where was the fun in giving people what they wanted?
"No."
It was an answer to the house as much as it was the hunter. The horseman held off, grimacing as he stifled his retaliation and waited to see what this boy would do.
HP: 28/50 DMG: 0
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sorry about the wait! <3 missing fear attacks is my middle name lol
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1, 8Total: 9 (2-20)
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:20 am
Rhys's basic move was basically jumping and slashing, and it was working so far so he stuck to it, aiming for Beka's arm this time. When his blade cut into his opponent's arm he felt it again, and growled.
"Well if it isn't you, and it sure as hell ain't me, who the ******** is doin' that?!"
The only other possibility was the Haunted House...but it was a house. He doubted it had any influence over these encounters.
HP: 25/50 DMG: 3 CHG: 3/3
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No worries~! :D
Tbt I was like, "I kinda wanna do his GC. *looks at HP* *considers blowback + backlash requirement* *trashes that idea*" :'3
