[[HH 4 v ?] Ponying Up [Shik/Yuzhi/Sal/Zhi](FIN)

[medigel]

"There is a tent," Shik called down to Sal as he tried to maneuver around the misty Shaheen, looking for a place to dig his claws. "Medea is there, the Imp should be nursed to health - "

The horseman was cut off suddenly as his opponent imprisoned him in her wings. Crushed.

He had never felt anything like it before. Battered, bruised, slashed, broken, bleeding, burned, torn, fractured, bitten, thrown? Yes. Crushed? Never. It was the most curious of sensations not only because it was an all-consuming pain that shook his body and nearly crushed his wings, but because the last time they had been in such a feathery embrace the situation had been much, much different. Juxtaposed to this monstrosity, he almost would have laughed at the stark contrast.

But laughing would have required breathing, and right now he was gasping for air and more focused on trying to catch himself as he fell like a rock with two paper thing feathers glued to it. Several meters from the ground Shik's wings ballooned with air and caught him with a jerk, but the landing was still rough and tumble. And gods he almost thought about not moving for a bit after such a spectacular fall. Almost.

But Yuzhi had been buffeted into nothing, Zhi was barely standing, and Sal was just skin and bones to be tossed in the wind. This had to be put to a stop before more of them were dissipated into the blasted fog.

So the horseman struggled to his knees and let his wings drape uselessly, the world still spinning in his vision as he anchored himself with an arm and forced himself back up, dizzy and full of throbbing pain but having the sense to fiddle with the latch on his satchel. Fingers brushed against the smooth surface of the vial as he desperately stared up at what was once his chieftain, silently making a prayer as he flung the item at her.

HP: 16  

[Seussi]

Yes, crushed. She had crushed the pesky flying intruder and now it was falling to the ground, so much less of a threat then it had been moments before. Her eyes sought out a new target now, golden orbs focusing on the one who continued to pelt her with pointy things. It would be next to fall. She took a step forward, and began to lean down, wing outstretched, lowering down down down, meant to crush Zhi beneath it's mass.

And then suddenly something was thrown at her, from the invader that she had thought was broken. Glass shattered as it struck, liquid spreading through the misty fog into a million tiny droplets that clung to the massive figure that was once Shaheen.

Her movements faltered, then halted altogether, She stood, suspended in time, like a statue with wispy tendrils of mist still rising. Her golden eyes began to widen, a hiss escaping her.

Hoooooooooooooome!

Movement as she stumbled back, hands rising to her head as an ear piercing shriek was let loose from the figure. And then she began to shrink, to transform in size and shape, taking on a more familiar form to those who watched. The tendrils of fog wisped up and away, dissipating in the air surrounding her. Colors began to bleed through the grey, washing over her slowly, starting with her hands and feet and spreading through her body. She continued to scream, until the transformation was complete.

And then she collapsed to the ground, silent and still.

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[Kaiyumi]

What did he just do?

Zhi shot a quick, questioning look at Shik before stepping back, dark eyes growing wide as he watched...something happen to Shaheen. The shriek caused him to flinch, but he didn't look away, his gaze fixated on the horsewoman has she began to shrink. Could it be?

"Shaheen!" It was what may have been one of the first times that Zhi had referred to her has anything but boob-lady or crazy-lady. The conquest horseman immediately dropped his bow, letting it disappear as he warily made his way up to the screaming figure, one small step at a time. Her colors--were they coming back? Was this what those vial things did? They cured them?

He jumped when she collapsed on the ground, immediately halting in his tracks. Making no move to either back away or continue forward, Zhi crouched down, eying the lying figure warily before whipping his overly-long sleeve out and letting it flop over Shaheen's head. He waited to see if there was any reaction.  

[Pales]

Yuzhi had returned to the scene with a bit of an annoyed huff and dusting herself off. Meandering from room to room hoping to find her former group just to make sure they were alright seemed more than just a bit annoying. Though now she happened upon them at the tale end of the battle and that was just ... a 'go figure' sort of moment for the small horseman. She just crossed her arms over her chest and watched indifferently.  

[Blade Kuroda]

The fog began to form and solidify, before a humanoid figure with what looked like a pair of daggers stood by. Where others might have uttered 'home', this one simply went in for the kill. Swiftly, he rushed on over towards two of the horsemen, moving past as he lashed out with his foggy blades. Was it a sort of warning hit? It was hard to say for certain.

HP: 60
Damage: 3
Targets: Yuzhi and Zhi  

[Pales]

Oh. Hey. How are you doing, new Playmate? Yuzhi knew for certain she didn't recognize this to be any horseman what so ever but then again she herself had no real identifying marks of her kind but still the fact remained that he needed to be brought down. Perhaps she could make use of the vial she'd made off with back at the Sanctuary.

With little hesitation her spear was in hand and she flung it at the imposing figure that had dared to scratch her with its blades.

HP: 37
DMG: 5
TARGET: SHUN.  

[medigel]

As the monster downsized and shifted back into the familiar form of the chieftain, Shik let out a rough sigh and bent over, arms on his knees as he called himself back into order. One wing still felt out of sorts after that literally crushing blow, so he doubted he would be able to fly properly until it was looked at. Still, it had been worth it.

Their victory was cut short as yet another one came out of the mists, however this one was not familiar in the least; he could take a small comfort in that. "Zhi!" he barked to get his attention as the creature stabbed at him with a misty blade, summoning his dagger as he first lurched, then lunged forward to slice at one of its legs.

Yuzhi was back on the scene too, surprisingly, but Shik wasn't about to question her swift recovery when he was starting to woozy. "We need to take her to the tent," he grunted in passing as he hopped away to search for a new window of opportunity. "So let's kill this thing swiftly."

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Shikoba
6'4" War Executioner Y1
HP: 16/40
Fear: Blood Pact (The Chill)
Fragment Points: 3
Target: Shun
Damage: 6

 

[Kaiyumi]

The sudden attack surprised him, slicing a small shallow cut on the palm of his hand as he instinctively tried to block it. Gaze flickering towards Shik, he emitted a weak laugh as he summoned his bow again. "Trust me, you don't have to tell me twice. And welcome back, Yuzhi."

He lifted his brows at the horsewomen, clearly surprised--but pleased--to see that she had reformed in one piece. Turning away, Zhi armed himself with an arrow and squinted, trying to take aim. Careful, careful...

No, too slow. He grimaced when his arrow merely grazed the target, and automatically began to ready another one.

HP: 10
Damage: 3  

[Blade Kuroda]

The beast's eyes flashed as three of the horsemen retaliated. A leg buckled for a moment as he was attacked there, but it didn't seem like he was deterred all that much. Their strikes were nothing for the most part. Turning towards the two that had a bit of a stronger hit in them, the blades were raised once more before they each sailed across the air towards his targets. Despite being made of the mists, they still sliced easily all the same.

HP: 46
Damage: 17
Targets: Yuzhi and Shik  

[medigel]

When the beast turned, Shik thought he had readied himself against the impending attack. And he had been - just not quite enough, however.

The horseman was bodily thrown back with a new gash that bled out quickly, and try as he did to staunch it he knew he was down for the count. "Get out of here," he ordered the three of them in a strained growl. "Take her with you and get out. We're not . . . losing more to the fog . . ."

The pain was getting too unbearable. "I'll meet you at the tent," he managed to get out through grit teeth before falling to dissipation.  

[Pales]

"Thanks," she said to Zhi simply as she powered up her Fear, "Don't kill it just weaken it. I managed to get a hold of a vial...Maybe we could ask them some questions..." She said quietly as she seemed to grow in size and looked deceptively more powerful. With a bit of aiming she flung the spear at the Figure as hard as she could.

Shik had been taken out but there was not a lot she could do for him other than just keep going. She needed to keep going. Maybe this figure had answers to things they didn't know. Maybe...

"We'll get everyone back safely," Yuzhi promised Shik.

HP: 20
DMG: 13  

[Kaiyumi]

"We'll meet you there," He promised Shik, lips pressed into a thin line as he watched their comrade dissipate. As Yuzhi struck out at the creature, Zhi let loose another two arrows, and then he immediately moved over to where Shaheen was, crouching down.

"Hey. Hey, can you hear me? Wake up." He reached out to nudge at the horsewomen, pausing momentarily to glance up and check on how Yuzhi was doing. Despite her size, he was a fierce and willful fighter, he knew, so he trusted her to distract the creature for a bit. As for Shaheen, though...

The man grimaced, reaching for her arm. "Or am I going to have to carry you back?" If that was what it came to, then he would do it.

HP: 10
Damage: 8  

[Blade Kuroda]

The words they said mattered little to the mist reaper. Right now, the only thing he knew was that he needed to eliminate these invaders. Turning more towards the smallest in the area that had just struck him rather soundly, he moved forth to try and stab into her. He would show these invaders the price of coming into his home.

HP: 25
Damage: 16
Target: Yuzhi only  

[Pales]

She felt it. She was on that verge again. Yuzhi was toeing that line that she didn't wish to revisit so soon but she wasn't going to just give up and run away. The small horseman was so close. SO CLOSE. If only she had hit a tiny bit harder as she flung her spear again.

That didn't seem to hit as well as she wanted, she uttered a frustrated curse.

HP: 4
DMG: 9  

[Kaiyumi]

Hey. Hey.

First Yuzhi is killed, and then Shik, and now these things were going after Yuzhi again?

AHAHAHA yeah right. "Hey, hey jerkface! Yeah, you!" He shot an arrow at Shun, and then lowered his bow to load another, "Get away from her!"

See, Tseng, he wasn't the one you should be worried about around your sister.

HP: 10
Damage: 8