Cannon fodder (fantasy superpower rp) (closed, started)

[nuba km]

Those of the group that chose not to stay out site were let into the town and the gate was closed behind them, the sick and the horses were split from the group by some guards. The group were let into a empty prison of about 5 cells, after being locked into one of them the female yama started her questioning 'What do you know about the current situation in abumot? What are your goals? How did you encounter with the une go? And what do you know about the silent explosions last night?'

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out side the town
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there was a clearing was slightly elevated from the swamp water.

 

[olza]

Ivaan elected to let the others do the talking. He suspected this Yama was not fond of rambling.
However, when he heard her use the term une he looked to William, raising an eyebrow and mouthing the word "Une?" quizzically.

 

[maninahat]

So this is what the inside of a prison looks like, thought Bom. In his past daydreams about being a gentleman thief, he occasionally envisaged daring prison escapes; deftly picking the locks, silently removing the guards, and gracefully leaping the walls to freedom. It didn't seem all that plausible, now that he was actually in a real cell.

'What do you know about the current situation in abumot? What are your goals? How did you encounter with the une go? And what do you know about the silent explosions last night?'

Bom didn't know if he was supposed to give away the details of a mission of such critical importance, so he decided to shift the focus.

"Is there a situation, Ms? What is all this about explosions? We've only just arrived here, and we aren't up to date on the local news."

 

[Lunar Templar]

Rias set up camp, figuring this would take awhile to sort out, the waste of time it was in her mind. After getting her tent set she got a fire pit going. Karen also set her tent and made ready for the wait, then looked around a little. Karen looking around got the attention of Rias.

"It's nothing, thought I heard something" Karen said, trying to hide something though poorly "I'm gonna go get some more fire wood" she said before taking off in a seemingly random direction.

Rias watched Karen leave, then waited a moment, something was up and she could tell, shortly after Rias gave chase.

 

[hiei82]

"What do you know about the current situation in abumot? What are your goals? How did you encounter with the une go? And what do you know about the silent explosions last night?" the Yama said after throwing the group in a jail cell. Claire could only sigh - we were cooperating: why did people insist on this kind of response? It hardly made them WANT to divulge information. Beside that, hey would have happily answered the questions outside the prison.

Whatever; if that was what they wanted then fine; and if they don't let us out later we can just break out - ah the advantages of being enhanced.

"1) The only thing we know know about the current situation in abumot is that, supposedly, some ancient necromancer has come back from the dead and is making all the undead act up. We don't know if this is true; we heard it second hand from an old man a town that way" she said, pointing in the direction they had come from.

"2) Out goals are simple; We have been recruited by Embla to help kill the renegade mages. Our goal is to do this and return to Embla - or wherever we hail from-" she said, indicating the several new non-humans, "-in one piece."

"3) I'm sorry to say I don't know what "the Une" is. If you're referring to the moss it went well; though it involved several different tactics to beat it; ranging from fire to jury-rigger Herbicide" she said, specifically avoiding the mention of Reetch's power so as to keep some 'cards in their hand' - so to speak.

"4) I'm not aware of any "silent explosions"; we certainly didn't hear anything but I suppose that's expected... I saw a lot of firefly's in the night I suppose but that's about it." she said with a shrug of the shoulders.

"Now, if you don't mind, I believe since we have cooperated fully thus far; perhaps you could answer some of our questions - in the spirit of mutual friendship of course." she said, trying to be as diplomatic as she could. "Maybe why your city is pointing arrows at, and locking up for that matter, every traveler and what is going on in this swamp?"

 

[Lunar Templar]

Rias tailed Karen, who was very clearly looking for something, something that wasn't firewood. She found it odd that some one as straight forward as her would use misdirection to remove her self from a situation.

 

[nuba km]

"Now, if you don't mind, I believe since we have cooperated fully thus far; perhaps you could answer some of our questions - in the spirit of mutual friendship of course. Maybe why your city is pointing arrows at, and locking up for that matter, every traveler and what is going on in this swamp?"


The female yama started pacing in front of the cell 'It's honestly quite simple, abumot IS back. When he first arrived here everyone just though he was a mad man, but before you knew it every undead guard in the city was dragging people out of their homes. He offered other necromancers the chance to help him "beat death itself" the cowardly lot joined him, the others were killed on the spot. Every other day the undead guards would drag someone else off, but luckily we figure out a way to destroy every undead guard in the city. Since then the necromancers have been trying to both starve us out of the city and break in anyway they can. Anyone who has escaped from the mages turned out to be infected by une, which yes is the moss, so please excuse me for being cautious in case any une started spreading through the city.' the female yama paused for a bit as she picked up a note pad 'if you say you are who you say you are, then you would have no complained about us simply taking you out of town and pointing you in the right direction towards the necromancers. Now I would want you to come back with abumot's head so we know when its safe to leave the town again and start collecting supplies, though how would I know that you guys are even willing to return to the town?'

 

[maninahat]

"abumot Is back."

Bom was dubious, but listened along. He didn't have much in the way of a national pride, but he did have some sense of loyalty to his own people.

"Now I would want you to come back with abumot's head so we know when its safe to leave the town again and start collecting supplies, though how would I know that you guys are even willing to return to the town?'"

Bom thought about it.

"What if we left something of value behind?" He looked towards Claire and William's cells - he expected the nobles to be carrying some kind of heirloom or something. "Something we'd want to come back for?"

 

[Lunar Templar]

Karen stopped upon hearing something snap behind her"I know your there Rias, you suck at stealth as much as I suck at hiding things it seems" Rias sighed and came into view "Then I'll be equally subtle. Whats going on? Your acting strange." Karen shrugged "Don't worry about it, should be sorted out soon enough anyway"

Rias gave Karen the look of 'your gonna have to try harder to sell that line' look, to which Karen shrugged in reply "Just go back to camp and wait, I'll be back when I'm done" "No. I'm going with you and I'll hear nothing about it" the pair argued for a few minutes before Karen final sighed, shrugged and said, 'fine, do what you want'. Karen would never admit it, but she appreciated Rias following and sticking with her.

 

[nuba km]

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outside town
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Karen and rias emerged at a different clearing in the centre stood a unicorn though unlike the once drawn in story books its horn looked more like a steel blade, its white fur was covered in dirt and its eyes were a deep red. It lowered its head towards karen and got ready to charge.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Karen looked the beast over, and smiled, she could tell this Unicorn was cast from the same mold as her at a glance "Rias, if your going to stay, stay out of the way. This is a dual between warriors." Karen then transformed and stood at the ready for the Unicorns assault.

Rias nodded and stepped out of the way to watch the fight.

Spoiler: Karen's alt form, for the new guys

just add a feminine shape, a guard to cover the mouth and dye it black

 

[nuba km]

The unicorn charged straight at karen

 

[Lunar Templar]

Karen side stepped at the last second, and lashed at the Unicorn with her back spikes.

Rias watched, and wondered why this Unicorn was violent, she'd never heard of one looking for fights in the story's before

 

[nuba km]

The unicron didn't even attempt to dodge karens striek but the very moment karens spikes hit the unicorn it changed, its skin and hair became black and solid like karens, its mane turned into a black layered chitin, its tail turned into a spiked bone like whip, its horn became jagged and two massive bat wing sprouted out of its sides. The unicorn flapped its wings causing a force of wind that would knock most of their feet. As it ascended into the sky it started shooting shadowy spikes of energy at karen in rapid succession.

Spoiler: unicorns

In this world they react to the first power that makes contact with them and take on a new form according to that said power. Also unicorns in this world are normally a sign of change, a darkest before the dawn kind of change.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Karen start weaving through the barrage, and at the same time, swatting an energy spike or two to see id it was worth attempting to counter them.

the whole time, Karen was grinning

 

[Floris2123]

The female Yama started barking again "The sick will be taken to the hospital...anybody got a problem with that plan?" William shook his head, surprised by the lack of male Yamas and undead guards. They must be out fighting, or they were already dead. Rias and Karen had left the party, preferring to stay outside the wall. William hoped they would be safe. "I think it's best to go with them," Bom said, William nodded. When the horses were separated from the group, William's pony seemed a bit sacred. He petted her and she seemed to calm down a little.

He then continued following the Yama women. They were eventually led into an empty prison. William stepped inside one and heard the door being locked behind him. 'What do you know about the current situation in abumot? What are your goals? How did your encounter with the une go? And what do you know about the silent explosions last night?' William looked at the woman, angered by the way they had treated his party, especially Claire. He kept silent, fearing that if he would speak his anger would show. "Is there a situation, Ms? What is all this about explosions? We've only just arrived here, and we aren't up to date on the local news," Bom asked the woman in return.

William looked at Cliare, who sighed and then said. "The only thing we know about the current situation in abumot is that, supposedly, some ancient necromancer has come back from the dead and is making all the undead act up....in the spirit of mutual friendship of course. Maybe why your city is pointing arrows at, and locking up for that matter, every traveler and what is going on in this swamp?" William snickered, Claire was as diplomatic as ever. The female Yama stared to pace and said 'It's honestly quite simple, abumot IS back. Now I would want you to come back with abumot's head so we know when its safe to leave the town again and start collecting supplies, though how would I know that you guys are even willing to return to the town?'

William shook his head slowly, he never wanted to enter this hell hole again. "What if we left something of value behind? Something we'd want to come back for?" YOU IDIOT! William looked at Bom angrily. He didn't want to leave anything behind here, they would just have to take their word for it. William stepped forward and looked at the woman. "We will return, even if we do not want to. Our duty demands that we do so. Do not fear, we will return as soon as we have dealt with Abumot and made it safe again.

 

[nuba km]

As karen swatted through one of the spikes her hand became incredibly hot, almost like she had stuck her normal hand into a flame. Unable to karen the unicorn started diving down, its horn charging with energy as it dropped. Karen easily dodged the dropping creature, but as it impacted the ground the area quickly became covered at a dark cloud, she was barely able to see her own feet.

 

[olza]

Ivaan smiled. William seemed to always get riled up at his team mates for some reason or another, especially the non-human ones. This struck Ivaan as odd. Ivaan had never thought of William as a racist.
probably just my imagination Ivaan thought to himself.


However, more important matters soon overtook his mind. "Ma'am, please, let me go and tend to the wounded, I don't like the idea that the... Une?" He tried to get the pronunciation right, looking to the Yama for correction; "Yes, Une victims being in needless discomfort because my colleague" He gestured to Reetch "and I were not there to help." Ivaan knew this yama probably didn't have any kind of inner kindness that Ivaan could appeal to, so he instead appealed to her logic; "We're assets that you can't afford to squander right now."

 

[Lunar Templar]

Karen lunged the slit second her feet touched the ground, slashing at the beast with her forearm blades in a 'scissor' motion, but struck only air. She quickly took stock of her lack of visibility, and closed her eyes, taking in the ambient sounds, and searching for the flapping of wings or the sound of hooves, as well as tensing her muscles to strike quickly when an opportunity presents it self.

while focused like this, her mind was silent

 

[nuba km]

The female abumot looked at william 'yea the last group of peoples who i trusted to return on their own accord where never seen from again. I also have something in mind already, your horses won't be going far without those now would you.'
"Ma'am, please, let me go and tend to the wounded, I don't like the idea that the... Une? Yes, Une victims being in needless discomfort because my colleague" He gestured to Reetch "and I were not there to help."
The female yama looked at ivaan and spoke clearly and forcefully 'I am responsible for every live in this town, it doesn't matter if they are fighters or healers, if they are saints or the scum of the earth, they have their lives in my hand, what kind of leader would I be for such a irresponsible death as letting a complete stranger near the sick. So if you were in my position would you led someone you have no idea who they are near the most vulnerable of those you are responsible?'[/b]

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meanwhile at the unicorn punch out
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Karen's ears started ringing with the sound of hoof steps and horn slashes from all directions but nothing was happening.