The Escapist Avatar Adventure: An Open RP (Now Re-Opened!)

[bluerocker]

When she got to the training room again, she conjured up a few ablative spells and cast them on Teri before giving Angelus a cold stare, having gotten fully into her instructor paesona. [color=c20000]"Angelus, you are to go all-out in an attack on me, stopping only when you feel you can go no further. Teri is warded against most any attack you can dish out, but I am your only target here. So then, come! Show us the wrath of a red dragon!"[/color] Slindis shifted into a defensive stance without drawing a blade and waited in anticipation of the first attack.

Had she lost her mind?

Angelus cocked her head in interest, and flame appeared in her hands; "Unfortunately, I cannot show you the true fury of a dragon in this form; but I shall do my best to leave a lasting impression." And with that, the dragon lunged at Slindis. Fire and blade began a dance against one another, something that reminded the Writer of her times playing the game the dragon came from. Neither side really seemed to give any all, but Teri knew full well what tactic the dragon was going for. She was biding her time till her full magic potential could be released. That was when fire flew past her head, and the Author found herself brutally brought back to reality. With a silent gasp of terror, she began to keep an eye out for stray fireballs, arrows or whatever other projectiles would come flying her way.

Ah! There it was! Angelus had paused for a moment, runes glowing around her head, and an unholy sound filled the air. Ribbons of magic and dragonfire spewed from Angelus' mouth, and were flying straight towards Slindis.

 

[bluecrimson]

Ah! There it was! Angelus had paused for a moment, runes glowing around her head, and an unholy sound filled the air. Ribbons of magic and dragonfire spewed from Angelus' mouth, and were flying straight towards Slindis.

Slindis had mostly moved out of the way of the attack, but she still suffered injuries even while fighting purely defensively. As she continued to evade the attacks without doing any serious retaliating, the intent of this exercise dawned on Angelus. This wasn't to test either of their reflexes, it was to see how well Teri could do her job in a pinch. Angelus focused more on the drow's movements, and she kept providing openings for her attacks to get through even as the drow continued to take a beating.

[color=c20000]"Teri, if you don't do something, your teacher will be gone. Snap to it!"[/color]

 

[bluerocker]

[color=c20000]"Teri, if you don't do something, your teacher will be gone. Snap to it!"[/color]

Since Slindis was able to dodge some of the ruins, Teri could only helplessly watch as some of them snaked her way as homing missiles were wont to do. However, even though the force of them hurt a little, Teri realized that they did no damage... That's it!

"Teri is warded against most any attack you can dish out, but I am your only target here."

Angelus couldn't hurt her, so long as it was fire based damage! As for a punch to the face, that would be painful, but survivable. With that thought in mind, Teri dashed towards her teacher.

"I may not have any spells left, but damnit if I can't try! But... What will I do?"

 

[Sgt_Jakeman214]

Jake awakens, and feels no pain.... but an urge... NO BAD WORDAS! NOT LIKE THAT! LOL!

Jake woke up, a quick sleep but he felt fully refreshed. He had a quick shower, declined the shave (He could go another week, once a month he shaved on average.), dressed and armed himself. Despite being on friendly territory, it always paid to be prepared. Figuring a quick session before breakfast would do him some good, he headed down to the training rooms.

The first one he entered held Caim watching Rugal and a small girl with a scythe going hard at it. Jake wondered where the dragon was, but it then passed his mind that the two were not one and so it passed.

"Excuse me Master Caim, but I came down for some pre-breakfast training. Seeing as you are here, would you mind teaching me a lesson or two instead of me blundering along on my own? And why the hell is Rugal aboard, and fighting against the loli scythe girl?" Jake asked, non-plussed about the situation.

They were in the Avatar Adventures after all, and he knew full well anything goes in here.

 

[bluerocker]

Jake woke up, a quick sleep but he felt fully refreshed. He had a quick shower, declined the shave (He could go another week, once a month he shaved on average.), dressed and armed himself. Despite being on friendly territory, it always paid to be prepared. Figuring a quick session before breakfast would do him some good, he headed down to the training rooms.

The first one he entered held Caim watching Rugal and a small girl with a scythe going hard at it. Jake wondered where the dragon was, but it then passed his mind that the two were not one and so it passed.

"Excuse me Master Caim, but I came down for some pre-breakfast training. Seeing as you are here, would you mind teaching me a lesson or two instead of me blundering along on my own? And why the hell is Rugal aboard, and fighting against the loli scythe girl?" Jake asked, non-plussed about the situation.

They were in the Avatar Adventures after all, and he knew full well anything goes in here.

Caim shrugged at Jake's question, and typed,

"I've long learned to not care about such things. What matters is that it blows off steam between hot blooded individuals. As for you, I'll fulfill your request. It'll give me something useful to do. I swear, I should start charging, as much as I get asked around for help."

He added that last statement with a snide smile, and continued down the hall towards one of the emptier training rooms. As they passed by one, Jake could see that Angelus was currently busy with Slindis in a mock battle of their own, with... Teri in the fray?! Before Jake could voice anything, be it interest or protest, Caim grabbed the fabric of Jake's shoulder and dragged him along.

 

[Sgt_Jakeman214]

Caim gets to beat the shit out of willing things, ergo number of fucks given is none, right?

Entering the training room, Jake stood in the center, facing Caim. He cleared his throat then began to speak, a little nervous. "Master Caim, if you will allow it, I can use my powers to create a mind link with you, so we can talk extremely similar to how you and Angelus speak. It will allow you to train me more effectively, I believe. Are you okay with this?" Jake asked.

"And, despite the fighting yesterday, I even managed to work in some training, I practiced my swings, grip and footwork like you said those few days ago aboard the cargo plane in the real world."

OOC~ Captcha = i know nothing! (Yes Sgt Schultz!)

 

[bluerocker]

n = a/2 - s (n = # of fucks given, a = annoying things, s = shit to wreck)

Caim frowned, and then typed,

[color=darkblue]"I think not. How Angelus and I communicate... It is far too personal for me to want anyone else in my head. However... There is a method my Author used with her Dimitri device. Something about putting my forehead to it to make it broadcast my thoughts, so long as the device was close to me. I hadn't thought to ask her to do it to my PDA, but perhaps you could as well? It'd be easier than typing all the time."[/color]

 

[Sgt_Jakeman214]

My apologies for the delay, had to leave the caravan and head to my tent. Free camping with parents is great, when they book sites a ten minute walk away!

Jake nodded, his face blank. "I am glad I asked rather than simply doing it then. Here, I'll set your PDA up for it, just put it in a pouch and we'll get on with it." Jake said.

He took hold of his gemstone on his necklace, and a small flash of red light burst through his fingers.

"There, try it now. It'll work permanently on that PDA from now on. That's the best I can do, I wouldn't dare fuck with your pact at all." Jake said.

He drew his sword and took his ready stance, waiting for Caim to begin the training now that the small issue had been sorted.

[color=darkblue]"Test, good it works.  Now, your stance is sloppy, widen your feet more.  Your grip seems good, let us test that!"[/color]

Caim said as he launched at Jake, drawing his sword in the process.

Jake leapt forward to meet Caim, their swords meeting in a clash of ringing steel. Jake's sword was battered away by the superior strength of the master swordsman, seemingly leaving Jake open. But Jake grinned a little as his momentum carried him into Caim, their swords down low from the swing and allowing Jake a clean shoulder charge. Caim felt the blow, a weak attack at that and planted his back foot, grinning savagely as Jake rebounded off him. Caim's sword swung up and missed Jake by a hair's breadth as he stumbled backwards.

[color=darkblue]"So, you want to play dirty then... At least your grip is good, even if you have no strength behind your blows.  Swing your sword with Passion!"[/color]

Caim roared as he charged in.

Jake met the blow with a parry, deflecting Caim's blade wide again. The master swordsman used the momentum and brought his sword up and around for a powerful overhead strike. The downward strike met Jake's sword with a mighty clang, battering the sword away as Jake went for a thrust into Caim's belly. Jake used the blow to bring his sword up for a reverse high block, just in time to stop Caim's horizontal slash. The two jumped apart from their lock, Caim wasting no time and charging back in with his sword low and back. Jake stood there and waited for the strike. It came and he tried to block, but the blow was too powerful. It launched Jake off his feet and he went sprawling across the floor and into the wall. Jake grunted in pain and got back to his feet as Caim laughed silently for but a moment.

[color=darkblue]"Not bad.  You know that you do not have my strength, so you have been using it for your own gain.  But you failed, blocking me there.  What did you seek to achieve, to lose?  No, when you cannot use your opponent's strength and have to face it, dodge or sidestep!  Let them unbalance themselves, then strike when they are open!  Get up, and again!"[/color]

Once more the sound of steel striking steel sounded out, and Jake improved bit by bit as blows were traded and advice given. Caim was still using not even half his strength but at least the boy was improving. After two hours, Caim called a halt to the training. He could see Jake was slowing down and even though he was putting his heart into it, his body was not. Almost as if on cue, Jake's stomach rumbled.

"Thank you Master Caim, I've learned a lot this session. Shall we head to the Canteen and I'll cook us up some bacon for breakfast? I'm starved."

[color=darkblue]"You haven't learnt enough yet.  You still try to turn side on.  You are not fencing, you are swordfighting with a two hand longsword.  You need to face your opponent to get the most power out of your body.  At least your footwork has improved a little, and there is something resembling passion behind your swings now.  Come back to me when you are rested and we shall continue your lessons."[/color]

Caim said.

Jake nodded and then left for the canteen to cook his breakfast. He was sure Caim would arrive when the food was cooked, probably after he checked up on Angelus.

 

[Ninjamedic]

[color=c20000]"Angelus, you are to go all-out in an attack on me, stopping only when you feel you can go no further. Teri is warded against most any attack you can dish out, but I am your only target here. So then, come! Show us the wrath of a red dragon!"[/color]

[color=c20000]"Teri, if you don't do something, your teacher will be gone. Snap to it!"[/color]

"So, this is our training regiment now is it?" The Preacher walked in, looking to take his mind of the insanity he saw on the bridge. "I assume this is how all Paladins are trained nowadays? I thought you would be a little more traditional." He pulled over a folding chair and sat down, "But don't mind me, I'm only a impartial observer, continue please." He wished to see the combat abilities of his 'comrades'. As he watched, he quickly caught on the point of this particular exercise, but he remained quiet, not wanting to interrupt Slindis.

 

[bluecrimson]

Angelus couldn't hurt her, so long as it was fire based damage! As for a punch to the face, that would be painful, but survivable. With that thought in mind, Teri dashed towards her teacher.

"I may not have any spells left, but damnit if I can't try! But... What will I do?"

Slindis continued evading the attacks, although the continued assault wore the at the paladin's armor. Soon enough, bits of the paladin's armor began to give, revealing breaches in the armor as she still refrained from attacking Angelus in any serious way. The remaining areas were still able to provide a good deal of protection, but one could see that they wouldn't last much more under this assault.

Seeing this assault, Teri began flipping through the first aid book, looking at the sections on moderate burns and removing torn armor from flesh. From the looks of this attack, she'd have to be able to fix these injuries quickly.

[color=c20000]"Your whole unit's taken severe injuries because of your blundering around. How can you expect to respond in a serious situation when you can't even focus on the injuries of one person?"[/color] Her commands lost a bit of their impact due to what looked to be serious injuries - Angelus wasn't holding much back in her attack.

 

[bluerocker]

And check he would

He pulled over a folding chair and sat down, "But don't mind me, I'm only a impartial observer, continue please." He wished to see the combat abilities of his 'comrades'. As he watched, he quickly caught on the point of this particular exercise, but he remained quiet, not wanting to interrupt Slindis.

[color=c20000]"Your whole unit's taken severe injuries because of your blundering around. How can you expect to respond in a serious situation when you can't even focus on the injuries of one person?"[/color] Her commands lost a bit of their impact due to what looked to be serious injuries - Angelus wasn't holding much back in her attack.

Caim gave a small nod to Jake,

"And I'll hold you to that."

and began to walk down the halls to where his pact partner lay.

Little sounds emanated from his PDA, as he was testing out the capabilities of the PDA's voice. Sure enough, it worked just like his Authors tablet. However, the voice still remained the same mechanical tone as before. Well, Caim had grown used to that voice speaking for him for so long, he had almost forgotten what his own sounded like anymore. The only thing that kept him from forgetting was his conversations with the dragon... Funny how something so simple as voice could indicate anything in- He shook his head, banishing the thought immediately.

"Intimacy? From something as stupid as that? What a laugh."

At this point, he entered the training room as well, and took note of the Preacher and the folding chairs. With a nod to the man of God, Caim sat down in a chair next to him and began to watch the exercise as well.

Speaking of, Angelus noticed that Slindis had gained a different way in her defence, almost as if she was telling the dragon to 'back off' at this point. With a small inclination of her head, the dragon did as (silently) requested and held off on her assault, and held back as the trainee Cleric began her inspection of her teacher. It was painfully obvious that the Paladin's verbal abuse took it's toll on the small girl; but she persisted. As she flipped through the book and proceeded with the operation, the dragon couldn't help but clenched her nose at the smell of her burnt flesh and metal.

As Teri began her work, the Dragon wandered to the Preacher, taking note of Caim sitting nearby, and asked, "Are you one of the same order as Slindis? You seem familiar enough with them."

 

[Ninjamedic]

"Are you one of the same order as Slindis? You seem familiar enough with them."

"No, I'm by myself sadly. I was a Paladin once, or was it a Cleric? Or Knight?" He began to scratch his chin. "You know, it was such a long time ago, I've forgot. I never really focused on the specific title myself, just on doing right by people you know? I'm just a wanderer, I end up at random places and I do good deeds, it's all so very simple."

He leaned back on his chair. "Its been quite some time since I've seen an initiation like this."

 

[The_R3d_Fury]

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Ba'erth sighed and sat down. Some people would never learn. He would be willing to work with an evil man to achieve a righteous goal, but not to answer to one.
He slipped Biter and Darkbane back into their sheaths and sighed once more. He hadn't realised how out-of-breath he'd gotten. He was sensing a very dark presence aboard this ship, and it was draining him.
"Given everything that's conspired between us of late, I wouldn't hold it against you if you told me to be off," he said, turning to Kala. "But I'm incredibly thirsty, and the last time I had wine was 173 years ago. Do you mind...?" he asked, looking towards the flask. Kala just smiled and offered him a swig.
He sat for a while, focusing on the source of the disturbance, and traced it to somewhere nearby.
"Lilly, I sense evil nearby. I'm going to go and see what it is. I don't think it would be wise, however, to go alone."
"I'll come with you, then," Tailgate replied.
Ba was unlike any other man she'd ever met. Not protective of her in the least, which was very attractive, she had to admit. She had never felt fragile in her life, and it bothered her a great deal when people acted as if she'd break at the slightest touch. SHe may have only been 19, but she could handle herself.

Ba'erth lead the way through the corridor and took the first right, hands tucked under his cloak and ready to draw his blades in an instant if need be.
"So, tell me about yourself," Lilly said to Ba, smiling.
"I was born to be a human sacrifice and rescued by The Order of the Light. From what I've been told, my own mother had the knife poised and ready to strike before The Order came in. They charged in with a righteous fire and cut the cultists down with ease. He paused. "The snow ran red with blood that day. My parent's blood."
Tailgate wished that she hadn't brought it up.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pressed you."
"Press me? he laughed. "My dear, you didn't press me at all! But why don't you tell me about yourself? What makes Lilly Lilly? And how did you end up aboard such a fine ship?"
"Well I originally wanted to be a regular pilot, maybe for the military. Either way I found myself at the Airforce flight school. I was the top of my class and halfway through the course I was pulled and put straight into the cockpit of a Striker V-15. I started off doing recon, but soon enough I was flying straight into black zones. A little while after that I was given my own STALKER and put to work as Alpha squad's dedicated pilot. All the while doing orbital drops alongside Sentinel. Of course, back then he was called Shadow."

Ba'erth didn't seem to be listening anymore. Lilly felt hurt, and was about to tell him off when she noticed something bout him. His smile was gone. His beautifu Golden mane flowed from his head and his luxurious Golden eyes peered straight past her. Everything about him was as it should be, save for his smile.
"It is here." Lilly looked around.
"What is?"
"A dark one. He watches us right now. Can you not feel it? His gaze penetrating your very being?"
Lilly was starting to worry. "Ba... are you ok?"
He shot his eyes up at her and held her gaze for a few moments. He managed a weak grin. "I'm fine. I think we might be outmatched. We should return to the others."
Lilly looked into his eyes for a little while, then nodded her agreement.
"Alright. Here," she said, moving to help support him. He was looking weak all of a sudden. "Do you need a hand?"
"Yes, thank you, Lilly," Ba'erth replied, allowing her to wrap his arm around her shoulders.
They started back towards the control room.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

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Rugal watched the blade come down like a Axe above him, smirking as Rose committed to her attack.
He dived forward from his position, Rose and her attack impacting right behind him as a result, the Scythe stuck deep in the ground.
As she tried to pull it out from the ground, Rugal took the chance to grapple her from behind and get her into a tight Choke Hold, squeezing the air out of her as he pulled her away from her weapon.
"HA! Nice to know the basics still work even today!" He taunted as Rose tried to break free, elbowing him in the ribs, ramming him back first into the walls of the training room, head-butting with the back of her head.
But she was fading fast....

 

[bluerocker]

"No, I'm by myself sadly. I was a Paladin once, or was it a Cleric? Or Knight?" He began to scratch his chin. "You know, it was such a long time ago, I've forgot. I never really focused on the specific title myself, just on doing right by people you know? I'm just a wanderer, I end up at random places and I do good deeds, it's all so very simple."

He leaned back on his chair. "Its been quite some time since I've seen an initiation like this."

Angelus laughed at the Preacher's words for a moment, and spoke again, "Initiation? No. This,"

She gestured to what happened behind her, "This is but the training of a harsh Master. Then again, I do not think there was one to begin with, if Teri said so correctly..."

 

[mcpop9]

You dun goofed.

Rose's vison wasn't fairing too well and things were beginning to go dark. She closed her eyes and gave a second of thought before her power surged. Out of her mouth came a muffled word. "K-k-kaio... KEN!" She shouted and the blast of energy threw rugal off of herself.

Her form was now glowing red and had red energy flowing off of her visibly. Before Rugal could hit the ground, she was behind him and laid a kick into his back that sent him flying at the wall of the training room.

 

[bluecrimson]

Speaking of, Angelus noticed that Slindis had gained a different way in her defence, almost as if she was telling the dragon to 'back off' at this point. With a small inclination of her head, the dragon did as (silently) requested and held off on her assault, and held back as the trainee Cleric began her inspection of her teacher. It was painfully obvious that the Paladin's verbal abuse took it's toll on the small girl; but she persisted. As she flipped through the book and proceeded with the operation, the dragon couldn't help but clenched her nose at the smell of her burnt flesh and metal.

While Teri was operating, Slindis continued to point out small errors the girl was making, like not cleaning her field tools in between different areas. [color=c20000]"By Tira, do you not know of taking care of the most severe injuries first? The burns may look bad, but you have to get the shards of metal out of the skin first to ensure there's nothing that can infect the wound. Even in deeper gashes, using magic won't help if there's still dirt or flayed skin to provide the root for infections down the road. That's laid down in your book. So then, prove your worth and fix me up. If the relatively calm setting makes you think you can slack off, imagine we're days deep in a jungle and it's only the two of us. You fail, your guide is gone and you have absolutely no way to defend yourself or contact your home base."[/color]

This rant seemed to spur Teri on as she flipped through the book multiple times to diagnose and treat the various injuries Slindis had taken, and Teri noticed the glimpses of a draconic red tattoo wrapped around the paladin's red arm.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

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"Kaio-Wha-" Rugal managed to get out before Rose broke his grapple and flung him across the room into a waiting kick.
He recovered in the air and softened his impact with the wall with a 3-point landing, only vertical.
He flipped back onto the ground and his eye went directly to her weapon.
I might just be able to get to that before her. Though, that Kaio-Thing.... He thought as he ran some risk assessment in his head.
Deciding to take the gamble, he summoned up another "Dark Barrier!" to protect himself as he went for the weapon, if he could take that out of play, it'd be a load off his mind.

 

[bluerocker]

While Teri was operating, Slindis continued to point out small errors the girl was making, like not cleaning her field tools in between different areas. [color=c20000]"By Tira, do you not know of taking care of the most severe injuries first? The burns may look bad, but you have to get the shards of metal out of the skin first to ensure there's nothing that can infect the wound. Even in deeper gashes, using magic won't help if there's still dirt or flayed skin to provide the root for infections down the road. That's laid down in your book. So then, prove your worth and fix me up. If the relatively calm setting makes you think you can slack off, imagine we're days deep in a jungle and it's only the two of us. You fail, your guide is gone and you have absolutely no way to defend yourself or contact your home base."[/color]

This rant seemed to spur Teri on as she flipped through the book multiple times to diagnose and treat the various injuries Slindis had taken, and Teri noticed the glimpses of a draconic red tattoo wrapped around the paladin's red arm.

Teri did her best to follow the instructions of the book to the letter, and began to take more care with her instruments and her various cuts/cleaning of the different wounds. It would have been a bit easier to pull off, were it not for the fact that Angelus, Caim AND some other character she knew nothing about were watching as she was being demoralized by her teacher. None the less, Teri kept her head up, and continued her hard work. "Man, I wish I didn't use up all my spells on David and Elena... Well, okay so it wasn't so bad; given that they needed it really badly - what was that? Clean wound with.... Okay. And, now to get this armor off of her arm...."

Teri tapped the Tablet to her forehead, and the mechanized version of her voice rang out,

"This armor's going to have to come off, Ma'am. If you don't want anyone to see anything... We can always send them out."

The cleric in training knew full well that the Paladin wouldn't want her draconic mark to be exposed, that much she understood; even if she wasn't aware of the entire significance behind it.

 

[mcpop9]

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Rose flew up into the air, knowing that he had made a mistake going for Lily.

The scythe turned back into lily, no longer stuck in the floor. The girl formed scythes on the back of both of her arms. The blocked the barrier of the man charging and fainted a leg sweep before flipping backwards and away from him.

Rose then unleashed a number of large shots while floating up in the air. She aimed a circle around him, throwing up dust and such while obscuring visibility. Then Lily charged in, aiming to cut him with her scythes over her entire body.