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Post by beautifulytragic on Oct 13, 2008 4:34:51 GMT -5
Tamarra didnt move from her fetal position she then twitched in pain. Feeling her brothers pain she knew her brother was in trouble and needed her help. Regaurdless of what her brother told her she now had the strength to get up and she ran towards the camp. She ran almost at the speed of light arriving at the scene of her brother the two attackers and the puking Matilda, Tamarra glared at the man attacking her brother. She made a running start towards him and jumped high in the air kicking him straight in the face. She missed her brother completely. The kicks impact made the mans grip on Andrew fail and he let go.
But just then another man came up behind her as she landed Tamarra grabbed the knife and turned stabbing the man in the heart. Tamarra then jumped up and kicked the man in the head with an impact so hard she kicked his head clear off his neck. Pulling the knife out of his body she watched him fall to the ground. Tamarra's brown eyes scanning her surroundings observing the carnige she had just caused and the still puking(assuming she still is) Matilda.
Alex watched as Tamarra ran "TAMARRA WAIT COME BACK!" She yelled at the young girl, Alex bit her lip and ran after her.
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Post by The Mammoth on Oct 13, 2008 4:55:02 GMT -5
Edgar tried to stop both the girls as they ran off, and finally he stood up and put one shot right between the eyes of the man on the ground, running through the trees behind the two women he saw Andrew and the others fighting another. Edgar was tired of this, he would scare any more of them off with a swift pull of the trigger. He moved around the women and put another shot through the side of the head of this man. Turning around as he heard a rustling behind him, he fired a shot into the trees and heard a howl of pain as it hit its mark. He picked up Malcolm's old gun from the ground and tossed it to Alex.
"Watch them... I'm gonna go handle some sh*t..." Edgar said, his voice changing from its usual comical tone to a almost horrifying ferocity. He walked into the trees and came out dragging a man by his foot, a bullet wound through the man's right shoulder. Once the man was in the open, Edgar pulled him over near the fire.
"Feint of heart, look away." Edgar said as hit kicked the man and rolled him forward.
"YOU WANT TO MESS WITH US?! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY AND KIDNAP THESE PEOPLE, MY FRIENDS!" He yelled out, pushing the man's head into the flames with his boot. The screams of pain and horror rang out as Edgar pulled him out of the fire.
"THIS IS THE DEATH YOU FACE WHEN YOU F*CK WITH US!" Edgar said, pushing the man back into the flames and then shooting him in the back of the head.
His bloodlust and anger probably stemming from the loss of his brother as well as the attempted kidnapping of the group. He pulled the man from the flames and tossed him into the bushes with relative ease, then he dragged the carcass of the one who had attacked Andrew and laid it atop the other.
Once that ended, Edgar walked over to the group.
"Everyone okay?" He said, pausing to check on everyone, "Sorry we can't rest, but we need to get as far away from here as possible. No telling what force they come back with now..."
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Post by Da Pwny on Oct 15, 2008 23:15:52 GMT -5
With her adrenal glands calming once more, Matilda could feel the headache coming back. "Move... again...?" she groaned, the handgun dropping as she slid down a nearby tree in exhaustion. She didn't want to move at all... If not for the 'fight-or-flight' response built into her that had cocked her full of adrenaline, she wouldn't have done anything against the man that had attacked her. In fact, she probably would have complied with whatever he was to do with her, just so she didn't have to force herself to mobility. She was a doctor, not a soldier, or a runner, or someone who was good with bearing injuries, whether external or internal.
In short, Matilda was pooped. Matilda wanted to sleep again. Now.
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Post by knightc3 on Oct 17, 2008 10:57:49 GMT -5
Andrew recovered and saw what Tamarra had done to the guys around them. This was the side that had always stayed hidden from most people but Edgar, Matilda and Alex had seen it. He was happy they hadn't freaked out more seeing this form of his sister. Combined with her volatility, she could become a big threat to their lives, or so most people thought. He got beside Tamarra and smiled, "Thanks a lot." He turned to Alex and then at the gun Edgar had handed her.
He coughed for a short second before looking around. He turned Tamarra away from Edgar even though she had probably seen worse things than what even Edgar could do to a man. He looked at Alex and then asked her quietly, "You ok with that or you want to take it?", he asked referring to the gun. He looked at Edgar as he asked them to move and nodded. "He is right. Tamarra and Alex, could you help Matilda. Edgar and I will keep watch as we move." He looked at Edgar to see if he would agree to his line up.
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Post by beautifulytragic on Oct 17, 2008 12:53:07 GMT -5
Tamarra nodded and walked over to Matilda helping her up so the could the get to a safe place.
Alex raised an eyebrow "just because im girl doesnt mean i dont know how to handle a gun." She said with a smile as she slung the strap over shoulder and headed over to Matilda Tamarra. "Come on Matilda we need to get some where safer." She whispered softly to her knowing she was still very ill.
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Post by The Mammoth on Oct 20, 2008 22:02:25 GMT -5
((Sorry about the wait, been super busy.))
Edgar wasn't about to waste time with petty arguments over pride. Picking up the cooked food and dousing the fire, he quickly began moving and looked back over his shoulder.
"I don't care who keeps rear guard... Less talking, more moving..." He said, a small grin breaking on his face. As they moved through the bushes, he could hear animals moving in on the corpses he left behind of the men he had slain. He held his assault rifle up with his right arm, using his left to cut through the thick brush with his combat knife. They needed to find a defensible position that could be used for shelter and protection, his first thought was a cave, but the likelihood of finding one around here was slim. As he walked and checked behind himself every so often to ensure the group was behind him, he came upon a small clearing. Holding his hand back to the group telling them to stop, he turned aroudn and put his finger up to his lips. Ahead of them was a walking group of the men from before. The moonlight was bright, and they could be seen. They were dark men, almost black in skin tone. Four of them were standing in the clearing speaking an incomprehensible language. Edgar looked at their clothing and shapes.
Almost tribal in nature, but too large and well fed to be a tribe. Perhaps a hunting party, human poaching is not at all unknown... Possible they are all hostile, possible that these people are a minority on the planet...
He turned around and slowly moved toward the group.
"Stay tight to me, do not make a sound, do NOT fall behind." He whispered, making eye contact with each person. He turned to look ahead and began moving through the brush slowly, if they could get by this group, he assumed they should be in the clear. There was a dropoff in the trees behind them, which may have meant possible caves nearby...
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Post by knightc3 on Oct 21, 2008 8:20:45 GMT -5
Andrew nodded and moved quietly at the back picking up the empty handgun Matilda had dropped. He tucked it behind his back and started walking bringing up the rear. He stopped and moved closer to the front as they stopped near what. Andrew watched the group with a slight interest for a while longer than required and went up to catch up to the group. He stepped ahead of the two helping Matilda at this point and whispered in Edgar's ear what he had said to the three as he had passed them, "I have a theory that these... beings, their primary sense is hearing rather than sight."
He watched Edgar to make sure he understood. The way they reacted it seemed to him that they had enhanced hearing. It wasn't possible to go through that kind of an attack in that darkness otherwise.
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Post by beautifulytragic on Oct 21, 2008 11:23:48 GMT -5
Alex nodded to Edgars demand and pulled Tamarra "up Come on Tamarra we have to find a safe place." She said whispering to the girl. She took her hand and walked behind Andrew so as not to fall behind she grabbed his hand although she was intending to grab his wrist she grabbed his hand. His hand was room
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Post by The Mammoth on Oct 21, 2008 23:33:47 GMT -5
(His hand was room? Do you mean warm?)
Edgar continued moving quietly pointing out branches and anything that might alert the group in the clearing to their position. Before too long he could see the dropoff, and once he had reached it he turned around to face the group. It was very steep, but was nothing but dirt for much of the distance, it was a difficult slide, and the inexperienced could hurt themselves doing it. At the bottom, Edgar could see the rocks jutting out as the cliff went inwards. From there it would be a fall. He leaned toward the group.
"We have to slide, tuck in your arms, slide on your back or side down the hill until you reach the drop. I can catch anyone needing it from there..." Edgar whispered, looking around for responses on whether people would need a catch or if they wanted to try and make the landing, "Wait for my signal." He tucked in his arms and put his gun to his chest, sliding down the hill. Once he reached the drop he fell forward, falling the distance of nearly 20 feet before hitting and rolling hard. He didn't move for a second, the fall being pretty painful. He slowly got to his feet, dusting himself off. Everything seemed to be in order, but that drop was far harder than he expected. He didn't make much noise other than the rumbling of his gear as he hit, and he hoped nobody else would, the sounds shouldn't reach the group in the clearing as the cliff should mask most of it, but if it did things could get ugly.
He turned and looked up at the group, signaling it was safe to go.
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Post by knightc3 on Oct 22, 2008 16:06:57 GMT -5
((Yeah I was wondering about that word too))
Andrew kept quiet even though the plan Edgar had made would be flawed if the drop was more than 10 feet. But he let Edgar go ahead to test the drop. The time interval between his going over the edge and the soft thud of his gear hitting the ground, Andrew knew that the drop had to be at least 20-30 feet. There was no way they were making that kind of a drop with an injury, even with Edgar offering to catch everyone.
He looked around quickly to try and search for something he could use to help them out. All that was around were long stones and soil. But that's all he needed at this point really. He told everyone to wait as he got to work. He took 8 long, teeth shaped stones that were lying around the edge and took off his shirt. He made 8 long strips from his shirt as quietly as possible. The fact that it was already ripped in certain places helped.
He took Tamarra's hand and started tying the cloth around her hand such that the stone was tied into her palm. As he did this for the other two quickly and on one hand for himself, he explained in whisper. "The drop is quiet long. As you slide down, dig the stones in the loose dirt to slow yourself down. I will go first and hang from the corner. You guys climb down using my body. That should possible cover 12 or so feet of the height of the drop. Understood?"
He made sure everyone understood before sliding down slowly and using the one stone on his hand to slow himself down enough to not go over the side and hand from the edge. He held on securely to the edge and nodded at the others to follow.
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Post by beautifulytragic on Oct 22, 2008 19:12:29 GMT -5
"a drop so far down it can only mean death." She said softly as he brother tied the cloth around her wrists. She looked at Alex was able to climb down by her self using moutain climbing gear. Tamarra followed the others down the cliff and she felt a presence at the bottom. "we are not alone..." She said looking at her brother.
Alex looked at Tamarra as she spoke "She's right there are a lot of other on this planet. Like the men we encountered earlier some are hostile some are helpful." She said as she descended down the cliff. When she hit the ground she heard the sound of running water which meant more vegetation and possibly other life forms.
[[Yeah i meant warm sorry lol XD. i might bring my other character soon...]]
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Post by Da Pwny on Oct 26, 2008 3:07:42 GMT -5
*^-^""*
She'd been following quietly behind, even though her head hurt a new one. Falling behind, however, was far worse.... at least until she got a quick peek off the edge of that ledge. Boy that was a long ways down... Matilda nodded in compliance, swallowing down her fear for the moment and squatting down, waiting on the other two girls to get down. Then she hefted herself down awkwardly.
The fact that she had a... fairly pronounced bosom didn't help much in the awkwardness of it all. On top of that, her headache didn't help much. And as much as she tried not to, her eyes did eventually wander downwards, towards the fairly-good drop off.
For a moment she paused, squeaking once in fright and clinging to the back of Andrew until she got herself under control. Matilda could feel his grip loosening, and knew that she wasn't helping one bit. So before something far worse than getting snatched by strange natives, the doctor let go, somehow managing to twist herself around before she reached the bottom; her jaw had taken a bruising, however, due to the fact that she'd not been able to do that sooner...
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Post by knightc3 on Oct 26, 2008 4:11:16 GMT -5
((Alex had mountain climbing gear?))
As Andrew hung down from the cliff, one of the hands holding and tied to the rock that held him in place and the other holding on to the ledge. It was fine for a while but as the two got down on the ground below, he began to feel the strains in his shoulders. In fact, he had sudden realization that he was developing a cramp in his right shoulder.
But he just clenched his mouth shut waiting for Matilda to climb down. As she climbed down, he felt something very distinctly soft on his back that he recognized but thought it was best if his thoughts didn't linger upon it. He guessed Matilda must have looked down because he heard a muffled squeak and then the hands around his bare torso clenched tight enough that he couldn't breathe in that stretched position. He knew they were both in trouble if she didn't let go soon.
But she did and the pull on his arms relaxed. He looked down wincing as the cramp in his shoulder had settled in by now. Once he was sure he wasn't going to end up on top of Matilda, he let go and dislodged his other hand from the stone. He hit the ground and rolled backwards as he buckled his knees under him to soften the fall. He was rubbing his right shoulder as he got to his feat again.
He had heard his sister warm them and didn't wait to find out if she was right. He used his left hand to help Matilda up after handing the Matilda's handgun to Tamarra. "Alex, Tamarra, we switch for now. You keep the rear guard, I will take Matilda." He could barely lift his hand up far enough to shoot so he thought it was better that they switched. "Let's head towards the water."
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Post by beautifulytragic on Oct 27, 2008 16:45:36 GMT -5
[[yes in her nap sack]]
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Post by The Mammoth on Oct 28, 2008 17:40:49 GMT -5
Edgar caught the two ladies who needed it, leaving Alex to fend for herself, as she wished it. Once they were back to the ground, Andrew suggested that they head for the water. Edgar was about to agree when he held up his hand, forcing the group to stop.
"No... They would expect that we would know some survival techniques and go for a river or stream. These guys are not amateurs. It's best we don't take the chance." Edgar said, turning back toward the ground and point along the rockface.
"I'm willing to bet there will be a cave along this rockface, if we find one, it will be an easily defensible spot as well as a great shelter."
Edgar held his gun at the ready with one arm while he cut down the brush with his knife in the left arm, he hoped the group had enough energy to get to the cave before they could rest. He also hoped they'd come up on a cave without having to travel too far...
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