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Post by knightc3 on Mar 9, 2008 23:08:12 GMT -5
The dwarf was clearly furious but he wasn't foolish. He knew if one of them could do that to his group, he wouldn't take the chance of going after the whole group, not with the reduced force he had right now. "This is not over! Count on it... d**n you woman! d**n you all to hell!"
Arthos sprang from behind the group, jumping off the tree he had been crouching on, watching as the woman had made short work of the few men that laid on the ground behind the dwarf. "I will be the judge of that...", he called from directly behind the dwarf. "And this is over... for you. You are the one who is d**ned."
The dwarf spun around. "No, you do not exist... you can't", he said as the bandits backed away from the figure standing between them.
"Thats seems very ignorant of you at this point...", Arthos spoke again and held the dwarf up above the ground by his neck. Very soon his body was making sound as if the bones were being twisted inside him. He gave out a loud scream as his arms and legs went limp, as they were dislodged from the joints. He threw the screaming dwarf down on the ground in front of him and smashed his skull into the dirt with his foot. Closing his right fist over the barely indentifiable body, a white glowing essence began to rise out of the body.
Arthis' eyes went wide with shock, an innocent! How could that be possible? They were bandits. The essence took a spirit form and swiftly passed through Arthos body and then disappeared into thin air. As soon as the spirit passed through him, Arthos felt a burning sensation in his torso, falling to his knees he knew he had been tricked somehow. How could a bandit have an innocent spirit?
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 9, 2008 23:40:20 GMT -5
Mammoth stuck his sword in the ground as the shockingly beautiful woman before him scared off the dwarf. He was slightly annoyed that he was ready for a fight, and didn't get to raise a finger, but also entertained by the woman's ability to dispatch them so quickly. Soon enough, another man stepped in, attacking the dwarf with a disgusting lack of honor. The man broke the dwarf, rather than giving him a fitting warrior's death. Mammoth scowled at this.
As the men retreated, carrying their own wounded, he stepped forward.
"So you're the one following us. No doubt the bandit I've heard of." He said, his hand on the hilt of his sword, confronting the woman before him. She claimed she was the Great River Bandit. He'd see about that... The man was not his concern right now, as he seemed to be preoccupied with his own demons.
He stretched his arms and took a step forward, pulling his blade and tossing it into the air, catching it and pointing it at her.
"You best be keepin' ya hands where they can be seen." He said, not taking any chances, and not caring what his allies thought.
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Post by Da Pwny on Mar 10, 2008 0:18:14 GMT -5
"My my, what bad manners we do have here" Jodice cooed, raising her hands seemingly in defeat as she turned her head to look at the man. The daggers from before were still in her hands, though loosely... "That kinda showin' off ain't allowed around here, young man. I do believe you need a spanking."
The daggers dropped, and so did she; before the big guy could react, she'd grabbed the daggers in the reversed position, dashing straight at the man, every footstep measured so as to not make a mistake. Leaping up, she landed lightly upon his sword, the daggers twirling around his wrists and then sticking into the ground to keep the blade in place. "If I were you, I'd watch where I point such a large weapon."
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 10, 2008 0:22:35 GMT -5
Mammoth laughed.
"Quick, aren't ya... But not very smart."
She had attached herself to him, and wrapped the chains of her weapons around his wrists. Letting go of his sword, so she was at a fall, he made a massive pulling motion back, tearing free the daggers and hurling her like a pendulum beside him, and launching her behind him. Once his wrists were free, he laughed, picking his sword back up.
"You're gonna have to try harder than that."
He stepped forward, challenging the small girl, obviously she was quick, but he doubted her battle wits. When she started losing control, she'd make a mistake, something an amateur would do.
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Post by Crow on Mar 10, 2008 0:31:31 GMT -5
"Hey, hold on a second!" Luna said, "You mind if I challenge her? I haven't had a decent fight in years!" She still apeared unarmed however.
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Post by Da Pwny on Mar 10, 2008 0:33:11 GMT -5
Jodice had expected such a reaction, but it was much stronger than she'd anticipated. Still, she managed to land rather easily on her feet. "'not very smart', eh? We will see about that." She practically spat the words, a hint of white glowing in her retinas. It happened whenever she was agitated, and it usually meant that things were about to get ugly.
She studied her surroundings in an instant; several trees were around the area, a small lake, some grass... not much to work on. But if she could get one of those trees to fall... Again she dashed towards him, her eyes facing straight at him so as not to give away her intentions. However, this time, she'd dodge left, and take one swipe at the tree trunk, making it look like a missed hit. If she could lull him near enough to that tree and keep him distracted... then the plan might just work, and the others would quickly fall without a leader around...
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 10, 2008 0:38:16 GMT -5
"Little late for that, Luna!" Mammoth said as the woman charged him. She moved to his left, not even swinging hard enough to mock a strike. She didn't want to hit him there.
Mammoth kept moving, slowing inching toward the trees as the woman had planned. He didn't notice until he was right under them. She was so fast that he had little time to react unless he gave an opening. He awaited, and kept his sword steady as he tracked her with his eyes, watching her movements...
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Post by Crow on Mar 10, 2008 0:44:39 GMT -5
"Just a helpfull sugestion, but stay away from the trees." She was sitting on a rock crosslegged watching the fight, seeming quite board. "There's still going to be the war I suppose."
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Post by Da Pwny on Mar 10, 2008 0:53:20 GMT -5
She kept at it, swinging with one blade and using the other to notch the tree. Jodice even mixed it up, sometimes striking from the tree she was chopping at, other times hitting different trees just to throw him off. At times, she teased at him, wrapping her daggers around a part or a tree, just to jump away and dislodge them before he could attack. The others weren't motioning to assault her, so she kept at it, roughening up the tree she attacked with every swing.
Finally, the tree was weakened enough; as she landed in the branch, sweating heavily from her efforts, she dug her blades in deep, then launched backwards, bursting from the tree's canopy; the man was stuck right below her, just as she'd planned it. Before he could react, she landed, and, grasping them directly, gave a mighty yank on her chains, pulling backwards as much as she could, feeling the tree give quickly under the aggravated assault... If all went well, he wouldn't even have time to dodge...
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 10, 2008 0:59:26 GMT -5
Just as he thought, she would bring down the tree on top of him. Luna's warning was what he was already thinking, but it helped nonetheless. As the tree came down, he swung upwards with his blade, splitting it in two. It fell beside him harmlessly, not even scratching his armor. He sighed, that was way too close for comfort. He underestimated her speed, and were he a half a second later in his reaction, that tree could have very well been on top of him. He turned, smiling at the woman, and put his blade in its sling. He then picked up one of the halves of the massive tree, holding it over his head.
"Lets see you dodge this!" He roared, straining to throw the massive tree trunk. But as he let it go, it flew straight at her, and he smiled as he pulled his blade again, prepared to finish this problem. If she wouldn't settle down enough to talk, he'd knock her cold...
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Post by Da Pwny on Mar 10, 2008 1:31:15 GMT -5
Jodice could only stare as the tree she'd worked so hard on was split in two, not even touching the man she'd intended to bean on the head. Thankfully, she snapped out of it just as the man was lifting the tree trunk, hurling it with sufficient speed to break every bone in her body...
Barely dodging out of the way, her train caught on the bark however, yanking her along and tossing her into the forest beyond. She didn't go very far, however, as the trunk slammed into another tree, pinning her train along with it... immediately, she stopped midair, the breath whipped right out of her... Today was not her day, apparently. She WAS the Great River Bandit, dammit... why was she losing to a big hulk like this piece of crap?!
Moreover, how could she lose?? It was just beyond her thinking that she could actually run out of sheer luck all of a sudden... now, Jodice couldn't even move, as she was still gasping for breath, trying to get her bearings as she'd had the wind knocked out of her twice now. This fight was already over, and she hadn't even laid a scratch on the guy... Well, it could have been a helluva lot worse, had the trunk actually hit her...
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Post by Crow on Mar 10, 2008 1:38:23 GMT -5
Luna watched the trunk fly past and just turned her head to follow. "You might want to surrender now! That was only one of us. Even if you somehow manage to kill him you still have the rest of us to deal with. By the way, if she actually pulls off the imposible I call the next fight with her."
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 10, 2008 1:44:32 GMT -5
Mammoth began walking over to the woman, she was done fighting, and he knew it. He put his sword in the sling on his back and then walked over to where the woman was. Mammoth had a feeling she would be able to dodge it, but if she didn't he didn't mind either. The fact that it simply incapacitated her was good enough for him.
Once he reached her, she was in quite a stupor, and was seemingly furious she had been bested. Mammoth knew he couldn't underestimate her again. She was caught on the log, which was wedged tightly in between the trees. He promptly pulled the log free and pulled her cloak, or train, from the log. He knelt down beside her, on the balls of his feet, arms resting on his knees, much like a sumo stance.
"Now that we're done with that..." He made sure she was looking at him, "You've got two options. Get lost, or explain why you were following us, besides the fact you wanted to pawn our gear."
He gripped her by her belt and propped her to her feet,
"Come on, you ain't hurt." He teased, knowing nothing was injured but her pride, "So what's it gonna be?"
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Post by Da Pwny on Mar 10, 2008 2:10:07 GMT -5
Smacking the hand away from her, Jodice promptly dusted herself off and then sat down, arms and legs crossed. She wasn't having none of this at all... he'd beaten her, granted, but only because she'd gotten careless. Had she not underestimated his brute strength, nor her train being in the way, he would be the one on the ground... or at least that's how she felt about what would have happened...
Her face was stuck in a perpetual glare, red with both spite and embarrassment, her lips pouting, and her tongue silent. She wouldn't talk; not because she was being cute or anything, but because she was so ticked off at having been bested so easily. In response to his teasing, she stuck her tongue out and made raspberries at the man. Granted, it was childish, but if he came at her again, this time she would be defending herself, and she could at least run away with good reason... as it stood, she'd never live this humiliation down...
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 10, 2008 2:14:43 GMT -5
Mammoth shrugged.
"Have it your way."
He turned around and walked away, beginning to continue his journey. Mammoth had no doubts she'd continue to follow them, he was sure he'd have another chance to talk to her when she wasn't acting like a child.
Mammoth had returned to the group, and then shook his head at Luna.
"Sorry, you can have the next one." he said, grinning.
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