andres ♔ in the dark of day teach us love again

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♬ new revolution - gin wigmore

WHO || Anastacia O'Keefe, Bambi Dalton, Frankie Matera, Helen Magnus, Alaric Saltzman, Alice Lincoln, Edain, Thoster Chatwyn, Hook, Adi Laskaris, Max Rast, Brantley River
WHAT || A team of Knights is tasked with providing transport off the Island for local Shadowkind
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[ The two groups responsible for evacuation of Shadowkind travel to the island via stealth boat, which puts their arrival a little behind everyone else's.  They run aground not far from both the woods, and the harbor.   Edain grins out at the sleepy island, dressed in full armor, hand on the hilt of his sword.  Anastacia frowns as she watches the woods, however, clearly more on edge about what they have to do. ]

From here, everything looks so peaceful...

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[necessaryevil]

[ there's not much in the way of useful items around. a fire extinguisher hangs by the door, and there's a hammer sitting atop one of the crates, obviously used to nail them shut. a few stray boards lie here and there as well. max yanks out his gun, stepping back and firing at the same one as hook, his shot taking the thing out. it flips on its back, legs curling in on themselves, but there's still plenty more. ]

[oftheband]

Vermin. [ edain's lip curls up in disdain as he pulls his longsword. he strikes one atop a nearby crate (atk 23, dmg 14), spearing it through its hard shell entirely. ]

[mining]

[ Adi draws his sword, as well, attempting to fend off one of the crabs approaching from the floor (atk 19, dmg 5). In the meantime, sounding suitably grossed out: ]

Are you saying these things ate them?

[herebemonsters]

[ adi strikes one as well, but a second skitters out right on top of it, and the two of them swarm him (atk 6 & atk 6), trying to nip at his heels. two more swarm up on edain (atk nat 20 & 19; total 21 dmg), bites cutting right through his armor with their adamantine teeth :') two attack max (atk 18 & 4; dmg 5), and two more brantley (atk 16 & 18; dmg 18 & 4 if either hit), and finally two on hook (atk 16 & 4; 8 dmg if the 16 hits) ]

[fixyourproblem]

They surely have the ability to do so.

[The first crab misses Brantley by an inch, but the second one manages to break through his defense. Brantley definitely doesn't want to get bitten again, as the first bite hurt enough. Maybe they should just burn the shack and finish them all at once. But that would attract unwanted attention. For now, he is just going to take them down one by one. He delivers a kick to the nearest stone-teethed monstrosity. (Atk 16, dmg 5)]

This is not good. There might be dozens of them. We need to clear them all at once.

[And normally with swarm like this there's always the one who is bigger than the others. It wouldn't be fun to get chomped by a 10 feet-tall crab, right?]

[unhand]

If you have ideas, we'd love to hear 'em. [Hook's managed to evade both crabs. He drops his gun, opting to quick draw his sword instead, and stabs downwards on one with it (atk 25 (nat 19 crit) dmg 16 with penetration) before bringing his hook down somewhere near the other (atk... 9).]

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[necessaryevil]

[ hook spears one dead, aww yis. max backs up and takes another pair of shots to kill one of those that'd be on him. ] Leftovers from Sarandis' science projects, that's what.

[oftheband]

Don't see what's t'be done about 'em now. [ more stabbing! (atk 34, atk 29, annnd a crit = two more dead crabs ]

[mining]

[ Adi manages to dodge the attempts to snap at his legs, though his reactive kick to one of the crabs is a bit haphazard (atk 14, dmg 4). ]

Can't any of you use magic? [ Asks the cleric, but to be fair a big dramatic fire spell or something would be really handy right now. Who thought a team full of swashbucklers was a good idea. ]

[herebemonsters]

[ the one adi kicks skitters backwards after taking the blow, but then back in to cautiously nip at him again (atk 14). the other crab on him looks more cautious now as well (atk 8). one manages to snap at max (dmg 14), while another bites at hook, easily dodged (atk 18).

brantley still has two on him, who keep right on him, unrelenting (atk 12 and 19; dmg 16 & 7 if they hit) ]

[fixyourproblem]

[Despite not being a full-time swashbuckler like the rest of the team, Brantley is not a mage either. In fact, he is the opposite of a mage. Hating magic and stuffs.]

No, not me.

[He replies as he manages to dodge another bite but the second one does hit him. Brantley tries to fend them off again by delivering a right-left kick combo, but since his specialty is boxing and not kick-boxing, he fumbles and probably hits other thing instead (atk 5, offhand atk nat 1). Hopefully not the head of one of the swashbucklers.]

[herebemonsters]

[ his crit fail involves... stepping his foot right down onto the thing's maw, so it gets an attack of opportunity, chomping down right through his shoe (atk 23 - critical hit for 16 dmg o_o) ]

[unhand]

Don't you think if we could magic these beasts away we would? [He tries for the first crab again, stabbing down with his rapier (atk 21, dmg 2), then swipes at it wildly with his hook again (atk 8).]

[necessaryevil]

Let's just hope they stop coming. [ backing up backing up, bam bam, he hits with one shot at one in front of brantley (dmg 5) ]

[oftheband]

[ edain also tries to lance those around brantley - (atk 29, 30, and 24 all hit: 14 dmg downs the first one, 26 penetration damage the next), so he moves onto one by adi (10 dmg), taking out the one he's already injured ]

[herebemonsters]

[ permission from melissa to roll for adi until she's back, soooo with a 16 attack, he stabs at the creature still near to him (11 penetration dmg!), nearly taking it out. it snaps back at him, overly cautious (atk 6), while another goes for max again and misses, and the third for hook, also probably missing with a 13, go things. ]

[fixyourproblem]

Gah! [And that bite took down Brantley. He is on the floor, drifting slowly but surely to the other side of life. And if he doesn't survive this, please don't put "He lies Brantley River, victim of crab attack," on his tombstone.]

[unhand]

[That little thing may not have bit Hook but it's still a jerk, so he's gonna try and stab it back. Twice. (atk 9 with the rapier, atk 14 dmg 16 with the hook.) HE'S REALLY PISSED.]

[necessaryevil]

[ HOOK SPEARS IT DEAD WITH HIS HOOK. epic. max pales as brantley falls, and pops off another pair of shots at the one on him, both of which connect (9 dmg).

edain sticks the one in front of adi (atk 31, dmg 23), skewering it, and then swings around to chop the one max just shot, finishing off the last of them.

/init but brantley needs to make a fort save to try to stabilize... ] Can anyone help him?!

[fixyourproblem]

[Fortitude 9, I guess he doesn't want to go back to reality yet, especially when reality means getting eaten by crustaceans. Besides, the light... It's so tempting... Must go to the light... (hp at -6)]

[oftheband]

There's bloody healers back on the boat. [ he yanks out his phone, and dials them up with a scowl. ]

[unhand]

[Poor bastard. Hook stands up, wiping the crab guts off his hook and sheathing his sword. Then he picks up the gun he dropped and puts it back in its holster.]

They'd best get here fast...

[lurings]

[ well lookie here, not a minute later, abigail busts in like the kool-aid man, rifle slung over her shoulder. ]

Hey... what...

[ whaaaaaat? the fuck. ]

[necessaryevil]

[ oh right, they're in a warehouse full of body parts???? welcome to the murder shack, have some trauma. w h o o p s.

LOOK SOLACE DIDN'T KNOW.

anyway brantley has to make another fort save yaaay ] He's fading fast.

[lurings]

[ abigail looks absolutely horrified, visibly paling as her eyes skip and skitter around the room. if you think she isn't having some serious flashbacks to beverly and gideon you are so very wrong. her hand lifts to cover her mouth and her shoulders heave before she shoves it all down. get a grip, hobbs. you've seen worse. MAKE LIKE ELSA AND LET IT FUCKIG GO, CHILD. ]

What happened? [ its clipped and sharp. details, she needs them. ]