thebastion | Pre-Day 61: pre-game threading

Ah--... ... Oh hell.

[NOW she sees it. And damn, that is an ugly one. They're still a good distance away from it, though. Far enough that she can manage something of an explanation.]

This place does somethin' to powers. It kinda... limits 'em? But there's this nasty tastin' stuff you can drink to get a couple more shots out if you really need it, but I'unno how well you're gonna hold up against that one. They don't run like the little ones do from fire.

Edited 2013-04-20 06:03 (UTC)

... Limits? The hell even-

[ Duke looks about quickly. Sword on her back or not, she didn't quite look like a fighter, more a civilian who had to learn. ]

Then better make shots count. I can try to get it too dizzy to do much, with a hopeful side effect of lighting it on fire. Just need a moment to duck and get ready. Or just... more running.

[She does sort of lack the scars others have earned in their time in the Bastion, but there's reasons for that, and Rin is trying to save hers as a trump cards.

Though now might be the time to pull one of those trump cards. Rin slows to a stop, hand going for the sword.]

I can give you time. You'd just better hope like hell that whatever you're gonna do works, cause these bastards are the nasty ones.

... I was thinking about ducking behind something so I can get it all set up, but if you're comfortable with that...

[ Just give the knight a moment to duck aside - and this is a very purposeful brush against the girl, a very light touch to make sure the spell that will come next won't suck her in. ]

If it doesn't make it dizzy, the lightning ought to do something to it.

[ And with that cheerful thought, green lights are forming about and under Duke. ]

Trust me, you're gonna want it.

[That acid is pretty unforgiving, after all. Ducking behind something might not grant her the shelter she's hoping for.

The brush against her shoulder earns a blink, a strange feeling left behind on her arm after it, but nothing she can put a finger on.

She shakes the distracted thoughts off, though, and pulls out her sword as she turns to face the oozing, burbling Scumbag that's approaching them.]

Alright, ugly! Let's go!

[The blade comes out with a soft shnk! and with it, the girl seems to quite literally burst in to bright blue flames. But she's not hurt by them - in fact they seem to be very much a part of her, crawling and creeping along her skin, at the tip of her tail and on her head, and even off of the sword that holds her power. Her ears even lengthen, and her appearance becomes just a touch... demonic.

She charges forward, jumping and bouncing about on debris and rubble recklessly, tossing flames with swipes of of the blade in wide arcs, getting it to follow and pay attention to her instead of going after Duke.]

Hey! Over here! Yeah, that's right, come get me you bloated sack of crap!

[ Ah, well, that's...

A very fascinating spell. Or not-spell, because ear lengthening isn't something Duke has seen before. Of course, people with tails are odd too, so..

... The knight was working on Tempest, not trying to figure out what the blue fires were, or perhaps what the girl was.

At least the distraction worked well enough. ]

Wind to scour and lightning to cleanse... Tempest!

[ Since the thing was already floating, hopefully the winds of this spawned tornado pick it up all the more easily. And that lightning on a bag-like thing should be good for something.

Hopefully it doesn't explode too big or messily. ]

[Well she certainly made it count. The tornado does as intended, and after a bit of struggling from the Scumbag, the 'big bloated sack of crap' as Rin so eloquently put it is dragged in to it's pull, spitting acid about frantically in hopes of hitting something.

Rin narrowly avoids the growing acid pools and the tornado, leaping backwards several yards until she comes to a skidding halt next to Duke, still flaming and grinning in triumph. Finally! Something that worked against those bastards!

Except--

It kind of went up and up until it couldn't go up anymore and now it's falling.]

... uhm. We might wanna-- ... MOVE!

[That would be Rin grabbing an arm and pulling because like hell they're getting squished after that.]

... That's never happened before.

[ Well, hopefully its dizzy - or dead - when it slams back down onto the ground. Since the girl was fairly good at going fast - at least all the reckless jumping from before seemed to hint at that, Duke has no problems with agreeing by action. The knight may not be a sprinter but this is some definite ponytail streaming going on. ]

Maybe it was too light.

[It certainly lands with a satisfyingly loud SPLAT! that would indicate dead or at the very very least, splattered enough that it won't be moving any time soon.]

Maybe! Ain't like they got much else to weigh 'em down except that gross spit of theirs!

[She can't help but grin at Duke as they run though.]

That was pretty awesome!

[ This is a fairly startled blink back. Well, the place is a bit strange, the rules of nature are a bit .. .stupid, and her abilities are rather different. ]

The flame thing you did was rather fascinating as well.

[ A flicker of a smile. the knight has the strangest feeling that the explanation is not going to be a good one. ]

[Oh it isn't, but Rin isn't about to jump in to that right now. They're nearing the beacon and details can come when they're not running for their lives.]

Ehehe... it's a talent! C'mon, we're almost there!

[ Duke just nods, since running and talking was a little more taxing than everyone remembers it as.

That, and the knight wants to study that thing they're running for. ]

[There's not much to it from where they're coming from. It's just a light, blue and shooting straight up in to the sky above them where it vanishes in to clouds.

It's where it takes them that matters.]

[ Up up up where the spell flung that balloon creature? ]

... Transports?

[ One word questions are the plan for now. ]

Yup! Just run in to it!

[Even higher than that!]

[ ... This will be all sorts of fun, won't it-

But the knight does so. ]

[At least the beacon doesn't cause a rough landing of any sort. It might be a little disorienting at first, but that would be the worst of it.

Rin steps out once she goes through and lands on the Bastion grounds, letting out a relieved sigh.]

[ Duke clearly isn't sure how to feel about this.

Its very very plain that this isn't Tarqaron, or Terca Lumireis... ]

... I think a lot of people would never get fit if these replaced stairs.

[ For the attempted joke, its really... really flat in tone. There's something very wrong. ]

They'd get all the exercise they needed runnin' from those damn Windbags!

[Dry joke or not, Rin is going to respond to it.

She turns around, gesturing with her arms to the area around them.]

Welcome to the Bastion.

... Good to know there's a home base.

[ The knight studies the area, then idly shifts to start sticking long hair back where it was supposed to be. ]

Is it always this empty?

Ah... no... actually it's pretty early... everyone else is probably still asleep.

[ A moment spent studying Rin, then back to that beam of light and the rest of the area- ]

Lucky for me, then.

... why's that?

[Sorry, Duke, she's a little... dim.]

That someone was up. I probably would have swatted those things until that big .. windbag? showed up, and the stuff it was spitting didn't look that good. And then not known about the limits so...

[ The knight shrugs. ]

Oh! Yeah, yeah, hahah you're totally right! I'm not really a mornin' person but...

[Being there has kind of borked any sense of a normal sleep pattern.]

A-anyway, are you hungry? We can talk over breakfast.

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