Zses will give a look of contempt.*
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"You weren't even able to throw that toothpick? I'm not surprised, seeing that you're such a weakling! Want me to get there and help you throw that thing?" he will then start laughing mockingly at the sprite(s).*
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"Did you just throw paint at us!?!? Who does that!"
Neverhome will take a 5 foot step towards Blue.
"I gave warning." he says to the wounded Sprite as he grips the Cold Iron sword in both hands.
The colored lights flash in Erika's face. She blinks furiously trying to see straight.
Then her head swimming, she promptly crashes to the ground.
Neverhome neatly bisects Blue Sprite, leaving it lying in two pieces on the ground.
The two remaining Sprites target Zsestrian. Green manages to nick him with an arrow. Red raises its tiny hand, and a bright flash of light explodes directly in front of Zsestrian's face.
Round Three
Hobbes will fire again, this time at red.
Hobbes arrow buries itself in the Sprite's chest but does less damage than expected.
Zsestrian continues to laugh. He doesn't even notice that he's fallen on his knees, stunned by both the blinding light and the toothpick.
Taking care not to step on Blik Neverhome will move to be adjacent to Hobbes and red while grumbling under his breath. [b]"Damnedable little creatures."/[b]
Somewhat annoyed at the sprites by this point the large feline growled aloud. "Im going to catch you, then bite your little heads off." He said in some annoyance. Guiding Mule to turn about to go after the sprite. He will carefully stand up on the walking Mule and slice at the anooying hovering creature.
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Red Sprite is distracted by Neverhome's ineffectual sword-waving and completely misses the insane catfolk horse acrobat. Silence scores a nasty blow and comes THIS CLOSE to hitting a vital artery. . It's still upright, though.
Both sprites fire at Silence.
Round Four
Silence wanted to scoff at the sprite in front of him, its lapse in defence and lack of fear for its situation was too bad. He reveresed the grip on his blade slightly and returned another rapid attack on it in the reversed direction.
Red Sprite's dead body crashes to the ground.
Bringing the sword around to point at green "Ha! We come at you next you little blue bastard!"
"Silence. Kill!"
Licks lips, tail lashes, and grins wickedly.
Erika continues to sleep soundly...
Hobbes takes another shot at green.
"Wake up!Wake up!" Crow croaks from above.
"Uh...what..." Zsestrian said, glancing left and right to understand what happened in the last few seconds. He sees the corpses of the two sprites. "Oh...Oh!" he will spring up on his feet and point his crossbow menacingly at the remaining sprite.
"Seems like you're the last one! Now be a good little fairy and STAY STILL!" as he shouts the last two words, Zsestrian's shadow's silhouette deforms, showing way wider jaws than he actually has.
Blik twitches angrily towards the remaining sprite.
The last Sprite is blown backward by the force of Zsestrian's shout. It stares at him in shock for a second ... and then takes off away from the group. As it flies, it begins to glow, then four identical lights separate from its body and weave an intricate pattern around it. Then the five lights separate and shoot off in different directions. All of them are lost from sight in seconds.
The feline watches it run and split his tail lashing sheathing his blade.... Then he hops off his mount Mule and makes his way to Friend Erika picking her from the ground and out of the snow... Friend Ne... Lyosha, help friend Blik up.. its not good to be laying in the snow like that." He said trying to get her atop Mule brushing the snow off her carefully. What sort of things were those?" He asked attributing them to some sort of evil snow spirit caused by the strange storm.
"Yes yes." he'll say with a smirk as he picks Blik up by his sides. "Sleepytime over" he says as if actually expecting a response as he begins to jostle the unconscious halfling like a rattle.
Hobbes will help pick up the unconscious party members. "Not the time to be sleepin' on the job." He snaps his fingers to try to wake them.
"I said STAY STILL, not RUN AWAY!" he will wave menacingly the crossbow at the fleeing sprite.
He will look at the lights that seemed to split from the fairy"Any idea what they were, Crow? They looked kinda familiar..."
The raven pecked back at him"No lights now!Erika!Blik!".
Zses will turn his head and see the two seemingly unconscious companions, and fear for the worst.
"Are you two okay? Answer me! he will say with a pleading voice and a worried expression on his face, while him and Crow frantically examine the two to understand the causes of their fainting.
@Zsestrian: Erika's suffering from the effects of color spray. She'll wake up shortly but will be blinded and stunned for up to a minute. You're not positive, but Blik might be undergoing the same thing.
After examining the symptoms, Zses will let out a sigh of relief."Nothing major, luckily, just a color spray spell. Well, I'm sure that's the case for Erika, but should be the same for Blik too. They should wake up in seconds, even if a little stunned. A minute or two of rest and they will be as good as new!"
Blik will come too like a lightning bolt, bursting free from his helpers and screeching like a wild animal. He'll flop into the snow and lay there for a moment, his breath steaming in the cold air and his little chest pulsing with the speed of his breathing. After a moment he'll seem to realize where he is and rise shakily to his feet.
He'll look at the others sheepishly and say,
"Uh, sorry... I hate Sprites..."
Erika mumbles something unintelligible and moves her head slightly. The world seems to be ringing and fuzzy. She tries to sit up and ends up falling off of Mule landing in the snow with a thump. The cold hits her face and she yelps, brushing it away. Then after a few moments her vision clears and she looks around at the group. "What happened? It was colorful, then it just..." she trails off.
"Now that that obnoxiousness is over shall we begone?"
"Those wicked sprites friend Erika struck you and Blik with magics. You should be okay according to Friend Zsestrian. The furred feline began offering his paw like hand to Erika to help her to her feet. Friend Lyosha and Friend Zsestrian managed to frighten the last one off yes yes." He said with a nod once more brushing snow away from her. "those little sprite arrows made me feel a bit tired, is anyone hurt? Are we okay to continue?" He asked glancing at everyone
After waiting for Erika and Blik to wake up, you continue deeper into the woods. The path gradually narrows until (about 40min later) it becomes a narrow game trail winding its way through the undergrowth. Hoofprints mark the underlying snow, leading in both directions.
Blik finally remembers some tricks to stave off the cold that don't involve hibernating. He himself doesn't seem bothered in the slightest by it and now that the Sprites are gone will happily weave around trees as they make their way deeper into the forest, and back into the wilds that Blik is more familiar with.
Blik will poke around the tracks a bit, curious about how the wild-life are coping with this unusual weather.
"I sure hope we find whatever is causing this cold soon. I hope those unusual Sprites didn't have anything to do with it, they seemed to be winter aligned..."
Silence for the time being walked along side the mounts keeping a careful eye on everyone. Particularly friend Zsestrian and Erika. He at first had also kept an eye on friend Blik, but at his bouncing and running from place to place it seemed to the Samurai he was more than well.
"I agree with you friend Blik, yes yes. I hope to find the source of the cold as well. I dont think those sprites were the cause but perhaps a symptom much like the tetzelwyrm. (pronunciated wrong on my purpose).
As the trail narrowed he frowned for a moment. Much like the trees this could be a ...good spot for somethign wicked to come into play. "Do wish point friend Lyosha or shall Mule and I take it?" He asked the other warrior in the group.
Zses will fasten his orange scarf tighter around his neck. "Ahh, comfy...". While walking, he will look at his companion to see if they are all well. He was worried a little about Blik and Erika, seeing that they were hit by the Sprites magic. The halfling seemed to be in top conditions, because he was jumping around way more than he himself was able to do...
The raven perched on his shoulder will be the first to croak "Miss Legs! Miss Legs! Are you okay?".
Zses will give a look of surprise to Crow "Crow!? What are you saying?! C'mon, apologize!".
The raven will give a worried look at Zsestrian, then look at Erika,then at Silence, back at Erika, again at Silence and again at Erika.
"Mrs Legs! Mrs Legs! Are you okay?".
Zses will hide his face in his hands and sighs loudly.
"Brr... I'm freezin' my cheeks off out here. It's colder than Baba Yaga's breasteses out here." Hobbes has turned an odd shade of blue.
Definitely starting to feel like home he begins to think until Silence's question breaks him out of his reverie. "Da, I'll take point. You and Mule can cover everybody else better."
He begins to move ahead until he hears Hobbes speak, at which he almost throws himself into a crouched position and begins frantically looking around for horrors that are probably not there.
"Don't say that name! Nyat! Never say that name! Nyat! Nyat! Nyat Nyat!"
Zsestrian will furrow his brow.
That was kind of an overreaction
"Is everything alright, Lyosha? Never seen you so agitated since we met that strange woman back in the tavern, the other night."
And what does "nyat" means, anyway?"
"You never mention Dearest Grandmother's name, she'll find you. And you never insult her. Never. Never. Never. Never. She'll steal your soul and eat your head. Use your bones to make her bread."
The look on Neverhome's face goes from panicked to pure fear.
Silence frowned suddenly as Lyosha became... obviously more animated. Whatever it was had him spooked badly spooked. He didn't understand why the normally solid half orc was reacting such. Then again he didnt recognize this Baba Yaga name at all. At least he was assumuning thats what caused the reaction, the others words he knew. "Easy friend Neverhome." he said soothingly sliding off his horse and getting closer to the barbarian.
"There are no Yaba Baga's here. Just snow and ice and friends searching for answers yes yes. Well and a wicked flying sprite thing that will join its friends if it shows its little blue face again. Be calm." He added trying to calm him down.
"It doesn't matter if she's here or not, she'll hear you and then you'll be demoned away. You'll never be seen again. Please, please do not speak that name."
As he converses with Silence his expression begins to slowly relax as the company still around him begins to put him at ease.
Blik will flip out when Neverhome does, disappearing into the trees to hide, though more from his reaction than anything said. When Lyosha calms down Blik will appear grasping a tree branch and say with wide eyes,
"That person sounds terrifying!"
He'll hang for a moment, then drop to the snow and continue on walking with a crouch to avoid being demoned away.
While Crow ruffles his feathers and makes himself comfortable using Zses's scarf as a blanket, the witch will give Lyosha a friendly smile.
"That sounds terrifying indeed. Don't worry now tough, we're here and she's not."
Baba Yaga, Baba Yaga... I feel like I'll have to remember that.
Besides, bone bread sounds like something that would taste horrible.
"Geez, well excuse me. Must be the frostbite."