Xai is snapped to attention by the sudden whooshing of arrows and squeals in the dark. She snatches a javelin from her back and lets it fly in the direction of the approaching noise.
Xai's javelin sails into the darkness, but, judging by the lack of reaction, it's most likely that it didn't find it's mark.
-Posted with Wayfinder
Yngwie pulls out the shiny new blade he had acquired and hurled it at the thing. It became apparent that he had not used them before.
Aura's ferocity was enough to bring the beast down and silence its squealing. After a moment, Foxglove laughs. "Well there's our b-" before he could finish a sharp squeal came from behind him and his horse took off running. Aldern's head cracked against a low hanging limb and fell to the ground. He now lays there motionless. As soon as the horse ran off, three dark figures appear 30 ft. down the road.
Yngwie lets his horse throw him, eager to get into a fighting position from which he breaks into a sprint and rushes the beasties!
-Posted with Wayfinder
Xai's horse rears up, but she manages to hang on to the reins. Seeing that Foxglove has managed to get himself knocked out cold, she hops off and rushes to protect him from the dark shapes. "I knew this hunt was a silly idea," she mutters. "Male bonding rituals... these always get totally out of hand! Next thing you know, one of us is going to wake up with a tattoo and a wig..."
-Posted with Wayfinder
Yngwie's sword disappears in the chest of the boar, but the boar is still squealing and moving toward you.
Eagle's sharp eyes spot out an area right between the hard skull plate ande the shoulder blade of and he sinks a perfect shot into the soft flesh. Aura manages to bringing down the sish kabob that Yngwie made with his great sword.
-Posted with Wayfinder
|
With one hand on his ranseur, and another on the reigns, Julen is distracted managing his horse at first. (If possible, he tries for a better glance at his targets.)
Once she is under control, he whips the reigns and charges at the new opponents.
"Ho, Now This is interesting! Now we each get one of the things!"
Eagles and Yngwie's horse bolt in the other direction as they become unmounted, nut the stops 40ft. down the road, neighing an stomping restlessly.
Julen leaves a nasty gash on the side of the boar.
Xai grabs her second javelin and mutters a prayer to the forces of karma for guidance. She delves deep into her memories for her training in ranged weaponry many lifetimes ago, and focuses on those images in order to empower her next throw. With any luck, her aim will be true...
Yngwie hops around the back of the boar to flank it with Julen.
-Posted with Wayfinder
-Posted with Wayfinder
|
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Aura's ears perk up at Julen's voice as if to say, Bacon?
-Posted with Wayfinder
As the last boar dies, the sound of hooves echoes throughout the forest. A beautiful elven woman appears with her bow drawn. "Nice One!" she says smiling as she comes to a stop.
Xai lowers her javelin and shrugs. Well, I had a plan, she thinks. Maybe next time.
"Hello, fair elf-maiden!" Xai calls, and waves. "Come to admire our handiwork?" She stoops over to check on Foxglove, assuming he's still on the ground, but keeps a wary eye on the newcomer.
|
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
The roaring pain in his gut was lost in the deep within Eagle's mind as it was engulfed in his new wondrous preoccupation. His eyes grew wide, and he lost his breath. He was mistified at the sight of her. He notches other arrow, and shoots it into the head of the dead boar in front of him.
"When I kill em, they're dead!" He subsequently smacks himself in the forehead.
Be cool,be chill, be cool, c'mon Eagle, you get women all the time right? MAN she's pretty!
He thinks of something smooth to say, but gets distracted by her eyes, and slightly below them, and shouts Er... My name, is Eagle.
He does what he can to salvage the situation with a winning smile.
|
|
*snap* Julen clicks his fingers together to get Eagle's attention as he dismounts.
"It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul! Stop your writhing lest out quick your blood flow, still too freely from your eager open veins and bring upon the rest of us some pains!"
He tosses aside his weapon and tries to take a look at Eagle's wounds.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Yngwie wrenches his claymore from the boar, holding it between himself and the woman until she puts away the bow. "Easy Lass, slipping up on a man after a fight like that could have ill effects on yer health."
The Skald takes care that he doesn't inadvertently step into the moonlight and reveal his less than human nature.
|
|
Eagle hisses rather loudly, "Yngwie! You're upsetting our guest!" He says, knowing good and well his party did not own the forest, and was more likely her guest instead.
"Ah, relax! No need to worry, I'd be happy for you to slip up on me! Er- I mean, the party... that is. And not like that! Hm, that came out better in my head." Eagle scratches his head, he DESPERATELY needs alcohol.
The puts her hand overheard mouth and giggles. "Nice to meet you Eagle, I'm Shalelu by the way." Then she raises her eyebrow at Yngwie jokingly and says "It looks to me like the only possible detriment to my health here is that boar. And that's just if I eat too much of him. "
-Posted with Wayfinder
"Hello, then, friend Shalelu! And what were you doing out here? We were hunting boars, obviously." A thought comes to her then, and she adds: "You wouldn't happen to have bumped into a shady character with a penchant for summoning skeletons, would you? Because said fellow gave us quite the scare earlier."
Shalelu pauses, looking puzzled. "No, I can't say that I do know anyone like that. By the sound of that question, I'm guessing you have?"
"Yes. It was rather... traumatizing?" She glances around to gauge the reactions of her fellows and quietly mumbles: "Traumatizing...? Maybe... poor word choice..."
Xai looks Shalelu over appraisingly, distracting herself from her lingering combat-related issues by wondering if she could beat the elf in an arm wrestling contest.
Yngwie kicks at the boar and decides he might as well go get the horses that ran off so they could lash the boars and the idiot to them for the trek back to Sandpoint. He wanders off distractedly
-Posted with Wayfinder
|
|
Eagle is starting to regain his wits. He feels his mind slipping back into its usual savvy self.
Greatly relieved to have survived his momentary lapse of all reason, he says to the elf, "Ah, what makes you think you get any, love? By my count, there are four boars, and four hungry hunters! Doesn't look like we have enough to go around!" He winks, "We did run into a nasty bunch of bones earlier, and we did see a particular fellow in their midst. Strange company for any man, I'm sure you'd know him if you saw him. Trouble seems to follow." He acknowledge the surprise boars and the wounds of the party.
|
|
He gallops over to cut off one horse's escape.
"Have you thought to name your horse, Yngwie? Do you think it might keep it from running away? I only know what I've picked up here and there, but my luck with horses named has my good name shamed. There was a stallion once. It made me look quite the dunce. You wouldn't like to see any of the old stunts, too painful, really."
| 2 people marked this as a favorite. |
Yngwie Swings a leg back over his horse as Julen rallies it to him and helps round up the last of them. "Regular pair o' cowboys aren't we lad?"
As the two finish, the Skald stoops over Foxglove.
"Lads? Methinks ol Foxpockets is dead..."
-Posted with Wayfinder
|
|
"Oh, fine, I'll check on the poor sap"
Reluctantly, he strides on over to the unconscious fellow on the ground and gives him a quick once-over.
"At ease lads, he's not dead. Only, mostly dead."
"Now, we'll see how that does. And thanks to you lads for rounding up the steeds. Gods know that it's a long walk out here on foot with this much boar meat."
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Shalelu laughs, "Fine, you can have all the boar you want, but my friend at the Rusty Dragon will pay you well for those boars. On that note, did I hear you fellas say you were going to Sandpoint? Because I need to be headed that way anyway. Are you headed that way now?"
When Foxglove wakes up, he shoots straight up. "Don't worry lads I've got this!" he shouts at the trees. Then he falls back down and moans, "Uhhhhhhn waiter can I get a cup of coffee to go?"
-Posted with Wayfinder
"Well, I suppose we are," Xai says in answer to Shalelu's question. "Want to come along with us?" A bit of female company might be a nice change after riding around with the boys and their macho posturing all evening.
Seeing that Foxglove seems to have come to, Xai pats him on the head. "Well done, friend Foxglove. Let's get you home and tuck you into bed before you hurt yourself again, shall we?"
-Posted with Wayfinder