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Charles gives the fallen body one more stab. "Touch son of a gun, I will give him that."
"You may have me moving like syrup but I can still make you bleed."
As the feeling settles in Charles looks around a bit frantic as he tries to move through the tanglefoot mess. He has never felt this before and it is really the anthesis of how he should fight.
"What did he do. This is bad, I am suppose to be fast."
"Ouch ya bastart. I am getting a little sick of taking this beating." Charles whips around and lets lose two strikes with his blade.
Seeing the creature did not fall Charles follow up with a swing from a defensive stance.
Well after a good chunk of time of this nonsense I was finally able to log in again. Had to finally reinstall chrome! So I just saw the level up thing and will do so tonight.
"Thank you Carthas. This helps. Sorry to be a bother."
Between that spell and the potions is back in good fighting shape. He lets Lajara take the lead and follows her down the hallway away from what would have been a fight in a cramped space. He keeps his eyes open as they move for any other threats.
"Happy to lead the way up though if anyone is carrying a potion or some such this still hurts quite a bit." It is clear he took some damage in the last few fights and is not in top form. "Regardless he still heads to the stairs and will take point blade at the ready."
As this discussion takes place Charles wraps some scraps of fabric around his various cuts and scrapes. He is distracted until he hears the word dragon which causes a shudder to pass though him. Going to have to be might fast if we have to deal with that. Geting close to a would be unhealthy. "Will their presence be a problem? If it must be done I would understad."
I am at Disney World until the 20th. Brought my laptop but no power cord so that sucks. Unless I find a cord I am not going to be on much until I get back to New York. Laptop is at 20%.
Charles slaps the hair away with a bit of a smile as he steps to the side lashing out again. "My friend, that is a terrible way to attack someone. I bet you did not even bathe yet."
He steals a quick look at the barrels to see if anything else is hiding to attack before continuing to speak. He just wants to be sure he is not putting himself into the middle of a surprise attack.
"Now if your hair was wielding a mithril hairbrush that would be more appropriate." Another attempt to Parry and Riposte:
"I don't know what the first bit was but I am clearly no satyr and neither are the others. Your drunk which I appreciate. Now stand aside and there is not issue. Give us a drink if you want to be true friends."
He smiles his best and slips into the room looking as relaxed as he can while ready to block a blow. Opportune Parry and Riposte if I can ready out of combat:
Wow!
CHarles moves into the room, sword at the ready, and stands at the top of the stairs as the others talk.
Charles shugs. "Does it really matter if we give them the tower? I don't plan to move in to it. The rangers are more important." Charles is not putting a lot of thought into it just thinking of the rangers in the dungeons.
As Elyas speaks Charles moves beside him, smiling but ready to jump in if needed.
Charles, still covered in a good amount of blood, approaches the newcomer with a smile, sword in hand. "Ahh, another who will wield a blade against our enemies? Glad for some more help with the dirty work."
Charles lets out a littl gasp as the insects appear. "I am going to need some help here! Wasps are a bit small for my blade!"
To make some distance from the swarm Charles rolls away from the swarm attempting to avoid attacks from the skinstitch. Popping to his feet he swigs.
"Maybe some fire?"
I forgot to roll the attack after the parry:
"Well hello big boy. Going to need some help in here!
Charles moves into the room, hopping onto the table, and taking a defensive stance reading to parry an attack.
Opportune Parry and Riposte:
"No sense putting it off." Charles will walk about fifteen feet into the room keeping his eyes peeled for trouble.
"Either way we leave something at our back. Best to just keep moving I would think." Charles reaches for the door.
Charles double times it to catch up with Elyas not wanting him in a room alone. He shrugs at the crossbow bolts and moves to the door. Once someone gives the sign he will happily open it.
Charles eyes go wide and he backs away. "Someone may want to deal with that wire there. Not my area but I am guessing it causes something bad."
Charles takes a step back and readies to parry any attack that comes. "If it comes to it, I don't mind fighting you. Still it would be better for you to just leave."
Charles, of course, doesn't know what they are but speaks anyway. "It seems we have a common enemy my friends."
Hearing the scream Charles moves while the others talk. Still injured he is not as fast as normal but he double times it to the tower door and readies to pull it open.
"Actually Elyas I am still quite injured. I was able to give as good as I got but still I will need a bit of patching up I fear. I do not need to rest beyond that but of our magic wielders do then we should let them rest if possible."
Finding himself in something of a duel Charles swings missing. He fights more conservatively for the moment trying to get a handle on the flow of the battle.
Should be fighting more defensively, sloppy you know better. Charles berates his sloppy style but pushes back adjusting slightly to not get hit again. His smile stays even if bloody now. "You are not to fight drunk. It will be the end of you I think."
Charles winces at the pain of he two hits he took and speaks with gritted teeth. "Kalleb, if your strikes not damage it is wise for you to run. We may have extended too far forward as it is.." As he talks he swings at orange, this time with less force but still defensively. The strike not feeling great he takes a step to the north hoping the elemental will keep him from being surrounded.
"There drunk and ugly. My kind of fight it seems." Keeping in a defensive stance Charles lashes back at orange.
Charles slides to the side with a smile as his blade flashes at the enemy in black. A snarl forms on his lips as he feels that his blow was struck well and true and he even managed to make himself harder to hit.
As soon as the hit lands he pulls the blade back ready to act in defense. Parry and Ripost if Attacked:
Charles continues his advance, moving in and to the north at full speed. He loops around to close on the black Korred next turn. If attacked he will attempt to block and return the strike. Parry and Riposte:
Seeing Carthas spear lash out Charles assumes that the closest, yellow, is either dead or close enough. With a laugh he dashes, slowly due to the terain, to put himself next to the blinded, green, foe. "Ugly buggers arn't ya. No matter just a matter of time before my blade gets to you."
Charles moves to the pile of rubble and begins to pick his way though as he draws his blade.
It takes two more steps, though the difficult to more in rubble, for Charles to close. He smiles as he slashes out.
His smile dips slightly as he realizes his footing was not as good as he had hoped for the strike.
"No need to wait, lets get to it. Over the wall, thought the gate. However you want my sword to go just point the way." Clearly Charles is looking for some action after so much time walking in the woods.
WOW, so this game moved on my page and is not sitting where a game I no longer pay is. Short sorry did not see that posts had happened.
Charles listens to the conversation, chiming in before Herge is involved. "there may be another way in. I would guess the fey are not the most disciplined guards, a rope over the side may well do the trick. Though I tend to like to go into things though the front door this may mot be the time. I am not sure if my silver blade is the best choice, I have heard that fey can be hard to damage but I do not know what is needed."
Charles listens and learns as best he can though he is unsure and awkward about how to deal with the giant. He smiles a lot and tries to complement him for his knowledge but if pressed he would probably admit to not retaining as much as he should. Still he tries. Getting back to the camp he relaxes a bit and waves as the others start to gather.
Trying his best to get clean after having to do physical labor Charles is very happy for the food. "Ahh now that is the stuff, a good meal makes all well for me. The others will learn more then me I am sure."
Being pretty percepting Charles catches the looks and signs. He moves to start digging though it would not be his first choice.
Charles watches the work done magically and shrugs. He mutters something about being afraid to pull a muscle and not able to fight, declining to help. He does keep watch as best he can though.
Very happy to not be relegated to the shadows Charles approaches with the others. "Name is Charles, happy to meet you and more happy that you are willing to talk with us. Quite honestly I think all of us would be out of your area if it weren't for the hobgoblins we are faced with."
Charles shrugs as the others talk of getting the tree on their side. "It is worth a shot I guess. I can help in the convincing maybe, never tried to charm a tree but I do ok with normal two legged folks."
Charles nods at Lirosa's words. "Good. A skilled hunter can handle some things but a good sword is often the needed thing right now. You do not have to hide but stay safe and protect the others as best you can. Now lets hope I don't have the dreams about Jinny tonight shall we." Charles is a bit more melancholy after the talk of Jinny, he has not brought her up before but now it is out there. He moves to find a drink his thoughts turning inward.
To Carthas: "Well maybe we go around the plant, leave it as a guard. Place was in bad shape probably another way in. We can't just walk away from every threat when people are in need." He is not so worried about annoying the forest creatures by killing an obvious not so natural threat. _________________________ Charles smiles at Taidel and Lirosa with his most winning smile. "Why do I jump right in, well it is my nature I guess. Same as a dragon hordes treasure I have always been drawn to action. Sometimes it goes well, others... well I have some scars for sure. Add to that that these hobgoblins are a bunch of bullies, well that just can't stand can it. Killing civilians and trying to take our lands, no that will not do." He thinks for a moment realizing he was rambling. "I am not a great thinker, just quick with a blade. My Jinny, she was a thinker and probably thought too much where as I think to little. She was something of a wizard, well the kind that don't read so much just kind of know the spells if you know what I mean. Well we bit off too much with a band of hobgoblins and she.... well you know how it is." His smile is gone and he looks at them. "Hunt near camp until this is sorted it is not the time to test yourself if you have things to live for. I don't so much."
Charles is not the natural choice for planning like this. His instinct would have been to rush the bears and simply kill them. He frowns when it is brought up that that was possible a bad idea. Finally he speaks up. "Finding out what is agitating the bears sounds like step one, we kill them if we have too. Beyond that we need shelter for these people. Maybe we should have cleared out that other fort, maybe not to late for that. At least we know where it is and how to get people there."
Chacles whispers to himself. "What just happened there. Was that even a language?" With a shrug he walks away with the others glad to not have an enemy at least.
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