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Tochi was happy to cut off the head of the dragon for them to take with them, and nodded in thanks to King Fatmouth and his goblins for their gifts, though he had to bite his tongue to keep a snarky reply to the king's statement of moving on to attack other towns. He enjoyed the revelry and praise with the rest of the group, and subtly set his share of the money aside. It was the perfect start to the funds he would need in order to travel the land and find his father, wherever he may be.
Tochi let his breath out in a woosh that ended with a cough. They'd done it! They slayed a dragon! The adrenaline in his system made his hands shake as he carefully put the sword back on his hip. He looked to where Mina was administering to Bladecatcher and as much as he would have liked to go to his friend's side he knew that he would only get in the way. So instead he went closer to the pile of treasure to see what was to be recovered there.
Tochi paled as he watched his ally and friend be eviscerated by the dragon. He could not believe that Bladecatcher was still standing after all that. But he knew he could not stand idly by and watch anyone else be ripped apart by this fiend. He gathered his strength into his sword arm and swung it with as much power as he could towards the underside of the dragon's belly.
Tochi was surprised and felt a little sick to his stomach as he saw the dragon swoop in and immediately chomp on him. Er, his illusion that is. But he quickly steeled himself; the group was depending on him to bring about the killing blow to this beast. Quickly he quaffed the invisibility potion. Even as Black Fang was backing into the corner he moved forward while raising the sword they'd found. He grit his teeth while saying a silent prayer to whatever Gods were listening that the dragon would give him the opening he needed.
His eyebrows rose in surprise upon seeing his illusionary self walk into the room before them. I don't really walk like that do I? he thought to himself. It was truly unsettling to see oneself from such a perspective. He waited to see if his magical twin would be attacked, holding the potion of invisibility in his hand and ready to drink.
Tochi nods in thanks as Sefyr hands him the large ruby. He carefully tucks it into his belt pouch where it'll be safe but within easy reach. "I agree." he says to Sefyr. "I wouldn't want to begin using such valuable resources until we've spotted our quarry." he tries to stifle a grin at Baris' idea, but the ghost of a smirk still plays over his face.
Tochi listened to the others and made mental notes on their information concerning dragons. He nodded and laid a hand on the hilt of the sword, his face set in a stony stare at the ground; he was going over possible tactics in his mind for how he, one of the most likely to be hit with the dragon's breath, could avoid it. In the end he nodded in agreement to Mina's proposed strategy.
Tochi scowled at himself when he saw that he swung too soon and missed the lumbering skeletons. He quickly brought his hammer back around to try and cleave through them again.
Hearing the sounds of shuffling as they moved forward, Tochi already had a hand over the shaft of his halberd. But when skeletons appeared from the darkness, his hand quickly shifted to his war hammer and shield. He moved five feet closer to the skeletons as he slid his arm into the strap of his shield. He then raised his war hammer into the ready position to Cleave through any skeletons that came closer to him and the group.
Tochi was bleary eyed as he ate his breakfast, but once his stomach was full and his armor strapped back on he was back to his usual self. Tying his hair back into its customary ponytail as he walked with the others, he peered up at the sheer wall and thought back to the obstacle courses he and his father used to build near their home. He cracked his knuckles and worked to find his first set of hand and foot holes, thinking to toss the end of his silk rope to help the others once he reached the top.
This, however, was far more difficult. He felt the smooth rock face slide against his palms as he tried his best to climb.
After all the activity throughout the day, Tochi was beat, and happy to accept the goblins kind offer of a safe nights rest. And it would have the added benefit of giving his armor time to dry out beside the fire. He removed it and set it a safe distance from the still warm embers and was out like a light as soon as it was decided that Baris would take the first watch. He'd anticipated that someone would wake him for his turn at watch, but come morning his soft snoring was only ceased when the smell of food wafted into his nostrils. Indeed, Baris would not have found any rations in Tochi's pack, because the young fighter had already been on the road for several days before hearing of the Black Fang, and had been foraging for food himself where he could find it. With a start he woke up, shaking his head and causing his shaggy blonde hair, which he'd undone from its ponytail, to hang in his eyes and over his shoulders. He mumbled incoherently as he picked himself up off the ground and came closer to the group and breakfast.
Tochi looked at the sword they had recovered from the cave, wondering what past adventurer had come through here before and left it behind. He nodded to King Fatmouth in thanks for the tip and then followed Mina's lead over to the fire to warm himself. He contemplated her question but came up empty. With a shrug and a shake of his wet blonde hair, he replied "I see no reason to delay before going to meet and destroy the Black Fang. However this will undoubtedly be our last opportunity to rest or ready ourselves for the fight ahead of us. I for one am ready." He said with a grin.
"Hmm I don't know, it looks like it could actually taste pretty good." Tochi said with a smirk. He blinked several times when Mina turned her back to him and asked for his help to take her heavy armor off. His cheeks scarlet and his eyes looking anywhere but at her made his fingers fumble at first over the buckles and laces, but they did manage together to doff the scale mail from her in only half a minute, and he once looked much relieved to see her modest shirt and trousers underneath. Soon after, Mina dived back into the water after Sefyr's lit stones.
"Hmm let me take a look." Tochi wasn't much of a creatures expert, but he looked over the corpse, thinking back to the tales he had read as a boy.
Tochi, after having managed to slide his halberd directly into the creature's spinal column, swam around the carcass and up to the tiny island where Baris and Mina stood. He scowled a bit thinking about how not fun it was going to be to get his armor completely dried so it wouldn't crack.
Tochi gathered his strength into his legs and leapt as hard as he could over the water to reach the creature faster. It appeared to be stunned, and he wanted to take advantage of the creature's confused state while he could.
Leaping the required ten feet ahead to put the monster within reach, he then kicked his legs as hard as he could to keep his upper half above water so that he could stab forward with his halberd.
Tochi nearly ran into the water himself when he saw the monstrosity rise out of the water claws first and snap around Baris. He wasn't sure the halfling could last long in that thing's clutches, but if everyone drowned trying to save him then the end result would be the same. Tochi considered himself a strong swimmer but even he could only last so long, it wasn't like he could breathe underwa- He heard what Mina said just before she had come close enough to see what had happened, something about the water being "safe" for those who touched the runes. Without a word Tochi ran back to the pillar as fast as he could and slammed his palms, still wet with sweat from the previous fight, against the runes. He then ran back and plowed into the water behind Mina.
Tochi hesitated for only a moment after seeing Baris get snapped up by the giant claws, steeling himself for the hard swim and fight ahead of him before he plowed into the water, swimming as fast as he could. once he was close enough to the creature, he stabbed at it with his halberd as hard as he could.
Tochi of course followed his comrades down the hall and looked closely at the pillar when Mina touched it and caused one of the runes to glow. He had a smile on his face as he said, "Of course it's a wyrm." he didn't seem worried by the prospect of fighting potentially undead and a dragon, in fact he seemed... Excited. Following behind Baris into the next room he saw the halfling attempting to climb to the other side and was about to ask him what he was doing when he caught sight of the faint glimmer on the other side of the chamber. He smirked, knowing now that chances of turning back to talk to King Fatmouth would have to wait until the shinies had been recovered. He did, however, ready his weapon and say to the others. "Looks like for now we move forward."
"Heh, indeed." Tochi says as Bladecatcher holds the fang, still somewhat coated in the fighter's own blood, aloft. He gives a shudder as he turns his attention to Sefyr. "Excellent! Now we can return it to King Falmouth in exchange for more information about Black Fang." He's not done looking at the graffiti on the wall though, and cautiously moves closer to take a second look. "I can only read common, I don't suppose any of the rest of you might be able to make this out? It might be another clue."
Tochi gave a sigh of relief and lowered his weapons, wiping sweat from his brow with the side of his arm before returning the war hammer to his belt and his shield to his back. As he picked his halberd up off the floor he said "Good work everyone." and turned his attention deeper into the room, trying to see if there are more webs and presumably giant spiders that they may have to deal with.
Tochi had been preparing to wallop the spider with his war hammer, but then when Baris leapt from the creatures Web and swung wildly at the thing he landed squarely between Tochi and his target. Bladecatcher quickly closed in, closing off Tochi's other possible avenue of attack. To get around he halfling would leave him vulnerable to the vicious fangs once again. He glanced at the webbing he would have to wade through to get to the other side of the spider and decided that was not a wise course of action either. Keeping his weapon at the ready, he kept himself ready to attack if one of his comrades made way. He felt some of the strength return to his arms and heard Mina's words. He hoped that with this blessing she had placed on them perhaps they could take this thing down.
Tochi let out a strangled grunt as he felt those cold hard legs of the spider wrap around him and the fangs punch straight through his hide armor in the back of his left shoulder. He waited to feel the heat of the poison course through his veins and instead only felt his own blood trickle down his body. He'd been incredibly lucky; either this spiders venom was weak, or it had recently used its supply on other prey. But if he took another hit like that he'd be a goner. He dropped his halberd to the floor and pulled his shield from his back. "All heroes ever do is die!" his mother's voice echoes in his head. He pulled his war hammer from his hip, the weapon was old and worn but sturdy. "Your father hasn't been seen or heard from in nearly a year, I won't lose you too!" "You won't lose me." Tochi whispered below his breath in a wheeze as he spun the war hammer over his wrist and prepared to charge.
Tochi had been trying to discern what sort of spider might make such a large and complex Web, when out of its depths leapt the massive creature that called it home. While not the intended biggest spider that Tochi had read about in the myriad of tales (and no doubt some of them exaggerated the size of the monsters) this spider was still big enough to be comparable to himself and stood over him as it raised its too front most legs and clicked its long and dripping fangs. He let out a cry of both mild surprise and to muster his own courage as he swung his halberd over his head and brought it down across the hairy carapace of the beast, putting as much of his strength and power into the swing as possible.
Tochi picks his pack back up and once Baris and Mina have returned he accompanies Baris into the next room, his halberd at the ready, and trying to take a closer look at the spider webs.
"What? Wait I-" but Wilhelmina was already applying the ointment to the areas of his face and neck. It stung and he winced, but only for a moment as the residual pain from the burns began to subside. "I don't want you to waste your resources on me..." He said under his breath so quietly that more than likely only Mina would have heard it, since he hadn't really meant for anyone to hear it at all. He offered up the palms of his hands to be treated as his face had been. "Thanks, Mina." He still felt sheepish for his rash behavior and so wouldn't raise his eyes from the floor.
"I'll be fine." He says as he once again settles his halberd on his shoulder after noting how singed it looks. His frown doesn't leave his face as Sefyr summons the gem to her hand using her magic. He finds it all the more distasteful to steal this gem because of the fires it caused. Without a word to voice his opinion on the magical artifact or to give a chance to Mina to heal him he turns and walks to the southwest door where Bladecatcher stands.
The pain was intense and Tochi felt only a little shame in having fallen because the rest of his world was white hot misery. Even breathing was unbearable through the heat and his eyes watered every time he opened them but once he'd fallen prone he could make out the watery image of Baris just as the halfing agilely jumped away from both the flames and the gem. Though being burned hadn't caused Tochi to cry out because he had been so focused on saving Baris, when Mina's water spell fell on him the contrasting temperatures did cause him to holler. The water felt like icy needles on his skin where ever he'd been burned and it took him several agonizing moments to bring his feet underneath him to stand. He looked to the unharmed halfling and back up to the gem and made a disapproving grunt.
"S***!" Tochi exclaims as he drops his pack to the floor behind the him and runs into the flames to try and rescue Baris. He left his pack behind in order to preserve the loot they'd already gathered and he'd promised to protect, but an ally is far more important than gold. He tries his best to run as fast as he can and weaves through the flames, though he knows it's gonna hurt.
"Who's getting nominated for what now?" Tochi asked and, like the others gave a small flinch as the voice boomed over his head too. Taking a few moments to assess the room and the look on Baris' face toward the gem and he frowned. "King Fatmouth didn't say anything about this room, but we don't know who this gem belongs to, mortal or God. It's not wise to begin stealing from someone who we're depending on for information, and I'm not even going to get started on stealing from Gods..." the loot already in his pack was another matter; that had been the spoils of war, from enemies that had tried to ambush them. Now that they had agreed to assist King Fatmouth, the goblins had become pseudo allies to the young fighter.
The look of confusion on Tochi’s face could cause it to freeze that way if it stayed much longer, and after the fairy had done what she came to do Tochi looked at the strange dust that now covered all of them. He shook his head roughly to shake it off, but noted that he now felt like he had had a great night's sleep and a clearer head. When he turned to look at the others his mind hadn't been on the folk tales he'd read of similar happenings with fay, and so when he caught the odd look that Mina was giving him a blush crept across his cheeks. But just as he'd been about to open his mouth and ask her what gives she turned back to the halfling opening the next door and the look was gone. Tochi repositioned his halberd on his shoulder and continued on to follow the group.
Tochi quirked an eyebrow at the apparent lack of concern King Fatmouth had for 'Bucktooth' disappearing. But he wasn't one to judge the priorities of another, especially when that other would happily tear him apart. Resting his halberd on his shoulder he spoke to the others. "Looks to me like we have a choice to make in finding the King's dragon toy. Do we choose spiders or something that lives underwater?" He offered only a soft shrug in his opinion, because he was honestly not afraid of either option.
Tochi had difficulty keeping himself from laughing during the goblin's song, as it was a few snorts might have escaped him, but thankfully it appeared that none of the goblins had noticed with their attention so rapt on Indrick. As Indrick sung Tochi instead listened intently, both to appreciate the other man's voice as well as the song of battle that he sung. Tochi had always been fond of battle tunes and those capable of raising morale by singing them. He hoped someday to be able to inspire others, though it wouldn't be through song. Though he found lying distasteful, considering that the lies were keeping them from what could be a messy fight and had won them the information and possibly assistance to the Black Fang, he held his tongue.
Tochi had meant to lead the charge into the next room, but when Sefyr and Mina ended up tripping over their own feet they managed to get ahead of him, and when Sefyr landed prone on the floor Tochi quickly weaved his way around Baris and into the front beside the girl laying prone on the floor. He brought his weapon to the ready, the butt braced against his back foot so that he could reach one hand down to help Sefyr up.
Tochi’s eyes flew wide when he felt the relatively small hand land firmly on his______. "Woah!" He says surprised trying to keep his volume down all the same. It caused him to jump a good distance and nearly landed him in the fountain itself had he not caught himself. He laughed heartily with the halfling until he turned his head and met the gaze of Mina square on. The look she was giving him was reminiscent of the glares he would get from his mother coming home covered in mud and holding a broken practice sword after a spar with his father. His laughter died on his lips and he cleared his throat a couple times, rubbing the back of his head and feeling like that guilty child all over again. "Yea, I think a song would be a good idea, Indrick. Though for the sake of keeping the element of surprise, maybe it would be best to begin as we commence the fight, rather than before."
Tochi raises his head from the water and immediately wraps his hands around his throat, making choking and gagging noises. "Oh God's! Help me!" He cries until - - He can't keep a straight face anymore and begins laughing, he stands up and rolls his shoulders a bit, marveling at how refreshed he feels. With a big grin to the others he says "No harm done."
Tochi raised an eyebrow and looked to the others as though to ask "you gonna drink?". He watched Sefyr closely and, when it was apparent that she hadn't been hurt by the water (though neither could he tell if she had benefited either) he pulled a gold coin from his belt pouch and said "A little luck certainly wouldn't hurt." And before he could give his more logical side a chance to begin arguing the idea he tossed the coin in and drank, he was quite thirsty.
Yea like Rock said we're pst and I work from 7am till 5PM every weekday but Friday where I only work till 11AM. Getting to post from my phone at work is fun because of this teenie tiny keyboard, a network connection that likes to drop me just as I hit "submit" and auto correct likes to think it's helping me with my writing but it's really not lol. Ironically enough my availability to post when I'm at home is really limited because when I'm not at work I'm planning Rock and I's irl wedding in May. Fun times. But I'd much rather have my smart phone and get to try to post on that then to not have anything and have to wait until nighttime to catch up.
Tochi feels the hairs on the back of his neck stand up and gives a slight shudder even as he steps closer to the fountain. "What is it?" He whispers, his blue eyes reflecting the glow of the runes. The back of his mind whirls even though he knows there's an extremely slim chance that he would have heard or read about anything like this before.
Tochi gives a nod and a grin to Bladecatcher in agreement to the plan and was about to move into position when Wilhelmina spoke. He couldn't help the smile that cracked his face when she said she trusted him, but his expression quickly fell with the next statement. Am I a trusted ally, or a pack mule? He thought to himself as he shrugged his pack off his shoulder and held it out in offering to hold the valuables. "I know my word isn't worth much yet, but you have it nonetheless. I'll carry and guard our loot until we're able to safely split it amongst us." After whatever decision has been made, Tochi will once again shoulder his pack and step into formation to charge into the next room alongside Bladecatcher, his halberd drawn and ready.
Perplexed at first by everyone's excitement at finding the chest locked, Tochi let out a small "Oh." when Indrick pulled the key from under the chest. Not wanting to look foolish or afraid,he kept himself from taking a half step backward as the key went in the lock in case of traps. Wilhelmina's words to Sefyr gave him he perfect excuse to look away from the chest and instead towards the diminutive caster as she peeked through the door.
Just the center works, thanks!
Fyrian, if you would be so kind as to please move Tochi further into the cave on map 2, I would very much appreciate it. :)
Tochi lowered his weapon as the fight quickly came to a halt. He nodded a thanks to Sefyr for her quick work though when Mina made clear the amount of damage she had sustained he watched her worriedly, nearly putting a hand out to assist her but thinking better of it in the end. Mina struck him as the kind of woman who preferred to be seen in a strong light and, given her scale armor and weapons, a self sufficient one as well. Although he didn't really understand why she looked so upset with herself when she attempted to heal both herself and Sefyr (not being a magic user himself he felt the understanding of anything in that realm beyond him) he could see that they were both improved from it nonetheless and he turned his attention to the remaining goblins. "So their king is in there, and for whatever reason he is protecting the Black Fang." He said, thinking to himself. He didn't bother to try and interrogate the goblin further, since she had been reduced to a sniveling mess in the face of the half orc and her comrades quick demise. Though he tried his best to swipe at one of them as they fled, he did not give chase, instead remarking with a smirk. "We now know that there is more to this than simply finding our bounty." He sounded far too pleased about that.
Tochi, not wanting his allies to once again put themselves in unnecessary danger, stepped forward into the cave, his weapon still drawn. A quick look around and he said to those still behind him. "I don't suppose any of you would have a way of opening a locked chest?" He didn't touch the chest or the door, remembering from stories he'd read of heroes past who'd met their ends to a harmlessly looking trap.
Tochi, seeing the Goblins spring from behind the curtain and begin attacking his allies, dived into the fray to stand behind Wilhelmina and, just as she cried out in pain, brought his halberd down swiftly; aiming for the neck of the Goblin that had swiped the priestess as he ran past.
Tochi, seeing the Goblins spring from behind the curtain and begin attacking his allies, dived into the fray. Skirting around to Wilhelmina's side and swinging viciously at the Goblins swinging their wicked blades at her.
Tochi had tensed just a little upon seeing the green tinged man come out of the forest before he recognized the guy as a half orc rather than a full blooded one. But he easily returned the smile and raised a hand in greeting to him. "I'm sure there will be plenty of both for all of us." He said in reply.
The halfling coming out of the bushes suddenly was another story, and Tochi had the pointy end of his halberd readied before he was able to make out that the creature dressed in black was speaking common, though he still wasn't sure exactly what it was. He accepted that the newcomer had to be an ally and visibly relaxed when Mina began speaking. He nodded in accent "The money would be nice, but the glory is far more valuable, and that doesn't get divided." He said with a light smirk. He gave a bow to the group in general. "I am Tochi. Nice to meet you all."
Tochi turned towards the speaker with his eyes turned downward as he was customary to doing since more often then not those around him were shorter than he was. But when his eyes met the belt buckle of the speaker rather than her eyes they quickly traveled up with a jerk of his head to the proper location. His blonde eyebrows rose just a fraction at seeing the young woman only an inch shorter than he, with dark colored skin with eyes like chocolate and long ebony hair. With a subtle shake of his head that caused his own honey colored hair to move from having obscured his right eye he planted the butt of his halberd into the ground and gave a bow to the priestess. "Hail, my lady. I'm Tochi. It's a pleasure to meet you and a relief as well. I can only guess that your reason for being here is the same as mine, and a bringer of the Gods mercies is so important on dangerous quests such as this." He smiled respectfully as he stood back up. As they neared the entrance to the cave he looked up at the statue, his mind trying to discern if it might be someone he had read stories about in his youth. He'd studied so many heroes as a boy.
Tochi meandered his way through the forest, the sound of the warhammer strapped to his hip tapping rhythmically against the wooden shield on his back as he walked. He paid no attention to these sounds, not concerned with being heard or attacked by creatures or who-knows-what-else in the forest. That wasn't to say that he wasn't paying attention to his surroundings; he casually carried his halberd in his right arm, the shaft balanced on his shoulder and the tip pointed upward but in perfect position to quickly and easily lower it in case of need. He'd recently heard of the "Black Fang" and the reward offered for killing the creature, and this kind of money was just what he needed to begin his quest of following his father's footsteps as one of the areas greatest and bravest heroes. As he neared the entrance to the cave he kept an eye out for anyone else who might be joining him in this venture.
Hello! Reporting in to confirm that I got my PM and am ready to play. This is my first time doing a PbP on these boards though I've done freestyle roleplay on forums before, so if I'm doing things incorrectly please let me know. I very much look forward to adventuring together. Also Fyrian, I went ahead and made a character sheet at myth weavers and have included the link to that sheet in my profile.
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