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Post by Shehrazad on Apr 1, 2010 0:04:43 GMT 1
Prepared for battle, the three packs set out through the Umbral city, following Saxon's lead as Wyrm Foe. And as they ran in the throes of rage, leaving the slower Garou to struggle to catch up, the warwolf of Fenris heard their battle cry and joined them. The large white dire wolf, which seemed to radiate rage and frost, took the lead with Saxon and charged into battle. Once they reached the centre of the city, they split up to go their separate ways.
As they neared Checkpoint Charlie, Dämmerlicht broke off west, while Cloud-Dancer and her pack broke off to the south-east. This place looked like a wasteland. It was a large, dead pile of rubble. Not even the spiders dared approach it. The buildings here had no umbral representation, but seemed to have been razed to the ground. At most this area resembled a bombed Berlin, at the end of the second world war, a Berlin none of them were old enough to remember. Only the wall stood proud and strong, except at the checkpoint itself. There was an obvious way through to East Berlin, but it involved crossing the wasteland itself.
And there was a man standing on the rubble. He didn't seem to be bothered with them. In fact, he was watching Slagbröder. He was a stocky man with a bald head which was covered entirely with tattoos.
This side of the pit seemed quiet. Yvonne, Max, and Adiyah, who had all been here before, remembered this to be the place where they had fought off the tormented Earth Elemental.
Current Status: Adiyah: 2/3/5 Claire: 4/1/6 Max: 5/1/5 Yvonne: 5/2/4 Maria: 4/3/5
Slags are 100 metres away. (Specify the form you're in. You are not in combat rounds yet, you don't need to declare actions.)
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Post by Maria on Apr 1, 2010 0:09:20 GMT 1
Maria the ever lagging arrived next to her pack. She panted, her long tongue hanging out. Then she took a hold of herself. Now was NOT the time to act tired. The Fang grew into her hispo form and activated her gift.
(( In hispo, activate Eyes of the Falcon))
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Post by Adiyah on Apr 1, 2010 1:35:12 GMT 1
Adiyah stood with her pack, trying not to let their environment raise her hackles. Her long knife was at her side, and her kin had been called before arriving. Just in case.........but no. That wasn't a possibility, not even to be considered. As many as possible, if not all, would go home today. As Cloud Dancer said, the rest would be remembered and honored for the sacrifice.
She looked at them all, her pack. Claire was with them too, happily invited to stand beside them, and depending on the outcome of this battle, would probably be a permament fixture. Feeling confident and high off of her recent diplomatic victory, the alpha turned to her pack. "Stand strong, may Lion be with us. I'm proud to fight beside you all. Remember, though, what Cloud Dancer told us. Do not let anything you see fool your mind, or your heart. Stay put and hold your ground, do not approach the wall."
That said, she made her own preparations. Shifting up to crinos in case push came to shove, she stood firm, waiting for things to unfold.
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Post by Max Heller on Apr 1, 2010 11:43:00 GMT 1
Max took his Crinos form too and looked around at the group. He said, in the Mother's Tongue.
"If they need backup, I will go," he added. "Provided it looks quiet here. If we get attacked, Yvonne and Claire, flank me. Let nothing through to the pit. They have enough to deal with without our leftovers."
He wished he still had his gun. That thing could take out a charging werewolf at a distance with a few good shots. It would've come in handy right now.
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Post by Claire on Apr 1, 2010 21:54:25 GMT 1
Claire shifted to Crinos and then smiled, time to kick some ass. Almost idly she reached down and gently stroked Maria’s head. “Take care and if you end up dead I will be right pissed.”
She nodded to Adiyah, “I will be around.” Then she activated her gift of Blur of the Milky eye. It was always nice to ruin some Banes day by appearing behind them.
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Post by Shehrazad on Apr 1, 2010 22:06:48 GMT 1
From where they were standing, they could see Anna's arrow fly and curve downwards. There was a loud scream from the pit where the man was standing, and he flickered and disappeared. The ground began to shake and crumble beneath their feet. A hot, foul-smelling steam emerged from the rocks below, and they could see the bane finally. It was big enough to skewer three of them at once on its large pincers. The name 'crabby was fitting. To a certain extent it did look like a gargantuan crustacean. Anna's arrow was stuck in its flank.
And as the ground shook, Maria could make out something approaching fast in their direction, they rounded the corner and were about 30 metres away. It was difficult to see them before now, and they had approached under cover of darkness.
Max managed to keep steadily on his feet, and Yvonne and Claire swayed a bit, but kept from falling over. Maria was not so good at keeping her balance, however, and she fell over on the shaking ground.
With so many people around, Claire had to back off quite a bit to fade into the shadows without being seen. In the darkness, it wasn't so difficult to fade out of perception.
Umbraquake: Everyone must succeed on an athletics check or fall on their face. Everyone but Maria stays on their feet.
Current Status:
Pack Initiative: 16 Adiyah: 2/3/5 Max: 5/1/5 Yvonne: 5/2/4 Maria: 4/2/5 - Prone
Claire: 13 (4/1/6)
Other wolves: 17 (The approaching wolves are 30 metres away.)
Post in reverse initiative order.
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Post by Claire on Apr 1, 2010 22:58:38 GMT 1
Claire kept her footing as the ground swayed, seemed Crabby was coming out to play with Slag. Maria went down, but Claire presumed it was purely due to the ground swaying.
Her attention switched, something was coming towards them under the cover of darkness. OK Claire thought Adiyah to make the call she was Alpha and when the, whatever it was engaged the pack Claire would strike from the rear.
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Post by Max Heller on Apr 2, 2010 10:02:06 GMT 1
Unsure of what was approaching, but sure it couldn't be anything friendly, Max let out a high-pitched howl to warn the others that the Wyrm was approaching.
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Post by Adiyah on Apr 4, 2010 16:57:58 GMT 1
Adiyah shook and stumbled a bit to keep her feet on the rolling, breaking, ground. She was reminded of the last time she'd felt that, with the Earth Spirit they'd inadvertantly angered. It was close to this exact spot. Seeing the bane made Adiyah widen her eyes slightly, it was bigger than she'd thought. Slagbroder and Cloud Dancer's pack would have their work cut out for them.
She heard Max's howl and spotted the enemy. Well, it probably wasn't friendly and running up to say 'hi' that was for sure. With a bitter gritting of her teeth, the thuerge brought her claws up to face them. "We must hold the line!" She barked. Adiyah saw Maria had fallen in the quake and stepped forward slightly, to cover her while she got up. Helping her up would just take time and two away from the battle, and distract her enough so that the enemy had a better chance. Too risky.
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Post by Maria on Apr 4, 2010 18:15:25 GMT 1
Maria groaned as she hit the ground. She didn't even get to focus too much into the Bane when she saw the, most likely Dancers, running towards her pack. She rose up, and slippered better into Adiyah's cover. "What ever you do, do NOT look into their eyes" Maria barked, remembering the lovely fight at Adiyah's house. Then the Fang looked inside herself. "Hjalmar Blood-Teeth, grandfather, please lend me your strenght to fight the enemies of Gaia, even for a while" she prayed.
(( Roll Ancestors for Brawl, willpower used))
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Post by Shehrazad on Apr 4, 2010 18:41:08 GMT 1
The pack charged around the corner, straight for the five guarding the west side of the pit. Now they all could see them, although they wished they couldn't. The one in the lead was a large, black fearsome dire wolf. He seemed to grow larger and more terrifying as he got closer, and he looked straight at Yvonne, and she felt the fight leave her. The wolf to his right was small, but only compared to the large muscled beast it was following. It still outweighed any of Dammerlicht's Garou. The wolf to his left was equally heavy and muscular, and the three of them running together were quite a terrifying sight. Especially when the wolf opened his maw and howled, an eery reverberating whine that spelled doom for all the pack. Two more wolves brought up the rear. One almost seemed to glide on leathery wings. The other one looked especially small and unimpressive next to the three male wolves, but she seemed to radiate a cold sense of despair that made no one want to come near her. The last wolf completely ignored them. Instead, it continued around them and straight towards the archers near the pit.As the wolves approached, the pack recognised the large bald black wolf as one they had fought before.
From the east, they could now hear a deafening clap of thunder accompanied by rage-filled battle cry. They also heard a raven screech, and the sky lit up a burst of light. A screech, a snarl, and a hoarse yet clear battle cry: The battle had begun on all fronts.
Maria felt her ancestor guide her claws. She was no longer fighting alone.
Cowed: Yvonne cannot attack for 10 turns. Max cannot attack for 5 turns. You can still take actions, but they will likely be guided by fear. Additionally, nobody can attack Bleeding Pain (the female wolf) or Ceaseless-Torment (the one howling the Symphony of the Abyss) without spending willpower.
Current Status:
Pack Initiative: 16 Adiyah: 2/3/5 Max: 5/1/5 – cowed for 5 more turns Yvonne: 5/2/4 – cowed for 10 more turns Maria: 4/2/4 - +1 brawl gained
Claire: 13 (4/1/6)
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Post by Claire on Apr 4, 2010 19:36:07 GMT 1
Nasty looking lot Claire thought as she watched the pack coming towards them and heard Maria’s warning. Well she had no intention of looking in their eyes, not unless they had them in the back of their heads.
Hanging at the left hand side of the line Claire was surprised when one of the enemy ran past heading for the archers. Although that did make sense, but come to mama Claire thought as the enemy ran past her.
Claire turned and ran after her intending to attack from the rear as soon as she was in range.
(Rage for extra attack).
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Post by Max Heller on Apr 4, 2010 23:39:22 GMT 1
Max trembled with fear as he saw the approaching werewolves. He was terrified, and wanted nothing more than to run. But he couldn't abandon his pack. He knew he couldn't fight, so he did his best to deflect anything that came their way instead. He stood in the front and blocked the path to the archers.
(Block the first 3 attacks - spend 2 rage)
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Post by Adiyah on Apr 5, 2010 18:42:10 GMT 1
Despite voices in her head screaming to turn tail and run, Adiyah knew she couldn't. The fact that she recognized the big black wolf in front gave her a sense of dread. Thankfully though, she didn't freeze up in fear, like last time.
Not realizing two of her packmates didn't have the same luck as she did, Adiyah growled low and menacing and went for the closest one. Claws hoping to make contact with enemies.
(Split action for two claw attacks at nearest one, readily revert to dodge if needed)
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Post by Maria on Apr 5, 2010 18:49:29 GMT 1
Maria didn't focus on Claire, she didn't focus on Max, she didn't even focus on the BSDs. No, she focused on the thought of deja vu, the SAME pack had come and began to hant them. Low growl escaped from the jaws of the galliard. As Adiyah jumped, so did Maria, at the same target. Instead of attacking, she tried to hold the offending Dancer down for Adiyah to bite in.
(( bite the same one as Adiyah, then hold. Abort to dodge if needed))
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