Raindrop Valkyrie

It is a heavily forested, so very thick trees. ((remember you couldn't really see him when you went up there as he was in the foliage. The others keep ducking in an out of the leaves as well. so big trees.... very big trees.))

I am kinda curios since well....I kinda want to change mine....and uh no Lion King related ones, they are too easy.

You mean the one in the Battle scene? Actually trying to decide if I want that to be the Purple Victonari guy's Theme lol. ((cause he is mildy important enough to warrant one.))

I would have to put them in one...and then figure out how the hell to take a screenshot.....I always forget....

I don;t think everyone is quite done yet Sheepy XD.

He felt his connection returning, the Earth heeded his call. But he felt.....something else.....something different from before. It skirted on the edge of his senses....it didn't feel like an earth spirit.... it was strange almost alien to him, but it only was because it wasn't in his view. Every time he tried to find it it ran away. Until it freaked out. He heard a female voice in his head, it was loud and clear as if her mind was overlapping with his, his thoughts started t become hers for a second. "Where am I? All, I remember is earth crushing me swallowing me....where am I now? WHERE AM I?" The spirit was frantically thought of things, images of her life flashed in Dru's mind. People she knew, places she had been, all of it, but it was too fast to comprehend. This spirit was freaking out within his own soul. He had control of his body, but his mind was fighting him the woman, whoever she was didn't know what was happening. She probably didn't intend it though, Dru didn't get a malicious feeling from her. But it was bad. Everytime he tried to move she pulled back his own body, like she had partial control over it. However, Dru had the stronger control, he could override her actions, but it made doing things tough....this was a bad situation for this to happen. The middle of a battle was no place to calm a spirit.

That goes for any of you guys by the way. I can;t reveal my hand too much anymore if I want the enemies to be challenging enough that they can beat you. Dru being weakened is something interesting that is happening. Does he continue to fight in this weaker stance? Or does he risk the Grave Earth still being there and harming his ability to fight? He might still be traumatized enough that he won't do it because of what happened earlier. ((I doubt it, he doesn't seem like that kind of man, but you never know.))

I don't know, Dru would have to connect to find out. And that isn't me being a bastard trying to get you killed. There is just some things I cannot tell you in interest of the story. Dru has no way to know the Grave Earth isn't there anymore, so I can't tell you as a player about it since it would affect Dru, your character's actions. That would be meta data Dru shouldn't have. He has no way to know, therefore his player should have no way to know for the most true experience. Basically, you guys are going to just have to try things more, I am not going to be giving many answers anymore. ((unless it is like lore related, or you don't understand how something works in a way where it adversely is affecting stuff.))

Do keep in mind, Oarloff isn't really trained XD. ((I mean the second Gnoll Leapt over him, which only happened due to his inexperience.)), so it isn't Oarloff's fault lol. I am sure the Dwarves taught Dru ways to defend himself other than Earth Magic. Also, you caught him off guard too. He didn't know you had any physical fighting skills, he just assumed your were a spellcaster and only a spellcaster ((due to garb etc...)) so you took him by surprise. ((the other Gnolls probably won't fall so easily for it since they have seen you do it now.))

Vixen is probably going to drop off her stuff, and then just sit off somewhere under a tree or something XD. So, be as far the heck away from people as possible, just for a heads up if any of you want to go Ice Queen bothering.

Yes but not the best battle strart agianst multiple dudes XD, but be glad Odin kept a sword from being buried in your skull. ((and Helzebeth, Jupiter and Skinner, if it weren't for them you guys would all be pincushions right now.))

Vixen followed, she wasn't really happy though, less time around them the better she just wanted to decompress for now. She didn't even acknowledge Whit's comment because she didn't care what he thought about her.

Dru hit came right when the gnoll finally got on his feet. He crashed back to the ground and went out cold. He wasn't dead, but he wouldn't be helping in this fight anymore.

Also, yes firearms exist in this universe, however they are magic weapons and one has to be trained to use them without them exploding and killing you.....((Remember kids, hubris!!! oh and don;t use things you don't understand as if you do lol.)). The ones that can use Firearms are known as Gunslingers and while they are technically mages/sorcerers they really are neither. They only use magic to fuel their Firearms, ((or as I will sometimes call them Steam Casters. They use the power of steam to heat a plate that sends magically primed energy outwards. Both the magic primer and the steam are created by the user so you have to be trained in both. ((the magic primers are bullets basically, but bullets that can only be used by the one that created them. Every individuals Bullets are different as well, having different properties based on your soul and your latent magic. [they are more akin to sorcerers, but are trained differently.].)) You may ask....Hukuna, why isn't this awesome piece of your universe a character class? Well, because Gunslingers are rare as hell. Outside of the Shifting Sands they are all but unheard of, and many there have never even seen one. ((basically Xavier would know enough to identify it, since Cinder Knights would have trained to recognize them. However, he wouldn't have trained to fight one, let alone a Victonari Gunslinger.))

ALrighty, everyone should be updated...I think lol.

Snot and blood flew all over his fist as Dru punched the Gnoll in his nose. It couldn't see the blow coming, it could feel it so it didn't break it's nose, but it did quite some damage to him. He threw Dru from him in a heave of primal strength, but didn't have much to follow up on with it. It wiped at it's eyes in the moment it had to get the sand out of them. They watered heavily and were bloodshot, but he could see. He attempted to get up before the orc could get back to him, but his legs were failing him. The other gnoll the Oarloff was running towards leapt up using all the strength in his legs, he spun over top of the Half-Ogre grabbing him by the head. He then used his momentum to swing himself over Oarloff. He ran towards Dru, his blade in hand ready to strike at the Half-Orc's back. However, he met a nasty hatchet on the way. It slammed into his face with terrible force lopping off an ear. Odin laughed as he charged the bastard, his other hatchets in hand. He clashed with it wildly Knocking it off balance and eventually to the ground. He gave it a swift kick to the head, putting him into a nice long sleep. *** Helze had trouble shooting the gnolls in the trees. They sent arrows back and forth at her, and her returns usually met wood rather than flesh. The one in a nearby tree revealed himself Going for a kill shot on Helze, he drew to full draw ready to send his black arrow into her heart. But then One landed in the base of his skull. A silver arrow tip came out through his right eye skewering it on the end. He tumbled out of the tree, His arrow flying uselessly off away from the battle. The Archers in the trees were all occupied fighting each other, so the Gnolls couldn't fire at the ground forces anymore. *** The gnolls dodged out of the way of Xavier's blow, they knew the fire was very dangerous to them, but soon they renewed their attack. They must have sensed an opening...or something had changed. That was when Xavier saw a glint in the distance. It had a soft glow....like that of glass. The Victonari had stepped forward now and was standing in view, he was far away still but the glint came from something Xavier would have recognized from the Shifting sands. He held in his right hand a Walking cane....but it was no ordinary cane. It was a Sniper Rifle, and the glint was that of the scope being hit by the sun's rays. The Victonari stood straight up, with a solid stabilization mount that reached all the way to the ground. He yelled in a snively voice, that sounded like he was so amused with himself. He shouted "Sayonara!!!" as he depressed the trigger. A faint purple glow shined in the distance as a blast of purple energy surged towards Xavier at high speed. *** Akuma ravished in the popping of a skull. Corpses lay around him scattered and broken. The adrenaline pumped him up more and more. The gnolls started to take more care of him, giving him a large birth. They didn't approach now trying to cause him to run into trees and over objects to get to them. They starting throwing knives and using the cover they could to confuse the raging bird. They attacked from many angles, trying to never give him rest. They relented almost as much as he raged. *** For now the runners held Montebanke was still terribly wounded. They fought off all attackers. Lucky for them the archers were busy otherwise they might be dead by now. A scream could be heard from a nearby tree as Skinner had taken out another archers, knocking him form the tree. Skinner worked best were he could not be seen. He leapt back down seeming to vanish. He was horrifying to watch in action, like a phantom that purpose was to kill. Luckily for the group..he was pointed at the enemies and not them. The only thing one could hear of Skinner was his horrid hyena laugh. It seemed to ring form bloody everywhere on the battlefield, it filled everyone's ears, and made it impossible to know where the bastard was in the rest of the din of combat. Nero knew that the Gnoll was using a rather low level illusion techinque to extend his voice everywhere in the area. As it was pretty hastily put together he could tell the gnoll wasn't a true mage, but used the little he had to strike terror into his victims. It was....rather unpleasant to think about, but Cookie trusted the guy so he couldn't be that bad.

I don;t really have all of my old ones. I probably got my ones of Lal laying around. ((and what the heck is the thing you guys have those saved in?))

I actually can never remember the lyrics to half the Dark Moor songs since well...she can be hard to understand lol. ((I know most of them to Sound of the Blade which is probably my one of my favourite songs like....ever XD>))

You mean the one after Dark Moor? I forget the name.....I have forgotten to look it up, so I may try and find it sometime. ((and really the is the first song? I feel like I should put my playlist of the ablum in order then XD.))

Dark Moor = Best Band. Just saying....... ((also...the fade in here is super weird XD, like it starts a few seconds into the song lol.))

No!!! THERE SHALL BE NO SHAME CORNER!!! *Hukuna nukes shame corner.*

Na next time just don;t try to fit so many action in at one place. Remember, Spells take time to go off, so it is hard for one to move, cast something while moving, and then attack a guy in the span of like a few seconds. Basically if you are going to strike someone...don't also cast it is kinda insane to do so. ((basically in combat casting a spell of any sort kinda takes the place of your attack, think of it that way from now on.)) If you do like a lot of actions in a row I am going to get super confused XD.

I am actually trying to figure out what the hell actually happened....I am still lost as of now...