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Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)
Lifting a limp and floppy Artis over his shoulders, black winged Bakan conjured a wall of power in the hopes that it would stop whatever attack was incoming and hurried for the door. The two flabbergasted guards moved to get out of his way while Rhep and Orgrosh followed after him, and the guard captain moved with a badly wounded Kenneth over her shoulders. "Go! Move! Get out of the house, now!" the woman barked sharply, prompting the two men to follow Bakan and his two companions with all due haste. Mara and the young girl guardswoman appeared at the end of the hall, at the bathroom, but Aria barked the same order at them, and soon everyone was piling down the stairs as the officer kept on shouting her order to evacuate the house.
The guards ahead of them got out first, piling out onto the porch and hurrying past on the street, the squad that'd been on the porch having been rushing inside to see what was going on but all but two hurrying back out again, those two rushing in to get the servants and the other guards out before whatever was coming happened and Bakan's magic wall was tested. Bakan had just leaped off the bottom step when he felt the power that the strange mage had gathered unleashed upon Artis' already devastated home.
An ear shattering roar pierced the air, audible for miles around no doubt but soul shatteringly terrifying when one was so close to the source. A second after the roar the world seemed to shudder as something huge and hungry ripped its way into their world through the portal that the mage had summoned, some unfathomable beast coming forth to sate its hunger upon any souls that it could find. Only a second later it slammed into his wall hard enough to crack the magical barrier, fissures running across its surface, and the impact sent painful tremors up the threads tying it to Bakan's soul. But it held. It held from that initial strike. Against any other blow, that would have been enough, but the horror that had been unleashed was no normal assault. Even if it hadn't appeared in its true form, the raging power would not be denied, and where a normal blast would have been played out it simply attacked again.
Bakan would feel his wall crack, the painful tremors running through his soul growing stronger by the second as it raged against his wall, and he would know that it wouldn't hold for long. But it might hold for long enough. They were already out, but many more people were still in the house, and they would not be spared the attack's wrath if they fell within its range. The longer Bakan held that barrier in the face of that agonizing pain, the more people would be able to trickle out of the house, servants and guards alike. One by one and in small groups, the very last two being the two men from the porch who had gone in to see the rest out, even the men who'd been in the back yard pointlessly firing at the barriers protecting the group on the roof. Whether Bakan withstood the pain long enough for everyone to escape or not, however, eventually the barrier would fall, and a being of pure black fire in the shape of a roaring dragon's head launched itself upon the house and simply annihilated it, obliterating it to the foundation and leaving a crater before the enraged monster of dark flame simply vanished.
Whether he saved the rest or not, Bakan would be dragged bodily across the street with Artis still on his shoulders, the captain urging them forward and into an alley. More guards were there, their faces ashen, but they allowed the group including Bakan, Artis, Rhep, Orgrosh, the captain, Mara, Rebecca, and two other guardsmen who had served under Kenneth to move past them and into the stairwell leading down that they had seemingly been guarding. All too soon they were in a chamber, and then out into a hall, and Aria guided them quickly through a section of tunnels before they hit another chamber where they stopped, and Artis signaled that he wanted to be allowed down onto his back. More city guards were here, and some were conversing nervously with the captain while others examined Kenneth.
Bakan: HP = 50/120, PP = 45/45, EP = 64/85, Status = Wounded, Armor at 26/50 TP
NPC Stats
Samarta: HP = 54, PP = 67, EP = 67, Status = Fine, Pregnant
Inka: HP = 51, PP = 61, EP = 44, Status = Fine
Rebecca: A coon. A fluffy fluffy coon.
Orgrosh: HP = 85/97, PP = 49, EP = 72, Lightly Wounded
Sarah: Fine
Cory: Pregnant, probably gonna be pissed off when she hears about this
Rhep: HP = 42/99 PP = 43 EP = 44, Status = Wounded
Kenneth: Taken 91 damage, dying. (40/10/10 Sniper/HardHitter/3xSkill/Resilient/PainRes)
Aria: Taken 20/95 damage (50/10/20 Resilient/PainResx2/Duel/HardtoHitx2/Sniper/2xSkill/Fencer/LightStrik/Knight)
Guard 1: Fine
Guard 2: Fine
Artis: taken 16 damage.
NPC Stats
Samarta: HP = 54, PP = 67, EP = 67, Status = Fine, Pregnant
Inka: HP = 51, PP = 61, EP = 44, Status = Fine
Rebecca: A coon. A fluffy fluffy coon.
Orgrosh: HP = 85/97, PP = 49, EP = 72, Lightly Wounded
Sarah: Fine
Cory: Pregnant, probably gonna be pissed off when she hears about this
Rhep: HP = 42/99 PP = 43 EP = 44, Status = Wounded
Kenneth: Taken 91 damage, dying. (40/10/10 Sniper/HardHitter/3xSkill/Resilient/PainRes)
Aria: Taken 20/95 damage (50/10/20 Resilient/PainResx2/Duel/HardtoHitx2/Sniper/2xSkill/Fencer/LightStrik/Knight)
Guard 1: Fine
Guard 2: Fine
Artis: taken 16 damage.
Lifting a limp and floppy Artis over his shoulders, black winged Bakan conjured a wall of power in the hopes that it would stop whatever attack was incoming and hurried for the door. The two flabbergasted guards moved to get out of his way while Rhep and Orgrosh followed after him, and the guard captain moved with a badly wounded Kenneth over her shoulders. "Go! Move! Get out of the house, now!" the woman barked sharply, prompting the two men to follow Bakan and his two companions with all due haste. Mara and the young girl guardswoman appeared at the end of the hall, at the bathroom, but Aria barked the same order at them, and soon everyone was piling down the stairs as the officer kept on shouting her order to evacuate the house.
The guards ahead of them got out first, piling out onto the porch and hurrying past on the street, the squad that'd been on the porch having been rushing inside to see what was going on but all but two hurrying back out again, those two rushing in to get the servants and the other guards out before whatever was coming happened and Bakan's magic wall was tested. Bakan had just leaped off the bottom step when he felt the power that the strange mage had gathered unleashed upon Artis' already devastated home.
An ear shattering roar pierced the air, audible for miles around no doubt but soul shatteringly terrifying when one was so close to the source. A second after the roar the world seemed to shudder as something huge and hungry ripped its way into their world through the portal that the mage had summoned, some unfathomable beast coming forth to sate its hunger upon any souls that it could find. Only a second later it slammed into his wall hard enough to crack the magical barrier, fissures running across its surface, and the impact sent painful tremors up the threads tying it to Bakan's soul. But it held. It held from that initial strike. Against any other blow, that would have been enough, but the horror that had been unleashed was no normal assault. Even if it hadn't appeared in its true form, the raging power would not be denied, and where a normal blast would have been played out it simply attacked again.
Bakan would feel his wall crack, the painful tremors running through his soul growing stronger by the second as it raged against his wall, and he would know that it wouldn't hold for long. But it might hold for long enough. They were already out, but many more people were still in the house, and they would not be spared the attack's wrath if they fell within its range. The longer Bakan held that barrier in the face of that agonizing pain, the more people would be able to trickle out of the house, servants and guards alike. One by one and in small groups, the very last two being the two men from the porch who had gone in to see the rest out, even the men who'd been in the back yard pointlessly firing at the barriers protecting the group on the roof. Whether Bakan withstood the pain long enough for everyone to escape or not, however, eventually the barrier would fall, and a being of pure black fire in the shape of a roaring dragon's head launched itself upon the house and simply annihilated it, obliterating it to the foundation and leaving a crater before the enraged monster of dark flame simply vanished.
Whether he saved the rest or not, Bakan would be dragged bodily across the street with Artis still on his shoulders, the captain urging them forward and into an alley. More guards were there, their faces ashen, but they allowed the group including Bakan, Artis, Rhep, Orgrosh, the captain, Mara, Rebecca, and two other guardsmen who had served under Kenneth to move past them and into the stairwell leading down that they had seemingly been guarding. All too soon they were in a chamber, and then out into a hall, and Aria guided them quickly through a section of tunnels before they hit another chamber where they stopped, and Artis signaled that he wanted to be allowed down onto his back. More city guards were here, and some were conversing nervously with the captain while others examined Kenneth.
