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daybreakacademy2019-03-31 09:06 pm
thewatchers) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-03-31 09:06 pm
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Hunt: Take Me to the River
When: April 1st,
Where: Scotland
What: Hunting Kelpies
Who: Michaeleudaimonikos, Naoki Kashima gaiarage, Fakir schwanenritter, Kano suddenlybees, Nana Daiba playitagain, Adelaide transfusionem, Jailbreak nor_iron_bars
A particularly vicious kelpie has been sighted in numerous places near popular bodies of water in Scotland, and reports of strange and sudden disappearances near them are starting to emerge. There are also signs it may not be working alone, and traveling in a herd or group of similarly-minded creatures - students and faculty are advised to approach with caution.
After questioning the locals, the group would be directed to the nearest loch, where the last disappearances were reported at, around dawn and dusk - when the fog would be rolling in.
Ear plugs, and cold iron are suggested weapons to be brought against fae creatures.
((OOC Notes: up to 3 characters to be kidnapped during this hunt - all volunteers. A rescue mission will ICly take place a few days later so characters won’t miss spring break, and will find more information that ties into the game’s plot, and in particular nightfall.))
Where: Scotland
What: Hunting Kelpies
Who: Michael
eudaimonikos, Naoki Kashima gaiarage, Fakir schwanenritter, Kano suddenlybees, Nana Daiba playitagain, Adelaide transfusionem, Jailbreak nor_iron_barsA particularly vicious kelpie has been sighted in numerous places near popular bodies of water in Scotland, and reports of strange and sudden disappearances near them are starting to emerge. There are also signs it may not be working alone, and traveling in a herd or group of similarly-minded creatures - students and faculty are advised to approach with caution.
After questioning the locals, the group would be directed to the nearest loch, where the last disappearances were reported at, around dawn and dusk - when the fog would be rolling in.
Ear plugs, and cold iron are suggested weapons to be brought against fae creatures.
((OOC Notes: up to 3 characters to be kidnapped during this hunt - all volunteers. A rescue mission will ICly take place a few days later so characters won’t miss spring break, and will find more information that ties into the game’s plot, and in particular nightfall.))
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[ He waves his in the air before sticking it back into his pockets, where it's definitely survived being underwater for a couple minutes at a time, but never around thrashing kelpies and swinging swords. Survive, little phone. ]
Anyways, starting is pretty easy, right? How about everybody lies how and lays in wait to ambush, while somebody go out and bait it? Somebody who looks poor and weak and defenseless...
[ He claps a hand on Adelaide's shoulder. In this group, it's her or him. ]
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Let's hurry up, we might miss our chance.
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No. You first.
[Nobody's allowed to throw anyone under the bus but him, god damn it. He plants a hand right between Kano's shoulders and gives him a not-too-friendly shove. ]
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Kano startles at the touch, but that isn't enough to keep him from toppling over into the water— stupid stupid stupid idea it was to stand right by the water, when at any given moment an arm can shoot out and grab any one of them by the ankles and haul them into the water. But this isn't even a kidnapping, it's good old fashioned human sacrifice and after two seconds of a struggle underneath the surface of the dark murky water, everything goes still and quiet again.
Bye. ]
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[You are the reason she's not getting paid enough for this, Naoki, she hopes you know that.]
[She's honestly guessing there's about a sixty percent chance that Kano is faking this just to fuck with them, but the remaining forty percent is shouting "IF YOU LET A KID GET EATEN YOU'RE SUPER FIRED", so straight to the river she goes.]
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But kelpies aren't the only thing waiting for them in the bog; before Jail can get very far, she's met with a school of fish— with rows and rows of razor sharp teeth going straight for flesh. Just try to hammer through all of them. ]
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[The enchantment on her boots helps her narrowly avoid losing a chunk of flesh to snapping jaws, as she pulls herself up onto the surface of the water itself and begins to run on it like it's a frozen pond instead of a running river.]
[Dodging leaping, sharp-toothed fish and trying to pinpoint Kano's location at the same time may take some doing, but it'll give her a better chance if she tries to figure out where he is and then drop down on that spot from above than she'd have trying to get through to the area underwater.]
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[That's all he can get out at first. Just "oh", like Kano falling in and vanishing is just a little surprise. He didn't mean for that to happen, he really didn't, but will anyone even believe that? Naoki's not even sure he believes it. It wouldn't be the first time he's killed someone on accident. Was it an accident?
No, no more standing around in shock. This is his mess and he's going to clean it up. He lurches forward not long after Jail, wading until he's waist-deep in slimy Scottish pong water and there are fish nipping at his exposed flesh. He barely even feels it. Their teeth don't even break the skin.]
Come on, come on...
[He bends down, fingers brushing the loch's bed, looking for something, anything. A hand or part of his clothes or Kano's neck so he can wring it for pulling this stupid prank. Please let it be a prank.]
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Well.
Obvious.
Not that a playful (well, it didn't seem that playful, but-) shove would end up with everything going tits up.]
Be careful!
[She hovers at the water's edge, not sure what to do. She needs to not be so useless-]
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[He flips from the rock and lands near the edge, sword unsheathed, and he strikes towards the kelpies, with full intentions to cut, but at least hoping the fact it's an iron sword will help to drive them off]
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Whatever had grabbed hold of Kano and is keeping him underwater doesn't seem keen on staying very long either, content to pick off its victims one at a time and so when Fakir slices at the water with his sword, there's a brief stilling of the water— and then of something plunging deep, deep down and away.
Points at Adelaide, give it a few minutes and it's coming back for you. ]
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[And why exactly did Michael decide to hang back on this?
Well, he was covering the back of the group so no students got picked off, but all the same. Into the fucking water after Kano he goes, bye other students!
At first, he's not paying a great deal of attention to the fish. What, are they gonna bite his human flesh? Nah, he's just gonna realize that he can't see underwater with human eyes very well at all, get angry about that, and let off a general slash of destructive magic towards the bottom of the lake. He doesn't actually bother checking Kanovision for a moment - he doubts he can see anything either right now, so it would probably just be disorienting.]
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[He calls out to the others, still standing on the shore, sword raised]
I'll lop your heads off next, you damn fairies!
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[But she still has to try.]
[Jail gestures sharply at the students behind her.]
Everyone not an active combatant, out of the water! Don't give it more targets!
[Using her powers in the middle of a fight like this is a bad, bad idea, she knows- but she doesn't have any faster or safer options, so she waits for a split-second break in the tide of pointy murderfish and focuses her Sight.]
[She doesn't need to see the kelpie, just to See it, just long enough to get one good shot...]