The Watchers of Night ([personal profile] thewatchers) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-03-31 09:06 pm

Hunt: Take Me to the River

When: April 1st,
Where: Scotland
What: Hunting Kelpies
Who: Michael [personal profile] eudaimonikos, Naoki Kashima [personal profile] gaiarage, Fakir [personal profile] schwanenritter, Kano [personal profile] suddenlybees, Nana Daiba [personal profile] playitagain, Adelaide [personal profile] transfusionem, Jailbreak [personal profile] 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.))
gaiarage: (and he staked his claim)

[personal profile] gaiarage 2019-04-05 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[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.]
transfusionem: (pic#12570514)

[personal profile] transfusionem 2019-04-05 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, things went from zero to one hundred real quick. Adelaide's not expecting for this to happen - she knows there's danger here, obviously, but she was kind of expecting it would be more...

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-]
schwanenritter: (A loyal knight must be true)

[personal profile] schwanenritter 2019-04-05 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn it-!

[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]

[personal profile] suddenlybees 2019-04-06 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ The murky water seems to thicken, whether that's with blood or mud kicked up from the bottom is difficult to tell, but the fish snap at the bottom of Jail's boots and Naoki's legs and don't give up even if they aren't very successful in devouring either of them, water churning angrily around the entire bog.

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. ]
eudaimonikos: (moral imperative)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2019-04-08 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Son of a bitch -

[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.]
schwanenritter: (Shut up!)

[personal profile] schwanenritter 2019-04-10 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Stay back!

[He calls out to the others, still standing on the shore, sword raised]

I'll lop your heads off next, you damn fairies!
nor_iron_bars: With unconfined wings (Roaming the streets)

[personal profile] nor_iron_bars 2019-04-10 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Where is it- there- no, dammit, it's too fast, even when she catches onto its' location for a moment she can't get to it in time.]

[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...]