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Campaign, Ike!
"Quick word of warning, guys, let's not fight, shall we? This fucker right here decided to start a fight he couldn't finish, so do us all a favor and not follow his example, alright? This place is already about to go up in flames (sorry!), so probably best to just go along and rescue whoever we can, then go our separate ways, alright?"
Give Massah Kassah's throat or head, whichever I can confidently hit, a good stomp for safety's sake, then fight defensively (dodge first and foremost, seek to disarm one during an opening) against these poor fellows if they really don't seem about to see reason.
(("We might have tried to kill that guy (which, by the way, I am still trying to kill), but I swear we're only going to kill that guy. And maybe cause some collateral damage. And maybe also kill some other people. But we swear it's by accident, we don't really mean to do it. Well, mostly. In part. Like 50% accidental. You can trust us. It's not like we're some crazy strangers you just met."))
Upon seeing Ike defeat the mage, I stop my attack and pull 2/3 of my flames back to form a protective barrier around me, the remaining 1/3 I send to surround Kassiver. Physically, I turn my head to see who's running.
If I see Ike get attacked then I redirect the flames around Kassiver to attack his attacker, and if Ike needs to pass through my walls of flame I part them for him.
"Ike! He did something to me, I can't move my arms!"
Ike very violently stomps on the ground, somehow managing to miss a man who was barely moving beyond screaming (although he appears to be calming down now, somewhat). He hears a sword coming from behind and tries to dive out of the way, but the sword hits him in the head, inflicting a grievous wound: The tip of one of his ears has been cut off. He spins around to see the large guard getting ready for another strike.
Irine turns her head just in time to see the other guard coming at her, emitting a cry as he raises his sword.
She doesn't have enough time to position her flames to block his path. Despite the difficulty she has moving, she manages to roll away before the guard's sword gets near her.
The guard approaches her again after he recovers from his clumsy strike, but by now she's had enough time to form a barrier. Her entire supply of fire streams around her and flows into a wall between her and the guard.
The guard doesn't have enough time to stop and steps into the wall. Irine can't tell for sure if he's been hurt, for the fire is obstructing her sight. He jumps out of the fire and looks at it, breathing quickly.
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Zechariah looks up at River, staring into his eyes and observing every minute movement he makes. Zechariah didn't make a sound. He did not turn, he did not speak, he did not shift. He simply kept still and expressionless, waiting for something, nothing, everything.
...
Suddenly, Zechariah pushes River backwards with his hands as hard as he can, even if he doesn't have the strength to actually move River. If River pays attention, he would be able to see Zechariah trying to hide a grin. His eyes almost glow with the brightness of some sort of energy that he has now, which was not present before in him. It was not vengeful or of a dark passion; it was simple excitement and electric movement to be something new.
"Don't just be there!" Zechariah shouts as he pushes River. "We still have a job to do! Theri, and Alan, and all of them - they still need to come back." Regardless of whether River responds aggressively or not, Zechariah backs away and smiles openly now. "Don't worry about me now. I'll be fine. I live for others.
"As long as the others are safe and happy, I will be happy. That's how I lived before, and that's how I will live now."
River looks at you wide eyed as you push him, jumping back and adopting a defensive posture.
However he relaxes as you continue talking and lowers his hands.
"Yes." he says, quietly.
"Yes!" he says again, this time with more excitement, wagging his tail slightly.
"They need to come back.""I understand. I do too." he adds quietly a few seconds later, although he probably does not mean it the way you do.
He walks closer to you again, but not as close as he was before.
"That means you do not...?" he looks away for a second and does not finish what he's saying.
He looks at you again.
"We will work together for this? Now? Are you ready?"
OOCYou know, one of the reasons I give you telepathic communication instead of radios or something is so that I can avoid the problem of long conversations happening during a time period they should not be happening. A simple way that I can have an in universe excuse for anime-time conversations that usually end up happening in RTDs. Unfortunately, one of you is not wearing theirs... Oh well.
((Once again, I do apologize for not posting sooner. My life situation has not improved, and I do think it has worsened a bit. However, I am still trying my hardest to be able to free up some time to post when I can.
If I do not post again by the time the next turn comes up, then yes, please do put me on autoturn. I feel that leaving people to wait for me in my own troubles is rather limiting, and I wouldn't want to do that to anyone)).
No worries man. No reason to feel bad. I usually just go ahead and auto people if they do not post an action, I don't have a problem with that. Only reason I waited for you is because this was more of an RP thing. But right now we've reached a point where time NEEDS to be resynchronized between the two groups and actions need to happen in both places, hence why I gave that warning. Delaying might have actually turned out for the best, with all that's happening in the camp. Helps with keeping things consistent.
There's no reason to push yourself to post if you don't feel like doing so or if you have more important things to do. There are things more important than my stupid game. This is supposed to be a game, something that you do for fun.
I'm not that good with words, but I am willing to listen if you have anything to say and try to help in any way I can, if you think it would help.
I can't offer much other than saying that you have to believe things can get better and realise that whatever happens, it's not the end of the world.
I don't know what you're going through and I don't want to pretend to know what it's like, but when I was having some personal problems in the past, that's part of the mindset that helped me overcome them.
Bay12 in general is a very supportive community. I am certain that if not me, then someone here can help you. That is, if you want to talk about it, if you would feel comfortable with it and think it would help.
I don't know. Personally, I don't like talking about my problems to others, but knowing that someone else cares still feels nice.
Or, hell, you can talk about whatever you want. Talk about game systems or literature or jokes or anything you like doing. Sometimes just talking in general helps.
Again, sorry, not good with words or stuff like that. I mean no harm. Just trying to help.
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