[ P ] Precarious

Leprechauns

The soft scuffling of tiny paws can be heard as if mischievous children are racing through the undergrowth and sprinting north. They snicker as if they have won a pot of gold.


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R

ue lurched away from the creature as its blood splashed her obsidian coat, but the large wolfess was too late once more. The banshee’s jaw, already appearing broken and jagged, unhinged further. There was no time to react or move away. Only the sensation of icy cold, stabbing pain in her neck, mere inches from her windpipe pierced by unholy fangs. An unnatural cry escaped her lips as Rue fell away, hitting the earth with an enormous thud.

She had given it her best effort. But she could hardly hear the screams of the monster as it admitted its defeat. She did not see when it disappeared into nothingness. She could scarcely hear or see anything, as her senses her as ravaged as her bloody body. Nothing felt real. She looked toward the wolves who had fought alongside her, but with blank, unseeing eyes.

In another moment, she was gone, though her gait was lumbering and clumsy, with a thin trail of crimson left in her wake.

[exit Rue]


Final HP: 38-18 = 20

@Muriel @storyteller @Kestrel @Valerian

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H

e managed to grab at its scruff, but not before it tore into Rue again. Valerian snarled with fury, clenching his jaws down harder to worsen his blow, while mentally cursing the horrid creature. Damn you to hell! The other wolves were at it as well, making their own critical blows until the thing let out a piercing scream so loud, he was forced to let go of it and leap backward just in time to witness its demise. Valerian's jaw fell open as he watch the apparition fade, though not before spattering blood everywhere as proof of its remnants.

Panting, he stared at the place where it had vanished for a long moment, still in shock by all of it. "What in the blazes was that? A demon?" Valerian lifted his head to cast his azure gaze around at the other wolves, eyes going wide when he realized Rue was not among them. He instantly lifted his nose, sniffing the air to catch the scent of her and a massive amount of blood, finding a trial she'd left behind. "Rue!!" He called out after her, sprinting off in that direction despite the aching of his own body.

[Exit Valerian]

@Muriel @Rue @Kestrel

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HOIST THE COLORS

Muriel shuddered as the banshee finally fell to their attacks. She couldn’t shake the feeling that it was as final as one of their own deaths would have been, but at least for the time being the spirit had been defeated by mortal ways. She shook her head slightly, glancing at the others before dipping her head slightly.

“If we meet again, I will consider ye all friends after this fight. Ye all can find me around here, or in the tavern, if yer ever interested,” she said before she turned, and took her exit from the scene.

This would be a day that Muriel remembered in earnest. She realized now — at such an old age, too — that darker things certainly lurked in the kingdom…. She couldn’t help but feel she may encounter the banshee again, at some point. She could only hope that it wouldn’t be by herself.

[ exit, muriel ]

Final HP: 64

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