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Monster
NAGA
60 years old
VAGABOND
played by JIN
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the shoreline calls the sea for simple words and company, 'till they collide and all is gone.
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Post by CAELIN on Jan 15, 2015 2:36:40 GMT
Any rational, intelligent human being would agree that it was impossible to cultivate any form of flora from the Northern Wastes' harsh soil. Yet, here was Caelin, coaxing a lone coreopsis from the earth. First came the lithe, green stem. Then the leaves sprouted, and finally, a single flower with bright yellow petals.
So it was possible, albeit, with the help of a bit of magic.
That was reassuring. If he was truly desperate for food, he could grow a fruit-bearing tree. But Mother Nature has been kind, and he'd managed to bring down a quadruped beast earlier in the day. The remnants of its blood were probably still on his teeth. Granted, he would never notice, because his entire attention span was focused upon the single flower. He repeats the process, until there is a second plant at the coreopsis' side. This time, it is a red Zinnia.
The naga gives a gentle, satisfied pat to the petaled head of each flower.
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
HUMAN
22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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And they all said I was mislead But now the odds all stand beneath me
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Jan 15, 2015 12:52:48 GMT
truth be told, she's always wanted to be one of those famed dragonslayers immortalized in statues and tales of old. it was a childhood dream once lived out by joining a blood cult, of all things, but that phase never truly died out from her. alya would be lying if she said that she no longer found a thrill in wrestling the beasts into the ground.
the fact that she's helping the locals with a missing livestock problem is really just an added bonus.
she had followed a decimated carcass' blood trail, despite the gore splattered all over the bone-white sands. this won't be like last time. this won't be like the time that she had expected to find ruthless monsters and found only feathered children huddled in a cave.
she's read the reports. it's a monster for sure this time.
she has a gun at her waist for the worst possible scenario, but alya never planned for the worst scenario. she hadn't seen any scorch marks at the site where the bait was tied. as long as there isn't any fire, she's pretty sure that she could wrangle the beast.
alya jumps out from her Rock of Observation (tm) and body slams her target, inevitably crushing both flowers in the process.
CAELIN
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Monster
NAGA
60 years old
VAGABOND
played by JIN
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the shoreline calls the sea for simple words and company, 'till they collide and all is gone.
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Post by CAELIN on Jan 15, 2015 17:09:57 GMT
Perhaps, if Caelin had been less engrossed in experimenting with the plants that could grow in the Northern Wastes, he would have noticed someone creeping up behind him. But he doesn't, until that someone leaps out from behind a boulder to tackle him to the ground. And even when he hits the ground, he's more aware of the crisp noise that both the flowers make as he and his assailant hit the floor. This much is certain though, that he is strong enough to throw the girl off of him, enough to shove her off but not toss her away to inflict damage.
Because, honestly, Caelin is more concerned about the dead plants than he is for his own safety.
But in potentially desperate times, instinct takes over. The naga hisses, baring his fangs, hands morphing into claws that sink into Alya's shoulders. There's not enough time to transform the legs into a tail and restrain her with it. He sinks elongated fangs into her collar, where a quick pulse would spread a paralyzing toxin throughout her body within seconds.
Only when he removes his fangs does he let go of her.
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
HUMAN
22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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And they all said I was mislead But now the odds all stand beneath me
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Jan 16, 2015 22:17:41 GMT
"oh fu--" what a stupid way to die.
that's all that she really thinks about before she passes out and starts drooling like a five year old.
the toxins send her into a very bizzare dream in which larsa had accidentally turned himself into a pancake. a very delicious pancake. alya quested across the land with a weirdo who subsisted on a diet of pure bitter powder. she had finally reached the final boss when the dragon ate larsa up in one gulp.
"give larsa back!!" alya screams as she jumps about twenty feet into the air and punches the dumb dragon in the face.
she wakes up with a punch rather than a whimper.
CAELIN
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Monster
NAGA
60 years old
VAGABOND
played by JIN
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the shoreline calls the sea for simple words and company, 'till they collide and all is gone.
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Post by CAELIN on Jan 19, 2015 1:25:30 GMT
The drooling human didn't look so threatening anymore now that she was about as functional as a sack of potatoes. Something like that would be attracting flesh-eating monsters of the Centerspine Mountains like flies to a cadaver. So Larsa does the illogical thing, which is lift her over a shoulder and unceremoniously tote her back to his camp.
There, he laid her on her back, kneeling at Alya's side. Caelin has taken refuge at the side of a boulder, huddled in the alcove next to the blue-haired girl. And because he doesn't think to leave her immobilized (she wasn't big enough to make a satisfying or worthwhile meal), the naga tilts her head back a bit, parts her lips, then opens his right hand and transforms his left index finger into a single claw. Dragging the sharpened nail across his right palm, he drips the antidote mixed in his blood against her teeth and onto her tongue.
The effect is immediate. A part of Caelin wonders what sort of hallucinations she'd been romping around in, but he's too taken off guard by her sudden regaining of consciousness.
He makes a strangled yelp of pain as she punches him square in the nose, the naga's skull he wore crushing itself against the front of his face. Granted, it was probably a smaller world of pain than how Alya's fist probably felt.
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
HUMAN
22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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And they all said I was mislead But now the odds all stand beneath me
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Jan 22, 2015 8:16:12 GMT
hey, sacks of potatoes are tremendous sources of daily starch. actually, maybe that simile was intentional. alya's body could probably be converted to usable starch. fortunately, being eaten is not what happened to her.
"HOLY SHIT--" she wasn't expecting to actually be able to punch something; that's not how dreams worked. alya's voice echoes throughout the forest. if the dragon didn't live alone, then he would have been put in a really awkward-ass situation with the 'rents or the roommates or whatever else he's got going on. hopefully not a wild bear, although he would probably be able to make a good meal out of that.
she rubs her fist as she takes a good look around. no pancakes in sight. no larsa. just one dumb dragon who doesn't look too chipper either. alya draws her gun this time. never say she doesn't learn from her mistakes.
"okay, your reign of terror is over, mister dragon man!!"
CAELIN
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Monster
NAGA
60 years old
VAGABOND
played by JIN
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the shoreline calls the sea for simple words and company, 'till they collide and all is gone.
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Post by CAELIN on Jan 30, 2015 1:04:39 GMT
He's seen those before. Caelin doesn't know what they are called, but they make loud noises and splinter trees when they miss their targets. Whatever she is saying, he does not think that they are words offered in peace. So he slowly lifts his hands to the skull over his head, gently lifting it off and placing it onto the ground.
Where the supposed human stood, there was now a horned, serpentine dragon gazing back at Alya. The creature's forked tongue flicked in and out between its knife-like fangs. At least, now, he would be less susceptible to the damages that the human was capable of causing.
He doesn't really want to fight. Maybe he can scare her away. Caelin bares his teeth, hisses, and spits a noxious mixture onto the floor in front of the human. It corrodes the ground, eating away at the dirt, leaves, and stone.
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
HUMAN
22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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And they all said I was mislead But now the odds all stand beneath me
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Feb 8, 2015 22:55:46 GMT
she backs the fuck up, but her eyes still start to water. oh my god, noxious breath must have been the goddess' little joke on the world. alya practically coughs her lungs up as she recovers herself.
"seriously? if you've got any honor, then come down here and fight me like a man!!"
CAELIN
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