dead & hollow [baby vs revel vs esther vs sk] day 2 /10:30am

There's a spirit of melancholia haunting your soul when you wake. Fragments of a dream bleeding into your waking mind.

It's unnerving, really.

Your muscles ache and tremble as you stand from the crumbling stone you slept on, bits of rock and dust falling from your thin clothes. A rough spear in hand, you walk off into a direction, unclear of where you are or where to go. You've prided yourself on your quick thinking and attentive perception, but this decision lies in guesswork.

Purely luck.

And luck has never been a friend of Revel Latimer.

The sun had risen as you walked, its deep orange and pink blending like watercolor in the sky. Breathtaking, but you only take a moment to look. You don't have a goal, or destination, but staying in one place felt like the worst decision you could make. Nobody wants to watch that, and the gamemakers are not above forcing you to move. Fire, or zombies, or mutts - whatever their sick minds create.

You've become enveloped by the trees. The thick and dense forest feels never-ending, like its wrapping its rough branches around you and squeezing. Suffocating. You leave a note to yourself in your mind to breathe. Folding to the panic thrumming in your veins isn't the way to go.

[ filler before work to not hold anything up! ]

revel sees stone knight and baby, is going to leave and then get hit. ouch! and then he hits back, weakly.

revel attacks stone knight | jousting lance (spear)

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[ 3160 -- Stabbed in Stomach -- 9.5 damage ]

s t o n e  k n i g h t .

They move in silence, the four of them, as if this fated meeting has all been pre-decided. The only sound comes from the once calm water of the pool now churning below them and the crash of their weapons as they meet each other in battle.

His sword finds a home in flesh even as the knight twists gracefully, following his spear as it flies in a wide arc, cutting clean through air. The sword goes with him, tearing through skin in its haste to follow.

A blade comes back for him in payment as he spins, embedding itself deep into his leg. The stone there cracks and chips on impact, allowing the sword to be pulled back again by the one who wields it. He helps it along by stepping back and away from it.

But his attention was caught for too long, the knight is unable to dodge as the tip of the bloodied one’s spear digs a hole into his side. More of the statue’s body crumbles into the pool as the spear is yanked free again.

The knight stumbled back, body trying to right itself as the stone that fell away already begin to gather at his feet to rejoin him.

As if sensing his weak moment, the last of his opponents raises her own weapon to strike. The knight prepares a parry, only for her to turn her sword on her own kind instead.

The Knight does not let the opportunity handed to him go to waste, he must give no quarter here.

He lashes out again.

The Stone knight attacks baby with spear
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[Deep Gash on Neck -- 10.0]

The Stone Night attacks esther with sword
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[Deep Gash on Chest -- 9.5 + 1 blades]

There's a sickly, fleshy sound that's created when the knight's sword buries itself in your leg.

You've never felt pain in that way before. Maybe you've never truly felt it before at all, just blisters and sores that litter your palms from working in the fields. That's nothing compared to this - this boiling, blinding ache that spiderwebs across your skin. And it's strange, feeling your heartbeat thrumming within your wound.

But in the pain, there's also fear. 

The imposing knight with it's stone armor and noble weapons. His body casts a shadow on you and the others and the once calm lake. You've barely paid attention to them, noticed, but there's been a more pressing matter. The girls swing at each other, their steel spilling crimson and your own just cracks against the stone. The impact chips away, bits of rock and dust flying off, but otherwise he's unaffected by your retaliation.

Your heart sinks further into your chest, the pain blisters, and the knight presses his advantage. You try to push it all from your mind, think logically and not with your fear. One of the girls yells, the words form but you don't quite hear. You strike out at the knight, spear in your trembling hand.

It's the only thing you can do.

revel attacks stone knight | jousting lance (spear)

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[ 3170 -- Shallow Cut on Right Calf -- 3.5 damage ]

s t o n e  k n i g h t .

Their dance is hurried and it is violent.

Blood pours from them, fragile bird bones beside the knight's unyielding strength. There seems to be more than one battle taking place here, as if the invaders are more at odds with each other than the willing opponent in front of them.

Just one of them is fully focused on fighting the knight, silent as him and half as deadly. Their blade screeches across the knight's facade, drawing a white line across its stonework. The knight keeps its focus on them, as if to acknowledge his opponent, and he lunges at them with his spear.

Beside them, the struggle begins to fray, more blood is drawn but not by the knight. It pauses, head turning to watch the two of them, as if trying to learn their tactics.

There seem to be none.

Metal squeals as it gouges into stone, then a splintering sound follows as more rock crumbles down into the pond. It was either a show meant to distract or their battle had been real. Whichever the case, the knight does not care. All three of these warriors must die so that his kingdom can live in peace.

Enough games.

The knight marches on.

The Stone knight attacks revel with spear
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[Deep Gash on Left Calf -- 8.0 damage]

The Stone Night attacks baby with sword
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[Shallow Cut on Left Calf -- 3.5 damage]

The knight flourishes its blade, striking at your gushing wound.

In the blinding, burning pain, there's a moment where you commend it. You pride yourself on your intellect, your scrutinous nature, and this thing—construct or muttation, is smarter than you believed. Thought it was all brawn and vigor, standing strong despite the wicked blows it took to its stone armor. But here it was, honing in on and slashing out at your vulnerable point.

For just an apparatus, a shell of something or nothing at all, the ability to think was remarkable, really. Or maybe it was just luck. A blind swing that happened to deepen your chasm of a wound.

The other two had collected themselves, turning their steel on the mountainous knight. Their weapons like pickaxes, mining at the stone.

Finally, you breathe, relieved.

While they were still your adversaries, ones who you shouldn't put any blind trust in, you all had a bigger problem. They could kill each other in a minute, but not before you had your chance to leave. This was only your battle as long as the knight kept your here, it's blade dripping your blood.

Chest heaving, you ready another swing. It had to be struggling now, the cracks on its armor widening and visible. And you thrust your spear forward, weight on your right leg and trying to keep some distance.

Any, really.

revel uses self defense against the knight's last attack [3137]

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[ -7 ]


revel attacks stone knight | jousting lance [spear]

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[ 3195 -- Shallow Cut on Back of Head -- 4.5 damage ]

s t o n e  k n i g h t .

filler flee

The Stone knight shows mercy, and leaves