A space opera-like setting in the far future where the human race spread out from Terra to the stars centuries ago.
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by PMiller » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:15 am
~ Day 14: 0710 - The Place of True Warriors ~ Alex just shrugged and shook his head. Sunrise was hardly that bad, yet they all were acting like it was high noon. But it was getting hotter as they jabbered and they had trekked all night. "Well, we best start resting up. The mantra of all soldiers is to sleep whenever you can. And we have 23 hours of rest before the trial." "Set the usual watches, I guess." Miranda agreed and found her shade of a lean-to and tried to get some rest before the heat became to unbearable. While everyone speculated and thought about the unknown trial ahead, the day came relentlessly. It passed uneventfully and soon night fell. During the dimness of the twin moons, the castaways waited until sunrise. The Ul-Mor were busy with preparations and other things. Riders went out and only returned a bit before dawn. Athru has food and water delivered to ensure there were enough supplies.
~ Day 15: 0555 - The Place of True Warriors ~ Come the lightening of the sky to mark the approaching dawn, Athru approached with a group of unmounted Ul-Mor. Through the polyvox, his words were translated, "It is now time for the Ritual of Adulthood. Those that survive will become Ul-Mor. Those who do not will become a different form of the One. Take spears." From his tentacles, he offered four wooden spears with hardened points. They were the same crude design that the Ul-Mor carried. He made a brief ceremony of pointedly offered a spear to each human in turn. Upon slithering before Argo, he remarked, "A spear would not serve, you must rely upon you own means." OOC Information |
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Inventory in 1 Spare Backpack carried in hand by Alex 1 machete 1 first aid kit (Basic anesthetics, stimdoses, antiseptics, medscanner, antibody plus, antitox, spray hypo, etc...) 3 compasses 2 life jackets 1 pocket multi-tool 3 pairs of boots Extra Water 3 BackpacksPolyvoxes worn: Maya, Argo, Trever
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by Aura » Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:20 pm
Accepting the spear offered from the leader of the Ul-mor, Rufus nodded. In light of previous conversation, he added sardonically, "Hopefully, then, they don't design the ritual to kill very many of their own." Taking a quick re-check of his pack, he added, "I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be. Almost... excited." With that, Rufus shakes out a little of the tension from his legs and relaxes again.
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by LMiller » Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:39 am
While resting, Trever was staying awake half of the time. He couldn’t sleep really well because of being curious about the trial. The boy was awake when Maya got up. Finally, somebody waking up, he stood quickly and got a spear too.“Thanks,” Trever said to Athru and checked out the spear. The boy sat back down into the sand and put his belongings into the pack. He slowly stood up, nervous about the trial.“I’m ready too,” the boy said to the others just starting to get up. With his spear in one hand, Trever was ready for anything.
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by PMiller » Sat Dec 03, 2016 11:16 pm
~ Day 15: 0600 - The Place of True Warriors ~ Alex took the spear and shrugged. He had little intention to use it in a fight, preferring to shoot his laser pistol instead. He was actually decent in unarmed combat from his soldier training and could do better with his fists and knees. He secretly wondered what would happen if he tried to dropkick one of the Ul-Mor like a soccer ball. "If these guys use these crude weapons, then the challenge should not be that tough." He slipped on his pack and carried the extra provisions in the spare pack in the opposite hand from the spear. Miranda was not so sure. She had little skill with melee weapons as it was. "If you say so," she commented softly. She collected all her gear and donned her pack before using the spear like a walking stick to follow along. She had a little skill with fighting hand-to-hand, but it was more like a few self-defense training classes than anything major. Seeing the group ready, Athru slither-scooted across the sand to lead the way to the ritual area. It was a circular depression, sort of like a large bowl about 20 meters across with short rocky cliffs of 1-2 meters making up the sides most of the way around. He led the way down a slope on the west side of the depression, opposite a narrow ravine that opened into the bowl from the east like a corridor. The sun was just barely coming up over the horizon right there, making it hard to see. Looking around, the Ul-Mor were gathering around to ring the bowl from above and watch. Many were mounted on their lopers and carried spears in tentacle, the points upwards to the sky. At the based of the slope were five straw dummies. Athru stopped there and started talking, the ployvox translated, "Use these likenesses. They help." Each of the straw dummies were rough approximations for each of the castaways. One was obviously four-legged with a tail to represent Argo. Another was short like Trever, two were slender and had femine shapes like the women, and lastly two were a bit thicker to represent Rufus and Alex. Athru spoke again, the polyvoxes spitting out, "May you fare well against the quickdeath." He quickly slithered back up the slope to his waiting loper. OOC Information |
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Inventory in 1 Spare Backpack carried in hand by Alex 1 machete 1 first aid kit (Basic anesthetics, stimdoses, antiseptics, medscanner, antibody plus, antitox, spray hypo, etc...) 3 compasses 2 life jackets 1 pocket multi-tool 3 pairs of boots Extra Water 3 BackpacksPolyvoxes worn: Maya, Argo, Trever
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by PMiller » Tue Jan 03, 2017 5:04 am
~ Day 15: 0600 - The Place of True Warriors ~ Miranda followed Maya and sorted out the slender looking straw dummies that appeared to be each of their likenesses. She replied, “Trever, I think it unlikely their young Ul-Mor have to fight older ones to become adults…” “This Quick Death does not sound like a champion of their, but more like a very fast native creature. Let us hope you are right that it has bad eyesight.” Alex showed more bravado as he took the straw dummy that was most likely his own decoy and said, “Mawk it!” “If the little squids can beat it with spears and their straw decoys, then we should be able to. Just shoot the thing, whatever it is.” There was very little time to prepare, basically just enough for each of the castaways to collect their straw dummy likeness and draw a weapon if the spear was not enough. A moaning, “blaaaaaaahhhhh!” sounded and there was an answering roar a few seconds after. Then the sound of scrambling claws over rocky ground. Suddenly, there was seen a large tiger-sized creature covered with some sort of reflective armor running toward the group from the opposite end of the arena-shaped depression. It had a long neck and hideous head, with gaping jaw filled with sharp teeth. It had four eyes mounted on stalks above its head. Three small tentacles ending in suction cups dangled from each of its sides. This hideous beast was running toward the cluster of castaways and their straw dummies at an unbelievable speed, and was apparently going to attack without any preamble or discussion. It was already only 5 meters away! OOC Information |
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Inventory in 1 Spare Backpack carried in hand by Alex 1 machete 1 first aid kit (Basic anesthetics, stimdoses, antiseptics, medscanner, antibody plus, antitox, spray hypo, etc...) 3 compasses 2 life jackets 1 pocket multi-tool 3 pairs of boots Extra Water 3 BackpacksPolyvoxes worn: Maya, Argo, Trever
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by Argo » Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:58 pm
Argo ran over to Trever instinctively. He would defend the boy no matter what. Trever was his friend and the instinct to protect him was strong, even though the creature looked terrifying. He let out a deep growl. The creature was a big quadruped, more catlike than doglike, and was bigger than Argo. Bigger than the humans as well, even Al. Argo guessed it probably weighed at least six times as much as he did. It had strange tentacles, kind of like the Ul-Mor did, and a mouth full of vicious-looking teeth. The thing that surprised him was the eyes. Miranda had guessed it had bad eyesight. But it had four eyes that looked like they could turn in any direction. He wished he had thought to urinate on the dummy that looked like him before he’d run off, just in case Miranda was right and it didn’t hunt by sight. Maybe it hunted by smell. But it was too late now. Argo raised his head and aimed his laser, hoping to get in at least one good shot before the creature got closer. If he had to, he would jump in front of Trever to try to distract the creature and get it to chase him. His aim was good, maybe because he was standing at the same level as the creature.Rolls |
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by Aura » Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:17 pm
Rufus takes a moment to compose himself before the appearance of the creature, not adding into further speculation. Even though a primitive weapon, he kept the spear given to him by the Ul-Mor ready, albeit in his left hand. He watched wearily, being careful not to stray too far from the strange decoy, a rough likeness of himself. At the appearance of the creature, Rufus quickly drew his laser. "Four eyes. You'd think that it would have no trouble seeing with a set-up like that, but alright," he commented, musing on the nature of the creature. Stepping behind his decoy, about a half-spear's length back, he sighted down the length of the weapon and cracked off a shot. The morning landscape quickly became punctuated by repeated lances of light as his friends did the same. Roll |
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