Marissa and Princess were already on their way home. Leaving the three remainder to continue their way to a branch off point, where each might find their respective dens to sleep. Though…this would need to change.
The street is empty. The wind is still. The air is crisp and cold. And the world seems to be waiting.
[Agony Thane] ((From here on in folks, keep ’em short and to the point. I’m goin’ on 18 hours so far and my eyes are gettin’ any brighter.))
[Agony Thane] ((That would be aren’t…aren’t^. *case in point*))
[Evan McCollach] “And why did you stop two stop me? This is not some game, just letting the Eagles walk out?”
Evan was still a fairly bit upsit over the incident, that was not how the battles were to be won.
[Ruhiger] They world is doing more then waiting. The world is holding it’s collective breath.
It is cold. bitter cold. But to Fenrir it is home. The moon is full, heavy and pregnant in the sky, pulling at sense and sensibility, thrumming in temples and fueling the unspeakable amounts of Rage that permeate the group that walks into the territory of another.
There was a challenge made. Despite what was done or said afterwards, she will have her say in the only language she can without translation.
They walk as one, move as one, they fly as One. Eagles are the oldest of the packs, having been through more then any other in Chicago, from Jersey on. They are favored, they are Fenrir.
And by fucking gaia, they are pissed off.
AnneMarie first, by will of her Alpha. Her strides perfect, with a deadly grace of animal under skin. She leads for now, as the first challenged. Behind her, fanned, the rest of the Eagles – the alpha, beta, and the two siblings. The sizzling rage burns the streets, and screams for satisfaction. Gaia help any that get in their way.
This. Ends. Now.
[Kendra Peterman] Kendra, still obviously irked but seeming a little more patient now that she was out of her warskin, strode alongside Baaku and Evan, walking between the pair, dressed in a large red hoodie, hood pulled up, hands in her pockets. She was scuffing her shoe on the pavement as she went, kicking along a wad of paper that escaped a trash can or passing car window.
“Evan, if’n they wanna run, let ’em. S’their choice. ‘N really, who are you ‘r me t’try’n argue wi’h Silence, ‘eh? Fella hears what he wants ta, an’ ain’t nothin’ us pissants can say that’ll change his ways.”
There was an edge to her voice, but it was dull. She was tired and that wore away at her anger.
[Agony Thane] “…If he will not listen to the Words of an Adren Theurge of your Tribe there will certainly be no comfort from the likes of a Cliath.” A rumbling cast over one shoulder, the Thane marching with hands tucked inside voluminous sleeves, contemplative to a letter. Enough that his words are muted, carrying none of the telltale signs of fire and brimstone normally associated with the Judge.
The asphalt thrums under the force of footfalls, steadily collecting under some pre-destined meeting spot. An intersection of cracked rock and a single solid street lamp, still lighting the city area.
[Silence] The Fenrir round the corner and the Hounds are in view.
By some unknown signal, four Fenrir stop when the two groups stand a Crinos leap away. Decker, standing closest to the curb, crosses his arms over his chest and spits into the gutter.
Annemarie continues forward alone.
[Hyde] *The massive German Godi walked with his pack. Nordic eyes, ICE COLD. His inborn RAGE Flowing around him. That RAGE More a part of him than most monkey born would ever know. That RAGEKeeping him warm. Cloaking him in an almost invisable heat shimmer of power. He was dressed as he always dressed. Steel toed boots. Old jeans. Thick belt with two tongues in the buckel. Buckskin shirt that had seen many a year. Marine digital cammo jacket over it. Toboggan cap in the winter and forarm bracers on his arms. His strange mutant hands are free. Unhidden. As is his RAGE That bleeds off him like light in the dark and filth of the turf they are in.
When decker stopped as did Hyde. Letting AM step out first*
[Ruhiger] Collecting footfalls, the cracked cement bears witness to the Might of Eagle bearing down. Her walk is deceptively relaxed, her hands tucked into the pockets of her coat.
She has eyes for only one, her own pale gaze alight with the burning desire deep within them. She doesn’t pause. She continues forward. A crinos leap’s distance. Growing smaller with her long stride. Hands pull from her pockets.
There are no words. There need be none. He challenged. She chooses the challenge. And she chooses this…
(Go for inits – she ain’t stopping for small talk.)
[Evan McCollach] Evan is probably the first to notice the gathering of garou, the first being Anna Marie. But why were they here? Didn’t they leave this Sept? Walk out?
“Seems we got some company, the Eagles are here.”
[Baneslayer] *Kathrin was there as well. She stood beside Kemp, the only one closest to her age. Her eyes, near identical to her brother’s, watch on as AM continues ahead. Kat’s arms folded, one hand resting on the tattoo that marks where her dedicate double dagger hides, and she waits*
[Truth in Frenzy] Kemp looked bored. Infact he was still yawning in the deceptively mild way as his green gaze swept over the other pack. His lips slowly peeled back from his teeth in a blossoming smile.
“I forgot my damned popcorn, but I got the floss.”
Holding piece that was a little dubious looking out to Kathrin.
“Want some?”
[Kendra Peterman] Kendra stopped still when the Fenrir pack came from about the corner, and she suddenly had the impression that she was caught in a bad rendition of West Side Story.
She blinked twice, tilted her head to the side, then scowled softly and glanced around. Forest green eyes found the street vacant, save for the number of Garou gathered there, and a slightly clouded front window for a small loan business framing the sidewalk on which she was walking. With a soft nudge to Evan’s side, along with a nod toward the window, she focused her gaze there.
(( Roll to step into the Umbra, diff 5 for reflective surface ))
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 3, 4, 8 (Success x 1 at target 5)
[Silence] (diff’s a lot higher than 5 in the inner city, reflective surface or not :P)
[Baneslayer] *Kat chuckled only the slightest bit and took it* I would hate to get something stuck in my teeth. *she smirked through her heavy german tones* Cub my ass. I worked hard. *muttering*
[Silence] (that said, an 8 is probably sufficient. 1 succ takes… what was it, 30 min? i’m too lazy to reach for my book *LOL*)
[Hyde] *Hyde watched as they went to step side ways. His spirit familiar filling him in on their actions once they get there.. They were NOT going to flank in the umbra and catch the Eagles unaware*
[Agony Thane] ((Science lab is an 8 mate. Country Road is a 5. Inner City would be 7 at Best. 6 without heavy wyrm taint. And 5 Minutes to cross.))
[Silence] (pg. 225.
Science lab 9
Inner city 8
…etc.)
[Agony Thane] ((So much for that laziness then. 7 it is. :p))
[Silence] (yar. 5 min is right though :P ok, onward!)
[Ruhiger] (inits)
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 9
[Agony Thane] Init.
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 7
[Ruhiger] (16)
[Agony Thane] (You got First.)
[Ruhiger] (Then post your declare. Let’s get ready to RUMBLE! (buh, bum bum da dum!)
[Agony Thane] The Hounds are waiting on the otherside, as the Fenrir begin their cross over, Baaku standing amid the Penumbral mist of the surrounding Intersection, painted in sharp and jagged cracks of black basalt and revolting grays. The sky above still hangs with Luna, the world around still drab with shallows of Weaver and Wyrm at war. Webs crawl below and the buildings carry evidence of the pattern spiders at work.
He stands, hands forward and settled before him, gaze levelling on the Metis as they flesh through the Gauntlet, words already on his lips.
“You defy the Master of Challenge-” And words would continue to fall out for the Silent Modi and the Pack behind her, as the battle joined.
((Defensive Stance. 1 Rage Spent. Split Action: 1a) Block 1b) True Fear. Rage Action held for Defensive measures.))
[Ruhiger] (Um. When did we all go umbral?)
[Agony Thane] ((*perks a brow* Check below?))
[Agony Thane] ((Fifteen minutes and counting people.))
[Agony Thane] ((Unless the Fenrir decided not to go Umbral. I assumed you would all be following?))
[Silence] (I think we interpreted that as Kendra attempting to go umbral, not the whole pack. Furthermore, in the 5 min it’ll take, this combat will have been over and done with. I don’t think Ruhiger was going to stop and politely wait *LOL*)
[Agony Thane] (*Perks a brow* 5 Minutes through the Gauntlet. They are still standing there when it happens. That’s how long it takes for an individual to pass through the webs.
And I posted in Baaku’s prior post that the Entire pack vanished.)
[Agony Thane] ((They aren’t^ *eyes the typos*))
[Silence] (A single post covering 5 min of action without chance to respond isn’t too fair, man. But I’m willing to go with it WITH the stipulation that if this becomes a deciding factor at some critical juncture later on, we can appeal it with the admins and redo the scene.)
[Agony Thane] ((In all honesty? I’m thinking a Re-do on the scene is necessary at this point. Half the people here are dead on their feet, me included and I’m not comfortable with this scene being run at this point. The CotB is still going and there are other factors to consider.
*tilts head* I’ve got exactly ten minutes now before my 7 Hours of sleep begins and that’ll be enough time to pull a rabbit out of a hat in combat with declarations and proper posts. Let’s wait on this scene for another time. It’ll still happen, but not right now.))
[Ruhiger] (if ya’ll would quit distracting me I could bloody well post!!!)
[Hyde] (( Oh she’ll get her posts in. It’s coming. :)
[Ruhiger] (( that’s cool, we’ll roll with it. All eagles are Umbral. Poof. Everyone there? Good. here we go.))
She is barely popped over and stalking toward the Shadowlord who challenged her. He starts to spout something and she’s already moving. Faster the lightening, deadlier then sin.
(1 wp, resist pain. 1 rage, Reflexive shift, hispo. Split single action 4 ways. Bite bite bite bite.)
[Ruhiger] (rolling first bite at -4 penalty)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 9, 10 (Success x 4 at target 5) Re-rolls: 1
[Agony Thane] ((No she won’t. I’m calling the scene off for the time being folks, as stated. Go cool off and get some rest. We’ll do this again when everyone’s got fresh heads.))
[Kendra Peterman] (( *Snorts, lifts head, wipes slobber off her cheek* ‘Eh? ))
[Evan McCollach] (May I ask if Ruhiger’s Wits and Dex are both at 4 or greater?)
to Ruhiger
[Silence] (ugh man, it’s hard as hell for us to all make it at the same time. i’m off to tokyo in a week too. this challenge will be decided in four sets of rolls. if baaku isn’t down by AM’s fourth hit, TF will send her running and it’s game over.)
[Ruhiger] (Let’s finish this one – thats why I split, so it wouldn’t last forever. Toss the dice for your block, let’s finish up. It won’t take long if people let us get to it and quit blabbering.)
[Evan McCollach] (Lessa, if your Wits or dex are not 4, then you cannot have 4 attacks. Just asking for transcript sake.)
to Ruhiger
[Agony Thane] ((Dood. I am not running a Combat notmatter how few rolls, on a 5 AM kick off. 5 Minutes or an Hour, we can pull this down in the week before you leave or simply run through each Challenge seperately. I’m also not going into a combat with a mind like this. Period. IRL is problematic, fine. We’ll figure it out.
But you shouldn’t have pushed this scene to the forefront and I shouldn’t have accepted. Not doing it and I sure as hell am not “Speeding things up” and not following the specifics for the sake of a Dice Off.
I’m going to bed. You all do the same. Good Night.))
[Silence] (boo. boo, i say.)
[Ruhiger] I don’t recall asking you to mod, or check my numbers. I am transcripting as well, and Liz has access to my sheet. My numbers are correct.
to Evan McCollach
[Evan McCollach] (Then the scene is on freeze.)
[Hyde] (( I’m not freezing my char for weeks because he chickened out when he didn’t win initis.
[Kendra Peterman] (( Well… Perfect oppertunity for me to hit the sack. Scene freeze, we can finish this at some point or another. Time for rest. Superbowl tomorrow. BEARS BIZITCHES! ))
[Kendra Peterman] (( Don’t freeze the character. We’ll just redo this scene ‘r something, and I bet he’s more than willing to keep the inits and action declarations. Now, bedtime for me. G’nite folks. ))
[Silence] (it’s all right, we’ll finish this tomorrow night. really only baaku, AM, hyde and decker need to be there, and the four of us coincide pretty well.)
[Ruhiger] (No characters need to be frozen. It simply happens when it happens. Technically the moot isn’t even finished. PLay on.
No redo. We start from here. Period.)
[Hyde] Tomarrow night is superbowl))
[Evan McCollach] (Sorry lessa, just wanna make sure it was suppose to go smoothly.)
to Ruhiger
[Ruhiger] As a former admin – I’m pretty sure I know my stuff – specially with rules lawyers to stomp me if I don’t.
to Evan McCollach
[Evan McCollach] (I know, again I am sorry Lessa. I guess I have seen too many scenes thrown out on techs
to Ruhiger
[Ruhiger] I won’t let that happen. Scene will resume with his block roll, follows by my first damage, and 2,3,4, bites asap.
to Evan McCollach
[Evan McCollach] (Okay, have a good night)
to Ruhiger
[Agony Thane] ((Sounds like a plan.))
[Ruhiger] [Ruhiger]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 9, 10 (Success x 4 at target 5) Re-rolls: 1
(rolling first bite at -4 penalty)
THis was the first bite – roll your block, I’ll go damage, and we’re off and running.))
[Agony Thane] The Agony Thane’s body moves in counter-step to Ruhiger’s own, an arm rising to meet her lunging snarl, even as words continue beyond his maw and the subtle twitches of body language…
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Ruhiger] Blocked, AM bites again.
(Second bite at -5 penalty)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 5, 9, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 5) Re-rolls: 1
[Ruhiger] (damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 15 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 10, 10, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Agony Thane] Soak.
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Ruhiger] (bite 3 at -6)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 7, 8, 9 (Success x 3 at target 5)
[Agony Thane] ((Nix that last attack. Baaku’s got his next split action.))
[Ruhiger] Damage
Dice Rolled:[ 13 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 6 at target 6)
[Hyde] (( she won inits. she gets her actions first. You only got block because it’s defencive))
[Ruhiger] (But I have inits – split actions occur all in a row, yes?))
[Hyde] (( Yes.
[Agony Thane] ((Split Actions occur simultaneously as Turns. Actions occur in Init. Order, just as if it were Rage Actions.))
[Ruhiger] (Kay – checking with Mei so’s we know for sure – she’s grabbing her book)
[Hyde] Your ‘action’ doesn’t come till after her inits though, you didn’t tie for inits, so her “Splits’ come before you ever get to move.
[Hyde] (( Mei’s takin’ a look. hold up))
[Ruhiger] (cuz to be honest, I’ve heard both ways – so we’ll go by Mei’s word?)
[Agony Thane] ((The way yer describin’ doesn’t sound very realistic.))
[Ruhiger] Damon Sands (9:13:04 PM): AND
Damon Sands (9:13:06 PM): since his first split is a block
Damon Sands (9:13:11 PM): his TF comes at the very end of the round.
Damon Sands (9:13:15 PM): exactly.
Damon Sands (9:13:20 PM): that’s my logic, anyway
Bodhar (9:13:25 PM): That makes sense.
Damon Sands (9:13:30 PM): because AAAA BB *is* ridiculous
Bodhar (9:13:37 PM): You can also say that on page 193 goddamnit cat!
Damon Sands (9:13:39 PM): but ABABAA doesn’t make since either
to Agony Thane
[Ruhiger] ((ok – I want no complaints. Here’s how it’s going down according to ME.
I’ll keep the roll I rolled, but hold off and let him roll his true fear. Gonna alternate it, and I accept that, and we’ll let Liz sort it out differently for future battles. does that work for you Harv?
So – he has his TF roll. If he TFs me, then we’ll move on. If not, well. I bite him that third, and fourth time.)
[Agony Thane] ((Liz has got final say on the matter and this combat can be changed depending on her say so. If the Book isn’t clear-cut then we’re pressing on as is. For future reference, Liz is gonna need to be present for a MOD consult for the remainder of this scene.))
[Agony Thane] “-Your challenge is void-”
A rolling growl touches his lips, as Ruhiger’s fangs snap ’round in taut muscled fury, digging flesh from his flank and rending fur near to the bone, the flood of pain diminished under the sudden surge of Will, the deadens the nerves. The Judge and Interrogter surges free of the flesh and and manifests upon features and deep within dread black eyes. Fear, cast from countless experiences, and levelled on the Ahroun already red frothed at the mouth.
((True Fear))
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Success x 4 at target 5)
[Ruhiger] She expected it. She did. True Fear is a bitch, and it washes over her in waves, leaving her standing stock still – slobbering and snarling silent as she fights to free her mind to continue fighting for what is hers.
(His bowels, his heart, his spine, his… you get the picture)
She stands, on all fours, every muscle quivering.
[Agony Thane] A Low growl rolls through his jaws, even as he steps back on bent knees, eyes lifting to regard the Fenrir number in total even as Ruhiger stands down from the offensive.
“…This challenge was to be had under An Elder’s guided eye and that Tradition stands in this protectorate, Not Fenrir. Not Yours. I will obey my Elders and the Laws of our People. This challenge is over. Anything further will be little more then an act of Cowardice…”
And it is around the last word that the flush of Fear begins to dissipate on the Ahroun before him, the Crinos monster sneering about the fangs, though his posture is without the solid tension of one seeking battle.
[Ruhiger] The True Fear starts to dissapate and she snarls, silently, snapping in Hight Tongue across the totem phone, for Silence to translate.
Alpha – translate? We do not recognize the Sept. You challenged me. Back down, you are coward. Fight – or die running like the [fucking] bitch you are.
[Silence] (ok — i’m pretty caught up in my other scene. please assume that Baneslayer (Kathrin) simply translates AM word for word. No need for an extra post. Meanwhile Silence is being… silent.)
[Silence] (oh hell.)
Baneslayer, speak for your pack-sister. Word for word.
Other than that, impassive.
[Agony Thane] A Snort runs those Crinos jaws, lip peeling back not in anger but steadily waning Irritation. The word was beginning to lose it’s significance.
“You are fond of that word. You and the Fenrir number have called me a Coward many times this night and in prior moments, despite my arguements otherwise. You are correct. You have sworn against the Sept and it’s Elders and Silence~rhya has been banned from the Sept Grounds until such time as he makes contrition and formally recognizes the Sept Leadership…”
A pause then, standing straighter, head tilting off towards his Packmates to motion them forward into the arena clear sign that he intends not to continue this fight.
“I can only assume that extends to his Pack as well.” A brief wince ripples at his features, hands touching to the wound at his side, ears flickering back along his skull, even as he nods towards Evan. A signal of permission in this tense moment.
[Evan McCollach] (May I ask if Evan’s Persausion gift would still be enacted before I speak?)
to Ruhiger, Silence
[Ruhiger] I can only assume…
I can only assume you forget you challenged ME. Your arguments mean nothing in face of your actions. We finish it, weakling.
And she lunges. Again.
She is Fenrir.
She is Modi.
She was challenged.
She will fight.
[Ruhiger] (still enacted from?)
to Evan McCollach
[Evan McCollach] (from the Moot)
to Ruhiger
[Ruhiger] (no. this is after moot, effectively a different scene. the gift is active for a scene. Not a night.)
to Evan McCollach, Silence
[Baneslayer] Kat gave the quick translation to Thane then watched on.
[Ruhiger] (inits, yet again!)
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 8
[Agony Thane] Init.
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 6
[Evan McCollach] He stand foward as the fight seems to disapate before him. But there still was the problems that had lingered, the anger that filled the air. The rage would kill any who would disrupt it. And with this he calls out fir his powers of persuasion, his ability to slow the actions of the enraged, to calm the temper of the furious.
“Please then rhya, if you do not wish to recognize this Sept as your own, shall you still recognize the Traditions of the Nation? An elder of your packmates as well as mine has decreed when this challenge shall take place. Shall we claim the traditions as not? As worthless before our beliefs? I beseech you, reconsider these actions. In the name of the Nation.”
He did not stare into Silence’s eyes, he did not throw his chest out in definance. He spoke to aid the situation, not enfuse further rage. He was the calm of this storm of rage that swirled about them.
(First roll for Persausion, second roll oration)
[Agony Thane] ((12))
[Ruhiger] (17)
[Evan McCollach] (Persausion roll)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 3, 4, 4 (Failure at target 6)
[Evan McCollach] ( Oration roll at diff 8)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9 (Success x 2 at target 8)
[Agony Thane] As Ruhiger lunges to the forefront, Baaku’s eyes are on his Packmate Evan. When the Modi’s muscles tense, his first reaction is one of Ire, snarling heavily under his breath even as Hispo leaps to the attack once more. His arms rise to catch shoulder and neck, claws set aside in favour of the Submission of a Grappling hold.
[Ruhiger] She lunges, caring not that his face is turned. Fenrir would scoff at the idiocy of one turning away from his snarling child. But she is beyond deciphering thought, merely acting on instinct.
Her jaws are massive, slobbering toothfilled deathtraps, and she uses them with effectiveness and speed that defies explanation.
(still in hispo, dropping 3 rage, 4 bites. rolling first bite)
Dice Rolled:[ 10 d10 ] 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 6 at target 5) Re-rolls: 1
[Ruhiger] (dam)
Dice Rolled:[ 15 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 8 at target 6)
[Agony Thane] ((Declaration has been clarified. Baaku’s submission was a Grapple/Block over AIM. Been decided it is a split action reflecting a 1a) Block and 1b) Grapple. Continuing forward. Block.))
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 3, 3, 7, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6) [WP]
[Ruhiger] (reroll damage at -2 – so 13)
Dice Rolled:[ 13 d10 ] 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 8 at target 6)
[Agony Thane] ((Soak))
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 5, 5, 8, 8, 9, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Agony Thane] (Rage Back)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 3, 3, 3, 5, 7 (Failure at target 8)
[Agony Thane] The flash of combat is over with that first swift lunge. Ruhiger’s jaws snap, as the Thane’s clawed hands lunge forward to push back against the flesh and fur of shoulders and body, finding purchase in the flank and gut, where wounds already lay. A sharp gust of wind, and the odd ripple of a lip forms on the Crinos maw, even as the Thane falls backwards in a gout of red splashed Gore.
The Penumbral mists scattered under the falling body, already beginning the shift from fur and fang to the Human semblance.
[Ruhiger] She stands over the body as it reverts to homid with a shuddering sigh, and lifts her head, blood and gore dripping from massive jaw. She faces down his pack, her lips pulled back into silent snarl, daring them to come avenge their alpha, fur bristled along her back.
[Hyde] *Hyde nods his massive gun metal gray crinos head. Little bolts of lightning playing across his fur here in the umbra. Those blue eyes of nordic ice flicker up to the rest of the hounds. Their fates being measured here in seconds.
Watching to see if this would stop here… or go forward into something worse*
[Kendra Peterman] Kendra had been waiting, silent but tense, off to the sidelines along with Evan. While many chose their Crinos forms, Kendra opted for her Hispo one instead tonight. Perhaps it was the Rage burning so strong in her breast that brought her to her most savage, feral body. Actually, that’s probably exactly what her motivation was.
Either way, Hispo it was. She stood and watched, muscles trembling, as her Alpha held back the Metis Modi with sheer force of an intimidation Gift, one that sent chills to the heart and bone, from what she had experienced. She watched him make his stand, refuse to continue with the challenge, listened to Evan’s speech. She watched, teeth bared and pulse racing, as the Modi charged and attacked once more… and pulled her Alpha apart.
And as she saw this, eyes a pale yellow comparable to the colored moon in autumn widened and an unearthly sound burst from her maw. A howl to rattle bones, one of absolute Rage and loss.
(( Frenzy Check ))
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 4, 6, 7 (Success x 2 at target 4)
[Kendra Peterman] (( If she’s darting forward to protect the body rather than attack, need I roll Init? ))
[Evan McCollach] (frenzy check)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 6, 6, 7 (Success x 3 at target 4)
[Ruhiger] ((well, AMs kinda standing over the body..)
[Kathrin Baneslayer] Baneslayer gave a tilt of her head. The her eyes went to watching the rest of the Hounds to see what was coming next.
[Kendra Peterman] (( Mmph. Okay. ))
[Kathrin Baneslayer] ((*goes back inside, done with tech call*))
[Ruhiger] (So yeah – inits. But! if she asks for AM to step aside, she will. She’s just bracing for attack)
to Kendra Peterman
[Kendra Peterman] (( Kendra, while not a coward, isn’t retarded. If there’s a chance to save her Alpha, it doesn’t lie in attacking AM. It lies in getting him away from her. So she’ll ask. Just waiting on Clark to make a post first. ))
to Ruhiger
[Ruhiger] ((Cool. Just letting ya know she will allow them to have the body. But she’s braced for attack at the moment))
to Kendra Peterman
[Kendra Peterman] (( Good good. :) ))
to Ruhiger
[Evan McCollach] His eyes grow dim and dark. There was not patience, no peace in his words, he was filled with ire of hatred or anger. He would not stand for this injustice of the Nation.
“You, Ruhiger have killed one of the Nation in cold blood outside of a just challenge decreed upon by our elders. You shall yield and come with me to the Sept where you shall be judged according to your crimes against the Nation. As only stand judge in this gathering, that is the manner of which this shall be handled. OR MUST I TAKE YOU IN IN RESISTENCE.”
The last statement said in pure rage, this was no game and this would not be held as such.
[Hyde] *Hyde looked over at Evan and his words were deep* ~HT~ You raise a finger aginst her boy and i’ll rip off your fucking arm and shove it up your ass…..
[Ruhiger] She snorts, and crouches. A shake of her head, blood flying from her maw, gives the only reply to that.
She. Does. Not. Answer. To Maelstroms Elders.
[Kendra Peterman] The Fianna shook with Rage, her eyes blurred. Were she in Homid, there would be tears and lots of them. However, wolves had problems shedding tears, so she shook and trembled instead. Her muscles corded, and she stepped slowly away from Evan’s side. Each step seemed strained, as though she were restraining her urge to attack and avenge with every fiber of her being.
She was approaching Ann Marie.
Yet, rather than charge fangs flashing, she walked slowly. As she walked, she rumbled. “Move. Give me my Alpha’s body…..” There is no request in words, but in tone, in body language, and in her eyes and soul, there is pleading and sadness.
[Baneslayer] Kat turns to Evan.
“Stand down. Ruhiger was in her rights.”
[Ruhiger] Kendra approaches – trembling and determined.
AnneMarie, despite what they think, is still honorable. It is not the packs fault they banked on the wrong leader. Not in this instance. As such, she backs away. Slowly. Giving Kendra the space to see to her fallen.
Her gaze falls heavy on Evan once more.
[Evan McCollach] He stand foward more, he will not backdown from this criminal. Again he pushes his words harder. Again enacting his powers of persausion. He did not have the claws to fight all the Eagles. But he knew better. His first actions turning to the one once know as Baneslayer. His eyes upon her.
“You have been deemed a cub once more by your Elders, as such your words are without warrent. I ask that you stand down young baneslayer, unless you wish to further wound your status among the Nation.”
(Persausion roll)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 6, 9, 9 (Success x 4 at target 6) [WP]
[Kendra Peterman] AnnMarie moved, and Kendra took her place over Agony Thane’s fallen body.
Trembling still, her ears pinned back and tail straight, she looked at the Eagles, glaring hard for a few seconds. Then, slowly, she lowered her head and nudged her nose into the wide open wound in her Alpha’s side.
In false, weak hope, she tried to heal him.
[Hyde] (( rolling for FotWR before post. lol it might not work.
sta+occ diff 7))
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 1, 3, 6, 6, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 1 at target 7)
[Hyde] *There is a shimmer as Evan stepped forward and Hyde seemed… to just BURST into an eerie blue flame.. The flames licking up off his gun metal gray fur and he looks to evan. The massive godi’s eyes narrowing… He’s not kidding around.*
[Baneslayer] “THERE is nothing more the Sept can do to hurt me, Evan. I may be a cub, but atleast I know what is right and wrong. Pity it had to go this far.”
Her tone was calm, and even. She was not in any way aggressive, even when the persuasion worked on her. She was merely stating fact now.
[Evan McCollach] He once again looks at the Eagles, a judge above all things. He would not relinquish his position among the Nation, handed down by Luna. He would not be intimidated by these before him. Not now.
“Again, stand down. The Laws of the Nation supercede all of us. I shall uphold the Nation’s Laws until my last dying breath and again as only ranked Philodox, I judge Rugiher in violation of the Litany and a criminal of the Nation for killing another of Gaia’s chosen.”
(Oration roll again, diff 8 (9-1 from Persuasion)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Success x 2 at target 8) [WP]
[Kendra Peterman] And, of course, nothing happened. Agony Thane remained motionless, pulseless, breathless on the ground.
And Kendra collapsed. Her Rage had flared intially, threatened to take her over. But it failed, and now it buckled under the strain of her sorrow. Her knees gave way, a sound of a wounded animal rumbled out of her throat, and when she landed on her knees she was in Homid. Blood smeared her face from nosing at the wound, and tears were quick to join the mess. Shaking hands reached down to touch lightly at the Philodox’s face, then lifted his head and shoulders from the ground onto her legs. Almost protectively, she cradled her fallen Alpha to her chest and bowed her head to his, sobbing and choking on her tears.
[Hyde] *Hyde stood his ground. He’d laid down his own law. If Evan tried to take AnneMarie. Hyde would Act.
As he stood there, his skin thickened under the blue flame. Becoming armor like, and.. well he was never pretty to start with, but this didn’t help any.*
(( Trolls skin: Stam+PU diff 7))
Dice Rolled:[ 9 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 8, 10 (Success x 1 at target 7)
[Agony Thane] ((Ok. It’s time for folks to start actually taking Social Rolls a little more seriously. Simply casting them aside because it doesn’t fit the Motif of the Char. They have validity in the rolls and the Worth.))
[Agony Thane] ((If you want to resist what’s being said? Then Let’s see some proper rolls for it. Otherwise, start including the effort of others chars into your roleplay.))
[Silence] (consider WP spent to ignore Evan’s oration.)
“SILENCE!”
The shout comes so suddenly; the Modi in warform.
“I have had enough of your prattling, Cliath. Your Alpha made the challenge to Ruhiger, and Ruhiger answered. They met in combat. Your Alpha fought and died honorably. We will remember him for that. You desecrate his final stand with your whining. Take your Alpha. Bury him. If you would have vengeance, we will be waiting. You know where to find us.”
He jerks his head sharply at the Eagles. This’s finished. Let’s go. Leave ’em in peace.
[Ruhiger] Ruhiger snarls – silent and deadly, and steps between Evan and the littlest Eagle. Perhaps he is persuasive and a skilled orator, but does that mean she is without thought? He orates, he speaks -she has already proven an beast of action. Rage still sparks in her eyes. Bloodlust still screams under her skin.
Never try to reason with an animal.
He speaks again, and the snarl widens into a broad, hispo sizes smirk as she takes
One. Deliberate. Step. toward the Judge. And crouches as if to spring….
Instead, she turns on a heel and stalks back the way they came. As her alpha has decreed, she agrees. They are finished here.
[Kendra Peterman] “It’s murder.”
Seething words sounded from the small, prone looking girl that knelt on the ground, blood smeared and protecting her Alpha from possible continued desecration.
“He called off the challenge. Took it back. Cowardly as that might seem, it’s what was done. The challenge was to take place before the Master of Challenges. In front of Balance-rhya… It’s not legit, it’s not proper, it’s not… not right… He…. You heartless…”
And her words failed her. The momentary conviction that she gained was lost under the weight of her own sorrow-swollen heart, a lump closed her throat, and she choked her way into incoherent sobs once more.
[Evan McCollach] He looked at the Adren and looks away. He was of rank and as such, he would not challenge his words. Not without great meaning. But Ruigher. His hand shoots over to Kendra, silencing her from any words that may come off poorly. She was prone to her emotions, he was trained to strain them in, to hold them tight of himself. A measure of his Silver Fang breeding coming foward.
“I challenge you Ruigher, for showing ill-restraint in a challenge and killing one of our Nation. Do you find this challenge as honorable?”
[Baneslayer] Hat turns her eyes to Kendra and Baaku. There is the slightest tinge of a frown for a mere second, then gone. She didn’t know Baaku. And this wasn’t her fight. She just followed orders. She gave a look of empathy to Kendra as she speaks. Then she looked to Evan challenging AM and just shook her head*
[Hyde] *Hyde watched and as AM turned to leave he let her get a good 10 steps start.
Reaching down a massive 3 fingered hand went to Baneslayer’s shoulder and turned her. Then walking he left as well.*
[Ruhiger] Ears slap back, flat, on her head as she turns around. A pointed look at Kat asks the littlest Eagle to repeat word for word, again. Then, with eyes on Evan. Silent. The snarl working it’s way across her maw again.
Find me another day. I accept your challenge – another day. You will face me full of health and rage, as I will you. One on one. In a circle of my choosing, under circumstances of my choosing. That is my right as challenged. Make your peace with Gaia, philodox. You will be with her soon enough.
And she turns again, and continues to walk with her pack.
[Baneslayer] Kat repeated everything to Evan before looking up at Hyde as he touched her then turned away to follow his lead*
[Kendra Peterman] She heard the challenge and nearly died right on the spot. But instead of actually dying, she spoke up, her voice thick with still-falling tears.
“Evan… No….”
Nothing else wanted to come out than that, her throat was raw and sore, her muscles still-trembling. She felt dizzy and weak, exhausted and confused, lost. The mere thought of Evan fighting the very creature that just destroyed their Alpha made her want to vomit.
[Evan McCollach] He nods to Baneslayer’s words. This would be handled. But his words again became calm, peaceful. The child of Gaia stand up once again.
“Do not think that being a pup once more is the worst, for you still live young baneslayer. You still may fight on in the name of Gaia and do your duty proudly. And when you die you can find solace in her embrace. There are far worse punishments then being a cub young one.”
Who was he to say young one? He was but only in his teen years. He was no young one.
And then he looks to Kendra, his eyes holding nothing but pure stone, emotion of a Philodox.
“I cannot allow this to stand. This sept and all within it are acting as if we are in the Wild West, law means little to those of this area. The law must once again be established. We are not children any longer, if I do not seek to challenge then I do both my auspice and Astraea wrong. The law must be brought back to this Sept. There is no other way.”
It was both a personal decree as well as an adjustment to the voice he knew so well.
[Kendra Peterman] Kendra, for the most part, went still. She no longer paid any mind to the Eagles. The temptation for revenge was far too strong, and she would be damned if she dishonored her totem or her fallen Alpha by giving way to such urges. Besides, who would lead the pack if she were to fall? It seemed that the responsibility to lead kept falling hard on top of her head, and always in the form of a loss.
Rather than watch the Eagles, she looked to Evan. Her eyes met his, hers red and wet from tears, filled with sorrow and loss. His stoney and impossible to read, emotionless and hard.
She turned away.
Shaking her head and saying nothing, she forced herself to her feet, forced herself to change forms, moving from Homid back to Crinos. Though every muscle in her body cried for her to stay still, though the grief in her heart willed her to remain motionless for days, she leaned down, scooped Thane’s fallen form into her arms, and began to walk away from the scene as well. She did not go to Thane’s mate’s home, she did not go to the Hounds place of gathering. Rather, she walked toward the Caern.
[Silence] For his part, Silence did not stop. And as Ruhiger falls in again with the pack, his body posture shifts ever so slightly to acknowledge her place. He might give some word of assurance that he would stand by her should the Sept seek vengeance — but he doesn’t need to. They were a pack. That goes unsaid.
The Eagles depart as they had come, five abreast, as one.
[Baneslayer] Kat paused, pushing Hyde’s hand off her shoulder and turned back. Her voice the deep rich german from the Black Forest. Her eyes leveled on Evan.
“Excuse me? Pup or not, I could still kick your ass. Shame I’m not allowed to challenge. But then, you were just stupid enough to challenge Ruhiger. I’m sure she’ll make it very clear where you stand when you both fight. I’ll pray for you, Evan, that you will die honourably. But for now, I am done with you.”
She turned back and looked up at Hyde. She more than likely was the same age as Evan or thereabouts. But she was never one who let someone try and rub salt in her wounds. She stayed by Hyde’s side til they were home.
[Silence] (uh, this goes before my previous post–)
Baneslayer doesn’t get past excuse me when Silence speaks across the totemlink. ENOUGH. They’s Cliaths. Kids. Whatever else Baaku was, he was they Alpha ‘n now he’s dead. Let ’em be.
[Baneslayer] ((Then omit everything after Excuse me and she’ll just walk off with HYDE))
[Hyde] *He walked along. Letting the toll’s skin fade, but keeping the blue flame to help light their way out of the Hounds turf and back into their own*
[Evan McCollach] Evan looks back to Kendra, again he may seem isolated, emotionless. But he knows his ways. The fallen were due their rights.
[Silence] (OK, I’m out. I’ll be on AIM. Thanks for the scene. Sorry I was distracted. And Harv, Agony Thane was an awesome charac– dammit he left. Well, someone tell him that for me. I gotta jet to bed!)