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Post by othus on Mar 31, 2020 8:59:31 GMT
The golem, despite moving organically, did not feel Rosenda on top of it. Nerae and Nova were witnesses of Rosenda's strength as she decimated the golem with her own hands. before she was halfway done, the golem ceased moving, whatever attacks she put on it, they worked.
By the time Rosenda was done with the creature, Garnet was back on her feet. Nerae walked right behind her, red eyes and small fangs showing.
"I copied her powers and turned into a lesser vampire, looks like she needed help healing with blood magic, best I could do was give her some of my blood...hey do you always feel parched or is it just me?"
Garnet rolled her eyes at Nerae and helped Nova get up, she had lost her footing during the fight, but thankfully Rosenda had come to the rescue before it was too late.
"You know, I'm glad you are here, these two girls and I would have been dead a long time ago, double dead in my case. Anyway, you still have the bolts, right?"
After Rosenda confirmed wether or not the bolts were fine, Nova spoke
"I suppose we can now continue, things are bound to get worse the deeper we go into the temple, but I feel there must be some artifacts of interest inside"
"huh? we are only here for the bolts, nova"-Garnet replied, dismissing her greed.
"I know, but there must be something rather impressive if the bolts can be found this early in the temple"
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 2, 2020 7:16:58 GMT
Rosenda tumbled from the panther when it collapsed, rolling away from the rain of rubble. Her hands left bloody streaks on the floor and one claw simply broke free when it scraped the ground. She gasped desperately, standing to flop against the wall. When approached, she raised her palms to request time, revealing them to be bloodied and bruised from so vigorously tearing at the rock. Slowly, her body reverted back to normal, and it was another minute still before she caught her breath. “I can… go as far as I’m needed.” She lied. Pulling apart solid stone wasn’t the same as clinging to a cliff. “Nerae, drink some water. Next time you get the chance, eat something with iron. Liver, seafood, dried fruits or tofu if you’re vegewhatever. Don’t bite anything in here, you don’t know where it’s been.”
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Post by othus on Apr 13, 2020 5:39:46 GMT
"Damn, you do not look well. Maybe we should just try our luck with two bolts..."- Nerae said as she looked at Rosenda's wounds, the idea of having seafood wasn't so bad, maybe after they killed the Bat-thing at the hotel.
"hmmm...I think I agree, Rosenda is the only reason we are alive now, and we still need her for the fight against Camazotz, let's go back to our world"
Garnet was not going to say no to that proposition, if Nerae didnt have her copy powers, she would have died in this temple.
"Very well, I suppose we can leave now, I wanted 4, but we will have to do with 2. let's hurry!"-Garnet said as she lead the way outside the temple.
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 13, 2020 23:01:09 GMT
“Well if you guys insist on it, we can go.” Rosenda shrugged, wincing when her shoulder popped. “In my hands, two is plenty.” She added, reloading her semiauto as they left the temple. Her fingers still ached, but the rest of her seemed mostly intact. “So, Garnet. You said your family has ties to Camazotz and that somebody summoned him, so I gotta ask. Who could summon him? Would it have to be one of your family members?” She asked.
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Post by othus on Apr 14, 2020 0:21:25 GMT
"I know for a fact it's no one in my family because killing Gehennas weakens the control we have over Camazotz, why would any of us want to dilute our power? that being said, someone has been killing Gehenna by the dozen, because our control over the creature has significantly weakened. Vampire hunters have been after my family for quite some time, but we were usually even. It would seem something changed though, as they got a new hunter on their ranks, and he is way above our paygrade...he could be part of the bounty hunter association for all I know. You'd still protect us if he is, right?"
Getting out of the black and white world was easy, the arrows were clearly a deterrent to any creature that lurked in the forest. Garnet and company jumped on the fire and they were back in the woods, the creatures that were once after them were gone. Neraes' convertible and Rosenda's motorcycle were still untouched.
"I'm amazed they left our stuff intact. it's suspicious even"- Nerae said as she examined her car.
"It's because those creatures only follow simple orders like kill, or capture... the guy controlling those things never imagined we would phase out of reality"
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 15, 2020 0:16:48 GMT
“BHA members aren’t all tight-knit. I’m friends with a few of them, but there’s a bunch of bastards too. If somebody is causing this much trouble, the organization won’t punish me for putting them down.” Rosenda shrugged. Honestly, there were a few she would gladly put a bullet through even if she wasn’t getting paid for it. “What a lack of imagination.” She mumbled as she propped her motorcycle up. “You should ride in the car, kid.” She waved to Garnet.
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Post by othus on Apr 15, 2020 2:08:04 GMT
"Well at the very least we have our weapons back, and with that arrow the monster will just turn into one BIG target, this is gonna be no problem"
"Certainly, Rosenda managed to kind of kill it once before at the hotel, our odds of victory if we land the shot are high"
Garnet crossed her arms and frowned when Rosenda told her to get in the car.
"And here I was starting to like your little two-wheeled rocket Ros, oh well, I call shotgun!"- Garnet said as she got in the car right as Nova opened the door, the Ashen agent simply shrugged and got in the backseat.
Once the group got back to the hotel they would notice the entire thing was empty. not a single soul to be seen.
"What do you think Ros? do we split up or stick together? this is obviously a trap"
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 16, 2020 2:50:48 GMT
“And you can ride it when you’re 13 and have a helmet. Until then, you ride the car.” Rosenda revved her motorcycle up and made the engine hum. “Missed you in there.” She mumbled, patting the machine’s side. The motorcycle peeled out and she led the way back.
The bike slid to a stop on the far end of the parking lot. She was suspicious the moment she noticed that nobody was moving around. It was a big hotel, there was always somebody moving around. “Absolutely no splitting up. Splitting up is for when you have multiple objectives and a time limit.” Rosenda rummaged in the bottomless box on the back of her bike. “I say we knock the whole hotel down. See how he likes that!” She drew an odd weapon, grip like a pistol with an oversized, clunky bomb strapped to the front.
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Post by othus on Apr 18, 2020 8:31:17 GMT
Nova pulled her Barret 50 cal. out of the trunk, Nerae, in turn, grabbed an AR15. both agents told Garnet to stay on the car and then Nerae proceeded to set her hand on Rosenda's gun, signaling her not to shoot.
"Yeah, I very much would like to keep my job, let's not get ahead of ourselves, shall we?"
In the meantime, Nova had already set up her sniper rifle on top of Nerae's car.
"Hey,what are you doing? you know my ride costs a pretty penny right? get off the roof of my car will ya?"
"No can do, Nerae. someone's coming through the Main door"
The owner of the resort calmly walked outside. he saw the girls fully loaded but smiled.
"Hand over the arrows and the girl, and you won't be harmed. resist, and you will all die"
Nerae looked at Rosenda's weapon, then at Nova's.
"Um, no? you are under arrest, you hav-" Nerae was interrupted by a shot from Nova, who blew a hole right through the owner's head.
"NOVA WHAT THE FUCK?!"
"Shut up, that guy clearly fused with the creature. Rosenda, There's your target"
Even as they spoke, the man began to regenerate, Nova kept firing her antimaterial rifle, putting massive holes on her target, but it was only a matter of time before she ran out of bullets.
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 19, 2020 1:48:55 GMT
“Oh, alright.” Rosenda put the bomb-tossing gun back where she got it and drew the crossbow. “Ah hell, what’s up with him?” She asked when she heard the hotel owner’s voice. The next second, the sound of Nova’s rifle went off. “Woah, okay! Alright!” Rosenda straddled her bike and pumped the engines. The bike plowed across the parking lot, charging right at the hotel entrance. A single tap of a button extended the gun to the side of her front wheel, the matador cannon. It fired off at full auto, hopefully keeping him still as she charged close. “Hello, Camazotz. I don’t kill many gods, so you should feel honored!” She held it out and fired, as close to point blank as she could get.
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Post by othus on Apr 19, 2020 3:05:12 GMT
As soon as the bolt left Rosenda's crossbow it seemingly splintered into pieces.
"Sorry grams, I need the bat alive"- A voice came from the side, Nova turned her sniper towards the source and her gun exploded as well, a man wearing jeans, a black leather jacket and a cowboy hat slowly walked into the parking lot.
Camazotz swung at Rosenda with an oversized claw, strong enough to destroy her and the bike in a single go, then at the man who extended his hand in response, something that froze the creature in place. He held it for a few seconds, then jumped out of the way, Camazotz attack went through and destroyed a tree in the distance.
"Phew, looks like this guy is the right one. Now, may I ask where is the Gehenna lass?"- He said as he dusted off his clothes.
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 20, 2020 6:27:24 GMT
“Oh, fuck.” The sound of the crossbow bolt splintering into sawdust, like a pencil getting snapped in a dozen places, rang in her ears. The sound of Camazotz’s rushing claw wasn’t great either. Too close to turn and run, Rosenda fell. Her bike tipped over and slid. The claw passed just overhead, stripping off a leather sleeve and a chunk of skin. A second later she went skidding into the wall, compressed between brick and her bike. Bricks cracked and bones creaked and she let out some half-choked cusses.
She kicked the bike away to scrabble on all fours and get some distance on Camazotz, only for the new figure to enter her attention. Footsteps first, then scent. A man. Human, at least as far as she could tell. Camazotz moved to attack his position and… froze? He had some sort of control over the thing then? “Who? I’m just here to shoot monsters. Nobody pays me to remember names.” Rosenda had a problem. Of all her guns, the only she had on her right now were the crossbow and her silent whisper. The rest of them were on her motorcycle, ten feet away and near a crazed Aztec god.
She had to risk melee, and in human form at that. She had already popped out the beast twice today. Three was risky, mentally and physically. Last time she transformed three times in one day, she had woken up stark naked three states over a week later. It was a matter of last resort. She sprang forwards, trying to close the distance and grab hold of him. At the very least, Camazotz couldn’t attack her if she was close to its master.
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Post by othus on Apr 20, 2020 7:27:06 GMT
"What are you gettin close at me for? I'm not here to tango with you love, Right now I'm fixing to steal the bat from that guy"- The man said as he easily made distance between him and Rosenda by hopping to the side, hands still in his pockets. His physical abilities were most definitely not human even if he looked and smelled like one. The guy turned towards Nerae, which promptly aimed at him with her gun, by the time she looked at the crosshairs, the man was already behind him.
"So, are you gonna tell me where's the kid or not? Is she inside the car?"- He whispered at Nerae's ear.
"Get the hell away from me! who are you? who sent you here?!"-Nerae shot at him up close but the man easily redirected her rifle. In the meantime, Camazotz attacked both, the cowboy jumped out of the way with Nerae on his arms.
"Well if the lass must know...James Parker, Vampire hunter and your most recent savior, you're welcome."- He said as he turned around and pulled a modified revolver which he promptly emptied on Camazotz with lightning speed. The results were all the same, the death God slowly regenerated.
"We don't have all night, ladies. I need the girl now"
Nova pulled a pistol and aimed it at him.
"What even makes you think we would help you? Don't move. at this distance, I won't miss even with your speed."
James sighed as he turned towards Rosenda
"Rosenda, tell your girls to stand down, I only need a bit of blood from the girl"
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 20, 2020 20:29:51 GMT
“Buddy, I wouldn’t trust you with the kid’s piggy bank right now, let alone the kid.” Rosenda called across the lot, scrambling back when she missed grabbing him. This guy was fast! Was it Cementario? Rosenda had heard he was drummed out of the BHA for shady behavior, and the revolver going off sounded like that one he packed. If so, she was in trouble. That guy was a high-ranked silver star. The solution was clear. “Hold him off, I’m keeping him away from the kid!” Rosenda grabbed a remote from her jacket pocket and with a few button pushes, her bike shoved itself upright with its kickstand and came rushing for her. She stepped aside and it kept going until it slammed into the side of the van and jerked to a stop. “Garnet! You can drive the bike! Get the hell out of here! And toss me a gun while you’re at it!”
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Post by othus on Apr 21, 2020 0:04:47 GMT
Garnet stormed out of the vehicle and hopped on the bike, she grabbed the gun with the craziest color and tossed it at Rosenda before leaving.
"Thanks Ros! go kick their butts!"- She told her as she disappeared on the distance, doing a wheelie as she left.
In the meantime, James looked how the little vampire left without him doing anything about it, he lifted both hands up at shoulder height.
"Well, now you've done it. months of work lost in an instant"- He lowered his hands and turned his back on Nova, looking straight at Camazotz. clearly there was no trace of the owner's personality in it.
"Oh well, since taking control of the creature is not happenin', I suppose I'll help you kill it"
Camazotz began to move erratically, tentacles of darkness took form and threatened to impale everyone on the parking lot. Nova froze in place, looking at the tentacles grow from under the ground, at the last second, she rolled out of the vehicle's roof, which was speared by multiple of the whips.
Nerae, even with her vampire senses couldn't dodge entirely, two of the whips cut her on the leg, it was a painful wound, but not enough for a lesser vampire to bleed out.
James on the other hand shot at two that aimed to spear him from below.
In the same fashion, two whips appeared right from the ground, looking to impale Rosenda.
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 22, 2020 6:34:07 GMT
Rosenda caught her anti-magic SMG one-handed, turning to face the monster. “Oh hell.” She heard tentacles drilling through earth below and jumped back just in time to avoid getting impaled. Blood splattered the ground regardless, jolt reopening her bleeding figure and shaking blood loose from her wrecked arm. “Aw, are we friends now? Cool with me, but you owe a hell of an explanation after. Oh, and you’re bait.” Rosenda pulled a handkerchief from her pocket and pressed it to the cut on her arm before throwing it up at him. She ran to the side, trying to flank around the god.
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Post by othus on Apr 29, 2020 23:36:58 GMT
James grabbed hold of the handkerchief and examined it. the sight of blood made him roll his eyes.
"Oh come on"
The death God lounged at him with everything it had, a mass of sharp teeth and eyes that blocked his view in almost 180 degrees. retreating wouldn't do it, he kicked Nerae out of the way to the only place left for escaping and looked back to check on Nova, who was already long gone.
"Well here goes nothin'"
James drew his weapon and shot straight at the center, then did so multiple times, before Camazotz's mouth closed on him, he had already emptied his gun twice on its throat. James jumped straight through the creature and came out on the other side. Camazotz engulfed Nerae's car instead.
"Anyone else feelin like shootin'?"
Nerae, Nova and James emptied their guns on the creature, making the car blow up from the inside.
"Ros!!" - Nerae shouted at her desperately as the mauled creature began to piece itself back again amidst the flames.
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Post by HungryHunter on Apr 30, 2020 6:42:20 GMT
Rosenda couldn’t watch the monster. Since they left the spirit world, her vision was back to normal, a grey void only split by light and dark. That presented a special challenge with something as amorphous as Camazotz. The space it occupied was inconsistent, irregular. The only way to know where it was was to lead it. When it wrapped around the car, she had it. Then the car exploded. “Ah, hell.” It was in pieces now, who knows how many and where. “Yeah, I’m on it.” Rosenda dropped her SMG and marched right up to the burning mass until her foot stepped in the sticky mass of the beast. She fired the crossbow at point blank once more.
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Post by othus on May 3, 2020 5:49:08 GMT
As Rosenda struck one of the pieces the creature slowly began to decay, all the other parts that were trying to regenerate stopped almost immedately, the creature died engulfed by flames.
"Tch, what a waste"- James said as he holstered his gun.
Nova crouched and looked at the body, it was definitely dead. She grabbed the arrow and pulled it out of the creature's body.
"You sure that's fine?"- Nerae told her as she also lowered her gun
"It's dead Nerae, and Garnet said the arrow would make Camazotz mortal for a whole day"
She said as she stood up and looked at James
"So, can we bring Garnet back or are we gonna have trouble with You?!"
"Do whatever You want, lass. Now that the creature kicked the bucket, I'm out of here"
Nerae set her hand on Rosenda's shoulder, finally losing her Vampire transformation. The Sun rose, Shining over the hotel.
"Phew, looks like we are done here, You know, I'm not feeling parched anymore, but I totally could go for seafood now."
Nerae looked down at the ground and found her charred plate. Whatever, her car had insurance.
"Soo... where's Garnet?"
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Post by HungryHunter on May 3, 2020 6:19:35 GMT
As soon as Rosenda’s senses confirmed Camazotz wasn’t getting up, she turned her gun on James. She didn’t lower it when Nerae touched her. “I want an explanation before the kid gets back.” She said simply, other hand drawing the remote from her pocket, tapping a button in the same motion. “The bike’s coming back. If she’s still on it, she’s coming with it.” The purr of the motorcycle’s engines could be heard in the distance, already roaring back. “Talk quick, mister.”
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