???: He tilts his head. “And I presume you’re Alex?” He looks at Salmook, staring him down. “Little boy, I’d suggest you stop what you’re doing. Now.”
Resh: He quickly moves behind the person, grabbing them and pressing his sword to his throat. The person barely gets a chance to react before Resh slits his throat, then throws him on the ground. “You guys escape. I’ll take care of them.”
Salmook: he looks at Tseth… he seems like he should be able to take it from here, especially with Parvus helping. he winces a little at Resh's violence, but he doesn't dwell on it. he scrambles off into one of his promising hiding spots from earlier- a particularly leafy bush with small red berries on it. he knows better than to eat some mystery-berries, but bush will let him catch his breath for now.
(Now watch Resh very casually run someone through with his sword like child this is nothing 😭)
Tseth: The rest of the ropes snap, freeing him. He takes out his sword—his only one, the other one was knocked from his hand earlier—and takes it to the nearest hostile, running them through. “You’re not doing this alone, Sunshine. I’m helping out. Alex, keep the kid safe.”
Alex: He looks over to where Salmook hid. Good enough for the kid not to be spotted. He takes a few steps closer, prepared to go after anyone who gets closer.
(Oh well I guess he gets to see both Resh and tseth do that)
Resh: He sighs and rolls his eyes at Tseth. “You know, you’re really gonna have to stop calling me that.” He turns and throws a knife at another cultist, hitting them square in the chest.
Parvus: He runs to yet another cultist and and starts biting their ankles, drawing blood surprisingly easily. He climbs up to their shoulder and bites their throat, killing them in an instant.
Salmook: decides to not look at the current chaos. he has enough nightmares as is, thanks. he settles into the bush, and he takes out his stones from before. he starts to play his rock game again, pleasantly ignoring the screams of agony, though still keeping an eye out.
(“pleasantly ignoring the screams of agony,”)
(This is amazing I’m sorry)
Tseth: Well, looks like Parvus actually is pretty deadly. “I don’t think I will, actually.” He moves to another cultist, crushing their neck with his metal arm and looking back at Resh. “It fits too well.” He drops the cultist, and they fall limp on the ground.
Alex: He’s watching for any of the cultists to come near Salmook’s hiding spot. He’ll make sure no one gets close.
Resh: He blocks another cultist’s attack, throwing them down and pinning them to the ground with his foot. “It really doesn’t.” He stabs them with his sword, casually leaning against it and making perfect eye contact with Tseth the entire time. “You know what fits you? Rainbow. Since you’re so colorful.” He grins, gives Tseth a very flourishy bow, then turns and decapitates another cultist that was running towards him.
Tseth: Colorful? That’s one way to put it. “Well, I do like men for a reason-“ He looks around for someone, and sees them. Birch. He goes after them, intent to slit their throat.
Resh: He shrugs. “Can’t say I blame you.” He grabs another cultist by the throat and runs them through, dropping them on the ground.
Birch: They look at Tseth as he approaches them. “Oh, shit-“ They throw their stolen knife at him.
Salmook: he hasn't looked up from his game for a while, has he? stupid, stupid, stupid. he sits up and peeks out of the bush, brushing aside a few leaves and mystery-berries for a better view. he doesn't notice anything out of the ordi… wait. he sees a group of three or so cultists moving away from the fight. pretty quickly, too. if he turned to tell anyone, the cultists would be gone by then, so he decides to sit tight and watch.
Tseth: He dodges swiftly. He readjusts his grip on his sword, and makes a swift motion. The next second, Birch is bleeding out on the forest floor. “Little bitch, more like.” He turns, going to the next cultist and killing them in a similar manner.
Resh: He pulls his knife out of the person he threw it at a few responses ago, stabbing another cultist in the throat.
Parvus: He swiftly runs toward the 3 cultists that try to escape the fight, jumping on each of them and biting them in the throats one by one.
Tseth: Theres only a few more cultists. He snaps one’s neck, and drives his sword into another’s chest. “This better be the last of these fucks-“
Salmook: yikes. Parvus is doing a really bad job at convincing Salmook he isn't something to be scared of. Salmook politely averts his eyes, and he returns to his rock game, very much disturbed.
Leader: She stalks out from behind a tree, throwing a large knife at Tseth with terrifying accuracy.
Resh: He looks over at Tseth, and the knife flying toward him from behind. He sprints over to him and shoves him out of the way, getting hit in the shoulder with the knife and stumbling, clutching his shoulder. His shoulder is now bleeding heavily. He shakes his head and throws his knife at the leader, hitting her in the chest.
Tseth: Suddenly, he’s shoved out of the way. When he sees what happened, Resh has a knife lodged in his shoulder. “What the- Resh, what the hell were you thinking?”
Resh: His hand hovers near the wound, as if he’s contemplating whether or not to pull the knife out. “I don’t know, maybe I don’t want you to fucking die.” He winces and glares at his shoulder. “If I knew this would hurt so much, I might have just let you die.”
Alex: Pretty sure the fight’s over, he walks over to the two of them. “Don’t pull the damn knife out, you’ll bleed out faster.”
Tseth: “Mm, because you thought getting stabbed in the shoulder wasn’t going to hurt.”
Resh: He rolls his eyes at Tseth. “Well, if I were lucky, it would have hit somewhere lethal and ended my life a lot quicker.” He reluctantly drops his hand to his side.
Tseth: He sighs. “I certainly wouldn’t want to be the one to explain your death to Juni.”
Alex: You two better not start this again. “I need to treat your wound. We can either do that here, or back at the clearing. Personally, I wouldn’t want to keep a knife in my shoulder for that long.”
Resh: He inhales sharply as Tseth mentions Juni. “…Alright, fine, you have a point there.” What the hell was I thinking, if I die I’ll leave her- He closes his eyes for a moment, then looks at Alex. “I’d rather not leave this thing in my shoulder.”
Salmook: it's been long enough, hasn't it? he peeks out of the bush and… stars above, RESH! what happened?! he scrabbles to his feet and joins the group. it seems safe enough at the moment, nothing in the forest moving besides the leaves in the wind. he pokes Tseth, the closest to him, with confusion, terror, and general worry all over his face.