The man continued to stroll casually by, flicking the whip every now and again. "Aurae, Aurae, Aurae. How long will it take for you to realize that I'm not as simple as you want me to be? I most certainly won't just walk away until I've had my fill of delicious blood and screams." He tilted his head back, eyes closing as if in bliss. "Oh, screams. How I love the way they sound in my ears."
Aurae stuck her finger in her mouth and pretended to gag, trying the calm Runner down with a small joke.
He smiled a little, but his eyes never left the man.
((OOC: When you have a charrie that would happily join in with killing and hearing the screams of their prey))
(What?)
The man grinned, and completely unfurled the whip. "Oh, hello feisty one. Come to challenge me again?"
A woman slowly approached him, fully decked out in armor–right arm covered in a heavy dragon scaled arm piece, rest of her armor some kind of dark metal that easily moved with her as she walked. A thick cloth covered her mouth and nose, and a hood was drawn over her blue and green eyes, dark curls reaching out of the folds. Her male counterpart joined her side, eye colors flipped but otherwise identical–save for gender. "Let them go," they both said.
He frowned. Yet another to fight my battles.
Aurae noticed his frown. "This is not a battle to be fought yet. Cin and Wolf will distract him while we run, and someone else from the Vanguard will pick us up and portal us somewhere safe. Those two will follow." She also frowned. "If things go according to plan."
((OOC: Don't worry about it lel.))
He sighed. "I don't like people getting hurt for me."
"Technically, this has been their fight for over three years. See, he's already forgotten about you."
The man slowly smiled. Aurae paled even more. "Runner?"
Stardew leaned against a tree. "I don't suppose I and my friends will be of any service here? He looks fun," she said, nodding towards the man.
((OOC: Just out of curiosity, @MotoMoto and @nightingale, have you thought of doing a 1x1 with these charries in a separate RP? Simply curious, hope I'm not sounding rude or anything. I'll just slink back to my lurking corner…))
"Run"
The man whipped a blast of dark magic, heading straight for the two. Aurae grabbed Runner and Stardew and tried to pull him out of the way, but they weren't fast enough. Luckily, a partially shifted Tessa appeared out of nowhere, taking the entirety of the blast straight to her chest with only her crossed scaled arms to protect her. She flew back, smashing into tree after tree until she came to a stop. The man laughed as Tessa shoved off branches and tree shards.
(Yeah, we probably should do that)
(Do you wanna just continue it in there, or should we finish the scene?)
(depends. @Your_Local_Scrivener pops up on the occasion)
Runner falls on his back a few feet away, completely unprepared for the yank. Tess! You alright?"
Aurae presses her fingers to the forest floor, summoning a small group of dead bodyguards.
Tess heaved one tree off her, and she crouched down, teeth bared, tail spikes on the ready, prepared to strike. "I'm fine. I'm built for this." Indeed, no harm seemed to come to her.
He groaned and turned to Aurae. "I'm not allowed to fight, am I?"
He looked back at Tessie for a moment, then sighed, scrambling to his feet. "Then let's go."
He looked over to Stardew. "Get your friends together and come with us. We all have targets on our backs at this point."
Aurae held up a hand, stopping him from going anywhere. "Stop. Wait. Don't move."
Her eyes were wide with terror and horror
He followed the instructions immediately, tilting his head. "What?"
