Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: This is your death. Followed by your time-traveling life and desperate bomb hunting.
When: From May 22 to May 20 to early May 23 (days 1-4)
Where: Zompania
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post is for the draftee-only portion of the Zompania draft--the day 3 death, time travel to day 1, and then the events until the arrival of the reinforcements. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Please note that there is a specific top-level comment thread for:

• The day 3 arrival of the draftees and the 6 hours that follow until the bomb is dropped
  
• Death--This thread can be treated as REFERENCE ONLY. Responding to it isn't necessary.
  
• Threads prior to departing for Zompania--post resurrection freak outs, arguments over how to proceed, etc.

All other threading, from day 1 until the reinforcements arrive, should be conducted as normal.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

Comments

[elongatedsmile]

A: [Xzana freezes like a deer caught in headlights when she first arrives onto the battlefield. Dropping in the middle of fighting like this is not what she is use to at all. The smell of blood and sweat is overwhelming to her senses. She couldn't even see the sky. Where why the sky?! She stands, trembling, eyes attempting to dart everywhere all at once and her breath coming in quick gasps as she pushes down the instinct that tells her to run and run away fast.

After all, where would she run? Death seemed to be all around her.]

B:

[Something or someone has snapped her out of her frightened stupor. Still feeling overwhelmed and terrified she has chosen to transform into her larger dragon form. She's ripping through those with larger wings as quickly as she can. Biting down, whipping her tail around, and roaring with all of her might. Hopefully she's not being too much in your way.]

A because I had no tag for B except "OMG IT'S A DRAGON"

[justdid]

[Wan is not ignoring his instinct to run, because the only way he can see out here is with his fire, and a giant torch in your hand is pretty conspicuous on a battlefield. He might as well be wearing a giant neon sign that says "Hey guys! I'm over here if you want to kill me!"

As of right now he was running from a cultist who had some of whatever muddy crap they were in thrown right in his eyes. The logic is that he will be more difficult to follow if you can't see him. The reality was blinding the enemy wasn't nearly effective enough and on top of that it pissed them off.]

Woah look out!

[He tried to stop but it's kinda hard to stop or slide to the side with this much momentum on such slippery ground. Can she dodge the incoming kid?]

OMG IT'S A DRAGON can always come later >D

[elongatedsmile]

[She's still a trembling mess as Wan approaches. Her mind racing as she tries to figure out which way to go. All around her was chaos; then there is someone yelling out to her and waving fire around.

Her first instinct is to blast that fire with her own water. From out of her palm a jet of warm water will be rushing out to douse that flame. Attack her with fire? A foolish move. Yet, it does help her to regain a bit of her confidence back as she quickly moves out of the way before the kid could slam into her.

Huh, small wings. Now that some of her more civilized senses are kicking back in to squash her animal instinct to kill what has tried to attack her with fire she catches on this person was just trying to run away. The cultist with the large wings who just blindly took a swing at her with a sword - now that was a threat.

Wan may keep running or fall on his backside. Xzana doesn't care as she ignores him for now. Grabbing the arm of the cultist before he can fully clear his vision and swing his sword again. If Wan doesn't make a move to stop her her free hand will be reaching for that cultist's neck to dig her long claws deep into the delicate veins hiding there.]

[justdid]

[Wan is going to fall on his backside between his own momentum and trying not to hit her.

He's not going to stop her from ripping out the cultist's throat, if only because he's not expecting her to. Take away his sword? Sure. Maybe beat the guy up with her mysterious water power. Turn him into a blood fountain? Not something that would cross his mind to even do.]

[elongatedsmile]

[The best way to end a threat is to put it down for good. It may just be one cultists in all of the madness around her, but one less was still better. There is nothing clean about the way she sinks her claws into the neck and pulls her strong arm back. The blood sprays quickly as she pushes the dying man away from her.

She's never killed much for the sake of killing. Usually it was only for food, but it wasn't a complete unknown to her as she ignores the man slowly dying on the ground to turn back to Wan. Needing to see if he really was a threat or not. If he wasn't then she just wasted some water on him which was annoying. It was her life blood until she found someplace new to replenish her strength and who knew where that would be? If he was a threat she needed to be ready.

So she stands. One arm covered in blood, growling softly at Wan. Waiting to see what his next move might be. There was too much blood and grim mixed in the air to get a proper smell from him.] Are you from Luceti?

[justdid]

[The sight of blood made Wan's heart drop. He would have yelled at her to stop, that she didn't have to kill him. Not like that. but it was so fast. Even in the darkness he could hear him fall. He could hear the wet gurgling sounds of death. He should thank her but-]

You didn't have to do that!

[Wan wasn't a killer. The carnage of battle left him shaken and horrified.]

[elongatedsmile]

[That throws her off for a moment. Not an answer to her question at all! Yet, he has the small wings and isn't trying to attack her. Xzana settles for assuming he is from Luceti, but doesn't let her guard down just in case it's a trick.]

If you did not wish for help; then you should have finished with him quicker. I need not help you again? [Because she will not waste time with someone who is trying to show off in the middle of battle this hectic. Her point may be made soon as a foot solider and Shifter bear down at them. Not knowing how to tell the two apart (and even if she could) and unaware of what power the Shifters hold; Xzana has her sights set on the foot solider.

Is Wan sure he wants to tell her to be gentle with that Shifter around?]

[justdid]

[Wan threw fire at the soldiers before they got any closer-
Or, he would have if the shifter wasn't around.

But in an instant the fire he used to protect himself was gone. What was worse was without it's light he couldn't even see in the darkness. The most he could do in hand to hand combat was to try and avoid getting hit.]

[elongatedsmile]

[Needing to save her water; Xzana lunges for the foot solider. Claws banging against his shield as she had expected to over power him. Only her super human strength was suddenly gone. True, she still had her fangs and claws, but the sudden evaporation of her powers and strength completely blind sides her. Seizing the moment of her stupor the foot solider tosses her back and her feet slide in the mud as she's thrown back.

What was that about not being able to see very well Wan? Are you sure you can't see that girl who is trying to imitate the way the two of them first met. Arm pinwheeling and wings beating as she tries to stop herself from falling over without much luck.]

[justdid]

[Oh yeah, Wan see's her coming. Only he see's her coming a little too late to get out of her way. In that moment he held out his arms and braced himself with more grounded footing. Wan will try and "catch" Xzana despite being smaller if only to keep both of them from falling down into a vulnerable heap.

He slid back from her weight, but it was her flailing around that threatened to throw him off balance. Given her giant wings that prevented grabbing her arm or shoulder, the best he could do was push between them.]

[elongatedsmile]

[The pressure on her back keeps the woman upright. Once her balance is back she wastes no time with thanking Wan for his help before launching herself once more at the foot solider.

She flaps her wings and makes horrible roaring noises at him in an attempt to startle and get him to drop his guard. It fails horribly. She dances around as the man takes a swing at her with his sword.

She jumps back planning on transforming and... nothing happens. She snarls her annoyance. What has happened to her? Was it this land? Explained why the guy wasn't helping her out with his fire.

Careful Wan. While she's busy getting ready to take another rush at the foot solider that shifter hasn't forgotten about you.]

[justdid]

[Wan has more experience with not getting caught than he does for actual hand to hand combat. The creepy glow of the shifter's eyes works to his advantage. He can tell where the shifter is through his light, the same way shifters could tell where he was with his fire.

In the chaos he is looking for something to use to his advantage. It doesn't take very long to find it. The shifter thrust an old spear at him. A weapon he actually has experience dealing with.

Wan is deceptively strong for his size. Grabbing the wooden pole of the spear, he used his own strength, the slippery ground, as well as the shifter's own weight and momentum to throw him right into the other foot soldier.]

[elongatedsmile]

[Xzana had taken wing to try to get up and over the foot soldier, but it wasn't much good. That shield was causing her a lot of problems. So when her target was suddenly taken out by another man flying into him she's taken by surprise.

Wow! That young boy was good for something! Only she doesn't stop to tell him this. Instead she is reaching forward to shove the men down to the ground. Intending to finis them off before they can stand upright again.

Unless, Wan has a complaint when she reaches for the shifter's neck once more.]

B!~

[spellfeather]

[Okay, there's a dragon on the field. This is normal.

Wait, THERE'S A LARGE DRAGON ON THE FIELD! Well this gives her an idea, but first...] Hey! Need some cover!? [She's only asking to tell Xzana that she's nearby, since even if she says no, Karis won't let her fight alone, it was far too dangerous for that.]

[elongatedsmile_dragon]

[There is a large dragon on the field indeed! The two small blue wings that fade out to white at the tips nestled between two large white wings seem to be the cultist's aim that rush after the large beast that stood just over a story tall. She's not doing too badly at taking care of herself. Chomping down on cultists foolish enough to be near her mouth, shaking them, then tossing them away as he large tail swings left and right to bowl any near her legs.

The hard part are the cultists flying above her. There are only so many angles she can cover at once. While she won't call for help, unable to form words in this form, she will growl with frustration as a couple cultists land on her back. They cling on and try to reach those delicate Luceti wings as she thrashes to get them off. Not wanting to roll over and expose her less protected belly to those still on the ground.

She may not be asking for Karis's help, but she could really use that cover she was offering!]

[spellfeather]

I'll take that as a yes! [Especially with those cultists on her back. Better help take care of those first! Karis trusts herself enough to where she could get those cultists off of Xzana, even with the thrashing, but not with a bullet, she doesn't want to find out how well scales work against those just in case she misses.

Karis studies how the few cultists move as she reaches into a pouch, pulling out a pair of marbles to channel her magic. The marbles won't last long though, for they'll crack and crumble to pieces the moment arcane energy passes through them, but it results in the formation of two, floating ice lances. When the moment is right, she let's them fly right toward the cultists wings, hoping that the injury it would cause them to lose their grip.]

[elongatedsmile_dragon]

[And not a moment too soon for the dragon. The cultists have just reached her wings when the two lances reach them. The fighters cry out in pain and topple off of the dragon.

The big blue beast isn't sure at first what caused them to finally fall from her back, but she will waste no time stomping down on their heads to make sure they're dead unless she's stopped.]

[spellfeather]

[Karis smiles when they drop, and gladly lets the dragon stomp on those cultists, as they're better off dead anyway.] Excellent! [Though that show certainly didn't go unnoticed, and once the cultists start turning on her, that's when her smile drops.] Ooooooooh archmages!

[elongatedsmile_dragon]

[Xzana may be dumb to many ways of humans, but in fighting she is rather quick. It doesn't take her long to figure out that the ice sticking out of the cultists she had just smashed probably came from the girl who was being surrounded now.

There is something interesting about ice. In that it is made of water. Something the dragon with the blood of water nymph running inside of her quickly takes control of it. Karis may be surprised when two cultists suddenly drop with her ice lances removed from the first cultists and into two more.]

[spellfeather]

[It was a surprise, but also a relief! Two cultists down already meant less ammo to chew through. Karis drew her pistol and began to fire away with some pretty deadly accuracy, however, it'll be impossible for her to get all the cultists approaching on her own. A few will make it through to her, their blades eager to bite into her skin!]

[elongatedsmile_dragon]

[The big dragon jumps at the sound and flash of the pistol. She was not expecting something so small to be so loud. It takes her but a moment to get use to. As she doesn't understand that something so loud could hold something so deadly.

It's good that she does recover quickly from the startle as when those men get close her long neck reaches out and plucks them up. A quick shake of her head and the man's spine snaps as she tosses him away. Suddenly those men coming close to Karis sees the problem of ignoring the dragon in the room. Yet, they can't forget Karis either.

Bit of a problem they have here with these two.]

[spellfeather]

Haha, thanks! [The dragon's got her back, and that's enough to put a smile on Karis's face!

The cultists problem is about to get a bit bigger, as Karis does have a habit of pulling out her tricks one at a time, and another one is being put into play! There's too many cultists flying around, and it's time to change that.

Fire dances around the pistol, illuminating the area, but only for just a moment. It's raised up, ready to take down one of the airborne targets, but when the bullet flies out of the barrel, it's coated with fire. Unfortunately, the little light show Karis just pulled gave the cultists a good idea that she was about to do something nasty, and it was enough to where that fire bullet simply grazes one. What they failed to realize though, was that the moment the bullet even came into contact with something, it would explode right then and there, so even if the bullet didn't hit the intended target, the flame burst spell would.

Karis turned toward Xzana, a grin spreading across her face.] I could probably get better shots in if I was on higher ground! [Basically she wants to ride on your back Xzana.]

[elongatedsmile_dragon]

[The light show doesn't phase the large dragon. Fire magic is something she's seen before. She leaves the ones in the air for now to the magic user. Deciding to cover her back as she aims. The cultists may try to strike her with blades, but they bounce off her scales what few manage to hit.

Most don't even come closer. She drives them away with her large body. Stomping down and biting any too slow to move out of her way. Xzana nearly misses what Karis says to her and it takes her a bit longer to figure out what the mage wants.

Higher up? She should clearly fly if she wants to go up higher. Oh, wait. She can't fly? Why that's just silly! Why would she be talking about being up higher if he can't fly- oooh.

Both Xzana's large set of white wings and her smaller blue wings flap a few times. She doesn't like the idea of someone in such a vulnerable and open position on her. If the mage suddenly decided to turn on her it would be awful.

So she stares dumbly at Karis for a bit. She is welcome to take that any way she wants.]

[spellfeather]

What? Don't want me to? [After her question, Karis turns her gaze away from the dragon and back toward the cultists. She doesn't want to take her eyes off of them for too long, but she will take a quick glance back at Xzana to see her answer.]

[elongatedsmile_dragon]

[When Karis looks away up at the cultists again Xzana settles on an answer. This little human did seem to be concerned with the cultists so perhaps she wouldn't turn on her. Or maybe it was the way she mixed her elemental spells the reminded Xzana of a friend from her home world. Being able to use more than one elemental magic was rare where she was from, not unheard of, but rare. She has not yet seen much mixing of magic within Luceti for her to think that it may be a common practice in other worlds.

It's a mix of both of those reasons that she lowers her body down so her belly rests on the ground beside Karis to get herself onto her back. She snorts an impatient gruff noise from her nostrils to alert Karis to be quick if she chose to take this chance. She did not want to stay still for very long. Her tail swishing back and forth in anticipation of rising up once again.]