you're in the jungle, baby / you gonna die

[lucetimods]

Who: All draftees
What: Fighting the Third Party... and perhaps the wildlife.
When: June 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. (Characters will be pulled out at 11:59 of the 6th.)
Where: An as-yet unmapped by the Malnosso tropical rainforest.
Summary: Here are your details. Try to stay alive, won't you?
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R.

No cut for you. Most of you will know how this works by now; if you don't, follow the lead of the others, or perhaps look to the last draft's fighting post for ideas. Don't forget to use your handy dandy character tags. Go forth and conquer thine enemies!

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[frost_jewel]

I'll manage.

[her sleeve is torn where she's already had to heal a scratch or two of her own. But right now, aside from being far too hot for a girl from the frozen north, she's fine.]

[bamfing]

Me too, I hope. This place is way hotter than I thought it would be.

[One of those instances where a coat of fur isn't necessarily a good thing.]

[frost_jewel]

We went through a desert once that was...almost this bad.

[bamfing]

At least deserts are dry. [He's been in his fair share too. He's no fan of them either.]

[frost_jewel]

That's worse.

Speaking of it, do you need fresh water?

[bamfing]

[Well... he checks his own canteen. It is kind of getting low and he was gonna have to head back to camp.]

Maybe, but don't you need to save yours?

[frost_jewel]

I can obtain more any time I might need some.

[waiting patiently for him to hold out his canteen]

[bamfing]

[... he thinks he knows where this is going, so he removes the lid from his canteen and holds it out.]

[frost_jewel]

[It's a small Douse, the kind they used to use to make puddles. It should be enough to fill his canteen with disease-free water, even if it's not all that cold.]

[bamfing]

[... wow. He jostles his canteen, impressed it's suddenly filled. She didn't even need to get the water from another source, like Katara's bending.]

I've never had magic water before.

[frost_jewel]

There isn't anything special about it. ...Well. It is safer than what you would find in a river here.

[She has a source. It's her Psynergy. But since Kurt can't see it, it would look like water from nothing.]

[bamfing]

[He grins and starts to put it at his side.]

Well, it beats getting sick, so- [Suddenly he goes quiet as he hears the sound of movement beyond them.]

[frost_jewel]

[She can hear it too. Both hands tighten around her staff as she looks for the source of the sound.]

[bamfing]

[Kurt will head forward first, moving silently as he moves towards the sound, while edging his way towards a tree he can hide behind to look. It sounds like not just normal human footsteps, but something four footed too.]

[frost_jewel]

[her best bet right now is to follow him. She chooses a different tree, almost right next to his.]

What is it?

[bamfing]

[Even during the day it can be a bit dark with the thick canopy of leaves above them. Even so, Kurt manages to quickly scale the tree to a higher perch from which he can see. He whispers over to Mia.]

A bunch of them heading towards camp. They're following some kind of monster.

[Someone must've used Filial Magic. If they just ignore this group, they'll end up in camp.]

[frost_jewel]

[Towards camp? ...Well that can't be allowed to happen.]

When you say a bunch, how many do you mean? ...We can't let them attack the camp.

[bamfing]

[He does a quick head count. He has a feeling it's not accurate, but it's hard to tell.]

About a dozen. We can go back and warn the camp.

[... as long as there's no Elite, he can maybe handle that many. But he's more concerned about Mia. He's not sure how useful her magic is against that many.]

[frost_jewel]

We might not have time. They're much faster in this- [Oh wait. This one teleports. ...That memory is still pretty fresh]

[bamfing]

[Well... on one hand, he doesn't want to risk her getting hurt, but he also doesn't want to look like he's running away.]

Can you handle that many? [He doesn't want to risk her safety on his own bravado.]

[frost_jewel]

I have more than enough Psynergy to fight.

[bamfing]

[... okay, he nods. If it gets to be too much, he can get them both out of here, but for now, he'll take her word on it.]

Get ready, they're coming. I'll keep them distracted, yeah? [He begins to draw his own blades. These guys have been pulling a lot of ambushes so... now it was time for Kurt to launch one of his own.]

[frost_jewel]

[she nods and changes position. Some of her strongest spells can hit seven targets at once. Just a few of them should be able to incapacitate most of the group.]

[bamfing]

[Once the group starts to walk past the treeline Kurt and Mia are up against, he abruptly vanishes. It may not be easy to track what he's doing, but the sound of fighting and blows being landed are obvious. Kurt is mostly fighting with his feet and the flat ends of his blades, though he does deliver a few cuts. But mostly what he's doing is inciting a sense of panic in them. He keeps appearing, landing a blow, vanishing, and then repeating the same move with another puff of black smoke. Sometimes he'll kick a weapon out of their hands in mid air, sometimes he'll take the whole enemy and teleport them into the air, or he'll even use his tail to grab one by the leg and flip them over. Everything about what he's doing is chaotic, but it's keeping most of them from noticing Mia is even present. The moment she fires off any spells, Kurt will be quick enough to move out of the line of fire.]

[frost_jewel]

[As soon as they're in sight, they'll be hit with a double round of Ice Missile - her strongest attack. Giant ice spires raining down from the 'sky' should slow them down considerably, and it won't be easy to determine where she's coming from, either.

Don't get impaled, Kurt. She doesn't have control over where the spires fall.]