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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[crisisrain]

[That was not what Raven expected to happen. Not that he's complaining, he takes a seat on the branch instead.]

It's been a while! Didn't expect ta run into you out here. Just be careful, I saw some shifter-things 'round here earlier.

[all7seas]

Oh? Takin' aim at 'em from up here, are we? [The pirate pulls himself onto a nearby branch and checks out the lay of the land.]

You a sharpshooter, lad?

[crisisrain]

[Rather than answer, he spots a Third Party soldier far below on the ground, and pulls out his bow. Within seconds the arrow directly hits the top and back of their neck, killing them instantly.]

You could say that.

[all7seas]

[And a few seconds later, Jack has that Third Party soldier's comrade dead next to him.]

Wonder if there's any spoils on the bodies...and I wonder if they were followin' me.

[crisisrain]

A few of the ones I came across had extra arrows, great fer an archer like me. But if they are followin' you, that's a good thing! Ya can lead them away from the base camp.

[Raven jumps down from the tree to inspect the corpses, nothing of particular interest for him. A sword isn't very useful, and the rest of the stuff seems pointless.]

[all7seas]

[Jack follows on his heels. He examines the sword, which is stained a dull rust color.] Seen action, this one.

[crisisrain]

[He pauses. It's rare for Raven to be so serious, but he can't see this as a joke, this is war. The thought that the very blade beside Jack could've killed one of their own is something he tries to push out of his mind.]

Let's just hope it was against another village, not ours.

[all7seas]

I'm all for hopin' aren't I. [He kicks the sword into the undergrowth.] There may be more out there...

[crisisrain]

Who knows. Maybe the Third Party is actually built up of other people who used ta be imprisoned by the Malnosso. It'd make fer a great twist, no?

[Joking aside, that's a terrifying thought. Why did he let himself think that.]

[all7seas]

That's....a rather horrible twist, actually. How would they have broke free of 'em, I wonder...


Nah. Impossible. These fighters, they're not like us.

1/2

[crisisrain]

That's what we have ta say, the less we know, the easier it is to kill them. [Wise words taught to him by Yuri Lowell himself.]

2/2

[crisisrain]

Hold on, did ya hear that? I don't think we're alone.

[all7seas]

Bugger....I'll NOT be caught out again by those bastards, mate.

[drawing his pistol, the pirate peers into the brush around them, searching for any sign of the enemy.]

[crisisrain]

Again? [Maybe now isn't the best time to question that. He pulls out his bow, reading to fire. Where were they... He keeps his voice quiet.]

High ground, let's get up into the trees.

[all7seas]

[jack is already climbing, silent now. It wouldn't do to be ambushed again, like in the barn with McCoy. Being trapped meant death, especially if there was a large troop of enemy soldiers and they had a shifter or elite with them.]

Lemme correct that XD

[crisisrain]

[Silence... broken only by the sounds of rustling leaves, heavy footsteps and echoing hollow board-walks. They were here, the sound pouring from every direction.]

Those bastards, we're surrounded.

haha okay

[all7seas]

[NO. It was happening again, then; surrounded by an enemy that from the sounds of it far outnumbered the two of them. This time there wasn't a Bones to protect, of course. Raven could handle himself. And there really wasn't time to dwell on the similarities between this situation and that of the last draft.

If there was an elite soldier, Jack had a bullet with his name on it.]

Then we fight...to run.

[He draws his sword, switching his pistol to his left hand.]

[crisisrain]

Clear a path through them! This is their base, they know it better than we do!

[As the enemies finally approached, Raven began firing arrows, trying to make a way for them to escape. There was no way they would be able to win in this situation, it was retreat or die and he wasn't happy about it. If they didn't leave soon, they were going to come up against elites and shifters.]

[all7seas]

[Jack found himself too busy shooting and then, soon enough, too busy fighting hand-to-hand to respond right away. The path they were trying to clear was very quickly becoming filled with reinforcements.]

[crisisrain]

[This was getting worse and worse, there was no clear escape, and each route was being filled within seconds. It wouldn't be long before the big troops showed up to finish them off.

Raven fired several arrows into the air, causing them to pour down like rain onto their opponents. It wouldn't be enough, but it was injuring a wide group.]

[all7seas]

They were going to have to jump. It was just like last time---a jump into the unknown, too-small wings spread wide to try to glide as much as possible.

Then Jack had an idea.]

RAVEN! HOLD!

[He jerked his head toward the rope railing of the bridge before raising his sword to cut the support they were standing on.]

[crisisrain]

[He gritted his teeth together. He didn't approve of the idea, but he didn't have any of his own right now. Just this feeling in his chest, something that happened the day before... but it was a blur.]

You better be ready to run through the mud if you cut that, we're still gonna be surrounded!

[all7seas]

Gonna SWING.

[Making sure that one ankle was wound through the ropes on the bridge, Jack slices through the ropes with two deft movements. The bridge breaks apart beneath them; hopefully, by hanging on to the ropes, the two men can swing a distance from the site of the melee and regroup, or run. There are shouts as some Third Party soldiers fall to the floor of the forest and others send arrows flying after Luceti's finest.]

[crisisrain]

[Raven is stunned for a moment as they land.]

You're insane, you know that?! Now let's move it before the Shifters get here. These guys can fly remember! We're screwed the moment they pull themselves together.

[all7seas]

Aye! Run! Now! Fast! As though the very bears of Luceti are after you, boyo!

[Jack is not going to wait around. Their trajectory had insured they weren't surrounded anymore, but he can already hear the sounds of pursuit. Shouting. Jeering. That, perhaps, is the worst.]