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

[complicatedliar]

Nay. We shall just have to play it as it comes.

Will you be able to hold temporarily if I focus entirely upon the shifter?

[Not a tactic he likes, but he doesn't have a lot of choice either, in a situation like this. Even with his abilities reduced, he has more than enough skill and experience to cut through a group and go for the heart--and even normally get a kill in fast if he goes all out.]

[wise_maiden]

Temporarily, but not indefinitely. [ She's more agile than most casters would be, but the dampener cancels out any benefits the exsphere would grant her toward it. ] If you think you have an chance to strike, let's not waste it.

[complicatedliar]

[He nods.]

Then that is what I shall do. [He's not going to look back.]

[He cocks his head, listening.]

We're going to be cut off at the next street crossing, I think. Be ready. [They could try to flee for better ground, but there's not a lot to choose from, where they are. And he's concerned it could cause them to be pushed into a worse situation.]

[wise_maiden]

Right.

[ It's times like this that she wonders if she should pick up other ways of fighting from a distance, if losing her magic is going to keep leading into these situations.

Something to keep in mind for later. For now she readies her hold on her staff, checking the blade she attached to the end of it.

No sooner that they approach the passing that the telltale sign of approaching wings grows louder. Raine moves into position to distract them, so that Loki has more of a chance of running through and making his move. ]

[complicatedliar]

[It feels a bit odd, to be letting the healer act as the decoy. If he were an even slightly honorable man, it would probably bother him.

Loki ducks into a doorway, hoping to let Raine gain the attention as the cultists land. And most of them do go for her. One comes after Loki, perhaps thinking him a coward needing pursuit. The enemy isn't expecting the very well-aimed dagger that hits him in the throat. He pauses for just a split second to retrieve the dagger, then runs with all possible speed at the soldiers intent on Raine.

The shifter won't look different from the rest of the soldiers, but is normally found surrounded by other soldiers. That's where Loki aims. He might not have his magic, but he's still Jotun, and far stronger and faster than a human. He uses that to his advantage as he attacks, slashing through toward the heart of the group.]

[wise_maiden]

[Her abilities may be limited, but stress and survival kick in to provide her with the adrenaline she needs to evade them -- for a time anyway. The blade she attached to the end of her staff comes in handy for slashing at the wings of attackers that get too close - at least these aren't the ones with the armor.

But it's almost too much, for a decoy mission. When it's just her, and when they're not supposed to get close, on an unbalanced playing field. As much as she tries to keep to the open space, there are still more enemies alive than wounded.

By the time Loki reaches the heart, there's only an alleyway left for to go -- narrow and debris filled, permeated with the stench of decay. It is here she must stand her ground, unless he fails -- or she does first. ]

[complicatedliar]

[Loki is still fast, but he has many enemies to contend with, and few of his normal tricks. He blocks, parries, slashes, attacks and counter attacks. One enemy manages to score a hit on his shoulder, another on his leg. He buries his dagger in the throat of one cultists, but feels no return of his normal power. That wasn't the one.

Another, he batters down with a kick and drops on top of, driving the blade deep into the cultist's eye socket. Still nothing. Hel, have they gotten smarter lately?

Then he notices two soldiers stepping in front of a third, a blatantly protective posture. Ha. He focuses on battering them out of the way, not concerned when he kills, maims, or just stuns. There's not much art to the fight now, but in the thick of it, it's always about survival and reaction, not about looking impressive.

Nearly there.]

[wise_maiden]

[ There are injuries that are slowing her down, now, as much as Raine struggles to remain a moving target. As long as she can duck through them when they're not trying to surround her -- the darkness helps, even as a wound lands on her upper arm as she ducks and tumbles to her knees to try and get behind them. The movement barely has her managing to keep a hold on her weapon. No magic yet. She strikes at their legs and attempts to get away from the alley.

One of them is quick to follow her steps, preparing to aim a savage blow to her side. ]