Part 3 of - The Shadow of Love

[Larry_OHF]

For Silt, Rong, and Lyulfe

It was not long before Rong actually led the party right to where the tavern stood, and then she stopped where she was, and quickly turned the corner off of the path she had been making.

In a whispered tone, she informed the two companions behind her of what she had seen.


Rong: "The man who was looking for Larry is at the tavern, and has just given a beggar a coin. Do we want to go ahead or stay back and let him leave first?"

[Morgeruat]

Rodie 39/70

Struggling with the first batch of web, the adventurer managed to tear his left arm free and felt a satisfying rip as the web came loose, along with most of the hair from his arm. The tear came just as another burst of webbing hit the spot he had just shuffled away from (made my save *whew*). Clearing his mind, and trying to suppress his fear at the monstrous spider before he called out in a confident, firm voice, "Return," hoping that it would call the daggers to him, if they did return, he wondered, would it be enough to save him from the venom dripping mandibles of the spidersaurus rex before him?

[Skydracgrrl]

Chisa

Chisa sensed her opponent shifting in position, and despite her mortal wounds she raked viciously at the female's face, mostly in desperation. On the fringes of her mind she could sense the arrival of others, the strangers that had followed Him.

[Skydracgrrl]

ooc- feel free to do that, Larry [img]smile.gif[/img] Chisa is not a main character, but I do not wish her to die so soon... :/

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Liam

Liam noticed the arrival of the others, and knew that the two tigresses sensed their arrival as well on the edges of their battle-hazed consciences. Watching the stranger change her position, Liam chose that moment to strike, hoping that catching her mid-shift and the appearance of others would catch her off-balance.

[Skydracgrrl]

Lyulfe

Lyulfe rubbed his chin and looked off in the direction Rong had seen the man. "I think we should let him go ahead of us, perhaps get close enough to watch him but not let him sense us... That way we can get an idea of what kind of guy he is, and whether we want to be wary of him, or if it is someone we and Larry can trust. How's that sound to everyone?"

[Skydracgrrl]

ooc- aahhh, so many characters! >.<

ic- Sabbiel (Sand Cat wolf hater)

Sabbiel could feel every strand of fur bristle in anger and fear as the She-wolf called others to their aide, and he knew it was rolling off of him in waves. He felt a little ashamed of feeling this way towards an ally of Him, but he couldn't override the deep-rooted response that had been imprinted in him at birth.

Ears flattened tightly against his skull, the sand cat could feel a growl leave his throat as he watched the powerful tigers fight each other. "I am not strong enough to fight against my sister. My breed is meant to hide and survive, not fight like tigers," he growled at the She-wolf, shamed that the wolves will have to help Him and Chisa while all he could do is watch.

[Morgeruat]

Rodie 39/70

A magic was rousing. With a hum two of the daggers began to vibrate inside of the wounds of the spider, then they leapt, one from the spiders face and flew hilt first into the outstretched hand of Rodie. The other, lodged in the beasts thorax, burrowed deeper into it, disappearing entirely, before erupting in a spray of ichor and flying to the amazed mans hands, all three daggers had returned to him, but he didn't wait for the enraged spider to pounce. While it was still off balance from the pain he threw two daggers once again, burying one deep into it's right eye, the other struck a glancing blow against it's foot holding to a wall. With the last dagger he sliced the web holding his feet and scrambled back away from the dying arachnid.

[Larry_OHF]

The spider's wounds were simply too great for it to continue on. It huddled up in a ball-like shape and fell to the ground. It was twitching, but other than that it was now seemingly harmless.

An applauding came from a single entity that was now developing from the darkness, as thuogh smoke were taking a shape. The applause became louder and less echo-ish as the being materialized. As The Mage appeared, the spider melted into the ground as oil seeping into a crevice.

"Very well done, Mr. Rodie. Your luck is astounding and your ablity to think on your feet accomodates it nicely. Now that I have seen your strengths and weaknesses, I need to witness Roderik in battle as well, that I may discern his worth...and compare it to your's. Are you ready to continue, or do you need a moment to freshen up?"

[Larry_OHF]

Nanashi

As she was attempting to bring down Liam's whore, Liam himself jumped into the battle just as the sounds of wolves could be heard and some more of Liam's foolish friends had arrived. This was not going well in Nanashi's favor, she realized and needed to find a way to turn the tide of battle back to her side.

She let go of Chisa, and rolled with Liam long enough to spring back away from him and leap into the air. In mid-hump, she shifted to her hybrid form, grabbed a low branch on the Oak she had leapt into and scurried up on it. Not resting there, she jumped again to the next highest branch and looked down on her enemies.

"You will find that I am morre difficult to get rrid of than my motherr was, you fool!
And Yourr brrotherr is not herre to help you this time!"

She leaped from her perch in a straight dive, landed hands-first on the ground before Liam, and rebounded feet-first into his chest, knocking him backwards.

[ 08-04-2004, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

[Larry_OHF]

Tao

"You cannot help what you are, but you are mistaken about your usefulness. When you give it thought, you will realize that you have an advantage over us all. Excuse me a moment."

Tao realized that she had the advantage over this attacker, as the were-tiger did not know that she was more than just a wolf.

When she leaped from the tree branch, her attention was fully on Liam, and that was when Tao shifted into her other form.

Speaking a word to the ground caused the foliage at Nanashi's feet to tangle themselves around her ankles, holding her tight.


When Nanashi attempted to spring after the fallen Liam, she discovered she was held. She slashed downward to untangle herself, but the foliage grabbed at her wrists. Being off-balance in this form, she shifted to true tiger shape once again, and bit at the bindings that held her bound.

Tao watched on, her spell lasting as long as she kept a visual watch over the one she meant to keep held.