Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Jasmina decides to be of some use and creates a shield behind the group that still allows the group to fire projectiles back at any guards but no enemy archers to hit them;she continues running along with everyone else

Lily quickly realizes that the front of the group is waiting for no one and that standing here fighting is suicidal. A few of the guards have managed to find the alleyway that the group is fleeing down, the mystic slamming one into the wall as the other falls to Albert’s sword.

We’re falling behind!

The dancer shrieks, as Albert backs towards her. Realizing that her friends are protecting HER, Delilah finally springs into action, dashing down the side streets cleared by her companions. Lily is next, with Albert throwing another knife for good measure before running away as well, knocking over a barrel behind him as he goes to create a bit of a barrier as the trio dash after the rest of the group. They’ve managed to fall far enough behind that a few guards have gotten between them and the rest of the party; Delilah stops short, spinning to the side as a glaive passes by where her head had been. The guard is about to finish her off before another throwing knife hits him, felling him, before Lily jumps into the other guard, hitting him hard on the side of the head and snapping his head around the corner of the building.

Delilah gets up and starts running again, the group finally coming into sight of the leaders, now turning around and backing down the way, rearguard once more. Delilah bumps into Dave’s back, then bounces back a bit, looking helpless and confused in the whirl of battle.

She slashes her claws left and right, blood marring her white fur. She pushes forward, ducking and dodging their blades and leaving slit necks in her path. Seeing an opening she calls to the others to move, and runs. They move forward to the center of town, the guard tower at their backs and the bridge ahead. The reinforcements have arrived, storming over the bridge. The group seems trapped on all sides as the soldiers advance.
We’ll need to make our stand here. Keep your back to the walls, and don’t let them behind us.

Suddenly, a deafening silence falls over the area as the guards slowly advance upon the group. It seems impossible that the absence of sound could be so loud, but it’s almost painful to the ears. A heavy presence lingers. Dark and foreboding. The calm before the storm…

“Ugh!” A single guard shouts out as some of his comrades turn to face him. He looks at his hands, fear filling him… Blood tears moisten his eyes. The others take a step back, fearful of what this forebodes. The man vomits more of his own life force, before falling hopelessly in half. The immediate surrounding guards recoil in horror.

“It’s he-!” Four men paint the walls as their major arteries are opened with surgical precision, causing them to cry out with other worldly screams as they feel their very life spraying from them. By now, the soldiers at the front have noticed the commotion behind them, and fear wells within them too. Another sickening repeat of the sound of flesh tearing is heard as another line of men literally lose their heads.

“Hehehe… I found you~” A childish voice called out in a sing song tone. Still obscured by the wall of guards, the origin is not clear. But one thing is certain… That voice could not belong to anything good…

Paulson slows down and slowly lowers his bow. What the hell is that? His stomach becomes heavy and he finds it hard to breath.

What the hell is that?! He yells louder.

(OH SHI-)

Konar stares at the misterious figure
I feel something strange in that figure.

Delilah can sense the terrible magic surrounding the guards, terror twisting at her gut. It seems that whatever the guards were trying to keep in the forest has escaped. Her eyes flicker over the masses of guards, seeing the sprays of blood. She is trembling visibly, watching as the dark magic surges through several of the men, their corpses slumping to the ground. As she breathes heavily, Albert is forced to stab a couple guards who, in their panic, have surged ahead of their ranks towards the group, trying to escape the terror behind them. Delilah looks around, trying to see some way, any way out. As Albert stands his ground, Lily’s eyes fall across the panicking lines.

We should watch for our chance… once the guards break, we might be able to escape in the confusion from… whatever that thing is.

Amaja followed closely behind Lieselotte when she moved out towards the center of town. She looked around to see the mass of guards around them, panicked and uncertain of what to do. Until a sudden silence fell upon her, she clutched her ears tightly trying to figure out how to get the sound back. She looked up to see the one guard bleeding from his eyes before vomiting an ungodly amount of blood, as well as a splatter of blood along the walls behind him. She stared in confusion, she wasn’t sure whether to be fearful or relieved to see the guards were being dwindled down. She continued to look on, before snapping to her senses and takes a hop forward at the dumbfounded guards. Shoving her hands out in front of her at the guards feet, she flips her hands up shaking the whole while as she slowly raises them. The earth at the guards feet slowly begins to overtake their legs holding them in place.

She stands, unnerved by the sing-song voice, she trembles for a second before snapping away from the terrible trance. As the guards turn to face the newcomer, she readies her claws again.
We need to attack now while they’re distracted!
She snarls loudly and runs at the guards. She lunges onto their backs, tearing them to shreds, she enrages. She turns left and right, her claws and fangs generating a bloodbath around her. She looks up at the party with a ferocity unseen before as she bites out one guard’s throat.
Don’t just stand there, fight for you lives!

Jasmina feels the surge of dark magic and her shield falls and whispers to no one in particular

what?….is that….no
She looks around now,almost desperately,searching for an opening to escape

(damn ninja’d)

Theresa had seen a lot of things in her life. This…this was something else, to put it mildly. She just stood there, stunned by the bloody phantasmagoria that her world had now become. But what scared her most about the horrid sight was not what she saw, but what she heard…
“Was that…a little girl?”

As jasmina hears Lieselotte she snaps out of her panic

She’s right,what are we doing? we cant just sit here

Keith nods at Lieselotte’s command. He lifts the glaive that was handed to him moments ago, and swings it clumsily at the immobilized guards, staying at a safe range.

Seeing that he could do better, he decides to take advantage of his powers, and so, uses telekinesis to control the glaive. He stabs some unsuspecting guards this way.

Dave having been mesmerized by the horrific sight was snapped out of his trance by the lady’s call for battle. He then rushed a nearby distracted group of soldiers and swung his great axe decapitating 2 of them in one go.

Paulson is frozen in fear, he feet seem stuck to the ground. Suddenly Lieselotte pushes past him to get to the guards and he finally moves. R-right! Let’s go guys!

He started firing arrows as fast as she could. One took a confused guard in head and his life-less body falls to the ground as another guard falls from an arrow to the upper thigh. Paulson blocks everything out as he fires with out mercy.

I must remember my training i must remember my training i must remember my training… He drones endlessly as he fires several arrows into any guard around him.

Makar watched with horror to the bloody scene while the chill in his spine froze him in place. The childish voice he heard just made his concerns worse.
Whoever… or whatever is causing this to the guards… is surely the worst nightmare of my life…
The Lord gulped after listening to Lieselotte and rushed, listening to the carnage around him while making his own to save himself.

Konar returns to his normal state ignoring the strange precense and continues his fight.
Have-to-FOCUS!
Slays some guards cause he don’t have much choise,is kill or be killed for him.

Delilah shakes her head, finally coming out of her daze, the horrible danger of the situation pushing her straight through terror and out the other side of fear, her head clearing. She sees things almost in slow motion… blood spraying through the air in crimson arcs, heads falling to the ground, the earth rising up to claim the guards, holding them in place as Dave dashes towards them. She sees Amaja concentrating on the ground, her eyes flickering up to the tall tower, then back to the geomancer.

Amaja! Hit the base of the tower with that! Make it fall that way!

She points towards the bridge, falling back to the far side of the tower as Albert stands grimly before her, brandishing his sword threateningly at the guards, the five bodies before him keeping the rest at bay.

Damn… I need enormous amounts of energy… I could kill all the soldiers around… but that would kill all of us as well. I can’t control that much power yet…

He hesitates to use the power he specializes in.

Amaja looked over to the dancer hearing her call, turning to face the tower behind her. She stared at it for a moment contemplating the possibilities but steeled her resolve and ran around to the side of the tower tugging Delilah with her. Turning back to face the tower, she threw her fist towards the base of the tower her sleeves floating with her movements. She moved her hands quickly as if writing an archaic script with her movements, until they come to a stop with her thrusting his fists at the tower one fist over the other. The ground at the tower exploded and began to shift and sink, groaning and creaking could be heard all through the tower as it begins to lean and tilt into the direction of the bridge.

the siren song causes him to Miss a step and almsot be decapitated by a guard swingnh his weapon around in sheer terror, causing more casulties on his own side. He felt something warm trickle down his nose and wiped it to find blood covering his arm. With a tch, he dashes out of the combat , killing guards that get In his way

Sees the leaning tower and breaks out of his trance. Holy shit, everyone move back now!He starts move behind Amaja. Everyone go, go, go!

The guards fall into a mass panic as the tower falls, swinging their weapons wildly at the group, at empty space, even each other. The once impassable wall of well armored men was fast turning into a clusterfuck of hysterical bodies. Between the sound of steel meeting steel, flesh being rend, and screams of pain and death, the unnerving sound of a distorted children rhyme could be heard…

“One, two… I’m coming for you…” Two more guards scream as they’re opened up like a burst water pipe. “Three, four… Better lock your doors…” Another two fall to the ground, gripping hopelessly at where their limbs used to be. “Five, six… Grab your crucifix…” Another two scream their last screams… “Seven, eight… Gonna meet your fate…” A large group of the men fall to the ground in chunks, finally revealing the source of the carnage… A small girl, covered in blood and holding a scythe that stands taller than she is, a small doll hanging from her shoulder. Her head rises slowly as she grins excitedly. “Nine, ten… Never sleep again…”

She looks up from the body she has been gutting with her claws, seeing the tower tilting towards her. She gets up from the body, covered entirely in blood and sinew.

EVERYONE GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!

She grabs Makar, her blood soaked figure coating him in fresh red fluid. She drags him out of the way of the tower, and watches it continue to crack and fall.

Reacts to the tower falling, and sees that its about to fall on the bridge… where Lieselotte is fighting right now.

But there’s someone still there! Argh! (Response to Paulson)

He just faces in the direction of the tower, he knows that he can’t pull Lieselotte when he doesn’t know her exact location in the crowd. He attempts to hold the tower. It puts a huge strain on his mind.

AAHHH! GET OUT OF THERE NOW!

walks backwards a few steps before breaking into a run and creating another shield behind them again this time weaker though due to mollith

Whoever that is,is making me feel weaker

She looks back again and sees a little girl standing in a field of dead bodies

I..i was hoping i was-
Her train of thought was interrupted as she nearly tripped,but she steadily regained balance;with the last of her power she triples the force of the shield even though she knows it wont do much to stop the small girl

Paulson stands frozen in terror at the sight of the little girl. He can’t even fill as his bladder empties and his mouth opens in terror. Oh my dear God, we’re all fucked.

Upon hearing the warnings, Dave retreats from his battle to regroup with his comrades, he hears and sees the dark figure and is stricken with fear

This dark force is really beginning to freak me the hell out

Konar sees the tower falling and run’s from the bridge and anounce to the group
Get away from the bridge and fast now!!

This is too much! Do it fast!

The tower starts slowly accelerating once again.

This really hurts… I feel like I’m about to faint…

As the tower comes down, the terrified dancer moves as she has never moved before. Her beads whirling around her, her feet practically floating over the ground, she begins some sort of dance, the wind rising around them, all lose articles of clothing lofting up around them, as well as some of the loose debris from the tower blowing around, the broken base of the tower clattering, everyone feeling much lighter on their feet. Albert can feel himself growing lighter despite the fatigue of battle, and remembers his mate telling him about this dance. Delilah screams loud as she can to be heard over the shrieking and spattering of blood.

Everyone! Across the tower when it falls!

Theresa was…taking this surprisingly well. She was scared out of her mind, but at least she wasn’t pissing herself. “It was a little girl. Okay. Now I’ve seen everything.” She spots a guard in the corner of his eye, shivering in fear. “Hey, you. I’d run, if I were you.” Shaking uncontrolablely, the guard happily obeys, running with his hands above his head and screaming like a banshee.

Keith loses the grip of the tower. His mind couldn’t take it any longer, and he drops like a rock, unconscious.

You might want to look up kiddo Mollith’s grin lowered a little as she looked up at the falling tower, being held only slightly by the force field made by another warrior. “Bad tower.” A slight jump propelled her off the ground and into the air, shooting towards the falling structure. A loud crashing noise echoed through the area as the building’s trajectory changed somewhat, falling further to the side. After a few seconds, half the town became significantly flatter…

Everyone over the bridge!
She pushes everyone towards the bridge, staring at the little girl and her doll. She stands there unmoving for a few minutes, simply watching the girl with a curious fascination. She whispers her next words quietly amidst the chaos.

What are you?

Grabbing a hold of Delilah’s hand she looked at her with a fleeting expression as she tugged at her to hurry. She climbed up onto the flatter side of the tower and begins to run along its length to try and make it to the other side before the guards can regain their composure and try chasing after them.

as he dashes towards the tower he happens to catch a glimpse of the creature slaying the guards and making it noise. The little girl had a smile plastered across her face as thick as the blood coating her clothes and eyes that glowerd an etheral red. She briefly caught his stare and in that instant his soul was ripped apart, pieces of his flayed mnd scattered to the 4 corners of the wind, his body a lifeless husk with no inside to sustain it, it burst into a torrent of blood and gore.

He realized he was still running and narrowly avoided another guard. He… Didn’t he just die?

Paulson finally finds that his feet can move as he dashes across the bridge. There is no one left to stand in their way as he runs to the forest and hides in fear. He jumps over falling trees and bushes desperate to get away from the little girl.

She continues running towards the bridge along with everyone else not looking back again,yet she was calm now even though she was running considerably fast

The dancer moves up atop the tower, her dance buoying the geomancer, making the ascent of the tower far easier than it would be otherwise. Before her magic fades, Albert springs up as well, the trio of cats dashing desperately along the tower towards the side of the bridge as the stunned guards look up in disbelief at the huge shower of wood and dust. As the warrior and the dancer spring across the top of the tower, from the side to the roof, Delilah shrieks, an arrow sticking out of her shoulder as she tumbles down the side of the slanted roof, her magic slowing her fall. Albert slides down the side of the roof, picking the dancer up in his arms and looking up at the geomancer, true fear shining in his eyes for the first time with his love bleeding in his arms.

Konar runs towards the bridge as fast as he could

Dave sees the unconscious ship hand and quickly picks him up before following Lieselotte over the bridge.
This guy must have used up a lot of power to be knocked out at a time like this

After listening to the vampire’s question, the knight finally woke up from his panic and set himself free from Lieselotte’s grip, standing back on his feet. With a serious face and holding his sword tightly with one hand, he kept gaze at her, silent. He turned his gaze to Mollith, frowning.

Amaja stops on her way across the bridge and looks back to see Albert and Delilah along the slanted roof. She jumped down and slid by their side. She took one of the dancers arms over her shoulder and nodded to Albert, in her attempt to help her get Delilah away from the carnage.

Delilah is shuddering in pain, every movement twisting that arrow in her shoulder, her eye twitching as she pants, blood running down her back, clear against her green dress and lightly-colored fur. She is barely able to stand in such pain, Albert and Amaja forced to bear much of the wounded dancer’s weight as they stagger across the bridge, arrows raining down on the struts of the bridge with loud thunking sounds, Albert using another throwing dagger to fell one of the few dazed guards left between the group and the forest, the hapless hedgehog tumbling over the railing with a scream.

Albert… please… don’t leave me…

She manages to gasp out, tears running down her face from the terrible, burrowing warmth in her back, fingers trembling against the geomancer who is supporting her, hot blood dripping down onto the tabby’s back from the dancer’s wound.

The figure of the small child lands gracefully, standing upright again and scanning the area. She spots the few remaining people who hadn’t yet crossed the bridge. “The itsy bitsy spiders… Ran across the bridge…” She raises her scythe and grins wide. “Out came the girl… And sliced the spiders up…” Slowly she begins to advance upon the last few, taking her time as her smile seemed both childish, and terrifying at the same time.

“Ooooooooooooooh, shit.” Theresa RUNS LIKE FUCKING HELL.

Lily was frowning of course. There were plenty of reasons to. The countless guards that were slaughtered in their miraculous ‘escape’ thus far certainly not adding to her mood. These were just men doing their duty, serving their country, HER country. They didn’t deserve this!

But right now she had bigger concerned, a worried look to the dancer as she rose one card muttering her short prayer.

“Spirits of the wind and sky, grasp their arrows, let not one touch the few” the wind around the few guards still with the bravery to draw a string, their arrows faltering and spinning about uselessly as they’re fired. The hedgehog woman was little more then steps behind Delliah and her night. She twisted around, lifting the note in front of her as the next curtain of arrows abruptly made 90 degree turns away. The magical note burning up in the effort, being scattered away in the wind with a shake of Lily’s hand.

(Ehn edited it to be a bit more dramatic based on our Dancers post)

“I don’t know what that girl is… and I care not to know…We make our way to the forest and do not STOP until we get there.”

Stops at the other end of the bridge and looks back to delilah and amaja

what happened to her!? she yelled back to them as she saw blood dripping down the dancers back she casts a rather weak healing spell on delilah..


Hearing lily and seeing the events that just occurred,she jets for the forest and makes her way to paulson jumping over small stumps and roots and pushing shrubbery out of her way

I cant go back,i’ll jeapordize everyone…even though it is my duty..