Need for Meat [Open]

[Kris]

*Stare* Kris was situated behind a tree, watching a couple of «Young Pittered Boar» grazing peacefully on the wild grass, seemingly without a care for the world. Alright, I can do this. No problem, Kris thought to himself as he used his sub-class Scholar skill «Evaluate» on the level 4 «Young Pittered Boar», then one the level 5 «Young Pittered Boar» one second later, the instant the spell cool-down was completed. Hmm, given a one level difference, there is only a slight increase of a few Hit Points and no new skills. That's good to know, Kris thought to himself as he pushed himself away from his initial hiding spot, if one could even call leaning behind a tree a hiding spot, and walked confidently towards his two targets. His mind screened through several possible options he could do to take down the two «Young Pittered Boar» quickly. Well, its not as if I have any other way to use my MP currently with my one spell. Might as well find out now how much "extra" MP is consumed when the summoning material is not around, thought Kris as he muttered, "Summon: Stone Golem."

A flash of light appeared before him, and as he watched, his MP decreased by a greater amount than the listed spell information, and a Stone Golem manifested in front of him. Meanwhile, the two «Young Pittered Boar» had noticed his presence and had begun to prepare their individual charge stances. "Take them out," said Kris, willing the Stone Golem to attack the two boars. He considered for a bit, then decided that he should take part in the battle as well, instead of solely relying on his Stone Golem to win. "Ha!" he exclaimed, willing a basic magic attack to blast out from the grimoire in his left hand once the two «Young Pittered Boar» were within the two meter range. It was as if his body instinctively knew how to fight already. A rather weak looking burst of light shot out from the blank space in front of the grimoire, and hit one of the «Young Pittered Boar», who gave off a tiny squeal before it got pummeled by the Stone Golem. I should really work on my aim, maybe pointing the grimoire would help? Or should I get a staff instead of using this whip? that thought flashed through the mind of Kris as he willed the grimoire to fire another blast of magic to shave off additional HP from one of the «Young Pittered Boar», who headbutted the Stone Golem without much regard for Kris himself, surprisingly.

*Ping*Ping*Ping* The sound of glass shattering could be heard as the boars shattered into polygons and turned into item drops. Picking up a couple of gold coins and some leftover meat, Kris sighed as he put everything into his bag. Why am I doing something like this again...? that thought plagued Kris as he thought back to when he just entered the game.

"Ah, yeah. The patch for the Novasphere Pioneers is almost done. 98... 99... 100%. Thank goodness for the good connection at my place. I'll see you in the game? Later." Kris, real world Kris, was chatting with one of his friends about the MMO Elder Tales, which was releasing a huge patch, dubbed the Novasphere Pioneers, simultaneously world-wide. It was the buzz of the online world. Putting down his phone, prepping a water bottle next to him, and a picture of his sister and himself under his computer screen. He then logged into the MMO Elder Tales as per normal. Kris remembered seeing some sort of demo. Words of shining flames in a black scene. The sky was filled with sticky darkness like asphalt scrolling quickly and a white moon that cut out that blackness. However, that was the end of the memory. For him, who had stellar memory since young, to have forgotten what had transitioned in between within such a short time, was completely unexpected. Anyways, the next thing he knew, he was standing in front of the Big Ben, or rather, the ruins of what used to be called the Big Ben, anyways. The soil at his feet, the wind he felt caressing his face, the presence of other people aside from himself, it all felt too real, despite the fact that he was just in his room a second ago. "What... the..." words slowly found its way out of his mouth as he realized that he was wearing the starter equipment for the character he had made in Elder Tales. He could see other players screaming, crying, stoned, and a minority even jumping for joy, but deep down he was actually panicking. She is not here. I can't survive... survive... No, I must survive. His momentary panic was clamped down immediately with the image of his sister in mind. Basic survival skills... First I must find food, water, shelter. He looked around at the surrounding buildings. Shelter isn't an issue. As his eyes wandered about, a menu popped up, and he could see the option «Dazanegg's Magic Bag». He stretched his hand forward and tapped on it, finding it... practically empty, save for a single bottle of water and some basic Scribe materials. Shelter, check. Water, check. Now for food... Thinking in medieval style, without money, one would naturally have to hunt, which led to his current predicament.

Checking the time, he sighed once again. Taking into account that Elder Tales time is 12 times faster in-game. I should probably be visiting my sister in hospital about now... Ah... That solemn thought didn't really improve his mood. It would be more accurate to say that it was the core reason for his unhappy mood at this very moment. There wasn't many things around currently for him to do to get rid of his frustration, so after kicking a random pebble away into the bushes, he glared at the Stone Golem that he had summoned earlier, as if it were somehow its fault that he couldn't get back into reality... Well, the previous reality he was in, anyway. "Well, let's go searching, then," Kris said to himself as a form of encouragement as he looked around for any more «Young Pittered Boar» in the area.



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OOC: Urgh should I get some codes to make it look nice?

[Okami]

Let it not be said that Okami was an individual to stick to the tried and true way of level grinding. As an experienced gamer, from years of bonding with healthier relatives, Alana had come to understand that grinding was more about finding the easiest to accessible location, with encounter and endurance ratios kept in mind, and basically shutting your brain off while falling into routine of button mashing. Okami, on the other hand, didn't have such luxuries. No, she had to deal with her level grinding head on, focused and alert, with a steady hand and-snrk, oh god we can't finish that with a straight face.

"Squeal piggies!" Finding her-self atop a <<Young Pittered Boar>>, Okami was riding at the very center of a boar charge. A charge she started. Digging her heels into the animals sides, a look of mad glee over-taking her as the beast sped up. Lifting a single, dainty hand, Okami grinned at the boar running beside hers "Frost Spear!" Icicles of death cannoned into existence, barreling into the boar. It didn't quite kill it's victim, but it'd been frozen to the ground, causing those running behind it to crash into the boar Popsicle. Okami glanced back at the boar-wreck, the little piggies bouncing around after colliding with their brother. "Ahahaha~!"

She was having way too much fun.

Locking her thighs around the boar and grabbing a hand full of fur, Okami leaned down and tilted the mount towards a more open area. As one, the boars adjusted their path, ramming and tearing their way through the bush and shrubbery. She didn't know why they all changed direction when she altered the running path of one, but at the moment she didn't care. Not when it was so amusing to be at the center of chaos and destruction.

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Word Count: 303
OOC: Thought this might be more interesting then just shoving ice spears down piggy throats.

[Kris]

"Squeal piggies!"

A female voice could be heard across the area, crystal clear. Normally, one could just dismiss it as a random yell to boost their fighting spirit while taking on the boars in the area, but this voice was strangely accompanied by an ominous (to others) sound of a boar stampede, something that couldn't be lightly ignored, especially for beginner players such as himself. He glanced around, but couldn't seem to find the source of the noise and the owner of the voice. It was at this moment that a completely surreal sight entered his field of vision, which made him doubt his own eyes for a brief moment.

"What the..." such words were uttered from Kris's mouth as he saw a Fox-Tail girl riding on top of one of the larger «Young Pittered Boar», presumably the leader of the pack, and striking down the surrounding «Young Pittered Boar» one by one with one of the Sorcerer-Class spells «Frost Spear». The look of pure joy and ecstasy on the girl's face made riding the boar an attractive option, and if not for a certain situation that Kris was currently caught in, he might even join her for the fun. Yes, the "certain" situation he was in now was that... the pack of boars was currently heading toward him, and his Stone Golem of course, but it was really him that was in danger, since his Stone Golem was technically a magically summoned being that could disappear in an instant if he willed it so, which he was not intending to do under any circumstance, especially when being charged at by a stampede of
«Young Pittered Boar».

"Evasive maneuvers!!" yelled Kris as he climbed aboard his Stone Golem, which was at a height of 1 meter currently, a sufficient height to avoid getting hit by the stampede of «Young Pittered Boar». "Charge!!" Using his whip to fasten himself to the top of the Stone Golem somehow, he whipped out his grimoire and waited for his chance to attack the horde of «Young Pittered Boar» as both his Stone Golem and the boars neared each other. He didn't really know what got over him. Maybe it was the influence of the girl riding on top of the boar, or maybe he was, subconsciously, looking for a way to ease his boredom. What better way than to engage in crazy activities with a total stranger?

Once he got close, he fired magic beam (albeit weak ones) after magic beam from his grimoire, the accuracy of his shots increasing greatly just by aiming it physically instead of purely willing a blast of magic to shoot out. His Stone Golem's HP was also steadily dropping, despite its constant regeneration abilities. The number of «Young Pittered Boar» was simply that many. "Why are you doing this?" Kris yelled a question from atop his Stone Golem. He had to find out the reasoning behind this. The current scene was just too bizarre to simply pass off as "just another lovely day to walk the boars".



Word Count: 508
OOC: Definitely more interesting~ Sparta!!! :D

[Okami]

Okami, in as much adrenaline filled ecstasy as she was, was still sane enough to realize she was be-lining her piggie horde right for some poor sod player. "Oh dear," She said, clearly losing a bit of the fun she had previously. Chaos and destruction were fine and all, but the last thing she wanted was to trample a fellow adventurer! Clicking her tongue, still leaning down on her chosen mount, Okami narrowed her eyes at the...yes, that was a man, she could see him now. The Fox-tail didn't know if she would make it in time, but by gods she would try. Beginning to lean to the side, she hoped to steer the stampede away from him before-

"Evasive maneuvers!!" And then, and only then, did she realize the giant stone object he was next to wasn't just a rock. It was a golem. Climbing atop his humanoid vehicle, he fumbled with something after reaching his seat and..."Charge!" Made the lumbering rock monstrosity run after the horde. Okami grinned at the man. "Hi summoner!" He then proceeded to magically blast the boars as he got near...well, not so much blast as pellet them with weak balls of energy. Must have been a new player like her.

Oooh! Come to think of it, they could be noob buddies! She'd have to get his friends listing after this!

"Why are you doing this?" He inquired, yelling as he rode his mighty rock-man by the charge. Okami gave him a maddening grind, eyes widening and chuckling a bit.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time!" She pointed her finger at another boar, "Frost spear!" And like that, another set of boars domino-ed behind the charge.

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Word Count: 278, not counting the sentences from Kris post.
OOC: : 3

[Kris]

"It seemed like a good idea at the time!"

Are. You. Freaking. Serious. These four words flashed across Kris's mind as he continued to fire weak bolts of magic pulses from his beginner grimoire at the crowd of «Young Pittered Boar». Logically speaking, who would even consider riding a boar? A crazy person? A fun person? Regardless, it would probably be a lot of fun to hang around such a person, particularly in this kind of world where things could really get dull. I should probably add her in my friend list later. Things might get interesting around her, thought Kris. Also, he just noticed, but the boar that the Fox Tailed Sorcerer appeared to be riding on had tusks, very much unlike the other boars milling about around it. "«Evaluate»" muttered Kris as an additional interface appeared before him, at the side of his vision since he was still in combat. Instead of «Young Pittered Boar» like the ones he was fighting up till now, a new name popped up instead, together with new descriptions and different levels of hit points... A «Pittered Boar». With an increase of about 5 levels, it had higher HP, bigger body, and it actually had tusks that all boars in the real world had. Apparently it had a high aggro time, so running away was out of the question. It really made one wander how on earth did the Fox Tail Sorcerer managed to get on top of that thing in the first place. Maybe it will make it to one of the seven mysterious of Elder Tales or something, if there were such a thing in the first place.

Kris watched his Stone Golem's HP gradually decrease despite its regeneration ability. Guess I can't really expect too much from a level one summon, even if it is a tank... thought Kris as he glanced around for anything he could use to his advantage. He spotted a river just a stone throw's away from where they were having their battle, and the «Frost Spear» that Okami fired at the boar gave him a weird, but brilliant idea. "Follow me!" he yelled, willing his Stone Golem to swing its arm to smack, and hence aggro, as many of the boars as he could. As luck would have it, the Stone Golem managed to aggro the «Young Pittered Boar», and even got the «Pittered Boar» aggro-ed as a bonus. Moving as fast as a Stone Golem could, Kris started to cross the river. Thank goodness I chose to summon a Stone Golem earlier. If I summoned a Soil Golem... It would probably disintegrate into the river as I'm doing this, thought Kris as the Stone Golem wadded across the river. The river wasn't really that deep, but it was enough to make the «Young Pittered Boar» and the «Pittered Boar» slow down a lot, making them a much easier target to hit. "Use your «Frost Spear» on them now!" hollered Kris, hoping that Okami would catch on to his plan quickly, before his Stone Golem ran out of HP.



Word Count: 513
OOC: I just found out from episode 15 of Log Horizon that to add someone you just look at them, and drag their name into your friend list to add them. Which explains why you only can add people who are in front of you. :D

[Okami]

Not that Okami particularly noticed the difference in boars when she chosen her ride. It was more a luck of the draw, a slip of the foot and an ensuing rampage that kept the sorcerer from changing her mind. Still, it's not like Okami was complaining or anything. The piggie she was riding on seemed to be a bit tougher than his brothers, seen from his lack of stumbling when the ice spears scrapped him. That might be a bit worrying...it Okami wasn't too busy squeeing over her fun.

"Follow me!" The young summoner yelled, willing his epic mount to wreck enough of the boars to catch the hordes attention. Okami blinked, and managed to realize just in time what happened before she was jerked in a completely different direction by her ride. She could see him, taking his Stone Golem into the river, crossing as fast as he could. Okami watched him curiously, wondering what he had planned. Unless...oooh. Oh. Okami grinned with understanding, lifting her-self up atop her chosen boar and proceeding to leap her way down the charging line, jumping from boar to boar until she felt her-self within comfortable safety.

So when the horde bashed into the river like a hairy, cuddly cavalry of mammal vengeance, zeroing in on that which had aggro-ed them...

"Use your <<Frost Spear>> on them now!"

Oh yes, she was liking this guy more by the second.

With an imperial snap of her fingers, as if condemning lesser beings to their execution, Okami howled "FROST SPEAR", aimed right at the center of the center of the horde. Ice magic flew through the air, striking both beast and water and combining both into a frost prison of carnage and pain. Boars exploded into coins left and right, with Okami driving her own noble piggy steed through the shower of gold and away from the giant lodged ice cube that she'd made.

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Word Count: 310, not including stuff brought over from Kris post.
OOC: I really should start keeping in mind that frost spear cooldown.

[Kris]

As Okami fired the «Frost Spear» into the crowd of boars in the water, it practically created an icy prison that trapped the boars where they were standing (or was it swimming?), offering themselves as easy targets for Kris to fire his magic attacks at them, as well as for his Stone Golem to have some reprieve from getting hit and instead concentrate on hitting the «Young Pittered Boar» and the «Pittered Boar» trapped in ice, as well as regenerate some much need HP. As her «Frost Spear» eliminated some of the boars, Kris realized that he was also getting exp and gold for the kills. Guess if I damage the boar, even if we're not exactly in a party we still share the exp and gold drops. Probably not the item drops though, thought Kris as he continued to rain (albeit weak) magic bolts from his grimoire as he rode his Stone Golem that was busy hitting the boars as well. He briefly considered to set up a party with Okami halfway through the battle, but thought better of it, dismissing the idea as something that might distract her from her boar hopping and «Frost Spear» usage. After all, a sudden pop up that says, "Kris has invited you to his party. Accept O or Decline X", which happens to appear right in front of a person, is bound to distract one during battle. On a side note, adding as friends doesn't give a pop up or anything, but rather a extra name will appear in one's friend list, which appears at the side, so its not as bad.

She is pretty good as well, thought Kris, thinking about how Okami had instantly picked up on his completely ridiculous idea of trapping the boars to make them easier, much much easier, to take out rather than just a complete head on brawl with them. Well, easier for him at the very least. Okami didn't appear to be taking damage as she rode the «Pittered Boar», so the only one taking damage currently was Kris's Stone Golem, and if it disappeared in this current situation, he would be subject to the mercy of the «Young Pittered Boar» and the «Pittered Boar», which would result in his death, and even if death wasn't permanent in this world for adventurers, Kris still didn't like the idea of dying and thought that his Stone Golem dying in this situation would be very, very bad. Our innate chemistry is pretty good, huh. Although her personality is quite questionable... Wait, doesn't that mean my personality has issues as well?? Nah... Maybe I'm just really good at socializing. Yea, that must be it. But in such a dull world, her kind of character is definitely going to be fun around... Well, I'll just add her to my friend list, then, Kris continued to think as he focused for a moment on Okami, causing her name and status to pop up, and deftly maneuvering his finger, he dragged her name into his friend's list, effectively adding Okami as a friend. Ah, now the list is finally starting to get longer. I'll probably be seeing a lot of her in the future I guess... Kris ended that trivial thought as he continued to focus on the battle he was engaged in at the moment. Sure, the boars were all stuck, but that was still not much of a reason to lose focus in battle, either.



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OOC: Probably. Which is why Kris shall do the fighting in the mean time :D

[Salvaje]

Salvaje walked out into the field. She was looking for battle and whatnot. Right then and there a women and man were fight pigs. Then a pile of stone moved. "Is that thing the Golem thing?" she asked herself, almost as though her question was going to be answered. She walked calmly up to the scene "You two look like you need help hahaha." She was a bit of a jerk saying it the way she did, but it wasn't intentional. She hummed to herself for a second and sang to herself.

"There is a sadness blowing through the trees,
A crazy madness working logically.
A life of sorrow, a friend met by apathy,
There must be some other way to kill another.

I don't care for monsters in my bed,
Lying with me, leaking from my head
Today I'm happy so I must be going dead
You know, I love you like no o-"

Her tune interrupted by a need for a last second dodge. "Damn it, damn... DAMN IT! SONOVA... GET THE HELL OVER HERE!" She yelled. A Young Pitted Boar ran by a second ago and was make it's return trip. As it started running towards her she drew her sword, slamming the blade into the boar. While she had aimed for the head the leg was good enough. That at least at pinned, quickly she tackled it. "DO IT AGAIN I DARE YOU!" she hollered twisting the blade hoping it would injure it more. She then placed her free hand on it. Her Grimoire activated with a glow of light in her hand exploding on it's head a few times. The boar then exploding into a collecion of pixels as the sound of glass break played.

She then stood calling out to the others "Decide if you want to fight some more. I think more are spawning."

[Okami]

Ping ping!

Okami grinned, mad glee spreading across her features when the pop up 'Kris has added you to his friends list' appeared before her. "YES!" She whooped, lifting her-self up briefly to air fist pump her victory. Before quickly lowering her-self back down to avoid the branch that had nearly knocked her off her pig. Taking a hand full of fur once more, she locked her legs around the fuzz ball of doom that she rode and banked it around in a circle. She was moving around the parameter of the frozen lake, avoiding the frosted pigs and larger boar that used to be her majestic steed. Lifting a hand, she pointed at the group as she charged by "Mana arrow!" She called out, releasing a light blast of magical energy at the target. Mana arrow, compared to her stable Frost Spear, was weaker. Far weaker than the mighty ice cannon of death. Yet it's cool down was far more manageable, and lacked an elemental affinity. Which had it's own ups and downs.

She was well not quite rapid firing the blasts, but certainly had a better pace of shooting them than her previous spell frost spear. Which was draining her MP fairly quickly. Such was the pains of being reliant entirely on ones magical might. She really needed some accessories to take care of that. Continuing her banking around the horde, which was starting to break their way out of hold, she heard hollering and looked at the source. A woman, wielding blade and grimore alike, was fighting a <<young pitted boar>> "Oooh!" She eyed the person as she screamed and tore at the beast, before commenting on the potential for more monster spawning. Okami blinked and pulled up her screen, half her attention going to the wilderness that her ride was still running its way around.

Hey Krisy! Our new arrival says more monsters could be spawning. What do you wanna do~?

Whether they stay and fight it out, or flee for their lives, the fox-tail didn't mind either way. Only that she had as much fun as possible.

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OOC: Awww yeah mana arrow.

[Kris]

Kris looked at Okami's status bar as she called him telepathically, and he mentally evaluated the situation that they were stuck in. Our HP is in the clear, which isn't much, considering that we both play as mage type characters, and the new person over there that appeared somehow does not appear to be a healer, thought Kris, making a quick assessment of their hit points and their new arrival. If this were a full party of 6, we could probably... Kris shut off that thought of "maybe" and decided to focus on what he "could" do at the moment. He decided to finish this battle quickly and retreat. The reason was simple. His MP and Okami's MP, despite both players being mage type characters, have fallen quite low due to the (extremely) prolonged battle, without any MP recovery of any sort. With that in mind, he held his hand up to his ear to reply to Okami.

"Our MP wouldn't last. We're bailing out of here. On my signal, use your Frost Spear technique on the remaining «Young Pittered Boar»," said Kris quickly, prioritizing fast instructions ahead of lengthy explanations as to why she should do something so drastic that would probably leave her with dangerously low amounts of MP. He just hoped she trusted him enough to follow his instructions to the letter. However, by the calculations in Kris's head after noticing the amount of MP consumption of the spell, he figured that by the time he had her use her Frost Spear spell, she would have sufficient MP to cast it a second time if something went wrong, which, by Kris's predictions, shouldn't occur if his plan worked. The boars around my Stone Golem will go down in about 5 seconds, judging from the rate of decrease of their HP at current battle prowess. The ones that are still on land is limited in number, and really concentrated. In order to stop them all right there... Kris's thoughts formed a possible battle scenario, which he believed was the most likely under the current circumstances. 

"«Guardian Fist»," said Kris simply just as the «Young Pittered Boar» around his Stone Golem shattered in coins and drop items. Targeting the spell at the «Young Pittered Boar» on land, he watched as his Stone Golem's fist shone for an instant before smashing into the group of «Young Pittered Boar» before him, the shock wave nearly causing him to fall off his own summoned being, and a large crater could be seen visibly on the ground at the point where Kris had aimed the spell. "Okami! Do it now!" yelled Kris as the few remaining «Young Pittered Boar» paused for a moment after receiving a large amount of damage, causing a slight lag as they focused their aggro on Kris's Stone Golem instead of the Fox Tail Sorcerer that stepped on them not too long ago.

If all goes well, Okami and himself should be able to escape well before the next group of 
«Young Pittered Boar» spawned in the area. He didn't expect it to be so soon, but as long as he managed to get out the area with his new friend, things should work out somehow. At least, that was what Kris believed in, anyway. He couldn't say the same for his newest companion, Okami, at the moment, until he got to know her better.



Word Count: 566
OOC: It's nearly over. I've set up the battlefield that way :D

[Salvaje]

Post Theme

"Summon Follower... Phantom!" Salvaje said calling her dark ally. Blood rose out of her skin as MP was deducted. The blood became a black and red smog, and a high pitch scream could be heard in the distance. As the wail reached it's climax the smog exploded. Revealing in it's residual mist a dark specter. It stood tall and it's face was red, wearing a black cloak and white hands hanging out of the clothes it wore. Smoke coming off it's body in an eerie manner.

"Sup shorty, been a while! I missed you so much, come give momma a hug. -" She said as she embraced her Phantom as though it were a lost friend. It lifted her in the air and while it didn't smile or make any expression, it seemed to actually cherish it's hug. Too affection for such an ominous creature. "Wanna do momma a favor? -" She said as it nodded. "See those pigs... Kill all of them for me please." It slowly put her down before a horrible wail was heard.

Suddenly it was running around in a manic rush to the closest creature. The Phantom raked it's nails against the Young Pitted Boar's flesh as it ran by it. Salvaje fired a grimoire projectile as the Phantom slammed it's hand down on it's head slamming it down, only to be hit by another Projectile from Salvaje. It quickly became pixels as they turned their gaze elsewhere. "You should get off that as soon as possible-" She said using her Scholar skill to see her name. "You heard Okami! Otherwise it's you're fault not mine!" She said out loud. More screams from the Phantom before it turned it's gaze to the nearest creature.

[Okami]

"Okay~" she called out telepathically, one hand on her ear and the other still holding on to a hand full of fur. She was guiding her boar around the area, the little piggie running it's heart out doing circles across the parameter. The sorcerer wasn't sure if these virtual creatures carried some kind of 'stamina meter' in their programming, to keep them from indefinitely charging their way at adventurers, but it was certainly something to keep in mind. The last thing she wanted to happen was for her noble pig mount to lose it's momentum at the worst possible moment.

Banking around the area once more, she kept her eyes on the freed horde as she waited for their 'party leaders', as she'd call Kris, signal to re-freeze the lake and piggie brigade. When she got the okay, the sorcerer raised a single hand, and gave a defiant point towards the boars they'd been slaughtering for the past while. Well, the piggies she'd been slaughtering for the past while, with her evil, dark wizardry befitting Brtiannia. "Frost Spear!" She roared, sending a frost spear cannoning out of non-existence into a very definite hurtling projectile of icey death. It sang of promised victory, and it's execution was flawless. Ice spread through the once frozen waters, stabbing and tearing through the horde once more, exploding boars into an insane rain shower of gold. "Yes~!" She bellowed, pulling her boar around the area once more.

"Krisy! I'm pulling around to come get you! Get ready to jump when I pull by and we'll make our grand escape together~!" She sent telepathically, one hand on her ear. Locking legs and bringing her weight to bare, she leaned the pig in, charging forward on a mission. The timing, the sorcerer realized, needed to be perfect if Kris was going to land on the steed instead of landing straight into the boar horde. The very angry and frosted boar horde that would be perfectly fine with tearing him to pieces. Eye's narrowed into uncharacteristic focus, the fox-tailed grinned as she looped past the other player and her ghastly phantom, and bolted straight for the golem.

Krisy, now! she called, just before hitting the target designation.

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Word Count: 371
OOC: WE CAN'T STAY HERE. THIS IS BOAR COUNTRY.

[Kris]

What? We just met, like, less than half an hour ago and she has already given me an exclusive nickname? thought Kris as he was immersed in the fight. The plan pulled off smoothly, and there was now a sizable gap between the horde of «Young Pittered Boar» for his Stone Golem to "sort of" squeeze through (rather, it was just plowing through the crowd, not that it matters anyway). From the corner of his eyes he could see the other female Summoner using her Phantom summon to attack the boars in combination with her grimoire. The situation is getting hopeless, I do hope she gets out of here in time though, thought Kris solemnly. There were simply too many of the «Young Pittered Boar» in the area. Perhaps it was a glitch, perhaps it was because Okami led an entire pack into this area, where there was supposed to be a pack of «Young Pittered Boar» respawning. Regardless of the reason, the players present were too low leveled and too badly equipped to deal with the large numbers of «Young Pittered Boar» that were currently here. If left alone, the «Young Pittered Boar» should head back to their own "turfs" or "areas", but they were currently "engaged" with the enemies, mainly, the players here, so they won't do that. It was the same concept as walking with your back exposed to an enemy.

Kris received another telepathic call from Okami, this time informing him to hop on to the boar that she was riding. She was planning to high tail it out of the place, using a boar, which could be considered a genius plan, yet at the same time considered the very cause for this influx of boars in the area in the first place. He couldn't really decide whether to pin the blame on this little "discovery" of Okami's, seriously. "I got it, I'm waiting for your signal now," replied Kris through telepathy, then put down his grimoire and whip, ready to jump. The moment Okami called out to him telepathically to jump, he jumped, while giving his Stone Golem one last command before he "abandoned" it, "«Guardian Fist»!". Kris yelled as he jumped, his Stone Golem smashing the boars before itself with enough force to create a crater on the ground before it continued its mindless fighting, as per its AI setting when Kris was not directly controlling it.

Kris seemed to float in the air for just a second, before he landed directly behind Okami, somehow. "Ow!" Kris's voice escaped him for a brief moment, his voice an octave higher than usual, though it probably seemed normal in the current chaotic scenery. He held Okami tightly around the waist, noticing how soft a girl's body could be, as she rode the boar. The only other girl that he had held who was similar in age was probably his sister, so he didn't know how "girls" actually felt. It was a pretty good feeling, if he had to say, and she could almost pass for "normal" girls when hugged from behind, if not for the tail that felt quite soft to touch. "Let's get out of here!" said Kris in an audible volume directly at one of Okami's ears as he laughed. He glanced back for a second, but no longer than that, hoping that the other player could get away somehow.



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OOC: Time to get outta here~ and close the thread soon :3

[Salvaje]

Salvaje stood in the open for a moment assessing what exactly was going on. "I warn you sons a b*****s about danger and you decide to leave me out here? Aint dat messed up... BETTER make it up to me." She finished. Her spectre sensing she was annoyed and wailing in response. It looked at her "Mama." It said in a very deep pitch. Salvaje looked at it and gave a gestural nod. It went back to it's rampage knocking over the nearest boar. In a grappling match of sorts the creatures bright red teeth could be seen now clamping, giving what looked like a serious bite to the Young Pitted Boar.

"Let's clear up this mob, baby boy." She said releasing another grimoire blast before it exploded into glass. She indicated the next target with more blasts charging into a Pitted Boar. Aiming to overwhelm a horde the Phantom understood what that attack meant and ran straight lined right into its new target. The creature being T-Boned to the ribs and sent rolling toward Salvaje only to be met by a sword. It too exploded into glass, it's life ending with it's nails being raked into it's eyes from the Phantom.

The total mob being reduced to 4 more enemies.

[Okami]

"Krisy~!" Okami yelled out, the summoner making his leap of faith onto the glorious pig mount she'd acquired. He landed with a hard thump, the boar squeeling with protest at the added weight of the new rider. "Good to see you make it~" She'd called out, quite pleased with her-self that the timing had been perfect, or close enough, to get her new friend to safety. With a tug of the boar's fur and a kick of the heels, the little piggie took off in a blaze.

Two strong arms wrapped them-selves around her waist, causing the fox-tail to let out a 'meep!' in surprise. Looking down at the invaders of her personal space with rosy cheeks, she noted that those arms were in fact wearing the same robes that her new summoner companion had adored. She grinned sheepishly to her-self, the sudden realization that no, he did not have some means to hang on to the boar mount while she was here and needed to latch on to it's driver to keep from falling off. It was a bit silly, she thought, but that was her prerogative. Silly and crazy and eternal sunshine. And the number one invader of personal spaces, of course, which is why Okami shouldn't let such a thing get to her.

So, finding no other alternative, she leaned her-self back into the summoner, enjoying his presence. "Hang on tight, okay~? Gonna be a bumpy escape~" the fox-tail declared, kicking her heels into the beast once more. It wouldn't take long for them to exit the area, and with the other player there they co..uld...

"Oh!" Okami verbalized, suddenly remember the other player in the area. "What about the other player?" She asked, half turning her head back at the area they'd just left.

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OOC: Not much left to do here for us, really.

[Salvaje]

OOC: Ending my second to last post...

IC: The Phantom let out a vicious blood-thirsty scream. "You're such a good nino. Come help momma..." She said calling the Phantom and it running in a mad fury. When it reached her to slow down it slammed it's hand into the ground causing a powerslide before it started sprinting again. "Oh you've been practicing what I told you? I'm so proud." She added. The Phantom continued it's forward charge till his target boar was within reach. Salvaje's Phantom then opening his maw for an assault, opening wide as it leaped forward. The second the two met, it snapped shut shaking it around and dragging it towards Salvaje. The Boar's face being sealed by an exploding glass effect, having been met with a grimoire blast.

Another boar had blind sided her though, sending her flying. "Damn it..." She blared just as the boar was making it's round trip. Salvaje's hand glowing for a second as a ball of energy appeared. She fired it off into the boars feet, sending it rolling, slamming it's head into the ground. She then started swinging her sword left and right slicing into the pig. She stood over the pig, struggling to it's feet, killing it.