Travel Woes|Sensatia

[Kender Bard]

After a week of travel, Kiri was beginning to feel sharp pangs of homesickness mingling with the surprised awe of being on what was truly an adventure for her.

She stopped atop a high rise and pointed off in the distance. "Look!" she exclaimed. "You can see Sensatiamens from here!" Indeed, the high walls could be seen even from their far south path, though the city still seemed quite far away.

[Northen Light36]

"Wow... Those walls are bigger then I imagined," Altair remarked. He'd never been this far away from the village before either and, like his sister, was both enjoying the experience and feeling homesick at the same time. "Impressive, but somewhat sad at the same time. You must be able to see those walls no matter where you are in the city. It'd feel like a prison to me."

[Skittlebug]

Neil is fairly impressed himself, but isn't about to share the fact. He spits on the ground, "Paranoia is what I'd call it. And to think I share a sign with these people."

[Kender Bard]

"With people like you running around, a little bit of paranoia isn't unfounded," Kiri retorted. "Well come on. It's not like we can even go in there anyway." Even she knew that Sensatia rivaled Ronduin in terms of hatred for Clears.

She pressed on quickly, looking down at the trail, her mouth twisted slightly. She didn't like having Neil along; he made her nervous, angry, upset. But she had resolved to not let him loose, and she was going to stick by that--

She stopped abruptly as she heard a low rumbling sound, similar to a growl but deeper. "What was that?" she asked, puzzled. It had been difficult to discern where it was coming from.

[Northen Light36]

Altair frowned, setting an arrow to his bow and looking around for the source of the noise. "I don't know," he answered his sister, sounding tense.

[Skittlebug]

Neil drops his packs and whips out his sword, spinning to face the direction the sound is coming from. He told himself he didn't care one bit about Kiri's well fare, he just wasn't eager to be caught off guard himself. Admittedly his thoughts had been less and less on the subject of escaping recently, but he chalked that up to waiting for the right opportunity.

[Kender Bard]

The ground shook faintly and Kiri squealed with fright, looking around desperately for either the source or somewhere safe to stand.

In a shower of dirt and sod, a fairly large monster burst from the ground beneath them. It was a strange, ugly creature with gray skin, a surprisingly humanoid torso, powerful arms that ended in paws with long, curved claws for digging, short, stumpy, muscled legs that were similarly clawed, and a proportionately sized head that was reminiscent of a furless badger. The monster gave a roar and began hoisting itself out of the hole it had dug.

[Northen Light36]

Altair swore and fired an arrow at the monster, hoping that would drive it away. "Kiri, get behind me," he ordered.

[Skittlebug]

Neil growls himself and raises his sword before disappearing. He reappears instantly behind the creature and shoves his sword at it's side viciously.

[Kender Bard]

The arrow struck the creature, though its thick hide did not allow it to penetrate deeply. Neil's sword thrust, however, did.

As he teleported next to the creature, its gray skin begin to take on a purplish hue. With a roar, it twisted around and swiped both fearsome claws at Neil.

Kiri obeyed Alistair quickly, hiding behind her brother and whimpering in fear.

[Northen Light36]

Alitair swore and tried to aim a little more carefully - targetting the creature's head. If he had the luck of the forces, maybe he'd hit an eye. If not, perhaps he'd be able to distract it from Neil.

He followed up the arrow with a high pressure blast of water.

[Skittlebug]

Neil skips back and teleports again, just as the creatures claws rip through his shirt. Appearing on the creature's other side he stabs at it again. Hopefully he could wear the monster out this way, he wasn't sure how much help the other two would be. Just as he thinks that, he gets sprayed by some water bouncing off of the thing, and grimaces.

[Kender Bard]

Fully concentrating on Neil, the creature did not pay attention to Altair. The arrow struck and stuck to its thick hide. It was also blasted by the water and forced back a couple of feet, roaring in pain. Its hide changed from a subtle purple to a sickly blue.

As the sword manages to bite deep into the creature, it opens its jaws towards Neil and blasts him with a powerful shot of water, just as Altair had done to him. And then its hide changes purple again.

[Northen Light36]

"What the..." Altair frowns thoughtfully, trying to make sense of what was going on. "I think it can mimic our elemental attacks."

[Skittlebug]

Not expecting the water at all, Neil takes the blast full in the chest and is thrown back, cursing.