[7:34 AM] Kwakado: ===========CH1-2 Interlude==========
As the last of the line melted into a demonic mist, Sula bowed to the manakete from atop his Pegasus. "Le-Kweno-Kwemi, O Ayida."
He looked out at the endless tide of monsters filling the area. El-wyn, Vivi-i, Leo-e, Drew-i... No sign of any of them. Sula knew at least one of them must have died here by now. But for the Ayida, and for Shimi-e, he could not stay any longer. It was time to fall back.
"Kwemo!" Sula shouted a brief blessing to his five remaining allies. Then he departed towards the stables, wondering if two holy dragons would be enough to hold off a full-blown horde.
...On the saddle with him, of course, was the outlaw Mund.(edited)
[7:39 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "......"
Mund witnessed the Dwabi's desperated calls. This situation was seemingly hopeless, but now there was no time to think like that. He saw himself being dragged with Sula, but didn't mind, remaining quiet during their trip to the stabbles.
[7:40 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "Say, Sula, why are we heading to the stables?" asked Mund, when he realised Sula's destination.(edited)
[7:41 AM] Kwakado: The Dwabi gave his mount a desperate pat as they sped past the training grounds, where some soldiers were rallying to make a last stand. "My son....he's in danger. This won't take long."
[7:43 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "Your son?!"
Mund shouted in a shocked tone, which seemed to surprise Sula a bit.
"How is he? Give me some details!"
[7:46 AM] Kwakado: "He's sick, because of me--Nanyo!" Sula's eyes widened as they cleared the wall. The shackled fist of a Faceless had just collided with a stablehand, crunching his ribs as he fell to the ground. More were approaching.
Sula brought Shimi into a strafe along the side of the wall. "Shoot them, Stink-u!"(edited)
[7:49 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Mund got annoyed with Sula's nickname, while preparing his bow.
"For the last time!" He readies his shot and, without any hesitation, shoots the Faceless in the face "Don't call me Stink-u!"
[7:50 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: The landscape was filled with chaos and despair... Mund was somewhat shocked, but that didn't stop him to shoot every single monster his eyes crossed with.
[7:53 AM] Kwakado: "Ba-ba!" Sula flung the scroll into his grip, sending the Ox Spirit rampaging towards another demon. It veered from side to side, but impacted directly, knocking it over. "We're going in, Shimi-e!" Taking the pitch-black pegasus into another wide turn, Sula guided her through the entryway of the spacious stable. Many of the warhorses had already been taken for use in defending the castle, but the weak ones - the young ones - had all been left behind.
[7:55 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: When the duo entered the stable, Mund got off of the Pegasus.
"Sula, where is your kid? We should hurry, so answer me really fast!"(edited)
[7:56 AM] Kwakado: "The small one, with the necklace! Este!" Sula lept off, breaking into a roll along the ground as he ran along the stalls, scanning desperately for his foal.(edited)
[7:59 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "...Your kid, was an horse?"
Mund looked surprised and speechless.
"Sula, you are into very weird stuff, aren't you?"
[8:00 AM] Kwakado: "Klafi! You wouldn't understand!" Sula's eyes shone in terror as he reached the back wall. "...He's not here..."(edited)
[8:02 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Even though the situation weirded him out a bit, Mund showed some worry towards the man.
"The horse isn't here?"
He thinks for a bit.
"Maybe it went to the battlefield with some random soldier..."
[8:03 AM] Kwakado: "N-no...he is still so young...he must have run--" Sula's head shot up, looking back at Mund. "The training grounds!"
[8:04 AM] Kwakado: Nearly slipping on a pile of horse dung, Sula scrambles back to Shimi.
[8:05 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Mund follows him, making sure he also doesn't step on any kind of nastiness and he returns to Shimi.
"Let's get moving!"
[8:06 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "Oh, and try to focus on the ride, I'll try to do my best to fence off these monsters."
[8:06 AM] Kwakado: The Dwabi nods. "Ba!" Shimi takes off into a full gallop before Mund has fully mounted her.
[8:07 AM] Kwakado: She kicks herself into the air, flapping madly as Sula tries to grant her a tranquility even he doesn't have right now.
[8:09 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "Try to calm your Pegasus down a bit, Sula. My accuracy becomes way worse if we are moving like that."
[8:10 AM] Kwakado: "Nnn.. Sula grumbled, but took a moment to close his eyes and meditate. "Ommm...." Meanwhile, Shimi sped right at the training ground wall.
[8:12 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: He's meditating, even in this kind of situation?
Mund smirks for a bit.
He puts so much trust in his Pegasus...(edited)
[8:14 AM] Kwakado: At the last moment, Shimi 's hooves rear up, and she runs up the wall, leaping off the edge as she vaults into the training ground battlefield. Today, the weapons - and the stakes - were all too real.
[8:17 AM] Kwakado: Sula's eyes opened, and he nearly smiled when her wings flattened out into a glide. Misty monsters were charging relentlessly at the royal guard, who were holding the east ward quite well. He searched desperately for any sign of a foal.
[8:21 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Mund, while shooting down, some of the Faceless, was also searching for any kind of living thing that resembled an horse.
Ok, ok. If I was an horse, where would I be right now...
[8:22 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Suddenly, he screams.
"Sula, is it that horse?"
He points for a very small horse, bright brown coloured.
[8:23 AM] Kwakado: As a thrown Hand Axe sliced into the side of a ghastly Archer, Sula seizes the chance to send Shimi trampling into his head. "Hu?!" He turns to follow the finger, spotting his young ward running from a Sky Knight. "Este-i!"(edited)
[8:25 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Mund realised that they have completed their objective. When the two fought their way through and arrived next to the horse, he realised something.
[8:25 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "Uuuuh, Sula?"
[8:25 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "How will we bring back the horse?"
[8:26 AM] Kwakado: With a tug of the reins, Shimi notices him too, and barrels through the air after them. "N-not now!" He brings Shimi into a sharp angle, and she cries out as her wings nearly scrape the ground.
[8:29 AM] Kwakado: They ride alongside the terrified foal, as Mund's question sinks in. "...ah, gods..."
[8:31 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Mund gulps.
"That's not something I really want to hear...."
[8:32 AM] Kwakado: He pulls on the reins, and Shimi's pace slows to match the child's. Scraps of escape plans from that morning dance through his thoughts. "...The castle. It is..safest place in Ama-terasu. We'll have to lead him in, there is rope--" Sula pulls a hand away, pointing at a nearby saddlebag.
[8:35 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Having no plans, Mund saw himself agreeing to Sula's idea.
"That's our best option, if we want to save him."
[8:36 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "But that means that we will be way more exposed and we might get cornered."
[8:37 AM] Kwakado: "Then I will take care of Este-i. Just hold them off." Sula digs around in the saddlebag, procuring the rope and wrapping it around a horse treat.(edited)
[8:41 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "Leave it to me!"
Mund takes a really deep breath, to focus even harder.
Ok, don't lose your rhythm... Now is no time to lose heart. Now... we are betting it all.
[8:42 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: Mund attacks the monsters and, while an arrow or two miss, their enemies were slowly, but surely, falling down.(edited)
[8:43 AM] EndumAndTheWorld: "How is the situation, are we ready to go?"
[8:43 AM] Kwakado: "Ba-bo!" Shimi speeds towards the eastern entrance while Sula dangles the food behind, smiling at the foal.
[8:45 AM] Kwakado: "Yes...good, Este-i!" He nods to Mund. "We...need to get back to the battle." The two humans ride into Tesamaaru, followed by the foal. Then he lets go of the rope and begins leading Shimi through the passageways towards the center of the castle, where they would make their last stand.
[8:45 AM] Kwakado: ============END RP================
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