Redwall Abbey

Twigtooth awoke to the sound of yelling and cheering, looking around he could see he was in a huge oval area dotted with ruins and surrounded by stands. In a stand bigger than the rest, there was a rat standing on a box and yelling through a hollow log next to him

"Heeeeeeeeelloooooo and welcome to the first annual fight pit match! In this new sport, 8 contestants or gladiators will fight to the death to win their freedom. By the popular opinion of the crowd, gladiators will receive help and guidance in their challenge. Occasionally we shall host events, these events will be announced through the log so that all of the contestants know what's going on, so without further ado, lets meet our valiant gladiators!" he took a breath "This mysterious Marten here is Aldar Kreshal, master of knives and the shortsword" a spotlight from a large lamp illuminated Aldar. The plan of shining the spotlights was that the contestants would be able to see where their fellows were so that their captors would not have long to wait before the bloodbath begun. The spotlight moved over to an otter with a scar over one of his green eyes "This fierce lookin' riverdog is Aster Tuyo a cautious warrior he is, as evidenced by that round shield there. Movin' swiftly on this fine figure of a Desert cat is Sandfire the trident master. This Muscly Beaver over here is Twigtooth who was, until recently, the captain of the fine ship, Waterlog. Next we have Scarab the renegade, she's a mysterious creature, not even sure if she's even full squirrel harharharhar! This lovely otter here is Jukmin, a well rounded fighter, look at all those weapons folks! Still, it comes down to whether or not she can use 'em properly. This battle-hardened hare here is Mucroni-manum look at that trident, and that sword, cor! I reckon she'll be a tough one to beat! And finally this axe totin' fox is Camden Grayle, I have a feelin' he's a toughie too though personally my money's on Miss Manum over there, she looks like she can take care of herself in a fight. La-hay-dees and Gentlemen, please place your bets!"

OOC: Before there is another post I would like you all to vote for or bet on a character, YOU CANNOT BET ON YOUR OWN CHARACTER THAT WOULD BE CHEATING, if you need to you can go back and have a look at the original character sheets in the OOC thread. Once all of the votes have been taken in I will pm the player with the highest amount of votes a tip, or possibly give them items in game. Any post with fighting or movement that is posted before the results have all come in will be disregarded. As the rat said, Ladies and gentlemen, please place your bets. 

Aster Tuyo heard the rat shouting, and ground his teeth. Captured by vermin! However, things could be worse. He had fought many enemies, as evidenced by his scars, and had conquered them all. He doubted that these would prove too difficult. If he did win, he decided he wouldn't rest until he had killed the vermin that had imprisoned him. Drawing his sword and gripping his round shield, he prepared for battle.

Camden woke to shuffling around him. His eyes grew wide when he saw where he was. Massive crowds, and beasts that looked they could crush stone with their bare paws, in the same pit as him!
He stared in awe over at Manum. He feared all hares, and they all hated him. He was a Marlfox, and everyone could tell. And no one likes a Marlfox.... alive. He scrambled akwardly backward on four paws, behind a pillar. He drew his ham-axe and waited, nervously, and dreadfully.

OOC: They have been placed so that they can't see where anyone is, you could say that he looked over in the direction of Murcroni's spotlight instead

Jukmin opened her eyes slowly. She looked around at the stands, and the crowd of beasts which occupied them.
She clenched and unclenched her paws. She drew her favourite weapon, The sabre.
She rolled it in her left paw, feeling it's weight.
She had fought many times for others beasts pleasure, and every time she did so, she went wild, only seeing in red. Jukmin shuddered. But this time it would be different, instead of after winning her battle being pushed into a metal cage, she would be freed. Her master had promised.
Jukmin looked over at the other spot lights. Trying to see who her opponents would be. But she could make nothing out.
Jukmin licked the blade of her sabre.
"Happy hunting time."           

Sandfire been one of the first to wake up, and he did not like what he saw; fearsome fighting beasts, armed to the teeth! Checking his own weapons, he wondered if this would be the last place he would see. He was a brillant fighter, but he still had his worrys.

OOC: Ah accidentally voted for Aldar before readin' ze part aboot nae votin' for yer own character. Can ve juzt nae count vone o' ze votez for Aldar an' ah zend me real vote tae Jetthebinturong?

BIC:
Upon awakening Aldar opened his eyes and promptly shut them to the rays of the spotlight. Covering his eyes with one paw he tried to get a feeling about where he was. After the spotlight had moved on from him he was able to get a better bearing on his location. So he was in some sort of gladiator pit with several other gladiators? His frown grew bigger as each new gladiator's name was called. Unless he had misheard the rat, there were seven other fighters to deal with. I'll have to take this carefully, he thought. No doubt there are some other things about this than meets the eye. He tried to get a glimpse of the other gladiators but all he could see was the various directions that the spotlight had moved to while showing them to the crowd. Be careful, he thought to himself. Don't waste all of your energy on the first few foes. Let them be the ones to tire themselves out. Let them whittle themselves down before I truly start to fight!

Aster moved towards the back of the arena, hoping to avoid killing any goodbeasts. Unfortunately, it appeared he would have to fight them to escape alive. He just hoped they would kill each other off first.

Jukmin, stood still. Waiting for the fight to begin.
Her breathing began to get faster, her heart beat louder, any moment now.
Don't go berserk. Jukmin whispered to herself. All it'll do is make you tried. Play the game right, this time.

OOC: And the results are in, seems like Leatho won.

OOC:

Wow! Cool, thanks guys!

Camden looked about. Nowhere to hide, darn. He scurried across to another pillar. He tried climbing... no good. He drew his ham-axe closer to his chest.

OOC: Can you turn the spotlights off now?

As one the spotlights all blinked out. The rat bellowed through his hollow log "The results of the bettin' are in, you can now begin slaughterin' each other!"

Twigtooth immediately took off in the direction of a huge maze of ruins near the center of the arena, drawing his ketanas as he went, when given the choice between fight or flight he would almost always choose flight, especially when the option to fight was fighting innocent creatures, with any luck he would only need to kill one of them.

OOC well done Leatho. so does the one with the least amount of votes die  :o

BIC Jukmin's attempt to keep calm had lasted until the spotlights went out. The minute it was time to fight she lost it.

She saw a running figure, a beaver she thought. He looked terrified, but she couldn't feel sorry for him. He stood in the way of her freedom.
Jukmin charge after Twigtooth roaring her battle cry.
"WOOOOOOO IIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE WOOOOOO EEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIII"
 
 

At the sound of the rat starting it Aldar immediately ducked into the shadow of a ruin wall nearby. Hopefully he could remain unseen there long enough to last the first few bloodsheds, and possibly catch a beast passing by off guard. If he played his cards right and stayed low, he could be out of this and then, then he would deal with that traitor that got him into this mess! But it is not the time to think about that now, he thought. He needed to focus on the here and now, and the other beasts around him if he was to get out of this.

Jukmin was still chasing after Twigtooth when she noticed Aldar, he trying not to be seen.
Jukmin smiled to herself as she crept up behind him. Holding her sabre in the left paw she murmured to herself.
"Looks like your going be to the first to die."   

Mucroni-manum walked confidently and softly through the ruins till she found an easly defensible position. It was at the end of a long alley that zig-zagged so that any one walking down it could not see around the corners. Where she was at was a round courtyard like area, which gave her enough room to let the arctic hare use her weapons to there maximum strength, but small enough to not be surrounded. She was confident and relaxed, growing up in the Land of ice and snow had taught her that, the land where ermine, foxes, wolves and wolverines ruled with the will of a tyrant and an iron claw. She had fought many a battle and slain many a foe. Living is the freezing cold had hardened her muscles. She smiled in the face of death.  

OOC she sounds scary  :o  ;)

OOC: Did I go over the top?

OOC: IMO, no, but be careful she doesn't turn into a Mary Sue.

BIC: Aster saw Mucroni-manum dissapear into the labyrinthine maze of ruins. Hoping to catch her off guard, he followed silently, sword and shield at the ready.

OOC: No worries mate.  :)

OOC: Well, they are ment to be gladiators....

BIC: Sandfire spotted Aster slinking off, shadowing Mucroni-manum. The desert cat smirked, and tighted his grip on his weapon, the trident. Two could play at that game! He followed Aster, knowing, if his two opponents did fight each other, he could come in, and battle the surviver, knowing that they would already be weakened.

Making his way through the ruins, Aster heard a noise behind him. He quickly dodged behind a corner and raised his weapons.

Sandfire snarled. The creature who he was stalking had heard him! Treading carefully, he made sure his retracting steel claws, and his trident were ready, edged forward.

Quote from: rachel25 on August 30, 2013, 04:34:20 PM
Jukmin was still chasing after Twigtooth when she noticed Aldar, he trying not to be seen.
Jukmin smiled to herself as she crept up behind him. Holding her sabre in the left paw she murmured to herself.
"Looks like your going be to the first to die."   

OOC: Vhen did zhe ever get behind Aldar? If zhe vaz chazin' after Twigtooth 'ollerin' like ye zaid zhe vaz zen juzt aboot anybeazt viz even juzt vone ear vid 'ave 'eard 'er an' nae alloved 'er tae zneak up be'ind zem.

BIC:
Aldar jumped away from the otter and sprang up, with his short sword held in a reverse-grip in his left paw and one of his throwing knives held in his right. "Not if I have anything t'say about it, waterdog." Many seasons of hard living with vermin gangs constantly creeping about around him had conditioned his ears to be constantly on the alert, and it was with just this sharp hearing that he had heard the otters mutterings. Of course with the way she had been hollering out her war cry a beast really had little need of sharp hearing. He gestured with his knife paw. "Yer move, otter." he hissed.

Aster stepped towards the cat, swinging his sword at its head and bringing his shield up for defense. He had fought beasts with tridents before, and knew both the strengths and weaknesses of such weapons.

 Camden saw two beasts jumping and yelling about at a pillar not too far away. He gripped his ham-axe tighter, and dashed off through the sand, hoping not to be seen.

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on August 31, 2013, 01:51:48 AM

Quote from: rachel25 on August 30, 2013, 04:34:20 PM
Jukmin was still chasing after Twigtooth when she noticed Aldar, he trying not to be seen.
Jukmin smiled to herself as she crept up behind him. Holding her sabre in the left paw she murmured to herself.
"Looks like your going be to the first to die."   

OOC: Vhen did zhe ever get behind Aldar? If zhe vaz chazin' after Twigtooth 'ollerin' like ye zaid zhe vaz zen juzt aboot anybeazt viz even juzt vone ear vid 'ave 'eard 'er an' nae alloved 'er tae zneak up be'ind zem.

BIC:
Aldar jumped away from the otter and sprang up, with his short sword held in a reverse-grip in his left paw and one of his throwing knives held in his right. "Not if I have anything t'say about it, waterdog." Many seasons of hard living with vermin gangs constantly creeping about around him had conditioned his ears to be constantly on the alert, and it was with just this sharp hearing that he had heard the otters mutterings. Of course with the way she had been hollering out her war cry a beast really had little need of sharp hearing. He gestured with his knife paw. "Yer move, otter." he hissed.

Jukmin charge at the Pine marten.
"OOOOWWWWW IIIIIIIEEEEEE OOOHHHHH!" She roared. "COME AND TASTE SOME STEEL VERMIN!"
OOC um how do we die in this. Do one of us just decided to die or is the person who got the least amount of votes the one to die.  ???

OOC: Votes count for nothing except one thing, the person with the highest number of votes gets one, just one, tip to use as they please. I should have shut down the poll when all eight had voted, but I didn't and somehow (not counting Hiag accidentally voting for himself) there are nine votes in total. In any case the tip is given when the person, i.e Leatho, asks for it and could drastically change the game. You choose when to die, constantly avoiding attacks is powerplay and against the rules. If you think your character is outmatched show it, though this does not mean kill off your character whenever you meet a stronger opponent, it does mean that if in the sign ups you can clearly tell that your character is weaker than your opponent, act like it, if your opponent has an advantage due to a long ranged weapon, don't just ignore it.

Twigtooth raised his ketanas in readiness but at the last moment the otter swerved off for some inexplicable reason and Twigtooth safely made it into the ruins. Looking about for a good place to wait and observe the battle, he saw the perfect spot, a high tower almost completely cut off from other ruins. Climbing up on to the top of an archway, he jumped over to a short section of wall that was the closest part of the ruins to the tower. Sheathing his ketanas to make his hands free he ran along the length of the wall and leaped across the gap. He slammed hard into the side of the tower, winding himself in the process, however he had manged to catch onto a lip that surrounded the whole tower and was presumably just above or below a window. As he began to inch his way around the tower he realized that he was a perfect target for anyone with a ranged weapon, though he couldn't recall the rat talking about any archers.

EDIT: OOC: I can't work out how to delete the poll so I reset the counts to zero, DO NOT PLACE ANY MORE VOTES

OOC: Ye could juzt delete av o' ze optionz except for vone, an' zen change zat vone tae zummat like "Pleaze Dinnae Vote 'ere". Or, an' ziz vaz juzt an idea ah 'ad, ye could delete certain optionz vhen zat character diez. Ah'll edit ziz pozt later vhen ah get ze chance tae rezpond tae Jukmin.

EDIT: BIC:
Most beasts when faced with a charging foe in this kind of situation would stand and fight. They would try if they could to kill them. Aldar wasn't most beasts. As soon as she started charging he took off for a ruined staircase. After he had made his way up onto it's rooftop he kicked the top few stairs until finally they gave way and fell to the ground. Now on one paw he was safe from the otter up here, but on the other paw he was also stuck up here, unless he could find a way down. Well, he thought. At least this will keep me out of the fighting for awhile.

OOC: Nice idea

Camden watched in horror as the beast targeted a new victim. He wondered how long till it was himself.

OOC: Could you guys get me into the action?

OOC: I was going to, but Shade came after me. If I get away from him, I'll go after you.

OOC: Ah edited me pozt. Ziz iz lookin' pretty intereztin'!

Quote from: Shadowed One on September 01, 2013, 11:57:44 AM
OOC: I was going to, but Shade came after me. If I get away from him, I'll go after you.

OOC: Sorry if I made that difficult.  :-\ I can go after another character if you like?

Sure.

OOC Jetthebinturong  I know how there re nine votes my brother (battle dragon) was looking at this and he voted so that's how  ;D and Hiag nice idea


BIC Jukmin swore as her intended victim kicked the stairs away.
Never mind.  She thought to herself. There are plenty of other creatures here. I'll just going to have to find someone else to battle.
Jukmin stealthily made her way to the other side of the fight pit and started to climb a all sorted of tree. Except it was just a tall log that had been stood up and attached to some of the pillars, and Jukmin smiled. And to the back of the stairs that the Pine marten she had been chasing had climbed up.
Jukmin began to climb to the top of the log.
The rope that was attached to the stairs was at the top of the log and the only thing Jukmin had as pawholds were some small branches and nobs on the side of the log.
She cursed as one of the branches she was holding snapped and she had to dig her claws into the wood to stop herself from falling. She was quite high up now.   

Aster missed his swing, and ran from the trident wielding cat. Rounding a corner, he found himself face to face with a hare. He stepped backwards and fell to the ground.

Sandfire was relieved that his opponent had mistimed his blow, but also disappionted. He had been disorientated by the sword swing, and charged the opposite dirrection, away from the beast. Where is that coward? he thought. Part of him felt cheated, and part felt bravo, for surely the beast had run away in terror?

Jukmin had reached the top of the log, she stood on the top and started to undo her belt. When she had successfully done this she looped the belt around the rope that was tried to the platform her victim was standing on.
Jukmin took a deep breath, and jumped.   

Aldar's previous frown reappeared. This otter didn't know when to give up! And because of his previous action he was more or less stuck up here, unless a new option revealed itself in the next moment. The moment passed and the frown remained. It looked like he would have to fight his way out of this one after all. He held up his shortsword and knife, ready to receive the first blow from the otter.

Jukmin whizzed down the rope. She saw the Pine-Marten raise his weapon.
Jukmin would be skewered if she didn't think of something quick.
Jukmin, at the last moment before impacted sung herself while still holding onto the belt. Her midriff missed the Pine-Marten's blade by milometers.
Jukmin let go of one of the end s of the belt and landed on the top of the stairs sword upraised.

"Well Pine-Marten, looks like it's the end of the road for you!"
Jukmin lunged.     

Quote from: rachel25 on September 04, 2013, 05:01:01 PM
..."Well Pine-Marten, looks like it's the end of the road for you!"
Jukmin lunched.   

OOC: Ah dinnae believe anybeazt vid 'ave time tae 'ave lunch.

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on September 04, 2013, 09:47:30 PM

Quote from: rachel25 on September 04, 2013, 05:01:01 PM
..."Well Pine-Marten, looks like it's the end of the road for you!"
Jukmin lunched.   

OOC: Ah dinnae believe anybeazt vid 'ave time tae 'ave lunch.

Hey, it's always good when you can make a joke out of something serious. Well, sometimes.


Camden sat watching everybeast in sight being attacked. He hoped that he would not be one of them soon. He rushed to another pillar.

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on September 04, 2013, 09:47:30 PM

Quote from: rachel25 on September 04, 2013, 05:01:01 PM
..."Well Pine-Marten, looks like it's the end of the road for you!"
Jukmin lunched.   

OOC: Ah dinnae believe anybeazt vid 'ave time tae 'ave lunch.

OOC I miss spelt it shot me  ;)

Leaping up, Aster swung his sword at the mountain hare while holding his shield up to defend himself.

OOC I need Hiag to post to say what happens next  :( come on Hiag!!!!

OOC: Oops, sorry bro for not posting, this will become a post today.

BIC: The arctic hare blocked his sword swing with her Kopis sword hand. It made a loud ClANG as the metal hit metal. Using the momentum, she jabbed her trident which lodged into his wooden shield.

OOC what do you mean a post today  ???

OOC: That post will be modified.

OOC Oh okay *disappears*

Twigtooth climbed in through the window and looked around, the tower was about twice as tall as the level he was standing on and the roof could be accessed by a set of crumbling yet functional stairs, it was a perfect place to hide, he sat down next to the window and drew his ketanas, waiting to see if anybody would follow.

Dropping his shield, Aster drew his dirk from his boot and jabbed at the hare while leaning all his weight against his enemies blade, trying to knock her down.

Aldar kept his weapons raised. "Go ahead an' try, seadog!" he responded, putting extra emphasis on the last word. "Or are ye too scared that ye'll fail? Aye, is that it? Pity, I thought ye would be more of a challenge." Perhaps if he struck just the right nerve he could throw her off balance and gain the advantage. He smiled cruely. "I guess I was mistaken! Oh well, I guess I should just go find a stronger opponent then. So go on, run back t'the sea, seadog! Ye'r not worth me time!"

She kicked the shaft of her trident, that still had the wooden shield on the end, up ward to block the dirk. It skimmed of the edge of it and cut into her shoulder.  Letting out a small cry the hare thrust the trident/shield at her combatant's exposed stomach hoping to push him away.

Grabbing the trident shaft, Aster used the momentum of his fall to pull the trident from his enemies grasp. He then raised his sword to protect his injured stomach while getting to his feet.

Mucroni-manum stepped forward and slashed down with her sword hand at Aster feet. Backing him into the narrow alley.

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on September 06, 2013, 08:33:37 PM
Aldar kept his weapons raised. "Go ahead an' try, seadog!" he responded, putting extra emphasis on the last word. "Or are ye too scared that ye'll fail? Aye, is that it? Pity, I thought ye would be more of a challenge." Perhaps if he struck just the right nerve he could throw her off balance and gain the advantage. He smiled cruely. "I guess I was mistaken! Oh well, I guess I should just go find a stronger opponent then. So go on, run back t'the sea, seadog! Ye'r not worth me time!"

Jukmin knew what the Pine-Marten was trying to do. Make her angry so she would make a mistake.
Two can play at that game.
Jukmin smiled nastily. "Well Pine-Marten at least I'm not a coward." She left the words hang before continuing. "I wasn't the one hiding on an old staircase. Cringing in fear." Jukmin lunged at Alder seeing how he would react. 

Aster stepped back, but not before the blade had nicked his footpaw. Backing into the alley, Aster suddenly leaped over his opponent but, missing his footing, landed on his chest with a thud.

Aldar held his ground. "Aye, of course ye weren't. Ye were too busy screamin' your head off and runnin' around like a daftbeast! How rather clever of you. Such a brilliant strategy. I wonder why no one else thought of it?" His voice was filled with sarcasm. "Oh, wait!" he said. "I think they were too busy using their brains to think up better ideas, but a brainless toad like you could never do that. Too bad."

Jukmin was used to sarcasm, she used it enough and anyway the battle cry strategy had worked before. It had scared her opponents when she had come charging up to them yelling her blood chilling battle cry. But this creature wasn't scared so she would have to just fight him.
Jukmin slashed at Alder.   

Aldar parried it with his shortsword. "That all ye got, seadog?" He tried an uppercut with his knife. "It won't be enough!"

After the short tussle with Aster, Sandfire kept to the shadows of the passage, wondering what the outcome of all the fights would be. If he hid, would he be left to battle the final suriver? Glancing up, he saw something, in the ruins of a tower. It was fairly stocky, which led him to think it was a short otter, or a beaver. Anyhow, he would find out soon enough! He broke into a run, heading toward the tower base.

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on September 08, 2013, 07:25:05 PM
Aldar parried it with his shortsword. "That all ye got, seadog?" He tried an uppercut with his knife. "It won't be enough!"

Jukmin dodged the blow and jumped stabbing down at the same time.

The hare picked up her fallen trident and kick the shield away. Turning around she waited for him to get up.

Aster slowly rose to his feet. He knew it would be a lucky day for him if he beat this hare. Deciding discretion was the better part of valor, he turned and leaped for a small ledge halfway up the wall.

Aldar stepped back just in time to avoid the attack. But now he was right on the edge! He took a quick glance down behind him. It was a bit too high to jump down. He was running out of options. He would have to think up something now, or he was done for. Suddenly he got an idea. He switched his shortsword into a normal grip, and then made a weak blow down onto the otter. He just hoped she would take the bait.

Jukmin leaped at Alder but as she did she realized he had tricked her, but it was too late.

Mucroni-manum went after him and with a leep she reached out to his footpaw.

Aldar smiled in his mind as the otter took the bait. Using the otter's momentum to his own advantage he grabbed her and pulled them both over the edge.

It was much too high off the ground to jump down, but if there was something to break the fall...Or someone, Aldar thought as they hurdled down towards the ground below. He had to execute this right, or this would turn out a lot more messy than he intended. He had to have the otter be below him to break his fall. If he could keep it together for just a moment longer...

Jukmin inwardly cursed herself as they fell.
How could I be so stupid?
Jukmin's fertile mind suddenly came up with a solution. If i have to hit the ground, then I won't be hitting it underneath this vermin.
Jukmin got hold of Alder's paw and twisted it before pushing herself away from him.
The ground was looming up now, Jukmin rolled as she came to earth, making the fall not so painful but she had sprained her footpaw.
I just hope that fool will be hurt much worse.

Aster kicked down at Mucroni-manum, hoping to make her let go of his foot. At the same time, he tried to hold onto the ledge, but his paws were slipping.

The hare was kicked in the face and let go of his foot paw, she landed on her back but quickly got up. Taking her trident, she jabbed at him with it.

Aster felt the hare let go of his footpaw. With the last of his strength, he pulled himself up the ledge and onto the wall top while the trident barely missed his leg.

Her trident got stuck in the rock. She had a hard time pulling it out b/c she only had one paw to do it.

"You're a lucky beast", the hare said through gritted teeth.

She stood their below him, waiting for him to take his next move.

Aster was safe for the moment, but his weapons were on the ground below him. He decided to go along the wall and possibly see if there was something he could use as a weapon until he got his back.

"Youch!" Aldar let go of his daggar in pain, letting go of the otter as well. He just had time to position himself so he didn't break every bone in his body before he crashed down onto the ground.

He slowly brought himself up. He had survived the fall, but had broken his left ankle in the process. He suddenly realized that he had let go of his daggar. THNNK!

"Aaugh..." He cried out in pain as the blade finished it's descent...straight into his broken ankle! Gritting his teeth so he didn't cry out in pain he yanked the daggar out as quickly as he could. Curse that seadog! he thought angrily. If she had just stayed put for just a moment longer, he would have won and she'd be dead, her skull crushed into the stadium's ground.

But no, he thought. She had to go and mess the whole thing up! Groggily from the intense pain his thoughts went back to a conversation around a campfire that his companions and him at one point had had about beasts getting into an intense rage, or as some called it "the bloodwrath". He had not payed much attention to it at the time, but he remembered one of them saying that some beasts could become so filled with rage that they could keep fighting even through severe injuries. Afterwards they usually ended up dead, but for a brief amount of time they could resist the call of death. Suddenly his mind clicked back to the present. That was it!

His mind let the pain wash over him. Through him. He concentrated on his hatred for the otter, how much he wanted to see her dead. He stood up. The otter cowered in fear. He raised his shortsword. He then brought it down for a killing blow...

Suddenly he was concious again. The first thing he felt was an extreme headache that made him stop for a moment. After the pain dulled down some to a small throb he opened his eyes. The first thing that he noticed was that he was face-down on the ground. He slowly picked himself up, picking up his shortsword andd daggar that had fallen beside him. Was the otter dead? he thought. Had he succeeded in killing her? He looked around, trying to find her.

OOC: Zae bazically 'e 'it 'is 'ead and blacked oot for a moment.

OOC clever  ;)
BIC Jukmin had taken the precious moments that the Pine-Marten was unconscious to rub and click her footpaw back in place.
Stay down you fool just a little longer.
Click.
Jukmin sighed as her footpaw clicked back into place. Now to get that mangy Pine-marten.

Aster saw her looking at the pine marten, with her back turned to him. Leaping from the wall, he landed on top of her and grabbed her sabre.

Juking swore and drew her dagger. She stabbed hard at the other otters unprotected chest, and in the same movement pulled her spear out of his grasp. Junk in stood up shakily. that was close. He almost had me
OOC shadow it's your chose whether my dagger made contact or not so........

Aster dodged to one side, at the same time taking the dagger from her grip. He quickly backed out of range of her spear.

OOC: Omg someone else who reads Lackadaisy! Waiting for Shade to post

Sandfire was still climbing, and finally he reached the ledge which he had been heading for. Pulling himself up, he quickly dodged to the side, under an overhanging vine. He could see his target, the beaver, and tryed to make as little noise as possible. Checking his weapons, he began walking toward the beaver.

Camden saw his chance. The hare had stuck her Trident in the wall. He tried to move as silently as possible. He gripped his ham-axe and swung at her leg hard.

OOC: My "lag" lol. :D

BIC: Mucroni-manum felt air on her leg and swung her sword hand down behind her just in time to block the blow, the axe was strong and it broke the kopis in half. Pulling her trident lose she swung it around at her unseen enemy.

Quote from: Leatho Shellhound on September 16, 2013, 03:00:57 AM
OOC: My "lag" lol. :D

Yeah, typo fail.  :D

Camden was surprised at the speedy retaliation by the hare. The sword blow numbed his paws, and the trident shaft cracked into his jaw. He crumpled to the ground, but grabbed his ham-axe and swung again.

Aster turned and ran down an alleyway, hoping to find more weapons as a single dagger wouldn't help him much. It was better than nothing, though.

OOC I have a small javelin not a spear but oh well.
BIC Jukmin raced after the other otter. Her breathing ragged and her pace fast.
That little pain in the rudder will pay for that.

Hearing somebeast breathing behind him, Aster dodged behind a column and waited, dagger ready.

Jukmin saw him as he dived behind the column. She stopped and lay down, and started to crawl to the other side of the column. She hoped the other otter was facing the way he had come.
As soon as Jukmin was on the other side she launched herself at her foe, whirling her sling she brought it down hard on where she hoped his head would be. 

While Jukmin's attention was on the otter Aldar slipped away, hiding in the shadow of a wall. He was safe for now, but any moment another beast might see him. He slowly regained his breath, as well as his bearings. That had been way too close, he thought to himself. I have to make sure that that doesn't happen again. He pressed himself as closer as he could into the wall's shadow.

OOC: Zigh...Zat vaz cloze! Zank ye, Aster!

Twigtooth happened to look out of the window, he saw the vine moving and narrowed his eyes suspiciously, he slowly brought his ketanas up level with his chest, his flight attitude was not because he was scared or because he was weak, it was simply because he did not want to kill innocent creatures but if one of them attacked him, he would not hold back. This fight would be the difference between freedom and death.

Aster had guessed his opponent would go to the other side, so he had quickly left and taken off silently back the way he had come.

The arctic hare locked his axe between her trident pushing on it to make him back up.

OOC: Was that alright?

Camden slid back in the soft, coarse sand. He struggled to fight back, but the hare's superior strength kept up. He slipped forwards, and he hoped that Mucroni had also lost balance. He gripped his ham-axe and swung up blindly.

Making his way through the ruins, Aster saw the hare fighting a fox.  Now was his chance! While they were distracted, he ran and retrieved his weapons. Then he quickly ran back towards his otter enemy, ready to turn the tables.

Jukmin was very displeased to see the otter had made a run for it.
"Coward." She spat.
Jukmin then saw the hare and fox battling.
Well it wouldn't hurt to kill one of them while their backs are turned. She thought.
Jukmin hurled her javelin at the fox. She would rather fight the hare, she looked like a worthy opponent.   

Aster saw his opponent throw a javelin. The otter's back was turned to him, so he drew his dirk and threw it at her unprotected back.

Jukmin turned after throwing the javelin, she turned and the dirk went straight through her heart.
She never knew what killed her or if she had killed the fox she through her javelin at. But she did know one thing. She was free at last. Free from pain and grief, free to be with her loved ones once more.
OOC someone had to die first  :'(   

Aster walked over to the crumpled body of his opponent and retrieved his dirk. Turning towards the hare and fox, he got ready to kill some more.

Sandfire saw the beaver peer out of the window and spot him, and he snarled curses under his breath. Stepping out of his hiding place, he tryed a differant tach. "Well 'ello, what ya doing hiding in a tower?" he asked. He wondered if he could make the beaver angry enough to come out and fight him.

"I'm not hiding, I'm waiting" Twigtooth replied coolly "As for the tower, it seemed a good place to survey the arena from"

The rat who had started the fight bellowed through a log "Jukmin has been killed, only seven fighters remain! Who will die next? only time will tell"

Sandfire was about to say something, when he heard the rat's announcment. Jumkin? Wasn't she that otter? Anyhow, he had to face the challenge that was in front of him. Swirling his cloak, he stared at the beaver.  "Well, yer waitin' is over. Pherpare to be the second death!" With this he lunged with his trident held high.

OOC: I will be on vacation until next Thursday so I won't be able to post until I'm back.

Mucroni-manum tripped forward with the loss of opposing force. Falling forward, the on-coming axe blow hit her Lorica Musculata and knocked the air from her. She fell on him in a heap of armor.

Camden was relieved that he had winded her. He was unhappy though, with the heavy body of his opponent flopping down on him. He shoved her off, and got up slowly. He gripped the iron handle of the ham-axe, and aimed for the head.

Being rolled to the side, she saw his foot paws in front of her. The arctic hare's trident lay by her, she took it and stabbed forward at his unprotected leg.

Camden felt the searing pain shoot through his leg. All chances of killing the hare shot back down to 0. He tripped over Mucroni's body, not only doubling the pain, but also bringing down to the ground.

Twigtooth dodged to the side and swung both of his ketanas at the cat 

Sandfire dodged one of the swinging blades, but the other one sliced the very end of his trident, not enough the frighten him, but enough to startle him. Holding his now-slightly shorter trident, he jabbed, at the smae time swinging his footpaw, hoping to trip him.

Aster saw the fox go down and silently cursed. It would have been easier to deal with that fox then the hare, but he might still be able to kill that pesky hare.

The arctic hare got up and turned. She looked at the pitiful beast on the ground before her.

"Get up and fight" She said.

The hare's back was turned to him. Aster threw his Dirk at her back silently, hoping for another kill.

OOC: Dude, you might want to aim your throw some where else, I have back armor.  Like my arm, or waist.

As Camden was on the ground, his mind had already formulated a battle plan.

He threw a pawful of sand in the hare's eyes, and swung. Not caring if it hit ornot, he swiftly attempted to limp away.

OOC: Back is a bigger target, and could kill you. If the back armor isn't metal, it should go right through. However, I will probably miss because he threw sand in your eyes.

Mucroni-manum lep back as a hand full of sand was thrown in her eyes. She felt his axe hit her trident. A dirk came out of no-were and cut her upper arm.

As the hare begain to see again she went after Camden.

Cursing under his breath, Aster dove at the hare with his sword raised, hoping to finish her off.

OOC: I know I'm not meant to be here but I am still the only one who's character died  :-\

I'll have to worry about killing that fox later, She thought as she went to meet Aster's on-coming attack.

@ rachel25, No sure, Norham's character almost died if Shadowed One hadn't come in.

Aster's blade was knocked back by the hare. He swung his shield at her face while stabbing at her stomach with his sword.

OOC: *Aldar quietly 'umz ze Redwall T.V zhov zeme*

OOC: Sorry for such a late reply Shade  :-[

Twigtooth jumped backwards to dodge the questing trident, unconsciously avoiding the footpaw as he did so. He swung his ketanas sideways across his chest, hoping to cut his opponent in half

Aster quickly backwards to avoid any counterattack the hare might make.

OOC: Iz ziz ztill goin' on?

Hopefully

OOC: Someone really needs to post.

OOC: I am so sorry for the late post.

Mucroni-manum was hit in the face by a wooden shield, it made her stagger back which took most of the power of the sword which hit her armor. Even so, it punctured, wounding the hare. Regaining her breath and a clear mind, she stabbed weakly at her enemy.

Aster suddenly felt his leg pierced by the hares weapon. He fell to his knees, stabbing again and again in the hares direction.

Camden could feel his leg-wound taking its toll. He crumpled to the ground with an agonized sob.
His body was going numb, and he could see the blood still trickling from his leg. He could barely keep a grip on his ham-axe. His leg felt cold. In fact, he couldn't feel it at all.

He ripped a piece of his cloak off, and wrapped it tightly about his thigh, stopping the flow of blood. He attempted to get up, and with a weak cry he managed to work his way up to a standing position. He limped to the side of a pillar and waited, waiting for his time to die.

Aster stood up slowly and then, since the hare wasn't attacking him, stabbed straight at her face.

OOC: Wow, how come I seem to always miss your posts?

The hare had waited for him to rise, avoiding his sword. As he stood and jabbed at her head she blocked it with her trident and swung it at him, hoping to hit the otter with the side of its heavy prongs.

 Camden saw his chance. Both the hare and the otter were occupied with each other. He clenched his teeth and dashed across the sands, swinging his ham-axe at full power. He leaped on Aster, seething with wrath. He knew he was going to die soon, but if he was going to die, he wanted to die fighting.

The trident seemed to come out of nowhere, and Aster tried to dodge too late. The deadly metal prongs hit his head, knocking him unconscious and sending his sword flying at Camden's face.