Goutheim

[Goryokaku]

Kal walks back into the clearing with the group, "There is at least 10 of them awake down there maybe more," Kal had heard Saphira's report of the 5 she'd seen whilst she flew around, but if they asked Kal wasn't going to explain how she knew there was more of them actively moving around. She waited for them to finalise the plan, but she figured she would end up assault the front entrance of the camp, not because she wanted to but she didn't think everyone would volunteer to cause a distraction.

[Thaedael]

From where she stood, Elsa could hear the shuffling of footsteps as another person approached their position. She strained her ears to listen harder and harder, before the form of Kal begun to emerge from the ill-light foot of the mountain, her form breaking free from the clasp of darkness. Wait... Don't tell me... She walked closer, this time her own beaten shoes dragging along the loose gravel of the path making their own shuffling noise as she approached Kal. You spend all this time preaching... she thought to herself, her form beginning to stiffen with barely contained anger. As suddenly as she came, she stopped, before striking a back handed blow towards Kal's face. The slap resonated against the empty clearing which the group stood in, Elsa still with hand extended from the slap and shaking with anger. "You don't call a plan stupid and dangerous, and then walk off by yourself idiot. Every life is precious, yours too, don't forget that you fool".

[Goryokaku]

Kal looked down at the Lynx her cheek was hurting from the slap but that didn't seem to bother her more the look of concern coming from Elsa's eyes Kal hadn't seen that look before not from anyone not even Wilhelm she couldn't understand it because when people look at her it was either with lust, or hatred. Kal let a small smile reach her lips but it went away almost immediately though she was still remarkably calm "I would have been fine, after all." Kal got up close so she could whiper quietly.

Elsa:

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"I'm one of the freaks."

It wasn't self hatred that made her speak that way as Kal moved back this was what she had been told by everyone for the majority of her life, Wilhelm had been different but then he never asked about her past he simply showed her that not all humans would hate her.

[Thaedael]

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"So what if you are one of the freaks. Does that disqualify you from living, does it vindicate any stupid beliefs you and I have that we are or were useless?" She stood in place, her hand still extended, breathing hard, her torso bobbing up and down from the labored breathing as Kal continued to rest close to her, their conversation within ear-shot range continuing. "Freak or not, witch or not, everyone has a place in this stupid world, no matter how many people tell other's otherwise, no matter how bad it hurts. You don't just get to throw it away. Now enough of this stupid talk of freaks and suicidal charges, or I will have to slap you again... Until this fool's errand is over, you do nothing heroic"

Elsa shuddered in disgust before turning on heel, beginning to walk away from Kal, her mind reeling with thoughts that came in one after another in a rising flood. Her memories ran wild, the memory of trekking through snow in snow shoes, the riding on the back of winter pack animals. The discoveries of her own powers, the caravan elders speaking to her in her own language, the last time she saw her parents. The time she burned down a forest because she was alone and afraid and lost control of her emotions, and as a result her own powers. Stupid woman, she thought to herself, so many times I wanted to end it, and yet there is always a reason to live. She shook her head, trying to clear the thoughts from her mind. "What the hell are we going to do about this bandit camp, so we can get home in one piece, without dying..." she asked to the group, more assertive than ever before.

[Goryokaku]

Kal watched Elsa walking away she wondered if Elsa would feel the same way if she knew what she could do, she had no intentions of showing anyone this but Elsa seemed to have her own past traumas her own sorrows, Kal sighed Elsa had made a mistake she thought Kal was suicidal. Kal laughed and her eyes began to glow eerily.

Elsa:

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Kal projects into Elsa mind, "Your not alone Elsa, you might think you are and you might think you understand what I'm thinking but I know exactly what your thinking I see your memories even if I don't want to" Kal then began to show her own past in Elsa mind, the look of fear from the children when she hadn't done anything, the hatred from the adults that lived with her most her life, the one attempt to show she wasn't worthless and the fire that came from her display of raw uncontrollable power, then the loneliness for months when she had run away the fear slowly seeping away and the mindless bottomless cold rage take it's place, then Wilhelm the time she spent with him the warmth the comfort, then the disappearance and the heart break. Back out living her life and her moving to Ogden, the lustful looks from the men she didn't understand and the jealous hatred of the women around her once again isolating her. Projecting again cause she didn't want the others to know, "At least you were simply ignored, you weren't shown the uglier side of this world through the eyes of every stranger you met. But you are not alone and as you denied it before, your going to have to face facts, you have power and you can't control it is the only problem."

Kal eyes continued to glow her rage not dying down she didn't want it to not now she would feed off the hatred when they struck the bandit camp she would show the world the hatred they had brought through there own acts.

[Thaedael]

She faltered in step, falling to one knee as thoughts that were both alien and not her own begun to flood into her mind, visions so vivid and clear it was as if she could reach out and touch someone. She let out a cry, bringing both hands to her head, holding it against her temples, her head beginning to hurt and burn. Loud words begun to echo in her mind, the same voice as the witch who had confronted her but moments ago, her words resonating loud and harshly in the hollows of her own conscious mind. "You're not alone Elsa, you might think you are and you might think you understand what I'm thinking but I know exactly what you're thinking, I see your memories even if I don't want to." the voice echoed in her mind more, her head hurting more and more as blood begun to flow faster through her body, her temples beating hard, her lungs burning as she gasped each breath.

Eyes appeared in her mind's eye. Hundreds of them, each as cold as the last one, each searing into the blackness of her mind, some glowing, others just staring accusingly, each time it flickered, more and more sets of eyes staring back at inner Elsa's self-image, her shape cowering and shrinking before them. They were suddenly swept aside, a flame, bigger and brighter than any she had ever seen, the heat sweeping aside other images in an all consuming fire, one that continued to burn at her head, her blood thundering past her ear drum as she grit her teeth together, drawing blood from cheek caught between them.

As soon as it had appeared it ended, leaving her cowering in the darkness of her own mind, the emptiness all consuming, the same feeling of wondering the snow ridden forest of home. Yet at the edges of her mind she could feel the warmth, the images of a man flashing at the corner of her perceptions, the memories of love and warmth. A man whom she has never seen before, nor recognized in any way, garbed in the outfits of a land far away. Smiles, and warmth, the fluttering of a heart, before once more being drawn into nothingness, a back drop to the tragedies of wandering alone, and being hated. Once more her head begun to burn, her ear-drums beginning to feel like it would turn in upon itself before tearing.

"At least you were simply ignored, you weren't shown the uglier side of this world through the eyes of every stranger you met. But you are not alone and as you denied it before, your going to have to face facts, you have power and you can't control it is the only problem." The voice was sharper before, crueler than before.

Through grit teeth, and blood, Elsa spoke, "I am not like you. You of all people then, should now how much more important love and respect should be valued." She continued to grit at her teeth before finally her mind was her own again. She stood doubled over in the dirt of the mountain floor, hacking deep breaths before clearing her throat and spitting a glob of saliva and blood. "You of all people..."

[Goryokaku]

Kal nodded her eyes still glowing she held out a hand to help Elsa get up, "I know how much it should be Valued Elsa... Kal, was still angry, but she didn't blame Elsa and she wouldn't leave her after being shown her past not now though Kal felt sorry for the Lynx's own treatment by her people she hadn't understood the language but she had understood the treatment. She moved in close so she could whisper once again.

Elsa

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"I apologise if I caused you some pain with that, but you have to understand Elsa, I'm not suicidal I won't die till I know what happened to Wilhelm...

Kal took Elsa by the arm and helped her stand up.

[Zeus Kabob]

Continuing your vigil, you notice no unusual activity from the bandits. All ten of you can feel the pressure build as you plan for your assault.

Angel:

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You can feel your wings ready to sprout at any moment. Your emotions run high both because of the impending attack and because of all the activity in the group.

Roxia:

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You check your wand one more time, making sure it's filled. You take out both of your lodestones and begin playing with them idly, helping calm you.

Shelby:

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You feel nervous and yet excited about the upcoming battle. You don't want to have blood on your hands again, but you want to help the people of the town; you hope that you can keep your friends safe without killing anyone.

Arkalam:

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You polish your blade for the upcoming battle. Your blood boils with battle-lust. Your raids previously have conditioned you to love this feeling of immediate attack.

Melek:

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You try to keep yourself calm, but you can see your body begin to bubble again. Your nerves are riding high; you've never attacked another being with rage before.

Kal:

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The camp's thoughts seem calm enough, but you can feel the excitement of your compatriots as they prepare for the upcoming battle. Elsa's thoughts are running at a mile a minute, and you reach in to see why (see spoiler)

Airat:
Bobak walks up to Airat, and he says "Airat, are you ready? It's almost time to fight."

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You feel your skin glow in the moonlight; you're prepared for anything!

Elsa:

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Your rage at Kal's thoughts and actions clouds your mind. Your thoughts reach a peak. "They'll never understand me!" you rage internally, and your powers burst out.

Elsa's skin crackles with fire and lightning, a low scream ripping through the air. The dirt around seems to shake and rise as her powers explode, and you all can hear the camp shouting "What was that?" "Show yourself!" Looks like the camp's starting to come to alertness. It's now or never.

[Goryokaku]

Kal swears to herself and tries to project the warm aura she was taught by Wilhelm onto Elsa, her eyes still glowing as they are she get her bow out and strings and arrow ready. Kal stays close to Elsa and aims an arrow into the camp, this was her mistake so she would fix it, "Go, Circle round I'll keep them busy and move Elsa as soon as her power stops being all flashy and distracting." Kal looses an arrow into the camp and quickly strings another arrow, she doesn't have the time to explain to the others why Elsa's power was crackling crazy but Kal wasn't going to leave the Lynx's side because if her power settled down and she found herself alone Kal wasn't sure how the lone some lynx would react. Whilst the action continues around her, Kal's eyes are still glowing as keeps trying to project the aura, or to at least absorb.

Elsa:

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Kal projects her voice into Elsa's mind as she lets loose another arrow. "Your not alone Elsa, we wont ignore you."

[dragonmaster121989]

Sanowa's eyes widen when she sees Elsa light up the area with magic, running over to kal and Elsa Sanowa says " you two better be alive and well when i get back or I'll never forgive you two." Taking off to a dead sprint heading for the front of the camp to do her part in the assault. Looking down at saphira who is comfortably sitting on her arms Sanowa smiles at her and winks at the little dragon. "be ready little one we are about to enter our very first battle and this could be a little rough." charging down the front gate Sanowa hopes in the back of her mind the rest of the group follows he lead and charges into battle.

[Zeus Kabob]

Bobak grabs Airat's arm and follows Sanowa into the camp. "We'll help you, Sanowa!"

[Taria]

Airat's eye's bug out of her head as she is forcibly extracted from the situation, and many planty tendril limbs flail behind her as she is dragged along.

[[Brand_Name]]

Arkalam saw members of the group beginning to split apart to accomplish their respective tasks. He sets off into the bandit camp, stalking the enemy mages like prey.

[Zeus Kabob]

The bandits don't see you yet. You get the jump on the bandits!
[Everyone take one turn]

Bobak concentrates, and looks at the group of bandits. He sees 5 bandits from the hill above their camp, and 3 of them are fairly close to each other. He focuses his energy and makes a burst of white light in the center of them to blind the three bandits.

Bobak's light explodes between them. Unfortunately, none of them are staring towards the blast. They aren't blinded, but their vision is reduced and they're disoriented.

[dragonmaster121989]

Taking the perfect opportunity to attack Sanowa pulls her wand in mid stride. Using a bit of the energy stored in her wands jem she Charges up a lightning bloom and takes aim firing it off right at the center of the three guys on the hill hoping for a solid hit. With her fingers crossed behind her back she says to saphira " if this misses get ready for your attack sweetie."

[Zender_Solarheart]

The moment Elsa's powers burst out of control and alert the bandits, Shelby springs into action. She has yet to see just how powerful the mages among their foes are, but something tells her that at least one of them can match her in a contest of magic. Instead, she quickly readies her sword and sheath for battle, then jumps into the fray, positioned within her ability to reach at least 2 of the weaker-looking bandits.

The sword is but a feint, however; Shelby's real weapon - as noted before - is her sheath. She brings up her blade to defend any incoming attacks, while simultaneously using a wide horizontal swing from her sheath, coupled with an Attraction bloom to draw her opponents closer to the blade's path of travel. It's a classic trick of hers, utilized to reduce the chance of a successful evasion, and improve her chances of a crippling blow. She is careful to avoid striking any killing points, however; spots like the temples, solar plexus, and floating ribs (located on the left side of the target's stomach) are ruled out entirely. In other words, she aims at the sides of the chest, aiming to cripple their arms or deal non-lethal fractures to their ribs.

Normally, she would've told the men to "withdraw if they don't want to get hurt." Since her mission here is to beat them down, however, she'll make some exceptions...

[Taria]

Airat decides to stay on the defensive, preparing her acid magic to throw burning globs of pain at any of the enemies who start to advance towards them.

[Zeus Kabob]

Sanowa:

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The bloom explodes between the three. Lightning arcs from it to the bandit furthest from you, lighting him up and setting his hair on end. The shock makes him uneasy on his feet, his movements slowed by the powerful shock.

Your wand seems completely empty after that strong blast.

Shelby:

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Your Attraction pulse forces the bandits ribs to impact your sheath with a painful crack, and you feel at least 3 ribs crack as your sword hits him. He turns to you enraged but coughs up blood as he screams.

Airat:

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You pull a bit of water out of your waterskin, and you slowly transform it into a ball of caustic acid.

[[Brand_Name]]

Arkansan sees a group of bandits with what looks like a mage at the center. He would need to get help from another member of the group, but he also didnt want to lose his element of suprise as they hadn't seen him yet. He cautiously applied acid to his claymore before diving into battle. He took out his quartz stave and attempted a stasis bloom right in the center of the group in order to slow them down. He would then give a battlecry and rush into the fray.

[Thaedael]

Elsa continued to kneel doubled over in pain, the voice of the witch once more entering her mind, re-assuring her that she isn't alone, that she won't be ignored. She smirked, before laughing a few times in disgust, with equal measures of shock and hatred. "You really are an idiot." she spoke through grit teeth, blood pooling at the corners of her lips as she spoke. She tore the mask up and away from her face completely, throwing it's blood stained form to the side of where they stood.

"You act all high and mighty, acting like no one can possibly understand you, and when someone recognizes themselves in you, you go out of your way to belittle them, thinking you understand them. You know nothing, I long for social contact, true, but I am just as happy on my own." She spat heavily blooded saliva to the ground before. "So you lit a few things on fire because you under-estimated how strong you are? At the end of the day you don't understand me, because our problems are different. You have been hated, great" she spat once more, the saliva instantly sizzling under the blazing inferno that rolled on magic winds around her, every now and then micro burst of lightning discharging at random.

"Yet have you ever hated every fiber of your own being for not being able to control what you are? When you want magic turned off, magic turns off. Me? I have to run away into the fucking woods so I don't end up killing others, or myself for that matter. You understand nothing at all" she cried out, tears running down her face. "So don't belittle what I go through saying I am not alone, or that you understand me! From this point onward, stay the fuck away from me"

The tears continued to roll off her pale cheeks, their paths drying up as they went from the intensity of the raging flames that continued to eat away at the very darkness around her as she wept. <<Some great mage I turned out to be. I would have been better off as dead>> she thought to herself in hatred. There was no point in living anymore, the burden of not being wanted by her people, let alone her parents. No point continuing to shoulder her own burden, her isolated, purposeless waste of a life. She planted both hands into the charred glass, the heat of the fire long having turned the soil into a glassy plane that reflected the night's sky so mockingly.

She pushed up against the black glass, her weight no longer dispersed evenly causing it to crack and cut at the palms of her hand. Standing up, the glass continued to crack, piercing at her feet through thick leather soles, crunching between lose points into the soles of her feet proper. She continued to feel hatred, sorrow, despair, loneliness, and confusion. It was time to just end the mission and go far away from the realm of men. Loosening the bow from her utility strap, she simply begun to feed the notch of a human arrow into place, before pulling back strongly on the bow with all the hatred of the world behind it, letting it loose towards the nearest of the bandits in sight with a snap as loud as a thunder clap. As suddenly another sound of a thunder clap echoed as another micro burst occurred, lightning flaring from it to strike at the arrow head forcing it to glow a bright heated red as it flew its flight true. She begun to fit the notch of an arrow into the composite long bow once more, walking in the direction of the bandit camp.