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Post by 7john7 on Sept 24, 2005 15:57:01 GMT -8
Ivan had been tracking a group of men for 2 days now, their numbers he knew not.
They were a group of bandits causing quite a stir for the locals in the area, setting fires, plundering all items of value and killing anyone who stood in their way, there had also been some cases of rape happening in the mist of the raids.
Such things did not mix well in Ivan's mind, he was going to put a stop to this once and for all. And he knew that the group of bandits had no idea that they had been marked for termination by the local ranger, let alone being hunted down and tracked by that same individual... It was only a matter of time now.
On the night of the 4th day of his tracking, Ivan had finally caught up with the group of raiders, they had set up camp and were about to settle down for the night.
He had reached a final head count of the men in the camp, he counted twenty three. Strange, they weren't very foolish after all, they had been traveling in a single file the entire time he had been tracking them.
Ivan decided, that he would wait till they had all gone into their tents except the lucky ones assigned to guard duty... They would be his first target.
5 hours later...
It was now 2 am, time to make his move. He drew his rather large sword, he counted eight guards walking about the camp, he would have to do this quick ...
He came up behind the first two guards he could spot, to his suprise he was perfectly silent. They were standing side by side as they walked. Ivan then marvled at this pose, as he realized the advantage was in his favor. He then jumped out at the two gaurds from behind, and with one quick stroke of his blade he took off both their heads. The corpses hit the ground beneath his feet and to his misfortune another pair of gaurds came around the corner and saw the cloaked figure standing above the corpses of their headless comrades.
(( Sorry I'll have to finish this later I'm out of time I have to go...Sorry.))
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Post by Dark Beauty on Sept 24, 2005 16:01:50 GMT -8
((We'll wait....))
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Post by deliverance on Sept 24, 2005 16:33:27 GMT -8
(This looks like fun...)
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Post by 7john7 on Sept 25, 2005 18:51:41 GMT -8
(( Continuing ))
Ivan had to act fast, one shout from these guards could wake the entire camp. He dropped his main weapon, then drew two blades from off his back, and just as fast as he drew them, he sent the blades hurling towards the rather surprised bandits. Both men hit the ground, drowning in their own fluids, the blades had pierced straight through their throats. They started trying to shout, to warn their comrades of the intruder, but all that came out was a gargling noise... Not exactly a quiet death.
Ivan knew that he had made a little too much noise this time, the other guards would come over to investigate the noise, and the men in the near by tents would most likely do the same.
Ivan ran toward the downed guards, one was still alive. He stood over the dying man, which had his blade still embedded in his throat. Ivan quickly grabbed the handle of the blade, and twisted the blade as he pulled it from the man's throat. The man stopped breathing. Ivan then went to the second man who was already dead, he pulled the blade from out of the corpse, and then hid himself in the nearby shadows and thought to himself, " Four down, nineteen to go."
Six men walked by trying to find out what the noise was, the closest man was five feet away from Ivan, but he stayed perfectly still in the shadows. They were about twenty feet away from the corpses, they would find them soon.
Ivan then thought to himself "Why wait?" He then jumped out from the shadows, embedding his blades in the nearest man's chest.
The other five men then drew their swords and started shouting "Intruder!!"
Ivan kicked the man (whom he had his blades through) to the ground, then said " Now things get interesting.. "
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Post by brainsqugee on Sept 25, 2005 19:01:13 GMT -8
Another man creeped behind Ivan as he prepared for his battle with the 5 bandits. The bandit nearly stabbed Ivan i the back when an arrow collided with what was once his head. The bandit flopped onto the ground bleeding over the boots of Ivan. " Quite a few of them aye Ivan?" Aegis whispered from behind the tree next to him. He awaited a clear shot at the remainder of the bandits.
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Post by Zeffa! on Sept 26, 2005 8:40:55 GMT -8
(Greusome (sp?) very nicely thought out though...)
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Post by 7john7 on Sept 26, 2005 17:42:34 GMT -8
(( Nice entry ))
Ivan gave Aegis a quick nod of thanks and whispered to himself "Thank god for that." The entire camp would be on them soon.
The five bandits charged toward Ivan, followed by three more emerging from their tents, Ivan ducked down in a crouching position and waited for the bandits to come upon him. The closest man was now within four feet, Ivan then lunged his blades toward the man, the bandit tried to block the attack but Ivan moved too fast for him to react. Ivan's blades pierced through the mans chest as Ivan rolled backward throwing the man over his head while he performed a back flip.
Ivan landed on his feet pulled his blades from the man who was now on the ground. And slashed with his right hand sword, slashing the man approaching from his right across the chess, followed by his left hand sword stabbing the man in the back.
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Post by Thistle on Sept 27, 2005 13:23:50 GMT -8
Cessily watched the two men fighting the band of bandits that had been plaguing the land. She had an arrow nocked just in case they need assistance later but other than that she did not plan on entering the skirmish.(Thx Brain. We all know I cant speel)
The brown haired elf noted that the two men were exceptional fighters and knew what they were doing as they continued to cut down the unfortunate bandits. With a grim smile she settled herself in the branch she was sitting in and waited for the battle to be over.
((Not sure if they were in a foresty area or not so correct me if i assumed wrongly.))
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Post by brainsqugee on Sept 27, 2005 13:31:30 GMT -8
(its skirmish)
Aegis saw a bandit a little to his left he 15 feet from Ivans shoulder, he thought he could land a hit, he just had to be careful not to stab Ivan..with arrows. The arow launched from his bow, a small "flung" noise could be heard. It wizzed passed Ivans ear and into the bandits left shoulder. Aegis cursed under his breath for being inaccurate. The bandit let out a sigh of relief knowing the blow was not fatal, his breath was cut short by the arrow in his throut. A small "yes!" could be heard.
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Post by rikimaru on Sept 27, 2005 14:31:10 GMT -8
One man raised a horn to his mouth to rally the bandits but was cut short by a soft snapping sound. Vincent tightened the sash over his eyes and wiped the blood from his long nails, having pierced the man's spine. He crouched back into the shadow and whistled. Hearing a resonating whistle in the distance, he sped from his shadow to the center of camp, diving behind some junk and waited.
Rikimaru heard Vincent's signal and responded. He peeked out from the heap of clothes he was hiding in and, in rapid succesion, fired off 3 shuriken at bandits running past. One pierced the heart, another the forehead of the trailing man, and the straggler's lungs were tore straight through. "Next target..."
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Post by 7john7 on Sept 27, 2005 18:00:33 GMT -8
The whole camp was wide awake now. The total head count of bandits was now 11 dead, 12 in action.
Ivan spun around in a circle releasing his blades from the bandits chest. He then turned to face the next man, but there was more then one, it was a pair of man twirling their blades as they approached.
Ivan slashed his blades with a scissor like motion at both men, but they blocked the attack. Ivan then slashed a bit lower this time to the handle of the enemy's blade, straight across their hands... Both men suddenly lost grip on their weapons, as it was they were now missing a few fingers. Ivan then quickly spun in a circle (Now standing between both of the men) and slashed them both across the throat.
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Post by brainsqugee on Sept 28, 2005 16:04:48 GMT -8
Aegis saw a group of two men behind some shrubbery, one tossed several shurikins at a bandit, one had rather bloody fingers. Aegis indentified them as friends and continued to search for an open target. He heard a cracking stick from behind him and quickly unsheathed his scimitar, he blocked a vertical attack with it, just in time. He was not particularly good at close range fighting, but for this man, it would be more than enough.
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Post by bigd064 on Sept 28, 2005 16:36:11 GMT -8
Noticing that this man named Aegis was a friend, Gilderoth lowered his weapon and apologized for the scare. He asked the man, Whats with all the weak killing. We need a army to kill. That would be fun and interesting. Then, in the blink of an eye, Gilderoth blew the horn he had picked up from a dead man, letting the other groups of bandits (total now 76(he counted the other groups)) know of the invasion. He then smiled and yelled for the rest to hear, Here we go boys, time to party. and jumped down drawing his long range bow and knocking it with the poisen arrows.
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Post by brainsqugee on Sept 28, 2005 17:45:37 GMT -8
"So much for the silent approach..." He mumbled, he sheathed his sword, and sprinted to the top of a high ledge, giving him the perfect vantage point on the "army" of bandits. He nocked his bow with three arrows and flung them at the crowd, accuracy was not needed with a horde as large as that, especially when they are close together.
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Post by Zeffa! on Sept 28, 2005 19:21:56 GMT -8
*Twang!* went a bolt, (not an arrow, a bolt), embedding itself in the foot of a rogue, causing him to fall and trip two others who rushed up behind him.* "You idiots! Half the realm could hear that!" scolded the elf, quickly reloading a crossbow. He lept down from a roof, and shoved himself in a dark corner. He was surprisingly hard to spot there, despite it being in the open.*
"Now we'll need tactics.. we're outnumbered."
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