Saru
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?When you have nowhere to move but forwards: don?t look back.?
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Post by Saru on Mar 4, 2008 18:09:50 GMT -6
In a temporary lull in the fighting, Saru glanced over at Matis and Alexia who were fighting Durban. He saw Durban's axe getting closer and closer to Matis and Alexia attacking Durban from behind. Someone had to do something. Not having to much time to think on it, Saru looked back at a pirate that started rush at him. Positioning himself between Durban and the charging pirate, Saru dropped to his back below the pirate's thrust and struck out with his legs as hard as he could, launching the unfortunate pirate over Saru and straight at Durban. 'Let's see him keep up his attack with that!' Saru triumphantly thought.
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Post by Alexia on Mar 4, 2008 20:14:01 GMT -6
Alexia left her sword embedded in the berserker's body, switching over to her steel lance. Distracted as he was, Durban shouldn't be dodging her... besides, he had already dismissed her.
So she thrust forward with the lance, putting her full weight behind it.
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Post by Durbans on Mar 4, 2008 20:42:45 GMT -6
Durban was bearing down on Matis with his axe, it seemed certain that it would taste his blood soon. However he was taken by surprise when a body slammed into him, causing him to lose his balance and topple over. This also meant Alexia's lance missed him by inches. He quickly eviscerated the pirate on top of him and rose to his feet again. Now he was getting mad.
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Raen
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Post by Raen on Mar 4, 2008 21:04:30 GMT -6
His skin is too damn thick to even do any damage! Raen thought, growing more frusterated despite the fact that Saru's clever tactic had unseated Durban for the moment. I need to aim for, weak tissue. Studying Durban he decided anywhere in the face would be good, but he'd have to hit there first.
Pulling back the bow he tried to focus on Dirk's instructions as a pirate began to run toward him. Getting nervous, he released the arrow early and it went well over Durbans head, Raen quickly turned and smashed the pirate in the face with his bow, stunning him long enough for another pirate to kill him (at this point he had no idea which pirate was on which side)
Anytime now Dirk..., he thought
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Post by Matis on Mar 5, 2008 11:47:29 GMT -6
Matis took the opportunity to hop backwards, gaining some distance. Time to get this party started...
He put the spears back to where they belonged and unsheathed the Mani Katti. Hopefully, he'd be able to outspeed the hero. Wasting no time, he lunged forward, slashing at the huge mass that lay before him.
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Roscanza
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Post by Roscanza on Mar 5, 2008 16:20:34 GMT -6
Roscanza looked around and saw the two people fighting Durban knock him to the ground. He also saw the other four dealing with the pirates successfully.
"It wouldn't hurt if I lowered their numbers by 1 member." He motioned for 4 of his pirates. "Ok, we sneak up behind that female sword-master killing pirates and knock her out. Just do not kill her."
They jumped out of the bush pretending they were more pirates in the battle. Then they quickly surrounded her and all of them thrust their axe on their non sharp but still heavy side.
"Hopefully they just assume we are more of Durban's pirates."
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Raen
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Post by Raen on Mar 5, 2008 16:26:15 GMT -6
Noticing the attack on Katara Raen quickly knocked an arrow and fired at the group, one arrow seemed to go straight through the back of a pirate on the left side, effectly opening his lung and everything in between.
Raen knew he couldn't get them all, "Saru!" he yelled "Quick they're on Katara!"
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Post by Alexia on Mar 5, 2008 17:35:23 GMT -6
Alexia could notice the pirate ambush out of the corner of her eye, but also expected the Saceans to handle it. Matis and Alexia needed to focus on Durban if they were ever to defeat him...
Alexia quickly switched weapons again, putting away the Steel Lance and drawing her hand axe. She hurled the axe at the pirate, hoping to hurt him.
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Saru
The "Before" years
Dog of the Sea[M:0]
?When you have nowhere to move but forwards: don?t look back.?
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Post by Saru on Mar 5, 2008 18:27:11 GMT -6
Saru heard Raen's shout and looked over at Katara. He was fairly certain that she could handle them, but then he remembered Kenshin's threat about his friends getting hurt. Deciding to not chance his wrath, Saru rushed over and attacked one pirate from behind, drawing him away from Katara, leaving her with the other two.
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Roscanza
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Post by Roscanza on Mar 5, 2008 19:08:47 GMT -6
"This isn't working." he thought but then noticed an archer with no one protecting him at the moment. He called for the other 5 remaining pirates but learned one was killed by Durban's pirates.
"Change of plans, get the archer instead and use him as a hostage." Roscanza himself decided to join the group. They didn't bother be quiet about the attacking as they jumped out of the bushes and charged Raen throwing their hand axes all at once to knock him out.
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Raen
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Post by Raen on Mar 6, 2008 8:17:22 GMT -6
Hearing a massive rustling behind him Raen turned to see the extended arms of the pirates out of the corner of his eye; Without thinking, Raen threw himself to the ground and felt a poorly thrown axe clip him in the shoulder,
"Arrgh! Saru, over here he called out"
Raen then thought and in a split second seized as much sand as he could and set it straight into the eyes of the pirates, without bothering to fight, he ran towards Saru, fitting his bow as he ran.
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Roscanza
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Post by Roscanza on Mar 6, 2008 18:52:01 GMT -6
The pirates ran right throught the sand and as soon as they got through it they through their axes again. Roscanza through his axe low so he coudn't duck under this one.
"At least his shoulder is hurt so he can't use his bow as well."
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Raen
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Post by Raen on Mar 6, 2008 20:43:42 GMT -6
OoC: Over the top, but ok
Reaching Saru, Raen saw the pirates stooping for their axes and knew he couldn't take this volley and be as lucky. Reaching into his pack he removed the flux he had found earlier -looking up just in time to see the pirates extending their arms.
Luck worked in his favor though because the sand still seemed to be affecting their accuracy and only two axes came remotely close to Raen and Saru, but one of them was coming low. Raen dropped to the ground and held out the flux to stop the low falling axe. He hopped Saru had something in mind as the axe flew past his head.
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Saru
The "Before" years
Dog of the Sea[M:0]
?When you have nowhere to move but forwards: don?t look back.?
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Post by Saru on Mar 6, 2008 20:57:08 GMT -6
Saru wanted to go help Raen when he first shouted, but this pirate seemed more skilled than the others. They had been trading blows when he saw Raen make it over to him with handaxes following. Waiting until the last second, he then spun around slamming his sword into the ground in front of Raen's outstretched hands to block the low flying axe and ducked. This meant the higher flying axes passed over both Saru and Raen and hit the pirate Saru had been fighting, killing him. Saru then grinned at Raen and said cheerily, "Hey, long time no see! You wanna get off the ground and help while I try to deal with them?"
Saru then stood up, facing the rushing pirates who were after Raen. 'Well, here goes nothing,' he thought as he leapt forward and attacked.
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Raen
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Post by Raen on Mar 6, 2008 21:02:38 GMT -6
Looking at the book for a second he shrugged, 'yea... probably wouldn't have worked anyway.' Quickly getting up he tossed the flux away for the moment being and grabbed his bow.
Aiming at the heart of a pirate who was between two others, he felt a searing pain in his shoulder as he did so, and the shot took the pirate in the abdomen; Of course, the fall finished him as he landed on an axe in he sand.
"Yea thanks Saru, I owe you one... or two" looking at the axes in the sand "yeah two." Nocking another arrow, he watched Saru charge the other four and got ready to pick off the ones he didn't go at, not trusting his aim enough to shoot around him in aid.
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