Thread 25 - Jessica Quest

Ferret!pR.BaFF/uk 4 May 2016 2:22:20 PM No.41334086

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>Deftly moving through the icicle shards, his glee came to a sudden halt when a lightning bolt ricocheted off his shoulder plate, leaving it feeling numb, while he found himself blasted backwards and nearly tripping on the stairway, several rocks and small chunks of ice beating him across the ribs.

Dohough! Ack, Fighting in a storm is bahahahahahahaaad news! Cap'n was right all along, and there's no mast to cling to!

>The wind, the debris, the lightning, it was like doing battle with a rough gale on the bow of an airship, always worried that engines might be struck and the whole crew sent hurtling back down to the earth. Ferret brought his hands to his ears for a moment, his balance failing him, before he remembered that they'd already suffered such a fate.

Ohoho, that's right! We already suffered the storm, and now the bright bird has something to say to you!

>Exactly what he meant by that was anyone's guess, but more worryingly was the fact that he holstered the grenade launcher to reach around to the large pack on his- wait... wait, that wasn't a pack at all.

BEHOLD, MY DIMINUTIVE COMPANION! REEEHEHEHEHEHHEEEE!

>The 'pack' was actually just a covering, and as Ferret removed the sheet, he revealed a full-blown airship's magitek cannon strapped to his back. Anyone who could perform feats of agility as he could while having that tied to them could already be regarded as
freakish, let alone how he unslung the thing from its ties and held it over to them with pride.

Balls to the wall, now!

>With a crazed smirk, he pointed the huge thing not toward Jessica, but rather the elf who had continued to knock him around and frustrate him to this point. A single pull of the huge trigger was all it needed before a boom resounded through the old structure, partly knocking Ferret backwards as a massive ball of fire was sent hurtling forward!

Amonharoth “Cassie” Cassius-Illexus 5 May 2016 3:42:57 PM No.41334920

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>The massive weapon the pirate revealed caught the elf off-guard. Any trained soldier or even mildly experienced ruffian would know to not let the enemy distract them, but a soft soul like Cassie was absorbed by the fear of machinery and the monstrosity behind it. By the time the thought of running came to him, it was too late.

>The mage dove away in vain. The fireball engulfed him and the book cases behind him, adding the possibility of destruction of ancient knowledge to the situation they found themselves in.

>From amidst the flames, Cassie stirred. The blast dazed him long enough for the fire to spread over his form, but the moment he regained his bearings, he pushed himself to his feet as if he felt no pain.

>To burn, fire needed three things--heat, fuel, and air--and he just so happened to be able to control one of them. A thin barrier of wind, constantly swirling and shifting along his body, kept the flames at bay for the time being.

That's enough!

>The elf's voice carried clearly across the ruins. Digging into the dwindling reserves of his mana and pulling courage from the wicked blow, he tears into the air and throws a slice of gale-force winds at the destructive pirate.

Ferret!pR.BaFF/uk 5 May 2016 6:52:51 PM No.41335038

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Wait, wha-
>whoooOOOOOOOSSSHHHHHH
BOOOM!!
CRASH!!
CRACK!
THUD!
>The sound of glass shattering, the rush of wind, it all happened so fast that it was impossible to react to - no, even if he had it would've been impossible to stop. The sheer force of the air that connected with him caused an explosion of sound as it blasted through the room, debris falling from the ceiling, breaking from the wall, and though he only had a moment to appreciate it the sound of such a barrier breaking was incredibly pleasing to the explosives expert.

>To those around him, all they would see is a sudden cone of wind rushing out, and before even a second had passed his body was pushed upwards, through stone and rubble, smashing through glass and carrying on, upwards into the sky like a human cannonball that simply wouldn't stop. The last either Cassie or Jessica would see of their assailant was a small speck among the clouds, gently falling over what was possibly the other side of the island, only visible as an air-friction charred smoking corpse.

>Looks like team Ferret's blasting off again.

Cassie (Mobile) 8 May 2016 6:57:21 PM No.41337685

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>>41335031
>The elf dug his heels into the ancient stone and stood his ground as the gale ripped forth from his hands. He poured his heart and soul into that spell, and from the way it shattered the windows and blasted the insane pirate from the ruins, it showed.

>The wind fell back to its still state. Cassie's arms fell to his sides. At the very least, the tempest had put out the fire, leaving the elf standing in the wreckage. His long ears didn't miss the gratitude from the captain. It made him smile, but something confused him. The tired elf turned to raise a thin brow at her.

Why are you carrying bacon...?

>Humans were strange. Stranger still was the exhilaration he felt after such unabashed violence.

Amonharoth “Cassie” Cassius-Illexus 9 May 2016 9:59:21 PM No.41338384

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>He would never know why she carried bacon, and that element of humanity would forever remain a mystery to him. At the very least, he wasn't the only one confused here. She was wondering how he was capable of all that. He coughed into his shoulder out of either embarrassment or damage to his lungs from the hot air, and hurried after the pirate.

I-I don't really know what humans consider ordinary, s-so... not really? I'm just...

>He adjusted the strap of his rucksack. The hide kept the contents safe from the fire.

... they--The Order, they said that I had potential, so I spent a lot of time under Vicar Adronia's tutelage. H-he taught me everything I know about magic--almost everything, I mean. Magic's my... it was my life. That and studying and copying our records. So-so I had plenty of time to learn things like, um, that.

Amonharoth “Cassie” Cassius-Illexus 10 May 2016 11:23:55 PM No.41339183

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Y-yeah, uh, was, since now my life is more about surviving than studying...

>The dimming light didn't bother Cassie, but he slowed down to keep pace behind the pirate. She was the leader, after all.

I... you know the big book I'm carrying? It's kind of, um... there's this section of the library at the monastery of forbidden books we kept... they've been kept there for-for a long time, ever since my ancestors set out to war. One of the books is, or, that WAS there, is a spellbook they said was written by a Chosen, with magic that could make the blind see and end wars, o-or so they said... pro-problem is, it's in a dead language, and we--they were fine with it being untranslated.

>He coughs a little and clears his throat. Definitely smoke inhalation. He'd fix that once he didn't feel like falling over.

I didn't--I didn't want to see that possible knowledge go to waste, so I grabbed the book a-and escaped on the wind. My-my glider broke before I could get very far, so I hiked down to the port a-and sneaked on the first ship out... which happened to be yours, or theirs, or something, so now I'm kinda just... here...