Terium picked up the last weak human. his eyes seemed to stare into the poor man's soul. "ah...that look of terror on your face....so exquisite..." he stated, thus making it clear to Quin why Terium did what he did....
'so tis be his reasoning, damned monster.' Quin thought to himself glaring at Terium under his helmet. after absorbing the last human Terium turned to them to answer questions.
"ah but you see my dear...I came merely to have a snack, and get a closer look at future potential challenges...as of now you are far too weak to do anything against me." the organic mask that covered his mouth opened, and a creepy smile showed " only when you have become fun will you be worthy of becoming one with perfection." Terium took notice of the look on Skylar's face "that's the look, yes....I want to see that look of fear more often" he stated with a creepy chuckle. he looked at Quin, "I think you now know what happened to that village now don't you..." he mentioned to Quin, making him tense and hold up his shield.
Quin wasn't exactly scared, I mean its kinda hard for him to be considering his status as an undead, but still, he knew he was not ready for this guy at all.
"sword....hmmmm, intriguing..." the bio android muttered loud enough for Skylar to hear. "yes...it would be good for a bringer of terror to wield a fitting blade worthy of his title." Terium muttered to himself, he memorized their ki signatures, mainly so he could come across them again at some point.
"War never changes. Only the instruments of war and the people who play in it."
"What is my true name? What Destiny awaits one such as I out here, outside of Lordroth?" Quin
"You can tear me down all you want, I will Never give you the satisfaction of my Death! I am ASPARA! FEEL MY FLAMES AND BURN!" Aspara
"I need time to think." Sonnelion
"Orkses neva lose if we run we'll jus' come back fer more! If we die it don' count!" Barrigan
Skylar took a deep breath then released it. Skylar gritted her teeth, yeah she knew enough to know what "becoming one with perfection" meant. The biological monstrosity wanted to absorb them when they became stronger. As if she was about to let that happen! Sky hadn't promised anything in a long time but she vowed that the next time she went toe to toe with Terium, she'd be strong enough to rip him to shreds and feed him to the dogs for all the atrocities he'd committed. Of course this was only what she'd thought up in her head, out loud she only said,
"Look, are you done here? You seemed to have had quite the meal, how about you use that energy to go raze the nearest town for your profit and leave us alone now. If you're not bent on destroying us I honestly cannot think of any reason for us to interact especially after you... ate those people. I'd love to chat of course but we really MUST be going now, right Quin? Right?" She hoped the age forgotten knight understood that she was trying to cue them to keep walking and ignore the giant bug before them but she wasn't quite sure what went through the Knight's head at the moment, so she wasn't sure if he was going to do. She really didn't want this to turn south. Skylar had a feeling that Quin had more than enough sense to know that fighting Terium was a bad idea but she still wasn't sure. Out of curiosity she wondered if he'd encountered the beast before, though he probably hadn't before. Still what's the coincidence that Terium happened to pass bu Quin's homeland?
Quin continued to give Terium a look that said 'how the fuck did you find it?' he wondered, Terium noticed the look as Skylar spoke. after skylar had her speech, Terium snickered a bit, seemingly amused by skylar's cowardice. "oh don't worry my dear...for this first encounter, I promise up front not to kill either of you....well, the undead knight can die as he'll just come right back regardless but still." he stated knowing exactly how the undead worked making Quin narrow his eyes. he had no intentions on dying here, no wish to go back to the hollowed mountains as that is what death would cause him. Quin gripped the handle of his blade tightly. "okay seeing how the undead here doesn't wish to die apparently I suppose I will have to spare him as well..." Terium stated with a bored look on is face. one of the humans managed to survive and was in the bushes, he actually sent a message to his HQ about the situation, right after he did so Terium casually just blew the poor bastard up by pointing his finger at him, either way that soldier's superiors would probably learn about the situation very soon.
Terium stepped towards skylar while having a demonic tongue out licking the sides of his 'beak'. Quin stepped back, and nodded to skylar's suggestion on leaving as that would be the wise option here. "neither of you are leaving...until I have a nice evaluation of your skills." he licked his 'beak' again. "afterall it is good to give my future meals a beating long before they are served afterall..." the bio android spoke before lowering his PL to just 1.5X skylar's PL and then launching towards her in order to attempt to punch her into a tree.
"War never changes. Only the instruments of war and the people who play in it."
"What is my true name? What Destiny awaits one such as I out here, outside of Lordroth?" Quin
"You can tear me down all you want, I will Never give you the satisfaction of my Death! I am ASPARA! FEEL MY FLAMES AND BURN!" Aspara
"I need time to think." Sonnelion
"Orkses neva lose if we run we'll jus' come back fer more! If we die it don' count!" Barrigan
Great, things just get better and better. Now the creature won't even let them leave, he lowered his power level and striked at Skylar who tried to block but the punch still knocked her skidding into a tree that unfortunately faired much worse as huge splinters, leaves and branches when flying. Sturdy be the tree though, as it, while having a Skylar inbedded in it, didn't topple until thhe wolf-girl pushed herself out of the tree. Wiping her dirty cheek with her white sleeve. 'Man,' she thought while flipping her spiky hair out of the way, 'He's so strong and he'sonly using a fraction of his power... WTF? How strong ARE people these days...'
"I see how it is. 'Must have refined tastes to wanna see your meals kickin'," She grinned a toothy grin, "Fine then, les' go."
Skylar used her old favorite move, blinking behind her opponent, aiming to punch him between shoulder blades. In the meantimeher minor injuries heal up because of her new healing abilities... she didn't even know about them but if one were to guess, it had something to do with the government messing around with her as she was comatose for so long.
(OOC: So yeah Sky didn't have that ability on the old site BUT it is approved that she has the healing trait on my new character sheet so I thought I'd make it a plot element ^_^)
he reacted fast to her blink by whipping his tail at her in order to whip her away from his backside. after doing this he would then quickly turn and proceed to fire an extended dodon ray from his mouth, turning his from side to side to do extra damage. he'd do this twice while doing a single vertical motion with it, not really caring if it hit or missed. after doing that he'd get in a stance and wait for her next move, his tail whipping about behind him.
Quin was watching the fight with a serious look in his eyes behind his helmet. he wondered just how this was going to play out, he saw Skylar's wounds heal, which was interesting...he did afterall have a similar ability...
"War never changes. Only the instruments of war and the people who play in it."
"What is my true name? What Destiny awaits one such as I out here, outside of Lordroth?" Quin
"You can tear me down all you want, I will Never give you the satisfaction of my Death! I am ASPARA! FEEL MY FLAMES AND BURN!" Aspara
"I need time to think." Sonnelion
"Orkses neva lose if we run we'll jus' come back fer more! If we die it don' count!" Barrigan
Skylar wasn't prepared for such a vigilant opponents and so was easily slapped away, pretty far back in fact by Terium's whip of a tail. She landed in an outcropping of boulders and was momentarily stunned but blinked as she saw her opponent's gapping maw. Both Sky and the rocks she landed on got decimated by the first round of beamage but Skylar blinked away from the second one, clothing seared quite a bit from the attack. Skylar breathed in... and rushed at Terium again.
This time, she went in with what looked like a looming jump and punch to the face-if she could even call that monstrosity a face- but then blinked to ground level attempting to punch Terium in the stomach... if he even had one that was. Skylar was hoping that her speed and strength were enough to at least land a punch because compared to her lack of focus this seemed a step up from random and probably weak ki blasts... she wasn't much use in that department, but she still kept her favorite move under raps because it would not really be of use out in the open.
Terium was ready for the punch in the face...and went to block it, the gut punch caught him offguard to his delight. the gut punch knocked him back a few feet. "heheheh..." he chuckled in amusement. it was time for the old fashioned way, and speaking of which he has now activated that move, thus switching his focus stat with the strength stat, thus ensuring he had more melee power, this is evident by the fact that his arms now had a red aura around them. he rushed forward and went to grab her face....only to spin and try to hit her with his tail in a whip motion again to the gut. if she blinked out of the way, well, then he'd just slide along the ground, with no real issue.
Quin watched the match and saw her land the hit on Terium, 'looks like he wasn't expecting that one...' he thought to himself taking note of the situation. he watched the next movement, he kind hopes she has a plan because it seems that the only way they are getting out of here is to give him as much amusement as possible, which is to basically put up as much of a fight as they can, for as long as they can. this was a tough situation, nothing they can't handle though right? he kept a serious gaze on the fight, not intending to miss out on any of it.
"War never changes. Only the instruments of war and the people who play in it."
"What is my true name? What Destiny awaits one such as I out here, outside of Lordroth?" Quin
"You can tear me down all you want, I will Never give you the satisfaction of my Death! I am ASPARA! FEEL MY FLAMES AND BURN!" Aspara
"I need time to think." Sonnelion
"Orkses neva lose if we run we'll jus' come back fer more! If we die it don' count!" Barrigan
Skylar was elated at the fact that she landed a hit on Terium, but that contentness didn't last very long as she was immediately grabbed back into the fray - LITERALLY. The bio-android man-handled Sky's face and slung his tail at her, Skylar didn't dodge it however and instead attempted to grab Terium's tail as it impacted her hoping to use the momentum to swing them both around like a frisbee or perhaps, even flipping him over. It wouldn't do too much damage but Skylar was trying to be patient for once, waiting for the right time to use her special attack.
'If only Quin were stronger...' Skylar thought, 'We'd stand a better chance and maybe actually put this thing down...'
And suddenly the tables in this spar was turned slightly, Terium narrowed his eyes as he let himself be flipped over. "Didn't expect that one..." he flipped over into a four legged position. A creepy grin formed on his face, a disturbingly happy glint formed in his eyes as he stared right at Skylar. "You certainly are creative, I've got to hand it to you on that one." He lunged at Skylar, doing a spinning tail slam, trying to hit her with it. If it missed he'd get on one arm and leg and then change to using one arm to do another spinning tail swing, only this time horizontal before landing on his fours again.
Quin glared at Terium, it was clear to him that this creature was toying with Skylar but still. It seems Skylar got its attention even more so when she did that unexpected tail grab. He smirked when he saw that, especially when he saw that Terium was also caught off guard by it. He held his blade close, and channeled ki into it, thus setting the blade itself on fire, he then set it to his side. He was also waiting for the right moment to catch Terium off guard. He began charging a technique. Whatever this creature was, it knew of him but was from these lands....which he found to be strange as it is. And here he thought Lordroth could be dangerous.
"War never changes. Only the instruments of war and the people who play in it."
"What is my true name? What Destiny awaits one such as I out here, outside of Lordroth?" Quin
"You can tear me down all you want, I will Never give you the satisfaction of my Death! I am ASPARA! FEEL MY FLAMES AND BURN!" Aspara
"I need time to think." Sonnelion
"Orkses neva lose if we run we'll jus' come back fer more! If we die it don' count!" Barrigan
"Thanks, always being shady and all, you learn a couple of things." Skylar barked back delighted she'd thrown the momster off key.
Skylar grinned at her handy work, she had more where that came from. She let herself get hit by Terium's tail slam, it hurt, but was necessary. Her shortsighted approach wizzing through her head as she was spun in the air doing an unintentional somersault because of the heavy impact - a perfect cover her next attack. As she went 360 when she came back around to face her opponent she would immediately try to blast him with a small birrage of ki blasts and if he chose to block them because they were so weak and "insignificant" she'd attempt to blink in front of him as he was distracted and slap him in the face. Otherwise, if he chose to do something different she'd blink up into the air and charge up her Cosmic Blast (takes one turn to charge ) attack ready to make a big commotion. Maybe even enough to stun him while she used the attack she's been hidding. And for Quin too, which she noticed movement from; hopefully he would join in.