Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-27736349-20170603204216/@comment-29564364-20170605014321

I progress towards the provenance of the signal, a clearing slowly appears between the trees as various sounds make themselves barely audible.

N.I.G.E.L.: "There seems to be agitation ahead."

Alpha: "I don't know what they're doing, but I better hurry. I wouldn't want to miss out on anything interesting." I whisper to myself, accelerating my pace. As I get closer to the source, the sounds become clearer, allowing me to discern grunts, screams and... clashing swords? "Just what exactly is going on?" Providing telekinetic support to my dysfunctional limb, I sprint the last ten meters. '''Should have done that first. Would have been much fa-'''

N.I.G.E.L.: "Warning entity approaching at high speed." My thought is interrupted when a shadow flies over the bushes and past my head, landing behind me with a thud. My legs lock, sliding on a short distance before I come to a complete stop. I twist my head around and squint from my remaining viable eye in an attempt to identify what that being could be. I could really use some night vision right now...

N.I.G.E.L.: "I redirected 50% of your remaining nanites to your right eye in order to accelerate its reparations. Completion estimated in 00:38:02,031 hours."

Alpha: "Great. I'll be half blind for forty minutes. " I walk up to the figure and kneel down by their side. Laying before me is an unconscious women covered in bruises. I quickly check her vital signs, making sure she's still breathing before I straighten up to size her. '''She's definitely not wearing any clothes, but the right half of her body is covered in... something. It's hard to see what in this darkness. And she seems to be holding something in her...''' I run my eye down her arm all the way to the object, but fail to see the transition between the two. ...hand?

???1: "Now you know what to do."

???2: "But it's already incapacitated. Is it really necessary?"

???1: "You are not allowed to falter! Do you intend to disobey a divine command?"

222?: *sigh* "Keep an eye on the man until I come back." A masculine voice is heard saying from behind the bush as footsteps near my location.

Alpha: '''Assailants? Why are they attacking a defenseless woman like that? Bandits, perhaps? Whatever it is, I'll figure it out later. For now, I'm in no condition to fight for two and I can't run carrying a person. Hiding is the only option I have.''' Passing my arms under her armpits, I drag the woman around behind the thick tree she landed in front of.

Alpha: '''What the f*ck is her right side covered in??? It's all hard and sharp.'''

The bushes rustle violently for a rather long period of time.

???2: "Come on, let go..." The wrestling finally ends with a loud tearing noise. "For the Chief God's sake, my cape!" He cusses at the piece of fabric stuck in the branches before turning around, looking for his victim. "It disappeared?! H-how? It should be right here. Something's not right..." It must be a trap! From his belt, he draws one of two maces before beginning to take slow, wary steps forward, his pupils constantly going from one corner of his eyes to the other.

Alpha: '''Great. Now he's on his guard and coming for us. And with her in the arms, I can't move much more around the tree like in those scenes where the protagonists hide behind wide cylindrical objects, circling around as the antagonists pass by them on the other side. Not that I'm out of options either, but this is my last one.'''

With two of my chains wrapped around her waist, five more reach up into the foliage and I silently hoist to both of us in the branches, right as our previous location enters our pursuer's line of sight.

???2: "Hm? I could swear I saw something moving." He gets closer to investigate, placing himself right below us.

Alpha: '''There's nothing to see here. Can you just go away now?'''

He stoops down to a small puddle of red liquid that he touches. "Guh, it's strong!" He says, frantically shaking the substance off his fingers as if he had just touched a hot plate. '''That monster mana is so concentrated, I can feel it just by touching it. Which means... it mustn't have went ver-''' *plop* "Huh?" He bows his head down back to the puddle to see the last ripples dying out. *plop* And a second drop, this time landing on the man's head. "Wha-???" He quickly looks up, finding out our little hiding spot.

Alpha: "Welp... I guess we're screwed."

???2: "YOU!"

Alpha: "Me? The White Bane, in person. And you are?" Before I know it, some spherical projectile is already headed my way. Using my right wrist chain, I grapple on to a nearby branch and swing to another tree, barely avoiding the attack as our support is sent crashing down to the ground with a deafening cracking sound.

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