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Post by Adam Strongwill on Mar 20, 2011 17:34:46 GMT 10
Adam was running amongst the trees. It was coming on noon. He had left the near complete darkness of the inner forest and was now running in the dappled sunlight. Creatures of the dark didn't come out this far, not during the day, so he was having a good time, practicing his acrobatics. He stopped and sat, panting. He took a swig from his canteen, the water in the forest was sweet. He looked around, there were even some flowers blooming. He kicked back and leaned against a tree, sometimes it was good just to relax.
The sun was setting. Adam had climbed into the trees and was stealthily jumping from branch to branch, alert and poised for trouble. He had set up a "nest" of sorts, high in some of the oldest trees in the forest. He kept a camp going on the ground to distract any potential threats, even he had to sleep sometime. It was getting as dark as midnight now, but it always was, regardless of the time of day in this part of the forest. He was almost home, creatures were waking now, he could hear them, but he continued on, branch to branch, then froze. Far beneath him, was the shadow he knew to well. To smooth to be human, to co-ordinated for a denizens of the forest. He drew his bow, it could only be one thing. Vampire
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Leon Squires
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"She's gone and i'll never see her again!!"
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Post by Leon Squires on Mar 21, 2011 16:32:24 GMT 10
It was a beautiful Afternoon and so Leon decided to go for a walk to take things off his mind, But he just didn't feel alone. He knew that he was just being paranoid but still it felt as if something or someone was there with him at the present time.
The day passed like minutes and nightfall soon came, He kept telling himself that he should turn back to the castle, but he just couldn't be bothered. He was now what seemed like running to him but he was merely jogging. The cool air brushing his hair, making it sway in all different ways.
Leon soon stopped and stood still for a moment but then continued on to be stopped a second time he swore he could have heard something rustling in the trees above from where he was standing. And then just as the rustling stopped he heard the pull of a Bow. And with great alert he spun, Looked up and saw a mysterious figure sitting amongst the branches.
"Who are you?" He said with a quite calm voice. "And why do you have a weapon aiming in my direction" He said as he slid his Sword from his belt.
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Post by Adam Strongwill on Mar 22, 2011 6:35:49 GMT 10
Adam was shocked for a moment. He had been about to shoot the creature below when it turned and looked at him. "Who are you?" "And why do you have a weapon aiming in my direction?"
This seemed strange to him, this man HAD moved with the fluid grace of a vampire, but vampires diddnt talk, let alone carry crafted weapons. Adam had come accross vampires before in the forest, they were no more than human shaped monsters. He had had to kill a few, it was un avoidable, but even so. Adam let out the tension on his bow and lowered it, but kept it out, and the arrow notched. If this man could move so fluidly as to trick Adam into thinking he was a vampire, well he was either extremely well trained or had an uncanny talent, neither of which Adam was comfortable with. "My appologies" Adams voice was cool and even "I had mistaken you for a vampire, and i was pointing my weapon at you because i intended to kill you. May i ask what you are doing in a place like this, especially at this hour?"
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Leon Squires
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"She's gone and i'll never see her again!!"
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Post by Leon Squires on Mar 22, 2011 14:08:12 GMT 10
"My appologies" "I had mistaken you for a vampire, and i was pointing my weapon at you because i intended to kill you. May i ask what you are doing in a place like this, especially at this hour?"
"Well then you must kill Me, For i Am a Vampire"He said with an intreaging voice as he once again pulled his sword out and was ready to strike. If this thing was killing vampires then he had already crossed a line, and would have to get through Leon first.
Leon Concerntrated on the arrow still aiming toward him. If he fired that arrow, well Leon would certainly have a not to pleasent talk with him. Leons Instincts were telling him that this boy was not entirely human, but what was he. He lives in the forest and carries a bow and then it came to him. "Your very brave for a magus, to kill vampires"He said with soft thorough words.
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Post by Adam Strongwill on Mar 22, 2011 18:58:13 GMT 10
Adam went stone cold. So this WAS a vampire. Years of training and experience kicked in. In a heartbeat he pulled his legs beneath him and launched into the air, his view of the creature immediatly blocked by foliage. He jumped higher and higer, while from tree to tree, to confuse which direction he went in. He then stopped and concentrated. This would require all his disciplin to maintain. Adam was a master at being ivisible, but a vampire was something different, it could hear everything, it could smell everything. Adam pushed his back against the trunk and closed his mottled green cloak around him, he instantly looked like a part of the wood, but that wasnt what he was worried about.
Adam took one deep breath, every breath after becoming more and more shallow until it seemed he wasnt breathing at all. He slowed his heart, to the point where even he couldnt feel its beat. Thick goey sap was leaking over him now, it smelled foul and would mask his scent. He softened his knees to move with the sway of the tree, so the fibres in the wood wouldnt betray his presence. And there he stood, deathly still, his cowl pulled up, his cloak closed, smelling of the tree and not making a single sound. Adam was truely invisible, even to a vampire. Nothing could smell him, nothing could see him, nothing could hear him, as long as he remained still, the vampire would never find him, and Adam could remain like this for days, he had before. But his hand rested on the hilt of his saxe knife under his cloak anyway, ready to bring it to bear in an instant. His mind expanded out, hearing everything around him, but he remembered, what had that vampire called him, magus? well the insults of a vampire meant nothing to him. He heard multiple rustlings, birds and bugs and other small creatures. There was a rustle, barely there, he had to concentrate on it, going in a seeming pattern, to the random flutter of a bird, was that the vampire? It could be, but it could not as well, he concentrated on everything, rather than that one rustle, so he himself could not be sneaked up on.
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Leon Squires
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Post by Leon Squires on Mar 23, 2011 16:13:04 GMT 10
The magus's move took him by surprise and without hesistasion he soon followed. Jumping from tree to tree, following the boys exact movements whilst still holding his sword. He was overly surprised when he came to a holt. He could not see, smell or hear the boy. Leon soon jumped even higher and fell on a branch making it rustle like a flying bird had descended. He used his inner strength to try and find the boy. He used the love that he had for his lost love. But to do so he had to clear his mind completely and concerntrate the scents that flew around him. Soon, just for a split second he had a fimiliar smell of ozzing sap from a tree. Smart-Ass he thought to him self as he yelled "You know for magus who has killed vamps you sure a chicken, espicially when you use sap to cover your scent" Leon said with intreagtion as he swung his blade at the trees cutting the trunks.
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Post by Adam Strongwill on Mar 23, 2011 19:15:17 GMT 10
In an instant the world turned upside down. Adam ceased all thought, and moved on pure instinct and training. He ducked and swung below the branch he was standing, as the trunk, the WHOLE TRUNK split, sending splinters flying in all directions. Adam drew his bow and shot three arrows in a heartbeat, towards the direction the voice had come from. He heard no cries of pain or anguish so assumed he missed. He jumped to another branch, the time for stealth had passed. He heard rustling coming in his direction, and shot again. The rustling paused for an instant, and started coming slightly to the right of where he had shot. "VAMPIRES ARE ANIMALS, THEY DONT TALK, I HAVE SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES HOW THEY FEED ON PEOPLE, GOOD PEOPLE, YOU CAN NOT DENY THEIR NATURE TO ME MAGUS " He still diddnt know what a magus was, but he guessed it must be a pretty heavy insult, especially since this creature had called him a coward, a COWARD. He would show this lunatic who was scared of who, did he honestly believe HE was a vampire?
There was a thump next to Adam and he swung and shot so fast the naked eye would of registered almost no movement. He did hear a cry this time, but not one of death. Adam slung his bow and pulled his knives. One was slender and light, made for throwing, the other was his saxe knife. It was heavy, and one side was thick and squared, but it was also perfectly balanced. It was designed specifically to block swords and other such weapons. But on the day his coven was attacked, Adam had used it to block a battle axe, using the throwing knife to support the saxe knife, though the sheer impact had felt like it broke both his arms, he was still able to kill that opponent, this man, no matter how strong, or how heavy or sharp his sword, would not best his saxe knife. Adam flung himself into the foliage where he had heard the cry, knife in both hands.
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Leon Squires
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Post by Leon Squires on Mar 24, 2011 17:26:21 GMT 10
(Adam Be careful of the god modding plz)
As soon as he saw the boy swing he also followed. Leon was not to surprised to see three arrows shoot past his direction, he stopped for a faint moment as he heard the boy yell. "Not all Vampires are same" Leon yelled as he slowly walked toward the direction of which the arrows were fired. As he did this another arrow was fired and it was so quickly that Leon could not dodge he let out a hurting yell. He knew this kid had courage but he was also nieve. This kid obviously thought he could kill Leon, fat chance this boy obviously didn't know what battle skills Leon had experienced over his centuries of life. Leon was one of the best swordsmen in the world. He could slice an oppenent before they knew it but Magus was different, They were slipery and quick but leon had not shown this boy how fast he could really run. Leon was surprised to see the boy jump through the bush to where he was. Leon pulled out his sword, jumped highly into the sky ready for his most deadly attack besides ripping out the opponents throat. Drop had also teached him to control thirst and turn it into strength.
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