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Post by Kari Muffin on Feb 2, 2011 21:15:26 GMT -5
This was a little much for Conall. The boy did not expect someone--a raging Queen at that--to suddenly appear and scream bloody murder. Thankfully the Corvie King dragged him out of the way. Things were just going to hell rather quickly.
He stared at the Ace for a moment, completely unsure of what to say or do. He didn't actually know his name did he? "I um don't know--" suddenly everything went dark. He let out another terrified cry and grabbed onto the Corvie King. Or at the very least he hoped it was the King, he couldn't actually see where he was grabbing.
This was terrible, awful, and he wanted it to be over.
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Xiven spat and snarled when the Queen of Clubs out himself between everyone. A club? A club shouldn't have been here. Why was a dirty club in her palace? She activated her pain ability on him. That would, at the very least get him down on his knees where he belonged. Where was that blasted snake?
Suddenly everything went black. Who had cast this horrible spell? She snarled as she swatted the air in her blind rage. These people were going to pay dearly for this! And then her right arm completely lost its feeling. She hissed. Someone must have been doing this! She was going to claw that damn bird's face off when she found him!
There was a voice. The feline's ears perked for a moment. The Queen clutched her arm as she stared blankly for a moment, she seemed to be struggling with something. Was that.... Marie?
Cast on Sabe Strong Magical Ability: When activated, she can inflict mental pain on another card of any suit, once per day. The degree of pain is equivalent to that of their teeth slowly being pulled out, one by one, even though their teeth remain in their head. This will probably be an extremely strange and distracting sensation.
Strong Ability Addition: Now whenever she activates this ability, the creature in question will also get the disturbing sensation that something is being injected into their veins, directly below the jaw. They won't be aware of anything else happening until Xiven releases them.
Only then will they come to the realization that their entire jaw has gone numb. They will not be able to speak properly, swallow often enough (oh, drooling), and might bite their tongue by accident a few times, until the spell wears off in an hour
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Post by /|/afamere on Feb 2, 2011 21:58:25 GMT -5
Sabe didn't quite know what was happening save for the fact that she seemed out to kill them, the rage that he saw in her blood lusted eyes are quite, evil...
Then the pain hit him.
He thought this was something that could only be cast on another Hearts. He guessed he was wrong as he felt the pain fall upon him, he had no teeth but it felt like someone had started to pull out each of his feathers in hand fulls. He wanted to stand, didn't want to give her the satisfaction of being superior... but she was, she was stronger than he ever had thought.
he fell to his knees. Tears falling from his eyes as he couldn't do anything. It felt worse than the pain that he felt that he couldn't protect the people behind him. He wanted them to flee... then everything went black. Someone had to do this, so he hopped that they would use this time to flee.
She wasn't too far from him, he knew where she was, he staggered towards her, knowing that the weapon was a medium to long range type. He grasp a hold of her around the arms, not daring to speak from the pain that he felt. When he grabbed her he felt something weird... a glass tube? He thought it a weapon and jerked it away.
He wouldn't fall from this pain yet. He had to be strong... just had to. Don't move... he thought through the pain...
♣ Queen's Ability ♣
Once a week he is now capable of forcing another SD to freeze in place from the waist down. They will be rooted to the spot, unable to move for a full minute. Their upper body is still theirs to control, but even if they hack their feet off, unless they cut above the waist, they would be unable to move from the spot. While they are frozen, the caster is vulnerable, if the victim dies while in this uncompromising position, the caster will slowly begin to turn to stone from the feet up. Please PM the admin should this occur.
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Post by Vyn on Feb 3, 2011 12:01:06 GMT -5
Lucius panicked as his sight was stolen from him. He wasn't certain if it was the doing of the maddened Queen or some other magic potentially meant to disable her but he wasn't going to stand around for it while awkward and bound. It was a split second decision to shift into his serpent form, but it seemed to be the right one. Without arms or legs to attach to, the bangles simply fell off his tail as he grabbed his staff in his mouth and slithered away from the madness.
There was screaming as the light returned, a strange voice shouting for the Queen and a ghostly figure rushing toward her. The serpent's attention, however, had latched onto something else and he watched in sadistic amusement as the binding curse meant for him suddenly latched onto the person nearest him: Fetu. Oops. The serpent had to repress an intense desire to laugh at the unfortunate circumstance.
Instead he quickly switched back to biped and grasped his cane once more. At least he could once again maneuver properly.
(Confirmed this with Nat. Sorry Fetu, dear. @_@)
Darkness. Malachior's ears flattened back and his tail twitched. It was bad enough knowing he could do very little for himself against a Heart Queen, it was worse knowing that he was now unable to physically fight should she somehow rush him. He stepped back a bit, closer to the door, and had to suppress a noise of surprise when two little hands latched onto him.
That was the extra boost Malachior needed to make up his mind. He was getting out of there. The others could fend for themselves. Or maybe they couldn't, but he didn't really care. He gave Conall's little hand a squeeze and a tug as he moved toward the door, whispering a quick reassurance into the general vacinity of the boy's ear. "We're getting out of here."
The light returned as he was slipped past the Ace but even in the light he didn't particularly feel inclined to hanging around. Outside, he pressed his back against the wall and gave the boy a tired look. "What has the world become?" Was it like this at The Court of Spades? Was Donalda raging around, expelling visitors? "Though... this does explain why everything is so very deserted, doesn't it?"
(and I have permission from Kari to move Conall.<3)
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Post by Kari Muffin on Feb 3, 2011 22:04:36 GMT -5
It was only a brief moment. She opened her mouth to say something in surprise, but it immediately snapped shut. It was quite clear that the moment of sanity was gone as the crazed expression returned to her face. She let out another angry incoherent cry, and quite suddenly the Club was there. Her feet couldn't move when she tried to.
The un-pure club was touching her. Touching her. Her fur puffed out as she let out a strangled growl and activated the first ability that came to mind. She ordered the Queen of Club's left arm to attempt to pull off one of his bright white wings. He might not actually be capable of doing it, but the arm moving under her power would give her an advantage.
She took action almost immediately. The arm she had been using to clutch her numb appendage was had enough room to move. She extend her claws and made a slashing motion upwards at the bird's face. She couldn't properly move her waist, but she still had the proper use of her neck, so she made a vicious attempt to bite the bird's shoulder. He was at point blank range, like hell she was going to miss.
Amazing Ability: Once a month, she is now able to cause an opponents' arm to move under her own will. It will do everything she says, short of killing its owner, for a full ten minutes. The victim will be unable to stop their arm with their own mind, though breaking it will stop it from being able to move. Doing this causes no mental strain for Xiven and she barely has to concentrate after she's given it an order, though for each new order she gives the limb, she must stop moving.
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Conall didn't argue. He couldn't. And really he wanted out. The raging Queen was not something he wanted to face. He was supposed to be related to her right? Or... something. He shifted awkwardly at the thought. That look on the woman's face was something he'd see in his nightmares for years. They couldn't possibly be related.
He couldn't press against the building, thanks to the scythes sticking out of his back. "I..think it does. Though that couldn't be what she's normally like. Something really bad is going on, isn't it?" Conall whimpered as he edged away from the door.
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Post by Nathalia on Feb 3, 2011 22:24:37 GMT -5
((The smoke begins to thin as the spell fades and it looks as though the Heron only managed to snag one of the Queen's arms! Careful, Sabe!
A sudden hissing sound from the windows indicates that the mist outside has turned into a heavy, storming, pounding rain.
The spell Xiven cast on Sabe's arm causes it to begin to tear at his left, peacock white wing! He is a relatively strong man and the way his wrist is gripping the base near the shoulder is enough to make him fear that he may tear his own wing off at the roots!
Her scratch and bite connect, though the bite is sloppy, where is up to you.
The way up the stairs look fairly dark and foreboding, with lightning framing the empty landing...or...is it empty?
Something up there...something that looked an awful lot like the Ace standing 30 feet from Conall at that very moment, just scurried off across the landing and away down an upper floor hallway.
If he looks over though, the original Ace is still there...))
~Nathalia
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Post by /|/afamere on Feb 4, 2011 16:11:46 GMT -5
He didn't even realize the fact that the fog outside had turned to pounding rain. The light returned and he saw the fangs come at him, oh how he hated this, he couldn't get away and he knew it. He saw the arching claw too late as the bite came down for him... he couldn't react as fast as he wanted, so he took the blow as it came.
He racing arch of her claw caught him under the eye just behind the beak, the bite connecting fully onto his neck join shoulder area of his upper body. He cried out in pain just long enough to realize that he had bit his own tongue in the process... just more insult to injury.
His grip on her arm was sound, until one of hands just decided to randomly let go... that wasn't right, how could it come down to this!? He wanted to restrain her but found out now it was her who was doing it, and not he! He was almost dilapidated just from the pain spell that she had cast on him, and now he had to worry form himself! He quickly noted what was going on, and then used his ability.
The grasp and hold on his face would fade away as he became ethereal, moving faster than she would be able to keep up. He quickly grabbed his hand and wrenched it free from his wing... noting that he didn't want his wings to be gone and quickly took his wrist in his hand and pulled up sharply... a faint cracking sound could be heard...
Grasp on that... evil hand. he thought as he moved away from her, he took this time to look about... his right arm dangling at his side... He moved behind her, activating his spell that would incress his strength and heft his cane in his hand... angled it and raced towards her and dropped the etheralness and attempt to hit her from behind, when she couldn't move away from him. Aiming for her head to end this conflict.
♣ Amazing Ability ♣
Once a month, he is now able to move so quickly, that it will look as though the people around him are standing still. He can keep this ability activated for a full hour and can even use it to travel more quickly, should he desire. While he is using the ability though, he becomes ethereal, nothing can touch him and he cannot touch anything, as he's often moving too fast to stop in from hitting something. He is unable to attack or be attacked in this form and mode but he can usually make it at least ten hours away from where he started if he runs and uses the full hour.
Movement Ability Boost
He is now able to use this spell once a week as opposed to once a month, In addition; he is now able to use two spells while his movement spell is in use. His aim might not be wonderful due to his erratic speed, but he will still be able to use them.
♣ Moderate Magical Ability ♣
When activated, he can carry up to 50 lbs of extra weight for 24 hours straight, one day per week. He is left feeling tired and somewhat drained for the 24 hours following that period.
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Post by Kari Muffin on Feb 4, 2011 19:04:02 GMT -5
(( OOC: So, considering the amount of time it takes for a person to break their own wrist, etc, I'm going to assume the minute for Xiven sticking to the floor is up. ))
The taste of blood in her mouth was satisfying, though she didn't take a chunk out of him like she wanted to. She continued to scratch at him until he suddenly wasn't there. She let out a wail of anger, her fur puffing out again as she flailed. She couldn't see him, she could see the other people. Why weren't they getting out of her palace?
She heard talons on the floor behind her. Her head snapped around. The bird was coming at her. He was trying to kill her. He was trying to kill her and take over the Court with his dirty club hands. She let out a yowl and activated her tail. The four foot tail suddenly split into three parts, hyper extending to knock the heron off course.
And she activated another that popped into her mind mentally aiming for his leg.
Moderate Ability: Once a week, the tail is able to split painlessly into three at the base and each tail can then hyper extend out to six feet for a full minute. They all become extremely flexible during this time and are as fast as their owner would be naturally.
Aimed at Right Leg Blood Ability: Once a month, she is now able to cause another person's blood to freeze entirely in a limb of her choice. The only body parts off limits to this ability are the main torso and the head. Should she attempt to use them in these places the spell will backfire back upon her, possibly even killing her and her intended victim.
Once used, the spell will cause the selected limb to freeze completely, making it immobile and useless to the owner. It will pain them for the full duration of an hour, and will take a full day for the circulation to restore itself properly.
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Conall happened to be looking at just the right spot, apparently, when he was making the worried comment to the Corvie deer. There was very much a double of the Ace that had just been on the stairs? What was going on?
"I think we have another big problem," he said flatly. Just to put the icing on the cake.
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Post by /|/afamere on Feb 4, 2011 21:47:05 GMT -5
((O.o Sabe has no chance vs your Queen, ^_^, I don't have save for two spells that can even effect a Queen, XD... O.o actually my friend had a bet that he couldn't do it... >> He snapped it quite quickly, Xd... for $1,000.00 he said it was worth it, XD. ))
He thought this would work, and yet he was quickly discouraged that he found that he was completely inferior compared in magics against this person. As he saw her tail split in three, he thought it to be a weapon and started to twist out of the way, but he soon realized that it was to no anvil. For it was a farce as he felt his right leg stop functioning... he tripped and slid to her feet, out of breath and in much pain. He looked up at her and found he couldn't do anything... he reached out and grasped her ankle and tried to speak.
"Le'ah em a'one..." he attempted to say as he gazed around her and noted that the others had moved away... good. Maybe they might survive then, he thought as he gripped on her ankle more tightly with his clubs ability and his natural strength to boot he knew she wouldn't be able to wrestle through, only that nasty looking pole axe might do the trick, though he really wanted to keep his hand attached.
"'an I dought we cou' com fur help 'ere." he said as he breathed out a bit, realizing that he couldn't do much more for those that had quickly moved away from this.
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Post by Kari Muffin on Feb 5, 2011 0:03:33 GMT -5
That stopped him. Or at the very least he was on the floor where he belonged. The unclean monstrosity just insisted on touching her. She spat, not really giving a damn about what he said. One of her tails snapped downwards to smack the bird's hand off of her ankle.
She spun around, grabbing the bird by whatever she could manage, and raked her claws across his Rank in blind fury. "Shut up you waste of space," Xiven shrieked before aiming to kick the bird. She didn't care. She wanted it gone. Everything needed to be gone.
There were others. She wanted the other ones gone too.
She stood still for a moment, and issued another order to his arm. He had only broken the wrist, which meant the rest of it could still move. So she would have it attempt to slam the bird's head against the marble floor.
Now for the others.
She turned around, her eyes falling on the snake. How had he gotten out of that binding? Well. She'd use another favorite spell then. Then she'd go back to beating the stupid bird.
Use on Lucius Amazing Ability: Once a week, she is now capable of causing the ground in front of her to warp bizarrely into an exact image of the person fighting her. This image, made from whatever was surrounding them as floor/ground/or wall, will resemble the opposition in nightmare version, odd bits of the ground it is made from sticking out at odd angles, faces broken up oddly in line with broken tile or stone, and eyes empty and haunting. This copy of the opponent will then hurl itself mercilessly at them until it breaks, it normally takes about five or so body slams to do this. The creation will not do anything but slam its other self but its body is heavy and covered in usually painful sharp bits. The copy will be just as large as the other person actually is.
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Post by Vyn on Feb 5, 2011 14:13:19 GMT -5
Malachior frowned slightly down at Conall and nodded. There was no use lying to the boy. "Yes. I'm afraid something is terribly wrong just now. Her Majesty is said to have something of a temper but most titled Heart Queens do, but she is a good Queen. Not the sort to... do this." He shook his head, trying to piece together what could possibly be the cause of all this madness. She wasn't herself and the entire Court seemed to be... wrong.
Hm.
He was ripped out of his contemplation by Conall's comment and his attention shot up to the fight, oblivious to the thing Conall had actually seen, and instead witnessed the brief seconds of the Heron hitting the ground beneath the feline's talons and the... thing rising out of the floor. A nightmare Lucius? Wasn't the serpent horrifying enough on his own without two of them?
"Bloody Hearts... Keep close... I don't have much to fend against the dear Queen but I can keep her at a distance if I must." Hopefully.
Lucius had been carefully edging his way away from everything, satisfied that the Queen seemed fully distracted by the Club Queen, and thought he was certainly home free... until he heard the man's garbled comment. "Others." He had really brought attention to them!? Couldn't he just sacrifice himself and be done with it?
His eyes narrowed as the Queen's eyes locked with his. He saw his doom in her brief confusion and then he rose up from the marble. His features were distorted by slabs of rock sticking out at all sorts of unnatural angles and his sharpness was a horrible contrast to the soft serpentine body. It rushed toward him with hauntingly empty eyes, obviously single-minded in it's destruction of it's fleshy counterpart. "Fuck." The serpent spat out as the monstrosity hurtled at him. He had just enough time to raise his cane and deflect some of the collision but nearly enough to keep from literally having the wind knocked out of him. He hit the wall behind him as the sharp edges gouged sensitive flesh but managed to stumble away as it withdrew to gain power for another slam.
Gasping in breath, bleeding from numerous small cuts, the serpent's gaze shot around the room in search of defense. How the hell did one stop a monstrosity like that?!
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