TP: Evil Skies Mission Log
From FiranMUX
<OOC> Yassamin says, "GAME ON FOR REAL"
Ellish: Maheepati Farms
The fields are empty, slashed and burned. A small shack sits off in
the distance where slaves might have slept at one point. In the
distance, you see the remains of livestock that might have wandered
about their pastures at one time.
Contents:
Tagda
Aervani
Riosan
Kael
Flying Ramjet, the griffon
Flying Windcharger, the griffon
Zayus
Firistan
Flying Gamble, the griffon
Talikos
Flying Rumble, the griffon
Alessandro
Kadikos
Flying Laserbeak, the griffon
Zernik, Shami Pilot
Numiler, Shami Archer
Briktunik, Shami Archer
Darnt, Shami Pilot
Balgal, Shami Pilot
Dhast, Shami Archer
Ariston, the griffon
Uvris, the griffon
Flying Jukolil, the griffon
Obvious exits:
Shack <SH> North East South West
"Aye Sir," Zayus responds promptly as he draws his bow, aiming to the creature as commanded by Firistan.
Talikos swoops in, aiming at Jukolil, closing the distance fast. Devran steadies his bow, aiming for Jukolil as well. The Shamibelian forces fly forward in formation, calling out in the night air in gutteral tongues. The arm motion is very clear, and they start in. But something is amiss. Their arrows seem to be LIT ON FIRE!
Aervani whips around in her seat, directing her bow at Jukolil. Alessandro aims his bow, and smiles. "This is how I like to spend my days, Lord Sentry! Let's kill some goats. If you can hit more times than me I'll give you 100,000 stenis!" *Firan*
Kael slips a javelin from its sheath, doing a wing-over and angling for Uvris. "Kill that one!" he cries to his archer, hurtling down like a thunderbolt in his gold-and-white priestly robe. *Firan*
Firistan lifts his bow and takes aim as he guides his griffon with his knees, steadying Gamble in order to take a shot. Once the griffon is comfortable with her position, he allows the beast to swoops down toward her target. "Take it down, Zayus. Nice and calm." he sees the fire arrows, "Fire arrows." he states calmly. "It was getting a bit dark anyhow. Better to see by!" *Firan*
Kadikos tugs on the reigns and sends Laserbeak screaming at the enemy bird, "You keep count, sir. I'm a little. . .busy here," he says to Alessandro *Firan*
Tagda lets her shot go and it hits the enemy griffon soundly. She glares at the fire arrows and shakes her head some. "Yeah, we'll just break ours out next time and see how they like to play with fire then."
A flaming arrow hits Kael's calf and lights his leg on fire. It's a little uncomfortable.
"Indeed it is Sir, those fires will make them all the easier for us to target." His eyes narrow on the Griffon as he fires off an arrow.
"MAKE SURE THE GOATS ARE DEAD WHEN THEY HIT THE GROUND!" Tagda shouts at the others as she turns herself around to shoot at Ariston. She'll let Ramjet feast.
Talikos aims as he flies by and puts one right under the neck, sending Jukolil plummeting.
Kadikos pulls up his bird as his target goes down, "New target, sir," he says pointing to Ariston. *Firan*
Alessandro clears his throat. "Don't you think we should keep attacking until our griffon is dead, Lord Sentry?" *Firan*
Another flaming arrow plunks right into Firistan's breastplate, which, being iron, heats up quite swiftly. But, does not light on fire.
Kadikos shakes his head, "No, sir. Others are on him." *Firan*
Immediately, a second wave appears over the skies! Egads!
Alessandro frowns. "Very well. THen Ariston it is." *Firan*
"Take down the other griffon! Come on!" Tagda glances up as another two come into the area.
Firistan unleashes an iron arrow in the direction of Uvris as his bird slams into the same target. Jostled by the impact, he watches the Shamibelian griffon go down. He doesn't cheer, he looks for a new target. "Take the pilot, Zayus!" he points at DARNT. "Nice and easy." he's hit by a fire arrow, but ignores the burning on his chest. *Firan*
Firistan says "No! Another bird! Gamoozi!" *Firan*
Devran calls to Talikos, "Who am I aiming for now?" *Firan* Kael throws the final javelin into Uvris the Griffon's body, killing it. He then directs his squawking griffon toward Balgal with a sneer. "Make sure he doesn't get away!" Another javelin is produced. Then his leg greave is hit with a flaming arrow. "F*ck!" *Firan*
Tagda steers Ramjet back up and towards Piyut. The Commander's aim remains back on Ariston, though.
Talikos swoops around, aiming for Gamoozi, bringing his mount in for a shot.
Zayus shows no concern for Firistan's injuries, as he knows the man to be a toughened monotheistic male. Now if it were the female pilot he was originally assigned with, he might be quite concerned over her delicate health. His arrow cocked, and aimed directly for Darnt as he says, " yes Sir!" *Firan*
Firistan says "Kael! Get the pilots on the ground! New birds in the air!" he swoops over in the direction of Gamoozi alongside Talikos. "Flank him! He'll go down fast." *Firan*
Aervani clamps her knees around Ramjet and leans dangerously to the side, trying to get Ariston in her sights. The woman lets out a sharp breath as she releases the arrow, as an arrow lodges itself in her leg. She plucks it out and keeps firing.
Riosan doesn't hesitate. The sentry lifts his bow, fits an arrow to it, and takes aim at Balgal. His arrow manages to piece the Shamibelian's chest, but he doesn't miss the one another archer sends his way. "Damnit," the sentry growls. *Firan*
"Kael and Talikos, take down those ground archers!" Commander Tagda directs so that the fire arrows come to a stop.
Another flaming arrow hits Alessandro square in the chest as well. Hot.
Talikos hears the order and switches target to Balgal.
The battle is getting heated now with that second wave, but slowly ,more and more Shamibelian griffons are felled. It's true, though. Something odd is afoot. Somehow, these sShamibelians have gotten flaming arrows!
Kael is slapping out the fire on his leg while hurling missiles at Balgal. His griffon makes strafing runs on the fleeing target, clawing at him mercilessly. "For Zutiv!" *Firan*
Firistan looses an arrow toward his tagret, Gamoozi, and his aim proves to be true. He leans and shifts his weight and uses his knees to steer his own mount close enough for an attack on the enemy griffon. "Loose, Zayus! Bring it down!" he's shouting mostly because it's what you do in the heat of combat, yelling out orders, far more vocal than he was pre-combat. *Firan*
Alessandro grunts in pain as the arrow hits him, and it throws off his impending shot. "COntrol your griffon, Lord Sentry, you've go thim!" *Firan*
Devran woahs as he is suddenly whip-lashed in a new direction. He quickly regains his aim, looking for those evil fire shooters.
Kadikos moves Laserbeak into position to attack, "Trying, sir," he says to Alessandro, "Hah! Got him. Take that!" He glances back at ALessandro, "You -------- sir?" *Firan*
Tagda looks behind her at Aervani and yells back at her, "Hang in there! Are you okay?"
Devran looks at Talikos, calling, "Talikos! Are you okay?" *Firan*
Zayus stops aiming at the pilot and turns his efforts to the Griffon as commanded. A gruff, but respectful " Yes Sir!" The man's focus increases dramatically, as his eyes peer towards Firistan's chosen target. *Firan*
A flaming hot arrow pierces Talikos' bronze breastplate and burns his chest. If it's left there, it'll probably keep burning.
Alessandro laughs. "It's only one arrow, Lord Sentry. If that's what it takes to kill me, then maybe I'm as much of a coward as my detractors say I am." he says, grinning. "Fight on." *Firan*
Firistan is slammed in his shin, and he jerks just slightly with the impact of the arrow as it hits him in the iron greaves. "We need the ground archers dead. Get the griffon, Zayus! That one!" he's aiming at Gamoozi. *Firan*
Aervani's eyes flash as another arrow grazes her. The color in her cheeks rises but she keeps on shooting despite the rain of arrows coming at her.
Kael leaves his griffon to finish off Balgal, letting it make one more run while he switches to Briktunik. "That one dies!" Another javelin is drawn and he prepares to hurl it. *Firan*
Talikos lets his griffon work on Balgal, while aiming at Numiler!. He also yelps, yanking on the burning arrow with one hand.
"Down that fecking griffon so we can take down these stupid fecks with the arrows!" Tagda turns her aim to protect her archer.
These Shamibelians are NOT pleased with the efficiency of the Firan Forces. Shouting what are likely obscenities and other insults at their forces, they continue to press the battle. Those on the ground shake their fists, just waiting for Firan forces to land for close combat.
Pulling an arrow out of your chest is a pretty damned painful thing, especially when you aren't a skilled healer. But, Talikos manages to yank that arrow out without causing too much additional damage.
Kadikos smiles as his arrow hits home, "One kill for me, sir." *Firan*
"Take the last one down! Quickly!" Tagda points at the last flying griffon and tries to pluck off the archers.
Firistan finishes off Gamoozi with another shot of his bow and looks down to see if he has a burning arrow stuck in him. "Down. Next griffon, Zayus." he steers toward PIYUT. *Firan*
Kael shouts, "PRAISE ZUTIV"
Talikos drops the arrow. "HothothothothothothotHOT!" he winces, as his griffon takes a huge chomp out of the fallen goat. He urges the beast around to Numiler. *Firan*
Riosan takes an arrow to his chest as well, and because he is also wearing bronze, he suffers exactly the same predicament as Talikos: he's got a fiery hot arrow embedded in his chest.
"Stay with it, Aervani. Stay with it. I'll get him." Tagda says, trying to promise as much as she reers Ramjet around and points her bow at Dhast.
Zayus turns his bow towards Piyut, and through gritted teeth responds to Firistan's command with, " on him Sir!" *Firan*
Kael's mount Windcharger tears out the throat of some poor Shamibelian and then screams lustily, diving for Briktunik. His pilot Kael throws javelins quickly into his chest and leg, enacting revenge for messing around with his archer Riosan.
A flaming arrow plinks off the top of Devran's backplate, though not before first setting the hair on the back of his neck on fire.
Aervani doesn't even take the time to respond to Tagda. There's another arrow in her hand being knocked to theher bowstring. Her efficiency and speed is lessening though, weakness from her hits taking its toll.
"Aargh," is Riosan's answer to Kael, the soldier still reeling from the hit he took to his skill, and then his back. He raises his bow to aim at Briktunik, the bastard that hit him, but it takes him a moment to get a clear shot. He manages a hit to the Shamibelian's forearm, before his attention turns to the arrow poking out of his chest. "Fecker," he says, attempting to break it free from his flesh.
Firistan is taking quite a few hits and he swats the arrows away from his iron armor, or pulls them out as best he can as he goes along. He doesn't call out for aid or attempt to get people to kill the shamibelian attacking him. He simply tries to avoid the hits while maintaining his griffon and his aim. "Steady now, steady." *Firan*
Devran keeps aiming at Numiler while shouting, "Talikos! Hang in there! Don't you dare.. AHHH!" He is suddenly slapping at the back of his head after letting his arrow fly. *Firan*
"Stay with it, stay with it," Tagda continues to encourage Aervani, though she seems to be saying it more to herself than anything. "Stay with it! GET THAT BIRD OUT OF THE SKY!."
Riosan isn't as lucky as Talikos. When he goes to remove the flaming arrow, it breaks off halfway, and he has to dig to get the arrowhead out. All this leaves him with a nasty little hole in his chest.
Talikos puts an arrow through Numiler's chestplate, and brings his mount around for another pass. "Are you on fire? I SMELL BACON!" he calls back at Devran. His second shot wizzes past the grounded archer, and Talikos swears, taking aim again. *Firan*
All is chaos with flaming arrows flying through the sky. It's unpleasant and adding to the cloudiness of the night. In light of that, it is very easy for one of the grounded shamibelians to simply... disappear.
Kael shouts, "I WANT HIS HAIR, TO GIVE TO ZUTIV"
"My hair is on fecking fire!" Devran calls back, trying to smack out the flames. Aervani slumps a bit in her seat, her chest heaving with each breath. "Yes," she manages simply while nocking another arrow. *Firan*
"Stop your shouting and take the damned bird down!" Tagda looks behind her, trying to see what the hell is going on. "Get the archers! Go go go !"
Firistan finally misses a shot, but he doesn't curse about it. He takes another arrow, nocks it, and takes aim once more. "Just about done, Zayus. Hit that griffon! Blast it from God's sky!" the bird goes down! "Yes! Now, an archer!" NOZERNIK! *Firan*
Kadikos smiles back at Alessandro, "That's two birds I've downed, sir. Er, not that I'm counting. Keep on him?" *Firan*
Talikos shouts, ""I think one of them got away!""
Firistan calls out, "Get low! Kill them all!" *Firan*
Not long after Kael extinguishes his leg, he takes another flaming arrow to his breastplate. Bad day. But, his iron breastplate protects him for the most part.
"TAKE DOWN THE ARCHERS!" Tagda yells again, hoping maybe they catch on. "You okay, Aervani? Lean forward and hang on to me."
Kadikos smiles and pulls the bird around, "Engaging archers, now sir. ----- take out that ---- The ugly one." He points to Omnaak. *Firan*
Firistan practices what he preaches and urges Gamble down lower toward the ground to try and clear through the smoke. "Dive!" he attempts to get as low as is possible without guaranteeing a crash in order to clear his aim and unleash hell upon the Shamibelian archer. *Firan*
Zayus grins in satisfaction as he sees the griffon fall. Pleased with his last attack, he changes targets as instructed by Firistan and now aims for Nozernik. He shifts slightly, pushing his ankles into the bird while aiming below. Hopefully, there won't be a wing in his way.
Riosan nearly cackles when his arrow brings Briktunik down. The motion agitates the hole in his chest, however, and that grin turns into a grimace. Following Kael's direction, the soldier aims for Omnak!
Talikos swoops past Numiler, attacking again. A third shot plinks away, and he ducks, hunching forward to swoop low again.
"Go, Ramjet, go!" Tagda flies her bird around, swooping low to try and bite at Dhast.
The archers fire off erratic shots, arcs of flame through the air. One such arrow sears Alessandro. Another, Tagda.
Devran shoots off an arrow, hitting Numiler in the waist, as Talikos flies by. "YES!" Devran exclaims. *Firan*
Alessandro curses as he takes another flaming arrow. "Son of a whore, that hurt! Take 'em out, Kadikos!" *Firan*
Kael's griffon Windcharger tears apart Briktunik the (once whole) Shamibelian. "That one!" he cries, swooping now for Omnak, who has been shooting Firistan naughtily. "Zutiv curse it!" he cries as another flaming arrow hits him. "Who is shooting flaming arrows?!" *Firan*
Or, rather, her boot.
Kadikos swoops Laserbeak down in a daring strike on Omnak, the bird's wings almost touch the ground before he pulls up. As he's leaving, a wild shot is fired behind. Less impressive, unfortunately.
Talikos hahas. "WHOSAGOODGRIFFON?" he calls to Rumble, who is comping away gleefully. "Yes you are! Yes you are!" He lets Rumble gnaw away, and looks for a new target. Nozernik!. *Firan*
"Which one has the fecking fire arrows?" Tagda is ready to snipe a bitch.
The Shamibelian archers are all shooting flaming arrows. It's an ugly day to be the victim of one of those shots.
Devran watches Numiler goes down and hits him once before before looking for his new target.
Tagda oh.
"I've been better," Aervani manages weakly, the edge of her mouth lifting slightly. She ducks her head towards Tagda to avoid an erratic shot from the ground, giving her a good view of Tagda's leg Her eyes widen. She shoots out a hand and slaps the woman's leg with a palm.
Tagda is in lots of pain, and she leans a bit, putting the bulk of her weight onto her other leg as she steers Ramjet. "Hold on...fecking..." She curses under her breath.
Kadikos smiles as Laserbeak makes another strike, "Three kills for us, sir." He says brightly to Alessandro, "We make a good team." *Firan*
Firistan unleashes an arrow in Nozernik's direction, striking the grounded archer directly in the stomach. He's ignoring his scant wounds, hasn't been lit on fire, and seems rather confident as he dives daringly for another attack on his target, sending Gamble almost vertical in an attempt to lessen his profile. A flaming arrow pierces Kadikos' arm, which burns till smothered.
Kadikos yelps as an arrow strikes his arm, "Feck! By the totems. What was that!" *Firan*
Kael begins throwing javelins at Nozernik while his griffon goes for the killing shot on Omnak, because Kael multitasks LIKE A BOSS.
Alessandro nods. "Indeed, Lord Sentry. I make anyone look good!" he says, jokingly, and with a wink. "Feck! Don't let your griffon get out of control!" *Firan*
Another arrow hits Zayus in the arm as well. One might think the archers are now aiming specifically for unarmored limbs.
"Totems damn them. Fecking stupid fecking goats." Tagda curses like the dirty savage that she is as she looses another arrow. "FALL YOU GOAT!"
Firistan apparently has poor aim when focusing on flying the griffon low enough to ensure a better shot. The plan backfires slightly, but the Hydran Warrior is undeterred. He reaims at Nozernik and stares down the length of his iron arrow at Nozernik. After guiding Gamble into a rending blow with her claws, of course. "Put the fire in your arm out, Zayus. Quickly." *Firan*
One might think that, of course, until a flaming arrow flies into Talikos' breastplate. Again.
Kael shouts, "THAT'S RIGHT"
"Go for the ones still standing! Bring them down! Bring them down!" Tagda's arrow flies elsewhere, since her leg fecking hurts.
"By Zutiv," Zayus exclaims as an arrow is shot into his arm and begins to singe it. Not only is there pain, but all the hair that has finally grown has now been singed! The man quickly pulls out the arrow, gritting his teeth and fires off another.
Devran watches as Talikos takes another hit. "FECK! Talikos!" Devran shouts, "Watch it!" After releasing an arrow at Nozernik, he reaches forward to pull the arrow out of Talikos' chest with his LEFT hand. *Firan*
Kael shouts, "KNEEL TO ZUTIV, THE ONLY GOD"
Talikos flops forward against his saddle, trying to starve the arrow of oxygen. That, or he's just hunched over in pain, squirming. He still gets a shot off on his target, as Rumble takes another chomp. This is going to be one fat feck of a griffon.
"Archers are down! Archers are down! Let your griffons finish them off and take down those pilots!" Tagda shouts new orders.
With the fall of Dhast, the remaining Shamibelian pilots attempt to flee. It should be an easy thing to run them down and maybe capture one or two.
Dhast attempts to fire off one last shot but is hit by an arrow just as he fires. His flaming arrow flies off uselessly into the horizon.
The Shami archer felled, Aervani spits into her palm and slaps it against Tagda's leg again.
Tagda shouts, "FECKING OUCH!"
As the target dies, Firistan shifts gears and swoops toward DARNT. "Easy. Take him down and we'll be done with this." he says rather casually, gesturing for Zayus to take aim at the targetted Shamibelian pilot. "Maybe I can jump off and grab one." he yells to Zayus, thinking aloud.
Kael tugs on his reins and takes aim at Hureitdf, telling his archer Riosan to do the same. "Maybe we can get that one alive!" *Firan*
Tagda stays on the pilots, since they have little chance of getting away from griffons. Well, Tagda hopes. "Bring the pilots down. Drop them and move on. We will choose who we keep alive after the fact."
Devran fires another shot before looking for TALIKOS'S arrow. "Is that arrow out?" Devran calls to Talikos, "That better be out!" *Firan*
Talikos points over at Zernik for Devran's sake. "Put an arrow through that fecking goat!" He's still working on the arrow. Hopefully it's out! *Firan*
Firistan swoops low over one of the unconscious Shamibelians and seems to ponder landing or hopping off his own griffon. He pulls his bird up into a brief hover before urging her after one of the other pilots, SANSELHOR, and heads in a low arc toward the pilot.
The Shamibelian pilots aren't trying to fight against flying griffons. Their leader must be down, and they are trying to flee. Or maybe they just don't want to be prisoners.
Zayus watches as Durnst falls, after he has plunked an arrow into his unconscious form. Maybe he wasn't unconscious before .. hard to tell as he likely was in mid fall. Turning quickly at Firistan's orders, his arrow now is turned on Sanselhor.
Devran watches Zernik go down, then aims for another victim since Talikos is busy.
"Firistan! If you want to land your mount, you can!" Tagda calls back behind her somewhere.
Kadikos pumps his fist as Zernik goes down, "That's four for --- sir. Two griffons, one pilot, one archer." His eyes scan the ground for another target as his griffon gets to enjoy the victory by finishing off the fallen pilot. *Firan*
Talikos looks around. Sanselhor looks open! And so he takes aim, pointing him out to Devran. "And slay all of those unconscious goats! Save an archer if you can!" Tagda steers Ramjet towards another pilot.
Kael's griffon mercilessly tears out some goat's throat. And then they are off after Hureitdf. He readies a javelin and rises slightly in the saddle, sneering. "You cannot run from Zutiv's holy might!" *Firan*
Firistan misses his shot and nods as Tagda yells. "I have this one! Stop firing, you'll hit me!" he swoops low and attempts to knock Sanselhor over. His intent is clearly to stop the Shamibelian from running, then jump on him to capture him. *Firan*
"All arrows off of that one," Tagda points at Sansel, "And concentrate on that one!" She points at Hureitdf.
Zayus turns to see where this other is, and watches as he falls. His own bow remains on the only Shami left, but it seems Firistan has it under control.
Kael's griffon comes around for another pass. He shouts, "Do we need this one alive? I think my griffon wants to kill it!" he's referring to Hureitdf. *Firan*
"Land your mounts and execute the others when this pilot fall." Next order! Tagda fires. Pew.
Sanselhor did not /want/ to be captured. Really, he didn't. Especially since he's being shot at by Talikos. But Firistan fortunately misses the arrow that goes into Sanselhor's belly, and the shamibelian is distracted long enough to go down with a well-places and very lucky hit on the back of the head from Firistan's sword hilt.
Talikos woops, and nearly puts an arrow in Firistan's fine, shapely, manly rear. He switches off target at the last moment, and brings Rumble around.
Firistan lands Gamble quickly after smacking Sanselhor on the back of the head. "Hold! Hold!" he waves his sword about as he hops off of Gamble and stands beside the fallen Shamibelian. "Hold!" just in case someone wants to shoot in his direction. *Firan* Kadikos watches Firistan tackle the loan pilot and pulls up his bird and bow, "I think we chased them off, sir," he says to Alessandro, "And - didn't even crash. Well, I suppose -- still have to land. - ." *Firan*
Tagda lowers her bow just a moment to put a hand to her leg. "LAND YOUR MOUNTS! EXECUTE THE UNCONSCIOUS! Firistan, you tie that one up."
Kadikos descends and lands Laserbeak, the griffon on the ground.
Alessandro nods, and frowns. "This was...probably the weakest Air attack they have ever send against us. Be alert, this seems like it has to be some kind of feint." *Firan*
"Pilots, stay by your mounts. Archers, execute." Tagda puts a hand back on Aervani. "Stay here."
Devran shakes Talikos alittle, calling, "Land, Talikos!" He then aims at the living pilot. *Firan*
Kadikos lands his bird and proceeds to poke the downed shamibelians from griffon back. "Well, you were with me, sir. ----- with a Dawn makes everything seem easier." *Firan*
Sanselhor is only barely sensible. Actually, he's groggy, hurt, and looks a little like a pincushion. But he's strong enough to resist Firistan weakly.. bcursing his parentage and saying things very inventive about Firistan's personal habits.
Kael steers Windcharger the griffon down beside Balgal and dismounts, hurriedly approaching the dead body. He kicks off the goat's helmet and cuts off his hair. "This will be a worthy sacrifice to Zutiv, for this great victory. Praise Zutiv!" *Firan*
Talikos brings Rumble in for a landing, swooping low past Kael and then flaring back. He looks around, panting.
A sniper archer jumps out of hiding, shoots a flaming arrow at Alessandro and then runs back under cover. Obviously he knows the streets of Ellish very well.
Aervani's wrist is dripping blood. She presses it to her mouth for a second. At the command, the woman moves to swing herself down off the griffon but stops herself at Tagda's hand.
Firistan hops off the his griffon and strolls toward Sanselhor. "---- -- --- ------- ----" he yells in Shamibelian at the pilot. He also tries to kick the Shamibelian right in the knee to prevent too much running away from him. "---- -----" he has his sword out just in case, but seems unlikely to use it on the nearly incapacitated Shamibelian. *Unknown*
Tagda watches an arrow wiz by and calls, "Someone call him! Where is he?" She raises her bow, ready to snipe back.
Devran looks around, saying, "There is a sniper somewhere!" *Firan*
Kadikos blinks as a sniper nails his co-pilot, "Feck! You alrright, sir?" He looks over to Tagda, "Permission to pursue that sniping goat?" *Firan*
Zayus dismounts quickly from the Griffon and charges the shami with his sword. Alessandro winces. "Well, this is going to ruin my evening, for sure." he says, rubbing his chin. "I'm fine, but that hurt." *Firan*
Talikos lets Devran dismount. He's trying to adjust his breasplate a little to get some less chafing. So much for his great chest and belly hair. GONE.
At the end of the night, there is a laaaaarge pile of bodies, a sniper archer that has since run offand a very angry, resistantish, Sanselhor, trussed up like a holiday turkey, horns and all. He's cursing, though, and likely will continue to expound on the unsavory habits of Firans, Firistan in particular. Because he captured him.
"LOOK FOR HIM FIRST." Tagda repeats herself and flies Ramjet around. "Call him!" She blurts, but when the Shamibelian sniper pokes his head up to take another shot, Tagda avenges Alessandro by letting her own arrow fly a half second before the enemies. Her arrow plunges inside of the goat's head, and he drops - dead.
Kael is buzzed by Talikos's close flying and nearly loses that handful of dead goat hair he was cutting off. "Talikos! You're UNSAFE." *Firan*
Devran does not dismount. He likes the vantage point from on top of the griffon. Looking over to Talikos, he asks, "Talikos, you alright? I have bandages if you need them." *Firan*
Alessandro frowns. "Well, is that all of them? Best not to linger any longer than we have to." *Firan*
Talikos shakes his head. "I'm not taking my bloody armor off until we get back to the walls." There's like, snipers out here. He's nervy and fingersnapping, as if expecting trouble. *Firan*
Tagda lowers her bow, content to say that the goat with the arrow in his face is dead. Her sky blue eyes flicker to the burn on her leg once more and she sucks a pained breath in threw her mouth. "Do we have our prisoner?"
Devran nods to Talikos, asking, "Are you okay to fly back or do you need me to?" He keeps a constant watch as well. *Firan*
Tagda motions to the griffon that is still alive, "Kill that thing too."
"Firistan, get back on your mount before that enemy griffon kills you!" Tagda says a little nonchalantly for her own good. "Load up your prisoner so we can get the feck out of here."
Firistan sees that Sanselhor is securely fastened. He lowers his sword, but doesn't put it away. A sniper is not his concern, apparently, as he pays it no mind. He's focused on Sanselhor. Looking over his shoulder, he nods at Tagda and begins to load the huge Shamibelian onto the back of his griffon. "----- ---" *Unknown*
Zayus runs back towards the griffon, and awaits for Firistan to climb aboard before he does. Alessandro smiles, "Well, he's on the ground now." *Firan*
The color drains from Aervani's cheeks with the loss of blood but she still manages to retain her good Bear posture. She presses her wrist to her mouth once more in an effort to slow the bleeding.
"Good job, Commander." Tagda offers to Alessandro as she flap flaps back towards the gate. "Come on. We are going home."
Devran nudges Talikos, saying, "Come on, Talikos. Else they will leave without us." *Firan*
Alessandro nods. "Not dead yet, let me put the poor guy out of his misery." *Firan*
As the evening wears on, the Firan air force meets a Shamibelian air raid over the skies of Ellish. This time, though, they did not just face typical dangers, but heroically faced off against archers with a new weapon: Flaming Arrows! As they came out of the night, shooting bolts of fire into the Republic Air Force, who should it be but N'Gato brothers, Firistan and Kael, who take on an early lead and rain death on their enemy. Those who were there even say Kael, warrior priest, was praising Zutiv from his perch while loosing his shots. Led by Tagda, they tore through their enemies, Riosan and Aervani each taking many shots, some of them still lit and burning the flesh as they impacted. All flew bravely, Zayus, Devran, Talikos, Alessandro, and Kadikos, facing the enemy without fear and felling each. None escaped this night's battle, not even the sniper who cowardly shot at Alessandro and was taken down by Tagda with a single shot to the head. Again, though, it was a N'Gato, Firistan, who claimed the sole prisoner.
The Republic pilots meet with a glorious welcome as they return to the gates of Ellish. Cheers and booze and attractive young ladies! Well, attractive young soldiers. Who haven't bathed in a week. Anyway, it's an enthusiastic welcome as it marks the first real Firan victory of war season.
