Metropolis - The Weight of the World (and Found Wanting)

[Scotley]

Jazick

The tall young man pulls a longbow from under his voluminous cloak, "I trapped the poor beast there in my ignorance as we came in. I should be the one to finish him."

 

[Phoenix]

Ymris laughs. "Nothing is ever easy." She looks again at the shimmering ether and the black cable.

OOC: Is it large enough that they could pass through without touching the black cable?

[sblock=OOC]Barely, very barely, but yes.[/sblock]

 

[Tonks]

The tall young man pulls a longbow from under his voluminous cloak, "I trapped the poor beast there in my ignorance as we came in. I should be the one to finish him."

Stopping and turning around, Azot looked at the man and nodded.

"One shot. Clean and true. It has suffered enough."

 

[Scotley]

Jazick

Moving in close and taking careful aim, Jazick tries to finish the beast off.

 

[Bront]

"Let's try to avoid the cable," Jasmine says, as she steps forward to contort herself to try to get through.

 

[Phoenix]

Stopping and turning around, Azot looked at the man and nodded.

"One shot. Clean and true. It has suffered enough."

Jazick peered through the wall of bones that surrounded the outside of the building. He could see the jackal lodged in the wall, impaled on several large bones, but not in any of its vitals.

Once Azot stepped through the great doors of the cathedral and outside he could see that the bone wall had been constructed in a manner to be circling the entire building, at least as far as he could see. It was an impressive barrier, one that he could not see over but her could tell the depth was enough that getting through it without incident would be a challenge.

Jazick drew his bow and fired into the bones, though his first shot clipped a bone and tumbled harmlessly into the wall and got lodged into a ribcage. Taking his time, Jazick fired again, but the shot was difficult at best.

Azot heard the scream of the jackal at the arrow struck home, then there was a second shot and the beast fell silent.

 

[Tonks]

'Sebek grant the hunter prey for the rest of its days'

As silence suddenly dominated the area, Azot approached the human again. In the fading light of the day, 'how many days has it been Sebek', Azot saw how pale the man was and wondered if the Dark Tower would try to drain him as well.

'Another reason we must destroy this place. It feeds off the city and those in it equally...'

"These walls seem to be designed to keep people in, as well as out. How was it you and your mate made it in safely?"

 

[Scotley]

Jazick

"Nothing dramatic, we simply took some doors sutters from the surrounding empty buildings and made a simple bridge." He ads rather shyly. "She em, isn't really my mate. We only met outside this place. I guess shared adversity drew us close, but in truth I know little of her." Looking at his companion again he continues, "It should be easy enough to reconstruct the bridge from this side. We may need a few more parts. I think it was intended to keep beasts such as the jackals out or mindless undead in. It proved little impediment to a couple of resourceful humans. Shall we set to work?"

 

[Phoenix]

"Nothing dramatic, we simply took some doors sutters from the surrounding empty buildings and made a simple bridge." He ads rather shyly. "She em, isn't really my mate. We only met outside this place. I guess shared adversity drew us close, but in truth I know little of her." Looking at his companion again he continues, "It should be easy enough to reconstruct the bridge from this side. We may need a few more parts. I think it was intended to keep beasts such as the jackals out or mindless undead in. It proved little impediment to a couple of resourceful humans. Shall we set to work?"

Azot could see that with a little work a bridge could be formed using the pews from the cathedral, but as he thought on it other noises drifted across the wall. Previously hidden by the screaming jackal, now the snorts and snarls of other animals drifted through the storm. There were more of these beasts waiting on the other side, patient and relentless. Even should they construct a way across, there may be dozens of these animals waiting for them…

 

[Fenris]

A wordless scream ripped from Alexi's throat. Fire. It feared fire. Yet they had none. Alexi heeded the warning of Boar though and went up to Whale and said in his ear, "Let us re-shut these doors to bring back suitable weapons!"