FFD6 The Dicening, Group 2, To Kill The Beast - Page 22

Overcast · 02-11-2011, 09:30 PM

Caspin stared around at the scene, cursing as he missed again, the damn things were far too fast for how deadly they were, it was just unreasonable! He turned to hear Fie speak up about the Fesk healing itself up and he stared grimly at the rest of their opponents, there was quite a lot, and they had to get to get all of them as quickly as possible if they were going to survive

"Argath, Queen. Jade, Vera, one that's casting. I'll get the dying one, I suck without magic."

He moved to the crippled little buzzer with his knife in hand and shot back a shout to the three little ones,

"Docus, she has some mad magical resistance! But keep it up, it's better than nothing. Fuzzy! Hit that bulky bastard before he gets there. Fie, you know what you're doing so keep on."

He stared at the bee and jumped toward it ready to stab it and hopefully kill it this time. He'd like to say he took down at least one of the bastards when he was fighting them.
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Attack Bee 2.

Dracorion · 02-11-2011, 09:51 PM

"Bitch!" He cried as the queen's swiped across his chest, leaving a gash. Fie and Docus blasted her with her magic, turning her anger towards them now. No chance in hell of getting her attention back now, he'd wail on her until she fell down, and everyone else looked like they had the bees taken care of.

The news that the Udrafresk was healing pissed him right the hell off, though. The unfortunate queen bee found herself the target of his rage. Above all else, the mages needed to be kept safe, and just attacking her wasn't going to keep her away from there. He'd need to do something stupid.

He needed to get up in her face. With a sharp whistle, Argath called Zephyr into action. He broke into a run, waiting for just the right moment. As a Dragoon, jumping was his thing. It was what he did. As soon as he was close enough, his stabbed the blade of his spear into the ground, still holding onto the shaft as he launched himself into the air.

Toward her Royal Backside.

At the same time, Zephyr zipped back and forth in front of the queen, growling and barking at her.

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Attempt to jump on the Queen's back.

Arhra · 02-12-2011, 08:09 AM

To put it quite simply, Jade was starting to get pissed off. Bees were pressing in all around, one jabbing its stinger into her shoulder, the other clawing at her arms as she swung up her sword to fend it off.

She wanted to get payback, but the bee she had swatted away was spraying pollen around again. If it thought whatever it was doing was more important than actually fighting, it had to be stopped. One thing that had been drilled into Jade was hit the wizards. Even if they were stupid bees.

Ears flattened with anger, Jade shouted at the killer bee.

"You won't be pollinating anything, you disgusting insect! Not then, not now AND NOT EVER AGAIN!"

She charged after it, sword at the ready.

OOC: Normal attack on Bee #5. Since the knockback ability says I get to choose whether to use it after seeing if the attack was successful, I'll just do normal damage unless I roll quite poorly on the accuracy roll and try to kill it outright.

Geminex · 02-12-2011, 10:33 PM

Docus frowned. He didn't have a lot of power left, and he really didn't want to waste any on these targets, especially if the Fresk was busy healing. That in particular annoyed him. This battle had gone on too long already, and now they had to take down the mark again? They'd better get a bonus for this...

But first, there was a bee right up in their face, and it was mad. Docus glanced at Fie, saw the glow around him, realized that he was preparing a spell. If the bee attacked him, he'd get hurt, and they couldn't risk that. He turned to Prasad.

"I'm gonna lure it away, you need to take it down." Not waiting for a response, he started running off to the east, turning around briefly to buzz loudly at the guard, questioning its ability to defend its Queen and telling it that he almost burned its hive.

Heart pounding, he ran, staying a constant distance from the hive, but getting further away from the Fresk. He just hoped Prasad would come though. And that the risk would pay off.

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Pretty much what it says in the post. Taunt bee, run away.

Krylo · 02-13-2011, 02:59 AM

Docus taunted the bee and ran off, requesting that Prasad take down the guard bee, a command that was unnecessary as the moogle was already training both barrels squarely on the Guard Bee charging them, perhaps on Caspin's request--but probably not. With an exhalation, Prasad calmly drew back the triggers of each gun, and a pair of bullets exited the chambers, one smashing into the bee's torso, the other ripping through both its wings. Tumbling through the air, the large insect impacted with the ground heavily, and came to a sliding stop just in front of the moogle.

Meanwhile, Caspin took on a command role, barking orders as he jammed his dagger through the torso of the most weakened bee, leaving it looking a lot like a beekebob on his knife, while Jade's oversized knife made the casting bee into two bee halves.

Argath, meanwhile, took a rather inventive method of attacking the queen, leaping onto its back. The queen reacted in shock, attempting to reach up at the dragoon on her back, but it was impossible for her chitonous legs to get there, and with her bulk being too heavy for flight she had little recourse. Vera, of course, being opportunistic, took the Queen's distraction as the perfect chance to attack. Unfortunately, her dagger left little more than a slight knick in the queen's thick exeoskeletal armor.

The one remaining living bee attempted to save his queen, his claws scraping, loudly, against Argath's armor, just before Fie's magical power blasted him from the sky.
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PC Round 12

Prasad- 14 damage, Guard Bee

Caspin- 7 damage, Bee 2.

Argath:Ride Queen like a mechanical bull
Bee is stunned for one round. Argath may ignore her arm on his next attack (stabbing directly into one of the holes on her back), or attempt an opposed dex check to keep her stunned.

Jade- 13 Damage, Bee 5, take 2 damage poison.

Vera- 2 Damage, Queen

Docus- Bravely run away.

Queen Bee- (-40)/???

Bee 1- 42/42

Bee 2- Dead.

Bee 5- Dead

Guard Bee- Out.

Jade- 10/27

Vera- 14/23

Argath- 15/25

Caspin- 17/23

Fie- 8/20

Docus 12/21

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NPC Round 12

Queen- Status Effect: Stun.

Bee 1- 4 Damage Argath

Queen Bee- (-40)/???

Udrafresk- Snore.

Udrafresk- ???/112-138

Bee 1- 42/42

Bee 2- Dead.

Bee 5- Dead

Guard Bee- Out.

Jade- 12/27

Vera- 14/23

Argath- 11/25

Caspin- 17/23

Fie- 8/20

Docus 12/21

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PC Round 13

Fie- Murder Bee 1

Queen Bee- (-40)/???

Udrafresk- ???/112-138

Bee 1- Dead

Jade- 12/27

Vera- 14/23

Argath- 11/25

Caspin- 17/23

Fie- 8/20

Docus 12/21

Overcast · 02-13-2011, 11:18 AM

Caspin turned to see his plan work out like a damned dream, every one of the buzzing freaks hit the ground save for the queen. Which he expected, he figured her to be made of tougher stuff, but when Vera's dagger seemed to bounce off like that he found himself a bit confused.

It wasn't that unusual that a good exoskeleton could push off all the attacks they had done so far, but if it kept on like it was right now he was sure they weren't going to be able to finish her off before the damned Fresk woke back up. He stopped and stared up and down her form as much as he could with Argath riding her like that. Trying to think of what they could do to bypass those defenses.
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Monster Lore check on the Queen's unreasonably good defense. CHECKED!
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"Oh son of a..."

The Udrafresk had been something of a bad day for most of them when it first came out, but it was still somewhat in their league if they worked together. This was the kind of thing you typically hunted rather than an Udrafresk so you could get some sweet cash off the jelly. When you had gotten better at hunting and you could handle it. This realization was pretty much the worst thing he could think of, but it did have some possible benefits if they could just kill her. Unfortunately, there wasn't any perfect strategy for killing her other than,

"JUST KEEP HITTING HER! Fie, don't even bother with the wind on her, just keep an eye on the damn Fresk. Docus, she has powerful magic resistance, but she still doesn't like fire."

He shifted over to Vera and whispered in her ear,

"Alright, individually I don't think we're going to do a lot of good. But I thought maybe we could work together and try to go for her eyes. What do you say? Want to double up on that bitch?"

Geminex · 02-13-2011, 08:17 PM

Docus sighed in relief that there were no bees after him, but there were still two major threats on the field. Both were incapacitated now, but that couldn't last. And that worried him. Fighting both would seriously threaten the party, so the pressing reality was that they had to finish the Queen quickly, before the Fresk woke up. But somehow, their weapons didn't really seem up to it, the last few rounds had been extensive proof of that. And their magic really didn't leave much of a dent either. Docus tapped his chin with a small finger, concentrating. This was just planning, this shouldn't be hard. What advantage did they have here? He blinked once, just once, as he made a realization that should have been obvious to begin with, especially to him. They weren't just individuals. They were a group, a team. A dysfuctional one, but somewhat cohesive nonetheless. And he knew the potential inherent in that.

Hoping that they'd trust him enough to listen, he called out in Common: "We aren't hurting her, not enough! Fie, I... I think I can enchant the warriors' weapons, add the power of flame to their strikes. But I need a medium, and Air will do better than most. Help me. Combine your power with mine, and we can destroy her. As for the rest of you, if you keep her pinned and keep her busy for now, then soon we can give you the means to hurt her, hurt her badly. And if we coordinate, we might be able to eliminate her altogether. I won't, can't try to give you instructions, but I think this is our best chance. What do you say?"

**McTahr** · 02-13-2011, 10:24 PM

Fie's eyes darted between the Udrafresk, the Queen bee, and the recently poisoned Jade. Distantly, he heard Docus, as if from down a long tunnel. It was a moment before his concentration snapped back to the situation at hand.

"Fie, I... I think I can enchant the warriors' weapons, add the power of flame to their strikes. But I need a medium, and Air will do better than most. Help me. Combine your power with mine, and we can destroy her."

It was crazy.

It was insane.

Every ounce of his training in the arts of healing told him it was a better idea to preserve his comrades as best he could. But something tugged inside. His initial desires, those strings of aspiration, that had driven him to the Black Mage's Guild first, before he had been expelled, twanged a furious tune, dancing with anticipation.

"You shall have the winds, my friend, and we shall bring the storm as one."

Fie did his best to sense the flow of mana about him, and prepare a suitable medium for Docus' plan around the party's weapons by purifying the air as best he is able, trying to stay sensitive to any fluctuations as the Tarut worked their magic. He was prepared to focus as long as he needed to maintain it for both the fighters and Docus.

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Try to teamwork attack with Docus to fire enchant the party's weapons. Use next round to focus on and maintain the medium so that the spell doesn't just poof when we finish.

CelesJessa · 02-14-2011, 12:38 AM

"Alright, individually I don't think we're going to do a lot of good. But I thought maybe we could work together and try to go for her eyes. What do you say? Want to double up on that bitch?"

Vera wasn't always the best team player, as was obvious in her behavior around Argath, but she knew working together with them was the best way to get out of this with the highest reward possible. She nodded to Caspin, gripping her knife. She shot him a toothy grin, "Sounds good to me."

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Double-team that bitch or something

Dracorion · 02-14-2011, 09:36 AM

Argath smiled as he rode the queen like a ~~mechanical bull~~ wild wyvern, even though it was a bit of an awkward position. It was usually more pleasant when he rode a female, of that he was sure.

In any case, it seemed his teammates were preparing for something, and it would be bad if the queen tried to wreck it. So, in the interest of cooperation or whatever, Argath climbed up her back and placed his hands in front of her eyes.

"Peek-a-boo!"

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Stun the bitch.

02-11-2011, 09:30 PM	#211
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	Caspin stared around at the scene, cursing as he missed again, the damn things were far too fast for how deadly they were, it was just unreasonable! He turned to hear Fie speak up about the Fesk healing itself up and he stared grimly at the rest of their opponents, there was quite a lot, and they had to get to get all of them as quickly as possible if they were going to survive "Argath, Queen. Jade, Vera, one that's casting. I'll get the dying one, I suck without magic." He moved to the crippled little buzzer with his knife in hand and shot back a shout to the three little ones, "Docus, she has some mad magical resistance! But keep it up, it's better than nothing. Fuzzy! Hit that bulky bastard before he gets there. Fie, you know what you're doing so keep on." He stared at the bee and jumped toward it ready to stab it and hopefully kill it this time. He'd like to say he took down at least one of the bastards when he was fighting them. --------------------------------------- Attack Bee 2. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks! Last edited by Overcast; 02-11-2011 at 10:13 PM.

02-11-2011, 09:51 PM	#212
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	"Bitch!" He cried as the queen's swiped across his chest, leaving a gash. Fie and Docus blasted her with her magic, turning her anger towards them now. No chance in hell of getting her attention back now, he'd wail on her until she fell down, and everyone else looked like they had the bees taken care of. The news that the Udrafresk was healing pissed him right the hell off, though. The unfortunate queen bee found herself the target of his rage. Above all else, the mages needed to be kept safe, and just attacking her wasn't going to keep her away from there. He'd need to do something stupid. He needed to get up in her face. With a sharp whistle, Argath called Zephyr into action. He broke into a run, waiting for just the right moment. As a Dragoon, jumping was his thing. It was what he did. As soon as he was close enough, his stabbed the blade of his spear into the ground, still holding onto the shaft as he launched himself into the air. Toward her Royal Backside. At the same time, Zephyr zipped back and forth in front of the queen, growling and barking at her. ------------------------- Attempt to jump on the Queen's back. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away. Last edited by Dracorion; 02-12-2011 at 11:30 AM.

02-12-2011, 08:09 AM	#213
Arhra Ara ara! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Neo Venezia Posts: 5,013	To put it quite simply, Jade was starting to get pissed off. Bees were pressing in all around, one jabbing its stinger into her shoulder, the other clawing at her arms as she swung up her sword to fend it off. She wanted to get payback, but the bee she had swatted away was spraying pollen around again. If it thought whatever it was doing was more important than actually fighting, it had to be stopped. One thing that had been drilled into Jade was hit the wizards. Even if they were stupid bees. Ears flattened with anger, Jade shouted at the killer bee. "You won't be pollinating anything, you disgusting insect! Not then, not now AND NOT EVER AGAIN!" She charged after it, sword at the ready. OOC: Normal attack on Bee #5. Since the knockback ability says I get to choose whether to use it after seeing if the attack was successful, I'll just do normal damage unless I roll quite poorly on the accuracy roll and try to kill it outright. __________________ This post is a good source of Ara ara, ufufu.* *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This post is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

02-13-2011, 02:59 AM	#215
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Docus taunted the bee and ran off, requesting that Prasad take down the guard bee, a command that was unnecessary as the moogle was already training both barrels squarely on the Guard Bee charging them, perhaps on Caspin's request--but probably not. With an exhalation, Prasad calmly drew back the triggers of each gun, and a pair of bullets exited the chambers, one smashing into the bee's torso, the other ripping through both its wings. Tumbling through the air, the large insect impacted with the ground heavily, and came to a sliding stop just in front of the moogle. Meanwhile, Caspin took on a command role, barking orders as he jammed his dagger through the torso of the most weakened bee, leaving it looking a lot like a beekebob on his knife, while Jade's oversized knife made the casting bee into two bee halves. Argath, meanwhile, took a rather inventive method of attacking the queen, leaping onto its back. The queen reacted in shock, attempting to reach up at the dragoon on her back, but it was impossible for her chitonous legs to get there, and with her bulk being too heavy for flight she had little recourse. Vera, of course, being opportunistic, took the Queen's distraction as the perfect chance to attack. Unfortunately, her dagger left little more than a slight knick in the queen's thick exeoskeletal armor. The one remaining living bee attempted to save his queen, his claws scraping, loudly, against Argath's armor, just before Fie's magical power blasted him from the sky. ----------------------- PC Round 12 Prasad- 14 damage, Guard Bee Caspin- 7 damage, Bee 2. Argath:Ride Queen like a mechanical bull Bee is stunned for one round. Argath may ignore her arm on his next attack (stabbing directly into one of the holes on her back), or attempt an opposed dex check to keep her stunned. Jade- 13 Damage, Bee 5, take 2 damage poison. Vera- 2 Damage, Queen Docus- Bravely run away. Queen Bee- (-40)/??? Bee 1- 42/42 Bee 2- Dead. Bee 5- Dead Guard Bee- Out. Jade- 10/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 15/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 ------------------------ NPC Round 12 Queen- Status Effect: Stun. Bee 1- 4 Damage Argath Queen Bee- (-40)/??? Udrafresk- Snore. Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Bee 1- 42/42 Bee 2- Dead. Bee 5- Dead Guard Bee- Out. Jade- 12/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 ------------------------- PC Round 13 Fie- Murder Bee 1 Queen Bee- (-40)/??? Udrafresk- ???/112-138 Bee 1- Dead Jade- 12/27 Vera- 14/23 Argath- 11/25 Caspin- 17/23 Fie- 8/20 Docus 12/21 __________________ I am very tired. Last edited by Krylo; 02-13-2011 at 03:53 AM.

02-13-2011, 11:18 AM	#216
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	Caspin turned to see his plan work out like a damned dream, every one of the buzzing freaks hit the ground save for the queen. Which he expected, he figured her to be made of tougher stuff, but when Vera's dagger seemed to bounce off like that he found himself a bit confused. It wasn't that unusual that a good exoskeleton could push off all the attacks they had done so far, but if it kept on like it was right now he was sure they weren't going to be able to finish her off before the damned Fresk woke back up. He stopped and stared up and down her form as much as he could with Argath riding her like that. Trying to think of what they could do to bypass those defenses. ----------------------- Monster Lore check on the Queen's unreasonably good defense. CHECKED! ---------------------- "Oh son of a..." The Udrafresk had been something of a bad day for most of them when it first came out, but it was still somewhat in their league if they worked together. This was the kind of thing you typically hunted rather than an Udrafresk so you could get some sweet cash off the jelly. When you had gotten better at hunting and you could handle it. This realization was pretty much the worst thing he could think of, but it did have some possible benefits if they could just kill her. Unfortunately, there wasn't any perfect strategy for killing her other than, "JUST KEEP HITTING HER! Fie, don't even bother with the wind on her, just keep an eye on the damn Fresk. Docus, she has powerful magic resistance, but she still doesn't like fire." He shifted over to Vera and whispered in her ear, "Alright, individually I don't think we're going to do a lot of good. But I thought maybe we could work together and try to go for her eyes. What do you say? Want to double up on that bitch?" __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks! Last edited by Overcast; 02-13-2011 at 02:18 PM.

02-12-2011, 10:33 PM	#214
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Docus frowned. He didn't have a lot of power left, and he really didn't want to waste any on these targets, especially if the Fresk was busy healing. That in particular annoyed him. This battle had gone on too long already, and now they had to take down the mark again? They'd better get a bonus for this... But first, there was a bee right up in their face, and it was mad. Docus glanced at Fie, saw the glow around him, realized that he was preparing a spell. If the bee attacked him, he'd get hurt, and they couldn't risk that. He turned to Prasad. "I'm gonna lure it away, you need to take it down." Not waiting for a response, he started running off to the east, turning around briefly to buzz loudly at the guard, questioning its ability to defend its Queen and telling it that he almost burned its hive. Heart pounding, he ran, staying a constant distance from the hive, but getting further away from the Fresk. He just hoped Prasad would come though. And that the risk would pay off. ---- Pretty much what it says in the post. Taunt bee, run away.

02-13-2011, 08:17 PM	#217
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Docus sighed in relief that there were no bees after him, but there were still two major threats on the field. Both were incapacitated now, but that couldn't last. And that worried him. Fighting both would seriously threaten the party, so the pressing reality was that they had to finish the Queen quickly, before the Fresk woke up. But somehow, their weapons didn't really seem up to it, the last few rounds had been extensive proof of that. And their magic really didn't leave much of a dent either. Docus tapped his chin with a small finger, concentrating. This was just planning, this shouldn't be hard. What advantage did they have here? He blinked once, just once, as he made a realization that should have been obvious to begin with, especially to him. They weren't just individuals. They were a group, a team. A dysfuctional one, but somewhat cohesive nonetheless. And he knew the potential inherent in that. Hoping that they'd trust him enough to listen, he called out in Common: "We aren't hurting her, not enough! Fie, I... I think I can enchant the warriors' weapons, add the power of flame to their strikes. But I need a medium, and Air will do better than most. Help me. Combine your power with mine, and we can destroy her. As for the rest of you, if you keep her pinned and keep her busy for now, then soon we can give you the means to hurt her, hurt her badly. And if we coordinate, we might be able to eliminate her altogether. I won't, can't try to give you instructions, but I think this is our best chance. What do you say?" Last edited by Geminex; 02-13-2011 at 08:24 PM.

02-13-2011, 10:24 PM	#218
McTahr For the right price... Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,268	Fie's eyes darted between the Udrafresk, the Queen bee, and the recently poisoned Jade. Distantly, he heard Docus, as if from down a long tunnel. It was a moment before his concentration snapped back to the situation at hand. "Fie, I... I think I can enchant the warriors' weapons, add the power of flame to their strikes. But I need a medium, and Air will do better than most. Help me. Combine your power with mine, and we can destroy her." It was crazy. It was insane. Every ounce of his training in the arts of healing told him it was a better idea to preserve his comrades as best he could. But something tugged inside. His initial desires, those strings of aspiration, that had driven him to the Black Mage's Guild first, before he had been expelled, twanged a furious tune, dancing with anticipation. "You shall have the winds, my friend, and we shall bring the storm as one." Fie did his best to sense the flow of mana about him, and prepare a suitable medium for Docus' plan around the party's weapons by purifying the air as best he is able, trying to stay sensitive to any fluctuations as the Tarut worked their magic. He was prepared to focus as long as he needed to maintain it for both the fighters and Docus. -- Try to teamwork attack with Docus to fire enchant the party's weapons. Use next round to focus on and maintain the medium so that the spell doesn't just poof when we finish. __________________ Gone.

02-14-2011, 12:38 AM	#219
CelesJessa DA-DA-DA-DAA DAA DAA DA DA-DAAAAAA! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Zanzibar Land Posts: 6,531	"Alright, individually I don't think we're going to do a lot of good. But I thought maybe we could work together and try to go for her eyes. What do you say? Want to double up on that bitch?" Vera wasn't always the best team player, as was obvious in her behavior around Argath, but she knew working together with them was the best way to get out of this with the highest reward possible. She nodded to Caspin, gripping her knife. She shot him a toothy grin, "Sounds good to me." ------------------- Double-team that bitch or something __________________

02-14-2011, 09:36 AM	#220
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	Argath smiled as he rode the queen like a ~~mechanical bull~~ wild wyvern, even though it was a bit of an awkward position. It was usually more pleasant when he rode a female, of that he was sure. In any case, it seemed his teammates were preparing for something, and it would be bad if the queen tried to wreck it. So, in the interest of cooperation or whatever, Argath climbed up her back and placed his hands in front of her eyes. "Peek-a-boo!" ----------------------- Stun the bitch. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away. Last edited by Dracorion; 02-14-2011 at 03:28 PM.