NPF Avatars: Because They All Hate Me

[mammothtank]

Hearing Rhiya's call, MT sprang into action. "Hate to do this to you again, Mauve, but we really have to get moving, and I can run faster!" He wrapped the Protect Cloak around her, lifted her up, and bolted toward the tunnel Rhiya had just indicated, his stomach churning uncomfortably. "The sooner we get away from this smell, the better," he groaned.

[Bailey]

Ilgivan looked around at the fleeing people and dropped the club.

There was no way he would be able to run fast enough in these heavy boots, but...

He reached into the bag and pulled out a pair of roller blade covers that clipped onto the bottom of his ski boots, and began skating to catch up. As he skated, he reached into the bag and pulled out a pair of reinforced ski poles with enchanted tips and zipped the bag back up.

He was at the intersection in no time, and waited for the others to arrive.

[The Wizard Who Did It]

The Wizard did not like this fight. As he released a Pheonix Flame on the Slime Dragon, he realized the futility in continuing. The dragons were fighting in their element, adn such were very dangerous. The spider type things were immune to spells. The only thing that kept him going was the fact that, really, if you get enough NPF together, you can't lose. Their skills are just too varied and too complementary. However, things were still going bad. Mestizio vanished, Omnishadow kept failing at attacking the spiders, and many of the other NPF were scattering. Noticing a spider running away from the fight, the Wizard came down and stabbed the poor bugger. Afterwords, he looked where it was going, and stopped dead.

The Pink-Clad Monster. The Beast. She was still here. Back pedaling, he ran into a spider. His arms were flailing, so he still cut off the thing's claws. As he continued to back pedal, a scream from Rhiya yelled out, "GUYS. LET'S GET MOVING! THIS WAY!"

Looking around for her, he turned around and noticed a slime monster sneaking up from behind. He reached for his gun which he just couldn't find. Then he remembered that he never had a gun in the first place, as the monster breathed putrid breath. But by that time the Wizard was already clinging to the ceiling. Noticing Rhiya running toward a tunnel, the Wizard quickly catched up to her.

"I'll explore ahead."

With that, the Wizard ran down the cave almost as fast as he could.

[mauve]

“AGAIN WITH THIS CRUEL JOKE?!” Mauve yelled angrily to the fates. In their last adventure, Mauve always seemed to be right in the way of Krylo’s flying carnage. It would appear that this running joke was set to continue in rescue mission number two. If it wasn’t for the fact that Krylo was one of the few individuals who could tear her limb from limb and THEN ban her, without batting an eye, she would have burned the back of his head off. (What? It would’ve grown back!) But, seeing as how he saved her life, and seeing as how she was definitely mortal and he was not, she refrained.

Instead, she squirmed out of Mammothtank’s grasp.

“Thanks, Mammoth,” she said. “But you don’t have to get this stuff all over you, too.” She started running alongside him.

“Elemental Absorb!” she said, casting a spell upon herself. As soon as she was certain the spell had taken effect, she raised a hand and pointed at herself. “Firaga!” It was a stupid way to get the job done, but she didn’t feel like stopping to change clothes or keep running covered in spider goo. The fire burned away the mess without harming Mauve. Grumbling to herself, (something along the lines of “I can’t believe I actually wasted magic on that…” only with a few more obscenities) she brushed the ashes off of her robe.

“Hey!” she called, coughing as the ash blew into her face. “Where are we headed?”

[Truce]

When the scavenger above his head finally died, Ecurt managed to pull himself up. However, after having his skull knocked around by a dozen different leg spikes, it wasn't surprising that he was a little off balance.

Trying to walk, he found himself having a hard time to keep from falling again, though he couldn't help but think "At least that Hamtaro Giant is further down the cave, away from me". And then he remembered that was exactly where he was supposed to be, and the fact that there were still the monsters here in his way.

"Aww...honey nuggets."

Taking a deep breath, he thought about what he should do. Then he decided to screw it and make a run to everybody else. Surprisingly, he didn't meet any obstacles, and decided that maybe his luck was changing.

Not a chance.

When he finally thought he was in the clear, Ecurt turned around the corner and ran into none other than Garud. "You know, I shouldn't be rude since you saved me way back when in the stables...but what the hell are you just standing around for?!"

[GARUD]

I'm getting everyone inside, and also providing cover fire for the people still out here... and aiming for Melfice secretly.

Garud shot shrapnel at scavengers that were appraoching the cave. They got impaled and were sent flailing madly.

"Look, Ecurt. Don't just stand there, do something. Either get in there or help me support Aerozord and Rhyia."

The demon slayer sniffed the air around him.

"What smells fishy?"

[Arhra]

Newly rejuvenated, Arhra swiftly through the melee and into the tunnel Rhiya stood at the head of. This new incarnation of Arhra was quite agile, vaulting over one of the lumbering slime dragons with ease.

While waiting with the others who had already moved ahead while Rhiya guarded the rear, Arhra took off the cowled black cloak - despite the short period of time it had been worn for, it already had blood and slime all over it - and then suddenly was on the receiving end of a number of odd looks. "What is it?" Arhra asked with exasperation.

It wasn't that this new incarnation was hideous. Quite the opposite in fact. Blank stares were exchanged for a few moments and then the penny dropped. Arhra sighed, "Yes, the reincarnation process can revive me as either gender." Her shoulders slumped a little, "Why is it no-one even blinks an eye when a penguin reincarnates into a dragon but they're stunned over something like this?"

It certainly wasn't that much of a change compared to something like penguin to dragon. Arhra had simply revived as a shapely female warrior, with definite ninja overtones. She looked at the others blandly, "Anyway, shouldn't we be getting ready to move on?"

[Bailey]

Ilgivan glanced over at Arhra.

"What's that? Oh, well, not too surprising. When you're dealing with a being you know to be chaotic not much is too much of a shock. So, which direction is everybody going?"

((I suggest we group up based on times we generally frequent the forum))

[Melfice]

Melfice, barely dodging the bullets fired by Garud "That bastard, next moment we meet, he's getting some can of whoop-ass...", catched up on the group. "So, how many enemies have we exactly beaten yet, and how many have we run from... I'm tired of running from monsters which should be below me on the foodchain. DAMN IT! If only Valmar was powering my body, we wouldn't have this problem." Melfice exclaimed frustrated. Then he glanced over to Arhra's direction. "So, who's the beauty standing next to you guys?" Melfice said after a moment of thinking, unaware of the woman being Arhra.

Melfice looked at the predicament they were now in. An intersection. Replying to Ilgivan's question, Melfice said "I don't care where we're going, as long as we go with a plan. Seriously, guys, I'm not a teamplayer, so it's bad if I have to suggest we follow a strategy..." Melfice looked around, trying to figure out how to best carry on, however it did not seem likely having the entire group join up would be a good plan. "People, I suggest we split up. This group is way too big. Although there could be a plan made for the entire group, it would become too chaotic to maintain. However, as I do not have the full capabilities of everybody, and especially not who would supplement eachother's powers, I suggest also that somebody else does the splitting up of the group."

With that, Melfice retreated to a quiet corner of the cave to tend to his armour and eventual wounds he may or may not have received. As far as there are any corners in a round cave, that is.

[Inbred Chocobo]

IC, still trying to recover, saw Omnishadow's blade just sitting there. He thought it was nothing important, but the wand next to his left hand didn't. He looked down and saw his arm just incased with dark flames. Not only that, but he could feel the urge to weild that blade. So IC ran and hurled his Wind Edge at surrounding spiders, tearing them to peices. He grabbed the blade with his left hand, and felt like a connection had been made. He yanked the blade out and ran past Rhiya, focused on the blade in hand.