JJ's mouth dropped opened. The man had no face. No skin. No ... anything. How the hell was he ... a zombie? No he wasn't going for her brains. One of those ... "Hey, who's your Master or creator? Don't you have to do someone's bidding or something?"
JJ was being slightly rude, but it was out of morbid curiosity. And then she was interrupted. Again. JJ looked at the dragon race and sighed. "I could still help, but ..." She shrugged conveying that she had no intentions to help out.
"I'm here because I saw smoke in the sky. I curiously followed the smoke and saw it led to a town on fire. I'm curious why? Figured it might be a raid and if there's a raid I want in so I can get some belongings, buuuuut it almost seems like none of the raiders are here." JJ looked around confirming there were no raiders in the vicinity.
"You don't need to be so obvious doctor," she smiled.
Not bothering with the buckets, Serenity focused on the flames spreading across the housing and took a deep breath.
Winds were starting to gather around her and seemed to become dense, just like the breath in her lungs. Opening her eyes which shined a bright blue, she blew out her air and the wind she gathered into a focused stream at the housing.
(Ok, now that serenity has posted, that means everyone has had a turn. When everyone takes a turn, the GM posts, signifying the end of one round and the start of a new one.)
Jalen, Skul and Jericho continued to parlay. None of the townsfolk had witnessed her starting the fire and therefore none were on the hill.
The townsfolk were in a panic though, doing their best to either run around hopelessly or to aid in putting the fire out. A small town was easier to put out, but burned to nothing that much faster. It appeared that no one at least was wounded in the fire.
Serenity's use of her wind magic blew hard and fast and due to the alcohol used as the catalyst for the fire, extinguished where she was directing her powerful gale. There was more fire to be dealt with though, and some of the thatched roofs were starting to burn.
You wouldnt have gotten here that fast, because i started coming down as soon as i saw light, and you were here before me, that means you were already in the town. Who are you and why were you just standing here?
Jericho drew his sword, not knowing what this woman was capable of. There were many extraordinary people in this town, so why should he treat her differently?
Zane continues to throw buckets on the house, but notices how all of the bucketers were running about alone, and others were screaming, panicked.
"EVERYONE! We need to organize! Form a bucket line! Pile the buckets at the well, start filling them and pass them down the line, the people at the end throw them on the houses, and runners take them back to the well to get filled!. Don't just stand there, GO!"
Following his rant, Zane notices Skully, Jericho, and Jaylen standing on top of the hill and begins to storm up there
"Oy! You three! Stop standing around and help! The town is one fire, and if we are gonna stop it, we need to ALL take part! Skully, I know you have some talent with fire, can't you do anything about all this?"
Post by Jerevan Languorem on Aug 9, 2011 18:44:13 GMT -5
Daenien growled. "If we find the one who did this, I'm going to make the most slow-burning poison in the book and personally shove it up their ass." He suddenly remembered that most people didn't know he made poisons... And for a reason, too. "No matter how long it takes to learn it," he added. He rushed over to the bucket line and started helping as best he could.
JJ looked at Skully and arched an eyebrow. She caught the the threat and smiled. So Skully thought she had started the fire as well. She looked towards the grave and wished she had some sort of magical ability so that she could send tendrils of fire flickering that way. Instead Mr. Dragon man was back in her face.
"Again I saw smoke. Smoke happens BEFORE fire. I wasn't far having been in town earlier and came back fast. If there's going to be a raiding you want to be there quickly or miss the good stuff. When I came the fire was just ablazing and looking pretty, but no raiders. So sheath your sword or I'll put you on it and roast you in the blaze." JJ took a step forward her threat in her eyes.
The only thing stopping Dragon-dude and JJ from going straight to blows was the man that demanded the 3 of them help. JJ shook her head, turned, and went back to her tree and watched. "I have no home here. I have no interest here. Why should I help pray tell."
Serenity closed her eyes and focused once more. The ground began to quake below her feat, and when she raised her hands into the air, a small round pillar erupted below her and raised her up just above roof level.
"No one bump into this now," she joked but prayed it wouldn't happen regardless.
The lady began taking in deep breaths, and with each gasp she took the wind would gather around her, becoming dense as she continued.
With one final breath she blew out all the air she collected in another focused stream at the roofs of the buildings. She would need to relax for a bit afterward and hoped the fire wouldn't spread much further.
Last Edit: Aug 10, 2011 12:20:59 GMT -5 by Serenity
With Zane giving direction and Serenity's swift use of the elements, the fire was now well under control. The villagers were working their hardest to douse what was left of the fire but Serenity's magic had dissipated the larger threats.
A quick glance indicated that there was damage to many of the buildings on the main street, but it appeared superficial. The thatchers were likely going to be quite busy for the next week or two. A fresh coat of paint - which most buildings didn't have anyways - would spruce the place up. Crisis averted.
Pray tell, how does smoke start before something is burning?
Jericho took her empty threat just as that empty. He did not sheath his sword, he took it in both hands now, ready for anything she could throw at him.
Skul, can smoke start BEFORE something has burned? It doesnt seem possible.
JJ growled at the dense man. "Have you never started a fire for roasting boar? It smokes BEFORE it catches fire. You're a dragon man...." JJ stopped and growled. She had enough of this ignorant man. She slowly grabbed her bo from her back and let it dangle. She snapped the other end into her hand and pulled it tight putting it a 6ft bo staff. If she desired she could flick the end and it'll snap out like a nunchuk.
Zane finished making his way up to the group and shakes his head when he sees that JJ has drawn her weapon
"No need to fight eachother. And it doesn't matter that you don't live here, it's only right to help out when you see that others are in trouble. Otherwise you're no better then a common beast."