forum Hunter or Hunted? (Open)

Started March 05, 2019 by @Alex_is_alone_again

tune

"Yes, but your boyfriend will have some really bad burns…" Adara said, hands heating, small flames dancing everywhere.

"Really?" She waved her hand and light wove around Elm. "Touch that, and you become my mindless slave."

Adara was really getting tired of this faerie's attitude. She remembered one way she had gotten free from a situation like this and smiled. Carefully pressing her hands to the elf, she took in some of his body heat, winked at the faerie and teleported away.

Aza shrugged noncommittally. "Eh. Well, Elm, we're here!" A circle of light opened in front of them and they tumbled out onto the grass.

Elm sat up on the grass. "Well that was an experience." He looked over at Aza. "I didn't get the chance to properly thank you or introduce myself." He said, standing. He reached a hand down to Aza and smiled. "I'm Elm Ruvyn, at your service. Well, I do owe you one, you saved me after all."

It's kind of clear that Elm is a charmer. He relies on his charisma and good looks ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Aza raised an eyebrow and ignored Elm's hand. "I can get up just fine by myself, thank you."

Elm shrugs. "As you wish," he says. "I do believe we have business to discuss, Azzy." Elm starts. "You see, I think we need a sort of… Resistance against the Kingdom. They're going to kill us, and we need to stop them. I propose we start a little group, and take down enemy bases all around the Kingdom's territory." Elm says. "And that mage, Adara? We could use her too, if she's willing." Elm adds.

Aza's cheeks flushed, both angrily and flustered. "Azzy? When'd I say you could call me Azzy?"

Elm didn't meet her eyes, but he answered. "Well, it's a cute nickname for you." There was a hint of red creeping into his cheeks. All of a sudden, birds flew from the trees in panic, and cawed loudly. Something was coming. Something bad. Elm felt it, and instantly switched into a fighting stance, instead of a casual one. "Get ready…" He muttered to Aza. The trees shook with fervor at every stomp from the creature in the bushes.

Aza crossed her arms and stood patiently. "It's probably really not that dangerous. Like, what's the worst it could be? A tarantula?" She decided not to answer to Elm's nickname thing. It was…nevermind.

Adara landed on the ground, stumbling slightly. She stood and looked around. She was by a village and she was hungry. Pulling her hood over her face to hide her glowing eyes, she walked towards it.

"I… don't think it's a tarantula." The trees shook harder and a large creature hurled itself out into the open. It was the size of a house, covered in scars. It's eyes shone red and it's teeth were curved and yellow. It was deformed, with it's backbone contorted and it's paws twisted. The look in it's eyes shone with what appeared to be madness, but if you looked closely, it was pain. It let out an earsplitting howl, causing Elm to cover his sensitive ears. "Azzy, RUN!" He yelled and grabbed her arm, as the beast threw itself at them, claws outstretched.
Elm pointed at a village in the distance.

(I think we might, but I don't know. You'll have to ask @ember-chan-revels_in_her_tears.)

Adara hurried through the marketplace, hood pulled low over her face. She watched to make sure no one could see what she was doing, then swiped some food. Soon, her pockets were bulging with food and money that she had stolen.

(Sweet!)

A bright flash of light can be seen traveling towards Aza and Elm. “Something” picked the both of them up by “its” wings and took them to the village Elm pointed at. As the “something” landed by the village, a humanoid figure followed soon after. As they landed, they walked towards the two passengers that came with the creature.

Elm grabbed the dagger he kept by him always and snarled "Who are you?"

The figure got out some kind of small relic. Chanting something in an unintelligible language, the creature that took the both of them here disintegrated into dust and returned to the relic. The figure kept their identity hidden behind the white fox mask they wore. The only clue which may give away who they are is the dual swords symbol imprinted on their right hand. The figure didn’t answer Elm nor did they pay attention. They then slowly walked away back in the direction of the mad creature in the distance.

Adara rented a room in an inn with her stolen money and tried to sleep. She couldn't. She couldn't help but think about the self-satisfied faerie.

Getting closer to the twisted creature. The figure threw their fox mask up high towards the sky to distract the creature; they jumped, flying to the mask. The creature seemed to be annoyed and started rampaging towards the figure.

“Bingo…” they whispered to themself as the fox mask they grabbed pierced their body, applying armor on them and a white and red bow. Aiming at the creature’s eyes, the figure got a direct hit; ultimately blinding the creature. The bow they held turned to an axe with hues alike. They swung against the creature with full force, sending it towards the village whilst following it and slicing it along the way.

Aza threw her hands out toward the demon and paralyzed it briefly, then used her magic again to teleport herself and Elm away from it. Once they were safe, she lowered her hands and swayed slightly, then collapsed promptly on top of Elm.

A giant golden ring surrounded the axe the figure held. As the ring moved down along the handle the axe, the axe slowly turned into a longsword, once again with hues alike. As soon as they landed, the figure stabbed the creature once but all the way through the feature. Releasing a red and white energy from the blade until the creature stopped moving. Without a word to anyone, the blade the figure held turned back into a fox mask in which he continues to wear as he walked into the village.

Adara heard a commotion and went to go check it out. She saw a figure in a fox mask stride into the village, holding a bloody sword, and raised an eyebrow.

The figure noticed Adara and spoke in a disturbing and raspy voice “Got a problem…?”

She shrugged. "Well, I have a lot of problems, but you probably don't want to hear them." She sat down in the middle of the street, ignoring the running people. "Ya know, if you get caught by the king's soldiers, he'll try to kill you, right?"

“I’m fully aware of that—“ he pointed in the direction of the castle “—that’s why sometimes, it’s better to just destroy the problem first, instead of solving it…” A blast of blue flame ignited by the castle’s gates and the castle itself. Not a second after that, the figure disappeared without a trace.

Adara rolled her eyes and stood. "Drama queen." She moved gracefully away, conscious of the many eyes on her. Pulling her hood off, not caring who saw, she strode away into the forest, leaving the village in flames behind her.

The figure was sitting on the grass in the field. He turned back to see Adara walking out, he then smiled. “You don’t seem to care for the casualties…even a little…”