Finding that both herself and some crossbow bolts were now slightly glowing, Mira decided to leave the commenting on everyone else's (including her own) changes until after the rude interruption of the cultists. Aiming at one of them (Cultist No.6),who wasn't already being attacked by everyone as she loaded a normal AP bolt into her Crossbow, then let it loose in the direction of her target, hoping to kill him swiftly. OCC: Double Attack on Cultist No.6!
LEVEL 1 THEME: RUINED SPACE STATION Spoiler: Map < @Vulpas @bossaroo > Alan was the first to cause a casualty, his grenade falling directly under the feet of Cultist #4, the shockwave ripping him apart as the shrapnel from the fragmentation flew outwards to slam into the walls and a few other cultists. At the same time he slammed the blade of his eviscerator into the cultist that had his ire. Unfortunately it seemed as if the luck of the chains working was not quite yet on his side, as it simply slammed a fifth of the way into the cultist's torso and then stopped, the blade not revving. "Aww, has your machine broken?" the enemy smirked, grabbing his own short blade and thrusting it deep into Alan's right shoulder. "Why do you trust anything that isn't yourself?" Meanwhile, Prak seemed to be having a slightly easier time, as his first swing cut the head off of the third cultist, who had been staggered from the grenade. However, as his swing came to the second, it was stopped by a pair of blades, one strapped onto each arm of said cultist. He could be seen to stagger slightly from the blow. "You're such a brute.. have a little finesse!" the cultist smirked, backing away quickly before starting to dance around prak, cutting light scratches into his body with the blades every once in a while. They weren't too deep, but there were getting to be more and more of them with each second... < @Maleth @Vanestus ; Kroot > Mira's crossbow bolt flew straight and true, slamming into the sixth cultist's brain and killing him instantly. A moment later the Kroot shot directly where she had hit, as if to double-tap, and gave her an appraising look, although one to not demean. However, whatever passed between the two seemed like it would have to wait, as the fifth cultist, one holding two swords, charged the Kroot. He snarled and blocked one blade with his hand, but was unable to stop the other due to the construction of the weapon, getting the metal gashing his side, making the birdman hiss in pain. Torot ran into a bit less issues than the Kroot, finding himself charging the cultist that was being held away from the kroot by his faithful hound. The Tau's shot missed, and he found his axe slammed against another the same size, the one that held it not falling back at all. "So you want to see who's more powerful then?" < @Uriel1339 @High_Adept_Zeth ; Talon > Talon made good on his mother/father/god's order, dodging a few laspistol shots and then leaping onto the cultist, stabbing his claws down into the cultist's body, ripping him apart to please Esran. Who, meanwhile, slammed his Gauss mace into the side of the cultist he beset, crushing a few ribs before slamming an uppercut into his jaw. Somehow he wasn't dead... or perhaps he was dead, his body had just not realized it yet Max, meanwhile, seemed to have gotten the worst of the draw, as he found himself facing off with a cultist wielding some sort of glaive. This cultist seemed better than to say anything, and quickly dodged and deflected the sword. And then stabbed the blade deep into Max's shoulder with a great Smirk, pulling it out and making for another blow while he was somewhat stunned Talon, his own prey long-dead, looks up and then let out a warning shriek, leaping and dashing as quick as possible to help Max. He got there just in time to deflect the next blow.. however, it was turned to a deep slash into the beast's side, sending him tumbling to the ground with a snarl and hiss of pain. [ @High_Adept_Zeth @Uriel1339 - Finish off #9 
, and then one attack ] [All others - One attack] Spoiler: Combat Stats [Esran = Healthy]{Talon = Wounded} [Maximillien = Slightly Wounded][Torot = Healthy] [Alan= Slightly Wounded][Prak = Slightly Wounded] [Mira = Healthy] {Kroot = Slightly Wounded} {Conditions} [}-Debilitating Statuses-{] [Cultist 1 = Healthy] [Cultist 2 =Healthy][Cultist 3 =DEAD] [Cultist 4 = DEAD] [Cultist 5 = Healthy][Cultist 6 =DEAD] [Cultist 7 = Healthy] [Cultist 8 = DEAD][Cultist 9 =TO BE DEADIFIED] [Cultist 10 = TO BE DEADIFIED]
Prak let out a rumbling growl before chuckling "Finesse your way out of this you son of a grox !!!" Prak drew his blasta and fired it at the cultist before holstering it and swinging his choppa in an Overhead strike to end the cultist with vindiction. Prak laughed loudly at his clever tactic and hoped alan could handle his cultist fine.
"Who said I don't trust myself, so far I charged in knowing I would kill a bunch of your lot." Alan said gritting through the pain of being stabbed and nerves and flesh in his shoulder being cut apart. " Now let me show you what I can do!" Alan yelled spitting blood at the cultists eyes then letting go of his eviserator Alan attempt to use his right arm to hold cultist blade arm in and with his left hand he drew his las pistol and attempted to fired point blank into the cutists chest.
"Stay down buddy." Esran instructed Talon after seeing him in pain and getting a rather bad cut. But he gave him a wink to let the cultist-killer know that he approved of him. Especially given that he threw himself to protect Maximillian (@High_Adept_Zeth ). "Still hating the little fella?" Esrandur inquired as his Mace came down upon the almost-dead individual's head before him. However, quickly he noticed a nearby cultist was still alive and charged into him, trying to deliver a quick death by bringing his Gauss-Mace with full force against the head of the closest foe (Attack vs. Cultist 7).
As Max charged the cultist,the man quickly dodged and deflected the sword.And then stabbed the blade deep into Max's shoulder with a great Smirk, pulling it out and making for another blow while he was somewhat stunned. The man brandished the weapon and rushed in for the killing blow...and it might have even connected if not for Esran`s pet.Luckily the little thing took the blow for him and landed on the flow, seemingly heavily wounded. Buying him some time to recover, Max stood up with the help of his sword, approaching his glaive-wielding opponent more carefully now. "Still hating the little fella?" Esrandur inquired as he fought his own fight. "I told you to keep your little beast away from me Esran!I can handle on my own!" shot back Max as he paid no heed to the little beast chittering on the ground in pain, as he attacked the Cultist once more, getting into his blade`s reach, making it unwieldy, yet perfect for his short-reach sword. (Cultist #10)
"That's a funny way to say 'thanks', but you are welcome, Maxi." Esran said in despite of his pet-hating comment. Earlier or later he would see the merit of having a proper companion in the group.
Gritting his teeth as he clashed axes with the cultist in front of him Torot said,"I already know who's stronger and its me!" Pushing off against his opponents ax Torot attempted to slam the pommel of his Choppa into his stomach before gripping it with two hands and bringing it down in a powerful overhead chop.
With a considerable number of the Cultists already dead, Mira smirked at the rather sudden drubbing the team had handed the opposing side. Needless to say, she wasn't going to rest on her laurels and so loaded another AP Bolt into her Crossbow, and opened fire on one of the cultists (Cultists 5), aiming for the head to ensure the cultist's demise.
LEVEL 1 THEME: RUINED SPACE STATION < @High_Adept_Zeth > The cultist had obviously not been expecting that beast's intervention to save Max's life, and the now-larger human took the maximum advantage that he could. He quickly dashed into range, and destroyed the glaive-wielder's heart in a single stab. < @Vanestus @Uriel1339 > The Cultist was about to block Torot's first blow when Esran came up behind and slammed his gauss mace into the guy's spine, leaving him open for the one-two strike from the Tau. A split-open head proved quite deadly, and he slumped over quickly enough < @Maleth > The Kroot did prove himself quite skilled in combat, and held the cultist off after the wound until Mira's bolt buried in the human's jugular, the Kroot stabbing the blade of his rifle into the heart of the enemy to finish him off < @bossaroo @Vulpas > An opponent actually skilled in finesse would probably have been able to dodge the attacks that Prak but forwards, but what it was, was simply a cocky cultist. The blasta shot blew a hole in his chest, and Prak quickly finished the job by hacking him in half diagonally Alan, meanwhile, found his hand being cut into by holding the bladed arm, but it didn't seem that this one was any more skilled than the other, as he failed to knock away Alan's pistol which was an easy target. The lasbeam incinerated a number of vital organs, the human dying quickly in excruciating pain ~~After the combat~~ The final cultist fell a mere pair of minutes after they appeared; the kroot stayed on alert for a moment more before standing to his full height, taller than everyone but Max with his new size. He easily slung his rifle over his shoulder and turned to regard the team, seeming to appraise them. Meanwhile, Talon stood up and slowly limped over to Esran's side while whimpering. "My name is Vuulpaas" says the kroot, quietly handing Mira a bolt that he had gotten from the corpse of the second one she killed. "That's what I've been called since I came here. If I even came here." he sighs and looks at the team again. "I scavenge what I can for people who live here, but it's getting quite a bit more dangerous even here in the upper levels." "So, I propose to you.. I will give you first dibs on anything I find, in exchange for payment and a place to sleep." He then pulls out a cube and presses one side; suddenly a number of tents, a cooking site and a number of other amenities appears around the room. "This is a camping cube, basically carries anything you need when you settle down to rest. It's yours for free if you accept." he then goes to a tent and pulls out a bunch of items that he must have found. Spoiler: Vuulpaas' Store 1x Lasgun (50 Zorkmids) Grenades (All types) (10 Zorkmids each, max 3 grenades a PC) 1x Sword (25 Zorkmids) 1x Combat Shield (25 Zorkmids) You may gamble for a random Weapon/Armor/Accessory for 50 Zorkmids each try Spoiler: LOOTZ! -150 Zorkmids -1 Lockbox key -5 Assorted Swords @Maleth is back to 8 AP bolts from scavenging
