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Post by Sarah on Jul 8, 2008 20:26:31 GMT -5
*Sarah bolted down to the lobby, intent on making sure that whatever monster it was didn't get upstairs and hurt anyone or cause any more damage. She stopped at the bottom steps at the sight of the...thing.
It was big, the size of a draft horse, standing two thickly muscled legs. Long, almost apelike arms ended with razor-taloned hands. It had a stumpy neck, and an equally stumpy head, and it looked as though it's skin was about to slide off onto the floor. It made Sarah's stomach turn.
She couldn't, however, turn around now. Mostly because it noticed her.*
"Uhhh...nice demon..."
Well, if that isn't an oxymoron--
*She didn't have time to finish her thought--the thing was charging at her. Reacting more an impulse than anything, she threw her hands up in the air in front of her. A wall of energy went up, and the monster bounced off when it hit. Not stopping to praise her good luck, she followed with a series of magic missiles magical energy bolts*
"Eat that, demon scum!"
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Post by NPC on Jul 8, 2008 20:29:26 GMT -5
*The energy beams seemed to almost work...but then, the demon got up from the floor and once again attacked--this time, from the side, somehow getting past the wall of force. It made a noise of satisfaction as it's claws raked across it's foe*
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Post by Sarah on Jul 8, 2008 20:32:19 GMT -5
*Sarah screamed when the claws sliced her arm, leaving a four parallel gashes that started bleeding profusely.*
"Gaaah, you piece of crap! Incandescence!"
*A bright light flared, momentarily blinding both combatants, and when it faded Sarah saw that it had...done...nothing...*
"Oh, shit."
*As the creature swiped at her again, she quickly drew her sword to parry*
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Post by NPC on Jul 8, 2008 20:37:12 GMT -5
*It hadn't calculated for a hand-held weapon, and was caught off-guard when the weapon came flying down to cut it's arm off at the elbow. Roaring in both pain and anger, it clawed at the sword, trying to knock it out of her hand as it's severed limb began to regrow*
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Post by Sarah on Jul 8, 2008 20:40:16 GMT -5
*Regeneration...why the HELL did it have to have regeneration?!*
"Fuckdammit, this isn't fair!" She yelled, dodging the attacks and trying to get another sword strike in. It wasn't working, however, and she could see that if she didn't switch tactics, she was in for a world of hurt.
Using the weapon as a feint, she fired off a blast of electrical energy right in the monster's face as it tried to dodge the sword stroke. The beast screeched, flesh sizzling, and a lucky swing of the claw knocked the blade out of Sarah's hand*
"Well, that's just great." She muttered.
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Post by NPC on Jul 8, 2008 20:45:28 GMT -5
*Seeing an opportunity, it lunged, knocking her off-balance and sending them both crashing to the floor. Slobbering in anticipation of the kill, it went for her throat*
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Post by Sarah on Jul 8, 2008 20:47:05 GMT -5
*She kicked and screamed in earnest*
"No! NO, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!"
*In one last desperate bid, she fired off a spell, momentarily lighting the room with flame...*
((Cue Buffy and Spike))
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Post by Buffy Summers on Jul 9, 2008 10:53:19 GMT -5
*Okay, there was definitely something going on downstairs. True, a LOT of sex seemed to happen in this inn, but this sounded more like... A fight!*
"Spike!" *Buffy cried, jumping up from her bed where she was lamenting the lack of tv,* "C'mon!"
*She raced downstairs in time to jump back out of the way of a wall of flame, which mercifully didn't set the whole room ablaze. When the glare faded, Buffy saw a huge, ugly demon (Oxymoron, her brain supplied) bend low over a girl's neck.*
"That's enough!" *she yelled, spinning into combat with instincts honed by years of use. She roundhouse kicked the demon, sending it stumbling away from the girl.*
((Spike?))
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Post by Spike on Jul 10, 2008 6:15:10 GMT -5
((Sorry I'm late.))
*Spike bounded after her, slowing as Buffy kicked the demon and turning to the girl.*
"You alright?" *He questioned quickly but not without still being really hot, just making sure she was ok before jumping into the fray.*
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Post by Sarah on Jul 11, 2008 12:55:45 GMT -5
*As she scrambled away from the monster, the only thing that went zooming through her head was:*
Oh my god. Rescued by Buffy.
*The next that happened was a moment of double-take, as she realized that Spike was also in the room. And talking to her. She quickly cleared the clouds out of her brain*
"Yeah, just this scrape on my arm. But I'll be fine."
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Post by Buffy Summers on Jul 12, 2008 12:25:25 GMT -5
"So far," Buffy said, and went back to punching the demon. She and Spike fell into step, so to speak, not letting the monster recover from each blow. With another blow to the head, it slumped into a pile of skin on the floor.
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Post by Spike on Jul 14, 2008 7:37:17 GMT -5
*Spike did that thing he does where he tugs his coat after a fight you know, the hot one? and stepped over the pile of demon.*
"What the bloody hell is this doin' here?"
*He gave a quick wave and added.*
"Besides the obvious, of course. Making with the violence."
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Post by Buffy Summers on Jul 14, 2008 9:21:27 GMT -5
Buffy glanced at it, and made an "ew" face, though she was mostly trying to block the fact that that coat-tugging thing was kind of hot from her consciousness.
"I don't know," she said, turning to the girl. "You're not exactly an innocent bystander, though, are you? I mean, with the fire. Did this thing just come after you?"
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Post by Spike on Jul 15, 2008 7:30:13 GMT -5
((You know it is...just admit it. )) *Spike walked closer, looking the girl over. There was something vaguely familiar about her, like a half-memory of a dream, but he couldn't place it so he figured it was best to just let Buffy drive this one. Then he fought to keep the thought of Buffy 'driving' from distracting him.*
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Post by Sarah on Jul 16, 2008 15:50:12 GMT -5
*She saw a flash of something in Spike's eyes, and suddenly found herself wishing for the first time ever that an attractive guy didn't recognize her from somewhere. It would be damn hard, not to mention awkward, to explain Maria.
She nodded at Buffy's words*
"Not a bystander. I heard it while I was upstairs, and came down to see what was here. I thought I could take it alone, but I guess my powers aren't that great yet..."
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