(WW) Animus, Weavebreaker, and Aegis

[roadnottaken]

He couldn't breathe, couldn't think. Cornered, nowhere to escape. Instinct claims its due, seeking out the simplest, most straightforward ... most brutal... mode of escape. The near-perfect stillness vanishes in a single heartbeat, as a sudden spasm of movement wrenches free a clawed arm, slicing furrows in Aegis' chest in the process.

The Thyrsus turns to look directly at Weavebreaker, eyes showing no reason, no mercy. Only the wild glint of a wolf stalking its prey. The blood spattered across his paws and up his arms only reinforce the feral imagery.

  4L to Aegis

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2013-03-13 22:42:30		Animus rolls 9 to Str + Bra + sp + clw - 4 (str) - 2 (arm) - 2 (choke) (10 Again, WillPower)		10, 2, 4, 3, 10, 7, 4, 7, 10, 2, 5, 9		4 successes

[Key]

Aegis, Your health levels are full of Lethal, you are now unconscious. And bleeding out at a rate of 1 level each minute.
Weavebreaker you are up.

[Weavebreaker]

Weavebreaker cannot help but wince at the viciousness of the attack. Part of her cannot believe how out of control all of this had became...

"You need to stop!" She shouted.

Weavebreaker's first instinct is to drop the knife and go to Aegis to try and save him, yet the look in Animus' eye holds her at bay. "Animus stop! He is hurt badly!" She points to her fallen comrade but keeps her guard up.

[Animus]

Eyes track Weavebreaker, for an instant simply watching. Panic bleating. Waves of fear that could almost be felt. Both only served to further mark her as prey.

The tableau holds for an instant before the Thyrsus lunges, claws raking across Weavebreaker's throat.

  2L or 3L, depending on whether Weavebreaker dodges

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2013-03-15 13:27:17		Animus rolls 2 to if not dodging (10 Again)		4, 9		1 success
2013-03-15 13:27:02		Animus rolls 8 to Str + Bra + AoA - 6 (assuming dodge) - 2 (called shot, fs) (10 Again)		4, 7, 10, 9, 7, 3, 6, 7, 2		2 successes

Whisper Weavebreaker , please keep your signature up to date. Animus' first attack was for three lethal, not one.

[Weavebreaker]

Weavebreaker tried her best to dodge the animalistic onslaught, yet to no avail. She felt his claws sink in, and at first all the adrenaline had rushing did not let her register the pain. She felt something liquidy in her throat, and out of instinct brought her hand over her mouth to stifle her cough. Drawing her hand away, she felt the searing pain and saw her own blood upon her hand. Ana tried to say something, yet the darkness quickly settled and she fell forward to her knees, then face down as blood began to pool out from her wounds and onto the practice mats.

[roadnottaken]

Instinct demanded a clean death. Simple and quick; there was little need for fallen prey to suffer further.

But instinct had served its purpose. The need to give it free rein ended as Weavebreaker's consciousness faded. The Thyrsus checks his motion, breath still coming in gasps. The sea of emotion and instinct gives way to concern as he studies the crumpled forms before him. These two had much to learn. Could he teach enough before Seers or Banishers gave them an even crueler lesson?

With a sigh, he draws down healing energies from the Wilds. There would be no lessons of any sort if they bled out on the floor.

Aegis and Weavebreaker heal 1 lethal

  Healing Heart

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2013-03-16 20:06:15		Animus rolls 9 to Gno + Lif - 2 (targets) (10 Again)		6, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7, 1, 9, 7		1 success

-1 mana

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