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berserker_rage ([info]berserker_rage) wrote in [info]mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-10-05 18:11:00

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Entry tags:complete, day 17, katara, kidnapping, legolas greenleaf, wolverine

Who: Wolverine, Katara, Legolas (posting order? And victims if they want to chime in, or we can start a new thread for the post defeat rescue)
What: Wolvy goes hunting
When: Night time
Where: Close to the altar where Aragorn and Giselle are being held
Rating: PG-13?
Status: Active


In the quiet darkness, Wolverine sat alone, knees bent in meditation. Even though beneath the surface, rage and bloodlust filled his mind, he knew better than to let that consume him completely when he was not fighting. It would fatigue him, make him less ready for combat, and less able to fulfill the needs of Dahak. His skin bumped slightly at the cool air, feeling the breeze flowing across him, lightly tickling the ends of his facial hair as he emptied his mind completely, only now and again focusing on the goals that Dahak had burned into his mind. He had to make sure that the two were on the pillar come midnight, that they would remain on the altar so that Dahak's dark spell could be cast in this world, and take all of them to another place.

It was when Logan tried to think about why he was doing it, that things didn't seem to make sense. He knew that he wanted to, but there was no logical reason for it, as if some cruicial moment of clarity that he'd had when he'd decided to serve Dahak had been stripped from him. It was annoying in a way, like a sliver in his brain that he couldn't quite get out, but every time he thought on it too much he wound up going in circles, which didn't exactly help anything, so after a long while, he finally gave it up, and focused on what he was supposed to do.

Aragorn and Giselle were sitting with their hands bound behind their back, on the wide flat space of the altar that rose up only a couple of feet from the ground. It was lavishly decorated with dark runes etched into the base of it, with a small irrigation canal that seemed to run along the edge and guide water or liquid to a crevice in the sides of the stone. What purpose it was for was rather obvious, it was to drain blood away. However, Wolverine had thankfully not cut either of them yet, despite the fact that he looked like he was often considering doing so.

Finally, Wolverine rose and stared off into the distance. There would be people coming to try to stop him from doing the Dark Lord's work. That thought had been placed into his mind hours ago, and it had lead to his desire for meditation, so that he would be fresh. He'd made traps for those who might come his way, all of which were deadly, after a fashion. There were a few trip wires that would cause large spiked logs to come swinging down from the tree tops at those who might persue. There were also a few pits which were laden with wooden spikes at the bottom of them, jagged enough that they would splinter under the skin even if someone managed to survive... and only one trap which would send a shower of arrows flying at them, mainly because that one had been too intricate to make many of, whereas his brute strength had helped make the others quick.

Sniffing the wind, he perked his head up. It was time. He could tell that they were close. Looking at the Lizardmen guarding the pair of sacrifices, he nodded and then growled lightly. "Watch the hostages. If they try to escape, kill them. I've got some annoying pests to deal with..." he said, and then leaning down, shot outward into the woods like a bullet, rustling the tree near them only slightly as he went to find those who would try to stop Lord Dahak's plan from succeeding. He might have waited for them to come to him, but then he would lose the element of surprise.



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[info]princegreenleaf
2008-10-09 11:18 am UTC (link)
This felt rather like being charged by an entire army of orcs, all compressed into one man, or something that looked like a man. No human he'd ever met was strong enough to uproot a tree, though, and they certainly didn't tend to go around launching themselves around like a rock thrown from the strong hands of a giant. Still, he didn't exactly have time to sit and watch, because it he did, he was going to die. The creature, whatever he was, was not aiming just to disable him. And while he was an elf, that did nothing to protect him against such an assault.

Lithely, he stepped out of the way, giving the waterbender a quick nudge to send her the other way. After all, the creature seemed focused on him, and if he was close to her, she might get hurt. The honor of the elf wouldn't allow that, and anyways, he liked her. Hopefully, though, his evasive action would be enough, since it had to be hard to change your direction in mid air, and he'd stepped far to the side.

At the same time, he lifted his bow and shot. While on his quest, he'd once shot one of the fell beasts the Nazgul ride right out of the air in a single shot, and this wasn't that different. He barely seemed to aim before the arrow was streaking through the air, directly toward the creatures eye, which had to be a weak spot, it usually was for most beings. It was a tiny target, of course, but for the Prince of Mirkwood, it was barely even a challenge.

It wasn't until the arrow, shot from the magical bow of Galadriel, was streaking through the air, right on target, that he remembered. And there was no way to call his arrow back. You will not kill... at the time, it had seemed such a needless precaution. After all, he'd been in the company of the bubbly, beautiful Giselle, and it hadn't seemed like there would be any threat large enough to make him try to kill anything. But, lost in the moment, he'd attempted to do just that, and for probably the first time in his life, he found himself wishing that his shot would miss. It didn't seem likely, though.

Of course, there was the matter of what his companion was doing, as well. He turned to look, keeping most of his attention at the arrow and the man hurtling toward each other. Something was shooting out at the creature, and he recognized it's shimmering fluid movement through the air. Water. It looked like he was going to see first hand what a water bender could do. Unfortunately, he was fairly certain that his arrow was going to reach there first.

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