here comes the sun

[brushy]

Who: falco grice (grice), shōyō hinata (asas) & amaterasu (brushy)
What: this is a catch-all for april! various closed prompts and one that's open for ammy (wonderkind), please refer to the character's specific top levels and headers! if you'd like to plot something out, hmu @ the plotting post or liberos!
When: april!
Where: throughout trench!
Content Warnings: violence, harm to an animal, will add more as they come (also see headers)

falco | shōyō | amaterasu

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[brushy]

[ what crawls out of the portal’s fracture is a thing of wooden legs, spiraling claws, a body of coiled leaves and bright, bright red face that may have once upon a time resembled a lion. its gnarled fangs protrude from its mouth and the horns that grow from its head curve just as much as its death glare— what keith has come across is a bud ogre, shrieking when its ugly mouth pulls apart, and it’s spiked ball tail is thrown into the spot where keith stands. ]

[tempredmental]

[Keith yelped, jumping back and barely missing getting slammed by that tail. He pulls out his blade immediately, the dagger shifting into a sword, and he moved to attack, dodging to one side to hopefully flank the creature, and staying low, going for the belly.]

[brushy]

[ it may be a good idea to evade; despite the plant parts that create the bud ogre, it is a toughened demon with a core that is hidden away— as all weak spots are kept. the lower flank of the creature could take hits, plenty that if built up enough, could lead to paralyzation. with an objecting howl, the ogre exposes the plant bud growing on its back like a shield, and from it, it pops out a nasty, toxic bomb of rot.

dodging may be the best choice. touching it will cause it to burst and cause more problems, and that would make an easy target for the ogre's swipes. ]

[tempredmental]

[Yeah, that didn't look good... whatever that... that was. Keith barely dodged, having to change his trajectory and momentum almost mid-stride to avoid it. He was lucky... but would that luck hold out?

Honestly, he had to find a way to take it down. If he played dodge-the-strike all day, he'd eventually tire himself out, and he wasn't sure if he could outlast the creature in a situation like that.]

[brushy]

[ it seems to have stopped in its tracks, if not momentarily, to recharge itself after throwing that bad egg out of itself. the color changes, it becomes dull and a little lifeless—

something has caused the bud on its back to bloom open, exposing the core, as it lays where it once stood and falls. the core is a sitting duck, and nearby— there seems to be another growling predator. ]

[tempredmental]

[Keith stared for a second at the core, something in the back of his mind giving him the instinct to go for it. Focusing on the first predator that was currently down and possibly defeatable (he'd worry about that growl in a second), he charged in and slashed at the core with his sword, spinning quickly to move away from the spiked tail and trying to spot where that growl had come from.]

[brushy]

[ the ogre takes a devastating blow, and once conscious enough quickly shuts its bud from any more attack. furious, it stands on its hind legs and strikes with its foreclaws in a sideways gash— that doesn't hit. instead, the ogre's hard wooden limb is thrust back and lacerated.

amaterasu uses the swift, cutting stroke of power slash to cut off the ogre's attempt at this clawed swat. keith now has a back-up mother— a wolf, fur white as snow and with her hackles raise, her gums showing, and her fangs a caution of the danger set upon the boy. ]

[tempredmental]

[Keith brought his blade up, ready to block the incoming hit, but he felt something else instead, the woosh of something moving past him with speed. He saw her now, the wolf in question. He'd almost laugh if the situation wasn't more serious. Was this some sort of karma? He saved a wolf back home, so a wolf was now saving him here?

Interesting coincidence... but he wasn't about to look a gift "wolf" in the mouth, so to speak. He'd take the help however it came.]