Dhani, Myrian, and..Ghost?

by **Kalesserimamoru** on August 27th, 2013, 6:31 pm

Timestamp: 74th of Summer 513 AV

Another night in Zinarh, and the Dhani were busy at work. There was a shipment coming in and a very important visitor arriving at the nest as well. But as it had been for a long time, they had the Myrians to worry about, and as any Dhani would say, they never sleep. A plan was put into action, a way of off setting the jungle monkeys and throwing them off the right path. Mamoru along with two other Dhani were tasked with being bait and luring the patrol away from the arriving Dhani with the shipment in toe.

"One of thessse daysss, Thessse monkeysss will no longer be a threat..."

Mamoru commented to his guard brothers, though neither seemed interested in responding. They were soldiers, not thinkers, and even if they were they didn't see how it was possible. It seemed the whole of the jungle was breeding ground for the Myrians, and their numbers surpassed anything that they had ever seen. The job of a guard was hard, and all they looked to do was protect those on the inside of the cave from the savage brutes on the outside. A war didn't seem likely to go in their favor.

"The sstrong ssilent typesss aye? If you're going to be ssso quiet, then maybe you want to sscout ahead and make sure that the path is clear. We wouldn't want to be ambusshed."

The other two Dhani glanced at each other, before turning back and glaring at Mamoru. They weren't sure who had made him the lead, but as they thought over their orders, they realized that this gave them a good reason to leave the trickster behind. With a nod of their heads, both Dhani slithered off into the undergrowth and left him alone. Mamoru sighed and folded his arms as he looked around. "It'ss sso hard to find good help thessse daysss."

Turning to look behind him, the Dhani thought about the path that the Dhani were coming in an attempt to slip into the nest without the Myrians finding them. It was going to be a risky night.
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by **Kalesserimamoru** on August 28th, 2013, 7:37 pm

The night was the best time to go about this, Myrians couldn't sense heat and movements as the Dhani could and had to rely only on their sight and limited hearing to help them out. It was a much better plan than trying to sneak in during the day, and with Leth's light barely making it through the tall trees, the floor of the jungle was almost completely black.

The trickster coiled himself close to a tree and waited out the return of his brothers. He lifted his trusty Naginata and gripped it tightly, using his wrist to slowly rotate the weapon out in front of him. There was a dim glint to the blade of the weapon where Leth's glow reach out and touched it from high above the tree tops. He wasn't sure how many times he'd thrust the weapon into Myrian flesh, or how many times he'd had to clean their ooze away to clean the blade, but it wasn't enough..not nearly enough.

"Mark my wordsss you sstinking bugssss. One day I will risse above you all and I will burn your village and desstroy your livesss."

Turning his Naginata into his arms, the Dhani took a few quick swings with it, and a thrust outward before he spun it around and stood in silence again. A few ticks later the Dhani guards returned with news of the patrol and it was about time too.

"They are headed thiss way. We sshould be ready, thiss won't be eassy."

Pushing himself off the wall of the tree, Mamoru joined the two as they moved into position. "How many are we looking for? Like roachess they gather..alwayss more of them. But in the darknesss of night..their numbersss won't count for anything. Jusst you watch."

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by **Kalesserimamoru** on August 29th, 2013, 3:43 pm

The Dhani waited, silently, patiently for the Myrians to appear so that they could ambush them. The guards leading the visitor and shipment were well on their way by now, and the troupe needed to lead the enemy as far away from the nest as possible in order to keep them from attacking the coming group. They waited, and they waited, cold blood calm and their bodies motionless as they stared into the night, catching the heat signature of all things coming into their path.

"There!"

Mamoru looked out into the jungle and as the others looked on, they all noticed the Myrian team coming towards them. Lit torches also gave their position away and pulled the Dhani towards their location. With a signal from the trickster, the other two Dhani slithered away and created a path around to flank the Myrians on both sides. Mamoru stayed in place for a bit, waiting to see how close they would come before he parted his lips and whistled loudly.

The group quickly readied themselves for an attack and crept closer slowly. Suddenly, Mamoru leaped out of the brush and landed with a thud on top of two Myrians, his massive Dhani body crushing them under his weight. There were several others still standing, and they all darted in for an attack. Mamoru hissed and quickly spun around swinging his tale around catching one Myrian and sending him tumbling backwards. The others jumped backwards and regrouped for a better attack.

A loud hissing sound carried over them all, before the other two Dhani appeared out od the darkness, slashing and bashing the Myrians from both sides. The trickster slithered in to join the fight and lifted a Myrian man by the throat and rammed his fist through the manss face before tossing his dead body into one of his comrades. It was an easy beat down, and the Dhani had no trouble defeating the group of Myrians who were now splattered across the grounds..

Suddenly, there was a wiping sound as a hale of arrows descended into the area surrounding the Dhani. Luckily they couldn't see as well at night and most of the arrows fell into the bodies of their dead. "Flamessss! We've been had. Double back!" Mamoru cursed and slithered back while covering his head from more arrows coming their way.

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by **Kalesserimamoru** on August 30th, 2013, 7:24 pm

Suddenly a group of more Myrians jumped from the shadows, arms raised as they attacked the Dhani fiercely. Mamoru and company fought back just as hard, their strength doubled with the three of them. They slammed shoulders into their enemies, tales lashing out and sending a few of them air born. But the Myrians fought on, their numbers seeming to increase as the time passed. The Dhani employed team work of their own, one disarming the Myrian and the other bashing in his skull.

"Their sstill coming!" One of the Dhani called out.

Mamoru hissed, taking a Myrian woman by the head and smashing it into the closest tree. He gave a louder hiss as he felt a sword dig into his tale and more arrows wiped across his scales. "Keep them coming! The more here the lesss on the other sside. Double back more if need be, but let'ss keep their focusss on usss."

He leap forward, grabbing a Myrian attempting to use his ax to climb the back of one of his fellow Dhani, and slamming him into the ground. The trickster wrapped his tale around the dazed creature and squeezed until the sub human's bones were crushed. With another hiss, he flung the body into that of two other Myrians, knocking their weapons free and leaving them to a very pissed Dhani who crept up behind them. The slaughter continued, and even the Dhani took injuries, but by most the Myrians were at the disadvantage.

The fight seemed to be going in the favor of the reptiles, and slowly the numbs of the Myrians started to decrease until there were only a few left, fighting back to back as they found them selves cornered. The Dhani were ruthless in their execution, and split the Myrians in half literally. With the threat taken care of the Dhani were able to relax, and that was the problem. A suddenly scream and commotion from fair into the jungle caught their attention, and if they listened carefully, they could even hear distant bird calls.

"Flamessss... They found them!"

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by **Kalesserimamoru** on August 31st, 2013, 5:54 pm

The dhani raced through the jungle, thick, muscular, yet fast bodies slithering around trees in almost a tangled wave of scales and hate. They realized now that they should have sent more soldiers out on the fake run. Sending so few must have gave the Myrians a warning that something wasn't right. Either that or, there were already two gets of groups patrolling near by and they didn't know it. More cries could be hard, Myrian and Dhani both as the war waged on in the night.

"There! Beyond those trees!"

One of the guard called out and took the lead. Mamoru and the other followed along, each Dhani wielding a weapon of their own and ready for more combat. Moments later they saw them, a small area uncluttered by trees or bushes with an opening above high in the trees, where Leth glow suck in an illuminated the ground below. The Myrians had already surrounded the Dhani group, and although many of their kin lie on the ground butchered, they still fought on. The Dhani visitor stood in the middle of the guards while his shipment lay turned over and unguarded by any.

"Forward!!!"

The other Dhani called out, and Mamoru and his brothers appeared out of the shadows and rolling trees as they gave upon the backs of the Myrians with a fury. Bodies were flung into the trees, other smashed in the head with sharp weapons. With the cavalry arriving, the cornered Dhani lashed out as well. It was an all out brawl now, Myrian and Dhani both attacking with all their strength. Three of the monkeys tackled Mamoru to the ground and beat him relentlessly with clubs. The trickster hissed and covered his head and quickly spun himself into a tumbling roll that crushed one of the men under his weight.

Pulling himself half way up, the dhani swung his tail out and slashed it into one of the remaining Myrians and sent him flying into the shadows. Turning his weapon in his arms, Mamoru engaged in a duel with the last remaining Myrian. He slipped his hands down to the lower end of the bar and swung the weapon out blade first at his opponent. The Myrian ducked, rolled back and dodged to the side just before the blade slashed across the face of another Myrian who had been standing behind him. He had been caught off guard and didn't see the incoming blade until it was too late. Blood was spilled, splashed against the trees and earth. Limbs separated from bodies and held tightly by the strong jaws of the dhani.

As the night went on, more Myrians fell and the Dhani, although injured, continued to push them back. Suddenly, the remaining Myrians doubled back and hid themselves in the shadows, to tried to. But there was something wrong here, something off. Bird calls went out into the night again, and just as the dhani peered into the night seeing twice the number of heat signatures as before. A hail of arrows descended upon them.

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by **Kalesserimamoru** on August 31st, 2013, 8:22 pm

"Get back to the nest, we'll hold them off here!"

One of the guards shouted to the visitor then, he along with three other Dhani disappeared into the brush, leaving Mamoru along with the two guards he arrived with and a additional three others to fight off the rest of the Myrians. The hail of arrows were short lived, and after the Dhani split up into two pairs, it brought their enemies back out for another round.

Mamoru spun his Naginata out and swung it across the chest of two Myrians who were trying to slip past him to go after the others, and sent them tumbling backwards. Another turn of the weapon, and the Dhani found himself in a one on two fight with Myrians swinging ax and swords at him. The dhani slithered back, trying his best to combat the faster and more skilled hands of the Myrians coming after him. Coiling his tail beneath him, Mamoru stabbed his weapon into the chest of one of the Myrians while taking an ax to the forearm and the sword of the second right into his shoulder.

"Flamesss!"

The trickster whipped around, tail twitching as he lashed out knocking the collected Myrians out of his way. Looking around, he noticed that his team was also injured, and not one Dhani stood without blooded. This wasn't going in their favor, not even close. But then it happened, a hissing sound from deep within the jungle that caught everyone's attention. It was a few ticks between the hissing, enough for them to tell that it was coming from two different directions.

A moment later, two giant snakes appeared from the shadows, Dhani appearing in their fullest snake form. There was no hesitation, only a loud roar that rattled the ears of those closest. Tales whipped out, sending Myrians flying through the air in which they caught with their mouths and swallowed. A daring Myrian with a mohawk lead the charge with a fear cry, only to be butted up by the snot of one of the giant snakes and flipped into the air. At the same time, both giants reached out taking a piece of his body as they caught him between their teeth and ripped him in half.

Once again the tide had turned in favor of the Dhani and Siku must have been smiling brightly upon them. The remaining Myrians were slaughtered, and a few were tied up to be taken back to the nest for torture. Once it was all done, Mamoru and company stood in the wake of a fierce battle and although they were hurt, they had won. Thanks to the help of the Dhani who returned to help them fight. They turned to thank their brothers and to find out who they were only to find..nothing.

They were gone.

"Where did they go and sso quickly, we didn't even hear them?"

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by **Traverse** on September 8th, 2013, 9:12 pm

Mamuro

Experience:

Brawling 2 XP
Leadership 1 XP
Naginata 2 XP
Observation 2 XP
Rhetoric 1 XP
Running 1 XP
Socialization 1 XP
Stealth 1 XP
Tactics 2 XP
Wrestling 2 XP

Lore:

Showing Authority Over Your Comrades
Both Myrians and Dhani Employ Combat Tactics
Will the Numbers of Myrians Never End?
Mysterious Dhani Warriors

Additional Notes :

If you have any questions, concerns, accolades, complaints, etc about your grade, drop me a PM and we can most certainly talk it out.

As always, Safe Travels!

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