take long before each of the warriors was completely isolated from the others.
Duo slowed to a stop, glancing nervously around. He could here the shouts and sounds of a battle, from not far away, the clang of steel and the explosion of magic, but he couldn't see a damn thing. None of his summoned creatures were anywhere to be found, either, and for the first time in a while Duo found himself totally alone. "Uh... guys?" he called out, hoping for a response. "Quatre? Trowa? Uh... Relena?"
There was nothing, and, beginning to panic, he began calling the words of the ancient tongue that *should* have summoned all his monsters to his side. There was a rustling sound in the bush, and Duo started forward.
He nearly ran smack into a demoness, who seemed for a moment as surprised to see him as vice-verse -- but only for a moment, and then she attacked with murderous fury. Another one appeared out of nowhere, and another, and Duo found himself being backed up steadily against a tree as half a dozen came at him at once. Overwhelmed, he beat steadily against one of them until it died, and then, panicked, he cast the most dangerous spell in his repertoire.
The corpse of the fallen demoness exploded violently, sending a spray of gore and bone slivers everywhere. The other monsters were mowed down flat by it, but the force of the explosion dazed Duo, too. He stumbled backwards until he hit a tree, and then leaned against it, looking around for more enemies.
Something dark moved at the corner of his vision, and he whirled, prepared to send a spear of bone through it, only to stumble back as Wufei separated from the shadows.
"Wufei!" he squeaked, never happier to see the man. "Uh... hi!"
"You've gotten yourself lost, I see," the assassin remarked dryly. Duo flushed, and Wufei smirked. "No matter. The trees thin out a little further on. I expect the others will head that way, as anyone with sense would."
"I was heading that way!" Duo protested. "...until I got attacked." He and Wufei threaded through the trees without further incident, and, as promised, the vegetation did clear up soon enough. A few minutes of searching and calling located Trowa, who was more used to woods and hadn't lost his way at all, Quatre and Relena, and finally Heero.
"Look..." Quatre said softly, pointing. Centering the clearing was an enormous, ancient tree, bare of leaves but quivering with some internal energy. "That *has* to be the Tree of Inifuss."
"Great!" Duo enthused. "We found the Tree... now where's the scroll?"
A long, frozen pause revealed that nobody knew. Duo sweatdropped. "Uhh... Akara did tell us, right?"
Re: World of Darkness (GW/D2)
Date: 2006-02-21 10:01 am (UTC)Duo slowed to a stop, glancing nervously around. He could here the shouts and sounds of a battle, from not far away, the clang of steel and the explosion of magic, but he couldn't see a damn thing. None of his summoned creatures were anywhere to be found, either, and for the first time in a while Duo found himself totally alone. "Uh... guys?" he called out, hoping for a response. "Quatre? Trowa? Uh... Relena?"
There was nothing, and, beginning to panic, he began calling the words of the ancient tongue that *should* have summoned all his monsters to his side. There was a rustling sound in the bush, and Duo started forward.
He nearly ran smack into a demoness, who seemed for a moment as surprised to see him as vice-verse -- but only for a moment, and then she attacked with murderous fury. Another one appeared out of nowhere, and another, and Duo found himself being backed up steadily against a tree as half a dozen came at him at once. Overwhelmed, he beat steadily against one of them until it died, and then, panicked, he cast the most dangerous spell in his repertoire.
The corpse of the fallen demoness exploded violently, sending a spray of gore and bone slivers everywhere. The other monsters were mowed down flat by it, but the force of the explosion dazed Duo, too. He stumbled backwards until he hit a tree, and then leaned against it, looking around for more enemies.
Something dark moved at the corner of his vision, and he whirled, prepared to send a spear of bone through it, only to stumble back as Wufei separated from the shadows.
"Wufei!" he squeaked, never happier to see the man. "Uh... hi!"
"You've gotten yourself lost, I see," the assassin remarked dryly. Duo flushed, and Wufei smirked. "No matter. The trees thin out a little further on. I expect the others will head that way, as anyone with sense would."
"I was heading that way!" Duo protested. "...until I got attacked." He and Wufei threaded through the trees without further incident, and, as promised, the vegetation did clear up soon enough. A few minutes of searching and calling located Trowa, who was more used to woods and hadn't lost his way at all, Quatre and Relena, and finally Heero.
"Look..." Quatre said softly, pointing. Centering the clearing was an enormous, ancient tree, bare of leaves but quivering with some internal energy. "That *has* to be the Tree of Inifuss."
"Great!" Duo enthused. "We found the Tree... now where's the scroll?"
A long, frozen pause revealed that nobody knew. Duo sweatdropped. "Uhh... Akara did tell us, right?"