Closed II. No One Can Hear You Scream (Mihai, Revy - Closed)

Siiri, Revy and Mihai enters the jungle at night in search of the runaway Miharu

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II. No One Can Hear You Scream (Mihai, Revy - Closed)

Postby Siiri on May 5th, 2012, 9:50 am

Continuation from: No One Can Hear You Scream

Timestamp: 70th of Winter, 511 AV

Darkness.

Deep, impenetrable darkness.

That had become the trio's world as soon as they left the relative safety of Taloba. Oh, the first two hundred yards of open terrain outside the city gates were easy enough to navigate with Leth's pale light illuminating the barren land in an eerie glow. No tree or shrub grew there, no stone large enough to be hefted and used as a projectile could be found. Only the large stakes that lined the based of the walls - made to deter anyone trying to climb into Taloba without the Myrians' permission - broke the emptiness. That cleared space served as a buffer between the walled city and the encroaching jungle, a kill zone for the archers that lined Taloba's ramparts to shoot down anyone and anything approaching the city at any point other than the city gates.

Those archers would have lined the ramparts at regular intervals on any other day. Instead, when Siiri had glanced back, she could count on one hand the silhouettes of those who stayed to keep watch on the walls. Most had left their stations, called to aid in quelling the fires that spread across the city, to help evacuate those trapped in collapsed buildings, to gather the wounded. The Myrian did not linger on the sight of her own people thrown into disarray by the quake. They were a hardy lot, the Myrians. They would sort things out before she got back. She just knew it. Right now, more pressing matters called for her attention.

Once the three of them plunged into the foliage, the jungle stole their sight from them. No amount of moonlight could break through the thick canopy above them and they could not see their fingers had they waved their own hands inches from their own faces. In the dark of the jungle, it was as if the sense of sight never existed.

Well, for Siiri and Revy, at least. No doubt Mihai could see everything as clear as day in his tiger form. Siiri was glad she had taken the time to enlist the kelvic's help. He would be invaluable in both tracking Miharu was well as serving as their eyes at night. Even now, she could sense his sure and steady tread, quiet against jungle's soft floor, leading them unerringly towards Miharu. Still, Siiri felt naked and vulnerable. It was one thing to patrol the jungles in the company of her fang, but it was an entriely different thing to venture into it beside a deyhan and an untrained tiger-boy.

And at night!

She could not begin to enumerate the possible dangers they could face during the hours of Leth's reign over the sky, and yet they willingly entered the jungle. Better the others didn't know, she supposed, especially Revy. The human mercenary might not have agreed to accompany her had had she been aware of everything the Falyndar wilds could throw at them. They just had to be vigilant as they traveled.

Siiri was just considering whether to risk using a torch to light the path they would be taking, or rather, the path they would be carving out of the dense vegetation, when one flickered to life beside her. Revy could not stand to be deprived of her sight, it seemed.

Even though it gave away our position to the jungle's denizens within a mile radius.


There was no help for it. It was either that or travel blind, and Siiri preferred to see what got the jump on her before it tried to go for her throat. With a nod at Revy, the Myrian motioned for the both of them to follow Mihai. It seemed as if the tiger kelvic had picked up his sister's scent. Miharu was heading north, just as the seer had said.

"Lead on, tigerling," Siiri bade unnecessarily. She and Revy would do their best to follow as Mihai wound his way through the foliage.

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II. No One Can Hear You Scream (Mihai, Revy - Closed)

Postby Mihai on May 9th, 2012, 12:01 am

Mihai was as eager to track Miharu down as Siiri was, though the bond between them was not the same. It felt strange to smell something akin to fear on the Myrian warrior; her scent did not seem to jive well with it, as if fear were something alien. But he supposed she had grown used to Miharu guarding her flanks, scenting danger on the air, and all the other myriad things a Kelvic could do for their master. If only Myri needed him so...

But for now, at least, Miharu and Siiri needed him, and this other woman. Revy-woman. Something like that. Her scent was metallic and, well, he hadn't quite made up his mind. It wouldn't happen soon for now his mind was trained on the world around him, his awareness focused on the scent of his sister, but also on alert for the tiniest noise, odor, flash of darker night, or anything that might have boded ill for them. They needed him here in the dark, in the jungle.

It was nice to be needed.

He followed north, the tiger in him moving with unerring calm and much more quiet despite his greater weight. The part of him enhanced by Marcus Kelvic's enchantment was urging himself faster, trying to piece together what would happen based on what they had been told and by what his own senses told him.

Mihai shot like an arrow into the north, only encouraged by Siiri's words. All they would see was the flashing and lashing of his tail in the occasional patch of light where the moon shone through the canopy. He would not stop until he found Miharu, or until they stopped him.
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II. No One Can Hear You Scream (Mihai, Revy - Closed)

Postby Revy Hiroe on May 11th, 2012, 7:10 am

Entering the forest during the night was something that didn't really scare Revy, it was more that she got annoyed by the fact that she couldn't see a single thing. She just followed, what she believed to be, the sounds of Mihai and tried to maneuver through the thick jungle bush. Yet this didn't go well, in fact it went badly because she had decided to take both her weapons with her. Her shield she had left at Tingu's home, because she believed that in the jungle it wouldn't be of much use.

Only after her glaive got stuck behind something yet again, which she could have avoided if she had sight, the mercenary decided to light up a torch. "Petching darkness, can't see a hand before my eyes.", she cursed as she clamped the handle of it between her legs and then took out her flint and tinder to light it up. "I'd rather see where I walk then going around hoping that I don't walk blindly into a tree."

Even though the torch was crackling, the seeming silence from the jungle still seemed to be stronger. It felt eerie and unnatural for a forest to be totally silent. The earthquake had silenced everything for now, but the sounds were sure to return. "Who's this Miharu anyway? I understand we're on our way to save her, but I think it would help at least a little to know who we're saving.", the human in the group asked. It was actually not that Revy needed the information, but she was just curious. She did try to hide that part though. Emotions, even curiosity, were things she viewed as weaknesses.
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II. No One Can Hear You Scream (Mihai, Revy - Closed)

Postby Siiri on June 11th, 2012, 12:32 pm

"Miharu is... a companion," Siiri replied to Revy's question. The human would not be able to see it in the flickering light, but the Myrian's eyes were darting everywhere as they paced their tiger guide. Siiri's head would turn a fraction towards the sound of a falling branch, or the whisper of the wind that only she could hear. She would momentarily freeze at sounds she imagined to have come from behind them, and her ears would perk up at the cries of distant animals. The tightening of her grip on her ten footer accompanied every action. Lines of apprehension framed the corners of her emerald eyes. Here was a woman fully aware of the danger the jungle presented to a party as small as theirs and yet willingly walked into it.

"She is the eyes behind my back, the hidden dagger that would pierce the hearts of my enemies when my sword cannot cleave through them," she continued, still somewhat distracted. "She..."

A pause, and the whisper of a ragged sigh escaped the Myrian's lips.

"She is my partner, in everything." Her eyes met Revy's for the briefest of moments, but it was enough even for the mercenary to recognize the distress caused by Miharu's absence reflected within them. She nodded towards the elusive form of Mihai ahead of them. "They are brother and sister."

As quickly as Revy glimpsed into her soul, the window of vulnerability was slammed shut just as quickly. Siiri frowned in annoyance. She had never been used to sharing her innermost thoughts and feelings to people she barely knew, and never to a deyhan. It was a sign of how much the unknown fate of her bondmate worried her, that she would let her guard down like that.

"Come! We dally with this chatter, while the tiger pup presses forward. Keep a weapon out. And do not lose that torch!"

Strange though, how Siiri's expression wasn't as severe as Revy was used to seeing from the Myrian.

They followed Mihai as best they could, though oftentimes it was only the last foot or so of the tiger's tail that they caught sight of before it too vanished in the underbrush. It was the only indication the Kelvic would afford them as he followed the tracks left by his sister's scent. Minutes trickled into hours as they traversed the deep jungle, thankfully encountering neither man nor beast. Siiri maintained her stalwart watch all throughout, even though it was obvious she was starting to get fatigued both by Mihai's quick pace and the late hour. Keeping all senses primed for trouble did drain one's energy that much faster.

It wasn't until half past their second hour out in the jungle did the two caught up with their guide. Mihai was pacing back and forth on the far bank of a wide but shallow stream, sniffing the ground in confusion. Siiri could only guess the reason why.

"You lost her?" she asked, voice cracking from disuse. She looked from one end of the stream to the other, cursing softly under her breath. Running into a body of water was never a good thing when pursuing quarry. It tended to muddle the trail they left, especially if being tracked by one dependent on his sense of smell.

Just a little off the path, impossible to pick up by both human and Myrian, was a small puddle of blood, staining both the ground and the low-hanging leaves around it. It was still fresh and quite wet. Mihai would have easily picked up its smell if he hadn't caught the scent of another feline nearby.

A low growl coming from above them indicated that they weren't alone anymore.
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II. No One Can Hear You Scream (Mihai, Revy - Closed)

Postby Mihai on June 17th, 2012, 12:12 am

Mihai was doing fine until the stream. The water played with his nose, and he sat there thinking about the best course of action now. He rarely went to such troubles tracking prey, but this was Miharu so it wasn't like he could just find another trail to follow. Now the best they could do would be to run up and down both sides of the stream to pick up where she had exited the stream if they weren't lucky enough to find that she had merely gone straight through. Somehow Mihai doubted it would be so easy.

He growled at Siiri as if her words had been an accusation, but then his nose picked up blood and another cat, even as he heard a growl that was not his own. His hackles rose and his body tensed for action as he attempted to hone in on the other cat.
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Postby Revy Hiroe on June 18th, 2012, 8:23 am

The mercenary listened calmly to Siiri. She didn't really know how to react to this and seeing the distress in the eyes of her, Revy felt even more awkward. She pulled out her longsword. If she had to fight with something in her other hand, this would be the logical choice. She was used to having a shield on her other arm, so carrying a torch wouldn't be too difficult in combat, or so she thought.

"Sounds a bit like you love her. Or that's what I make up out of it. Can't say for sure, since I never experienced it myself.", she said. What the myrian didn't know was that Revy was actually in love, but hadn't realized it herself yet. Not having experienced it earlier, of course she wouldn't recognize that feeling.

The late hour wasn't getting to Revy as much as it was to Siiri. The human could see the fatigue that the myrian was suffering from. She didn't make a point of it until they reached the river. "Ey Siiri, shouldn't we take a quick rest? You seem..., she started but got interrupted by a low growl. "Crap... trouble with a tired Siiri, bad vision and not much room to maneuver. The situation couldn't possibly get any worse huh?", she thought to herself as she tried to locate the sound.

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Postby Siiri on July 17th, 2012, 8:08 am

Despite the lethargy she felt, Siiri's reaction to the unexpected sound was immediate. It only took a split second to pull Slayer free from the harness on her back and level defensively in front of her, ready to strike or parry any incoming attacks. She found herself between Revy and the location where she thought the sound had come from, her body positioned to defend the human should their unwanted guest decide to attack. The action by itself surprised her. Protecting a deyhan? It wasn't unheard of, but her, of all people, doing it? Siiri pictured her late mother swatting the back of her head for the act, and unconsciously she gave herself a logical explanation for it: she needed Revy to keep the torch lit and held up high if it came down to a fight. The two of them would be useless swinging their weapons in the darkness, and they were as likely to hit each other as they would their enemies.

Tactics...

It was a good enough excuse, but the gesture still nagged at the back of her mind, that she would stand up for this human. Promptly, Siiri shook her head. Such thoughts held no place in such a tense situation.

"Back to back," she shot at Revy instead, indicating that she wanted the both of them to guard each other's vulnerable side. "Keep your blade ready."

Scanning the branches above them, Siiri tried to make out the form of whatever it was that made the growl. No use - the light of the mercenary's torch rendered her blind to everything outside its glow. But another growl resounded above them, allowing her to pinpoint its source. She could just make out a pair of almond-shaped pupils reflecting the torchlight.

"Jungle cat," Siiri muttered, following it up with a potent curse. Her group could ill afford a battle right now, and it was never a good idea to kill one of Navre's pets, lest the god of felines take offense. Wild cats usually avoided Myrians out in the jungle, specially since the latter roam the land in groups of ten or more, and were usually heavily armed. In turn, the Myrians themselves give them a wide berth, taking care not to disturb their dens or wander too close into known hunting grounds if they themselves were not hunting. Siiri hoped this particular one was doing just that - hunting - and that they didn't somehow stumble into a place where it kept its young or something. She knew some creatures fought to the death to protect its young.

Maybe we could scare it away...

Siiri's hand drifted towards her collar bone, fingers closing around a tiger's tooth that hung from one of the leather strips she wore around her neck. It was a gift, from a happier time, and it granted her the ability to mimic the cry of one of the jungle's apex predators. Surely such a sound would send this cat running with its tail between its legs.

She gripped the talisman, as if such an act would make its effect more potent, and, after taking a deep breath, expelled the air in her lungs into a scream. It came out as a powerful blast, the roar of a Myrian tiger. It was a sound that could be heard up to several miles away, so loud and frightful, that even Mihai's roar in his tiger form would pale in comparison.

To Siiri's surprise, rather than flee from the deafening sound, the jungle cat leaped at them from its perch. Siiri could distinguish its form now: a leopard, its spots easily recognizable in the torchlight. The creature's front claws were extended, ready to rake at the face of its target.

Mihai.
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II. No One Can Hear You Scream (Mihai, Revy - Closed)

Postby Limey on March 21st, 2013, 10:15 pm

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Skill and Lore Rewards
Skills Lore
Observation 2 Vulnerable Without Light
Planning 1 Mihai: Gift Of Night Sight
Rhetoric 2 Tiger As Bloodhound
Tactics 2 Miharu: Partner In Everything
Use What You Can
Fight Back To Back


Revy

Skill and Lore Rewards
Skills Lore
Invetigation 1 Better To Light A Candle...
Observation 2 Emotions Are Weakness
Tactics 1 What Is Love If You Can't Feel It?
Keep The Danger To Your Front


Mihai

Skill and Lore Rewards
Skills Lore
Tracking 3 Scent Of Fear
Endurance 1 Revy: Metallic Scent
Nice To Be Needed
Tracking Around Water


Shared Lore:
The Kill Zone Of Taloba
The Darkness
We Are Not Alone

Additional Notes :
Damn shame this never ended, because it was just getting good. Revy, I liked your portrayal, as always. Siiri, you were definitely the driving force of this, and your descriptions of the jungle and Taloba were awesome as always. Mihai, you acted the tracker very well.

Hope you come back!


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