Fantasy SILVER AND IRON

[Soviet Panda]

Hund did not like horses, and he especially did not like riding them. They were beings that could think and act on their own. He'd much rather run alongside. But that meant he'd also have to carry all of the equipment that was stored on the horse, and he was no Swift. He would tire, and he would be left behind. So there he sat, a white knuckled grip on the reigns, awkwardly getting it to follow the others.

When the order to set up camp was given, he was all to glad to slide off his horse. He grabbed the tent and bedroll that was tied tightly on the back of the saddle, and quickly set up his sleeping area. The tent was nothing more than a stick that held up a piece of canvas that covered his bedroll, so he was done in a matter of minutes. When rations were passed out, he eagerly gnawed at the piece of hardtack and jerky he was given. It was a simple meal, but filling, and tended not to go bad before they were eaten.

He silently observed the going-ons of the rest of the camp as he chewed his meal. A scuffle here, which lead to one angrily stomping off, the two generals whispering off to one side, probably about general things, one went on an apparent hunt, the local psycho climbed a tree, and the first watch was doing their job. All in all, a fairly boring night at camp.

 

[slim]

Gaea felt relief flood through her at Isaac's words. Her discomfort with the matter had been bothering her for a while now, her own thoughts cutting her off from her twin. Thank the gods she had spoken up or she would be a mess.

"it's safer on the Queen's side, but-" Gaea heard a crunching sound from the treeline behind her and paused mid-sentence as she whipped around to face the wall of trees. Most of the camp hadn't seemed to hear it, still talking amongst themselves as Gaea slowly stood up. She was sure Isaac had heard it too. Of course, it could be an animal but you never knew. She hardened her skin and slowly made her way closer to where she had heard the sound, her footsteps as light as she could possibly make them.

As she crept closer she felt a familiar wave hit her, the same feeling she had felt when she first met the Queen and had been examined. After that the Queen had known everything about her, even her few secrets she had kept closer to her heart than she intended. It was as easy as one two three and had taken only a minute for the queen to mind out about Gaea' s anger at her brother being better than her, her anger at the queen, and her anger at herself. Her mind had felt like it was frozen and being prodded and she couldn't move. Currently, it was the exact same sensation. Was it the queen doing this? Had the mission all been a set up to see if she would rebel? Panic was seizing her but she couldn't do anything. Her body wasn't responding to any of her commands. She watched as she returned her skin to normal and she turned around and marched back to the camp. Her movements were jerky as if dangling from strings. No matter how hard she raged internally, her body was refusing to listen. She was confined to the walls of her own mind.

"Attention everyone. We know who you are and what your mission is. Simply surrender and we will do you no harm." Gaea's voice boomed out over the noise of camp, but it wasn't her. The voice sounded dead and monotone and Gaea cringed. She wished she could call out to Isaac but there was nothing she could do except stand there and stare out at her group while her puppeteer played with the strings.

mentioned: shadowz1995 Soviet Panda paralyzed The Suspicious Eye calypso Bowa Dear Mrs. Psycho Ms. Sparrow RI.a hostage Errant Voyager FireMaiden hopefully thats everyone lol

 

[shadowz1995]

Naturally, both Generals heard the noise but Gaea elected to go check out the noise personally. Isaac was still in full plate and only had to walk a few feet to pick up his kite shield and shortsword.

He strapped the shield to his left arm and had barely clipped the sword onto his waist before he heard the ominous message that carried throughout the camp.

The soldiers poked their heads outside of their tents in curiosity as to what the hell that even meant. Isaac recognized his sibling's voice but at the same time, it sounded off. Like it wasn't her....but it was. That, along with the message that was relayed sent his heart into a frenzy. He pulled his sword free and the men in the immediate vicinity went to do the same and prepare for battle.

Isaac ran over to where he heard his sister's message and the sight of her standing there sent chills down his back. Her body seemed stiff and robotic but her eyes told a different story. She was panicking and she was pissed.

The Male general's eyes widened in a very similar fear before gritting his teeth and roaring out with all the force his lungs could muster.

"ENEMY ATTACK! FORM A PERIMETER AND GET INTO FORMATIONS! MOVE!!!"

 

[Dear Mrs. Psycho]

Amara Jane Hanson

Mentions: Jamie, Gaea, and Isaac
Interactions: (Isaac) shadowz1995 and (Gaea) slim
Location: Camp

Crack! Crack! Crunch!
Small sticks and dead leaved split and crushed underneath Amara's feet, as she lead herself and Jamie to a better site to visibly see the camp better while they were on their first watch. She kept silent, apart from the earth under her, to carefully listen to her surroundings for anything out of the ordinary from the natural noises of animals awaking or starting to rest or the chilly wind blowing through the trees, rustling them.
As the two walked along the tree-line, looking for a prefect vantage point, Amara heard a crunch. From the direction it came from, it wasn't Jamie, whom was behind here, and it wasn't herself, it was farther than that. She reached behind her and pulled her sword from it's hostler and held it with one hand, while the other switched her hunting knife, with a smaller throwing one and slowly headed towards the line of trees where the branch cracking came from.
She knew it was large, large enough to break a fairly sized branch with a foot, which could mean a bear or another equally sized animal, but why take chances when there was a equal possibility that it was a man of substantial size. Must've been the latter, because when Gaea began checking it out, due to her closeness, she became, as there are no other words to describe it, possessed.
Taking no chances, Amara stepped forward enough and made an aim at Gaea with her dagger, intending to throw it at her. She was compromised. They were in her head, delivering a message. Who knows what their enemy can do with that. They could control her to attack and use her abilities, bonus is that she is a Stoneskin, although simple, her power is easily as powerful as any other, making her invincible and hard to kill. With her ability not in use, or depowered, at the moment, this was their shot at stopping their general before someone used her to stop them.

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Elliot James Blackwood
Location: Camp
Mentions: Gaea, Yysara, Mercury, Amara and Isaac
Interactions: (Gaea) slim and (Isaac) shadowz1995

Even though Amara had gone to tend to her new duties as first watch, Elliot kept to his task of unloading his and the rest of Amara's things. There wasn't much else for him to do, except eat his rations and go to sleep, not that he would get much of it tonight. The group didnt do much as far as exhaustion was concerned. They really didn't do anything, expect ride their horses until nightfall.
Soon, the unpacking was finished and the rations was eaten, still wide awake, he sat on a nearby boulder and people watched. The other were either bickering, talking or overwise prepared to sleep for a long day ahead. One couple in particular caught his eye. Yysara and Mercury. The two, from a distance, seemed to be having a rather intimate moment. Well, at least until Yysara used his nether regions as a stepping stood. Elliot made a point to keep this scene in his head for future reasons. Reasons that would make her a hypocrite for. Yysara made it a habit to constanly scold others for their natual human behavior to be a little intimate, him and Amara included (though not necessarily always with each other), even she had to understand that certain needs needed tending to.
"Attention everyone. We know who you are and what your mission is. Simply surrender and we will do you no harm."
Gaea's voice resounding, knocked him out of his people watching. It was her, but not her. Her mind was clearly being hijacked by another. Someone powerful and intelligent. They hacked into a general's mind, proving both. Generals, he believed, had the more protected brains by the Queen, it would take someone of equal power to bypass it. It was also smart, Generals were generally a bigger threat, you make that threat your bitch and you are more empowered, depending on what you do with it. Also, someone would have to be an idiot or balls of steel to attack Isaac's sister.
"Amara!" Elliot bellowed, seeing his best friend take that risk. He understood what she was doing and thinking, but it was mad to cross Isaac. Isaac would put her down, just aa fast as she would Gaea. Elliot picked up his bow and arrow quickly, knowing he had two choices with it. He would have to choose between fighting for his friend if she choose to kill or he would choose prorecting her by shooting her hand to knock the dagger out of it. But the choice was Isaac's with the choices and how he chooses to react.