Traveling Back Home

Sidney sees that he is most of the ways to the forest now but he still has quite a distance to travel to make it there. He wondered if when he got back he would have a chance to search for his brother's remains. The chance of there even being a skeleton left were slim to none but if he could even find a trace of him he could bury his brother next to their parents. Thinking of that gave Sidney another idea on something he would need to do in due time if or when he got the town back up and running again.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 19

As he continues along the plains Sidney is spotted by three creatures. Each of them look like over-sized hyenas though they look anthropomorphic in that they stand on their hind legs. The front claws are very long and especially dangerous. The three of them start running towards Sidney seeing easy food. One charges from the front while the other two are making to attack from both of his sides. They are out of range right now though.

Sidney sees the oncoming creatures and sees their strategy. He starts back-peddling a little in an attempt to avoid being flanked on both sides though it will probably not work. Sidney prepares to use his newly acquired weapon as he waits for the time to strike unsure of how strong these creatures were. Their claws definitely did not look like anything that you would want to be cut with and with the head being that of a hyena that was something you would want to avoid too.

Sidney's plan of backing away doesn't work as the obia maintain their positioning as they are faster than him. The three obia initiate a 3 pronged attack with 1 lunging forward at him from the front attempting to slash him with its massive claws and the two on either side attempting slashes as well though not as aggressively as they don't want to hit the one that is attacking from the front.

Sidney is concerned about his positioning. He was figuratively surrounded as while he wasn't literally surrounded even if he dodged backwards the front obia would likely still hit him because of its lunge. Sidney puts pressure on his Plasite handle and the blade emerges. Sidney slashes at the front obia while strafing to the right to avoid it's oncoming body. He figures he will have likely killed that obia with his slash but he will have left himself open to the obia on the right.

The Obia that Sidney had attacked dies. He gets hit by the half force stab that the Obia had been doing. Then the Obia that was attack from the right gets a full slash into Sidney's side. It spins around and tries for another slash as well. The Obia that was on the left jumps over the dead Obia's body and goes for a downward aerial slash.

(Sidney takes 25 damage x 2 as the forward slash would naturally do 50 but was cut in half due to halted attack, minus whatever the armor blocks.)

Sidney cringes when he is hit by the obia. This weapon of his was sure powerful but it never met any resistance. In one aspect it was nice, in the other it was painful as it was resulting in Sidney taking direct damage. Sidney then faces the obia that was originally to the right of him and sees the oncoming attack. Sidney uses the side-step dodge while swinging his cutter trying to avoid both attacks and kill another one of the obia off.

((So, due to armor he takes 15 per attack? Leaving him at 85 health and 177 stamina. ))

Both of the obia miss wildly due to the effectiveness of the dodge. Sidney strikes true on the one he was slashing at as it spins once because of its momentum and then falls down onto the ground. The other obia turns back towards Sidney and charges at him. It has both sets of claws out and looks as though it might try to grab onto Sidney.

Sidney watches as the obia falls down dead, Sidney is a little saddened by the fact that he had to kill these creatures. Sidney was not fond of killing things but this was no time for personal beliefs. Now Sidney only had one left to deal with. As Sidney sees it running towards him Sidney slashes hopefully for the last time in the fight, at the obia. He can't help but think how lucky he was that it was not a flying or magic-wielding opponent.

(157 Stamina, Still 85 health)

Sidney's final strike hits true. The now dead obia collapses just short of Sidney.

((Nothing more to post than that. Roll the 6 sided die twice per obia to check for materials if you want to.))

Sidney doesn't bother to check the creatures for materials as he needed to get going again. He wasn't far from the edge of the forest and needed to set up camp soon. Sidney continues and is thankful that he had found the weapon he had. He was originally going to hire a merc but for some reason ended up deciding against it. If it wasn't for the plasite cutter he surely would have died in that last fight.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 2

As Sidney continues along he finally comes to the forest. He would need to find a place to set up camp but decided to look while still making headway to the remnants of Hopenheim. The sun was starting to get low in the sky and if he wasn't careful he would get stuck traveling at night which is something no traveler wanted to do. The forest was starting to get a little darker as more treetops were starting to obscure the sun. Aside from that it was nice finally being somewhere where the scenery had some character to it and wasn't just the same thing over and over.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 7

Sidney continues along until he finds a section of woods that looked suitable for a camp spot. It wasn't the best area but he could still stake out a perimeter and then sleep. He wasn't to an elevation yet where it would get too cold so he wouldn't need a fire and he didn't need to travel to find food as he had some with him. Sidney hoped that there was no hassle setting up camp, he really needed to have this go without any hitches.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 11

Sidney searches all around the area to see if it is clear. So far so good he thinks. He then walks around the perimeter of where he wants to set up camp. As he does so he doesn't hear much of anything. The sun was almost set and things were rather dark by the time he got all the way back to where he had started his perimeter search. He then heads back for the center of the area.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 14

Everything seemed secure so Sidney sits down and takes some food out of his pack. As he eats the food that was no longer all that fresh Sidney starts feeling sleepy. He figures that he ought to go to sleep right off so that he can get up first thing in the morning. As Sidney finishes his food he does a couple more last minute things and then prepares for sleep. Sidney sits down and leans back against a tree slowly falling asleep.

When Sidney wakes up the next morning he feels refreshed. He stretches and thinks to himself 'well, I'm still alive.' He gets up and eats another portion of food and then does some other first thing in the morning things that people typically do. Sidney then makes sure he has everything and leaves the area that he had deemed safe the night before. As he travels through the woods and raises in altitude on this beautiful sunny morning Sidney starts having a feeling of nostalgia. It felt like a typical morning in his home town.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 15

(Note to self this is post 14 of travel)

Sidney continues through the forest enjoying the fresh scents of the woods. The smell of pine trees, the smell of a fresh mountain brook, the smell of early morning dew. Sidney feels completely at peace as he walks through the woods. The altitude continues to slowly increase as he continues through the foothills. That feeling of peace is replaced by paranoia after a short while. There were a lot of things that he was worried he might run into. It had seemed almost too peaceful and it was only a fool who let themselves feel safe because they felt comfortable with their surrounding. At least when they are this far away from civilization.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 18

As Sidney walks through the forest he can see a yew branch that would be perfect for a bow.