Heart Game: Sol [#07]

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[we_meet_again]

Then let's not give them what they want.

[Cobalt will hold his ground with Sol, watching the goblins. Do any of these three resemble the big one the other goblins were calling "Boss"?]

[bluerosestyle]

[Nope! That one must be... busy. Elsewhere. Who knows where! It's a mystery!!]

When they realize that Cobalt and Sol aren't going to move, two of the goblins look at each other and nod, splitting up to walk in opposite directions, as if heading back into the forest. The third one stays where it is, watching them.

Ugh... Go after the one on the left when I give the signal, okay? Don't let it get away, they'll have the advantage in the dark.

[we_meet_again]

[Cobalt tightens his grip on the axe]

You got it.

[bluerosestyle]

[Sol starts murmuring something too fast and low to be made out, and then extends his arm forward suddenly--]

--Discharge!

Imagination: Since they're apparently in a party now (?!???), I get to write this here! Sol shoots a bunch of fire arrows from his hand, and they land near the left goblin's feet. Most of them just hit the ground, burning the grass around it without it catching, but one of the arrows does pierce its foot. The goblin screams and falls down on its knee...! Sol uses this chance to dash towards the goblin on the right. It seemed to have taken this as its cue to Get Away ASAP, and Sol will try to stop that from happening. Half the flowers in the vicinity disappear!

Now!

[we_meet_again]

[Cobalt would really love to stop and scream about how cool that was but he's on the job right now.

At Sol's signal, Cobalt launches forward with Quick as a Wink. His sprint speed is about 70 mph, and while he doesn't have the distance to achieve that here, he's going pretty fucking fast by the time he intercepts the goblin. He swings the axe like a baseball bat directly at the goblin's neck at 4x speed, with the intent to decapitate.]

[bluerosestyle]

Everything goes perfectly at first! Cobalt's movement is fast and perfectly timed-- but it turns out to be too fast and too perfectly timed to account for dumb luck. This goblin just happened to rest its whole weight on one hand on a patch of burned grass that was still too hot, so it lifted its hand in pain without taking its own balance into consideration and fell hard on its side exactly when Cobalt swung his axe at him. How, we don't know. But that sure was a thing that happened! Anyway, this goblin was blissfully unaware of Cobalt's presence until it fell and heard the zing of his axe at 4x speed slashing at the air, but the third goblin did see what he was doing! and is now running towards him, with the intention to catch him off-guard and slash at his arm to maim. Of course, he won't catch him off-guard anymore, Cobalt has his speed ability and I just gave him a heads-up! But the intent is there.

[we_meet_again]

[HEY it turns out his hypervigilance in the dark is good for something, because he detects that goblin coming, boy howdy!

Still using super-speed, he's going to rush the second goblin and swing his axe at max strength, attempting to chop him in an exposed place before the goblin can prepare an attack of his own!]

[bluerosestyle]

The goblin is ready to attack, but not to defend. Cobalt's swing slashes at its shoulder and chest, and it snarls in pain and anger, thrusting its sword blindly at Cobalt. Luck is on its side as well, and it successfully draws blood. Sorry about your shirt, Cobalt, it's now torn at your right side... It will also be painful to move, but at least the pain is not incapacitating. The second goblin is healing itself while the first one does this. Soon it will be able to back on its feet. Your Life decreases by 300.

Cobalt!! Are you okay?!

[Sol was done and about to hurry back to his side, but. I rolled a 1 for this, so now he's engaged in a different fight with a newly arrived, bigger goblin who wasn't supposed to be here.]

[we_meet_again]

I'm alright!

[Between the adrenaline and his very high pain tolerance, the wound doesn't slow him down much. And if they can heal themselves, all the more reason to double-down and not give this one have a chance to undo Cobalt's work! Don't switch goblins mid-chop, as Mom always said.

Cobalt attacks the same goblin again, still at 4x movement speed, aiming for the side of its chest that's holding the sword arm.... but this time, TWAS I THAT ROLLED A 1]

[bluerosestyle]

C-Cobalt...! The goblin takes one step back, effectively dodging Cobalt's swing! And while it's doing that, it holds its sword out to see if it's lucky and Cobalt accidentally hurts himself with it ????? It works... Quick as a Wink is apparently a double-edged... sword. Your Life decreases by 150. Meanwhile, the second goblin is done healing itself and can stand again. It is, in fact, getting up and will be joining the fight in the next turn!

[we_meet_again]

[WELL YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S FINE

The second goblin is mobile again, so Cobalt needs to inconvenience this current goblin as fast as possible. Now that he's apparently parried the goblin's sword with his own damned body (HE MEANT TO DO THAT) there's an opening. He swings his axe at the goblin's throat with his full strength and ROLLS A 6!]

[bluerosestyle]

Cobalt gets a critical hit in and the head just... flies away, rolling in the air, now there's blood here blood there blood everywhere. The rest of the goblin's body is confused but falls on the ground soon after, and starts to dissolve into particles of light! This is the other goblin's chance to attack, though. It kicks Cobalt (ouch, that was his wounded side) and then takes a stab at him, digging its dagger deep between Cobalt's shoulder and his arm. Your Life decreases by 300.

[Meanwhile, there's the sound of a very heavy body falling on the ground not too far away. Not that Cobalt can afford to look, but.]

[we_meet_again]

[The goblin was made of light! That was unexpected, but sure! Why not!

Then he gets kicked and stabbed, which feels pretty not great. With one hand, he grabs the goblin by the arm that's stabbing him. Now (theoretically) the goblin will have a harder time pulling back to stab him again or otherwise wield the dagger to defend itself.

With his other arm, Cobalt swings his axe at the goblin, but his momentum is thrown off by the whole Being Stabbed thing, so he only gets a 2.]

[bluerosestyle]

The goblin is unable to get loose! Cobalt's axe may not have hurt him, but a 1 says loses its grip on its dagger as their struggle. Sol is coming to help, but HE doesn't have a speed buff so his help is delayed by an extra turn.

[we_meet_again]

[He just keeps choppin' at the goblin with the axe!!! It's hard because this goblin is so wiggly, so Cobalt only got another 2.

BUT AT LEAST HE'S CAUSING THIS GOBLIN SOME INCONVENIENCE]

[bluerosestyle]

*they struggle, even! The goblin keeps trying to get away but guess who rolled another 2... So it keeps taking damage steadily from Cobalt's axe, maybe by next year it will die! ...Or maybe sooner, because by now Sol has made it here and he got a 6, so his sword shines brightly right before piercing the goblin's neck too fast for it to even notice he's there. Needless to say, the struggle is over after this. There are no more goblins around!!

[we_meet_again]

[He quickly looks around for more goblins, but when he sees the coast is clear, he relaxes and turns back to Sol]

Yeah!! You were amazing!!

[Also, he's looking at Sol to see if he looks injured! SOL ARE U OK]

[bluerosestyle]

[He got all 5s and 6s, somehow. He looks around, checking the place for flowers.]

You too! Sorry I couldn't make it back here sooner, fighting goblins can be hard the first time. They're really persistent...

[Time to heal Cobalt with the spatial resources we have left.]

All flowers in the vicinity disappear.

[we_meet_again]

[Mildly startled to feel his wounds closing up, and he touches them to find out they no longer hurt.]

Wow, Sol, thank you! Sorry you had to use up all your flowers on me.

Are you okay?

[bluerosestyle]

[Yes, the wounds should have closed! He couldn't heal Cobalt's Life all the way, but he should just feel a bit sore.]

They're not mine, they just grow here. And I'm fine-- more hungry than anything, to be honest.

[we_meet_again]

Oh! It's not much, but I brought some snacks! They're in the basket I left by the fire. You're welcome to have them if you'd like!

[bluerosestyle]

Are you sure? You won't need them for later?

[we_meet_again]

I had a snack in the village! Come eat these!

[bluerosestyle]

Then... yeah, I will.

[making his way back to the fire to take something from there... the pocky, maybe? OPENS IT AND EATS!!!]

. . . Thanks, Cobalt. I ran out of food yesterday, but I couldn't leave.

[we_meet_again]

[Aww yeah, cave pocky!]

You've been out of food for that long?! Shoot, Sol! Does someone normally bring it to you, or do you usually get a chance to leave before things get to this point? How does your job work?