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originally posted in:The New Dojo
1/3/2018 5:44:24 PM
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"Alexis though most just call me Red."
She said shaking the man's hand. She had a peculiarly masculine grip to her handshake. She started walking off, likely looking for a rental place for something to ride. From the wind there was a quick peek at the small armory she had stashed on the inside of the cloak. Spare swords, a couple axes and row after row of throwing knives along with a revolver holstered to her hip. It was a small armory worn like a cloak.
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"It is an honour to meet you, my lady Alexis." Alric had naught more then the sword on his back and the second one at his hip. And only one of those would truly be useful against the Yeti. The two flintlock pistols strapped to his chest, most likely being similar. One carrying silver, the other steel. Most notably were the number of potions and bombs he had strapped around his body. Most of them being seen in a satchel he wore that looked similar to a purse.
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Alexis took a quick glance at his gear on the way to renting out a two seated snow mobile. She payed a vendor and got a set of keys to the machine and a set of goggles. The ski goggles went over her head and she hopped on and turned it over.
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Alric hopped onto the snow mobile behind Alexis and wrapped his arms around her.
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A long trip upon the ridges, the duo came across a resort that sat on the mountain. Only a few cars were parked inside the lot, likely from news. Red hopped off making her way to the door. "Alright, let's see if we can find a manager, or whatever. Check if the bounty still stands." No wonder the bounty was so high. The recent events must have been scaring regular goers and killing off profit.
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"I have heard many tales of the Yetis in the mountains. But none of those tales are as violent as this one..." Alric followed Alexis, casting a worried eye around the area.
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"Yeah, never really needed to hunt them in the past..." A quick sweep around the room revealed only a few employees, even fewer visitors and someone with a name tag and the title manager underneath a name. Alexis took a moment to talk with the man and while unfortunate to them, the bounty still stood. She came back over to Alric while she made sure to put a few rounds in the chamber of her revolver. "Good news, it's still available, bad news, I guess it's been holding up a ski trail for the past few hours. God forbid it decides to attack the lift."
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"Better for us to know the beast's location. So that we may attack it correctly. With a plan."
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"True, usually I just look for any stray hair that got caught around the brush to track animals. Have something in mind?" She said as the finished loading the gun. She holstered it back on her hip and looked back over at Alric to pay a bit more attention to see if he had a plan.
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"Yes. Step one would detail our arrival at the ski slope." The Witcher started walking, going through the cold toward the last reported siting of the beast.
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"Fair enough" Alexis followed on their way up the slope fidgeting with a throwing knife to pass the time on the hike up. "So, witcher right? Anything your willing to tell me about your guys. I mean I know you hunt monster but other than that, hmm not so much"
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"There are many things the companies comprise a Witcher. We take several trials to test our resolve. The Witchers have senses that allow us to hunt at a higher level than even the greatest trained hunter." Alric gave a brief summary of some of the things that made a Witcher.
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"Huh, sounds like a werewolf without all the hair and snarling" She joked as they reached the summit. From the looks of things, something was definitely in the area earlier. Footprints were scattered all over the place along with a few trees the were partially uprooted from something massive slamming against them. There was even a small amount of blood on the snow from where it likely cut itself while it was rampaging along the area.
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"An interesting scene." Alric's eyes seemed to become slightly more orange as he knelt down and pressed his fingers in the blood. He brought it up, taking a whiff and trying to determine how old the blood was.
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To some surprise it was still slightly warm to the touch. It had to have been spilled only a few minutes at most. Alexis tapped his shoulder pointing at what looked like a small crudely made stick hut that wasn't noticeable until a certain angle. It looked empty judging by the opening but a low growling was heard echoing through the wooded area.
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"The blood is still warm, so the beast is injured. Tending to its wounds as best as it can. Seems severe. Blood loss, the arcs in the snow..." Alric rose tall, drawing the straight blade on his back. It gleamed and Red realized it was a silver blade. He started walking toward the hut, keeping the sword pointed downward.
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Red pulled a silver gladius from her cloak along with an axe that seemed fairly similar to one that would be used to chop wood only differing due to a sturdier handle. The growling grew a more hostile before a trunk was thrown just above their head as a primitive threat. Standing 50 feet into the distance a massive ape looking creature stood with a slash across its chest. Likely from another hunter turned victim to its brutality. From the distance it had to have been 8 feet tall with the force of a mammoth behind its muscles. "Well we found it." Red said looking at the intimidating giant. "Now to hope we can kill it"
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"We must do what we must." Alric agreed, starting his walk toward the beast. He spun the blade in his hand, making a hand gesture.
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The beast was quick to make its true on its threat and began barreling at the two on all fours. Alexis quickly switched her axe for her revolver and fired off a few rounds at its face. The bullets only manage to pierce its flesh but it's skull was too dense for even her 45s to break through. It was closing the gap and it would be in melee range rather fast.
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Alric came to a sudden halt, one of his hands dipping into his pouch and bringing out an orb of some sort. He lobbed it straight at the beast's face, a explosion going off as it stuck.
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While it wasn't able to cover its entire face it used its hand to protect its eyes down to its lower lip leaving the fur around it scorched and a rather nasty burn on its arm. By then it had gotten up close and rose onto its hind legs preparing to slam its fists down on the two. Red got ready to jump out of the way reaching for a fist full of throwing knives to hurl once she had the chance.
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Alric however, did otherwise. He rolled across the ground right in front of the beast and stabbed upward toward the beast chest. Cleary, he was trying to finish it off as soon as possible.
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A flurry of knives caught one of its legs and the sword sunk into the yeti's chest. It began making an audible wheezing noise, likely from having a punctured lung. It would be doubtful that it would be nearly as mobile as it immediately was. Still, the beast went to grab its attacker that stabbed it to attempt to crush it I he could. Alexis was looking at it throat with her gladius still out. She was looking for an opportunity to attempt to severe its spine if she could. She made a few slashes at its back but it was moving around too much for get a clear swing.
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Alric pulled his sword out of the Yetis chest and sidestepped the hand, slashing at the Yetis arm.
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[spoiler]I think I gave myself a concussion after reading how bad my grammar was on the last reply I sent x.x...[/spoiler] The yeti seemed a bit panicked, unable to pick between fending off what was in front of him, or the girl who kept tearing at it's back. The arm struck by the sword, despite the recoil that would likely come from hitting such dense bone, went limp from how deep the laceration was. With its other arm, it swung around trying to hit her though she dove under it, pulled out her revolver and emptied the last two shots in the chamber into its face to startle it.
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[spoiler]it's alright, I figured it out xD[/spoiler] The recoil was indeed pretty severe, as Alric stumbled back a few feet and pulling his blade out of the beast as he did so. It took a few moments for him to readjust himself, and once he was prepared he leapt at the Yeti, swinging his blade wildly.
