Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24678303-20140719153106/@comment-24487330-20140915135036

The other three members of the rag-tag cadre were holding their ground well, and soon enough, the enemy's ranks started to thin. With that much less commotion, a raucous din approaching their position began to creep into hearing from some distance away. It sounded like several pairs of feet stampeding relentlessly forward, accented every so often by either a tree snapping or splitting or the familiar *BANG* of a scatter gun sounding off. If they wondered where this noise was coming from, they wouldn't be left wanting for an answer for long...

About thirty seconds later, Lan burst through the foliage, shouting warnings to his fellow initiates about a monster following him. A second or two later, the Deathstalker he had provoked at the temple earlier crashed onto the scene, bowling over a couple hapless lupine Grimm as it swiped at the porcupine Faunus with one of its claws. The chase had clearly included a close struggle, as both Lan and the scorpion sported visible wounds from each other's arsenals: while the Faunus had cuts and bruises, the creature of Grimm boasted a few dents and cracks in its imposing armor and even had a couple quills stuck in its exposed body.

"Hey guys," Lan greeted his three acquaintances as he threw one of the black rook chess pieces to Tei for safe keeping. "Sorry ta bring back trouble, but I couldn't handle this bad boy on my lonesome. Let's take 'im down 'n' go home, huh?"

((I must've lost this post five times before now...Sorry for the wait, but at some point I just got burnt out. Let's finish this up soon and move on, right?))