Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5865155-20141202042059/@comment-25464065-20141209225016

The real question at this point was whether or not Chartreuse was going to go along with the plan. Rosa, with a mix of dread and some sort of squeamishness, froze as Glaukos took on the Death Stalker by himself, taking heavy hits with his shield.

Hits that Elise, being small and unshielded, would easily be killed by, if not flung across the forest and then killed on impact.

Ignoring that, she turned to Chartreuse, who appeared to be doing something to her weapon. Elise didn't know much about the weapon itself, but Char appeared to be calibrating something on the hilt of her whips - dust, maybe? The young woman padded toward her with child-like curiousity, almost peacefully unaware of the fight going on behind them. There wasn't much to do without her weapons, after all.

Before she could ask, however, she heard something like a small scale explosion.

And then it got louder.

Elise turned back only to get unceremoniously blown back by a shockwave  - whether it was from the ensuing explosions or the scorpion falling to the ground, she wasn't sure. She bumped backward, colliding with Chartreuse's shoulder and sending them both sprawling to the ground. Elise slammed her head into the ground and rolled away from her fellow teammate, lifting her arms to cover her head as light and white noise seemed to override every sense.

She was having a sensory overload - and as someone who grew up as some country bumpkin, that was possibly the scariest thing ever. When you're used to quiet conversation and occasionally some skin-blistering sunlight, something like this was.....

Disturbing.

When her senses calmed down, Elise only realized she'd begun to hyperventilate. In part due to boxing her head in her arms and nearly smothering herself, of course. She released her head from the self-made prison and allowed her eyes to adjust. Green grass, brown dirt, a small ring of scorched foliage from where the massive Grimm had fallen, surrounded by his shattered bone plating and already emitting thick black smog into the air. Whether or not that was a product of the explosion was up for explanation, but the festering crack in its side signified that it was, at the very least, dead.

And just peeking out from beneath the behemoth was one of her chakrams, glinting slightly when the sunlight moved through the trees. Elise smoothed her hands down her face, streaking dirt along her forehead and cheeks. She didn't care right now - that was legitimately one of the most terrifying things she had ever witnessed.

''And it probably won't be the last. ''She noted with a grimace as the static in her ears began to die down. Closer to the scorpion and off to the side, Rosa barely stood with Glaukos. In a loud, crackling voice, she gave a general Is everyone alright? before dipping down toward the ground.

Elise quickly reached under skirt second skirt and up to the pocket at the hem of the dress - the relic. It was alright, a bit cracked from the impact with the ground, but aside from the fresh bruising at Elise's thigh there was nothing truly bad about the ordeal. Nothing that could get them potentially kicked out, she hoped.

That, of course, left one question.

The short girl turned to Char, her nearest companion, who had fire in her eyes, and then to Glaukos, who'd been at the sideline of the explosion. She rubbed her eyes, leaving flecks of dirt on her lashes, before managing to calm her breathing down enough to get her voice across.

"What......did you two do?"