Posted by Captain Chris Taggart (Captain) in Main Sim - Barovia Village - The Living-Dead? - Kane & Grey

Posted by Lieutenant Solomon Kane (Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim - Barovia Village - The Living-Dead? - Kane & Grey

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Brigette Marshall (Chief Engineer (CE)) in Main Sim - Barovia Village - The Living-Dead? - Kane & Grey
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Chris fell to his knees and dropped his sword which could be heard clanking on the cobble street and grabbed at the sword stuck in him and blood was coming from his mouth. The tall one then withdrew the sword and Chris cried out and fell over onto the street. The tall one looked around and pointed to the rest. “Take him back to the Keep like the Master said. I will take care of the rest.” He smiled and looked at Bridie. “Ohhhh. Lovely. What is your name child?” And with one motion of his sword decapitated the armored zombie while still looking straight at Bridie.

Bridie had been frozen in fear as the man had beheaded the armoured zombie. It was then she saw the men carry off Taggart with a sword in him. Her scream pierced thru the silent streets like a death keen. “CCCCCHHRRRIIIIIIIISSSSSS!” She ignored the man who had addressed her and lunged in the direction of her Captain. “NOOOOO!!!!” Another scream split the darkness as she lunged like a mad woman.

The tall one just put out his hand and caught her and threw her back down 6 feet away with one motion and out up a finger and wagged it to her. “No, no, no. You don’t get to go to the Keep....Alive that is. But it sounds and looks like you have feeling for that one. Your blood will taste sooooo much better when I drink it.” Smiling at her and showing his fangs.

Lord Taggart, Fellowship of the Warp and Storyteller

Bridie
CE

Lord Taggart, Fellowship of the Warp and Storyteller

Bridie landed with a grunt on her backside and rolled to her hip, skidding slightly on the cobbles. Her hip hurt but the Captain was in trouble. She staggered to her feet and shook her head. “I don’t think so,” she growled at her assailant and made a ruse for a side street she hoped would bring her back around in time to catch up with the Captain.

She wasn’t as fast as usual, though. She ran, but realized she had a limp and her hand was scraped and bleeding along the outside of her left palm where she had landed.

Bridie
CE

The vampire materialized in front of her and tripped her. Laughing he spun around. “Clearly you have not met a vampire before! The older we are, the faster we become and baby I’m 357! But I do like a girl with vigor before she becomes rigor.”

Storyteller

Surprise made her cry out as once more she hit the cobbles. This time on her hands and knees as she rolled to keep her head from striking the stones from her momentum forward. She slowly got to her feet. Her body starting to feel the subtle beating it was getting. “I may not understand what you are. But I do understand I am not going to be your meal.” She tried to take off running once more. At the last minute, though, just before she reached the intersection before her, glancing to be sure he wasn’t behind her, she spun and went back the way she had come. If he had been leaping in front of her. Maybe her switch back at the count of beats it had taken him to catch her before would confuse him and give her a chance to duck another nearby corner to avoid him. She bit her tongue to keep her pain from making her cry out as she loped trying to run. Tears in her eyes seeing the sword impale Taggart once more.

Bridie
((had to fix from misunderstanding of directions))

Kane, CMO

Mwezi burst onto the scene, his eyes wild and his expression missing the soft intelligence that always seemed to be present. He assessed the situation in a simple manner. Crewmate. Enemy. Simple. His claws out and teeth bared, he lunged forward, approaching the vampire-like creature. If claws and jaws wouldn’t do, he could use his heavier weaponry later.

• Mwezi

The vampire was furious that she, a mere mortal, tricked him and when he finally caught up with her, he tripped her onto the hard cobblestones once more. “You are going to pay for that bit of insolence madam.” He turned his head and saw a werewolf coming and thinking it was one of the counts he didn’t pay it any attention. He drew his sword once more and pointed the tip at her throat. “I am so going to enjoy th.......” As he was spear tackled by Mwezi very hard and he lost control of his sword and it went flying and stuck 4 inches into the nearest wood frame of a house. He tried to break free of Mwezi’s grip by lifting up on of Mwezi’s “fingers” and trying to bend it back to break it.

NE Vampire, Storyteller

Mwezi snarled in pain from the bending of his finger. He strained forward, pushing the pain out of mind. If this thing broke his finger, medical could fix it. Unlucky for the vampire, his teeth were a pretty good weapon. And he could use them even if his hand was occupied. He aimed for the neck, intending to snap it, but before he did so, he shouted at the Starfleet woman. He didn’t know her, but she was crew. “Phaser!”

Mwezi, CTO

Bridie panicked a moment. But when the wolf yelled for her weapon, she didn’t hesitate. She sat up and braced her feet on the ground for a steady aim. “NOW!” she yelled and hoped the wolf knew to leap clear. She shot straight at the vampire’s head. It was largest, clearest target she had to fire at. If it worked, the vampire’s hes would lurch up as Zi leapt off. Then Bridie would shoot it in the head.”

Bridie
CE

Will had heard the shrill voice of the Chief Engineer call the Captains name, he looked over at Kane with a panicked look “Go help the Captain, I’ll take care of the rest” He told the large tattooed man.

CSO, 2O

Kane looked at him for a moment. “You die, I’ll f&^%ing kill you.” and he took off towards the sound of the Chief Engineer’s voice. He sprinted as fast as he could, which was fast, even for a man his size.

Kane, CMO

Mwezi shoved the Vamp down and leaped clear, hoping Marshall was good at aiming. Just in case, he reached for his Phaser, pointing and firing it at full power at the… Alien?

Mwezi, CTO

Bridie shot and aimed for the largest target, the torso starting to rise up. At this range, hitting it wouldn’t be a problem. She just hoped it killed him.

Once the shot was released, she took a heartbeat to glance around for the Captain. “TAGGART!” She hollered for him trying to get her bearings and where he was.

Bridie
CE

Kane came sprinting around the corner as the phaser went off and cussed. Seeing the… whatever it was, he decided all bets were off and drew his own phaser as well. Seeing the Engineer call for Taggart, he said “What happened? Where’d he go?!”

Kane, CMO

the ferengi’s ears could not miss hearing the chief engineer take the shot, and yelling for the captain. He went running. He had his phaser rifle ready to fire depending on what the situation he was running into called for. He saw the thing she had shot and he trained his rifle on it in case it got back up.
Ensign Valharra, security

Bridie glanced up at the gruff Medical Chief and shook her head. “I don’t know.. OK!?” She was growling because it was better than breaking down. “Last I saw, he was stabbed and a couple… whatever those were, took him. That,” she pointed to the thing near Mwezi’s feet, “had come after me. Something about draining me and not letting me go with the Captain.” She started to stand up and took a knee as her head swam a moment. Her eyes were still fixated on the monster she had shot. Her next words were almost like she was telling about a dream. “They are fast. And I mean really fast. No matter how fast you run, in five heartbeats, they are in front of you again. I turned and reversed my course after 4 heartbeats… it worked…” She wasn’t sure if it worked with them all. But it had worked with that one.

Bridie
CE

Mwezi stood over the dead ‘vampire,’ growling slightly. “Where was the Captain last seen?” he asked Marshall, glancing over at Kane for only a moment before beginning to search the area for any sign of Chris.

Mwezi, CTO

Kane looked at Mwezi. “She said they took him. Can you track him? If he was stabbed, he’s bleeding. Find the blood, call me.” and he looked at the CE. “You are so gonna hate me.” Adrenaline counteracts shock, so… he slapped her. “FOCUS. Which way, Chief? WHICH. WAY?”

Kane, CMO

She blinked and her gaze went from ‘far away’ to ‘here and now’ in a blink. Two heartbeats later she dug her heels into the cobbles and shoved Kane for all she was worth. Her open palms slamming into his chest with all the strength she could muster, to shove him off balance. “DON’T!” She growled low and deep at him as she did it.

Breaths panting now in rage at the Doctor as well as the creatures, she shook her head at him as if daring him to touch her again. “If I KNEW I would have friggin told you. My guess is the opposite direction you all came from. I was a little busy with that.” She pointed to the creature at Mwezi’s feet.

Bridie
CE

“Where was he when you last saw him?” Mwezi growled, annoyed at the two bantering. He had to find the Captain. Taggart was the closest thing to a friend on this ship, the only one who treated him like one, at least. He sniffed around, searching for Taggart’s blood. His nose was good, so it shouldn’t be too difficult.

Mwezi

Blood was plentiful an in the location that Bridie pointed in anger as she kept half an eye on the CMO. She was gonna earn his respect and a decent tone from him someday. She had already promised herself that. But apparently it wasn’t starting today. “Over there. Just behind you.”

Bridie
CE

((with permission from CO who is on the road))

There was a pool of blood where Taggart had been stabbed. Enough lay in the pool to give rise to questions of his demise. But as the street ended, not too far from the city wall, so, too, did the blood. A feint smell of death, not unlike the creature Mwezi and Bridie had slain, could be smelled moving forward and over the wall. Easily picked up on the other side.

If one looked in that direction, there was a castle on a hill perhaps 3 to 5 miles away. Hard to tell with the terrain.

((per the standby GM/CO))

Kane watched Mwezi move around and sniff the air, and followed his gaze up and saw the castle. “Ok, Warren. Your call. We run, or we call the ship and have them transport us. Bit of surprise might be a good thing, though.”

Kane, CMO

Mwezi followed the trail of blood to the towns walls where the blood trail stopped and the blood droplets were smaller, either from lack of blood from its source or they took to the air. The castle and its giant Keep lay in the direction of the Captains blood.

Storyteller

Mwezi continued to basically ignore everyone else as he rushed and followed the trail. He saw the wall and growled slightly, looking around for either a gate or a way to climb over the wall. His Captain was in danger and he hadn’t been fast enough to protect him.

Mwezi, CTO