Strike Team
Jesse actually starts talking sense and we head to find the rest of the group before talking more with the skulls or heading into the green building. He is overly excited and heads off toward the barn in a dead run. I sadly don't fly that fast - and I am tired. It has been a long day and this Western way of rush, rush, rush without taking time to calmly ponder the situation and decide on the best method. I keep plugging along and I hear Jesse shouting about do I have rose wafers. I already used what I had, and I tell him that. Since he is obviously in need, I veer towards the barn to see if I can find either Lee Chung or some rose wafers somewhere. As I get closer, I can see a slime trail of dead and dying vegetation. It is like someone who is exuding death is just walking around and not thinking about the environment or the necessary balance of the world. I decide that perching on the corner edge of the bunkhouse and being above the coming confrontation would be the best place. As I am settling into place, I cast my gravity bow spell in order to do more damage to that armored thing. I draw back to strike my first blow and my bow string actually breaks. Apparently, it has been working even harder than me today. I calmly take out another bowstring and begin putting in correctly while watching what is happening below. It kinda looks familiar, but I keep my concentration on the job at hand - restringing my bow because it must be done carefully and with great precision so that it can help me in the coming battle.
I focus on my chosen target, aligning my energies and accepting that balance is necessary for the world to work in harmony. This enemy is not natural and therefore must be removed from the world. I take a deep breath and release the arrow and it hits and causes the enemy to stagger. It then looks up at me and while not exactly fear - it isn't anger either. It throws the weapon that it is holding, and it manages to hit the arm that I use to hold my bow. It stings some and causes me to drop my bow which lands on the enemy. It responds by yelling, dropping to all fours, and running due west. Not what I expected to happen at all.
I fly down and grab my bow and then go back to the roof and fire again at the fleeing monster. It is an abomination and should be removed from the world. I hit solidly and then it stops glowing: the horns, the armor, everything. I can't see it anymore and Xifeng is too far away to be able to assist me in hunting it down. It was going due west so I can hopefully determine where it is and get in another shot, though I have no clue whether I will hit or not. Perhaps the darkness is limited in some way or maybe it will begin to dissipate. Then on the other side I see the creature emerge, still heading west. I prepare the next shot. I can see that I hit it this time and then I see a glowing neon green ball of energy heading towards me. I drop to the roof and it flies over my head. I stand back up and shoot another arrow at the creature, but the arrow flies past it without hitting. I must find my balance again and focus. I need to kill this abomination. I take a steadying breath and fire with great purpose. I hit and it responds with another ball of neon green energy. I drop to the roof again and it flies over my head.
I see Xifeng swoop in and do an attack and then veer off suddenly. I know that she was coming in from behind and she should have been able to draw blood, but I don't think she did. I wonder if there is some shield spell in place? Then Bart is grappling the sheep to the ground and I can't get a clear shot. The rest of the team manages to capture the last of the demons and all is quiet. Why do I have a strong sense of doom?
Xifeng's journal
Cow must die. Cow is not good, I keep flying after cow and take my steel sharp talons to it over and over. It runs from me as it knows that I am mighty hunter. I strike again and again. Then a wild gust of wind - where could that have come from - swoops me a few feet away from my target and I miss one round. How does it run so fast? I fly faster than an arrow and catch up and slash at its eyes. I strike it again and it dies!! Now I head back to my mistress to see what trouble she has found.
Zhang Sephia's Journal Ordered oldest to newest
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Purgatory 101
26 Apr 2020 06:04:49
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Afternoon at Purgatory Gulch
7th of Grolm, 578
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It was supposed to be a quiet night
7th - 8th of Grolm, 578
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Finally to the pond!
8th day of Fifth Month, Year 578
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Druids are weird
Grohlm 8
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Entirely too many cows
Grolm 9, 578
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Interlude in the Nightmare Cow Level
Grolm 10, 578
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Haunted house?
Grolm 9, 578
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Out of house and into trouble
Grolm 9, 578
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The path through
Grolm 9 - 10, 578
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Into the caveat
Grolm 10, 578
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Battle of the bands
Grolm 10, 578
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Flying in a fog
13th of Grolm, 578
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Book, barn, and house
13th of Grolm, 578
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Squeaky Toys?
13th of Grolm, 578
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Healer needed
13th of Grolm, 578
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Strike Team
13th of Grolm, 578
26 Apr 2020 06:04:49
7th of Grolm, 578
7th - 8th of Grolm, 578
8th day of Fifth Month, Year 578
Grohlm 8
Grolm 9, 578
Grolm 10, 578
Grolm 9, 578
Grolm 9, 578
Grolm 9 - 10, 578
Grolm 10, 578
Grolm 10, 578
13th of Grolm, 578
13th of Grolm, 578
13th of Grolm, 578
13th of Grolm, 578
13th of Grolm, 578
The major events and journals in Zhang Sephia's history, from the beginning to today.
Purgatory 101
Team Ranger: You and your birds head into the General Store, a two-story yellow building on Purgatory Gulch's main street. The store itself is laid out with most of the goods attractively arranged on shelves BEHIND the long counter, the idea being that a ...
06:04 am - 26.04.2020Afternoon at Purgatory Gulch
We all get back to town and the stagecoach riders offer to buy us a round of drinks. Miro, Jesse, and I follow them into the saloon while Brathazmus stays to look over the stagecoach itself. Apparently there are some questions he has about it. The padre a...
04:23 am - 10.05.2020It was supposed to be a quiet night
While we are setting up the schoolhouse to prepare for a possible battle with hell bovines, Dusty and Sundown wander by and I check to see why they aren't in the schoolhouse helping us. Miss Roselli sniffs in disapproval and it is obvious that they don't ...
04:27 am - 24.05.2020Finally to the pond!
We get to Tarntaise farm while it is still dark. A low moon with some stars scattered across the sky like petals blowing in the spring breeze. However, the quiet is not the quiet of a farm at night. There is a stillness of danger in the air and possibly -...
04:13 am - 21.06.2020Druids are weird
We enter the town and scatter to get the supplies as quickly as possible so we can get out again before full dark. I head towards the schoolhouse to chat with the kids. I run into Ms. Roselli as I am approaching and we get into a conversation about Miss...
03:37 am - 19.07.2020Entirely too many cows
We begin a planning session to determine the best approach using the map the children gave me and the map Jesse made from his nighttime flight. Rescuing people is our most important priority, but we would also like the chance to lead the hell bovine army...
05:13 am - 02.08.2020Interlude in the Nightmare Cow Level
I can see a dark cloud rising behind us. We begin to discuss strategy and Miro has a spell that can camouflage the wagon while I will fly to the demon and attempt to send her off to intercept and fight the hell bovines and hell woolies. I fly up and ove...
05:31 am - 16.08.2020Haunted house?
We start to discuss what we should do. Our magic users need more sleep, but we need to get to the source of at least one of the problems and the farmhouse is closer than that whatever in the caves. Chica is determined to go and save her spouse and just kn...
05:34 am - 13.09.2020Out of house and into trouble
I help Bart to grab the dead woolie and cart it into the room the pisky had been held captive in. I overhear her and the druid talking about some device and how to transport it. I suggest that we don't have time for this discussion and we need to MOVE IT...
05:27 am - 27.09.2020The path through
We manage the trip to Arjory pond shortly after sunset which was challenging since we had all the animals we had rescued from Purgatory Gulch - even the bees. When we arrive, the two dryads are arguing with Miss Melinda who looks like she would rather be...
04:27 am - 25.10.2020Into the caveat
Surrounded - by 60 briarseed children! Not really bright enemies, but still sixty is a lot. Xifeng and I fly straight up about 25 feet and await developments. Jesse starts telling them to go water the plants and then gives one of them a leaf which turns ...
03:04 am - 08.11.2020Battle of the bands
My entangle spell has tied Mister Bad Guy stuck in place - and it also tied Jesse in place. I then fire one of my lightning arrows at him, but I miss. I know that there is a bottle at the back of the platform that is probably important and might even be t...
04:47 am - 22.11.2020Flying in a fog
Events up to now: I took out BAA 012, 013, 014 and rescued an eleven teenager and Faylene - as well as a cart being drawn by four lapir. The cart is rather the worse from wear and I had to put the teenager on a lapir and send him towards the lake and hop...
03:55 am - 25.04.2021Book, barn, and house
I can still see that glow ahead and so I am going to head that way still. At least it is a destination since I can't see ANYTHING inside this fog. This is nothing like the wisps and cuels that I find around the mountains while I am flying. This is dank an...
06:15 am - 09.05.2021Squeaky Toys?
I am stuck inside this bedroom. Faith is making like a statue in the doorway, and I have tried twice to move him with no result. I call for help and Lee Chung responds by kicking the poor guy onto a bed. Not exactly what I expected, but maybe it didn't hu...
04:28 am - 20.06.2021Healer needed
Now that all of the hay bales are on fire, I take a brief moment to check on the gate and it seems to be shutting down - at least it seems to be based upon my experience with campfires. The two axes that the demon prince was swinging around are laying on ...
04:12 am - 18.07.2021Strike Team
Jesse actually starts talking sense and we head to find the rest of the group before talking more with the skulls or heading into the green building. He is overly excited and heads off toward the barn in a dead run. I sadly don't fly that fast - and I am ...
05:02 am - 29.08.2021The list of amazing people following the adventures of Zhang Sephia.
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