[Carrie] Chapter 7.1: Hyaenodon

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《 Chapter 7: Melrose

Chapter 7: Melrose》

《Chapter 7.1: Hyaenodon》

Hyenas were a creature from Earth, though Hyaenodons as Donovan called them, were much larger than their Earth counterparts. Though shaped like a hyena, these creatures you saw from the edges of the campsite were horse-sized, their teeth were barred, and they had already begun to encircle the group.

It was then that you got up, and fired.

[info]Initiative: Carrie 20, Hyaenadon 16, Donovan 4[/info]

[info]Move: Stand up from prone, draw weapon as part of move action
Standard: Attack[/info]

Rolled 1d20+16 : 18 + 16, total 34
Rolled 2d6 : 3, 2, total 5

Your attack hit just when the hyaenodons began to rush in. It was then that you realized there weren't just four of them, there were seven of them. The last three appearing out from the tall grasses hidden. The large hyenadons all charged towards their prey once your gun had fired. Four of them went after the lamia priestesses guarding the slavers. Although each of the hyaenodons were able to successfully bite into their targets. The other three hyaenodon attacked from the opposite end of the camp; Grus, Apulia, and Viviana being their targets. All three were caught by surprise and yelped in pain as the hyaenodon's teeth chomped into them.

Donovan, acting quickly, charged towards the hyaenodon attacking Viviana, his scythe leading the way. "Frost." He said as a moment later, his scythe seemed to slow a faint cyan as an aura of frost covered it. His attack hit as the frost from his weapon seemed to eagerly further bite into the hyaenodon.

As you expected, the gunfire woke up the rest of your crew.

[info]Initiative: Synithise 23, Carrie 20, Aliana 18, Hyaenadon 16, Viviana 10, Grus 7, Slaver Prisoners 7, Apulia 6, Lamia Priestesses 5, Donovan 4[/info]

"Air! Slicing storm: Gale cutter!" Synithise chanted, her own target being the same one you had attacked. The slicing winds blew forth, leaving behind gash marks on the hyaenodon.

[info]Carrie to take turn.[/info]

[spoiler=Combat]Log
Surprise Round
Synithise attacks and hits.
Hyaenodons charge.
Donovan attacks and hits.

Damage Taken
Lamia Priestess 1: 13
Lamia Priestess 2: 19
Lamia Priestess 3: 19
Lamia Priestess 4: 13
Lamia Priestess 5: 0
Synithise: 0
Slaver 1: 0
Slaver 2: 0
Slaver 3: 0
Slaver 4: 0
Slaver 5: 0
Slaver 6: 0
Aliana: 0
Viviana: 17
Grus: 14
Apulia: 15
Donovan: 21
Hyaenadon 1 (nearest to you on the eastern side, attacking lamia): 18
Hyaenadon 2 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 0
Hyaenadon 3 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 0
Hyaenadon 4 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 0
Hyaenadon 5 (attacking Grus on western side): 0
Hyaenadon 6 (attacking Viviana on western side): 19
Hyaenadon 7 (attacking Apulia on western side): 0[/spoiler]

[Erynn]

"Focus on eliminating one target at a time where you can!", Carrie shouts to anyone who can hear her while she swaps weapons to her M-4, "Reduce the number of things that want to bite you as quickly as possible!"

Carrie then levels her rifle at the creature she had fired on with her pistol and squeezes the trigger, hoping to pick the creature off of the lamia priestess it had latched onto. As Carrie hears the familiar pop of a suppressed M-4 carbine, her mindset immediately drops into 'the zone' as she prepares to advance on the largest concentration of hostiles. Viviana's situation concerned her the most, but between Donovan, Grus, and Apulia that trio of Hyaenadons were likely biting off more than they could chew. The four that had gone for the wounded captives and their guards, however, were a real problem.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+17 : 18 + 17, total 35[/blockquote] Attack [blockquote]Rolled 20d6+4 : 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 1, 3, 4, 2, 3 + 4, total 64[/blockquote] Damage (Program still in effect)

[Erynn]

[blockquote]Rolled 4d6+60 : 2, 1, 4, 3 + 60, total 70[/blockquote] 20 dice limit, adding 60 from previous roll.

[Throndir]

Melrose - Camp
Day 4 - Late at Night

The programming on your gun triggered, as you fired your rifle, the bullets increased in size by a thousandfold. A bullet the size of a tank round pierced right into the large canine creature, blowing its head right off. Blood splattered everywhere.

Aliana, realizing they were being attacked, took flight as she flapped her wings.

Even with one of them dead, the rest continued attacking their targets. Viviana and Grus were now badly wounded. While Apulia was injured.

Viviana panicked as she rolled away, trying to get away from the large creature. The hyaenadon took the opportunity to attack, but due to Viviana's defense tumbling, its jaws missed.

Grus roared as he huffed to stand up. The hyaenodon took the opportunity to attack, and managed to hit. Luckily Grus managed to stand his ground. The minotaur was bleeding from three serious wounds, but Grus roared again as it attempted to gore the large canine. He managed to hit.

The prisoners huddled in fear, getting away from the bars of their cage as much as possible.

Apulia suddenly had two daggers appear in her hands - probably stolen from the slavers, and began to defensively get up. The hyaenodon took the opportunity to attack but missed.

The five lamia priestesses attacked the hyaenodons around them. Each of their strikes hit with the daggers they held, though the damage itself wasn't very significant.

Donovan began to hold his scythe into a sweeping motion, using both his hands in a power attack. He managed to critically hit the hyaenodon attacking Viviana. He cut a deep gash in it's neck, and with one final yelp the hyaenodon went down.

Synithise continued casting her gale cutter spell. This time however, you could tell that she was putting much more mana into the spell, and the result slicing winds that were created were much more numerous and deadly. Seeing Grus was in danger, she targetted the hyaenodon attacking the minotaur. Her spell hit, leaving the hyaenodon badly wounded.

[info]Carrie to take turn.[/info]

[spoiler=Combat]Initiative: Synithise 23, Carrie 20, Aliana 18, Hyaenadon 16, Viviana 10, Grus 7, Slaver Prisoners 7, Apulia 6, Lamia Priestesses 5, Donovan 4

Log
Surprise Round
Hyaenodons charge.
Donovan attacks and hits Hyaenodon 6.
Carrie attacks and hits Hyaenodon 1.
Round 1
Synithise casts a spell and hits Hyaenodon 1.
Carrie attacks and hits Hyaenodon 1.
Aliana stand up from prone, move up into the air.
Viviana total defense, stand up from prone.
Apulia total defense, stand up from prone, withdraw weapons.
Donovan attacks Hyaenodon 6 and critically hits.
Synithise casts Gale Cutter and hits.

Damage Taken
Lamia Priestess 1: 13
Lamia Priestess 2: 19
Lamia Priestess 3: 36
Lamia Priestess 4: 26
Lamia Priestess 5: 0
Synithise: 0
Slaver 1: 0
Slaver 2: 0
Slaver 3: 0
Slaver 4: 0
Slaver 5: 0
Slaver 6: 0
Aliana: 0
Viviana: 33, badly wounded
Grus: 44, critically wounded
Apulia: 29, wounded
Donovan: 21, wounded
Hyaenadon 1 (eastern side): Dead
Hyaenadon 2 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 8
Hyaenadon 3 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 14
Hyaenadon 4 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 13
Hyaenadon 5 (attacking Grus on western side): 37
Hyaenadon 6 (attacking Viviana on western side): 50, dying
Hyaenadon 7 (attacking Apulia on western side): 0[/spoiler]

[Erynn]

Seeing that the priestesses guarding the prisoners were currently holding their own, but that Grus was in bad shape, and Viviana was doing little better, Carrie redirects her attention toward that sector of the battlefield, repeating her instructions once more.

"Stick together and focus your efforts on bringing each one down as quickly as possible! Animals seek easy prey, not groups that fight back! Use fire if you've got it!", She shouts over the noise as she levels her rifle at the creature threatening Grus and pulls the trigger. She then takes another shot at the second creature Donovan hadn't already brought low, hoping to eliminate that front of the battle entirely and keep Grus from keeling over should the giant hyenas fail to fall or to scarper.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+17 : 1 + 17, total 18[/blockquote] Hyaenadon Threatening Grus [blockquote]Rolled 1d20+12 : 17 + 12, total 29[/blockquote] Hyaenadon threatening Apulia

[Erynn]

Damage roll 1 [blockquote]Rolled 20d6 : 5, 2, 1, 3, 6, 5, 5, 3, 2, 4, 1, 6, 1, 1, 6, 2, 5, 2, 5, 5, total 70[/blockquote]

[Erynn]

Roll One continued [blockquote]Rolled 4d6+70 : 2, 3, 4, 5 + 70, total 84[/blockquote]

[Erynn]

Damage Roll 2[blockquote]Rolled 20d6 : 2, 5, 4, 1, 5, 3, 2, 5, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 6, 1, 5, 1, total 62[/blockquote]

[Erynn]

Roll 2 continued [blockquote]Rolled 4d6+62 : 5, 3, 5, 5 + 62, total 80[/blockquote]

[Throndir]

Melrose - Camp
Day 4 - Late at Night

Your first bullet missed, and the hyaenodon was able to duck out of the way as the tank round was fired. The second bullet made impact though, and the one fighting Apulia, suddenly exploded into a gorey red mist, flesh, and bones. The sharkfolk didn't seem as surprised this time around, she seemed to be quite aware of her surroundings.

Flying above the group, Aliana began to chant.

"Water Come, Be a clear sword blade, 《Aqua Cutter》!" With that a slash of compressed water manifested in front of Aliana, quickly speeding towards the one fighting Grus. However, her spell just barely missed.

The hyaenodon kept attacking Grus. It lunged towards the minotaur, biting a huge chunk out of Grus' neck. The weight managed to trip Grus and he was now prone. From the amount of blood, by all rights Grus should have been unconscious. But the minotaurs eyes were still full of rage, and miraculously, he not only continued to stay conscious but began to gore into the hyaenodon with his horns. Though Grus was dying, managed to critically hit, piercing his horn straight into the hyaenodon's eye it. He must have hit something sensitive, as a moment later the hyaenodon was dying.

On the eastern side of the camp, the three hyaenodons continued attacking their prey. One of the lamia priestesses were critically wounded.

Viviana who noticed Grus falling, immediately ran to the dying minotaur. "Grus! How in the Goddess are you still conscious!"

Grus responded by exhaling out his nose, while also placing a hand on his bleeding neck. Grus stood up then, and was about to charge into the next hyaenodon, when Viviana hooked on to his arm.

"No, Grus! You'll get yourself killed! Let the others handle it!"

Apulia clicked her tongue, but quickly passed both Grus and Viviana as she made her way to the remaining hyaenodon.

"Calm yourself big boy." The sharkfolk said as she sprinted past the minotaur, then driving a dagger into the back of one of the hyaenodons. Apulia must have been trained in her strikes, as it was precise, and though armed with only a dagger, Apulia was able to maximize the amount of damage she dealt.

The critically wounded lamia priestess began be completely defensive, while the others around her stepped up.

Donovan, following Viviana's lead, also charged. His attack hit.

Synithise began casting the same spell. Her spell managed to hit as well targetting the same one that Donovan attacked. With that, another hyaenodon was down and dying.

[info]Carrie to take turn[/info]

[spoiler=Combat]Initiative: Synithise 23, Carrie 20, Aliana 18, Hyaenadon 16, Viviana 10, Grus 7, Slaver Prisoners 7, Apulia 6, Lamia Priestesses 5, Donovan 4

Log
Surprise Round
Hyaenodons charge.
Donovan attacks and hits Hyaenodon 6.
Carrie attacks and hits Hyaenodon 1.
Round 1
Synithise casts a spell and hits Hyaenodon 1.
Carrie attacks and hits Hyaenodon 1.
Aliana stand up from prone, move up into the air.
Viviana total defense, stand up from prone.
Apulia total defense, stand up from prone, withdraw weapons.
Donovan attacks Hyaenodon 6 and critically hits.
Synithise casts Gale Cutter and hits.
Round 2
Carrie attacks, misses then hits.
Aliana casts a spell, misses.
Viviana move action to check on Grus.
Grus move action to no longer be prone.
Apulia move action, then attack, sneak attack triggered.
Lamia priestesses attack.
Donovan charges and hits.

Damage Taken
Lamia Priestess 1: 13, wounded
Lamia Priestess 2: 34, wounded
Lamia Priestess 3: 56, critically wounded
Lamia Priestess 4: 26, wounded
Lamia Priestess 5: 0
Synithise: 0
Slaver 1: 0
Slaver 2: 0
Slaver 3: 0
Slaver 4: 0
Slaver 5: 0
Slaver 6: 0
Aliana: 0
Viviana: 33, badly wounded
Grus: 64, dying but conscious
Apulia: 29, wounded
Donovan: 21, wounded
Hyaenadon 1 (eastern side): Dead
Hyaenadon 2 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 33, badly wounded
Hyaenadon 3 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 27, badly wounded
Hyaenadon 4 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 53, dying
Hyaenadon 5 (attacking Grus on western side): 53, dying
Hyaenadon 6 (attacking Viviana on western side): 50, dying
Hyaenadon 7 (attacking Apulia on western side): Dead[/spoiler]

[Erynn]

"Shit.", Carrie swore under her breath, seeing her most crucial shot miss and Grus take another bite, this time on the neck. Realizing that the horse-sized creature had likely punctured the internal carotid with its bite based on the volume of blood pouring from the minotaur's neck, Carrie immediately changed direction and headed toward Grus in order to bring her medical kit to assist.

If Carrie is able to reach Grus with a move action, she'll attempt to stabilize him. If not, she'll fire a round at the hyaenadon threatening the critically wounded priestess.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+3 : 8 + 3, total 11[/blockquote] Stabilize Grus

OR

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+17 : 20 + 17, total 37[/blockquote] Attack Hyaenadon, Damage:[blockquote]Rolled 20d6 : 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 4, 2, 5, 6, 5, 2, 5, 4, 3, 4, 6, 2, 1, total 72[/blockquote] (roll continued in next post)

[Erynn]

[blockquote]Rolled 4d6+72 : 6, 6, 1, 5 + 72, total 90[/blockquote] (Continued roll)

[Erynn]

Burning a hero point to re-roll Treat injury. [blockquote]Rolled 1d20+3 : 17 + 3, total 20[/blockquote]

[Throndir]

Melrose - Camp
Day 4 - Late at Night

[info]Carrie actions:
Move: Closer to Grus
Standard Action: Treat Injury: Stabilize a Dying Character[/info]

Pulling out your medical kit, you immediately got to work with stemming the blood flow. As you got closer, you realized just how lethal his wounds were, and you were surprised by the fact that the minotaur remained conscious. In your time as a soldier, you would have been trained to spot injuries like these, and it was almost unbelievable the minotaur did not succumb to hypovolemic shock and was still able to be alert. However, minotaur or not, the fact he was still bleeding out meant that any strenuous activities could still potentially outright kill him. Exsanguination was still a very real possibility.

Seeing you near, and pulling out your medical kit, Grus understood what you meant to do, and the large beastman crouched down slightly for you to examine his neck. In the span of a few seconds, you began patching him up. Blood was still pouring profusely from the wound but you were determined. Unfortunately, your work didn't seem to do much, as blood still continued to pour. A moment later, a notification appeared.

[okay]Your wish is granted.[/okay]

Suddenly the blood on the bandages themselves seemed to be lessening, and Grus' ragged breathing started to normalize. The minotaur grinned.

"Taki kobeng." Grus said which you understood as his way of saying thanks. "Grus gud as new!"

Aliana from above recast her same spell.

"Water Come, Be a clear sword blade, 《Aqua Cutter》!" She chanted as blades of water appeared from her hands. The hyaenodon had been too busy in his combat with one of the priestesse that it wasn't able to get away in time, and the water blades critically hit. With that, the hyaenodon was dying.

The last remaining hyaenodon started to withdraw, leaving the combat, and making it 60 ft. away from the priestesses into the forest.

Viviana continued to sit with Grus, and you could tell that the merfolk was concerned about the minotaur still. As for Grus he looked like he wanted to continue chasing after the fleeing Hyaenodon which was around 80 ft. from both yours and his position, but from the warning of Apulia, he chose not to.

As for Apulia who was with the priestesses, she took chase after the fleeing hyaenodon. Charging after it and landing a hit. "Die you mangy surface mutt!" She said out loud evidently bloodthirsty.

The lamia priestesses, having wounds themselves, one of them critically wounded, chose not to take chase, though began to check on each other.

Next, Donovan decided not to take chase as he himself couldn't move as fast as a hyaenodon fleeing. However, you noticed that he did eye his horse for a moment. He eventually decided to instead actively watch the surroundings for any other sources of danger.

Lastly, Synithise, seeing the hyaenadon retreat moved over to the other priestesses after realizing you were handling Grus' wounds already.

"Lysolphi! Are you alright?" Synithise said.

"Yes matriarch." The priestess said, the one who was the most wounded.

Synithise herself looked over the wounds, but she breathed a sigh of relief when she noticed they weren't lethal.

"It'll be a few days of bed rest-" Lysolphi continued but was interrupted when Synithise wrapped her in a large hug.

[info]Carrie to take turn[/info]

[spoiler=Combat]Initiative: Synithise 23, Carrie 20, Aliana 18, Hyaenadon 16, Viviana 10, Grus 7, Slaver Prisoners 7, Apulia 6, Lamia Priestesses 5, Donovan 4

Damage Taken
Lamia Priestess 1: 13, wounded
Lamia Priestess 2: 34, wounded
Lamia Priestess 3: 56, critically wounded
Lamia Priestess 4: 26, wounded
Lamia Priestess 5: 0
Synithise: 0
Slaver 1: 0
Slaver 2: 0
Slaver 3: 0
Slaver 4: 0
Slaver 5: 0
Slaver 6: 0
Aliana: 0
Viviana: 33, badly wounded
Grus: 64, stabilized
Apulia: 29, wounded
Donovan: 21, wounded
Hyaenadon 1 (eastern side): Dead
Hyaenadon 2 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 57, dying
Hyaenadon 3 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 33, badly wounded
Hyaenadon 4 (attacking lamia on eastern side): 53, dying
Hyaenadon 5 (attacking Grus on western side): 53, dying
Hyaenadon 6 (attacking Viviana on western side): 50, dying
Hyaenadon 7 (attacking Apulia on western side): Dead[/spoiler]

[Erynn]

Hearing Grus thank her, Carrie finishes dressing the wound and pats the Minotaur on the shoulder, expressing relief, "Good job taking that one out. I was worried I was going to lose someone when I missed the target."

Carrie then takes a look around to evaluate the situation and sees no immediate threats, but can't help face-palming as Apulia chases down the one surviving Hyaenadon that had turned to flee.

"That's it. We're getting the hell out of this savannah.", Carrie declares with great irritation, then whistles loudly in order to get Apulia's attention before shouting, "Regroup! We're leaving!"

She then turns toward the cart and selects it for programming.

"Program, condition: As desired by citizens of Darmona, Statement: teleport cart Statement: teleport draft animal(s). Condition: As desired by citizens of Darmona Statement: teleport cart contents Condition: Cart is captured by one or more entities hostile to Darmona Statement: delete program. Save."

"Everyone climb aboard!", Carrie directs as she moves toward the front of the wagon and prepares to assist Donovan in getting his horse into the harness attached to the vehicle. She then takes a moment to contact Eveleen.

"Eveleen, Carrie. We've been ambushed by Hyaenadons out on the savannah. We've got casualties, but thankfully no fatalities. This place is going to be too dangerous for us to camp out the rest of the night at this rate, so I'll be bringing everyone to you shortly. The mismatched climate has the wildlife out here trying to eat anything that moves!"