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WHO: Estinien Wyrmblood & Tartaglia (Childe)
WHAT: Firebrands being Firebrands. (PvP)
WHERE: Firebrand Shrine
WHEN: 4th of Firaseri (or whatever day is the last day for new aions to arrive)
WARNINGS: violence, tba
pain .
It's a eerie feeling to be at the Firebrand shrine and see no crystals harboring a rebirthing aion, Childe realizes. With so many of them having arrived together here as part of the legacy and then a continued stream of aions appearing last time, to see the shrine look extraordinarily dormant is somehow unsettling.
He imagines it's not actually unusual, but this is the first shrine he's wandered to that he's witnessed as so quiet. The Harbinger has spent some time inside since arriving, moving about to closely examine the crystals to see if any hints revealing one or more as a cocoon show through, but they're all empty.
After doing this twice, he considers what to report to Xishen before alerting her that there are no crystals housing an entity of any kind, and that he can come back later, even as he wonders if it's possible for anyone to show up here still if not already visible in some manner.
Of course, despite how quiet in the shrine it is, it hasn't been particularly quiet outside: he's heard the scuffling of a skirmish beginning not long after he entered, but what the troops on either side do simply isn't his problem unless they get in his way. He's not their commander and therefore he has no obligation or responsibility to them like he did to his troops back home.
Even that, though, has finally started to fade, probably because the search for new aions is drawing to a close. Another look reaffirms there are no fresh crystals shattered on the cavern ground (at least not within the past twenty-four hours,) so he knows anyone who came before him didn't wander off with any newcomers. Once finished reporting to Xishen, Childe sighs audibly, giving one last look around the cave as if in nostalgia (and what shitty nostalgia it is, considering what the first wave of aions had to deal with.)
He's tired of this recruitment garbage. He can't wait until they're done this wave.
WHAT: Firebrands being Firebrands. (PvP)
WHERE: Firebrand Shrine
WHEN: 4th of Firaseri (or whatever day is the last day for new aions to arrive)
WARNINGS: violence, tba
my drive came from . . .
&it rained down like . . .
It's a eerie feeling to be at the Firebrand shrine and see no crystals harboring a rebirthing aion, Childe realizes. With so many of them having arrived together here as part of the legacy and then a continued stream of aions appearing last time, to see the shrine look extraordinarily dormant is somehow unsettling.
He imagines it's not actually unusual, but this is the first shrine he's wandered to that he's witnessed as so quiet. The Harbinger has spent some time inside since arriving, moving about to closely examine the crystals to see if any hints revealing one or more as a cocoon show through, but they're all empty.
After doing this twice, he considers what to report to Xishen before alerting her that there are no crystals housing an entity of any kind, and that he can come back later, even as he wonders if it's possible for anyone to show up here still if not already visible in some manner.
Of course, despite how quiet in the shrine it is, it hasn't been particularly quiet outside: he's heard the scuffling of a skirmish beginning not long after he entered, but what the troops on either side do simply isn't his problem unless they get in his way. He's not their commander and therefore he has no obligation or responsibility to them like he did to his troops back home.
Even that, though, has finally started to fade, probably because the search for new aions is drawing to a close. Another look reaffirms there are no fresh crystals shattered on the cavern ground (at least not within the past twenty-four hours,) so he knows anyone who came before him didn't wander off with any newcomers. Once finished reporting to Xishen, Childe sighs audibly, giving one last look around the cave as if in nostalgia (and what shitty nostalgia it is, considering what the first wave of aions had to deal with.)
He's tired of this recruitment garbage. He can't wait until they're done this wave.
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It turns out he wasn't the only one with that thought, however. As he lands at the mouth of the cavern, he sees that familiar spot of orange hair. He'd been caught off guard the last time they fought, but he refuses to be startled again.
Estinien himself is shining white from head to toe, with six sets of feathery wings alongside side the scales and horns of his dragon transformation. The light from him may even radiate into the cave for a moment before he charges.
He dives straight forward, hoping to catch Childe off guard and crush him against the back wall of the cavern. There's no time for words. Not after what's been done.
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Eyes wide, his reflexes kick in allowing him to just barely avoid being crushed last second, a lowly-toned impressed whistle sounding from him before spinning himself midair to turn fully and take aim with the hydrobow suddenly formed in his hands. The water arrow lashes itself together in its notch and it's tail between the Kenoma's fingers against the string as he pulls it back and holds aim for 3 very unfortunate seconds that give Estinien a window to recover, but also causes the tip of the arrow to suddenly shine as a small vortex of water starts spinning at its tip.
He releases it immediately without any hesitation or attempt to to figure out what (or who) he's dealing with right before his feet touch the ground. If the arrow hits, it will sting along with having an extra amount of propulsive force behind it, but the real effect will be noticeable as his riptide symbol will bloom onto Estinien's skin somewhere like a manifested tattoo. It pulses omniously for the moment but does nothing further.
(Then again it probably doesn't need to depending on what it's meant to do and for how long.)
Even if Estinien dodges the riptide arrow, Childe follows up that attempt with the same attack: He kicks back immediately into the air again, this time a a wave of water forming under the sole of his boots before he propels himself up off of it like it's a spring board. The wave itself strikes forward full force across the ground to try and knock into Estinien. Its maximum height is to his waist, and it may or may not unbalance him. Even if it doesn't, if he is hit by it, it will cause injury like being hit with a very heavy and blunt object (eg. a small car.) And of course, what accompanies that wave as soon as it dissipates is a sudden torrent of sharp hydroarrows raining from above, each about as dangerous as any normal physical arrow would be to him.
If he has been marked with the riptide symbol, however, he will feel as if the damage inflicted and the pain felt is tripled by both the arrows and the wave. Riptide's purpose will be clear at this point: it's an amplifier for Childe's vision abilities. Once it's activated, for the next sixty seconds, it will pulse intervals of pain through its victim as if they're being attacked by an invisible force that follows them and is unavoidable (DoT). Being hit with external vision-created elemental blows (any physical blows don't affect it, and aion specific elemental abilities wouldn't, either) seems to stack the effect's potency. Its maximum damage output alone even with stacking is not crippling, but it is painful and a nuisance. Only if Estinien were to be hit by one of Childe's extremely strong spells would it potential cause severe damage. Nevertheless, its meant to wear the opponent down slowly if nothing else... every little bit counts in battle.
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He isn't unprepared when he attacks Childe. Half expecting a dodge, he is ready to touch his feet to the wall as he collides with it, using the leverage to leap again. He propels himself out of the cave as quickly as he arrived in a flurry of light and wings.
He turns just in time to avoid the brush of the arrow, the wave crashing behind him as he slips back out of the mouth of the cave. He spirals upwards over the river canyon as the water cascades past him and into the crevasse below. His eyes are already watching for any signs of Childe exiting, preparing to strike again.
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Regardless of whom the 'creature' could be, the Kenoma aion doubts they arrived, attacked, and then truly fled; which means he's most likely going to be ambushed in some way as soon as he exits the cave.
It is only a brief moment of pause before he breathes out the rest of the air in his lungs through his nostrils in begrudging acknowledgment.
With no other option but to hang out indefinitely in the cave (and ain't nobody got time for that,) Childe walks to the entrance and outside without hesitation. His eyes and senses are sharp and alert while critical of everything, but he knows quite well all he can do currently is react.
He won't stand outside the cave but rather keep walking as if none the wiser. Afterall, if whatever that is wants to ambush him somewhere further away from the Shrine, it'd be impolite to keep them waiting.