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Offline Rhi-Rhi

Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [m]
« Reply #220 on: June 02, 2016, 03:56:07 pm »
Indeed, there was order in the chaos, and Esha soon began to pick up the patterns. So that was how they did it. Sheer numbers, brute force, and suicidal tactics. They won because they weren't afraid of dying, of sacrificing themselves. They won because they were mad and had nothing to lose and everything to gain. Up close and personal was where they excelled.

How many had already died in this battle alone?

Ironic as it was, Esha found she would probably be far more afraid of their attackers if she wasn't riding with Skerrondus. How could a beast that had conquered a world be taken down by this little gang? It looked bad, especially when their assailants began to board, but she found she felt nothing. Skerrondus would slaughter them all. Just as he had done to so many others.

Why did they even bother to fight him?

The thought spilled into her mind, and her eyes widened. Gods, she couldn't start thinking like that. If she started thinking like that, it would mean she had given up--and she couldn't give up.

She couldn't.

And she knew she had better hope that Skerrondus didn't make a mistake, because she at least knew what he would do to her. She didn't know what would happen if she fell into the hands of others.

Soon she found herself alone with Korto, and she twisted where she sat to look up at him, eyes wide. Alone. Finally. They hadn't had much time at all to speak before, and she latched onto the chance now.

"Korto," she whispered, just loud enough to carry to him--hopefully.
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [m]
« Reply #221 on: June 03, 2016, 10:29:23 pm »
Indeed, while Skerrondus had left his control room to fend off boarders, Esha wasn't exactly alone in there either. Korto wasn't the only Rividean on the Krushinya's controls, as it took a crack team of at least four to direct the systems and targeting orders for the main weapons.

Another piece of technology stolen straight from the Feylini.

Fortunately, Korto was the only one to hear her. He looked back to the other Rivideans, and then to her, although he was still operating his station.

"What?" he whispered.

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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [m]
« Reply #222 on: June 30, 2016, 03:26:40 pm »
Esha shot a look to the others, who seemed distracted enough, and kept her voice quiet.

"What now? Where are we going?"
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [m]
« Reply #223 on: August 13, 2016, 07:28:38 pm »
Korto opened his mouth to answer, but something flashed on his screen. His attention immediately snapped to that, and he pressed a few keys. The frame of the Krushinya shuddered as the main cannon fired, a sound not too distant from raging thunder, and a distant enemy vehicle was reduced to a smoldering crater and scattering vehicle parts.

From the surveillance cameras placed around the Krushinya, Esha would also be able to see how the boarding action at the front of the vehicle was going. it was a pitched fight, akin more to a bar fight with deadly weapons than any form of civilized or organized combat. Skerrondus joined the fight, pushing past his own men to get to the front.

After that, it was no longer a pitched fight. An enemy raptian found himself impaled on Skerrondus' rippa, and his limbs continued to spasm even as he was tossed screaming and bleeding over the side. Skerrondus was a terrifying sight, and the enemy fighters seemed to inconvenience him about as much as individual blades of grass inconvenience a lawn mower.

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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #224 on: August 14, 2016, 10:33:04 am »
Esha yelped and covered her ears at the cannon fire, and stared in disbelief at the smoldering ruins left in its wake. Oh gods. This was how Jeth had been conquered. Sheer, fanatical, suicidal brute force and chaos. When the other side wasn't afraid to die, wasn't afraid of who or what they destroyed, and had numbers to throw away, it made it significantly harder to face them.

And Skerrondus...

He was a bloody force of nature.

Esha covered her mouth, feeling ill at the gore, but couldn't look away. How did you fight an enemy like this? An enemy bigger, stronger, and more insane than your people? She didn't let herself look away, even as she wanted to vomit. She couldn't. The least she could do here was hold onto the hope that she could escape--and once she did, anything she could bring back about Skerrondus, about their fighting styles, about their technology, would be invaluable.
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #225 on: October 12, 2016, 04:35:08 pm »
The fight against the boarders didn't last much longer than a minute. Skerrondus' presence bolstered his men and made the enemy falter, and before anybody could even run away, the very last enemy's head went bouncing off the Krushinya's deck.

Skerrondus cracked his neck, and started walking back, and before long, the door to the control center opened. He stood for a few moments, armor damn near painted with blood. A stray bullet bounced off his shoulder plate, and he barely acknowledged it with a glance back out the door before he stepped in.

He took a seat, setting his gore-covered sword down against his seat, and for a few moments, he seemed set on ignoring her. Suddenly, his head turned to face her, eye slits betraying no emotion, and he motioned towards himself.

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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #226 on: October 14, 2016, 11:32:47 am »
It ended as quickly as it began, and Esha tensed all the more when Skerrondus came marching back her way. Her ears went back, her eyes widening at the sight of so much blood, like he had bathed himself in it, and she shrank as far away from him as the chain would allow as he took his seat, her knees pressed into her chest and arms hugging them fiercely.

He had basically single-handedly dealt with all those boarders...and hadn't even flinched at the bullet glancing off his armor. Gods, why couldn't it have lasted just a little longer? Provided just a little extra distraction? She needed to talk to Korto, but who knew when she'd get the chance again.

Her heart beat wildly as she sat there, the stench of blood overpowering her senses. And then, suddenly, he motioned to himself, and she jumped, her throat tightening in budding dread.

"...Y-yes, master?"
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #227 on: October 19, 2016, 02:39:21 pm »
"Come a little closer," he said, and he took off his helmet again. He motioned towards himself, but suddenly, Korto spoke up.

"Warmasta, Nutturna boss is peelin' off," he said, and in a moment, Esha was forgotten. Skerrondus stood right up off his seat and stood by the Raptian's station, viewing the screen intently.

"Send one of the wings after 'im," he commanded.

Another Raptian on the controls spoke up, this time at the sensor station.

"Zoomas comin' up!"

There was a moment of quiet apprehension as Skerrondus' eyes widened only slightly. It wasn't fear by any stretch of the imagination, perhaps more like a predator recognizing that his prey had fangs as well.

A smattering of bullets came crashing through the ceiling and the hull rumbled as something went screaming overhead, and the guns visible from the control center turned upwards.

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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #228 on: December 23, 2016, 02:26:14 pm »
Closer? Esha's heart sank. The way he was looking at her...he couldn't mean...?

Korto saved the day, however, and she wondered if he realized he had. Her sense of relief was temporary, though--because then shit hit the fan. Again.

With a cry, Esha dove down and curled up small, covering her head with her hands as though that would protect her from bullets. Wings, he'd said. They had flying artillery? Of course they did...they stole Feylini tech, after all...

Still staying low, she peeked out from between her fingers at the scene unfolding. She had to keep observing, no matter what. She wanted nothing more than to hide, but there was nowhere to go--and this was the only way she could be useful, for herself and for others.
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #229 on: April 04, 2017, 11:12:00 pm »
A small group of vehicles peeled off of the formation to chase the fleeing command vehicle, all the while the remaining ones (including the krushinya) turned their guns upward and engaged with a threat from the sky. Fighter craft that left trails of black smog in their wake zoomed through the air, dodging about and doing plenty of shooting of their own.

Skerrondus himself snarled and moved back to his throne, picking up a machine gun the size of Esha with three barrels on it and stepped back outside.

He yelled and jeered in Rividean as he opened fire, not caring just how deafening his own gun was.

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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #230 on: June 19, 2017, 09:49:26 pm »
Oh gods, I'm going to die. The thought flashed through Esha's mind, not for the first time by any means and not for the last. Her life was in perpetual jeopardy here, and maybe, maybe if this was how it happened...maybe it would be a mercy. Blown up by heavy artillery would be a far cleaner, quicker way to go than the torture and tearing that Skerrondus was capable of.

But that didn't mean she was ready to give up yet, either. She had her mission. And she had a will to live, too.

It just didn't feel like it would ever end.

She stayed curled where she was, her wide eyes taking in all the stolen tech, tech she hadn't realized they'd stolen. They had aircraft now? That was valuable, terrifying information.

She whimpered as explosions went off around her, wincing and pulling on her ears as though that could help muffle the sounds, but her hearing was sensitive and the sound was deafening, her ears already ringing as she cowered in place.
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #231 on: September 15, 2018, 10:36:15 pm »
Skerrondus fired for what seemed like forever, sometimes cursing between bursts of his machine gun, the flyer proving to be difficult, unpredictable targets.

Indeed, the influx of Feylini materials and tech had caused a new wave of Rividean warfare as clans and warbands decided to test their new toys out on the eternal battlefields of Rividea.

Skerrondus fired until an explosion shook the side of the Krushinya, and SKerrondus rushed back inside, narrowly avoiding the explosion as an erratic missile from the aircraft struck the hull. The aircraft were little more than armored, super-charged rocket engines with armaments and wings with control surfaces.

"Corto!" Skerrondus barked, smoke curling in behind him until he sealed the door. He stepped over to the throne, and sat back down, sparing Esha a glance.

"Get the Acky runnin'! An' hand me the gatla on the top side."

Corto jumped into action. It seemed the blue raptian was gifted with an aptitude for advanced technology, as he processed Skerrondus' commands with admirable efficiency. A holographic video screen gave Skerrondus a view from one of the weapons mounted on the top hull, and Esha would be able to feel the vibrations as the weapon fired. Skerondus used a combination of a targeting eyepiece and a control stick mounted on one of the arms of his throne.

SKerrondus laughed after a few moments, evidently pleased with his handiwork, and spoke.

"One O' you get Klerra on the horn. Tell 'er to sweep 'er wagon about, clean up those carcasses. We're almost done here."

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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #232 on: January 03, 2019, 09:26:09 pm »
Esha didn't understand a word of the tech jargon, if that's what it even was, but Corto did--and that was also useful information. The raptian had a knack for that, and Skerro clearly trusted and valued him to have him here in this place. Which...made her wonder. Who was he? And why was he helping her? How did that even happen that he would be on the Feylini side?

Which also meant...he was risking a lot, here.

Trembling, Esha's ears perked slightly when Skerro said they were almost done. The fighting was almost done? They'd made it out alive? And though she was grateful to be almost in the clear, a dark part of her was disappointed. Had his war machine even suffered much damage from that seemingly endless barrage?

What would it take to stop it?

She stayed curled where she was, ears covered and eyes wide, trying to make herself small and unseen. As much as the fighting had been a nightmare, in a sick way it had also been a blessing. Any time his attention was off of her was a small mercy.
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #233 on: March 11, 2019, 05:29:57 pm »
Skerrondus spoke up, idly thumbing the chain attached to Esha's neck but not pulling on it yet. His other hand was still on the control stick, and he panned it about before sitting back, taking the headgear off.

"And just like that, another bunch'a runts made inna grass food. Corto, you've got the treads," he started, and Corto nodded. The Krushinya snarled and lurched forwards again. If there was any significant damage to the supertank then nobody here seemed to acknowledge it or even care.

Corto looked back from his console to Skerrondus.

"I don't thinks they were ready for us, boss. Whaddaya reckon they were doin' here?"

Skerrondus shrugged, and looked down to Esha, keeping his eyes on her as he spoke.

"I think ya should get the war trucks on the screamer, tell 'em to fish out any Nutturnas they find. We can put the screws to 'em later," he said, the anticipation of violence ringing clear in his voice.

And then, he spoke directly to Esha.

"Why ya so scared, longear? It's just war. Come on over and sit on Skerro's lap, you'll feel right real quick," he said in a purr, and he started to loop her chain around his wrist.


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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #234 on: March 12, 2019, 11:13:43 am »
Just war? It was a massacre, with—if she’d deciphered his slang right—the possibility of torturing POWs, and he was acting like it was just a fun little segue! How the fuck they managed to ruin her planet when they were so busy ruining each other, she had no clue. But she didn’t have time to ponder that when he spoke words that sent a chill down her spine, and the chain drew taut.

Esha resisted as long as she could, bracing herself against the pull before it started to choke her, and only then did she cave. She shot a helpless look toward Corto, belly twisting sickeningly because he was so near, her contact to the outside—but nothing could be done. He couldn’t help her, at least not now. And if Skerrondus was going to torture her...

Gods, she didn’t want him around that.

Ears flat against her head, she crawled into Skerro’s lap as she was pulled and sat cautiously at the edge of his knee, desperately trying to keep space between them. Her mind raced, searching for a distraction. She didn’t know what he wanted, whether he just wanted a lap dog or wanted something...else... but she didn’t want to find out. Distractions and delays were the only weapon she had, and so far even that had been ineffective.

“I...I didn’t grow up fighting amongst my own people, master,” she said quietly, deciding to answer his question. “I knew war. But I’m no soldier. Why do your people fight?”
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #235 on: March 15, 2019, 02:47:27 pm »
She perched on the edge of his lap and Skerrondus was quick to pull her against him until her back touched his chest plate. He put an arm around her middle, holding her like the property she was to him. He grinned like a bastard the whole time, his steel-shod fangs catching the light quite well.

"I fight to live. I stomp necks because if I didn't, somebody woulda stomped my neck first. But now?"

A hand drew up to her breast, where he squeezed it, and he smiled wider.

"This planet's mine. Your planet's mine. My klan grows bigga and bigga, and now there's just some weedy dissentas left to mop up. Rivideans who dunno who the strongest is and longears who don't know their place yet."

He chuckled.

"They's gonna step in line or go screamin' under my treads. An' when more ships is done, I'm gonna do the same to another planet, and anotha affer that. It's all mine already, they jus' don't know it yet."


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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #236 on: August 21, 2022, 03:03:08 pm »
No, no, no. Pulled fully into his lap with her back pressed against his chest, Esha went stiff, her breath coming a little faster and heart beating a bit quicker. Every part of her cringed against the contact, and she bit down on the inside of her cheek to keep from making a pained sound as he squeezed her breast. Not that she could have made much noise to begin with, with her throat constricting in fear. It made it difficult to breathe, much less think--and she needed a cool head now more than ever.

Or did she? Was that just what she kept telling herself, in an effort to keep herself sane and hopeful? Telling herself she still needed to keep her wits about her, because...because things might turn around? Because she still had a job to do, and could still be useful? Could still be saved?

Because she needed to believe that all of this, everything, would be for something?

She held perfectly still, like a rabbit frozen under the eyes of a fox, and shot another look Corto's way. Skerrondus wouldn't...do anything right here, right? Gods, please no.

"There's a saying I've heard," she finally managed to say, voice a little raspy with panicked breathlessness. "There's always a bigger fish. You're someone else's guppy. What happens when you finally meet a shark? Planet hopping like that...you're just looking for your doom."
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Re: That which yields is not always weak. [glooob!] [M/TW]
« Reply #237 on: September 08, 2022, 07:35:10 pm »
Skerrondus paid no mind to Esha’s contained sounds or her cringing against him. Besides, her scent betrayed her, along with the movements she wasn’t able to contain. If Skerrondus had suddenly started to find her displeasure bothersome, he wasn’t showing it. Instead, after he’d gotten his brief fill of fleshy dalliances, his arm came to rest across her lap and he used his other arm to switch on some communications equipment before gripping the top of Krushinya’s steering wheel.

”Great Warmasta, we’s got upturned NutTurnas all ova’. Too many to bring back,” came a female Rividean’s voice.

“Take your wing about. Pick up the drivers, the oilers. Leave the others to walk back home,” he growled with a growing smile.

“And the metal?”

Skerrondus’ finger started drumming a bored rhythm on Esha’s lap.

“Bullets and fuel. Burn the rest of that NutTurna junk.”

The radio cut off, and Skerrondus grinned to himself.

As he was talking, Esha’s glance towards Corto would find that he was looking sidelong in her direction as well. Not at her, but at Skerrondus himself, as if his narrowed glance could strike the warlord dead right then and there. His gaze lowered to meet Esha’s for a brief moment, and he nodded reassuringly. Skerrondus was done talking then, and so Corto’s attention returned to his station.

“And tell me, my dear little Esha, how do you think I got to this point?” He started, hand rising from her lap to brush the flat of a talon along her chin and lift her gaze to him, although if she turned her gaze away he wouldn’t force her to look.

“I’ve lived my entire life surrounded by the big fish. If one day, we find a people that can squash us like bugs, it won’t be long before their strength is our own. They may break us, they may free the Feylini. They may even drive us into extinction. Or maybe, just maybe… the guppy will tear out the shark’s throat.”

He clenched his free hand in the air.

“Your technology, your numbers, all your satellites, and starships, and all those little defense cannons perched up around Jeth, meant nothing. Your resistance means nothing, your leaders mean nothing. If one day, Jeth rises back up to tear out Rividea’s throat…”

He paused, smiling as his hand stroked her lap gently.

“Then our peoples will have more in common than ever. And I cannot wait for that day.”

 

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