2019.04.22: Hunters Taint

Hunter's Taint
IC Date	April 22nd, 2019
Players	Ildar, Johanna, Khol, Xenovia ST
Location	Outside the Bawn
Spheres	Gaian Garou Shifter

<Kandula's Hope> Xenovia says, "Ildar.. there's a hunter too close to our camp. He just took a pot shot at our tent and now shooting up into the trees. WTF, ... what the..."

<Kandula's Hope> Johanna says, "What? You guys need help?"

<Kandula's Hope> Xenovia says, "For fuck's sake. One was shooting up the trees, to flush everything west! I fled right into the trap. There's a second one shooting up from the ridge line. Guys, I'm hit."

<Kandula's Hope> Johanna says, "Where are you? If nothing else I can get you out of there!"

<Kandula's Hope> Xenovia says, "Damn... about twelve yards behind a fallen tree from the tent. I fell OUT of the biggest tree here. I can regenerate, but... I gotta get this slug outa me first."

There's a hunter on the west side he'll come up on first. He doesn't expect a Garou to be sneaking on in, loud or not. He's got a rifle pointing at their campsite, and he's peering through the scope, looking for signs of movement. The taint on this one reeks. Spiral kinfolk. Perhaps even black ops, with the way he is dressed. He has an earpiece in, and most likely he's coordinating the attack with the other kin.

The green camo tent is shot up to hell. The two ops guys were hoping to take one of the Gaians out while sleeping in this place. Unfortunately for them, Xenovia likes sleeping above in the trees. The guy to the West with the sniper rifle is the one starting to slowly creep toward the camp. The other one moving from the opposite side, can now be seen by Ildar up in the tree.

Further west is Xenovia, resting behind a downed tree. She's curled up to press against it, and she presses her hand against her left side where there's a seeping gunshot wound. She's remaining quiet, but there's something obviously wrong if she's not /Misting/.

Thunder cracks within the sky above as the wind starts rolling down upon the mountain and into the campsite. Whoooosh! It sounds eerily like a low howl. The taint the spiral kin carry, becomes evident right away to Johanna.

The kinfolk on the further side of camp tosses a small metal device into the low burning campfire, within a circle of rocks. It causes the fire to change color, into a dull orangish purple. Smoke whippets upward, choking the natural air and fern scent from the immediate vicinity.

Johanna bridges not far from where they are, trying not to be so obvious with the light and all from the moon. She has not shifted just yet, trying to stay smaller and figure out what the hell is going on and where Xenovia is. Knowing trouble is afoot, she quickly senses for Wyrm taint first. Granted, it does not take much of anything with what the kinfolk did, or his being to begin with for her to know - this ain't right. Wyrm is present. She concentrates and thinks over the pack link. >> Honor's Keeper? How many are there? What's the plan? Xen? Do you need healed first? Or we take them out first? <<

Ildar, now in that raging beast mode, pauses up in the tree. Peering down at the camp, those sky blues glitter with malice as that answer would come across. <<Two. Humans. Working together. Xen is to the side. I am above. About to jump. Directions, Starchaser-Rhya?>>

<Kandula's Hope> Xenovia says, "They shot me with something that is burning. But I don't think they know they got me. I can't shift. The pain is too great, and it's not letting me heal. Rain might be coming. I feel Grandfather isn't too far away."

<Kandula's Hope> Johanna says, "Honor's Keeper - prepare your bow. I'll distract and get them in targeting distance. you take them out from above. Unless you want to feel tainted flesh in your claws?"

<Kandula's Hope> Johanna says, "Once they are down, Xen, I'll come heal you."

<Kandula's Hope> Khol says, "What's happening?"

The wind is now howling down off the mountain as there are two black spiral kinfolk, dressed in black camo gear hunting through the Gaian campsite. Xenovia and Ildar set up a camp yesterday, that is now being infiltrated. Xenovia notified through the packlink that she's been shot. Ildar moonbridged in, and shortly after, so did Johanna.

Xenovia is laying on the ground beside a fallen tree, trying to hide until the calvary arrives. Meanwhile, as Ildar jumped up into a tree to gain a vantage point, one of the spiral kin threw a metal device into the campfire. It's now starting smoke colors of orange and purple.

<Kandula's Hope> Honor's Keeper says, "They die on your word, Starchaser-Rhya."

The orange and purple smoke wafts upward, sending a toxic cloud of taint that begins to wilt the leaves on the trees. In another minute, they will begin to shrivel.

<Kandula's Hope> Khol says, "I am extending my help to you all, you should become aware of everything on the battlefield in moments. " as he works from home here.. rather than taking the time to travel there.."

<Kandula's Hope> Honor's Keeper says, "They're using poison and taint. As much as I want to rip their throats out. Smart is ranged. Thank you for the sight, Khol. I have both targets ready when you are, Starchaser-Rhya."

With a crunch of bones and stretch of muscles, fur flies and wind swirls. Johanna becomes a dire wolf

Starchaser gets ready and the set... and leaps forward falling into Hispo. Activating her abilities to resist pain, she remembers the mongoose-spirit that taught her to avoid being hit. Getting RIGHT out into the middle of the fray, she jumps around, snarling at the nearest spiral tainted kin. From one side to the other, no way he can miss her! Yip, yap, growl! Looking toward the other kinfolk further away, she prances and dances around to get his attention as well.

The two spiral kinfolk quickly whip around when the Wolf comes out of the dark and lunges at them. One swerves his rifle over his shoulder and even though he's trained to get that shot off quick, with the scope? Fail. Fail. The Wolf is THERE, and where he thinks she is, he's whiffling in the dark. One shot goes off, but it's clearly in left field.

The other spiral kin spots the Wolf and he begins to close in. But it's only as if he's drawn into the trap to also miss. *BAM! Another shot flying over the tent and into the underbrush. Neither of these two guys are being successful, and it starts to cause a sense of panic.

<Kandula's Hope> Honor's Keeper says, "The best shot is now, Starchaser-Rhya..."

<Kandula's Hope> Starchaser says, "Go for it! I've got them ready for you!"

Honor's Keeper held. He held the shot as Starchaser bound out to mess with the hunters. Held as they opened themselves up to those shots..

With a feral snarl, a low growl rumbling from where HK is posted up in that tree, that rage raced through him as those arrows were drawn, notched and fired. The successive strikes were fast enough that the men didn't stand much of a chance. Both of them had their eyes taken almost at the exact same time. While the one man dropped from the arrows to the face, the other didn't get that mercy as HK's arrows blossomed down the front of his body, from head to groin, slamming him backwards to die in the dirt.

<Kandula's Hope> Honor's Keeper says, "I don't know what they did to Xen.. if he wasn't dead I'd kill him again! We need to help her. It's messing her up.. and stop that fire thing.."

<Kandula's Hope> Starchaser says, "Khol- you work on helping control this with Honor's Keeper. Then we can perform rite of cleansing. I got Xen!"

<Kandula's Hope> Khol sounds a little stressed "The wind didn't move the first time.. Im trying to gather it together.. Give me a moment."

<Kandula's Hope> Honor's Keeper says, "Khol. Try to suck the stuff back. I'm dealing with the source.."

Ildar would focus himself, gathering that power about him as he eyed the flame. With that bow put away again, Ildar leaps from atop the tree, gathering himself for that impact into the fire, stomping on it to make it go out with a low growl of pain and rage.

<Kandula's Hope> Khol says, "You got it."

Starchaser stampedes over to Xenovia as fast as her paws can take her, and the shifts to Glabro. "Hold still, I'll get the bullet out." Her finger claws get right to it, and dig into her and remove the nasty bullet. It stings her, but not that bad - thanks to Resist Pain. "You need cleansed too."

Xen's a big whiney Storm Kami when it comes to getting that bullet out! Yep, that one hurt. She whimper cries when all is done, and then her body kicks in to heal once she's able to lay her head down on the ground and rest.

More thunder rumbles in the near distance, and clouds begin to form in mist above the tree branches. Moisture is promised to bead, and fall on the ground shortly, thanks to the spirits drawing closer, once the taint is removed from the area.

The gathering mist seems to buffet, then redirect.. the air swirls and starts to gather, its not super fast yet, but the toxic smoke is starting to be drawn back and up, away from everything.. Swirling slowly faster.. you can hear Khol in your heads "This .. is more difficult than I thought.. It will take a bit more .. but it won't spread further, and should start to come back together.. " he is clearly exerting himself from wherever he is.

Kicking the can they used to taint the fire, HK would finally calm down enough to shift. Looking about and relaxing as SC is able to heal Xen, he gathers himself and would start that ritual of cleansing. He knew SC would help when she was done with Xen and well.. between the two of them was the better healer to help Xen too!