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Post by Manah on Mar 10, 2024 0:36:08 GMT -5
His quick thinking and unique ability allowing him to successfully cause an explosion right at the center of snarling pack of monstrous beasts, blowing them up and back to the hell they crawled out of. For the most part. Some of them survived, although grievously injured... but the stranger put them down quickly with some more well-aimed gunshots.
"Now that's an arrow", the man said as he got down from his horse, his voice raspy and a bit tired. "Stay with me, son, I've got you", he said as he grabbed some supplies from his saddle and moved to clean, disinfect and bandage his wounds. Allowing Taskmaster to see a man in his late forties, early fifties with a greying beard and a brown leather wide brim hat with a matching duster coat, with dark blothes underneath.
(OOC: Got your white stone back, but it'll still hurt for a while. -1 sitmod to all actions involving that leg for a day.)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Mar 10, 2024 0:45:49 GMT -5
"Thanks for the help sir, I might have been a goner had you not intervened. Name's Taskmaster... At least that's the only name I remember half the time." He said. "You?"
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Post by Manah on Mar 10, 2024 18:36:36 GMT -5
"Carter", the old man said, tipping his hat. "Carter Slade. I'm... sort of a bounty hunter, kind of like you. And I gotta say, that's quite the bounty you're chasing, son. That Schultz feller... he ain't human, not anymore. Those damned canines were but a warning... he knows you're coming."
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Mar 10, 2024 18:37:21 GMT -5
"I see... Think I can take him?" He asked.
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Post by Manah on Mar 10, 2024 19:05:00 GMT -5
"Were it but him alone, I would say yes. You are quite strong, boy", he said, smirking. "But it won't be him alone. The man's a blood-drinker, a leech. A vampire... and like them of his kin, he will have his puppets, his mindless ghouls and his unholy beasts."
He took out a metal flask and took a sip out of it.
"Perhaps you'd like a bit of company on this hunt of yours?" he suggested.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Mar 10, 2024 19:05:51 GMT -5
"Works for me." He said. "I'll cut you in at 50%."
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Post by Manah on Mar 11, 2024 21:07:17 GMT -5
"Won't lie to you, son, I'd have said yes at even less than that. My main concern is that the leech is killed", he said, smirking.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Mar 11, 2024 21:09:18 GMT -5
"Alright, do we move out now, or can I have some time to recover?" He asked.
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Post by Manah on Mar 14, 2024 19:47:56 GMT -5
"Oh, you should very much recover, son. Also I wouldn't take that fiend on in the middle of the night, either. You will need to be at full strength, so do get some rest. I will watch over you in case more of those beasts show up... but now that they know I'm here as well, I doubt more will", he assured him.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Mar 14, 2024 19:52:37 GMT -5
"Alright... Thanks." He said leaning back to rest.
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Post by Manah on Mar 15, 2024 21:14:20 GMT -5
He soon fell asleep despite the still somewhat present pain in his leg despite the old man's care.
When he opened his eyes again, the morning's light was already shining over the plains as the smell of eggs, beans and sausages cooking and coffee heating up came to his nostrils, courtesy of Carter's, and the campfire he had lit.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Mar 15, 2024 21:27:37 GMT -5
He managed to force himself up. "Hey, I miss anything?" He asked.
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Post by Manah on Mar 16, 2024 20:01:00 GMT -5
"Nope. Nothin' else vile showed up but a snake, and it didn't get close enough to be a bother", he said, handing him a plate with his share of the food. "How's the leg?"
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Mar 16, 2024 20:02:48 GMT -5
Let me check." He said standing up, and taking a few steps around.
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Post by Manah on Mar 17, 2024 23:11:18 GMT -5
It still hurt, but his good night of rest had certainly helped. He was fairly certain another handful of hours of rest would suffice to recover provided he didn't use his leg much if at all for that time.
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