[Barrier Successful]
[Successful Use: 25/100]
[Qi -10]
[Karma -5]
[Aura of Suppression Successful]
[Successful Use: 40/100]
[Con. Qi -90]
[Karma -900]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879979]
[Current Qi: 343142/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519918/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
I bubble up and brace myself as the team killing fuckwits who are still standing start Qi channeling and interpretive dancing. One windmills his arms, legs wide and knees bent, slapping his legs repeatedly, a whining distortion forming in front of his chest. When he stops, still in a wide squat, he crosses his fists over his chest, their backs to me. An X behind his thickened air.
[Piercing Shot Successful]
[Successful Use: 57/100]
[Qi -30]
[Karma -5]
[Qi Drained]
[Qi -100]
[Karma -10]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879980]
[Current Qi: 343012/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519923/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
I was going to see if I could siphon the scream ball, but my shot goes straight through it, pinning his arms to his chest. I don't know what he was supposed to do next, but he doesn't, whatever it was, and the bubble bursts, blasting his arms off and sending feedback up my fraying line. Fack! Kinda felt like when I 'sploded my strings on purpose. Hm.
Another, wrists pressed together, palms out, fingers curled, turns to the left then thrusts his arms straight with his right arm on top, tucks them in to his chest, pivots all the way to the right then thrusts his arms straight with the left arm on top, the movements done in quick succession. When he pulls his arms back to his chest he slowly turns to face me, his hands crossed over his chests, still in his squat and I wait for the air to start distorting.
[Qi Drained x2]
[Qi -100 x2]
[Karma -10 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879980]
[Current Qi: 343012/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519923/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
Instead he roars, a blast of super cold air following the sonic blast. The lady next to him, who also did the weird flailing leg slap while shrieking with her eyes closed, which was enough to throw off a few of the recovering robed figures, raises one bent knee, her pointed foot in a prime position to kick herself in her not balls before she straight punches her ball, slamming her foot down behind her. The ball bursting sends another shockwave on the tail of the dude's banshee roar and I'm hit with a double whammy of corpse coldness.
[Barrier Unsuccessful]
[Successful Use: 25/100]
[Qi -10]
[Karma -5]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879984]
[Current Qi: 342802/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519938/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
The fuck? I tried to create a barrier and my energy felt stiff. Fro...zen... Those bastards froze my Qi! Frickin' undead! Hmm-mum-mum... How I unfreeze my Qi?
[Qi Drained]
[Qi -100]
[Karma -10]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879987]
[Current Qi: 342702/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519948/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
While I'm trying to remember how to get the energy flowin' one of the bastards leaps at me, actually gets ahold of me what with me having no barrier, then starts juicing me. With his hands? His mouth is nowhere near me, but where his hands are on my wings is getting a very frosty feeling.
Welp. I flip, just a forceful forward rear flinging, the pressure of his hands helping me pivot until my-end-formerly-known-as-silk-maker is sitting on his hat, and I've got my body wrapped around his head.
-Juice Box Wars!- I shriek while making sure I've got a good grip.
[Feeding Successful]
[Qi 1000]
[Karma 10]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879989]
[Current Qi: 343702/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519958/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
I can't bubble up and ensure that we've got some alone time, so I take a quick nibble, ride the floppy boy down--.
[Qi Drained x2]
[Qi -100 x2]
[Karma -10 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879994]
[Current Qi: 343502/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519978/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
--and then we both get blasted. Why is getting hit draining my Qi? I scamper away flapping my wings like a numpty, trying to be as distracting as possible while Woodcock keeps kidnapping people.
Is it the freezing thing? Why can I still spin then? I never did find out where silk comes from.
[Qi Drained x2]
[Qi -100 x2]
[Karma -10 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879999]
[Current Qi: 343302/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519998/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
I try to hide behind some of the tossed furniture but I still freeze. Boo~! Is it snot or hair? While the dude I rode down is getting fed on by the two blasting corpse-ew spewers I try to figure out why my Qi is frozen and if I sneezed out my butt.
[Barrier Successful]
[Successful Use: 26/100]
[Qi -10]
[Karma -5]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879998]
[Current Qi: 343292/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519993/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
Wait, my Qi isn't frozen. Um... But corpse ew...? My shield withstands the double corpse blast, but the two corpse flailers jump closer. So I run over to some of the earlier downed bodies to see if there are any Qi drops left.
[Feeding Unsuccessful]
[Qi 1000 x0]
[Karma 10 x0]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23879998]
[Current Qi: 343292/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519993/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
I touch one with a leg and get nothing. At least I only didn't get anything instead of getting nommed on by my greatest enemy. Procrastination.
[Qi Drained x3]
[Qi -100 x3]
[Karma -10 x3]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23880005]
[Current Qi: 342992/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95520023/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
-Ack, bitch!- How the frick do they keep popping my bubble by touching it? -That was funny, you assholes!-
Maybe I shouldn't be making jokes when I can't figure out how their attacks work. Their attacks don't affect my bubble, but they can eat my shield, mebbe? Am I undead? No, I eat everything, not just people. How do they keep popping my shield?
[Qi Drained x2]
[Qi -100 x2]
[Karma -10 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23880010]
[Current Qi: 342792/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95520043/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
-I'm getting hungry for food food,- I grumble.
I can't bubble after they chew on me, not for a little bit, but I can eat just fine. So I run around like a jackass, flinging the furniture at them in an attempt to disrupt their skills into backfiring. When they fire off their attacks normally the furniture just feel cold and brittle, when the furniture is thrown into the blasts it ages.
You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.
-Granny tables,- I do a quick spin before flapping off.
[Qi Drained x2]
[Qi -100 x2]
[Karma -10 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23880015]
[Current Qi: 342592/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95520063/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
Is it intent? 'Cause the furniture is taking hits either way. Do you use Will when you throw stuff to intercept an attack? Can I eat people through attacks.
I freeze, coming to a full stop, when I realize I've only taken bites out of my attackers. Why aren't I eating their attacks? What the fuck, me? I even said I was hungry! My eyes drift over to the empty juice boxes. They aren't the first corpses I've eaten.
[Qi Drained x2]
[Qi -100 x2]
[Karma -10 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23880020]
[Current Qi: 342392/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95520083/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
-Holy, fuckballs, popping out into a bubble really messed with my head...-
As I race around the room I start banking the corpses that stay down. I rip an arm off of one, chewing on it as I hop around the room. Their attacks take so long to wind up, not to mention the fact that they're just blasting everything in front of them so I just have to get behind them. But they're not really doing any damage and I'm hoping to develope a resistance to being fed on.
[Qi Drained x2]
[Qi -100 x2]
[Karma -10 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837838/23880025]
[Current Qi: 342192/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95520103/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
The arm is stiff but it and the clothes don't seem affected by the corpse ew, least not as much. Unless they're stiff because of the corpse ew and not just because they're old parts. Kinda disappointed that they just taste like salty dried pork... Figured they'd take like pickled veggies or jerky. Or summer sausage.
-I'm making me hungry...-
I'm not even done with the arm, but it's not very satisfying. It feels hollow, like there's something missing. Does Qi give all things flavor? If I dump Qi into stuff will that make it tastier? I think they're draining my stomach more than my life. I'm hungry. Or it could be all the wasted string.
I pop into my home away from everyone as long as the emperor doesn't have a chaos skill up his ass to grab a bite to eat. If they can snack, I can snack. I go into the kitchen, conjure up a chair, open my bank, and start scrolling. Pretty sure I ate all of the meals the emperor made, there's still stew --.
-I have bread!- I gasp, close my window, and recoil from the prince captain guard boyfriend who was staring at me from the other side. My face falls as I remember that I brought him in here, saw him, then left him again, and forgot. -How do I keep forgetting you're in here?-
I sigh as I try to decide whether or not to kill him, Woodcock says he's strong which means tastey, trap him, I don't think he can siphon me here, or just ignore him when he picks me up and sets me on the floor. I feel my scales and hairs bristle. This bish is going to tell me I can't sit on my furniture in my house in my voidspace?
-Nah, bitch,- I raise my head, preparing to spit ball him in the face when I blank. Why didn't I spitball the princess? -Hmmm?-
There's a plate of meat and bone chunks with some kinda oil drizzled over it. I nibble on a piece and realize bish melted fat over everything. He gave me a raw meat platter. Most people keep trying to feed me plants, but wimbles are carnivorous. I eat everything, but still! I'm touched and still pissed. How are you going to disrespectfully respect me. Ack! My head! I'm gonna be sick...
After I eat. I form another chair, place the plate on the counter table, look pointedly at Flying Fist or whatever his name was as the prince sits in the chair I made earlier, and then eat. And the food isn't bland. Or cold. And I don't remember having anything other than fish out...
-*Where'd you find this meat?*- It's one thing if I'm eating people. It's another thing for someone to butcher someone then feed them to me for funsies.
The captain who would be zombie prince smiles warmly, like I'm a puppy despite talking to him with some form of magical energy telepathy while pulling shit out of thin air in an area he should have no information on, and casually reaches into his upper robes. Out comes a bag about the size of his open hand, and how the hell did that not fuck up the cut of his robes?
He tips the bag, reaching in and pulling out what looks like the claw-footed hind flank of something horse-sized. But it's him sized. How the fuck did he get that into the mouth of the bag? I thought bags only fit things you can push through the opening?
-Why? That makes no sense.- I know for a fact you can just Will stuff into bags. Where'd this fake info come from?
Nevermind the fake info, where'd my me go? One of my defaults in a fight is to spitball, but I didn't do it once. I was all piercing shots. What happened to me? Did I eat too many stupid people? Why would I not fight because I couldn't punch? Why am I even trying to punch? And I forgot to eat? But nomming is what I do!
I pull out a jar of stew and a loaf of jar bread, tempted to put more bread on to auto collect when finished, but I don't want the charmed man who carries raw meat around to mess with anything. As I'm opening the jar to dip the bread into the stew, the bastard snatches the bread from me, shaking his head at me. Be disappointed all you want, this is my house and my food! I glare at him and grab another loaf from my bank. When I try to dunk it he snatches it again. Slowly. How the fuck am I not dodging out of the way?
-What happened to my golden reflexes?-
I drink the stew out of the jar, glaring at the not lord as he sighs. And while he's busy being butthurt I snatch back my bread. Nom! So satisfying. He grumbles something I can't make out, resting his elbow on my counter and his chin in the palm of his upraised hand, and I grab back the other loaf and keep eating. I watch him as he watches me, noting that he looks a lot more expressive but still kinda blank.
-*You waking up?*- I keep nomming. I need to go back soon, but can I hand him over to Woodcock or would that be a bad? -I suppose it can wait...-
He sits up, blinking at me and I figure I should leave before he tries to stop me. I'm still in the middle of a fight, after all. I put the jar away after only eating a quarter, ducking out and back into the fight with the edge taken off of my hunger. To see Woodcock getting slapped around.
The black robes are literally holding him up from where he's slumped on his knees, one on each arm, casually pingponging his head back and forth slowly. A quick look around shows that he's done work seeing how there's only the princess and the two black robes. Guess I need to do my part.
[Floating Crescent Blade x2]
[Con. Qi -30 x2]
[Karma -30 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837778/23880010]
[Current Qi: 342135/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95520043/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
I fall back onto an old favorite. My wings flick forth and release not scales or wind, but something that looks like blades made of a thick dark crystal. They're strong enough to break my thread with no problem, so they can probably swipe the stuff off of their face easily enough. My floating crescent blades, decoratively etched and razor sharp, chop into the side of ones head and into the others neck. And they're still standing.
The one who had his head chopped into slowly slumps before falling over, but he's too stiff. If anything it looks like I just stunned him. The lady whose neck got cleaved just stands there. She uses her slapping hand to keep her head in place, turning her head, with her hand, to face me. Her mustache, which was painted on, is slightly smeared, and I wonder what Woodcock did.
There's a weird chittering sound and it takes me a while to realize that it's coming from me. I'm laughing at her smeared makeup. Her eyes narrow and I wonder how she figured it out, until I notice I'm also pointing at her. Whoops.
She releases Woodcock, her now free hand curling into a fist before she uses her head hand to turn and glare down at the thief. Oh, shit! She's going to take it out on him!
[Floating Crescent Blade x2]
[Con. Qi -30 x2]
[Karma -30 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837718/23879995]
[Current Qi: 342075/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519983/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
My wings open and flick forward, the blades forming above them before they're commanded to fly. The first only chops into the arm, not even cutting through, and the second chops deeper into the neck at a different angle, and still doesn't cut through. The fack is she made of?
She steps back, dropping to a knee right next to Woodcock. Fack! Is he dead or unconscious? Who cares! I have to stop her!
[Piercing Shot Successful x2]
[Successful Use: 59/100]
[Qi -30 x2]
[Karma -5 x2]
[Anchor Sigil Successful x2]
[Successful Use: 7/100]
[Qi -75 x2]
[Karma -5 x2]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837718/23879990]
[Current Qi: 341865/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519963/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
I double punch. With silk! The first shot catches the elbow of the head arm, the second skirts along the side of her face, across her cheek, smashing her nose and smearing that ridiculous mustache in passing, and she finally falls. Onto her ass. She's still alive? What the fuck?!
[Piercing Shot Successful]
[Successful Use: 60/100]
[Qi -30]
[Karma -5]
[Binding Sigil Successful]
[Successful Use: 12/100]
[Qi -75]
[Karma -5]
[Current Condensed Qi: 1837718/23879988]
[Current Qi: 341785/5850300]
[Current Karma: 95519953/107275977]
[Max Will: 9,597,021]
[Mortal Wallet: 10E,26K,228P,154R,179Da,155De,105k]
[Spirit Wallet: 0Dr,0Ph,0Th,1199Di,126Co,10526St]
I scramble away, shooting my shot into Woodcock to drag him behind me, boldly running away while screaming. I don't want to know what she's going to do to the dude I knocked down, and I've no doubt she's going to feed on him, but every hit she gets off on me appears to fuel them somehow.
But a plan's a plan. Woodcock takes the townsfolk to safety, and I'm supposed to take care of the roaming dead. Technically we're down to two undead jackrabbits, and one of them can't move freely. If mustache is trapped with only shouty magee and the big princess, then if she can't heal after finishing off her teammate and goes after the princess, I win, question mark?