Andia: The Revolution

[Arch-Mage Matt]

Ashriel scowled at Aarys' enthusiasm. "Think I can go back to sleep? Wait out this stampede?"

[JVElEven]

Hremai had reachd the jeep and was now loading her machinegun.

Elle? What's happenning?

[Duh]

"Brace yourself, my dear!" Elle whispered to Hremai.

Out of nowhere, centaurs appeared from every direction. They wildly fired their submachine guns in the rebels' direction. One of them has knocked Aarys to the ground, nearly running her over. Another began firing at Hremai in her jeep.

One of them was wielding a rifle. He fired a bullet into Ashriel's kneecap. Meanwhile, three of them cornered Mary and Peter near their tent.

The other soldiers were engaged in a gunfight with the rest of the beasts.

[Eltee]

Almost as a reflex, as a spasm, Aarys fired three big .30 rounds at the beast's stomach from the ground, barely feeling the rifle's recoil bruising her unsteadied shoulder.

[Kerr]

Gladro opened fire with his SMG on the first beast he saw.

[Arch-Mage Matt]

Spoiler:

Passive aggression? I'll just be more annoying.

Ashriel fell to the ground and tried to crawl away on his good knee. He shot his pistol wildly into the crowd.

[Kerr]

Gladro went to heal Ash's wound with his healing spell. "You ain't going to die on me." said Gladro.

[Arch-Mage Matt]

"Do I really have a choice?" Ashriel groaned and took at shot at another centaur.

[King Acunasti]

"Baby!" Valentin pulled Aarys into cover behind one of the jeeps.

[Eltee]

Aarys kept on wildly firing at the centaurs. "What's going on?!?" She asked in a panicked voice. A rivulet of blood ran down her face from a deep cut on her scalp.

[Leyyuce]

Peter dressed himself furiously once the seriousness of the situation had properly presented itself; fortunately, despite his foolery, he had opted to retain possession of his rifle and so calmly readied the weapon once having donned some semblance of a coherent outfit. He immediately burst from the tent's interior, eyes wide as he calmly surveyed the surrounding attackers- within seconds he had effectively registered their presence and armaments, and so hastily targeted the nearest and fired several powerful rounds toward its chest and head.

[King Acunasti]

"Climb!" Valentin shouted to Aarys. He gave her a long, passionate kiss without caring about the blood that was running down her face. "Get high into a tree! They can't climb! Go!!! Now!!! I love you, sweetheart!"

[Eltee]

"They'll see me!" Aarys said. "Nono. It's too dang... Look out!" Aarys frantically fired at a centaur that was fast approaching Valentin. "Ohgod, Ohgod!"

[Kerr]

Gladro finished healing Ash and helped him to his feet.

[King Acunasti]

Valentin fired a series of massive rounds with his light machine gun, tearing the creature's torso in half.

Spoiler:

I figured I was allowed to do that, considering that we created the centaur who is attacking us.

After the creature hit the ground, Valentin turned back to Aarys. For the first time ever, he physically slapped her across the face. It wasn't an aggressive slap. It was merely to shock her into reality. "Get up into a tree!" he ordered. "They will not see you! Just go, hon! Now!"

[Arch-Mage Matt]

Ash stumbled and ran for cover. "Why did they attack while I was wearing my pajamas?" He moaned. Ashriel limped to a tent for cover, motioning for Gladro to follow.

[Eltee]

The slap did indeed jolt her into reality. Comprehension flooded swiftly into her eyes. For a moment, it still looked like she would protest... But then she glanced down at her belly. "I..." She stood. "Okay. Be careful. Be careful!" She said, disappearing into the trees and quickly scaling the nearest one.

[Kerr]

Gladro followed Ash to the tent to take cover. "At least you weren't caught with your pants down in the middle of the woods." said Gladro.

[King Acunasti]

"I love you, Rys!" Valentin shouted, leaning up against the trucks. His leg was in serious pain. It might've been broken. He positioned himself in the snow and fired ruthlessly into the herd of centaurs.

[Eltee]

Aarys watched, fighting every instinct in her body that screams day her to open fire, regardless of any caution to remain hidden. Eventually, her primal side won out. Seeing Valentin in pain, she took a deep breath, and steadied her rifle. She chose what looked like the most dangerous looking centaur, and sent a single round careening towards his bestial skull.

[Arch-Mage Matt]

"You're... weird." Ash got out. "Can centaurs be ridden by an Elf?"

[Kerr]

"No, but you can be ridden by them." said Gladro.

[JVElEven]

Spoiler:

Bah dun tsssch!

Hremai had taken cover inside he jeep, firing periodically so she want accidentally kill anyone she weren't supposed to, but was still taking a toll on the centaurs' numbers.

[Duh]

The centaurs had been driven off. Yet Ashriel's kneecap had been shattered and Valentin's leg was broken. 2 other rebel soldiers had been killed.

"That wasn't the entire herd!" Mary called to them all. "We must keep moving! Everyone get into the jeeps immediately!"

[JVElEven]

"Way ahead of you," Hremai yelled back sarcastically, cowering on the driver's seat of one of the jeeps.