that’s fair
I just don’t think this poor soldier thought this one through; she slung the bat at him the last time and knocked him to the ground with it, which makes me dread what a full-force Ari would do colliding with someone much less dense than her 
he could’ve left when both Ari and Dolphus abandoned him to Mako and walked away 
also fair
I guess we’ll see what Ari does in the morning 
I can’t believe you two spent like seven messages discussing Ari’s running capabilities 
As someone quite tall, I often notice myself being able to outrun most people, and keep up with those much more athletic then me, at lest on short distances. But I am also not a walking mountain of muscle (although that is the plan ), and I imagine that all that extra weight would slow you down.
Another thing is that Ari’s body is slowly starting to give out after all the stress (you know, fighting against a raging storm all night by herself, and then running around the island for half a day) and from lack of proper sleep… I doubt she’ll be able to catch up, even if she acts rapidly.
In other words, where is Karl and his handy dart launcher when the world needs them so much??? @DuneToa
Okay I genuinely don’t understand how you managed to interpret Ari noticing Mako’s antagonistic intent and jumping in to shield Dolphus from the attack he was clearly preparing, while trying to defuse the situation in the only way she could think of, as her looking for a fight
Did I jump the gun a bit? If you want, I can edit this.
This presents a problem.
Given the position the soldier is in, with what he knows and how much of a threat he represents, it’s impossible for either Ari or Dolphus to realistically let him get away, which means they’d both go back into the forest to find him. They’d need to do it soon, too, before any other members of the crew get involved, and potentially stumble upon the cottage and the dragon.
Abandoning him could lead to Mariner insisting he be found, too, since everyone would know about the soldier existing due to Mako and Alexis both seeing him, and the questions that would arise would eventually lead to the discovery of the murdered soldier as well as Sureheart and Devan.
So I guess no Mariner scene yet 
Guess it’s time to show how much damage fire magic do.
Yipee
DuneToa I see you faving let’s see a Karl post
maybe if everyone returns to posting consistently we can use our combined powers to revive Winger 
That was a doggone fast post
also I like how everyone is attacking this guy from several yards away lol
Technically no, he’s wearing a “friendly” uniform. Also Ari stripped away most of his uniform.
Other than that post looks pretty good.
Fixed the error with the uniform.
I know I didn’t fully describe the injury in the post, just so it’s clear for your posts, the marine now resembles two face, and his shoulder is almost completely gone
Also I think we may be close to ironing out a mistake I made early on in the RP.
(In regards to the captaincy debate.)
I know I already responded to this, but I just wanted to point out that there’s no reason for Alexis to be panicking like this when the Armada is literally where she lives
Like, the fact that this guy is Armada shouldn’t be a cause for concern when there’s five different Armada factions and he’s not clearly tied to any of them, all of which are not clearly enemies at this point (outside of some sussery from the north fleet with the thauin)
And one of which literally gave them a full ship and crew and was like “Go off I guess”
Yes but the crew has knocked him out and is now chasing him intending harm, that’s gonna cause some problems.
It’s best to be prepared to get the heck out of dodge in case negotiations go south. Much less if there is any to begin with
I wonder how she plans to get out with a shattered keel
Great question, good thing that one of her flaws is that she’s not the greatest at thinking super far ahead.
hopefully she’s good at hearing 14 y/o My Chemical Romance rejects
Also pat on the back winter for making the soldier’s injury from the fireball similar to dolphins for maximum angst
It’s true
I focused on his heartbeat for a reason
Gonna wait for an Ari post before I do anything with the Marine.