Amber
*After meeting the mayor of the village so desperate of adventurers, Ale and Kaisa has reached the forest. This place is where you're going to exterminate vines, 5 at the very minimum but it'd be preferable to do more. The forest doesn't look wrong, but for some reason you feel rather uneasy about this place. All the citizens of the village formulate conspiracy theories about the forest, some say it's someone working from the shadows, others think the forest is displeased and wishes to get rid of humanity, and others also think it's a great tribulation from the gods. Of course, in the grand scheme of the world, this isn't such a big issue... Yet.*
Bernard
"Wonder why the villagers are worried. There's probably something in the forest,"
Julie
*Kaisa would be dressed in her armor. Completely covering her besides her helmet, with two pods attached to her shoulders. Both her arm blade and her shield are equipped, a silver dagger hidden in her armor.*
Laverne
*He had left his horse, lance, and well... Excess of stuff in a stable. He didn't need it. All he needed was his sword... Armour, clothing, bow, quiver, and dagger of doom and stabby! 

But there was one thing he needed... That he probably didn't have. That was called being able to s e e

Of course, he was still quite rather confused about... Well, last night! He didn't know what to feel and he was somewhat tired*

"Honestly, why couldn't this have waited till day... You have your armour... And I can't see. Can you see? Should I run back to the village to get a torch?"
Bernard
"I can see a little. Not much. Moon's out though. That's good"
Julie
*Senses were heightened in the dark. This included sight, but it was pretty useless without night vision. She remembered this scenario, it happened twice before*

*She remembered last night. She had realized that she shouldn't make any decisions while she was tired. Hell, she had literally told him to sleep with her! What was she thinking??!!! Hopefully she wouldn't do that again*
Laverne
"Lets just hope we don't end up too thick into the forest or I'll have to light a torch up in the middle of a fight... Let's just finish up this bounty and get back to the town before we just become blind"

*This scenario was really REALLY inconvenient for Ale. But no matter, he can see just a bit... Enough to make out shapes and stuff... Seems like he'll have to use his hearing and well... What little vision he has.

I mean, at least he's pretty well dressed for this. Cuirass, helmet, dublet, trousers, and jack boots. Pretty well dressed if I were to say so.*
Amber
*They make their way through the ominous forest, which seemed to have a much more dangerous feeling as they get deeper and deeper. They hear and see bushes rustling, but when they check them, it's just a random critter. But it's strange, each of the critters are injured with deep cuts and lacerations, no doubt caused by those malevolent vines. During the mission briefing it's known that they have vines specifically strong against bare skin and getting hit by one will cause serious bleeding. It was also mentioned that they learn overtime, due to this, you should expect the unexpected.*
Bernard
"The vines are good at cutting. Just look at the animals. The thorns probably lacerate deeply. Armor will be a big help here"
Julie
*Something was definitely wrong here. She's fought vines before, they were probably here. Never to this extent though. Hopefully Ale would be safe, he wasn't as well armored as she was*
Laverne
"You don't say? I just hope I'll be able to walk after this... Doubt leather boots'd do much honestly. Maybe one day I'll invest in some decent armour... But that day wasn't today I suppose"

*He said, taking a look around. All he could say? Dark. Want to know another thing he could say? This was seriously creeping him out. He doesn't exactly enjoy sapient vines...*
Amber
*Ferret is now adjusting to the lower light levels of the area illuminated by the moon, able to see passably. But... They now see 4 vines, 2 of them within 10ft of them, which attempt to whip then. The one on the right attacks Kaisa 2 times whilst the one on the left attacks Ale 2 times, with their whippy tendrils. The ones in the back grab a big rock (not boulder), and start swinging it round and round. They seem likely to throw the rocks at them.*
Julie
*Kaisa swiftly blocks one whip with her shield, then cuts the other tendril with her blade, the fire burning the vine. She fires a flaming barrage straight for the vine's center*
```Flaming Barrage cast, 92.5 mana remaining```
Laverne
*With his level 5 vision, he'd of course be able to see! Well... At least now he was. He made a quick back leap, trying to avoid the vine as it made it's attack... 

Sharp and fast. Assuming it was trying to hit his chest, it'd meet some resistance had it hit... Metal is quite strong honestly. 

But no biggy! He followed up with a ZAP ZAP from his ELECTRO PEW! Electricity hurts.. He doesn't know if plants feel. Either way, zap zap* 

 ```Used Electric Bolt! 105/120 Mana Remaining```

"Thanks for the callout! Could have done better... Hopefully!"
Amber
*Kaisa blocks one of the whips attacks, which just makes a light plomp sound and gets deflected, seems as if their vines are more suited for gripping rather than punching. Kaisa also cuts the vine, she also lands the flaming barrage, sucessfully killing the vine! Ferret is quick enough to step back avoiding most of the attack and shoot a bolt of lighting, it blocks with one of it's tendrils but it paralyzes the tendril.*
Julie
*Kaisa now aims for the other two back vines. She trusts Ale enough to be able to handle himself a partially paralyzed vine. She fires two Flaming Barrages at the other two vines*
```15 mana spent from Flaming Barrage, 15 regained, 92.5/100 mana remaining```
Laverne
*He then attacked the paralyzed tendril thing, trying to log it clean off, but keeping sure to... Well, not be sliced up by the other one! Let's hope he didn't get sliced up!

Exertion grunts! Slicy slicy? Swordy Slashy? OH AND UHHH... Other sounds that'd usually be associated with slicing things*
Amber
*The vine scuttles to the side, avoiding whatever slice Ale was attempting to do. It then makes an attack against Ale, with one of it's tendrils. Kaisa hits one flaming barrage but misses the other, one of the vines had died. The other stepped out of the way of the fire projectile and now throws a rock at Kaisa, at 60fps.*
Julie
*Kaisa quickly lifts her shield up. Her shoulder pods glow a fiery orange, and 3 Flaming Barrages fly out, one aimed for Ale's vine, and the other two at the vine*
```22.5 mana spent, 70/100 mana remaining```
Bernard
"Coming at you, Ale!"
Laverne
*Ale could very well see a very bright object coming his way. He didn't think he had time to strike the vine himself so... He pulled a tactical retreat! He moved himself very VERY quickly away from the vine. He hopes by doing this, he won't be hit with collateral and by a vine.*
Jonathan
"Thanks for the call!"
Amber
*With the paralysis that the vine had, it would be unable to move out of the way quickly enough, therefore it burns up because of Kaisa. The other slinger vine couldn't avoid 2 projectile at once and therefore also gets hit and burns up.*
Julie
*She would look towards Ale. She would be breathing harder than normal, her expression fiercer than normal*
Jonathan
"Yeah Yeah. I'm completely fine. Saved me right there. Didn't think I could hit the vine! Thanks"
Laverne
*He said, giving her a thumbs up as he flourishes his sword. Very cool sword you see! He looked straight up confused honestly. How were these vines seeing them? He'd need to closely examine these after the quest is over*
Michael
*Heavy Breathing from Exertion*
Julie
*Kaisa would smile, glad that he was ok. They would have to stay on their guard though, there could still be more vines*
Bernard
"No problem. Stay on your guard though."
Jonathan
"Yeah Yeah I'll do that. Don't fancy being sliced up like a piece of bread"
Laverne
*He said, really REALLY not wanting to be sliced up like a piece of bread. That tends to not be very... Appealing honestly. He just... Stood there, gathering his breath*
Amber
*(why do you have so many tuppers)*

*They decide to travel onwards! To victory, to honor, and to not dealing with these pests! In all seriousnous, the vines seem rather weak. But that's probably only the case for adventurers such as Kaisa and Ale, they're much stronger than the average person. The villagers must be going through hell now, and since this villages main export is lumber, they have to go into the forest or they cannot get food.*
Bernard
"Let me take the front. You'll be safer in the back."
Julie
*Kaisa knew that Ale wasn't meant to be a frontline fighter. He didn't have enough armor to deal with these vines. She needed to make sure he was safe*
Jonathan
"You see, I feel equally as safe in the front as I am in the back. But have it your way. I'm completely capable of combat!"
Laverne
*He said, sheathing his sword and well, drawing his bow. He took a few arrows in his firing hand so... He well, can loose a few arrows in a quick amount of time! On top of this, he got a cool new bow!

Wonder what was going in in his mind at the current moment... He seemed to be thinking about a few things*
Amber
*As they walk, Kaisa would notice vines in the bushes to the side of them. 2 on each side, one on each side is carrying a shield apparently. Ale would not notice this and therefore would not see a rock being hurled towards him at 60fps towards his chest. Kaisa would, however.*
Julie
*She would quickly run in front of him and hold her shield up. She couldn't let him get hurt in this. Her two shoulder pods would fire two missiles at the vine that had thrown the rock.*
```15 mana spent, 30 regained over 4 turns, 85/100 mana remaining```
Laverne
*He was probably saved! Let's hope Kaisa wasn't too affected by it. He then would string an arrow, unsure as to where to shoot... Quite dark honestly. He could definitely do with some night vision!*
Jonathan
"I can't see anything! Thanks for the save... But I need to have visual on what I'm shooting"
Bernard
"Near the bushes! One in each, two total!"
Amber
*Kaisa would've reacted time, but couldn't accelerate fast enough to reach Ale. Ale gets hit in the chest with a baseball sized rock, terrible injury, frankly. One of the vines scuttles away from the fire, the other gets stabbed with fire dart and burns up.*
Julie
*As she ran towards him, she fired four more Flaming Barrages at the remaining vines. She didn't want them to hurt Ale anymore, and leaving them alive would be risky*
```Flaming Barrage cast, 30 mana spent, 55/100 mana remaining```
Laverne
*He'd be knocked over with a big TWACK and WHOOMPH. His bow was next to him and he dropped his ~~croissant~~ arrows. Damn you open case! Nothing was broken. Just a slightly dented cuirass and a very dirty set of clothing. 

Overall, he was fine!*
Jonathan
"Yeah I'm fine. Not too... Hard of a hit. Better not to take any more I suppose"
Amber
*One of the shield vines blocks both darts coming towards it and it's companion slinger. The other shielder blocks it's dart. All shield vines run up towards Ale and attempts to whip him, 3 attacks in total (2 from one, 1 from the other) and a rock gets hurled towards Kaisa a surprising speed of 80fps! That slinger vine then gets out of the bushes, guess it stopped getting cheap shots and joined the fray itself.*
Julie
*Kaisa blocks the stone with her shield, pushing her back. She stabs at the slinger with her armblade, standing over Ale to protect him with her armor.*

```15 mana regen, 70/100 mana remaining```
Laverne
*You can't protect everything! Ale drew his sword and dagger, slashing at the creatures the approached to attack him. At this point, Kaisa was probably on top of him as Ale tried to slash at the creatures bases from below! 

As they threw their attacks, he slashed at the tentacles he could with his sword. The dagger was too short to be effective at this point, albeit being a foot long.*
Amber
*Kaisa was knocked out of the way. The slinger avoids the armblades attack, rather swiftly, you need strong and fast tendrils to sling rocks like that! Ale was likely swinging rather aimlessly, the vines themselves aren't much slower than him either, just a little below. The shield vine with shields remains blocks and the other evades the other attack, he however still cut one tendril, preventing one attack. The other 2 vines hit exposed parts and grip, hard, and is twisting around those limbs, a leg and one of his arms, the twisting would eventually cause deep cuts if not limb loss.*
Julie
*Kaisa quickly stabs the core of the vine on his leg, and punches the other with her shield. She can't do anything about the third vine, but she can try to prevent Ale from getting cut too hard*
Laverne
*He casted another lightning spell with his free hand. He decided that his hand was more important and less defended than his leg, which had a thick leather jackboot to protect it. 

He aimed the spell at any open spot at the tentacle thing. Have it be it's base... Or the tentacle, he'd go for it. He just hopes his dublet protects him well enough so the creature doesn't slit his wrist and well... Kill him.*

```Electric Bolt Casted! 90/120```
Amber
*Kaisa would try to defend him, but the slinger vine behind makes an attack against her ankle, attempting to trip her or otherwise make it so that injury to Kaisa would be more if she didn't focus on it. Ale however, would have better luck landing his lightning spell on the vine attacking his arm destroying the vine. The other vine would cut into the leg of Ale.*
Julie
*As the vine rugs at her ankle, Kaisa lets her foot slide, getting her closer to the vine. She stabs at its core using her right hand and fires two Flaming Barrages using her left, one at each vine.*
```15 mana spent, 15 regained, 70/100 mana remaining```