I want cookies! The Bastion job.

Bastion wandered quietly through the forest, his thoughts turned inward this day. He had come out here to organize his thoughts, bring to focus some of the issues that had been truly bothering, such as his new guild mates and how wreckless and fool hardy they could be! Their lack of experience or caution would surely be the death of him, he thought to himself.

So focused on his thoughts was he that he didn't even notice the little boy darting towards him from a bush until it was almost to late. He spun, bringing Bansuir around to chop whateverit was in half, but stopping himself suddenly as the boy neared, arms outstretched to him. "I want cookies! Do you have cookies mister?" he shouted as he neared, clinging to Bastions leg.

Bastion was truly at a loss here. What on earth was this child doing so far out here? And alone at that?? Gently Bastion pried the child off of his leg, squatting down so that he was eye level with him. "Hush little one. Answer my questions and I shall get you some cookies, I promise."

The child nodded, looking up at Bastion with a small smile, seemingly oblivious to the dangers. "Ok I will answer." he said with a big grin.

Bastion couldn't help but smile at the innocence he saw in the boys eyes, a pure soul, untainted by the world as of yet. A true reminder of why Bastion did as he did. "How did you get out here? Areyou alone?"

The child nodded his head vigorously. "No, I came out here alone. My mom was making cookies but wouldn'tgive me any, so I came out here to wait. I heard there was a kitty cat out here! I wanted to see it!" he said excitedly, causing bastions eyebrows to rise. Kitty cat? If he had heard about the townsfolk, then it must be the lion that had recently escaped. Trouble indeed.....

Bastion stood up, taking the boys hand. There was a village nearby, it should be where the child came from. If not, they might know where he is from. "Come on kid. I will take you to get some cookies."

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Bastion had just started leading the child away when a short, broad, ugly little Vulcan came charging him from the bushes. Bastion had little time to consider where the brute might have come from or how he had missed it, as the little brute was heading right for the shocked child, its mouth drooling. Bastion would have none of that!!! Using the hand he had been holding, he yanked the boy up off the ground, activating his Strength of the Bull spell, allowing him to toss the boy into the air before snapping a foot out at the beasts face. Truly he was forced to wonder at the time, what damage might he have done to the boy just then? Such a jerk could have possibly dislocated the childs shoulder! No time to consider that though, other business to attend to. After all, better a dislocation then being eaten!

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The Vulcan to its credit, raised its arms to block the kick. But Strength of the Bull affected his entire body, allowing for truly incredible feats of strength, and so the kick had quite a devastating blow on the beast, crunching its arms and nose and sending it flying back into the bushes, just in time for Bastion to catch the child, who was silent from shock. Good, Bastion thought, less likely to bring trouble down on us. After a quick check of the child to make sure he hadn't hurt his shoulder by the toss, to which he was surprised to see he hadn't, he headed off towards the edge of the forest, Bansuir clenched tightlyin his hand. Surely the childs racket, and that little scuffle, had attracted more creatures. Even now he could hear them, rustling in the bushes. shadowing his every movement....... well, a good job was never easy he supposed.

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As Bastion ran, watching the bushes, he could never have expected what came leaping out at him. He had suspected another Vulcan, or perhaps a small pack of them. Despite what he had done to the other one, Vulcans were not known for their intelligence, especially in groups. Hell, he had thought perhaps it was even a bandit, or some other ne'er do well! But he never would have expected that in this great big forest, of all the jobs, all over Fiore, he, with all his bad luck, HE would find the damned lion! It leapt out of the bushes, claws extended and fangs bared, aiming to tackle Bastion and the boy, trying to pin them to the ground to maul them. Bastion would have none of that, and he threw the boy away, into a bush,, as he brought Bansuir to bare, preparing for battle. "My lucky day I see." he grumbled to himself.


(Bastions counter first, lions try second)

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Bastion was indeed knocked to the ground, under the lion. After all, how many people could really have caught all that weight and rage and just stood there. But Bastion sure as hell wasn't going to make this an easy kill for the lion, not with Bansuir firmly planted in its midsection, its precious life blood gushing out. Unfortunatly for Bastion, the wound was not enough to slay the stubborn beast, and its front paws were just within reach of Bastions face.

"Now now, none of that! Kitty go bye bye now!" he said as he curled his legs up to his chest, activating his cricket leg spell and kicking up at the lion. Just as one of its huge paws came in for the kill. Bastion really hated taking this kind of risk, and this most certainly was not what this spell had been originally intended for, but cricket legs oughta give him just enough power to launch the lion off of him, and create room for him to prepare himself.....

(Bastion first then lion)

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Baston saw the claws incoming and was forced to drasticly change his plans. As much as he wanted to see if his legs could indeed launch the lion, he instead twisted his legs, kicking against a near by rock instead of the lion, breaking the rock as he did so, and kicking out, sliding along the ground, out from underneath the hungry, hostile animal. This action also dislodged Bansuir from the Lions belly, allowing it to fall to the ground, on its paws of course. Bastard cheating cat, Bastion thought to himself as he rolled to his feet. Thankfully his cricket legs spell was still active, which meant that maybe, just maybe, he could get back in to the fight before the cat was ready. After casting a furtive glance the childs way, good still there, watching fascinated by the fight, he leapt at the lion, Bansuir leading the way!

(Bastion then lion)

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Unfortunatly for Bastion, this lion was a bit smarter than your average......well that's not a fiiting comparison. But the lion saw him coming, and as he neared it leapt to the side, swiping at him as he passed. To Bastions credit, he was able to twist his body enough so that only one part of his body got raked by the claws. Unfortunatly, that part was his arm, his left arm. The claws dug three, long, deep, furrows into his arm, one claw even scraping bone, and he came down into a roll, wincing in pain. He quickly regained his feet and took a few steps forward to make some more room, quickly checking the damage to his arm. Damn, he thought, a brand new scar.

"Damn! That hurt like hell." he muttered, looking behind him, his eyes widening as the lion suddenly pounced at him, jaws wide, claws extended!

"Oh come on that's just not fair!"

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Bastion spun about, grabbing Bansuir with both hands and thrusting the handle up, into the lions clamping jaws. The jaws almost bit right through the wood. And the weight could not be stopped by Bastion, especially with his injured arm. He was again bore down to the ground, his left arm buckleing due to his injury, letting the bladed end fall to the ground, where it dug deeply. Still, there in the dirt, the weapon found a better base than Bastions wounded arm. His right arm, somehow, stayed locked, though his elbow jammed painfully, but he held, keeping the jaws at bay, and forcing the lion to compensate, meaning its claws hit the ground, not him....for now.

"Ya know pussy cat, I am really starting to see a trend here. I mean its not even our second date and already you keep trying to be on top. How about we switch things up?"

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As the lion lifted its paw, preparing to swipe at Bastion, all the while gnawing at Bansuir, trying to get down at bastion, the wizard activated his Strength of the Bull spell again, using his good arm to throw the lion off of him, making it thud into the ground. He then quickly rolled the other way, quickly getting back to his feet, eyes narrowing as he spun to eye the lion.

He took a moment to examine the situation, trying to figure out where to go from here.. A messed up arm, hell two of em if he counted the jammed elbow, a broken weapon, which would not be easy to fix, and some pretty bad blood loss. And the child, still there, still vulnerable..... could he really risk seeing this battle through to the end?

Unfortunatly, the lion was giving him no time to consider escape routes as it crouched and then leapt again, enraged by its wound.

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Bastion's eyes widened, and he heard the child gasp off to the side. Here it was, the deciding moment. Everything seemed to slow down for Bastion as he watched the lion leap at him, every single detail becoming fully, crystal clear. The gleam of the fangs, his own flesh hanging from the claws, even the red in the enraged animals eyes. Spells ran through his mind, strategies, dodges and feints, all trying desperately to come up with a solution to this, someway out, something to save him. Something.....anything.....


Almost in the blink of an eye, everything sped back up, and nearly two thousand pounds of fur, rage, and teeth buried Bastion, baring him to the ground, as Bastion took the only option open to him, aiming the broken bansuir at the lions stomach. It was a move of sheer desperation, after all, could he possibly hope to get his weapon there in time, and could it, in its present state, truly save him?

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Unfortunatly for Bastion, his spear did not make it to the mark before the fangs found theirs. But Bastion was fast, and he brought his left arm up, wincing in pain but fully understanding it was do or die, he covered his arm in Crocodile Scales, letting the lion bite down on that rather than his neck! "Damn that was to close." he snarled out, as much to himself as to the lion.

Bastion struggled hard against the lion, trying to shove it off, but with little luck. The damned thing was just so big! Somewhere though, off to the side, a sound caught Bastions attention, a sound he truly needed to hear.

The child was crying again, off to the side, likely in the same bush Bastion had left him, a sound that pierced Bastions heart. NO! He thought to himself! He refused to die! Not here! Not like this! If he died here, then so to would the child, a truly unthinkable result!With every ounce of courage  he had, Bastion gritted his teeth and prepared for round two.....

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The lion lifted a huge paw, intending to swipe Bastions face off with those massive, terrifying claws, but Bastion was having none of that! As its paw came in, Bastion shot out his free hand, relinquishing his hold on Bansuir to do so, to catch the paw and then yank, throwing the lion off balance to roll it off of him, so that he could roll back to his feet, leaving his hat behind. A move that had relied on luck as much as timing, it shockingly worked, saving Bastions life!

He crouched down, eyeing the lion as it regained its feet and began to slowly circle about him, looking for an opening. Bastion presented none. After all, he was a skilled fighter who now had a pretty good measure of his opponent. It snarled at him, tamping down its back legs as if preparing for another leap, but then suddenly rushing in low!

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