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Eva
Jun 8, 2018, 5:21:02 PM6/8/18
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[Nico]
In the woods not too far from where the Inn was, a faerie dragon was curled up in the crook of a branch against the trunk of a tall tree, well hidden from view. He watched the ground below, his attention on the center of a small clearing. With one eye cracked open, he watched the foliage shuffle one way, then another, and back again where he knew Zae was preparing one of her experiments to test another one of her strange concoctions. His mind wandered wondering which she had settled on, decidedly not envying any creature that would wander across it.
[Zae]
Zae flitted about in the clearing, tinkering and fussing. The only current indication of the invisible pixie's presence was the swishing of the grasses and flowers, and her intermittent mumbling as she talked to herself. Occasionally a small rock would get moved, and placed very intentionally in another spot. She very carefully laid a few acorns within the space she had created, with a couple special ones spaced out, and then stepped out of it. She closed her eyes in concentration, focusing, and a few mushrooms popped up at the edges of the space she had created. She squeaked in delight, happily zipping up to where Nico was and flopped against him, her journal out and ready to record the results. "Now... we wait!"
Troshen
Jun 9, 2018, 2:01:21 AM6/9/18
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[Gwen of Weifar and The Old Hunter]
"What is the secret about Razordrakes?" Gwen asked.
"Well, you gotta' paint eyes on the beck ev yer head, of course! That way they'll think you're always a'lookin at'em."
The two went on chatting for some time, and Fawn brought the Hunter his breakfast of gruel. Gwen was surprised.
"Aren't you having an omlette too?" she asked. "They're delicious. Don't you want to try one?" Hers was gone from the Dark Aura having finished it while they were talking. It had eaten slowly and quietly this time, to avoid detection.
"Oh no, only for special occasions," answered the Hunter. "Those axebeak eggs cost a lot because they're from so far away and hard to get. So not for every day. But don't you worry. When I bring some back from my next trip, I'll have one or two." He winked at his little joke.
A bit later, he was finishing his bowl, and he turned to her.
"So, what brings you here to our fair city of Montfort?"
"Well, Yubaba has me looking for this list of items, you see." She pulled out a long strip of paper. On it was golden-green ink and writing in a spidery, thin hand. At the top of the list it said 'Pixie Petals.' "I've heard that there are pixie's near Montfort, so I'm here to try and find Pixie Petals......" Gwen trailed off. "What?" she said.
The Old Hunter was looking at her, incredulously.
"What," Gwen said again. "Aren't there pixies near here?"
"Oh that's not the problem," he shook his head. "There are. But I've never heard tell nor seen aught of a pixie with petals, 'n'morover, me'doubts that they'd be willin' ta'part with'em even if'n they DID have'em. And by me, you may not want to go about fiddlin' with them pixies. You're liable to wind up a stone or a tree or a sparrow. They're finicky folk."
But Gwen persisted, and the Old Hunter eventually gave in. They paid for their meal, bid a short goodbye to Fawn, and headed out into the woods.
"What is the secret about Razordrakes?" Gwen asked.
"Well, you gotta' paint eyes on the beck ev yer head, of course! That way they'll think you're always a'lookin at'em."
The two went on chatting for some time, and Fawn brought the Hunter his breakfast of gruel. Gwen was surprised.
"Aren't you having an omlette too?" she asked. "They're delicious. Don't you want to try one?" Hers was gone from the Dark Aura having finished it while they were talking. It had eaten slowly and quietly this time, to avoid detection.
"Oh no, only for special occasions," answered the Hunter. "Those axebeak eggs cost a lot because they're from so far away and hard to get. So not for every day. But don't you worry. When I bring some back from my next trip, I'll have one or two." He winked at his little joke.
A bit later, he was finishing his bowl, and he turned to her.
"So, what brings you here to our fair city of Montfort?"
"Well, Yubaba has me looking for this list of items, you see." She pulled out a long strip of paper. On it was golden-green ink and writing in a spidery, thin hand. At the top of the list it said 'Pixie Petals.' "I've heard that there are pixie's near Montfort, so I'm here to try and find Pixie Petals......" Gwen trailed off. "What?" she said.
The Old Hunter was looking at her, incredulously.
"What," Gwen said again. "Aren't there pixies near here?"
"Oh that's not the problem," he shook his head. "There are. But I've never heard tell nor seen aught of a pixie with petals, 'n'morover, me'doubts that they'd be willin' ta'part with'em even if'n they DID have'em. And by me, you may not want to go about fiddlin' with them pixies. You're liable to wind up a stone or a tree or a sparrow. They're finicky folk."
But Gwen persisted, and the Old Hunter eventually gave in. They paid for their meal, bid a short goodbye to Fawn, and headed out into the woods.
Eva
Jun 9, 2018, 5:09:26 PM6/9/18
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[Zae]
Zae wrote in one of her many notebooks, doing calculations and postulating different theories and applications for her work. She closed her eyes, focusing, trying to run through some possibilities and ended up nodding off.
[Nico]
With his eyes closed he listened to the scritch-scratching of her writing tool in her notebooks for a while. When her head rolled a bit to the side and she curled against him more, he realized she had dozed off. He found it funny that she could think herself into exhaustion. Keeping one eye peeked open on her test area, he wrapped his tail around her to keep her secure while she napped.
Zae wrote in one of her many notebooks, doing calculations and postulating different theories and applications for her work. She closed her eyes, focusing, trying to run through some possibilities and ended up nodding off.
[Nico]
With his eyes closed he listened to the scritch-scratching of her writing tool in her notebooks for a while. When her head rolled a bit to the side and she curled against him more, he realized she had dozed off. He found it funny that she could think herself into exhaustion. Keeping one eye peeked open on her test area, he wrapped his tail around her to keep her secure while she napped.
Troshen
Jun 10, 2018, 10:29:01 PM6/10/18
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And so the Old Hunter led Gwen through the woods outside of Montfort. He was shaking his head thinking of the silliness of it. Although it was a bad idea, searching deliberately for pixies, it wasn't as bad of an idea as many other things he'd done, and he'd always made it back alive so far. So what could happen? He'd lead her around a bit, probably not find anything anyway, and then circle back. She seemed like a city girl and probably wouldn't be able to follow an animal track, much less find a magically hidden pixie hollow. And she wouldn't even be able to tell when they circled back, he was guessing.
But he was very curious about her aura. "What was that aura, anyway," he wondered. It reminded him of something. Wasn't sure what, but it'd come back to him.
They'd walked for an hour or so, when the Hunter stepped over the ring of mushrooms, and his foot hit an acorn. An expert hunter he may be, but this was a little jaunt through the woods close to home, humoring a young girl. He wasn't on his best game, lets put it that way. And at that moment he was actually looking over his shoulder. Gwen was walking under a willow tree, and holding the long draping branches up like the Hunter had done, so she could walk under it. He watched her dark aura snap out at the tree branches, and some kind of blast of air shooed the branches up and out of Gwen's way. She walked under before they fell, no longer having to touch them.
Back in the ring, the Hunter's foot stepped down on an acorn. Like a giant's, in seeming slow motion coming to rest heel first, then ball, then his toes touched down on the little forest food.
Gwen didn't step in the ring at all, actually. The aura yanked her back, and she almost stumbled. It held her up and she got her balance back. Outside the ring.
Eva
Jun 10, 2018, 11:27:45 PM6/10/18
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[Nico]
Nico's eyes opened up once he heard something coming towards the clearing, and was a bit surprised it was humans. He gently shook Zae with his tail, trying to wake her up while also watching what was happening. Zae would surely ask once she was cognizant enough to do so.
[Zae]
Zae grumbled as it felt like some force was pulling her out of her dream. But...but... but then she was conscious, her body slowly remembering where she was. Nico's tail around her, well, she hoped it was Nico's tail around her. Unless some other small dragon like creature was curling up with her, which would be really kinda weird, as her brain slowly shifted from still asleep musings to being awakeish, she realized, YEP, it was Nico's tail...on a branch, in a tree... and then there was a loud ~POOF!~
[The Hunter]
As he glanced back, he probably took stock of the young woman behind him, before suddenly feeling very confused. Which was up? Wait, where was he? Was the grass this big a moment ago? Wait, where was he? Where did the young woman go? Was she this way? Or wait... there's a giant over there! He turned to get some distance, but found himself unable to go more than a few scampering's one way or another. He was so confused. He paused. The acorn looked delicious. Was he hungry? Maybe he was.
Nico's eyes opened up once he heard something coming towards the clearing, and was a bit surprised it was humans. He gently shook Zae with his tail, trying to wake her up while also watching what was happening. Zae would surely ask once she was cognizant enough to do so.
[Zae]
Zae grumbled as it felt like some force was pulling her out of her dream. But...but... but then she was conscious, her body slowly remembering where she was. Nico's tail around her, well, she hoped it was Nico's tail around her. Unless some other small dragon like creature was curling up with her, which would be really kinda weird, as her brain slowly shifted from still asleep musings to being awakeish, she realized, YEP, it was Nico's tail...on a branch, in a tree... and then there was a loud ~POOF!~
[The Hunter]
As he glanced back, he probably took stock of the young woman behind him, before suddenly feeling very confused. Which was up? Wait, where was he? Was the grass this big a moment ago? Wait, where was he? Where did the young woman go? Was she this way? Or wait... there's a giant over there! He turned to get some distance, but found himself unable to go more than a few scampering's one way or another. He was so confused. He paused. The acorn looked delicious. Was he hungry? Maybe he was.
Troshen
Jun 11, 2018, 12:02:58 AM6/11/18
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((OOC, this is getting pretty dang funny))
[Gwen Weifar, and the Old Hunter?]
There was a ~POOF!~ and a shimmering cloud, and the Old Hunter was gone! Gwen made a shooing motion, and the dark aura freed her to walk forward. On the ground ahead of her, Gwen could see a ring of mushrooms, and in her sight, they now had a faint glow around them. She could see them clearly against the ground now. And inside the ring, instead of the Hunter, a cute little squirrel scampered around. It ran up to the ring of mushrooms and was stopped by something. Then it ran the other way and was stopped by something else. The squirrel looked at Gwen, then ran away, then saw an acorn, then grabbed it and tried to run again, but was stopped again.
So it dropped the acorn and chittered at Gwen, as if blaming her for his condition! She shook her head. Squirrels didn't think like that..... did they? Anyway, maybe she could rescue him.
Gwen reached out to pick up the squirrel to help him get out of the mushroom ring, and the aura went with her. There was something above the ring of mushrooms, and when the aura met it, electricity snapped and sparked wildly. Gwen was able to step inside the ring, and then on the inside, the boundary of her aura became just completely alive with sparks and zings, and electric zaps. There was something here in this ring, and it was as if the aura was burning it off at the edge of the aura.
She bent down to try and scoop up the squirrel. The Aura snapped and sparked, and the jaws seen before reached out to gobble the little creature down. Both Gwen and the squirrel jumped back!
[Gwen Weifar, and the Old Hunter?]
There was a ~POOF!~ and a shimmering cloud, and the Old Hunter was gone! Gwen made a shooing motion, and the dark aura freed her to walk forward. On the ground ahead of her, Gwen could see a ring of mushrooms, and in her sight, they now had a faint glow around them. She could see them clearly against the ground now. And inside the ring, instead of the Hunter, a cute little squirrel scampered around. It ran up to the ring of mushrooms and was stopped by something. Then it ran the other way and was stopped by something else. The squirrel looked at Gwen, then ran away, then saw an acorn, then grabbed it and tried to run again, but was stopped again.
So it dropped the acorn and chittered at Gwen, as if blaming her for his condition! She shook her head. Squirrels didn't think like that..... did they? Anyway, maybe she could rescue him.
Gwen reached out to pick up the squirrel to help him get out of the mushroom ring, and the aura went with her. There was something above the ring of mushrooms, and when the aura met it, electricity snapped and sparked wildly. Gwen was able to step inside the ring, and then on the inside, the boundary of her aura became just completely alive with sparks and zings, and electric zaps. There was something here in this ring, and it was as if the aura was burning it off at the edge of the aura.
She bent down to try and scoop up the squirrel. The Aura snapped and sparked, and the jaws seen before reached out to gobble the little creature down. Both Gwen and the squirrel jumped back!
Eva
Jun 11, 2018, 12:53:12 AM6/11/18
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[Nico]
Nico was admittedly quite surprised by the volume of the activation of Zae's handiwork, jumping slightly. Fortunately, the sound seemed to wake Zae up right quick, snapping her focus back to recording her results.
[Zae]
Zae caught herself holding her breathe, and shook off the last of her sleepiness and grabbed her journal and started quickly writing in it, jotting down all her observations. Something, perhaps acquainted with the lady, had activated her Squirrel Nut Bomb. She wrote a quick note to check with Nico later about what he observed, then tapped her wrist at him to track the time and returned to scribbling down quick notes. It appeared disoriented, and confused, and that was working as intended. Additionally, it was also a squirrel, so that was working as intended also.
When the squirrel started chittering at the lady, Zae found that strange, and wondered if the disorienting effect had worn off already. She made a quick hand motion to Nico, marking time to be remembered, and then another to continue counting, as the target was still a squirrel. She also wondered if the squirrel retained it's mental faculties, or regained them... Ahhhhh! More questions than answers!
And then the lady reached out to try to assist the squirrel - she scribbled in her notes, -very likely connected-, and watched as the faerie ring sparked and had an electric reaction to the lady, turning into a full on light show once she was inside the ring. She frantically wrote this all down, then gave a quick sideways glance to Nico to see if he was as perplexed as she was by the electric reaction to the faerie ring. That had never happened before...
[Nico]
Nico's eyes were wide, this was really -quite- the show. Admittedly, Zae's experiments were always interesting, but this was one heck of a doozy. There was definitely something very odd about that woman... and then jaws appeared out of nowhere to try and eat the squirrel! Zae began, somewhat cautiously, flying over to investigate closer. ::Zae...::, Nico said in mind-speak, to try to ground her from being lost in her thoughts and observations. He was beginning to worry Zae would get herself into more trouble than she could get herself out of. He stood where they had been resting on the branch, at the ready.
Nico was admittedly quite surprised by the volume of the activation of Zae's handiwork, jumping slightly. Fortunately, the sound seemed to wake Zae up right quick, snapping her focus back to recording her results.
[Zae]
Zae caught herself holding her breathe, and shook off the last of her sleepiness and grabbed her journal and started quickly writing in it, jotting down all her observations. Something, perhaps acquainted with the lady, had activated her Squirrel Nut Bomb. She wrote a quick note to check with Nico later about what he observed, then tapped her wrist at him to track the time and returned to scribbling down quick notes. It appeared disoriented, and confused, and that was working as intended. Additionally, it was also a squirrel, so that was working as intended also.
When the squirrel started chittering at the lady, Zae found that strange, and wondered if the disorienting effect had worn off already. She made a quick hand motion to Nico, marking time to be remembered, and then another to continue counting, as the target was still a squirrel. She also wondered if the squirrel retained it's mental faculties, or regained them... Ahhhhh! More questions than answers!
And then the lady reached out to try to assist the squirrel - she scribbled in her notes, -very likely connected-, and watched as the faerie ring sparked and had an electric reaction to the lady, turning into a full on light show once she was inside the ring. She frantically wrote this all down, then gave a quick sideways glance to Nico to see if he was as perplexed as she was by the electric reaction to the faerie ring. That had never happened before...
[Nico]
Nico's eyes were wide, this was really -quite- the show. Admittedly, Zae's experiments were always interesting, but this was one heck of a doozy. There was definitely something very odd about that woman... and then jaws appeared out of nowhere to try and eat the squirrel! Zae began, somewhat cautiously, flying over to investigate closer. ::Zae...::, Nico said in mind-speak, to try to ground her from being lost in her thoughts and observations. He was beginning to worry Zae would get herself into more trouble than she could get herself out of. He stood where they had been resting on the branch, at the ready.
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Jun 21, 2018, 11:22:35 AM6/21/18
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(Lycari)
A thousand miles or more he had walked, through forest and meadow, over mountains and dunes. Silently he had stood at what seemed like the edge of the world, gazing out across an endless sea. His paws hurt, but he never suffered hunger or thirst. His native strength and natural knowledge had kept him alive throughout the years since he had gone on this futile search.
He had crept close to towns, but never went in, allowing his magical essence to comb the inhabitants for individuals like him and his tribe. Deftly he had avoided notice, with both his natural ability and the magic that was born into him. All the while he had searched for others of his kind, aside from the pitiful few he had left behind in the tundra, in their scraped together community.
Lycari's people, wolven shapeshifters, had always lived by natural law. The fact that they could become their alter-egos -- wolves -- at will had made them a valuable commodity in the magical community. His tribe had been attacked and while they had fought back, their peaceful nature drove them to run from the assault while their leaders, Lycari included, stood fast as a rear guard.
The only thing better than freedom was death and Lycari was the only member of the tribe to follow his people into the tundra. Here they planned to make a new life. There were so few of them, only a couple of males, three youngsters and a handful of females. Fortunately, the headfemale had survived, as well as Lycari, their only medicine man.
While the ability to shift lived in every wolven shapeshifter's blood, Lycari's innate magical abilities set him aside as special and although the tribe was upset to lose him, albeit temporarily, they recognized his value as a warrior and investigator, so he had set out on this seemingly futile search for more of his kind. After a year or more, he hadn't found a single wolven soul.
The great white wolf found himself wandering into a forest that stank of magic. Perhaps this was a place where he could rest for a while and build up his strength for his continuing trek. With hope in his heart, the weary wolf settled himself in a copse of bushes near a tree, well hidden from prying eyes.
He was licking his sore and bleeding paws when there was a bit of an upset coming from the next glade over. Slowly and carefully, he rose from his spot and slunk closer to the noise. The closer he got, the more magic he smelled. He remained hidden because some of the scent carried a noxious essence, barely contained. This reek rose higher the nearer he got.
Under a bush, not far from the scene, the white wolf sunk onto his belly and watched a squirrel -- glory be! -- tell off a mage from which the nasty black reek arose. Curious, that!
A thousand miles or more he had walked, through forest and meadow, over mountains and dunes. Silently he had stood at what seemed like the edge of the world, gazing out across an endless sea. His paws hurt, but he never suffered hunger or thirst. His native strength and natural knowledge had kept him alive throughout the years since he had gone on this futile search.
He had crept close to towns, but never went in, allowing his magical essence to comb the inhabitants for individuals like him and his tribe. Deftly he had avoided notice, with both his natural ability and the magic that was born into him. All the while he had searched for others of his kind, aside from the pitiful few he had left behind in the tundra, in their scraped together community.
Lycari's people, wolven shapeshifters, had always lived by natural law. The fact that they could become their alter-egos -- wolves -- at will had made them a valuable commodity in the magical community. His tribe had been attacked and while they had fought back, their peaceful nature drove them to run from the assault while their leaders, Lycari included, stood fast as a rear guard.
The only thing better than freedom was death and Lycari was the only member of the tribe to follow his people into the tundra. Here they planned to make a new life. There were so few of them, only a couple of males, three youngsters and a handful of females. Fortunately, the headfemale had survived, as well as Lycari, their only medicine man.
While the ability to shift lived in every wolven shapeshifter's blood, Lycari's innate magical abilities set him aside as special and although the tribe was upset to lose him, albeit temporarily, they recognized his value as a warrior and investigator, so he had set out on this seemingly futile search for more of his kind. After a year or more, he hadn't found a single wolven soul.
The great white wolf found himself wandering into a forest that stank of magic. Perhaps this was a place where he could rest for a while and build up his strength for his continuing trek. With hope in his heart, the weary wolf settled himself in a copse of bushes near a tree, well hidden from prying eyes.
He was licking his sore and bleeding paws when there was a bit of an upset coming from the next glade over. Slowly and carefully, he rose from his spot and slunk closer to the noise. The closer he got, the more magic he smelled. He remained hidden because some of the scent carried a noxious essence, barely contained. This reek rose higher the nearer he got.
Under a bush, not far from the scene, the white wolf sunk onto his belly and watched a squirrel -- glory be! -- tell off a mage from which the nasty black reek arose. Curious, that!
Troshen
Jul 18, 2018, 10:00:39 AM7/18/18
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[Gwen and The Old Hunter?]
Gwen noticed the sparks and tiny lightning playing around her at the boundary where the dark aura's edge met the power in the ring of mushrooms, and once again she was grateful for the "Shield" that kept her safe and protected.
She backed off outside of the ring, and the sparks faded, and the dark aura also faded from view, somewhat. It could still be seen around her faintly.
She talked to the squirrel.
"Well, little guy," she said, "I'm not sure how to get you out of there.
The squirrel ran around the circle, and squeaked at her, grabbing an acorn and looking for somwehere to hide it. Then Gwen noticed some bug or something hovering around her head, and swatted at it.... at Zae.
She didn't notice the white wolf, Lycari, nearby.
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Eva
Jul 27, 2018, 1:20:23 AM7/27/18
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[Zae]
"OI!" Zae hollered in annoyance, swerving out of range. "Scientific discovery in progress, mind the wild gesticulating please!" as she kept frantically scribbling in her notes, zipping around here and there. Then she suddenly paused, stock still, and looked at the woman more carefully... wait a second... how did she get out of there?!? Instinctively, Zae flitted back given more space between them and began to study the woman... and her aura... with a shrewd eye, unconsciously now scribbling notes about her in her journal.
[Nico]
Nico held his breathe as Zae nearly got herself swatted, then sighed deeply. He held his ground though, not wanting to give away his presence in case the element of surprise might help Zae yet. ::Do be careful Zae, she is quite obviously, not a normal human. You know well what happened the -last- time you weren't mindful...:: A very subtle movement in a bush at the edge of the clearing, and he narrowed his eyes to focus on it, trusting Zae to not be her normal mad-pixie-alchemist self... at least long enough so he could determine if it was just a breeze...
"OI!" Zae hollered in annoyance, swerving out of range. "Scientific discovery in progress, mind the wild gesticulating please!" as she kept frantically scribbling in her notes, zipping around here and there. Then she suddenly paused, stock still, and looked at the woman more carefully... wait a second... how did she get out of there?!? Instinctively, Zae flitted back given more space between them and began to study the woman... and her aura... with a shrewd eye, unconsciously now scribbling notes about her in her journal.
[Nico]
Nico held his breathe as Zae nearly got herself swatted, then sighed deeply. He held his ground though, not wanting to give away his presence in case the element of surprise might help Zae yet. ::Do be careful Zae, she is quite obviously, not a normal human. You know well what happened the -last- time you weren't mindful...:: A very subtle movement in a bush at the edge of the clearing, and he narrowed his eyes to focus on it, trusting Zae to not be her normal mad-pixie-alchemist self... at least long enough so he could determine if it was just a breeze...
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Jul 27, 2018, 10:37:45 PM7/27/18
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Confident that he hadn't been seen, Lycari got comfortable in the bushes. He planned to wait while the commotion played itself out in front of him. Despite being capable of some serious magic himself, he really didn't want to get involved, unless he had to. It would be an interesting situation to watch and it would take his mind off his search. As mental aside, he thought that the squirrel might make a nice bedtime snack....
His predator's ears caught the tiniest sound, a sigh, and he tracked the noise to a nearby tree, where a little dragon perched on a branch. Would this creature prove to be a danger? He tensed his body, ready to spring into flight or to defend himself if necessary., Outwardly he appeared as calm as moonlit night glinting on snow.
These people meant that there was a settlement nearby and settlements meant either of two things for Lycari - to be hunted or to be the hunter.
His predator's ears caught the tiniest sound, a sigh, and he tracked the noise to a nearby tree, where a little dragon perched on a branch. Would this creature prove to be a danger? He tensed his body, ready to spring into flight or to defend himself if necessary., Outwardly he appeared as calm as moonlit night glinting on snow.
These people meant that there was a settlement nearby and settlements meant either of two things for Lycari - to be hunted or to be the hunter.
Troshen
Sep 14, 2018, 12:59:09 AM9/14/18
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[Gwen and the Old Hunter?]
The squirrel that was formerly the Old Hunter kept looking for a way out of the ring of mushrooms. It took a nut and slid it into its cheek. It looked a little lop-sided with the big bulge.
Gwen turned towards Zae, and really looked at her for the first time. She took in her small size, her wings, and all. Her eyes grew wide, and she got a bit excited. Her aura was a calm, slightly dark shape hovering over her shoulders.
"Are you a pixie?" she asked. She reached out her hand flat as if for Zae to land.
Gwen wasn't aware of Lycari. But the city of Montfort was close enough for the wind to bring its scent to him.
Eva
Sep 14, 2018, 1:16:33 AM9/14/18
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[Zae]
Zae was focused very intently on the calm, but dark shape hoovering around the woman, trying to gauge if it was friend or foe as well as...what it was. It was not normal. Zae glanced at the woman's hand, perked an eyebrow and then pointedly looked at her shoulder. Completely disregarding the woman's question of whether or not she was a pixie, she bluntly asked, "Are you haunted?".... and there was a blissful second and a half before the next stream of rapid-fire questions tumbled out of her mouth..."And why weren't you contained in the ward? And what was with the light show? Are you a magic user? Psychic? Elemental?" She zipped too and fro, still keeping a good couple yards between them, but trying to study her more, occasionally glancing to the squirrel, who really should have poofed back to himself by now...."and your friend, is he human? He must be, but he's been transfigured for so long, it is so strange... but maybe my calculations were off and it was stronger than I thought... the hexbane? Too much nut..." she rambled to herself.
[Nico]
There were times Nico was glad he was a dragon... and others... well, it would really be nice to actually "face-palm" as the humans say. He sighed, his attention split between the potential danger Zae would inevitably put herself in and the... what was definitely not just a breeze by a bush across the clearing. He sent a gentle mind message, hoping whatever it was could mind-speak... ::Hello? Friend or Foe?:: ...alert and eyes darting.
Zae was focused very intently on the calm, but dark shape hoovering around the woman, trying to gauge if it was friend or foe as well as...what it was. It was not normal. Zae glanced at the woman's hand, perked an eyebrow and then pointedly looked at her shoulder. Completely disregarding the woman's question of whether or not she was a pixie, she bluntly asked, "Are you haunted?".... and there was a blissful second and a half before the next stream of rapid-fire questions tumbled out of her mouth..."And why weren't you contained in the ward? And what was with the light show? Are you a magic user? Psychic? Elemental?" She zipped too and fro, still keeping a good couple yards between them, but trying to study her more, occasionally glancing to the squirrel, who really should have poofed back to himself by now...."and your friend, is he human? He must be, but he's been transfigured for so long, it is so strange... but maybe my calculations were off and it was stronger than I thought... the hexbane? Too much nut..." she rambled to herself.
[Nico]
There were times Nico was glad he was a dragon... and others... well, it would really be nice to actually "face-palm" as the humans say. He sighed, his attention split between the potential danger Zae would inevitably put herself in and the... what was definitely not just a breeze by a bush across the clearing. He sent a gentle mind message, hoping whatever it was could mind-speak... ::Hello? Friend or Foe?:: ...alert and eyes darting.
Troshen
Sep 22, 2018, 2:09:46 AM9/22/18
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Zae could tell that Gwen was simply radiating magical power, and that the dark aura was connected to her, emanating from her in some way.
When Zae looked pointedly at her shoulder, Gwen dropped her hand and offered her shoulder as a perch instead.
Zae was firing off questions so quickly that Gwen wasn't able to answer them all
"What, haunted? You mean like by an evil spirit? Of course not!" she exclaimed. "I'm just a normal, ordinary girl." She said it completely matter-of-factly, with no sarcasm or joking. She was serious about it.
"Mind you, I can't remember where I'm from originally or who my family is though. The first thing I remember is being in the town of Weifar..."
At that point, with another 'POOF' the Old Hunter was sitting in the middle of the mushroom ring once again. His knees were up to his chin and he was holding something to his mouth with both hands.
He was gnawing on one of the acorns....
Eva
Oct 5, 2018, 1:38:06 AM10/5/18
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[Zae]
Zae glanced skeptically at Gwen, then her shoulder, then processing Gwen's words began to wonder if she was unaware of the... well, maybe it was just magical power... but then why would she call herself an ordinary girl?...not adding up....
"An amnesiac... interesting... you do know you have some sort of magical... something going on, yes? I'd hardly call that being ordi....OOOOH!!!"
::TIME?!?:: she hollered in mindspeak, forgetting to not yell and blast everyone in her overexcited way.
[Nico]
Without missing a beat, or having taken his eyes off the corner of the clearing, he quietly answered Zae with the time.
[Zae]
Zae immediately scribbling down the time in her notebook and flew lower, still zipping back and forth at a safe distance and taking notes on the human in the middle of the faerie ring.
Zae glanced skeptically at Gwen, then her shoulder, then processing Gwen's words began to wonder if she was unaware of the... well, maybe it was just magical power... but then why would she call herself an ordinary girl?...not adding up....
"An amnesiac... interesting... you do know you have some sort of magical... something going on, yes? I'd hardly call that being ordi....OOOOH!!!"
::TIME?!?:: she hollered in mindspeak, forgetting to not yell and blast everyone in her overexcited way.
[Nico]
Without missing a beat, or having taken his eyes off the corner of the clearing, he quietly answered Zae with the time.
[Zae]
Zae immediately scribbling down the time in her notebook and flew lower, still zipping back and forth at a safe distance and taking notes on the human in the middle of the faerie ring.
Troshen
Oct 5, 2018, 4:29:57 AM10/5/18
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[Gwen of Weifar and the Old Hunter]
When Zae yelled in mindspeak, the Old Hunter was blinked and rocked back, slightly stunned at her hollering mental projection.
Gwen on the other hand....
A faint darkness formed in front of Gwen's face, and acted on the mindspeak like a mirror, reflecting it back fully at Zae. It was like some kind of a screamed echo blasting back at her in the same volume.
Gwen only tilted her head, quizzically.
The old hunter was back to wearing his hunting jacket, with his white long hair and beard. He rubbed his head.
"What a minute, what just happened? Did I just have a tail a minute ago? And why in tarnation am I eating an acorn!?" He looked at Zae watching her flit around. "Did I just fall into a pixie's trap?" he asked, his voice gaining a fun humor. Now that he had an idea of what was going on, the absurdity of it all struck his funny bone.
Gwen tried to pull Zae's attention back to answer the question.
"Do I have something magical going on?" She thought a moment. "Oh yes, that darkness! I've started calling that my shield. It's annoying sometimes and gets in the way, but it keeps me safe...."
Eva
Nov 20, 2018, 11:23:34 PM11/20/18
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[Zae]
Zae blinked at the reverberation...? of her own mindspeak tossed back at her, and was stunned momentarily to silence, and snapped out of it when the hunter began speaking, resuming her frantic scribbling, and answering the hunter as she wrote..."Experiment, successful. Yes, you certainly did, and most likely because it was a squirrel nut bomb that hit you... and... yes, yes, you did. I thank you for your contribution to science."
Once she finished her notes, she turned back to Gwen, still annoyed with the... shadowy thing. Shield... she was calling it. Zae guess that made sense, as it... ahh, that's probably what reflected her words back. But in mindspeak? Fanncccy. "Annoying, yes." She eyed Gwen, and flitted around trying to get a glance of the shield again, to determine more about it. "Is it an entity of it's own? Or is it of your own nature?"
Zae blinked at the reverberation...? of her own mindspeak tossed back at her, and was stunned momentarily to silence, and snapped out of it when the hunter began speaking, resuming her frantic scribbling, and answering the hunter as she wrote..."Experiment, successful. Yes, you certainly did, and most likely because it was a squirrel nut bomb that hit you... and... yes, yes, you did. I thank you for your contribution to science."
Once she finished her notes, she turned back to Gwen, still annoyed with the... shadowy thing. Shield... she was calling it. Zae guess that made sense, as it... ahh, that's probably what reflected her words back. But in mindspeak? Fanncccy. "Annoying, yes." She eyed Gwen, and flitted around trying to get a glance of the shield again, to determine more about it. "Is it an entity of it's own? Or is it of your own nature?"
Troshen
Nov 27, 2018, 8:18:17 AM11/27/18
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The old hunter chuckled and dusted himself off as he stood up. "Well, that's the first time a pixie has ever caught me in a trap. I guess there's a first time for everything!" He said, enjoying the silliness of it all. "Not everyday that one gets to be a squirrel!"
As Zae flew around Gwen she could see the dark aura clearly. It was like a haze of smoke, generally just behind Gwen, but moving and spreading to where it was needed. And as it moved, little electric sparks were in it.
"I don't think I'm creating it, how could I be? I'm just a normal, ordinary girl."
Zae could tell that was NOT the case. Suppressed magical power was literally radiating from Gwen like a beacon, and her experience with all things magical told her that it was coming from the girl and causing the aura. Suddenly, Gwen remembered something. She had an ah-hah moment. Zae could see it in her face.
"Oh, Oh, wait a minute! You're a pixie? Great! May I have some of your petals? I need them very badly!"
Eva
Jan 14, 2019, 11:40:08 PM1/14/19
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[Nico]
Nico continued to stay hidden, holding his breathe, hoping Zae would... contain herself. Or at the very least, not spill over glitter bomb style. The whatever it was at the edge of the clearing had been silent, as of yet.
[Zae]
Zae gave the hunter a strange look, somewhere between disbelief at never having been caught in a pixie trap and bemusement at his good humor over it all. What a rare human! She turned her head when she heard Gwen speak again, her eyebrow arching an incredible arc. "Ordinary? Girl, yes... but you are most certainly, without a ... literal shadow of a doubt.... neither normal or ordinary. Normal and ordinary people do not have haze like shadows lurking about their persons all sparky sparky defensive attack stance."
Zae paused, for Gwen to consider, then waited for her to acknowledge the truth of the matter when she derailed it entirely realizing she was a pixie. If it was possible to droop in mid-air, Zae drooped. Then she perked back up in surprise at the very weird request. "Petals? Do I LOOK LIKE I AM WEARING PETALS TO YOU??"
Zae was in very typical normal clothing, perhaps typical for a mad alchemical genius who didn't get out much... but... normal clothing had she been a full sized human. Petals, were absolutely no where to be seen. Nor wispy clothing of any kind, typical of legends.
Zae took a deep breathe and then continued "What kind of strange nonsense is this about you needing pixie petals? I am familiar with most ... ingredients and that is simply not one. Unless it's a literal..." Zae zipped down, then plucked a petal from a flower in the area, and then zipped back, near to Gwen, but still not close, hesitant to go near her due to her... aura.
Nico continued to stay hidden, holding his breathe, hoping Zae would... contain herself. Or at the very least, not spill over glitter bomb style. The whatever it was at the edge of the clearing had been silent, as of yet.
[Zae]
Zae gave the hunter a strange look, somewhere between disbelief at never having been caught in a pixie trap and bemusement at his good humor over it all. What a rare human! She turned her head when she heard Gwen speak again, her eyebrow arching an incredible arc. "Ordinary? Girl, yes... but you are most certainly, without a ... literal shadow of a doubt.... neither normal or ordinary. Normal and ordinary people do not have haze like shadows lurking about their persons all sparky sparky defensive attack stance."
Zae paused, for Gwen to consider, then waited for her to acknowledge the truth of the matter when she derailed it entirely realizing she was a pixie. If it was possible to droop in mid-air, Zae drooped. Then she perked back up in surprise at the very weird request. "Petals? Do I LOOK LIKE I AM WEARING PETALS TO YOU??"
Zae was in very typical normal clothing, perhaps typical for a mad alchemical genius who didn't get out much... but... normal clothing had she been a full sized human. Petals, were absolutely no where to be seen. Nor wispy clothing of any kind, typical of legends.
Zae took a deep breathe and then continued "What kind of strange nonsense is this about you needing pixie petals? I am familiar with most ... ingredients and that is simply not one. Unless it's a literal..." Zae zipped down, then plucked a petal from a flower in the area, and then zipped back, near to Gwen, but still not close, hesitant to go near her due to her... aura.
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