Post by: Berit on November 21, 2017, 02:06:39 PM
Let's see if anyone if interested, if not, then I'll play by myself, if you are interested at any time, you can just drop in! and vanish then if you want to, no one is forcing you into anything! So I'll start now with my characters!
If you want to roll dice, here is one online dice roller you can use, just click "roll again" and add the number to your comment when there is a scene needing group effort going on https://www.random.org/dice/?num=1 (https://www.random.org/dice/?num=1)
Post by: Berit on November 21, 2017, 02:22:19 PM
You found yourself in a field covered in mist dense enough to drowns out the sun, you have no recollection of how you got here and are beginning to feel uneasy lost int he never ending white. after wandering a while you find yourself near an ancient tree that is the only place the mist does not touch. it is a grand old thing clearly sharpen by elven hands and a huge abandoned nest of some bird lays on it's branches. For reasons beyond your understanding you know that you are stuck here on this place, the mist does not let you leave before certain things have expired.
As a group, you can search for new areas once a week!
This week you need to roll 15 points to unlock new area.
your group effort was 7 points, so the group was were unsuccessful in their search, better luck next time!.
Post by: Berit on November 21, 2017, 02:39:15 PM
silver haired elf emerges from the mist carrying a dead rabbit with him. he stops and drops the rabbit on the ground while staring at the tree, his big pointed nose clearly tells where he is looking. His name is Marut and he is very startled but curious about this new place he has stumbled into...
"w-where is this place? this is not the place I was supposed to be!... that mist... something is wrong with it..."
Marut carefully peeks into the dens in the tree...
4 (Tomi's dice roll)
Another man follows him a very short man with shiny black hair, his tired eyes come alive and look at his surroundings sharply...
"Ye are right, this place does not feel natural. the work of some magic, I bet... we better look around this tree. maybe there be something else here?..."
Post by: Berit on November 26, 2017, 10:39:46 AM
Marut jumps back in horror, not sure if he should draw his bow.
"Gasp! What is that thing??.. It smells like humans, the scent if faint but it is there..."
Tomi walks near the object and looks at it curiously.
"well I'll be... I have no idea what it is... But it is interesting, ye mind if I take it?.."
Marut puts away his bow and looks at Tomi clearly confused and worried.
"no... Not really... But just be careful with it, alright?..."
Tomi crawls into the wooden cave and starts throwing grass and dirt out from it, not really giving any weight to Marut's words.
"sure sure... why don't ye go skin yer prey?..."
Marut looks at Tomi, not really sure if he should leave him with the mysterious and probably dangerous human smelling object but he know's that Tomi wants to be left alone so he agrees and rushes to skin the rabbit the caught earlier, at least they have some food here. Time passes and Marut starts getting worried because he hasn't seen Tomi so he goes looking for him only to realize Tomi has turned the mysterious human object into his very own den! it is made wind proof by the use of moss and branches...
Marut
"what on earth?..."
Tomi
"I figured we'll be stuck here quite a while... I wanted something to do and I've never gotten used ta living inside those tree dens..."
Marut
"well you certainly wasted no time... It's quite nice looking den you made!.. Maybe I should make one too, just in case... but not now, you should come and eat so the meat won't spoil"
Tomi cleans dirt off his knees and follow's Marut to the food, He starts a fire and cooks his share...
Post by: Czarine on November 26, 2017, 01:25:43 PM
"Ouh... need... more sleep..."
She stumbles forward in the mist covered field, wondering why everything in her vision is so white. She somehow makes out a shape of a great tree close by, and starts towards it, but on her way she trips and hits her head on a pile of wood.
"GgggGGHHHhhh" she lets out a stifled moan of pain.
The pile of wood smells somehow funny, and on closer inspection it has a hollow, round, wooden space inside.
"What a weird tree trunk", she thinks, and crawls inside it. At least it's dry inside, and maybe a beast won't find her there.
Before she drifts out in sleep, she imagines smelling something burning somewhere, but it must be just her imagination...
Post by: Berit on November 26, 2017, 01:57:13 PM
Marut and Tomi eat not knowing about the invader that has crept to their midst, Marut wonders what he is going to make from the rabbit skin. soon he notices a scent in the air...
"Do you... smell anything weird?..."
Tomi looks at him clearly not knowing what he means by that, then continues to eat, Marut sniffs the air and says...
"I'm... smelling dreamberries..."
He starts following the scent, Tomi looks at him and starts following, maybe it's a lead out here? They happen upon Tomi's den and Marut looks into the distance. Tomi thinks it's best to get a weapon just in case so he opens the door to his den to get his knives jumps out of fright when he finds the invader, alerting Marut to look inside as well. they both stand there puzzled, looking at the female elf that has suddenly appeared into Tomi's home! slowly a womanizing smile rises to Tomi's face...
"You know... I'm starting to like this place..."
Marut slowly turns to stare Tomi as to ask if he is mad, then snaps out from his confusion and slowly checks if the woman is alright.
"hmmh, she has quite the bump and she might be in a dreamberry buzz... Wait here, I'll get some food for her..."
Marut says and rushes off, Tomi just looks at her smiling...
"With pleasure..."
Tomi sits on top of his den and starts playing his flute softly, Marut rushes back with some food and leaves it near the den on a big leaf, then slowly pokes her leg...
"hey... hey you... wake up... is everything alright?..."
Post by: Berit on November 27, 2017, 03:31:56 AM
The sweet scent of water drifts through the mist, you might be able to locate it if you dared to search for it...
Amount you need 11
Your group rolled 14! SUCCESS!! you managed to unlock a new area!
Post by: Berit on November 27, 2017, 08:25:22 AM
Tomi is far too interested in the beautiful home invader to even remotely notice the frail scent of the water, He just wants to admire her forever...
6 (Marut's dice roll)
Marut stops poking the woman's leg ans sighs, but then catches the scent floating in the air...
"hmmh, she isn't waking up just yet... Tomi, would you see to her if she wakes up?... I have to go investigate something... I'll be right back..."
Tomi stops playing his flute only for a while...
"sure... don't ye run inta trouble..."
He starts playing again and Marut follows the scent....
2 (Rustle's dice roll)
Without anyone knowing another elf is following the same scent, Rustle finds her throat extremely dry and wants a sip of water, that is the only thing that matters to her right now. She is still unaware of the big tree and hidden in the mists, her steps are light in the grass.
Post by: Czarine on November 27, 2017, 12:57:05 PM
Laluna wakes up a bit groggy, but at least her head isn't pounding anymore. She remembers seeing a weird dream about a hare dancing to flute music, only, the hare was already dead. Laluna shudders to the memory.
"...those berries must've been poisonous or something..." she mutters, and turns to get out of the weird tree trunk, when she sees a shady-looking elf staring at her!
Laluna gets so badly startled that she almost hits her head on the den's ceiling.
"Who are you? How long have you been there??"
Post by: Berit on November 27, 2017, 01:36:24 PM
"Hello hello hello Sweetcheeks! ye had little too much fun with dreamberries? well hope ye found my humble dwelling to your liking! there is food for ye! rabbit meat, sure ta go down nice!..."
Tomi puts his flute away and motions towards the leaf that has meat on it... backs away slightly so she doesn't find him so threatening...
"And I am called Tomi... May I ask yer name, Sweetcheeks?..."
Meanwhile Marut manages to locate a stream with waterfall, there is fish a plenty! he is so happy about the fish that he doesn't even realize there is an elf girl drinking from the stream when he rushes back full of excitement, scaring the elf girl who falls head first into the stream. When Marut gets back he grabs Tomi's shoulders and yells...
"Water! there is water! we are saved!..."
Tomi stands there being shaken by Marut for a while before shouting...
"ENOUGH! whew... just dun go shaking me like that!... by the way, our guest has awaken, ain't she pretty?..."
Marut looks at Laluna as well and clearly ponders about her hair color...
"Uh... hi... my name is Marut... um... welcome?..."
Post by: Berit on November 27, 2017, 02:30:13 PM
Post by: Czarine on November 28, 2017, 09:58:11 AM
Just as she tries to ask something from Tomi, a big-nosed elf rushes to shake Tomi by the shoulders. Laluna thinks they are an odd looking pair, but nods when Marut introduces himself.
"Hi! My name is Laluna. What place is this? I'm not sure how I ended up here..."
Post by: Berit on November 28, 2017, 10:18:43 AM
"We dun know what this place is, but that mist surrounding ta place prevents us from leaving... Magic, I'll say..."
Marut looks at Tomi and says...
"Yeah, we just found ourselves here... you can try to leave but it seems futile... and... I know this is sudden, but ummh... you have... blue hair? never seen such a thing before..."
Tomi smiles seductively and says...
"I think it makes ye look like the moon and the night sky... mesmerizing..."
He starts to play his flute again but keeps his gaze on Laluna. Marut sighs, then blasts his excitement at Laluna as well...
"But I found water! and fish! we have things to eat and drink!... Come on you two let me show you!..."
then he notices Laluna still looks like she has a headache...
"Oh... w-well... would you like me to bring you some water?..."
Post by: Berit on November 29, 2017, 08:50:27 AM
Post by: Czarine on November 29, 2017, 08:59:07 AM
Laluna smiles at Marut, but clearly feels uncomfortable about Tomi's staring. She's relieved when Marut asks them to accompany him to the stream, and stands up to follow Marut.
"I think some walking would do me good right now! You said you saw fish too?"
Post by: Berit on November 29, 2017, 10:01:13 AM
"Yes! I believe there is plenty of them! now we have to find a way to catch them..."
Tomi follows them both but notices their food missing, not saying a word he stays behind and draws out his knives as a dark expression rises to his face. Meanwhile Marut shows Laluna the stream, air is moist from the waterfall that hums softly, it is not big enough to cause a lot of noise. plenty of fish swim below the waters, some of them big and lots of small ones. there are steep cliff with vegetation crowing on their crevices and frogs are umping into the water to escape from the elves that appeared in their territory. Marut sniffs the air...
"Wonderful! isn't it!..."
Laluna notices a good amount of cattails, some of their parts are edible and refreshing at hot summer days, and so much reeds that it would be easy to create a lots of thing's from them...
Post by: Berit on November 29, 2017, 01:06:55 PM
"What are ye doing lass!? stop biting my house!..."
the woman jumps high in the air out of fright and runs off, Tomi gives chase.
Post by: Berit on November 29, 2017, 03:25:54 PM
"Look, I am not here to harm ye... I just, did not know if ye were dangerous to my friends... I bet ye have also noticed that we are all stuck here, same goes for ye... so... wouldn't it be better to work together? what do you say?..."
Tomi keeps his hand reached forward as to shake hers if she likes, the woman looks at him and his hand for a while, suddenly tries to but her hair in order as to look attractive, she bites her lip and carefully comes closer, look at Tomi's open hand puzzled, then comes closer passing his hand and... sniffs his hair... Tomi looks extremely weirded out but says...
"Or... ye can smell my hair... it works too... I guess... well... I am Tomi... ye have a name, lass?..."
The woman stops and tries to put her hair in order...
"Rustle..."
Then all of sudden her behavior changes, turning her into elegant and sort of cold...
"... I shall aid you in your mission, now please... show me to my den..."
She offers her hand to her, Tomi looks at her hand, shrugs and takes hold of it as he would never pass the chance to hold a female hand. He shows her to the tree...
"pick anyone of these ye like, precious..."
Rustle looks at the tree and doesn't seem to be able to choose from the dens...
Post by: Vaeri on November 30, 2017, 04:32:48 PM
Post by: Berit on November 30, 2017, 06:20:26 PM
Post by: Vaeri on November 30, 2017, 08:28:50 PM
She slowly swam closer, and as her fin began brushing the bottom of the lake, she stopped and concentrated. A little slowly, her tail split down the center and lost its scales, turning to smooth tanned skin and feet, the flukes shifting from the bottom and sprouting from her calves. She flexed one leg than the other a moment before she stood up almost gracefully, knee deep in the water. She turned towards the other elf, and gave a little sideways tilt of the head as she spoke, sounding somewhat intrigued. “Soft waves and cool shade to you stranger.â€
Post by: Berit on December 01, 2017, 03:01:54 AM
"Um... Um... Y-yeah... Uh... Hi!..."
He scratces his head to collect himself. He is of stronger build than many elves and weird looking one at that. Finally he manages to speak clearly...
"Hello... My name is Marut... I... See you are just as lost as we are... In this strange place... So uh... Welcome?..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 01, 2017, 07:58:56 AM
“'We'? But I see only you. Do you have a tribe here?†She glanced at the fish and frowned ever so slightly. It was certainly a meal for one elf, and with a little stretching possibly two or even three, but anymore than that wasn't possible. And food was always one of the best gifts to bring when meeting a new tribe. “I could catch enough fish for all of us.†She offered without a second thought. After all, fishing was no chore, even if this saltless water was strange on her skin and in her gills.
Post by: Berit on December 01, 2017, 08:34:05 AM
"Uh, yes... there is few of us here, I don't know why but they just wander here and cannot leave, the mist prevents that... my friend Tomi said it was a magical mist of some sort, but I... I don't really know about magic! never was gifted that way!... I caught a rabbit earlier for us to eat, you are welcomed to join us if you like!..."
Marut looks at the water and the fish...
"S-So! I take it you are a good swimmer and fisher!..."
Marut instantly feels stupid for asking, she IS half fish after all...
"I... what I mean is... I'm a hunter... and... I... well it would be great to have help feeding the lot at times! and... well.. I sort oh have this fear of swimming! hahah! so... yeah... we would be extremely grateful... but! before that... would you want to see where we live? it's just this way, close by actually..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 01, 2017, 08:54:53 AM
“Oh, magic? It's fairly common in my tribe. But I don't have any kind of sensing magic...I'm not sure what a rabbit is but I don't mind trying it!†she spoke cheerfully and smiled.
At his question, she nodded. “Oh yes. My tribe and I live right by the sea, so it's a bit strange in this fresh water...but it's water either way.†She gave him a glance of surprise when he admitted his fear of the water, but then she remembered the other tribe that lived near her holt. They had a mistrust for the water as well, and she mentally shrugged it off.
She smiled at his offer to show her what she presumed was their holt before she resumed hunting. “Alright. Let me grab my pack.†She turned to a tree and picked up a small traveling roll from a hollow at the bottom of the trunk. It had a thick blanket rolled up, a medium bag hanging from it along with a thin rock shaped like a bowl, yet it had a handle projecting from the side. She slipped it onto her back and shook a few drops of water from her bangs, sending her braids swaying and smiled at Marut again.
“Lead onward, friend.â€
Post by: Berit on December 01, 2017, 09:25:32 AM
"I well... I don't fear shallow water and I... I actually can swim but... There was once this time I was swimming with a female friend... It was very dark and she got the idea to pull my nose hard underwater... And uh... She pulled the... Wrong nose... I... I have had this fear of swimming ever since..."
They arrive to a tall tree shaped by magic, a short black haired elf stands near it with a woman who has quite a mane of hair on her head, Marut is surprised to see that there is a new woman here too! The short elf notices Tidemist and instantly smiles, clearly happy to see another woman, his eyebrow rises and he looks at Tidemist from legs to face and says...
"Well hello there... Now that there are such beautiful creatures here, I'm beginning to enjoy my stay..."
Post by: Czarine on December 01, 2017, 09:27:48 AM
Laluna thought she heard a splash, but it might've been just the waterfall. She kept on climbing, looking for useful herbs at the same time.
Post by: Vaeri on December 01, 2017, 09:33:18 AM
She looked up at the tree, thinking of the other tribe's holt again. They too lived in a large tree and she began wondering if this tribe would react with the same distrust for a water elf. She almost drew back a little before she remembered she was a chief, and lifted her chin ever so slightly. She had to be confident.
She quickly realized her fear was unwarranted. She smiled back warmly to the woman, then noticed the male speaking to her. Again, the faintest brushing of a blush appeared on her cheeks at his words. “Hello. I'm Tidemist.â€
Post by: Berit on December 01, 2017, 09:47:11 AM
Tomi looks at Tidemist most seductively, he is fast to pick up on her slight blush. Marut tries to speak to the lush haired woman, who suddenly snarls and runs off! Marut stands there not knowing what to say. Tomi slaps his arm and says angrily...
"Ye dung poker! Now why did ye scare her like that!?..."
Marut looks helplessly at Tomi and then Tidemist...
Post by: Vaeri on December 01, 2017, 09:51:20 AM
“But he hardly said anything...Is she as skittish as a shoal then?â€
Post by: Berit on December 01, 2017, 10:07:37 AM
"Ay... The girl seems to be a bit messed in the head, poor lass... She said her name is Rustle..."
Marut scrathes his head and wonders...
"what might have happened to her?..."
Tomi looks at Tidemist...
"well how about ye? Will ye be staying with us? I sure hope so, would be a shame if ye left..."
Marut slaps Tomi's head...
"Stop with the flirting already! Let her relax!..."
Post by: Czarine on December 01, 2017, 10:17:03 AM
"Hmm..."
She decided to try and find out what the darker spot on the waterfall is. She left her meager possessions on a rock, because she wasn't sure she'd get there without getting herself wet.
Post by: Vaeri on December 01, 2017, 10:35:27 AM
“I think I'll go back to the waterfall and catch enough fish for us. Ah....do you like fish?†She looked towards Tomi questioningly.
Post by: Berit on December 01, 2017, 01:32:46 PM
Marut holds the side of his head and smiles to her. Tomi just stares Marut a bit angrily after getting slapped like that but Tomi immediately forgets all about it when a beautiful woman leans towards him... he smiles and looks at the fins on her legs...
"that depends... on what kind of fish we are talking about..."
Tomi looks at her and wiggles his eyebrow... Marut just stares at Tomi, he simply doesn't know when to stop...
Post by: Vaeri on December 01, 2017, 01:54:40 PM
“Besides, while I'm hunting, it'll give me the chance to see about finding a den. I'm sure there must be some good holes in the bottom, or maybe even a nice underwater cave.†She beamed a little before she turned, walking back towards the stream and waterfall.
Post by: Berit on December 01, 2017, 04:35:12 PM
"we could make a net! There is nice plants that are perfect for that purpose!... and can I help you in the fishing anyway? I would be eager to!..."
Tomi looks depressed and just lights another fire to roast the fish...
Post by: Vaeri on December 01, 2017, 04:49:57 PM
She continued babbling about the various ways she could make fish stew if she were home, all the way back to the stream. She realized with a jolt they were there and smiled a little guiltily. “Sorry, I've been talking all this time! I...do you want me to help you with the net, or should I go ahead and catch the fish now...?†She asked a little uncertainly.
Post by: Berit on December 01, 2017, 05:10:27 PM
"wow! I had no idea sea could be that diverse! I uh, oh yeah, the net... I can try to make it while you fish if you want, I just have to collect some materials for it first... So... See you soon!..."
Marut starts collecting all sorts of plants from the bank, sits down and does surprisingly delicate knots with his big and worn hands...
The water feels refreshing and welcoming against Tidemist's skin, who knows what lurks below the surface in this strange new place...
Post by: Vaeri on December 01, 2017, 05:18:17 PM
(random die roll for whatever! 6)
Post by: Jeb on December 01, 2017, 08:35:12 PM
Creeping forward cautiously she found a large tree with several dens shaped in it. She poked her head in a few, but they didn’t seem to be occupied. Moondrop could hear the voices get louder and fainter, as of several people walking around. As quietly as she could, she scaled up the tree and out the farthest branches to have a look.
Dice roll - 3
Post by: Berit on December 02, 2017, 06:26:09 AM
But as she gets closer something lunges at her from the darkness! a middle sized moray eel mouth full of fangs and fury! it will defend it's cave to death!
Tidemist still can swim away or challenge the fierce creature...
(To succeed in slaying the eel, you must roll 4, if you get under 4, Tidemist will get injured)
Post by: Berit on December 02, 2017, 06:31:41 AM
Post by: Vaeri on December 02, 2017, 07:10:01 AM
She could see the entrance of a cave and it seemed pleasant. A good possibility for a den, and maybe it led to the source of the saltwater. She was determined to follow the possible familiarity. But then something came flying out of it! And she realized it looked remarkably like a snapjaw from her home, and she hesitated, weighing her spear a little in one hand and her other somewhat extended.
Snapjaw's were not something an elf took on idly. The flesh was decent if tough, but those hard locking jaws with sharp teeth could cause quite the damage, even take some fingers. She didn't know if a healer was among the other elves. Was it worth it....?
After a moments thinking, she decided not to with some regret. She'd really feel better going after the snapjaw with at least one more elf to help her, and it was unlikely with all the other elves being more land based.
She cautiously backed away, telling herself it just wasn't worth it now. She could always come back later. And that cave probably was just a small hole or tiny cave, maybe just big enough for the snapjaw.
She swam away from the cave, firmly telling herself to go hunt fish instead of trying to find some secret hidden away ocean.
Post by: Berit on December 02, 2017, 09:04:47 AM
Post by: Czarine on December 02, 2017, 12:39:25 PM
Laluna examined the algae on the cave's walls, and was pleased.
"This could be very useful!"
When she came out of the cave, she spotted Marut sitting at the shore, making something.
"Marut! There's a small cave behind the waterfall!" she shouted over the sound of the waterfall, and begun her descent.
She took her stuff with her, and headed to where Marut was.
"There's some algae growing in the cave, which is useful for healing... what are you doing?" she asked, curious about his work.
Post by: Berit on December 02, 2017, 01:07:17 PM
Marut says in his normal easily excited manner. Then he looks at her and happily explains...
"I am making a fishing net for Tidemist! She is a... Water elf of some sort and she promised to help us stay fed by catching fish for us... So I thought it would be good to help her out since I cannot hunt in the mist... And it has been some time that I made a net... "
Marut's silvery eyes turn towards her...
"algae can help you heal? I did not know that... So you are a healer of some sort?..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 02, 2017, 01:57:15 PM
Yet it was too fast for her. Oh well, she would find it later with her tail on. But she saw the scales and snatched them up, entranced by their beauty. She then headed for the surface of the stream with her catches and new treasure.
Post by: Czarine on December 02, 2017, 02:13:14 PM
"A water elf? I hope I will meet her soon! Hmm, I wonder if she'd like the cave up there..." Laluna looked at the waterfall, thinking that a water elf might like to have a den near the stream.
"Yes, I can heal some. A bit with magic, a bit with herbs and such." Laluna said, smiling.
"The algae up there can help prevent infections. We should help it grow, so there will be plenty if needed."
Post by: Vaeri on December 02, 2017, 03:50:20 PM
She swam to the shore and climbed out, showing the full string of fish off to them. "A good catch! Hello there, I'm Tidemist. Who are you?" She smiled cheerfully.
Post by: Berit on December 02, 2017, 04:04:34 PM
"oh! You are back! So you had a good fishing trip? Anything interesting below the surface? This here is Laluna, she is our healer... She found a nice cave up there by the waterfall that has some... Healing stuff... In it!..."
Marut lifts the net that is still unfinished but coming along nicely then he looks at Laluna happily...
"That is the water elf I was telling you about, I wonder what kind of elves or other creatures will be joining us later if there is already something like you two?..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 02, 2017, 05:39:56 PM
Then she heard about the cave by the waterfall and looked intrigued from Marut, to Laluna, to the waterfall, then back again. “You're a healer?†She asked curiously, wondering if maybe she should have tried going after the snapjaw.
Post by: Czarine on December 03, 2017, 01:45:27 AM
"So you're the new elf Marut was talking about!" Laluna smiled at Tidemist. She was surprised to see such a big catch of fish.
"I see you are good at hunting fish! Maybe you could teach me too? I like to dive and swim, but I've never been a good hunter." she smiled a bit embarrassed. "Though if there's a snapjaw, it might be too dangerous for me. I wonder if we should do something about it?"
Then she saw the scales. "Wow! I didn't know there was something that pretty in the stream! I wonder what kind of fish they belong to." she smiled at Tidemist.
"I am a healer of sorts, yes! But I'm still learning. Speaking of healing, the cave up over there has some healing algae. I think you might like the place, it's just behind the waterfall!" Laluna said to Tidemist, and pointed up where the cave was.
Post by: Berit on December 03, 2017, 01:54:17 AM
Marut says and looks at them, then he turns his attention back to the net, as if not to talk about Tomi and killing any more.
"Aren't those scales mighty big? I'm a bit worried about your safety if there is something that big in the waters... maybe... just maybe before we do anything else we should do something safer?..."
It's clear he truly is worried about their safety, as his happy personality slips to more serious one...
Post by: Czarine on December 03, 2017, 08:01:33 AM
"Well, I'm not in a hurry to get into a snapjaw's territory! We could first just observe what kind of fish there are before we go explore these waters further." Laluna said.
Besides, their tribe was so small that any serious injuries would severely impact their survival. Laluna thought that she too should try to learn to hunt better, and teach basic healing to others as well.
Post by: Vaeri on December 03, 2017, 08:08:46 AM
“Snapjaw's aren't too dangerous as long as you don't invade their territory or try to attack them. They do get touchy during mating season though.†Then she perked up when Laluna mentioned a cave behind the waterfall. And no snapjaw to fight against for it! Then she graciously held out one of the scales to Laluna, offering it to her, in part because she expressed how much she liked the look of them, and partly in gratitude for telling her about the cave, and the implied invitation for Tidemist to stay there.
Then her attention was attracted by Marut's words and manners. “Well...I don't think anyone could help me. It's difficult for air breather's to fight underwater. I wouldn't want one of you drowning during a fight. And this fish was alright! Skittish.†She nodded wisely. “Disappeared before I could even get a good look at it.â€
Post by: Jeb on December 03, 2017, 03:21:37 PM
The wonderful sounds in the air calmed her, and curiosity made her leave her perch to approach the figure near the flames.
"What are you doing?"
Post by: Berit on December 03, 2017, 04:05:14 PM
"believe me, Tomi has his ways of taking out things that are on land, water or air... You'd do well not to underestimate him..."
Marut hangs the net on a brach to see better if some holes are too big. Then looks at them...
"it should dry for a moment to make the knots tighter and sturdier... After that we should test it to see if it works... And what are you both planning to do with tgose scales?..."
Post by: Berit on December 03, 2017, 04:19:10 PM
"well hello there love! Who might this sweet thing be?... Ye can call me Tomi... And this here be our dinner I'm preparing... Ye hungry?.."
The elf speaks quite funny and he has two distint scents on him, other is the smell of humans and the other is blood.. Still he doesn't look hostile towards her... His ears are small, as if they have been shortened with a blade...
"how long have ye been around? Quite sneaky little critter aren't ye?..."
Tomi directs friendly but tired smile at her...
Post by: Vaeri on December 03, 2017, 07:34:18 PM
And with that statement, she lifted up off the ground and glided through the air, going to the waterfall and looking for the entrance to the cave Laluna had mentioned.
As Tomi was greeting Moondrop, another elf woman came through the mist, looking very uncertain and even a little bit nervous. Her gold jewelry was tinkling constantly, from her earrings to her golden hip wrap, the silky sheer fabric swirling around her. She cursed delicately as part of it caught on a branch and she carefully got it free. She looked up at the large tree with some awe and skepticism, then saw the other two elves, looking more uncertain.
After all, they were so pale and strange looking! And this seemed to be the legendary Green Growing Place she'd heard stories of for centuries. Was she dreaming? Yet everything felt so real, from the fabric brushing over her arms to the uncomfortable weight of the little traveling bag she carried on her shoulder. Vaeri shook her auburn curls a little and frowned softly as she spoke. “Where am I? What is this place?â€
Post by: Berit on December 03, 2017, 10:30:12 PM
Post by: Berit on December 03, 2017, 11:07:19 PM
"well aren't ye a sight for sore eyes, a well bred lady if I have ever seen one..."
Tomi momentarily looks at the fish and puts it on some leaves to cool, then looks at Vaeri...
"they call me Tomi, and this place has no name yet... We be as lost here as ye are..."
Post by: Berit on December 04, 2017, 02:57:58 AM
A sweet but frail scent of dreamberries floats in the air, but where is is coming from? it might be possible to find a nice patch of the juicy berries...
the group must roll 7 overall to unlock a new area! (My roll for your challenge was quite unsuccessful this time!)
Your group rolled 9! You successfully opened a new area!
Post by: Jeb on December 04, 2017, 04:44:40 AM
Noting the browned flesh of the fish on the leaves and drawing a parallel, she turned to Vaeri in curiosity.
"How did you get so brown? Were you in a fire, too?"
She squinted at Tomi. "And your ears? Did you cut them? Were you in a fight?"
Dice roll - 6
Post by: Berit on December 04, 2017, 06:19:01 AM
"Aye, lass... the fire that roasted her so dark must've come from herself, as she is warm and welcoming as ta sun on the skies..."
Then Tomi touches his ears, as if he had forgotten how they look...
"Nay, I did no such thing. Mi ears were cut off by human folk that held me captive for many, many turns of moons... I be child during that time, plaything to the tall folk..."
Post by: Czarine on December 04, 2017, 12:25:09 PM
"Oh? Thank you so much!" she smiled, and received the pretty looking scale, examining it closely.
Suddenly, Tidemist just floated away! Laluna could but watch after her, mouth open in awe. She too had never seen a flying elf before! She looked back at Marut as if to ask him, did that just really happen...?
(dice roll: 3)
Post by: Berit on December 04, 2017, 02:06:14 PM
"that was... that sure was... something!... a-anyway... I bet Tomi's cooking is soon ready... I probably should go check on it... just in case!..."
Marut walks away puzzled about everything... suddenly the mist curtains move at certain direction, and they see a dreamberry patch between the waterfall and the tree! Laluna recognizes the place to be the very same place where he made the mistake of sampling some berries...
Post by: Jeb on December 04, 2017, 02:56:09 PM
"And did they teach you to tame the fire?"
Moondrop had always eaten her fish raw. The smell from the fish on the leaves was strange now, not entirely appetizing, but not quite disgusting.
While trying to make up her mind, she caught another faint scent. Sweet and pleasant, it tickled a memory.
She was beginning to realize it had been a while since she'd eaten.
Post by: Berit on December 04, 2017, 03:11:28 PM
Tomi takes a part of the fish, warm steam rises from it's flesh...
"Here, eat yer fill..."
He offers it to Moondrop, curious to see what she will think of it...
Post by: Vaeri on December 04, 2017, 05:45:17 PM
She would bring her things back. She walked back to the waterfall and glided through it, and towards the ground below. But from the air, she noticed Marut among bushes, and she glided towards him, soon recognizing the familiar berries. “Dreamberries!†She exclaimed in delight.
Vaeri looked at the pale female almost distastefully as she brandished a shiny silver blade. She moved away to the side a bit, and relaxed a little at Tomi's manner. He was a bit obvious, but at least he seemed to have some sophistication. She wrinkled her nose slightly at the woman's question, asking if she had been burned. Then she listened to their conversation. “Humans? Those are just legends, surely.†She dismissed, yet Tomi seemed quite adamant they existed and she frowned. She was surprised to see the size of the fish though!
She had never eaten fish, and she wasn't sure she'd really want to. At least she wasn't the only one who didn't know where they were or what was going on. She just stood there quietly for a moment, watching Tomi and the woman.
Post by: Jeb on December 04, 2017, 06:13:45 PM
She rolled the small remaining piece around her mouth, considering. It still tasted like fish, but a bit smoky and more pungent.
"It will do." She decided. "But I think I will find my next meal on my own. Something a little more...fresh."
Taking another piece with a little more care, she regarded the tall dark female again. "Will you eat?"
Still curious, she added "I've never seen anyone like you before. Where do you come from? Are there many like you there?"
Post by: Vaeri on December 04, 2017, 06:31:31 PM
She relaxed a bit at the more sensible questions. “I live in a desert. And yes, there are many of us. We are the Sun Folk. I suppose there's about...oh six eights of us in the village.†She glanced around a bit then frowned a little. “Have you no pottery to eat off of?â€
Post by: Jeb on December 04, 2017, 08:16:45 PM
"Desert? What's that?"
Post by: Vaeri on December 04, 2017, 08:32:40 PM
“Hm? Oh, a desert is a vast expanse of sand and rock with rare water. It's very hot during the day. Our skin became brown over time to protect us from the Daystar's rays. I live in Sorrow's End, a village founded by our forebearers. One of them was a rockshaper, Yurek. Our well and source of water, and our Bridge of Destiny are his legacy left to his grandchildren.â€
Post by: Berit on December 05, 2017, 01:57:46 AM
"u-uh! HI! again! ummmh... we found berries... let's just be careful not to eat too many... better not have anyone fooling around in this place..."
Post by: Berit on December 05, 2017, 02:03:56 AM
"Oh sorry! I should we warned ye! did ye burn yer self? hope not..."
Then Tomi is surprised that she found the fish odd tasting but smiles...
"I bet Ye and Marut will get along, he too sometimes eats uncooked things... he be a great hunter..."
Tomi looks at Vaeri, who seems to him like damsel in distress...
"Oh, humans are a real thing, I assure ye... things to be vary of... they be bad company to sweet little things like yer self... and I am sorry mi dark queen that we have no plates or anything like that right now... I will carve ye some soon, I promise..."
Post by: Czarine on December 05, 2017, 02:58:30 AM
"Ouh.. not those berries..." she wrinkled her nose, and headed toward the great tree. She wanted to climb up to get away from the smell.
She wasn't yet ready to see nor smell those berries again.
Post by: Berit on December 05, 2017, 05:48:59 AM
"Got all you needed on you last drunken adventure?... Surely you want few Berries! Come on have a taste!"
Post by: Czarine on December 05, 2017, 06:07:21 AM
"N-No thanks!" she said, and almost ran to get away towards the great tree.
Post by: Berit on December 05, 2017, 07:27:50 AM
Post by: Vaeri on December 05, 2017, 09:15:27 AM
Just when she began assuming life was going to be utterly miserable with these primitive elves, that male just kept surprising Vaeri and giving her some hope. She gave a light smile at Tomi when he said he would carve her something to eat off. It wasn't as good as pottery, but it was better than trying to eat strictly with your hands like a savage! Though she was still surprised to hear that humans still existed. She would have presumed maybe they had died out centuries ago.
Vaeri saw movement from the corner of her eye and turned a bit, seeing a new female coming towards the tree. She raised an eyebrow ever so slightly, the only expression of her mild curiosity, and thought, 'oh not another pale elf!'
Post by: Berit on December 05, 2017, 09:43:42 AM
"I bet we can make something to squeeze the juice out as well... Shouldn't be that hard..."
Marut's huge nose again seemed to point the exact berry he was about to pick.
"i also bet we can find some small prey among these bushes, so you don't have to strain yourself so much with fishing..."
Tomi looked at Vaeri and Moondrop...
"I don't know where here ye are going to sleep, Moondrop here will have it easier to find a place, But Ye my desert flower, Ye need me to build something from wood, just ask... I will gladly help beautiful maiden..."
Tomi's eyebrow rises as he gives her a seductive smile...
Post by: Vaeri on December 05, 2017, 10:30:56 AM
(Tidemist rolled a 3!)
Vaeri looked a bit skeptical at Tomi's offer to build something out of wood. “Well I'm not used to living in a wooden hut....but I suppose it would be better than nothing. I'd be glad for your help, I've never been very good at building things. My skills lie more in crafting clothes.†She looked somewhat amused by his attempts at flirting. He couldn't be very old at all, and he thought she would be that easy to impress? She didn't take lovemates that easily!
Post by: Berit on December 05, 2017, 02:49:09 PM
Tomi laughs as he sees Vaeri look so amused...
"What? mi flirting not working! what a shame! truly a lady to not fall for that! Har Har Har!!... well, I don't mind trying the longer route... for something as precious as ye..."
Tomi bows a little, not hiding his interest in her at all... then gets more serious...
"But truth ti be told I'm not sure if I can manage housing for ye before dark, desert blossom... Mi home might be small but ye can sleep there if ye want... should be warm there at least as night falls..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 05, 2017, 08:18:25 PM
To prevent the water from soaking it, she used her watershaping powers to create a gap in the waterfall and moved through quickly. She patted her rolled up blanket lightly and unrolled it in a nice dry space in the back, setting up the pillow. She put her little rockshaped pot aside in case she needed it, and looked around. Yes, with a small fire, or perhaps some candles, it would make an excellent den. But still, she really wished there was a rockshaper....
Vaeri was looking more and more amused. “I've seen far too many years. You're possibly just a stripling compared to me Tomi, but by all means, impress me if you can.†She listened to him, frowning a little when he said he wouldn't be able to get a hut done before dark before offering his own den. She looked a bit...intrigued. She hadn't expected such chivalry from him. “I would be grateful, thank you. But where will you sleep?â€
Post by: Berit on December 06, 2017, 01:17:19 AM
Tomi smiles widely, though his eyes never seem to truly smile with him. he is remarkably short yet he is more confident about himself than many...
"Well, I think age matters not... some are more experienced in life than others despite their age... May I be rude enough to ask fer yer age? ye speak of it with pride so I am intrigued to hear... I happened upon this land about 490 white colds ago... but I like to think I've been here no more than 50..."
Tomi picks up a piece of wood he had picked up earlier while making his den...
"Ye needed be worried about me, I be sleeping outside if I must... but someone needs to guard this place just in case, so all ye precious gems can sleep soundly..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 06, 2017, 07:28:53 AM
Vaeri looked at Tomi mildly as he admitted his age. Well he wasn't quite as young as she thought, but still fairly younger than her. “I've seen 957 floods and flowers in my lifetime. And I would be grateful to accept your offer.†Lightly testing a piece of fish with a fingertip, she found it cool enough to handle and took a small piece, placing it in her mouth. She chewed skeptically, and found it wasn't too bad to her surprise.
Post by: Berit on December 06, 2017, 08:22:43 AM
Tomi starts carving the piece of wood, hollowing it out to make a bowl, his hands almost seemed to work on their own as his interest was Vaeri instead of the wood...
"ye have quite the many years behind ye. I hope they have not made ye jaded and cold... If they have, I'd wish to bring warmth and life back to ye..."
Tomi's smile was more on the concerned side as he spoke to her, then he turned his head towards his busy hands. Marut's big nosed peeked out from the bushes before anything else, he sees new elves and is surpirised, he stands there with dreamberries in his hands, Tomi suddenly springs up and takes the berries from Marut...
"just what I need! Thank ye!...."
Tomi returns to carve the bowl as Marut speaks with a confused tone...
"s-sure, you can have them... Uh, hi!... We got a lot of new folk today... I'm Marut..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 06, 2017, 08:34:42 AM
(damn i am wishing so much right now i could roll...!! XD)
Tomi's comment about bringing warmth back to her actually made Vaeri laugh, though she wasn't sure why. It was adorable though, she had to grant him that. Then suddenly he was gone and back again. She turned her head to regard Marut with a slightly scrutinizing eye. What an unfortunate nose he had! And he seemed painfully shy. Vaeri felt more than a touch of sympathy for Marut, what with his “disfigurement†and his nature.
“Hello, I'm Vaeri.†She responded, perhaps a little more kindness in her tone than she had expressed yet.
Post by: Berit on December 06, 2017, 09:27:48 AM
Tomi looks surprised when Vaeri suddenly laughs so heartily and smiles happier, he made her laugh, that is good enough for now... Marut lays a bunch of fish near the fire and looks at Vaeri...
"what a nice dark color! You must be from Sorrow's end? I once visited the place... What a coincidence we never met... Bizarre, actually..."
Post by: Czarine on December 06, 2017, 01:15:29 PM
She feels she's in no condition to be presentable right now, so she climbs to the higher branches. Maybe the air up there would make her feel better.
(random roll: 1! Ohhh puckernuts!)
Post by: Berit on December 06, 2017, 02:19:05 PM
Tomi jumps up and immediately takes off his shirts and whacks Laluna with it to put out the fire! He manages to put out the blaze but a part of his shirt hits Laluna right in the eye, so now she was bird poop on her hand, her clothes are burnt black, she has some burns on her skin and a black eye...
"ARE YE ALRIGHT!!?..."
Tomi asks in a little panic...
Post by: Vaeri on December 06, 2017, 03:46:00 PM
Vaeri was smiling pleasantly at Tomi, half ignoring the new pale girl who had shown up and was climbing the tree. She was too delighted that someone else here knew of Sorrow's End and civilization! Then sudden, the girl was on top of him, Marut was knocked out and the girl was on fire!
Before Vaeri could help, the blaze was extinguished and the girl quite worse for wear. "What happened?" She asked about the same time as Tomi, her voice concerned.
Post by: Berit on December 06, 2017, 04:08:32 PM
Marut lays on the grass completely out cold, The bonfure was extinguished by Laluna's butt annd no one knows what happened, she just fell from the sky. Tomi checks her injuries carefully and sighs a relief...
"No broken bones or burns too severe... Not sure if I'd call ye a lucky girl after all that... Ye sure gave us a scare, lass..."
Post by: Jeb on December 06, 2017, 07:29:01 PM
Marut's arrival and the female rushing by had roused her, but the commotion that followed left her stuck between fight and fight, staring in confusion to see what would happen next.
Post by: Vaeri on December 06, 2017, 08:11:11 PM
She was surprised to see everyone gathered around something, and was stunned to see Laluna looking very beaten up. “What happened?! Is she alright?!†and then she noticed Marut knocked out, and grew more concerned. “Is he okay?!â€
Vaeri was relieved that Laluna seemed mostly okay, other than her injuries. She was very shocked to see a flying elf come into the clearing. This was a power she had thought lost to elfin kind! And at least this female wasn't so pale, she seemed to spend a fair amount of time out in the sun. She turned her attention back towards the burnt female and Tomi. “We should dress her wounds, but I haven't any suitable fabric...and I don't know how to make anything that will help burns...â€
Post by: Czarine on December 06, 2017, 09:34:06 PM
(I knew it I botched it bad! :D)
One moment Laluna was climbing, and the next she was falling! The slip happened so fast that she just let out a frightened gasp! The fall felt like it lasted forever, but she yelped out of surprise when the landing was softer than anticipated. She didn't get time to recover from it though, because somehow now her clothes were on fire!
"AIIEEE!!!" She shrieked, flailing her arms frantically while trying to put out the flames!
Suddenly all she saw were black shadows whacking her from all sides, and one of them punched her in her left eye! She tried to cover herself, whimpering. She felt bruised and burned, and still not very sure what had just happened.
"I-I'm sorry..." was all she could say, she was so confused and miserable.
Post by: Berit on December 07, 2017, 01:15:45 AM
"Whaaat happened...?... were we... attacked?..."
Marut lays back down and sees Tidemist is there too...
"Hi...."
Tomi looks at everyone and says...
"He seems to be fine, he just needs some time to recover!..."
Tomi looks at Laluna's burns...
"Hmmmh... We should make some salve for her injuries... anyone here know how?... I'm not as good at healing injuries as I am making them..."
As the commotion has died down a bit and Tomi is still shirtless, all his old scars are visible... he has seen a lot...
Post by: Vaeri on December 07, 2017, 09:16:22 AM
“But water can help. It'll soothe the burns until we can think of something to do, and it'll wash off the soot anyway. And it's freshwater so it won't sting. I can float her, so none of us have to risk touching her wounds. Would...would that be alright, Laluna?†She asked a bit concerned, one webbed hand half extended to exert her floating powers over the other female.
Post by: Czarine on December 07, 2017, 09:26:25 AM
"We can make a salve of it." she said, trying to get to her feet. She winced, because the burns felt painful when moving.
"Water would be good, but it shouldn't be cold... warm water would be better."
Post by: Vaeri on December 07, 2017, 10:49:36 AM
Post by: Czarine on December 07, 2017, 02:11:51 PM
She turned her gaze to the foreign elves around her and felt embarrassed. She should've just gone to greet them right away...
"Uh, hi... I'm Laluna." she said. She felt an awkward silence creeping in...
Then she noticed Marut on the ground.
"What happened to you?"
Post by: Berit on December 07, 2017, 02:52:03 PM
At the tree, Marut finally sits up and rubs his head, painfull expression rising to his face he looks at Laluna and looks horrified...
"Y-you are burned! W-what happened?? W-who did this to you??... Are there humans who did this?"
The commotion had lured Rustle out from hiding too, she didn't dare to come too close but was clearly conserned as well...
Post by: Jeb on December 07, 2017, 05:53:32 PM
She felt bad that she couldn't be much help to the woman who had fallen. She had mostly only seen fire from a distance. She didn't know how to start one, much less how to help someone injured by one.
She was glad to see that Marut was recovering, and didn't know what else she could do for him other that what time could do. But maybe she could get him some water. She turned to find the bladder she carried in her travel cloak, and was surprised to see a head pop out of a nearby pile of wood. Another elf!?
Post by: Vaeri on December 07, 2017, 08:08:04 PM
Post by: Berit on December 08, 2017, 01:52:19 AM
"takes a lot to get used to, having lots of elves around..."
He noticed she found the amount of things happening a bit chaotic...
"I'm glad ye are sticking with us, lass..."
The female elf staring at them from the bushes let out a strange fox-like scream and clearly observed what the others make of it...
Post by: Vaeri on December 08, 2017, 10:11:44 AM
Vaeri was watching everyone and hanging back a little, not wanting to crowd too much around the injured. If it were open wounds, she could of stitched the injured elf up, and she had always used soothing oils and creams for any sunburn she might have incurred, though those were not too often used when a healer's hand was always near by. She was still a bit stunned about the floating elf, who went about like a bird.
Then there came the loud cry and she cried out herself as well. Who knew what kind of horrid animals could be in this green growing place?! She wasn't entirely sure why, but her instinct drove her to rush to Tomi who seemed the most tolerable of the crowd, and whom she couldn't help noticing did have a rather pleasing muscular figure, and grabbed his arm gently with her soft brown hands, looking rather frightened. “What was that?!†She cried again, more softly this time as she looked around fearfully, wondering if something was about the leap from the leafy shadows.
Post by: Berit on December 08, 2017, 11:52:57 AM
Tomi twiches in a little fright after hearing the horrifying scream but is more surprised by Vaeri seeking shelter from him. He gently pats her hand with his woodwork roughtened hand...
"All is well mi desert rose... It just sounded like a fox... Harmell to adult elves but might snatch a cubling from out midst... I wont let any harm to reach ye..."
Post by: Jeb on December 08, 2017, 12:30:12 PM
It was strange to hear a fox cry in the day, but Moondrop didn't pay much attention to it. If she had been alone, she would probably have taken cover, wondering what the warning was about, but any predator that had scared the fox would certainly be scared away by all this noise, if that wasn't the reason for the scream in the first place.
She had retrieved her water bladder and offered it to Marut. "Would you like a drink?"
Post by: Berit on December 08, 2017, 01:41:50 PM
Marut looked at Moondrop clerly out of balance, thanked her and took the water but he stood there dazed and soon the algae's stench also burned Moondrop's nosdrills like a stab from a heated knife!..
Post by: Jeb on December 08, 2017, 03:39:23 PM
(Dice roll - 2)
Post by: Berit on December 08, 2017, 04:22:50 PM
Post by: Vaeri on December 08, 2017, 08:59:36 PM
Post by: Berit on December 09, 2017, 03:57:28 AM
"you really need to make some things for situations like these... I will... do my best to provide the wood..."
Tomi nods he is thankful but also a bit worn out about the thought of how many things he has to carve...
Post by: Jeb on December 09, 2017, 06:54:48 AM
Moondrop gave a mental shrug. Their bad fortune meant some good fortune for her. Her stomach was still a little queasy from the stench and still full of fish, but maybe the others were still hungry, or could at least tell her more about the bird that made this nest.
Trying to disturb the nest as little as possible, she pulled a few of the eggs, wrapped them in a small piece of leather lest they break and tucked them into her gathering pouch with a couple of the more useful, larger feathers that had fallen nearby. If they were lucky, maybe momma would return and lay a few more little gems.
Post by: Vaeri on December 09, 2017, 07:33:15 AM
“I would never travel without my pot. It's so easily to make soup for a meal, and you can put anything in soup. And I brought fish!†She said with a smile as she took the fish a small distance from the tree, far enough the smell shouldn't bother the other elves, but close enough she could see and hear them still. Using the blade from her spear carefully, she began gutting and scaling the fish.
(her pot is big enough to hold nearly two quarts, which is right at the very top of the rim. So it is currently holding 6 cups of water.)
Post by: Berit on December 09, 2017, 07:50:10 AM
Marut looked at Tidemist and smiled, still a little woozy from the algae smell but getting better...
"Thank you for letting us borrow it... This will make things so much easier!..."
The water was heating nicely in the pot and Tomi was watching the flames and continued making the bowl, it had taken shape nicely... Marut walked to Tidemist...
"Say, there is mud and clay in the bank.. Sometimes humans made hard bowls and things from it... I... Do you know how they do it? Your pot is so smartly done I wonder if we could copy the design in clay pots? Do you think it could work?..."
Post by: Czarine on December 09, 2017, 07:54:17 AM
"...but I don't know if I've ever landed on top of another elf and cooking fire before." she sighed. "This isn't my day, clearly."
Laluna looked at Tidemist, and thanked her for bringing the algae. Judging by the smell, they were just perfect for a salve.
"The algae smells bad at first, but if we add some water to it, the stench shouldn't stay this strong. The algae just needs to be crushed and mixed with water to make a coarse paste." she gave instructions as best she could. "It will help keep infections away, and it should also soothe the skin."
Tidemist's enthusiasm brought a smile to Laluna's face, despite the unfortunate condition she was in. Tidemist seemed to know how to lift others' spirits.
Laluna heard Marut talking to Tomi about preparing for emergencies.
"If there's enough water to just wash my wounds, it should be enough." Laluna didn't want to be the cause of too much hassle to anybody. "I don't think we need a tub, anyway."
Post by: Jeb on December 09, 2017, 09:11:51 AM
Post by: Vaeri on December 09, 2017, 10:03:36 AM
Vaeri looked up at the mention of clay and pottery. “I know a little about making pottery. I'm not very good at it, but I've seen them being made and fired. I could try my hand at it, perhaps.†In an mental voice, she added, 'it'd be good to have some civilization in this savage place!'
Post by: Berit on December 09, 2017, 10:24:35 AM
"You know something making things from clay?? that is great! maybe you could teach me as well, as I've always wondered how sun folk made their pots!..."
then Marut suddenly went shy...
"I mean... if you... if you want to teach me... it would be nice..."
Moondrop arrived at the great tree with shaking eggs inside her shirt, soon they would see what the chicks would look like!...
Post by: Vaeri on December 09, 2017, 10:45:53 AM
Vaeri nodded a bit graciously at Marut. “You may watch, if you like. But as I said, I'm not very good at clayshaping. But I suppose I can figure it out nice...ly..†Vaeri trailed off, staring a bit stunned at Tidemist, her mouth falling ever slightly open. She had seen rockshapers, who could make rock flow like water, but she had never seen an elf who could manipulate water in the same manner! And what an elegant way to clean the wounds without cloth to spare.
Post by: Czarine on December 09, 2017, 12:59:55 PM
Laluna watched curiously as Tidemist bent the water to her will. She had never seen anything like it! She wondered, what other kind of abilities this mer-elf had. The water felt hot on Laluna's burnt skin, but she withstood it, squeezing her fingers to a fist. The flowing of the water didn't feel that bad, it actually felt softer than any leather Laluna had felt. She closed her eye for a moment (the other was already swollen shut).
Post by: Jeb on December 09, 2017, 01:25:29 PM
She was starting to have misgivings about her impulsive decision to take the eggs with her. Whatever was in here would come out hungry and needing tending, a chore she was sure she didn't want. But if she didn't care for them, what else was she to do? Leave them somewhere to die? Eat them?
She felt fairly sure the eggs were from some kind of bird, crawly scaly things usually had leathery eggs, not hard shells like these. But what if the feathers had only been the remains from one of momma's past treats? What if the things wriggling to be free against her had cold skin and pointy teeth?
She looked glumly at the others. She would love to ask for help in identifying these mystery eggs, but didn't want to disturb the important work they were doing.
Post by: Berit on December 09, 2017, 03:59:07 PM
"Thank you, I promise I won't be in the way of you clay works ..."
Tomi said...
"I remember humans burning clay in fire to make it hard... the fire was in a thing some of them called an oven..."
Moondrop heard female voice ask...
"what did you find?..."
The strange elf maiden who had taken her distance looked at her with yellow, beastly eyes...
Post by: Jeb on December 09, 2017, 06:53:05 PM
She reached in and pulled out one of the eggs for the maiden to examine.
"I found these today. I think they are close to hatching, but I've never seen eggs like this before. Do you know what animal they are from?"
Post by: Vaeri on December 09, 2017, 08:16:25 PM
Vaeri had stared through the first half of the cleaning, still not quite grasping the concept of watershaping. But eventually, her attention slowly came back to Marut. “Ah...y-yes. I believe the potter's call them kilns. But it does rather resemble an oven...i suppose baking clay must be like baking bread, and I can do that.†At that thought, she paused. “I wonder if I would be able to find any grains here to make flour...? Bread would be quite nice to have. Or flatbreads.†She looked a little longing at the thought of her familiar foods then shook her head lightly.
Post by: Berit on December 10, 2017, 02:09:13 AM
"... Bird eggs?..."
she seems happy, thinking she was of great help... she seems to want to make a friend but is still a little scared of company, the gently swipes a lock of her heir behind her ear and looks at the egg...
"... it's pretty..."
Tomi looks at Tidemists and says..
"kilns? alright... and this bread thing ye make, sounds interesting..."
Marut nods...
"Sunfolk are good at it... I bet we can find some of those plants here too to make bread!..."
He gets hyped up about the idea, as he did about pottery, he seems to get excited about a lot of things...
Post by: Czarine on December 10, 2017, 04:34:57 AM
"Don't worry, I'm not easily broken." she smiled to Tidemist, so the mer-elf wouldn't worry too much.
The paste felt cool and calming to her burnt skin. She looked at the black pile that used to be her clothes. Being naked didn't bother her that much, but she would've wanted something to protect her recovering skin.
"I wonder where I'll get new clothes. I don't know how cold the nights are around here."
Post by: Berit on December 10, 2017, 05:04:18 AM
"I can make you new clothes from leather and some from cloth, but I need a loom if you want better quality cloth ones... But I do have some cloth I made before I came to this place, different colors of grey and brown for you to choose from... Some deer hide leather should be there as well if I remember right..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 10, 2017, 08:09:23 AM
She picked up the fish and laid some of them into the pot for the beginnings of soup, while the rest were speared on sticks for roasting. She then began hunting around the perimeter of the tree, trying to find herbs or edible plants she could recognize to add to the soup.
Vaeri seemed to perk up at the mention of Laluna needing new clothes, and she turned to look at her quickly. Marut offered before she could, but she spoke up. “I can help, especially if there's a loom. I make the clothes in Sorrow's End...and I have my needles with me, and some thread. What is leather though? I've never heard of that kind of fabric.â€
She looked out the corner of her eye at Tomi. He seemed quite skilled with woodwork, and she wondered if she could ask for his help in creating it, especially if she could give him guidelines on how to create it. She'd had to make her own looms a handful of times and repair them enough to know their designs. But now where to get thread to make her fabrics..? Perhaps she could find moth's cocoons to make moth fabric.
Post by: Jeb on December 10, 2017, 09:44:31 AM
That didn't answer the question of what she was to do with them, though. She certainly didn't want to be stuck like a sitting hen waiting for them to hatch, or risk trying to move around with them stuck in her clothes, but unless she wanted to slip them back to the woods to await their fate, she would need to keep them warm and protected. And she was still curious about what would emerge.
Staring blankly at Tidemist tending to her pot over the fire while she pondered this, she had an idea. Sneaking into human camps at night while they slept, she had noticed how the rocks of their firepits would hold warmth for long after the fire had died down. Maybe she could devise a way to keep the eggs warm while still having her freedom.
Moondrop found a place where the tree roots created a little pocket and filled it with grass and leaves creating her own little nest, then placed the eggs in. Using her scrap of leather to protect her hand, she touched the different rocks around the fire until finding one she judged to be around the right temperature for what she needed. She tucked the rock in the root pocket a little ways away from the eggs, then unfurled her cloak and set it gently over the top, leaving a few air holes as that seemed like a good idea. Now she would just need to remember to return and replace the rock before it cooled too much.
Then she leaned back and sighed, happy to have full use of her arms again.
Post by: Berit on December 10, 2017, 10:47:24 AM
"Yes, I think there is enough of it!... and... Leather is this..."
Marut turned to Vaeri and keeping the leather in front of him...
"it depends on the animal how thick the leather is... and I can leave fur on it to make it softer and warmer... like these I'm wearing..."
Marut nodded at his patchwork jackets fur collar...
"Maybe we could work together!..."
He got excited once again!...
Moondrop put the eggs to their new nest and knew it would take some time till the rock cooled down, she had plenty of time to do what ever she wanted at the meantime... Rustle followed her and looked the nest she made and blinked her eyes...
"you hid them so no one would find them? that is clever... I do that too..."
Post by: Jeb on December 10, 2017, 11:28:54 AM
Post by: Berit on December 10, 2017, 02:08:15 PM
Rustle looks at the others a sadly, she wants to know them. but fears rejection, thing she has felt many times before and it shows on her freckled face that is framed by her copper hair... the beast can be seen in the gold of her eyes, her pupils small in the daylight...
Post by: Vaeri on December 10, 2017, 05:54:46 PM
She seemed all business now, measuring the girl with her eyes. “Yes...i think perhaps this should be enough for a short dress...though it'd be very short. Perhaps it'd be better to make some kind of top and shorts. What would you prefer, lass?â€
Post by: Berit on December 11, 2017, 01:21:07 AM
Suddenly a small gust of wind carries leaves of a different tree and pieces of papery bark, colored black and white, the wind also carries flowery smell with it, Laluna notices the scent to be from clovers, what can be used for medicine but there is something else mixed in the scent... Marut looks at the Bark and leaves, they are from the birch tree, that is for sure...
Your group must roll 13 to find this area!
Success! you managed to roll 16! you found the Birch forest!
Post by: Berit on December 11, 2017, 01:24:47 AM
"Yet it can be scraped thinner and softer, or it can be made hard like armor by boiling and drying it..."
Tomi leaves the bonfire and walks to the dreamberry place and smiles happily... he clearly has something on his mind...
Post by: Czarine on December 11, 2017, 03:27:46 AM
Laluna looked from Marut to Vaeri, surprised to hear that she too was skilled in making clothes. She felt a bit weird to be under such a measuring stare, but the dark-skinned elf clearly seemed to have a great passion for what she was doing. Laluna was pleased to hear that there were so many who had knowledge in clothmaking.
"I'd be glad to see and learn from you two, if it's alright. I like working with leather, but I'm afraid my skills are lacking." she smiled.
"Do you think there would be enough for a skirt and a top?" she asked Vaeri.
Post by: Jeb on December 11, 2017, 05:42:16 AM
Moondrop followed the other elf's gaze to the group across the clearing. Things seemed to have calmed down now. The injured elf had been clean and her wounds dressed. Now they were all examining scraps of leather, to fashion some sort of clothing, Moondrop assumed. Moondrop didn't know much about making clothing, didn't burn her food, and definitely couldn't float! But was she really that different?
She yawned widely. It had definitely been an unusual day. Days were for resting. The sunlight suddenly felt harsh and her head heavy. She would close her eyes, just for a minute...
Post by: Berit on December 11, 2017, 06:16:48 AM
Marut was extremely happy about forming a some sort of leaning group, he clearly took joy in teaching and learning new things... Marut takes a big needle used for leather-working and showed it to Vaeri...
"This is used for leather, it is bit different than sewing needle, but the idea in using it is basically the same..."
Tomi returned from the dreamberry patch and also had some sand from the bank with him. Tomi sat down and started to crush some inedible plants happily with two rocks...
Moondrop tried to doze off until Rustle decided to sleep in the exact same spot, partly on top of her...
Post by: Vaeri on December 11, 2017, 07:02:20 AM
(Group roll: Tidemist rolled a 6!)
Vaeri listened to Marut, nodding some. “If my needles cannot handle it, it may need to be scraped thinner then...That should be interesting. I'm sure she does not need armor.†She heard Laluna's question and frowned musingly, feeling the leather a bit more. She looked over at the pile of ruined clothing and walked to it, picking it up as she looked it over. Surely it would yield useful scraps, enough to make it doable. And she seemed to prefer mix and matched colors anyway judging by this dress.
“Yes, I think it is possible I could make a top and a skirt from this. It may be a bit tight of a stretch, but I could do it.†She smiled, a bit kindly, then looked at Marut, looking with mild interest as he showed the leather needle. “I think it should work with my threads if needed.†Again she cast an appraising and critical eye at Laluna, trying to decide best which threads would work.
“I will need a blade, or scissors before I begin. Does anyone have some?â€
(Group roll: Vaeri rolled a 3)
Post by: Czarine on December 11, 2017, 08:13:18 AM
"Scissors? What are they?" she asked Vaeri.
Post by: Jeb on December 11, 2017, 08:25:57 AM
Post by: Berit on December 11, 2017, 10:52:51 AM
Marut looks at the clearing fog...
"Look! another area! now I'm sure there is something to hunt there! long ears most likely!..."
Tomi smiles and says...
"now we have a lighter colored wood to work with..."
He also motions Vaeri forward and hands her his knife...
"It is sharp, don't ye cut yer pretty fingers with it!..."
Rustle seems to drift to sleep as well, she also thinks night is a better time to be awake than day...
Post by: Vaeri on December 11, 2017, 12:02:27 PM
Vaeri looked at Laluna and made a scissoring motion with her two first fingers. “Two thin blades attached at the joint like my fingers with two loops at the bottom to put your fingers through. They cut fabric very smoothly and easily. I didn't think to bring mine for some reason.†She noticed Tomi gesturing her over and she took the blade with a smile, murmuring softly just to him, “You may be concerned with my fingers later..†With those mysterious words, she went back to her work, beginning to trace out the shape of the cut outs she would need.
She appraised Laluna again, murmuring to herself about styles and cuts, and began to work.
Post by: Berit on December 11, 2017, 04:12:50 PM
"there is something to hunt for sure!..."
Then he looked at the plants...
"I wonder what of these are edible or what we can use as medicine? I don't know much about that... but luckily some of us do!..."
Marut also smiles as sun shined softly through the branches and some bees and butterflies moved in the air...
Tomi was very surprised by Vaeri's silent words, then smiled widely and started carving furiously and happily...
Post by: Vaeri on December 12, 2017, 06:52:34 AM
Since she seemed so active, one wouldn't want a wardrobe malfunction in the middle of action, so she took strips of purple and gray leather and stitched them together into a collar that would go around the neck, tied with hidden threads on one end, and cut thin strips of purple leather to attach from the bottom of the collar to the inside edge of the top, to prevent it from flying open whatever she may do.
The lass had a good figure, so Vaeri decided on a V-shaped belt to accentuate on this, done with stitched together strips of purple to make it wide enough. She was pleased to find with the halter design, she had plenty for a nice skirt yet it looked bare. She realized she still had a good spot of grey leather back, so she cut a loincloth panel to stitch to the front underside of her belt with a hidden stitch. A touch of Sun Folk fashion for her.
And of course she couldn't let the girl go about barefoot like a savage. So she used the last of the leather to make slipper like shoes, decorated with a small strip of purple in the front. Sun Folk also believed in the old adage of 'waste not, want not', especially in the desert with rare resources, so she fixed up Laluna's old arm sleeves, the one was mostly alright and only required trimming close to the elbow to remove the charred bits. Her other was more damaged, and only a little of it was salvageable, so she restitched a strip of purple to the remaining gray bit and decided the asymmetrical effect would look pleasing to the eye with the coloring being the same.
She was certain she could have made something much more beautiful in her own home for the girl, but she decided with pride this was a success, even with the unfamiliar materials. She swiftly ushered the girl into the bushes to put on the outfit and was smiling with pride when Laluna stepped back out dressed in her leathers. “Well the fit is excellent, I was perhaps a little worried about that. You're so much slimmer than I'm used to working with.â€
Tidemist meanwhile was enjoying exploring the edge of the new meadow. She had found more edible roots and herbs to put in the soup, and was marveling at the birch trees. She had never seen black and white trees like this! And their bark seemed so thin, it was curious. She was floating a little bit above the ground as she went around here and there, wondering if she would find anything interesting.
(Tidemist rolls a 3)
Post by: Czarine on December 12, 2017, 07:30:23 AM
Laluna watched in awe how Vaeri skillfully turned the leathers and remaining bits of her old clothing into such a beautiful garment. Laluna was even more surprised how good the clothes felt on her, and she didn't remember when she had last time worn shoes. She swirled around, marveling the stitching.
"...Wow!" she exclaimed. "I don't think I've ever worn anything as comfortable as this. Thank you so much!" Laluna smiled, and spontaneously hugged Vaeri.
Post by: Vaeri on December 12, 2017, 07:56:19 AM
“You're welcome. I'm glad you like it, lass. Ah...what was your name? I never caught it. I'm Vaeri.â€
Post by: Czarine on December 12, 2017, 08:45:35 AM
"Speaking about healing, I smelled clovers just now..." Laluna sniffed the air. As she turned, she saw birch trees in the distance.
"It seems the mist has lifted a bit! That's odd. But I should stock up on herbs, before any more elves fall off trees..." she said to Vaeri, a bit embarrassed.
"Will you come with me? Maybe we can also find something that you could use for clothing material?" she suggested.
Post by: Vaeri on December 12, 2017, 09:18:07 AM
Post by: Berit on December 12, 2017, 10:31:03 AM
Vaeri and Laluna noticed Marut eating something straight off the ground and was happy about it... Marut looked at them and because of her garment, Marut though Laluna was some new else for a moment...
"oh hi! beautiful here, isn't it!?... you got new clothes! that is good! they look very nice!..."
Post by: Czarine on December 12, 2017, 10:47:30 AM
"Oh no! I just thought you seemed to enjoy using new materials, that's all. I hope these clothes will last me at least a week!" she grinned. It seemed as if Laluna's clothes had a tendency to get ruined often...
Laluna's attention turned to Marut, who seemed to be eating something.
"Hi! I didn't know there were birch trees around here." she looked around. "Have you found anything interesting?" she asked Marut.
Post by: Berit on December 12, 2017, 11:00:49 AM
Post by: Czarine on December 12, 2017, 11:06:04 AM
"You can tell that by just tasting? I had never thought of that!" she smiled at Marut.
"So you can make arrows! I'd really like to learn to use a bow. I don't know how hard it is to learn, though."
Post by: Vaeri on December 12, 2017, 12:37:42 PM
Vaeri walked with Laluna a bit gracefully. It was strange to not feel the sand shifting beneath her feet, but somewhat easier. “Well I shall keep you in stitches as long as I can. I do hope I can find something to make fabric, just in case...No elf should have to run about bare.†Her voice took on a disapproving note at the concept. She noticed the excitable elf on the ground and wondered what in the world he could be chewing.
She leaned close a bit curiously as Laluna and Marut spoke, then reeled back with revulsion when he said he was eating dropping. How barbaric could an elf be?! She nearly felt herself retching, and it was only supreme force of will that she didn't, but it was a pretty near thing. Then he mentioned tasting saliva, and that was when she did retch a bit. She raised her hand to her mouth, gagging at the thought and trying to be as quiet as possible about it. Then Laluna was talking about doing it as well!
“I'm-gag- going back to the-retch- tree.†She said with difficulty and swiftly walked away. Tomi would surely make much better company than these disgusting elves! At least until she was able to forget this particularly distasteful bit of information.
Post by: Berit on December 12, 2017, 05:24:35 PM
Marut's face lights up...
"I could teach you! It wont be that--"
Marut's speech to Laluna gets interrupted by Vaeri's sudden ordeal, he looks at Laluna when Vaeri walks away...
"What happened to her? You think she is sick or something?.."
Post by: Vaeri on December 12, 2017, 07:28:12 PM
Vaeri came back to the tree, more dignified now. She walked over and sat beside Tomi, a bit relieved to be back around the one elf who seemed properly civilized. She noticed the tanned elf with the strange ears stirring a pot of soup, and gave her a small nod of greeting, though she seemed too absorbed in her thoughts to respond.
She shrugged and turned to Tomi, and smiled softly to him. “Thank you for loaning me your knife. What is it you're making anyway?â€
Post by: Berit on December 13, 2017, 01:55:57 AM
"here ye go, my pretty! hope it suits ye! took extra effort in making it!..."
It is a bowl with colors! not a dull brown but vibrant greens and shades of red, carefully detailed and there is a strange shiny surface covering it all, making it easy to clean...
"hope ye like it..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 13, 2017, 08:07:09 AM
Post by: Czarine on December 13, 2017, 09:46:47 AM
"Hmm, might be that her stomach isn't used to the food here." she shrugged, and turned back to Marut.
"Anyway, I'm going to look for some herbs around here. I think I smelled clovers a moment ago." she smiled, and looked around.
Post by: Berit on December 13, 2017, 11:16:36 AM
"Ye need this to bake bread, ay?..."
there is also blocks of wood on the ground he is using to create other bowls and such... he clearly works hard and enjoys working overall...
Marut follows Laluna and it doesn't take long to find white clovers, their flowers can be used in a hot water drink to battle fever and flu... Marut looks at her studying the flowers and looks them more closely himself. he seems happy here, in the forest... Laluna also finds a rabbit hide on the ground! Marut says...
"there it is! I wondered where it went to..."
Laluna also notices an eagle, a big threatening bird on the ground, looking into a small crevice between some rocks... and hears whimpering!...
Post by: Czarine on December 13, 2017, 12:16:49 PM
"These are good for fever when brewed. They can also help if you have a cold." she explained to Marut, showing which flowers were good.
Laluna seemed a bit puzzled when she spotted a rabbit's hide on the ground, but she was a bit amused when it turned out to be Marut's. She wondered if Marut was a forgetful type.
Then her attention turned to an eagle. She was just thinking why it would be down on ground, when she heard the whimpering! In total disregard for her own safety, she rushed towards the sound, furiously throwing sticks at the eagle.
"Away! Shoo!"
(Random dice roll: 5)
Post by: Jeb on December 13, 2017, 04:53:06 PM
Momentary panic as her eyes snapped open to a world of fiery orange. She shook her head and the flames parted, showing a sun lit clearing.
She was caught in a net of...hair?
Slowly it came back to Moondrop. As she awakened her eyes focused on Tidemist tending to the bubbling pot, Tomi and Vaeri bent over something brightly colored and shimmering in the sun.
Post by: Vaeri on December 13, 2017, 07:29:30 PM
Post by: Berit on December 14, 2017, 11:36:37 AM
the large rocks at the birch forest have a nice hiding place or perhaps a den spot for later use, but the large eagle guarding it will not budge! it clearly has accidentally dropped it's prey somewhere between the rocks and is not going to move without fighting for it! such a powerful bird could easily snatch and carry an elf, not to mention to tore one to pieces!... it screams at Laluna and starts behaving aggressively!... one elf could not bring this bird down! but something is there, alive and injured, whimpering with such an heart wrenching way... it sounds like a wolf cub the more Laluna listens to it!...
(to slay this beast, you need minimum of three elves and everyone attending the battle must throw over 4 to not get injured)
Moondrop truly was under a warm blanket of hair, Rustle still slept happily against her, mumbling something about chasing an elk... Moondrop'ss hair shined like cold silver in the light of the slowly setting sun, and Rustle's was the color of fiery orange... she did not smell "civilized" like some of the elves here. Moondrop's ears also pick up the whimpering of an wolf cub somewhere nearby...
Tomi looks at Vaeri while he is setting the rock straight...
"I wouldn't want ye to dirty yer delicate hands... but if ye could stir the mud and clay a bit, it would be the biggest help..."
Tomi was sweating quite a bit, despite his height he is able to lift quite a bit but it nearing his limit... but it determined to get the oven done for Vaeri during this day...
Post by: Czarine on December 14, 2017, 11:57:24 AM
"MARUT! ANYONE! HELP!!!" she shouted, hoping that the hunter was still nearby...
Post by: Berit on December 14, 2017, 12:10:43 PM
"What is it?? What is going on??..."
Post by: Czarine on December 14, 2017, 12:22:32 PM
"Something's injured over there, and the eagle won't leave it be!" she explained in distress.
She was afraid, that it was badly injured...
Post by: Berit on December 14, 2017, 12:34:27 PM
Post by: Jeb on December 14, 2017, 04:19:20 PM
Post by: Berit on December 14, 2017, 07:38:05 PM
(Rustle rolled 2!)
The eagle sinks its mighty talons into Rustles back! She is badly injured and bleeding within the eagles grasp!...
Marut tries to save her by shooting his arriw through the eagle's neck!...
(Marut rolled 5!)
Arrow whistles through the air and pierces the eagles neck, the eagle screeches and crashes down from the stones still holding the fox, the eagle tries to recover and get back to it's wings!...
(there is more elves than 3, so the difficulty is lowered, you need to throw over 3 to awoid injury in this battle)
Post by: Vaeri on December 14, 2017, 07:52:50 PM
Tidemist's head jerked up at Laluna's and Marut's call, and she swiftly abandoned the pot, her chieftess and huntress instincts kicking in. She grabbed up her spear as she glided towards the call, seeing the others fighting a huge bird with a fox in it's claw! Well it wasn't the only creature who could fight in the sky! She let out a fierce cry as she dove at the hawk from above with her spear!
(Tidemist rolled a 6!!! that's my chieftess! phew!)
Post by: Berit on December 14, 2017, 08:07:54 PM
Post by: Jeb on December 15, 2017, 05:53:44 AM
(Moondrop rolls 3.)
Post by: Berit on December 15, 2017, 08:31:06 AM
Moondrop's knife sinks into the flesh of the bird and it slowly lowers it's head, mighty beak open he lies there lifeless... they managed to defeat a mightier foe during nightfall... it's talons big and strong enough to be used as small daggers, it's meat plentiful and who knows what they will use it's bones and beak for... Marut rushes to Rustle who lies there unconscious.
"Healer! we need a healer now!! she is bleeding bad!..."
The whimper of a small wolf cub can be heard from between the rocks, by the sound of it, the cub is also in a bad shape...
Post by: Czarine on December 15, 2017, 09:13:39 AM
"Make way! I can help!" she hurried past Marut to the girl...fox?
Laluna quickly located the worst of the wounds, and laid her hands on top of them. Then she closed her eyes, and let the magic flow through her arms to her fingertips, and to the wounds. Healing had never been easy for her, and it took all her concentration to get the bleeding to stop. She just hoped that she had magic enough for both of the wounded...
Post by: Vaeri on December 15, 2017, 09:30:39 AM
She again mentally lamented the fact she wasn't in her home, where she could easily have found salt and other things to season this. A bird wrapped and roasted in seaweed was really very delicious, stuffed with mussels and herbs and cut up vegetables or rice. Her mouth watered a little at the thought.
Post by: Berit on December 15, 2017, 09:42:30 AM
He had to try for a moment before sharp fear filled yelps could be heard and he pulled out a young cub, colored brownish grey, it was bloody and damaged from the fall, but well alive...
"there there now..."
Marut said and brought it to Laluna...
Post by: Czarine on December 15, 2017, 09:49:02 AM
Her attention turned toward Marut, when she heard the yelps from the rocks. She thought that if the cub could yelp, it wasn't too badly injured... or at least she hoped. She examined the cub while Marut was holding it still. She wanted to know if it had any broken bones, because they would be too difficult for her to heal with magic.
Post by: Berit on December 15, 2017, 09:56:29 AM
Marut asks and looks when Laluna exmines the pup, it does have some broken bones, but things that can be fixed with splints as they are not too bad... the wolf yelps and whines still, it starts to calm down after a minute and looks at Laluna's eyes wondering why the bigger beast has not eaten it yet... small tail curled between it's legs it just stares at them... Marut smiles...
"Luckily he is big enough to eat squashed meat... doesn't need milk anymore... he sure is cute..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 15, 2017, 10:37:14 AM
She got it in the air and chuckled a moment at the sight of a dead bird flying again, and locked its feet in the joint of two branches. She wiped her hands off on the grass and began plucking the feathers off the entire bird, saving everything by floating it in the air in a ball of feathers and down. Arrows, perhaps new stuffing for her pillow and another if it could be made, decorations...These feathers could be very useful.
Post by: Berit on December 15, 2017, 11:50:23 AM
"where did ye get that bird from?... mighty big bird that!.. and... I would like to ask if ye could leave some meat uncooked?... some of our tribe-mates seem to not like cooked meat..."
To vaeri's surprise, Tomi did not hear the calls for help even when she did... his hearing might not be the best among the group... maybe his shortened ears affected more than just the way his ears look?... He happily continues making the oven, soon it is somewhat ready...
"Now well let it dry and then add some finishing touches! thank ye dear fer helping me with it..."
Post by: Czarine on December 15, 2017, 01:45:05 PM
"He's not too badly hurt, though the broken bones will pain him for quite a while. I'll need to make some splints, so they will heal properly. He won't like walking after that, though." She smiled at the cub, scratching him gently behind his ear.
She used some of her magic to heal the bigger wounds, but the cub had survived with surprisingly less damage than she'd thought.
Post by: Berit on December 15, 2017, 03:13:03 PM
Marut says and uses his skinning knife to cut some suitable looking branches, the knife is not the best tool for the job but good enough, he return to Laluna with the sticks...
"just tell me how long they need to be, or if they need to be thinner..."
Marut puts some learher strips to the ground as well...
"By the way, you look cute wuth the cub..."
He suddenly says with a friendly smile...
Post by: Vaeri on December 15, 2017, 09:20:29 PM
Vaeri was wiping her hands off carefully, glad she was finished and very pleased with how the oven was looking. She was a bit shocked to see such a large bird, and intrigued that Tidemist was going to cook it. She spared a brief glance at Tomi as she realized he hadn't heard the cries at all. Curious.
Then Tidemist was mentioning seasonings and Vaeri looked at her again. “I have some in my pack, a variety. You're welcome to use them for the bird. I would enjoy a nice meal. I didn't realize I was getting hungry.†Tidemist gave her a smile of gratitude as she accepted the offer and continued plucking.
Post by: Berit on December 15, 2017, 11:22:22 PM
"Ye ladies sure can make a meal, I am certain of that! better than the slop I mostly do, fer sure!..."
Then Tomi left the stirring and went on to cut some tinier trees with a small axe... after felling two he started collecting grass and moss in a big pile... only stopping to swipe some sweat from his forehead... suddenly a red headed male elf peeked at them all from behind the great tree!... and seemed very unhappy about seeing other elves...
"... and here I thought I was alone..."
He sighted sadly and started walking away, Tomi looked after the young elf...
"... not so keen on meeting that one, that I can tell ye already!..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 16, 2017, 07:37:42 AM
Post by: Czarine on December 16, 2017, 10:23:51 AM
"Oh? Thanks! I think this one is overflowing with cuteness." she smiled and scratched the puppy's cheek.
She took some of the splint material and gently tried to tighten one against the cub's broken leg.
"These will work well. We just have to keep an eye on him, so that he won't move too much while his bones heal."
Post by: Jeb on December 16, 2017, 10:52:15 AM
Shakily, Moondrop retrieved her blade and wiped it clean, barely sparing a thought for the floating elf who took the bird away.
Marut and Laluna had turned their attention to helping a wolf cub they had retrieved from the rocks, but Moondrop couldn't stop looking at Rustle. Had she really transformed into a fox? It seemed so dream-like, but Moondrop could still remember the solid warmth of her as they slept. She pulled out her water skin and leather scrap and wiped Rustle's face and cleaned some of the blood from her back. She wished she had her cloak to lay over the other elf, but it was being used for the eggs. She would need to go back and replace the warming stone soon. But for now she would wait with Rustle.
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 12:08:59 PM
*Yes... What is it in for you, huh?...*
He has some little sticks stuck on her hair, some of them have leaves on them... Tomi keeps an eye on then not trusting the young elf...
Marut helps keeping the puppy's leg straight when Laluna adds the splint, the puppy starts whining as it hurts but now a more the kind of noise puppy uses to tell it's parents something is wrong. he realized already they are not going to eat him, they would have done so already. Marut smiles and jokingly says while he scratches the puppy's head...
"Such a soft pelt you have, looks like you get to keep it! too bad for us! it would have made a nice pillow!..."
The splint is soon secured on the puppy's leg and it tries to shake it off and goes in a bit of a panic then the splint does't drop... it looks at Laluna with a look that almost seems to ask why she was so mean... Marut Smiles and looks at Laluna asking...
"Can you walk?..."
Rustle lays there, breathing but not moving, the water did not wake her up... she made a stupid call attacking straight on, maybe she tried to keep the eagle's attention on herself so no one else would get hurt, since she attacked like a mother animal protecting her young... Moondrop feels that was the case... now she ended up like many mother animals do... she doesn't think like an elf but like an animal in situations like that... it takes a while until her yellow eyes shine from the darkness, she asks with a weakened voice...
"Dear... the others are well?... good... you needn't worry about me... go play..."
Post by: Jeb on December 16, 2017, 01:33:52 PM
"I will help you back to the fire. There's food and warmth there. Can you move?"
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 02:31:09 PM
"you are a good child..."
She shivers and her skin grows orange fur and she turns into a fox, turns and gently licks Moondrops cheek and tries to walk away to heal on her in the woods, but collapses on the ground again...
Post by: Jeb on December 16, 2017, 02:53:11 PM
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 03:22:55 PM
Post by: Jeb on December 16, 2017, 04:10:13 PM
Finally looking around, she is startled to see yet another new elf is now among them. All the elves so far had seemed friendly, but this one seems different. Although Moondrop isn't included in the conversation, she can clearly see his anger toward Tidemist. Tomi too seems uneasy in his presence.
Moondrop had meant to ask Tidemist if she would share some of her food, but will not break into this meeting. Moondrop will hunt something if she needs to, but first the eggs.
Before leaving to collect another rock from the fire she crouches by Rustle and asks quietly to not draw attention, "Are you hungry?"
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 05:38:53 PM
Post by: Vaeri on December 16, 2017, 07:42:46 PM
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 08:16:19 PM
"Look, I don't enjoy telling this again and again, So I will keep it short... YOU were here before, YOU created that floating ball of water... In fact, all of you lived here about few hundred years... Then vanished back to where you came... And same happened earlier too... Don't ask me why it happens, I do not know and I do not care to know..."
The elf turns again to continue his walk...
Post by: Vaeri on December 16, 2017, 08:26:59 PM
He was going to leave again, so Tidemist tried a different track. “Wait. Won't you stay, please? We have plenty of food to share if you like..we have a hawk to be roasted, and fish stew, and rabbit. I won't ask anymore questions about what happened if you stay.â€
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 08:41:54 PM
"Well I said you lived here long, so you improved whatever nonsense magic you have!..."
He calmed down then as she spoke of food...
"No, I can feed myself... I do not need any of you and I don't even like you! Just leave me rot in peace, thank you!.."
He turns again and mutters something angrily while marching forward...
Post by: Vaeri on December 16, 2017, 08:54:02 PM
Then she realized something as she looked around. The entire area save bits and pieces were shrouded in fog. Would he just wander in the fog? Unless somehow... “Doesn't the fog stop you? Can you see through it?â€
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 09:01:45 PM
"Yes, I can walk in the mist... The only place for me to be alone! Just let me be! The only person I dislike more than you is that old man with a golden skin... High one or something like that, Stuff I do not care about... Just... Don't free him this time..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 16, 2017, 09:15:29 PM
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 09:31:26 PM
He says steaming with rage, and suddenly a name slips into Tidemist's mind... "Guyaro" it must be the redheads name, at first the name popping made her think the other, scarier reason of knowing someones name, until she realized it was not the "eyes meet eyes, soul meets soul" sort of situation... It was more like she had remembered something long forgotten...
Post by: Vaeri on December 16, 2017, 09:40:49 PM
“Guyaro, being angry solves nothing, and will never help anything. Maybe we need your help instead of the other way around. Maybe I need your help.â€
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 09:54:07 PM
Guyaro snapped back, then heard her words and burst into mocking laughter...
"Hoo boy!! It has helped me plenty!! Helped me staying far away from people like you!!... "
He spanked his knee as he laughed, Suddenly a ball of mud hit him straight on the face! Tomi walked closer holding his axe...
"Watch yer words, lad... I've slain elves before, and yer rudeness towards her is starting to make me angry..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 16, 2017, 10:06:44 PM
Vaeri had been watching the discussion between Tidemist and the red haired elf with a skeptical expression. Why was he so rude and angry? And what was he talking about with a High One nearby? Wouldn't it be a good thing to have a High One to help them and watch over them? High Ones were a matter of awe and respect, not fear. And she was fairly shocked when she saw Tomi taking a handful of mud from the oven making and flinging it at the elf! Then he was up and advancing on the elf with an ax. She quickly got up and followed after him, ready to throw herself on him to try and hold him back if he started a fight. It seemed Tidemist was of the same opinion a fight was to be avoided.
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 10:17:38 PM
"Ye sure? Boy here has so much dung in his mouth everyone would be better off..."
Guyaro wiped the mud from his face and shouted in rage...
"You want to take me on, Short stuff!?..."
Tomi laughed...
"Short stuff? like I haven't herd that before... try harder if ye are trying to insult me..."
Guyaro tried all his might to conceal his feelings, then burst into tears! Tomi looked at him surprised of this sudden change... Guyaro cried...
"You are all heartless and mean!! get away from me!..."
Guyaro rushed to the mists crying the whole time... Tomi rubbed his head...
"Errr... did not mean that to happen... forgive me..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 16, 2017, 10:32:22 PM
Vaeri stood near Tomi a bit, tensed and ready for the worse to happen. But things did not end nearly as bad as she thought they would, though the elf did sound like a kitling throwing a bit of a tantrum when he ran off. She watched Tidemist walk away with a raised eyebrow then turned to Tomi, touching his shoulder gently in a silent gesture of minor comfort and support.
Post by: Berit on December 16, 2017, 10:52:05 PM
Tomi said, and flashed a half smile at Tidemist...
"and ye are not chief here, ye know?.. we are not to the point of choosing one yet..."
It seems Tomi noticed certain behavior about her that chiefs tend to have, but shook his head, surprised by Vaeri's touch...
"Forgive me, desert rose... I did not mean to worry ye... just a bad habit of mine in butting in... and he had a concealed weapon... I just got worried for the water missus..."
Post by: Jeb on December 17, 2017, 09:10:19 AM
Moondrop could hear the conversation between the other elves but didn’t pay it much attention, focusing instead on the needs of those in her care.
She exchanged the cold stone with the eggs with a fresh one from the fire and turned the eggs as she had noticed some mother birds do.
She thought about asking Tidemist for some of the eagle meat, but felt too uncomfortable. To Moondrop, Tidemist's chiefly bearing marked her as higher rank than Moondrop. Plus, it had been Tidemist's spear that had brought the bird down, so the bird was clearly hers. It would be challenge to ask for a share before it was offered, and Moondrop was not one to challenge. Besides, she was too used to fending on her own.
She decided she would do what she had always done and set a few traps. The dreamberry patch was a promising place. There should be some creatures out to feast on the fruits. Moondrop herself could collect some of the berries, and look for other edible roots and nuts.
Moondrop placed her water skin near Rustle, hoping she could change back to her elf form to use it if needed.
"I'll be back soon." She promised, then headed into the bushes to find a nice spot to set her trap.
Post by: Czarine on December 17, 2017, 09:45:19 AM
"You'll just have to get used to it! Or Marut might really make you into a pillow!" she laughed, joining in Marut's joke. She was relieved that the cub seemed strong and not too shy. It would make it easier to take care of him.
Laluna got up carefully, steadying herself.
"I think I can manage. I just need to rest a bit." She said to Marut.
Laluna watched how the grey-haired girl carried the fox-girl towards the great tree. She thought it was adorable how the other elf looked after the injured girl, even if it was weird how that girl was a fox again.
"There are so many new faces..." she commented, partly to Marut, partly to herself.
Post by: Berit on December 17, 2017, 02:23:45 PM
Moondrop searched for a good place for the traps among the bushes, she steps on poo and slips! then when she tries to balance herself she steps on another poo and slips again! then a a squealing of a little pigled rushes towards her when she is getting up and knocks her into one of the bushes! many berries are squashed and she smells of dream berries... and she sees there is a big beehive just in front of her face and the bees are getting angry!...
Post by: Berit on December 17, 2017, 02:55:58 PM
Post by: Vaeri on December 17, 2017, 06:11:41 PM
Vaeri smiled a bit to Tomi. “I understand. He had a weapon? I wonder why he didn't draw it. He seemed angry enough to.†She glanced at camp, seeing Laluna and Marut walking together with something that looked like a jackal cub, but with more fur. And Tidemist was working on the bird again. “I'm going to help her with seasoning the bird. Perhaps we'll be able to give the wonderful oven you've built a new try.†She smiled more, trying to cheer him.
Post by: Berit on December 17, 2017, 07:57:26 PM
"... Ye don't mind it?... mind the fact I've killed other elves?..."
He looks deep into her eyes, looking more serious than usually... and strangely accepting if she doesn't want to speak to him anymore...
"... I won't lie to you and say it was for self defense... it was not..."
Post by: Vaeri on December 17, 2017, 08:59:29 PM
“Do...do you at least regret it, even a little? Why would you even have to do such a thing...?â€
Post by: Berit on December 17, 2017, 09:15:46 PM
"... At times... And I... Well... I did it for a stupid chief... And so, I do not like being treated like an underling... Never again I will bow down to anyone... Better for me to stay away from things like that..."
Tomi seems to lose himself to his thoughts for a moment, holding his axe more tightly...
"Her name was Winnowill... I regret meeting her..."
Tomi looks at Vaeri and smiles slightly...
"Sorry I brought this up all of sudden... I just... Wanted ye to know... I would never want to lie to ye..."
His dark eyes seem to be telling the truth...
Post by: Vaeri on December 17, 2017, 10:55:20 PM
“Then I can forgive you Tomi for what you've done, and I won't let it weigh on my mind. I only hope some day it will weigh less on yours as well...â€
Post by: Berit on December 18, 2017, 02:01:04 AM
"... Thank you..."
Post by: Czarine on December 18, 2017, 10:50:35 AM
"I wonder if there's a low enough den around here that the cub won't hurt himself..." she said, and looked around the base of the great tree. She remembered from the time of her short-lived climb, that the great tree had a lot of den like formations. Maybe one of them would be suitable for taking care of the cub.
Post by: Berit on December 18, 2017, 06:10:15 PM
Marut rushed to take a look, and he was right, there are many magically and naturally shaped holes...
"I'll fetch some hay to make one more comfortable!..."
Marut suddenly sprints into such speed that would surpass that of a deer! then stops a little further away to pick some grass for the den, the wolf got scared and hides its face by pressing it against Laluna's chest..
Post by: Berit on December 18, 2017, 06:17:04 PM
Group activity time!
Sweet scent of sun dried grass and open fields drift through the air, it comes somewhere from beyond the birch forest...
You must roll over 19 to unlock a new area!
Group roll overall was 11, so no new area this time!
Post by: Jeb on December 18, 2017, 06:43:47 PM
Moondrop tries to stay very still, hoping the bees will calm, but it's no use. They are attracted by the sticky sweet smell of the berries and begin swarming around her. Very slowly she edges away from the hive, hissing at the stings she receives when bees get accidentally squeezed by her movements.
When she gets far enough away from the hive and bushes, she runs toward the stream and jumps in. The cool water is soothing to the burning stings. Moondrop strips off her clothes, scrubbing off the slick and sticky filth.
Post by: Vaeri on December 18, 2017, 06:58:22 PM
(Group roll for Vaeri- 1)
Tidemist looked up at Laluna and Marut came back. She couldn't help but smile at the wolf cub they had, mildly intrigued to see it up close. Her news about what happened could wait until everyone was gathered, probably while they ate. She had finished cutting the hawk's body and called out to everyone near by. “If any of you prefer raw meat, this bird is ready. Though Vaeri had seasonings if you want to try your meat with it.â€
(Group roll for Tidemist- 5)
Post by: Berit on December 18, 2017, 08:16:10 PM
Tomi follows vaeri to the tree where the big bird is being cooked, he notices Vaeri being uneasy when seeing certain duo near the tree...
"What is the matter, mi Desert queen?..."
After hearing Tidemist's call, Marut returns from his small hay collecting trip and drops the hay to the ground near the tree, cheerily saying..
"both meats are good with me! But the wolf cub needs raw, unseasoned meat!... Huh? Where is The silver haired girl?..."
The fox nearby shivers and transforms again, into a naked elf lady who informs them...
"she said she would be right back... She is my beautiful cub, so be nice to her..."
Post by: Czarine on December 19, 2017, 01:28:00 PM
Laluna was surprised to see that Marut could move so fast! She was glad that he was eager to help. Laluna smiled and scratched the cub's neck when it pressed itself against her.
"Now, there's no need to be afraid. It's time for you to eat and meet some tribe members! Let's go see Tidemist." she talked to the cub to keep him calm.
Laluna took the cub to where Tidemist had prepared the food. She just hoped that the cub would be okay with meat... at least Marut had said so.
Post by: Berit on December 19, 2017, 02:15:17 PM
Post by: Vaeri on December 19, 2017, 06:29:59 PM
Tidemist looked up as Laluna came over with the cub and smiled, nodding towards the raw parts of the eagle. “I have a tribe of wolf-blooded elves who live near my tribe. They usually preferred their meat raw. Are you wolf-blooded?†She looked at her curiously. She noticed the fox woman and blinked a bit, then shrugged a little. What was the point of being surprised anymore?
Post by: Jeb on December 19, 2017, 07:09:12 PM
Ah, yes. Food. For her and the wounded fox...girl...?
At least the droppings had been evidence that there were indeed creatures to trap in the area, but such loose and copious amounts made Moondrop leery of what they might be. Her traps would certainly be useless against a branch-horn, and she wouldn't want to meet one alone anyway.
Plus there was the pig. The piglet might make a good meal, but where there were babies, there would undoubtedly be other, full-grown swine that were sure to wreck any traps she set.
But not knowing what else to do, she decided she would stop by the dreamberry patch and - taking much more care where she set her feet this time! - set a few traps, then return to the others.
Post by: Berit on December 19, 2017, 08:06:11 PM
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Post by: Berit on December 19, 2017, 08:15:28 PM
"Oh! hahah! ye should thank them for it!... Marut does it fer he doesn't get sick and that is a way to make sure we don't eat sick meat... he is taking care of us that way! hahahah! but it is funny, that is fer sure!..."
Tomi suddenly hugs her from the waist and lifts her to his shoulder, carrying her...
"Let me show ye how a real savage acts near ladies! RAWRrr!!..."
Moondrop sets the traps carefully and hears losts of rustling and noise from the bushes, many night animals are moving about... this truly is a good place to set traps... the one bush with the bee hive can be spotted because of all the broken branches and scattered berries, there are still hew bees walking about, for them it's too cold to fly anymore now that it's night time...
Post by: Vaeri on December 20, 2017, 05:54:06 PM
Post by: Berit on December 21, 2017, 02:57:51 AM
"Can I help you with anything? I mean, while we eat... and Oh! by the way! I found this, not sure if it's any use, but..."
Marut hands Tidemist A naturally formed stone that has a bit of an bowl shape to it..."
"And I also found red hair, elven hair I believe, in the birch forest while I was searching stuff... none of us has that red hair..."
Tidemist instantly recognizes the hair marut is holding, it is red enough to belong to that Guyaro...
Post by: Vaeri on December 21, 2017, 05:43:59 PM
Tidemist looked at Marut and shook her head with a friendly smile. “Oh I think I have enough help with..uh...†She paused then nudged her head towards Vaeri sheepishly, she didn't know what her name was, or she couldn't seem to remember. She was pleased with the bowl like rock though. “I'm sure we'll find a use for this!†but her smile slipped away when she saw the red hair. In fact she began frowning as she recalled the encounter. “Yes, it's a red haired elf...his name is Guyaro...he was here..†and with that, she quietly sent the memory of what happened to Marut. Sending was easier than words in this case, even if he felt her frustration at not knowing what was going on and not being able to get answers.
Post by: Berit on December 21, 2017, 07:14:08 PM
"Aaaah... Whew... Hmmmh... So... Well this is... Interesting"
Marut rubs his chin and ponders about what he saw...
"You think what he said is true?.. And what golden skinned old man? I have not seen any one like that... Hmmmh..."
Despite her injuries or driven by them, Rustle quickly steals some of the raw meat for herself and Moondrop and sneaks off...
Post by: Vaeri on December 21, 2017, 09:18:30 PM
Vaeri looked a bit surprised at Tidemist and Marut's conversation. How had she told him about what happened when she hadn't said a word? She watched them a little baffled before she slowly turned her attention to the spices again.
Post by: Berit on December 21, 2017, 11:01:55 PM
Marut says...
"Sure be might be in the mists, but I can see where he moves, places he visits... After that it's just a matter of patience... But I'll do it with one condition... No killing... I don't want my skills to be used for harming others..."
He looks Tidemist in the eyes and he is serious, that much is very clear... Marut's expression slowly melts into a smile...
"So what do you think?..."
Post by: Jeb on December 23, 2017, 06:02:49 AM
Moondrop rubbed her arms against the chill, cursing her missing cloak. Maybe it was time to end this experiment with the eggs. Whatever kind of birds they were, they were more use to her as a meal. She just hoped they weren't too feathery.
A rustling close by caused Moondrop to freeze. Turning her head slowly, she pinpointed the source of the sound and quickly flung her knife.
Post by: Berit on December 24, 2017, 07:00:51 AM
But what struck her the most was... strange clothes on the ground near it! stretchy material, thick red and green cloth and strange white fur like stuff that seemed good at absorbing moisture...
what kind of elf would wear things like this and why were they laying here? still it strangely felt that no one was coming to get them, they had no smell to them, other than strange peppermint and cinnamon smell, both very odd to Moondrop...
Post by: Jeb on December 24, 2017, 11:48:11 AM
Moondrop put the red hat on. Now she was a little warmer and not missing her cloak so much.
The shoes she didn't need, but she thought either the sea-elf or the desert elf might need them, especially if they all were here for the white-cold.
She picked up the red and white...pants?...boots? It seemed to be both in one, and a little small at that. She ran her arm down one leg and was surprised to see the fabric give and widen as she stretched her hand out inside. Very strange.
Not needing another pair of pants, she packed all the other clothes inside the legs and tied the waist, then tied the legs to form a handle, that she slung over her shoulder and around her torso to carry it all back.
Excited to show the others her finds and see what they thought if them, she grabbed her rabbit and headed back to the big tree.
They were all there, enjoying the eagle, except for the fox-girl. Moondrop hoped that meant she was feeling better.
She hurried into the midst of them, talking quickly of what she had found and pulling out her treasures, only after realizing she had interrupted a conversation between Marut and Tidemist.
"Who do you think left these?" She wondered. "And why do they smell so strange?" She held them out to the nearest nose.
She held up the rabbit. "And why does this look like it's ready for white-cold, when it's not nearly time?"
Post by: Berit on December 24, 2017, 12:46:09 PM
(Jeb's art about the hat!)
Marut jumped a bit again! Moondrop came out of nowhere! He looked at the clothes very puzzled and squeezed the white ball on one of the hats, looking disgusted about how it feels, but still very intrigued...
"These are very strange! they are not even broken, why would anyone just leave them?... and... let us hope that white cold is not coming suddenly... I have never seen a long ear in all white during this time..."
Marut also sniffed the strange tiny pants and felt almost attacked by the scent, Tomi had to study the strange objects...
"These be odd, Sweet cheeks... still they are of our height... but who would dress in those colors if they wanted to blend in... why are these pants stretchy? like entrails of a great snake!..."
Moondrop suddenly hears chirping from where she left the eggs! they have hatched!...
Post by: Jeb on December 24, 2017, 01:57:49 PM
Post by: Berit on December 24, 2017, 02:27:55 PM
Their chirps are naturally more silent than with many other birds and Moondrop still does not recognize what birds they are. the small and clumsy hatchlings fall down all the time as they try to come closer to her... only three of them have hatched from their eggs, the rest seem to be dead...
Post by: Vaeri on December 25, 2017, 07:39:47 PM
Vaeri looked up at the mention of strange clothes and abandoned the spices for a moment, which she had begun sprinkling over the eagle half to be roasted. She was intrigued by the clothing, and what the purpose of some of them could be. Bright colors was nothing new to her, the brighter the better was the usual opinion of the Sun Folk. “I do wonder who left them. Could they belong to that elf that was here earlier?â€
Post by: Berit on December 25, 2017, 11:02:30 PM
"Oh, alright... I just had to make sure... I had... that happen once..."
Marut looked down a bit, clearly he cannot forgive himself for accidentally helping someone he should not have helped and the thing led to someone's death... he shakes it off and smiles slightly...
"So? do you want me to track him? now that we both think alike..."
Marut cannot stop himself from correcting Tidemists hat a little, then he seems more happy... Tomi carries loads of mud on a certain place near the poles he is making. he is muddy and completely dirty himself now, Marut looks at him and tells Tidemist...
"Hmmmh... maybe I should stop him? he has a habit of over working and then exhausting himself completely... he has that mad shine to his eyes again, a clear sign of him not knowing when to stop..."
Naked Rustle sneaks in and secretly grabs one of Vaeri's spice jars and gives it a big sniff... she jumps and leaves the jar, running all the way to the stream as if she was attacked by bees!...
Post by: Berit on December 25, 2017, 11:08:56 PM
Hint of grassy scent still lingers in the air, there is also another scents mixed with it, like one of a watery plant and a strange scent that can be only described as perfume, not a natural scent but one that was made by elves, more a masculine perfume than feminine...
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Post by: Czarine on December 26, 2017, 02:57:43 AM
Laluna sat near the eagle with the cub in her lap. She was still a bit worn out from the healing, but she knew food would make her recover faster.
"Wolf-blooded? I don't think so. Raw meat or not, both work for me." she smiled to Tidemist.
Laluna took some raw meat and chewed it a bit, and then gave some of it to the cub to see how he liked it. As she was feeding the cub, she looked amused how Tomi carried Vaeri there. She noticed their looks, and smiled a little to herself. She was glad that the tribe was getting along this well. Though the fox-girl seemed a bit odd to her still. Why did she feel the need to steal her food?
Laluna listened to Tidemist and Marut's conversation, curious about the red-haired elf. She wondered, if he had been living around here for a long time. And who was the golden elf Marut talked about? Laluna's attention turned to the grey-haired girl, who just appeared out from nowhere with a bundle of strange clothes and a white rabbit. Who would wear such colorful clothes in the woods?
Post by: Berit on December 26, 2017, 04:04:03 AM
Post by: Vaeri on December 26, 2017, 07:07:53 AM
Marut's words distracted her from her thoughts and turned to look at Tomi. “You're his friend. You probably know when to tell him to stop. He does look pretty dirty though.â€
(Tidemist's activity roll: 6)
Vaeri looked up in concern when Marut spoke about Tomi and looked over at him. When had he gotten so caked in mud? He was most definitely going to require a bath. She began to rise up to speak to him, then hesitated. Yes she was becoming quite fond of him, but judging from the words, Marut surely had known Tomi longer than her. She mused a moment, watching Tomi before she settled back down calmly. After all, it wasn't like they were recognized. There was no need for urgency. She would only say something if it seemed Tomi was getting stubborn.
She only caught a glimpse of the red haired feral woman as she was picking up a jar of spices and sniffing it, then dropping it to run off quickly. She curiously reached over to see which of the spices the other girl had sniffed.
(Vaeri's activity roll: 4)
(also merry Christmas to everyone! Hope they had a good holiday.)
Post by: Berit on December 26, 2017, 11:32:56 AM
Marut sniffs the air...
"what is that? some... some kind of perfume?..."
Vaeri notices that the jar the feral woman took a great sniff from is the chili powder jar...
Post by: Vaeri on December 26, 2017, 09:48:48 PM
Vaeri couldn't help but chuckle at the jar. Oh this was spicy indeed, and getting a nose full of this would hurt! In fact just a few pinches would do to make something spicy. She gently sealed the jar and put it away. No need to make the bird spicy after all. It had been sprinkled over with salt, marjoram, thyme, rosemary and garlic. She rubbed the spices into the skin and crevasses. She had rather wanted to use the new oven, but mildly deferred to Tidemist. Together, they were able to get the bird spitted and Tidemist began rotating the bird over the flames.
Vaeri headed in the direction Tidemist had come from with water, eventually finding the stream and she carefully washed her hands of the raw meat juices and seasoning before she came back. She looked towards Tomi again with a little worry.
Post by: Jeb on December 27, 2017, 01:23:42 PM
The hatch mates noticed and they were soon all scrabbling looking for other tasty crawlies.
Moondrop looked up at the new scent and saw that she was not the only one to smell it, or to see the new land emerge from the mists.
The openness of the new area concerned her. The human tribes she sometimes followed preferred lands like these, where they could move easily and see far. Moondrop could easily evade the humans on her own, but a large group like this was becoming?
She watched Tomi for a minute as he struggled with his building and the others tend to their fire. Fixing things to the ground like the humans did. In Moondrop's experience that never ended well. Humans didn't always like other groups, especially when they wanted to claim the same ground. She didn’t think they be any kinder to elves, if Tomi was any example.
She didn’t smell humans yet, but it would be better to check out now, while the others prepared to eat.
Moondrop picked up her cloak and headed toward the edge of the birch forest to have a better look.
Post by: Berit on December 28, 2017, 01:40:32 AM
"Tomi... it's alright... you can stop..."
His words didn't seem to reach him, Marut talked again...
"You can stop... Tomi..."
He was still too fixated in building the wall, Marut poked him from a distance nad Tomi turned around in strange confusion and anger... Marut talked to him yet again...
"Tomi... Tomi... listen to me... you can stop, nothing bad happens if you stop... do you know me?..."
Tomi looked at him a moment and slowly regained his grasp of reality.... he looked around for a moment and talked to MArut...
"Yes... Ye are Marut... I... heh... I... sorry... I must've... lost myself there..."
Then Tomi suddenly lost his balance and Marut stopped him from falling... Tomi breathes heavily and falls asleep from exhaustion... Marut sits there with him for a moment, looking sad... then he smiles at Tidemist and Vaeri...
"We will... be right back, I'll help him clean up..."
Marut lifts him to his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and walks to the stream...
Moondrop sneaks into the clearing, the grass is tall enough to almost hide her when she is standing, it doesn't take long for her to spot a small fire by a big stone... she hears muffled crying and soon she spots a very handsome elf with red hair and small beard trying to keep the fire alive... he has dressed himself in shiny fabrics that are partly see-through, making his buttocks clearly visible... this odd elf seems to have no idea what he is doing and he clearly has no survival skills. he cries out with a high pitched voice when the flame dies down...
"NOOOOoooo!!! Someone save me from this dreadful place!... I need to be cuddled! not punished like this!..."
He falls down defeated by nature, with a dramatic flair and cries some more...
Post by: Jeb on December 28, 2017, 05:52:39 AM
She wondered if this red-headed elf was related to the one that had come to the fire earlier. He certainly had the same emotional instability.
Moondrop watched his theatrics for a moment. She really didn't want to deal with this silliness, but he did seem to be genuinely in distress. She thought about going back, telling the others and let them figuring out what to do with him, but who knows where he would hare off to or what fool thing he would do in the meantime...assuming it was something other than howl face-down in the grass.
One thing was certain, it would probably be good to get him quieted down somehow.
Moondrop sighed in resignation. She pulled her knife in readiness, just in case, then walked forward to where she would be visible to him, but still able to get away quickly if needed.
In the most soothing voice she could muster, she called "Hello?"
Post by: Berit on December 28, 2017, 06:24:22 AM
"Oh! please! please help me! I am in need of a savior! you look like a strong... very strong..."
He looked at her many times from head to toes, clearly smiling at what he sees...
"... extremely strong and beautiful girl... would you... please help me?..."
He corrects his long red hair...
"I can be yours if you do..."
Post by: Jeb on December 28, 2017, 07:19:36 AM
"I will take you to the others. They have fire and food. Someone there may be more welcoming of your...gratitude."
Post by: Vaeri on December 28, 2017, 08:15:26 PM
After a moment, Vaeri walked to the fire quietly and sat down near the flames, gazing pensively into the flickering lights as the scents of the roasting bird began to fill the clearing, a delicious aroma that usually would have given her a spark of pride in her cooking knowledge, in the fact she had perfectly seasoning the poultry, but she was too distracted to notice.
Post by: Berit on December 29, 2017, 01:36:11 PM
"Well... alright, but do tell me if you change your mind... my... hero..."
He bites his lower lip and smiles at her... then he strokes his beard and asks...
"Ummmh, could we go right away... it it... scary in the dark..."
He hugs himself and looks at his surroundings, uneasy in the middle of the wilderness like this...
The bird roasts well at the fire and the flesh turns golden brown, the wolf cub looks in confusion at the whole thing but too scared to go closer because there is fire. it takes a while then Marut returns with Tomi, who is leaning on Marut and he is clearly tired... Marut sits him down and then looks at the bird...
"Wow! looks nice! thank you for going through the trouble!..."
Post by: Jeb on December 29, 2017, 04:23:41 PM
She begins to lead him back to the others, thinking that another place he is lacking sense is in his choice of clothing. The sheer fabric doesn't seem like it'd be much good for either warmth or protection, so what was the point?
She thinks about offering her cloak, but it is far too useful to her, and she doesn't know that she would get it back. She suddenly remembers she has something else.
"Are you cold? You could wear my hat, if you like."
Why is he out here so unprepared, anyway?
"How did you end up here?"
While they walk she open sends a quick image of the two of them walking towards the fire so the others won't be surprised at the sound of them approaching.
Post by: Vaeri on December 29, 2017, 09:03:43 PM
Vaeri snapped out of her thoughts as Marut spoke, and looked towards Tomi concerned. A moments debate and she rose up, moved around the fire, and sat again beside him. She touched his arm gently, but he was deep asleep. She looked startled as Tidemist suddenly spoke, then looked puzzled at her words. “What guest? We are all here, as far as I can see, and no one new has shown up.â€
Post by: Berit on December 30, 2017, 02:31:04 AM
"Oh thank you! Yes, I am cold... and alone, with no one here to hold me..."
He hugs himself a little, but starts stroking his beard when Moondrop asks where he came from...
"I learned my brother was a live and sent out to seek him! but... I... lost my way the minute I set foot on these scary woods... I'm so happy I met a hero like you...."
He looks at her and blushes a little...
Marut Also looks at Tidemist and seems to suffer from a slight headache...
"Another red headed elf! well... this sure is something...."
Marut's stomach announces it has been too long since he ate, He looks down and talks to his belly...
"Hold on a little longer, alright?..."
Vaeri has no idea what they are talking about, naked Rustle suddenly sits next to her, but looks at her jars like they were live beehives...
Post by: Jeb on December 30, 2017, 06:54:13 AM
As she asks, she directs a send of her memory of the earlier meeting with the red-headed elf to her companion.
Post by: Berit on December 30, 2017, 07:48:32 AM
"Yes! yes he has! have you seen him? he is uglier than I am and he has bigger ears... he also tends to sulk a lot.."
He touches Moondrop's shoulder softly...
Post by: Jeb on December 30, 2017, 09:16:50 AM
"Maybe...the other's will know better. They spoke to him."
They start to be able to see the glow of the fire through the trees.
"We are almost there now."
Post by: Berit on December 30, 2017, 09:30:53 AM
"y-you are sure this is safe? they won't hurt me or anything? I am very delicate, like a flower!..."
He notices Marut's odd facial features from a far and shudders...
"I-is that a troll!?! you didn't tell me there was a troll! that thing will eat me for sure!..."
Post by: Jeb on December 30, 2017, 12:04:49 PM
"He's not a troll..." She faltered. She actually didn’t know what a troll was, but guessed it didn't matter. Troll or not, he seemed friendly enough. She was sure the others would take care of the stranger.
Post by: Berit on December 30, 2017, 12:27:43 PM
"You arrived just in time! food is ready! and... your new friend is also welcome to join us!..."
The Red head looks at Marut suspiciously and sweats a bit before mustering the courage to look at the food, he is clearly hungry and steps to meet them, his body revealed almost completely by the fabrics he is wearing, Marut looks at his get up a bit confused, why would anyone wear something like that? the elf clearly doesn't mind showing everything he has got... and speaks with seductive voice to all of them...
"Oh hello, all of you... do admire my body all you like... I am the beautiful Mehadrin! you have been blessed to spend some time with me..."
Post by: Berit on January 02, 2018, 04:50:01 AM
The aroma of the roasting bird is slightly disturbed by occasional gusts of wind that bring the stench of a swamp that is somewhere near by...
You must roll over 14 to unlock the swamps!
You rolled 17! success!
Post by: Vaeri on January 05, 2018, 08:27:52 AM
Then suddenly there was another red haired elf with one of the other females. How could they have known they were coming? Vaeri was utterly baffled and shook her head before focusing on the newcomer. The fabric of his clothing is what caught her interest more, it looked a bit like moth fabric but was far more shiny. Something like that would make for very fine clothes, and the sheerness...well perhaps a bit revealing but it could help immensely with the heat in Sorrow's End.
Again, the amused smile as the male elf began preening and strutting like a brightly frilled lizard. He did have a very high opinion of himself, though perhaps it was not entirely unwarranted. “Hello Mehadrin, I am Vaeri. Where did you get the fabric for your robe?â€
(Vaeri's group roll: 4)
Tidemist looked at Vaeri a bit confused. “Didn't you get the sending..?†She asked a bit concerned. But the question was lost and forgotten with the arrival of the newcomer. She blinked a bit surprised to see him, and his words, which made her eyebrows both raise up a bit. Why didn't he just go around naked if he liked to show off his body so much? She gave a mental shrug and watched as Vaeri introduced herself before she did likewise. “I'm Tidemist. Welcome to...well I guess it's our little tribe.â€
(Tidemist's group roll: 6)
Post by: Czarine on January 05, 2018, 11:22:02 AM
Laluna sat by the fire and watched as the big bird roasted, playing with the cub and observing what others were up to. She was worried about Tomi, but since Marut seemed to know how to handle him, she thought best not to get involved, at least not yet. She didn't want anybody to get sick, since she herself wasn't in full health from the fall yet. Moondrop's open sending startled her, but she was curious to see this new elf.
When they arrived, she studied Mehadrin for a while without saying anything. He behaved in a weird way, but otherwise he seemed friendly.
"I'm Laluna." she said and smiled.
Laluna's attention turned briefly to Vaeri, because she seemed confused about the situation. Could it be she couldn't receive sending? Laluna couldn't send either, but she did get it when others did.
Post by: Jeb on January 05, 2018, 12:42:25 PM
Moondrop noticed the motion of Rustle leaving out of the corner of her eye and thought the other elf clearly had the right idea. She herself would like nothing more than to have a snack and quick nap before heading out to continue her patrol of the new area.
But she did want to hear what this strange elf had to say before the daylight came, so things needed to move along.
"Mehadrin is looking for his brother. I thought it might be the elf that was here earlier?"
"Maybe we could help him on his way?" She added hopefully.
Post by: Berit on January 06, 2018, 06:51:36 AM
"You like it? I do think this is all a man like me could wear, I would not want to cloth my beauty in any rags you know... and I gained this from a tall old elf with golden skin... but he was rude and cranky..."
Mehadrin looks at Marut, posing again...
"I didn't know trolls could appreciate elf beauty..."
Marut blinks his eyes and asks...
"Really? I didn't know that... never met many trolls..."
Mehadrin looks displeased at the stench that floats in the air...
"Ew! by the high ones! what is that awful smell! please get rid of it!..."
the mists have moved again, they reveal a bog, some steam rises from it's waters making it look haunted at night...
Mehadrin hurries back to safety near Moondrop...
"What is that horrid place?? y-you don't think my brother is there do you?? I hope not, I could never survive in a place like that! Guyaro would be an awful brother if he even set a foot on that place! keep me safe my savior!..."
He hugs Moondrop like a damsel in distress,,,
Post by: Vaeri on January 06, 2018, 10:06:34 AM
Tidemist took a small steadying breath and put on a friendly smile. “Come, sit by the fire and eat with us. There is plenty of food and the fire is warm.†She gestured towards the roast bird waiting for slicing, and the gently steaming cook pot full of seafood stew.
Vaeri raised her eyebrows, not looking terribly impressed. His answer about the fabrics was utterly useless to her. She would have to speak with this golden skinned elf...but then Tidemist brought up the warning the other red haired elf had said. So it was dangerous perhaps to approach the elf who may have created this interesting fabric. Vaeri gave a mental sigh at this.
Post by: Berit on January 06, 2018, 10:54:01 AM
"Guyaro truly was here? Oh, I so hope to find my... Less attractive brother!..."
He nervously sits down and plays with his hair...
"ummm... Well... I sort of... Freed the golden elf... He promised this cloth to me for his freedom... Is it really such a bad thing he is free? He was old, wrinkly and weak after all! What could he do to harm us? Nothing! I am sure!..."
Post by: Jeb on January 06, 2018, 02:21:18 PM
The new areas opening up are making her feel increasingly vulnerable. She settles in, listening to the conversation while keeping watch over the grasslands and the new swamp. What else, and who else, is out there?
She wraps the familiarity of her cloak around her and pulls the hood up.
Post by: Czarine on January 06, 2018, 02:27:51 PM
Laluna turned her head toward the mist that revealed a bog. She was pleasantly surprised, since it was a great place to search for healing plants. She would just have to wait to get in better health first. She scratched the wolf cub's head, thinking that babysitting him would be a chore with so many new areas...
Post by: Berit on January 07, 2018, 05:02:48 AM
Post by: Berit on January 09, 2018, 05:08:07 AM
Mehadrin suddenly motions towards the grasslands...
"Oh, the old golden skinned elf traveled that way! we might be able to meet up with him if we follow him!..."
You must roll over 15 to find his tracks!
Success! you unlocked a new area!
Post by: Czarine on January 10, 2018, 10:08:58 AM
Laluna glanced at the grasslands, thinking that it's not good that the supposedly dangerous elf is nearby their holt.
"I don't know if that's a good idea, since we know so little of him. I wonder if Guyaro would tell us more about that elf? Though, I don't know how we can contact this Guyaro..." she said, and picked up the cub.
Laluna wanted to find a den, so she could rest. Her eye was still black and swollen, though it didn't hurt as much as earlier. She nodded to the others, and went to look for a place to sleep for a while.
Post by: Vaeri on January 11, 2018, 02:12:50 PM
Still the idea of following tempted somewhat. Maybe they could get more information. Maybe the golden skinned one had to be captured. There were too many questions, and not enough answers....
(Tidemist group roll: 5)
Vaeri frowned a bit as she listened to Mehadrin. She didn't know what to make of him. She was glad for the distraction of Tidemist dishing up the roast bird, and was grateful for the little leaf plates she gave, protecting the seamstress' somewhat delicate hands. She began carefully picking at the bits of bird and eating it, feeling a small wash of pride at the flavor. She glanced at Tomi, wondering if she should wake him so he could eat as well. Would it help replenish his strength?
(Vaeri group roll: 5)
Post by: Berit on January 12, 2018, 04:27:42 AM
Post by: Jeb on January 12, 2018, 12:52:37 PM
Moondrop goes as far as she can branch to branch, then drops silently down to go have a better look.
Post by: Berit on January 12, 2018, 01:13:26 PM
Post by: Jeb on January 12, 2018, 02:04:27 PM
She thinks of the silly, barely-dressed new elf and the time it would take to get them all moving. If there's one thing Moondrop knows, it's how to move quickly and silently.
She will follow the footsteps just a little longer...
Post by: Berit on January 12, 2018, 02:39:47 PM
Post by: Jeb on January 12, 2018, 04:20:18 PM
She fought the impulse to flee to better cover, instead stilling her breathing to the shallowest she could manage, willing her heart to slow as well.
You don't see me, she thought silently at the figure, hoping it would be true.
Post by: Berit on January 12, 2018, 05:26:56 PM
Post by: Jeb on January 12, 2018, 07:13:21 PM
Post by: Berit on January 13, 2018, 01:21:05 AM
Post by: Jeb on January 13, 2018, 08:01:11 AM
Dusk wasn't sure what had happened. One moment he was tearing after a deer in the forest around his holt, following it into the mist, then the next he was knee-deep in some kind of bog. He had been slogging through for a while and was relieved to see light from a fire not too far away. Maybe it would be humans, maybe something else, but at least it might be drier ground he thought hopefully as he stopped to once again fight against the muck trying to pull his boot off.
He moved toward the light, the ground feeling firmer with each step. He crept quietly toward the fire and was glad to see that it was a group of elves, gathered together and sharing food. That was a good sign, but it didn't pay to be careless. He would watch for a while before making himself known and asking for some directions out of this place.
Post by: Vaeri on January 13, 2018, 08:38:17 AM
Post by: Berit on January 13, 2018, 11:23:48 AM
Marut rises his hand like the one over eager student in a classroom, keeping his portion of the meat next to him on the log he is sitting on... then he points at Tomi...
"He would come too... but He currently can't..."
Dusk sees the elves having a serious conversation, and one of them is passed out...
Post by: Jeb on January 13, 2018, 11:41:33 AM
"Hello?"
He looks from face to face trying to determine who the leader is, then gives it up and directs his questions to the group in general.
"I..uh...seem to have gotten lost in the bog over there. I would like to try to get back to my home. Would someone be able to tell me where I am?"
Post by: Berit on January 13, 2018, 02:12:00 PM
"Hi! Ummm... Welcome? I am afraid we cannot tell you how to leave this place... Because we are stuck here as well... Come! Sit by the fire and warm up!..."
He pats the treetrunk beside him...
Post by: Jeb on January 13, 2018, 02:54:40 PM
"Stuck here?" He asks, alarmed. "What do you mean? Can't you just walk away? To someplace else?"
He looks around. "I mean, you have to be able to go somewhere. Can't you just pick a direction, and start walking?"
Post by: Berit on January 13, 2018, 04:26:07 PM
"Im sad to inform you that we have not been able to leave, the mist is magical and prevents us... We somehow get turned around in it even when we are sure we are travelling a straight line... You can try if you want to..."
Post by: Jeb on January 13, 2018, 06:45:10 PM
He stalks away from the fire heading for where the mist is nearest. He slows momentarily as he approaches the whirling whiteness, but then plunges in.
Post by: Berit on January 14, 2018, 04:21:40 AM
"See... I told you... We are trying to figure out where this mist is coming from and understand this strange barrier that is keeping us here..."
Post by: Jeb on January 14, 2018, 06:37:26 AM
He plopped down in the space Marut had offered earlier.
"So, what now?"
Post by: Berit on January 14, 2018, 11:16:25 AM
"that is alright, it is weird for us too... By the way, I am Marut... This here is Tomi..."
Marut points at Tomi that lays on the ground next to Vaeri...
Post by: Jeb on January 14, 2018, 11:30:44 AM
Post by: Berit on January 14, 2018, 12:25:06 PM
Marut tells Dusk while looking at Tomi... The he turn his silvery gaze towards Dusk again... Slowly complety naked elf walks towards Dusk on all fours and sniff the air near him...
Post by: Jeb on January 14, 2018, 12:46:08 PM
Post by: Berit on January 14, 2018, 01:22:40 PM
"They call me Rustle..."
Mehadrin also rushes towards to see Dusk, Rustle gnarls at him and runs off like a fierce animal, Mehadrin stands there guarding himself completely shaken by her mood changes... Marut explains...
"She uh... Tomi says Rustle is... a bit wrong in the head, not dangerous, but unpredictable, like she doesn't know if she is an elf or an animal..."
Mehadrin peeks at dusk looking for signs of how wealthy he is...
Post by: Jeb on January 15, 2018, 04:53:32 AM
Dusk nodded to him cooly. "Hello."
Post by: Berit on January 15, 2018, 10:34:27 AM
"Oh Hello... I just want to make you know I am far prettier than you!..."
Mehadrin turns around and walks away keeping his nose high in the air... Marut looks after him with raised eye brows...
"what was that??..."
Post by: Czarine on January 15, 2018, 11:12:35 AM
She had just fallen asleep, when the smell of smoke and ash woke her up. She was still tired, but she had to find out where the smell came from, so she left the den and followed her nose.
Post by: Berit on January 15, 2018, 02:27:50 PM
Post by: Jeb on January 16, 2018, 05:40:25 AM
Moondrop had assumed that the old man had somehow caused the fire, but now she began to wonder if he wasn't a victim of it. He did appear to be injured, and maybe not in his right mind.
Should she offer some help? Her instinct fought against it.
Well, she wouldn't do anything in this open area. Maybe if he got to an area that provided her some better cover she would try to talk to him.
Post by: Berit on January 16, 2018, 12:58:59 PM
"So... this is the... thing.... that has been following me..."
Old but determined voice speaks out! the Golden elf stands in the air! his clothes slowly flaring in the wind... his blue eyes look cold and annoyed...
Post by: Jeb on January 16, 2018, 05:00:03 PM
At least she knew now that he wasn't injured.
"What happened to the village?"
Post by: Berit on January 16, 2018, 05:43:03 PM
The old elf slowly descents to stand on the ground infront of her...
"And why are you so short? tinyer that these... Humans... I asked the same question from a red haired elf, but he was too dim to answer... You, on the otherhand have intelligence in your eyes..."
Post by: Jeb on January 16, 2018, 08:26:23 PM
"I am as tall as I am. I had no choice about it."
She returned to his first question. "I am following you to see where you were going - and to see what you had to do with the fire. When I enter a new territory, I always like to know what other predators are there."
"Why did you destroy the village?"
Post by: Berit on January 16, 2018, 09:20:42 PM
The old elf wonders, he is thin and tall... Towering over Moondrop... He is grumpy, but more than angry he is seems curious about their differences...
"I destroyed them for the simpletons attacked me... Those that survived thought I was a god... But I had no use of such servants... And where I am going... I am searching for a secret valley surrounded by mountains, I need to go there to stop this maddening mist from devouring anymore innocent souls..."
Post by: Jeb on January 17, 2018, 09:25:42 AM
She was tired of conversation. "We've answered each others questions. I am tired of talk. Do what you will to me, or leave me alone."
Post by: Berit on January 17, 2018, 09:43:55 AM
"What a strong willed little thing you are!.. well, you do not seem to be interested in stopping me... So I shall not stop you..."
He slowly bows to her slightly...
"But I do warn you of a red headed elf... not the dim witted one... but one called Guyaro... he does not want this mist to disappear and WILL resort to violence if someone tries to destroy the mist... I am injured because of him... he, cut my flesh... and sealed a part of me inside a golden fish of all things... I... suppose you will not help me... I see that in those... might I be bold enough to say, adorable eyes you have... But I shall go now and leave you to your hunt..."
He nods again and slowly turns away, continues his journey limping, why does he not float while injured, is unknown to Moondrop...
Post by: Jeb on January 17, 2018, 12:30:20 PM
She had made her choice, and an agreement of sorts. She would not stop or help him for now, but she would let the others know what she had learned, and make their own choices.
Post by: Vaeri on January 17, 2018, 01:15:11 PM
She became more surprised when the rather feral orange hair elf woman approached Dusk and even spoke. She almost half thought the woman would speak in growls. She took in Marut's explanation of her and mused a moment. Then her expression dropped at Mehadrin's sudden declaration of his attractiveness and how it surpassed Dusk's. What did THAT matter?!
She gave Mehadrin a brief look before shrugging at Dusk. “I'm Tidemist. We seem to be forming a tribe of sorts, since we can't leave.†She gave a wry smile. “It definitely seems to be a few fish short of a school though. We were just discussing whether to try and find someone who might pose a thread to us. Are you a warrior?†She sliced off some more of the eagle, and offered it to Dusk.
Post by: Jeb on January 17, 2018, 03:17:24 PM
At the question of whether he was a warrior, his eyebrows shot up. “A warrior? I wouldn't call myself such. As a Portal Guard I am trained in combat. But aside from training skirmishes, my fighting has been limited to the occasional tap-room brawl.â€
He gave her a wink. “And I can't say I was always on the side of stopping them.â€
Post by: Vaeri on January 17, 2018, 07:51:27 PM
“Seems a dangerous High One with gold skin is on the loose. A red haired elf named Guyaro warned us about him...though he didn't say exactly why he was dangerous. And the uh...pretty elf-†She nudged her head in the direction of Mehadrin with an amused but what-can-you-do expression. “said he released the High One in exchange for his clothes. So...not sure what's going on, but we should probably find out. Something about this seems strange to me...and I would rather not see anyone in this tribe of ours come to harm.â€
Post by: Jeb on January 17, 2018, 08:21:41 PM
"I would glad to be of help, if I can."
Post by: Berit on January 17, 2018, 11:55:52 PM
"So are we going tonight or after the rise of the daystar? Or some other time?... And who will stay and protect those who cannot protect themselves?..."
Marut looks at Vaeri and Mehadrin, wondering how they will fare if something goes wrong... Mehadrin immedially starts posing like a beautiful maiden, he gently and playfully touches Marut's arm...
"Well... You are strong and handy... You could protect me and keep me safe..."
Marut looks at him completely oblivious to Mehadrin's seduction attempts...
"well... I suppose so... But the others might need my tracking skills..."
Post by: Jeb on January 18, 2018, 06:58:45 AM
"If you think there is an opportunity you may miss, you should leave now. Otherwise, it may be better to wait for sunlight and leave well rested."
"As for who will stay behind, if you fear there may be some danger here, I will stay and guard." He smiled. "It is what I do, after all."
Post by: Vaeri on January 18, 2018, 08:32:13 AM
Vaeri had finished her eagle and picked up her bowl, deciding to try the strange stew Tidemist had made. She used the lovely bowl Tomi made her, and took a cautious sip. It was very strange, but not inedible. She sipped some more and looked up a bit at the conversation mentioning those who couldn't protect themselves, and Tidemist's suggestion of her den. She raised an eyebrow slightly, wondering what a waterfall must look like.
Post by: Czarine on January 18, 2018, 12:11:55 PM
She wandered through the ash, trying to find out what had caused the fire. It didn't take her long to find the burnt remains of humans. She felt sorry for them, even though they were humans. Dying in fire was a horrible way to go. Maybe the fire was an accident?
Post by: Berit on January 18, 2018, 04:22:25 PM
"I can track whether it is night or day... but I also think we should move soon..."
Marut slaps Tomi's knee...
"Wake up charmer! we need your fighting skills more than your womanizing skills!..."
Tomi seems confused and alarmed, waking with one of his daggers, seeking the other one, are they under attack!?!... then his tired and confused gaze sees Vaeri who is not alarmed so he slowly calms down, he momentarily goes into "battle mode" again when he sees couple of new elves but as no one is attacking he finally calms down completely and rubs his face... Marut explains to him what they have decided... until Mehadrin says as he hugs himself...
"But I want all of you to protect me!... I am a delicate, most beautiful kind of flower there is, after all!..."
Tomi lets out a mocking laughter...
"Ye are no beauty! all these lasses here be prettier than you!..."
Mehadrin instantly get's angry and sulks...
"then YOU have no eye for beauty at all!..."
Mehadrin starts to cry a little and goes to Tidemist, touches her gently and asks with a wounded voice...
"I am beautiful... am I not?..."
Laluna only wonders how so many villagers had lost their lives in the fire... and not one of them roaming the grasslands alive... then Laluna notices the elven footprints on the ashes... someone was here, as in the middle of it all and left the place. heading towards the forest...
Post by: Vaeri on January 18, 2018, 08:43:02 PM
Then Tomi was picking at the red haired elf, and she was a bit surprised but not terribly he started crying. She WAS very surprised when he came to her for comfort! Tidemist felt sympathy for him and smiled in a comforting manner. “None of our kind is unpleasant to look upon, Mehadrin. You've no need to worry about that. But we really must learn about this High One you released. It may be important.â€
Vaeri was a bit concerned when she realized Marut was waking up Tomi, and concerned about his behavior. But other than his momentary bouts of defensiveness, he seemed to be alright and himself again. She watched the little spat between Tomi and Mehadrin, and turned to him. “You could have been a little kinder to him, Tomi. If he thinks himself beautiful, what is the harm?†then to avoid sounding like she was reprimanding him, she gave him a smile. “But your compliments are appreciated.â€
Post by: Berit on January 18, 2018, 09:26:04 PM
"So you-you don't find me tge MOST beautiful??? W-well you are heartless! And not as pretty as you think!..."
He runs off! But doesn't go far for he is afraid to be alone... Marut looks at Tomi..
"Now look what you did!... There was no reason to be mean..."
Tomi shrugs and tells Vaeri and Marut...
"alright! I am sorry... The whole flower thing just took me by surprise... And Tidemist, don't listen to him... Ye are our beautiful water missus... I believe everyone is stricken with awe as they lay their eyes upon ye!..."
Post by: Jeb on January 20, 2018, 08:49:09 AM
"Can everyone just calm down? This is not the time to be arguing about who is prettier than who."
"Tidemist, you said there was a false wall in this cave of yours?" He frowned "Then I don't think we should be using it as a safe place until we can find out what's on the other side. If it's going to be me defending the..uh...more vulnerable of us, I would rather not have to fight on two fronts. Especially at night in an unfamiliar area."
"If you are going to scout, I would rather stay here. You've been here for a while, so it's probably safe. Leave figuring out the cave for daylight, and a time when we don't have the welfare of others to worry about."
Post by: Berit on January 21, 2018, 09:16:31 PM
"Ye be right at that, lad... Better safe that sorry, woudn't want mi desert rose harmed in any way..."
Tomi gently pats Vaeri's knee... Marut looks into the bushes and talks to Rustle...
"will you help keep others safe?..."
Rustle slowly walks forward but looks into the distance...
"I do not know... My cub has not returned, I am worried..."
Post by: Czarine on January 23, 2018, 11:17:28 AM
She would've followed the footprints, if she had been in better shape. Since she didn't know who they belonged to, she didn't want to take the risk of running into some stranger. She lingered a few moments longer, looking for any clue of what had really happened, before she headed back towards the great tree. She wanted to rest, but she would tell the others what she saw first.
(Personal roll: 3)
Post by: Berit on January 24, 2018, 05:32:36 AM
Post by: Czarine on January 25, 2018, 12:25:57 PM
When she saw the toy horse, and realized that it had belonged to a child, she felt pity... human or no, a young life was lost way too soon. She decided to leave the toy next to the skull. Then she headed back to the others, deep in thought...
Post by: Berit on January 26, 2018, 11:10:11 AM
The urn is a little big for elven use but can be useful, the knife also needs a smaller handle... What had caused the fire is uncertain, but something about it makes her uneasy, it doesn't feel like an accident, while walking away from the place Laluna suddenly notices Guyaro in the grasslands... he speaks to her...
"... So he has awoken... the golden skinned high one... now everything will take a turn for the worse..."
Post by: Czarine on January 27, 2018, 09:08:31 AM
"You must be... Guyaro." she said, and relaxed her grip a little when she recognized his features from what the others had told.
"What do you mean by 'everything will turn to worse'?" she asked, now curious about this sullen elf.
Post by: Berit on January 27, 2018, 09:30:51 AM
Guyaro says and nods towards the burned village...
"He will destroy us all, everything we have build here, everything we are... I... wanted to live alone... but now there is no choice... I have to join forces with your tribe..."
Post by: Jeb on January 27, 2018, 09:53:20 AM
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At Rustle's words, Dusk nearly choked on the bite of food he had taken. "There's a cub out there? Alone?" He asked in disbelief.
Post by: Berit on January 27, 2018, 10:10:09 AM
"I... do not know how to get along with others, I have been alone for most of my life... but... I must try... maybe we have some way of surviving if I do..."
Desperation can be seen in his otherwise angry eyes...
Rustle looks at Dusk and nods...
"she follows her own paths... but I worry for my baby... I am injured so I cannot leave this place, but if she does not return by morning I will go no matter what..."
Post by: Jeb on January 27, 2018, 10:29:17 AM
He turned to Marut and Tidemist. "Then if you are going to do something, I suggest you do it now." He nodded to Rustle. "Or I will."
Post by: Berit on January 27, 2018, 10:57:05 AM
"I think Rustle's cub is nearly adult..."
Rustle growls at Marut and says with a hissing voice...
"She is my baby! You wont have her!..."
Then she runs off screaming angrily like fox, Marut looks after her alarmed and confused...
"B... But I did not try to take her!..."
Post by: Czarine on January 27, 2018, 10:57:44 AM
"If you want to be alone, it's fine I think... not everyone in our tribe is social."
She could think of a few who seemed to like their own company now and then, herself included.
"I think your help would be greatly appreciated. At least I would." she said.
Laluna didn't know much about Guyaro, but he seemed like a nice person under all that grumpiness, or at least concerned about the future.
"How do you know all this? That... things will lead to destruction?" she asked him. Guyaro seemed to know much more about the place than any of their tribe.
Post by: Berit on January 27, 2018, 11:27:06 AM
"I... have seen it before... I know it sounds crazy... but I have!... we will cease to be if he is allowed to roam free!..."
Post by: Czarine on January 27, 2018, 11:34:19 AM
Guyaro seemed very certain and serious about it, but how could he know what would happen in the future?
Laluna was a bit hesitant, when he came closer, but stayed still. She was going to take a risk and trust him, even though he was a stranger.
Post by: Berit on January 27, 2018, 11:46:19 AM
"I... Uuuh... I... Did some mistakes... Earlier at the tree... I... Was too... Aggressive, and I don't know how to... Fix what I did..."
Post by: Czarine on January 27, 2018, 01:09:02 PM
"I don't know about that... but I'm sure if you apologize, it would be a good start." she encouraged him.
"...I'm Laluna, by the way. Unless you knew that too already." she said, and gave him a friendly smile.
Post by: Berit on January 27, 2018, 02:29:26 PM
"I am... Guyaro... and I do know some things about already... still I do not know you, if that makes any sense.."
Post by: Jeb on January 27, 2018, 03:18:06 PM
This was something for Moondrop to think about. This Guyaro did not seem like the same person the old man had talked about. Both seemed quite harmless, but looks could be decieving. Moondrop had learned that it was always best to watch and learn before making a judgement.
She backed away and headed back to the bog. She would met up with them at the tree later.
Post by: Berit on January 28, 2018, 12:13:15 AM
Post by: Czarine on January 28, 2018, 12:44:43 AM
"What do you know about the high one? Why does he want to destroy everything?" she asked, worried.
Post by: Berit on January 28, 2018, 12:54:49 AM
"How should I know!? he is just a mad!.. he keeps on saying we are all a mistake and things like that!... I-I wish we could get rid of him once and for all!..."
Guyaro is suddenly very angry in his frustration and clenches his fist...
"How can we kill something that powerful! I have no clue... but it must be done!..."
Post by: Jeb on January 28, 2018, 06:51:53 AM
She was a little more curious about what was below the surface. Maybe it was just clams, at least she would know of another food source. But what if it was something else? Working as quickly and quietly as she could, keeping a sharp lookout for any movement, she wriggled her fingers around, feeling for edges, trying to work some of it loose.
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Dusk placed a reassuring hand on Marut's shoulder. "I'm sure she meant nothing by it. Just worried about her cub is all."
He himself was reassured to know that there wasn't a helpless cub roaming around out there. Wherever Rustle's cub was, sounded like she was able to take care of herself. But it did make him wonder.
"Are there any others in your group who are not here now?"
Post by: Czarine on January 28, 2018, 08:38:29 AM
"I wonder what he means by us being a mistake..." she wonders aloud. There are so many things that she doesn't know about, and thinking about it makes Laluna even more tired.
Post by: Berit on January 28, 2018, 09:28:22 AM
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Marut looks at Dusk for a moment then looks after Rustle... Marut starts feeling anxious, he has been in a group for too long and wants to be alone... yet he tries to be polite...
"Yeah, I suppose you are right... I just, feel sorry for her, as her mind is broken..."
suddenly the mists start rolling in, and after they are gone, so are Vaeri and Tidemist... Marut blinks...
"Again! the mist sometimes does that! I wonder where they went?..."
(characters devoured by the mist can enter the RPG whenever they feel like it, currently they are somewhere in the mist and cannot be found by other players)
Tomi also Jumps when Vaeri is gone...
"Mi Desert Queen! where has she disappeared to?!?..."
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Guyaro walks with Laluna towards the tree but Guyaro stops, he is nervous and not ready to meet everyone...
"You go on ahead... I will... meet up with you later, there are things I need to do first... I am... not ready for all of you..."
He looks away...
Post by: Jeb on January 28, 2018, 10:06:17 AM
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"By Orehound's bleeding gums!" Dusk blinks at the area where the fog had just covered Tidemist and Vaeri. "What just happened!"
Dusk is feeling more threatened by the second. He looks at Marut. "Are you ready to leave?"
He points at Mehadrin. "I can stay here with him, but maybe it would be better if we all went together." He looks at the point where Rustle disappeared. "I don't want to stay here while we disappear one by one."
Post by: Berit on January 28, 2018, 10:17:27 AM
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Marut looks at Dusk and nods...
"there are too little of us for us to split up... So, let us get going..."
Marut goes to Mehadrin who did't even notice that fog took some of them as he is too distracted admiring his own shadow... Tomi stands up and says...
"Maybe we will find the lasses as well, I have no plans of staying here with bunch of men!.."
Post by: Jeb on January 28, 2018, 10:38:35 AM
Moondrop slows, stopping where the fading glow just touches her. She frowns at the drawn weapon, and the new elf holding it. Another new face, she accepts with a sigh.
"Who are you?" Dusk challenges.
Moondrop stills. She had a name once, she's sure, but it's so long since she's had to think about it. She reaches back in her memory to the last time she was surrounded by others. She could almost glimpse it, the other bodies gathered around a fire, kind of like this one. She remembers talking, and laughter, and the cry of howls rising to the moon...Moon...
She can also remember arms around her, making her feel warm and protected. A voice speaks in her mind. For some reason she can't help but smile at the memory of it...My little "Moondrop" she says. "I was called Moondrop."
Dusk glances over his shoulder at Marut. "Is she one of yours?"
Post by: Berit on January 28, 2018, 11:00:00 AM
Marut says and looks at Moondrop and smiles...
"Welcome back, Tomi was afraid there was just men here, since Vaeri and Tidemist disapeared in the mist... Don't worry, I feel they are safe... Same happened to Laluna before and she returned safe and sound... Oh, and Dusk, this is the missing cub..."
Mehadrin instantly turns into an annoyance for Moondrop as he goes to her and hugs her like there is no such thing as personal space, he speaks with a seductive voice...
"Hi again... Did you bring anything for me?..."
Post by: Jeb on January 28, 2018, 12:19:48 PM
"And i am not a cub." The smile is replaced with a more serious, irritated glare. "And I wasn't missing."
Her face turns thoughtful. "At least I didn’t think I was. Was I missed?"
Post by: Czarine on January 28, 2018, 12:29:28 PM
"Alright. I trust you can find us when you need to." she smiled, and continued on her way to the big tree.
As she walked towards it, she noted that there was someone new again... and some were missing. Well, as long as she could inform at least some of her tribe about what she had seen and heard, it would do.
"Hey, where are Tidemist and Vaeri? I went to see what that burning smell was about and found out a lot of things." she said, and seemed tired. Still, she looked at the brown-haired male elf.
"It seems our tribe grows every time I take a walk. Hi, I'm Laluna." she introduced herself.
"And I don't think I've heard your name either." Laluna smiled at the silver-haired elf that the fox-woman called her cub.
Post by: Jeb on January 28, 2018, 12:53:48 PM
Dusk gave a perplexed glance at Moondrop before smiling at Laluna. "Dusk. At your service."
Instead of putting the fire out, he now added a few more twigs and blew gently to help them catch the flames. "I would love to hear what you found out."
Post by: Berit on January 28, 2018, 05:00:50 PM
"Well, I don't think you can change that cub thing... Rustle seems to think you as one... she was like a worried mother when she spoke about you..."
Marut's smile widens as he cannot stop thinking it's cute. he grabs the wolf pup who comes to them tail wagging and full of energy... lifting him up...
"Now there's my boy!..."
Tomi listens to them but cannot stop himself from starting to build more even though he is tired, Marut sighs, then sees Laluna returning to the camp...
"Hi! come take a seat, you look exhausted..."
Mehadrin looks at everyone and feels left out, now that no one brought him gifts... he starts dancing around the fire in the most seductive way possible, beard and hair flowing red as the flames... Tomi shakes his head, he doesn't want to see Mehadrin's odd dance, he just mutters...
"Fish-poker that one, he be more harm than use to us, that's fer sure..."
Post by: Czarine on January 29, 2018, 12:44:11 PM
"I met that Guyaro-guy, and he said that the old high one had burned down a human village that was over there... I'm not sure how, but Guyaro said that he's very powerful." Laluna said, thinking about the amount of dead people she had seen.
"He didn't tell much about how we can get out of this place, but he wants to help us defeat the high one. He isn't very sociable, so I don't think we will be seeing him much around here, but I trust him. He seemed so worried about the high one walking around here." she thought about it for a moment.
"Guyaro thinks we should kill the high one, but he doesn't know how." she finished.
"Oh! I also found these from there. Maybe some of us can use them." she put the urn and the knife close to the fire, so they were available to everyone.
Post by: Jeb on January 29, 2018, 04:57:11 PM
"I met the gold-skinned old man. He admitted he destroyed the village."
She looks up to watch Mehadrin as she continues.
"He said that it was Guyaro we should beware of. That he wants to keep the mist, and all of us trapped here in it."
"The old man was trying to find some place so he could destroy the mist."
"Then he said something about my eyes...but he didn't threaten to poke them out," she shrugged. "so, I guess it doesn't matter."
Post by: Berit on January 30, 2018, 06:15:47 AM
"Your eyes? weird, he did not say anything about my dazzling eyes... do you like my eyes?..."
Marut looks a bit frustrated as Mehadrin seemingly ignored all else they had to say, Marut asks them...
"But... who can we trust? the one clinging to the mist or the one who wants to destroy it and probably us too?... Guyaro has not said he wanted to harm us but... he clearly doesn't tell us everything... why doesn't he want to stop the fog?... and those things sure might come in handy, that urn and the knife... phew... I don't know what to thing... "
Tomi lifts another pole next to the previous one, then looks at them strangely happily...
"Well! I'll be following yer instructions... just tell me who ye want to see slain..."
Marut looks at Tomi uneasily, he is too eager to dispose of living creatures again...
Post by: Jeb on January 30, 2018, 06:46:04 AM
Post by: Berit on January 30, 2018, 08:36:22 AM
"How... how is that possible?... that makes no sense... a part of a high one... in a fish?... I think the old man may be messing with ye, Moon mistress..."
Post by: Jeb on January 30, 2018, 11:45:59 AM
"The old man seemed injured. Maybe Guyaro sliced off his toe and fed it to the big fish." She looks earnestly at Tomi. "I DID see a big golden fish."
"Did I mention the old guy could fly?" Moondrop pondered a moment, trying to think what else she may have forgotten.
"Guyard said he wanted to kill the old man. Did he say why?"
"I mean, the old man killed the humans, but he said they captured him. He didn’t say anything about killing me...well, just at first, before we started talking. But after that, he seemed...almost...nice."
"And he does want to get this mist figured out. Guyaro didn't say anything about that."
Post by: Berit on January 30, 2018, 03:24:06 PM
Mehadrin adds his opinion in the most air headed way possible... Marut looks at Dusk and Tomi...
"What do you think?... Its true that the old man did nothing to Moondrop... And Guyaro was a little aggressive when we met him..."
The little chicks run to Moondrop and chirp as loud as they can to their "mommy" but their voices are naturally quiet and still nothing familiar... Marut lifts his butt from the log and cuts a part of the raw eagle to Moondrop...
"But anyway, you must be hungry! Come and eat! You too, blue hair!..."
Post by: Jeb on January 30, 2018, 04:22:24 PM
“If the High One can fly, then the plan to track him doesn’t make much sense. And if Guyaro knows where we are, he could be listening now, but isn't hurting, or helping us. As Laluna says, he may need our help.â€
“The fish is interesting. I wonder if it might be related to the false wall Tidemist mentioned. It might be time for at least some of us to check it out.â€
“Tomi, do you think you could apply your building skills to figuring out a way past the wall?â€
Moondrop had taken the meat Marut had offered. As she chewed she stared at Mehadrin with eyes narrowed. “We all just found ourselves here, but you came looking for your brother. What do you know about this place? And him?â€
Post by: Berit on January 30, 2018, 05:00:16 PM
"Sure! I can give it a try... but we have to wait fer morning... I cannot see as well in the dark as some of our friends do..."
Marut looks as Mehadrin as Moondrop asks what he knows, Mehadrin sweats a little and looks at her, baffled that she seemed even a bit hostile towards him, or that is how he felt...
"I... it is like I told! I came here seeking my brother... He left us so many moons ago... and... well... the rest of our tribe... the rest..."
Mehadrin falls silent and has hard time forming words... he looks at the ground, as if he is completely lost, in more ways than one... he sighs... cannot look others in the eye and almost whispers the words as if they were too heavy to speak out aloud...
"... they are... they have... passed..."
He takes a brief moment before he continues...
"so my brother... is only one I know... a-and... I... I cannot... take care of myself... ... I-I... always though, it was like mother said... that all is well if you are... beautiful... then the best providers take care of you... and nothing goes wrong or harms you..."
His shoulders drop...
"b-but... ... here... my beauty is... meaningless...."
He breathes out, completely emotionally beaten and too depressed to even be afraid of things that scared him earlier...
Post by: Jeb on January 31, 2018, 05:05:26 AM
He helped Mehadrin to a seat. "Sit down. As long as we're all here together, and honest with one another, we will protect each other. You don't have to strut and preen to be safe"
Dusk sighed. "Laluna and Rustle are injured, and I'm sure we're all a little worn out by the strangeness of today. Maybe it'd be best to do as Tomi says and rest now, then see about the cave in the morning."
Post by: Berit on January 31, 2018, 08:31:05 AM
"Why are you so nice to me?... I was mean to you earlier...."
His eyes tell that he is brought up to be stupid, someone who had no business thinking... and that is what he became, someone with no brains... his body is fit and muscular but just to attract, he has not seen a day of labor or fight, he really is raised to be a trinket... nothing more than that...
Marut scratches his huge nose and looks at Tomi, ready to stop him from overworking again... the wolf pup play fights with his foot and growls...
Post by: Jeb on January 31, 2018, 09:52:58 AM
"I have no idea what I'm doing here. I have a home and loved ones I want to return to, and I figure the best chance I have of that is to figure out why I'm here in the first place. And I may need all of you to do that."
"Moondrop is right. From what I've heard, the rest of us had nothing to do with ending up here. I don't even know where 'here' is. You, and your brother, are the only ones who seem to be able to cross the mist or know anything about this place."
"So, if you tell me you don't know, I'll believe you. But if I find out you are lying or holding back, you won't be calling me nice anymore."
Post by: Berit on January 31, 2018, 10:00:58 AM
"I... I am trying to be helpful... but... how should I know what information is useful?? I... I have never been in conversations before... or not in real ones... but.... I will try to say stuff that might be helpful..."
Mehadrin starts to play with his fingers anxiously.. then asks bluntly...
"... So... since you are nice to me you must want a night with me?.... okay... but then you must take care of me! do you understand? I am not cheap amusement..."
Post by: Jeb on January 31, 2018, 10:10:31 AM
Post by: Berit on January 31, 2018, 10:39:11 AM
"Whew! for a moment there I thought ye wanted to be with me! don't ye scare me like that!..."
Marut looks at them clearly nervous... but focuses on storing the food instead... Tomi points at Marut and tells Dusk...
"Our big snouted friend here is afraid of lusty ladies! strange fella!..."
Marut slightly glares at Tomi angrily but more concerned, fearing what they might do next... Mehadrin sits next to Moondrop and tries to get her attention by posing attractively...
Post by: Czarine on January 31, 2018, 11:39:08 AM
"Anyway, I don't know why the high one would want to kill us, but Guyaro seems certain that it will happen, unless we kill him first." Laluna sighed.
"I guess we don't know enough yet to really do anything... and I'm not fond of killing in the first place. Well, we'll figure it out tomorrow. I'm spent." Laluna smiled and nodded at everyone, and returned to her previous sleeping den on the other side of the big tree. She thought of taking the cub to rest with her, but since he seemed busy chewing and playing with everything, she let him be. He could find his way there on his own if he wanted to.
Laluna curled herself on a comfortable spot and fell into deep sleep.
Post by: Jeb on January 31, 2018, 12:46:19 PM
Moondrop had been keeping her hands busy slicing off small pieces of meat and feeding it to the chicks. With Laluna's departure she figured the discussion was done for the day and headed up to her own chosen den.
Post by: Berit on January 31, 2018, 09:11:25 PM
"Hope ye can sleep in one of those small holes in the tree.. We don't have furs to keep us warm yet..."
Marut rubs his neck...
"I am sorry about that... I have not seen bigger animals to hunt just yet... it has been a weird day..."
Tomi walks to his odd house, but looks into the forests, hoping Vaeri and Tidemist are safe...
Post by: Jeb on February 01, 2018, 05:40:51 AM
Moondrop stops at hearing the other's conversation. She looks at Mehadrin, considering his almost non-existent clothing. "You may den with me, if you want." Her look turns hard. "But if you do, understand that it is for warmth only. I have no wish to take care of you. I make no promises, and I want nothing from you. Except your silence."
Post by: Berit on February 01, 2018, 06:01:18 AM
Mehadrin turns starry eyed when Moondrop suddenly shows pity, he nods and is istantly filled with joy...
"oh thank you! Thank you!!... And, if you ever... Want something from me, just ask..."
Mehadrin plays with hus beard and looks at her shyly...
"um... I... Hope your den is not too high up... I can't climb that well..."
Post by: Jeb on February 01, 2018, 06:41:33 AM
Post by: Berit on February 01, 2018, 08:28:51 AM
"H-how about this one?... I... There is nothing soft for us to sleep on... But... I will manage... I have had to sleep on floors before... Will you manage?..."
Post by: Jeb on February 01, 2018, 09:34:30 AM
Post by: Berit on February 01, 2018, 10:13:16 AM
Post by: Czarine on February 01, 2018, 11:39:55 AM
(Random dream roll: 2. Whew, that was close!)
Post by: Berit on February 02, 2018, 09:29:07 AM
"What are you doing!!!..."
Marut asks in pain!..
Post by: Czarine on February 03, 2018, 01:56:27 AM
"Oh, puckernuts!" she grunts and sinks her teeth into the apple... but the apple doesn't taste like apple? And more so, it screams like a man!
Laluna opens her eyes wide, and sees poor Marut up close. The weird situation startled Laluna so much that she slipped and fell on her butt, letting go of Marut's face.
"Wha-? How? But.. What??" she stutters, staring at Marut's nose and the surroundings.
"Why am I here? Aah! Are you okay??" she gasps, and rushes to examine Marut's nose.
Post by: Berit on February 03, 2018, 05:28:39 AM
"w-why did you do that?... have I done something to you??..."
He touches his nose and cringes as she nit him hard enough to draw blood, slowly his nose turn red. he rubs his nose sadly not knowing what he was punished for...
Post by: Czarine on February 04, 2018, 09:41:34 AM
"I'm so sorry! I must have been sleepwalking... and I dreamed that I was eating an apple." she smiled apologetically.
Laluna carefully got a little closer to Marut, so she could examine the damage she'd done. She felt bad for him, because she knew that she had bitten him hard.
Post by: Berit on February 04, 2018, 03:11:10 PM
"Sleepwalking?..."
He asks and looks at her eyes, soon he realizes she doesn't seem to be lying, suddenly he asks...
"U-ummm... Can I help you somehow?..."
Post by: Czarine on February 06, 2018, 09:09:50 AM
"You can help me by staying still, so I can help you." she replied, smiling. She raised her hands gently to Marut's wounds, and healed them. Such small wounds didn't require too much of her strength, and she had just had a good amount of sleep.
Post by: Berit on February 07, 2018, 12:31:41 PM
"Hey... are you busy? id really like to build a raft! nothing big, but something that helps us fish! and... ummh... you should probably dress up before Tomi wakes up, he is a bit of a... you know... around the ladies..."
Laluna only now notices she is completely naked and has no clue where she put her clothes!...
Post by: Berit on February 12, 2018, 11:38:49 PM
This RPG has ended
if you might be interested in trying out playing EQ related RPG, please send me a private message and we can create another game!
Post by: Czarine on February 14, 2018, 11:20:58 AM
Post by: Berit on February 14, 2018, 06:30:46 PM
Post by: Czarine on February 19, 2018, 12:17:32 PM
Post by: Jeb on February 20, 2018, 06:25:45 PM
I'm sorry, too, to not see where it will go. Thanks for the game, it was fun writing practice. :)
Post by: Berit on February 25, 2018, 02:24:46 PM
and to Czarine, let's make the visula novel/game thing open ended! I think it will be the best solution!..
But now! Shoo! My personal RPG is about to start!...
Post by: Berit on March 06, 2018, 05:44:57 PM
Solo RPG means it's just my playing against the dice! so I am going to use my characters and some characters from Elfquest, and before anyone gets upset, this version of the EQ world will have many differences to canon EQ as the setting will be the same as in the previous RPG, the mystery mist thing!...
Rules!
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if I roll 1, no matter what circumstances, that means fail!.
at times there will be moment where I might be able to find new areas if I get the number asked or over.
and difference for this is that characters will be able to get more skills (in their character sheets) those numbers will help them succeed in fights, hunting, searching and whatever.
Character Sheets!
Your HP always starts at 3 points and you get to use 26 points as a starter to add as you want. also write down three skills your character has, all those skills will start at level one but you can skill up as you play. after that choose three items the character has in his/her posession, you don't need to write clothes or decorative items if they serve no hidden purposes.
Empty example sheets
Name: (characters name)
HP: (starts with 3, character is knocked out if it reaches 0)
Magic: (write down what magig and the numeb means how many times a day character may use said skills)
Fighting: (how good at fighting character is)
Strenght: (how strong character is)
Speed: (how fast character is, fastest characters get to hit first in a fight)
Craft: (how good character is crafting stuff and using his hands on delicate things)
Acrobatics: (how good character is stying on tree branches and similar things)
Illness resistance: (how likely character is to avoid getting ill)
Magic resistance: (makes harmfull spells less likely to cause damage but healing this character is also harder)
Endurance: (how long character can keep up doing physical stuff and shake off damage)
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Skills:
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Items/Weapons:
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Berit's characters
Name: Marut
HP: 3
Magic: 0
Fighting: 0
Strenght: 5
Speed: 10
Craft: 4
Acrobatics: 0
Illness resistance: 5
Magic resistance: 0
Endurance: 2
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Skills: Hunting, skinning, leatherworking,
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Items/Weapons: Bow, Knife, Large bag,
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Name: Tomi
HP: 3
Magic: 0
Fighting: 5
Strenght: 1
Speed: 3
Craft: 5
Acrobatics: 5
Illness resistance: 1
Magic resistance: 0
Endurance: 5
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Skills: Stealth, Wood working, Fighting,
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Items/Weapons: Curved dagger, Straight dagger, Small axe,
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Post by: Berit on December 17, 2019, 07:28:34 PM
Post by: Czarine on December 20, 2019, 03:44:14 PM
Though I know for sure that I won't be able to participate before January.
Post by: Berit on December 23, 2019, 01:52:22 AM
Post by: Maggie on December 27, 2019, 10:00:53 AM
Post by: Berit on December 28, 2019, 02:43:15 PM