Time: Afternoon, Day 2 Location: By a spring, closer to River Port Interactions:@Helo@Potter Outfit:Outfit from the Ball Inventory:Sword that's sheathed, Bow and quiver of arrows. Then: 2 hankerchiefs, liquid body cleanser, wayfinder, toothbrush, travel-size hair and teeth cleansers, small round of rope, small amount of disinfectant and bandaging: all in a fanny pack that's facing behind him, hidden behind his cape.
Malachi nodded when Belladonna thanked him as he tried to hurry them through the woods. The invisibility wore off and he glanced at the two of them as they came back into view. Belladonna seemed enamored with the owlbear and her spirits lifted. He smiled a little bit to himself. She seemed as young as Corvina and Rei. He was sure this was all difficult for her, so he had to admit it was nice to see the girl not look so on edge for once.
His gaze moved to Valok. His mood was a lot harder to read, but he was sure the man was in pain. "Hey. You doing alright? You were brave, Valok. Just hang in there a little longer and we'll get you some help."
The wyvern had weakly tried to buck Kenia off its head to no avail. Agony swelled in her eye as the world went black around her. She screamed in agony and blindly moved forward, trying her best to charge at her attackers. They had to die with her! Pain exploded in her mouth and she could not even cry out this time. When she tried to unhinge her jaw, it would stick in place. She became increasingly aware of the coldness in her mouth. She knew the fairy was using his ice against her still and she wanted to stomp him to death.
Then, her own head suddenly slammed into the ground without her permission, hard enough for her to see stars despite being blind. She began to slump at this point, in too much agony to keep moving. The pain soon traveled to her chest but this time, it was only momentary.
She felt nothing. All of the pain that had weighed her down was gone. The wyvern was no genius but she knew her time was up. She had lost. With reluctant acceptance, she let go.
Clara grimaced as blood splattered a little on her face, but did not waste time wiping it off. The tail was flying at them and she needed to stop it in time. Just as she went to maneuver rocks in front of them to block it, a shield of ice appeared in front of them. The tail knocked into it, cracking the ice with its force, and then plopped on the floor. She glanced over at Bowyn, thinking it was him who had made that move at first, but soon realized it was Zephyrin who had the expression of concentration. "Nice going, Zeph! Totally nailed it!"
She didn't expect Kenia to suddenly run at the wyvern and swing herself upon its back for a rodeo. As Kenia made its way up to the wyvern's head, the creature bucking wildly to try to throw her off as she stabbed its eye, causing it to cry out in fury and agony. She's badass. Clara thought with admiration. Kenia then called for them to finish it. Her gaze slid to Bowyn, but he was not available to take a call. His eyes were locked on the wyvern and he looked like he probably wanted to stab it, set it on fire, then bring it back to life and repeat the procedure at least forty-two times.
Bowyn screamed right back at the wyvern, sending ice at its wings and its mouth too this time. Clara wasn't surprised to see he was trying to freeze its mouth shut, but her eyes actually widened at the sight of it slamming its own head against the ground. After the hard hit, it looked like the wyvern was struggling to survive at this point. It was losing a lot of blood. She felt slight sympathy for the creature. It was a shame it had to have come to this, but it was them or her. The best thing she could do was put her out of her pain.
Clara raised her hands upward, raising some of the rocks in the area. The elves had taught her she could manipulate the shape of rocks, but it was a feat she had yet to pull off. Still, Bowyn had inspired her to try to do so. She hoped she'd be able to just conjure material in the shape she chose just as he did soon. She concentrated on sharpening the edges of the rocks and it took a moment, but surely enough with some struggle she achieved some success. The small rocks each came to a sharpened edge as pieces of unneeded material fell off them to the ground.
She sent the rocks right for the wyvern's chest as fast as she could. The rocks plunged into her chest like knives. Clara even pushed them in deeper for extra measure, blood oozing from the punctures. The wyvern's muffled cries lowered in volume as its legs unbuckled and she dropped her head to the ground. Clara sighed in relief.
Clara was quiet for a moment as she thought everything over. They most likely knew she was a human now and she was not sure what that meant to them. She wanted to do something regardless of what they thought of her. She moved over to Bowyn and slowly moved to give him a hug so he had time to step back if he so did not want one. She was a stranger and she was sure maybe her comfort wasn't wanted, but the pain in his eyes had been evident. She had thought Boreas to just be his pet, but it was clearer than ever by his reaction that Boreas had been way more special than that to Bowyn. Once he had either stepped away or accepted the hug, she moved over to a spot by a nearby tree and set down her flower crown. Kneeling down on the ground, she closed her hands in prayer position along with her eyes.
The seagull had immediately taken off, grabbing the piece of bread that had come with Risa's soup as he made his departure in reaction to the loud crash. Risa gripped the sides of her chair and glanced over toward the beach. There was a dragonborn in a speedo posing. Some people had sighed in reaction. At first, Risa thought he was just a dramatic local that did this often, but then he spoke up. He turned and faced directly toward them as he grinned and moved toward them. Risa blinked when he declared he had come for her. Huh? She had never seen him before and she wasn't sure how the dark elves or even Aklenroth would have found out where she was located so fast. Risa supposed normally she would have been frightened, but part of her felt emotionally drained still.
Then to make things stranger, he seemed to want to dine with them. Perhaps he wasn't a threat. Potato cake fans were those of good intentions in Risa's experience. But, there was only one way to find out. Before she could vocally question him, Kyran was in his fox form and pointing at Valaeon with his lance, demanding information from him.
Risa slowly stood up out of her seat and came to lean on the fence of the patio. She gave a smile and spoke softly, "Hello Valaeon. It's nice to meet you. Please excuse him, we've been through a deal of trouble lately. You're welcome to come eat as many potato cakes as you like with us, but it would be nice if you could give us some context as to why you've come to see me."
Time: Afternoon, Day 2 Location: By a spring, closer to River Port Interactions:@13org@Helo@Potter@Eviledd1984 Outfit:Outfit from the Ball Inventory:Sword that's sheathed, Bow and quiver of arrows. Then: 2 hankerchiefs, liquid body cleanser, wayfinder, toothbrush, travel-size hair and teeth cleansers, small round of rope, bandaging, and disinfectant spray: all in a fanny pack that's facing behind him, hidden behind his cape.
Malachi watched Mathis trip over the rock with a glare. The man took too long getting to his feet in regards to a life or death situation. He had a few questions and thoughts about it but ended up with a simple concluding thought:he's a moron. Finally, the slowpoke got around to cutting the bear's arm off. He glanced over at the owlbear Belladonna had been fighting and lifted his eyebrows. She had done an impressive job. It was clear she knew what she was doing.
He was still pissed at her though.
As his attention had been stolen for the moment, he hadn't noticed the scythe moving in his direction. Belladonna's water hit him with force powerful enough to push him off to the side, causing his stomach to ache from the hit. "Ah! For fuck's sake! Watch it!" He yelled, under the impression at first that she had misaimed her blast. His angry expression melted into a perplexed one as he watched the scythe move back in its momentum in Mathis's grip. He supposed it could have been a mistake but the way Belladonna moved to create spheres around himself and Valok right after, and not Mathis, left Malachi with a bad feeling in his gut.
Malachi said nothing and gently put his hand on Valok's shoulder as he had been moving to attack. The one that had lost his arm was dead now and Myra had jumped on the owlbear now and was finishing it off. Valok's attack had helped in finishing the female off, "Valok. It's okay. You can take it easy..."
Myra was vicious in attacking and victorious. He let out a sigh of relief once it was all over. He glanced over at Belladonna, noticing her wound as well. He immediately began taking out his bandages and disinfectant spray. "Don't move. Don't waste time protesting either." As he had been bandaging each of them up, he whispered in their ears to stay close to him once they started walking again.
Belladonna was a bit reluctant and Valok hadn't seemed overly happy about it, but they allowed him to spray disinfectant on their wounds and apply bandages.
A sudden whimper made him glance back over at the corpses. A young owlbear was now laying his head on top of the mother. The look in his eyes was heartwrenching. He stared at the owlbear, his expression softening as a voice echoed in his mind:
"I can't wait. To see all their precious little smiles...I just wish I could protect them all. Give them all a safer world to live in. It's a dream of mine."
"Ah damn it."Malachi said with a sigh and gestured to Belladonna to grab her attention as he was aiding Valok, "Try to comfort it and feed it if you have a little something. Let's see if we can help it out."
It took him a few minutes to make sure Valok was patched up enough for the walk. He turned to Myra and Mathis, "If you keep going this direction,"He pointed north, "You'll reach the port town in two hours if you're quick. I am going to rush Valok up there with Belladonna. Walk along the beach if you're afraid of more attacks. It'll be easy and fast travel. Be safe and good luck."
Malachi put his arm around Valok to help keep him steady and quicken his pace, nodding to Belladonna to help out. The owlbear cub clumsily ran after Belladonna, confused and scared. He glanced backward at it and sighed. "Guess you're coming too, huh? ... I need to focus to do this, so I won't be talking much." Malachi concentrated deeply as he focused on bending the light around all of them, including the cub to make them appear invisible for a short while. This would keep them safe from enemies in their vulnerable state."Try not to crunch leaves and such. It'll make the whole invisibility thing a waste of time."
The sun was setting as father and son walked down the path, lighting the world in its pink hues. Flower buds decorated the grass all along their way as they began to bloom in the wake of spring. He accompanied the boy on his walk home from schooling every day. Malachi dressed more simply during this time, wearing a simple, white button-down with a vest over it. His son looked like a miniature version of him. "Did you learn a lot today, Gael?"Malachi asked him with a smile as he looked down at the ten-year-old.
"Yeah! I learned about the stars." The boy replied, glancing back up at his father with a wide grin, "Did you know they're actually really big?" He stretched his arms outward to better describe their side, puffing his cheeks up, "This big! Huge. And the sun's pretty big too. Way bigger than it looks."
Malachi laughed and stopped walking to bend down to his size. "Wanna know something else?" Gael nodded enthusiastically in response to the question. "Some of those big stars are so far away that the light we see takes so long to get here, that we're looking sometimes years into the past."
Gael's eyes lit up with interest. "Like a memory glass. It's just an old moment in time." He mused and stared up at the sky in wonder. It was too early to see the stars, but Malachi had a feeling he was imagining him anyway.
"Precisely." Malachi agreed, straightening up on his feet. His movements slowed as an Amora began to pass overhead them from behind.
Gael inhaled and bent his neck backward trying to look upward at it, "Look at it, pa... Do you imagine one day we could ride one of those to the stars?"
Malachi's gaze stayed on his son with amusement. The boy had gone running outside daily whenever an Amora could be heard in the sky. He had a fascination with them. "I don't know... Maybe. Your grandfather used to tell me when I was your age, that I should go lay down and ask the stars whenever I had a question that couldn't be answered. He would say they're better listeners than we could ever be."
Gael listened to his words and pouted at him, "Well I'll ask them tonight if you're going to ever take me into an amora. I can't wait until we get to ride one."
"Well they certainly won't take you to space, Gael." Malachi told him, "I will take you in one when your mother and I start making more amas."
"I don't even want to go anywhere in one! I just want to see one up close and go all the way up in the sky!"Gael's excitement grew with every word and he slid down a hill on the path they had been walking on and jogged forward to stand in a spot where he could see the Amora leaving in the distance.
Malachi's smile faltered a little. They had been down on their luck when it came to amas and amora rides had become quite pricey in the tense atmosphere of Avalia. They had moved from the middle-class district into a lower class area to save enough just to get by. Voices nearby made him turn his head. There was a stall selling old toys and random junk. It was composed of a long, wooden table with a small, propped up over it as a roof. Only a few people were gathered. His eyes locked on a small toy ship. Malachi glanced over back at his son. Their house was just down the way. "Gael go home. I'll be right there!"He called to him.
The following night, Malachi stayed awake all night after Gael had gone to bed. And the night after that, and after that one too. Caralia had not been happy with him, but she was used to him staying up working on strange inventions and whatnot. Finally one day, Malachi led Gael out into a nearby field with his eyes closed.
"And... Open!"
Gael stared down at the miniature amora that was placed in his hands. He beamed at it, "Oh this is so nice! Thank you, papa!"He immediately started running around the field of flowers, waving the ship in the air, trying to make mechanical noises with his mouth."Swooooosh!"
"Wait. That's noooot all of it!"Malachi called in a singsong voice, taking out a small remote with a smile. Gael paused and looked over. Malachi grinned as he pressed a button on the remote and the amora's fans began turning.
Gael let go of it as it started to fly into the air. He was rendered speechless. Malachi moved over to him to place the remote in his hand. "Control it with this."He placed his fingers gently on the proper handle. He stepped backward after and watched Gael chase the toy around the field while he flew it around. It was something out of a painting to behold.
A hand fell on Malachi's shoulder. He recognized the gentle touch without having to turn around and took the dainty hand in his hands, pulling it to his mouth to kiss it. "That's incredible. Caralia said softly in his ear as she took her hand back to wrap her arms around his waist and lay her head on his shoulder. "He's never gonna put it down, you know."
"Not as incredible as your beef stew."Malachi snickered at her comment, moving his arms on top of hers. "It was the least I could do. He dreams so big and sometimes I feel like I can only give him so little."
"No... You give him the whole world." Malachi could hear her smile as she spoke and it warmed his heart. "But you know... What you created is genius, my dear husband. You could make a lot of other children very happy."
"What are you suggesting?"Malachi asked her with a raised brow. He turned to face her and retook her hands.
"Well. With my painting skills and your engineering, we could open a toy store filled with all sorts of refurbished toys. Not only would we do a little better with amas, but the children here in Sun Elf Village might start smiling more."
Malachi's expression lit up, "Oh Cara that's a brilliant idea! We could start selling right outside our house or by the school then maybe one day buy an actual shop!"
She smiled at him, squeezing his hands, "I can't wait. To see all their precious little smiles..."She drew off, drifting into her mind. In a dreamy tone, she told him with a sigh, "I just wish I could protect them all. Give them all a safer world to live in. It's a dream of mine. "
"Welcome to the Gadgets and Conveniences Shop of River Port. I'm Jordo. We have all most necessities you could ever need along with some fun items or whatever. My sister Hanai works over at the Odds and Ends shop. Let her know I'm aware she ate my fish this morning and I'm pissed. "
Please ask specifically for pictures of these items if you want to see them. There are too many for me to put all at once. I will post pictures of what you purchase.
Hoverboards - 500 amas Jumping shoes - 200 amas Zoomies - 300 amas Pedaler - 600 amas Portable Fira - 200 amas Portable Cold Box (Think cooler) - 400 amas Cooking pot - 5 amas Location Senders - 400 amas Portable Solar Box (Think PSP version) - 900 amas Cast Spheres - One black and one white combo for 100 amas, each additional white sphere is 30 amas. Memory Glass - Mirror 50 amas, 3D shape versions 130 amas Teeth Cleanser - 5 amas Hair Cleanser - 20 amas Hair Softener(Think conditioner) - 20 amas Body Cleanser(soap) - 2 amas Hair Brush - 3 amas Shower Tube - 30 amas Armpit Fragrance - 5 amas Birth Preventers - 2 amas Eye Color Changer - 500 amas Hair Color Changer - 500 amas Timeteller (a watch) - 10 amas Palm Warmers(put in gloves) - 5 amas Darksight Glasses - 40 amas Eye Protectors (sunglasses) - 2 amas Water Purifier - 3 amas Travel Shelter (Think tent, but square) - 100 amas Portable bed (Like a sleeping bag, but thicker bottom to lay on) - 50 amas Pillow -3 amas each Blanket - 10 amas Wayfinder (compass) - 10 amas Fire starter kit - 20 amas Light maker - 5 amas Lantern - 3 amas Umbrella - 3 amas Fishing pole - 10 amas Net - 10 amas Animal trap - 20 amas Standard Backpack - 50 amas Flask - 5 amas Rope - 1 ama by the meter, 15 meters/50 feet for 15 amas
Time: Afternoon Location:Port 10 Interaction: @Alivefalling Outfit:What she's wearing Inventory:Bag for her belongings(It's along her belt behind her cape and not a backpack). Inside that bag: ama pouch, small water flask, plant seed pouch, small bag of berries, small flowery perfume, small knife, thin nightgown, and Risa has transferred some of her hygienic supplies into small, portable bottles: hair and teeth cleansers, hair softener and armpit fragrance.
Risa smiled at Kyran and squeezed his hand back. The waiter soon walked over and he took their orders for them, making it easier for her to keep her head down and lay low. Once the woman had left, the sound of a low shriek nearby her made her glance over at the couple she had seen earlier. A seagull was under the woman's chair, pecking at the food she had dropped. The bird scurried away in fear at the sudden shriek. "Ohh what a pretty bird. Ever meet one, Kyran?"She patted her knees and leaned over, giving a soft whistle to catch the bird's attention.
I was just hungry! Why YELL at me? The seagull looked over and began scampering toward her.
"I'll get you some food my lovely."Risa gently picked up the seagull on to her lap, getting looks of disgust from the couple. She petted its head gently with her finger. "It's okay... Shhh..." Risa pulled her bag over and began taking out some of her berries to feed one by one to the bird. "Did your parents teach you how to hunt?"
Time: Afternoon, Day 2 Location: By a spring, closer to River Port Interactions:@13org@Helo@Potter@Eviledd1984 Outfit:Outfit from the Ball Inventory:Sword that's sheathed, Bow and quiver of arrows. Then: 2 hankerchiefs, liquid body cleanser, wayfinder, toothbrush, travel-size hair and teeth cleansers, small round of rope, bandaging, and disinfectant spray: all in a fanny pack that's facing behind him, hidden behind his cape.
Malachi was thankful his comrades were listening to him and that some of their attacks had damaged the creature so far. They seemed to have a handle on things thus far, but Valok had been braver with his move than he had anticipated, moving forward to slash directly at the creature. He saw Myra hold up two fingers out of the corner of his eye and stalk off. He had no idea where she was going. It took him a moment in the heat of firing another arrow at the bear to realize what she'd meant. And by then it was too late.
Another owlbear had come out from the trees and had wrapped its arms around Valok in a hug. However, it was no friendly hug. It was a hug that would ultimately end in death if it was not stopped. The owlbear started to peck at his head like a bird and Malachi cringed. He grabbed Belladonna's shoulder and said quickly, "Hold this thing off. Don't get close."
He unsheathed a sword that had been on his belt, not wanting to waste time with either conjuring magic or stringing an arrow. The armpits were easily more accessible in the hugging pose. Malachi ran at the owlbear and then jumped up to gain height as he ran to its side, grabbed the right arm, and used the swinging momentum to drive the sword deep upward into the armpit. The sword went all the way through and came out of the trapezius muscle and slashed its face as it passed through. Malachi then yanked it out as he fell downward. The owlbear let go of Valok with a mighty roar of pain as a mass of amount of blood started pooling out from the deep goring wound.
Malachi rounded back around from behind the owlbear to shove Valok away from its grasp, calling loudly, "Mathis, the arm, cut it off!" Before he could place another attack, the owlbear grabbed Malachi with its good arm, throwing him away towards the ground. He hit the ground with a thud, this sword dropping at his side. The wind was knocked out of him from the impact, so he took a moment to catch his breath. Nothing seemed to be out of order as far as Malachi could tell. He scrambled back on to his feet as soon as he could and moved to Valok's side to assess the damage and defend him if he needed it.
Helio flapped his hand in time with Umber's words as he spoke."Blah, blah, blah." Umber sure liked to complain. So what if Tigerlily wasn't bleeding yet? He had her now and could do what he want when he wanted. However, his eyebrow raised with intrigue as Tigerlily was lifted into the air in front of him and locked in a T-pose. He side-eyed back and forth as the injured fairies were brought in front of them. He listened to Umber's instruction and his grin grew wider with every word. "Now that sounds like a hilarious game."
He had been instructed to go first and his expression turned to that of a cat excitedly pouncing on its prey as he flew up a bit to levitate in front of her. Azriel apparently didn't care about the order and started attacking, which made him pause to watch. He started laughing as she cut the girl's back skin off, along with her wings; It was so funny that she was in agony. Once she had tossed it to Umber, he grinned and turned to Tigerlily, meeting her eyes.
If she thought he was going to hold back, she was wrong. Nothing she did would stop him now.
Helio grinned at her and pinched her cheek, "Smile. You're never fully dressed without one!" He chuckled at his own words and raised his arms up as vines shot out from the ground beneath them, flanking Artemis on each side, rubble, and dirt exploding around them as they did. He went to send them inward to impale her slowly with them when a new voice interrupted. Helio glanced over with an annoyed expression as some undead guy had emerged.
“I told you, Helio, to watch and control this territory... Not kill and torture its citizens. Do not make me come there myself. Umber, Azriel, do you enjoy wasting my time? Do something more useful if you choose to remain here just don’t continue these stupid games you enjoy so much. We do not need more of an uprising that has already been caused.”
"Seriously! Aklenroth when did you become so boring?" He groaned, dropping his arms as the vines began to retract back toward the ground. He gave Tigerlily a ferocious glare that essentially said: I'm not even close to finished with you.
Time: Afternoon Location:Surfside Cafe Interaction: @Alivefalling Outfit:What she's wearing Inventory:Bag for her belongings(It's along her belt behind her cape and not a backpack). Inside that bag: ama pouch, small water flask, plant seed pouch, small bag of berries, small flowery perfume, small knife, thin nightgown, and Risa has transferred some of her hygienic supplies into small, portable bottles: hair and teeth cleansers, hair softener and armpit fragrance.
Risa took note of the types of places they passed as they walked along the road toward the shore in the distance. She locked her arm around Kyran's, trying her best to relax and enjoy the moment, but she could feel that her muscles were still stiffened. So much had happened that trying to ignore it was beginning to feel like trying to close an overstuffed closet that just wouldn't close no matter how she pushed at the doors. Any silent moment gave those doors time to try to swing open and she had to rush to shove at them again.
It had been mostly homes and apartment buildings for the first part of their walk, but she soon spotted a healing center. It was a fairly nice one, not nearly as big as the one in the River Kingdom, but it was quaint and roomy. All the buildings were of the same, simple architecture she had first seen when they arrived. After that, there was a two-story wooden building called "Sailor's Choice." Risa had not been sure what that meant until its purpose became faintly audible for a second. She flushed and quickened her pace.
They finally arrived at the Surfside Cafe. The inside was huge with fireplaces and three firas in the middle up on a stage. The chefs were up there, cooking in front of everyone. There were many guests seated at the four-person tables around the perimeter. While she had been oogling everything, Kyran had been speaking to a waiter to get them a table. To her surprise, the waiter Kyran spoke to had led them through the cafe to the outdoor area.
Risa's eyes lit up as she peered down the wooden boardwalk that seemed to go down for quite some distance. It was slightly busy today with people. Then there was the beautiful view of the shore and Risa did not rush taking that in. Glancing back over at the outdoor area, there were a good handful of tables, some with four seats and others with two seats. There was a trio nearby that looked to be on their way out and a couple seated nearby as well.
The sound of a seat being pulled back against the wooden floor pulled her out of her thoughts and she seated herself, handing a menu to Kyran. She returned the smile and put her hand over his. "This place is so nice, sweetheart. You picked a really good one." Risa then picked up her menu, deciding quite quickly she'd like the vegetable medley soup. "I'm going to have the vegetable medley soup. And you?"
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