Rekaigan

Paranormal Response Unit 6

<redacted> Sorry

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Rahna/Eli Collab

(Collab with @LostBrotherGrimm)

Rahna grinned at Eli’s response to her suggestion, promptly following after him so that she wouldn’t be left behind. It was a race afterall! Unlike Eli, she quickly put her goggles on before jumping off the edge, her glider unfolding. She felt an updraft push her glider upward, giving her a little more altitude. She glanced downward to see a wave of starlings swirl and loop from below. It was an impressive sight, a sight which disappeared quickly into the trees of the island nearby.

Eli smiled as he moved his glider out of the way. He did get a slight head start, so there was no surprise that he landed on the island a bit before Rahna. His knee did bump into the ground - his landing skills not being on par with his racing skills. “Slowpoke,” he stuck his tongue out, as he leaned onto his glider, watching as Rahna made her way towards him. He could modify the wings on her glider, only a bit - would definitely give her more control. Eli made a few mental notes to himself as he waited for her. Hopefully he wouldn’t forget them.

He ought to get a notebook.

She heard him call her a ‘slowpoke’ the moment she landed near him, letting her gliding skid across the ground like she was surfing on it. She didn’t even bother folding up her glider, carrying it over to him. “You got a head start!” She retorted, but of course, she wasn’t very angry to begin with. In the end, she just gave him a shrug and a chuckle. “So, what did you want to talk about?”

“I…” Eli tried replying, but in all honesty, it was a hell of a question. What do people usually talk about? “How about you choose a topic?” If that was the best he got, no wonder he wasn’t carrying the title of the most charismatic talker in the world. Or Heron, at least.

Rahna couldn’t help but laugh. “We could talk about how silly you are~” She replied in an amused, mocking tone. “Geez, you suggest we talk, but you don’t even know what to talk about~!” She continued, giggling away. “How about this, I’ll teach you about different plants while you fix up my glider! It’s boring, I know, but it’s probably less boring than what you’d come up with.” She said as she rummaged through her bag, pulling out a oddly thick notebook. She look at Eli with a cheeky smirk on her face. She knew he wasn’t going to enjoy this, but it was going to be amusing for her.

The idea of him fixing the glider wouldn’t be bad in itself, but learning about plants? This was probably one of Rahna’s ways of teasing him. She couldn’t possibly be serious? It took him a few moments to notice it, but upon seeing the notebook, a dreadful expression replaced Eli’s usual grin. For a split second, he actually thought of modifying her glider to go even faster, as payback. But then again, this was his idea, so yeah, had he came up with a simple topic, all of this would’ve been a lot easier.

Besides, she loved talking about plants. The signature grin came back as Eli decided to let it slide this time. “Hit me with your best plants!” He proclaimed while approaching her glider.

Rahna half expected Eli to make a run for it, but she was glad that he didn’t. She took a seat in the patch of grass that was next to her, opening her notebook to a seemingly random page. “Let’s learn about a wonderful plant, named ‘Chusanor’!” she began. She started describing what it looks like in excruciating detail, talking about how to grow it and what it does when mixed with certain liquids or other plants.

All the while, Eli could do little but sigh.

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“The 'Eesramire vine' needs constant sunlight and lots of wood to consume…” Rahna continued, as she had been for the past three hours or so. She wasn’t even close to finished. These notebooks have been organized from A to Z in plant species and everything about them, although most of her notebooks were still in her bookshelf at home.

During these three hours, Eli had managed to fix up her glider, modify it, give it some more spin, doze off a bit, watch some sky, think about food, eat some food. And Rahna barely scraped the surface of her notebook. He was currently laying next to her on the grass, watching the sky and trying not to go all Blin on her. Cocking his head to the side, Eli tried to figure where the hell was she able to write down all that information. Witchcraft, surely. It was the most plausible explanation.

What was that about watching the sky? He turned his head back, light of the day long since faded from its peak. Or was it long? Eli lost the track of time around the letter D. As he inhaled, taking in the breeze, he started drifting off again. A light dream, barely even recognizable. The sky… slowly becoming a smudgy canvas. Canvas filled with flashing lights. What were they called again…

Lights? Flashing lights? Eli sprang up like a cat. “Flashing lights?! Hey Rahna, tell me - am I crazy?” He asked as he watched one light flash after the other.

“If you grind it up--” Rahna stopped mid-sentence when Eli piped up for the first time in three hours. She glanced at his expression before looking at whatever he was looking at, which happen to be the sky. Flashing lights indeed. She slowly closed her book, placing it beside her. Her gaze staying on the light littered sky. Small streams stroked the darkened sky. “If you’re crazy, then I must be crazy too…” She replied in awe. It was such a beautiful sight.

It was definitely one of those moments when Eli didn’t regret not going off on some adventure of his own. The day turned out to be quite memorable even without it. Simply stunning. And it didn’t seem as if it would end in a matter of seconds, for a moment it seemed as if it would never end. Not that Eli wished for it to end. “Two crazy people watching the sky doing crazy stuff,” Eli blurted out, before scratching his head. At what point did this turn into a scene right out of a romantic play? “Eli, you idiot,” he mumbled to himself.

What Eli said didn’t really register in Rahna’s mind until a few moments later. She felt her face go a little red. Was this straight out of a romantic play or something? “Y-you really are an idiot.” She responded with a slight nervous laugh. She tried not to think about it any further than she already had and tried to focus on watching the sky.. Doing crazy stuff. She mind had already gone back to thinking about what Eli had suggested, but such thoughts were interrupted when a single, huge stream of light hit the mountains in the distance, followed by a thunderous rumble. She was speechless. Not that she had said much during the meteor display, but even more so now. It piqued her curiosity. She wanted to know what it looked like, what is was. “Eli.. I want to go see it.” She said quite plainly, her expression still quite stunned by the sudden event.

“Em… Y-yeah, definitely,” Eli mumbled, not quite sure what had just happened. This was one of the most intriguing moments to ever happen in his life. To ever happen in Heron. “Like… wanna go… now? Or do you wanna wait ‘till the morning, tell our parents and stuff like that. Whatever you choose, I’m with you, y’know that.” He said, staring in the distance. This seemed like more than just a simple adventure. And his heart was racing - this was the real deal.

“I.. think we should tell our parents first.. And y’know, be prepared to go down there. I also need to pack some fresh notebooks. I’m sure there’s a lot to learn down there.” She replied in a serious tone. This wasn’t something they should take lightly. She had no idea what was below Heron so she felt that she needed to prepare for it.

A couple more moments had passed before Eli finally moved his gaze away from the mountains. “It’s settled down,” he beamed Rahna a smile before moving away towards his glider, stopping only to ruffle her hair a bit. “Why so serious? It’s going to be okay. No - it’s going to be awesome!” Considering Heron wasn’t that big, Eli wasn’t surprised that he caught onto the commotion coming from almost all sides. This falling light certainly caused quite a bit of ruckus. “Maybe we should check out what’s happening over there,” he pointed in the direction of all the noise. “Then head home for the night, whatcha say?”

She couldn’t help but smile back at Eli when he ruffled her hair. “Y-yeah you’re right.” She replied in an uncharacteristically soft spoken voice. She took in a deep breath, regaining her usual composure. She had also heard all the commotion, thus she nodded at her friend. “Let’s go check out what’s going on~” She agreed as she packed up her encyclopedia and picked up her glider.

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The pair had moved closer to the source of all the noise, only to hear about the ‘Exploration party’ that was to form at dawn. Rahna smiled at Eli, “Well, looks like we’ll be meeting up with some other people too? I’ll see you tomorrow!” And with that she gave him a quick hug and sprinted off in the direction of her home.

And just like that - she was gone. It seemed that Eli managed to cheer her up a bit from that serious persona she adapted every time something completely piqued her interest. He didn’t quite expect a hug, though - not at all. Eli felt his cheeks reddening a bit. “I really am an idiot,” he stated as he slapped his forehead.

That evening, Rahna had rushed into the house to prepare all the things she'll need for her upcoming adventure. It'll probably take a long time to get to the mountain and back, but surely it wouldn't be too much of a problem? Probably. In the midst of frantically packing fresh notebooks, bottles and so on, her mother opened her room door with a knowing look on her face. "I knew this would happen the moment that thing landed." She said as she interrupted her daughter's packing, bringing her into a hug. "Mom, I--" Rahna began, but stopped mid sentence as her mother continued, "I know you're curious about the world, and I'm not going to stop you from going. But please, stay safe. Don't do anything too crazy, okay?" Her mother said in a soft voice, an slight expression of worry on her face. "Don't worry, Mom. I'll be fine. Besides, it's an opportunity to learn and write about the surface." Rahna replied with a smile on her face. "I knew you'd say something like that."

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The sun hadn't even begun to rise when Rahna was packing her backpack with the various items she'd need. On top of her already quite sizable sling bag, she had packed quite a lot of things. However, most of the contents in her sling sack was a mix of empty bottles and bottles filled with salves, medical equipment and a gratuitous amount of fresh notebooks, with plenty of charcoal to write with.

Of course, she didn't need to bring her plant encyclopedias around, since they were so cumbersome and she had already memorized at least three quarters of the contents from A to Z. Remembering the more important things like what mixes well with what and what it does.

When she had double and triple checked all of the contents of her packs, the sun had begun to rise. Rahna immediately thought she was going to be late, thus she rushed out of her room. "See ya Mom! I'll be back soon!" She shouted as she ran out the door, grabbing her glider as she left.

When she flew in quickly, landing near the Weatherman's balloon, where some other's had gathered already. Being the Herbalist's daughter, she pretty much knew everyone here, except for a few faces, but they looked familiar anyway. It was interesting to see everyone gathering in one place for once.

"Morning everyone! Fancy seeing you all here~" She called, greeting everyone cheerfully as always. She wouldn't be surprised to see Nikki here, nor Blank, even though they weren't here yet. Gaius was a surprise though. Lee and Kelari were also a slight surprise, but she didn't know them very well to begin with. The last person she spotted was Sera, who seemed to be a dwarf among the giants, so to speak. The contrast between her height and Gaius' was always amusing.

A Heart Frozen (Ebonfort)

Alya watched as her friend turned into a small ball of white fluff. A hare. The half-elf couldn't help but stare at Rilana's form. It was very cute. Almost too cute. Although this wasn't really the time to be swooning over how cute the bunny was, Alya's mind naturally drifted that way until Svarak called out, telling the moon fey of a burrow. Her mind immediately came back to reality, remembering the 'poem' that they had picked up earlier.

Her eyes searched for a burrow, but fortunately, Rilana found the burrow quickly. Not long after the fey had entered the burrow, she heard Kona let out an ear piercing screech. Her magnified hearing causing it to temporarily deafen her, causing her to cover her ears and shrink away from the creature.

She felt the ground give way beneath her, and before she knew what was happening, she was sliding into the darkness...

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The wolf pup watched as the woman's eyes became a very dark colour, but before he could do so much as approach the woman, he was picked up by some mossy vines. Echo squirmed in the grip of the vines, but he couldn't get them off. The only person was allowed to pick him up was his mother, thus he felt very uncomfortable and confused. The moss began to move, showing no sign of letting go of Echo at the time, however it wasn't long before it dumped the canine into another cavern. He slowly recovered from his small adventure in the moss, only to see a woman encased in a.. shiny see-through stone. He wasn't sure what to make of it.

Echo felt the fey woman's presence. It felt very.. evil. Wrong. He backed away from her, letting out a low growl as black swirls of magic flowed from her hands. He didn't know what was going on, but it was nothing good.

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The light returned as Alya and the others were deposited onto a sea of ice. She slowly tried to get back up, only to slip on the ice beneath her. She looked up, only to see a Drow, missing an arm. It was Dris..something.. In the midst of trying to remember her name, a sphere rolled in front of Alya. She picked it up gingerly, hoping that nothing bad would happen if she touched it. Nothing. She looked around the ice, noticing a small indentation in the center of the sea. She carefully got to her feet, unbalanced on the ice. the half-elf too small sliding steps toward the indent, placing the orb into it.

The note that played was immediately recognizable to the Bard. She retrieved her flute from her hip, placing it on her lips. She knew that she needed to match this note. She could do it. Alya carefully pressed some of the flute keys as she blew into the mouth piece. The tone was perfectly in tune with the Note of Ice that the orb played. She held the note for awhile before stopping. The mute felt her feet press the ice floor, like it would if she was on a normal terrain. She could see through the ice now, as could everyone else.

She saw Echo near a woman. A woman surrounded by an army of skeletons, a red light and an odd looking stone. She was at a loss. She didn't know what to do. She couldn't fight anything, let alone fight a bunch of skeletons. She just had music..

She felt as though she was forgetting something.. or someone. 'Rilana!' her mind shouted. Her gaze searched the cavern for Kona, whom she saw almost immediately. He had a small ball of fluff hanging from his beak. The half-elf ran over to the Gryphon, stopping right in front of the great beast. Her face was covered in a worried expression. she couldn't believe she actually forgot about Rilana and the writings. 'When hare dies..' She couldn't be dead. There's no way. She even tried to mindspeak to Kona 'Is she okay?!' she asked, but she doubted she'd get any answers from an animal.

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@Pacha

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R.W.B.Y. ~ The Colors of Dawn ~

@Raijinslayer

I would say there isn't one, but I think it'd be best if you wait for people to respond to your character's actions before you decide to post again.

That way you're not just skipping over other's actions, etc.

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@Alina13

Of course we are! Feel free to make a character and post it in the OOC~

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@Rekaigan

You should really check out ArcheAge gliders. Top-tier stuff.

google.com/search?q=archeage+gliders&s..

@Ebonsquire

Y'know, I totally forgot about Archeage. Thank you so much!

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@shylarah

I was thinking of using something similar to Nausicaa's Glider, but a wood/metal framed one with cloth-y wings~

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Rahna Altema

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She always forgot to tell Eli about why she didn't want him to talk to her mom. And she'll probably keep forgetting every time since they always go out to do something silly. She shook her head slightly with a small sigh, "I'm more worried that my mother would embarrass me instead. Also, you'd never be able to leave if she started a conversation with you." She replied with a somewhat amused look.

She noticed that Eli had spotted the bandages on her arm, she subconsciously hide her injury behind her back, giving him a cheerful smile. "It's okay! Really. I-I'm just not used to the glider yet, that's all." She didn't want Eli to feel down about her injury. She didn't want to spoil the fun by making him worry about her. He'd endured much worse than this, she knew because she was always the one treating his wounds, but his unfaltering, adrenaline filled attitude is what kept him going, and that's what she really admired about him.

She also didn't believe the words that came out of his mouth. She knew her best friend. He was really looking forward to this race. A small darkness swelled in her mind. She was making this difficult for Eli.. negative thoughts ran through her head.. However, his next suggestion eased her conscience a little. Perhaps even amused her a little, because she noticed how long he paused for, ending with "Talk?"

Rahna realized that he never really did anything that was considered 'normal', like talking. Conversations. Perhaps she should've left him to talk to her mom. She giggled when his smile returned. "Of course, I'd love to talk with you~ I haven't really had a day to relax in awhile, so it'll be nice." She responded finally, giving him a warm smile.

She quickly jogged around the corner of her house, retrieving her glider and jogged back over to Eli. "I know it's not very far, but shall we race to our usual spot?" She suggested with a grin on her face. Their usual spot was only an island away, so it really wasn't far enough to make for a proper race, since it was just a straight line. However, Rahna decided to entertain the idea to keep Eli's spirits up.

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@LostBrotherGrimm

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So how to the Hang gliders work? Are they able to fold up into a small stick and expand into a full sized glider?