dragonsorcsandwolves: (slight smile)
Rob Edwards ([personal profile] dragonsorcsandwolves) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2015-06-12 10:13 pm
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Day 317 (Backdated)

Who: Anyone. Rob if you want him, but there are more interesting things than him here.
Open: Open
When: Backdated to Day 317
Where: The northeastern part of the Bastion
What: The Bastion has a forest now
Format: Whatever you want. If you're threading with Rob I'll match.

So guess what? The Bastion has a forest now. A rather big forest, with white birch, cork oak, sugar maple, black locust, and European beech mixed together on the flat areas and white cedar and Sitka spruce mixed on the hills, a number of the Sitka spruces being at their maximum size already: 300 feet tall and 15 feet in diameter at breast height. You could make a really awesome treehouse up in there. Or a small elven village. There are trails running through the forest and a few clearings of various sizes. Most of the clearings are small ones centered on plants that other people have brought in, allowing them to still get enough light, but there are three larger ones: one around the phonebooth, one in the gap between two hills and running up against a cliff face, and one to the south next to the river. Away from the trails and clearings the canopy closes in overhead to block the light and the trunks of the trees line up to block the view, making it possible to actually get lost despite the forest not being that big.

If for some reason you're more interested in a nerd than the new forest, Rob can be encountered wandering the trails for a bit, but you're more likely to find him in the southern clearing by the river, lying on his back in cargo shorts with his sandals next to him and using his shirt as a pillow. He's basically claiming this clearing for himself. He hadn't realized how relaxing this could be until now.
daughterofursa: (raising my only eyebrow)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-25 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, they're airbenders."
notachickenhawk: ([birdboy])

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-25 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
<Animals can do that too?>
daughterofursa: (did someone say honor?)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-25 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Zuko blinks in surprise. "Of course. They were benders before we were."

She glances up to where Kizuna is investigating leaves on a tree branch. "Dragons are the original firebenders. The air nomads learned from the sky bison. Earthbenders had the badgermoles."
notachickenhawk: (boy: in the crowd...)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-25 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
<... Oh. That's actually pretty cool. A lot of humans don't pay attention to nature enough.>
daughterofursa: (headscratch)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-26 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not really any different where I come from. All of that was a long time ago."
notachickenhawk: (morph)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-26 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
<... Huh. Oh, what about waterbenders? Who did they learn it from?>
daughterofursa: (thinking)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-26 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"...I'm not sure. I don't know of any waterbending animals."

Maybe they went extinct? That's sad.
notachickenhawk: (bird: free)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-26 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
<... Huh. I'm sure it must have been something. Oh well. I was just wondering.>

Animals going extinct is always sad, unless they were trying to eat you. Then it's less sad.
daughterofursa: (curiosity)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-27 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"If there are any waterbenders out there, I'll be sure to ask them."

Because there have got to be other people, from other worlds, out on the Skyway somewhere. Not everyone finds the Bastion.
notachickenhawk: (morph)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-27 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
<Yeah. ... I can never judge time limits here. I should probably demorph.>

He sets down the stick and bounds up into the trees, going a small distance away. No one wants to look at morphing, it's way too gross.
daughterofursa: (curiosity)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-27 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Zuko will just wait here. And try to locate her dragon daughter up there. She seems to still be hanging out in the branches.
notachickenhawk: (bird: free)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-27 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
A few minutes later, he flies back, perching on a lower branch so Zuko doesn't have to strain to look up at him.

<Back. Sorry about that. ... The trees are pretty tasty here, though.>
daughterofursa: (did someone say honor?)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-28 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"That's... good to know."

Not really, but what else do you say to that?

Kizuna watches Tobias fly back in. In particular the flappy wing thing, she is watching that. And she's gonna try it. She's gonna do the flappy wing thing.

Thankfully she does not attempt to go far, and her leap from one branch to another is accomplished really without the effective use of her wings although she does try. Tobias will probably notice the small commotion a little ways above him as only her forelegs reach that second branch and has to flail around to get her hind legs up there.

Meanwhile Zuko is wondering if she should climb the tree. "Is she okay up there?"
notachickenhawk: (boy: in the crowd...)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-28 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
He turns to watch her, and he'd smile if he could. He scoots a little closer to her and extends a wing so she can climb aboard if she wants.

<She's fine. She's just trying to learn how to fly. Her wings are a little too small to catch the air right now, but her balance is pretty good.>
daughterofursa: (raising my only eyebrow)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-28 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I just don't want her to fall."

Concerned dragon mom is concerned.

Kizuna doesn't seem to recognize the offer of a ride. Tobias is not that much bigger than her right now and awfully small compared to all the other rides she's gotten. Instead she's just going to come inspect his wing, gently nosing it. It's different from hers. Fluffier.
notachickenhawk: (bird: hawk)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-28 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, well. That works too. He lets her nudge him and shuffles a little closer so she can be warmed by him. ... It's a little weird, though his hawk brain is recognizing something that he feels fond of and is winged as something to protect.

<I think she'll be okay. She's pretty fierce and tough. Isn't that right, Kizuna?>
daughterofursa: (Kizuna)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-28 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Her fluffy winged friend is nice and warm. Kizuna makes a contented little growl. She's all snuggly and high up and Mommy's still nearby down there.

"She can still be a clutz sometimes." But Zuko is sounding more relaxed.
notachickenhawk: (bird: what?)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-28 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
He puts his wing around her gently, letting out little approximations to a chirp.

<It's okay. The important thing is that she learns from it.>
daughterofursa: (raising my only eyebrow)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-29 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah... She'll wind up breaking a lot of stuff if she doesn't grow out of that."
notachickenhawk: (boy: in the crowd...)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-29 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
<Unfortunately I don't know that there's much you can do about that unless you plan to keep her hidden from any threats ever.>
daughterofursa: (lost)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-29 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
What do threats have to do with it?

"I don't think teacups or furniture are all that threatening."
notachickenhawk: (bird: free)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-06-30 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
<I meant her breaking her own bones, but I don't actually know how sturdy her type of dragons are.>
daughterofursa: (raising my only eyebrow)

[personal profile] daughterofursa 2015-06-30 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh. Well, once she's grown..." She thinks of Ran and Shaw. She really can't imagine them breaking bones. At least, not their own. "...I don't think we'll have to worry about it."
notachickenhawk: (bird: what?)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-07-01 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
<Yeah. Though it sounds like they take a while... but that's okay.>

He chirps a little again, gently leaning against her. It's okay, Kizuna.