day 117 :: Core Event

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone who wants to participate
Open: Open
When: Day 117
Where: Prosper Bluff --> Jawson's Bog
What: The PCs go hunting for a core, and get caught up in a dangerous situation
Format: log, action, etc.
Warnings: Some threads will contain triggering material. Those threads will be labeled as such in the headers.


[Some time has passed, and more people have arrived. It seems as though things have been turning around since the last hunt for a core. So when Nathaniel comes to tell everyone that another core has been located, and that they'll need to go get it, his somber attitude might seem a bit strange.]

Alright everyone, I'm getting an energy spike in the general area of Prosper Bluff, so I'm pretty sure a core is there. Unfortunately, I can't get an exact location on it, just a general area, so you're going to have to go down there and root it out yourself. It should be somewhere on the bluff, which will make for an easy recovery, since most monsters stay away from that area.

However, there is a chance that the core might be a bit further East, in Jawson's Bog. If it is, just leave it there. It is not worth risking your lives to go in there to get it.

[Everyone is free to talk to Nathaniel before leaving, if they want, or they can just be on their way. Either way, the NPCs will be waiting for them to return.]




Threadtracking:

Preparation thread
Prosper Bluff
Jawson's Bog
Jawson't Bog part 2
special group goes here

Comments

[wayofvoice]

[Rude, he is holding up quite well for his age, thank you.]

[Completely used to the stunned stares of silence, Paarthurnax decides to ignore the shocked display and just nods.]

I agree. It would be more to our benefit if the Core is in this bluff than the bog. [With that said, he leans his long neck down so that he can nudge the little anklegator with his own nose.] Drem, mal gein.

[individuates]

[what. WHAT. It talks? He talks? But if Tama-chan seems to like you it can't be that bad. Even though she likes everyone.]

[Unlike Kaoru, the littlest anklegator is taking this quite well - she's quite curious and always happy to make new friends, especially friends that look just a little bit like her. So she edges closer, making soft noises in the back of her throat. Kaoru is trying to keep his distance without appearing rude]

...Tama-chan, will you be able to talk when you grow up?

[wayofvoice]

She does not appear to be of the dov as I am, but she is also no creature I am familiar with. Who can say?

[His warm breath pushes out from his snout and washes over Tama-chan as he takes the little thing in.]

[individuates]

I have to admit, I'm not exactly sure what she is either. I found her egg about six weeks ago and just... carried her around for a few weeks until she hatched. I have it on relatively good authority that she's an anklegator. She enjoys digging and riding around on my shoulders [she flicks out her tongue cautiously, curiously] ...and that she tends to do that to people she likes.


...what did you say to her?

[wayofvoice]

[That low rumbly sort of noise you hear deep in his throat? Just him chuckling, don't worry.] A fitting name. Perhaps she will outgrow it.

Ah, I simply said 'hello' in my native tongue. The proper phrase is drem yol lok, but such formalities are not needed for the young. They care little for it.

[individuates]

Well I gave her the name back when I wasn't sure when she would hatch - I couldn't just let her go nameless - and it kind of stuck. Ah - [speaking of names...] Mine's Kaoru, by the way.

I'm not sure if she will be able to speak when she gets bigger... or how she will look, even. I don't know how she feels about formalities, but she's smart, I talk to her a lot.

[wayofvoice]

I am Paarthurnax. Su'um ahrk morah. I am certain she will grow well so long as she has enough to eat. That is the most vital part of any creature's growth.

It is fortunate that she found your companionship.

[individuates]

It's nice to... uh... meet you, too? [...at least that's what he's assuming it meant, from the context]

[Tama-chan runs her horn against him. What do you mean, grow? Tama-chan is big and strong! Tama-chan can take down Gasfellas almost without any help!]

[wayofvoice]

[Paarthurnax indulges her for a moment before speaking up again.]

Do you plan to go on this search as well, or remain behind?

[individuates]

...I intend to, yes. I want to help out where I can. Just have to stay away from the Bog, right? Should be fine if we're going in a completely different direction.

[wayofvoice]

That is right... However, mein do muz ahrk dovah often shur hondiir. That is to say, things do not always go so smoothly when we wish them too. Hopefully things stay within our favor.