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Paarthurnax ([personal profile] wayofvoice) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2014-06-05 08:07 pm

Day 196 // Open

Who: Paarthurnax and folks
Open: Open
When: 196, in the evening
Where: By the river
What: Amongst the things from a land of mountains and frost: a pair of gloves meant for more than thieves. A creation of metal and steam and other things from a race that didn't need the Calamity to do themselves in. Glowing plants that chime.
Format: any
Warnings: Grampadragon is harmless (usually). No guarantees for the rest of the losers in the Bastion.


In the absence of the group that head to Sky Haven Temple, the Bastion has brought something to fruition for Paarthurnax. In the evening as the dragon returns, he circles about before landing by the riverside to inspect his new prizes.

The most notable is an enormous construct which shines in the light of the dimming sun. It almost seems to breathe in and out, but that's just the puff of steam which exit from it- a sign it's active if nothing else although it doesn't seem to move. Draped across one of its arms are a set of gloves, a dark contrast against the brilliant metal.

The last of his acquisitions would be the plants which now are growing along the river's edge and amongst the shore of the lake. It's harder to tell in the daytime, but as it grows darker, one can see the pale green glow they give off. It's one constant, however, is the faint chiming noise that becomes readily apparent to any who are near to it.

Paarthurnax seems pleased with it all, inspecting the Centurion carefully and brushing his nose against the plants.
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[personal profile] dragonform 2014-06-13 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
"So they tried teaching me how to mug someone. To be honest, I've always been awful at it. I eventually got better at stealing from monsters, but it's not something I like doing. They set me to attack merchants and traders on the road, though they insisted we were only scaring them and not actually hurting them. They eventually set me on to an old man who lived in the woods, his name was Bunyan." He answers, smiling a little at the memory.

"He seemed so big back then, he was strong enough that he knocked us all out with no problems when Rei had the bright idea of trying to break into his house and steal some food. Bunyan thought we should do some real work, so he sent Rei into the mountains to hunt a monster. Teepo and I caught up with him and fought her, it was a monster we called Nue. That was probably the first real time I put myself in danger." He shakes his head after a moment, turning to Paarthunax. "Do you remember how I acted while we were hunting the Gasfella? That Nue we were hunting was also a mother, trying to protect its cubs. But by the time we killed her, the cubs were long dead. Bunyan knew all about them, and he asked us a question when we came down. He said to us: If you had known the cubs were there, would you have let her live?"

It's a question Ryu has mulled over a great deal, even in the years since the event has passed. "To be honest, I don't know the answer to this day. She was still attacking the farmers' livestock, but she was just trying to feed her cubs, even if she didn't realize they were dead."