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can a slave do this? *dies and goes back in time* ([personal profile] usurpers) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2020-03-07 02:41 pm

DRAGON'S TREE QUEST, PT 1 (closed)

Who: eren jaeger, elliot craig, towa herschel, fie claussell, judar, nier, stiles stilinski, h.c. andersen, cloud strife, aerith gainsborough, sora & zelda (botw).
When: sometime in march— this very easily stretches for a few days to a week, but i'm flexible with when it happens!
Where: the wilde.
What: dragon mom needs assistance.
Warnings: violence, will update where needed!


Come. I will show thou what must be done, for thou has come to wake me, hath thou not?
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[personal profile] extirpator 2020-03-08 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Here. [ nier says, tossing a skinned rabbit in his direction. there’s one in nier’s hand too, the fur still intact; it’s a husk of what it was however, thin and emaciated to the bone. it’s not hard to glean what he did to it. ]

When we get there...what are you really hoping to gain?
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[personal profile] extirpator 2020-03-17 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ a little grotesque, but efficient no less. nothing that fazes nier — if anything, he's a bit impress, head now canting with interested. ]

I want to kill the Cwyld. As many as I can and as well as I can. [ bad associations, a need to defend, or maybe just a primative need to kill. it hadn't mattered. ] You're the first person I've met who's spoken of going back home. But I guess that makes sense.

Do you they think they'd let you?

[ the coven, he means. ]
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[personal profile] extirpator 2020-03-23 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
You're right.

[ said easily, and as to what, he does not specify — all of it was. the words the man (or rather, dragon) speaks are earnest and true in what they are. ]

You can't control people. The more you try, the more they'll simply want to break free. And if they want to, then they will.

[ idly, nier tosses the rabbit skin into his pouch, instead drawing out a survival knife to wipe down as he speaks. ]

I've already done everything I needed to. So if you or the others need any help in your pursuit, you have my blade.

[ a moment, silent and fleeting, passes. his eyes are trained on his knife. ]

I'm sure your home's waiting for you too.
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-03-08 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Elliot, Eren's bonded, is meanwhile much more approachable and friendly. He hangs back during the briefing only to give a wave when mentioned, and giving a gentle reminder to be careful about avoiding cwyld infections.

When Eren finishes, he gives a nervous laugh as Eren goes off to do...whatever he's doing]


O-Oh, and thanks for coming! I'm making eggs and porridge for anyone who wants some breakfast before we head out. There's coffee too!

[Sure enough, he has a campfire set up with some plates, a cooking fire, and a thermos of coffee. Looks like at least someone tried to be hospitable before the big journey. ]
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[personal profile] extirpator 2020-03-08 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ there’s a nod of the head. it was strange, not being the source of all of the mom energy for a change, but his features soften when he speaks. ]

We’re all here because we chose to be. [ a cant of the head. ] Do you need any help? Cooking isn’t an issue for me.
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-03-08 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks over at Nier, smiling at him]

Oh, only if you're sure! Do you have anything you need to prepare first?
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[personal profile] extirpator 2020-03-08 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I prepared before I got here. I travel a lot, but I've never gone as far as we're going. [ he's beyond brightwall more often than not at this rate. so he circles around the table, settling next to him. ]

Just give me something to do and we can start.
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-03-08 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, alright. Other than Dorchacht, this is the farthest I'll have gone too.

[But it's nice to know this guy is prepared]

Well would you mind watching and sometimes stirring the porridge? Gotta makes sure it doesn't burn to the bottom of the pot.
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[personal profile] extirpator 2020-03-08 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. [ there's a very, very faint smile, and he draws near the pot to watch carefully. ]

I travel to the Wilde a lot. The city's a little cramped — and I want to study the Cwyld, too.

[ his eyes are trained on the porridge. ]

What made you want to do this? Are you here to support your Bonded?
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-03-09 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? Then you must be pretty used to being out here. Do you work with the Wilders.

[He gives a little shrug at the question]

Well, there's that. I do want to support him. But I also want to help stop the Cwyld, so I'm here for my own interests too.

[personal profile] overworker 2020-03-09 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Towa, at least, is used to early mornings-- regardless of whether or not there was a lot of sleep the night before. It's hard to say if she slept much or not, she doesn't let it show much one way or another. But the amount of preparations she's put together seem to indicate that she had put a great deal of thought into this trip. As a small witch that lacked a great deal of strength, she'd knew she'd have to be on high guard.

Anyone who missed breakfast will be offered some tea from a small thermos and a muffin-- they're still warm, so it's likely they were freshly baked this morning.

Once everyone's eaten, she'll be preparing her weapons. The first and most important is her orbal gun. For those who are unfamiliar, it's a pistol-type gun with a large body to it. They may see her charging it with magic, so it's clearly not your ordinary every day kind of gun. But she also has a dagger to tuck in a small holder on her upper thigh. With the foliage, a blade could come in handy.
]
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[personal profile] bravers 2020-03-14 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Being a mercenary was something which had lost all familiarity for him. While once, living job-to-job and doing things for the sole purpose of being paid was his go-to, now it felt somewhat awkward. Uncomfortable, even.

But if there was any motivator, it was the money. Nothing changed there. Whatever the world, money was important. So it was for that reason that he signed up for the task outside of the city. The reward was higher than any of the busywork inside of the gates offered, and while his interest in a draconic tree(?) was fleeting, it paid.

...Only as he arrived, that motivator became two. While he was hardly anything resembling a social butterfly, he can't exactly not at least glance over the gathering and see who he was working with. Just like he can't not fixate on the faces that he knew.

In fact, he might even be hovering near them. ...As distantly as possible, of course.
]
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[personal profile] evanescent 2020-03-12 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[This time, in this journey, Aerith has found it the wiser act to stay close, rather than wander as she had during her last excursion. She had offered her assistance readily, nonetheless — this wasn't her home or her Planet, but it was a place worth protecting, all the same.

The trees cast dark, dappled shadow over them, and while she feels the most at home among nature, something about this nature makes her apt to keep quiet and keep her eyes open.

She is not afraid, though she is cautious, and so when the brush crackles and shifts nearby, she stops midstep, and regards the direction in which the noise came from.

To her teammates:]
Did you hear that?
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[personal profile] kuroi_taiyo 2020-03-14 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ If it's catching any sounds in an immediate area, Judar had a bit of an advantage in helping with that. Pausing as well, the deer-like ears were rotating to see what could be caught, past the two witches, while looking around. Aside from slow head movements, the rest of him did really well at being still.

It's low, that's for sure. But it stopped too quickly after two of the three had. ]


... It's not happening now. Best I can say is to watch where you walk. Could be ankle-biters.

[ The best he could figure out was that it was down low. ]
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[personal profile] manlet 2020-03-15 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Physical excursions aren't something he does often, but that was precisely the reason he volunteered for this mission. If something could be done -- and if he could push himself in the process -- this fumbling about will have been worth it. He walks a little behind, looking over his shoulder every now and then.

Seems like they may have good reason to worry.]


Great.

[He grumbles beneath his breath as he hoists himself up a step.]

That's exactly what we need: a bunch of tiny hostiles that'll chew through our Achilles' tend-- OW!

[The crackling's grown louder now, and it just so happens that a branch has lashed out around his ankle, yanking him off balance and right onto his face. There's no way his glasses didn't break from that impact.]
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[personal profile] evanescent 2020-03-24 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Her comment on that is about to be obnoxiously, inappropriately cheerful: it could be worse! something could be flying at our faces instead!, but Andersen falling over puts an abrupt stop to that, and for the better — her eyesight is not as sharp as a monster's might be, but her turning to check on him keeps her from running right into the same snarl of roots and branches a step and a half ahead of her.

She doesn't know what's grabbed him, but she hears the sounds too, though that doesn't stop her from kneeling down to check on him.]


Can you stand? Here, let me —

[Too late she will realize her mistake, that the rustling is not just ahead of them but beneath them too, and a branch twines around her ankle too, the grip so light that she doesn't feel it just yet.]
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[personal profile] kuroi_taiyo 2020-03-24 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's a good thing that Judar was the type to continue doing a thing if he didn't get a result he was satisfied enough with. There was something, and he wanted to figure out what, or where. It meant he was paying attention, even if he wasn't in a hurry to save Andersen from falling onto his face.

Bruh, hope you worked on those repair spells he told you about.

However it meant his attention was more to that area and direction; not just for listening, but looking over to make sure there weren't tiny little monsters. Instead, he saw... Huh. ]


Not another step, Braids. Don't even move yet.

[ That does mean you, Aerith. He's just the type to use nicknames over proper ones a lot of the time, until it seems like he should. With a hand ready to support and keep her from falling as well, the faun slowly drew closer to do as a faun did. First, to stop onto the branch that was starting to wrap around its next tripping victim, having protective 'boots' that were designed for hoofed people. Then, the other faun thing, which technically he shouldn't be so ready to do out in infected areas; Pulsing the plant magic he had to deal with what was in the immediate area.

It wasn't much, and didn't go far- in fact, even Andersen would've been able to see some of those sleep spores heavily waiting a foot away from his face, as the rest was kept from being released. He couldn't force the branches to go back, but he can stop them from actively trying to trip the three in this immediate area. ]


You two've been working on dealing with infected areas like this, right? If the answer's yes and that it's fire, you better warn me.

[ He's putting a lot of concentration on just this, and it'd take effort to handle the aggressive instincts fire stir in the faun. ]
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[personal profile] manlet 2020-03-28 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine, don't fuss over me...

[He appreciates her checking on him, even as he waves her off. It's a little embarrassing to be knocked flat down so early in their exploration, and his mood's only worsened by his broken glasses. As such, he's doing his best to put on a stiff upper lip. Andersen's about to go off on a rant about the messy state of the forest when Judar's warning freezes the words on his tongue.

Andersen looks down. He doesn't need his glasses to actually see; they're for show. That's how he sees the vines slithering around them, curling around the protective field that Judar's created for them. He tugs away the rest of the vine and slowly rises to his feet.]


I don't do fire. It's too difficult to control.

[He reaches into his jacket pocket and takes out two pairs of scissors. With a touch, he makes them float.

Leave it to Andersen to have a flashy method.]


How many are there?
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-03-10 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Assignments given out, Elliot had been assigned to be looked after by Fie and Nier. Elliot felt pretty comfortable with the arrangement. He trusted Fie with his life, and Nier so far seemed to know what he was doing.

They managed to make it to the boulder without too much incident. Veins of infection were splattered across the surface. Elliot grimaced and started getting to work, using his magic to try to clear away what he could. ]


This...could take awhile, sorry guys.

[He starts casting magic, humming as he goes with a glow of magic on his hands. But the sound and light seems to disturb something - as if the others are listening, they might hear a faint buzzing sound.... ]
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[personal profile] extirpator 2020-03-12 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry about us.

[ there's a raise of his blade — it serves as makeshift shield in this moment, his eyes steeling as he scans the area.

but his ears perk at the low buzz from afar. ]


...Wait a second.

[ bees? on god? ]

Something's there.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-08 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[While it's a lot of information to take in Sora is more than willing and ready to help if it meant that it could help a living creature return to its former state. He's still learning so much about this new world and he couldn't really stand around knowing that there was something like a dragon hurting within it. From what he's learned of the infection itself it's a terrible life-eating disease and it's hard to get rid of it. Nothing should ever have to suffer because of it.

He's listened to the bits of information from the others and he sets off with his pack (filled with rations for about a week, some first aid items like bandages and such) and his keyblade now latched to his back with a harness. He looks to his two new companions and nods.]


Alright, let's get going. We've gotta clear out whatever cwyltid-things we can find along the way, right?

[That Krüger guy knows a lot and Sora's still trying to make sure he's got all the details right.]

And we gotta find those leylines.
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[personal profile] mensrea 2020-03-09 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At Sora’s prompting, Stiles finally glances up from the brand-new notebook that he’s been writing furiously in. On the left page of the spread is an accurate sketch of the boulder, including the impressions of Creiá’s horns and wings. The right page is meanwhile crammed tight with his scrawl, detailing what Krüger has told them and what Stiles has noticed himself. Though he inarguably has the least amount of combat experience to offer the group, he’s taking his part of the mission seriously. In fact, after the personal disaster that was the Northern Outpost expedition, Stiles made time to speak with the Wilders on how to better prepare traversing the Wildes. Thanks to their recommendations, he’s well dressed and equipped now. The baseball bat-inspired bludgeon weapon that Hiccup created for him is slung over a shoulder, while a modest axe has been secured to his rucksack. In his pants pocket, he even has a small, somewhat dulled knife from one of the Wilders. Stiles hopes he’ll only ever need to use it or the axe while helping to prepare camp; the idea of leveraging either as a weapon is unpleasant. ]

Yup, [ he affirms, popping the “p.” ] You ready, Zelda?

[ The notebook snaps shut; Stiles returns it to his rucksack and unslings his baseball bat. Even if it may not be as effective as a sharper weapon in his hands, he’s glad for the familiarity of the shape. ]
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[personal profile] lucubrates 2020-03-10 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ "Let's not touch the things," Eren says. "Let's not do this thing that is dangerous," he says. "I am pulling on my traveling gloves," Zelda says. Leftover from the expedition last month, they're good for emergencies like this. In comparison to the two of them, she looks woefully unprepared for this, save for a sack tossed over her shoulder full of... fruit? Who knows with this one. Maybe it's enchanted fruit! She knows she's mostly hear to play healer, though, so maybe this is also intentional— the lighter she is, the quicker she can hop from spot to spot.

She snaps one picture of the sight before her; it reminds her of Malice in how it's spread and infected the world, and there's something that feels right about ensuring it is gone. Promptly, she moves her sheikah slate to her back pocket. ]


As ready as both of you are, [ is her short quip, before she begins to walk towards what looks like where infection has settled for a long period of time; much of this is not new terrain to her. It reminds her greatly of Hyrule. ] Tactically speaking, it might be best for us to make a beeline to the leylines. You both look ready for war, but we should keep injury to a low level out here. [ She pauses. There's a hint of cautiousness, self-doubt coloring her tone. ]

I... admit that I am not quite as good at feeling them out as monsters have been, so if either of you have an inclination, I shall follow.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-03-11 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Stiles seems fairly well prepared and Zelda seems to be the witch of their team so Sora feels fairly certain and optimistic that they'll do well with whatever is thrown at them. While he's thinking that the little device Zelda uses to take a picture is pretty cool and he wants to ask he tries his best to stay on topic. Because she's absolutely right.]

The others said the faster we find the leylines the better, right? So yeah, let's try to get to them as fast as we can.

[Team assembled and it's time to move out!! Sora follows after Zelda and his long rabbit ears twitch as he tries to listen for anything important in the vicinity. He's never had to use his monster instincts to find anything like leylines before but he's heard the notes that it's like detecting an off pocket of magic. And Sora knows what magic feels like.]

Let's go up this way.

[Following in the direction that his instincts tell him. But along the way, there is some rumbling nearby that he doesn't recognize. It's like there's a bunch of rapidly scuttering feet...?]

Uh, do you guys hear that?
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[personal profile] mensrea 2020-03-11 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This is an area that, Monster instincts or not, Stiles has a wealth of experience in. After all, he was the one who investigated the telluric currents of Beacon Hills in order to discern a pattern to the Darach’s killings. And the telluric currents are based off of leylines. So, as they begin to hike through the dense undergrowth, he tries to mentally map what his Arachne senses are telling him. They’re approaching what feels like a vein, but – ]

Just ants, [ he begins dismissively, the trichobothria on his hands identifying the insects based on vibrations alone. ] Kinda loud though…

[ It becomes clear why moments later; larger-than-normal ants burst through the brushwood, antenna twitching in their direction. Stiles has what can only be called an “oh shit” expression on his face as he immediately steps in front of their Witch.

Nervous, he tries for humor: ]
I’m not sure if we’re the pest control or they are.

[ As one, the ants swarm. ]