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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2016 16:13:08 GMT
In the morning, just after sunrise, the calling of Prophet wakes you up if you aren't already. After getting ready, Matthaeus goes and grabs a bag of things. "Now, I know that you guys should probably be off, but I scrounged up some stuff from my garden, and just lying around. Here." He hands over the bag to Mikel. "Now, I hope that you all can find this useful. Are there any questions that you might have thought of over the night that I can try to answer? If not... Godsspeed. And good luck."Items get!: -5 Pokéballs -3 Potions -1 Energy Root -1 Mental Herb -3 Sitrus Berries -2 Lum Berries
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Post by Seya on Feb 21, 2016 14:56:40 GMT
"No questions," Caervin muttered, eyeing the bag of goods eagerly. "Take care of yourself, Matthaeus. Thanks for your help."
With Rune healed up and Kindy bouncing around his feet, he looked out over the landscapes that being up so high provided. The roads were where he belonged, but it didn't feel right without Mephisto, and these two near-strangers by his side. The unopened letter lay heavy in his pocket like a foreboding omen hanging over his head. No, he wouldn't touch it until he was in great trouble... or at least greater trouble than they'd been in yesterday.
He hoped not to see more of those stupid floating letters, though.
"Right," he said after getting some distance from the house. "Let's check and divvy up what he gave us, then be on our way."
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Post by kiritsumitsu on Feb 22, 2016 3:38:43 GMT
static.zerochan.net/Esmeralda.(Notre.Dame).full.973982.jpg Morning rides were wonderful to be had. Back in the city, opportunities were few and far between for her and Pokémon to bask in the early morning sunlight of Eidola. The early morning dew dried quickly from the flaming stomps of Apollo as they brisked past and around the mountain, taking care to avoid any suspicious glyphs that might be around before returning to Mattaeus' home. With each step they took towards that wooden home, her anxiety rose at the journey that she would now have to take with the two dubious men that she barely knew. Mikel's rage yesterday frightened her and Caervin's fear made her own slightly more pronounced. "Mew's Blessing to you, Mattaeus," She replied back to the old man, hugging him for his patronage towards them, before bidding both of them farewell as they left. "I hope you and Prophet will be well."
With Mattaeus's gifts divided, she turned towards the group, "So... should we follow what the letter said and go to Godspring then? I... don't really have any other clue as to what else it could be referring to."
Extended Action: Agility Training on Apollo & Iris
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Post by Major on Feb 22, 2016 17:40:13 GMT
Mikel had woken early per usual and spent his early morning running his sword drills and doing some basic meditations. He had already slipped up once and didn't want it to happen again. He was almost grateful for the fact he had been KO'd so quickly. Hopefully it wouldn't have been noticed too much. As he worked on his drills he pondered on why he was even doing this. He didn't believe in fate or prophecies and if he had felt that prophecies were something that were guaranteed he would have never ran away from home since it would have been pointless. None of his traveling companions had seemed to want to accept the prophecy either, yet they were all still doing it. When Prophet called, Mikel's thoughts were interrupted and he returned the Pawniard to his ball and finished getting dressed before heading out into the main room. After taking the bag and thanking the man, Mikel looked at his companions, "Everyone sleep alright?" He asked as he opened the big and showed the items to everyone to help pick out stuff. "As for following the letter, that's up to all of you. I planned to head to Godspring the other day, but then everything happened. I figure I might as well continue that way." He commented. "How are your injuries by the way? Everyone all rested and feeling better?"Whew...ok first time getting to desktop since the last battle. Spent XP, leveled up, did experience and focused training this morning with my pokemon, applied some poke edges I forgot to do at character creation and thus had to wait on, and finally posted
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 23, 2016 1:02:01 GMT
The day is warm - almost, but not quite, unpleasantly warm - and the weather clear, as you make your way towards what your maps claim is the direction of Godspring. There is a slight cooling breeze coming from the southeast, and the fresh smell of mountain air fills your lungs. Luckily, there doesn't seem to be any of the glyphs. Or, if there are, they aren't attacking. Either way, it's all good.
Several hours in, around noon, you see after cresting a hill that there seems to be a large group of people up ahead, all sitting down in a grassy field and eating, looking like they're having a pretty good time. There's, from what you can see, about two dozen men and women, and almost all look to be in their twenties. They're far enough off the path that you could go by without disturbing them, though.
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Post by Seya on Feb 23, 2016 21:07:00 GMT
"Either of you hear about a gathering out this way? Don't suppose it's part of that festival we're missing," Caervin said with a slight bitterness as he sees the group. "Might not be a bad place to stop for lunch, at any rate."
Even the mountain air hadn't lightened his mood too much, and while some small part of him regretted the grouchiness that instinctively stole him over when he felt awkward and out of place, travelling with some rabid berserker and a pretty girl was doing nothing to help the tense and awkward silences. He missed laughing while he travelling, singing with his father and not caring who heard. Why did it feel like all of that died with Mephisto?
"D'they smell like anywhere we've been before, Kindy?" he asked the Growlithe as she charged forwards to see the strangers closer up.
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Post by kiritsumitsu on Feb 24, 2016 7:32:10 GMT
static.zerochan.net/Esmeralda.(Notre.Dame).full.973982.jpg "It would've been wonderful to stay for the festival but I suppose the dangers would've been too high," She softly answered back, her features neatly composed as to not betray her worry for the group. Her path was already chosen the moment she rode towards the peak of Mount Radiance. It wouldn't do her any good to second guess herself now with fanciful 'what-ifs' that she could have taken instead of her current path. Following Caervin's lead, she asked, "You don't suppose they're brigands or... something else unsavory do you?"
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Post by Major on Feb 24, 2016 13:41:57 GMT
"More likely than not, they are fine. However, with little information and being out in the middle of nowhere it might be best to avoid them. Even in the best case scenario and they are nice people relaxing with them would run the risk of those eye things going after them as well." Mikel noted as he walked. "Regardless, I don't know anything of any gathering out this way..." Mikel noted. At the very least it wasn't a gathering of creepy cloaked people in the woods waiting to ambush them. The man seemed calm and had no problems with his traveling companions.
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Post by kiritsumitsu on Feb 24, 2016 18:10:20 GMT
static.zerochan.net/Esmeralda.(Notre.Dame).full.973982.jpg "I am becoming a bit peckish, however." She sheepishly stated. "If nothing else, they might provide us with some information about the road ahead."
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Post by Seya on Feb 25, 2016 1:59:43 GMT
Kindy returned to her master, who sighed. "Well, my guess is they're from somewhere to the north of the region. And you're right, 'Liz. Can't hurt to check."
He took the lead, hands in his pockets as he approached the group with long strides. "Oi. Good day to you lot--don't suppose you'd mind if a few travelers join you for a bite to eat? We brought our own goods, we won't mooch." He flashed what he hoped was a charming grin, waiting for Mikel and Elizabeth to join him.
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Post by Major on Feb 25, 2016 12:26:11 GMT
"As you wish." Mikel said with a shrug when both his companions wished to join the group. He walked over with them, glancing over the group.
"Good day." He said with a nod.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 25, 2016 16:12:23 GMT
"Oh, hey!" calls the tall, thin man who first spots you, "Fellow travelers, what news from the road ahead?"
"Dave," admonishes the woman next to him, "at least let them pull up a patch of grass first. Don't worry, the more the merrier."
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Post by Major on Feb 28, 2016 3:17:00 GMT
"Not much news. It has been an uneventful trip since leaving town. How about your way?" Mikel asked as he took a seat.
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Post by Seya on Feb 28, 2016 13:03:56 GMT
"On the contrary," Caervin murmured, "There's a festival going on back at the city today. I don't suppose you're already headed there?"He pulled out a bottle of water and a small hand-carved bowl, filling it half-way for Kindy to drink before guzzling back some himself. The trail rations supply was lower than he'd like, but nevertheless took a handful to give him a bit more energy. Maybe there'd be a fruit tree or berry bush around he could use to replenish his supply. Caervin rolled Survival to scavenge, got an 18. Rune used Pickup and found a random ball (I'll leave that to you as well).
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 2, 2016 5:03:47 GMT
"Yeah, we're headed for the city. Glad to hear we've almost made it. The lot of us just came from Godspring, gonna have at least a couple months vacation. Hopefully the spring'll restart in the winter time.""Until then, we're just going to enjoy ourselves, live the life. Good to know there's festivities in this town."őŧŭĘŞšŦŜĘřĦĦĦŦŝŬĘŚřŤŤęĘĹŤūŧĦĦĦĘřĘńŝŨŨřĘŚŝŪŪűęË
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Post by kiritsumitsu on Mar 2, 2016 6:53:59 GMT
static.zerochan.net/Esmeralda.(Notre.Dame).full.973982.jpg "Apparently, they're having their Solstice Festival. The mountain's supposed to look quite beautiful at that time." Elizabeth finally spoke from the side, smiling. "They'll have stages and booths and performances. It'll be oodles of fun when you arrive there I'm sure."
"You say you came from Godspring? Is it beautiful there as well?"
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Post by Seya on Mar 3, 2016 1:59:30 GMT
Caervin flopped down on the grass and put his newly found berry away for later, instead opting for some of the rolls he'd sneakily stuffed away at the dinner table the previous night. He bit into one as Elizabeth worked her charms on the travelers, uninterested in further small talk. As long as there weren't any highwaymen or rabid scythers on the roads ahead, he was happy...
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Post by Major on Mar 3, 2016 4:54:39 GMT
Mikel listened to the conversation while looking over the group and letting Elizabeth do the talking.
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 3, 2016 5:53:11 GMT
"Uh, beautiful?" The two look at each other. "Well, yeah, it is..." the man starts, trailing off.
"But there's a slight problem. The eponymous spring has been drying up." "Eponywha? Stop using big w-" "Shush. Stop interrupting. Anyways, yeah, we're leaving until they fix the problem. I daresay about half the town has done that since it started being noticeable about oh, a few months ago? Can't imagine why you'd want to head there while there are still problems. Most of the people still there are either too poor to leave, or simply too pious to believe we've been abandoned by the gods." The woman snorts. "It's pretty obvious that that's what happened."
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Post by kiritsumitsu on Mar 3, 2016 7:17:28 GMT
static.zerochan.net/Esmeralda.(Notre.Dame).full.973982.jpg "It's dried up?" She intoned shocked by the news, her brows slightly rising. "But how can that be? I've been told that only a great disturbance could make Suicune's Vale of Tears disappear and you both seem such wonderful people that I can't foresee that the town itself could be in such a moral decline."
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