[Open] In the Summer Time

[tantailizing]

🧙 WHO: Zidane Tribal and You!
⚔️️ WHAT: A summer of fun with quests and zombies...! Wait...
🕒 WHEN: July
🗺️ WHERE: Throughout Camelot and Beyond
⚠️ WARNINGS: Warnings will come as needed. Minor violence with Zombies and Minotaurs

I. Surf New Turf

[Though the Alpacapies and Mossatees would probably be easier mounts to ride with, Zidane had mistaken one for a floating log and didn't realize it was a mount until he was far away, and the Mossatees just recently had their babies. If they needed their attention anywhere, it wasn't on a guy standing on their back and probably annoying the hell outta them despite their passivity.]

[Deinosuchus it was, and they weren't kidding when they said it was fast! He was off the first time it picked up speed, and giving it some food when it came paddling lazily back, burnt out from doing that much. They'd work on it - in fact, they could be seen working on it.]

... and if you signal, I can give ya a boost in speed instead. That way, ya don't tire out as fast. Sound good?

[Of course, he's not an Animal Mage so it's not sure how much the Deinosuchus might understand. At least it's not pissed off?]

II. Clean Up Chaos

Hey, hey, hey...!

[He's not sure what's going on, but he was ambushed. First the sponges, then the animals... Zidane blinks when both were done and it took another second to process his clothes had been cleaned, his hair had been redone, and his tail now had a bow on it.]

... OH MY GODS! I thought that stain would never come out of my sheath!

[Looked like he didn't care he was just mauled by woodland critters and cleaning supplies, he's too busy admiring how clean his dagger's sheath was. Perhaps another irate or hapless victim might like to point it out.]

III. The Farming Dead

[Oh good, zombies were a thing here too. And what a time to have neither holy or healing magic to put them down. Not that either really matter - zombies went down like any monster still, but it seemed like going for the head was the quickest way to make sure they were down.]

[The only real problem was numbers.]

[Then again, being outnumbered was not something Zidane easily cared about. In fact, he whistled for the next hordes attention.]

That's right! This way, fresh meat, come and get it!

IV. Spotted Dicklivery

Alright, I have the route plotted out. We have one problem though...

[He still clearly remembered the Minotaur issue from a month or so back. He was sure the lowerside of Camelot remembered the Minotaur from a month or so back - in fact, they probably remembered the stench fairly well and he's not envious about it. Dealing with the rocks was enough, but the piss - dear gods...]

[No matter, Zidane pointed out the spot.]

That Minojerk lives somewhere around there. I went to see if he was in after he ran off, but he wasn't there at the time - heck, he might've moved out. Still, he'll probably nearby so we'll have to be careful.

V. Lavaft Behind

[Didn't matter to him how dangerous the Geode Slime might become living magma after it was freed - the issue was it needed help so he was gonna help. Y'know, even though he was warned it might be scared and attack. The burns wouldn't be fun to deal with, but the other option wasn't a choice to him.]

How do you wanna approach this?

[He already had his own ideas, but he always listens to any input from his partner - if they had their own suggestions.]

VI. Wildcard

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[markedfordeath]

[Elza inwardly chuckled at the antics she saw rather than heard. That kid's got guts, that's for sure.

Shifting her attention, the gunner still shot at her targets but she instead started practicing her aim.

At the zombies shambled towards Zidane, Elza aimed for its right knee. The trigger squeezed moments before the rifle fired and shot the bullet towards her target. It hit, of course, a mere millimetre from her intended target.

Now how much damage could the target take before it would fall? With that in mind, the gunner aimed then fired for the left knee.]

[tantailizing]

[Yeah, the zombies really weren't that hard to deal with so they can take their time.]

[When the zombie's leg went, Zidane tilted his head as it continued moving forward... and when the other leg was shot off, it kept crawling.]

Huh, you guys are persistent.

[markedfordeath]

[Elza left the legless zombie for Zidane to deal with. Instead she's shifted to the next one closest. There was no point in testing out the arms as she figured they'd have the similar result as the legs. She instead aimed for their chest.

Sturm fired and the bullet sailed through the air to slam into the undead's chest. The shot went clear through out the other to embed itself into the thigh.]

[tantailizing]

[That legless zombie just... crawled right into its demise with Zidane able to stab it once it bothers to come in range. And he had time to take out a few more lumbering in.]

[When the next shot came, he wondered what would happen this time. Oh, he was left to see a hole just punched through its chest, and it only stumbled briefly with the bullet lodged in its thigh.]

Huh, nothing... but hey, I can see the field!

[markedfordeath]

[She aims to please...literally.

Elza took note of the ineffectiveness of the other areas her shots went into. It didn't come as a surprise but it at least was good knowledge to have. The thought of shooting off their limbs and having them trying to move on the ground did amuse her...

...which is why she started aiming to shoot at the zombie arms. Maybe some might think she was being cruel, but what would the zombies do if they couldn't move around? She was honestly curious.]

[tantailizing]

[It's very important to know what happens, he would argue, but instead, he watched the arm flop around until it was palm down in which the fingers began pulling the dismembered limb forward.]

Woah, creepy...

[And as soon as he took down the zombie it came from, it stopped moving.]

Huh... [Yup, magic alright.]

[markedfordeath]

[It seemed that regardless what was done, it was only the shot to the head which would take them down for good. At least they didn't have to worry about that pesky Blue Moon rune's influence here when it came to the undead.

Elza shifted her attention back to those zombies further back from Zidane. She liked the kid, so she was giving him space to do his thing.

Aiming up a target in sight, she left those closest to the kid to look after himself. She then squeezed the trigger and began to fire on her targets.]

[tantailizing]

[He was still wondering if any form of holy magic was here and if it would be effective against the zombies. Oh well, he shouldn't waste anymore time taking down the ones around him - especially since it looked like his support was dealing with the few lumbering in from a distance.]

[So he'll go ahead and work on either decapitating or stabbing the remainder around him in the head.]

[markedfordeath]

[The combination between her firing at the ones in the distance and Zidane culling those closer to him meant that the threat in their area diminished rapidly. Soon enough, Elza had fired Sturm for the last time as the bullet sailed through the air and impacted with its target.

From the looks of things, the kid had done a great job as well. She had been impressed with the way he fought and it told her that it wasn't something new to him. No one had that skill and that level of calm without being involved in some form of skirmish outside of the regular one you'd find in the streets.

Elza cleared her mind of the thoughts before she moved to stand up. While she wasn't close to where Zidane was, her silhouette on the horizon was hard to miss. She didn't approach him but offered a lingering look before she and Sturm turned and began heading off in the opposite direction.]

[tantailizing]

[Looked like this batch of zombies was well and dealt with, but he still wondered why they came at all. Oh well, he'd stay by the farms and deal with anymore that might come... although.]

[Turning to look back, he does manage to catch the silhouette and waved before they headed off. Don't be a stranger next time!]