[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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Comments

[tantailizing]

It's not that... but usually there's an argument over who's taking first watch, or someone's getting tricked into being first. Maybe convinced, but not always.

[Basically, Xiao, taking the fun out of who's taking watch. Looking around the site, where to set up exactly? Maybe he shouldn't sleep on the ground, but would a tree be fine? Hm...]

[whirlwindthrust]

You... Want to fight over who takes watch first? Or is it that you would prefer for myself to be tricked into it?

[ He doesn't understand what you want from him? ]

[tantailizing]

Well not now. Next time.

[Have a little fun Xiao.]

[whirlwindthrust]

Next time...? As in the following night?

[ This trip supposedly takes something like three days. So what is "next time" in Zidane's eyes? ]

[tantailizing]

Nah. It might be better we work this out now instead of start a fuss and maybe deal with our 'friend' again.

[So next time will be a surprise!]

[whirlwindthrust]

I would suggest that instead of fighting this time, we simply run. The task is to deliver this package. Should that not take priority?

[ He doesn't like running, but the quest seems more important? ]

[tantailizing]

Pretty much. If he corners us, then obviously we gotta fight our way out.

[Still, he doesn't think that should be a problem.]

[whirlwindthrust]

I doubt he will be overly thrilled to see us again.

[ They kind of... Embarrassed this minotaur, huh? ]

[tantailizing]

Yuuup... We're his best friends right now.

[IE he's gonna try murdering them on sight.]

[whirlwindthrust]

You have a strange idea of what a "best friend" is...

[ Oh. he had taken that literally. ]

[tantailizing]

...

[Oh, Xiao... you've revealed too much.]

Hehe~ Well, let's not worry about it for now.

[whirlwindthrust]

[ His eyes narrow. Don't worry about it for now? He rolls his eyes and starts to climb the first tree that he sees.

All so he can play lookout! ]

[tantailizing]

[Meanwhile, Zidane's gonna settle against the trunk of a tree. Look, setting up an actual camp might not be a good idea so they should make due with natural shelter and whatever blankets they might've brought for sleeping - if they sleep.]

[He would do so lightly.]

[whirlwindthrust]

[ Xiao would probably agree with that sentiment. Setting up a camp is a waste of time. It also means that they'd leave traces of their presence. They don't need that.

Not only that, but Xiao doesn't really. Use. Human sleeping spaces. Settling up in the tree, playing lookout, is about as far as it goes. ]

[tantailizing]

[Trees are a good place to be.]

[Probably the best because he can be the first to see birds in the distance disturbed from their nests this evening. Nowhere close, but something worth watching.]

[whirlwindthrust]

[ And Xiao sees the disturbances, of course. He frowns. Eyes narrowing.

Does he inform Zidane? Watch it play out a bit further? ]

[tantailizing]

[At the moment, the disturbance almost seems aimless, going this way and that.]

[It takes several minutes to seem like it's drawing any closer.]

[whirlwindthrust]

[ And the fact that it is moving closer is cause for alarm. ]

Zidane.

[ Time to wake the other. If they can move out and avoid this, then they should. ]

[tantailizing]

Yeah?

[It takes a second for him to boot back awake, but he's not fully awake either. His head bobs a bit before he yawns.]

Time to move?

[whirlwindthrust]

[ Poor child. Is it beyond his bedtime? ]

Something is out there stirring creatures up. So I would think that we are better off trying to avoid it, yes.

[tantailizing]

[Nope. Just managed to fall asleep.]

Right, let's go. [Standing up and taking a moment to stretch, he scratches his back and turns to walk. Ack, around the tree... and there we go.]

[whirlwindthrust]

[ Xiao picks up the package after he heads down the tree. Wouldn't want to forget the primary reason that they are doing this. ]

How far are we from reaching our destination?

[ And should they continue to be concerned by the movement in the forest? ]

[tantailizing]

[A bit more awake now, Zidane hums.]

Last I checked, still a few hours...

[He looks back where another flock of birds takes flight. They still have some distance, but it's coming this way.]

[whirlwindthrust]

Hnn. I think we may have to prepare for what is heading our way. It does not seem to be slowing down.

[ Which is alarming within itself. ]

[tantailizing]

Oh yeah, that's coming right towards us.

[And beginning to pick up speed.]

Well, any suggestions?