[Open] Season's Change

[tantailizing]

🧙 WHO: Zidane Tribal and You
⚔️️ WHAT: Building projects, training, and feeding 'zombie' faes mistakenly, it's a catch-all for November!
🕒 WHEN: All throughout November until Event
🗺️ WHERE: Between Camelot, Red Springs, and the initial township
⚠️ WARNINGS: Warnings will be added if they come up, but no Forest of the Felled warnings apply. For now, in regards to Quest: AlmS FOR THE GORE, emaciation/starvation warning (by their appearance).

I. Training Grounds

[Well, he hadn't actually expected anything to come attached to the title of 'Lord' yet given lots of people had the title before he decided to see about getting it himself. It had perks - a little influence over people and the Traders, that sort of thing - but then the King finally announced the intent to set up townships. Now, they would be mainly for the refugees and dealing with the overcrowding in Camelot.]

[But he was a Noble... so, he would (or could) manage a township? Should he? Well, he did get the title for a reason, but this was... he didn't want to call this practice; he wanted to try for these people.]

[Maybe he shouldn't be thinking about this at the Training Grounds right now though; he'd forgotten about the fact he was working on his floating which left him twirling around in the air with his arms crossed and looking rather contemplative. If he's not careful, said aimless drifting might result in him crossing paths with someone else training.]

II. The Floor is Lava

[Though still thinking about taking over a township, that wasn't going to stop Zidane from helping set up the first one outside of Camelot. Personally, he thought setting one up near Celliwig Ruins would be better, but the explanation was to establish this one first before traveling that far out. He supposed it also gave time to deal with the Forest of the Felled and other Unseelie still appearing around said Ruins.]

[So, who the hell was the genius that decided to make the floor of the new township lava? He just wanted to have a few words with them.]

[It couldn't be real lava because none of the structures were being affected, but it was still hot as balls and no one wanted to risk touching it. Even he's not feeling up to dipping a foot in to see what happens - he just wanted to get these buildings set up for the people to move in and get themselves settled before winter really settled in the area.]

[So, whoever did this, Zidane would not play by the rules - and anyone who wanted out, he would happily escort out of the township limits until the matter was resolved. Otherwise, some folks helping out might see him drifting around, looking for the candle circles, and wrecking them on sight. Even if he didn't use his magic to maneuver, he was quick crossing the hazards using the abnormal platforms provided that good luck keeping up if attempting to stop him - or call out if you intend to help.]

III. AlmS FOR THE GORE

[Maybe he should've asked what these faeries looked like in detail because calling something a 'zombie' didn't really narrow things down. There was plenty of undead around, and if these faes really were a big issue, they weren't attacking people for food... or to eat them. Was it really a problem?]

[Reading the quest again, he looked up at the sound of groaning and noticed the skin and bones man just barely holding up a bowl.]

Hey, man...

[Damn, he knew things were getting bad, but this guy was thin - like, would taking him to see a doctor help at all or not, thin. He didn't have much on him since he always just got food as he went throughout his day except for maybe dinner, but he could spare placing a roll he'd gotten from the bakery into the bowl.]

It's all I got right now. I'll try to bring back something else. Just hang in there.

[Someone else who picked up the quest and may recognize the fae for what it was. Do they slay the fae as they're supposed to, stop Zidane, or do something else?]

IV. Wildcard

[OOC: As usual, any prompts you're interested in threading with Zidane that aren't here? Hit me up at demidemonLove. I'm interested in having him help out with the 'Hungry for More' in particular, but Zidane himself didn't want to risk it after someone did 'The Floor is Lava'.]

Comments

[tantailizing]

"Oh yeah? When did people first start arriving here anyway?"

That's something he kind of never asked. He knows he's only been here so long, but lots of things seemed established and happening like the apparent incident with the Pure of Heart Bridge and old man.

[mithrarin]

"...A year ago."

Subconsciously, he knew perfectly well he'd been here far longer than he'd ever been in Falana. Then he'd ever been alive. But putting voice to it like that... somehow made it all more real, made the weight of it far heavier.

[tantailizing]

"A year, huh? Guess locating Excalibur is gonna be harder than I first thought."

Still, a year and their worlds hanging in frozen peril. At least they hadn't heard any of them had been destroyed; otherwise, some of the more vocally displeased people would not stop harping on.

"We don't even have this whole place explored yet."

[mithrarin]

"No. It's slow going, and the disasters we keep dealing with only make it worse. If they'd just let us loose..."

Maybe he couldn't solve everything just by cutting his way across Avalon, but it had to be a better chance than what they were doing now.

[tantailizing]

Considering that option, Zidane had to shake his head.

"Too many people here seem unfamiliar with monsters and other sentient creatures in general, and who knows what'll be out in those areas. We might be good being let loose, but they won't. And we kinda need everyone."

[mithrarin]

"Do we? For fighting and exploring, I mean." With all the rituals and goings-on that happened in the cities, or as tests, or such and such -- wouldn't it be better to focus on what everyone could do, instead of keeping them together?

[tantailizing]

"Safety in numbers." In uncharted area, it was just best not to go it alone. "At least, have a group of capable people going out would be fine, but I think our main problem right now is we can't cross anywhere right now due to magic."

[mithrarin]

Ah, well. Here they reached the major point on which they had to differ. Dust wasn't just used to carrying the weight, but being the sole link in the chain that held it against terrible force. With Fidget and Ahrah, he could do whatever needed to be done. And with just Ahrah... well, he would find a way. If he were allowed to.

"It's not always just that. We couldn't get into places without testing and challenges. It's like this whole land resists the very purpose it was made for."

[tantailizing]

Zidane raises a hand to his chin as he tilts his head, his other hand at his waist.

"Is it? I keep hearing that the fae made this world. And from everything else we've learned about them to this point, they do things differently. They're also protecting the odd extinct species here."

He wondered how that one Deinosuchus he rode was doing...

[mithrarin]

"I've heard things about Excalibur and some strange device." Though Dust had to admit he hadn't found anyone terribly reliable to hear a full story from.

[tantailizing]

"Oh, how we got here? Yeah, apparently, if anyone else tries using Excalibur, things go wrong. So, hey, we're managing the wrong?" He shrugged in an almost helpless manner, but then shook his head. "But considering who I heard that from is often looking to cause trouble, that might be best to ask the King or his retainers about."

[mithrarin]

"I'd rather learn what I can on my own."

Not that he didn't trust anyone, per se... but with Ahrah at as much of a loss as he was himself, the situation was way different from how things had been in Falana.

[tantailizing]

"Sounds good."

He nodded, but then paused mid-second nod because - oh yeah, they were in the middle of a township with lava. "Oh right, maybe we should save the discussion till after we clean this up."

[mithrarin]

"What, you can't talk and work at the same time?"

Dust lightly hopped from the roof to a lamppost sticking above the lava, then over to the next roof. Yeah, he could be a bit of a brat sometimes. That happened when one of your souls was a teenage boy.

[tantailizing]

"Y'know, people keep making that joke to me..."

And Zidane follows Dust across the same path without breaking a sweat, his tail curling. "... but they really don't know who they're messing with. So, do your best!"

Brat meet brat as Zidane smirks.

[mithrarin]

By way of response, Dust scattered one of the candle-circles with a sweep of his sword. The lava around the building disappeared, as abruptly as it had come.

Well? He's ahead by his reckoning!

[tantailizing]

"Oooh, impressive... but more circles to take care of so no time to waste trying to show off!"

And with that, he's gone, disappearing from sight quite literally. Only, his voice does call out.

"Hurry up or else I'll get all the circles before you!"

MISSING NOTIF good lord this is late :(

[mithrarin]

What --

Okay, no, Dust was not gonna let him get away with that so easily! He brought Ahrah up, whirling the blade in one hand as he reached out with his siphoning magic. (He... might not entirely be competitive at purely appropriate levels, sometimes.)

All good

[tantailizing]

Siphoning magic better reach far because it's not light magic making Zidane invisible. In fact, Zidane soon peeked out from the next rooftop to see what's going on because it sounded like there's a blade turning.

"I broke the next circle."

[mithrarin]

"...there's no teleportation magic here." Not that he knew of, anyway, besides the totems, and those didn't count. They definitely weren't at play here!

[tantailizing]

"Hehe... just magic that makes you move really fast~" Which is a half-truth, but Dust would have to learn that another day as Zidane zips away again.

[mithrarin]

All right... if that was the way it was gonna be. Dust whipped his sword back and down, curling wind around him as he ran off the edge of the roof. The currents caught him and lifted him, augmenting his jump to carry him across the next swell of lava and onto another roof.