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Sagi ([personal profile] scension) wrote in [community profile] isleofavalon2021-02-13 07:32 am

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đź§™ WHO: Sagi and anyone
⚔️️ WHAT: TDM and quest prompts for a recent arrival
đź•’ WHEN: Early February
🗺️ WHERE: See prompts
⚠️ WARNINGS: None yet, will edit

[A: arrival // caravan]

Oh, huh. It moved the words to the front.

[The courtesy trip to the Red Springs might be more uncomfortable than it strictly needed to be if you wound up in this particular caravan. It's not that the demonic-looking horned creature inside takes up an excessive amount of physical space - hunched over in one of the passenger seats, it's currently no larger than a bulky breed of dog. But what it lacks in fur and cuteness, it makes up for with pulsating orange veins, oversized claws, twitching elbow tentacles and uncannily human-like matted hair. Every pore of its leathery brown skin radiates a quiet malevolence. It isn't pretty.

Compounding the problem, if only slightly, is the fact that the boy slouching in the seat beside it won't shut up. This is not to say that Sagi isn't put off by the horrible monster sitting next to him, either; oh man, was he ever put off to be dragged out of an icy lake and suddenly see that. But dwelling on why this monster is here would distract him from just going with the flow until he gets to grips with the rules of yet another bizarre earthbound world, so he simply isn't. Not thinking about things is easy for him, thank goodness.

As he prods at one of the standard-issue smartphones, his lack of familiarity is written all over his face. Listening a little closer to his quiet but incessant muttering only makes it more obvious.]


I guess we can go back and change the text... Okay, let's put Day 1 for now.

[The monster seems unmoved by Sagi's inexpert fumbling with the memo app. Instead, it's watching whoever else is in the caravan with two pairs of baleful, glowing little eyes. If anyone gives it so much as a glance, it will start to emit a low, rumbling growl, finally forcing Sagi to look up from the phone.]

Hey, shh. They told us not to bother anyone. [He glances your way as well, an apologetic smile on his face. It's probably an improvement on his familiar's still unflinching, four-eyed glare.] Sorry.

[Doesn't all the mumbling count as bothering people too? Eh, maybe. He hasn't realised he was doing it just yet.]

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[B: around Camelot]

[The city is huge, the free caravan rides are over, the choices are overwhelming, the demon creature wandered off by itself for the time being, and the clouds are so very far away. At times like this, where do you go but outside? Well, home, ideally. That's the goal. It isn't an option for this first step. So Sagi takes his at random, hands in his pockets, heading out into the streets.

He's quieter on his aimless walk than he was while trying to figure out his phone. The shops, the buildings, the strange plantlife and bizarre animals... while some of the sights remind him vaguely of places he's been, most of them just feel impossible for him to process right now, from the outside looking in. That's okay. Apparently he has time.

Across the way from the colourful window of a potions shop, he comes to a halt as if he heard someone call him. Somewhere in the soundscape of the bustling city, it's even possible that they did - but Sagi himself only picks up on the one inside his head, for now.]


I guess you are the one with experience. Sure, why not. Together this time.

[First, he throws a cursory glance up and down the sidewalk to make sure he doesn't accidentally slap anyone. Then, with little fanfare, he spreads his ghostly wings - teal green and gold on the outside, pure white on the inside, feathered like a bird's.]

Are you with me? Focus...

[He furrows his brow. Nothing happens. He frowns slightly, but continues to stare into empty space for a good few long seconds. Again, nothing happens.

Then the palm of his hand blazes brightly like a silent flashbang. He yelps and reels back, scrunching up his face.]


Ack! Oww, my eyes... Maybe not that focused.

[As suddenly as it manifested, the bright light disappears. The wings take a moment longer to follow suit. A horse whinnies somewhere nearby, its surprised reaction mildly startling its rider in turn. Sagi turns his head to squint in the rough direction of the swearing, but his angle is a little off; the highly localised afterimage is taking its sweet time to dissipate, so he can't quite see where the imminent scolding is about to come from. Whoops. Hopefully next time goes better.]

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[C: quest - "Save a Beast, Kill a Man 🗡️"]

[The long trail from Camelot to the kraken's beach passes through a few patches of woodland scattered throughout the countryside. In the thorny undergrowth of one such little copse, a boy and his horrible tentacle monster familiar lie in wait. In theory, they've chosen a spot with a decent amount of natural cover. In practice, it's the most obvious one in the vicinity, Sagi sounds like he's arguing with himself at normal conversational volume, and his partner in crime is six foot tall with gigantic curved horns.]

No, I'm sure we can reason with him. Don't forget, we outnumber him. It has to be worth a try.

[Pretty much anyone else would make better use of this hiding place. Maybe it would be worthwhile to just shoo these two away. As is, a certain man further up the trail just stopped his horse in its tracks and dismounted with sword in hand, peering suspiciously toward the voice on the cusp of hearing...]

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(ooc: other TDM prompts are still fair game! feel free to drop a line at [plurk.com profile] blitzente if you'd like to plot something else, or just hit me up with a prompt of your own!)

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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-13 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's hard to tell which is the monster, here... There's little time to find somewhere else, and the movement will give Karma away too, so he reaches out to Sagi and very seriously contemplates shoving his face into the mud to make him shut up, but instead takes the slightly nicer approach of clamping his hand over Sagi's mouth. ]

Get your familiar into the water, [ he hisses, voice lowered and pressed against Sagi's ear to be as quiet as possible. ] It looks enough like a kraken, we can draw that man's attention.

[ Reason? Forget about it, Sagi. They outnumber him and have the element of surprise, so they'd be fools to throw that advantage away. ]

[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-13 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Use your head, genius!! As in, the whole telepathy thing Karma just assumes other people do, like he does with his own, staring at Sagi— glancing over at his familiar— back at Sagi.

He lifts a single finger off Sagi's mouth, just in case he's forgotten how to breathe through his nose. ]
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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-13 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Karma stares back at the afterling, because he can't hear or understand shit. Do the tentacle thing... in the water. He's staring to think this monster is just as dumb as the boy he has half pinned beneath him.

It's fine. He has plans spanning all letters of the alphabet, and next in line involves grabbing Sagi's arm and bodily hurtling both himself and Sagi into the water to make a huge splash even the approaching man cannot miss. ]
Edited 2021-02-13 20:41 (UTC)

[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-14 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Just stay under there. Karma resurfaces, making to keep his own head above water by pressing down on Sagi's shoulder, so he can get a word in before Sagi says anything untoward. ]

-—the Kraken! Please save us, sir! It's after us!

[ That's your cue, Sagi's dumb tentacle monster!! Even if it doesn't look 100% like a kraken, a monster is a monster and the adventurer has no chance but to throw his pack aside to keep it dry while he fights in the water. It's this pack that Karma is interested in, pulling Sagi with him as he wades towards shore while the man is distracted. ]
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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-14 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He hopes the tentacle monster can hold its own for a while. Karma's own familiar can probably masquerade as a kraken in a pinch, but for now, he lets this play out, letting Sagi go at the grumble and making a beeline towards the backpack himself. It's fine? The man gives a shout at the movement he notices in his vicinity, but can't rush to stop them when he needs to give his full attention into fighting this monster. ]

Don't worry about us! You're doing great!

[ Karma waves at the man fighting for his life in the shallows of the water, and goes ahead and crouches next to the backpack and starts rooting through it. Gold? Pockets it. Spare underwear? Tosses it at Sagi. Where is that pelt? ]
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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-15 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ This poor guy is going to drag himself out of the lake later wanting nothing more than a hot shower and to change into some clean underwear and instead his underwear is going to be all covered in wet sand, thanks.

He probably deserves it, anyways, especially if he's wearing the pelt? Who does that? Karma was hoping that wasn't the case, that the man would find no point in wearing both the pelt and armor on top of it, but he must have suspected that the selkie send people after him and so he must keep it as close as possible.

Karma hastily stuffs the last of the pilfered trinkets into his pockets before getting up onto his feet. The guy's a bit too far and the water will slow him and Sagi down in reaching him, but that's no problem if the man can't move. With that thought, the water around the man's legs turn murky, and as he gives a cry of fright and scrambles to his feet to get away, a long serpentine body coils up from the muck and wraps itself around his legs, seven hooded cobra heads surrounding the rest of him like a spitting cage. ]
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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-16 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Karma scoffs at Sagi's hesitation, not breaking stride as his feet hit the water and soak up to his knees. ]

No duh he has a family.

[ What does that matter? In this case, a lot. ]

Your dearly beloved sent us, mister! [ Karma calls out, eyes flashing as one of his naga's heads chomps down on the man's armored feet and hoists him upside down in the air. ] I think you know what she wants! Ah, you're going to have to take it all off, aren'tcha?

[ The man pales— which is a feat with all his blood rushing to his head— at the prospect of having to remove all his armor while dangling from this monster's clutches, but he can't get the pelt off without doing so. ]
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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-17 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Haha~ Saying something kind like that while holding him at knifepoint!

[ But he has to admit it's no fun if the guy passes out. Who wants to strip an unconscious man? Gross. Look at him, he's already crying, begging to be let down, he'll take it off, please, young sirs.

The naga unceremoniously drops him ten feet into the lake. ]
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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-18 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nice. None of the armor looks like it would fit Karma, which is a waste, but this sort of stuff can always get pawned and so his familiar gathers it all up. ]

Haha, he's throwing quite the tantrum, huh?

[ Karma wades further out into the lake, feeling around for where the pelt had landed but mostly watching the man scramble up onto shore covered in muck and, upon discovering his empty pack, buries his face into the fabric and wails over not even having clean underwear. ]

Having to walk back to town like that... haha~ You wanna "escort" him, or call it good and bring this back to the selkie?
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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-18 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Just cleaning up. It wouldn't do to leave litter in the lake, right?

[ Don't worry about it. His naga is just being a good citizen, profit aside. Sagi seems good at not thinking about things, so Karma fishes out the pelt and dumps it in Sagi's arms so he can have something else to focus on. ]

Come on, we need to get going too.
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[personal profile] intrapid 2021-02-18 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Shh, it's not stealing when the armor's been abandoned, it's finders keepers. The extra bags of gold Karma had slipped out of the man's pack is another story, but nobody needs to know about that. ]

Like I can leave a situation like this alone. Once the selkie's back home, that guy won't dare return to fight the kraken again either, so sad for him.

[ The guy gets to trudge home sopping wet with half his clothing and armor missing, say goodbye to the rest of your adventuring days. As for Karma, he accompanies Sagi back to the selkie to return the pelt, takes his half of the doubled reward for not involving the kraken, and all's well at the end of the day. ]