Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"You know. Akli'il won't be happy if we got nothing done."

"It's... kind of sad, if you ask me." Linoa says, staying near the portal.

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"Does that sum up the home of the Earth Guardians?" Xephyr asks, seeming satisfied.

 

"Do you own any resource-rich areas?"

 

"The main meat of it, yes. I assume you and your guardian will want to move on to see more of our kind's world?" The Earth guardian asks, leaving the meditation room.

 

"What should we do, then? I don't exactly know if we have the numbers or power to siege a castle."

"...Let's go back."
Crystal decides, turning back towards the portal.

 

"...Why?"

Xephyr turns to Myria.
"Depends if she thinks it's enough for now. It's a shame that this was but my last wish."

"I don't know. I can only tell you that Akli'il wants results. And if we can't get results with these numbers... then he just won't cooperate." Gau sighs.

Linoa steps through, being closer.
"Xyrnal it is, I guess?" She asks.


@Zepic
Your advisor, Lauin, approaches you.
"Good morning, Naoto. Now that you've slept on it, have you decided if you're going to venture towards that island?" They ask.

 

"Yes Lauin, that island is very mysterious and it may pose a threat to our kind. While I'm gone don't let anybody enter the village at all." They respond with worried look.

 

"Not even those who pass our trials? And... are you sure you want to go alone? We can't afford another scenario like we had with your parents this soon."

 

"No, I'll be fine." With a stern look on their face "And if they pass our trials of Wisdom, Courage, Loyalty, Power, and Magic then they may pass but all must be wary until I return to administer the final trial... the trial of the Storm." Still looking a bit worried.

 

"Of course."
They bow.
"Save travels, Naoto."
Pause.
"And... if you do not return in two months, we will... assume the worst. Is that clear?"

 

"Yes I know... the next chief will be you Lauin. You are a very good friend and you have passed the trials very well. Especially the Loyalty one."
"Very well I must go before it gets any darker."
They transform into their fox form.
"Farewell."

EDIT: 99.99% this will be my final post of tonight

 

Lauin nods as you leave, eyeing you nervously as you head south.


Your fox form seems to deter any conversations from the centaur as you pass through their forest. That, or simply because you're a kitsune.

 

"Communication amoungst the groups won't be enough to satisfy him, will it?"
I ask, a bit disappointed.

"Yup. Let's go."
Crystal says, walking back through the portal.

 

"Not for a warmonger."

Linoa slides through, immediately stepping into the swampy mud.
"Ugh..."

 

"Hm. We'll have to think of something, then."

Crystal goes through as well, checking how deep the mud is.

 

Gau just waits, everyone pretty much expecting you to figure out a plan.

Not very. It was more of a result of the fact that Linoa's toes are clawed.
"Well, guess I'll be treading lightly from hereon out."

 

"There's always the kidnapping option."

Crystal seems to think for a second or two.
"Don't you have your staff?"

 

"That cuts off the possibility of a siege later."

"That's what I meant." Linoa says, holding it.

 

"Yet, we don't particularly need to siege."

"Oh okay."
Crystal says, looking around.

 

"Then why did we consider it again?"

There's a forest on one side, swamp to the other, and a cliffside city and mountains visible past the forest.
To the left, there's a field on rolling hills and a strange village on the other side of them.

 

"Establishing options."

"Where should we go? The towns seem pretty cool."
Crystal asks Linoa.