Christov, in search of freedom from the thoughts that ever haunt him, made his way to the park, hoping that the fresh air would help clear his head. Why would the church allow such a person into their ranks? Someone who will lie and cheat and steal and even kill... For what? An what right do I have to judge her or the church in this matter... They took me into their fold, a monster... I am worse than she and yet I judge her? The church uses us as tools necisary for the furthering of it's cause. Monsters that can do what the righteous cannot.
Christov felt something bump into him from behind hard.
"Will you watch where you're going! Young people these days!"
When he turned he saw an older man in mousy grey robes swinging a sword around dangerously close to him. "What the hell is wrong with you!?! You're going to kill someone with that thing!"
The old man grinned at him. "Well isn't that the point whipper snapper!?!"
Christov was slightly shocked, but he did notice the fine make of the blade. "Look old one, if it will stop you from swinging that thing around recklessly I'll buy the d*** thing from you!"
The man's eyes narrowed shrewdly. "Oh? How much?"
"It's a fine sword I'll give you 100 gold."
"110 and it's a deal!"
Christov sighed irritably. "Fine take the money and try not to hurt anyone!"
The old man danced off cackling.
Christov looked down at the sword and it began to reshape in his hand. The sword's blade broadened and changed to be pure black, but the hilt turned the brightest gold and fashioned itself into the image of a cross. "What a wondrous gift the fates have bestowed upon me." He said as he walked from the park.
In the middle of Bonfire Park, an Ogofta man with two monitor lizards, one made of solid obsidian, a young Kindir man with an adolescent dracon, a yellow Saaur sparking with Storm magics, and a drunken Half-Ananke/Half-Atarin man, all came across each other while moving through the city. After some talking, and a little bit of writing, between them, they all traded some items and gold between themselves. They all left content with the trades they had made.
Having entered the city with no fore knowledge of it, Diarnan went to what felt most comfortable, the first Park he saw. Leaning against a tree near the entrance he muttered"I know the forest is big but this place makes it feel small" having very little inner monologue, "What makes you think we can do any better here than in the forest?" he said as he looked to a magpie on a low hanging branch next to him.
It crooked his head and in his mind Diarnan heard "You know running like a scared bunny through the woods is no way to live." "It's been working great for me so far." he said, not thinking how he may look standing in the park talking to no one.
After a few hours of listening to gossip, Diarnan sets off to see what life outside the woods has in store for him
Her trip to the park complete, Shalin was a bit on edge keeping her eyes open for the serpent, her hands glowing green with summon magic to fire at a moment's notice. She hoped the park wasn't too populated as to not scare too many people with her antics.
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Shalin felt the hum of magic around her hands but the people milling about in Bonfire park saw only a wild looking girl holding her hands up. Shalin had plenty of options of where to start her search, the park was large enough to include water features, rocky areas and patches of trees and shrubs. Not to mention abundant flower beds and benches.
Keeping mind of her quarry, Shalin started her hunt around the larger patches of foliage, figuring they would be the best hiding spots for such a large serpent. Knowing how good serpentine creatures were at ambushes, she held her summon charge close, ready to defend herself at a moment's notice.
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If her quarry wasn't hiding in the foliage, then it was either confident in its strength or intelligent. She liked the former in her quarry but not so much the latter. She took a look around the more rocky terrain, seeing if there was a recent serpentine trail. She also kept her eyes open for any man-made objects that seemed disturbed or out of place--benches knocked over, and the like.
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Finally catching onto the trail, Shalin followed it toward the pond. Holding the spell charge appeared to be taking somewhat of a toll on her, but she remained focused, eyes on the prized and unique creature she was after.
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Remembering the serpent was described as a fire creature, she looked to see if the trail was more fresh toward or away from the pond. Why would a fire-aligned creature submerge itself in water?
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Not being an expert tracker, Shalin found it hard to tell which end of the trail was freshest. Her gut told her the snake had definitely entered the water, whether recently or not.
Her feeling that the serpent entered the water was bewildering. How a fire snake could survive in water, she had no idea. Shalin started circling the pond for signs of an exit trail.
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It was a pond in a public park in the most forward thinking city in Bakara! It was pretty murky, really, between the out of season lillies and the detritus being kicked up by what might have have been half-gold-half-cat-fish it was difficult to see more than a few inches into the water clearly.
With being unable to obtain a direct visual, Shalin looked around the park for a long, fallen branch with which to gauge the depth of the pond. She was starting to have her doubts. She canceled her summon charge, figuring she'd need to focus to feel it out anyway.
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She looked to see if there was one a happy medium between the two--something she suspected would be deep enough to reach the bottom, yet not so curved as to be awkward. With it in hand, she began her testing to gauge the depth--maybe she'd poke whatever large thing was down there and awaken it.
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A few smaller snakes and frogs made their free from the pond, which became even cloudier with Shalin's poking. The pond seemed like it was probably five feet deep, though the bottom of the pond was rather spongey and muddy so it was difficult to make out exact dimensions.
Shalin waved her test branch around the pond a little bit before before setting it to one side of the water and checking the size of the trail again. Was it consistent with the size of her quarry as described?
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Now that she looked more closely, the trail leading into the water closely resembled the trails being left by the smaller snakes exiting the water. It was perhaps a little larger.
Christov felt something bump into him from behind hard.
"Will you watch where you're going! Young people these days!"
When he turned he saw an older man in mousy grey robes swinging a sword around dangerously close to him. "What the hell is wrong with you!?! You're going to kill someone with that thing!"
The old man grinned at him. "Well isn't that the point whipper snapper!?!"
Christov was slightly shocked, but he did notice the fine make of the blade. "Look old one, if it will stop you from swinging that thing around recklessly I'll buy the d*** thing from you!"
The man's eyes narrowed shrewdly. "Oh? How much?"
"It's a fine sword I'll give you 100 gold."
"110 and it's a deal!"
Christov sighed irritably. "Fine take the money and try not to hurt anyone!"
The old man danced off cackling.
Christov looked down at the sword and it began to reshape in his hand. The sword's blade broadened and changed to be pure black, but the hilt turned the brightest gold and fashioned itself into the image of a cross. "What a wondrous gift the fates have bestowed upon me." He said as he walked from the park.
Go ahead and run, you'll only die tired.
Those who might never meet are pooled together
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
It crooked his head and in his mind Diarnan heard "You know running like a scared bunny through the woods is no way to live." "It's been working great for me so far." he said, not thinking how he may look standing in the park talking to no one.
After a few hours of listening to gossip, Diarnan sets off to see what life outside the woods has in store for him
Emille, Seven-Sting Dancer Shalin Nariya
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