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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Mar 10, 2023 16:58:13 GMT -5
Astrid watches Gerhart gather magic then feels a soothing warmth heal some of her burns and scratches. "Oh, that's a neat trick. Ya didn't hafta do that, but I appreciate it nonetheless!" She sits on a stump and pulls her busted greave off her leg and beats the bent metal back into shape. It wouldn't take another hit, but it's at least not stabbing into her boot anymore.
"Aye, I'd say we cleaned up nicely," she says while fitting the metal plates over her boot again, wiggling her foot to get it into place well enough. "Definitely cleaner than a dwarf home full of yetis. They didn't like the cold or the silver of me hammers." Setting her foot down, she grins playfully and stands up. Then her head tilts curiously as she looks around. He said something earlier, but it wasn't to her.
"Who was that ya were talkin' ta?" she asks.
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Mar 12, 2023 10:50:57 GMT -5
"Cold and silver huh? I might have to learn a few more spells, diversify my arsenal and all." He laughs a bit, flourishing his Duelist's Longsword a moment as the wind hums with it. "Just know how to put a bit of wind into it to make this one cut a little bit better."
The swords are sheathed as he stretches a bit before she asks about who she was talking to. That was out loud wasn't it? He's gotta get better at just talking inside his head.
"It's a long story, but short version is I made a deal with some wolf deity to help him see the world as it is now and in return I get a few powers from him, like the healing. We are still just working on the terms of everything I guess. He really doesn't like fiends."
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Mar 13, 2023 12:39:26 GMT -5
"Wouldn't call these spells so much as enchantments, I s'pose," Astrid says, hooking her battle hammer back into its loop on her belt and setting her war hammer down on the ground with a soft thud. "It's neat ta see ya learned some new stuff already though! A bit of magic's real good fer fightin' in my opinion. I got mine from-"
Astrid's words fall off as she's about to claim her magic came from Avasha, but if the gods are dead, then that's not true. This is something that bothers her, but she packs it away again, not ready to deal with it.
She watches him puzzle over how to explain the new magic. "Ya got yers from a wolf deity? That sounds neat! Hi mister wolf god! I like wolves meself!" With that, she fishes out a little silver wolf head pendant from under her shirt, showing it to Gerhart with a beaming grin. "Me best friend gave me this when we met. They go by Wolfe." After Gerhart's taken a look, she tucks it safely back under her shirt.
"He don't like fiends?" she asks. "What about Fellbloods? Me da's one of those. He got an issue with that?" In asking this, she wonders if the wolf god would have an issue with her. She doesn't know her full heritage, but given the horns on her head, she figures there's some type of Elderblood in there. It would only make sense.
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Mar 17, 2023 22:56:54 GMT -5
"Ah, enchantments make sense too, didn't know silver was good for weapons.....though I suppose if it's not pure silver." He drifts off in the wind as he gets a bit lost in thinking for a moment. Gerhart was far from a blacksmith or tinkerer, but he had enough of a working knowledge to get by when it came to the making weapons.
"Wolfe?" He taps his chin a moment. "Oh! Big blue haired guy? I met him with Zarius and then later helping me find some woolful. He showed me that armor you made him, really impressive stuff!"
There's another little pause as she asks after the god's opinion on fiends, looking off and up to the side in a silent conversation a moment. "I guess the distinction is evil ones like these fellas who were hurting people. He's not asking me to go after Spicy Pawsage if you were worried about that." He chuckles softly.
"He's not really a 'go and kill all evil' kinda god-thing-person-wolf. Just evil things....though we may need to talk about what the line for evil is cause we may have different ideas.....Who knew making pacts with gods would be so complicated?"
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Mar 18, 2023 22:04:00 GMT -5
Upon hearing that Gerhart met Blue recently, Astrid’s expression lights up. “Aye! That’s them! It’s a small world, ain’t it? Ya met Mister Zarius too? Well, I s’pose ya both are in the Fighter’s Guild, ain’t ya?” And then her expression sinks at the thought of that. Does Gerhart know she left? Does she bring it up or ask how things are? It hasn’t been that long since she left, but that doesn’t mean word hasn’t gotten to all the members. Maybe she’ll leave it alone unless he brings it up.
“No, I don’t s’pose I was worried about ya goin’ after Spicy,” she says, putting her chin in her hand. “I’d hafta kick yer butt if ya did.” Her challenge is a bit playful, and definitely not one to be taken seriously. Unless, of course, Gerhart tried to attack her precious hell hound pet. Then again, she’d rather not have the blood of another member of the Fighter’s Guild on her hands.
“I dunno, I think I’ve only met one other person with a pact with somethin’ like that. I don’t think I could do it…” Her eyes are downcast again. One of these otherworldly creatures took over Vikram and made him suffer until he died. Will that happen to Gerhart?? Could it?? There's worry in her voice as she says, “Um, Gerhart, be careful, okay?”
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Mar 19, 2023 0:41:22 GMT -5
"Known him for awhile, him kicking my butt I think is how I made it this far weirdly enough." He gives a soft chuckle as he puts his hands on his hips.
Gerhart, in fact, did not know she had left the guild. He didn't get back to the guild much these days and when he did, there often wasn't much time to get caught up on things. The folks of the fighter's guild weren't exactly all about sharing gossip and tidbits of info.
He can, however, sense the playful but serious challenge and puts his hands up in a joking defense, "I'm sure you could. Be interesting to have a spar with you some day though...just normal weapons though. I don't think I'd have a chance against your hammer. I got nothing for lightning." Another little laugh.
The little downward shift in her gaze is caught as he smiles and clasps her shoulder, "Can't promise I'll be careful, but I can promise you I'm fine. If I get outta line I know I have you, Zarius, Cirice, Shaa, Cyran, and probably a few others to set me right again."
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Mar 23, 2023 16:41:41 GMT -5
“Aye, Mister Zarius’ll set ya straight,” Astrid says with a bit of a smile. “He’s one of the folks who helped get me off the streets, if ya can believe that.”
Her smile shifts into an amused smirk as Gerhart decides he doesn’t want the smoke. “Oh, ya think the lightnin’ comes from the hammer, do ya?” she asks. “Nah, the lightnin’s all from me. I just got attuned ta the big one so me lightnin’ works on it, too. That’s why it don’t feel like it weigh nothin’ ta me, I think.”
As Gerhart clasps her shoulder, Astrid looks up at him. There’s a bit of sadness in her smile. If he gets out of line, could she really do whatever it takes to bring him back to his senses? She’s not sure, but… he’s got others to rely on to help. Besides, Gerhart has a good head on his shoulders, and his heart’s in the right place. “Well, I hope it don’t come ta that. I don’t mind given’ ya a coupla knocks here an’ there, but anythin’ more might need someone more special. We always gotta be careful though that way we can make sure we make it back home ta the people who love us, ya know?”
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Mar 23, 2023 22:03:36 GMT -5
"I can believe it, he seems to collect friends in odd places. We met in a back alley as he was beating up some other guy." He laughs before settling to focus on hearing Astrid's explanation.
"Huh, that makes a lot of sense. Kinda the same with my sword here." He gives the Duelist's Longsword a swish and flourish, the sound of the air around it hums, but when he stabs it into the ground and lets go the humming drops away. "I think we learned the same trick in a different way. I just thought about how I could make the cuts better, so that's why I learned to mess with wind. Cutting power doesn't mean much for a hammer though."
He gives one more laugh as he sheathes his sword and turns to start heading down the mountain, motioning for Astrid to come with. "Yeah~ I'm not exactly allowed to be too wreckless anymore now that me and Cirice are a little bit more serious a thing. For some reason or another she likes me and prefers I keep livin, so I intend to keep doin that."
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Mar 30, 2023 21:19:38 GMT -5
Watching the sword thrum with magic while Gerhart holds it, and her eyes light up when she recognizes that it doesn’t when he puts it down. “Oh!! Yeah, it sure does, don’t it?!” Astrid squeaks. “Ain’t that somethin’?” She giggles at his joke of a hammer that slashes. “Nope, cuttin’ folks with a hammer sure would be strange. Still, wind an’ lightin’... Makes fer a perfect storm between the two of us, huh?”
They start making their way down the mountain together. “Aye, ya shouldn’t be too reckless. Stayin’ alive’s important. There’s always gonna be bad days, but how can ya see ‘em get any better if ya don’t live ta see tomorrow?” she says, looking ahead at the trail. “I’ve had a few close calls an’ scary moments, but I won’t let nothin’ keep me from makin’ it home ta me da. I hope ya feel that way thinkin’ ‘bout Cirice an' yer family.”
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Apr 1, 2023 16:39:06 GMT -5
"Now all we need is someone who can make rain." He grins widely as they start heading down, hands resting idly on the pommels of his swords.
"Thankfully, it seems like I put in enough time having bad days, that I get to be a lot happier these days. Never been the type to be all into fate and think I got some big destiny, but if I'm alive, might as well do good by some people right?" He grins over to Astrid before looking back to the trail. "I do, it's nice not being alone anymore ya know? Having a few people you can come back to, not even just Cirice. Friends too, you, Zarius, Shaa, Cyran. Plenty of good reasons out there to make it home again. Speaking of...I don't know if I mentioned, but I got a house now. Can't remember if I told you before, so if you're ever in Eclipse City, there's a place for ya."
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Apr 1, 2023 17:05:57 GMT -5
It’s honestly nice to be on the same wavelength as someone who’s gone through similar experiences to her. To Astrid, it seems like she and Gerhart have been through the wringer and still managed to come out of it all the wiser for it. Some people let the negative things drag them down, and admittedly, it can be hard to keep that from happening, but the drive to do good by other people helps a lot.
“Aye, I do know,” she says with a small smile. Having people to come home to gives her that drive to keep living no matter the circumstances. At the mention of the house, Astrid’s eyebrows raise with some level of excitement. “Oh, no, I didn’t know that! Congrats on havin’ a proper place ta live!” she laughs. “If yer in Dragon’s Cradle, Sky Peak, I’ve got a home there too. It’s a bit big fer me an’ da an’–” Astrid pauses, considering what to call Blue Raspberry. “–Wolfe, so we’ve got plenty of space fer visitors. Come by if ya ever need some fixin’ ta yer armor! Da makes good cookies.”
With that Astrid looks around, realizing they’ve trekked pretty far. “We’d better go tell the townsfolk we took care of their problem, huh? Come on, we can have a meal before we split up!” She waves Gerhart along and into town. A couple of orphans with found families and friends inspiring them to do good things for other people.
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