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Post by Javal Zarrias on Aug 7, 2023 2:47:56 GMT -5
Javal was sitting in the Winter’s Howl in Frost Gale after he was tipped off by one of his employers that Frost Gale itself was made into the victim of many Mephits attacks.
Javal immediately made his way to Frost Gale determined to find a way to help out; he could not stand this foolishness being done to the poor people.
He had begun investigating these Mephits by asking some local tavern folk about their activity. Nothing too crazy stood out; they just kept on saying to wait for them to come to him.
Javal was confused about why to wait for them to terrorize you when you can stop them but he digressed and decided to mull over his strategy over a cup of sake and a warm chocolate cookie.
He was midway through a bite of his cookie before suddenly the tavern door flew open and an injured burly fellow huffed, puffed, and shouted, “Please help me, me and my merchant buddies were traveling by when a group of Mephits began attacking us. I managed to get away after they gave me a chance to escape but please you have to help them. I can lead the way if anybody please help”.
Javal placed down his cookie and sake and walked to the fellow and said, “I’d be happy to help good sir point me to them and I swear that your friends shall be saved”.
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Post by Caedes Oleander on Aug 29, 2023 22:27:36 GMT -5
It is with great reluctance that Mei (1. Alter Appearance, 1a. Beads of They) finds herself in the worst place she has had the misfortune to know. The Frost Gale. Gods below, she hates it here; the chill, the cold, the snow. It’s horrid for her; just, it’s a whole time. The fact that she can’t retain her body temperature ensures that she is frigid all day ‘round— at least, until she can slip into the nearest tavern— and hope that some spot by the fire is free enough for her to monopolize… which is where she currently sits. Mei has been sitting, knees tucked to her chest and cloak covering as much of her body as possible, in a small lounge near the fireplace for a few hours now. Her eyes closed, she listens quietly to the murmur and humdrum of the Winter’s Howl, and tries to preserve as much heat to herself as she possibly can. Her travels have taken her from inn to inn in search of something important— something which used to belong to her family— but has since made its rounds through many merchants, she’s certain. But after what happened with Zarius, she needs it to truly call her the only way she knows how. Mei opens her eyes, crimson gaze tilting towards the tavern door when it suddenly flies open; and for a moment, she finds herself stunned. She knows this man— a man from Darkveil’s underground— and how convenient that he would find himself here, seeking help. Lyari had been of great assistance, helping her string along potential trading paths, until she found herself here at this one, with the certainty that they were somewhere in Darkveil. Mei lifts her head, crimson eyes glinting in the firelight at the opportunity at hand; but then, someone steps up to help them. Someone… vaguely familiar.
Does she know this man, too? No matter. Mei stands up, her cape unraveling over her shoulders as she heads towards the front of the tavern, “ I’ll help,” (2. Sound Throwing) she offers, letting her voice pitch daintily. “ Lead the way, mister.”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Aug 30, 2023 3:36:02 GMT -5
“Thank ya kindly you two I really appreciate it, let me quickly buy some health potions to heal myself and heal my friends once we rescue them”.
He quickly runs over to the shopkeeper and asks for some which the barkeep hands over quickly refusing any payment from the man.
“Heh, don’t worry about it kid Pay me back when you and your friends come back here in one piece and tell us the story you bastard”, the man gruffly says Although Javal can detect a hint of kindness from the man he doesn’t mention it aloud more interested in his rescue partner.
“Hello there fellow adventurer I respect your bravery and look forward to working together to bring back these fellows safe and sound”.
Javal then gets a strange feeling of deja vu. The person he’s talking to seems familiar, almost like he has spoken to them before. He can’t quite place his finger on it as he stares for a second at them before saying, “Sorry about staring you just seem very familiar. Are you from Thorock by chance you seem extremely familar?”.
He then facepalms before bowing quickly and saying, “Oh forgive me I forgot to introduce myself, Hello there my name is Javal Zarrias, President of the Drakon Security Company, former Dragon Prince of the Black Dragon Pirates, pupil of Sir. Ronrik Emeraldcutter, will you be my friend?”.
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Post by Caedes Oleander on Aug 30, 2023 18:08:37 GMT -5
Oh, that’s right… now she remembers who this. “ Uh-huh… Likewise.” Mei smiles. While the merchant scurries off to get his potions, the fellblood introduces himself; he’s very polite, very succinct, and Mei distantly remembers a bout of sand-sparring in Zeinav Desert when she was attempting to reclaim some of her family’s belongings some months ago… Javal, that fellblood’s name was, wasn’t it? It’s in her journal, likely; but she doesn’t have the time to take it out right now. She blinks a few times when he asks if they know each other; and Mei offers a smile before she shakes her head. “ I think I would remember a face like yours.” she answers with a laugh; internally, she’s not terribly pleased that he seems to remember her, but… surely he doesn’t know, right? “ I’m afraid I’m not… I’m from Darkveil. Maybe you’ve got me mixed up with somebody else… although, I work at the Dancer’s Den... Perhaps you know me from there?” She takes a slight step back, cloak swaying around her ankles, when Javal bows.
“What an introduction, and what a resume… My name is Mei Eresis; no titles, I’m afraid. You will have to make do with just the name.” Mei mimics his behavior, dipping her head slightly in a shallow bow before stooping back to her short height. “It’s nice to meet you, Javal. I hope we will work well together.”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Aug 31, 2023 2:56:21 GMT -5
Javal nods and scratches his head, “I could swear I see ya before, I hang around sometimes at the Dancer’s Den when I’m Darkveil for jobs. I love going there because there are so many people to befriend and dancing is always very fun. It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance with Lady Mei Eresis. I also hope we work well together and can retrieve these fellows.
After they speak for a little more, the man returns, healed up and packed with potions, “Alright come on then we gotta save my friends ', he then walks out hurriedly outside before jogging at the edge of town.
Javal follows sprinting catching up to him and now jogging at his side They stop once they reach the man’s sleigh he throws his potions into a compartment on it and motions the pair of adventures inside, “Get in and let’s go”.
Javal waves him off and says, “I got it I can trail behind” as he coats the bottom of his feet with cold magic increasing his speed by coating his feet with frost.
The merchant shakes his head and says, “Alright let’s go” he then snaps the reins too and his pack of dogs pushes their sled forward quickly.
Javal follows close behind keeping pace with the sleigh only trailing a foot or so behind with a large smile, “We will save those people without any casualties at all”, he shouts aloud with resolve.
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Post by Caedes Oleander on Sept 5, 2023 11:17:38 GMT -5
“Well, mystery solved.” Mei chuckles, curling her fingers against her cheek as Javal rambles about the Dancer’s Den. She’s a little worried about Javal figuring out that she is a changeling, given his apparent familiarity… but there’s also a real possibility that he has encountered Mei at the Dancer’s Den before.
She’s not lying when she says she works there, no matter how little it truly is.
“I’m sure we’ve crossed paths there before and just didn’t notice… The world is pretty small after all, isn’t it?” She smiles, only pausing when the man returns with his healing potions. Javal sprints after him, but Mei’s motions are more relaxed; she walks after the two hurried men, cape swaying about her ankles; as though she has all the time in the world.
She only really picks up her pace as to not lose sight of either Javal, or the merchant.
She slows her steps as they approach the sleigh, looking skeptically at the merchant as he hurriedly throws his belongings into a compartment and ushers them on. She doesn’t have whatever magic Javal seems to, so she steps onto the sleigh after a once-over and tucks her cloak tightly around herself; the warmth of the fire has already faded the moment she stepped outside.
It gives her some time to take a peek around what things he’s keeping in his sleigh, and if she can locate what it is she’s here for from him. She winces just slightly when Javal shouts from behind, and breathes a laugh. “With someone so enthusiastic at your beck and call, I’m sure your friends will be just fine.” She remarks to the merchant, lashes lowering as she fumbles with the hilt of her dagger beneath her cloak.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 6, 2023 2:05:42 GMT -5
The merchant grunts, “Hopefully, but at the same time enthusiasm was one of the things that got us all caught in the first place, hopefully, this guy doesn’t get too carried away or we can be in some real danger”.
He sighs before saying, “Me and my friends were trying to get some important merchandise through the forest and into the city but we heard really weird noises like children screaming and giggling. So we decided to check it out worried about if some dumb kids got lost during the snowstorm. We left the sleigh and looked around until suddenly one by one we were got by some damn mephits”, he grits his teeth as he says this.
“Those little bastards trapped us and took us to a big tree in the middle of the forest and started playing around torturing us like some little dolls I guess. When I get my hands on those damn Mephits I swear they won’t know what hit ‘em especially since I got two strong adventurers like you and Blueboy behind us”.
After a little while more of traveling the sleigh slowly stops in front of the forest. The merchant hops on the sleigh and says, “I think we should continue on foot, sleigh’s not gonna be able to go inside because of all the roots and trees '.
As he says this Javal arrives breathing heavily, “Huzzah I am here now let’s proceed inside the forest”.
“Yeah, I was just sayin’ that”, the merchant says slightly annoyed, “Let’s go”, and then walks into the forest with Javal following alongside him ready for anything that happens.
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Post by Caedes Oleander on Oct 2, 2023 22:46:28 GMT -5
“ Is that right?” She wonders; a small tip-tap of pressure clicks down Mei’s back as she addresses the merchant; and Charlotte, difficult to see due to her natural camouflage, scuttles from underneath the woman’s dark cloak. Mei taps her knees together as Charlotte climbs into the back of the sleigh. She searches amongst the merchant’s objects quietly while Mei speaks with him. “ Mephits are natural tricksters, so I wish I could say I were surprised.” She keeps her voice light, hoping to get across with some sympathy. “ I’m sure you will not be the last to find themselves at the end of their troublemaking.” Mei tilts her head slightly, catching the light where Charlotte lingers in the back of the sleigh from the corners of her eyes. “ My condolences for all of your troubles— Javal and I will, of course, help you and your friends to the best of our abilities. I am sure.” She presses a hand lightly against her collarbone, offering the merchant a smile as the sleigh comes to a stop. Mei clears her throat, rising, and stepping off the side of the sleigh; and Charlotte scrambles back to her, slipping beneath her cloak. “ I presume your buddies weren’t able to get their sleighs through here, either?” She asks, looking up at the leaf-barren forest ahead of them. The chill sinks into her bones. “I couldn’t find it.” Charlotte admits softly, her voice no louder than the falling of the snow.
Mei lowers her lashes, then perks up when Javal’s voice interrupts the silence. “You are here, indeed.” she remarks; but she can’t help but chuckle when the merchant grumbles about the fellblood’s entrance. With a sway of her cloak, Mei turns on a heel and follows the merchant and Javal into the forest. The snow crunches beneath her boots; but between idle chatter and the sounds of the forest; Mei is only thinking of what Charlotte could not find. It’s hard to have a discussion with the spider when she’s in earshot of both Javal and the Merchant. It doesn’t take long, however, for something more concerning to crop up; a distant, child-like giggling drifts through the branches. It’s quiet, almost easy to miss; but it grows louder the further the trio makes headway through the ever-darkening forest.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Oct 3, 2023 2:48:31 GMT -5
The merchant’s eyes grow wild as he begins to hear child-like giggling and laughing start to appear coming from the branches around them.
“Those slimy little bastards are here alright, probably looking at us right now laughing their arses off ready to strike”, he said with his hands clenched up into fists.
Soon after some more walking with Javal and Mei following close behind the merchant they all see the large tree where the escapee had fled from and that held his dear merchant friends.
“That was it right there, those little freaks had us tied to that tree and harassed us for no good reason, they had to be nearby hiding my friends from us. They of course know we’re here already so there’s no facade of play or fun, just wild chaos and mischievousness".
Soon the merchant walks forth touching the tree turning back as he says, “They’re here right now, I can sense their wrath from here, get 'em guys".
Quickly Javal grabs his sword from his waist and pulls out tossing up the sheath into his jacket pocket ready to defend against the yet to be seen enemy. Suddenly the earlier laughing and giggling begin to rise and grow unbearably loud, all around them bright yellow eyes appear staring the group down before a huge large group of mephits appear across from them all with some sort of twisted and hungry expression on their faces.
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Post by Caedes Oleander on Oct 4, 2023 20:43:04 GMT -5
Mei glances upwards, narrowing her eyes into the dark branches above their heads as the giggling echoes around the canopy. “Mm…” she agrees simply, resting a hand on her dagger as they continue into the depths. She keeps a close eye on the shadows; but the mephits, if they were there, don’t seem to be in a range that would allow her to see them. (1. Shadow Sight)
Eventually, the trio finds themselves at a massive tree; she looks at it from the corner of an eye; then back into the shadows; before fully turning to gaze at the tree. “This is it? I don’t see your friends.”
Or their merchandise, for that matter.
She frowns, but perks up when she feels a cold presence following the merchant’s statement; she whirls around as laughing erupts from all corners of the clearing. She steps back, quickly unsheathing her throwing knives, and knuckling them into her right hand as outlines of the little devils flicker into her vision— licking blue crystalline flakes from their frostbitten forms. (2. Shadow Sight)
As their yellow eyes flicker against the darkness, and they enter a standoff with the group of mephitis, Mei breathes a soft laugh. “I hope you’re as good with that sword as you are at talking, Javal.”
And then, she fires first; though the ice is their terrain, the darkness cast by the canopy above is hers. Mei blinks, the whites of her eyes flickering into a dark void. The laughing grows louder, but is punctuated by a high, frustrated scream as the shadows around one of the mephits rise up and clamp around its legs. (3. Shadow Binding)
Serpentine in form, the shadows coil and twist around it, attempting to choke its ability to fly by clamping around its wings. Other higher pitched screams echo from the other mephits, and the rest of the group swarms in towards the trio, their cackling snarls filling the once-silent night.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Oct 5, 2023 1:47:13 GMT -5
Javal grins widely as he stares down the mephits, feeling the cold air and frigid environment against his body and flowing through his hair.
“Don’t worry friend Mei, this should be no problem at all, me and Theseus here are capable of taking down some icy pranksters especially if we have such a dependable companion like you”.
He sprints forth kicking up some of the snow that was behind him as he charges forth at the mephits that are located in front of him., It seems that Mei had cast some sort of Dark Domain spell that bound up many of the mephits and was clamping the previously excited joy out of them.
Javal himself raised his katana over his head and brought his blade down on a Mephit's shoulder causing the fellow’s shoulder to crack and some pieces of his to splinter off of its body. The fellow weeps and whines as it quickly backs away from Javal and with some struggle flies off. He then shifts his attention to the sounds of chilling and whooshing sounds appearing behind him a fleet of wind mephits grab at his upper body trying to lift the fellblood into the air so their ice mephit compatriots can focus their attacks on his weak points like his abdomen and feet.
The fellblood smirks before pulling his right arm as hard as he can rip it out of three wind mephit’s grip to tap on his red-plated cuirass.
Suddenly he felt a great fire begin burgeoning from his chest (1.Red Dragon Plate) to his mouth as he breathed out a small spread of fire melting most of the mephits who had him entrapped, dropping him a couple of inches back to the floor.
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Post by Caedes Oleander on Oct 11, 2023 17:18:19 GMT -5
“Mm.” Right, dependable; but perhaps at a price.
Mei lunges forwards with a swing of her arm, releasing her throwing knives at the mephit bound by the shadows of the forest. Ice forms along the sharp edges just before they slice through chilled leather wings and leave behind narrow lacerations that leak a crystalline blue blood. The mephit wails, collapsing as the shadows drop from beneath it; but quickly coming to its defense are more of the mephits not engaged with Javal.
Mei pivots on her heel, swinging around the lashing claws of one mephit only to meet the other head-on. She chokes on a gasp, managing to grasp it around the neck before it snaps angry fangs towards her neck and face; the chill of ice blurs her vision, mist emitting from its snapping jaws as she pushes it away, angles her body, and tries to force it past her.
Its fangs burrow into the fabric of her cape, and Mei’s eyes widen minutely when she hears a tearing sound. She feels a tightening around her throat from the clasp before it snaps, and the chill hits her hard as the mephit proceeds to get tangled in the gentle flutter of the cape as it is torn from her shoulders. Mei staggers after being released, a hand rising to her throat as she leers towards her cloak, beginning to ice over as the mephit trapped inside thrashes about.
“Bastard.” She snarls, but retrieving it is impossible; the first mephit she’d avoided swings around and takes a deep breath— then exhales a stream of compressed crystalline ice in her direction. She ducks out of its path, quickly slipping one of her knives between her fingers (1. Quick Draw); but the mephit follows her, creating a stream of frost that follows her trail.
With some prediction (2. Shooter's Sense), she flings her knife, letting it whip through the air and through the stream of frost— and although it frosts over, it connects to its target. The mephit shrieks, its body inflating briefly, before it pops into a shower of ice and frost.
Warm hues explode from somewhere nearby, drawing Mei’s eyes quickly to where Javal is struggling with a group of mephits; and swiftly, she pulls her last two throwing knives and flings them towards the wings of one of the mephits to assist.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Oct 12, 2023 1:22:56 GMT -5
Javal gets up from the snow floor and dusts himself off the frost covering his bottom, focusing his attention quickly on the smaller army of Mephits still left running around sending ice and wind everywhere determined to take these travelers down. He looks around himself to see about twelve mephits of ice and air buzzing in the air looking for the perfect moment to strike him.
An ice fellblood quickly tries to lunge at his face before suddenly he hears a thwip sound and the creature’s wing gets hit by a throwing knife causing the little monster to fall to the floor in pain screeching loudly, “That makes eleven left”, he thinks.
Quickly not even mourning their ice mephit brethren the rest of the little monsters that surrounded Javal attack once more together. Sending out blasts of ice and air causing the fellblood’s body to grow extremely cold shivering to his very soul.
The fellblood shudders before clasping his cuirass once more feeling the heat gather in his throat before spinning around spewing fire (1. Red Dragon Plate) all over the little ice demons causing their attacks to stop and fall to the floor charred. He bowed, offering his gratitude for a good battle before focusing his attention on Mei about to jog in her direction before stopping as he heard a gentle but loud whistling noise that seemed to be coming from all directions.
“Could that be more mephit reinforcements?”, he thought before hearing a loud buzzing noise appear above him.
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Post by Caedes Oleander on Oct 12, 2023 20:17:24 GMT -5
The warmth of frustration is all that gives Mei any semblance of heat in the frigid air beneath the icy forest; she whirls around, not stopping to wait for confirmation that her knives had hit; and she stamps her boot against the struggling mephit still trying to find its way out of her discarded cloak.
She feels its structure give way, a cry muffled by fabric, and then a similar explosion that had sounded earlier. A flash of glinting ice whirrs past, claws outstretched, and she gasps as claws rake through the cloth on her back— leaving behind a stinging pain exacerbated by the cold weather.
She twists around, lashing out with one of her throwing knives; but it misses the mephit by a hair.
Before she can try to run, a well-aimed beam of ice freezes her boots to the snow as she backs away. Mei stumbles, gritting her teeth; and quickly reaches to grabs the fabric of her fallen cloak; there’s a mess of frost and ice plastered to its crimson interior; but it’s fine.
She can hear the angry screech of the mephit as it swoops at her— only to be swallowed by Mei’s cloak. She clamps the cloth around it, wincing back as it struggles, snaps, and bites at her hands through the fabric.
Still, she’s able to close around it, before swinging the mephit into a nearby tree like it’s a rogue sack of potatoes. She hears the crack of the mephit, followed by a short puff of explosion, as warm hues highlight the forest from Javal’s fire breathing. She releases the ends of her cloak, dropping a significant amount of frost and ice from within it, before looking in Javal’s direction.
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For a moment, Mei is aghast; taken aback; by what she sees over Javal’s head.
“… You’ve got to be kidding.”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Oct 13, 2023 3:29:54 GMT -5
Javal stops in his tracks as he looks ahead to see Mei shocked and aghast at him he points at himself and yells, “Is there something wrong friend Mei? Did I forget to brush my hair or polish my horns today? I mean I know I can be a bit of a mess some days but come on friend it can’t be that bad, can it?”, the fellblood says a little embarrassed and feeling self-conscious now.
Javal then finally hears it, a large buzzing sound most likely from wings being flutter coming from directly above him.
He barely has enough time to roll to his left as an ice beam is blasted where he stood, he glances over the figure shocked at what he sees.
It is some sort of mephit but in this case almost human-like. It stands at an even five foot five and has long white glowy hair tied in a ponytail, blue robes on its body, and icy skin transcelunt like ice. It carries a large frozen crown on its head.
“Enough”, the figure sternly says, “You mortals need to just hand over your money and your belongings here and now and we’ll think about letting you two adventurers go. After all, you come into our forest, our home expecting us not to get annoyed by your trespassing? No, this will not stand over my watch as the Winter King, Beg for forgiveness now and I’ll Think about letting you go”.
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