September and secret nsfw october shenanigans

[insinning]

Who: Emil Sinclair (Vogel) and anyone/everyone
When: All over September
What: Catch all, exploration, overflow + dungeon runs; lots of feelings and grieving and murderous thoughts.
Warnings: Nsfw in 25/9 thread just to be safe

 

"Over all the hilltops
Is quiet now,
In all the treetops
Hearest thou
Hardly a breath;
the birds are asleep in the trees:
Wait, soon like these
Thou too shalt rest."

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[tinged]

To Mac Anu then?

[ they'll steady his hand as he gets out of the water, brushing any stray droplets. ]

... but will you be alright with seeing his avatar?

[insinning]

[Sinclair looks down for a second and thinks. He wont be alright. He's been avoiding it for the last couple of days for a reason]

I'll survive. I have to. Lets go.

[ But then a thought hits him. Why would Mithrun do something that mundane when...?

He looks at the impact site, that looked like it was Mithrun's size]

But can I try something first?

[ He moves returns to the fountain and...throws in his fishing line]

[cccorp]

[ For some reason, despite Lumina Cloth not being one of the locations to fish in the first two levels of the fisher profession, the fishing line... is cast? Vogel is currently under fishing mode right now.

But a while later, Vogel will feel a pull on the line! And should he reel it in, something launches from the waters and slams into him at full force. Now there's a Vogel-shaped crater in the same wall! It all happened too fast to see clearly, but whatever that thing was... sure looked hella spiky. It will not show up again. ]

[tinged]

[ ?! ]

Wow!

[ hani peers into the water curiously, trying to see the creature that launched vogel, but there's nothing there. aw.

oh, wait, vogel...!! hani hurries over to him. ]

Are you alright??

[insinning]

I ..think we found the source of the crater...and the thorn...

[Oh

that was not expected

Ow

He'll just lay there in his hole for a little while

are there any spiky bits left over for them to investigate or]

[cccorp]

[ Lumina Cloth is a root town that has PvP-enabled throughout the location. It seems that the fish are also involved. Good thing Vogel is a Lord Partizan with all the tankiness to boast about.

But yes, there are spiky bits left over on Vogel's armor. Don't they seem familiar? ]

[tinged]

It seems so!

[ hani offers him a hand and a party invite. ]

Let me heal you up, Vogel-kun. Good job, I think! Um... now we have a lot of these, but please don't eat any.

[ they mean all the spiky bits of course. ]

Should I put them all into my inventory?? Do you have space?

[insinning]

Let's put them into your inventory.

[Accepting the hand and party invite. please help him, Hani. ]

But I've got space too. It actually hurts.

[Are there any effects with the spikes? Anything to stop him from being healed?]

[cccorp]

[ Nothing happens! Spikes are just spikes. ]

[tinged]

It hurts? I'm sorry. [ very earnestly: ] Next time I'll catch you.

[ don't mind hani spamming ul repth to heal vogel up 100 HP at a time... if it even works!

as they do, they'll take out the single spike-thorn-quill from their inventory so the two can compare. ]

An exact copy, I would say.

[ aaand once vogel's taken care of and the items are compared, hani will slot them all into their inventory with an, "alright!" now [P/GTHR/FSH/FQ] x1 has become [P/GTHR/FSH/FQ] x10 probably?? ]

[insinning]

Thank you, Hani...

[ Smiling as accepts the heal. Hopefully it helps? Otherwise they'll go back to Hien.

Actually they need to go to Hien anyway]

I wonder if he accidentally swallowed this when he got back to Mac Anu...

[ There's only one way to tell right? They need to go back to Mac Anu]

[tinged]

Accidentally...?

[ tugging vogel to the gate for fancy teleportation magicks. ]

... On purpose?

[ knowing mithrun... ]

[cccorp]

[ It has become x10 has Hani expects! ]

[insinning]

[ Back to Mac Anu, and the bridge. If Sinclair is feeling wobbly well...he did take a hard hit to the head]

But he wouldn't think of it on his own. He'd bleed out before then. So...

[tinged]

[ hani won't let him fall, or get flung into a wall again - probably. they'll hold his hand firmly this time. ]

Would he be thinking straight?

[insinning]

Mithrun is very logical. But not in ways that make sense to us sometimes

[ He squeezes Hani's hand, letting him lead him along]

He'd do anything to test his limits...and the game's. Try anything...

[tinged]

[ hani nods. they know that. ]

He’s capable of anything. [ but he thought he wasn’t capable of enough… ] So lovely and relentless.

[ hani walks them up to the avatar and to hien. their expression doesn’t change. they still feel frozen in time though it has been a little easier to default a vague smile when they need to. ]

[insinning]

...so did he really eat it? That fish?

[Frowning as he kneels to gaze at Mithrun's body.

'Poison'...]

[tinged]

…the item name matches in my inventory.

[ keeping a hold on his hand as he kneel; it’s easy because of how short they are. ]

[insinning]

...he really is reckless.

[ Sinclair didn't get a good look at what hit him, and he's still a bit dazed about it. He's tired]

[tinged]

Yes.

[ hani breathes out the word, gazing at the avatar. yes, reckless. yes, relentless. strange and beautiful and they love him for it. ]

When we find him, you’ll just have to scold him - and then teach me how to do the same.

[ abruptly they let go of his hand and hug him around the shoulders instead. ]

So you stay. [ tightening their hold as if just realizing now that by coming into contact with the creature mithrun encountered, vogel’s avatar might suffer the same fate. ] Stay and be okay.

I’m sorry it hurt. [ again: ] I’ll catch you next time. I’ll catch him, too.

[insinning]

I'm sure I have a lot of things to say. I'm pretty mad at him too after all.

[ Sinclair might be the worst person for this, considering how wildly reckless he has been for the last week. But fear has always driven him to different stages, and he hugs Hani in turn, resting his chin on Hani's head]

Thank you, Hani. I know...I believe in you.

[tinged]

What things?

[ they’ll listen while holding him, chanting stay and be okay in their heart like a blessing and a curse. ]

[insinning]

That he needs to check what he eats before he eats it. Log off at night and sleep properly. Let other people check in on him.

[ He tightens his hold on Hani a little. That living is so much nicer than it seems, once you let people in]

[tinged]

Oh. [ a pleased, surprised note. ] Those are warm words, like a hug. Are you sure that’s scolding?