Dragon!

[heresyandlace]

Who: ANYONE!
Broadcast: If you want
Action: The forest outside of town!
When: Ambiguously around the 23rd

→ Before the mob
[Tek has run out of time. he's pushed his body and spirit to its limit, and his hold over himself finally slips. he's quiet about fleeing the city, but it's a different story once he reaches the wilderness. the sudden release of energy as he loses his human shape hits the atmosphere in a silent wave. the countryside shivers as an aura of death and malaise touches every living thing, even if only in the very back of the mind. and for those more sensitive to such things... it's clear that something has happened. something is here.

for those wandering the forest that day, they may step into an area of the forest gone still with a graveyard hush. and if they linger there, they might happen upon a monstrous beast.

he's keeping to the tallest, deepest copses of trees... because it's hard to keep hidden when you're the height of a three-story building. either creeping and looming between the trunks, gratefully wading into streams, or curling up to rest in roomy clearings, he's there.

and he's hideous. though not actually rotting, the creature is at least designed to look cadavorous. he doesn't appear overtly aggressive... but something looking like that must be far from harmless.]


→ After the mob
[and he can only stay hidden for so long. a band of foresters eventually happen upon him, and a battle inevitably ensues. it isn't long before the remnants of the group run howling into town-- a dragon is less than a mile away, and it has already struck down several of their number!

at once, the bravest warriors take up arms, ring the alarms, and begin to set out in bands to take down the monster!

anyone striking out to find the dragon after the battles have begun is definitely in for a fight, because he is now wounded and angry. and, since he's so large and caught in such a small area of land before he hits the barrier, he won't be hard to find--especially whenever he breaks the canopy of trees and takes flight, to try and find another area of forest not already full of attackers. if you watch the sky and follow him long enough, you're sure to find him.]


(ooc: open to absolutely anyone! just take a look at the ooc post first, and then jump in! also open for any peripherally-related threads--like reacting to the creepy wave of feeling that goes through the town, gathering friends, etc.--if you feel like it!

if you have any other questions, dump 'em in the ooc post!

otherwise, DRAGONFIGHT DRAGONFIGHT!!)

Comments

a hunting we will go

[dawnwillcome]

[After the situation is clear, Jove sends out a fleetwide broadcast.]

Alright, so we've apparently got a dragon rampaging around down here now. I can't in good conscience just leave these people to deal with it alone, it's clear they have no idea what they're doing when it comes to dragon slaying, so.

I'll be organizing a group to take it down. I've killed dragons before, but it's by no means something I can do by myself. If you have experience fighting, please meet me by the job board in town. There are a few of you I expect to see, so don't let me down. You know who you are.

[She signs off there, but can be found in a full set of armor by the job board. Behind her is a small collection of staves and a few swords she's managed to round up, but she really is hoping most people will have their own weapons.]

[invigorates]

[ she saw that message, and though tempted to reply to it via video, she decides to go a more personal route...

and shows up at the job board not too long afterwards. furious - though the only indication to such is the way the glowing lines on her skin pulse with her anger and increased heartbeat. ]

You are the one that intends to kill the dragon, yes?

[dawnwillcome]

[Call her crazy but something tells Jove this won't be going very well.]

That's... the plan, yes. And you're not here to help, are you?

[invigorates]

I am not. [ you're a smart woman, jove. ]

Might I ask what this dragon has done to warrant death? I do not see it rampaging the city.

[dawnwillcome]

[Hey suck it glow lady.]

Not yet, perhaps, but how long until it runs out of things to kill in the forest? How long do you think it will take for the dragon to be forced to attack the city for food?

[invigorates]

So your immediate thought is to murder it? Have you - nor anyone else - not considered speaking with the creature? For all we may know, it has no interest in those that live within the city - a truce would not be difficult to obtain if both parties were not jumping to conclusions about the other.

[ she doesn't get angry about a lot of things, but this... wow, this is the angriest she's been in a long time. ]

[faithfulwisdom]

[Finrod does indeed have his own sword and set of armor, recently acquired. He has a grim look about him as he approaches, but he still manages a little nod hello.]

Jove.

[dawnwillcome]

[She doesn't blame him for that look, not after what he told her about dragons in his own world. As glad as she is to see him, especially with a sword in hand, she's still frowning faintly as he joins her.]

Hello, Finrod. Your help is appreciated, but are you sure you want to do this?

[faithfulwisdom]

My lady, to use your own words, I could not in good conscious do otherwise. [A faint smile] Besides which, I have never been one to run from a fight.

[dawnwillcome]

I guess that's just one more thing we can add to the list of things we have in common.

[She nods his sword, finding it curious that he has one without the shield she's always seen paired with a one handed sword.]

I've never seen a warrior wielding just a sword before. [Not a trained one, anyway. Men grasping at a blade when it was needed wasn't a strange thing, but to go into battle that way?] Do you need a shield? We could probably find you one.

[faithfulwisdom]

Ah, you have not seen one of the Noldor in action. A shield will not be necessary; my particular style of combat is best without it. It would be better if I had a true elven blade, of course, but we must make due.

[ino]

[ Ino shows up, looking ... well, pretty unarmed actually, aside from a few pouches around her waist and leg.

... She just looks kind of grumpy, though, and is muttering something about how we can't have nice things. ]

[dawnwillcome]

[Oh good, another one.]

If you're here to tell me we should consider the dragon's feelings, believe me, I have heard that.

[ino]

I'm not telling you anything.

[ She puts her hands up defensively. She's pretty hesitant to attack the dragon herself, given it could be someone in the fleet, but if it's rampaging it still should probably be dealt with. ]

I'm just the healer here to make sure nobody dies.

[dawnwillcome]

[Well that just changes everything, and Jove's shoulders drop a little as she lets out a relieved breath.]

Are you a mage? I can lend you a staff if you don't have your own.

[ino]

I've got plenty of weapons here. [ She pats the pouch on her leg ] And I don't need a staff or a wand or anything to heal, so no worries.

[innercactus]

Is it very large? Or is it medium large? If its a lieutenant, we should be fine. If it's an Elder....

[ Here is a nervously rambling plantman. He's starting to put out his clothing, because he's grown it to a consistency that counts as armor in his world, but the peasant clothing is... sort of in the way of most of it. ]

... Wait the dragon might not be the same sort of dragon. How do you decide how big a threat of a dragon a dragon is? Other than big?

[dawnwillcome]

[She sort of... stares, for a second. This is quite odd, but not as odd as it could be. She's heard of sylvan before but had never actually seen one, and that's about the closest she can get to putting a name to the... man? She sees before her.]

I think most any dragon is a threat, once it gets to the rampage in the forest stage.

[innercactus]

... Very good point.

[ Dragons are bad. Pretty much always. ]

Did anyone say what it was? Like crystal and stone, or lots of ice, or rotting, or on fire, or plants?

... Or maybe it isn't like a dragon from home....

[dawnwillcome]

[Thank the creators for Cole, she's fairly used to jumping from thought to thought like this, manages to follow along well enough.]

It's hard to say, really. It could be a dragon like the ones from your world, or like the ones from mine. It could be something neither of us have ever seen.

Are you, ah... planning to fight it?

[innercactus]

... I hope it isn't one like my home has. [ Muttered.

Then he perks back up. ]

I'm not a warrior or a guardian so... I would need to go with other people, but I want to help get rid of it. I can heal people! And make things weaker!

[dirth]

[ Solas, who finally appears to come at her side, shakes his head before he breathes out and steps closer. His smile is softer, careful, and he reaches a hand to touch her shoulder, gently, getting her attention. ]

Lethallan.

[dawnwillcome]

[People greeting her with hands on her shoulders isn't so strange, but it's clear when Jove turns to look at Solas she's relieved to see him.]

Solas. I'm glad you came.

[There's the strangest urge to hug him, for some reason, to thank him for being here, but she manages to keep that to herself. Instead she reaches up to squeeze his hand lightly.]

It's just like home, isn't it? Gathering together for the incredibly foolish task of swinging sticks at dragons.

[dirth]

[ He nods his head in return, looking out over the landscape before them before he turns back to her. ]

Of course.

[ His nose wrinkles a little, though, obvious distaste in his expression. ]

A little too like home for my tastes. I had hoped to avoid dragon fighting.

[dawnwillcome]

Well, hopefully this reminder of home will be a little more pleasant. I've got something for you.

[She takes one of the staves from the collection behind her, hands it over with a wry grin.]

Although I guess you're probably used to getting your equipment from someone a little more masculine.