A Bunch of Baby Ducks [Mentor/Private]

[Capsule]

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Kelly Watch The Stars

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QUACK

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Litost & Vayne

Word of a new aviary had caught Capsule's attention, and led to a short trek out to the Savill Flower Grove. There were plenty of Frenmic Rabbits spotted along the way, mostly by her little rabbit companion, Fiver. He always did have an eye for spotting his wild brethren, an elusive lot that preferred to stay out of the way of predatory monsters. There were a few slimes, too, but those left you alone unless you got a little crazy with the mana usage. She was really wary of using magic out in area like these for that reason - being swarmed by a bunch of curious slimes was no fun at all for this enchanter.

Capsule scooped up her rabbit as she neared a sign that pointed in the direction of the aviary, the latter of which she could see just a mile or so ahead. There seemed to be a few people already grouped up in the area this afternoon, presumably eager to scope out the collection of "rare and unusual birds". She honestly just expected to see a few regular birds with glued on extra limbs and other oddities. Businesses that boasted like that were sometimes up to no good, but she was only human; she just had to see for herself. And who knows - there might be some genuinely rare and or odd birds to be found. 'Or new monsters! And not just silly old seagulls down by the shore!'

Fiver wrinkled his nose in distaste as the enclosure came closer and closer. ”Why are we going to see a bunch of dumb birds, anyway? Some of those jerks eat rabbits!" The rabbit huffed and squirmed in Capsule's arms. ”It smells really bad over here, too, and I'm not just talking about the bird shit."

It became evident what Fiver meant once they were a stones through within the aviary; something bad had happened here. One side of the aviary was simply gone, along with the netting and posts that kept that end up. The rest of the remaining enclosure was singed in places, while others appeared to have been violently clawed at. Capsule stood there blinking in confusion, unsure of what to make of all of it. The other Adventurers (and a handful of Landers that probably ran the joint) were scuttling about, their arms laden with materials and tools.

A short and fat man rudely nudged her aside, grumbling loudly to himself about savages and rapscallions. "Excuse me, sir. May I ask what's going on…?"

The man turned around so abruptly that his double chins waggled in the wind. "Awful," he exclaimed in a screechy falsetto. "Just plain awful!" His chins shook even more. "Those… Those blaggards! They just maaaarched on in, and demanded that we hand over our Silver Appleyard ducklings - what could they even want with a bunch of baby ducks?! Surely they do not intend on eating them! But of course they swiped the pet chicken of one of our caretakers. That chicken was looking after the ducklings like it was her own, and they just swooooped on in and seized the lot! The other birds could fly away out of range, but the chicken and the ducklings?! No! And to add insult to injury, those, those FIENDS absolutely wrecked up the place!" The man's face was a deep shade of red by now, much like an infant that has been crying its eyes out for hours. "I wouldn't have cared so much if they were at least clean about it, but now over half of our birds have flown the coop, and we have little hope of getting them back - oooooh! I want their heads! I don't care, I just… want compensation!"

"Why's he getting so worked up over a bunch of birds?" Capsule was glad that the man couldn't understand lapin.

"Um, is there any way I can help?"

"You? Help? How could you possibly help me?" Woah. Rude, much? "We have some people looking for the birds right now, but I don't think anyone has captured the group responsible for this mess. I can't imagine they've gone very far, though. They were still carrying the ducklings and chicken with them." The man waved a finger under her nose. "Don't be foolish and go after them on your own, though! I hardly think someone of your class would be able to."

"...Can I kick his face in? Please?" Fiver was growling and gnashing his teeth at the short and round man, who seemed oblivious to the rabbit.

"I'll be sure to round up a group." She would have liked to do this on her own, but PVP was not something she liked to on her lonesome, even with pet monsters to provide the muscle.

coded by benetnasch of ET

[Litost]

my eternal solace

Everything was foreign. The ground he walked upon was unfamiliar and his paranoia began to creep up on him. Teleported into a world being so fresh and young to this dimension felt sickening. A knot formed in his stomach, one he couldn't untie very easily. He had wandered within the replicated London, but he found himself even more confused as to how the world functioned.

He asked a few people to get a general lay of the land, but none of them really gave good enough descriptions to really point him in any sort of direction moving forward. Instead, he elected to use the map he was given and explored the world on his own. What he considered to be "civilization" was left behind as he ventured into the unknown world outside of its boundaries. His comfort zone was beginning to dwindle and the dangers of the world began to make themselves known. With a few encounters with strange creatures and such, a game generated for the purpose of an MMORPG was odd to him. He never touched a game before in his life.

The ground became moist as he neared what was revealed to him as a sort of garden. A casual breeze fluttered through scenery, waves of plants swaying in the passing wind.

"This seems like a good spot to take a break," he muttered quietly to himself.

Sitting on a small patch of dirt and looking through the multiple menus presented to him, he noticed a steady stream of people venturing further down the trail. Out of curiosity, he helped himself up, patted the dirt off of him and followed suit. Coming over a slight hill, he noticed a building, have torn and people cluttered around the 'mayhem'.

Unwilling to put himself out there to ask any question, Litost just stood there, gazing into the mass of people, puzzled looks donned upon their virtual faces. He wanted to get a feel for the game before he tried anything.

From his brief period of isolation, he heard a woman, orange hair and a small rabbit nestled in her arms, speaking to a man who seemed simply outraged at the events that went on. The Russian gave a little nod, agreeing with the man in his own thoughts. Something like this disaster would set off anyone, especially if it meant the loss of the main attraction, or a good portion of it. The offering of a "quest" or "mission" as most of the people called it followed the man's frustration and Timur felt a bit of a calling to take up the task, but he felt a bit... inadequate. The person offered the quest seemed to be well equipped for the objective at large and gave him a feeling that his 'assistance' would only become a nuisance. Getting in the way was the last thing on his list.

Instead, he defaulted to standing as a passerby and stood watching the rest of the crowd, occasionally scanning back to the woman to see who else would take up arms and find these birds and possibly kick some serious ass along the way.

Capsule and Vayne

MADE BY ★MEULK OF GS

[Vayne]

Death is only the beginning.

Capsule , Litost / #FCKdemducks / 510 words

HP:
100%

MP:
100%

SAIRRI of GS

Vayne yawned as he strolled through the Saville Flower Grove early that day. He raised his left had to shield his eyes as the glaring sunlight beamed down on him. It had been a while since he left his dungeon/home in the the Avarice headquarters, so long that he felt that he was going to get skin cancer with the sudden exposure to sunlight. He left his dungeon this day to finally overcome his laziness and get some levelling done. He sighed as he did want to sleep more, but he knew that he would not get far in this world if he did not even try to strengthen himself. Of course the monsters in this particular area are not as strong, and do not give out much EXP, but he guessed that he could mob farm the small creatures for some decent experience. Of course, he was also doing this as he thought that going for stronger monsters would be too much effort.

As Vayne progressed farther into the field, he whipped some slime here and there, killing them in succession before they even got near. Vayne checked his exp bar, and it only raised 1% per slime. "Great," Vayne muttered as he killed another slime, "If things don't pick up, I'll probably need to move somewhere tougher, like the marshes."

He continued on his way and as he was about to turn and go toward the area of the marshes, he noticed a familiar figure. He was far away, but he noticed the orange hair and that air of angst that is all to familiar. It was Capsule, their guild leader and all around bully. She was talking to a lander, and she seemed a bit annoyed as the lander was flailing and seemingly distressed about something. Curiosity got the better of him and he decided to go and check things out. Before he went there however, he went out of his way to go toward another slime and stomp it to death. "Never waste a chance to get some extra exp" he thought.

He picked up the pace and to a power walk and stopped under the shade of a tree behind Cap. He decided not to be rude and interrupt, waiting on her to finish her conversation. All he caught on the subject is that it had something to do with ducks. Vayne did not particularly like ducks, as he found them annoying as hell.

"Ducks? Maybe we can cook those." He said. "I'm kinda hungry."

As he was waiting on Cap, Vayne did notice someone else within the vicinity. It was a silver-haired man, he had rugged features and a sort of a serious demeanor. The man did look peaceful enough, well peaceful enough that he had no bad intentions. He rested his back on the tree and just nodded at the man to acknowledge him before he turned to Capsule.

"Hello there Cap!" Vayne called out with a wave. "What's up fearless leader?"

Vayne smiled as he waited for a response from his friend.

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[Capsule]

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My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)

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Something something words. Something something post.

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Litost & Vayne

Fiver had begun to wiggle around too much for Capsule to hold him, so she dropped him. The rabbit let out a soft "oof" at the impact of his paws against the hard ground, but did not pause to access the situation. He immediately ducked behind his mistress to growl at someone leaning against a tree - "Oh, hello, Vayne." Did he just say something about eating the ducklings? How the hell would you even make a proper meal out of those? 'And why?' She held up a hand in greeting, and lowered it to lightly boop the rabbit over the head. "Fiver, stop that. He's a friend."

"Your human underling should pay appropriate tribute to his chief rabbit!" The rabbit was sitting up on his hind legs, and pumping his front paws in the air like fists.

"...No more dictionaries and thesauruses for you."

"Oooooh man!" Fiver huffed and turned his back, much like a petulant child. Capsule sometimes wondered why she had even bothered with the Tongue of Nature skill. Sometimes she did not want to know what her little pal was thinking of her or the world around them.

"Ignore him. He's just… grumpy," she said as she waved a hand at the rabbit. "Anyway… I guess you overheard the exchange with the Lander? Some jerks messed up the aviary, which I was really looking forward to checking out - FIVER!" While she was chatting with Vayne, the rabbit had run off to harass one of the Adventurers in a crowd - a guardian that looked capable of crushing the rabbit under his heel. Goddamn it, Fiver.

Capsule rushed over to intervene, as Fiver continued to hop around and sniff at the man, occasionally sitting up squint and growl at him. Was he trying to get himself killed? "What are you looking at, you big lug?!" He was lightly jabbing the air in front of him, like a tiny boxer. "Why don't you - SQUEAK!" The rabbit kicked and pawed at the air when he was hauled off of the ground. "Lemme go! I got this! Umf umf mmph-"

She bundled the rabbit in her cloak, and held his thrashing figure close to her side. He was getting awfully territorial as of late. "Sorry about that… Litost?" Wasn't that like the opposite of Schadenfreude, or something? There was something intimidating about the man, despite his low level. It could have been the ice blue eyes, his blatant aura of manliness, or the amount of armor he wore in comparison to her. She was far too used to hanging out with fellow squishy classes (minus Caerbannog, of course).

This time when she dropped her bunny, he was not expecting it and rolled a bit when he landed. "Would you want to help me and my friend find the ducks? I mean – if you would like to. We could use the extra hands.” She probably should have asked Vayne if he even wanted to help, but it wasn’t like he had anything better to do, right? He had spent too much time cooped up in Avarice’s prison, doing God knows what in there. Of course, that meant she would have to synch down a few levels, so that she did not leech any xp from the others or draw too much hate to herself.

coded by benetnasch of ET

[Litost]

my eternal solace

There was another man coming into the equation and he seemed rather nonchalant of the entire situation. Not just about the mission at hand, but the game entirely. A carefree spirit who took his time to absorb in his surroundings. Respectable, but with his head bent just above the roses, what was he really missing out on?

His train of thought berating the man for being himself was suddenly interrupted by a small white object floating around him. At first, he figured it to be a bit of his imagination or some massive accumulation of pollen and it somehow found its way around the Russian man. When he devoted a sliver of attention to the projected wisp, he was surprised to find a rabbit shadow boxing right in front of him with occasional bouts of glares and sniffs. Was this the creature's way of sizing up the man? Litost couldn't help but stifle a laugh and held back the urge to stomp on the creature. Getting blood on his boots meant cleaning and less time exploring and getting a bone lodged in his foot didn't seem appealing.

Timur was going to pick up the vermin but a feminine voice made itself known. Its source was a female now speaking to him. The equipment she donned screamed experience. Her time in the game was well spent where his was spent wandering for eons trying to work his way around the map. He aspired to be as strong as her, if not stronger, and only took her introduction into his virtual life as inspiration to become even stronger than he was now.

"Ah, neechevo. (That's all right)" Litost laughed a little as she manhandled what he deemed to be her pet. "It's fine. No harm, no foul." Assimilating into a world of English was going to be hell. The way he pronounced "foul" had come out as "vowel" and it made him seem like he was playing Wheel of Fortune or something.

This was his in. This was his chance to finally get his hands dirty and put some mileage under his wings. He nodded, genuine expression of surprise and happiness on his face. "That'd be great. I'm new to the game and I am having trouble finding my way around or what to do."

Then he remembered the other man from earlier. Litost figured him out already and didn't think there would be much objection to the way invitation of a third to their party, yet it irked him if he wasn't given approval to partake.

"As long as your friend is okay with it." Litost nodded in the direction of the companion. "Though he seems like the character to not care what happens so long as he isn't bored to death." It was a joke. There was no intention to anger a person he knew little about.

Capsule and Vayne

MADE BY ★MEULK OF GS

[Vayne]

Death is only the beginning.

Capsule, Litost / bored / 507 words

HP:
100%

MP:
100%

SAIRRI of GS

Vayne was about to chime in and volunteer to join in on Cap's endeavor when he was distracted by her little pet, Fiver the rabbit, who was shaking his fist angrily at Vayne. Vayne just stared down at the little thing and contemplated if its innate power was actually being really annoying. As he was about to call Cap's attention toward the little ball of fluff, she dragged up away as the thing was almost looking like it was about to punch holes on his boot.

Vayne had to stifle a giggle as he watched Cap banter with the little thing, remembering that she can talk to animals. "Ignore him. He's just… grumpy," Cap told Vayne. Vayne gave a little scoff as he hear this.

"I think grumpy is an understatement." he said, clearly finding the little creature oddly entertaining, watching it run off in the direction of the man that he noticed earlier. Vayne smirked a little as he knew the little thing was gonna get itself into trouble again.


"Anyway… I guess you overheard the exchange with the Lander? Some jerks messed up the aviary, which I was really looking forward to checking out - FIVER!", Cap was trying to explain the situation when she was again distracted by her little rabbit. The rabbit was now bothering the other man he had noticed earlier. As Cap walked over to the the other adventurer Vayne just lazily leaned back against the tree and stared back out into the flower field.

Vayne then absentmindedly equipped his Marionette on his left hand. The wooden puppet clicked and whirred with its internal gears and noisy joints as it moved and emulated what Vayne was doing, which was lean against the tree, since he had yet to give it an order.

As Cap conversed and apologized to the man, who was named Litost, Vayne bent down and picked some rocks from the ground and lobbed them at his puppet. The puppet creaked and rattled as it deftly caught the rocks and started juggling the stones. Vayne was amazed at how adept he's become at using his puppet, which was surprisingly dexterous under its seemingly clumsy build. Juggling three rocks came easily now, when it was even hard to make it walk when he first started.

Vayne was still idly playing with his puppet when he heard Cap and Litost include him in their conversation.

"As long as your friend is okay with it." Litost said, "Though he seems like the character to not care what happens so long as he isn't bored to death."

Vayne turned his head toward them and smiled. He took the last bit as a joke and it was sort of true.

"Of course it's fine with me." Vayne answered as his puppet accurately tossed one of the stones at an apple growing on the tree he was leaning on, which dropped neatly onto Vayne's hand. "The more the merrier right?"

With that Vayne broke the apple in half, knelt down and offered it to Fiver.

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[Capsule]

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Don't Move

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Litost & Vayne

Capsule really did not understand why Fiver had gotten so worked up. Litost seemed okay and… wow, that was a pretty thick accent. What was it, Russian? Images of a bear wheeling around on a unicycle and juggling a scythe and sickle immediately came to mind. It also made Capsule want an armored polar bear, like in that one book series. "New, huh?" She definitely didn't want to throw him to the wolves, then. A simple quest like this one should give him some idea of what to do, especially since she was going to provide support up the wazoo.

She glanced over at Vayne when Litost mentioned him, and turned back to nod when her fellow redhead spoke in the affirmative. "I'm Capsule, by the way, and that's Vayne." Their names were very much "public access," but it was only natural to properly introduce yourself. "And that," she said, pointing to the rabbit now slumped across her boots. "Is Fiver." The rabbit snorted and positioned himself so that his rump was facing the man.

He stayed like for a few moments, before perking up and scampering over towards Vayne, who was offering him half of an apple. Typical. The rabbit was greedy enough to overlook most transgressions when he was offered food. Capsule fiddled around with her interface until she found the level adjuster (A.K.A the teacher system), and synched down to level twenty. Auf wiedersehen for now, tier two and three skills. To be honest, though, some of them would just be overkill right now.

While Fiver finished off his apple, Capsule wondered off a bit in search of clues - okay, that took less than five seconds. There were a few smashed up areas and torn up chunks of earth and grass, mostly going down a linear path. Whoever these guys were, they weren't very smart or discreet. A blind man could follow this trail. Capsule spotted a few feathers along it, which only further cemented her suspicion. Hopefully this lot fought as dumb as they stole. "…This probably won't take long at all."

Her spell book lightly hummed in her arms as she casted Keen Edge over the group. This would guarantee that they (Litost in particular) would hit harder for the next hour or so. "Fiver, why don't you take the lead?" The rabbit was small and quick enough to avoid trouble, and usually only those who lacked self-confidence watched their feet as they walked. "Vayne, you take the rear." Yes, that's right. The Mistress of Squish was leading the way, and she had a few tricks up her sleeve for any hapless ambushers.

coded by benetnasch of ET

[Litost]

my eternal solace

"Mhm." Litost nodded his head and wrapped his hands around the collar area of his armor. "New to anything video game related so if I appear to be slow in recognition with any of..." He looked around to indicate their surroundings, "Please bear with me."

Litost felt obligated to let the others take the lead. They were obviously the more experienced adventurers of the land and probably knew the land a bit better than him. Deferring to the middle of the pack didn't bother him as much as he did. He accepted his screaming newbiness to the world and could not reject the idea.

In a sense, these two would be Timur's mentors into the world that he now resided in indefinitely. Capsule, the female who possessed a creature he couldn't help but want to stick a stake through and cook him thoroughly over a fire of his own creation. That seemed appealing, considering he was taught how to capture wild animals, gut and skin them and how to cook them properly and rabbit wasn't all that bad. It tasted like chicken, which was pretty much how everything other than beef and pork tasted like. Alas, it was a companion of hers and he suppressed the playful thought of consumption.

As for Vayne. Well he was carefree and there wasn't much to say about him. He filled the role of pulling up the rear and was going to be the other slice of bread surrounding the fresh meat.

The group set out, the rabbit having taken the lead, followed by his owner. She had given them some sort of... enhancement, but he felt no sudden change to himself. All he saw were indications of a "buff" and that was about it. Litost just took it as a good sign and continued onward, following the rabbit down the beaten trail.

To start up any sort of conversation, Litost searched for a topic. The only reasonable one was to ask for any tips and hints to help better himself in Elder Tale, but that seemed like the thing to do if you were completely lost and he definitely didn't want to seem like it. "So what levels are both of you?" He figured getting a feel for the people teaching him the ropes would give him a good idea of how hard he'd have to "train" to be on par with them. "You guys seem to be well-equipped and probably know a few things that would help a fresh myaso like me out."

Capsule and Vayne

MADE BY ★MEULK OF GS