Quest Drop | Burn it down

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[DROP] Quest Drop | Burn it down

Sheba Posts: 114

Outcast atk: 7 | def: 10 | dam: 3

Mare :: Unicorn :: 15 hh :: 13 :: Frostfall HP: 61 | Buff: NOVICE

Minou :: Ocelot :: Sing Shady

#20

07-08-2014, 12:18 PM

For the time being, you have wandered north from the Threshold, seeking a breath of fresh air. The number of hopeful recruiters that swarmed the foreigners in that area reminded you of vicious blackflies descending upon a rotting carcass. It made you feel a little sick to your stomach. Or perhaps that was defeat. You hadn’t been able to convince a single one of these newcomers to follow you back to Confutatis (wherever she may be), and though you wouldn’t admit it even to yourself, the feeling did not sit well with you. What could you possibly say to entice these strangers to join you? Frustration churns in your chest—you had no herdland to offer them, and when the demon queen insisted on keeping her little organization such a confounded secret…! You shake your head, kicking a small rock out of your path with an unwarranted amount of violence. Getting recruits is going to take a miracle, and for once, you don’t relish the thought of a challenge.

Your leg muscles suddenly strain in protest, and you look around, surprised. You are partway up the side of…well, what you assume is the large mountain that has been looming in the distance for the past few days of walking. You didn’t intend to climb it, but now that you’ve started, maybe a little walk would do you some good. The summit can’t be that far, right? As soon as you think it, you crane your neck. A short, bitter laugh escapes your lips as you realize that in fact, the top of the mountain is hidden in the clouds. Idiot. Nothing is ever that easy.

Since there’s no way you’re getting yourself all dirty and sweaty with some waste of energy trying to climb this giant, you begin to turn around. But you are only a few steps down the mountain when a mocking little voice in the back of your mind stops you: What, are you going to give up on this too? Is it too hard for you, Sheba? Just like talking to strangers—oh wait, weren’t you supposed to be good at that? The voice scoffs. Incompetent.

Sometimes you hate your subconscious. But, inner you does have a point, and confound it all if you were just going to back down like some lily-livered weakling. You would climb this hill until you turned blue in the face! Angrily, you whirl and begin your ascent.

It is only several hours later that you begin to reach the clouds. Step by step, you are now dragging yourself up this terrible mountain, and you swear that if you don’t see the summit soon…but the thought of turning around makes every muscle in your body groan. You press onwards, and that is when you begin to feel the buzzing in your brain. Your eyes widen: there is magic around. You’ve felt this way every time you’ve come across something that should be downright unnatural, and this feeling is no different. There’s magic here; you’re sure of it! Either that, or you’re about to pass out from exhaustion and the thin oxygen.

As it so happens, your first guess was right. When you haul your sweaty body up the last incline, you are greeted by a field, a crowd, a blazing figure…and behind him, water. It shimmers in the intense heat up here (wait, did it just get hotter?), and you crawl towards it thirstily, hoping that you won’t have to get past this odd guardian for a drink. With the crowd gathered around him, maybe he won’t see you. But as you get closer and closer, the heat and your aching muscles overpower you. You stumble, landing on your knees at his feet: a purely unintentional bow, but a bow nonetheless. Slowly, you look up. The buzzing in your brain draws to a climax, forcing you to squeeze your eyes shut and lower your head. Who is this blazing stranger?

OOC: Sheba seeks [Magic: Dark x Light | Can alter the tone of her voice in a way that makes others trust and believe what she says - the more she speaks, the more they fall under her spell | Restrictions: would require player permission to use in normal threads; can be used once during battle (effects last 30 seconds)]

Denial #1: http://helovia.net/showthread.php?tid=13373 (she wanted a companion, but this was a quest drop as well)
Denial #2: http://helovia.net/showthread.php?tid=14641