IC thread here!
I would like to say that Amaury's attitude and approach to problem solving in no way reflects my own opinions about anything.
Edit: Here's a summary so far! I realize it'd be hard to catch up at this point!
Amaury starts the story finding a shed to shelter from the rain in the woods at night. Iskra runs into the same shed but she's running from a dangerous aufhocker instead. They hide for a while but the beast discovers they're inside and injures Iskra by flinging her into a tree. Amaury is next but Maren shows up and scares the aufhocker away with light from her horn. Amaury spends some time trying to get Iskra to rest and Maren makes a deal with him, promising to heal Iskra if she gets fruit for it. He agrees, Iskra's partially healed and wakes up when the enigmatic Ludvig arrives. Ludvig was also injured and gets treated by increasingly tired Amaury before saying they should all try to kill the aufhocker. Iskra gets mad and debates him while Amaury tries to substitute Maren's protective light with a lantern (to keep shedding light takes energy from Maren and she's very tired at this point.) The transition is poor and Iskra is grabbed once again by the shapeshifter, it uses her as a puppet to injure Amaury as well before retreating under some trees because the sun has almost risen. It grabs Amaury and tries to drag both delicious humans away to eat but Maren saves them with a head-on attack of the beast. The aufhocker dissipates, the sun rises and both Iskra and Maren are exhausted.
Amaury tucks them into his tent for bedtime and stays up til noon making a hut, figuring that they'll need at least a few dasys of R&R before they go to get Maren those promised fruits. He's halfway done when Iskra wakes up and promptly goes hunting despite her wounds, returning with venison and deerhide. Then she goes again, finds fruit and tells them there's a water source nearby (which is good because after last night's scuffle most of them are quite dirty.) She also brought fruit, which the newly awoken Maren goes to immediately because they're yummy. Amaury ruins the good mood with inappropriate jests and then goes giggling with Maren to get cleaned up. The trio have met again at camp and are preparing to leave, to see if Maren can help them escape the charmed forest.
She succeeds! And as they reach the road Maren glamors herself to appear human. They all walk down the highway toward a mountain range Iskra's den resides in but they aren't heading for her hideout. Instead she's leading them to a town near it. When they reach the outside of said town the bandit king splits off with them, giving them money to spend on potential room and board. And that is exactly what they do. Once they reach an inn, they pay for a room as well as some fruits and pottage. Amaury eats the pottage and they both fall asleep- with Maren in bed and the mason passed out at the table.
When morning comes Iskra's there, as she suggested she'd be, and she's taking just as hard a nap as the other two. The unicorn wakes up first and goes to grab some water downstairs but on her way back is waylaid by an aggressive mercenary who thinks her a lone woman from out of town. Amaury wanders out in time to see this commotion and tries to do something, but I mean, its Amaury. What's he gonna do?
MY SUMMARIES AT SOME POINT WILL NOT BE SUMMARIES ANYMORE
I would like to say that Amaury's attitude and approach to problem solving in no way reflects my own opinions about anything.
Edit: Here's a summary so far! I realize it'd be hard to catch up at this point!
Amaury starts the story finding a shed to shelter from the rain in the woods at night. Iskra runs into the same shed but she's running from a dangerous aufhocker instead. They hide for a while but the beast discovers they're inside and injures Iskra by flinging her into a tree. Amaury is next but Maren shows up and scares the aufhocker away with light from her horn. Amaury spends some time trying to get Iskra to rest and Maren makes a deal with him, promising to heal Iskra if she gets fruit for it. He agrees, Iskra's partially healed and wakes up when the enigmatic Ludvig arrives. Ludvig was also injured and gets treated by increasingly tired Amaury before saying they should all try to kill the aufhocker. Iskra gets mad and debates him while Amaury tries to substitute Maren's protective light with a lantern (to keep shedding light takes energy from Maren and she's very tired at this point.) The transition is poor and Iskra is grabbed once again by the shapeshifter, it uses her as a puppet to injure Amaury as well before retreating under some trees because the sun has almost risen. It grabs Amaury and tries to drag both delicious humans away to eat but Maren saves them with a head-on attack of the beast. The aufhocker dissipates, the sun rises and both Iskra and Maren are exhausted.
Amaury tucks them into his tent for bedtime and stays up til noon making a hut, figuring that they'll need at least a few dasys of R&R before they go to get Maren those promised fruits. He's halfway done when Iskra wakes up and promptly goes hunting despite her wounds, returning with venison and deerhide. Then she goes again, finds fruit and tells them there's a water source nearby (which is good because after last night's scuffle most of them are quite dirty.) She also brought fruit, which the newly awoken Maren goes to immediately because they're yummy. Amaury ruins the good mood with inappropriate jests and then goes giggling with Maren to get cleaned up. The trio have met again at camp and are preparing to leave, to see if Maren can help them escape the charmed forest.
She succeeds! And as they reach the road Maren glamors herself to appear human. They all walk down the highway toward a mountain range Iskra's den resides in but they aren't heading for her hideout. Instead she's leading them to a town near it. When they reach the outside of said town the bandit king splits off with them, giving them money to spend on potential room and board. And that is exactly what they do. Once they reach an inn, they pay for a room as well as some fruits and pottage. Amaury eats the pottage and they both fall asleep- with Maren in bed and the mason passed out at the table.
When morning comes Iskra's there, as she suggested she'd be, and she's taking just as hard a nap as the other two. The unicorn wakes up first and goes to grab some water downstairs but on her way back is waylaid by an aggressive mercenary who thinks her a lone woman from out of town. Amaury wanders out in time to see this commotion and tries to do something, but I mean, its Amaury. What's he gonna do?
MY SUMMARIES AT SOME POINT WILL NOT BE SUMMARIES ANYMORE
Double posting for a cause, Beetlebelle sorry if my reply to your post wasn't exactly what you were hoping for. Idk how you wanted to go about that.
No problem! I mostly had it happen just to see what your guys' characters would do. 
Sorry for being kind of absent y'all lol. Things are really just not going my way lately.
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Sorry for being kind of absent y'all lol. Things are really just not going my way lately.
No problem, take as much time as you need.
I second Beetlebelle's statement. These past few years have gone fast for me, sometimes I still feel like I'm about your age, if not younger. Reminds me of my eighteenth birthday (I'm not sure if your troubles have been related to that or not and I won't assume.)
When I turned eighteen there were only two people to celebrate it with me in person; my brother and mother. In particular my brother has this love of the Mets and heard that they were going to be playing against the phillies on the day of my birthday. So he offered to buy us tickets. I thought that it'd be more fun if we could all celebrate some middle-ground (of which, in hindsight I really didn't have) so I agreed. Well, we went to the stadium in NY and it was windy as heck! And since I didn't remember how baseball worked very well I spent the entire game staring intently at the game, figuring out the rules and like. It was educational but i felt like I was walking in someone else's shoes.
And then we got home and I realized we didn't even have cake. I wasn't craving some anyway but it made me think about how my future would be; it was symbolic, in a way. Because I knew from that point my family would expect me to act like a normal adult, even though I was (and still am) struggling. xD
If that, by chance, is happening to either of you, then I suppose the allegory is to not be afraid to take care of yourself, even if people start acting like you should have 'moved on' from things. Fantasy, illness, quirks, whatever. I'm late to the party on that lesson but its been helping me.
I'm gonna try to actually post some stuff now lol sry for the rant
When I turned eighteen there were only two people to celebrate it with me in person; my brother and mother. In particular my brother has this love of the Mets and heard that they were going to be playing against the phillies on the day of my birthday. So he offered to buy us tickets. I thought that it'd be more fun if we could all celebrate some middle-ground (of which, in hindsight I really didn't have) so I agreed. Well, we went to the stadium in NY and it was windy as heck! And since I didn't remember how baseball worked very well I spent the entire game staring intently at the game, figuring out the rules and like. It was educational but i felt like I was walking in someone else's shoes.
And then we got home and I realized we didn't even have cake. I wasn't craving some anyway but it made me think about how my future would be; it was symbolic, in a way. Because I knew from that point my family would expect me to act like a normal adult, even though I was (and still am) struggling. xD
If that, by chance, is happening to either of you, then I suppose the allegory is to not be afraid to take care of yourself, even if people start acting like you should have 'moved on' from things. Fantasy, illness, quirks, whatever. I'm late to the party on that lesson but its been helping me.
I'm gonna try to actually post some stuff now lol sry for the rant
I wish my problem was something deep like that haha. My bf of nearly 2 years and I split and its hit me a lot harder than I was anticipating. Its stupid to be upset over something like this but u know how relationships are hahaha
Well, for honesty's sake I've only felt something like that briefly, though it wasn't really a s/o. I was convinced that I should focus more on my education so I cut ties with some people (cause they were online, and games were my escape.) I cold turkey'd it and lost it when I came back home.
But if you want to talk about it, I'll lend an ear. If you don't that's alright too. Loss takes a toll, no matter the kind it is.
But if you want to talk about it, I'll lend an ear. If you don't that's alright too. Loss takes a toll, no matter the kind it is.
I'm sorry for the wait on my end, I have been meaning to get around to finishing my post, I will get it done by friday, I swear! ;v;
how I feel right now
how I feel right now
NP. Personally I think between the other rps my creative energy is mostly spent anyway xD. I make it a point to type anyway, but only because I made most of the threads.
Aww! I think we all might have gotten a bit RP crazy for a few weeks there, my energy has dwindled too, but I'm still invested in the ones I am currently in! :>
