Location: Ordon Spring>Ordon Spring, also known as the Forest Spring. It is situated in the Ordon Woods and serves as the home of Ordona the first Spirit of Light. >We periodically host a web-based battle royale that can include anything and anyone. Shenanigans ensue, and some people attempt to write it into semi-coherent narratives, playing the part of the characters within!Check here for additional details:https://rentry.org/HungerGamesHostingGuideUpdatedhttps://brantsteele.com/hungergames/Previous thread: >>24739544
>Lets see.. What will it be this thread?>>24750241>Indecision and not having enough free time have caused that delay.
>>24750278>I haven't forgotten Smoke and Zelda either.
>>24750319>GREEN. A fortuitous color for you.>Well, I'm game if you are. 'Twere your turn?https://archive.palanq.win/bant/thread/24309011/#24311927
>>24750342>Hmm.. let me remind myself where exactly this came from and where its going. I think I wrote a reply at one point, but I can't seem to find it.
>>24750322>Thanks for the reminder, I forgot about that.
>>24750365>Heh.>Well, unless you have other ideas, of course. It's not like a bit longer will kill me.
>>24750342>>24311927>The thick veil of clouds could not last forever, and before long, the bird, the rider and her knightly passenger would burst free from the darkness. Before them, the clouds parted and released them into a brand new sky, over a foreign land.>Winda glances over her shoulder, her excitement apparent in the grin she regarded the knight with. The sun found her eyes, setting them aglow for but a fleeting moment in the midday sun. Her pupils were quite odd.Welcome to my home, sir knight.>Before them, the spine of the land rose to form an endless range of mountains that snaked along the land to form a great wall of slate and granite. One side bore weathered crags and cliffs that fell into yawning fissures, the stone of each formation charred to ebony and pale ash by recent flame. Mirrored in it's every opposite, the other side of the mountains defied the monochrome scarification of its other half with an endless canopy of emerald leaves. It was alive with bright birds of every shade and breathed deeply with misty mountain air, where the other side smoldered with dying embers as it sputtered it's final gasps under hot wind.hmm..>Winda's excitement had been robbed, and her smile had faltered under the weight of a furrowed brow. Concern now dominated her features. We didn't quite leave the cloud in the right spot.. we're going to change directions.
>>24750442Ah...!>They're a bit of a curiosity to him, but given his own curious state, he has little room to question such a detail of his companion's features.>His initial interest in the features is stymied a bit once he realizes a lack of any apparent civilization, and the confirmation of that thought by Winda's own statement.The cloud was...a portal?>That's his best understanding of it.>At least Gulldo is benefitting from a minor ATK/DEF boost. But speaking of the bright side-...I have never seen a mountain from this perspective before. It gives me a strange feeling.
>>24750451>Their course had veered away from the peaks and towards the more inviting side of the mountain. Haha.. It's wonderful isn't it? Most people never get to see the world the way a bird does.>Her smiled had returned just as quickly as it had been pushed aside by worry.It only gets more beautiful as we head into the valley. I'll take my time and show you the-
>>24750451>>24750481>A rod of molten light blinked into existence just above the pair before dissipating. It made almost no sound at first, only being chased with a momentary lag by a sonic boom and a wave of ionized air a breath later. A second beam shot out, farther away from them but no less dangerous. The air was now thick with copper taste and ozone scent.We're being attacked!>From the side of a mountain within the scarred lands, who's peak had caved in and birthed an oozing wound of lava, there was a flicker of light that turned into yet another deadly lance of energy. This one seemed much more accurate and is on course to strike YOU.
>>24750487>>24750481What!?>That's a heck of a good way to get his mind off that sensation! He might've flinched from the flash of light going past, but if he wasn't on his feet already, he sure is now!From such a distance!?>Fortunately for him, the shield stays on his person at all times. In fact, he's even taken a step towards the back of Gulldo to intercept the attack with his shield-after jumping off the bird to ensure that, if it does refract off like he fears, it won't hurt Gulldo!>As for the large drop down below, that's an issue for him in the future.
>>24750513>The blast deflects! Hot embers sizzle against it's azure surface and turn it's yellow start to the amber of warmed metal.Knight! Keep your head down, we can make it out if we->Winda's eyes go wide as she sees her passenger now plummeting after seemingly taking a blow from a cannon. Immediately she dives after him, Gulldos tucking his wings to accelerate further.We're coming!>[Odds] But alas, she's driven off by further magma fire from the distant mountain. The knight is left to plummet to wherever fate decides to deliver him.>[Evens] Great talons wrap themselves around the knight, Guldos snatching him out of his freefall and riding the hot winds to exit cannon range.>[Dubs] Winda and Guldos take a direct hit as the swoop in to save the knight. They are now plummeting too.
>>24750521>This could've gone far worse.I'm fine!>He sounds confident! Plummet? FLYING SQUIRREL TECHNIQUE!>He's falling...with style! Banking on a quarter-remembered thought of a one-eyed ninja, he...hastily attaches the ends of his cape to his feet, making it billow out and low his fall dramatically. That's right, this is just a thing Knight can do.And...SABE!>His empty hand reaches down past himself to launch a gust of wind. If whatever this might be has a problem with him, then it must have a problem with everyone!>It's not the fastest, nor the most dignified, but...he's going in!
>>24750542>Bwahaha. Just mario cape your way out of the encounter huh?>A few more searing beams would cross the air, but the distance and terrain would prove to be anathema to the cannoneers. Several shots would be spoiled by outcroppings and cliff faces allowing the knight to escape without a scratch. For now the warrior and the priestess would touch down on the forest floor to catch their breath.>The guns had ceased their fire at last, deciding with shame perhaps that their rage had proved impotent, or brimming with satisfied to have chased off two interlopers from their territory.Haha.. that was a close one.>With Winda now on the ground and Gulldos reverted to his smaller form, it would be on foot from here it seemed.You should have told me you could do that. I would have made you fly us here and saved Gulldos the trouble.>The priestess didn't seem all that afraid, though a perceptive eye would catch a tremor that excitement had put in her wrist.
>>24750580>Yeah, something like that. Onmitsu would be proud...or rather, extremely confused....>He lets himself fall the last bit of distance and superhero-landing it, and take a few moments to collect himself-fix his cape, too.I wasn't sure I could do that myself. I've been trying to work on alternatives after a certain incident, but I've not sat down to try and study...and I'm not sure the other one is working yet either...so I simply had to work on something I had in my head.>Now that he's back on solid ground, he bows his head to Winda.I apologize if I frightened you. I didn't want to risk you or your companion being hurt when it it fired at me. Is that...something I should be worried about?
>>24750598>Her smile vanishing, replaced with a concerned frown.Y-you.. you.. jumped..>The green haired girl had gone pale.and you didn't even know if that trick would work?!>After lecturing him thoroughly on the dangers for falls exceeding 300 meters they begin to make their way through the forest.Right.. we were flying over Laval territory. They're at war at the moment, so they've been more aggressive than usual. Their guns have alot of range and power, but they're not so accurate they can hit a moving target easily.>Winda stops, holding her chin in contemplation.Then again.. maybe they thought you were a Gem-Knight.
>>24750618As a knight, his priority shall always be the protection of others. For some reason, I had the thought of a clumsy, but highly reliable ninja performing that technique...still, I think I could have survived that fall...maybe.>Fall damage isn't real. He's a Dragon Quest parody.>One chewing-out later....I'm still astonished that they could see us from such a distance.>This is the second time Winda's used that term in relation to him.A war?>It's a little subtle, but he tenses up and regards their surroundings with a bit more caution.
>>24750650It's a long story, but there are knights much like yourself that keep their agressions from overflowing into our valley. They say they're after resources for their forges, but if you ask me, I think the Laval tribe just enjoy fighting.>The forest seems to unfurl before them, transforming with every step into more welcoming terrain. Thickets clear into well worn footpaths and rocky hills made treacherous with overgrowth smooth into rolling woodland meadows. We're almost there master knight!>Winda's pace was beginning to quicken, pump those stubby legs if you want to keep up.>Probably a good spot to pause.
>>24750684I see....>He sounds concerned by the notion, but is able to push it aside for the moment.>The change to signs of civilization are reassuring, though-and despite his diminuitive nature, he doesn't exactly seem to have much difficulty keeping pace!Right behind you!>If that's what you wish, by all means.
>>24750699>Eyes are getting heavy in afraid. But thanks for the rp. I wasn't even halfway as prepared as I meant to be, but this was fun.
>>24750705>Sometimes, you just have to rip the bandaid off. >Always a pleasure.
