Stranded on some kind of Island

[TheBlackSoul]

TheBlackSoul - Saracten
Location: Beach
Health: 75%
Hunger: 15%
Thirst: 20%

Saracten reached the edge of the sea, and promptly began looking into the shallows, scanning for any edible creatures.

Something out to sea caught the grendelian reptile's eye, and so he looked up to see several large objects bobbing up and down with the waves. He wasn't able to see just what they were from his viewpoint, but they didn't seem to be moving-or alive, for that matter.

He walked out into the water to get a closer look at them, and trapped something underneath his foot. When he looked, he found that it was a small fish, struggling to get away, and not doing a good job of it.

He reached down, grabbed it, and took a look at it. It was small and greyish, and to him, seemed edible.

And so, he plopped the fish into his mouth and swallowed it whole and alive. He didn't know why, but he always preferred to eat his food while it was still kicking.

Either way, it tasted good, although it did little to satisfy his hunger. As he cast his eyes downwards to where he first stepped on it, he noticed a school of them about 3 or so feet away.

He chased them, hoping to get enough of them to make a decently sized meal.

TheBlackSoul - Saracten
Location: Beach
Health: 75%
Hunger: 13%
Thirst: 25%

[Swix]

((Terribly sorry about that, it would seem I lost my RP drive for a while back there))

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 30%
Thirst: 55%

Yari was still unsure about this cat S'Jarsas intentions, but even so she would be far more comfortable and glad of another beings company. Even if the two beings she'd managed to make friends with so far were so obviously predatorial.

"That's... good to know. My name's Yari, and there's some food in there but I'm not sure if it'd be to your taste. I'm going to get some water before it gets too bad. You could come with me, if you wanted" She said, and then shrugged her exposed shoulders "Everything has to drink sooner or later"

The centaur took a step, although she was still a little nervous so waited to see what the cat would do. Ah, if only she had her bow... Or could find something suitable for making one. She could hunt then.

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 35%
Thirst: 60%

[3kul]

((Starting up this RP again to see how it fares.))

Once it was sure that Yari would do nothing to hurt it, the creature bolted from the cave. The second it reached the entrance however, a massive tremor rocked the island. The creature squealed as it tripped, half-diving to get out of the cave, and the ceiling began to crumble as the entire cavern began to slip deeper into the earth.

The tremors quickly subsided, but outside of the cave things were quite bizarre. The island itself didn't appear to be moving, but everything else on it was. Trees, plants, animals, even people felt themselves shift and distort into shapes that they simply shouldn't have been.

The creature, stumbling to it's feet, knew exactly what this was. Time was running out, this island was losing it's grip on the realm that it currently inhabited. Some people, like himself, find themselves gradually return to normal, but he knew that some others may disappear entirely ((ie: anybody who doesn't post here anymore)). He needed to do his job as quickly as possible, and hope that the others were doing theirs...

The creature was elated to find that fortune seemed to be smiling upon him, for lying right before him already on the verge of dying was none other than the mystical beast he sought. "El Quor De Ban..." He mused aloud. "<I need to kill you before I can get your Ingredient though...>" He grunted, noting that the creature was not as dead as he should have been. Damn hunters never got anything right.

Untying the skull from his neck, he placed it on the ground and spoke softly to it. "Wake up, Scorpendant. <You must kill this one.>" To anybody watching, this would seem most strange, until they noticed the jewel-eyed skull begin to move. From underneath it several thin legs moved quickly, dragging the heavy skull closer to Wiljod. As it crawled up to him, the skull's mouth opening, allowing a huge long tail with a stinger on the end to emerge. The stinger was pulsating, filled with so much venom that the stuff was oozing out, and the skull-monster readied itself to deliver the finishing strike.

Unfortunately for the creature, Wiljod regained consciousness at this point. It wasn't soon enough for him to protect himself against the lethal stinger, but it was for him to scream loudly enough for anybody nearby to hear. The creature freaked, and knelt back down next to the living talisman. "<You get his Ingredient! I need to hide!>" Moving as quickly as he could, the Creature headed for the River. The talisman was left crawling about on Wiljod's corpse, the jewels in it's eyes removing themselves to reveal that they were in fact diamond-like circular claws.

Those in the Wiljod's Cave will have heard the screams, though they will also notice that a new room has been opened to them, as part of the cave wall has crumbled away.

((There we go, back in action. If you've never taken part in this RP before you are most welcome to join, just be sure to read the rules on page 1. To those of you continuing, you've got a slight head-start, and I hope you enjoy the rest of this RP.

It now has a definite plan, something that will hopefully reveal itself quite soon. With Wiljod now dead, I'll be controlling the NPCs, animals, plants, etc. of the island, and advancing everybody's story. Hopefully it'll all work out ))

[TheBlackSoul]

TheBlackSoul - Saracten
Location: Beach
Health: 75%
Hunger: 13%
Thirst: 25%

Saracten continued his pursuit of the fish. But before he could catch another, the island began to shake.

The grendelian reptile was knocked off his feet, and his quarry, the fish, scattered.

There goes my lunch, he thought. Fortunately, the tremors soon subsided, but he felt very weird. Something like shifting into a bunch of crazy shapes, without having any control of what he became.

I...need...HAAALLLLLPPPP!!!

Getting up to the best of his ability, he attempted to run into the forest, hoping to heck he'd find someone able to tend to him.

TheBlackSoul - Saracten
Location: Beach
Health: 75%
Hunger: 18%
Thirst: 30%

[Maraha]

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The entrance to Wiljod's Cave
Health: 75%
Hunger: 95%
Thirst: 25%

When the island shoke and reality distorted, S'Jarsa's fur stood on end and she growled and hissed as she felt herself warp and twist in odd, unnatural ways. When the whole ordeal was over, she frantically looked around in all directions. Her ears flattened and her pupils dilated. "Vat vas that!?" She hissed. She stepped cautiously into the cave and froze when she saw the strange skull creature crawling about Wiljod's corpse. She, unsure as to what she should do, looked back and forth from the new room and the skull creature. She didn't feel like fighting the creepy little thing, so she ran off into the other room, careful to keep a fair amount of distance from her and the skull.

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The new room in Wiljod's Cave
Health: 75%
Hunger: 100%
Thirst: 30%

(Hurrah! Revived at last. Oh, and I decided S'Jarsa needs a funny accent, being feline an' all. Hmm, hopefully for S'Jarsa they'll be something edible in that room. )

[3kul]

TheBlackSoul:

Saracten wouldn't realize how fortunate he was to flee when he did, for the second he began to run the floating objects suddenly picked up their pace, rushing to shore at a great speed. They'd missed him, but they hadn't missed the quake, and they too knew that time was running out.

Emerging from the waves, a dozen aquatic creatures gasped silently as they exited their natural habitat. The floating 'objects' had been the large helix shells that they seemed to be wearing like hats, and they strode ashore on long crustacean legs with the appearance of some sort of bizarre aquatic centaur. Clicking and hissing amongst each other for a few moments, they debated about whether or not to chase after Saracten.

"<He is not a native and we've got more important things to do. Let him run, he will not survive long on this island.>"

"<He knows though! He is heading straight for the Ingredient! We must kill him before he gets it!>"

The two arguing were silenced by a sharp clicking from somebody who seemed like a leader. This one was bigger than the rest, and wore a pair of ornate swords at his waist - considering his size and build, these delicate swords seemed quite mismatched to the sea monster. They were long and thin, perfectly identical to each other, aside from a small fitting on opposite sides to them, as though they were meant to be connected to each other rather than kept separate as he'd had them. Removing them from his waist, he stuck both blades into the sand and spoke to them. "Wake up, Gemiknives." He spoke in clear english, then reverting back to his native tongue. "<Is that one consequential to our search?>"

~That one is not an Ingredient, if that is what you are asking.~

~That one is not aware of their significance, if that is what you are asking.~

Nodding sagely at their words, he picked the twin blades back up and sheathed them. "<He doesn't know anything. Let him wander the island and die in his ignorance, we have an Ingredient to find.>"

The sea creatures groaned in agreement with their leader, not enjoying their time out of water as they trudged up the Beach. At least a hunt would have made things a little more interesting.

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Maraha:

S'jarsa would be most surprised upon entering the next room in Wiljod's cave, for it was covered in writing and drawings. These were not simple cave art or musings, but detailed diagrams and incredibly complex mathematical calculations, along with detailed instructions.

It's not impossible to read as it's written in English, but whoever wrote this has terrible hand-writing, and it's going to take a lot of but she can make out one word repeated over and over again 'Celestial Cannon'. Much of it looks to be impossible to discern, but with a little more light in here it may be possible to read over some of it.

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General:

Outside of Wiljod's Cave, the Scorpendant was making precise surgical incisions into Wiljod's body. The operation appeared to be very time-consuming and difficult, as every now and then the talisman would stop and wait for a few moments before starting again.

To anybody looking on from any distance, it should be obvious that the Scorpendant is trying to remove something very specific from Wiljod's body.

((EDIT: Changed the talisman's name from Scorpelm to Scorpendant, purely because I think it sounds better (and it's also a little more accurate).))

[Maraha]

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The new room in Wiljod's Cave
Health: 75%
Hunger: 100%
Thirst: 30%

S'Jarsa, having better nightsight, being a cat, could see the writings on the wall a little clearer than others. Apon closer inspection, she could see the words 'Celestial Cannon' repeated in the writings. 'That does not sound pleasant...' She thought. She stayed a bit longer to look over the cave paintings and writings, despite her aching stomach. She was starting to starve, but she decided that the things on the cave wall could give her a clue as to whats happening. When all reality distorts itself and things fall out of place, it usually means something bad is about to happen.

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The new room in Wiljod's Cave
Health: 70%
Hunger: 100%
Thirst: 35%

[3kul]

((Good point Maraha, I forgot about your cat-sight ))

Maraha:

S'Jarsa continue to read, trying to absorb as much as possible from the mess of information.

Essentially, it seemed that these were detailed plans, calculations and instructions for how to use the Celestial Cannon. The Cannon's location and what it actually was wasn't left here, as whoever wrote it probably already knew that, but they mention something absolutely crucial to the usage of the Celestial Cannon a number of times: Ingredients, with a capital 'i'.

There are seven Ingredients in total on the island, though apparently not all are required. Three are described as combustive, another three are described as focal objects, and the final one is described as a singulifier, whatever that meant. Only one combustive, one focal object and the singulifiar are required, although the instructions state that for the desired result it is best to use all seven ingredients. It details that the combustives are all organic objects contained within living creatures, the singulifier is an artificially created object that doesn't belong, and the focal objects can be either. It doesn't, however, explain what this 'desired result' actually is.

Along with all of these complex diagrams and calculations, S'Jarsa noticed one small drawing, which only stood out because unlike everything else here, it was actually an illustration. It was a picture of a small flute, which was apparently the key to... something. Whoever had written this hadn't figured that out yet.

After much reading, S'Jarsa can conclude three things:
1) That this Celestial Cannon is a kind of warping device, designed to allow a limited amount of people passage out of this island. S'Jarsa can safely conclude this because the person who wrote this was attempting to figure out exactly what was required for them to escape by themselves.
2) That there are Celestial Cannon needs at least three Ingredients to function - a combustive, a focal object and the singulifier. For the 'desired results' though, all seven of the Ingredients must be found.
3) Whoever wrote this had once been in possession of a small, flute-like object, something that was no doubt important to solving this mystery.

Of course, whether or not she chooses to share this information with others is entirely up to her. As far as she knows, she's the only one who's seen this information so far.

[Maraha]

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The new room in Wiljod's Cave
Health: 70%
Hunger: 100%
Thirst: 35%

After spending much time looking over the strange writings and drawings which seemed to be plans for some warping device or whatnot, she decided that it'd probably be a good idea to find something to eat. Maybe even that nasty pig creature if it's still nearby.

She stepped over to the entrance of the strange room and, after glancing back at the interesting illustration, darted out of the cave, but it seemed the Scorpendant was still there. Vait, she thought, vhat could the skully thing vant in that little critter's body? She wasn't sure whether she should stick around to see what the thing's after, or if she should do a bit of hunting. Then again, the thing probably wouldn't stick around once it was finished, and she'd be gone for quite some time if she went hunting. I have time, she thought, just a little vhile longer.

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: Just outside Wiljod's Cave
Health: 65%
Hunger: 100%
Thirst: 40%

( Aw man, it's so much fun replacing all the W's with V's. No idea why, it's just... entertaining to me.)

[3kul]

Maraha:

S'Jarsa waited, but the Scorpendant was taking it's sweet time. It was, after all, an object meant to be used for sneak attacks and assassinations, not surgical purposes.

After several minutes, it removed a small organ from Wiljod's corpse. The organ was pulsating and secreting a thick oily substance everywhere, the smell of which is quite foul. The Scorpendant is moving quite carefully with this organ, carefully making sure that none of the liquid dripped on itself. This is a difficult and slow process, as the talisman creature has no fingers or hands, only claws, and so it very slowly makes it's way over to the bushes.

Either the Scorpendant hasn't noticed S'Jarsa or it simply doesn't care, as it's making no effort to hide the direction in which it's heading. The talisman is walking straight towards the pig-like creature from before, who's hand is sticking out from underneath his hiding place, as though he could somehow make things speed up simply by willing them to (of course, he had no such ability).

[Swix]

((Sorry, net went "meh". Yari's still here, though ))

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 35%
Thirst: 64% ((I'm changing this 'cause I reread the rules))

The centaur began nervously stepping around as the earthquake came and began to shake the cave, causing dust to cover the half equines dark body. Yari had already been startled by the pig creatures dash for freedom, there was an apparently friendly feline in her way, and now it seemed like the cave was collapsing which was all she needed.

Yari bolted outside, moving past S'Jarsa through the sheer luck and strangeness that came with being twisted out of shape whilst moving. The centaur landed heavily on her side a way away once the strange phenomena had stopped, got up and bolted a second time after hearing the ermines scream, heading towards the river. If you could hear Yaris thoughts, right now they'd be something like this 'Predator, danger, confined spaces. Alone, no herd, no protection. Danger. Run away!' ((Yari's having a panic attack ))

Swix - Yari
Location: Running from Wiljods cave to the river.
Health: 100%
Hunger: 40%
Thirst: 71%

[3kul]

Swix:

Fortunately for Yari, she was too big and moving too fast for any of the predators around here to want to pick a fight with, and most of them were too busy distorting to notice her anyway.

She reached the River to find nobody else there, save for a vast number of fish that had floated to the surface, too disoriented to swim around properly.

If she calms down, she may even hear distant clacking and splashing sounds - the creatures that had emerged from the Ocean were moving about further downstream, arguing over something or other as they rested in the water.

[Swix]

Swix - Yari
Location: Running from Wiljods cave to the river.
Health: 100%
Hunger: 40%
Thirst: 71%

The centaur skidded to a halt abruptly after she reached the river, looking about with wide, scared eyes. She shouldn't be here, she just wanted to go home. And now even the fish were acting strangely in this strange place, floating about like that.

The centaur calmed down a little, enough to realise just how thirsty she was and so lowered herself down in order in order to drink the water. She grabbed several disoriented fish, throwing them onto the bank beside her in order to clear a space before she started shovelling the cool liquid into her mouth.

Swix - Yari
Location: The River
Health: 100%
Hunger: 45%
Thirst: 0%

[Maraha]

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: Just outside Wiljod's Cave
Health: 65%
Hunger: 100%
Thirst: 40%

S'Jarsa had turned her attention from the Scorpendant and the reeking little organ it had removed, to the panic-stricken Yari. She decided that it may be a good idea to tell Yari about the strange cave, since she seemed to be the only other person on this island she could talk to. "Vait for S'Jarsa!" She shouted as she dashed after the centaur.

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: Running from Wiljod's cave to the River, following Yari
Health: 60%
Hunger: 100%
Thirst: 45%

(Oh good, I was afraid Yari had fallen off the face of the planet or something. )

[Swix]

((Maraha wrote: