Deimos Without word from Maea or the Greatwood itself, Deimos eventually made the begrudging effort to set aside a day of explorations and information seeking. With Halo stable enough, and on the brink of forging onward with new fortifications and dynamics, the Sword and his companions made the journey over only with the slightest amount of trepidation lining his ribcage. He, the guild, and anyone else utilizing their knowledge on the void flora and fauna would benefit from anything he gained and recorded here, and he hitched his bag of holding higher along his shoulder, where his journal and notes settled amidst the other weaponry and armaments. Eventually though, the familiarity gave way to the Stone Symphony’s altered current, and more than once he found himself following the line of the river to unknown proportions – including now, where lush greenery peeked through lingering currents. His eyes narrowed and brow arched, curiosity folding over his mind with all the other machinations and calculations stirring – pondering if there was something within the deeper rivulets and funnels. Instinctually, he crouched amongst the bank, half-pondering about parting the river with incantations. Zuriel snorted, leaving him to glance over his shoulder to stare at the unicorn, before shaking his head. Belial was far more game, and hovered diligently, hooting wildly over something likely below the surface. Out of sight and out of mind Make everything alright So let the sky and sea collide Just not in our lifetime |
[se] knee deep in forest rivers
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the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 74 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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02-03-2024, 06:23 PM
the Flood
Archon of King's End
Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3 PETRONELLA - Mythical - Sea Panther
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02-03-2024, 06:57 PM
better get to diggin' while my body's getting cold.
i keep tryna fight it so just promise when i go, you'll bury me low The heavy air of the lush Greatwood is humidity Sunjata hasn’t experienced in a very long time. Each time he’d been to the forests recently had occurred during Deepfrost, where the air had been cold and snow had settled amongst the branches and the leaves that remained. It had been crisp and cool, in complete opposition to the thick air that spread through the trees. It’s a trip he takes with the intention of it only being brief, even tugging Petronella along with him so she can dive into the water and embrace her instincts as the sea panther she is.
It distracts her while he crouches between the edges of the trees, collecting a fair amount of dirt from the root section of one of the larger, lusher looking trees, scooping it into the jar before capping it and setting it down into the bag of holding he’s brought with him. Meanwhile, unaware to him, the sea panther wanders through the waters unannounced, capturing Sunjata’s attention when a sensation through the bond seems to suggest they’re not alone, a friend, perhaps, that Sunjata can’t figure out who the fuck she might be thinking about. Petronella rises to the surface of the water, scales and fur melding with the light as she mews a greeting to the peryton. SUNJATA Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3 Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like. the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 74 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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02-03-2024, 07:52 PM
the Flood
Archon of King's End
Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3 PETRONELLA - Mythical - Sea Panther
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02-04-2024, 08:18 PM
better get to diggin' while my body's getting cold.
i keep tryna fight it so just promise when i go, you'll bury me low The hooting only spurs Petronella on more, splashing around in the water as the peryton glides over, skimming the top. She’s a playful, young feline, one that certainly looks at odds to what the full grown ones might look like – instead of full horns there’s only the little nubs on her sleek skull, and short whiskers that flicker with smell as she starts to slip through the water to follow, heedless of Deimos’ voice.
And while, she might be, Sunjata’s confusion over a friend in the Greatwood has spurred him on as he hoists the bag of holding over his shoulder, drifting back toward the water’s edge, following the trail of emotions from the companion bond when he hears Deimos’ voice reverberate through the trees. “Fuck.” Sunjata mutters to himself, his jaw set as he traverses after Petronella, breaking through the treeline where he can see the Sword and the other man’s companions, gaze immediately falling to the sea panther as he clears his throat. “Come on, Petronella.” A small chastise that has her ears flickering back toward him, halting in her pursuit to mewl back a protest. SUNJATA Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3 Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like. the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 74 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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02-04-2024, 09:18 PM
the Flood
Archon of King's End
Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3 PETRONELLA - Mythical - Sea Panther
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i keep tryna fight it so just promise when i go, you'll bury me low The peryton leaves and Sunjata captures the look Deimos sends over his shoulder, and he’s quite content to let that be the end of it – until, of course, he steps out further to start to use his magic to pull the sea panther closer to him from the water when something else rises from it. Petronella hisses, scrambling back with the help of Sunjata’s magic, bolting to the shore and up his side to clamor onto his shoulders, smearing him with a smattering of water that brings swirling floral tattoos across his neck and cheek.
He immediately turns his attention onto the void river star, teeth gritting against each other. He’s sure Deimos can handle it with the shards of ice that are pinpointed at the beast, but… Given how terrible they are and how many he’s already had to destroy, Sunjata decides to help. Perhaps a good show of faith would make this… Better? He doesn’t know, and a part of him doesn’t care if it does or doesn’t. He steps up toward it, conjuring the water that the river star had erupted from into a tangible, clear rope of sorts, wordlessly holding the creature still and suspended in the air, for Deimos to shred with the shards he’d created. SUNJATA Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3 Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like. the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 74 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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02-04-2024, 11:24 PM
the Flood
Archon of King's End
Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3 PETRONELLA - Mythical - Sea Panther
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02-06-2024, 05:26 AM
better get to diggin' while my body's getting cold.
i keep tryna fight it so just promise when i go, you'll bury me low Regardless of what Deimos and Sunjata had always felt for each other – they did always choose the bigger fight in the moment. The sea panther they’d fought and everything else in between. Talk could come later, once the threat had died down. And it’s a theme that continues now as well – even as Petronella remains clinging to Sunjata’s shoulders as he works the water magic in a binding, watching with a quiet approval as the ice shards tear away the flesh of the river star.
It doesn’t last, though, the Flood watching as the creature shifts, suddenly attempting to cut through the water bindings with its razor sharp edges. It gets one off, the water falling to the river – but not before Sunjata shoots up two more streams, latching onto each point that the river star holds. And just in case that isn’t enough, there’s a grit to his teeth as he steps up beside Deimos more fully now. “Sorry about the rain.” He murmurs in advance, before the sudden downpour begins beneath the canopies of the trees – a refreshing, healing sensation everywhere the water touches Deimos and all of their companions, yet the void river star gets pelted with sharp digs of raindrops, not unlike the shards Deimos launches. SUNJATA Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3 Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like. the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 74 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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02-06-2024, 10:59 PM
the Flood
Archon of King's End
Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3 PETRONELLA - Mythical - Sea Panther
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02-07-2024, 07:02 PM
better get to diggin' while my body's getting cold.
i keep tryna fight it so just promise when i go, you'll bury me low The rain pours and Sunjata’s streams of watery rope connect and pull and tug at the river star to get it to remain just as frozen as it had initially, for the onslaught of ice shards and rain pelting to shred its hard, razor sharp exterior. He can hear the anger and pain hissing from the creature, but there’s no sorrow that lingers, nothing but annoyance that it had the audacity to try anything at all. There is the underlining sensation of satisfaction, however, though it’s a fleeting feeling that blooms from Petronella on his shoulders.
Before long, the river star is limp, and Sunjata disbands the rain as quickly as he had called it down, watching and listening as the crackling flames are sent to the creature. He disbands his water magic as well, ensuring that he doesn’t accidentally drown out the flames that engulf it – burning it into ash that blows away on the rogue, sweet smelling winds that pass through the middle of the Greatwood beneath the canopy. Hands rise to run through his hair, a speckling of grey threaded through the brown tresses, half turning away from Deimos to peer back the way he’d come, while one hand lowers to scratch at Petronella’s horns. “Hey, uh, I heard about Halo. I’m sorry about the damage that occurred.” It’s awkward and stilted, because they both know they’d rather not be here, but given the opportunity to say anything at all, Sunjata takes the chance. “If there’s anything King’s End can do to help, let me know.” SUNJATA Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3 Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like. the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 74 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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02-07-2024, 10:49 PM
the Flood
Archon of King's End
Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3 PETRONELLA - Mythical - Sea Panther
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02-07-2024, 11:21 PM
better get to diggin' while my body's getting cold.
i keep tryna fight it so just promise when i go, you'll bury me low A quick glance is all that’s offered to the journal that Deimos pulls out of his bag, focused more fully on the other man’s face when he offers his sincerities. Because he does care, even if it seems suspicious from the Warden. Sunjata would always feel sorrow for people who have suffered from environmental damages and changes. Especially people he knew had no other choices.
He is surprised, internally, to hear the thank you, and while both of their guards remained up, Sunjata could at the very least be gentle, cool and collected. After all, they hadn’t talked in… At least a year, and whatever conversation they had then had been through letters, asking permission to post something to the Halo noticeboard and promptly hustle his ass out of Halo right after. “That’s good to hear.” Sunjata offers genuinely, happy to know that they were quick on repairing and rescuing. And a nod, because he knew too that sometimes the longest part was just the waiting to build and rebuild, fix and renew. His steel gaze betrays his surprise at the returned question, though, and he scratches Petronella’s side when he responds, as if trying to find something to do with his hands. “We sustained flooding. Damaged our docks and our market exchange, mostly.” A small frown tugs on the corner of his lips. “But we have been rebuilding and many of those displaced have found a home within the Refuge or the House of Midnight.” It was still a new land, though, and Sunjata had been working to try and expand the area of vacant houses for those that wanted to move in – something that had taken a bit of a back seat ever since the meteors had fallen. SUNJATA Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3 Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like. the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster ✓
Age: 34 | Height: 6'4" | Race: Hybrid | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Halo Level: 14 - Strg: 74 - Dext: 74 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 80 - Int: 3 BELIAL - Mythical - Peryton (Blend) ZURIEL - Mythical - Unicorn (Healing)
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02-08-2024, 11:51 PM
the Flood
Archon of King's End
Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3 PETRONELLA - Mythical - Sea Panther
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02-10-2024, 06:34 AM
better get to diggin' while my body's getting cold.
i keep tryna fight it so just promise when i go, you'll bury me low Regardless of how potentially short this encounter is, Sunjata can’t help but to imagine that it’s probably the most pleasant they’ve been to one another in the past. It’s a thought that settles nicely in the weight of his chest, the pressures of everything starting to meld in a way that made it decent. A bonus, in his mind. And without Evie being there to ensure that they didn’t cross paths, even. “I am thankful for that.” Sunjata admits, though there’s no smile that graces his face, instead a small frown forms.
A frown that only deepens as Deimos asks about any new void creatures and his gaze departs toward the area that Deimos’ companions had vanished through all while Petronella regards Deimos with a curious mewl as if she wanted to meet him officially, standing on Sunjata’s shoulders in order to lean over toward the Sword. “Some of the unicorns in King’s End have started to become afflicted.” And it broke his heart every time he’d had to take care of it. "I also saw tainted rock sliders in the Climb." SUNJATA Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3 Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like. | ||||||
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