The coast was not, unfortunately, clear.
Hadama had invited Ronin to join him on a quiet patrol down the beach, but his suggested meeting place had been overtaken by a young grove of formerly-molten pineapples. Normally the fiery fruits would have been a sign of a healthy Flowerbirth following LongNight, but these plants exuded an icy aura of dread, and the frozen flesh of their growing seeds was entirely unwelcome in the tropical region.
The wind tugged at Hadama's braid, a few raindrops splattering the sand around him, as he surveyed the Void-touched incursion with an unreadable expression. He gripped his trident contemplatively and then took a step back as he focused on the warmagic that Safrin had granted him.
The air shimmered and light bent above the grove as three gravity spikes gathered in the air a heartbeat before they struck down with crushing force to smash the violet corruption flat, reducing the young trees to splinters and their fruits to sticky blotches on the sand. Emerald eyes gleamed with satisfaction and then rose to the horizon and the unwelcome island crouching on the horizon.
Not yet, perhaps. But soon.
Shadowed Pineapple (common): The molten pineapple's protective layer now harbors a dark energy, and its once juicy flesh is replaced with an unnaturally cold substance. Consuming it is rumored to bring vivid nightmares and a lingering sense of dread.
Hadama had invited Ronin to join him on a quiet patrol down the beach, but his suggested meeting place had been overtaken by a young grove of formerly-molten pineapples. Normally the fiery fruits would have been a sign of a healthy Flowerbirth following LongNight, but these plants exuded an icy aura of dread, and the frozen flesh of their growing seeds was entirely unwelcome in the tropical region.
The wind tugged at Hadama's braid, a few raindrops splattering the sand around him, as he surveyed the Void-touched incursion with an unreadable expression. He gripped his trident contemplatively and then took a step back as he focused on the warmagic that Safrin had granted him.
The air shimmered and light bent above the grove as three gravity spikes gathered in the air a heartbeat before they struck down with crushing force to smash the violet corruption flat, reducing the young trees to splinters and their fruits to sticky blotches on the sand. Emerald eyes gleamed with satisfaction and then rose to the horizon and the unwelcome island crouching on the horizon.
Not yet, perhaps. But soon.
Shadowed Pineapple (common): The molten pineapple's protective layer now harbors a dark energy, and its once juicy flesh is replaced with an unnaturally cold substance. Consuming it is rumored to bring vivid nightmares and a lingering sense of dread.
