The Hels were swiftly dealt with, much to Hadama's quiet satisfaction, but the frightened horse and the cart it ran away with were another matter entirely. Uncertain of how beast to soothe the panicked creature and likewise unable to fly, he turned to the voice of calm and reason in the situation - Melita, who had a plan. He paused at her calm tone and stilled instead of attempting to chase the cart down, and he raised a brow in curiosity as treats were produced.
And, somewhat surprisingly, it worked. The tiger had vanished and with no one chasing it the horse soon slowed, burdened by the cart as it was, and turned to look behind itself nervously. Seeing no large predators but instead only a human with a hand full of something that smelled tasty it stamped a hoof and snorted, but didn't continue its flight. It waited for Mel to come around to its side and then curved its head around to sniff warily at the snacks being provided before lipping at her hand in acceptance of the bribe.
That left Isla and Hadama to drift along with the rest of their helpers in the cart's wake, retrieving the precious stones that had bounced out during he short flight. "It was a mighty roar," he informed the medic solemnly, though there was a hint of a twinkle in his eyes now that Melita had soothed their runaway steed. "Do you have other shapes as well?"
With the horse calmed and the rocks re-gathered, Hadama nodded to Melita in gratitude. "Will you lead the horse? I will help Isla with the stone placement. And soon we will need to move to the water beneath the floating islands."
Round 4:
Mel successfully calms the horse down.
Isla has no problem picking up fallen stones and returning them to the cart.
Hadama requests switching jobs with Mel for the next round.
Finish up the land portion of the stone placement and we can move on to the water!
And, somewhat surprisingly, it worked. The tiger had vanished and with no one chasing it the horse soon slowed, burdened by the cart as it was, and turned to look behind itself nervously. Seeing no large predators but instead only a human with a hand full of something that smelled tasty it stamped a hoof and snorted, but didn't continue its flight. It waited for Mel to come around to its side and then curved its head around to sniff warily at the snacks being provided before lipping at her hand in acceptance of the bribe.
That left Isla and Hadama to drift along with the rest of their helpers in the cart's wake, retrieving the precious stones that had bounced out during he short flight. "It was a mighty roar," he informed the medic solemnly, though there was a hint of a twinkle in his eyes now that Melita had soothed their runaway steed. "Do you have other shapes as well?"
With the horse calmed and the rocks re-gathered, Hadama nodded to Melita in gratitude. "Will you lead the horse? I will help Isla with the stone placement. And soon we will need to move to the water beneath the floating islands."
Round 4:
Mel successfully calms the horse down.
Isla has no problem picking up fallen stones and returning them to the cart.
Hadama requests switching jobs with Mel for the next round.
Finish up the land portion of the stone placement and we can move on to the water!
