Another day, another venture into woodlands, searching, uncovering specifics and leaves, Zuriel hovering once more while he roamed, while he took offshoot paths. Deeper and deeper into timber and sunshine, peaks of solar rays sliding through boughs and canopies, a quiet ambience despite any ominous contortions to the eaves. Several times he paused, checking on the confines already in his bag, studying and examining a variety of fronds, but none matching what he required for decomposition levels. Perhaps he needed someone more well-versed in herbs or sagacity towards the signs of wither and decay – besides the way he could embody death and damnation – never a scholar of healing attributes or notations. His efforts had always been towards the opposite; only Zuriel’s existence insisting any mending, soothing attributes rampaged or ran in his sanction. But it’d been well established he’d do anything for Amalia, and finding specific leaflets was naught compared to her wellbeing, health, and fortitude. He could, and would, do far more.
For now we stand alone, the world is lost and blown
And we are flesh and blood disintegrate with no more to hate |
that bashes and breaks you
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the Resurrected Sword
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01-16-2020, 07:01 PM
the Sage
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01-16-2020, 07:18 PM
Sometimes it was nice to take a break and just... be for awhile. To remember where one came from, and where the roots were. Jigano had stolen an afternoon to walk the Woodlands with his favorite herbal from the Atheneum, Isuma stalking through the underbrush nearby as she dutifully hunted down flinthoppers. He paused occasionally to examine a heat-stressed plant, feeding it his magic to perk it up so he could compare it to the notes in the book he held. Sometimes he would collect the plant, or parts of it, to go into carefully-wrapped paper in his satchel, other times he would move on, leaving it in peace. He could replace what he harvested at least, usually leaving behind two or three when he took one, little islands of green amidst the dry tinder of summer. It wasn't so much a noise as the absence of it that made him look up, a little island of stillness off to his left where something had disturbed the local animals to wary watching. For a moment there was nothing, then a flicker of movement caught his eye, a familiar dark head moving through a beam of sunlight. Isuma was already bounding over to chirrup a greeting, so Jigano followed, quietly subdued as he made no attempt to hide his approach, giving the big man a nod of wary greeting. "Deimos," he said softly. "Hello." the Resurrected Sword
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01-16-2020, 07:37 PM
the Sage
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01-16-2020, 08:24 PM
A greeting that acknowledged his existence, nothing more nor less, but it wasn't vitriol and bile-filled condemnations and tables turned, as he'd half expected. Jigano nodded, grateful for that silence, as Isuma fluttered up to chirrup happily to Zuriel and he paused to consider what came next. No request for his company had been forthcoming, no offer of aid in his own endeavors extended, and it left him uncertain how to proceed. Deimos turned away soon enough, however, a silent dismissal if ever Jigano had seen one and so he turned hesitantly away as well, returning to his own search for recognizable leaves and the plants which bore them. He had just flipped his book back open when he spotted a familiar stalk of white flowers rising near Zuriel's hoof. He nodded amicably to the unicorn before kneeling down near her and reaching out with his magic to spruce the plant up as he compared it to its page in the book. Once it was green and healthy again he reached out to harvest its black berries, collecting them in small jar from his pack. the Resurrected Sword
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01-16-2020, 08:34 PM
the Sage
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01-16-2020, 09:29 PM
Deimos had always been a man of few words and many silences, one who kept his thoughts to himself more often than not. It had been a source of friction between them before; the General's thriftiness with his thoughts, and Jigano's seeking and prying after tales and tidbits, or sharing his own so readily. Too readily, he had come to decide in the wake of Fiat Lux and so much failure and loss on all sides. He had begun to keep his mouth shut more, thoughts tumbling about inside his skull with less outlet but more time to accrete to one another. In truth after Deimos had turned away he hadn't expected further words to be said. It was enough to be acknowledged, and he didn't ask for any more from the General, who had his own struggles and worries with Amalia's injuries, even closer to her than Jigano was. Many could claim that, nowadays, and that hurt far worse than Zuriel's dislike. Isuma was upset by it, though, by the open disdain the unicorn showed her bonded, and she stopped her playful greeting to drop to Jigano's side, subdued as she crouched beside his boot and looked between the much larger people around her, confused by their unhappiness. The question gave him pause before he could rise again and move off to leave the General and his unicorn in peace, and Jigano tilted his head to the side in silent request for something more to go off of. He blinked in surprise at the Attuned speech, but Safrin's name caused far less reaction than Amalia's. His issues with the goddess were his own, and though he'd urge caution to newcomers in dealing with her, he knew that Amalia - and by extension, Deimos - were two that the star-eyed goddess held dear. For Amalia, though? To heal her legs, the bard could only assume, and he nodded in acknowledgment. I've seen a few, he responded cautiously. Plants withering from the heat and drying up. Do you need a particular type or size? Perhaps they could combine their magic to make what Deimos sought... or, then again, perhaps since it was for Safrin she would prefer if the leaf was entirely natural. the Resurrected Sword
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01-16-2020, 11:31 PM
the Sage
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Change author: Posts: 3,914 | Total: 7,394 MP: 5250 Zuriel had earned her distrust and dislike of the bard, and he simply bore it as he did the disdain of others, though he granted her more right to it. With others he might argue and try to sway them back to a rosier opinion, but he knew better than to try and change her mind, as with her bonded, and he accepted them as they were. The machinations of gods and the reasons for what they asked for were always a mystery, so Jigano simply nodded acceptance of the list of leaves, assuming they would have some deeper meaning once they were in a goddess's hands. He paused to examine the jar, interest perking as he reached back to rest a hand on his own satchel, a thoughtful hum coming from him for a moment. Actually... if we get the chance, I'd like to commission you, if you'd be willing. Something like that, but enchanted to keep what's inside it fresh. It would make it easier to bring back samples for study and drawing. As he was doing today, assuming that he'd need to dry and press the leaves and flowers he'd gathered, and use the berries or preserve them in some fashion. That... might be a good gift for Amalia as well, he added as he stood, scooping up Isuma into the crook of his arm and stroking her back soothingly. Something to keep berries fresh year-round for her autumn and winter baking. Because if this worked, and Deimos's prayer to the goddess succeeded, she would be back on her feet sooner rather than later. He nodded to the General and led the way back from whence he'd come, moving slowly as he picked his path and thought back to the plants he had passed. Soon enough they came across one that had begun to wilt from Longheat's drought - just as a rabbit bounded away with its last leaf. The bard grimaced, sending a pulse of apology back through the bond as he knelt to touch the plant. He then shifted his hand to a nearby patch of dry soil and used his earth magic to create another, this one with all its leaves attached... And almost disgustingly healthy. He sat back on his haunches, then tilted a raised brow at the General. Can you graze it with your life drain magic? he asked hopefully. the Resurrected Sword
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01-18-2020, 01:25 AM
the Sage
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01-18-2020, 02:46 AM
Such a jar would be a practical help, and he nodded in gratitude at Deimos's willingness to entertain the notion. How many there would eventually be and for whom was entirely up the General's discretion, and Jigano didn't intend to push his luck with the request, content for whatever clever solution the mage came up with. It would be nice to turn to something made for peace, not war, for a change. Something that worked to preserve rather than destroy. An Artisan's task rather than a soldier's. Not that Deimos had seemed eager to embrace such a life the last time they had discussed it, but then it had been a lighter conversation. More or less. Given how things on Caido usually went, it was almost to be expected that nothing be easy. The plant he had seen was pillaged as they arrived, and while there were certainly more to be found if they searched farther afield, there was also no reason to waste further time when Amalia's cure took precedence. A new plant unfurled beneath his magic, green and lively, and then he sat back to let Deimos work his own destruction; not in swift retribution but instead in an almost deceptively gentle caress of power, visible to the bard by the slow wilting of the young sapling as they watched. The magic was disciplined and controlled, released in a whisper rather than a wave, and in a few moments the long, slender leaves had taken on an unhealthy tinge, slowly dying and just beginning to brown around the edges. Uncertain of how literal Safrin's requirements on who was allowed to gather what were, Jigano stepped out of the way to give Deimos easier access to his goal, an arched brow of curiosity as he looked to the General. Will that be close enough, do you think? If not, they could do more, balancing life drain and healing to find the right balance that appealed to the one whose task it was. the Resurrected Sword
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01-18-2020, 08:14 PM
the Sage
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01-19-2020, 06:31 PM
A simple task when the two of them worked in tandem, as they so often had the previous season in building and strengthening various constructions. What would they have been, in a world where Amalia had never been captured by the Fae? Deimos's stoic strength and skill at dealing death with blade and muscle were not so different from Jigano's closest friend upon his old world, a stone-skinned Oread who had been both bodyguard and brother in arms. They had been a formidable team, spell-slinger and sword-swinger, complementing each other's weaknesses and strengths in taking life and healing it... But theirs had been a partnership built on trust and shared goals. He and Deimos might have the latter, but he had lost the former, and so he would never know what they might accomplish together if the ever truly worked in tandem. His smile was a little sad and a little crooked as he watched the General collect a leaf. The plant was only slightly wilted and therefore still had a chance at life. Rather then undo the effects of Deimos' magic Jigano left the plant to whatever fate awaited it at nature's whim, contenting himself with a quiet nod of acknowledgement at the thanks. "For Amalia," he said softly, meeting Deimos's gaze and hoping that this, at least, would not change between them. That they would be wiling to work together for the sake of the Shield, come what may of gods and monsters in the world. the Resurrected Sword
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