Quanil gave a firm but quick handshake. "Oh, pleased to meet you, sir. And very pleased to meet you, Astra." They were always happiest to meet animals. Quanil blushed under the provost's introduction.
They took the cloth to wrap around their staff. "Yeah, I don't want to have to kill them." The cloth fell off on the first wrapping, but Quanil did it a different way to make sure it'd hold better. They eyed the conjured squirrels and even knowing they weren't real animals, still felt a little sorry for them.
The Tangleweeds made them a little nervous, but A Loreseeker Fears Nothing! ...and besides, the provost was here, and he wouldn't let anything happen to them. They had to prove their bravery! The nice thing about a staff was the distance it allowed them.
They winced when the squirrel got captured - it's not real, it's not real - and then approached another bundle of sticks. They poked at it with the cloth-covered end of their staff and jumped when it instantly lashed out and latched on. They glanced around to see if anyone had noticed their reaction, and then watched the Tangleweed instead. They saw the cloth darken as it soaked up poison, then, figuring that was good, set about retrieving their staff.
Or not, because, of course, it hadn't let go. "Oops." The Tangleweed wanted its meal, not to just donate poison and then leave. Quanil's brow furrowed.
Could use another staff to try to free this one, but if it latches onto that one instead, we're stuck just cycling back and forth between one trapped staff and the other. Or it could just latch onto both, and then we're really stuck.
After a moment's consideration, they asked, "Would it be possible to create a wall around the staff, between the Tangleweed and me? I'm thinking that if I pull the staff hard enough and the Tangleweed can't come with the staff because the wall's in the way, maybe it'll let go?"
They took the cloth to wrap around their staff. "Yeah, I don't want to have to kill them." The cloth fell off on the first wrapping, but Quanil did it a different way to make sure it'd hold better. They eyed the conjured squirrels and even knowing they weren't real animals, still felt a little sorry for them.
The Tangleweeds made them a little nervous, but A Loreseeker Fears Nothing! ...and besides, the provost was here, and he wouldn't let anything happen to them. They had to prove their bravery! The nice thing about a staff was the distance it allowed them.
They winced when the squirrel got captured - it's not real, it's not real - and then approached another bundle of sticks. They poked at it with the cloth-covered end of their staff and jumped when it instantly lashed out and latched on. They glanced around to see if anyone had noticed their reaction, and then watched the Tangleweed instead. They saw the cloth darken as it soaked up poison, then, figuring that was good, set about retrieving their staff.
Or not, because, of course, it hadn't let go. "Oops." The Tangleweed wanted its meal, not to just donate poison and then leave. Quanil's brow furrowed.
Could use another staff to try to free this one, but if it latches onto that one instead, we're stuck just cycling back and forth between one trapped staff and the other. Or it could just latch onto both, and then we're really stuck.
After a moment's consideration, they asked, "Would it be possible to create a wall around the staff, between the Tangleweed and me? I'm thinking that if I pull the staff hard enough and the Tangleweed can't come with the staff because the wall's in the way, maybe it'll let go?"
