{ while annie heads up, ezra starts looking around the site itself to see if anyone had been left behind and hid in the cabin, checking for whatever else may have been left behind. all fires are made to disappear and he finally takes a deep breath once he's checked around and no one seems to have been left behind. }
I don't think so, they just said any that are in the area I think. These types of quests tend to be reoccurring though, like some may turn up here in a few days or something. They probably really should set up wards here.
If they do I don't know about it. I think I remember seeing Riki's shop having something like it, but I'm pretty sure that shop's just for people like us.
( Meaning she's heading into a jog to check the perimeter of this area, ignoring all the dead giant mantises they have. On the other hand, are they supposed to haul those heads back? Ugh. maybe they can take a mandible from each head?
She shoves that thought to the side and looks for signs of people being here recently. There are footprints she catches sight of, but they're not as crisp as hers or Ezra's, so are less recent. No signs of blood that didn't belong to one of the two of them either, or the far more plentiful mantis blood.
By the time she rounds back to him, she's shaking her head. )
Didn't see recent signs at this camp. Unless we want to trek through the woods for a while looking for people, we... ... ... do we need to take parts off these things as proof or will they send people out to drag them off?
{ his own search has proven to be fruitless, but at least he now has his backpack slumped over his shoulder, the actual backpack part facing forwards from himself, rather than on his back. }
We can just take photos, right?
{ he'll pull his phone out, twist around so he gets annie in the frame, as well as the many mantises behind them both. } I didn't see signs anyone was still here though. Everything must have been abandoned when these guys turned up.
( Annie's expression in his photo is a little confused, head cocked just slightly to the side, because...
... she'd forgotten the phones take photographs. Photography isn't strange, it's just the easy way to take photographs by phone that has completely flown out of her head after all this time shoving new information in. The fact she's been using it regularly to pay people or to send text messages and not, you know, making many calls or anything video, and completely not taking any photos, is...
... Okay, she can't believe she forgot all about that. Heading back to Ezra, she gestures for him to show her what he took with his phone. )
I completely forgot we could do that with these things. ( Mismatched technologies...! ) I think you're right. We're lucky there weren't people around to have to keep out of harms way, especially with these things roaming in packs.
{ if it's new it makes sense. he's from a world where phones are the norm. nothing used here on them is different to come. he shrugs at her statement, tucking his phone away after. }
No problem. It isn't any different for me from home so it's easier to remember. But yeah, at least now we can just let them figure out how to clear this up. Let's head back? I guess we could do the quicker route if you wanna get back faster too. We should be able to use the teleportation crystal instead. It's just good to do the airship at least once, y'know?
( Not to the Maple Forest or whatever it's called, but she gives him such a look of absolute baffled confusion leaning toward irritation, he might want to... start walking. )
The city's lousy with airships for getting around already!
{ he does, at least, look sheepish when she seems to be annoyed by all of this. }
Sure, sure! I'm not complaining about that. Honestly I figured it'd give us a chance to get to know each other on the way over, it's easier to fight alongside someone then, right?
Uh-huh. You may have noticed I'm not the most tactful person in the world.
( She can be more tactful when needed. Probably. Annie usually opts for silence over tact, but that's because she's blunt from her perspective. Nowhere near always right, just depressingly often right for shitty reasons.
Those don't apply at present. )
Idiots might be the ones who shake up the world most, so you've got that going for you.
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I don't think so, they just said any that are in the area I think. These types of quests tend to be reoccurring though, like some may turn up here in a few days or something. They probably really should set up wards here.
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Those things are native to the forest. If they want to keep them from doing this over and over, they absolutely should be setting up wards.
( A pause, and she wonders: )
Think anyone sells wards like that back in Nightwake? It seems like that's a form of magic that shouldn't be limited to Otherworlders.
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If they do I don't know about it. I think I remember seeing Riki's shop having something like it, but I'm pretty sure that shop's just for people like us.
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( So strange to her. Unless... )
Maybe he has a line for the locals too?
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{ it's a long enough trip out here and he doesn't have a teleport crystal yet so they do have to journey back. }
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( Meaning she's heading into a jog to check the perimeter of this area, ignoring all the dead giant mantises they have. On the other hand, are they supposed to haul those heads back? Ugh. maybe they can take a mandible from each head?
She shoves that thought to the side and looks for signs of people being here recently. There are footprints she catches sight of, but they're not as crisp as hers or Ezra's, so are less recent. No signs of blood that didn't belong to one of the two of them either, or the far more plentiful mantis blood.
By the time she rounds back to him, she's shaking her head. )
Didn't see recent signs at this camp. Unless we want to trek through the woods for a while looking for people, we... ... ... do we need to take parts off these things as proof or will they send people out to drag them off?
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{ his own search has proven to be fruitless, but at least he now has his backpack slumped over his shoulder, the actual backpack part facing forwards from himself, rather than on his back. }
We can just take photos, right?
{ he'll pull his phone out, twist around so he gets annie in the frame, as well as the many mantises behind them both. } I didn't see signs anyone was still here though. Everything must have been abandoned when these guys turned up.
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... she'd forgotten the phones take photographs. Photography isn't strange, it's just the easy way to take photographs by phone that has completely flown out of her head after all this time shoving new information in. The fact she's been using it regularly to pay people or to send text messages and not, you know, making many calls or anything video, and completely not taking any photos, is...
... Okay, she can't believe she forgot all about that. Heading back to Ezra, she gestures for him to show her what he took with his phone. )
I completely forgot we could do that with these things. ( Mismatched technologies...! ) I think you're right. We're lucky there weren't people around to have to keep out of harms way, especially with these things roaming in packs.
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No problem. It isn't any different for me from home so it's easier to remember. But yeah, at least now we can just let them figure out how to clear this up. Let's head back? I guess we could do the quicker route if you wanna get back faster too. We should be able to use the teleportation crystal instead. It's just good to do the airship at least once, y'know?
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( Not to the Maple Forest or whatever it's called, but she gives him such a look of absolute baffled confusion leaning toward irritation, he might want to... start walking. )
The city's lousy with airships for getting around already!
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Yeah I'm pretty sure they added crystals near the air stations, I didn't realise at first and I haven't used them yet on my own so I could be wrong.
{ he hasn't been here THAT much longer than her- }
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No more scenic route unless we need a break!
( ... so yes they can airship at other times. )
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Sure, sure! I'm not complaining about that. Honestly I figured it'd give us a chance to get to know each other on the way over, it's easier to fight alongside someone then, right?
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Easier than suggesting you want to do that first?
( She'd probably be inclined to have asked why, so ironically, he had the best approach for Annie. Don't say anything, just make it The Plan. )
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{ honestly is she even going to question that.............. }
what did i do to my html...
( She doesn't even sound like she means this rudely. The words are rude, but the tone is more. Mystified. )
ate it
I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to say that to someone's face. At least without knowing each other a while first.
{ he pauses, then: }
But I guess we did just go through something.
oh my gosh you're right i did and it was SALTY very rude
( She can be more tactful when needed. Probably. Annie usually opts for silence over tact, but that's because she's blunt from her perspective. Nowhere near always right, just depressingly often right for shitty reasons.
Those don't apply at present. )
Idiots might be the ones who shake up the world most, so you've got that going for you.
at least it wasn't sour :(
Maybe not. But it does remind me of someone I know back home.
{ but her later comment has him gazing at the floor rather than her as he walks. }
And I dunno about that. I guess only time will tell, huh?